Not only was it the theme song to a great sitcom from the '70s, Angela (the theme from Taxi) also introduced me to the good music of Bob James. His Fender Rhodes work on this track is just dazzling!
I don't know why this song sounds so familiar. Something from my childhood in the 80's. I don't wanna fall asleep to it, it sounds like the soundtrack to my life
As an 80's baby named Angela this will always be one of my all time favorite songs. I loved it from Taxi but I was over the moon when I found out the name was mine 🥰
after I gave my all to the day, I listen to this, take a deep breath and understand that we are here for a mere moment, but this song should make us feel eternal.
I drive alot for Uber and this track has gotten me through so many bad weather days, nasty passengers, traffic, etc etc. this tune is a masterpiece of modern jazz
I'm an Uber driver and Bob James is one of my go-to's. This track is also one of my all time favorite songs and I'm not even old enough to have watched Taxi. BOB JAMES FUCKS.
U don't get sick of play over and over again repeat repeat add Hill Street Blues full version aswell good combo crank it up loud others etc etc that makes ya day/nite
Bob James’s music really is calming. During long car rides that went after bedtime (when I was little), my mother would put on _Cool_ and I would fall asleep pretty quickly. We just called it the ‘Cucumber Music,’ though.
@Director HFerreira originally aired on ABC from September 12, 1978, to May 6, 1982, and on NBC from September 30, 1982, to June 15, 1983. So yes it was during the 80s.
Definitely! I use to watch the tv show when I was in high school. It almost makes me want to tear up. I realize to quote Michael Jackson, "time waits for no one". And Bob James because one of my top favorite jazz artists in my 20's.
Tech didn't invade until the mid 90's, so to me tech was the same level for decades. Especially cars. The taxis in Taxi were already 20+ years old Checker Cabs.
@@alpine1600s It sounds 70s because it was 70s, doesnt matter when the show was on, the song was recorded in 1978 and had the dated i70s sound even tho ran thru the 80s when rhodes was passe, no one wanted them, synths killed the rhodes then.
@@alpine1600s Tech invaded keyboards and music in the early/mid 80s. Synthesizers killed the rhodes off, no one wanted them then (except me so I got rhodes cheap in the 80s and 90s even the 00s)
What a musical masterpiece! This tune gives off very good vibes and brings back many wonderful memories of childhood.i love Bobs music. My dad kept him in rotation.
This song reminds me of a time where I had no worries, playing outside all day was the thing to do and Grandma was still around. To those who are under the age of 20, don't be in such a hurry to grow up. Enjoy the people and places you have today.
Seems a whole new generation has been introduced to your fine tune this week, myself included. It starts sweet, goes bittersweet to dark chocolate blues right until the flute returns all sugary to end it sweet. Loving it.
You heard it on Rick & Morty too, huh? It took me right out of the episode, I was so blown away by it. The interplay between the bass, electric piano and drums is just sublime. Listened to this a whole bunch since it aired the other day.
My favorite track of 1978!!! Bob James had an R&B, Pop and Jazz hit with this song on Billboard’s charts. The album “Touchdown”, where this song is taken from went gold!!!
Every detail is soooo perfect, calm and soothing. This just put a smile on my face, beautiful memories of My Mama, brought us up to good, quality music - transitioned 09.10.2021 ❤❤❤
Always reminds me of my dear departed friend Angela Boone, a true lady, accomplished opera singer and owner of Pennyfeathers resto in Manhattan. She was the spirit of NYC to me. I would hear this song playing in my head as I crossed the bridge. Great tune, great artist, great memories!
My first real love affair with Jazz. Thursday evenings, early 80s, London spring. God rest you, Beverley Ward, who loved this program because her dad lived in Brooklyn.
This takes me back to the mid 80s when I used to watch the TV show Taxi, before I even knew who Bob James was. I fell in love with the song way back then.❤
I still watch Taxi it brings back so many memories. I put it on when I'm going to sleep and this theme relaxes me and brings me back to simpler times when life was great.
