Carly Simon - I Get Along Without You Very Well

[@lenciciocityscapeart4954]

Way ahead of its time before any rock artists did songs from the great American songbook, it went below the Top 40 Billboard charts. So much for public taste. I guess the public didn't quite get it then but Carly did! So unique in her delivery technically and emotionally. I so wish that she would have toured in those days.

[@geogrehui5589]

Most of the songs in this album l loved then. I still love them now.

[@maureenmartin4730]

So sad to hear her sing this song… beautiful… how can she hold it together???😢 her best song… ever!just gorgeous….

[@geogrehui5589]

Wow! 40 odd years ago l 1st heard this album. I was mesmerized. I still am.

[@freemangriffin4953]

Carly should have won a Grammy for her vocals on Torch - it's such a brilliant album with stunning vocal performances!

[@coralprincess25]

Don't make me pick a favorite song from this album! Torch delivers song after song and never lets up! This album was so ahead of it's time. It is one of the largest gems in Carly's crown.

[@MarkBlackburnWPG]

The simple truth. Every track, "song after song" each one a gem "in Carly's crown."

[@Fernando-em7tl]

Bravo!

[@JanMike9]

Hoagie + Carly = perfection. Hauntingly, achingly gorgeous.

[@robsheehan5313]

Love Carly's version, sung with such emotion. All of Carly's work is incredible

[@helios1912]

Carly's eyes at 1:13 speak to all humanity...a velvet sledgehammer of a song

[@mrkennethj7232]

so terrific.poigant and perfect

[@ricardovmonteiro]

I think this is the best version of "I Get Along Without Very Well". It's absolutely... impeccable. A beautiful woman singing a beautiful song. What's not to love about it? Cheers!

[@WGB3019]

It’s important to remember that relationships are not scientific or make sense - nor does this thing we call love evolve into a program or a mathematical equation. The feelings remain the same from year to year and from age to age. We need each other even as we can’t live with each other.

[@seano8634]

Well said

[@thomasstewart5364]

On the United Airlines headset on the midnight flyer every other week SFO to NYC and back in 1981 to see Molly, a fabulous investment banker.

[@bootsarmstrong8421]

I didn't know this video existed. First time watching it. Much needed song for recent break up. The whole album is great for heartbreak and crying 😢 😭 💔

[@Shan1956]

"I get along without you, of course I do." This is a testament to good songs.

[@stephenbarry5196]

Stephen. I had a relationship that broke my heart. I cry like a baby everytime I hear Carly sing this.

[@danielbrosky]

This is still one of my top fave albums. I take it with me wherever I travel. Thank you, Carly, for this expressive, deep and moving album.

[@dorinalindsay5169]

How can I ever forget the guy that gave me this song . I cry every time I hear the song, but also reminds me of one of the happiest day of my life when I met him.

[@WorldCupWillie]

What happened to him?

[@ricardovmonteiro]

So many bittersweet memories... I never saw this video before, but a few years ago I found "Body And Soul" here in KZbin. It's been removed since, which is a pity because it's a wonderful companion to this. Carly is a feast to eyes and ears.

[@rebjasguy]

Just played several versions of this number. I dont really think any compare remotely to this version.. There is some magic about Carly Simon - her voice her persona. Her voice brings emotions to the surface like no other singer.. Pity she didnt travel the world more to spread her talent around. Perfection...

[@spoofmusic2010]

I have to agree with Sulynn1955 truly the most haunting and saddest version of this classic song-I tend to burst into tears every time I listen to it and I,m a mature male in my late60s you see many years ago there was a lady friend of mine whom I was emotionally rather mean to-and this song reminds me of those days,so yes this beautiful haunting version actually breaks my heart as the lovely lady whom I owe so much 2 passed away without me having the chance to ever 2 speak with her again-

[@bsymons517]

I love this version. I think it's the best.

[@karinturkington2455]

I love Carly Simon. I have turned to her music since I was age 18 and I am now 65. I still love her as much as ever.

[@Swampzoid]

Carly totally nailed this one with true emotion and talent.

[@shawncarroll5255]

I picked up the LP when I got my first serious music system, several years after it came out. I just loved the music, but I had no idea she was recording this as her marraige to James Taylor was breaking up. Now about 35 years later and going through the same, and it brings me back to this song.

[@ginafox5823]

My favorite version of this song. Thanks Carly!

