Carole King..am i right in assuming Dud?

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I give tapestry a shot once every 5 years or so...am I missing something ?

― toe-foo (toe-foo), Sunday, 9 April 2006 08:31 (twenty years ago)

yes.

― shredding repis on the gnar gnar rad (chaki), Sunday, 9 April 2006 08:35 (twenty years ago)

Aside from CK's total songwriting superoverlord POWER & Tapestry's being utterly fucking iconic and great, and besides her having written "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" which is one of the greatest songs of all time omg I cannot handle the greatness, no, you're not missing anything

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Sunday, 9 April 2006 08:37 (twenty years ago)

dud

― gear (gear), Sunday, 9 April 2006 08:39 (twenty years ago)

total fucking classic

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Sunday, 9 April 2006 08:45 (twenty years ago)

i'm referring to her own albums as opposed to her obviously at times damn good songwriting efforts for other people

― toe-foo (toe-foo), Sunday, 9 April 2006 09:25 (twenty years ago)

"I Feel the Earth Move" Classic

― gooblar (gooblar), Sunday, 9 April 2006 09:39 (twenty years ago)

Classic, but a bit too loaded with memory associations for me to easily listen to any more.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Sunday, 9 April 2006 10:58 (twenty years ago)

1958 - 1974 = classic

1974 - present = dud

― Jack Battery-Pack (Jack Battery-Pack), Sunday, 9 April 2006 12:44 (twenty years ago)

Growing up I kept confusing her with Carly Simon (who my mom adores).

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 9 April 2006 12:47 (twenty years ago)

I saw a Carole King concert on PBS a couple of years ago (it was from that same year; '03 or thereabouts) and I was quite impressed. Back to Canaan was especially moving, though the studio version of that song is kinda meh.

"And it's been so looong..."

― Dell, Sunday, 9 April 2006 12:51 (twenty years ago)

Only Pick One: Really Rosie Soundtrack

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 9 April 2006 13:21 (twenty years ago)

Random thoughts:

It may sound ridiculous, but CK never wrote anything as affecting as "God Give Me Strength" from the fictional biopic "Grace of my Heart" about CK. It's a travesty that Elvis Costello sang the soundtrack version.

Also, in old video clips from the '70s, CK always makes me think of a school librarian trying to get funky.

― Matt Carlson (mattsoncarlhew), Sunday, 9 April 2006 13:30 (twenty years ago)

Go out of your way to search for: "Road to Nowhere" (totally embittered mid-60's break-up song that's like Nico-led VU).

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 9 April 2006 13:34 (twenty years ago)

"It may sound ridiculous, but CK never wrote anything as affecting as "God Give Me Strength" from the fictional biopic "Grace of my Heart" about CK."

Wow, yer right, it really does sound ridiculous.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 9 April 2006 13:34 (twenty years ago)

I do prefer Martika's version of "I Feel the Earth Move." Really.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 9 April 2006 13:39 (twenty years ago)

I like Tapestry.

― Zwan (miccio), Sunday, 9 April 2006 14:32 (twenty years ago)

DUD

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Sunday, 9 April 2006 14:47 (twenty years ago)

Growing up I kept confusing her with Carly Simon (who my mom adores).

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), April 9th, 2006.

Ha, me too. I think that might be why I didn't think I liked Carol King.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Sunday, 9 April 2006 14:48 (twenty years ago)

My mom loves'em both too. Did Carly Simon ever record an album as good as Tapestry though?

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 9 April 2006 15:14 (twenty years ago)

classic writing in the 60s
dudish as solo performer (Yeah, Tapestry is huge, but I never need to listen to it again)

― timmy tannin (pompous), Sunday, 9 April 2006 15:24 (twenty years ago)

So FUCKING Far Away, ppl

― Jimmy Mod: My theme is DEATH (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Sunday, 9 April 2006 16:25 (twenty years ago)

yeah Jimmy wow, good call - I'm in a sorta fragile state at the moment and even thinking of the "doesn't anybody stay in one place any more?" line is fucking me up something fierce - that's Tapestry's strength to me, that the songs are as much cues for an internal soundtrack as they are things to be heard

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Sunday, 9 April 2006 17:50 (twenty years ago)

I remember one young sister with rainbows in her eyes
Standing on a corner with the afternoon's supply
She spoke of other places, perhaps a better road
Then she asked if I could tell her where they kept the mother lode