Went to a party once where the homeowner had all of Mr. James' records. Only evening I spent "spinning," albums all night. Laid down the best groove ever. Every album great, front and back. One of the best and most memorable parties ever. Thank You, Mr. James!👍🙂❤✌
Such a lovely, chill song but the nostalgia of it just brings me to a sad place for some reason. Had a happy childhood and am living a good life as an adult, but there's just something devastating about the reality of never, ever being able to go back.
I am a Chauffeur driving a Limousine for a living and I do know that a Taxi and a Limousine are different, this theme music and the theme music from the movie Driving Miss Daisy, does make me think of my career as a Chauffeur
I once learned the intro and main theme to this on the Keyboard, I love how at the end of the song it returns to that theme and then resolves to an A minor chord, very appropriately melancholy to capture the feel of the sometimes Sad cab driver who is now heading to bed, but earlier while the guitar solo is playing the feel is that he was Jammin while at work drivin’ around NYC.
I first heard this track in a restaurant in Noosa, Australia in the 80s and I was hooked. It's the epitome of cool. Have a couple of other Bob James albums, but Touchdown's my favourite. Also love One on One with Earl Klugh. Love your work, Mr James. ❤
I'm a bit older than that. Like us, good music just gets better with age. Earl Klugh's a very talented musician, too. Their pairing on One on One is a match made in heaven.
Love this... always did! The TVshow was great... the opening music made it timeless! I was born in 73. Used to watch the show when I was a kid. Made to New York years later, that tune in my Head! Thank you Mr. James!
Rockford files ,colombo,hill street blues ,taxi ,bareta .70 s and 80s were just magical .life was just great.we had friends ( remember those) today i have only my precious daughters ,my beautiful wonderful wife (way young to know "taxi" but . .wonderful never the less.
This one of my all time favorite instrumentals,after all.these years it still never gets old,it just soothes me as I ride to it ,brings back memories as a kid
What a sweet and understated guitar solo by the late ERIC GALE...one of the most underrated jazz guitarists - and Bob James knew he could rip it up with the laid back slightest of NOTES! ...SWEET LIKE MELTED HONEY!
IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR THE AMAZING LEGACY AND SO MUCH MORE FROM ANOTHER HISTORICALLY MUSICAL GENIUS AND THIS GENUINE CLASSIC HIT AND ONE I HAVEN'T HEARD IN MANY YEARS AND DECADES BUT SO UNFORGETTABLE WITH ALL THE OTHER FABULOUS EXTRAORDINARY & EXCELLENT HITS HE'S PRODUCED. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR AMAZING GOD-GIVEN GIFT WITH ALL YOUR MUSIC CONNOISSEURS WORLDWIDE.
It was a pleasure to see Bob James perform in Jacksonville Florida jazz festival OMG this little guy with a big. Voice..... a big personality he is phenomenal and a musical genius!!!! his band members especially the young guy from Florida on the drums he is a beast. They were all good to play with Bob James you have to be!!!!!! It seems like he has every note memorized he's a genius I tell you
As so many of us in the comments hearing this meant.."oh crap time for bed" but for me it also reminds me of my momma who loved jazz blues etc etc 💙 💙 she gave me my ears 👂🏽 for music!!🥰🥰
This is wonderful. Such a soothing song and I never wanted the opening credits to Taxi to end. A 5 minute video with the taxi driving over the bridge is just what was needed. Thanks to whoever made this.
This cut always reminds me of my brother-in-law Phillip H. Timbrouck Sr. He joined the US Navy in 1976! He was stationed in Lemoore Naval Air Station, Ca.
Not only was it the theme song to a great sitcom from the '70s, Angela (the theme from Taxi) also introduced me to the good music of Bob James. His Fender Rhodes work on this track is just dazzling!
I too bought that CD.
One of the most underrated bass tracks in human history. This thing is dirty mellow perfection.
The GREAT Gary King. That guy was always right in the pocket and so inventive.
Big time👍
@@thebreathalyzer u must b a musician..how would anyone know that lol
Agree
"dirty mellow perfection"
great description.
