Big Yellow Taxi: Joni Mitchell
This was originally on 1974's Miles of Aisles. It also appeared on Hits in 1996.
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This was originally on 1974's Miles of Aisles. It also appeared on Hits in 1996.
keepthecoffeecoming.blog 
April 19, 2010 at 4:15 pm
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April 19, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Mitchell (from a 1996 interview with the Los Angeles Times)”I wrote ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ on my first trip to Hawai’i. I took a taxi to the hotel and when I woke up the next morning, I threw back the curtains and saw these beautiful green mountains in the distance. Then, I looked down and there was a parking lot as far as the eye could see, and it broke my heart… this blight on paradise. That’s when I sat down and wrote the song.”
Mitchell included a slightly revised version of this song on her 2007 album Shine. She explained why to Mojo magazine February 2008: “It fits the record. I didn’t have to change anything except the price, which went from ‘a buck and a half’ to an arm and a leg.”
April 19, 2010 at 6:41 pm
sblake,
I forgot it is on Shine. I also had forgotten it was about Hawaii. Thanks, again, for filling in the gaps.