You've Got a Friend - Carol King & James Taylor

[@francisclause4668]

Here I am in 2024 loving my TAPESTRY ALBUM!!! ❤

[@catherinekammerer7094]

Nothing better

[@tiffsaver]

It brings back so many great memories for me!

[@ronnyd011]

It's timeless!

[@Sally150]

My first album

[@tiffsaver]

In 100 years, if humanity is still around, we'll still be listening to it.

[@tiffsaver]

I only wish we had artists like this now, instead of those damned rappers. Anyone who agrees, please respond to this post with a big Thumbs Up.

[@leoniedejong9549]

I made Thumps up number 12, but in my mind I give you an extra 100 ;-)

[@rm3015]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@kashraoufi]

If you look close, I'm sure there is Love to be found somewhere in any music genre....

[@tiffsaver]

@@kashraoufi Like fuc*king bitches??

[@Smokey66s]

Did downfall of America begin with rap or cell phones?

[@davedzone]

Carole King was my mother in 1970 when I didn't even know what a mother was. She was warm, emotional, and involved. I still listen to Tapestry and know that we had a bond she didn't even know about.

[@edi489]

bless you.

[@Steven-dy8fo]

So nice

[@SousChef77]

So many of us had "Gloria Steinem as our "mother " back then..thank goodness that that skipped a generation, and that we have a few loving aunts to show us different. God is so Good!

[@rafaelfleitas5038]

After some 51 years, it´s still a joy to listen to these two as if no time has gone by. One of my favorite songs of all my times.

[@jhopyne1]

Ageless

[@edwardmccancio9936]

same here☺️☺️☺️

[@chrisullery3386]

Absolutely beautiful

[@ianwilliams2387]

Timeless

[@hortensepinto8963]

Past, present, future...

[@elizabethhu6955]

I live in Hong Kong and I am 70 years old now. In 1972, 52 years ago, I was studying late at 1 am at night for college exam, the radio back then was playing James Taylor’s You’ve got a friend.

[@damianofrancesconi1725]

Wrote by Carole King

[@jennymabrey8964]

same as me, but I was studying in N.Y.

[@SousChef77]

Anthem of that time, however, our time is Still now. Don't let the bad guys define us...or delete the truth that is. Let's decide that all of humanity come out and experience what we did. I hate that our grands live in a different world, an unsafe world , than we and our children did. It is time now for my generation to stop this madness...and we are doing it. Wake up people. Please. Stop watching TV, get online and look for alternative news. We were brainwashed too..but stopped watching TV/Cable in 2005. It is amazing to see the changes in our thinking! God has this and each and every one of us too...if we just accept His free gift of Salvation. He came for us. Eternity is forever.

[@christienelson1437]

@@damianofrancesconi1725For James Taylor.

[@paulbarton2515]

One of the greatest songs of all time. Thank you Carole for writing it and thank you James for making it famous. And thank you for singing it together.

[@patrickvanrinsvelt4466]

Phew. Big call there. Though I love James, Carol's writing and delivery had such raw pain behind it. So far Away is just classic

[@donrybak241]

​@@patrickvanrinsvelt4466 qaaaaa00

[@priscilapresotto1996]

Agree

[@priscilapresotto1996]

😢😢😢😢

[@carykillingbeck2874]

@@patrickvanrinsvelt4466 So's "Fire and Rain." And JT didn't exactly write that from a happy place when he was twenty-something. 😞

[@pattyj9985]

March 15 2024 and I'm here for it.. Again ❤

[@VaBeachVA-yl9km]

Where has the time gone? Life was so simple back then when these 2 extremely talented artists came to fame. I want those days back for my Grandchildren

[@Freshstart6354]

YOU SAID IT!

[@bms8360]

U a shithole

[@surfdogdude]

If you are as great as this woman, you have NO GLASS CEILINGS! Stop using this excuse! Just be a Carol King!

[@sandyhanneman7533]

Absolutely. Bring back the joy!

