Big Yellow Taxi

[Betsy]

I read where LB did a cover of this song and only the first 25 seconds exist.
At the Boulder concert, a guy told me that the whole songs exists.

Does anyone know? :confused: or have it in .mp3 or .wav format? :shrug:

(Thanks and I apologise if this has already been discussed.)

[Richard B]

I read where LB did a cover of this song and only the first 25 seconds exist.
At the Boulder concert, a guy told me that the whole songs exists.

Does anyone know? :confused: or have it in .mp3 or .wav format? :shrug:

(Thanks and I apologise if this has already been discussed.)

I have no idea if it's been discussed, but odds are it has.

But here ya go (and anyone else that wants to grab it)
Big Yellow Taxi (http://www.yousendit.com/download/WUJZTkZzTkxvQnMwTVE9PQ)

[MacMan]

I have no idea if it's been discussed, but odds are it has.

But here ya go (and anyone else that wants to grab it)
Big Yellow Taxi (http://www.yousendit.com/download/WUJZTkZzTkxvQnMwTVE9PQ)

It was a blast finally hearing this late last year... Here's the thread it was discussed in: http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=28158&highlight=yellow+taxi

[Michelle Daya]

thank you richard!!!!!!!!!!!!

i tried to look up the lyrics but could only find joni's & counting crows. when she says "and a big yellow taxi took away my old man" it sounds like he's saying "took away my old band." more fm regrets? or maybe bn? :shrug:

this was cool! :]

[Betsy]

Thank you Richard B. for the song :cool: and MacMan for the original thread. :cool:

I thought it was just an "urban legend" and it is great to know that it exists! (It is even greater that I get to listen to it whenever I want! ) :D

(Also, thanks for not yelling at me for asking something that has already been discussed.)

You Ledgies are really nice people - and have made a fat-assed housewife from Denver - VERY happy! :] :]

Thanks!

[WelshWitchPMD]

Thanks Betsy for bringing this up and thank you Richard B for re-posting it. I had this song on my PC but it is now dead and I never put the song on a CD. I know, stupid! Now, I have it on my notebook and I am going to put it on to a CD!:)

[Sarah]

thank you richard!!!!!!!!!!!!

i tried to look up the lyrics but could only find joni's & counting crows. when she says "and a big yellow taxi took away my old man" it sounds like he's saying "took away my old band." more fm regrets? or maybe bn? :shrug:

this was cool! :]

i do believe he says "took away my old band", yes. :)

[Richard B]

thank you richard!!!!!!!!!!!!

i tried to look up the lyrics but could only find joni's & counting crows. when she says "and a big yellow taxi took away my old man" it sounds like he's saying "took away my old band." more fm regrets? or maybe bn? :shrug:

this was cool! :]

You're so welcome (and everyone else)!

And yes, he does say "took away my old band." I'm thinking Fritz.

[Sarah]

You're so welcome (and everyone else)!

And yes, he does say "took away my old band." I'm thinking Fritz.

I'm thinking he said band because "woman" doesn't fit, "girl" would sound stupid, and "man" would sound kind of gay considering that he's hetero.

[#1LiddyBuckFan]

I have no idea if it's been discussed, but odds are it has.

But here ya go (and anyone else that wants to grab it)
Big Yellow Taxi (http://www.yousendit.com/download/WUJZTkZzTkxvQnMwTVE9PQ)

Thanks Richard!!! :wavey: :woohoo:

[Madness Fades]

While were on this topic has lindsey done any other cover versions that havent been released. I liked the brief Louie Louie by the Kinks that he did on the Radio. Apart from Big yellow taxi and those few stones songs he did, are there any more

[strandinthewind]

I think this take on BYT is good.

Also, and not to start WWIII - is that La Nicks doing some of those oooooooo's and ahhhhhh's?

[chiliD]

...Louie Louie by the Kinks ...

I don't doubt the Kinks recorded "Louie, Louie" :shrug: , just about everybody has at some point, but the DEFINITIVE version is the original by The Kingsmen. :thumbsup:

Sorry, just the "Rock Snob" in me coming out.

[Sarah]

I don't doubt the Kinks recorded "Louie, Louie" :shrug: , just about everybody has at some point, but the DEFINITIVE version is the original by The Kingsmen. :thumbsup:

good call. that is the definitive version. my favorite. but not the original.

richard berry wrote it and did it first, then another band - can't remember their name, somebody & the wailers (obviously not bob marley). ... i think another group released a version, and then the kingsmen and paul revere and the raiders recorded it again in 63 almost simultaneously, but the kingsmen version won out on the chart. i recall seeing a kinks version of louie louie on a discography for a various artists compilation, but i've never heard it (to my knowledge).

the kingsmen version was released on 2 different labels.. one was a regional, pacific northwest label, "jerden". that particular 45 goes for big time bucks if you're lucky enough to find it.. ultra mega rare.

