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James Taylor was the pre-eminent singer/songwriter of the Seventies and has remained a solid musical craftsman and performer. Born in Boston in 1948, Taylor grew up in the university town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He summered with his family on Martha's Vineyard, where he met fellow guitarist/songwriter Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar and began performing. Beset by drug problems, he voluntarily institutionalized himself and began writing songs during his stay. Moving to New York , Taylor formed the Flying Machine with Kortchmar in 1966. After their breakup, he headed to London, where he lived for a year. He cut a demo tape that got him signed to the Beatles' Apple Records by A&R man Peter Asher, who became his manager and producer. The debut album James Taylor (196 More... (Submit New James Taylor Lyrics) (Submit New James Taylor Lyrics) Review about James Taylor Backstory adds a dimension | Reviewer: BrianW ------ About the song Enough To Be On Your Way performed by James Taylor There aren't too many songs that can help you deal with a funeral. I've always found this one interesting for capturing the contrast between a beautiful day and this terribly sad occasion. The best line may be the last, "I walked out on the Mesa/ And I stumbled on this song" ...going out to reflect on it all. Like "Fire and Rain," it helps to know the autobiographical details which are there in this, like many JT songs. You can straighten out some of the guesses you've made and fill in the rest of the blanks. Sarah Maria | Reviewer: Michael Sotomayor ------ About the song Sarah Maria performed by James Taylor Yes, I did name my daughter after this song. I loved the song and feeling it gave me and always said I would name my daughter after this tune one day. It was after I saw her for the very first time that really clinched it. My wife and I had an opportunity to meet and speak with James Taylor one night at a concert. He told us of his daughter and how she was named for her grand mothers. It was a cool story and yes, he is a real nice guy to. He and the wife talked like it was old home week. Then we went our own ways. Way Cool beautiful song | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) performed by James Taylor i thin this is just a beautiful song! and btw i think it is really really bad to be fascinated with the gringo culture... c'mon.... i love mine, sure i like this song and there are things about that culture i like, but if somebody calls me a yanl i would be really angry, im proud of my roots and im proud of being costa rican, i would not trade that for anything. About this song | Reviewer: Katelyn ------ About the song Fire And Rain performed by James Taylor I Heard this All the time On a National Radio show Called "Delilah" It always struck me as a beautiful song, though I never knew what it Meant. Now that i am older, I can't get enough of this voice. I Quote this song all the time, and I want to Sing it for a solo at my final Spring Concert right before graduation. Keep up the Good Work JT, your amazing About Steve's Reply | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Machine Gun Kelly performed by James Taylor Steve...get over yourself man. How is not knowing the writer of a song a copyright violation? I guess you think you're supposed to get paid for people putting-up 40 year old lyrics. Now that's what I call lack of common decency. Like you've nevr been wrong about who actaully wrote a song. Are you getting any? Soulful Insight | Reviewer: Mary Bains-Fort, Ph.D. ------ About the song Shed a Little Light performed by James Taylor For decades James Taylor has provided intense magnification and indepth cultural critical thought to his audiences. "Shed A Little Light" reveals the various methods "social light" can be distorted, i.e., through media, internet, politcally correct thought for the present time, or through innate ignorance. However, the lyrics reflect an acurrate depictation of social behavior through the eyes of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Poignant lyrics combined with smooth melodic motifs, topped with the warmth intensity of James' unduplicatable, irreplacable tenor vocal instrument creates a musical presentation that is both on time and timeless. Thank you Mr. Taylor. Good song, but give the writer credit | Reviewer: Steve Deasy ------ About the song Machine Gun Kelly performed by James Taylor This song is a good song written by Danny Kortchmar and presented very well by James Taylor on his "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon" album. I am a songwriter myself, so what pisses me off is that people post stuff like this on the internet without giving proper credit to the songwriter in clear violation of copyright laws and common decency. Best, Steve R.I.P Sarah Maria Becker | Reviewer: Court ------ About the song Sarah Maria performed by James Taylor i just went to the funeral of a 14 year old girl who i think was named after this song. they played this at her funeral and it got every one to cry we will miss and love you forever SARAH MARIA BECKER! los odio a todos (is the best song i ever heard) | Reviewer: Fabio Falavich ------ About the song The Frozen Man performed by James Taylor hola monton de desgraciados (Hi everyone)esta cancion es horrible (this song is really sentimental) no tiene sentido como un hombre pudo sobrevivir en el hielo tanto tiempo (I like it, tge lyrics are to beautifull) me parece totalmente idiota (I even cryed), es perfecta como trabajo para una clase de ingles donde hay canciones aburridas que nadie conose (James taylor is a genius) oh esperen eso fue!! (I love is voice) se merecen el infierno y la indiferencia de los angeles (well thanks for your atention) pudranse (by-bye) MY JAM! | Reviewer: Nora Yang ------ About the song Shower the People performed by James Taylor After I heard this song from my choir teacher, I fell in love. I was even more excited when we sang it for graduation. My BOO (boyfriend) was the soloist. Right when the choir finished performing shower the people for graduation, the sun came out. It was a beautiful closing act and a wonderful day!! r.i.p. john m.p., my friend killed on 911 | Reviewer: francine klemens ------ About the song Fire And Rain performed by James Taylor although my childhood friend john died in the north tower on 911 7 years ago i just found out about it 2 days ago. i lost touch with him when i joined the navy & he to college after h.s. every so often i search for old friends over the internet. for many years i had been looking for him. i mentioned it to a mutual friend who attended grade school with him & she broke the news to me. driving home from work last night i heard this song & i