Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

I reuploaded this song from my old youtube account to this one. Hope you enjoy. I could'nt find an album version of this song on youtube so here it is. Subscribe and check out my channel for other videos including top 10 lists from the 60s and 70s.

[@adamfox9718]

I hung out with her all night and had no idea who she was. She was the nicest celebrity I ever met. Very down to earth

[@anthonypellico2235]

Fucking jealous. How did her name come up in conversation?

[@clichedude23]

My friend was president of warner brothers records at the time and Reprise records, so he invited me to a lot of events and I met a ton of celebrities. There were lots of celebrities at the event, I hung out with him and Joni Mitchell, had no idea who she was till I googled her later on. When my aunt found out I hung out with her she went crazy as she was a 60s hippy.

[@clichedude23]

Cat, say what you will, the paparazzi sure thought she was when they saw her, rock star, celebrity, whatever you want to call it, she is famous.

[@thekidfromiowa]

+Adam Fox Why didn't you ask her name?

[@ethefake9165]

isnt she suffering from traumatic memory loss now?

[@juanitamccabe6137]

Released in 1970 and still applicable 44 years later. Probably one of the greatest song writers in history

[@Kt286zzZ]

Ryan Krisko I love this so mucb

[@cashkitty3472]

Hey if this comment was written two years ago when it was 2020 and written in 1970 did that make it 50 years later? Am I missing something

[@bmak76]

@@cashkitty3472 Joni Mitchell’s fans aren’t known for their intellect. They’re the same idiot boomers who don’t trust the government, but still think the Patriot Act was a good idea.

[@carolynsteele1027]

​@@bmak76 Sounds like you are talking about today's Republicans 🤔 Guess they're a bunch of idiots?

[@bmak76]

@@carolynsteele1027 I wasn’t, but it definitely applies to both groups.

[@joseluisarguelleszapico4137]

I was 15 years old the first time I heard this wonderful song. Today I am 66 and I like it even more than the first day. Thank you Joni.

[@martinoamello3017]

Thanks..AS IF 50 years of smoking doesn't make me feel old enough.. You're piling on now.. LOL

[@ChrisMountainlover]

Same for me

[@chessmentor63]

I was 8. I was the youngest, influenced by my older (half) sibs. I loved the Beatles and had a favorite Hendrix riff -- Highway Chile. Then this came out

[@mirammckay4827]

Me too! I am 69!

[@billywinfield7275]

@@martinoamello3017 c as 1qqqq

[@tofubtofub]

That octaves shift at the end is everything. Insane.

[@calvin6314]

Oh my God I heard this on the radio for the first time and it was so cringe I couldn't turn it away but once I heard that holy shit was that cringe

[@stvartak7164]

@@calvin6314 To me it’s not the octave change but the weird laugh afterwards. Yeesh. I bet that was some record company executive’s idea.

[@Demention94]

@@stvartak7164 hehehehe hoo haha ha ha.

[@draxireland]

@@Demention94 if you have something more substantive to add for one of the greatest songs of the century we would glad to hear it... otherwise pull back your ears and continue to bray...

[@Demention94]

@@draxireland I might say the same for you. A bit pretentious aren't you? It's okay.

[@stephengriffin9992]

This lady was literally a generation ahead of her time. This song you feel will be sung a hundred years from now with no sense of irony. Aren’t we lucky to live in these times with artists as great as Joni with us showing us the way. Rock on Ms. M.

[@jacquelinefox2632]

Hon. Im. 26 and I know her. She's amazing.

[@abarkcanoe]

Seems totally of her time to me.

[@jackiesixtysixtyjackie]

Not even a generation, transcendent

[@gregdee9085]

Not at all... common theme back then.. yeah , i was there..

[@MicheleMcAdoo]

NO! NO NO NO WE'RE NOT!! How in the world can you think that we should still be seeing the song in 100 yrs? And that doesn't bother you??💔😵‍💫😵‍💫🤯🤯😫😩😫😫😫😫😭😭😭😭😭God I feel like I couldn't stand another day of this world sometimes

[@nigelcarter4559]

How sad - all these years have passed and it's still relevant. For an intelligent animal, we're awefully slow learners.

