"single from her ""House of Love"" album (the third in the U.S.). Grant's version featured slightly altered lyrics, which she changed at Joni Mitchell's request. The single peaked at No. 67 on The Billboard Hot 100, No. 18 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and at No. 20 in the U.K. Grant also released a music video for the single, which was aired in the U.S. and U.K. and released to home video on Grant's ""Greatest Videos 1986-2004"" DVD. Grant also performed the song for her 2006 concert album, ""Time Again... Amy Grant Live."" Big Yellow Taxi ""Big Yellow Taxi"" is"
"during a time when hard rock is the standard, the band are not afraid of a sound that is in the title track, compared to the Byrds, and with its ""Allman-esque"" twin guitars, echoes The Band in ""If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel Is Dead)"". The album has received a score of 69 out of 100 based on ""generally favorable reviews"" from Metacritic. All tracks written by Adam F. Duritz unless otherwise indicated. The song ""Big Yellow Taxi"" was written by Joni Mitchell, who is credited in the liner notes with the passage ""May contain trace amounts"
"ranging from desert to rainforest, comprising the largest and most diverse tropical plant collection in the United States. The Garden is the inspiration for a line in Joni Mitchell's 1970 folk song ""Big Yellow Taxi"": """"Took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum / Then charge people a dollar and a half just to see 'em."""". Today the garden consists of the Upper Terrace (the oldest part of the garden); Middle Terraces (palms, aroids, heliconias, gingers); Economic Garden (herbs, spices, dyes, poisons); Prehistoric Glen (primitive plants planted in 1965); Lyon Orchid Garden; and Hybrid Orchid Display. It also"
"has a passion for Latin music and his saxophone [""saxo jaune"", or ""yellow saxophone"", most likely it is a figurative notion of a yellow taxi cab with various kinds of music, later in the lyrics mambo, old rock, rumba] and dreams of going to the Amazon. Spanish-Cuban bandleader Xavier Cugat and Peruvian exotica singer Yma Súmac are also referenced in the lyrics. The video was directed by Jean-Sébastien Deligny in 1987, and begins by glimpsing the side of Joe's taxi (Chevrolet Nova), which is a New York taxi (dollar denominated taxi rates can be seen in black ink). The silhouettes"
"already existing group, the jazz fusion band L.A. Express, members of which had appeared on her previous studio album, ""Court and Spark"", the biggest commercial success of her career. A track from this live album, ""Big Yellow Taxi"", was released as a single. Four years after the studio version had stalled at #67 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 as a single, this live version reached #24 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 charts, becoming Mitchell's fourth Top 40 hit single and third in a row. The album contains many of her best-known songs, but only one track derived from her recent"
"featured taxi-related imagery. WMEX DJ Jim Connors is credited with discovering Chapin and pushing ""Taxi"" to #24 on the ""Billboard"" charts, where it would last 16 weeks on the Hot 100, in the United States. ""Billboard"" ranked it as the #85 song for 1972. In Canada, the song reached #3. The song tells the story of Harry, a cab driver, on a rainy night in San Francisco. He picks up a woman wearing an expensive gown, his last fare for the night, and she asks to be taken to her home at 16 Parkside Lane. Harry finds the woman familiar"
"playing their saxophones in perfect unison (in colour when focused on Paradis, in black-and-white when on Joe); it ends with a front view of Joe's taxi. Joe is of African descent. Another music video of the song features Vanessa riding on top of a blue jeep with Joe around Martinique while singing the song. ""Joe le taxi"", in its French version, exists in a 'single version' 3:54 and a 'long version' 5:30. When it was issued in South America and in Spain in April 1988, Vanessa recorded a Spanish version: ""Joe el taxi"". ""Joe le taxi"" has been remixed and"
"well as other global topics. The argument that individuals, such as celebrities are becoming a part of the spectacle of conservation, driven by the consumerist aspect of media. The overarching media forms of film and television can address the environment through undertones and hidden messages, using it to create plot, or coverage of an existing or past environmental concern. Similarly, musicians have participated in the call to action of the environmental movement. Artists have utilized their fame to publicize issues of environmental crisis through their lyrics. Iconic examples such as Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” and Marvin Gaye’s “Mercy Mercy"
