Dan Fogelberg - Longer Eric Carmen - All By Myself Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Jackson Browne - These Days Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle Nick Drake - Fly Woody Guthrie - 1913 Massacre
@@elliewessa1903 Smackwater Jack is a fun one. Her Living Room Tour album is fun too. Love the duet with her daughter Louise on Where You Lead, I Will Follow. Louise sounds so much like her mother.
There are a few albums I insist are foundational to the collection of our era, (60's 70's kids). Carol King's "Tapestry" is one of them. Rid Stewart "Every Picture Tells A Story" is another. Of course, DSOTM and Zep IV, Rubber Soul and Waiting For Columbus (Little Feat). Etc.
@ProfessorofRock I've been learning, "It's Too Late" on Guitar - absolutely fantastic song! Love - Alone Again, Or - I could see an absolutely fantastic episode there. Brian Maclean. Arthur Lee....Huge fan of yours. Best of Luck!
Listen to the Duet with Carole's Daughter Louise Goffen from The Living Room Tour. Use headphones and close your eyes. Try to figure out who is whom. Louise sounds just like her Mother.
I am an older listener. The 60s and 70s were my time. The 80s were my children's time but I've loved much of that music too. To me your program is an amazing combination between Paul Harvey's story telling and Casey Kasem's musical focus. You are the "musical voice" or "the musical story teller" of this generation. Please keep doing what you are doing! You bring musical history to life. Thank you so much for what you are contributing! Also, please don't lose your small town wholesomeness as you gain fame. It is part of your personality that speaks to so many of us.
I'm a younger listener and I love this old classic rock. Btw, you mentioned that Adam is the voice of this generation. I can tell you that this generation barely knows about music. They don't go concerts. They show up at events to meet social media streamers. It's so different than when people would just listen to music in the past and watch movies. Now all they know is streamers from social media
Those are the two singers who really did make you feel like they were singing directly to you. They came out the beginning of my senior year of high school, and everyone loved the songs. It was a simpler time then. Good choice for the show.
I used to see Carol’s and James’s music as sappy and music for “old people”. As I’ve aged and matured I’ve come to see the beauty of both their voices and lyrics. With age comes wisdom I guess.
Still sold a zillion copies. Think about it. 45, album, 8 track, cassette, CD, and Digital... and now back to remastered vinyl. And still a great song and amazing artist.
Those were the "Payola" days, and numbers were pumped by who payed the most. I assume the record companies were making enough money, and he and her (King) weren't the "flavor of the moment" they wanted to push. When they instituted the "Soundscan" system, country music became the "big thing" and "suddenly surged" to the top of the charts. They didn't "surge" anywhere. The record companies were ripping them off for decades, but the direct report of computers didn't allow them to lie anymore. We had a CD/DVD printing plant (Now closed of course.) around where I lived and folks were payed off by artists and actors to tell the actual print run numbers. So that companies couldn't lie and say only 5K sold, and 2K were returned when they printed 75K and lied to the person who was supposed to be paid.
Tapestry is one of the few albums I can listen to in its entirety. Most albums I like a song here and there, but Tapestry has one great song after another.
One of my favorites. I ain't kidding. I used to stand on the top of my mom's car and sing it along with Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog. Free concert from 6 year old me.
Carole King/Gerry Goffin are one of the great songwriting teams. Gerry who wrote the lyrics for their collaborations, is often forgotton by the masses. Carole's 'Tapestry' is in my Top 5 albums of all-time list !!!!!
Tapestry was released in 1971. I was 12. Songs from the album got heavy radio play. It made me a lifelong fan. Every time I listen to the album it takes me back in time.
....I didn't even know this, but I was a DJ once, and INSISTED on having "Tapestry" in me collection....not realizing I bought it on CD SEVEN times! ...apparently I helped Carole buy a Summer Home with MY purchases! ...ha-HAAAA!
@@RBS_ oops, I meant my personal Top 5 Albums (fixed it) ! When Tapestry came out, I was young and using my allowance money for baseball cards and a few 45 rpm records. Thanks for helping Carole live the good life with your purchases
Her music was even covered by The Beatles...Baby It's You from their first album (Please Please Me) was one of Goffin/King's early hits...then she wrote the music to all those great Monkees songs...but Tapestry was a breakthrough for the singer/songwriter period-every song just killer...and it was also her way of proving to herself she didn't need Goffin to a successful composer/musician. Happy 4th Everybody!!!
Carole King is an absolute creative genius. Tapestry has always been one of my favourite mellow moods album. James is not only talented, but, everytime I've heard him interviewed, he is a very humble and kind man, and a great raconteur.
I love Carole King , such an amazing powerful voice and a brilliant songwriter. Tapestry is one of the greatest albums ever to come out and the amazing songs in it -- I Feel the Earth Move; Jazzman; It's Too Late; So Far Away and many more. A tremendous talent!!!!!!
I was 16 in '73 when we attended a sold out Carol King concert at the now defunct Los Angeles Forum. A wonderful reminisce of listening to her beautiful voice and songs and talented backing musicians. Here's 5 s.s.s. l'd like to include - "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow", J.T.'s "Fire and Rain", Neil Young's "Peace of Mind", Michael McDonald's "l Can Let Go Now" and John Waite's "l Ain't Missing You". Thanks POR. Happy 4th.
