"something inside has died and I can't hide and I just can't fake it" is such a finely crafted line.

@thegorn68

Ай бұрын

I've had my intestinal gas described in the same way.

@christianman73

Ай бұрын

I was really surprised that Britt didn't like the "something inside has died" part of the line. It's so well-written and poignant, and it's crucial to the overall feel and meaning of the song.

@Mister_Samsonite

Ай бұрын

To me, this is one of the most perfectly crafted pop songs ever written! I grew up listening to this album, and everyone should have it.

@nedludd7622

Ай бұрын

It described the end of my marriage 15 years later.

Carole King, before she started to sing her own songs, wrote so many hit songs it's unbelievable. She has written or co-written 118 songs that made the Top 100 and a lot were in the top 10.

@rhondamcbath6279

Ай бұрын

Can you tell me a little more? Like who she's wrote songs for and a couple of hits those artists made hits from her written songs. Aretha I like most everyone else knows that Carol wrote her hit song Natural Woman. But what others? If you don't want to mess around with all that, that's cool. I'll just look it up. Have a good one!

@fionatsang9353

Ай бұрын

@@rhondamcbath6279 she also wrote for The Righteous Brothers (Just Once in My Life), Billy Joel (Hey Girl), The Shirelles (Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow), and The Monkees (Pleasant Valley Sunday). Her most famous and enduring songwriting partnership was with James Taylor (You've Got a Friend, Up on the Roof). She was a bonafide writing powerhouse; when John Lennon and Paul McCartney first met her they were very rude to her, later when she became friends with them they confessed that they were so intimidated and had no idea how to react to meeting her in person XD

@mikestevenson576

Ай бұрын

I know it's not cool to say- and I do absolutely love Carole King- but Gerry Goffin wrote the lyrics for most of those songs. And Goffin continued to have hits long after hers dried up.

@fionatsang9353

Ай бұрын

@@mikestevenson576 it's absolutely fine to say that many of the songs were co-written with Gerry Goffin. Carole wrote the melodies to Gerry's words. She said in her memoir that she was often amazed at the lyrics he came up with; her favourite was the 'heart in the lost and found' for Natural Woman, as if the singer was claiming the heart with a ticket at coat check. She was dismayed, though, by the lyrics to Pleasant Valley Sunday, as it seemed to criticise their suburban family life, which she was perfectly happy with, and until then thought he was too. It is, however, uncool to say that Goffin continued to be a success after Carole 'dried up' creatively. In terms of Billboard 100 hits on which they each had a writer or co-writer credit, he had 114 and she had 118, so they were pretty even. Goffin wrote his last song in 1996, a solo album co-written with Bob Dylan. Carole's last song was in 2001 (though she re-wrote and re-released new lyrics to her song One in 2018); her last major hits were the Grammy-nominated opening song for the film A League of Their Own (1992) and a song written for Celine Dion, The Reason (1997, with Beatles producer George Martin, Carole also did backing vocals) which made the UK top 20 as a single. And let's not forget that they were a partnership, not a competition, with a legacy to music that was bigger than either of them individually. Of Carole's 25 albums, only one did not feature a single song that she wrote: A Christmas Carole, arrangements of traditional festive songs and original songs written by hers and Gerry's daughter Louise Goffin, which got a Grammy nomination.

@mikestevenson576

Ай бұрын

​@@fionatsang9353 I never said she dried up creatively. One of my favorite songs she ever did was City Streets in '89. I said her hits dried up while his continued, and that is true. She never had a hit song in the Billboard top 40 after '77 that wasn't a remake of a much earlier hit, while he had gigantic new ones almost into the '90s. Saving All My Love For You, Miss You Like Crazy, Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You. He was viable for a whole other generation. I never even thought lyrics were that big of a deal, but looking at the run of people like Gerry Goffin and Carole Bayer Sager, there's just no getting around it.

Dear sweet Brie! Please watch Aretha Franklin’s tribute to Carole at the Kennedy Center! She’s singing theeee song Carole wrote for her- NATURAL WOMAN. It was one of Aretha’s last performances and it’s ICONIC. You’ll even see Prez Obama weeping in the audience! Keep continuing in excellence! ❤

@LonghopeBro-ju6jl

Ай бұрын

I'm liking your comment and encourage others to as well, to up its profile, in the hopes that Britt gets the message.

@SaneGrey952-yd6ex

Ай бұрын

@@LonghopeBro-ju6jl You've got my vote!