"This Flight Tonight ""This Flight Tonight"" is a song originally by Joni Mitchell, from her 1971 album ""Blue"". Scottish hard rock band Nazareth released the song as a single in 1973 that charted internationally. Joni Mitchell wrote and released the song on her 1971 album ""Blue"". The song tells of Mitchell's regrets as she leaves her lover on a flight and wishes to return. The track was also released as the B-side of ""Carey"". Scottish hard rock band Nazareth reworked the song in 1973 to make it their own with a powerful, driving hard-rock treatment which was a hit in"
"Big Time (Big & Rich song) ""Big Time"" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music duo Big & Rich. It was released in February 2005 as the fourth and final single from their album ""Horse of a Different Color"". The song was written by Big Kenny, John Rich and Angie Aparo. The characters in the song are presumably a band performing a gig at a bar, singing toward a wealthier patron. They thank him for his generosity in providing various items that can be used by others, such as boats and planes. They ask, however, that he"
"Folk Festival, one month after Woodstock. The solo performance can be seen in the festival concert film ""Celebration at Big Sur,"" released in 1971. Mitchell had not yet developed her distaste for large festival gigs. Released on Mitchell's third album ""Ladies of the Canyon"" in March 1970, ""Woodstock"" served as the B-side for that album's single ""Big Yellow Taxi."" Mitchell re-recorded ""Woodstock"" for her two live albums, ""Miles of Aisles"" and ""Shadows and Light."" The original track was included on the 1996 compilation ""Hits."" Mitchell's original version featured a stark and haunting arrangement – a solo vocal, multi-tracked backing vocals,"
"combined two words that were individually known as slang for heroin. Lennon denied that the song had anything to do with heroin. In 1980, Lennon commented that the song was ""pure, like a painting, a pure watercolour"". The middle eight bars include numerous recordings of fairground organs and calliope spliced together. The inspiration to write the song was a 19th-century circus poster for Pablo Fanque's Circus Royal appearance at Rochdale. Lennon purchased the poster in an antique shop on 31 January 1967, while the Beatles were filming the promotional films for ""Strawberry Fields Forever"" and ""Penny Lane"" in Sevenoaks, Kent."
"Basie, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis, just to name a few. Discouraged by racial tensions in the mainland United States, he began touring other countries and lived for a while in Australia and then Hawaii. In the 1970s Miller toured with Big Joe Turner. Miller found himself stranded in Vancouver when one of his tours ran out of money. He travelled around Western Canada and in 1970 settled in Edmonton, Alberta. He became a Canadian citizen in 1973 and lived there for the rest of his life, working with local musician Tommy Banks, and covering ""Big Yellow Taxi"""
"Black and Yellow ""Black and Yellow"" is a song by American rapper Wiz Khalifa from his third studio album, ""Rolling Papers"". It was released on September 14, 2010, as the lead single from the album. The song was written by Khalifa, along with Stargate, who produced it. It was released as a CD single in honor of Record Store Day. The song peaked at number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, becoming Wiz Khalifa's first number-one single in the US; he would top the chart again in 2015 with ""See You Again"". The song is about Khalifa's car, a yellow"
"Carey (song) ""Carey"" is a song from the 1971 Joni Mitchell album ""Blue"". It was inspired by her time spent with Cary Raditz, living with a cave-dwelling hippie community at Matala, on the Greek island of Crete. Although the song is sometimes rumoured to be about fellow singer-songwriter James Taylor, who plays guitar on some ""Blue"" tracks (although not on ""Carey"" itself) and with whom Mitchell had a brief affair, Mitchell has stated publicly that the ""Carey"" in question was Cary Raditz (or ""Carrot"" Raditz), a cane-carrying chef with bright red hair that she met in Matala during her European"
"the premiere episode of British Motoring show, ""The Grand Tour,"" causing the song to reach the number 1 position on the iTunes's Top 40 UK Rock Song chart in late 2016. I Can See Clearly Now ""I Can See Clearly Now"" is a song originally recorded by Johnny Nash. It was a single from the album of the same name and achieved success in the United States and the United Kingdom when it was released in 1972, reaching number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. It was covered by many artists throughout the years, including a 1993 hit version"
"new lyrics onto bar napkins, which he kept for years. She sang the new version for the first time that night at her concert at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester. The song was recorded in one take on October 1, 1970. These were the last tracks Joplin ever recorded; she died three days later, on October 4. The song appeared on the album ""Pearl"", released in 1971. The song title, as listed on that album, contains no hyphen although the actual automobile brand name is hyphenated. In 2003, Joplin's recording was remixed, adding a beat and a background melody."
