This is the kind of calming song your dad played in the car at medium-low volume while driving the family home on the highway late at night, front windows rolled down with a cool breeze coming in, you and your siblings asleep in the back.
My description is very similar, but it's late afternoon in early December, before the Midwest snow falls, and your dad is driving down the expressway, as he smoothly maneuvers around a white box truck in the center lane with a rear door that has a crooked handle and some of the paint flaking off, revealing the primed metal below. The extreme angle that the sun passes through this time of year casts a very orange sepia tone on everything, from the white box truck, to the interstate, to the tall tan concrete walls lining both sides of it, and even to the bare tree branches poking up over the top of the walls.
Never thought about it like that way. Good very good observation. Im Holding that thought as I head out of the milky way, controls set on warp speed. Wanna come wit?
There are still plently of 90s radios on the internet, personnally I love addictedtoradio.com - 90s alternative. It brings some kind of comfort to the nostalgic.
The last 2 decades doesn't have anywhere near as much to offer as the previous 5.5 decades. Music has really gone down hill in the 21st century because musicians under 40 years old care more about money and fame than art. And don't even get me started with auto-tune.
Heard this song in a gas station just now. Came beeboppin out the store and got on RUclips and now it's the mid 90s again and I'm 15 all over again. Love it. ✌️
That's the age I was when this song came out. WZXL in South Jersey played this song every 30 minutes in the summer of '96. I can't recall a memory of the mid-90's that doesn't have this song in it. From cruises down the shore with friends to love and heartache of the "summer love". With all teh BS in this world going on right now, I'd easily go back to that simpler song. Hearing this song takes me there.
This masterpiece holds such a special place in my heart. It's my personal time travel machine, as soon as I hear those first lyrics, I'm a child again, rollerblading in front of my house, this song bursting from my sister's room on a summer morning... I see it all again through the eyes of the 9 year old I was. It was a pure, happy feeling of just *being* .
how does it fit in life now? does it sit the same way it did then? you are you the same? i found this song in berlin in 08' and notta is the same so i just wonder...
I still love this song as much as I did when I first heard it. I was around 33 years old, I'm 61 now and still listening. Really great vocals, lyrics, everything about it is just awesome. 🥰
My mother used to pick me up from daycare and this was always on the radio. As I grew older it faded from memory. As I got older I joined the Navy, never really got to see my mother a lot. She came to visit me in San Diego and she was driving and all of the sudden all the memories from being a child hit me. It was weird being 21 feeling like a 3 year old again. Music is really a portal to your past memories.
I was a busy mom of very cool teenagers. Reading how many teens loved growing up in the 90s is like a family reunion for my heart. Peace and love to all you 30 somethings
Iconic 90's tune. JR has such a dynamic beautiful voice on this recording. I sing this song often especially when warming up the vocal chords because of the range in his voice. One of my fave 90's of all time by far.
I was 24 when this song hit the charts in the mid 90's and it seems like it wasn't so long ago. This song always takes me back to that wonderful time in my life. I'm now 50 years old and I simply can't believe it.
I'm 61 and this is one of my all time favorite songs. To me it's spiritually soothing. I lost a beautiful son when he was only 11 Years young. This song makes me weep but at the same time lifts me ☝ up. Thank you Dishwalla for this VERY MEANINGFUL tune. xo❤
@@JRRichardsOfficial thank you for this beautiful song. One of my VERY FAVORITES of all times! I lost a beautiful child when he was 11 and your song makes me cry in a good way. I love everything about it. XO
There's something so charming about this song! The snare busy drums, slightly abstract chord progression, just enough bass, chill but still impactful lyrical melody. Great work boys!
I remember hearing this song for the first time in 1995 at the Houston zoo. I went on a school field trip and had my sandwich and Surge soda and was sitting in the outdoor eating area. They had it playing over the speakers and it was just a really good day. 90's don't die!
I want soooo bad to go back to this day in time 😢😢 I was a blooming flower 🌼 with my whole life ahead of me, so much to learn, so much to see, my book was still unwritten.
I was in my late 20s, hanging out with some friends at happy hour, and a good friend sang along with the chorus. Her voice was glorious. She died last month, far too young. This song popped on the radio the week before the memorial we had for her. Thanks for the memories.
I wouldn't be surprised if this song popped up again in 100 or even 200 years. It really has that timeless quality, which is so difficult to describe, but you know it when you hear it.
This Cd got me through some of the toughest years of my life. Thank you for being such a positive force in my life. I honestly don't know where I would be without you guys.
I used to listen to this song on an old clock radio back in the 90's and immediately loved it. I'm 34 and still rocking it. Literally NO music today can compare. Ridiculously good. All late 80's 90's music makes me so happy whenever I hear it. Absolutely love it.
Bud I'm 34 as well I can remember listening to this song when. I was a kid as well when you had no worries in the world and people were so much more laid back and joyful ... and hanging out with my friends listening to this song
I remember always hearing this song as a kid riding around on weekends with my dad. I get all the feels and waves of nostalgia listening to this. This song has so much of a deeper meaning to me as an adult now and as my dad is losing his battle to stage 4 cancer. So many questions about God, life, and why?