Like, The Beatles, Three Dog Night, Bob Seger, and, so many others, I have not heard a bad song that I did not care for, from this beautiful woman. Again, Thank you.
You’ve got a friend it’s such a comforting song and it’s a timeless song that can work in any age in any era and it’s one of the songs I think that will live on the end that will never die.
When the Beatles came out I got a guitar, finished Mel Bay's first book for guitar and started a garage band with schoolmates. I started buying books of top 40 sheet music and something stood out to me. It was that the songwriter's names on many of my favorite songs was Goffin/King. I first noticed their names on the Beatles' tune, "Chains". Carole King a treasure. She wrote a significant part of the soundtrack of my life. Thank you, Carole.
When I was in 2nd Grade, I was in a class for kids with emotional problems and learning disabilities, every month we'd have an assembly and they would play You've got a friend. Which is why I am well aware of this song.
I have always found it strange how vocal artists say that they don't like the sound of their own voice, but are legends. Both Carol King and James Taylor have a unique vocal sound. James has has "hum" in his voice (some would call it nasal). Carol seems a bit soft and low. Because of that, and what they sing about, they just suck you in a grab your soul. The back story about "You've Got a Friend" today, is so special, great job Adam. great job. ;-)
I always heard “You’ve Got A Friend” as a Christian song, sung from Jesus’ perspective, “you just call out my Name….” “Keep your head together and call My Name out loud and soon I’ll be knocking upon your door” etc… anytime I was alone and scared I’d sing the song. ❤
When I was 6, my family converted to Catholicism so Mom could marry my stepdad. I went to a lot of classes, then attended a Catholic school. I'm not sure, but I swear one of the teachers along the way used that song as an example of how we should see Jesus. It might have been unintentional, but it really is a very Christian message.
Almost certainly not what Carole King intended ... I'm fairly sure she is Jewish. [As am I.] The genius of the song is that it can comfort so many people in so many different ways.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the Carole King Musical "Beautiful". It ran on Broadway from 2014 to 2020. It won many awards including aTony for Jesse Mueller for her role as Carole. Although Carole King authorized the production she wouldn't see the show for several months because she feared what emotions it would stir. When she finally went to see the show she didn't tell anyone and sat in the audience like everybody else. During bows she walked out on the stage and shocked the cast.
In 2018, I went to see Beautiful: a Carol King Musical. It was so revealing. The broadway work was incredible with how they changed the scenes. I remember when the actress playing her sung her solo "Its Too Late" at Carnegie Hall. She started out as a 50s song writer with her baby daddy as a teen mom.
I once described the "You've Got A Friend" melody as a warm consoling hug that wipes your eyes and loves you unconditionally... The Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway cover will forever hold a deep spot in my heart, as well as the "Donny Hathaway Live" version with the Troubadour audience singing the chorus back to an audibly surprised Donny!
I think part of their success was each having unique recognizable voices and their blends of rock and folk genera. I found over the years some people either loved or hated them. I was on the loving side. Strange for me to think of them (and myself) at our present ages. Musically we are forever young. They have many friends out here.
I Always appreciate the original stories how the songs came about, first meetings, and collaborations. It’s measured now by the massive success, but at the moment, was two talented friends. Thanks Adam!
You hit a home-run here, Prof! It's so refreshing to hear a tale of compassion, friendship, and musical synergy that results in creative and professional success for all concerned.
Carole King is one of the great treasures of rock and roll. After I first bought Tapestry I began to discover all the great songs I loved that she had already written Chains, Locomotion, Natural Woman,etc. She is a brilliant songwriter and while her voice isn't top notch it grows on you because of the emotions she puts into it. Saw her and James Taylor on their joint tour with the section about 10 years ago. Just magical!!
I love both these artists and this song...THIS SONG!!!!! How many heartaches, heartbreaks did it get me through? I've always felt that Carole wrote it just for me, it has that deep a personal appeal. And when Sweet Baby James Taylor sings it...I haven't the words. Carol's rendition whispers in my heart, but James reaches my soul.
I saw JT some time in the mid-80s in Bethlehem PA. I don't really remember any specific moments but I do remember loving the show. He's always been one of my favs.
I never knew she was insecure about her voice. She made a big impression on me as a child with the music from "Really Rosie" with "One Was Johnny" and "Chicken Soup With Rice," and then again for my own child when she was young.
This is one of the reasons I love this channel so much -- I knew You've Got a Friend was on Tapestries, but I had no idea she'd written it *for* James Taylor. I just thought they'd both performed it on their own albums. How wonderful that she wrote it for him, in response to his lamentation in Fire and Rain that he could not find a friend. What a great story!!
The first concert I ever attended was James Taylor and Carole King at the Marin Civic center. That was 50 years ago, remember it like it was yesterday.
Tapestry a classic album that peaked at number 3 and spent 44 weeks in our album chart .her only charting single here in Australia in 71 was It`s Too Late peaking at 6 in August . James Taylor version of You`ve Got A friend peaked at 25 in September 71.