[Sugar]

While were on this topic has lindsey done any other cover versions that havent been released. I liked the brief Louie Louie by the Kinks that he did on the Radio. Apart from Big yellow taxi and those few stones songs he did, are there any more

There's the infamous Here Comes The Sun he did for that ABC New Year's Eve show.

[strandinthewind]

There's the infamous Here Comes The Sun he did for that ABC New Year's Eve show.

:eek:

shudders

[chiliD]

good call. that is the definitive version. my favorite. but not the original.

richard berry wrote it and did it first, then another band - can't remember their name, somebody & the wailers (obviously not bob marley). ... i think another group released a version, and then the kingsmen and paul revere and the raiders recorded it again in 63 almost simultaneously, but the kingsmen version won out on the chart. i recall seeing a kinks version of louie louie on a discography for a various artists compilation, but i've never heard it (to my knowledge).

the kingsmen version was released on 2 different labels.. one was a regional, pacific northwest label, "jerden". that particular 45 goes for big time bucks if you're lucky enough to find it.. ultra mega rare.


Yeah, you got me...I mistyped when I put "original" with the Kingsmen. Actually, not "...& the wailers"...the original recording was by The Pharoahs (1957) in which Richard Berry was a member.

[Sarah]

Yeah, you got me...I mistyped when I put "original" with the Kingsmen. Actually, not "...& the wailers"...the original recording was by The Pharoahs (1957) in which Richard Berry was a member.

Right on the Pharoahs, but there is another band between Pharaohs & Kingsmen.

After some googling, my memory has been jogged. Rockin' Robin Roberts & The Wailers. Whoever that may be. :lol:

[chiliD]

Right on the Pharoahs, but there is another band between Pharaohs & Kingsmen.

After some googling, my memory has been jogged. Rockin' Robin Roberts & The Wailers. Whoever that may be. :lol:

Are you thinking of Rick Rillera & The Rhythm Rockers? :shrug:

[Sarah]

Are you thinking of Rick Rillera & The Rhythm Rockers? :shrug:

No. Rockin' Robin Roberts & The Wailers. I just remembered the "& the wailers" from an audiophile friend's collection.. we were going through 45s of the song one day after discussing songs that had been recorded time and time again. I just couldn't remember the "Rockin' Robin Roberts" part. For good reason.. could there be a more cheesie, generic late 50's stage name?

From what I can tell by research in the last 3 minutes, Rockin' Robin had been with another group, the Bluenotes, before leaving to record with the Wailers... their version of Louie Louie came from those sessions. It says they did enjoy some regional success though, so, who knows.

[Richard B]

It's the ChiliD and Sarah Show!

[Sarah]

It's the ChiliD and Sarah Show!

:rolleyes: it's a public forum. anyone can talk. how dare we discuss a song. gosh. i am so. sorry.

[WildHeart69]

wait, am I the only one who likes "here comes the sun"??? I thought he reinvented it well...it was a little chopy and, yes, weird...but I liked it!

[WildHeart69]

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[Sarah]

wait, am I the only one who likes "here comes the sun"??? I thought he reinvented it well...it was a little chopy and, yes, weird...but I liked it!

i liked it okay.it's one of those songs that it doesn't really matter who covers it or how they do it, it just can't live up to the standard set by the original.

imo, the vocal is the "worst" part about it; his voice just isn't as "on" as it maybe could have been, and at points, the timing seems odd compared to the steadiness of the guitar. i rather like the guitar arrangement... it's a buckingham-styled tribute instead of a straight up copy.

[strandinthewind]

wait, am I the only one who likes "here comes the sun"??? I thought he reinvented it well...it was a little chopy and, yes, weird...but I liked it!

I was horrified for him when I heard it. But, to each their own.

[Richard B]

:rolleyes: it's a public forum. anyone can talk. how dare we discuss a song. gosh. i am so. sorry.

LOL. Humor is a good thing.

[nodmod]

While were on this topic has lindsey done any other cover versions that havent been released. I liked the brief Louie Louie by the Kinks that he did on the Radio. Apart from Big yellow taxi and those few stones songs he did, are there any more

Lindsey covered It Was I, September Song and A Satisfied Mind on Law & Order

[shackin'up]

wait, am I the only one who likes "here comes the sun"??? I thought he reinvented it well...it was a little chopy and, yes, weird...but I liked it!

