James Taylor's--Shower the People--Lyrics, Video, and MP3
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James Taylor's Shower the People
Taylor's career began in the mid-1960s, but he found his most devoted audience in the early 1970s, singing sensitive and introspective songs. His 1976 album Greatest Hits was certified diamond and has sold more than 11 million copies. His most recent album, Covers, was just released in 2008.
James Taylor's Greatest Hits album is his best selling album of all time. It is definitely a must have album.
James Taylor performed Shower the People at the Barack Obama Presidential We Are One Inaugural Celebration with John Legend and Jennifer Nettles.
Shower The People
by James Taylor
Barack Obama We Are One Inaugural Celebration James Taylor Performance with John Legend and Jennifer Nettles
James Taylor - Shower the People (Beacon Theatre 1998)
Shower the People
Lyrics
You can play the game and you can act out the part
Though you know it wasn't written for you
But tell me, how can you stand there with your broken heart
Ashamed of playing the fool
One thing can lead to another; it doesn't take any sacrifice
Oh, father and mother, sister and brother
If it feels nice, don't think twice
Just shower the people you love with love
Show them the way that you feel
Things are gonna work out fine if you only will
Shower the people you love with love
Show them the way you feel
Things are gonna be much better if you only will
You can run but you cannot hide
This is widely known
And what you plan to do with your foolish pride
When you're all by yourself alone
Once you tell somebody the way that you feel
You can feel it beginning to ease
I think it's true what they say about the squeaky wheel
Always getting the grease.
Better to shower the people you love with love
Show them the way that you feel
Things are gonna be just fine if you only will
Shower the people you love with love
Show them the way that you feel
Things are gonna be much better if you only will
Shower the people you love with love
Show them the way that you feel
You'll feel better right away
Don't take much to do
Sell you pride
They say in every life
They say the rain must fall
Just like pouring rain
Make it rain
Make it rain
Love, love, love is sunshine.
Oh yes
Make it rain
Love, love, love is sunshine
Yeah, all right
Everybody, everybody
Shower the people you love with love
James Taylor's Greatest Hits
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"I was there that very day and my heart came back alive." -- James Taylor
James Taylor Long Ago and Far Away: His Life and His Music
Official biography
James Taylor Long Ago and Far Away: His Life and His Music
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Product Description
From his Beatles-sponsored debut in 1968 to his Grammy-winning Hourglass album of 1997, James Taylor has been universally acclaimed as a songwriter of exceptional eloquence and emotional power. Dispelling myth and rumor, Long Ago and Far Away examines the roots of Taylor s mental anguish and his recurring bouts with heroin and alcohol. This is an epic family history, an exploration of the real stories behind Fire and Rain and the rest of the songs, as well as a frank account of Taylor s days on the Apple record label, the financial disaster of his Greatest Hits album deal and the deaths and divorces that have haunted his life. In this major biography, Timothy White explores both the career and the troubled personal journey of the legendary singer-songwriter.No writer interviewed James Taylor and his family in greater depth over the decades than the late Timothy White, former editor-in-chief of Billboard, and author of the international best-seller Catch A Fire: The Life of Bob Marley. This new edition has been updated by his friend and former Rolling Stone comrade Mitch Glazer and includes an epilogue about the memorial concerts for Timothy that James Taylor helped organize. SELLING POINTS: Rich with insights from Paul McCartney, Carly Simon, Sting, Danny Kootch Kortchmar, the entire Taylor family and many other key figures around James Taylor and his music. Original editions sold over ***** copies worldwide! (17,000 N America) Includes many previously unpublished photos and an extensive discography and bibliography.
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KimGiancaterino Sep 20, 2010 @ 3:41 pm | delete
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KarenTBTEN
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- I always loved that song -- my favorite James Taylor song by a long shot.
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jpoet
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- Great Lens I love his music.
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- Great lens!
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- James Taylor isn't just a great songwriter, but his life is anything but boring. I like Carly Simon too. Great work.
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