Neil Sedaka’s Brilliant Composition - Solitaire


Posted July 20, 2021 by playlistcugate

The music video is a live concert of reputed musician Neil Sedaka who sings one of his most loved and appreciated ballads - Solitaire.
 
The event is taking place in a hall and seems to be entertaining as the audience rejoices and cherishes the performance. The song has a beautiful composition and the notes are intricately nuanced. It has a pop genre carefully mixed with retro vintage music. The violin and other instruments make a relaxing melody as Neil plays the piano himself. This shows how ultimately talented he is.

Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody wrote the ballad "Solitaire." Cody uses the poker solitaire as a reference for a person "who lost his beloved due to his indifference"—"while memory lives on around him, he's playing games everywhere." The Carpenters' version of the song is the most well-known. With the chorus, Sedaka was influenced by Frederic Chopin (his favourite classical composer), and for the lines, by Roberta Flack. When he proposed the melody to Cody, he based the lyrics on his recent breakup; Cody had been playing scrabble as a coping strategy on a regular basis. The arrangement was regarded as a spiritual experience by both Sedaka and Cody. "Solitaire" was released by Neil Sedaka as the title track for a 1972 album released at Strawberry Studios in Stockport, England, with members of 10cc. Sedaka was supported by Lol Creme, Kevin Godley, and Graham Gouldman, while Eric Stewart designed the event.

Carpenters Version

The Carpenters covered "Solitaire" for their Horizon record in 1975; Richard Carpenter, who had heard Neil Sedaka and Andy Williams' iterations of the track, was not mad about it, but he thought it would highlight Karen Carpenter's musical prowess. Regardless of the fact that Richard considers her instrumental work on "Solitaire" to be one of her best, Richard claims that she never liked the song. Horizon's 3rd song, "Solitaire," featured a guitarist trace between the first verse and refrain for the special feature. It was their lowest-charting single since 1971's "Bless the Beasts and Children," and it marked a decline in the group's popularity, which was exacerbated by the Ten Best Shortfall of the 1976 album's lead single and title cut.

Neil Sedaka - The Artist

Sedaka is a pop artist, pianist, musician, and music producer from the United States. He has produced thousands of albums as a singer and composed or co-written over 500 compositions about himself and others since his singing career started in 1957 as a shallow founding member of the Tokens. He has mainly collaborated with lyricists Howard "Howie" Greenfield and Phil Cody.
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Last Updated July 20, 2021