"film the song is used in the intro. In the film ""The Best Man"", the song is part of the soundtrack, and it can be heard during a scene on a train of the ""London Underground"" ""The Tube"" (at min. 28:32). The song was also covered in a 'Oompa-ska' style by Goldfrapp for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on 27 April 2006. It was subsequently released by Goldfrapp on their single ""Satin Boys, Flaming Chic"". The song was ranked at number 49 in the 100 biggest selling singles of 2006. The toasted verse towards the end of the song is"
"Long Black Limousine Stovall and George, country musicians based in southern California, probably wrote the song in 1958, when it was first recorded (but not released until many years later) by Wynn Stewart. The first released version was Stovall's, in 1961, followed by Glen Campbell's in 1962. The only charting single of the song (in 1968 it reached #73 on the US country charts) was Jody Miller's, her version was also on her 1968 album ""The Nashville Sound of Jody Miller"". O. C. Smith's version was released as the B-side of his million-selling crossover hit ""Little Green Apples"" in 1968."
"which it argued enriched the previous private ownership and was followed by higher fares to city residents. In the Kingston Trio recording, the name ""Walter A. O'Brien"" was changed to ""George O'Brien"", apparently to avoid risking protests that had hit an earlier recording, when the song was seen as celebrating a socialist politician. The song has Charlie boarding at the Kendall Square station (now called Kendall/MIT) and changing for Jamaica Plain. Kendall is on what is now the Red Line (the lines were not color-coded until 1965), so his ""change for Jamaica Plain"" would have been at Park Street. There,"
"Blue (Joni Mitchell song) ""Blue"" is the title song from Joni Mitchell's 1971 album of the same name. There has been persistent speculation that the song is about fellow songwriter David Blue, who was a friend and possible love interest of Mitchell's when the album was released. She has denied the connection. The lines ""acid, booze and ass, needles guns and grass, lots of laughs"" from Blue were sampled for a bonus track on Mac Dre's ""The Genie of the Lamp"" album. The song is sampled on the track ""My World Is.."", from Blu and Exile's 2007 album ""Below the"
"video as a street punk upon whose pants Amos spray-paints. Hoseley went on to edit the best selling Amos-themed comic anthology ""Comic Book Tattoo"". The Big Picture (song) ""The Big Picture"" is a song by Y Kant Tori Read, commercially released by Atlantic Records in 1988 exclusively as a 7"" vinyl single in a generic picture sleeve. Two versions of a promotional 7"" vinyl were also released, one with light blue labels and one with dark blue labels. A 12"" promotional vinyl single was also issued with an accompanying picture sleeve. The song was a commercial failure and received absolutely"
"stated, ""It deals with the haunting power of music and how hearing a song years after it was first popular can have such an emotional appeal."" Clayton Collins portrayed Swift's love interest in the music video. He was cast because of his physical resemblance to the real subject of the song, in that they were both tall with dark hair. The video begins with Swift, dressed by a white sundress, as she lies on the grass of a lake-bed and holds a transistor radio. Suddenly, the setting is switched to Collins as he drives a white and orange 1970 Chevrolet"
"Big Ol' Truck ""Big Ol' Truck"" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in July 1995 as the fourth and final single from his 1994 album ""Boomtown"". The song peaked at number 15 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (Hot Country Songs) chart, making it the first single of his career to miss the Top 10. The song was a Top 10 in Canada, having reached number 10 on the ""RPM"" Country Tracks chart. The narrator is in love with a girl who drives a ""big ol' truck."""