[@johnalmighty]

+Jaime Hipwell Wtf is a DDT?

[@jackbroyles1320]

+Jaime Hipwell Please-No poisons, no GMOs, no Monsanto

[@daredevil5360]

+John M DDT ... a pesticide, highly toxic, used in 70s ...

[@johnalmighty]

Dare devil Damn :(

[@chokinonashes67]

I know I have thought about that, it's like Cat Stevens Where will the children play? I think I have the title slightly wrong sorry!

[@Whereverbv]

I went here just to hear Joni's laugh at the end, ahahah Harry nailed it !

[@marco_gorelli]

Who's Harry?

[@rileycarlson3173]

Marco Gorelli kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJakmWB_o79ogaM

[@nicolatirelli2019]

Big Yellow Taxi (piano cover) Check it out guyss!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXm0h2CLach9o6s

[@PippaPPod]

Riley C I hate cover songs.

[@marco_gorelli]

@@PippaPPod wow, that's open-minded

[@ShaDHP23]

So many cautionary songs came out in the 70s and nobody listened to a word. Let that sink in.

[@TheNumberOneGuy]

Yup, baby boomers are truly evil.

[@MisterMan7516]

Humans are a failed experiment.

[@shustyrackleford_710]

You're not wrong but please remember that the boomers were the most awful generation in modern history They wrote the warning songs, then proceeded to burn the entire fucking world down

[@jakeyjervis]

omg what an adorable voice she had.

[@laylacota9604]

Just Ekzn what do you mean "had" she still has a BEAUTIFUL voice

[@jakeyjervis]

Lol oops

[@julianrussell5666]

Just Ekzn still alive bra

[@DiscoverWithPajerico]

still does

[@jakeyjervis]

It's not as clean and clear as it was back then though. But it always diminishes with age

[@hopelines1397]

Joni Mitchell singing this song - it doesn't get any better than this. The way she enunciates is so cool - makes me wish the song was twenty minutes long.

[@baverdi]

Yeah. My only problem with this song is I wished it would last longer. Already listened to it 3 times.

[@NormAppleton]

She's a pretty epic guitar player too

[@tonjahilton4899]

More TRUE then I ever would have dreamed.

[@ralphromeo7066]

Joni's youthful vocals are simply irresistible in this classic..

[@jauipop]

Released in 1970 and still applicable 44 years later.

[@theprince9421]

47

[@sir_greenz9163]

and will be applicable in an another 44 years

[@May-gr8bp]

Sir_Greenz true. It’s 2019 and you can’t go wrong with this song.😔🤭🤗

[@djg5950]

@@sir_greenz9163 Until there is no Paradise left. Tar and Cement sung by Verdelle Smith is another relevant song of the 1960's and 70's. I've been singing them to myself every time they clear land for another store, gas station/convenience store, or shopping mall. Enough already ! (I thought that 30 years ago and nothing has changed).

[@djg5950]

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[@Polititraits]

I remember my mum playing this all the time when I was a young child. Happy to have found it. Also it’s amazing that people here are of such varied ages but still united by this timeless classic. I’m mainly into metal but this song is so nostalgic

[@adameccleston1926]

I'm a metal head too, but that doesn't mean that Amy Grant's cover of this doesn't remind me of my mom swinging me around the living room when I was 3

[@philipnemeth2829]

All the protest songs of the 60s and 70s were great. So happy to be alive in that era as Neil Young, CSNY, Dylan and many others were exceptional song writers.

[@thomasrussell4674]

Glad to see metalheads enjoying the whole range of music. I'm not surprised since plenty of heavy metal listeners are good music afficionados.

[@Panamenya]

She was right then. She's even more right now. Prescient, brilliant songwriter.

[@1Daveable]

it is a break up song about her old man sneaking out on her

[@eightinches3671]

@@1Daveable lol! It's about her feelings on how man is ruining the environment. Only the last verse deals with someone leaving the house in a yellow taxi.