It's so strange....... My dad passed away may 10yh 2020, this song is all. My youth, my moments looking at him doing nothing special, asking myself what life will be looking like... So nostalgic, so heartbreaking but feeling free and grateful for this life
I wish everyday I’d wake up with this song on my radio and I was back in the 90s and all this had been a really bad messed up dream. My heaven if it exist will be the 90s
I heard this song about a million times during the 90s but this is the first time I've seen it. What a beautiful video! I love the colors and the overexposure effect. The singer is very charismatic, too. I'm also loving the VERY 90s camera panning and spinning.
Same here. I am just watching the video for the very first time in 2022, 27 years after first hearing it! I've heard the song so many times - it is one of the songs that just takes me back to my 20s - but I somehow never knew who sang it.
One of the most memorable contributions of alt-rock to mid-90s pop. Beautifully written lyric with an innocence and openness fueled by the anger behind phrases like "am I very far, now?" followed by a snarling guitar. The idea of God as female was still relatively new in the pop mentality, and this lyric served to stretch the spiritual horizons of an entire generation. It was one of the anthems of the summer of 96.
I had a very abusive father. I was born in 90 and went to elementary school in Arizona and that was before the abuse got REALLY bad. He used to put a ziplock bag of cereal together so I could eat it while he takes me to school. And we’d listen to the radio. Songs like this hold those good memories of us in my head. As much as I don’t like my dad, I like those memories. I wish I could reach out to these guys and tell them. The impact they have is incredible. I get choked up because I’m so grateful to have that moment.
I hope you have forgiven your father, he was probably just a victim too. Its a childhood trauma that repeats itself until someone tries to break it and heal. Have a good one!
Listening to this album at 13 years old while on my way with my mom and sister to Lake Tahoe to go skiing, just got the revolutionary “Furby.” Parents were separated but considering my Dad loved to ski, he actually came up to ski with us and share memories. God is always working with me as long as I stay honest.
From the library of my mind. Great memories indeed the mid 90s Warm and fuzzy when I think back. And without those I would have nothing. At least to me as those memories shape who we become Zoomers should be mindful of that cuz when they get old the cubbies will be empty.
Me to bro the 90’s were the last of innocents I mean we didn’t have a phone in our hand at all periods of the day. We actually hung out with our friends listened to music and talked.
In my old school time, step on the cracks you break your mother's back. Never really understood that analogy so if anyone else can elaborate it would be greatly appreciated 👍🙏👍🙏 please and thank you. Much love and respect 💝💕😚
No Maui no Patadise California, etc…Biue cars? What a fucking coincidence yeah . Oh oh it’s one them conspiracy theorists. You I don’t think them people get enough credit. The New World Order is a slow moving slave train.But hey it’s ok take a red pill and go back to sleep. 0:06
So I grew up in the late 60s and 70s, raised on classic rock, when a new super album came out almost weekly. I was also a constant fan of 90s rock. So many good tunes that I still listen to. I bought all my favorite CDs and passed the love of it on to my son who remarked, "Dad has more of my music than I do!" This ranks right up there as one of my all time favorites. I'm actually on here because I was chatting with a friend and I wanted her to hear it too! Thanks for a great song!
I was 17 when this came out fell in love with this song!! Still to this day when I hear it...it's like I time travel back to the good ol days I get that feel good feeling in the pit of my stomach! 💜🎸🎵Amazing! Classic! Forever!
This song came on in the grocery store this evening. Now, I'm watching the video on RUclips and thinking back to 95 when I was 9 years old rocking out to this song then. This song is still a banger, and hasn't aged a bit.
All these 90s songs remind me of the times when I'd have the radio on practically 24/7 because the airwaves was brimming with great songs like this. Perhaps it's just me feeling dissatisfied with the world more (as that seems to happen the older you get), but I can't help feeling wistful for when music seemed so much better. Thank heavens that RUclips (and Spotify, Pandora, etc.) exists; as a big music-lover, I'm really grateful for it/them.
This has always been such a beautiful song. These past few months I have listened to it all night. It has helped me through a very difficult time. Thank you and God bless you
I have never shared this before and I'm sure no one will care or see this but this song was playing on the radio the night when my brother passed away at 20 years old from cancer. Every time i hear it it brings me right back to that day. Every word of this feels like it was written for him.
I'm so sorry Kasey, that must have been very difficult to bear. I hope that you have many cherished memories of him. He is with you in spirit - I'm certain of it.
I liked Vertical Horizon's sound musically, but those lyrics...not fun. I see why people associate it with "nice guy" syndrome. Just really depressing to hear given my childhood and relationship issues
Matchbox Twenty is so good. How I Used to Be? Not really any other songs I can think of that express this concept. Rob Thomas pops up in the strangest places too, like on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Was watching HOW I MEET YOUR MOTHER ... 1/22/22 .. And one of the characters came in wearing a DISHWALLA shirt.. Talking about remember (tell me all your thoughts on god)... So I came to the RUclips time machine.. Good stuff .. I love the 90s .. Was a great time for me.
There was a time when nearly all the FM stations played awesome music; I'm fortunate to have grown up during that time. Thank you JR for adding to that soundtrack with this timeless music.