@GinMae

Ай бұрын

YES!

@carokat1111

Ай бұрын

So, so good.

@Joyinrepetition58

Ай бұрын

An amazing performance by Aretha, brings tears every time, and the love they show for each other is priceless

One of the best singer songwriters of our time.

@hlawrencepowell

Ай бұрын

Of any time.

@Mister_Samsonite

Ай бұрын

A very prolific one at that. She and her husband at the time co-wrote so many hit songs for other artists in the 60's before she even thought of becoming a solo artist.

@ChuckHackney

Ай бұрын

One of the greatest albums of all time. Every song in Tapestry is a gem. God bless, Carole King❤.

@ChuckHackney

Ай бұрын

Once again showing off the superiority of the 70s, the greatest decade in modern music. By far.

@ChuckHackney

Ай бұрын

Runner up kudos to the 60s and 70s ❤❤❤❤❤

Carole is a national treasure. She’s America’s Lennon and McCartney. Musical genius.

Another excellent song from Carol. Buy her album Tapestry, it is one the must have records from the 70s. I am gonna recommend Carly Simon You're So Vain. She is James Taylor's ex wife.

@tomorrowhowever7488

Ай бұрын

Also by Carly Simon, "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be".

@susansharp985

Ай бұрын

While it is a common assumption that King and James Taylor were romantically involved and/or married, they never even dated. King credits Taylor for helping her build the confidence to perform for live audiences; up until their friendship, she was far more comfortable out of the spotlight.

@mslisadianemorse

Ай бұрын

Tapestry! Lord, I remember my mom having that album.

@ahunter3

Ай бұрын

It's one of those rare albums that isn't a Greatest Hits compilation but every damn song on it is absolutely incredible. Amazing songwriters, great singer.

Danny Kortchmar along with Waddy Watchel, Leland Sklar and Russ Kunkel are incredibly well known and well-respected session musicians who backed Jackson Browne, Stevie NIcks, Linda Rondstadt, James Taylor, Christopher Cross. Carly Simon, Carole and many others.

@meyerhave

Ай бұрын

The recording studio version personnel on "IT'S TOO LATE": Carole King - piano, vocals Curtis Amy - soprano saxophone Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar - conga, electric guitar Charles "Charlie" Larkey - bass guitar Joel O'Brien - drums Ralph Schuckett - electric piano

@mgonzales56

Ай бұрын

You should react to anything from the "Linda Ronstadt Live in Hollywood-1980" concert. Every song is totally amazing. She uses the same guitarist that is playing here with Carole.

@laudanum669

Ай бұрын

I got to hang out with Keith Richards and Waddy Watchel in their hotel room after a "Expensive Wino's" (Richards other band) show. It was awesome just listening to their stories.

@cherylbalmas4901

3 күн бұрын

Amen to that! Great musicians!

The studio version is unbelievable!!

The studio version of this song with the sax solo is such a total jazzy groove.

The soundtrack of our lives. Such a great classic tune. Simplistic, yet artistic.

The "TAPESTRY" album is arguably one of the most important albums to ever be created.

Britt…you really need to download Carol’s Tapestry album. The producer of the album kept it simple, no over production at all. It’s a masterpiece😊👍🏼👍🏼

The entire LP "Tapestry" is gold, a masterpiece.

You would also love to hear Carly Simon she is another great singer,songwriter, musician who just happened to have been married to James Taylor at one point in her career. She has a lot of great songs to pick from and she also did a duet with James Taylor. Hope you get to experience her talent as well.

I grew up to this song playing on the radio every day! for many months!

Carole King "Smackwater Jack" 🔥❤️🔥

Carole sings It's a Pleasant Valley Sunday, on that set, the song she wrote for the 60s TV band The Monkees. Think you would love it Brit. 😅

From the legendary Tapestry album ❤❤

I missed you, Britt. Hope everything is well! Welcome back! The 70's were the best for music, as you know!!!!

Carol wrote "Natural Woman" for The Queen of Soul, Miss Aretha Franklin. Please check out Aretha's Kennedy Center Honors performance of Natural Woman that she sang to honor Carole. It was one of the best musical moments of our lifetime. Period.

When her album Tapestry came out I practically wore the grooves off of it. It was a daily dose of awesome for me. She is everything she appears to be and always has been. One of my idols growing up who helped my singing creativity. 🤟🏼

Carol King is a brilliant singer/songwriter.

