big yellow taxi music
song history
section history
joni mitchell
big yellow taxi history
100

What is multi-tracking

overlaying different recordings

100

Who wrote Silent Spring

Rachel Carson


100

What is ecology?

Ecology is a field

of biology that examines the relationships between

organisms and their physical environment

100

What is Joni Mitchel's birth name?

Roberta Joan Anderson

100

What is the name of the place "Ladies of the Canyon" references?

Laurel Canyon

200

What is the overall musical strucutre of Big Yellow Taxi

verse-chorus

200

Under what biological process is DDT dangerous?

magnification

200

who banned the burning of coal in London

King Edward 1

200

Who was Joni Mitchell married to?

Chuck Mitchel

200

what does mitchel reference that indicates that she was on maui

Sugarloaf Mountain

300

What unusual mode does the chorus use?

Mixolydian mode

300

What are the 4 motifs in the ecology symbol?

"e", "o", elipse, circle

300

What year was the Clean Air Act strengthned in the US

1970

300

What casued joni mitchell to write more songs?

unplanned pregnancy

300

what does the pink hotel reference

Sugarloaf Mountain

400

How many different versions of this song did we cover?

7

400

What magazine published Cobb's design on a flag?

Look Magazine

400

Who founded the sierra club

John Muir

400

What does Joni Mitchel's publishing company stand for?

She Is Queen Undisputedly Of Mind

Beauty

400

what does the tree museum reference

Foster Botanical Garden

500

How many covers of Big Yellow Taxi are there?

575

500

How many people participated in earth day 1970?

20 million
500

What year was the National Park Service founded?

1916

500

What 2 songs on Mitchel's debut album were initially sung by other people?

“Both Sides Now”,  “Chelsea Morning”

500

What did Mitchell dub "Big Yellow Taxi" as

Ecology Rock n Roll