This puts me in my 1990 Mustang, driving to San Antonio with my wife by my side and our six year old daughter in the back seat. Much has collapsed since then, but this remains a solid memory of a much happier time.
I would disagree. The 90's music did have heart, mind & feeling but that continued into the early 2000's. It's the early 2000's that was the last decade to have great music with with heart, mind, soul & feeling. REMEMBER many of the 90s groups continued making great music in the early 2000's.
I can still remember the sweet scent in the air of the long grass in Louisiana, my wife and I holding hands as we drove across our, then, home. That beautiful Summer day in '96 as the sun floats low in the sky and caressed us warmly when it slowly began to set. I looked at my beloved, relaxed in our little, red chariot and her angelic smile worked the magic that it always does and turned me, a hard man, into soft butter. This was the song that played for us and, for just a little while, we enjoyed our own small piece of perfection along a smooth country road as God sang for two of his children. :)
JR Richards Official Mr. Richards, I'm thanking the heavens above that you all made that song for us to enjoy! The sentiment is sincere and you can have the words I said. Please create more music for us to hear and make magic memories with to last another lifetime? :)
+JR Richards Official where Can I Pre order it JR???????????????? im not a rich dude? but I can help with a few bucks if it will help you out. your amazing man year ago some chick? I think use to e mail me of you guys progress? AMY?? something like that? lol iwas a a getting emails about you I guess? im teaching my grandson you music on a Yamaha I got him. hes getting there for 13 yr old haha Peace brother........
I was reminded of this today and came to listen to it. Such a beautiful song, made me teary eyed remembering when it came out. Such a good time in life. My how time flies. ❤️
I can't hear this song without thinking it's either: 1) A song about a child with terminal illness exploring ideas about what's going to happen after, or 2) A song about somebody's lifetime, growing from childhood curiosity into a person nearing the end of their life and being brought back to those same questions so many years later Either way I interpret it, it makes me want to cry, and it's genuinely been too long for me to remember the last time anything made me that sad lol
I was really depressed when this song came out. I was listening to this song when I tried to end it all, because of a breakup with someone that I really loved. This song resonated with me at the time. I and a friend would visit and listen to this song over, and over, and over. He was having some very personal problems, his wife left him and he was listening to this song, he had it on repeat and he did end it all. The song was playing when they found him, and I often wondered if this song resonated with him more than it did with me. I hoped that it would have worked for me, but thank GOD it didn't. I am a Christian now and I believe that I will meet GOD when it is my appointed time. Thank you for this beautiful song after all these years.
Amen to that! I grew up in a friend group in the early 2000s that loved drugs and rock music. I was friends with them because of the music. Dated one of the guys for several years. He was abusive. I got out but am still fond hearted of that group because most of them were just heartbroken teenagers. I am now a devout Christian, I have a family and a great life. Many of them have been to jail and or prison. As my ex is still in prison now. This song just hits something in me. It did back then and always will.
This song. This friggin song... 20 years later, and this is STILL my all-time favorite song, out of all the music I've heard throughout my life. THIS SONG!!! PS: Kids, there's another 23s of guitar riff at the end of this song that they don't play on the radio/in the video. And it's amazing.
Sometimes a song can get stuck in your head and it can be so annoying. I'm going on the third day of Counting Blue Cars playing on a loop in my head, I'm in no hurry for it to stop.
It's been over 20 years since this song kicked the shit out of the airwaves and it's still a tune I play anytime I'm on the tube. JR has been the consummate host, responding to fans at every turn- and his new tunes are an auditory delight. And while Justin Fox has assumed the mantle as lead vocals, my heart gravitates to the original Blue Cars and JR's awesome vocals. After 44 years of listening to rock, I can honestly say this is one of my favorite tunes ever. Thanks, JR.
+oldsarge101 Over ten years? Yeah. Do you know its 20 years old actually? I know 20 is still over 10 but thought I'd point out its a bit more than just over 10.
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Glad you all are still listening after all these years! I wrote this in 1993 and recorded it with Dishwalla in 1994 :)
Great song J.R., how about an explanation of the lyrics? way too much speculation out there.
Great song, always on my playlist.
Great to know when you write this!!! Back to tour with the band...Pendergast are there back too! ;-)
Stanley Anderson
I suspect he was trying to impress a girl with the lyrics.
i fuckin wrshp this song
2024 anyone?
2025 here. Things aren't any better now :/
@@msfasa greetings from 2024! I'm glad to see there are still some humans alive in 2025!
Makes me flash back to the 90s!! That was a better time
Better times...
Oh, but of course!
This is the kind of calming song your dad played in the car at medium-low volume while driving the family home on the highway late at night, front windows rolled down with a cool breeze coming in, you and your siblings asleep in the back.
That is a fantastic image! ✯ Thank you for listening :) 🙏🎵
My description is very similar, but it's late afternoon in early December, before the Midwest snow falls, and your dad is driving down the expressway, as he smoothly maneuvers around a white box truck in the center lane with a rear door that has a crooked handle and some of the paint flaking off, revealing the primed metal below. The extreme angle that the sun passes through this time of year casts a very orange sepia tone on everything, from the white box truck, to the interstate, to the tall tan concrete walls lining both sides of it, and even to the bare tree branches poking up over the top of the walls.
