Music and lyrics The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand album)

streisand recorded paul simon s right way were.

as whole, record contemporary pop piece, incorporating elements streisand s signature musical style. way begins being @ war each other , cover of carole king song 1973 studio album, fantasy, although king wrote track streisand. produced lipuma, sings various topics, ranging socialization , relationships. claims humans stem 1 father , 1 mother , how differing opinions complicate our lives . right cover , b-side track paul simon s 1973 single take me mardi gras . focuses heavily on songwriting rather production, although composition second included produced lipuma. best thing ve ever done written in 1970 charnin maintained interest in creating composition streisand. additionally, wally gold handled production track, first of 6 on album. lead single way album s fourth track. in particular, lyrics detail personal life of katie morosky, character streisand portrays in mentioned film, , troubling relationship boyfriend hubbell gardiner. track five, in love fair , stevie wonder cover fronted streisand s own personal take on it. sings failing relationship through use of clichés , obvious messages regarding love.

doing rest of life? written french composer michel legrand (who continue writing songs streisand years) , alan , marilyn bergman. gold produced it, while peter matz arranged instruments , orchestration accompanied composition. seventh , eighth tracks summer me, winter me , pieces of dreams , respectively, feature contributions legrand, former created singer , latter cover of 1970 version film pieces of dreams. ve never been woman before song written tom baird , ron miller cherry, unproduced musical based on william inge play bus stop. closing song on record medley of buddy , how me , gus kahn, walter donaldson, , irving berlin. first part of melody details affected loss of friend, particularly soldier died during combat, noted author robert eberwein in 2007 book armed forces; masculinity , sexuality in american war film.