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August 16th, 2018 at 6:49:28 PM permalink

rxwine

Member since: Oct 24, 2012
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Quote: Ayecarumba
I don’t know how old you are J.R., but how about Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, or Taylor Swift?

Carole King

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Played back to back, Carole King's chart entries would run about five straight hours. And those are just her hits – not to mention album tracks, B sides, and the odd flop. King's career as a songwriter is so expansive that it dwarfs even the monster sales figures of her classic 1971 solo juggernaut, Tapestry, which currently tops 25 million and counting.
King was a musical prodigy, selling melodies to New York City publishing companies while she was still in high school. In college she met Gerry Goffin, destined to be her lover and lyricist for the next decade. Though the marriage didn't survive, their musical partnership weathered the shifting styles of the Sixties, yielding smashes for teen idols and rock bands, big-haired girl groups and big-voiced R&B legends.
King's hits helped make her the most successful female songwriter — and certainly among the most influential songwriters, period – of the 20th century. In honor of King's 75th birthday, we look beyond her immortal smashes like "You've Got a Friend" and "(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman" to spotlight 10 tracks you may not have known she had a hand in creating.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/10-songs-you-didnt-know-carole-king-wrote-108268/take-good-care-of-my-baby-bobby-vee-1961-108328/
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August 16th, 2018 at 7:18:11 PM permalink
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 76 Posts: 12501	Quote: Ayecarumba I don’t know how old you are J.R., but how about Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, or Taylor Swift? I'm a huge Mavis Staples fan Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World"

August 16th, 2018 at 7:20:13 PM permalink
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 137 Posts: 21195	Quote: Wizard I don't dispute their market share. Just trying to understand what the statement means. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength

August 16th, 2018 at 7:54:35 PM permalink
JimRockford Member since: Sep 18, 2015 Threads: 2 Posts: 1061	Quote: Ayecarumba I don’t know how old you are J.R., but how about Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, or Taylor Swift? Billie: before my time Ella: excellent suggestion , one of my favorite voices ever. Taylor: heh, that's cute. I'm probably too old to appreciate, by my kids would say Beyoncé is more influential among her contemporaries. A government of laws and not of men. - John Adam’s

August 16th, 2018 at 8:03:06 PM permalink
JimRockford Member since: Sep 18, 2015 Threads: 2 Posts: 1061	Quote: rxwine Carole King Another tremendous talent. I read a story that she and Goffin were taking a walk in Manhattan when a record executive pulled up in a lemo, rolled down the window and said he was looking for a new song for Aretha, maybe call it "Natural Woman". Carol and Goffin had Aretha's hit the next day. A government of laws and not of men. - John Adam’s

August 16th, 2018 at 10:24:43 PM permalink

Ayecarumba

Member since: Oct 24, 2012
Threads: 89
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Quote: JimRockford
Another tremendous talent. I read a story that she and Goffin were taking a walk in Manhattan when a record executive pulled up in a lemo, rolled down the window and said he was looking for a new song for Aretha, maybe call it "Natural Woman". Carol and Goffin had Aretha's hit the next day.

Musical genius seems to be like that. Tunes just pop out of their fingers.
I heard a similar story about John Lennon and “A Hard Days Night”

August 16th, 2018 at 11:45:22 PM permalink

Evenbob

Member since: Oct 24, 2012
Threads: 148
Posts: 25978

Quote: Ayecarumba
Musical genius seems to be like that.

It's a science. Most of them write many bad
songs that we'll never hear. One of the big
songwriters, I wish I could remember who,
said he writes 5 songs a day. Like it's a
9 to 5 job. And if he does that, he may
get half a dozen a year that will go
somewhere. But to get that half a dozen,
he has to write 2000.

Like Edison with his light bulb. He tried
over 3000 filaments before he got the
one that worked right. Songwriting is
no different.

If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.

August 16th, 2018 at 11:50:34 PM permalink

petroglyph

Member since: Aug 3, 2014
Threads: 25
Posts: 6227

Quote: Evenbob
It's a science. Most of them write many bad
songs that we'll never hear. One of the big
songwriters, I wish I could remember who,
said he writes 5 songs a day. Like it's a
9 to 5 job. And if he does that, he may
get half a dozen a year that will go
somewhere. But to get that half a dozen,
he has to write 2000.

We have a friend that writes songs in Nashville, has written for several big name artists. One of his songs, "Like a rock" has been recorded by multiple artists. He writes songs, like you said sometimes more than one or two per day, sometimes writers block, he says some of his best songs are written in fifteen minutes.

The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW

August 17th, 2018 at 2:26:15 AM permalink

AZDuffman

Member since: Oct 24, 2012
Threads: 137
Posts: 21195

Quote: Evenbob
It's a science. Most of them write many bad
songs that we'll never hear. One of the big
songwriters, I wish I could remember who,
said he writes 5 songs a day. Like it's a
9 to 5 job. And if he does that, he may
get half a dozen a year that will go
somewhere. But to get that half a dozen,
he has to write 2000.

I don't know how true the story is, but the story goes that Michael Jackson was a Simpsons fan and wanted to do a guest appearance. So he tell the producers, "Put me on and I will write you a hit song." Said it like that as if he could just crank out a hit song at will.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength

August 17th, 2018 at 5:51:50 AM permalink
ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 13466	Quote: AZDuffman Just trying to understand what the statement means. It means Fox News's main demo is old racists. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman

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