Incredible song!! Thank you!! 🎵🎶🙏❤
You captured the mood _perfectly_ 🤗
Im that dad now, but i was a teenager when it came out
For a dear friend that couldn't beat his demons, he loved this song. We miss you Justin ❤️
Music is the closest thing we have to a time machine.
TRUTH!
Agreed 💯
nah bruh. Ice Core samples. I don't even think the 8 track was invented when mozart played his first dive tavern.
Never thought about it like that way. Good very good observation. Im Holding that thought as I head out of the milky way, controls set on warp speed. Wanna come wit?
I got one but I don't recommend it to people.
Really miss 90's radio, when songs like this rocked the FM.
There are still plently of 90s radios on the internet, personnally I love addictedtoradio.com - 90s alternative. It brings some kind of comfort to the nostalgic.
FC Schaeffer star 98.7
Aye like Dr Xs radio show
Thank God for that :)
Damn I feel old.
Dishwalla, Toad the wet sprocket, Spin Doctors, Mother love bone, man the 90's were awesome
Also the British Band So (Are You sure) , and Jesus Jones (Right Here, Right Now)
Happy to be in that group!
Just saying, every decade has something awesome to offer for music...Agreed? 😊
The last 2 decades doesn't have anywhere near as much to offer as the previous 5.5 decades. Music has really gone down hill in the 21st century because musicians under 40 years old care more about money and fame than art. And don't even get me started with auto-tune.
The 90s was the last decade.
Heard this song in a gas station just now. Came beeboppin out the store and got on RUclips and now it's the mid 90s again and I'm 15 all over again. Love it. ✌️
Thanks for still listening! ✯🙏🎵
That's the age I was when this song came out. WZXL in South Jersey played this song every 30 minutes in the summer of '96. I can't recall a memory of the mid-90's that doesn't have this song in it. From cruises down the shore with friends to love and heartache of the "summer love".
With all teh BS in this world going on right now, I'd easily go back to that simpler song. Hearing this song takes me there.
I was in a doctors office and heard it and instantly was 12 again loving this song, just takes me back to a simpler time
This masterpiece holds such a special place in my heart. It's my personal time travel machine, as soon as I hear those first lyrics, I'm a child again, rollerblading in front of my house, this song bursting from my sister's room on a summer morning... I see it all again through the eyes of the 9 year old I was. It was a pure, happy feeling of just *being* .
Same for me
That is wonderful to hear! Thanks so much for sharing Kat.
Indeed it's a masterpiece, and a time machine, and it holds up the test of time very well, it's in my top 5 of 90's songs.
The exact same feeling exists for my sister and I. What I would give to go back.
Thanks for sharing. That was beautiful! I was there with you for a moment!
Was born in 73. Early twenties and in the prime of my life when this was out. It will stick with me forever!
hell i am old and it kick ass
Thanks so much for sharing AND for still listening.
how does it fit in life now? does it sit the same way it did then? you are you the same? i found this song in berlin in 08' and notta is the same so i just wonder...
This song is what we need now more than ever. The world has become so evil.
Your prime is 25-38 as a man..
I still love this song as much as I did when I first heard it. I was around 33 years old, I'm 61 now and still listening. Really great vocals, lyrics, everything about it is just awesome. 🥰
✯ That is so awesome to hear Suzanne!! :) 🙏🎵
Same here, just turned 62 :) this song is definitely a one of a kind gem with it's ethereal music, lyrics and vocals, it's perfect.
I'm 60 years old myself and listening to this and all the comments put you in tears.
Am 68 & still love & listen to this song. Thank you J R . .
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Yup
This is a great example of a song that evokes an emotional response, taking me back to high school.
Timeless tune…
My mother used to pick me up from daycare and this was always on the radio. As I grew older it faded from memory. As I got older I joined the Navy, never really got to see my mother a lot. She came to visit me in San Diego and she was driving and all of the sudden all the memories from being a child hit me. It was weird being 21 feeling like a 3 year old again. Music is really a portal to your past memories.
Amen Brother. Thank you for your Service!
I was a busy mom of very cool teenagers. Reading how many teens loved growing up in the 90s is like a family reunion for my heart. Peace and love to all you 30 somethings
Love to you, Martha!
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Peace and love to you too Martha. Stay safe.
THANKS MOM!
music bringing people together during times that are trying to separate us. just beautiful
Iconic 90's tune. JR has such a dynamic beautiful voice on this recording. I sing this song often especially when warming up the vocal chords because of the range in his voice. One of my fave 90's of all time by far.
✯ Wow! I am honored Mike :) 🙏🎵
THIS SONG IS ALWAYS ON "REPEAT", absolutely phenomenal.
✯ Wow! I am honored :) 🙏🎵
I was 24 when this song hit the charts in the mid 90's and it seems like it wasn't so long ago. This song always takes me back to that wonderful time in my life. I'm now 50 years old and I simply can't believe it.
It sure does fly my man... I wrote this when I was 22.
