>> Production and presentation
of Concerts on the Square
is made possible in part by
the contributing members
of Friends of
Wisconsin Public Television.
*
>> The blankets are out,
the crowd is gathered and
the weather is picture perfect
here on the Capitol lawn
in downtown Madison.
Hello and welcome to
Concerts on the Square.
I'm Sarah Jacobs.
"Shower the People" is the title
for tonight's concert which
features the music of the
legendary James Taylor.
Guest artists Jeans 'n Classics
join Andrew Sewell and the
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra in
this tribute to the
five-time Grammy Award winning
singer/songwriter.
James Taylor burst onto the
music scene is 1970 with the
classic "Fire and Rain."
The following year he earned
his first number one hit with
"You've Got A Friend."
Then for the next four decades
he churning out hit after hit,
eventually earning a spot in
both the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame and The Songwriter's Hall
of Fame.
The stage is set, so sit back,
mellow out and enjoy tonight's
tribute to Sweet Baby James,
here at Concerts on the Square.
[sticks clicking]
*
* We were ring-around-the-rosy
* Children
* They were circles
* Around the sun
* Never give up
* Never slow down
* Never grow old
* Never ever die young
* Synchronized with
* The rising moon
* Even with the evening stars
* They were true love
* Written in stone
* They were never alone
* They were never
* That far apart
* We who couldn't bear
* To believe
* They might make it
* We had to close our eyes
* Cut up our losses
* Into doable doses
* Ration our tears
* And sighs
* You could see them
* On the street
* On a Saturday night
* Everyone used
* To run them down
* They're a little too sweet
* They're a little too tight
* Not enough tough
* For this tough town
* We couldn't touch them
* With a ten-foot pole
* No, it didn't seem
* To rattle at all
* They were glued together
* Body and soul
* That much more
* With their backs
* Up against the wall
*
* Oh, hold them up
* Hold them up
* Never do let them fall
* Prey to the dust
* And the rust
* And the ruin
* That names us and claims us
* And shames us all
* Oh, yeah
*
* I guess it had
* To happen someday soon
* Wasn't nothing
* To hold them down
* They would rise
* From among us
* Like a big balloon
* Take the sky
* Forsake the ground
* Oh, yes, other hearts
* Were broken
* Yeah, other dreams
* Ran dry
* But our golden ones
* Sail on, sail on
* To another land beneath
* Another sky
*
[vocalizing]
* But our golden ones
* Sail on, sail on
* To another land
* Beneath another sky
*
* Hold them up
* Yeah, yeah
* You want to hold them up
* Hold them up
* Don't let them
* Fall
*
[applause]
>> Welcome.
How are you?
[cheers]
How are you?
[more cheers]
Could you have gotten a better
night than this evening?
Absolutely fantastic.
It's our great pleasure
to be here.
We are from Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
And you have an absolutely
magnificent city.
[cheers and applause]
Congratulations to you.
Do we have any James Taylor fans
here this evening?
[cheers]
What a remarkable coincidence.
[laughter]
[sticks clicking]
>> One, two--
*
* Whenever I see
* Your smiling face
* I have to smile myself
* Because I love you
*
* And when you're givin' me
* That pretty little pout
* It turns me inside out
* There's something
* About you, baby
* I don't know
* Isn't it amazing
* A man like me
* Can feel this way?
* Tell me how much longer
* It will grow
* Stronger every day
* Ohhh
* I thought I was in love
* A couple of times before
* With the girl next door
* But that was long before
* I met you
* Now I'm sure that
* I won't forget you
* And I thank my lucky stars
* That you are who you are
* And not just
* Another lovely lady
* Sent down to
* Break my heart
* Isn't it amazing
* A man like me
* Can feel this way?
* Tell me how much longer
* It can grow stronger
* Every day
* Yeah
*
* Somebody talk to me
* No one can tell me
* That I'm doing wrong today
* Whenever I see you
* Smilin' at me
* Nobody gonna tell me that
* Tell me that
* I'm doing wrong today
* Whenever I see
* Your smiling, lovely face
* My way
* Oh, no, no, no
* No, no, no, no
[vocalizing]
* Nobody gonna put me down
* Nobody gonna push me 'round
* Nobody gonna put me down
* Whenever I see you smile
* No one can tell me that
* I'm doing wrong today
*
[applause]
>> Thank you so much.