[@jimleonida6487]

Tear jerker... Still loving both of them after half a century

[@karenbittner3645]

I have been a huge fan of Carole and James for many decades. They are timeless…. I particularly love the interaction in this clip. Beautiful and harmonious unity. #lovecarolekingandjamestaylorr Bless you both!

[@jimrobert7239]

Hello 👋 Karen.

[@jadetabs]

Im lucky to have lived through this generation of music. Classics.

[@markcuffe4610]

This song epitomizes both of these geniuses. Because they clearly are true friends.

[@rickarra1833]

We know how great they are, but together, it's a ride to the moon

[@w-nordgren1598]

Memories from the 1970:th....one of my favorite

[@eg8419]

I had forgotten this recording...Thanks for bringing it back to me on November 1 ,2024 ! PEACE

[@VILJL]

Carole King is one of the most successful female songwriters in the US, she wrote or co-wrote 118 pop hits appearing on the Billboard Hot 100 over the latter half of the 20th centuryr. King scored her breakthrough with the album Tapestry, which topped the U.S. album chart for 15 weeks in 1971 and remained on the charts for more than six years. King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry, which held the record for most weeks at No. 1 by a female artist for more than 20 years. Her record sales were estimated at more than 75 million copies worldwide.] She has won four Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She has been inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a performer and songwriter. She is the recipient of the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first woman to be so honored. She is also a 2015 Kennedy Center Honoree.

[@rafaelortiz-sanoguet1420]

What for me is the most difficult part of growing old is the music, how in these times there is hardly any music that matters.

[@lilliancarilo]

God, I love James Taylor & Carole King

[@leefrancis190]

Legends

[@paulrainha9976]

And no one sings it better than James and Carol.

[@margaretfreeman1314]

Yes they are really Awesome...

[@Barry-ju2pc]

The friendship they have is amazing. You can tell they adore one another.

[@benjamindavid5681]

From a woman who broke through an almost invisible glass ceiling. It is difficult to describe a woman who wrote some of the best Urban rock of the 60's and then moves into a more upper middle class public acceptance. Perhaps she was 'marketed' differently as Jews moved into the middle class. However that history does not explain her beautiful music and her brilliant musicianship and genius as a composer! She is a brilliant musician and a beautiful performer. She is ageless.

[@1977asmara]

+Benjamin David it is a brilliant observation about Carole King!!!!!!

[@varigdc10]

+Benjamin David I made a comment to you somewhere else, I think Nancy Sinatra, Boots. I have another, Carole is just great, loved her for a long time, why is it that I still confuse her with Carly Simon?

[@carmelacaporossi]

So true..so talented...

[@sohnconduit]

No . Back in the day , writers were given assignments and listened to a " sound " , or songs already recorded by a group . The writers task was to write the next hit . The writer was a commodity contracted by the publisher . When Carol had a big enough ' Catalog ' of different material they often took the big risk of stepping out from behind the studio . For Carol , that came when she opened for James Taylor after he took off with "You've Got A Friend " , which she wrote for him . This was a step she took before " Tapestry " was released .

[@bullsnutsoz]

So so true my fried!

[@wandalozier8660]

These two are beautiful inside and out. Their music makes me feel so wonderful, especially at a very low place in my life right now.

[@rafaelfleitas5038]

Cheer up Wanda. That's what music is for, specially by these great singers.

[@lovelyhawaiigal]

Tapestry was one of those albums I used to play and sing to over and over and over as a teen. Carol is an icon for a reason! So many amazing songs that she recorded, and she is also incredibly talented as a songwriter. She's written songs that were perfect for her and for people like James, Aretha, The Drifters, Mariah Carey, and Donny Osmond! Her songs move us so much because they are real, just like her!

[@colinnutter8848]

One of the best albums ever just listen to how it's too late starts on the fade of the previous song just fantastic

[@patrickvanrinsvelt4466]

Me too. Sad to hear what these songs are about when she was still writing with her husband.

[@mifnp8887]

She is even more beautiful with age! Love Carole King.

