The 1960s girl group genre might seem an odd place to find tragedy, particularly when it's wrapped in such apparently joyful music as The Chiffons' 'One Fine Day'. Legendary songwriting partners Gerry Goffin and Carole King manage the difficult trick of combining the bright-eyed optimism of new love with the sad certainty it'll never be realised in a song which takes in influences from both doo-wop and opera. It's a wonderful demonstration of the way minor chords and 'blue notes' can make a song more emotionally complex and true-to-life.
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05/21/20 • 20 min
The Secret Life of Songs - #2 - One Fine Day / The Chiffons
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One Fine Day
Hello and welcome to the Secret Life of Songs - a podcast on the making - and the meaning - of classic pop records. I’m Theo, I’m a musician who writes and performs music under the name sky coloured and this week I’m going to be looking at ‘One Fine Day’, written by the songwriting team Gerry Goffin and Carole King in 1963.
A quick run-through of reviews reveals the way it’s typically been heard: music writer Richie Unterberger ca
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