Sunday Music: The Best of Carly Simon
Apr. 15th, 2012 02:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowAlbum Title: The Best of Carly Simon, Carly Simon
Why I Bought It: I bought the LP, um, almost forty years ago. I have a vague memory that I wanted "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be", but I could be mistaken. (I also have a vague memory of confusing her with Helen Reddy....)
What I Like (Melancholy): "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be". I once described this as the saddest song about accepting a marriage proposal that I'd ever heard, and I stand by that.
What I Like (Uplifting): "Haven't Got Time for the Pain". That last verse, when she lets out all the stops ("open up and drink in / All that white light pourin' down from the heavens!"), always cheers me up.
What I Like (Sassy): "You're So Vain". Just a classic.
What I Don't Like (Slightly Icky): "(We Have) No Secrets". "Often I wish / That I never knew some of those secrets of yours." You and me both, Carly.
Overall: A mixed bag. "Night Owl", "Attitude Dancing", and "The Right Thing to Do" don't do much for me. "Anticipation", "Mockingbird", and "Legend in Your Own Time" are good enough, I suppose, but really it's the three WIL songs above that make the album for me.
Why I Bought It: I bought the LP, um, almost forty years ago. I have a vague memory that I wanted "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be", but I could be mistaken. (I also have a vague memory of confusing her with Helen Reddy....)
What I Like (Melancholy): "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be". I once described this as the saddest song about accepting a marriage proposal that I'd ever heard, and I stand by that.
What I Like (Uplifting): "Haven't Got Time for the Pain". That last verse, when she lets out all the stops ("open up and drink in / All that white light pourin' down from the heavens!"), always cheers me up.
What I Like (Sassy): "You're So Vain". Just a classic.
What I Don't Like (Slightly Icky): "(We Have) No Secrets". "Often I wish / That I never knew some of those secrets of yours." You and me both, Carly.
Overall: A mixed bag. "Night Owl", "Attitude Dancing", and "The Right Thing to Do" don't do much for me. "Anticipation", "Mockingbird", and "Legend in Your Own Time" are good enough, I suppose, but really it's the three WIL songs above that make the album for me.
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Date: 2012-04-16 10:51 pm (UTC)Just because it was popular then.