Like a night this side of dying
Her day's inside the dropper on the shelf
When she hears her lifeline crying
Not a thing you say can stop her
When she just can't stop herself

I remember that July, the panic and the heat
The savage shine of summer, the strychnine in the street
The way they sold each other for a favor in glassine
The best of friends sold brothers for a dime of quinine dreams

Like a night this side of dying
Her day's inside the dropper on the shelf
Like the shelter she's been buying
Not a thing I've got can save her
When she just can't save herself
She just can't save herself

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 9 April 2006 18:01 (twenty years ago)

um, not that i'm trying to bum you out, thomas. i was just thinking of this song.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 9 April 2006 18:02 (twenty years ago)

So does anyone own the post-Tapestry albums?

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 9 April 2006 18:06 (twenty years ago)

anyone who has never heard roberta flack do will you love me tomorrow should get a copy pronto. quiet fire is one of the most beautiful albums ever made.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 9 April 2006 18:11 (twenty years ago)

scott I've been listening to that shit all year, it's like you're readin' my mind! but the "Blue Light In A Something Something" album is the Roberta Flack stuff that's slaying me right now..."Why Don't You Move In With Me?" is just so gorgeous.

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Sunday, 9 April 2006 18:20 (twenty years ago)

classic for the early stuff and she has a great voice..

more recently, I get the Maurice Sendak songs stuck in my head every once in awhile. "A - Alligators All Around" and "I Don't Care"

― Dave AKA Dave (dave225.3), Sunday, 9 April 2006 18:48 (twenty years ago)

Never liked her voice that much, but the songs are certainly great enough. "You've Got a Friend" sounded better when James Taylor performed it though.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 9 April 2006 22:11 (twenty years ago)

Spaceship Races! First song off her first solo album....classic jam, almost sounds like Crazy Horse or something. and that album (Writer) also has No Easy Way Down, a perfect mid tempo soul song, amongst her greatest, I think.

― GALKIN (GALKIN), Monday, 10 April 2006 00:01 (twenty years ago)

I listened to Tapestry this past week and only skipped a couple of songs. Where You Lead and something else. I can't stand the guitar work on most of the album either. But I wouldn't criticize her voice too harshly. Makes her sound like a regular person which is why I'll take her version of You've Got A friend over JT's. The chord changes in that song are incredible.

― jim wentworth (wench), Monday, 10 April 2006 00:50 (twenty years ago)

Absolute classic personally. Check 'Bitter With The Sweet' from Rhymes & Reasons. That and Writer are both great albums.

― pitwithspikes (pitwithspikes), Monday, 10 April 2006 11:09 (twenty years ago)

Everyone needs to get her pre-solo career lp as The City. So many great songs, perhaps even outdoes Tapestry in this respect.

― harvey.w (harvey.w), Monday, 10 April 2006 13:35 (twenty years ago)

Well, what do YOU think? As if what a bunch of mongs on a messageboard think should matter to you.

― the_other_jeff_lebowski, Monday, 10 April 2006 16:50 (twenty years ago)

Go out of your way to search for: "Road to Nowhere" (totally embittered mid-60's break-up song that's like Nico-led VU).

-- Michael Daddino (epicharmu...), April 9th, 2006.

This was my first post on my mp3 blog thing that I've been trying to do. It's still up, so here's the link to the file: http://www.porkchopsandapplesauce.org/carole%20king%20-%20road%20to%20nowhere.mp3

― mason r butler, Tuesday, 11 April 2006 03:13 (twenty years ago)

i dig king, but i can't handle hearing that damn gilmore girls theme song ever again.

― Jaxon von Jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 05:12 (twenty years ago)

Never been 'into' her as such, however, there was a recent live album with, as an extra track, a slowed down version of Up On The Roof which I find very affecting, very affirming.

― garax the mighty sky druid, Friday, 14 April 2006 19:21 (twenty years ago)

"road to nowhere" is amazing. thank you!!!

― mts (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 14 April 2006 21:18 (twenty years ago)

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/01/mp3_download_di.html

Scroll to Robin Kahn performs Carole King's Tapestry in its entirety, a capella.

― Brian Turner (btwfmu), Friday, 14 April 2006 22:51 (twenty years ago)

the good old days?

Carole King's "Tapestry"

― timmy tannin (pompous), Saturday, 15 April 2006 20:58 (twenty years ago)

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