I get it now. I watched it when I was 4 and 5 and well throughout my childhood. Now I'm a 16-year-old high school sophomore, and I just cannot appreciate this movie (and James Tayor's song,) enough. And this song is just so eye-watering and heart-rocking, it's filled with so much nostalgia and melancholy. I'm a meh kind-of-guy; Most things in this world are meh to me. But things like this song that can pierce through into my heart, they just make me want to cry. Why does the world spin so fast? Why do we have to grow up so soon? I'm still a teenage[r], yet I'm asking the questions my grandmother would ask. God have mercy...
Vincent Reyes Times are changing for everyone around you and maybe yourself. Make the best of it as long as you surround yourself with people who love and understand you. Don’t miss the future don’t stay in the past. Nothing lasts forever only memories do
If Radiator Springs is actually Peach Springs, Arizona, then I can guarantee you that the Interstate saves you a whole lot more than ten minutes (about two hours) of driving. But, hey, I know you are quoting the movie, and I am glad that so many persons like Cars. I just wanted to share a little bit of my experience while travelling.
It's sad because that highway broke history like if you think about it if that wasn't built route 66 wouldn't be what it is today so it kinda does matter that that highway was built but it doesn't aswell
As a kid, I enjoyed the song, because of how peaceful the song is. But when I became older, I decided to watch this movie again. When I got to this part, i literally started to cry, because I understood the lyrics.
Been a long time since I read the production notes. I think that gave the story the nostalgia boost it needed. Plus it adds to the franchise's culturally resonant theme of looking to the past to achieve what you want. Something that was missing in Cars 2 but I'm glad they brought it back for Cars 3.
17 years ago this movie came out and I obsessed over it! Realizing the meaning of this song makes me miss the time that everything I love was brand new, and that the world was brighter. As gray gradually enters my vision, I begin to shed tears for the happiness I lost, the memories that I can't relive, and the place I called home I can never return to. I miss the kid I was back then. I want to give my future kids memories such as this and shed tears, not in misery, but in happiness, as they begin seeing what I once did, assuring me that I did right by them as a parents. This was part of the earliest soundtrack to my life and makes me tear up to this day and even as I write this. I want nothing more than to restore happiness to all who share this goal of preserving the happiest of memories for those yet to come, no matter what means I use. For those who don't understand the memories that are triggered, once you get to be an adult, you will start seeing it and begin putting the pieces of the puzzle together.
This song just kills me listening to it. I'm from a small town in the middle of the Kansas prairie. My great-great grandfather founded it in the 1800's and it's never had more than 1000 people living there, but it was the best little town in the world. Don't really know what exactly changed, but for the past few years it's been slowly falling apart. Can't hardly go home anymore without wanting to cry as I drive down Main Street. I hope something changes before there's nothing left but memories.
I know how you feel.... I could barely watch cars because it reminds me so much of what happened to my town..... It right next to a big highway and since it was faster than the road going through our town they took us off the maps... Even before that there were only fifty people. People went out of business so now there's only ten of us.... The town used to be so pretty with neon lighting and beautiful music playing. There was a auto body shop, a store, clothes store and gas station. Now there's only a store and gas station.... :(
The good people of my Dad's home town, Mauck Chunk, PA lost their beloved town & culture to tourist community. Pour old Mauck Chunk lost her charm & became nothing but a tourist trap.
"They quit on me. When I finally got put together, I went back expecting a big welcome. And you all know what they said? 'You're history.' Moved right on to the next rookie standing in line. There was a lot left in me. I never got a chance to show 'em. I keep that to remind me never to go back. I just never expected that that world would...would find me here. - Doc Hudson
This song hits hard when you grow older and this song also describes the changing of life and environment. Back then everybody was just living a simple life, everybody knows how to make friends and everybody values life and its importance. Nowadays, you can barely find something like that.
This is even sadder when you see the film reel of Radiator Springs slowly and agonizingly dying because of the interstate highway going passing by This for me doesn’t hit as hard because my town is on one of only two major highways that goes one end of Ontario to the other and luckily it’s financially impossible to make a four lane highway that bypasses all the small towns and villages between Thunder Bay and Toronto
This song is literally singing the root of my depression. And i’ve heard it so many times as a kid watching Cars but never knew how real it would be 15? 16? Years later. Damn.
Watched this as a kid happen to my town long before Cars tm. It was growing bigger but everything I liked was getting bought out and turned into a parking lot. Looked at it on Google maps few months ago 20 years after leaving it and it's unrecognizable. Three city's share the same spot they got smaller in population but bigger in industry. Some reason I don't get how that works.
