Losing a sibling. A pain that never passes.
A pop song is just a pop song, and a life is a life. But in our real lives, the two are intertwined, each person with his own background music.
132: James Taylor, ‘Enough To Be On Your Way’
132: James Taylor, ‘Enough To Be On Your Way’
136: James Taylor, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel – ‘Wonderful World’
More than a pop paean to pimply passion.
Continue reading...112: James Taylor, ‘Yesterday’
No mere cover–James’ treatment is more convincing than Paul’s.
Continue reading...291: James Taylor, ‘Valentine’s Day’
Happy Valentine’s Day?
Or maybe a domestic massacre?
295: Rita Payés, ‘Nunca Vas a Comprender’/Nils Landgren, ‘Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight’
Watch this clip and tell me you didn’t love it. I dare you.
Continue reading...056: James Taylor, ‘Secret O’ Life’
Thinking that James Taylor is ‘Fire and Rain’ is like thinking that The Beatles are ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ or Dylan is ‘Blowing in the Wind’.
There’s so, so much more.
234: Carole King, ‘Up On the Roof’ (Live, 1971)
Carole King’s remarkable metamorphosis from teen mom songsmith to Earth Mother poetess.
She composed the soundtrack of our times on her piano, and wrought the template of our times with her life.