I Agree this song takes me back too👍👍👍
@@JRRichardsOfficial Thanks for writing this track. I love hearing it whenever I do. Takes me allllllllll the way back to great days😎❤️
I'm 61 and this is one of my all time favorite songs. To me it's spiritually soothing. I lost a beautiful son when he was only 11 Years young. This song makes me weep but at the same time lifts me ☝ up. Thank you Dishwalla for this VERY MEANINGFUL tune. xo❤
@@JRRichardsOfficial thank you for this beautiful song. One of my VERY FAVORITES of all times! I lost a beautiful child when he was 11 and your song makes me cry in a good way. I love everything about it. XO
This song has aged well. Still a fantastic song and wonderful composition
It sure does.
This is definitely one of the coolest songs of the 90'S
INCROYABLE ! .. années 90 's 🎸🙏
Wow! Thank you :)
There's something so charming about this song! The snare busy drums, slightly abstract chord progression, just enough bass, chill but still impactful lyrical melody. Great work boys!
mais um dia jogando com eles
Thank you :)
I remember hearing this song for the first time in 1995 at the Houston zoo. I went on a school field trip and had my sandwich and Surge soda and was sitting in the outdoor eating area. They had it playing over the speakers and it was just a really good day. 90's don't die!
Love it! Thanks for sharing :)
I don't know why - but I smiled reading this little memory of yours.. Thanks for sharing!
Bro knew you hit home as soon as I seen surge haha yup about the same age part of my being now pretty much one of those nostalgic keep sakes
Surge soda.
Awesome story, thinking back to times like that can bring you to tears.
Thanks, Dr. X for playing this on college radio
Agreed!
These guys are surprisingly cool: humble, friendly, graceful. Real class acts.
One of the best songs from the '90s, no matter the genre
Thanks so much Cory! ✯🙏🎵
Awesome to see there's still nineties fans out there. WE'RE NOT DEAD YET!!!
That is right!!
LMAO obviously not because appreciation for talent doesn't die.
YES, MAN!!!!! YOU'RE RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!
Not by a long shot.
90’s strong always and forever
I want soooo bad to go back to this day in time 😢😢 I was a blooming flower 🌼 with my whole life ahead of me, so much to learn, so much to see, my book was still unwritten.
My late father really loved this song. We used to sing along with it, whenever it came on the radio.
That is wonderful to hear!... sending good thoughts your way :)
Still listening in 2024 🥳
Me too! 👍🏻✌🏻
Es un excelente canción
Yes, always ! 😊
Still listening in 2026
I listen all the time, I just don't like listening to this.
I'm 55 and STILL listening to bands from the 90s like this in 2019😀
So am I--both!! Check out "Smells Like The 90's" on iHeart Radio!
I`m 65 and doing the same!
54 and still enjoy my oldies...lol
36 here and still listen to the 90's rock bands. 4 ever \,,/
And if you are like me...90's does not even seem that old!
So who out here in 2024 still jamming to this? 🎸
Me!
dude get a life every year the same comment
Sorry I'm late.
Totally bro. Still my favorite band. Discovered them on the FM when I was im 4th grade. Was hooked.
Me!
I was in my late 20s, hanging out with some friends at happy hour, and a good friend sang along with the chorus. Her voice was glorious. She died last month, far too young. This song popped on the radio the week before the memorial we had for her. Thanks for the memories.
I'm sorry for your loss
I am so sorry to hear... sending good thoughts your way!
Damn...
I'm sorry for your for tour loss..
This song and Heavy by Collective Soul are the bomb.
I wouldn't be surprised if this song popped up again in 100 or even 200 years. It really has that timeless quality, which is so difficult to describe, but you know it when you hear it.
You came to listen after the Hawaii Wilfires?
That would be amazing!!
This one never gets old. It never will.
A classic the should be on everyone's 90s rock playlist
Thanks Wizard!
Best songwriting since Neil Young!
Makes me wish i grew up in the 90s.
It is
@@petemyer6401 😂🤣 LOL!!!!!!
I think he was definitely one of the best vocalists of the 90s!
This Cd got me through some of the toughest years of my life. Thank you for being such a positive force in my life. I honestly don't know where I would be without you guys.
I am tottaly honored my man :) Thanks so much for the post! - JR
I used to listen to this song on an old clock radio back in the 90's and immediately loved it. I'm 34 and still rocking it. Literally NO music today can compare. Ridiculously good. All late 80's 90's music makes me so happy whenever I hear it. Absolutely love it.
Bud I'm 34 as well I can remember listening to this song when. I was a kid as well when you had no worries in the world and people were so much more laid back and joyful ... and hanging out with my friends listening to this song
Good music is still out there. You just have to search a lot harder for it.
Saaaame. 35 now. Todays music, if you can even call it that, is nonsense. Dishwalla FTW!
^^
I remember always hearing this song as a kid riding around on weekends with my dad. I get all the feels and waves of nostalgia listening to this. This song has so much of a deeper meaning to me as an adult now and as my dad is losing his battle to stage 4 cancer. So many questions about God, life, and why?
Stephanie Carter she’s there, and she’s watching over him, ready to bring him into heaven 😉
Though we are a blip in time this song and the memories it brings will last forever. Godspeed!!!!
Stay strong, all love from Daytona beach
It's so strange....... My dad passed away may 10yh 2020, this song is all. My youth, my moments looking at him doing nothing special, asking myself what life will be looking like... So nostalgic, so heartbreaking but feeling free and grateful for this life
@@CarDaddyOfficial thank you ❤️
One of my favorite songs from the 90's. Gives me chills!
