Carole King at 9:55pm (which had a vinyl release recently) followed by James Taylor.
I hope they repeat the Bill Withers set soon.
In Concerts on BBC2 tonight
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Happy 80th Birthday Carole King!
I have my moments when I think that it’s not Paul McCartney or Brian Wilson who are the greatest melody writers of the twentieth century, it’s Carole King.
Anyway, happy birthday genius. Here’s a version of one of her songs which I genuinely think should be better known. Jack Nitzsche’s greatest arrangement as well? Quite possibly.
Aretha blasts off at The Kennedy Centre; Carole King loses her sh*t
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Brilliant things about this Kennedy Centre Honours performance by Aretha Franklin:
The nonchalant walk across to the piano. Nonchalance is a real feat when you’re clutching a jewelled purse and rocking a full length mink coat Her ‘Fuck, yeah, I’m going to play and sing the shit out of this, what of it?’ look as she hits the first few notes on the piano Carole King’s face lighting up and turning excitedly to others around her as she realises what the song is Several people tearing up, including the President Of The United States Of America Aretha’s ‘So, yeah, now I’m getting up and going to the front of the stage to sing the shit out of this’ expression Aretha’s ‘Time to lose the coat and get a standing ovation’ face Her general ‘So what if my always matronly bust is now the size of a whole nursing shift? I don’t give a bingo-wing flying fuck’ demeanour Carole’s mad gesticulations encouraging Aretha to give it some more welly
They’re both 73, you know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RIgeu-6Jcs
The City LP finally gets reissued on that vinyl stuff and those new fangled CD things
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The marvellous Light In The Attic record label have taken it upon themselves to reissue an album that I rhapsodised about with @ganglesprocket and my good friend, Spencer on the not at all missed 33 & A Nerd podcast.
Carole King’s “band” The City released their one and only LP in 1968 and its no one hit blunder, packed full of tunes, Goffin and King gems and ideas that would sell by the shitload on ‘Tapestry’. Incomprehensibly unavailable for many a year but soon to be discovered all over again – I recommend this upcoming release to the Massive.
http://blog.lightintheattic.net/new-lita-release-the-city-now-that-everythings-been-said/