Anne Murray! Springhill NS! I'm sending both Carole & JT's version to my stepdaughter right now. Thank you, Other Professor (Neil Peart is a hero to her). All the best!
'73 8th grade assembly Lynn Tate (13) got up and did a Stellar performance of a Stellar song : ' Its Too Late ' and got a 15 min. standing ovation, they had to Make us sit back down ❤️🔥 always imagined her going on to a career as a singer but 🤔 never knew....
I didn’t realize the difference in the lyrics in you’ve got a friend. This song has endured the test of time. If you’re a Gilmore Girls fan she sang the theme song with her daughter. Carol king is such a legend.
I saw Carol King and James Taylor perform together in 1972 "Four For McGovern" concert with Barbara Streisand (recorded the album "Live at the Forum") and Quincey Jones. Best concert ever!
Two voices that brought comfort to so many in difficult times in their lives, and will continue to do so because the messages are timeless! TYSMFS, Professor!
I can recite the preamble to the US constitution if I think of that song, "We the people, in order to form a more perfect union..." It states the purpose of the constitution, the mission of the government, and who has the power to establish that government. Very effective teaching of one powerful sentence.
Tapastry was one of the first albums I had as a child - my father brought it home and I played it far more then he did so he said as long as I take care of it and don't scratch it - I could play it in my room! It is still one of my most favourite albums to date!
Tapestry and Sweet Baby James are the signature albums of the singer songwriter era. Carole King was not a lyricist, but did pen them for "You've Got a Friend". Tapestry is so iconic an album it overshadows King's entire career. Her remaining songs seem stuck in the 70s.
I disagree about her other stuff being stuck in the 70s. Jazzman! When they used it on the Simpsons while Lisa was mourning the death of her friend and washed up jazz legend Bleeding Gums Murphy, I cried. It was so perfect! It captures the joy of being lost in the music, no matter what. Timeless and powerful.
Carol King's Tapestry is one of my favourite and one of the greatest albums ever made. Her own version of Will you Still Love Me Tomorrow, far superior to the Blue Oyster Bar version.
This is so good. King is a giant in the songwriting field. Taylor was perfect to interpret her song. What a combination. They made these brilliant songs classics. And yes, most singers don't like their voice. Great episode professor.
Oh Carol K8ng. One of the greatest songwriters ever. And her album _Tapestry_ is one of the greatest albums ever recorded. I have l9ved it since I was 8 years old. The best measure of a great album is if it stands the test of time. 53 years later I still listen to it regularly. I have loved Carol this entire time.
I have, to my knowledge, never heard a Carole King song in my whole (50 years) life. I know her name for one thing, and one thing only. "Tapestry" was the album that kept "Led Zeppelin 4" off the number one spot in 1971. Which in itself was enough to impress me, for sure.
I knew the lyrics to Carole King's Tapestry album inside and out back when I was 14 in 1974. This episode really touched me, some of your best work. Thanks.
I had the opportunity to meet James Taylor at his house. In 1987, after the Whittier Narrows earthquake my boss and I went to his house and repaired the shower stall of his guest house (shower pan cracked and was leaking). It was around lunch time and he was walking around in a bathrobe and a coffee and he came up to my boss and I and thanked us for taking care of the repair. Didn't talk to him more than 1 minute. Seemed like a friendly enough guy. Wasn't standoffish. I just laughed that it was noon and he was bumping around his property in a bathrobe and a coffee. 😁 Me, being the working stiff had already been working for 6 hours! Everytime I think about him, the Dire Straits lyrics, "Money For Nothing and the chicks for free" starts playing in my head 😂
Carole King is one of my favorite singer's. I love all her songs. I like her version of you've got a friend more than James Taylor's version. Thank you Adam for having Carole King on your show for the 4th of July. Tapestry is one of the greatest albums in my opinion. She is still great today.
I can see why she didn't like her own voice. She was used to writing for R&B singers with huge, incredible voices, and she sounded like the girl next door singing in the shower.
@@lorischager8027 She doesn't have a bad voice. She has an average voice and knows how to use it. Instead of larger-than-life, she sounds like you or me and very relatable.
Carole King’s song You’ve Got A Friend came out when I was beginning 10th grade in high school. My parents were going through a terrible divorce and we basically had gone through complete financial ruin. Her song soothed my soul throughout my 10th and 11th grade years. I started working when I was 15 years old while going to high school and of course work for the rest of my life. Carole’s song gave me inspiration and Hope for my future! I eventually had a wonderful life, but she helped me through a hard couple years. I will always be grateful. I enjoy James Taylor’s version of it as well… but it will always always be Carole’s song… I could feel her vulnerability and she resonated with me to my core.
@@ProfessorofRock Nope. I'm 50. Born right smack in the middle of Gen X. James Taylor is not my bag. Love the 80s, can remember the tail end of the 70s. But I know the Boomers loved him. Even my dad does and he's 87--the Silent generation.
POLL: Who is your pick for the GREATEST SINGER/SONGWRITER of the Rock Era and what it his or her BEST SONG?
