:They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" is only clever the first 7 times she sings it.

[Bucky]

And I love Joni Mitchell, but really, she overplays her hand about a third of the way through that song.

[Throd]

1. She makes up for it when she belches at the very end.

Most radio stations edit that part out though.

[Bertha Venation]

2. Nowhere nearly as annoying as the two covers I've heard.

Amy Grant -- fucking Amy Grant?! I saw her in concert five times when I was a fundy. Gotta give it to her; she put on a helluva show. But I outgrew her when I shed religion. Lousiest cover I've ever heard.

And someone else, a guy, covered it somewhat recently. Lame.

Lemme hear Joni. Court and Spark, one of the best albums ever recorded.

[Arugula Latte]

3. I think you're thinking of Counting Crows' cover.

Yes, lame.

[EOTE]

4. Lame is one word for it.

Fucking horrendous are a few others. I don't have anything against the Counting Crows in general, but Adam Duritz should have planks inserted under his finger nails for doing that cover.

[KamaAina]

5. I would never have suspected

Thank you for coming into the light! Maybe you could write a survival manual like "Sheeding Fundametalism for Dummies" or something.

[Bertha Venation]

6. No need for that book.

It's in wising up that people shed fundamentalism. They're no longer dummies. :)