Carly Simon - Stardust

I wish she'd include the Carmichael-Parish "Stardust" in her next album of standards (and maybe "The Way You Look Tonight").

Until then...

the Carl Bernstein song

the rock stardust! yay!

That album was crap except “Jesse”

Stardust is a great track.

It’s a weird album but there are some good tracks besides Jesse. Take Me As I Am would have been a strong single and James is beautiful (if dated as she sings so lovingly about her ex.) The Three of Us In The Dark is a good production though I’m not sure I’ve ever completely understood the lyrics.

Keeping in mind I'm a big fan, Carly won't be recording anything anytime soon. Her voice is gone - when she has performed during the last few years, it's all raspy, quivering and you can tell it's some effort for her to get the notes out. Apparently voice lessons were not available on the island, or else she didn't bother to take care of herself.

Her last album of all-new material was released in 2000. Since then, it's been the standards, re-recordings of her best songs, and compilations. She also released a two-disc set to accompany her memoir in 2015, which had one new song on it.

I doubt she ever releases anything "new" ever again. She's 74 and, without a record company behind her, I think the cost would be prohibitive for her. A big part of her success was the marketing such companies provided when she was in her prime. She lost millions to Kenneth Starr. She's even recently sold off part of her Vineyard property , which she's had since she and James were a couple.

However, she has great style as a writer and no doubt has several more books in her, if she wants to spill the beans more than she already has with the first memoir and the Jackie O book.

Okay so now it looks like the fucking Tatutm O fucking Neal queen has now turned into the goddamn Carly fucking Simon Queen. When are we going to be free of this evil that imprisons us all?

R7, that is really sad, but I guess it happens to most singers sooner or later.

The real Stardust sung by a real singer:

I remember that album (Come Upstairs) coming out and being very disappointed.

Carly was trying -- too hard -- to get on the "New Wave" bandwagon.

It wasn't a good fit. Although the title song was good and "Take Me as I Am" had very strong lyrics.

[quote]The Three of Us In The Dark is a good production though I’m not sure I’ve ever completely understood the lyrics.

I think it is about being with a man who is also seeing someone else. The invisible, other person who comes between you and is always there. That was the situation with her and James then.

I loved most of it but, man, "Them" is the worst thing she ever recorded.

r7, you forgot 2008's This Kind of Love. Although probably most people have.