[@paulpecchio5690]

This song performed by Carole King and James Taylor is to make you cry! This letter is pure poetry and sensitivity, typical of the genius James Taylor. I think I heard this song for the first time when I was about 12 or 13 years old, I believe that the end of the 60's and even today, when I listen, I get a strong emotion! How good music was made then! This Baldwin piano crying in the background is killing ... Thank you for everything, James, Carole, you are irreplaceable ... Who never needed a friend shoulder to cry on? Paul Pecchio, from S. Paulo, Brazil.

[@adelinat.guintodomantay8431]

We always have a friend in Jesus whenever our boat is tossed to and fro in our life's difficult journey. That's how I got the message of "You've Got A Friend." A song that is soul inspiring >when earthly friends failed us, we have one BEST FRIEND IN JESUS.

[@udz5480]

Thank you Carole and James, you made our lives happier.

[@honeybuckmine]

The strangest & greatest thing about these two is that they sound the same so many moons later...Their relationship is a magical friendship... The talent is just amazing, when they collaborate it's pure beauty for the ears..

[@martycech5844]

Agreed… Pure Musical Magic❤️❤️

[@springtimemarion]

Carole King is amazing. I love to hear her sing.

[@jeffreyspatzspatz3863]

Simple love and companionship never gets old especially these too

[@SousChef77]

j,T..just so you know..hubs and my song (We met in 75..married in '77) Is You've got a Friend)....just wanted you to know that and thank you Carole!!! We both had come off horrible divorces...God put us together..and now, almost 50 years later...we are STILL Best friends, thanks to Jesus! (P.S. Gorilla was awesome dude!)

[@kevinbarton1661]

I sang this at my dads funeral service . I only regret not singing it for him while he could smile and enjoy it and make me feel even better

[@reginawilliams2803]

It was meant to be,,,,I did meet James he needed a expesso it was 530 am but I acted like no big deal It was surreal he was staying at a resort I worked at

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

God bless you Kevin

[@michetrue-aspoonielife4me389]

Loved it back then when Carole sang it & loved it back then when James sang it. To see them sing together ❤️ is pure magic. If only you could capture moments like these and bottle them. They're worth their weight in gold. Xxoo You got a friend!

[@Cybi0]

If anybodyy doesn't understand the meaning of the word "friendship" : the definition is right here before your eyes guys !

[@joseluisdiazbarco5200]

Que inspiración para cantar, eres súper genial Carole King, te amo, que súper canción. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@johnmcgeady1205]

The most iconic song of all time.

[@edmundomandac1213]

I've been listening this song a hundred times...and i love it..

[@tonylordi7323]

Love this Singer along with her best friend The great James Taylor

[@jarodcarnarvon5198]

Both of them are legends!!!!

[@leticiam8804]

Yes❤️❤️❤️

[@tomgoodsite4499]

Same here. Are guys allowed to show emotion?

[@Ignazio-g3d]

La più bella canzone sull'amicizia di sempre, grazie carol e grazie james❤❤

[@debilynnphillips]

She is most definitely ageless!!! So well put!!! I love, love, love her works!!! All of them! :):) xoxoxo

[@amarelbarrow2500]

such a pure friendship

[@tihgger7466]

How I wish I had a friend like this song speaks of....I wish I had at least one friend...

[@afrhspook]

Classic, wonderful words sung by the best!! Love both Carol and James!!

[@avanderwalde]

no words can describe caroles beauty and energy! She still sounds incredible and James is perfect!!!!! If u can see this show its a once in a lifetime experience. You will be in heaven every minute.The audience sang every note along with them. It doesnt get any better than this show!!!!

[@josephdsilva5557]

May is just say, they are both gems, but my preference is the man's version, this even though this lovely talented woman wrote the song. Only James Taylor could sing this with so much feeling

[@KatrenaS]

This is an absolute treasure ❤

[@edwardlynch9973]

I've probably seen this clip 30 times in the last month, and every time he cuts in and she laughs I get teary eyed! 😂

[@hotbamboo1012]

Nothing ever touched me in my life more than the loving friendship ot these two most marvelous human beings. I just love both of them for what they contributed not only to music, but to the American lifestyle, and they just did it so easily, by just being who they are. Simply Magic.

[@VictorCapen]

What can I say but, you will really understand this song when, you really have a "friend".

