Carole King's "I Feel The Earth Move"

[The Funk]

I've just been listening to this song on loop for the last half hour. I bloody love it. The main root-root-octave-octave bass motif is over-used but all the playing really grooves and has a fun rough and ready quality to it.

Any idea who the bass player is or what else they've done?

[Stylon Pilson]

[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Feel_the_Earth_Move#Personnel"]Wikipedia says Charles Larkey[/url]

S.P.

Edited September 29, 2009 by Stylon Pilson

[chris_b]

[quote name='Stylon Pilson' post='611932' date='Sep 29 2009, 01:32 PM']....Wikipedia says Charles Larkey....[/quote]
The liner notes on Tapestry says the same.

[The Funk]

Thanks! Just did a little search about him. Apparently he was Carole King's husband at the time. Bass player married to very cool singer-songwriter - makes me think of Larry Klein-Joni Mitchell.

[OldGit]

[quote name='The Funk' post='611938' date='Sep 29 2009, 01:39 PM']Thanks! Just did a little search about him. Apparently he was Carole King's husband at the time. Bass player married to very cool singer-songwriter - makes me think of Larry Klein-Joni Mitchell.[/quote]


"So far away" oooooooooohhh lush.

[Cat Burrito]

Great song! I like the root-fifth thing on this tune.

And it's great to see Wikipedia get something right!

[Bilbo]

Ray Brown and Ella Fitzgerald? Del Palmer and Kate Bush?

[The Funk]

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='612104' date='Sep 29 2009, 03:48 PM']Ray Brown and Ella Fitzgerald? Del Palmer and Kate Bush?[/quote]

Makes sense, doesn't it? Between the singer/songwriter and bass player you've got all the melodic, harmonic and rhythmic elements covered.

Stuart Zender and Melanie Blatt were married too, weren't they?

[The Funk]

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='612091' date='Sep 29 2009, 03:40 PM']I like the root-fifth thing on this tune.[/quote]

Sorry, you're right. Root-fifth, not root-octave.

[Stingray5]

[quote name='OldGit' post='612077' date='Sep 29 2009, 03:31 PM']"So far away" oooooooooohhh lush.[/quote]
Yep - that's a lovely song.
Do you know The Crusaders version?

Edited September 30, 2009 by Stingray5