Carole King is an American original, you have good taste, order the CD "Tapestry" and you will own her best work.

Just a reminder Britt, there's another piano based singer-songwriter from the 60's named Laura Nyro, she wrote songs for the 5th Dimension (Wedding Bell Blues) she helped Patti LaBelle's group LaBelle get discovered by a national audience before they got big having them back her on a album. Check out her live tv version of Save the Country when you can.

This live version is incredible!

She is many of great artist that came from Queens NY 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Just want to say thank you.When you said that she wasn't selfish with her talent,it really struck a chord with me. I'm back writing again.

This woman is iconic! And she is gentle and kind by the way she writes. She was the sound-track to my life. And . . .you're right, the studio edition is pretty perfect.

Be sure to watch the Kennedy Center Honors when she was honored for her career and all the performers who sang all the great songs she has written

When I was in college I noticed that everyone had her records in their collection. She had a record called Tapestry and everyone had that record. She’s incredible!!!

Carole King is an incredibly gifted Singer/Song Writer. I can't think of any of her compositions that I do not like. I grew up in this era, I'm reliving my teenage years when I hear this kind of music. Carly Simon is another lady you need to listen to.

She is a gifted singer/song writer ❤️ One of my all time favorites from the 1960’s - 70’s

One of the biggest hits of 1971 (#1 all over the world) and "Record of the Year" at the Grammys. It was the lead-off single from her monstrously-successful "Tapestry" album. The other songs performed at this venue were also from that best-selling, Grammy-winning album. Carole had been writing hit songs (with her then-husband) for others since her late teens. Although she released her own single here and there with minor success but her voice and look never seemed to have major commercial appeal. But then with the arrival of the "singer/songwriter" era of the '70s she got the chance to shine as she fit right in. This song's music was written by Carole and the lyrics by Toni Stern. (Carole and her then-husband Gerry Goffin wrote the classic Shirelles song "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" back in 1960 when she was 19 or so, and she recorded her own version for this album.)

Carole, great song writer of my lifetime.

This is the first Carole King song I remember hearing on the radio, so many years ago…so sad and beautiful. 💙💙💙

This song by Carole King was very prominent in my childhood. Her, Karen Carpenter, and Elvis Presley were the voices to me back then. The studio version of this song is very much worth giving ear to. Go and have the day you deserve. 😊 Bye!

The greatest female singer songwriter ever IMHO!

You should do Linda Ronstadt's HURT SO BAD with this guitarist, Danny Kortchmar, playing lead.

#Elvis Britt, I’ve just discovered the very best video of Elvis I’ve ever seen! Funniest Moments Compilation - 68 Comeback Special

before you even hear a note you know this is an artist who commands. only a stellar embodiment of true musicianship is going to be given a piano of that length and caliber. keep that in mind when you see live shows and reacts

The piano is a 9 foot concert grand. I got more dates in high-school back in the late 70's because I was a Carole King fan. Such a wonderful voice and great song writing skills she has.

Carole's PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAY is such a favorite of mine. It was first recorded by The Monkees in 1967 and went to #3 on the Hot 100 chart. Carole later performed it in concerts and subsequently recorded it, too. Many Live performances of her on the you-tube.

My favorite song of hers is still and will always be Will You Love Me Tomorrow. I was so fortunate to see Beautiful on Broadway in NYC.

@brittreacts

Ай бұрын

Mine too!

I saw the stage performance 'BEAUTIFUL' about the life of Carole King and it was phenomenal.

Love Carole King!! Brilliant artist!!

Her songs Tapestry, Way Over Yonder and Smackwater Jack are among my favorites from the album. They didn't get radio air play. She is a master storyteller. She also had appearances in the hit tv series, Gilmore Girls. She ran a music shop in the town. Took my daughter for her 12th birthday to Carole's concert 33 years ago. It was incredible. Still have my original vinyl.

Carol King is such an icon

One of the all time great songwriters. Wrote music for many other bands

I thought I died and went to heaven when I found Spotify! So many of these classics are on my playlist....Let the music play! So beautiful ur❤ Love 41another J

I love Carole King. I grew up with my mom playing her around the house. You should check out Tapestry. It’s one of my favorites and that album is top notch. On a side note… I took a music history class in college and we learned about the Brill Building in New York. Which was a building that they would pair or solo writers in the 50’s and 60’s. Some of her songs are: ”Where the Boys Are,””Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,””You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'” and “On Broadway”. The Brill building is a staple in music history. Most of the songs released that hit #1 came from writers writing in the building. ✌️ ❤

If you ever have a chance to see the musical play called BEAUTIFUL, you should go see it. It is Carole's story. It's a wonderful musical.

