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
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 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.
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.
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.
"Taxi" first aired in 1978. I was 21 yrs. old. That seems like a lifetime ago. F.Y.I. The Bob James' track: "Touchdown" was the original selection for the "Taxi" theme song.
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.❤
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!👍🙂❤✌
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 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.
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!!!
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.
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!
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 ❤❤❤
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.
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 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.
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!
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
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 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 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.
This is severely underrated
Yes it is
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
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.
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.
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…
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.
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!
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.
I was showed clean and close to going to bed on a Sunday when this song came on. Always a comforting and nostalgic tune.
This taxi really does take you to another place.
❤
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$...
Bruh, why aint nobody told me about Bob James? This man got hits that a lot of us sampled.
welcome to the Rabbit hole.
A timeless classic. Everything in the world is good when I hear this tune.
My God, is Eric Gale's guitar solo beautiful! All in all, this song is a wonderfully understated masterpiece!
,❤❤❤❤it's incredible 😲 😮 😯!!!
"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)
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.
🙏🌌
Heard this song as a kid, been looking for it again for 20 years. IT'S A GOOD DAY 🙂 ❤
Best feeling in the world
Im here from watching Man on the Moon. Beautiful. Just Beautiful.
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.
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
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!
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
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 hearing this after my bedtime as my older brothers watched Taxi. Full blown nostalgia attack. And a great song
💓
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.
Soothing theme and a sweet memory of my childhood.
One of the most wonderfully chill pieces of music ever composed
Well said bro
The song talks about the soul of a city. 🌆
"Taxi" first aired in 1978. I was 21 yrs. old. That seems like a lifetime ago. F.Y.I. The Bob James' track: "Touchdown" was the original selection for the "Taxi" theme song.
Classic Melody.....Memories of days before.
Like a drug..takes u back to innocent times
Love this tune then, still love it now. So cool, Saturday night jazz in the city sound 🙏🏽
I came here after saw rick and morty in panda express ep :)))
great sound track
This has got to be one of the most perfect tracks ever. You can't make music any better than this.
🎯
This is in my DNA. I played my parents' copy of Touchdown often. ❤️❤️
Ok going to pop a Valium and lie on the couch with my turtleneck sweater on now
Mother’s little helper, but sooo addictive.
Just the right tempo. Perfect amount of funk and groove. It's timeless! Thanks, Bob.
🌹🌹🌹🎹🎹🎹🎹
I’m so happy the producers of Taxi switched to this. I love Touchdown, too, but Angela was more appropriate for the Taxi theme.
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
Great TV serie and a wonderful theme.
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.❤
still have this Vinyl when my buddy got married that fine day!
Back when tv theme songs were hit songs played on the radio and one could buy them in a record shop.
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+.
How is this song telling me everything is going to be okay...no words needed? Pure magic.
“HEY M-(burp)M-MoRTy iTS THE TH(burp)EME FROM TAXI”
Woke up and just was like what’s that Rhodes mellow theme song from …..what a beautiful tune ….miss the show and those days
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!👍🙂❤✌
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 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.
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.
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.
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
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!
I mean, Rick & Morty was not wrong... Slaptastic. That bass and keyboard though!
Ah jeez Rick, this is a beautiful song. Ah jeez...
Your style is one of the reasons I learned piano, sir. Thank you for your talent.
Makes me want to cry hearing this .... amazing memories ❤
Sure wish it could be 1981 again.
Happier times.
The song that actually got me interested in Bob’s Music, by way of the tv sitcom “Taxi” 🤷🏾♂️
Love the animation matching a classic with those New York vibes.
A great song that brings back great memories of me watching the show Taxi as a child growing up in NYC.
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 😢
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
This show gave me nostalgia for a time i never lived through.
All right fine ..... no wrong answers :) LOVE IT
What a great 👍 I don't get tired listening 🎶 to this relaxing tune!,Yeah.🙏🌟👋😇👍
A song that winds me down when I'm ready to blow a gasket.
Rick and Morty brought me here. Thankful that i didn't spend my life missing out on this masterpiece.
Classic..lives on forever.... the great Bob James..
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 would play this music in my ford taurus.
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.
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!🥺
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!
This is a great video. Very creative. My favorite driver was Jim. Love Christopher Lloyd. He was also 1 of my favorite Klingons. 👍😁👍😁👍😁👍😁
"Thank you very much!"
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.
I'm glad Rick & Morty brought me here. Just wish I discovered this jam sooner is all.
me too
Love that guitar solo
Mr. Eric Gale
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!
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.
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
Bob James you put a lot of food and soul into people's mouths. Be appreciated my Friend ♥️ We are grateful for you 🤝
When TV show themes were as important as the show. When TV shows were worth watching. I could go for a Latka cookie right now.
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.
Love it since 1981
thank you souls of mischief for introducing me to this gem
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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Hmmmrrhhhrrr...
I’m loving this song right now. I went to watching the show & playing some of the melody on my keyboard
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!!
The father of fusion jazz
This song is so smooth and it slaps
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.
I used to go to sleep every night with this song playing on my stereo.
(The first time you fall in love with music)
Song reminds me first time I fell in love-it wasnt reciprocated unfortunately!
R.I.P. Andy Kaufman!!!!🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹❤❤❤💎💎💎
That is one long bridge!😁
At first, I thought you meant in the song.
@@Joel_Cauchi Lol! 😁
Nice one! Going to Forest Hills to visit my Pappy and Grams. My favorite instrumental. Bob your the best and always taking me back my friend!