[@Deborah-u7y]

so poignant and heartfelt. Hoagy Carmichael sure pulled this one out of the bag. millions of people could so relate to the lyrics of this song and im one of them. thankyou Carly for your wonderful recording of a song that was written so long ago [ think in 1938 ] with love from me in the UK xxxx

[@maxnoone794]

Brilliant cinematography and editing.

[@maxnoone794]

Also one of the greatest Torch songs ever written. Maybe the best.

[@SStone-dm7es]

One of the hardest songs to sing without crying! Carly does a great version.

[@drewby613]

Gorgeous. What a wonderful experience hearing her and seeing her at the peak of her powers again.❤️

[@skateitalian]

Maybe it's unfair to compare female with male singers, but no one! sings this song like Matt Monro. That's not to discredit Carly's version; it's delightful. Matt had a voice that made me a fan the first time I heard him. Everything he sang was near perfection - smooth, great tonal quality, exquisite phrasing, just the right emotion. You name it, Matt had it. He died in the late 1980's at 54, No one can ever take his place!

[@michaelgillette4652]

CARLY is great all her music is as far back as I can remember at my age of 66

[@maureenmartin4730]

She could have written it herself… poor Carly .. so sincere and painful… heartbreaking song…😢

[@Swampzoid]

here again to watch and listen to this wonderful wonderful video. love it so much.

[@davidhiggen3029]

Great performance but there seems to be some distortion on the audio in this version. Probably not on the original recording?

[@susancharlton6926]

Yeah it is true..the poem was about the husband who wrote those lines to his wife after she died, and he never told her that he loved her all the years they were married

[@kjkmpmm]

Oh, how I cried many tears to this song in 1981.

[@RobGa66]

The first time that I saw this video (and heard this song) was right after the VH-1 channel debuted in 1985 and they played videos 24/7. A very good song.

[@johnlawrie2721]

I don't care about the negative comments,this in my estimation is a beautiful version and the backing is just perfect

[@annbugbee5623]

I don't either,She sings Beautifully and Sings,With such Emotion. Walter B.Memphis ☝️💾🌟☝️🍎

[@MarkBlackburnWPG]

Carly Simon introduced my generation to this song. Until her album TORCH was released the summer of '81 no popular singer of Carly's stature was having anything to do with the 'Great American Songbook.' As if to say, “You haven't forgotten Carly's version, have you?” -- the intuitive genius of KZbin sent this my way, reminding me that it is, after all, a 'girl song' - composed by a woman who'd lost her husband; on the basis of her poem Hoagy Carmichael wrote his poignant lyric. ---- I see my namesake reviewed this one “3 years ago” and included a personal anecdote from 40 years ago: "I remember playing Carly's version for my musical father on the cassette player in my car, circa 1984. He wasn't fond of the arrangement - with the same monotonous 'pedal point' note played on piano throughout, from beginning to end. He was a traditionalist and I see his point. Still, for sentimental reasons, Carly's rendition remains my 'other favorite.' Yours too?" Wikipedia note: Torch is the 10th studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Warner Bros. Records, in August 1981. It was Simon's first album devoted to standards, namely torch songs, relating unrequited love or rejection. The album also features one Simon original, "From the Heart".[1] The album was recorded during her marriage breakup to James Taylor, which was announced shortly after the release of the album. Thanks for sharing Carly Simon. Celebrated elsewhere this day (3/25/2024) search " Great Melody, Great Lyric, Great Rendition, Songwriting Workshop, Harmony Central " kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWHCaaqoiK-Krq8

[@MrAnthonyVance]

My gosh this was lovely ... song, words, style, all of it ... Carly is such a looker, too ... applause!

[@humanekt]

Have loved Carly since I first heard Anticipation all those years ago. Great singer. Great song.

[@thomasstewart5364]

A wonderful old Hoagy Carmichael song that she does so brilliantly.

[@luckyman1071]

Wonderful. Marty Paitch made this gorgeous and heartbreaking arrangement.

[@wst89]

@mikwid Me too! It was 30 by 30 kid flicks on HBO family, that was the name of the show. It was a show about kids making movies and submitting them to the show! I do remember the dog clip and it made me sad every time I watched it!

[@haroldfrank404]

Dreamy.

[@maureenmartin4730]

Such a sad song😢great rendition … ❤

[@ladamedecoeur13]

for me it's the best one ...torch i love her she is just the best ...

