# "Wait, it's a different guy?" moments **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157 "2022-02-26T16:45:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 160
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Since reading through the _Songs About Other Musicians_ thread, I find the song from post number 81 running over and over in my mind. > [@Songs about other musicians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-other-musicians/959255/81): > > I won’t even bother listing all the musicians mentioned in this one: [[Reunion - Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kh-AP4OCU) I have listened to it dozens of times since it was posted (and still couldn’t quote one single line from it accurately), but earlier today I actually looked up the song and realized there were references to both Carly Simon and Carole King. That reminded me of this thread because while I know they are two different people who might not even resemble each other – I couldn’t differentiate their works if you held a gun to my head. I decided I had better correct this deficit in my knowledge base so I opened a new tab and typed in the name Joni Mitchel who isn’t even one of the two in question. Eventually, I embarrassingly typed in all three names scolding myself for my ignorance on the topic of 1970’s female songwriters. I was shocked to learn that there exists a biography shared by all three women: [https://www.amazon.com/Girls-Like-Us-Simon-Generation/dp/0743491483](https://www.amazon.com/Girls-Like-Us-Simon-Generation/dp/0743491483) So I did end up feeling a little bit vindicated; I might not know all of what makes them different, but I do know enough about what makes them similar to put them into the same category. I did know that Carole King was the one who was on **Gilmore Girls**. (And to be honest, my confusion on this matter dates back to the first time I viewed the movie **Love Actually** when the Emma Thompson character talks about [some female American songwriter] teaching a cold British woman how to love.) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157)._