[sticks clicking]
>> One, two--
*
* Oh, everyday
* It's getting closer
* Going much faster
* Than a roller coaster
* With a love like yours
* Sure to come my way
*
* Everyday
* It's a little faster
* All of my friends
* They say go on up
* And ask her
* With a love like yours
* Bound to come my way
*
* Everyday
* It seems a little
* Stronger
* Everyday
* It lasts a little longer
* Come what may, baby
* Do you ever long for
* True love from me?
* Oh
* Everyday
* It gets a little closer
* Going much faster
* Than a roller coaster
* With a love like yours
* Sure to come my way
*
* Yes, a love like yours
* Would surely
* Come my way
*
* Everyday
* Every way
* I don't mind waiting
* No, I don't mind waitin'
* Each and every day
* Everyday
* Seem a little stronger
* Everyday
* You know
* It lasts a little longer
* Come what may, baby
* Do you ever long for
* True love from me?
* I long for you, baby
* I said, everyday
* It's getting closer
* Going much faster
* Than a roller coaster
* With a love like yours
* Bound to come my way
*
* Come my way
*
* Everyday
* Everyday, every way
* Everyday, in every way
* Each and every day now
* And I don't mind waitin'
* No, I don't mind waitin'
* I said, I don't mind waitin'
* Each and every day
* Everyday
*
[applause]
>> Are you all right?
[cheers and applause]
*
* Hey, girls
* Won't ya gather 'round?
* Listen to what
* I've been putting down
* Hey, baby
* I'm your handy man
*
* I'm not the kind
* To use a pencil or rule
* I'm handy with love
* And I'm no fool
* Fixing broken hearts
* I know that I truly can
*
* If your broken heart
* Should need repair
* Darlin' I'm the man to see
* I whisper sweet things
* You tell all your friends
* They'll come
* Runnin' to me
* Here is the main thing
* That I want to say
* I'm busy
* Twenty-four hours a day
* Fixing broken hearts
* I'm your handyman
*
* Come, come, come
* Yeah, yeah, yeah
* Come, come, come
* Oh now, they'll come
* Runnin' to me
* Here is the main thing
* I want to say
* I'm busy
* Twenty-four hours a day
* Fixing broken hearts, baby
* I'm your handy man
*
* Come, come, come
* Yeah, yeah, yeah
* Come, come, come
* Yeah, yeah, yeah
* Come on
* Come, come, come,
* Come, come, come
* Yeah, yeah, yeah
* Come, come, come
* Yeah
[applause]
* Yeah
* Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
* Oh yeah
[applause]
>> Thank you so much.
