She's been persona non grata for me ever since she serenaded Fidel Castro with "You've Got a Friend".
>>The best of the 70’s was Carole King’s “It’s too late” from her album “Tapestry”, 1971.
>She’s been persona non grata for me ever since she serenaded Fidel Castro with “You’ve Got a Friend”.
Just seems a weird choice in any measure: one of 100,000 sappy out-of-love songs, the kind of which the 70s were reviled for in the 80s (until classic rock stations re-wrote everyone’s memory), demonstrating no particular melodic or harmonic beauty, musical chops, or even great vocal performance. The fact that she was a commie babe, in addition to being no better than your typical high-school musical performer, just deducts further points.
At least “I Feel the Earth,” and “Natural Woman,” are much more interesting musically, and “You’ve Got a Friend” (before being ruined by the Castro serenade) can occasionally be pleasant if one is in a particularly mawkish mood.