This is severely underrated
Yes it is
Sans doute!
I don't know why this song sounds so familiar. Something from my childhood in the 80's. I don't wanna fall asleep to it, it sounds like the soundtrack to my life
Aside from being the theme song to the sitcom Taxi, it was probably used between shows on your local PBS station.
SimCity
I was showed clean and close to going to bed on a Sunday when this song came on. Always a comforting and nostalgic tune.
As an 80's baby named Angela this will always be one of my all time favorite songs. I loved it from Taxi but I was over the moon when I found out the name was mine 🥰
My wife’s name is Angela. I watched “Taxi” as first-run TV and had no idea…
Anyone think of simpler times when you hear this? I jam it while driving all day.
after I gave my all to the day, I listen to this, take a deep breath and understand that we are here for a mere moment, but this song should make us feel eternal.
Rick and morty sent me! Love this! Gonna play it while I’m sailing the world enjoying this masterpiece! Fair winds my brothers and sisters!
I drive alot for Uber and this track has gotten me through so many bad weather days, nasty passengers, traffic, etc etc. this tune is a masterpiece of modern jazz
This is the ultimate driving in the rain track I guess, this and Oscar Peterson's Night Train. prob throw in Bill Evans version of Nadis
Indeed!!!
MR BOB JAMES TO YOU.
The real life Travis Bickle
I'm an Uber driver and Bob James is one of my go-to's. This track is also one of my all time favorite songs and I'm not even old enough to have watched Taxi. BOB JAMES FUCKS.
A timeless classic. Everything in the world is good when I hear this tune.
I can listen to this all day
Likewise!
I HAVE!!!
Me too
U don't get sick of play over and over again repeat repeat add Hill Street Blues full version aswell good combo crank it up loud others etc etc that makes ya day/nite
Taxi
Rockford Files
S.W.A.T. (1975)
Masquerade (Crystal Gayle)
Vega$
80’s babies will always remember this theme song. It’s timeless and so relaxing.
You aint lying! Bob James is the goat 🐐
Bob James’s music really is calming. During long car rides that went after bedtime (when I was little), my mother would put on _Cool_ and I would fall asleep pretty quickly. We just called it the ‘Cucumber Music,’ though.
@Director HFerreira originally aired on ABC from September 12, 1978, to May 6, 1982, and on NBC from September 30, 1982, to June 15, 1983. So yes it was during the 80s.
Mid 60s "babies" will remember this. They'd remember the whole, WILD 1978 prime time lineup!
70'$ Babies you mean... Ai $at On The Carpet While Dorothy LaurRaine Watched The LIVE EPI$ODE$...
"Taxi" was on from 1978 to 1983, but this song feels VERY seventies to me. Especially the electric piano. So relaxing. Reminds me of childhood.
Definitely! I use to watch the tv show when I was in high school. It almost makes me want to tear up. I realize to quote Michael Jackson, "time waits for no one". And Bob James because one of my top favorite jazz artists in my 20's.
Tech didn't invade until the mid 90's, so to me tech was the same level for decades. Especially cars. The taxis in Taxi were already 20+ years old Checker Cabs.
I always like Jim he was in the clouds Cruising.
@@alpine1600s It sounds 70s because it was 70s, doesnt matter when the show was on, the song was recorded in 1978 and had the dated i70s sound even tho ran thru the 80s when rhodes was passe, no one wanted them, synths killed the rhodes then.
@@alpine1600s Tech invaded keyboards and music in the early/mid 80s. Synthesizers killed the rhodes off, no one wanted them then (except me so I got rhodes cheap in the 80s and 90s even the 00s)
My God, is Eric Gale's guitar solo beautiful! All in all, this song is a wonderfully understated masterpiece!
,❤❤❤❤it's incredible 😲 😮 😯!!!
Bruh, why aint nobody told me about Bob James? This man got hits that a lot of us sampled.
welcome to the Rabbit hole.
This taxi really does take you to another place.