[sticks clicking]
*
* When this old world
* Starts a'gettin' me down
* And people are
* Just too much
* For me to face
*
* I'm gonna climb way up
* To the top of the stairs
* And all my cares
* They drift
* Right into space
*
* On the roof
* It's peaceful as can be
*
* And there the world below
* It don't bother me
* No, no
* So when I come home
* Feeling tired and beat
* I got go up
* Where the air
* Is fresh and sweet
*
* I'll get far away
* From the hustling crowd
* And all that
* Rat-race noise
* Down in the street
*
* On the roof
* That's the only place
* That I know
* Look at the city, baby
* Where you just have to
* Wish to make it so
* Let's go
* Up on my roof
*
* And at night
* The stars
* They put on a show
* For free
* And, darlin'
* You can share it
* Share it all with me
* That's what I said,
* Keep on telling you
* That right smack dab
* In the middle of town
* I found a paradise
* That's about trouble proof
*
* And if this old world
* Starts a getting you down
* There's room enough
* For two
* Up on my roof
*
* Up on my roof
*
* You got to come on up
* Comin' on up
* Come on up
* Come on up, yeah
* Drop what you're doing
* Tonight
* And climb up the stairs
* And please see me
*
* We got the stars above us
* And the city lights below
[vocalizing]
* Up on the roof
*
* Up on the roof
[vocalizing]
[applause]
*
* I am a lineman
* For the county
* And I drive the main road
* Searchin' in the sun
* For another
* Overload
* I hear you singin'
* In the wires
* I can hear you
* Through the whine
* And the Wichita lineman
* He's still
* On the line
*
* I know I need
* A small vacation
* But it don't
* Look like rain
* If it snows
* That stretch down south
* Won't ever
* Stand the strain
* And I need you
* More than want you
* And I want you
* For all time
* And the Wichita lineman
* He's still
* On the line
*
* And I need you
* More than want you
* And I want you
* For all time
* And the Wichita lineman
* He's still
* On the line
*
* Still on the line
* He's still on the line,
* The lineman
* Still on the line
*
* He's still on the line
*
[applause]
*
* There is a young cowboy
* He lives on the range
* His horse and his cattle
* They're his only companions
* He works in the saddle
* And he sleeps in the canyons
* Waiting for summer
* His pastures to change
*
* And as the moon rises
* He sits by his fire
* Just a'thinkin' about women
* And glasses of beer
* And closing his eyes
* As the doggies retire
* He sings out a song
* Which is soft but it's clear
* Just as if maybe
* Someone could hear
*
* He says, goodnight
* You moonlight ladies
* Rockabye, sweet baby James
* Deep greens and blues
* For the colors I choose
* Won't you let me
* Go down in my dreams
* Yes, and
* Rockabye, sweet baby James
*
* Now, the first of December
* Was covered with snow
* Yes, and so was the turnpike
* From Stockbridge to Boston
* The Berkshires
* They seemed dream-like
* On account of that frosting
* With ten miles behind me
* And ten thousand
* More to go
*
* There's a song
* That they sing
* When they take to
* The highway
* A song that they sing
* When they take to the sea
* A song that they sing
* Of their home in the sky
* Maybe you can believe it
* If it helps you to sleep
* But singing
* Seems to work fine for me
*
* Goodnight
* All you moonlight ladies
* Rockabye, sweet baby James
* Deep greens and blues
* Are the colors I choose
* Won't you let me go down
* In my dreams
* Yes, and
* Rockabye, sweet baby James
*
[violin solo]
* So goodnight
* All you moonlight ladies
* Rockabye, sweet baby James
* Deep greens and blues
* For the colors I choose
* Won't you let me go down
* In my dreams
* Yes, and
* Rockabye, sweet baby James
*
[applause]
>> Thank you so much.
[sticks clicking]
*
* Way down here
* You need a reason to move
* Feel a fool
* Running your stateside games
* Lose your load
* Leave your mind behind
* Baby James
* Oh, Mexico
* It sounds so simple
* I just got to go
* The sun's so hot
* I forgot to go home
* Guess I'll have to go now
* Americano
* Got the sleepy eye
* But his body's still shaking
* Like a live wire
* Sleepy Seņorita
* With the eyes on fire
* Oh, Mexico
* It sounds so sweet
* With the sun sinking low
* The moon's so bright
* Like to light up the night
* Make everything all right
*
* Baby's hungry
* And the money's all gone
* The folks back home
* Don't want to
* Talk on the phone
* She gets a long letter
* Sends back a postcard
* Times are hard
* Oh, Mexico
* I never really been
* So I don't really know
* Oh, Mexico
* I guess I'll have to go down
* Oh, down in Mexico
* I never really been
* But I'd sure like to go
* Oh, Mexico
* I guess
* I'll have to go down now
* Talking 'bout in Mexico
* In a honky tonk
* Down in Mexico
* I said, I wanna go now
* Oh, Mexico
* Down to Mexico
* Oh, Mexico
* Take me down to Mexico
* Oh, Mexico
* I want to go down
* Oh, Mexico
* Take me on down
*
['R' trill]
*
[applause]
>> Thank you so much.