[@leopasour]

To those who said the song's lyrics were about this or that - who's to say it's only about one thing, instead of multiple things simultaneously, huh?

[@PooDotStinkPants]

Hello future person, yes we are still listening to this in *[insert year here]* Have a lovely day!

[@creaketh]

Great music never ages.

[@questionmark5463]

Hello! April 2021. Listening with my little son. Yes.. Good music is hard to kill. If music like this was taught in schools... We would have a lot more better people.

[@QGab]

2021😊✌

[@dejnecki1]

April, 27th, 2021

[@monzamiller1118]

Feb 3,2024

[@viralbuthow000]

Joni's lyrics would crush today's songwriters to a fine powder. Love her.

[@baxtiyargardi2100]

Hello, can you hellp me

[@baxtiyargardi2100]

This sing what are taked about it

[@dpersonal4187]

Used to love her but since the Joe Rogan thing...

[@viralbuthow000]

@@dpersonal4187 It's okay. To each his/her own

[@dpersonal4187]

@@viralbuthow000 That's a luxury we can never afford. Shame on her.

[@onlydavidwould4356]

Probably one of the greatest song writers in history

[@racketman2u]

True; it's a bit hard to hear her dismiss her early work like this as naive, and I guess all artists want to keep moving on, but songs like this were hugely influential in both musical and political terms.

[@pato1505]

Don't think so....

[@georgefowler3027]

Probably ???

[@jimjonrs3932]

Naaay........ nope.

[@riggamorrischan]

‘They paved paradise and put up a parking lot’ is a really great line

[@nikibrand1035]

I was lucky enough to see her play live, just Joni, a stall, a guitar and that lovely voice of hers. Brilliant. Definitely one of my favourite protest songs.

[@nanhenderson2477]

😪

[@nancyfilingeri414]

I really don't believe that 😂

[@paulettethielman8924]

I was a sales girl in a boutique in Greenwich Village. It was 1968 and I was 19. She came in to shop. She was so nice, we talked about our boyfriends!! What a great memory.

[@tracyrobinson9442]

I envy you 😍

[@Sarah-cu3lf]

Joni was really ahead of her time in recognising the prevalence of car parks (Brit here, sorry!) in modern society. What a prescient observation - and one that we should really consider in the context of contemporary environmental concerns. Keep spreading the word, Joni.

[@richardbool4232]

Never apologise for being British me too, Music does care about Nationalities just enjoy.

[@Milesco]

@@richardbool4232 Agree, but I think you meant to say music does NOT care about nationality. 🙂 Although I'm American, my parents were British, as are my aunts and uncles and cousins, so I have a special place in my heart for Great Britain and its citizens. 🙂 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

[@markrutter2486]

Dont say sorry for being a brit same here classic song years since i herd this

[@frankshailes3205]

It's not just about parking lots. It's also about overuse of harmful pesticides. Wildlife extinction. Failed relationships. Destruction of trees. Unchecked capitalism. Did you actually listen to all of the lyrics?

[@ioodyssey3740]

@@frankshailes3205 y b so smug and insulting, libaflake?

[@michaelulbricht9438]

Quite possibly the greatest female pop artist of all time. Big Yellow Taxi is still relevant, and her voice is astounding!

[@danieljohnston1914]

I love her innocent giggle at the end! Pure innocence.

[@Sekou-yr2rr]

I like how she sings the “chorus “ in a completely different octave than the rest of the song

[@peteranderson7487]

Here we are 40 years later and this song is even more relevant than ever.

[@missm8185]

This is truly one of the most brilliant songs ever written. Full stop.

[@andrewtaylor1996]

Hi there hows your day been hope your safe and well my dear peace be with you always ✌🕊🙏

[@newpinglegend9304]

This tune is a master class, as Joni so often is. Just how often Joni struck gold.

[@CalLatMan]

She warned the world decades ago about how we were damaging the environment , and they ignored her. And now here we are in 2021 and it might be too late now. 😔

[@carolcollins4878]

It's never too late, I will fight until I'm dead, Joni taught me that

[@CalLatMan]

@@carolcollins4878 not having any kids and never having owned a car is what I have done for the planet.