"worldwide hit for them, touching down at No 11 in the UK. ""She was playing a gig in London and told the audience: 'I'd like to open with a Nazareth song'!"". This Flight Tonight ""This Flight Tonight"" is a song originally by Joni Mitchell, from her 1971 album ""Blue"". Scottish hard rock band Nazareth released the song as a single in 1973 that charted internationally. Joni Mitchell wrote and released the song on her 1971 album ""Blue"". The song tells of Mitchell's regrets as she leaves her lover on a flight and wishes to return. The track was also released"
"written by Stephen Gallagher in 1977-78 for Piccadilly Radio. This song was also featured in the 1970 West Germany Film . In the 1983-1984 Japanese TV drama ""Oshin"", broadcast on NHK, the melody is played on harmonica by the characters. In the 1995 film ""An Awfully Big Adventure"", the song is used as P.L. O'Hara's theme music and is a recurrent musical motif in the film's score. The song was featured in Ric Burns' documentary series, """" (1999–2003), broadcast on PBS in the USA. In the 2000 Thai western film ""Tears of the Black Tiger"" (, or ""Fa Thalai Chon""),"
"Big Wheel Cannonball ""Big Wheel Cannonball"" (title sometimes given as Big Wheel Cannon Ball) is a song written by Vaughn Horton. It follows the same notes as the folk song ""Wabash Cannonball"" by The Carter Family, but its lyrics eulogise trucks and truckers rather than trains. It was originally released in 1967 by veteran Canadian singer Dick Todd, backed by the Appalachian Wildcats, on the small Peer-Southern Records label; this was shortly afterwards re-released on a national basis by Decca, and the Decca release rose to number 52 on the Billboard US Country charts, making it Todd's final chart entry."
"There are countless recorded examples, including Joni Mitchell (“Big Yellow Taxi”), Bruce Cockburn (“Sunwheel Dance”), Leo Kottke (many of his slide tunes), John Fahey (multiple tunes) and many others. The popular Allman Brothers instrumental “Little Martha” used an open D tuning raised one half step, giving an open E♭ tuning with the same intervalic relationships as open D. The English guitar used a repetitive open-C tuning (with distinct open notes C–E–G–C–E–G) that approximated a major-thirds tuning. The C-G-C-G-C-E tuning was used by William Ackerman for his “Townsend Shuffle” and by John Fahey for his tribute to Mississippi John Hurt. The"
"Taxi (song) ""Taxi"" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin from his 1972 album ""Heads & Tales"". Chapin debuted the song on NBC's ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"" in 1972, which was followed by many calls and telegrams sent from viewers to NBC demanding that Chapin return to the show. It was the first time in the show's history that host Johnny Carson brought a performer back the very next night for an encore performance. ""Taxi"" thus front-lined his defining work. The single helped establish Chapin's musical style and fame, and as a result, many Chapin items"
"many famous artists, including Kansas, Frank Zappa, Grateful Dead, Wishbone Ash, The Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, KISS, The Police, Alice Cooper, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane & The Doors, among others. The last Terrace Ballroom concert, Farewell to the Terrace, was held on December 11, 1981 and featured Claudia Appling singing Folk, Cow Jazz know for Country-Rock, and Anthem, an upcoming Rock-Metal band. Promoted by Raymond Cannefax as a token of respect to a venue he felt was one of America's best concert halls, in line with San Francisco's Winterland. Claudia Appling sang Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi with"
"Car 67 ""Car 67"" is a pop song by ""Driver 67"" that appeared in the UK Singles Chart in December 1978. It was written by Paul Phillips and Pete Zorn and was sung by Phillips. The song is a ballad revolving around a cab driver who had split up with his girlfriend the previous day and how he is refusing to make a particular pick-up at 83 Royal Gardens (the passenger, unbeknownst to the controller, is the woman in question). The song is arranged as the taxi driver singing the lyrics, interspersed with the voice of the taxi controller. The"
"Taxi Mary ""Taxi Mary"" is a pop song written by Jeff Burstin, Joe Camilleri, Tony Faehse and recorded by Australian musician Jo Jo Zep and Jane Clifton (who is uncredited on the song). The song was released in September 1982 as the lead single from Jo Jo Zep's seventh studio album, ""Cha"" (1982). Joe Camilleri later said the song came at a time when ""we weren't looking too good on the charts. I needed a hair transplant, I needed some work on my teeth, I needed platform shoes and to put my kids through University"". The song peaked at number"
"It premiered in the week of April 25, 2005. From ""Horse of a Different Color"" liner notes. ""Big Time"" debuted at number 52 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of February 19, 2005. Big Time (Big & Rich song) ""Big Time"" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music duo Big & Rich. It was released in February 2005 as the fourth and final single from their album ""Horse of a Different Color"". The song was written by Big Kenny, John Rich and Angie Aparo. The characters in the song are presumably"