❤
Heard this song as a kid, been looking for it again for 20 years. IT'S A GOOD DAY 🙂 ❤
Best feeling in the world
What a musical masterpiece! This tune gives off very good vibes and brings back many wonderful memories of childhood.i love Bobs music. My dad kept him in rotation.
used to go by my best friends house all the time and he'd be watching Taxi reruns. RIP Dickie.
RIP Dickie.
May Dickies, journey be a very peaceful one.
🙏🌌
This song reminds me of a time where I had no worries, playing outside all day was the thing to do and Grandma was still around. To those who are under the age of 20, don't be in such a hurry to grow up. Enjoy the people and places you have today.
Yes, once you get 18 time flies.
Wild, isn't it? Youth is wasted on the young haha! Wishing you nothing but happiness, health, and success
You're not kidding 😢
@@SamirJzVFX lolololol
Poop joke, ducks are small hey now
I remember hearing this after my bedtime as my older brothers watched Taxi. Full blown nostalgia attack. And a great song
💓
Seems a whole new generation has been introduced to your fine tune this week, myself included.
It starts sweet, goes bittersweet to dark chocolate blues right until the flute returns all sugary to end it sweet. Loving it.
You heard it on Rick & Morty too, huh? It took me right out of the episode, I was so blown away by it. The interplay between the bass, electric piano and drums is just sublime. Listened to this a whole bunch since it aired the other day.
I had to listen to the whole song so good
I remember my father watching this show growing up in the early 1980s. I barely watched the show, but I sure remember this song!
A star studded cast !
Peter Boyles used this when he was 850KOA in Denver.
Good for you!
How is this song telling me everything is going to be okay...no words needed? Pure magic.
Just the right tempo. Perfect amount of funk and groove. It's timeless! Thanks, Bob.
🌹🌹🌹🎹🎹🎹🎹
One of the most wonderfully chill pieces of music ever composed
Well said bro
The song talks about the soul of a city. 🌆
This has got to be one of the most perfect tracks ever. You can't make music any better than this.
🎯
I came here after saw rick and morty in panda express ep :)))
great sound track
Im here from watching Man on the Moon. Beautiful. Just Beautiful.
Classic Melody.....Memories of days before.
Like a drug..takes u back to innocent times
So much Bob James, I just realised the distinctive guitar was Eric Gale!
Idris Muhammad on the drums… Earl Klugh on acoustic guitar… so many legends
Love this tune then, still love it now. So cool, Saturday night jazz in the city sound 🙏🏽
Fxxing awesome, the masterpiece.
My favorite track of 1978!!! Bob James had an R&B, Pop and Jazz hit with this song on Billboard’s charts. The album “Touchdown”, where this song is taken from went gold!!!
It should of went platinum
Hell diamond
I checked it out from the library.
I loved this show in the 80’s thank you BOB JAMES, now I’m in the mood to watch reruns of taxi, Thank God for HULU
it's on Xfinity now, too - on the DECADES channel :)
As well as PlutoTV and Paramount+.
Soothing theme and a sweet memory of my childhood.
This reminds me of being a kid in the 80s in Los Angeles
Or those rare times my family drove to Brooklyn in the 80s and early 90s.
For me being in Florida in the 80s I'm 80s kids I used to watch taxi every Thursday night
Me, in Liverpool
Omaha Nebraska
I was down the 5 growing up in the OC. A great time to be in Southern California.
Every detail is soooo perfect, calm and soothing.
This just put a smile on my face, beautiful memories of My Mama, brought us up to good, quality music - transitioned 09.10.2021
❤❤❤
So sorry 😢
I’m so happy the producers of Taxi switched to this. I love Touchdown, too, but Angela was more appropriate for the Taxi theme.
Great TV serie and a wonderful theme.
Woke up and just was like what’s that Rhodes mellow theme song from …..what a beautiful tune ….miss the show and those days
Always reminds me of my dear departed friend Angela Boone, a true lady, accomplished opera singer and owner of Pennyfeathers resto in Manhattan. She was the spirit of NYC to me. I would hear this song playing in my head as I crossed the bridge. Great tune, great artist, great memories!
