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Thread #164845 Message #3949943
Posted By: David Carter (UK)
12-Sep-18 - 12:45 PM
Thread Name: Carole King rewrites history!
Subject: RE: Carole King rewrites history!
Carole King is a superb songwriter, at least was. There are half a dozen classic songs on Tapestry alone. You've got a friend was covered by James Taylor before she released it herself, and he must have some credibility in folk circles (having been on Transatlantic Sessions for instance). Carole King is an excellent songwriter, even if some of her material was not to your taste.
Neil Sedaka I would not put at the same level. Ok, "Oh Carole", "Breaking Up is Hard To Do", "Laughter in the Rain", are harmless and fairly catchy pop ditties.
But, please, not "Solitaire". If Hell has lifts, Solitaire is what is played in them for all eternity. It belongs alongside "I've never been to Me", and "All Kinds of Everything" in the pantheon of pop horrors.