Actually, it was real when they made the movie. _Our Town_ wasn't written _for_ the movie, but it might as well have been. The combination is as powerful as any movie sequence ever produced. Tom Cruise, eat your heart out...
I see what you mean Charles. I just had began starting watching Disney Channel again after several years since America said goodbye to Hannah Montana which I regret not being part of the end. It was all thanks to Tangled the Series. Now I'm waiting for Hotel Transylvania and Raven's Home this summer. Thinking about it this past week has been depressed me a bit. Especially with times changing right before your eyes.
I know what you mean. Being 13 felt like being a teen was going to be a bit of a struggle. But in the end, it would be all right. The world may not be perfect but it felt like a wonderful place back then.
I grew up in a small midwestern town in Michigan. This song really reflects on how the changing times leaves small towns behind. We ended up moving to the Detroit area because that’s exactly what happened. All the jobs left and there was no way to make a living anymore. But I tell ya nothing compares to small town America! Such a great childhood I had growing up in a place where everyone knows each other! This song will always have a special meaning in my life! 😌
This song is such a testament to the differences in the way life is lived today versus years ago. Everyone today is in such a rush to get to where they want to be, people and business pressure us to always move faster, if you go to slow, your old, washed up, you need to be passed by. So sad. If you go to fast you miss things along the way, you bypass so much you could have seen and things so beautiful they make your heart sing. I also cry everytime I hear this song, it's such a testament to life
If songs like this don't move you and make you appreciate life and the things that you do have and not what you don't have, then you'll never know what it is to truely live life.
Really touching song! Reminds me off the time when I was a kid, the place where I grew up! Brings back great memories of how easy life was at that age. GREAT SONG!
I went back to my hometown a few years ago to visit. We were listening to the Cars soundtrack on the road trip with our kids. My "town" had changed so much and it just crushed me to the core. It's true what they say, you can never "go back". Those were great years growing up, and I'm just thankful to have experienced them with the people I loved. It's hard sometimes, but we just have to keep moving on.
When I was 5 years old I didn't really understand the meaning of this song, now I'm 15 years old, now I understand the meaning of this song, the meaning is quite sad 🥺❤️
The sad part about this song is that disney channel and pixar was our radiator springs, we all came here before as kids and now we've grown up and forgotten about it but after disney plus we've all returned
Tbh tho the movies nowadays aren’t as good as the old gems of the 2000s like this, toy story, monsters inc, even films like Rio and Ice age were so amazing and comparing to now it’s hard to find an even comparison
There are so many memories in this song, it's not only about a thing, but about so many things from all over the world, and it's beautifully uttered by the lyrics of this song. I love such a song!
Any time somebody says Cars is a bad movie, I show them the scene with this song. It very clearly outlines the true purpose of the movie, which was to be a reflection on how the world has changed and how nobody takes time to slow down and enjoy small town life. Coupled with Paul Newman's fantastic performance, this had me in tears.
i don't know why, but i haven't seen cars in like 7 years, until my little brother watched it for the first time, and then i realised that the movie actually had a message... ...and i actually got a lil emotional while watching 😆🥺
I was 7 when Cars was released and I don’t remember much from the song, but it seemed sad due to the beat and rhythm of the song’s instruments and the tone of voice James Taylor is using. Now I’m 23 and when I listened to this song again a couple years ago, it felt like a painful heartbreak of a couple going their own separate ways because they, just like the town, lost their “zing”, or spark. Even writing this now is starting to make my eyes well up.
I remember how I'd listen to this song when I went through depression in my early teens. It just seemed so fitting at the time for what I was feeling and going through. Sometimes things happen, and there's just nothing you can do....
