Posted on 06/26/2010 12:53:10 PM PDT by BigChiefLtd
The dictionary defines a troubadour as ”one who composes or sings verses or ballads.”
History has been littered with them. Some better than others. But to dismiss James Taylor or Carole King as merely troubadours would be like saying a Ferrari is merely a car… a Lear Jet is merely an airplane.
Few recording artists have sold more records. Even fewer songwriters have had a greater impact on the lives of the boomer generation. (Click to see details about the amazing reunion concert and how it turned into the hottest tour of the year).
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James Taylor is a fantastic entertainer, but I will never pay money to see Carole King. I had some business dealings with her about 18 years ago and she is a shrew of the first order.
Interesting about King. I was never a fan of hers to begin with.
As to Taylor, I would not allow his music to be played around someone with suicidal tendencies.
Didn’t like them then and haven’t changed a bit.
She wrote a couple of the best love songs of the past 50 years IMHO.
Then, I always thought Phil Spector was a helluva guy so what do I know...
Carole King is a big outspoken Obama supporter. Thus, I won’t pay a single penny to see her sing.
Too bad, she and Gerry Goffin were a great songwriting team.
Can’t deny her talent, “Tapestry” is a one of the best singer/songwriter albums of the ‘70’s.
But after having to deal with her, she’s got some serious issues, but a lot of musicians do I suppose. She was just extra crazy and mean as a snake.
I’ve always disliked Spector after he ruined “Let It Be”.
Phil Spector salvaged Let it Be in my opinion. The worst Beatle album ever.
Same here. Never cared for either one’s music. I don’t like their personal opinions of people like me either. : )
Agree about the album! My best friend gave it to me on my 13th birthday. It was the first LP I ever owned and still play it often! But then again I still have an 8-track player and listen to Aerosmith on it!
Ever hear of Anna Netrebko? Look I liked Carole King, but to compare her (or James Taylor) to a Ferrari is an ignorant joke.
ML/NJ
The Taylor/King show at Madison Square Garden got panned locally as a soporific event that should never have been booked at at Arena sized venue.
Why not name it what it is, "the Medicare Tour"...........
Sorry, but I just can't get into the seniors trying to live up to their heydeys simply for the cash payouts...........
Where are Hermin's Hermits when you need them..........
They wrote some amazing songs, and had some incredible hits that they personally sang.
I sing “Whenever I See Your Smiling Face” to my little ones when they wake up in the morning.
Still, it bugs me that he was apparently nodding off on heroin on Sesame Street, and she is such a leftie. Argh. But when they shut up and sing, it’s all good.
I read an interesting book about ladies of their era - Carole, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon.
Yeah. Funny thing about that song. Saratoga was after the total eclipse, so I always knew it was BS.
ML/NJ
If Carole and James make a DVD of their concerts, they can sell them as a cure for insomnia!!!
James Taylor makes me want to reach for the barf bag. Carole King? There was this one summer when all they played on the radio were songs from that album, Tapestry. Probably 1972 or thereabouts. I got my fill then - don’t need any more.
I had some business dealings with her about 18 years ago and she is a shrew of the first order.
However, I’m sure you wouldn’t see it that way and my guess is that you’re probably right.
I successfully ignored the bulk of Taylor's drivel, but when he defiled Handy Man I thought he should have been drug outside behind the studio and shot.
I used to like both James Taylor and Carole King. But something inside has died and I just can’t hide and I just can’t fake it. They no longer have me for a friend, Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall. So goodnight you moonlight ladies, I won’t be rockabyeing Sweet Baby James down on Copperline. They can walk on down the country road for all I care. The earth won’t move under my feet and the sky won’t tumble down whenever they’re around. Smackwater Jack has left the station.
The list of artists, living and dead, who I admire and never want to meet is long.
She looks like a MAN in that pic!
What a summer for concerts!We have the Medicare Tour with these two,plus the Miley Cyrus jailbait tour going on.
Young or old one? I’m guessing young one ....
Young....Sedaka had a huge crush on Carole King.
I caught her show a while back ... along with some guy I think was her husband ....
There is a pretty good movie “inspired” by Carole King’s career up to Tapestry called “Grace of My Heart”. Highly recommended. Never could stand James Taylor though. Too darn whinny.
>>> There was this one summer when all they played on the radio were songs from that album, Tapestry. Probably 1972 or thereabouts. I got my fill then - don’t need any more.
Does that apply to the other Carole King music? They’ve never stopped playing the other music she wrote including :
Crying in the Rain
Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad (About My Baby)
Go Away Little Girl
I’m into Something Good
It’s Going to Take Some Time
Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
The Loco-Motion
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
One Fine Day
Pleasant Valley Sunday
Take Good Care of My Baby
Up on the Roof
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
And that just scratches the surface.
Agree that the Goffin-King songwriting combo was fruitful.
The album Tapestry is just not my cup of tea, however.
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