Story Behind the Rock Song James Taylor's Fire and Rain by Mo Will
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2020
- This episode looks at the Rock and Roll song "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor.
Much thanks to Milan Nikolic with MANEALITY for uses of his Plane Crash Video.
Milan is a Motion Graphics Designer and VFX Generalist.
Check out his channel: / manemax
Research Credits
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_an...)
Snopes
www.snopes.com/fact-check/fir...
Song Facts
www.songfacts.com/facts/james...
Rolling Stone
www.rollingstone.com/music/mu...
Town Vibe Magazine
townvibe.com/rockin-a-country...
Story Behind the Rock Song Fire and Rain. This episode looks at the Rock and Roll song "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor.
Much thanks to Milan Nikolic with MANEALITY for uses of his Plane Crash Video.
Milan is a Motion Graphics Designer and VFX Generalist.
Check out his channel: / manemax
Research Credits
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_an...)
Snopes
www.snopes.com/fact-check/fir...
Song Facts
www.songfacts.com/facts/james...
Rolling Stone
www.rollingstone.com/music/mu...
Town Vibe Magazine
townvibe.com/rockin-a-country...
Thanks for the explanation. Such a beautiful song
Absolutely great work! Man I’d love to have a beer and hear more of these stories. Thank you!
James did NOT!! record Sweet Baby James in England, that was the Original album that bombed....Sweet Baby James was recorded in L.A. in December, 1969....released in 1970........in London, that was 1968.....Sweet Baby James had not been even written...........wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy off....James became sober November 6, 1983.
Thanks for the great video Mo
Mo, this was fantastic. I hope to see more in the future.
Suzanne committed suicide as told by James himself, not in a plane crash
Love the video! I am confused about the third part after Suzanne and the addiction and what he meant, but I guess a lot of music is up for interpretation which makes it great. Thanks for the breakdown much appreciated. One of the best musicians, hope you all are having a great day wherever you are and whenever you’re reading this. ❤️❤️ spread love while you have the chance😎
The first verse was about the pssing of his girlfriend from bck in New York City - Suzanne Scnerr. The 2nd verse was about his addition. The 3rd verse is about him wondering "what's next" with his life. He wrote the bulk of his next album "Sweet Baby James" while in Austen Riggs.
Nicely done. I always wondered. Thanks a lot.
I also always wondered the story behind America’s “Horse with No Name.” I’d love to hear about that. As a kid I tried to figure out its meaning...to no avail. 😂
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This super interesting! Very knowledgeable and so good.
Thanks Jade, I am glad that you enjoyed it.
Wonderful. Logical.
Thanks, this was great. Turns out that I smoked a joint and shot the shit with James Taylor for about an hour on some beach in Maine, mustah been 1970, I had no idea who he was, everyone called him Jay...
That’s awesome man, so cool you didn’t even know he was famous! I’m jealous!!
Great video. I just subbed.
good work!!!
Thanks!
I agree @mowill, great video!
Interesting video and mostly accurate, one mistake though, the album he recorded with the Beatles on their newish Apple label was the self- titled album ('James Taylor') -Sweet Baby James was his second album made back in the US on the Warner Bros label which included Fire and Rain, bringing him worldwide acclaim.
Thanks for doing this. I'm just learning to play the tune on my guitar and I wondered what it was all about. In a BBC performance, he mentioned that he wrote it in Spain and his life in Spain.
That was Carolina in my Mind that he was writing in Spain.
Flying machine was the name of his first band that failed ( in pieces on the ground) Forgot where I heard this.
Mo Will, Thank you for doing this video however misshapen it might have turned out. I think you did your honest best. As much as I enjoyed J.T. and this song I did not care for the depiction on this video. Thank you. ( You can't please everybody ) :-)
I ve always thought the reference to the “flying machine in pieces on the ground” was about an earlier album titled James Taylor and the flying machine. We ll see as l listen…….
I always assumed it was based on his time in an institution
Gives so much hope.
Thanks, Mo. My name is Happy. I posted this on twitter today, for obvious reasons.
Interesting.
Did I miss something? What about the line "Susan the plans they made to put an end to you"?
I think it may be 'the plans we made'.
I've always understood that it had been decided to not tell James of Susan's death while he was detoxing. He didn't hear until after any service.
James stated that it was the plans her family made to put her in a mental facility that he felt they shouldn't have
I wonder if it's the same Susan that's in the Leonard Cohen song? - probably not
Excellent- but get straight to the point.
Informative, entertaining, and your voice has a Sean Conneryesque vibe that makes you pause and listen: well done! U reference the article, JT also confirms your version in an interview (go to 2:00): ua-cam.com/video/15xiQxLAnd4/v-deo.html
Thanks a lot. I have sort of ignored this channel for awhile but I appreciate your comments.
@@mowill5240 you're welcome, hope to see another documentary from you soon.
I just turned 71 and I would say 90% of todays music can't hold a candle to the music of the 60s and 70s, but it's more like 99%. I saw Willie Dixon and the Chicago all-stars in 73 and was more or less a blues man after that. Some bands really had class like James Brown, Grateful Dead and the Pink Floyd while other bands looked likes they only wanted the $. Steppenwolf and Led Zeppelin played so badly they didn't even get any applause at the end of the show. But the all-time worst was Taj Mahal. What a bum. He didn't even get through one song before he walked off the stage and the show was over. I have to say the best show ever was Chuck Berry. From half way through the first song the place went nuts. 30 minutes after the last encore 10,000 people were chanting "Where the f**k is Chuck. Another great show was in a small club with Ike and Tina. We had a front row table and Tina wasn't more than 4 feet in front of me pounding out that rhythm and blues.
I would enjoy sitting and sharing stories with you! You have left a most magnificent life filled with joy and vivid memories. Good for you! Never let those memories fade.
* That should read LED not LEFT.*
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oh if it dosent come James Taylor's mouth your just another know it all
Don’t be negative man he put work into this video for us to watch, and its definitely accurate from what I’ve researched. Cmon, just be positive!
No double meaning and clean message about James Taylor song
Way off
James has said in multiple interviews Susan died from suicide. Her parents had her committed to a mental hospital. She committed suicide.
He was in London recording an album , they debated telling him because they thought it would distract his work.
Mo, no offense but ummm….your guitar is out of tune.
James did NOT!! record Sweet Baby James in England, that was the Original album that bombed....Sweet Baby James was recorded in L.A. in December, 1969....released in 1970........in London, that was 1968.....Sweet Baby James had not been even written...........wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy off....James became sober November 6, 1983.