#799 Carole King's Tapestry on its 50th Anniversary
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🗓️ 19 March 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In 1971, Carole King released her masterpiece, Tapestry. 50 years later, the music feels more brilliant, moving and comforting than ever. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot do a classic album dissection of Tapestry and talk to lyricist Toni Stern, guitarist Danny Kortchmar and drummer Russ Kunkel about their involvement on the legendary record.
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Featured Songs:
Carole King, "It's Too Late," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
The Shirelles, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," Tonight's the Night, Scepter, 1960
Little Eva, "The Loco-motion," The Loco-motion (Single), Dimension 1000, 1962
Bobby Vee, "Take Good Care of My Baby," Take Good Care of My Baby, Liberty, 1961
The Monkees, "Pleasant Valley Sunday," Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd., Colgems, 1967
Carole King, "It Might As Well Rain Until September," It Might As Well Rain Until September (Single), Dimension, 1962
The City, "Now That Everything's Been Said," Now That Everything's Been Said, Ode, 1968
Carole King, "No Easy Way Down," Writer, Ode, 1970
Carole King, "Beautiful," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King, "I Feel the Earth Move," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King, "You've Got a Friend," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King, "Tapestry," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King, "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King and Louise Goffin, "Where You Lead," Our Little Corner of the World Music From Gilmore Girls, Rhino, 2002
Carole King, "Where You Lead," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King, "So Far Away," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King, "Way Over Yonder," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King, "Home Again," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
Carole King, "Smackwater Jack," Tapestry, Ode, 1971
James Taylor, "You've Got a Friend," Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon, Warner Bros., 1971
Carole King and James Taylor, "You've Got a Friend," Live At The Troubadour, Syzygy, 2010
Liz Phair, "Divorce Song (Girly-Sound Version)," The Girly-Sound Tapes, Matador, 2018
Lauryn Hill, "Everything Is Everything," The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Columbia, 1998
Tori Amos, "Cornflake Girl," Under the Pink, Atlantic, 1994
Caroline Rose, "Do You Think We'll Last Forever," Superstar, New West, 2020
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to sound opinions. I'm Greg Kott, he's Jim Deereregadas, and it's time to do a deep dive into Carol King's |
| 0:06.5 | Tapestry, a classic album dissection. Yes. 50th anniversary of this 1971 album that still is being handed down generation to |
| 0:16.1 | generation you got to listen to this record because it was a life-changing one |
| 0:19.9 | in 1971 and it's still a life-changing one now for people who are coming to it for the first time. |
| 0:25.0 | We're going to dive into why that's true. |
| 0:28.0 | At the center of it all, obviously Carol King, born Carol Klein in New York in 1942 to a working-class family. |
| 0:35.1 | She grew up in Brooklyn. |
| 0:36.5 | She was an advanced student, apparently very precocious, very talented. |
| 0:40.4 | Something of a prodigy. |
| 0:41.8 | You know, perfect pitch as a toddler., you know playing piano as a kid. |
| 0:45.8 | In the 50s she went to a Brooklyn high school, James Madison, where she formed her first band, |
| 0:50.1 | the cosines. |
| 0:51.1 | changed her name from Carol Klein to Carol King at that point. |
| 0:55.0 | She started writing songs with a guy named Paul Simon. |
| 0:58.0 | You ever heard of him? |
| 0:59.0 | Paul Simon. |
| 1:00.0 | Yeah, back $25 a session. |
| 1:01.0 | They... |
| 1:02.0 | It was an auspicious debut |
| 1:03.0 | Yes, started writing songs with him |
| 1:05.0 | Nothing nothing they wrote together at that time really popped |
| 1:08.0 | But she started like I like this I can do this |
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