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"Big Yellow Taxi" / "Song for Sunshine"

Legendary Scottish indie-pop band Belle and Sebastian give a bright rendition of Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" and their own "Song for Sunshine" at TED's Countdown Summit, a global gathering aimed at accelerating solutions to the climate crisis.

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This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

Legendary Scottish indie-pop band Belle and Sebastian give a bright rendition of Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" and their own "Song for Sunshine" at TED's Countdown Summit, a global gathering aimed at accelerating solutions to the climate crisis.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

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Belle and Sebastian

Indie pop band

Emerging from the Glasgow underground in the 1990s, the charismatic indie pop band Belle and Sebastian has developed a uniquely vibrant, unpredictable and playful sound.