*
* When you're down
* And troubled
* And you need a helping hand
* And nothing
* Nothing is going right
*
* Close your eyes
* And think of me
* And soon I will be there
* Just to brighten up
* Even your darkest night
*
* You just call
* Out my name
* And you know wherever I am
* I'll come running
* To see you again
*
* Winter, spring
* Summer or fall
* All you have to do is call
* And I'll be there
* Yes, I will
* You've got a friend
*
* If the sky above you
* Should grow dark
* And full of clouds
* And that old
* Cold north wind
* Should begin to blow
*
* Just keep your
* Poor head together now
* And call my name out loud
* Pretty soon I'll be
* Knocking on your door
*
* You just call
* Out my name
* And you know wherever I am
* I'll come running
* As fast as I can
* To see you again
* Oh, baby, don't you know
* Winter, spring
* Summer or fall
* All you have to do is
* Call on me now
* And I'll be there
* Yeah, yes, I will
* Ain't it good to know
* You've got a friend
* When people
* Can be so cold
* They'll hurt you
* And desert you
* They'll take your soul
* If you let them
* Don't you let them
*
* You just call
* Out my name
* And you know wherever I am
* I'll come running
* You know that I will
* To see you again
* Oh, honey, don't ya know
* Winter, spring
* Summer or fall
* All you gotta do is
* Call on me now
* And I'll be there
* Yeah, yes, I will
* You've got a friend
*
* You've got yourself
* A friend in me
* Oh, you've got
* A friend in me
* Walkin', talkin', yeah
* You've got a friend in me
* No matter how
* Low you may go sometimes
* You've got a friend in me
* Got to take some consolation
* From one thing now
* Ain't it good to know
* Yeah, yeah, yeah
* You've got a friend
*
* Oh, darlin'
*
[applause]
[sticks clicking]
*
* How sweet it is
* To be loved by you
*
* How sweet it is
* To be loved by you
*
* When I needed the shelter
* Of someone's arms
* Darlin', there you were
* When I needed someone
* To understand
* My ups and my downs
* Oh, baby, there you were
* With sweet love
* And devotion
* Deeply touching my emotion
* I just wanna stop
* Just to thank you, baby
* I just want to stop
* Just to thank you, baby
* Yes, I do
* How sweet it is
* To be loved by you
>> Let me hear you sing it
with us now.
Are you ready?
* How sweet it is
* To be loved by you
*
* I'm gonna close my eyes
* At night now
* Wondering where would I be
* Without you in my life, baby
* And everything I was into
* It was just a bore
* It seemed everywhere I went
* I'd think
* I've been here before
* But you brighten up for me
* All of my days
* With a love so sweet
* In so many ways
* I want to stop
* So I can thank you, baby
* I just want to stop
* And thank you, baby
* Thank you baby
* How sweet it is
* To be loved by you
* It feels so fine
* How sweet it is
* To be loved by you
[vocalizing]
*
* You were better to me
* Than I was to myself
* For me, there's you, baby
* There ain't nobody else
* I wanna stop
* So I can thank you, baby
* I just want to stop
* Wanna thank you baby
* Yeah, now
* How sweet it is
* To be loved by you
*
* How sweet it is
* To be loved by you
>> I want you to break it on
down, break it down.
[vocalizing]
* I just gotta stop
* And thank you, baby
* I think so strong
* The feeling's so right
* I wanna stop
* And thank you, baby
* Love thing, love thing
* Wanna stop
* And thank you, baby
* I say well now, well now
* Well now, well now, well now
* Well now, well now
* Well now, well now, baby
* Well now, baby
* To be loved be you
* To be loved by you
* It's like a honey
* To the bee, baby
* Sugar to the sugarcane
* Jelly to the don't love
* It's like a walk
* To a lonely man
* Over and over
* To be loved, to be loved
* To be truly, truly loved
* To be loved, to be loved
* To be truly, truly loved
* To be loved, to be loved
* To be truly, truly loved
* To be loved, to be loved
* To be truly, truly loved
* To be loved, to be loved
* To be truly, truly loved
* Yeah, yeah
* Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
>> I want you to help us
out now.
Are you ready?