[@bernardlong3740]

Music like this never dies!

[@arnelcrisostomo163]

She is a musical genius...

[@MrDancampbell60]

This is a song of hope and faith, it reflects all that is worthwhile. Carole King and James Taylor are great.

[@robertbiron5081]

what a great song

[@soonhqrun2683]

..friends of the world song ever forever..

[@theunboxer3986]

Indeed, hope and faith adding love and friends.

[@Tinkledrum]

this is how PROPER MUSICIANS DO IT GOD BLESS THEM

[@edwinak5771]

Dan Campbell great

[@richardshultis9626]

Two American music icons. We are blessed to still have them with us.

[@martingardner9124]

Yes. I got the chance to see them when they toured side by side over a decade ago.

[@ianmurray6798]

These two were simply magic together!

[@marcy3127]

A song that reminds me of my dear late sister, always there to be my friend when I was growing up. Miss you Kathy xxx

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Marcy, your comment brought a misty tear to my eye, I hope when you think of your sister it makes you smile and glad she was in your life, bless you

[@appletile2887]

She still has her voice......so nice

[@thebeastlacey]

My love, admiration & wholehearted respect for these two gifts from God cannot be overstated....❤️✝

[@roysimmons7426]

This song got me through a bunch of years. And then i would play a James Taylor song and keep driving across the country knowing deep down inside that it would all work out....and now that was 50 years ago.

[@aksickenberger702]

Every single time I hear Carol King and James Taylor sing this song, my heart is overcome...Tears of ??? fall from my eyes... Love, Karen

[@stadtverwaltungbergheim2177]

Karen Sickenberger einfach nur großartig,

[@liverpool1ization]

Well said

[@normsantos1274]

maybe it's indigestion?

[@jerrytyndall1274]

Yeah, tears in my eyes too! Whats better than a friend like they seem to be? So many memories w/this song, l love them both! Peace be to them!! Only wish I could go back to this time.

[@michaelcarlsson5773]

This is timeless ! Music and lyrics of the most basic thing in life.

[@87yugo74]

This is a timeless classic. To my friends that have moved on, I won’t forget you, see you on the other side.

[@markthemay8210]

This brought tears of joy to me. [sobbing and crying]

[@clarencemendonca579]

To my friends, Darryl, Henry, Clifton, Freddie, Dominic, Tony , Bede and Georgie. Takes me back down memory lane to the early 70s, day dreaming these tunes, all beauties. God Bless You, James Taylor, Carole King and of course, 'No Secrets - Carly Simon'

[@cibelerodrigues6435]

My favorite song . And He is a great singer.

[@2023FourRunner]

I Feel the Earth Shake under My Feet!! Thank You Carol and JT for Your Music!! Your Longevity Rocks

[@michaelc7880]

Nothing but pure class!

[@minodayo]

I've met this tune on 40 years ago. And I learned a lot, for my life. Thanks Carole, Thanks James. I love this tune. From Japan.

[@nimfabangay7318]

Beautiful friends singing together.❤️

[@barbaralemay30]

I love this song All I had to do is say Jim I need you and He would be here .I miss you Jim I look up to the sky to see you .

[@barbaralemay30]

It still hurts miss you xoxoxo

[@bougainvillefreedommovemen162]

It takes a great girl to call out to a male to ensure thru winter summer or fall they remain friends. Go Carol King it's Your Song and great that James Taylor is now supporting you. Go Girl Carol your voice and your right and yeah James T is finally backing you.

[@tangobango9653]

One of my favorite sons, one of the best ever written. Such a talented lady...Carole King!

[@norbertenderle8092]

Two Legends,so Beautiful ,when You havn'd Heard it For a Long Time IT Sounds so warm....Many Thanks For Upload

[@SuperJohntoo]

I saw James Taylor at an intimate open air concert in Haddington, Edinburgh, for my 40th birthday, I will neverforget that, totally amazing, and that was more than twenty four years ago. 😊

[@marlaschlom7634]

You both make me so happy. Songs of love, peace, and passion.