✯ Wow! That is awesome to hear! :) 🙏🎵
yes it does even though i dont buy the idea of jugment
I wish everyday I’d wake up with this song on my radio and I was back in the 90s and all this had been a really bad messed up dream. My heaven if it exist will be the 90s
A huge damn piece of work! What a song! This is iconic from the 90's
✯ Wow! Thanks for the kind words Mark! :) 🙏🎵
This song brings back so many memories.... Oh, wow... Almost brings a tear in my eye...
Thanks for still listening Tad!
I heard this song about a million times during the 90s but this is the first time I've seen it. What a beautiful video! I love the colors and the overexposure effect. The singer is very charismatic, too. I'm also loving the VERY 90s camera panning and spinning.
I don't think I ever watched the video
Spot on
Same here. I am just watching the video for the very first time in 2022, 27 years after first hearing it! I've heard the song so many times - it is one of the songs that just takes me back to my 20s - but I somehow never knew who sang it.
Same here! I have the cd too!
2024 and still counting
Nostalgic Songs like this bring you right back the 90s rocked the last great decade
I WANT MY 90s BACK!
I hear you..
Me 2222
Me too, and I was born in 2008!
1000000 %
Lily Aldrin talked me into this!
One of the most memorable contributions of alt-rock to mid-90s pop. Beautifully written lyric with an innocence and openness fueled by the anger behind phrases like "am I very far, now?" followed by a snarling guitar. The idea of God as female was still relatively new in the pop mentality, and this lyric served to stretch the spiritual horizons of an entire generation. It was one of the anthems of the summer of 96.
✯ Thanks for the kind words Brian! 🙏🎵
Yes! Agree with all you said Brian!
I had a very abusive father. I was born in 90 and went to elementary school in Arizona and that was before the abuse got REALLY bad. He used to put a ziplock bag of cereal together so I could eat it while he takes me to school. And we’d listen to the radio. Songs like this hold those good memories of us in my head. As much as I don’t like my dad, I like those memories. I wish I could reach out to these guys and tell them. The impact they have is incredible. I get choked up because I’m so grateful to have that moment.
Music is a powerful thing... I hope all is well!
I hope you have forgiven your father, he was probably just a victim too. Its a childhood trauma that repeats itself until someone tries to break it and heal. Have a good one!
Counting Blue Cars by Dishwalla has been one of my favorites for 20 years
Not nearly enough views for this straight up classic track.
Thanks Anthony!!
I still loving Counting Blue Cars....what a smash single!
Did you ever catch yourself literally counting all the blue cars when passing? I do and it took me years to realize it.
This is what a million dollar voice going thru a $90 Shure 57 microphone sounds like!
This song is like a time machine straight back to the 1990s*
Yes! Also included is Gin Blossoms, Spin Doctors, Pearl Jam, Hootie and the Blowfish, and Bush.
Or the answer to the question:
describe the 90's with one song?
@Ethan Long Schlong Sorry but technically that's not 90's, but 80's.
Glad to see you all again, fellow 90s surfers!
Brings me back to my youth in the 90s I wish I could go back 😢
You don't search for old songs, you search for old memories
Nostalgia is one powerful thing
Yes. Well said
Absolutely right. Powerful, yes. I just never knew it would also be this painful.
This is the way!
Listening to this album at 13 years old while on my way with my mom and sister to Lake Tahoe to go skiing, just got the revolutionary “Furby.”
Parents were separated but considering my Dad loved to ski, he actually came up to ski with us and share memories.
God is always working with me as long as I stay honest.
From the library of my mind. Great memories indeed the mid 90s
Warm and fuzzy when I think back. And without those I would have nothing.
At least to me as those memories shape who we become
Zoomers should be mindful of that cuz when they get old the cubbies will be empty.
Good decade for rock songs
I agree :) thanks Jim!
+JR Richards Official love most of your songs. You are the best :)
Thanks Hazel!!
God I miss the 90's, I had an awesome childhood then!
70s childhood was much better.
Me to bro the 90’s were the last of innocents I mean we didn’t have a phone in our hand at all periods of the day. We actually hung out with our friends listened to music and talked.
@@MrKarmapolice97 i get your point but late 70s and early 80s were a different kind of special time.
"We count only blue cars...skip the cracks in the street and ask many questions,as children often do."
In my old school time, step on the cracks you break your mother's back. Never really understood that analogy so if anyone else can elaborate it would be greatly appreciated 👍🙏👍🙏 please and thank you. Much love and respect 💝💕😚
No 9/11, No social media, No pandemic... if only we knew.
No Patriot Act
@@RocketmanRockyMatrix That came with 9/11
No repeal of glass steagall
No Maui no Patadise California, etc…Biue cars? What a fucking coincidence yeah . Oh oh it’s one them conspiracy theorists. You I don’t think them people get enough credit. The New World Order is a slow moving slave train.But hey it’s ok take a red pill and go back to sleep. 0:06
No president biden 🫠
Now I realize why my grandparents were stuck in the 20's; I wish the 90's didn't end so soon...I'm stuck, too.