Dan Fogelberg - Longer
Eric Carmen - All By Myself
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Jackson Browne - These Days
Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle
Nick Drake - Fly
Woody Guthrie - 1913 Massacre
Michael Jackson We Are the World
David Gates - Diary
Michael McDonald -- I Keep Forgetting
Elton John -- Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
Billy Joel -- Piano Man
Cooper. School's Out
Was proud to play bass on JT’s version and had spent 20 years performing it live with him. A wonderful memory.
awesome bass playing by you Leland!!!
"Tapestry", in my opinion, is one of the greatest albums of all time.
Yes it is, no doubt in my mind.
Yep...had the album..gave it away..dumb
Yes. Every song on the album is a hit.
Oh yes. Still know all the words of all the songs on that album. Although I like all thr songs, my special one is Smackeater Jack.
@@elliewessa1903 Smackwater Jack is a fun one. Her Living Room Tour album is fun too. Love the duet with her daughter Louise on Where You Lead, I Will Follow. Louise sounds so much like her mother.
Carole King has a voice that finds a way to penetrate and warm the heart and brings comfort to the soul.
It's like she's squeezing it straight out of her heart.
Tapestry is one of those albums that captures every sense of 1971 yet remains timeless.
For sure!
I agree I have that album, it’s a classic
There are a few albums I insist are foundational to the collection of our era, (60's 70's kids). Carol King's "Tapestry" is one of them. Rid Stewart "Every Picture Tells A Story" is another. Of course, DSOTM and Zep IV, Rubber Soul and Waiting For Columbus (Little Feat). Etc.
My favorite album of the year.
That's a very insightful and very true comment.
It's 2024 and I still listen to "It's Too Late" and "So Far Away." They hit home every time.
Amen!
Omg! I absolutely love 😍 Carole King!
I ask for her "album" for Christmas when I was in high-school.
God, I'm so old 😂
@ProfessorofRock I've been learning, "It's Too Late" on Guitar - absolutely fantastic song!
Love - Alone Again, Or - I could see an absolutely fantastic episode there. Brian Maclean. Arthur Lee....Huge fan of yours. Best of Luck!
Listen to the Duet with Carole's Daughter Louise Goffen from The Living Room Tour. Use headphones and close your eyes. Try to figure out who is whom. Louise sounds just like her Mother.
So do I.
Carol King, James Taylor. Two absolute incomparable legends.
No question!
Carole King has an "e."
James Taylor is absolutely the dullest, most over-rated singer of the 70s.
@@shiroibasketshoes Oich, you're right, of course! Afraid I made an absentminded typo.
@@eclecticx No problem, thanks! You're far from the only one. Even John Stewart's "WIllard" song lyrics did it too; not John's fault I'm sure.
I am an older listener. The 60s and 70s were my time. The 80s were my children's time but I've loved much of that music too.
To me your program is an amazing combination between Paul Harvey's story telling and Casey Kasem's musical focus.
You are the "musical voice" or "the musical story teller" of this generation.
Please keep doing what you are doing!
You bring musical history to life. Thank you so much for what you are contributing!
Also, please don't lose your small town wholesomeness as you gain fame. It is part of your personality that speaks to so many of us.
I agree 👍
Well said
I’m an older listener as well. I enjoyed reading your comment.
I'm a younger listener and I love this old classic rock.
Btw, you mentioned that Adam is the voice of this generation. I can tell you that this generation barely knows about music.
They don't go concerts. They show up at events to meet social media streamers. It's so different than when people would just listen to music in the past and watch movies. Now all they know is streamers from social media
Theres excellent singer songwriters of every decade. 😊 @@JoyceTillman-jj3yp
Those are the two singers who really did make you feel like they were singing directly to you. They came out the beginning of my senior year of high school, and everyone loved the songs. It was a simpler time then. Good choice for the show.
For sure!
Me too
They definitely were your warm friends back then.
I love her Tapestry Album. I have my copy from the 70’s and listen to it still! They are both such wonderful talents.
I know what you mean!
Me too!
Carol didn’t have that good of a voice…but I can listen to it for hours. Pure, unaffected, emotional. Absolutely beautiful.
It wasn't that good. Nope. It was excellent!
I used to see Carol’s and James’s music as sappy and music for “old people”. As I’ve aged and matured I’ve come to see the beauty of both their voices and lyrics. With age comes wisdom I guess.
Very cool!
All you have to do is compare it to today’s music.
Well you also proved yourself right! Lol😊
@@sovereignbrehonExactly what I was thinking 😂.
I guess I was an old soul. I loved Carole King and James Taylor when I was about 7 (1972).
Hard to believe Fire and Rain didn't make it to #1.
No kidding!
Or even #2
Still sold a zillion copies. Think about it. 45, album, 8 track, cassette, CD, and Digital... and now back to remastered vinyl. And still a great song and amazing artist.
Those were the "Payola" days, and numbers were pumped by who payed the most.
I assume the record companies were making enough money, and he and her (King) weren't the "flavor of the moment" they wanted to push.
When they instituted the "Soundscan" system, country music became the "big thing" and "suddenly surged" to the top of the charts.
They didn't "surge" anywhere. The record companies were ripping them off for decades, but the direct report of computers didn't allow them to lie anymore.
