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? or have it in .mp3 or .wav format?

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

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by 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? or have it in .mp3 or .wav format?

(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

[MacMan]

Originally Posted by Richard B

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

It was a blast finally hearing this late last year... Here's the thread it was discussed in: http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showth...ht=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?

this was cool!

[Betsy]

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

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! )

(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]

Originally Posted by 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?

this was cool!

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

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by 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?

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]

Originally Posted by Richard B

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]

Originally Posted by Richard B

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

Thanks Richard!!!

[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]

Originally Posted by Madness Fades

...Louie Louie by the Kinks ...

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

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

[Sarah]

Originally Posted by chiliD

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

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]

Originally Posted by 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

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