“My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue, an everlasting vision of the ever changing view”- Carole King, born in New York on February 9 1942, started her career as a Brill Building songwriter. During her career at the Brill Building, King wrote most of her songs with her husband Gerry Goffin. The duo successfully wrote more than two dozen chart hits (Wikipedia), until 1968 when the couple separated. As a result of the split King chose to move across the country to Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles. According to critic, Douglas Wolk this is where “she was drawn into the singer-songwriter scene associated with [the] West Hollywood club the Troubadour.” Although some might argue that King’s main influence in pursing her own singer-songwriter
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And this generosity is so extraordinary that perhaps we can give it another name: passion.” The passion displayed by King’s vocals and lyrics elevate the impact of many of songs on the album. Douglas Wolk wrote “Tapestry was the kind of album in which listeners could hear their own lives reflected”, King was able to do this by producing a autobiographical album, that told her “story.” In contrast one might justify King’s success mainly on the events prior to her albums release, in 1971.During the 1960’s politics played a huge role in music, the Vietnam War resulted in a generation opposed to war, this meant music also expressed anti-war content. Even King contributes some of her success to this stating, “It might have been the Vietnam War, the violence, the cultural divide,” and “People around the world have told me Tapestry helped them reconnect with basic human feelings when they really needed that.” After King’s Tapestry release the singer-songwriter genre became more popular and artist like Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon also released successful albums between 1970-1972. The female presence in the singer-songwriter genre did not go unnoticed by critics and they attributed it to the “gentler” quality of the music. (Brackett). In Tapestry King challenges the issues of gender and feminism with the lyrical content of her
And this generosity is so extraordinary that perhaps we can give it another name: passion.” The passion displayed by King’s vocals and lyrics elevate the impact of many of songs on the album. Douglas Wolk wrote “Tapestry was the kind of album in which listeners could hear their own lives reflected”, King was able to do this by producing a autobiographical album, that told her “story.” In contrast one might justify King’s success mainly on the events prior to her albums release, in 1971.During the 1960’s politics played a huge role in music, the Vietnam War resulted in a generation opposed to war, this meant music also expressed anti-war content. Even King contributes some of her success to this stating, “It might have been the Vietnam War, the violence, the cultural divide,” and “People around the world have told me Tapestry helped them reconnect with basic human feelings when they really needed that.” After King’s Tapestry release the singer-songwriter genre became more popular and artist like Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon also released successful albums between 1970-1972. The female presence in the singer-songwriter genre did not go unnoticed by critics and they attributed it to the “gentler” quality of the music. (Brackett). In Tapestry King challenges the issues of gender and feminism with the lyrical content of her