Every time I hear a song with a similar message, I just start to think about the time when I was a little kid (I am 19, so it was not too long ago, but I am talking about before elementary mostly). My father line grandparents lived in an apartment in a block of flats that had an easily accessable, but still somewhat fences off square. I used to play there a lot. Just myself or with my half-sister, with my cousin, and later with my second one too. Since I was little I don't have that many memories, but I know well enough just how much that place matterd to me. I learned how to ride a bike there, my Pa would always buy us sour yet sweet lollipops at the small store just outside and stuff. All of these little things just add up. The square, the apartment, the fun we had... And slowly it just all started to disappear. We grew bigger, spent less and less time there. My Pa died of cancer, a couple of years later my Ma followed, also by cancer. The apartment where at times the whole family had lunch together (like 15 people) got empty. Both from people, and from furniture. Later we sold the apartment. I didn't think much of it at that time, but now as I think back... It is always like this... Only when we think back... That is the only time it is precious and when it hurts... For quite a long time I haven't even thought about it. The square, the apartment, nothing. The messy basement where we kept our first bikes and only my Pa knew wich key is to be used on the 2 different doors feom the 5 keys... Nothing... And these kind of songs get me back to that place that isn't even far, 15 minutes of walking at a slow paste. Even the square changed. The slag based soccer field is now full of grass, one of the swings and it's supporting fences are taken, as well as the teeters and the slide. Even the sand pit's supporting stones were taken away... My childhood basically disappeared as I grew up, and I didn't even take notice of it since it just never crossed my mind... Time is an asshole... I will tell you this much, even tough I am only this young... Even I know this at this point...
This song makes me cry. To me it represents how so much has changed in my life, from when I was a little kid to now. How everything has slowly come apart and it seems I am needed just a little less every day.
Use this comment as a remembrance of our childhoods and they will not be forgotten, we salute our childhoods as a story to tell our kids one day and hopefully they get the message to
The funny thing is, I always enjoyed hearing this song when I watched Cars. Then my uncle introduced me to James Taylor recently and I love his music. I watched Cars again and realized that this was him. What a beautiful song and a great singer.
This happened to a lot of towns once the interstate system was built too. In my case my little town went down when I-10 was built, essentially bypassing it. My town was a hot spot since it laid almost exactly between Houston and Beaumont along US Highway 90. Highway 90 WAS the interstate before I-10.
Carmina López It's really sad but sooo beautiful. I loved the lyrics , it' s inside my heart now. And it'll still here forever. Ps - I love small towns.
@@tommymasturbhandu902 It's from Cars. If you never seen it then you really didn't have a childhood. This movie yes I did hate as a kid but now that I'm 19 and watch it I understand why it's such a great movie and I can clearly understand the messages it brings now
this song tells me much from my life. As many of you my life was perfect until one day I noticed I had go a long way away from the life that had make me happy for so much early years but it was too late. The town changed, all that places that I loved as a kid where gone and worst of all, some of the most important people of my life that where a huge part of that happiness where gone forever too. suddenly the world is not the same isn't it? This son represents all that for me.. Miss all that!
Step back into the enchanting streets of 1960s Dublin, Ireland, as James Taylor's melodic 'Our Town' captures the essence of a nostalgic era. Did you know? In 1953, amidst the charm of Dublin, Lorna Byrne was born, adding an extra layer of nostalgia to this musical journey through time. Edit 26 July 2024: Yul Brynner also played as Ramses (Pharaoh) in the 10 commandaments movie in 1956.
Have always loved Cars. And then...as life would have it, my daughter needed me to drive with her from San Diego to Atlanta. And part of the route we took was down Route 66. I immediately thought of this song and the Cars movie. A truly awesome experience to drive on Route 66 and drive thru the Heartland of America.
As a high school freshman living in a small town, I find this song way too relatable:It feels like time is flying way too quickly with each passing day. Sometimes I wish the world and all its people would slow down a little and just have time to breathe a little. These days everyone is in a mad scramble to reach the top of the food chain and they don't take the time to stop and smell the roses.....if that makes any sense. I'd give _anything_ to go back in time and relieve the best moments of my life, even for a moment, to just go back to that sense of familiarity and comfort that I felt back when I was younger and I didn't need to worry about things changing right before my eyes. Anyway, I'm sorry for wasting your time by writing this comment for you to read but I just needed to say something.....
No, it's okay) Furthermore, your experience is very interesting. You are right, time is passing, we grow older and start to notice things that we didn't notice before. Even cruel ones. You know, I hate the time I live on. And like you, want to relieve these cool moments of my life over and over again.) Cause the real matter of our life are emotions. Just emotions make our life brighter and full of different colors)
Seems thats the way with all Route 66 towns as much as I hate to say it I have to admit...Route 66 is dyin the mother road of America will probably be gone by the time I have kids I'm only 19 but in 19 years of livin Route 66 has gotten worsr n worse every day
"Main street isnt main street anymore... Light dont shine as brightly.. as they shone before..... Tell the truth.. lights dont shine at all.. in our.. town" As a kid living in sweden, we watched the movie in swedish when i was younger which means that i didint listen to the lyrics at all, just enjoyed it. Nowadays i listen to the lyrics in a song to understand them and to get the feeling you know?
