Pave over paradise

[awyenofrivendel]

"You never know what you got till it's gone....

so pave over paradise and put up a parking lot"

Comments

[kyrie_eleison_7]

Hey! That quote is in Madonna's song "One More Chance"...well, at least the first part is...;-)

~J-MAN~

[awyenofrivendel]

You really really have Madonna on the brain dont yah ;-)

Those are the lyrics to "Pave over Paradise"... it was a very popular song in it's original airing (likly the 50's) and the copyright (I'm assuming) is now up so many artists are reworking the lyrics.....

I specifically was thinking of the version run on my local Christian radio station.

Joni Mitchell - 1970

[ajh_dac]

Joni said this about writing the song to journalist Alan McDougall in the early 1970's-"Living in Los Angeles, smog choked L.A., is bad enough but the last straw came when I visited Hawaii for the first time. It was night time when we got there, so I didn't get my first view of the scenery until I got up the next morning. The hotel room was quite high up so in the distance I could see the blue Pacific Ocean. I walked over to the balcony and there was the picture book scenery, palm tree swaying in the breeze and all. Then I looked down and there was this ugly concrete car park in the hotel grounds. I thought 'They paved paradise and put up a parking lot' and that's how the song
"Big Yellow Taxi" was born."

Re: Joni Mitchell - 1970

[awyenofrivendel]

Ah thankyee ^ ^

By the way.... I'd like to add you. I'm finding your journal entries to be quite insperiational. :)

Don't feel obligated to add me back, but you are welcome to do so as you wish.

God bless,
Scully