As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

#139 Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow – Carole King (1971)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8KlYc0xG80
 
If someone co-writes a song that someone else takes to #1, and then records the song herself 10 years later, should that be classified as a “cover version”?
 
I guess it doesn’t really matter. I love the Shirelles, and their original 1961 version of this song is pretty great, but Carole King’s slowed-down rendition on Tapestry is even better, especially the exquisite backing vocals by Joni Mitchell and James Taylor.
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