1. Read the lyrics on the weblink "Joni Mitchell: The Big Yellow Taxi" (on the Message Music site).
2. Answer the following questions.
What issue is this song protesting?
What lyrics stand out to you? Explain...
Do you think this message is effective (people would actually listen and think twice after hearing this song?)
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The song is protesting about injustice because the government is taking away trees from the neighborhood for no reason. The lyrics that stand out to me are "They took all the trees
And put them in a tree museum"
That ling answered this Do Now question and i think that it is the most powerful sentence in the lyrics.
I also think that they are taking trees away from the rural area.
When Ms. Jackson told us about this urban and rural area thing, the rural areas are getting taken away and urban areas are getting bigger.
I dont know what this is really protesting perhaps it's sending a personal message.The saying you dont know what you got until it's gone. There was a part where it said they took all the trees and they took his old man maybe he's referring to people taking everything he's got.His once perfect world being affected ny others.
Randy how do you know the artist is referring to the urban areas because most rural areas dont have trees.
The trees thing said it.
This song is basically taking about how its unfair that they are cutting down trees. Its basically saying that they should not cut trees down just to put in some places like the museums they should let them be.
The lyrics to me means that you should cherish what you have at all times.Because once its gone you wont know how much you really loved it.Also the lyrics is comparing having to lose someone to having to losing trees or even a space that is turned into a parking lot.And i do think that it will be effective to others.
THA ISSUE THAT THE LYRICS IS EXPRESSING IS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH SOMETHING HAS MADE DIFFERANCE UNTIL IT IS GONE.
THE PART OF THE LYRICS THAT STANDOUT ME IS THE PART IN THE PART THAT SAYS YOU DON'T KNOW UNTIL IT IS GONE.
NO I DON'T THINK IT WOULD EFFECT ANY ONE IF SOMEONE WOULD LISTEN TO IT.
I think that the song is protesting that about taking waya the envoirment there killing trees animales and practically themsleves and if we need trees for oxgan than there killing evry one
TO me i really don't get what they were protesting about. Maybe they were protesting about cutting down trees . the lyric that stood out to me was cutting down trees and putting them in a tree museum because why would they do that? No this would not make no affect because to me it dont make no sense
i think this song is about the inviermint...not done could not finish
IT protest about freedom because they are making trees go away. it is trying to stop the cutting down trees. It might effect because trees is made out of a lot of things. I hope it will effect it.
The issue that the lyrics is expressing is that you should know how much something has made the difference until everything is gone away.i don't think this song will make effect because no body is going to change only cause of a song.
i don't know if the person is protesting about something because the song does not make scense and it looks like it not a protest song
This song is protesting to trees.
none lyrics stand out to me.
no because we need trees for pencils, furniture, paper…
Yes i would think twice
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