MUSC 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley
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Born in canada and reached 14 canadian billboard. In a trip to hawaii: she was looking out of her hotel room saw trees and then a huge parking lot and she was sad about that. In the song my old man could mean the earth or a lover who walked out she is famous for her voice, acoustic guitar and jazz aspects. Counting crows, bob dylan, many artists covered this song. She talks about ddt: a pesticide used at the time, and it harms certain animals. She originally wrote it for a younger audience to get the message across to the older generation. Paved paradise could also mean how they tore down her favourite coffee shop. Right now yorkville is a fancy neighborhood with very fancy shops. In the 60"s it was a hippie haven, a cultural hotspot. Thought of as a place you play at before you make it big.