[@gazono2]

@spoofmusic2010 You are gonna hate this, but Hoagy Carmichael based this whole song on a story about a couple who were married for a lot of years in middle America, but the guy could never ever tell his wife just how much he really loved her, and when she died he wrote these words....

[@ZZTopRockman]

no the poem was taken from a magazine, attributed to 'J.B.', later on they found the poet was a Jane Brown who unfortunately passed away just a day before the song premiered on radio.

[@Ibusers1]

This is one heck of a beautiful song with a whole lot of emotional meaning in it! I wish that music was like this today!

[@sojournergjo6436]

A very simple but beautiful, meaningful song. Carly did a fantastic job with it. One of my favorites from the Torch album.

[@tulipanoir]

I love this song version sung by her.Carly is and always will be A PLUS in tallent.

[@petrslivinski7481]

I can relate to her experiences that she puts so eloquently in words in the song. Every time I hear this song it sends shivers up my spine and goose bumps on my arms that bring back so many of life's memories and that soon tears flow down my face.

[@dariusmazaheri9305]

I know. It does the same thing to me. Why must love be so complicated and distant to all of those who had troubled childhoods/families? It's enough to think, "What's love anyway?"

[@MarkBlackburnWPG]

I second that emotion. Still goosebumps after all these years. Just posted a note of my own (couldn't sleep and Siriusly Sinatra just played this version of a song that Frank rescued from obscurity -- on his most famous album in 1955.

[@MissPetalaDewi]

definitely my favorite album by Carly.

[@ozzian2000]

My favorite version by far!

[@JamesKent]

Terrific song by Carly. I think it has great emotion behind it. Better than any I've heard and I love Frank, Linda...

[@MarkBlackburnWPG]

Like you, I love Frank's and Linda's renditions. But Carly's is "better than any other."

[@ranchoboyeros]

Torch is an underrated jewel

[@gloriacortesb1904]

Hermosa Mujer y un Gran Cantante Hermosa Música Maravillosa es un Sueño. Felicidades

[@MrOrthopedia]

This song makes me think of those I miss, and makes me want to cry. ;(

[@Metalhaid]

Such a gorgeous rendition of one of my favorite songs.

[@larrygentry]

As I recall, this was from an interview with Charlie Rose. She talked about recording Torch and played this and one other video.

[@traceyadby63]

I love that song and I love the album cover to the album TORCH . She had just split from her husband James Taylor .. There is a faceless man and she is clutching his arm in desperation .. Not looking at him , trying to make him stay with her !! A very user-rated album . These songs suit Carly's husky voice very well

[@tipathepackrapong4102]

Carly is one of the best singers

[@Swampzoid]

your voice your voice your voice i can't explain the beauty. thank you so very much.

[@mapsan1]

Another super song -by my favourite singer - with her soul and sound - my younger years spent with listening to her amazing lp:s

[@Swampzoid]

dreamlike and captivating

[@albertstagg9731]

swampzoid I

[@geetallygee5089]

Carly the beautiful❣️her rendition is perfect🌹♥️

[@froggyhaze]

this song moves me so. and only Carly does it this well.

[@sylviebertran8201]

I get along without you very well Of course, I do Except when soft rains fall And drip from leaves Then I recall The thrill of being sheltered in your arms Of course, I do But I get along without you very well I've forgotten you just like I should Of course, I have Except to hear your name Or someone's laugh that is the same But I've forgotten you just like I should What a guy What a fool am I To think my breaking heart Could kid the moon What's in store Should I phone once more No, it's best that I stick to my tune I get along without you very well Of course, I do Except perhaps in Spring But I should never think of Spring For that would surely break my heart in two What's in store Should I phone once more No, it's best that I stick to my tune I get along without you very well Of course, I do Except perhaps in Spring But I should never think of Spring For that would surely break my heart in two

[@usmctanks1]

very sad HBO young directors movie back in the 90's where a dog watched his owner (a young man) going off to college (done in animation) I still cry when I hear this song. Anyone know if it is on you tube?

[@nmulae]

@usmctanks1 Yes it is. Type in Ryan McCulloch Without You

[@maxywaxyred]

I agree with that sentiment. This is indeed one of my fave Carly albums. If there's any more videos from this album, put them up please!