[@douglasrabold8390]

Millions are thinking of Joni today and how her music helped to shape a generation. Thank you, Joni, for your important contributions to music and thought.

[@nevillesaunders2847]

Best rendition of this song ever. The original.

[@orpheus0108]

I liked the counting crows cover too. Has a different vibe. Not as upbeat

[@k.3004]

@@orpheus0108 I mean the 'upbeat' of this contrasts with the very serious concerns the song gives light to

[@brettsinger9565]

Nope. Counting Crows took this and turned it into something legitimate.

[@LaRush62]

I've known and loved this song sung by Joni my whole life. Hadn't heard the Counting Crows version so I just went to listen. Uh...no. The 2 main differences...1. The upbeat feeling of Joni's with these biting lyrics has a more sardonic feel to it which is what makes it work. The laid back feel of the the CC one is neither here nor there. It doesn't mesh with the lyrics well to me. 2. Joni's puts the focus on the song and not on herself...except the ending where she's being silly and laughs at herself. The CC version is more about him and his sound and the arrangement and his bending of the melody. It puts the focus on him. I'm not nearly as tuned in to the song and lyrics. I don't get the feeling he really cares about what he's singing about. I am more drawn to the artists of the 70's who put the songs first. The melody and lyrics were number 1. Outside of a handful of artists, these last few decades have seen a shift to songs being about production, beat and vocal pyrotechnics or a "cool" vocal sound (usually a mushy, unintelligible, pretentious one) and much less about the song itself. Just my 2 cents.

[@brettsinger9565]

@@LaRush62 The Joni Mitchell version seems more like Counting Crows for senior citizens. To each his own, I guess.

[@randycrawford1132]

I met her here one time and she was the sweetest person, she sang at a party

[@rubymckenna8217]

My English teacher showed my class this and I couldn’t stop singing it all day 😂

[@psb9537]

I remember listening to to this song in the 1970's I loved her voice. I was abt 14.

[@davidtehr2993]

A song for 2020 (with the Covid-19 lockdowns happening around the world!) "Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?"

[@soulvaccination8679]

Don’t worry.They hyped it way up so they will be able to implement mail in votes in November.Only way to beat Trump.They can’t beat him..

[@rostfoxy]

cnniz fakenewz so the populace being able to vote is “beating him”

[@ariesrising7257]

@@soulvaccination8679 Really Troll??? You folks can't resist politicizing in support of your "King". Find a cliff and take a leap. Do the rest of us a favor and stop wasting space and oxygen! In fact, grab a syringe of Lysol and inject. Ohhh, your "King" didn't really say that did he?! Another "fake news media" hype?

[@soulvaccination8679]

@@rostfoxy your not very smart are you

[@soulvaccination8679]

@@ariesrising7257 troll?Its truth.You couldn’t face it when he won in 2016 and you might jump off of a cliff come November after the Trump 2nd win.You losers have been telling your lies for almost 4 years now.Trump landslide coming..

[@MendigoNation]

Joni Mitchell is receiving her Kennedy award this evening and she deserves it more than anything in this world!

[@animalyze7120]

Joni Mitchell, man that voice can take me back to my youth in the early 70's instantly. This song was playing on the Radio all the time....Love you Joni!

[@bigolebot]

But your name ends in 71 you weren't even born yet if that's the case

[@rayluca12]

Always had a crush on Joni Mitchell So pretty , yes i am old

[@danielleschmoltze7068]

Lupus warrior we need help advocating about are disease ,it's attacking all of our being ! Please tell about this terrible disease !

[@everyonelovesvanessa]

*my music teacher showed us this video and now i keep coming back to this.*

[@ageingviking5587]

Still and epic tune. It seems to have been a warning from the 70's. Amazing how true it has become. Thanks for posting.