@sheayankee

Ай бұрын

I do not know exactly where you live, Britt, but, if you can , I agree with Bethscott8027, try to check out BEAUTIFUL in Philadelphia. It will be playing at the Walnut Street theater.(April 13- May 5) I have seen it twice and will see it again in Philly in a a couple of weeks. It is an amazing show!

@Butterflyandhearts95

Ай бұрын

I got to see it in NYC back in 2015. It was so good. My first and only Broadway musical. What a treat for it to have been Beautiful!

I've played piano for as long as I can remember. My grandpa was a southern Baptist Minister and I'd play in church. When I heard this woman on the piano, I had a completely different focus. I wanted to play just like her! And with enough practice I actually thought it was achievable! 😅😅 I was 8 years old and way over confident. I'm STILL practicing, 45 years later! 😅😅

To begin, Joni Mitchell "Woodstock live in studio 1970". (She's 81 now!) Amazing songs, played and wrote for the most acclaimed artists and jazz artists of her generation.

When I was a kid I liked this song because to me, too late sounded like Kool-Aid

Danny Kortchmar is a studio musician who has played on albums and has toured with some of the biggest artists including Carole King, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne. He was SO in demand in the 70's and 80's. I think he still tours with James Taylor. The studio version has background vocals (mostly done by Carole) and some percussion that is not in this live version.

You have the Carole King vibe bad!! I still haven't recovered since 1971 when this was first released. I bought the vinyl, played the heck out of it, then just recently bought the CD to play in my car, it is classic chill music. She is iconic in more ways than just Tapestry.

she is special! so gorgeous! i feel so lucky to have 2 original copies of this album!

She wrote one of my favorite songs. It’s call The Porpoise Song and it was performed by the Monkees. She wrote a few songs for them, among other artists. Anyhow, you should check it out, especially if you’re not familiar with them!

Never thought that Carole was a great singer but she did have her own style and was instantly recognisable.

She was the Queen of lyrics

She is just down to earth and fun IRL. She wrote and performed the theme song to Gilmore Girls. She was a guest star on a few episodes too, even a couple of the same episodes that Sebastian Bach was in.

I see @radiocity80 also mentioned Laura Nyro, who along with Carol wrote so many enduring hits, both grew up in the NYC area, Carole was born in Manhattan 1942 & Laura was born in the Bronx 1947 (a section of Manhattan). There must've been something in the water. Along with Carly Simon (daughter of Simon of Simon & Schuster the book sellers), born in 1943 in Manhattan, all three women created great personal music in the 1960/70s that will never get old. You can do a deep dive on them. Also Maria Muldaur was born in 1942 in Greenwich Village, New York City is an excellent singer most known for her hit "Midnight At The Oasis", she has created a lasting string of albums that showcase an amazing voice in many styles. Melissa Manchester born in the Bronx in 1951 is another great vocalist, check out "Oh Heaven (How You Changed Me)" from her Bright Eyes album.

Carol King Tapestry is an incredible album. This came out my last year in high school. Still have it in my collection.

@devildog5354

Ай бұрын

1971 a great year in music...

Carole used to come to a sushi bar I managed back in the 80’s, and she definitely is so nice and down to earth.

When the album "Tapestry" came out, we played it over and over and over again. Most everyone had this album and every tme we hear the beginning cords, it is part of us.

This song always chokes me up... it's so sad, but brilliant.

Carol King (Legend) Song writer Producer Singer ❤

The song is so true ; when it’s too late , it’s too late.

Abt a year ago, my son (20), was driving to junior college 1 day a week abt 45 minutes away. He would take that time to listen to a new artist. One day, he comes home and goes “hey mom”! How come you guys never told me abt Carole King??? He loved her! (He used to listen to a lot of rap as a football player. With Covid, he rediscovered his love of music, snd now is pursuing a degree in music production. Was previously considering playing college football! He now loves jazz, blues, loves Chet Baker, bought a trumpet to learn!

I love the movie Crooklyn too. The dynamics between those kids always cracked me up.

The studio track is excellent. With it, you also get drums, congas and a tasty soprano sax. All tastefully done. The entire Tapestry is great (obviously).

Brit is back and loquacious as ever!

