First Time Hearing Carly Simon - That's The Way I Always Heard It Should Be - 1971 | Rere Reacts

My first time hearing Carly Simon - That's The Way I Always Heard It Should Be! 🔥
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[@ThistleAndSea]

Carly has a lot of great songs. Thanks for sharing this one.

[@davelandsman4768]

Welcome to Carly Simon. Beautiful, brilliant music.

[@NoirL.A.]

i can't really explain it or put it into words but music in the 50's, 60's and especially the 70's is just plain BETTER than anythang you would hear now. i know this girl who made this vid is younger but i wonder if she knows GEORGE HARRISON of THE BEATLES and ART GARFUNKEL of 'SIMON AND GARFUNKEL' are in this clip or how big and important they both were at that time..

[@NoirL.A.]

@@marciebulsaraorcutt to be expected i suppose there would really be no reason why they would know.

[@marciebulsaraorcutt]

@@NoirL.A. 😸Yes of course!😄

[@Sober2003]

Unbelievably beautiful and a distinct voice! And a beauty! I had a crush on her and listened to this over and over as a kid ❤

[@jokuz9133]

This song reminds me of my marriage. We had 3 k8ds & never got along

[@tmcmurdo826]

It’s funny that my wife and I were recently talking about Carly Simon. This is one of her early hits if I remember correctly. Her album “Boys in the Trees” was one of those records that everyone owned in the 70s. Now, nobody has heard of her. She had several big hits including “You’re So Vaine”, a song about actor Warren Beatty. Another is “Mockingbird” which she sang with her ex husband, James Taylor. “Nobody Does it Better” was a James Bond movie theme song, so she had a huge decade of hits. My mother was a 70s “Woman’s Libber” and I think of her when I hear this song. She and women like her were fighting for women’s rights. Girls were still expected to marry when they left high school. Girls going to college were mostly expected to get their MRS. Degrees. They couldn’t get a credit card, buy a car, or home unless their husbands signed the application for them. My mother tells the story of Dr.s refusing to give her birth control pills because it wasn’t proper for a married woman to want them. For a modern look at the women of that generation, listen to Natalie Merchant’s 2023 song Sister Tilly, where she laments the loss of the women from the 70s who fought for the rights that so many current conservative politicians are trying to take away from women.

[@RNDReacts]

It’s interesting to hear about Carly Simon’s impact and the connection to the women’s rights movement. I wasn’t familiar with her other songs or “Sister Tilly” by Natalie Merchant, but they sound intriguing. How do you think Carly Simon’s music reflects the changes in women’s roles over the years?

[@tmcmurdo826]

@@RNDReacts I think her music and the music of many female artists reflect women’s attitudes and issues as society changes. I mentioned Natalie Merchant. The two singers were a generation apart and the women of the two generations were concerned with different issues. By the time Natalie grew up, women didn’t have to get married and could have careers of their own. However, they struggled with the question of becoming parents. An ill timed pregnancy could destroy the career of women that for the first time in history had the choice of having careers outside of home. At the same time, women were discovering that their fertility was not something that would last forever…it couldn’t be taken for granted. If you decide to check out Natalie Merchant and the 10,000 Maniacs, they had a controversial big hit with a song called “Eat for Two” about a young woman that finds herself pregnant. She doesn’t quite know how she feels about it. The song doesn’t make any judgements either way, but the pro choice and pro life camps each thought the song was not to their liking and thus the controversy. Natalie was a deep thinker, observant human being, and had a once in a generation voice. She joined the band when she was 16, writing virtually all of their songs her self. Then after a decade or so, in the mid 90’s, she started her solo career with a massive solo album that contained several big hits. “Carnival” and “Wonder” being the two stand outs. “Wonder” is remarkable for being about a girl with Down syndrome. I think you will enjoy listening to her. I know this is odd coming from a 60 year old man, but I was lucky to have a liberal mother who damn well wanted her sons to understand that men and women were equal. She raised her sons to sew on their own buttons, hem their own pants, iron their own shirts, clean their own toilets, change their kids diapers, and cook their own meals. I think of them as good life skills. In our discussion, she also helped me to understand much of the music of my generation that many of my male friends don’t appreciate to quite the extent that I do. My mom was like my own private tutor in Women’s Studies”. She is now 84 and still full of energy and sound of mind. We regularly talk politics and current news. I don’t have to tell you that she is going to vote for Kamla Harris! :)

[@RNDReacts]

@@tmcmurdo826 Thanks so much for sharing all that! It’s fascinating to learn how music reflects the changing issues women have faced over time. I’ve never heard of Natalie Merchant or 10,000 Maniacs before, but your description really has me interested. I’ll start with the songs you mentioned, like “Eat for Two,” “Carnival,” and “Wonder.” Do you have a personal favorite among them?

[@tmcmurdo826]

@@RNDReacts “Carnival” and “Wonder” are my two favorites of the three that I listed. They are solo hits. Another Maniacs hit that was upbeat was “These are Days”. If you go looking for “Eat for Two for your own listening, there is a solo version that I believe was on a BBC program, where she is wearing red and sitting at the piano. It is a stunning performance and really gives a true impression of who she is. I only hesitate about the solemn subject matter for your channel on if you think you want to go there for a reaction otherwise, it’s gorgeous.

[@jeromedeparis]

0:28, here is Garfunkel of "Simon and Garfunkel" and Georges Harrison of the Beatles.

[@RNDReacts]

Thanks for pointing that out! I hadn’t noticed that before. It’s interesting to see those familiar faces in the video.

[@searlock93219321]

I'm not sure of your age but i think I was about your age when this song first came out. I've liked her all these years. She is a great story teller.

[@RNDReacts]

Thanks for sharing! I’m 20, so it’s interesting to hear how Carly Simon’s music has resonated with you. How old are you now?

[@jokuz9133]

Carli's Birth certificate lists her as a neuro. Her mom was mulatto & was a civil rights activist