I put this song on every time i take a drive. Down to the cemetery. Where my father is laid to rest. Every August. He had liver cancer. Yet he spent almost every moment he could with me and my sister. In so much pain. But wore a smile all the time. Rest In Peace, dad. Rest In Peace.
Lived in this town a long time. Moved when I got married but came back because I wanted to give my kids the same great childhood I had. But now with my Daughter having one more year of high school and my son having 4 years to go, this town has changed. The new people have no small town values and don't care for even their next door neighbors. The old town has changed as much as I wish it would stay the same. But how do I leave My town to these bums. Friends moved away first. Family has moved now neighbors are leaving. I'm one of a few left. Anywhere else will feel lime an extended vacation and eventually I'll feel like it's time to go home. So many memories. Kids still have some friends here but that's it. Me and a few childhood friends all discussing when or where we all will end up. This song hits deep in my heart. My kids grew up here too.
Around the past years of 2000s: "Life is perfect." 😊 2020/The Future: Coronavirus & More Consequences *** In my mind: What is life? What have I gotten myself into??? ***
Although I was extremely young when this movie came out I vaguely remember watching the scene with this song, thinking it was just a simple track with soft guitars, elegant pianos, majestic strings and singing. However when I grew older, I decided to rewatch Cars. And it was at that point that I actually listened to the lyrics. It genuinely brought a tear to my eye, the past is left behind, and everything changes right before your very eyes. Although I’m not from America, I know about the true tragic stories for tiny towns along Route 66 since Interstate 40 was constructed. All thanks to one movie, my vision for the past changed and altered significantly.
Think about all those small towns in NV, AZ, UT, TX, CA that were bypassed when ISHS (InterState Highway System) was put in place. Imagine all those people living there since times of their grandparents, who lived off the trade with travellers. Imagine how they must have been feel like, their sadness, anger, resignation, pain, despair, sense of betrayal, being fooled; having to make a decision: to move out and find new place to live and make for living, probably in bigger cities, and thus leave the land where they were born and raised forever; or stay and see the town slowly collapse and go extinct.
@@mexxxcool865 no it's an exaggeration there's more than 54 people in Nevada and more than 1 person in Wyoming it's just they don't get a lot of visitors I suppose (minus Vegas) which is why they said that.
As I listen to this I just keep on thinking of the day I have to leave my home, my town, my city...... Where I live the colleges aren't really good so after I finish my high school I have to leave my city and state, right now I have 9 months left of school and I will be gone by next year and maybe I won't return here for the rest of my life except for the occasional visits to my parents........ I have been here for my entire life, the fact that soon the roads I knew, the houses I passed by while going to school, the ground where we used to play will be something of past is so sad......... But at the same time I am also excited because I would exploring the world so it's kind of a mixed feeling.
When I was young, I just enjoyed the song. When I watched the film again, as a grown up, I realised the true meaning of the song. It has so much meaning, it hits so much deeper and harder. Damn, it definitely brought a tear to my eye.
How could I have been so ignorant back then? I used to really relax to this song, even used it to go to sleep because seemed it nothing short of calm and relaxing. Now, I cannot listen to it without shedding tears.
I remember myself playing out on the streets with all those friends who I usted to play with I cant believe yet that everything has gone, all those people who once I knew, They aren't here anymore, some of them past away, the others are living in other places far away from me ..... Probably we're living our best moment right now but we can't see it because we're still living in the past. This beautiful song reminds me that... 💔
Pixar, i love you for adding this song in to cars, its beutifull, nostalgic, just.........perfect. As I look back at the film and listen to the song al the time, im in literall tears, so BRILLIANT
Crying if I hear this song, Pixar Cars means so much to me. I grew up with it and I'll die with it. It will never be like it was in my 'Cars' time anymore.
Yes I knew this song because of Cars but I do not came here for that. I came here because I feel depressed, because this is the most beautiful song I know, because of the lyrics, because of the meaning.. This is my favourite song to listen to when I'm depressed, and I'm depressed right now
my father always playing this song since my elementary days but i didnt like it. one day, , when i heared he plays a guitar and he plays this song, my eyes tears. i ddnt know that he was once in a group of band a year 1989. he shared me a lots of his younger days. it was Very amazing. also there wooden guitar instruments are still exist. they keep it as a remembrance. by that day i keep listening songs from the 70s-80s.. since 2003 until now 2021 i watch again the movie Cars this day october 12, 2021.. i really feel the story as the radiator spring Time passes by, but, lightning did a great job.. Godbless to this movie and the creator