Ha Awesome.... and true :)
You and me the same. Can't stand the music of to today except a couple exceptions. 90$ RULED
The 90's were full of great music but I'm a bit older than you I guess because I'm stuck in the 80's
Love this song
Barely got radio play but was happy when I did hear this song
So I grew up in the late 60s and 70s, raised on classic rock, when a new super album came out almost weekly. I was also a constant fan of 90s rock. So many good tunes that I still listen to. I bought all my favorite CDs and passed the love of it on to my son who remarked, "Dad has more of my music than I do!" This ranks right up there as one of my all time favorites. I'm actually on here because I was chatting with a friend and I wanted her to hear it too! Thanks for a great song!
Thanks for still listening my man! - JR
2023 and still gives me great vibes!
It's also wholesome to see the lead singers responses to the comments 😊
Thanks so much for the kind words! :)
I was 17 when this came out fell in love with this song!! Still to this day when I hear it...it's like I time travel back to the good ol days I get that feel good feeling in the pit of my stomach! 💜🎸🎵Amazing! Classic! Forever!
Hell yeah the 90s were the greatest!!!
✯ Thank you for still listening Patricia! :) 🙏🎵
This song came on in the grocery store this evening. Now, I'm watching the video on RUclips and thinking back to 95 when I was 9 years old rocking out to this song then. This song is still a banger, and hasn't aged a bit.
All these 90s songs remind me of the times when I'd have the radio on practically 24/7 because the airwaves was brimming with great songs like this. Perhaps it's just me
feeling dissatisfied with the world more (as that seems to happen the older you get), but I can't help feeling wistful for when music seemed so much better.
Thank heavens that RUclips (and Spotify, Pandora, etc.) exists; as a big music-lover, I'm really grateful for it/them.
This has always been such a beautiful song. These past few months I have listened to it all night. It has helped me through a very difficult time. Thank you and God bless you
I was in middle school when this song came out. I'm 40 years old now. Still sounds so fresh!
I have never shared this before and I'm sure no one will care or see this but this song was playing on the radio the night when my brother passed away at 20 years old from cancer. Every time i hear it it brings me right back to that day. Every word of this feels like it was written for him.
I'm so sorry Kasey, that must have been very difficult to bear. I hope that you have many cherished memories of him. He is with you in spirit - I'm certain of it.
God bless you, may he rest in peace...
❤❤❤
Fantastic vocals. Some of the best of the 90s
Thanks so much my man!
Adam Devine's fav song... True story. T.I.I Nation!
Really??
your greatest hit was released on VH1 in June 1996; luv ya music; bring back 90s again; better than 2022!
Who else was watching and listening to this on MTV in 1995!
Right here 14 years old.
Yes I was 22 great song.
16
Great memories.
@Major woody me too
Dishwalla, Matchbox 20 and vertical horizon
Oh! the days of good music
love me some vertical horizon! She's everything you want...she's everything you need...
I love all 3. Those days were the best!
Exactly!
I liked Vertical Horizon's sound musically, but those lyrics...not fun. I see why people associate it with "nice guy" syndrome. Just really depressing to hear given my childhood and relationship issues
Matchbox Twenty is so good. How I Used to Be? Not really any other songs I can think of that express this concept. Rob Thomas pops up in the strangest places too, like on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Was watching HOW I MEET YOUR MOTHER ... 1/22/22 .. And one of the characters came in wearing a DISHWALLA shirt.. Talking about remember (tell me all your thoughts on god)... So I came to the RUclips time machine.. Good stuff .. I love the 90s .. Was a great time for me.
This song accompanied me on many lonely nights. Feeling down thinking that life gave me a shitty deal. Thankfully this song always cheers me up.
That is awesome to hear! Thanks for posting :)
This song will always rock. It rocked then, it rocks now. And when I wake up in the morning it will still rock.
hell yea
T Moody - fu** yes
T Moody
It'll rock even if you don't wake up
Who's still counting blue cars
This song is awesome Jr Richards
🤘✌️🤟🎼🎶🎵💯
There was a time when nearly all the FM stations played awesome music; I'm fortunate to have grown up during that time. Thank you JR for adding to that soundtrack with this timeless music.
Thank you for still listening Leeav!!
Ted Mosby claims he brought me here, but it was actually Lily Aldrin.
It was this mysterious DJ called Dr. X
Who? 😂 nerd!!!!
This puts me in my 1990 Mustang, driving to San Antonio with my wife by my side and our six year old daughter in the back seat. Much has collapsed since then, but this remains a solid memory of a much happier time.
Those were great times Ben :)
@@JRRichardsOfficial and yes, I counted blue cars with my daughter. 😍
I was a young mom at the time...thanks for the positivity....it kept me going
90s: The last time music had heart, mind, soul, and feeling.
It still does, it's just that good music is not mainstream like it once was.
Thanks Holden!
I would disagree. The 90's music did have heart, mind & feeling but that continued into the early 2000's. It's the early 2000's that was the last decade to have great music with with heart, mind, soul & feeling. REMEMBER many of the 90s groups continued making great music in the early 2000's.
This song still in my rotation in 2023. Part of a great era in modern rock.
So awesome to hear!
