curiouser and curiouser....

... I saw James Taylor last night at the new Dublin O2 arena. He was superb but some of the audience left a lot to be desired. Buying a ticket does not entitle you to demand your favourite song - while the artist is introducing the one he's about to play. Buy a jukebox.

When James introduced Carol King's 'You've Got a Friend', It got me wondering about their days of hanging out. How old is James Taylor? How old is Carol King? I wasn't very old when 'It might as well rain until September' was being played on the radio, and that seemed like a lot of years before - a fairly young James emerged.

Not that any of this really matters. I remember Carol King re-emerging in about '71 with her wonderful 'Tapestry' album.

How old is Neil Sedaka? His 'Oh Carol' was reportedly about his Highschool sweetheart, Carol King. Does this then mean that he and James Taylor are about the same age? They seem a generation or two apart.

I had to google it.

It's hard to believe there's only about nine years between them.