Let The Riverrun Sale-$0.00!

Let The Riverrun Description:

• Released on: 2010-03-01
• Running time: 196 seconds

Customer Reviews:

Gently revisiting a great song
I don’t know whether this run-on title is a way to differentiate this version from the original, but this is the same tune as “Let the River Run,” the Oscar- and Grammy-winning song that Carly Simon wrote and performed in 1988. That version featured a forceful voice with light backing vocals, but “Riverrun” is a quieter, slower version with much thicker harmonies.

As when Neil Sedaka rerecorded his “Breaking Up is Hard to Do” (available on The Definitive Collection), this gentle version gives a different feel to the song. Listen to the sample to get a feel for something that’s old and new at the same time.

Worth Every Penny…
Yes, not an original title to this review but I sure am glad this was a free download. I love alternative versions, when artists re-visit their hits. But somehow Carly (or someone) has turned this chest-thumping feel-good anthem into some kind of depressing folksy drone of a song with her vocals barely recognizable and buried beneath a funerial backing chorus. Sorry Carly.

Carly revisits her Oscar-winning song, to what purpose?
First of all, as an English major, I have to state I don’t like the “riverrun” business. There had to be some other way of indicating that this is a redo of her worthy hit. It just irks me. Does everyone even get what it’s supposed to mean? I had to look up the original song, because I was doubting my memory.

Next, the first few times I listened to this free download I was quite distracted by the diminished quality of Carly Simon’s glorious voice. I don’t know if she is/was a smoker, but my first thought was: well, all those years of smoking have finally caught up with her. I hope for her sake there is some other issue behind the raspiness and reduced range.

However, after about three or four times through my iPod, I noticed that this is still a pretty song. I liked the original very much and the melody and I guess, the lyrics, are still the same, but the arrangement is different. There is a lot going on with backing choruses, whose soaring voices balance nicely with Carly’s new singing voice. Once I got over my shock at her voice, and my irritation with the title, I decided I will be keeping this song, on occasional rotation through my playlists.