Aside from Warren Beatty and James Taylor, what did Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon have in common?
These three young women were the premier female pop artists of their generation making a new template for American young womanhood. They seem each to have represented something singular to women in a fast-changing era. What did each woman radiate? Carole was the “natural” woman. … Joni was the classy, intelligent, gossamer hippie princess. … Carly was the witty, urbane, sexy, Seven Sisters-educated feminist sophisticate. They were also, each in her own way – is the word neurotic? Yes, I guess they all were. But I don’t think you can be an ear- and soul-grabbing songwriter if you’re not a little emotionally offbeat. It was also very hard to be a female musical icon (and someone who not only sang, but wrote and produced) during those macho rock-world years. Each woman has had more than one marriage and a series of relationships. Is that a function of who they are, celebrity, or their times? Aside from the celebrities-will-marry-a-lot aspect, I think the idea of having many stages and
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