Hey Sybil, Some say that the same mind that wrote "The Fiddle and the Drum", was thinking politically & ecologically when she wrote:
"They paved (the Hawaiian) paradise and put up a parking lot." and "They took all the trees (and) put 'em in a tree museum." and "Hey farmer, farmer put away that (poisonous to birds and possibly a carcinogen to people) DDT now. Give me spots on my apples but leave me the bi-r-r-r-rds and the bees! Pleeeeeease!" Les has some nice hot links set up in the JMDL lyric page for Big Yellow Taxi: http://www.jmdl.com/lyrics/bigyellowtaxi.cfm Uncle Lamadoo --- Sybil Skelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then I ran across this crazy girl ranting about how > Adam Duritz had totally > subverted Joni's song by changing the lyrics and > completely altering the > meaning of the song. HUH? I didn't remember any > drastic lyrical changes, > except to alter gender where appropriate. But this > girl insists that Duritz > changed the song from a politically aware song about > the ecology to a silly > love song. HUH? Joni? Overtly political? Did I miss > a meeting? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com