We had a CD/DVD printing plant (Now closed of course.) around where I lived and folks were payed off by artists and actors to tell the actual print run numbers.
So that companies couldn't lie and say only 5K sold, and 2K were returned when they printed 75K and lied to the person who was supposed to be paid.
Tapestry is one of the few albums I can listen to in its entirety. Most albums I like a song here and there, but Tapestry has one great song after another.
Every song!
I agree!
That's so true!
Lyrically, It's Too Late and You've Got a Friend are beyond brilliant. Both heart wrenching and tender at the same time.
For sure!
Indeed.
Jazzman is my favorite song of Carole's.
It's great!
Love Jazzman.
Mine too! So powerful - a powerful song about the power of music. No matter what happens, music seems to cut through.
Mine too, I crank up the volume and dance away.
Jazzman is my ringtone for my husband. He’s played sax for nearly 50 years and was an All-State player for several years. ❤🎷
One of my favorites. I ain't kidding. I used to stand on the top of my mom's car and sing it along with Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog. Free concert from 6 year old me.
Carole King/Gerry Goffin are one of the great songwriting teams. Gerry who wrote the lyrics for their collaborations, is often forgotton by the masses. Carole's 'Tapestry' is in my Top 5 albums of all-time list !!!!!
Tapestry was released in 1971. I was 12. Songs from the album got heavy radio play. It made me a lifelong fan. Every time I listen to the album it takes me back in time.
....I didn't even know this, but I was a DJ once, and INSISTED on having "Tapestry" in me collection....not realizing I bought it on CD SEVEN times! ...apparently I helped Carole buy a Summer Home with MY purchases! ...ha-HAAAA!
Amen!
It's such a great record!
@@RBS_ oops, I meant my personal Top 5 Albums (fixed it) ! When Tapestry came out, I was young and using my allowance money for baseball cards and a few 45 rpm records. Thanks for helping Carole live the good life with your purchases
1971, oh what great time to be alive as a 13 year old!! Thanks for this great rewind to the best year in music!
For sure!
I was 13 too! Never will see those wonderful times again.
Excuse me? Everyone knows rock music attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact!
I was also 13. An amazing time to fall in love with music.
I was so privalaged to see James Taylor and Carol King in Chicago in 1970. It was one of her first big concerts....Magicial!
AWESOME!
EPIC!!!!!
Her music was even covered by The Beatles...Baby It's You from their first album (Please Please Me) was one of Goffin/King's early hits...then she wrote the music to all those great Monkees songs...but Tapestry was a breakthrough for the singer/songwriter period-every song just killer...and it was also her way of proving to herself she didn't need Goffin to a successful composer/musician. Happy 4th Everybody!!!
Tapestry was unquestionably the album of that time. I was a 12 year old kid then and even I bought it. So many great songs on one disc.
Thanks for sharing!
Every minute is a delight.
Me too. I still listen to Tapestry and her follow up Sweet Seasons album
Carole King is an absolute creative genius. Tapestry has always been one of my favourite mellow moods album. James is not only talented, but, everytime I've heard him interviewed, he is a very humble and kind man, and a great raconteur.
I love Carole King , such an amazing powerful voice and a brilliant songwriter. Tapestry is one of the greatest albums ever to come out and the amazing songs in it -- I Feel the Earth Move; Jazzman; It's Too Late; So Far Away and many more. A tremendous talent!!!!!!
Amen!
Jazzman came out on a later album in 1974.
I was 16 in '73 when we attended a sold out Carol King concert at the now defunct Los Angeles Forum. A wonderful reminisce of listening to her beautiful voice and songs and talented backing musicians. Here's 5 s.s.s. l'd like to include - "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow", J.T.'s "Fire and Rain", Neil Young's "Peace of Mind", Michael McDonald's "l Can Let Go Now" and John Waite's "l Ain't Missing You". Thanks POR. Happy 4th.
Like, The Beatles, Three Dog Night, Bob Seger, and, so many others,
I have not heard a bad song that I did not care for, from this beautiful woman.
Again,
Thank you.
Thanks!
Tapestry is simply the best album of the 70's.
You’ve got a friend it’s such a comforting song and it’s a timeless song that can work in any age in any era and it’s one of the songs I think that will live on the end that will never die.
❤🎉
A July 4th episode!
Love Carol King.
And so many artists hate their own voice/abilities. Funny that.
Thanks Professor.
Schoolhouse Rock ruled!
Hello Roger! Happy 4th!
Happy 4th! I know I could never sing.
When the Beatles came out I got a guitar, finished Mel Bay's first book for guitar and started a garage band with schoolmates. I started buying books of top 40 sheet music and something stood out to me. It was that the songwriter's names on many of my favorite songs was Goffin/King. I first noticed their names on the Beatles' tune, "Chains". Carole King a treasure. She wrote a significant part of the soundtrack of my life. Thank you, Carole.
Thanks!
The sheer amount of songs they wrote is mind blowing.
Mel Bay taught me how to play, too!
When I was in 2nd Grade, I was in a class for kids with emotional problems and learning disabilities, every month we'd have an assembly and they would play You've got a friend. Which is why I am well aware of this song.
Very cool.
That is so kind!
