History Music / JamesTaylor

[[quoteright:319:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/james_taylor_4395.jpeg]]
[[caption-width-right:319:He's seen fire, and he's seen rain.]]

-->"Fire and Rain"

His personal website can be found [[https://www.jamestaylor.com/home/ here]].

* Livealbum: 1993’s Live is a VERY comprehensive double album containing songs from every studio album released up to that point (the last at that point was released in 1991). 2007’s One Man Band is another example. He also released 5 video only releases: two titled in concert recorded in 1979 & 1988 respectively, Squibnocket a tour rehearsal video in 1992, live at the beacon theatre recorded at the first stop of his 1998 tour and Pull over recorded in concert in 2001.

* HumanPopsicle: "The Frozen Man" tells the story of William James [=McPhee=], a sailor born in Liverpool in 1843 who was frozen in ice after a shipwreck and brought back to life in the [=1990s=]. While [=McPhee=] ends up amazed with the progress of humanity, seeing the graves of both his wife and daughter makes him tell the doctors "don't leave nothing to work on" once he dies.

* PlayedforLaughs: As his shows for the most part have had an intermission partway through (exceptions being his 2017 North American tour, Part of his 2018 North American tour: With the exception of 3 shows the first leg gained an intermission when touring partner Bonnie Raitt had to be absent for medical reasons, All shows from February-May 2019 & all shows from July 2021-May 2022) before starting the last song of the first set he will joke that he "doesn't know why" they take intermission and make bad jokes about what they do for 20 minutes - in reality (as of 2014) he usually sits at the lip of the stage and takes hilarious photos with fans. The second starts with his backing band doing an instrumental jam before at least one of his four backup singers forcibly grabs him while he's in the middle of a conversation/photo op (Often to a lot of laughter).

* GreatestHitsAlbum: Well, there's his aforementioned one from 1976; he also released one nearly a quarter of a century later chronicling his Columbia Records career.

* IntercourseWithYou: "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" is all about this, albeit trying to seduce the recipient of the song by being sweet and calming. The song “I was only telling a lie.” is A more spicy variation

* IntercourseWithYou: "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" is all about this, albeit trying to seduce the recipient of the song by being sweet and calming.

* RearrangeTheSong: He rerecorded "Something in the Way She Moves" and "Carolina in My Mind" for the 1976 ''Greatest Hits'' album; these versions ended up becoming better known than those that appeared on his debut. His 2007 live album and tv special One Man Band consists of acoustic versions of his greatest hits (You’ve got a friend, Shower the People albeit with choir over video screen, Copperline among others).

* PrematurelyBald: He started balding in the late 70's, when he was around 30.
* PrettyBoy: He actually had quite the boyish good looks in his youth. (When he had hair.)

* PrettyBoy: He was actually had quite the boyish good looks in his youth. (When he had hair.)

* RearrangeTheSong: He rerecorded "Something in the Way She Moves" and "Carolina in My Mind" for the 1976 ''Greatest Hits'' album; these versions ended up becoming better known than those that appeared on his debut.