[@wakeupscreaming9883]

We're in Hawaii currently. and while walking around, we stumbled upon the almost "secret" non-descript entrance to the Royal Hawaiian Hotel -- the pink hotel. it was at night, and they have in their courtyard a very large tree with nice litup lights on it. Since Joni wrote that song, there are far worse things happening in hawaii. the international marketplace, is now a 3 story high-end mall. What was once diverse owner-owned small shops that were affordable for consumers, is now paved over with large expensive luxury brand high-end unaffordable stores -- complete monoculture. Do I really need to come to Hawaii and buy something at Chanel or Saks 5th Avenue? A cab driver also told us the real estate and cost of living is getting so expensive in hawaii, that alot of native Hawaiians end up moving to California. Im sure Joni could make a "big yellow taxi part 2". Yesterday we visited the Foster Botanical garden, with its assortment of trees -- the "tree museum". We weren't charged a dollar and a half just to see them. We were charged $5 each.

[@becsingleton7951]

Thank you for this comment. genuinely insightful.

[@christinegrem7141]

When this song came my family was struggling thru a gun shot tragedy My 12 yo brother who loved and used to climb The 100+ year old Japanese weeping cherry in the front of our house When he died we just could not live there anymore When we sold the house new owners cut down Jeffreys tree We had to drive by the area all the time The verse: they paved paradise and put up a parking lot was family therapy instead of haunting ghosts we sang that one line in harmony sang our broken hearts out Thank you fir the healing Joni

[@ruthb3434123]

Thank you so much....I've been singing this alone in my new place as it's funny-----it's senior housing and when I applied, I saw lots of little gardens in peoples back yards. That was 3 1/2 years ago, and they actually did pave that area and put up a parking lot!!! I found another place to make a vegetable garden in a raised bed....this is a real"snobby" town, and everybody else has Lilacs and peonies and such. They already think I'm an oddball because I was barefoot all summer. ...i can't wait to see the reaction to a vegetable garden with pole beans and peas on a big trellis, and tomatoes and so forth..it's almost become like a game. And I have always adored this 'songbird."' Joni is like no other!!!

[@pancudowny]

Ruth Bentley Barefoot? Even on pavement? I don't know about you, but asphalt isn't too kind to flesh... Even while strolling across it. And concrete is hell the bones without shoes.

[@Handsthatcook]

I love your comment....we are of like minds...so old school!!

[@haroldbrown6630]

Ruth Bentley I dig it. Keep on

[@richardbool4232]

You keep on going Ruth you are a wise old owl and i've spoken to a few like you lately , you grow your beans sweet heart and your tomatoes keep on listening to Joni and tell those poshies to sit on it.

[@robertlawson4806]

I grew up in Destin Fl. in the 1960’s-‘70’s.A one stop light fishing village on the Gulf coast.This song was on the radio all the time cruising those beaches and crab shacks.Anyone who’s been there lately knows that paradise has been paved.

[@gnarbeljo8980]

😓

[@janettebigford5842]

How relevant is this?? Love this song. So right!! God bless Joni!!

[@richardbool4232]

Janette Bigford : Relevant and Ignored

[@johnnobon]

Now I understand the girls who wanna go back in time and date the Beatles, because I feel the same way about Joni Mitchell because I love this song so much

[@vanessaborbe1236]

Hahaha I feel you 😂 Their (the Beatles & Joni's) songs are magnificent and beautifully written that it actually makes me sad that people aren't able to appreciate it as much as we (a few people) do anymore. *I'm actually one of those girls and yeah, I'd love to go back in time, date them and have a song written for me? I'd cry ahahaha 💕

[@tedpeterson1156]

When this song came out I was too young to be interested in girls, but I figured she would be a great babysitter, lol. She could bring her guitar! That voice was like angel, and knew she would let us stay up as late as we wanted. Oh well.

[@philg4116]

Don't forget the girls who wanna date Joni too. I mean that with no disapproval at all.

[@TheJofrica]

Be the change you wish to see in the world. Strut your stuff right no, and 40 years from now the ladies will be like, "Damn, I wish I had a time machine so I could go back and date that dude John O!"