Crooklyn is in my top,10 !!

Any 50’s or 60’s song that had “Goffin/King” on it noted as songwriters (and there were many) were her and her ex. Legendary.

That album, "Tapestry", is one of my favorite albums of all time. So many fantastic songs on it, including It's Too Late, which I believe was the first single from the album to be released---maybe 1971, if I remember right. After hearing it on the radio, I went out and bought the album.

I recommend you to check out Laura Nyro, she also is a brilliant singer-songwriter, pianist. She may not be as well known as Joni Mitchell or Carole King, but believe me, she's amazing.

Crookland is a great film! I grew watching it too. I also grew up loving this song. Carol King is amazing this is one of my favorites of hers. Great reaction Britt ❤

This song reminds me of when I see old 70s New York movies and they are moving across the landscape taking in the sights and the people. It has that nostalgic and melancholic vision of 70s New York for a Scotsman who's barely been to Spain 😂

Her record ,,,tapestry is legendary

In the 1960s, with King composing the music and Goffin writing the lyrics, the two wrote a string of classic songs for a variety of artists.[37] King and Goffin were also the songwriting team behind Don Kirshner's Dimension Records, which produced songs including "Chains" (later recorded by the Beatles), "The Loco-Motion", "Keep Your Hands off My Baby" (both for their babysitter Little Eva), and "It Might as Well Rain Until September" which King recorded herself in 1962 - her first success, which charted at 22 in the US and 3 in the UK

She wrote or co-wrote 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

Thanks for reacting to more Carole King! On this one, Toni Stern wrote the lyrics and Carole King wrote the music. ❤

chills. still, after hearing it countless times.

Missed you Britt! I think this live version was better than the studio

The studio version is so, so good, especially from the instrumental side ❤

Her big album was Tapestry. She also wrote Will You Love Me Tomorrow? for the Shirelles.

This song is from her landmark LP, "Tapestry "

Carole King was initially a reluctant performer, preferring to write and co-write hits for other performers, including one smash for her and her husband's babysitter 'Little' Eva Boyd. King frequently recorded demos of the songs she and her husband wrote, some of which were written with specific artists in mind. One such demo gave her her first hit when 'It Might As Well Rain Until September", which they wrote for Bobby Vee to release as a follow-up to his hit with their "Take Good Care of My Baby" was instead released 'as is' by Don Kirchner on his Dimension label. By the time Bobby Vee recorded "September", Carole King's demo had taken hold, so his cover was consigned to his upcoming album. Encouraged by friends throughout the late 60s to sing rather than sell her songs, King's 1971 album "Tapestry" charted for six years, a record for a solo female artist until Adele's "21" , released in 2011, surpassed it in 2017.

Danny Koochmar, James Taylor and Carole all played on James Taylor's and Carole's recordings

I grew up in Canada and I was born in the 60s. I believe black & white. We are so much. I'll like I don't know. I think they lied about us because if you watch or listen to music from way back you'll know that they want it to divide us, but music tells the story. God bless love your reactions. Don't stop keep strong and stay safe.❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🕊

Tapestry is a masterpiece album.

That's why they call 'em Grand Pianos. You should hear the studio version. Great sound.

This is one of the most beautiful songs she has ever recorded. Carole is a national treasure. I bought her album "Tapestry" when I was in high school in the early 70s and played it so many times. Check out "Been to Caanan", "Up on the Roof", and "Will you still love me Tomorrow." It reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts.

Great to have u back. Ur wound up like a 2 dollar watch Love to see u this happy.u just made my day. I'm 80 years old and u made me feel like I was 20 again

@brittreacts

Ай бұрын

That is awesome!

Her album Tapestry is one of the best albums ever made. Every single song is fantastic. It was one of the albums that lasted the longest in the top 100. She is so wonderful.

This is fun to play despite the subject matter. It's a great folk melody playing over this moving jazz chords structure beneath it and as you said the funky bass and jazz guitar. So much rhythm and no drums. How many noticed zero percussion, not even an egg shaker. That's how talented she was.

@Sagitarria

Ай бұрын

She really understood the pianos ability as percussion

Tapestry the album was my favorite.I wore ths song out

I said it before and I'll say it again....This Woman is a American Treasure

Men always figure out what's wrong with a relationship a day after it's too late. We suck at reading the signs of decay in a relationship and by the time we figure it out, it's usually too late.

It had been too long since I last heard this song. What a great writer she was!