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All Friends are invited to attend the latest episode, with (as illustrated) Pogo, Randy Newman, Carol King, Dr Hook, and the Fraggles. Also the great Quaker Friend Willima Penn. And the usual guests: Kinks, Dylan, RLS. And not least, two pieces from my friends, Marc Copland and Emma Chapourian.
Songs of Pogo [Soundtrack] (Walt Kelly, “Man’s Best Friend”)
Toy Story (Randy Newman, “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”)
Tapestry (Carole King, “You’ve Got a Friend”)
Completely Hooked – the Best of (Dr Hook, “I Don’t Want to Be Alone Tonight”)
New York Trio Recordings 3: Night Whispers (Marc Copland, “Emily – Take One”)
The Kinks – The Ultimate Collection (Kinks, “See My Friends”)
Down in the Groove (Bob Dylan, “Rank Strangers to Me”)
John Wesley Harding (Bob Dylan, “The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest”)
Fraggle Rockin’ a Collection (Fraggle Rock, “Friendship Song”)
Tags: "I Don't Want to Be Alone Tonight", "It's an owercome sooth", "Rank Strangers to Me", "You've Got a Friend in Me", "You've Got a Friend", Carole King, Dr Hook, Dylan, Emma Chapourian, Fraggle Rock, Frankie Lee and Judas Priest, Friendship Song, Fruits of Solitude, Kinks, Marc Copland, New York Trio, Pogo, Randy Newman, RLS, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sappho Moon, See My Friends, Toy Story, Walt Kelly, William Penn
I agree with what you say about ‘You’ve Got a Friend’, but the music is wonderful–which one listens to accompanied by stray comments of the text. Not being musically very literate, I can only say I enjoyed the simple blocks of chords at the beginning that give one the feeling of (for once) being able to understanding such a piece of temporary sound-architecture. And then became increasingly intrigued by the subtly complex harmonies and counterpoints: violas (or cellos?), guitar, and other instuments I didn’t catch. Carol King has crescendos for the most sentimental words – yet the, independent of the words, the wave-like patterns of louder and softer passages are attractive in themselves.
Well, there you are. You enact the principle that “Condemnation is non-comprehension”. You put yourself out to find the best in it, and you do find the best in it – unlike my grumpy prejudiced views!
Thanks