[@MrFartboy79]

Ted Peterson Best comment ever! 👍

[@jessiklopez745]

Janet´s Got til it´s gone brings me here Awesome song.

[@JeanNascimentoJNX]

Jessik Lopez She brought me here too!

[@moonwalk3rr]

Jessik Lopez Me toooo!

[@richardbool4232]

It didn't bring Me here I was here looking for good Music and I found it.

[@richardbool4232]

@Ms. Shadï So what is janet any way

[@richardbool4232]

@Ms. Shadï So it was Janet Jackson if you had put Janet Jackson I would already have known Thanks.

[@andrewnaigulevu1052]

Joni Mitchell... One of the few people in the world who I can say is a "true" artist

[@raquelmarques3117]

Dear Joni. I had severe problems with my back until today. Too much pain. Today, I fell ok for the first time in four years. And happiness sounds like your song. Thank you!❤

[@thatguy7132]

This song reminds me of my grandfather. He taught me to Appreciate what we have. Love yah Papoo!

[@tanyaratti]

the Lyrics are so relevant especially to today. They never stopped paving and poisoning and we all just let it happen.

[@Tomovox_PAMS_Radio_JIngles]

For the longest time, I'd only ever heard this song "casually", waiting for something to come on the radio that I really loved. Then, recently, it was like BANG! I listened to it one night on my way home from work and thought "why on earth haven't I been paying attention to Joni Mitchell?" This nails it exactly just about everything I feel about life: "Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?" I love though, how Joni isn't weighing herself down in sadness when she's making this realization. The song is fun and upbeat. I guess we all wish we could go back in time sometimes, but I like how Joni does it, simply, honestly and truthfully but without the melodrama or sadness. Sold. I'm loving Joni Mitchell forevermore!

[@ScratchcardsWithScotty]

This song just gets better the more times I hear it. Her foresight was ahead of her time. God Bless you Joni Mitchell 🙏

[@davefrederick617]

I LOVE this song! I'm a child of the '60's, and my parents played this song all the time. I feel so blessed I grew up with great music like this! Thanks for uploading it! :)

[@janejanevicky3253]

I love this song so much, because "don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone" says a lot to me about life in general. When I was a kid I didn't know the good things I had, and it was only on losing them that I appreciated them and fought to keep them. Now I see kids who have good things that I never had and longed for, and I just want to impress on them to conserve them and look after them because nothing is to be taken for granted! I also love the way that for all the supposed radicalism of the '60s a lot of my parents' generation were very mature when it came to being wise about life and love.

[@JaquieDanielsMusic]

Fifty years on and it's still true today. Rock on Joni!

[@jarredkennedy6131]

I think like most Millennials, I first heard of Joni from the Counting Crows/Vanessa Carlton cover of this. But now, I've become completely immersed in and proudly obsessed with her work. The first of her albums I heard was Blue, on vinyl at work in 2018, and within a minute of the first song her voice and words had just jumped right off that record and utterly enchanted me, and my musical taste is VERY masculine. I now own four of her albums. My favourite song of hers is either River or The Circle Game, but everything I've heard of hers just transports me mentally to being at a huge campfire singing along and roasting marshmallows with friends, or being safe and sheltered in a warm house during a storm. It's just the lilting, conversational and introspective nature of her music. I am proof (if anybody even needed it) that her music, and that of her contemporaries, has travelled down through the generations and will only continue that odyssey. God bless you, Joni.

[@sancm8898]

I first heard this when I heard Got Til It's Gone by Janet Jackson and she gave Joni credit for the song also

[@medylemaproductions]

Mine was because of Janet Jackson

[@gnarbeljo8980]

Oh that's really hopeful to hear. Perhaps kids today will heed the message, obviously her own generation failed to take it to heart enough to make that change for real.

[@jajanesaddictions]

I wore this (vinyl) album out 1970. Still holds up today. Counting Crows does it wonderfully

[@gradie3]

Love this song. Deep, meaningful and a lovely voice. Great.

