Carly
Simon distills the chipper spirit of Winnie the Pooh's classic stories,
while adding a distinct contemporary flavor. Ms. Simon's songwriting strengths
have an unguarded emotional directness and a gift for bluntly catchy tunes.
Along with an attitude of openhearted playfulness and readiness for adventure,
these qualities lend her lyrics and singing a bracing folk-pop buoyancy.
New York Times
Piglet's
true highlight will be its original song score, comprising eight folksy
rock ballads written and performed by Carly Simon, whose lyrics (particularly
in the lovely "Mother's Intuition") have an improvisational quality that
provides the emotional voice of the movie, saying those deep-felt things
the characters (like us) can't quite articulate.
Variety
Carly
Simon is an inspired choice. Her new songs are wonderful, ranging from
the rousing "With a Few Good Friends" to the lighthearted "Mother's Intuition"
to the lovely, lullaby-like "The More I Look Inside." This is one soundtrack
parents won't mind playing repeatedly.
Miami Herald
Carly
Simon contributes the amiable songs- so doggedly nice. Carly Simon has
composed a clutch winsome songs and that is exactly what songs for A.A.
Milne characters should be. The lyrics are all about comfort things -
friends, snow, mothers - and as she performs them over the soundtrack
with that unmistakably plaintive soprano, you feel wrapped up once more
in that maternal embrace that lets you know you are safe and loved.
Newsday
Simon's
hummable songs are honey for the preschool set.
Boston Globe
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Comforting
To Know - 4:37
Written by: Carly Simon
Vocals by: Carly Simon, Ben Taylor, Renee Fleming
When
the heart of the hundred acre wood is beating
And time is passing through
There's a shadow looking like a rainbows halo
And there I'm resembling you
More
than fame
A name on a tree
More than power or might
Sweeter than the treats of a honey bee
I'll be here through the night
It's
comforting to know
It's comforting to know
Silent
as the moon at dawn
Soothing as a bed filled with hay
Strong as a hero in the land of old
I'll be here through the day
It's
comforting to know
It's comforting to know
Greyer
than gloom on a rainy afternoon
Sadder than being sorry for me
Finer than finding my tail again
I'll be here for all of thee
It's
comforting to know
It's comforting to know
You
only get a few good friends in this life
Who are devoted and true
And right here in this now and near
It's clear that it's all of you
I'll
find you when you're hard to see
I'll look for you everywhere
You'll know just how I'm feeling when
I show you that I care
It's
comforting to know
It's so comforting to know
With
A Few Good Friends - 2:38
Written
by: Carly Simon
Vocals
by: Carly Simon, Sally Taylor
With
a few good friends
And a stick or two
A house is built at a corner called Pooh
With a friend and a stick
Or three or four
A house is built where it wasn't before
With a window here
And there a door
And a nail and peg
For the coat of Eeyore
With
a few good friends
And a stick or two
A house is built at a corner called Pooh
With a friend and a stick
Or three or four
A house is built where it wasn't before
Dress
it down
Or dress it up
Invite Tigger for tea
And Owl for supper
With
a few good friends
And a stick or two
A house is built at a corner called Pooh
With a friend and a stick
Or three or four
A house is built where it wasn't before
With
a few good friends………. repeat and fade
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If
I Wasn't So Small - 1:57
Written
by: Carly Simon
Vocals
by: Carly Simon
It's
not as if I want to rule the world
Or even the forest
Or even one tree
I suppose I could be happy
If I could be helpful
With just a little bit of noticing me
If
I wasn't so small
I could be like Tigger
Figure out ways to help
some of those in need
Indeed I could volunteer
As the friend that you would want right near
More like Rabbit and Pooh and Eeyore
I'd
be useful and helpful
The one you would call
Can I walk around my shadow
Once before it disappears into the sun
Run circles around the bees
Bring the heffalump to his knees
Catch the pollen before the sneeze
I'd be needed and useful
More each passing day
I
may be small
But in the biggest, helpfulest way
A
Mother's Intuition - 2:38
Written
by: Carly Simon
Vocals
by: Carly Simon
It's
a mother's intuition
To make a little space
It's her quiet mission to tidy up her place
A mother's intuition is like a kangaroo's
She hops around, she mops the ground
She fusses over you
A
mother
With her intuition
Will know just what to do
It's
a mother's intuition to wash her baby
Well she won't forget behind the ears
And the extra soap suds on the tail
A mother's into cleaning
She'll clean until she's through
She's smart enough
She's wise enough
To add up two and two
A
mother
With her intuition
Will know just what to do
A
mother has a feeling
She pays special attention
If someone is concealing
If someone's playing tricks
She rubs and scrubs and scours the secrets
Until the answer clicks
Then
she takes a brush
And polishes your teeth
She'll make you shine and sparkle new
Until she finds the real you
Underneath
Isn't
it charming?
Just mommy and little Roo
Fresh as a daisy
Sparkling just like new
It's
a mother's intuition
It's a mother's intuition
It's a mother's intuition
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