I love it to death. But I can't talk about it. When I did before hell broke loose...so...I just stop by saying "no, you're not alone..."

[chiliD]

While were on this topic has lindsey done any other cover versions that havent been released. I liked the brief Louie Louie by the Kinks that he did on the Radio. Apart from Big yellow taxi and those few stones songs he did, are there any more

He did Otis Redding's "I've Been Loving You Too Long" during the Mirage sessions.

And, let's not forget that "To Try For The Sun" from Under The Skin is a cover of Donovan's song.

Lindsey does some pretty decent covers, just keep him the hell away from the Beatles catalogue and no one will get hurt. :laugh:

[Sugar]

...and wasn't All My Sorrows off OOTC a Kingston Trio song?

[shackin'up]

and I am waiting and To try for the sun.....come on people, we're looking for UNreleased covers from Lindsey....

[Sarah]

LOL. Humor is a good thing.

Dry humor is a better thing. ;)

[Sarah]

...and wasn't All My Sorrows off OOTC a Kingston Trio song?

I remember him saying that.. and also adding that he believed it was from an old slave song. If I remember right (and it's not in front of me) there aren't any writer credits for it in the OOTC liners.

[Peestie]

Does anyone happen to have a good quality mp3 of HCTS? I'd like to get a copy of it, if anyone has it and is willing to share, please.

[chiliD]

and I am waiting and To try for the sun.....come on people, we're looking for UNreleased covers from Lindsey....

You're so literal. :lol:

[chiliD]

Does anyone happen to have a good quality mp3 of HCTS? I'd like to get a copy of it, if anyone has it and is willing to share, please.

There's no such thing. :eek:

"Good quality" recording, most likely.:shrug:

"Good quality" arrangement or performance? Never happened. ;)

[Peestie]

There's no such thing. :eek:


I'd rather have a .wav than an mp3, but I just figured that was the format people were most likely to have.

"Good quality" arrangement or performance? Never happened. ;)

I quite like LB's version but I can't think of it as HCTS, it's too different. I just take it as a different song.

[shackin'up]

I quite like LB's version but I can't think of it as HCTS, it's too different. I just take it as a different song.

Exactly....

[SNLB]

I was horrified for him when I heard it. But, to each their own.


I didn't care for it either, and I just played it again to make sure I wasn't having a bad day the first time I heard it, but for me, George Harrison's version, or, I mean THE BEATLES' version would be hard to top. Maybe if he had the entire band playing. I don't know...

By the way RichardB, "Moby" is too cute!

[lbfan]

While were on this topic has lindsey done any other cover versions that havent been released. I liked the brief Louie Louie by the Kinks that he did on the Radio. Apart from Big yellow taxi and those few stones songs he did, are there any more


LB also covered Teen Beat (on the FM The Chain 25 years box set), Cool Water (a "B" side track of a single FM release) and Blue Monday (an unreleased version of the Fats Domino hit during the Mirage sessions). Previously mentioned were those on OOTC (All My Sorrows, instrumental This Nearly Was Mine), Law & Order (It Was I, September Song and A Satisfied Mind). Also Love Minus Zero on the Say You Will Deluxe Edition. Someone mentioned I've Been Loving You Too Long also on the Mirage sessions and the New Years Eve performance of Here Comes the Sun. On UTS you have To Try for the Sun and I Am Waiting. The GOS unreleased demos of Stones songs includes The Singer Not The Song, She Smiled Sweetly, Gotta Get Away and Blue Turns to Gray. LB performed Louie Louie on a radio show during the OOTC tour. When he and Stevie joined, during FM concerts, LB was lead singer on covers of former FM songs Hypnotized, Green Manalishi and of course Oh Well (there may have been other, those are the ones that immediately come to mind). On the BN debut album, Django is an instrumetal cover. As a group FM performed (assumed to be at LB's urging) Brian Wilson's Farmers Daughter (Tusk re-release studio version and a live version on FM Live). Did I miss any?

[Tee Dee]

RE: Member LB's Post
"Covers"


WOW!! What a thorough, concise E-mail...! Thank you for your time and research! :thumbsup: And I mean that sincerely and not just being a smart ass ...

Now...can I beg, borrow or steal a copy of "LOUIE, LOUIE"?? (aka LOUIS, LOUIS)

NOW I am being a smart ass , see the difference??? :D

Anybody got it and willing to share??? Please? Pretty Please? Ice cream on top???

;)

[Tee Dee]

OOps! LBFAN's post....! :sorry: :sorry: :sorry:

[macmar71]

Likewise I had only heard the infamous clip and to hear the whole song...wow...it should have been released as it is fabulous!