Love this song.
Had some lows in my life, requested it on The Fox 99.3 Vancouver on my 36 th birthday.
Met my wife the next day.
Fixed EVERYTHING.
My favorite decade for music. I love this song to this day! :)
✯ That is so awesome to hear Jennifer! 🙏🎵
I can still remember the sweet scent in the air of the long grass in Louisiana, my wife and I holding hands as we drove across our, then, home. That beautiful Summer day in '96 as the sun floats low in the sky and caressed us warmly when it slowly began to set. I looked at my beloved, relaxed in our little, red chariot and her angelic smile worked the magic that it always does and turned me, a hard man, into soft butter. This was the song that played for us and, for just a little while, we enjoyed our own small piece of perfection along a smooth country road as God sang for two of his children. :)
blackwunk That is fantastic and should be a song itself :) Thanks so much for listening!
JR Richards Official Mr. Richards, I'm thanking the heavens above that you all made that song for us to enjoy! The sentiment is sincere and you can have the words I said. Please create more music for us to hear and make magic memories with to last another lifetime? :)
blackwunk I am working on a new album now :) Thanks so much again!! Best - JR
+JR Richards Official where Can I Pre order it JR???????????????? im not a rich dude? but I can help with a few bucks if it will help you out. your amazing man year ago some chick? I think use to e mail me of you guys progress? AMY?? something like that? lol iwas a a getting emails about you I guess? im teaching my grandson you music on a Yamaha I got him. hes getting there for 13 yr old haha Peace brother........
+blackwunk That's absolutely beautiful :D
30 years! what? How can that possible be? I will forever live in the 90's ❤
It has gone by way too fast!!
I was reminded of this today and came to listen to it. Such a beautiful song, made me teary eyed remembering when it came out. Such a good time in life. My how time flies. ❤️
I can't hear this song without thinking it's either:
1) A song about a child with terminal illness exploring ideas about what's going to happen after, or
2) A song about somebody's lifetime, growing from childhood curiosity into a person nearing the end of their life and being brought back to those same questions so many years later
Either way I interpret it, it makes me want to cry, and it's genuinely been too long for me to remember the last time anything made me that sad lol
I am 22 years old and I love this song! And other Dishwalla songs! JR your voice is so beautiful. ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks so much EJ!
JR Richards Official Waaaaah! You noticed my post once in Instagram and now here!! Like OMG. Fan mode is on! \m/ keep rockin' JR! ❤️
Heard this song via Dr. X on my college radio.
Just watched that episode ✅
@@cooperd83I'm watching it now xd
Me too
Exactly
Shout out to TII nation for bringing this jam into my life. It's a good one.
Thank you!
I was really depressed when this song came out. I was listening to this song when I tried to end it all, because of a breakup with someone that I really loved. This song resonated with me at the time. I and a friend would visit and listen to this song over, and over, and over. He was having some very personal problems, his wife left him and he was listening to this song, he had it on repeat and he did end it all. The song was playing when they found him, and I often wondered if this song resonated with him more than it did with me. I hoped that it would have worked for me, but thank GOD it didn't. I am a Christian now and I believe that I will meet GOD when it is my appointed time. Thank you for this beautiful song after all these years.
GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIEND ✌️🇺🇾🇺🇾 2:07
❤@@charlysonoman
@@charlysonoman God bless you also...
I think life is all about music and love! The music is it!
Amen to that! I grew up in a friend group in the early 2000s that loved drugs and rock music. I was friends with them because of the music. Dated one of the guys for several years. He was abusive. I got out but am still fond hearted of that group because most of them were just heartbroken teenagers. I am now a devout Christian, I have a family and a great life. Many of them have been to jail and or prison. As my ex is still in prison now. This song just hits something in me. It did back then and always will.
This song. This friggin song... 20 years later, and this is STILL my all-time favorite song, out of all the music I've heard throughout my life. THIS SONG!!!
PS: Kids, there's another 23s of guitar riff at the end of this song that they don't play on the radio/in the video. And it's amazing.
Thanks for the kind words my man!
same one of my fav songs
I was a teenager when I heard this song. Loved it since. 23 years ago!
Thank you, This Is Important podcast, for reminding me today of this absolute banger of which I, too, know every single note.
Awesomeness!
Sometimes a song can get stuck in your head and it can be so annoying. I'm going on the third day of Counting Blue Cars playing on a loop in my head, I'm in no hurry for it to stop.
It's been over 20 years since this song kicked the shit out of the airwaves and it's still a tune I play anytime I'm on the tube. JR has been the consummate host, responding to fans at every turn- and his new tunes are an auditory delight. And while Justin Fox has assumed the mantle as lead vocals, my heart gravitates to the original Blue Cars and JR's awesome vocals. After 44 years of listening to rock, I can honestly say this is one of my favorite tunes ever. Thanks, JR.
+oldsarge101 Over ten years? Yeah. Do you know its 20 years old actually? I know 20 is still over 10 but thought I'd point out its a bit more than just over 10.
+mrgoat86 I was going to say the same thing. This song came out the year I graduated high school... And I'm an old ass man!
+oldsarge101 Thanks my man :)
+BetterDoYourHomeWork Ha! Me too :) cheers -