[@eq8979]

❤❤❤

[@MarkBlackburnWPG]

But I should never think of Spring, for that would surely break my heart in two . . . Up early (to give my Valentine the knee rub she needed to fall back to sleep) and Siriusly Sinatra satellite radio had just played Carly Simon's recording of I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL my favorite ballad by Hoagy Carmichael (often credited with both the words and the music - but there's a story there). In 1981 Carly, who is my age, was the only popular singer to record an album of standards, or songs like this one that 'deserved to be standards' (it would be a few more years before Linda Ronstadt and Nelson Riddle would do three LP's worth of standards that sold six million copies). Yes, when Carly recorded “I Get Along Without You Very Well” she was effectively introducing this poignant song to fans our own age. I didn't know at the time that Frank Sinatra included it on his most famous album in 1955. He was the first important singer to record the song since it was introduced, then disappeared in 1939 (except for Hoagy singing the song on screen in 1952). He'd been given a poem by someone named Ruth Brown Thompson and borrowed a phrase or two from Chopin to give it a tune. He tried to track Ruth Brown Thompson down before its first performance on radio. He later learned she'd died the night before - not knowing how inspirational her poem of years earlier had been to the composer who gave us “Stardust.” Is it at KZbin, I wondered. Carly's version? Yes! Now, back to sleep! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWHCaaqoiK-Krq8 The brief Wiki entry - in its entirety "I Get Along Without You Very Well" is a popular song composed by Hoagy Carmichael in 1939, with lyrics based on a poem written by Jane Brown Thompson, and the main melodic theme on the Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op 66, by Frédéric Chopin.[1] Thompson's identity as the author of the poem was for many years unknown; she died the night before the song was introduced on radio by Dick Powell.[1] The biggest-selling version was a 1939 recording by Red Norvo and his orchestra (vocal by Terry Allen).[2] Carmichael and Jane Russell performed the song in the 1952 film noir The Las Vegas Story.[1]

[@jokinboken]

R.I.P to the composer of this song, Stephen Sondheim, March 22, 1930 - November 26, 2021

[@mrkennethj7232]

this is a hoagy carmichael song. Stephen Sondheim wrote the final song on Carly's beautiful album, Torch--Not a Day Goes By.

[@johnhi47]

It's a masterpiece!

[@josephbuczek9949]

♥️

[@Phoenix85006]

Hi! I totally read your comment and was looking forward to finally watching the video but alas, WMG has totally blocked it due to copyright laws :( I was SO excited! Thanks for trying. Maybe one of these days....

[@SJMunn]

She is fantastic ❤

[@saintcruzin]

@gazono2. Where did you hear that?? Not true, a fan sent him a poem (Mrs. Thompson) and he was so moved he wrote music to it! Look it up! One of Carlys favorite Lps was Frank Sinatras "We Small Hours" which has an excellent version of it!!!

[@JoyfulHearts1000]

I get along without you very well Of course I do, Except when soft rains fall And drip from leaves, then I recall The thrill of being sheltered in your arms. Of course I do; But I get along without you very well. I've forgotten you just like I should Of course I have, Except to hear your name Or someone's laugh that is the same; But I've forgotten you just like I should. What a guy What a fool am I To think my breaking heart could kid the moon. What's in store? Should I phone once more? No it's best that I stick to my tune. I get along without you very well Of course I do, Except perhaps in Spring; But I should never think of Spring For that would surely break my heart in two. Songwriter: Hoagy Carmichael

[@MarkBlackburnWPG]

Thanks, Dearly Beloved for taking the time to transcribe the words -- from a poem by Ruth Brown Thompson. Just posted a note of my own on the poignant back story to this great ballad by Hoagy (Stardust) Carmichael.

[@JoyfulHearts1000]

@@MarkBlackburnWPG Your nice note is much appreciated. I'll look for your post on the backstory.

[@helios1912]

@@JoyfulHearts1000 Those lyrics cut like a scalpel. I've hit repeat three times writing this. The haunting arrangement adds to the impact.