I have always found it strange how vocal artists say that they don't like the sound of their own voice, but are legends. Both Carol King and James Taylor have a unique vocal sound. James has has "hum" in his voice (some would call it nasal). Carol seems a bit soft and low. Because of that, and what they sing about, they just suck you in a grab your soul.
The back story about "You've Got a Friend" today, is so special, great job Adam. great job. ;-)
For sure!
Their voices can be so soothing at times.
I always heard “You’ve Got A Friend” as a Christian song, sung from Jesus’ perspective, “you just call out my Name….” “Keep your head together and call My Name out loud and soon I’ll be knocking upon your door” etc… anytime I was alone and scared I’d sing the song. ❤
THANKS for sharing!
I'm so glad you posted this. I've always liked this song, but you've given it a new perspective that is such a blessing. Thank you!
Absolutely beautiful!!!❤
When I was 6, my family converted to Catholicism so Mom could marry my stepdad. I went to a lot of classes, then attended a Catholic school. I'm not sure, but I swear one of the teachers along the way used that song as an example of how we should see Jesus. It might have been unintentional, but it really is a very Christian message.
Almost certainly not what Carole King intended ... I'm fairly sure she is Jewish. [As am I.]
The genius of the song is that it can comfort so many people in so many different ways.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the Carole King Musical "Beautiful". It ran on Broadway from 2014 to 2020. It won many awards including aTony for Jesse Mueller for her role as Carole. Although Carole King authorized the production she wouldn't see the show for several months because she feared what emotions it would stir. When she finally went to see the show she didn't tell anyone and sat in the audience like everybody else. During bows she walked out on the stage and shocked the cast.
Thanks for sharing.
Wow. How cool.
Fantastic musical.
Wow! Great story!!!
Professor, thank you so much for telling this story. Both their versions of that song are beautiful and touching.
WAIT. What? That was J.T.'s ONLY #1 hit? That's a jaw-dropping piece of trivia right there.
In 2018, I went to see Beautiful: a Carol King Musical. It was so revealing. The broadway work was incredible with how they changed the scenes. I remember when the actress playing her sung her solo "Its Too Late" at Carnegie Hall. She started out as a 50s song writer with her baby daddy as a teen mom.
I once described the "You've Got A Friend" melody as a warm consoling hug that wipes your eyes and loves you unconditionally... The Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway cover will forever hold a deep spot in my heart, as well as the "Donny Hathaway Live" version with the Troubadour audience singing the chorus back to an audibly surprised Donny!
For sure!
It definitely acts as a warm friend.
LOVE both versions!!!! Love both Carole and James!!! 🙂
I think part of their success was each having unique recognizable voices and their blends of rock and folk genera. I found over the years some people either loved or hated them. I was on the loving side. Strange for me to think of them (and myself) at our present ages. Musically we are forever young. They have many friends out here.
FOr sure!
Interesting that people hated them.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 my guess it is because they are not pure rock and the haters cannot see past their turntables.
I Always appreciate the original stories how the songs came about, first meetings, and collaborations. It’s measured now by the massive success, but at the moment, was two talented friends. Thanks Adam!
Carole King wrote 'Porpoise Song' for The Monkees. She is a genius.
@@AshleyReynolds-vc6ly another one The Monkees covered. Daydream Believer by John Stewart, great underrated singer/songwriter
Also Pleasant Valley Sunday.
my favorite Monkee song 🤘
Thanks!
THanks!
You hit a home-run here, Prof! It's so refreshing to hear a tale of compassion, friendship, and musical synergy that results in creative and professional success for all concerned.
Happy 4th Prof & Everyone!!
Happy 4th!
😀🎆🎇🍔
Same to you!
I was in Jr. High during the days of this song- I absolutely love both of them.
Carole King is one of the great treasures of rock and roll. After I first bought Tapestry I began to discover all the great songs I loved that she had already written Chains, Locomotion, Natural Woman,etc. She is a brilliant songwriter and while her voice isn't top notch it grows on you because of the emotions she puts into it. Saw her and James Taylor on their joint tour with the section about 10 years ago. Just magical!!
She’s a song queen!
I love both these artists and this song...THIS SONG!!!!! How many heartaches, heartbreaks did it get me through? I've always felt that Carole wrote it just for me, it has that deep a personal appeal. And when Sweet Baby James Taylor sings it...I haven't the words. Carol's rendition whispers in my heart, but James reaches my soul.
Ahhhh Tapestry just amazing! ❤️
Such a great record!
I saw JT some time in the mid-80s in Bethlehem PA. I don't really remember any specific moments but I do remember loving the show. He's always been one of my favs.
Thanks for sharing!
I saw him then too !
I never knew she was insecure about her voice. She made a big impression on me as a child with the music from "Really Rosie" with "One Was Johnny" and "Chicken Soup With Rice," and then again for my own child when she was young.
Thanks!
I haven’t heard her early songs in years!
My daughter loved that album. Her middle name is Rosie and she thought Really Rosie was written for her. She was a great big deal! Lol
Best song. Love her music, JT sang it perfectly!
FOr sure!
Tapestry what a masterpiece! Fire and Rain is another story in itself and a sad one.