I want you to say--
* Yeah
>> All: * Yeah
* I said, yeah
* Yeah
* I said, yeah
* Yeah
* I say, yeah
* Yeah
* Say, yeah
* Yeah
* Yea-ah
* Yea-ah-ah
[vocalizing]
* How sweet it is
* To be loved by you
*
* How sweet it is
* You know it feels
* Just about right
* Ohhh, yeah, yeah
* Feels alright tonight
[vocalizing]
* Here in Madison, Wisconsin
* On a July Wednesday night
* To be loved by you
*
[applause]
*
[applause]
*
* Just yesterday mornin'
* They let me know
* You were gone
* Suzanne, the plans they made
* Put an end to you
* I walked out this morning
* And I wrote down this song
* I just can't remember
* Who to send it to
*
* I've seen fire
* And I've seen rain
* I've seen sunny days
* That I thought
* Would never end
* I've seen lonely times
* When I could not
* Find a friend
* But I always thought
* That I'd see you again
*
* Won't you look down
* Upon me, Jesus
* You've got to
* Help me make a stand
* You've just got to see me
* Through another day
* My body's aching
* And my time is at hand
* I won't make it
* Any other way
* I've seen fire
* And I've seen rain
* I've seen sunny days
* And I thought
* They'd never end
* I've seen lonely times
* When I could not
* Find a friend
* But I always thought
* That I'd see you again
*
* So I walking my mind
* To an easy time
* My back turned
* Towards the sun
* Lord knows when
* The cold wind blows
* It'll turn your head around
* Well, there's hours of time
* On the telephone line
* To talk about
* Things to come
* Sweet dreams
* And flying machines
* In pieces on the ground
* Ohhh
* I've seen fire
* And I've seen rain
* I've seen sunny days
* That I thought
* Would never end
* I've seen lonely times
* When I could not
* Find a friend
* And I always thought
* That I'd see you somehow
* One more time again
*
* Thought I'd see you
* One more time again
*
* There's been a few things
* Coming my way
* This time around
* Thought I'd see
* Fire and rain
* Ohhh
*
[applause]
>> Thank you.
Once again, Andrew Sewell and
the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra.
Aren't they fantastic?
[applause]
I'll send you out with a little
steamroller blues.
[cheers]
[sticks clicking]
*
* Well, I'm a steamroller
* For you, baby
* I like to roll
* All over you
*
* I'm a steamroller
* For you, baby
* I'd like nothing better than
* To roll all over you
* I'm gonna inject your soul
* With some sweet rock 'n roll
* And shoot you
* Full of rhythm and blues
*
* Well, I'm a cement mixer
* Baby
* A churning urn
* Of burning funk
* I'm a cement mixer
* For you, baby
* Drop that thing
* Drop that on me
*
* Well, I'm a dddddd--
* Demolition derby
* For you, baby
* A hefty hunk
* Of steaming junk
]vocalizing]
*
[cheers and applause]
* Now, I'm a napalm bomb
* Baby
* Stone guaranteed
* Just to, just to, just to
* Blow your mind
* I'm a napalm bomb
* For you, baby
* Stone guaranteed
* Just to, just to just to
* Blow your mind
* If I can't have
* Your love for my own
* To take home
* And keep me warm
* There won't be nothing
* Left behind
[vocalizing]
*
[applause]
* It don't look like
* In far too distant future
* I might looooooose
* These here steamroller
* Blues
*
[cheers and applause]
>> Mr. Neil Donell,
ladies and gentlemen.
>> Good night!
Thank you, everybody!
Wonderful to see you.
>> We hope you've enjoyed this
tribute to James Taylor here at
Concerts on the Square.
I'm Sarah Jacobs.
For all of us at
Wisconsin Public Television,
thank you for joining us.
Good night.
* 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
* Be so fine
* If you only will
* Don't you know?
* Shower the people
* You love with love
* Show them the way
* That 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
* Work out right
* If you only will
* What I really mean to say is
* Shower the people
* You love with love
* Show them the way
* That you feel
* Things are gonna be
* Much better
* If you only will
*
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