[@MarkBlackburnWPG]

Earlier this evening (as it does about once a year -- just for me, I'd like to think!) Siriusly Sinatra satellite radio played my "other favorite version" of I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL - from Carly Simon's very first album of standards, titled 'Torch'(has it really been 40 years?) My favorite - apart from the definitive version for Sinatra's 'In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning' album (1955). Sinatra rescued the song from oblivion and gave it a future. The simple truth: After its introduction in 1939, no important artist attempted the song; apart from jazz giant Chet Baker who recorded his version the year before Sinatra -- for an upcoming album “Chet Baker Sings” that wasn't released until a year after "Wee Small Hours" (1956). The Wikipedia entry in its four-sentence entirety tells us all we need really need to know about it: "I Get Along Without You Very Well" is a popular song composed by Hoagy Carmichael in 1939, with lyrics based on a poem written by Jane Brown Thompson, and the main melodic theme on the Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op 66, by Frédéric Chopin.[1] Thompson's identity as the author of the poem was for many years unknown; she died the night before the song was introduced on radio by Dick Powell.[1] The biggest-selling version was a 1939 recording by Red Norvo and his orchestra (vocal by Terry Allen).[2] Carmichael and Jane Russell performed the song in the 1952 film noir The Las Vegas Story.[1] I remember playing Carly's version for my musical father on the cassette player in my car, circa 1984. He wasn't fond of the arrangement - with the same monotonous 'pedal point' note played on piano throughout, from beginning to end. He was a traditionalist and I see his point. Still, for sentimental reasons, Carly's rendition remains my “other favorite.” Yours too? Most viewed version (257K views) and first offering this night at KZbin - an early video. Thanks for sharing Carly Simon. Celebrated this night at Sinatra Family - Forum - "Siriusly Sinatra" - MY FAVORITE VERSION, YOURS TOO? sinatrafamily.com/forum/showthread.php/50225-My-Favorite-Version-%28yours-too-%29?p=1300857#post1300857

[@djangorheinhardt]

Thanks for your reply and your informative post above.I have tried to get that radio station but it seems difficult in the UK .I really do like Carly's version as it is easy on the ears,and the arrangement is interesting and it is a lovely song.Funnily enough,Ian Fleming wrote the first James Bond book and said is description of Bond should be that he had looks resembling Hoagy Carmichael ,with dark hair falling over his right eyebrow.Jane Russell's version in the film is......er....passable !

[@mikwid]

@PHX99 - Wow! I remember that vid! I think it was the first time I ever heard this song. Where did I see it? On t.v? Don't remember...

[@bendonovan9244]

She's an amazing singer.

[@keyontedollison8547]

Love this version of her singing

[@mapsan1]

My music hero!!!

[@glammie4]

@treg1980 Do you now anywhere I can see the video. I loved it !!

[@momeara7482]

Beautiful.

[@tclkp28]

I think she recorded it best, that I've heard ,that is.

[@davidnorman4923]

So beautiful and seductive! Great singer!

[@Dan-vt3nk]

Sure sounds good. Reminds me of an old friend.

[@Hairmetallurgist]

@usmctanks1, yes the Claymation video of which you speak is called "Without You," a film by 14 year old Ryan McCulloch. It is a beautiful, heart-rending, sad video, but so very beautiful. It is, indeed, on KZbin.

[@saintcruzin]

@gazono2. Where did you hear that?? Not true, a fan sent him a poem (Mrs. Thompson) and he was so moved he wrote music to it! Look it up!

[@SJMunn]

She is the best❤

[@teeddd]

Smooth

[@BewitchCraft]

@tommybass40 I feel as though women of the 70s and 80s had something to prove. They weren't as concerned with being sexy but with being taken seriously and looked upon equally as men are in the work force and everything else. Which in turn is the sexiest thing of all, an independent confident woman. But now a lot of women are focused on just being sexy rather than being everything they can be. Which makes it unsexy and trying to hard. People are so consumed with looking younger these days.

[@joanakate7290]

I get along without you very well Of course, I do Except when soft rains fall And drip from leaves, then I recall The thrill of being sheltered in your arms Of course, I do But I get along without you very well I've forgotten you, just like I should Of course, I have Except to hear your name Or someone's laugh that is the same But I've forgotten you, just like I should What a guy, what a fool am I To think my breaking heart could kid the moon What's in store, should I phone once more? No, it's best that I stick to my tune I get along without you very well Of course, I do Except perhaps in spring, but I should Never think of spring For that would surely break my heart in two

[@c.brandonpolk9605]

that Claymation is how I first hear this song back in 2001

[@ElijahtheamazingGarcia]

30 by 30 kid flicks is where it's from

[@dariusmazaheri9305]

Same here. I first heard it from that short.

[@traceyadby63]

Here's one for you ... My lonve by the great Hoagy Carmichael xxxx

[@Bobb1699]

based on a poem by Jane Brown Thompson

[@glammie4]

Anyone know where I can find a video of the Song Hello Big Man that is on this CD, thanks

[@jackhillty]

my companion thru loss