For sure!
This is one of the reasons I love this channel so much -- I knew You've Got a Friend was on Tapestries, but I had no idea she'd written it *for* James Taylor. I just thought they'd both performed it on their own albums. How wonderful that she wrote it for him, in response to his lamentation in Fire and Rain that he could not find a friend. What a great story!!
You’ve got a friend absolutely beautiful song
So comforting!
The first concert I ever attended was James Taylor and Carole King at the Marin Civic center. That was 50 years ago, remember it like it was yesterday.
Tapestry a classic album that peaked at number 3 and spent 44 weeks in our album chart .her only charting single here in Australia in 71 was It`s Too Late peaking at 6 in August . James Taylor version of You`ve Got A friend peaked at 25 in September 71.
Very cool! Thanks Peter!
JT did us all a favor by encouraging Carol to sing her songs, she is amazing. also thanks for this great video Professsor rock.
Anne Murray! Springhill NS! I'm sending both Carole & JT's version to my stepdaughter right now. Thank you, Other Professor (Neil Peart is a hero to her). All the best!
'73 8th grade assembly Lynn Tate (13) got up and did a Stellar performance of a Stellar song : ' Its Too Late ' and got a 15 min. standing ovation, they had to Make us sit back down ❤️🔥 always imagined her going on to a career as a singer but 🤔 never knew....
Living in a small town near UNC, everyone was a JT fan there. Great to hear the correct history of this song. Thank you POR. ☕️☕️🎶🎵🎶
Thanks for listening!
James Taylor has sung my state song!
I didn’t realize the difference in the lyrics in you’ve got a friend. This song has endured the test of time.
If you’re a Gilmore Girls fan she sang the theme song with her daughter. Carol king is such a legend.
I love Carole King! Her voice is so soothing, as is her infectious smile. Her songs are like a friendly hand reaching out and inviting you in.
I love her "Hard Rock Cafe"
Thanks for listening!
I remember watching James on a live BBC acoustic show in the early seventies. One of the best voices you'll ever hear.
I saw Carol King and James Taylor perform together in 1972 "Four For McGovern" concert with Barbara Streisand (recorded the album "Live at the Forum") and Quincey Jones. Best concert ever!
So cool!
That’s awesome! Where?
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 At the Forum in Inglewood, CA. when it was the Laker's home court, before they switched to the Staples Center.
What a show that would have been!
A place of refuge in our youth.
For sure!
Have an awesome 4th everyone and 248th to the 🇺🇸. Have a great day everybody, from Tampa Florida. It's Too Late but you've Got a Friend in #POR
Thanks! You too!
Happy 4th to you too from Northern California! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Happy 4th from Texas! 🎉
Happy 4th!
Carole King,
A masterpiece!
Thank you.
Amen!
Thanks for watching!
Most people are not aware that James Taylor appears with Dennis Wilson in the 1971 road movie, TWO-LANE BLACKTOP. _Very cool movie!_
Two voices that brought comfort to so many in difficult times in their lives, and will continue to do so because the messages are timeless!
TYSMFS, Professor!
Excuse me, School House Rock saved my butt more than once during History tests!
For sure!
I had to remember, “No more kings!”
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 it really helped with the dates.
I can recite the preamble to the US constitution if I think of that song, "We the people, in order to form a more perfect union..." It states the purpose of the constitution, the mission of the government, and who has the power to establish that government. Very effective teaching of one powerful sentence.
I pulled up "Verb! That's what's happening!" Just the other day lol
Tapastry was one of the first albums I had as a child - my father brought it home and I played it far more then he did so he said as long as I take care of it and don't scratch it - I could play it in my room! It is still one of my most favourite albums to date!
Thanks for sharing!
It’s an amazing album!
I've Been to Canaan and Carol Kahn/Kane was there. Shes so beautiful.
Very cool!
PERFECT segment, Professor. Thank you!
She wrote “Pleasant Valley Sunday” and recorded it before The Monkees recorded it. Her version is wonderful. Check it out.
Amazing when they sing it together,sets the tone so much better with both !!
Tapestry and Sweet Baby James are the signature albums of the singer songwriter era. Carole King was not a lyricist, but did pen them for "You've Got a Friend".
Tapestry is so iconic an album it overshadows King's entire career. Her remaining songs seem stuck in the 70s.
For sure!
I like her early 60s songs like Up On The Roof and The Locomotion!😅 Writing those while still a teenager!😮
@@ueno1 She composed the songs, her husband Gerry Goffin wrote the lyrics.
Singer-songwriters were here to stay.
I disagree about her other stuff being stuck in the 70s. Jazzman! When they used it on the Simpsons while Lisa was mourning the death of her friend and washed up jazz legend Bleeding Gums Murphy, I cried. It was so perfect! It captures the joy of being lost in the music, no matter what. Timeless and powerful.
My sister gave me the album, “Tapestry” when I was 15 y.o. It remains a masterpiece of its time. So good.
Carol King's Tapestry is one of my favourite and one of the greatest albums ever made. Her own version of Will you Still Love Me Tomorrow, far superior to the Blue Oyster Bar version.
thanks!
That version is amazing!