Makes me want to cry hearing this .... amazing memories ❤
My first real love affair with Jazz. Thursday evenings, early 80s, London spring. God rest you, Beverley Ward, who loved this program because her dad lived in Brooklyn.
All right fine ..... no wrong answers :) LOVE IT
This is in my DNA. I played my parents' copy of Touchdown often. ❤️❤️
Love the animation matching a classic with those New York vibes.
That's Gary King on bass. An underrated bass player who deserves more recognition
thank you Rick and Morty LOL. This is a quiet banger!
nice what season and episode? :)
@@mishaelfernandez1 Season 6 episode 5 it's at the end of the episode
@@alias2402thank you!
@@alias2402also towards the beginning during the shootout at panda express
One of the most gangster break beats of all time
This takes me back to the mid 80s when I used to watch the TV show Taxi, before I even knew who Bob James was. I fell in love with the song way back then.❤
Back when tv theme songs were hit songs played on the radio and one could buy them in a record shop.
I still watch Taxi it brings back so many memories. I put it on when I'm going to sleep and this theme relaxes me and brings me back to simpler times when life was great.
Went to a party once where the homeowner had all of Mr. James' records. Only evening I spent "spinning," albums all night. Laid down the best groove ever. Every album great, front and back. One of the best and most memorable parties ever. Thank You, Mr. James!👍🙂❤✌
The animation in this is beautiful!
I agree
Animation? That’s a helicopter shot of the Brooklyn Bridge, dude. It’s too high rez for animation. You’re silly.
I like how all the cars just pass him because he's chillin. That's a long bridge too
Your style is one of the reasons I learned piano, sir. Thank you for your talent.
I love the drawings of the taxi entering or leaving Manhattan through that emblematic bridge. When Jazz entered popular music. How many memories.
Edgar Oliveros
Might be the old Tappan Zee bridge because that’s his label. At least I like to think it is❤️
@@cmgraham Off course , it is Cindy. Thanks.
@@cmgraham My thoughts exactly.
Ok going to pop a Valium and lie on the couch with my turtleneck sweater on now
Mother’s little helper, but sooo addictive.
I mean, Rick & Morty was not wrong... Slaptastic. That bass and keyboard though!
Such a lovely, chill song but the nostalgia of it just brings me to a sad place for some reason. Had a happy childhood and am living a good life as an adult, but there's just something devastating about the reality of never, ever being able to go back.
I agree!🥺
A great song that brings back great memories of me watching the show Taxi as a child growing up in NYC.
I am a Chauffeur driving a Limousine for a living and I do know that a Taxi and a Limousine are different, this theme music and the theme music from the movie Driving Miss Daisy, does make me think of my career as a Chauffeur
"Thank you very much!"
Just heard this on the newest episode of Rick and Morty and I'm ashamed I hadn't heard this before, it's absolute audio caramel
I once learned the intro and main theme to this on the Keyboard, I love how at the end of the song it returns to that theme and then resolves to an A minor chord, very appropriately melancholy to capture the feel of the sometimes Sad cab driver who is now heading to bed, but earlier while the guitar solo is playing the feel is that he was Jammin while at work drivin’ around NYC.
Okay, I thought I was the only one who felt like this!
Lesser known fact: the night Bob James composed this song, he looked smoothly to his right and said "don't worry, god, this will be our little secret"
This is a masterpiece and is one of my absolute favorite tracks ever. Thank you Mr. James.
This is a great video. Very creative. My favorite driver was Jim. Love Christopher Lloyd. He was also 1 of my favorite Klingons. 👍😁👍😁👍😁👍😁
Classic..lives on forever.... the great Bob James..
Some of us older ladies and gents remember this theme oh so well
Even better when I heard the whole thing past the part we all know, Love it.
I first heard this track in a restaurant in Noosa, Australia in the 80s and I was hooked. It's the epitome of cool. Have a couple of other Bob James albums, but Touchdown's my favourite. Also love One on One with Earl Klugh. Love your work, Mr James. ❤
I bought the Earl Klugh album too, I'm 59.