[@larrydavis4019]

Oh this lady is simply fantastic. Nothing like some good ole 8-Track music. My thanks goes out to my fellow Joni Mitchell fans. 👍😀👍😀👍😀👍😀👍😀

[@nomanmcshmoo8640]

Living in Arizona....this song means more and more every day. Sigh.

[@paulleckner8235]

More housing developments and greater need for water in the residential areas.

[@mihaelchandler6557]

Janet Jackson brought me here. (Joni Mitchell never lied in my Q-Tip voice)

[@rashae-uw9gi]

lol same for me

[@tybd3593]

So true, Joni Mitchell never lied.

[@cmo1207]

The bitch trying to get my bf to come back to her brought me here. 😒😂😂

[@RhythmNationPrincess]

lol same

[@kimonnoel8659]

Me too

[@enso8762]

Watching in 2077. I brought myself here. This version is better than any cover. "You don't know what you've got til it's gone" This hit me hard. Relate. Classic! Did I miss a cliche? xD

[@pedrocg7728]

born in the wrong generation is a must have

[@janetplanet4595]

Whoa you're from the future! What's it like under my non-contestable rule?

[@brianmurphy5527]

King Sisyphus Jump in your time machine and you can have it back. What's 2077 like?

[@oumajgad6805]

Did they.. did they released Cyberpunk 2077 earlier than in 2077?

[@erichuang5785]

yeah I am also curious has Cyberpunk 2077 been released in your time

[@briantuma1502]

It’s cool that Harry brought so many here to discover the original. I love him for exposing a whole new generation to Joni!

[@EmpressMissH]

Wow! I just found out today that Joni Mitchell is the writer and original singer of this song. How wonderful. She's amazing. Beautiful, realistic and still relevant till this day. Much love and respect from South Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@jacksustman4143]

My son Steve married Carissa Carlson a year ago this weekend at the site of the former Glenview (IL) Naval Air Station, where the concrete tarmacs have been dug up in favor of a wildlife preserve! They unpaved the parking lot and put up paradise! Yess!

[@setaymada5023]

What an absolute treasure she is......beautiful, a brilliant poet, and the voice of an angel......she and others like her make life in this cruel world tolerable....which is saying a mouthful.

[@1bIgFaTsOnOfAbItCh]

Happy Birthday Joni! A true musical bard. Thanks for all the awesome songs over the years.

[@tracyrobinson9442]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Im glad you couldn't find the album version. This is what I remember hearing when I was a kid! OMG I'm crying from the flood of memories! I just turned 50 and I always remembered this wonderful version with her delightful laughter at the end! Love from Vancouver BC CANADA 🩷🩷🩷🩷

[@zipz8423]

I often drop in just to remind myself how good Joni is.

[@Dr.Gainzzz]

Put all the trees in a tree museum and they charge the people a dollar and a half just to see them " the screen door slammed and a big yellow taxi took my old man " so many memorable lyrics in this song. one of my favorite songs

[@zacopol]

Lyrics They paved paradise, put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone They paved paradise, put up a parking lot (Ooh, bop-bop-bop-bop, ooh, bop-bop-bop-bop) They took all the trees put 'em in a tree museum And they charged the people a dollar an' a half just to see 'em Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone They paved paradise, put up a parking lot (Ooh, bop-bop-bop-bop, ooh, bop-bop-bop-bop) Hey farmer, farmer put away that DDT now Give me spots on my apples, but leave me the birds and the bees Please Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone They paved paradise, put up a parking lot (Ooh, bop-bop-bop-bop, ooh, bop-bop-bop-bop) Late last night I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi took away my old man Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone They paved paradise, put up a parking lot (ooh, bop-bop-bop-bop) I said don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone They paved paradise, put up a parking lot (ooh, bop-bop-bop-bop) They paved paradise, put up a parking lot (ooh, bop-bop-bop-bop) They paved paradise Put up a parking lot

[@ingridsommer2232]

Thank you for talking the time to write the lyrics

[@Profilba]

Thank you for the lyrics ! Peace.

[@waski672]

Thank you ❤

[@elisecooper1942]

Still my favorite songs. Luv her music since 1970.