This is so good. King is a giant in the songwriting field. Taylor was perfect to interpret her song. What a combination. They made these brilliant songs classics. And yes, most singers don't like their voice. Great episode professor.
Conjunction Junction what's your function. 😁
"And," "But" and "Or" will get you pretty far!
It was a scary bear, it was a hairy bear, and we described him with adjectives. 🐻
BOOM!
@@catherine6653 😂
@@ProfessorofRock That's an interjection. Interjections show excitement or emotions...
Oh Carol K8ng. One of the greatest songwriters ever. And her album _Tapestry_ is one of the greatest albums ever recorded. I have l9ved it since I was 8 years old.
The best measure of a great album is if it stands the test of time. 53 years later I still listen to it regularly. I have loved Carol this entire time.
Mind boggling that Carole King was only inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame just recently.
It’s really messed up.
She should have been included long ago, just for songwriting alone.
Low-key one of the best songwriters in music history.
Both versions were great but something about James Taylor’s version Just brought it home
I agree. I like both for various reasons but tend to like JT"s just a little better.
Yup!
Our High School Grad Choir Sang this as part of a School Concert still remember the words
Happy getting-rid-of-us day from England!
Full circle as we welcome the Emporer with No Clothes
Happy 4th!
Haha!
I have, to my knowledge, never heard a Carole King song in my whole (50 years) life. I know her name for one thing, and one thing only. "Tapestry" was the album that kept "Led Zeppelin 4" off the number one spot in 1971. Which in itself was enough to impress me, for sure.
Happy 4th my fellow melomaniacs!
Hello Code; Happy Independence Day to all!
Happy 4th of July guys! 😄
I can hear Ray Charles singing America the Beautiful as I type this.
@@Lam_3-22-23 Ray's version always brings tears of joy to my eyes. It's that powerful.
Awesome!
I knew the lyrics to Carole King's Tapestry album inside and out back when I was 14 in 1974. This episode really touched me, some of your best work. Thanks.
Good morning professor
Hello there!
I saw Ms King on Maui.
Lightning up on the mountain, but dry at the venue.
One hit after the next.
Magical😊
I had the opportunity to meet James Taylor at his house. In 1987, after the Whittier Narrows earthquake my boss and I went to his house and repaired the shower stall of his guest house (shower pan cracked and was leaking).
It was around lunch time and he was walking around in a bathrobe and a coffee and he came up to my boss and I and thanked us for taking care of the repair.
Didn't talk to him more than 1 minute. Seemed like a friendly enough guy. Wasn't standoffish. I just laughed that it was noon and he was bumping around his property in a bathrobe and a coffee. 😁
Me, being the working stiff had already been working for 6 hours!
Everytime I think about him, the Dire Straits lyrics, "Money For Nothing and the chicks for free" starts playing in my head 😂
Ha! My respect for him just grew even more!
Haha! Love it
Musicians work mostly at night and try to relax a bit during the day.
@@chrisoakley5830 - Yeah, that's what I've heard. 🙂
My experiences with Taylor have been positive, he's professional and introspective, def not Mr Party. And he's kind of shy, I think.
Carole King is one of my favorite singer's. I love all her songs. I like her version of you've got a friend more than James Taylor's version. Thank you Adam for having Carole King on your show for the 4th of July. Tapestry is one of the greatest albums in my opinion. She is still great today.
For sure!
I am conflicted here. I love both versions for different reasons.
I can see why she didn't like her own voice. She was used to writing for R&B singers with huge, incredible voices, and she sounded like the girl next door singing in the shower.
I love the vulnerability of her voice!
@@lorischager8027 She doesn't have a bad voice. She has an average voice and knows how to use it. Instead of larger-than-life, she sounds like you or me and very relatable.
Great work from you @ProfessorofRock, well told story of two great talents. You nailed it. Thank You.
Appreciate this stuff now, but as a kid in the 70s, it wasn't anything close to what piqued my interest 😮 but it was continually on the airwaves.
What was your favorite back then?
@ProfessorofRock around this time I was Rockin' to Schools out, Hold your head up, Cisco kid, 😎
Carole King’s song You’ve Got A Friend came out when I was beginning 10th grade in high school. My parents were going through a terrible divorce and we basically had gone through complete financial ruin.
Her song soothed my soul throughout my 10th and 11th grade years. I started working when I was 15 years old while going to high school and of course work for the rest of my life. Carole’s song gave me inspiration and Hope for my future! I eventually had a wonderful life, but she helped me through a hard couple years. I will always be grateful. I enjoy James Taylor’s version of it as well… but it will always always be Carole’s song… I could feel her vulnerability and she resonated with me to my core.
This is some good content today--- for the 65-year-old + crowd.
? I'm just 59 and I've always been a big Carole King fan.
Great music doesn't age .
Is that you?
Speak for yourself, I am 49 and I love this.
@@ProfessorofRock Nope. I'm 50. Born right smack in the middle of Gen X. James Taylor is not my bag. Love the 80s, can remember the tail end of the 70s. But I know the Boomers loved him. Even my dad does and he's 87--the Silent generation.
I always loved Caroles voice. A New York folk hippie feel for me. I still listen to, and love Carole.