[@oliviareis1755]

Chame senhor !!!

[@Macspeg1234]

My ever favorite these couple....haizzz will ever in my hearts was in grade school that song was sp popular...now at 62 still luv it!!!🤣😍😍

[@inesbarros1944]

There’s no other singer that can sing so tender this James song!!🎶🎶❤️❤️ Lovely!!!

[@chrishowe2935]

She wrote it.

[@susanpanther6731]

@@chrishowe2935 I just said that aloud!

[@danw55]

James Taylor, better than anyone today, Carol King, a legend...

[@garcemac]

Two angels. Sent from heaven to make my life just a tiny bit better.

[@grmrpr8153]

Great full respect to this LADY..SHES THE BEST FOR ME....ITS BRING BACK MY MEMORIES SINCE 70'S...

[@dawns6]

This is my all time favorite with Carole King .

[@marielocigno8801]

❤C’est si beau 🥰…. Merci 🙏🏻

[@septemberquest6393]

One of the most beautiful songs written sung by icons in the industry....

[@TatayArnold]

This singer gave me long life how long u stay 2long my life 64 2 7o lovinng ur song extend my life

[@kavilivinglife]

Carol king. You got s friend. The best female voice all Times with Taylor. Oldies the goodies all time the best music ever the voice the piano I love it

[@RonWesterbeek]

Convincing soulmates, with an embracing bandstand. A pleasure ☺

[@cj0623]

I am almost crying hearing this song, especially when James Taylor appears

[@TerryMcGearyScotland]

We've all been there. Sometimes music like this is the friend you need.

[@diBundy]

what an incredibly beautiful woman

[@micheleabbas7101]

Oh merci pour ce souvenir tout en sourire 🕊un petit bijou 🎶

[@BillChild2njoy]

Anyone who has ever needed a friend should think of this song! I was at a concert in West Hartford, CT in the early 70's where James introduced an up and coming musical star and I guess he was right ! She is a stellar star!

[@revolverden]

Carol King was writing and singing songs since the 50's. Neil Sedaka even wrote "Oh Carol" for her in 1958 in an effort to ask her out, so she wasn't up and coming in the 70's. She was famous since she hit the stage in the 50's.

[@scotswanderer]

Revolver Den A few points: Her first single, 'The right girl' came out in 58. She was only 16, & it wasn't a hit. She became famous as a songwriter with her husband, Gerry Goffin, in the 60s, but not as a singer until 'Tapestry' in 71. Neil sedaka, had already dated her, in high school, when 'O Carol' came out. She married G. Goffin the next year, 59.

[@김흥백-h4t]

James, Carole, what a good couple ! beautiful song ! wow !

[@Joeltrejo62]

incredible duo. Thanks for the friendship and affection you taught us Carol and James. Sweet and meaningful melody

[@wilmawhite4152]

I love Carol King

[@davidellwood3097]

Me as well.

[@davidellwood3097]

Wilma White travesty one of my favorite albums

[@davidellwood3097]

I'm about to listen too. My name Cath. Dave my housemate.

[@kathleenrothwell5499]

Love this song

[@NigelPhillips-f4o]

I was fortunate in the early 70's that my older brother played James Taylor which started a lifetime love of this warm, talented human beings music. I have been lucky enough to see him several times over the years. I'm now nearly 63 and still in quiter, reflective moments, I find myself listening to him. Play secret o life when I'm done with this world and I will die a happy man. Bless you James! Xx❤

[@sunnyem2551]

NOTHING LESS THAN GORGEOUS !

[@ivettesaavedralopez7640]

Sunny Em. Muy ,muy buenas voces y temas que no se olvidan. Voz especial,la de Carole King.

[@mateomendoza6372]

My tears drop. I love James and Carol. I used to sing James songs. With my 🎸 guitar

[@eleanoraitken1207]

CAROL KING & JAMES TAYLOR HAVE THE BEST RENDITION OF THIS SONG

[@justinhealey7880]

It keeps me alive love it 🥰

[@ScatCatist]

Its so good to see these two performing together still. Brings back a lot of good memories.

[@rahard]

friendship at its best