james taylor's long ago and far away backed vocals were performed by joni mitchell.
james taylor's long ago and far away backed vocals were performed by joni mitchell.
james taylor long ago and far away backing vocals?
joni mitchell
taylor wrote "long ago and far away" in 1970, about a year before it was recorded for "mud slide slim". joni mitchell sings background vocals and carole king plays piano. it is a sad song that taylor biographer timothy white calls "among the most wistful of taylor's vast catalogue of secular hymns." the theme of the song is how things don't turn out as planned, how dreams don't usually match the ultimate reality and how expectations don't last. the lyrics describe a young man whose dreams have not come true. the lyrics evoke a motif common in taylor's songs, that of the sea and sailing away for one reason or another. other images in the lyrics include "tender dreams" and "broken glass." towards the end of the song the singer asks why his song is so sad. the phrase "long ago and far away" never appears in the lyrics. rather, taylor sings that "long ago a young man sits and plays his waiting game." in 1998 taylor noted that the lyrics in the second verse "love is just a word i've heard when things are being said" was the "most coherent" part of the song for him at that time, stating that "it is a musing on the nature of expectations, and how they don't last.
long ago and far away (james taylor song)
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long ago and far away may refer to:









































bullet::::- "long ago (and far away)", a popular song by jerome kern and ira gershwin from the 1944 film musical "cover girl"









































bullet::::- "long ago and far away (james taylor song), a single from james taylor's 1971 album "mud slide slim and the blue horizon"









































bullet::::- "long ago and far away", a one-act play by david ives, included in latter editions of "all in the timing"









































bullet::::- "long ago and far away" (tv series), a public television series for children hosted by james earl jones
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