Song in my Head July 18

July 18, 2005- It's Too late-Carole King. Long before Alanis shared her angst and Avril blasted out her first rock operetta, there was Carole King. While not of the hard edged female rocker style that we've become accustomed to of late, she did hold more than her own when it came to telling it like it is or in this case was.

It's too late is that perfect song about love gone wrong, wrong, wrong. With a lyric like "stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time, there's something wrong here there can be no denying", you get the feeling that one of them indeed was changing and the change included address cards.

The Tapestry album was one of the biggest selling albums of all time and very much defined King as a singer/songwriter. As the sales reached those record heights King had multiple hits off of the record. But none of them told a story like It's too late. The piano chords accent the feeling as King puts the final nails in her failed relationship. It was an era when women's rights were just beginning to take hold, there was a sense of empowerment at the time. This hit could almost be an anthem for the broken hearted, who dust themselves off and move on to other things and apparently other people. Good times again were promised just not with Carole and her former friend. You can almost picture her helping him pack the car and leave the driveway.

From the opening notes to the final it's too late, the song weaves a story perfectly leaving the listener stronger from the experience. It's therapy for the masses tied up in a 3 minute pop song, all the theatrics of the current popsters don't evoke as much emotion as this simple bit of closure to a relationship. Sometimes simple really is so much better!