Carole King - So Far Away
There’s something about Carole King’s ‘So Far Away’ that makes you want to cradle a lukewarm cup of coffee as if you’ve been waiting on someone since 1971. Off her iconic album Tapestry, the track is a slow emotional exhale, unpacking a suitcase full of postcards, sighs, and long-distance phone bills.
The BBC studio performance? Intimate to the point of feeling accidental. King sits at the piano with that calm, unshakable presence of someone who knows she’s about to wreck your entire afternoon in the softest way possible, with Charles Larkey on bass (her then-husband, cool as ever) and James Taylor on acoustic guitar, looking like he just wandered in from a really thoughtful walk.
No gimmicks. No dramatic lighting cues. Just the song’s gentle, aching honesty that makes you want to call someone you haven’t spoken to in years—only to find their number’s no longer valid, leaving you feeling even more far away.
“So Far Away” isn’t just a song. It’s a soft, piano-shaped time machine that drops you right into the middle of a memory you weren’t expecting to revisit. And honestly? You’ll want to stay there a little longer than you should.
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