I'm a bit older than that. Like us, good music just gets better with age. Earl Klugh's a very talented musician, too. Their pairing on One on One is a match made in heaven.
Love that guitar solo
Mr. Eric Gale
thank you souls of mischief for introducing me to this gem
Just the Best 🎉❤
still have this Vinyl when my buddy got married that fine day!
Love this... always did! The TVshow was great... the opening music made it timeless! I was born in 73. Used to watch the show when I was a kid. Made to New York years later, that tune in my Head! Thank you Mr. James!
Ohh how I love the keyboard parts! Such a lovely sound
Pure perfection from the maestro Mr.Bob James..Love the cute video too.Nice retro art style.
Rockford files ,colombo,hill street blues ,taxi ,bareta .70 s and 80s were just magical .life was just great.we had friends ( remember those) today i have only my precious daughters ,my beautiful wonderful wife (way young to know "taxi" but . .wonderful never the less.
It’s better now - you can still watch all those shows , but in HD/4K , & without commercials
R.I.P. Andy Kaufman!!!!🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹❤❤❤💎💎💎
@4:38 sounds so sweet I could cry ❤
Good night, Mr. Walters!
@Xavier Auberon *Paramount Television theme plays*
amazing how one little line conjures up so many memories of simpler and perhaps better times
Hnnnhhnngg...
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this song is different.. something about it makes it addicting to hear
Bob James you put a lot of food and soul into people's mouths. Be appreciated my Friend ♥️ We are grateful for you 🤝
This show gave me nostalgia for a time i never lived through.
This one of my all time favorite instrumentals,after all.these years it still never gets old,it just soothes me as I ride to it ,brings back memories as a kid
A little bit of Heaven.
What a sweet and understated guitar solo by the late ERIC GALE...one of the most underrated jazz guitarists - and Bob James knew he could rip it up with the laid back slightest of NOTES!
...SWEET LIKE MELTED HONEY!
IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR
THE AMAZING LEGACY AND SO MUCH MORE FROM ANOTHER
HISTORICALLY
MUSICAL GENIUS AND
THIS GENUINE CLASSIC HIT
AND ONE I HAVEN'T HEARD IN
MANY YEARS AND DECADES
BUT SO UNFORGETTABLE
WITH ALL THE OTHER FABULOUS
EXTRAORDINARY & EXCELLENT
HITS HE'S PRODUCED. THANK YOU
FOR SHARING YOUR AMAZING GOD-GIVEN GIFT WITH ALL
YOUR MUSIC CONNOISSEURS WORLDWIDE.
This song is so smooth and it slaps
It was a pleasure to see Bob James perform in Jacksonville Florida jazz festival OMG this little guy with a big. Voice..... a big personality he is phenomenal and a musical genius!!!! his band members especially the young guy from Florida on the drums he is a beast. They were all good to play with Bob James you have to be!!!!!! It seems like he has every note memorized he's a genius I tell you
I'll bet it was epic!!
What a great 👍 I don't get tired listening 🎶 to this relaxing tune!,Yeah.🙏🌟👋😇👍
oh, i cry. because it's so PERFECT.
Idris Muhammad A LEGEND IN HIS OWN RIGHT
As so many of us in the comments hearing this meant.."oh crap time for bed" but for me it also reminds me of my momma who loved jazz blues etc etc 💙 💙 she gave me my ears 👂🏽 for music!!🥰🥰
That is one long bridge!😁
At first, I thought you meant in the song.
@@Joel_Cauchi Lol! 😁
This is wonderful. Such a soothing song and I never wanted the opening credits to Taxi to end. A 5 minute video with the taxi driving over the bridge is just what was needed. Thanks to whoever made this.
🎯
Cute as hell animation. Love it
This cut always reminds me of my brother-in-law Phillip H. Timbrouck Sr. He joined the US Navy in 1976! He was stationed in Lemoore Naval Air Station, Ca.
I’m loving this song right now. I went to watching the show & playing some of the melody on my keyboard
Happier times.