[@emf49]

This is perfect for 2021 lockdowns !! We didn’t know freedom would be so wonderful!!

[@britpackdog4545]

Were we ever free?

[@israelolmos8846]

Her voice is amazing

[@MorrisWilsonFvcks]

I cant believe it took 50 years for me to discover this awsome song. Us young folks tend to forget that theres awsome music from before our time and should try to search for more oldies. I'm grateful for all the beautiful musicians that left us with a piece of their heart threw out the years to come.

[@Drew399]

It's always sunny in Philly brought me here.

[@supremeleader7863]

Lol same

[@jerryspoolman7397]

With tears to my eyes...I LOVE YOU JONI

[@maureensantiago449]

We are spoiled. Well some of us are. I love that laugh at the end. Pure emotion there.

[@lorddavidprosser]

Fantastic. So nice to come back and remember these songs.

[@nbspublish5758]

Absolutely beautiful and none other like her, ever.

[@dougpeters1625]

An absolutely magnificent talent. Joni is incredible.

[@77drumsrock]

A beautiful intelligent woman who told it exactly as it is through her music! Words of wisdom and great music all in one 👏✌️🎶🌼

[@winningbattles8976]

She was hospitalized today. Hope she ends up well. Will be praying for her.

[@markosullivan6444]

That voice! That message. So relevant in 2022.

[@carlcaccia7879]

From 1967 to 1982 irripetibile music I still listen now. Those were the days my friends

[@OdaKa]

I love how groovy the opening guitar riff is

[@tedpeterson1156]

Listen for the bongo player to pop in. Ya gotta have a bongo player for that

[@WhatYaReading]

I just discovered this musician this weekend.

[@katyu16]

OMG. I got here from hearing about this in 1985 from a room mate... GLAD I REMEMBERED IT.

[@annettemensforth5619]

Great song sung by a great talent, Joni Mitchell, with a great message that's still relevant today ❤

[@laurencegladwell529]

Doesn’t it always seem to go ,that you don’t know what have have until it’s gone sums up my late , dear father ,lost him in 1989 .cant listen to this song with thinking about him ,r I p. Pop ,gone but never forgotten

[@JohnJames-kw5de]

a nice share thank you . Such a true comment

[@simplyparkour]

Some people are only young and some of them wish people like her should never go

[@rasklaat2]

I literally saw it happen in my childhood. There was a nice pond in my neighbourhood, full of life; frogs, tadpoles, toads, sticklebacks, ramshorn and pond snails, duckweed, all kinds of water insects, dragonflies, damselflies, you name it... Now there is a concrete car park where it used to be. Most of days it's empty.

[@mikeycooscoos5356]

Always sunny brought me here.

[@morgangerry5461]

Absolutely Perfect music! Still relevant.

[@daniel-hr6wo]

2019?anyone? or am i just alone oh and I wish All the problems In the world end!

[@itrevxr]

Darling C.A I’m here witchu

[@davepowell4216]

You aren't alone.

[@joannefalkinder8593]

Im here too

[@jeffzekas]

We’ve been trying to stop the city of VENETA from building a Pickleball court across the street from our house. For those who don’t know, Pickleball is incredibly loud, noisy, and the people who play it are out on the courts till 11 o’clock at night; so looking out at the construction equipment, this song was brought to mind. Goodbye to our nice quiet neighborhood.

[@yvonnegoble354]

ohh yes memories of early life ,,,,,what a voice!!!!!!!!

[@msk.johnson5102]

So so true. You never know what u have until it's gone. Then it's always to late. Love this song.

[@frankgraysofficial9187]

That’s right, you never know how much it means until you lose it.

[@frankgraysofficial9187]

Where are you from Ms K??

[@chrism2386]

I had a hits record and this was one of the gems. Never forgot it. Paints a vivid picture.Thanks.

[@jaygoodfella56]

J Dilla - Top 10 Beats brought me here after hearing the instrumental "Got Til It's Gone" with Q-tips voice saying "Joni Mitchell never lied". Rest in beats 🙏🏾 J Dilla

[@darrellsomers5427]

Unreal talent