just cried non stop. i did always thought that I'd see him again. "sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground." this line just makes me cry even more...thinking of the planes that hit the tower. i have to believe i will still see him again. The perennial traveler | Reviewer: Steve Borrow ------ About the song My Traveling Star performed by James Taylor This is a beautiful little tune from the One Man Band album that explores the phenomenon of the perennial traveler, who is burdened with such an unquenchable thirst for freedom that he can never remain anchored anywhere particular for very long. Yes it is a burden, as JT tells us “they hunger for home but they cannot stay”: their lives are doomed to oscillate between the security and comfort of a stable home life and the quest for the open road. They begin as young runaways and end up old road dogs, as he calls them, but always blessed by that one lucky travelling star selected from the multitude that lights his way through the darkness. It is one thing to be blessed with JT’s wonderful vocal tone and expression, it is something else again to be able to find your groove and write such masterful songs. That is why he endures like that travelling star he sings about. Awesome Piece of Pie! | Reviewer: Roxy ------ About the song How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) performed by James Taylor This song is in the movie "American Pie" and that's where I first heard it. I love how they sang it as a choir in the movie. I'm from Australia, but I am fascinated by North America so much! People from the USA and Canada are so cool in my books anyway. My sweet uncle Steve always says to me: "Oh you North American Girl!!" He sometimes calls me a yank for fun. Steamroller Blues | Reviewer: Glena ------ About artist/band James Taylor Gosh, I listen to James in the car everyday and I just have to say, Steamroller Blues, written by the young folk musician who was not even a blues player, shows how wonderful and talented he is. I LOVE that cut and melt everytime I hear it. It makes me smile and squirm a little bit. I'm 70 and feel young especially when listening to James Taylor. James Taylor | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Carolina In My Mind performed by James Taylor James Taylor is AMAZING! Funny thing is I am only 12 years old...I LUV james taylor music..I was introduced to him when I was 4 or 5 and have been singing his songs ever since..This is DEFINITLY one of my favoriteS! like a butterfly | Reviewer: gökhan ------ About the song Fire And Rain performed by James Taylor i listened this music with dido's vocal.all of kind; lyrics are so emotional!! be not important who is singing!! isnt it? the earth has chancing like all people, in the sametime,we need to have more liberty and good ideas for having brilliant future. everyone should to remember be human,not animal.... goin' to carolina in my mind | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Carolina In My Mind performed by James Taylor i love this song... i've been so homesick and this song makes me feel better. strange, i'm from the crystal coast and although i'm still in carolina i feel so far away. james taylor is coming to carolina in like a month (concert, i can't wait. Beautiful and poignant | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song The Frozen Man performed by James Taylor I recently watched James Taylor's concert recorded at the Colonial Theatre, and his presentation of the origins and actual performance of the song were wonderfully intertwined with his unique artistry. I think that this is one of his best songs from a lyrical standpoint (though it is hard to choose because everything he does is great)! Thanks, James! You are my favorite singer-songwriter :) One of James Taylor's best | Reviewer: Steve Borrow ------ About the song Line 'Em Up performed by James Taylor Dear Editor, You kindly published an earlier review I prepared of this. One of your reader contacted me and provided further insight, which has enable me to make some necessary changes to the original. I submit this in place of the original piece, which I trust you will remove:- * * * This is one of James Taylor's best songs in this fan’s humble opinion, and that is really saying something given his amazing catalogue. Like all great songs, it can be appreciated on a multiplicity of levels. It begins with JT remembering the disgraced Richard Nixon leaving the White House after Watergate and acting out a ritual with his staff. We get to appreciate JT’s perspective on this from the second verse, where he reflects upon his own self destructive behaviour: turning away from his loving kind just as Nixon had done, and smoldering in the embers of the false path he’d taken at that time. Is it a commentary on hubris – the loss of humility that can ultimately devour you? The repetition of the words “line ‘em up” seems to be a commentary on regimentation: square dances, picket fences, straight fields of corn, and queues of people going through the motions without emotion, game playing in conformity and squandering the miraculous gift of life. JT observes a life emptied of real love and feeling, conditioned to follow a straight, dubious path, and never venturing far from that “broken white line in the middle of the road”. He asks rhetorically, “who waits for you, lonely tired old toad?” Well, we know the answer: a line of actors completing the media spectacle. The reference to the “big moon landing” is explained by JT when performing the song on One Man Band. It’s inspiration comes from a mass wedding of 30,000 couples conducted the Rev Sun Myung Moon at RFK Stadium, Washington, on 29 November 1997 as part of a world wide wedding of 3.6 million couples. JT extends the “moon” pun, observing that each couple re-engages stepping into the “sun”. A mass produced wedding of this character, where the participants are lined up debases their individuality, and reduces the vow of love and commitment to a mechanical production line. There is a concrete link here as well. Rev Sun Moon gained international media attention when he supported Nixon after the Watergate exposure, urging Americans to “forgive, love and unite”. He, too, became immersed in scandal. This is a brilliant and moving song, full of pathos, and presented with great ear appeal Nevetr heard it! | Reviewer: Kevin ------ About the song Sarah Maria performed by James Taylor I've just had a baby girl and we named her Sara. We took an age to decide on a middle mane but eventually came up with "Marie" a friend then informed me of a James taylor song titled Sara Maria. I can't seem to locate a copy of this track anywhere? Which album did the track appear on? I'd love to get hold of a copy. 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