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Post by cam83 on Jan 6, 2005 18:45:30 GMT -5
Hi All,
I have always loved on the CLOSE TO YOU album, the song MAYBE IT'S YOU. Karen's singing is so imaginitive and so dreamy. So much passion and clarity. THe background harmonies are gorgeous! Some of their songs really call for it, and this is one of them. I also love the lyrics, how they almost seem poetic. I have said this before, and I will say it again, the CLOSE TO YOU album cover of them at the beach, reminds me of this song..."Rising on the shore, the ocean came, walks along the waves of velveteen" is just sublime! Pure perfection. A wonderful, wonderful song. A rare gem!!
My thoughts,
Cameron
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Post by Rick Henry on Jan 6, 2005 21:20:03 GMT -5
%: I'm with you here Cam. "Maybe It's You" is truly a gem. This is another missed single. I feel this could have easily been a top 3 million selling hit in 1970-71.  |
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Post by enigma on Jan 7, 2005 7:39:07 GMT -5
Hi All, I have always loved on the CLOSE TO YOU album, the song MAYBE IT'S YOU. Karen's singing is so imaginitive and so dreamy. So much passion and clarity. THe background harmonies are gorgeous! Some of their songs really call for it, and this is one of them. I also love the lyrics, how they almost seem poetic. I have said this before, and I will say it again, the CLOSE TO YOU album cover of them at the beach, reminds me of this song..."Rising on the shore, the ocean came, walks along the waves of velveteen" is just sublime! Pure perfection. A wonderful, wonderful song. A rare gem!! My thoughts, Cameron Have to agree there Cam this is one of the stronger songs on an album chalked with strong songs. Everything you have said hits the nail on the head as far as how I feel about the song even the line you quoted was the line that stood out the most for me I love it! Could not have said it better myself. &^ *% |
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Post by Rick Henry on Jan 10, 2005 23:26:06 GMT -5
@@ When I think of this song, that's the same line that comes tomy mind first. "Rising on the shore, the ocean came, walks along the waves of velveteen" I truly love the lyrics in this song. some of John Bettis' finest work. Very creative. |
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Jan 12, 2005 23:13:52 GMT -5
^^ Rick I know there has been some discussion about the lyrics to this song in the past, so I wanted to mention this - In the liner notes on my Treasures CD - the words are clearly "Rising on the shore the Ocean King walks along the waves of velveteen..." I remember reading I think it was posts between Ocean King and you about this - and I never really knew what that particular word was...but it's listed in the lyrics of Treasures as Ocean King. Just a bit of info I wanted to pass along. ~Best, Tim  |
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Post by Rick Henry on Jan 13, 2005 2:42:25 GMT -5
Hi Tim, I would have to say that the lyric on the "Treasures" disc is an error. I've seen errors in the lyrics before on other Japanese released compilations. "22 Hits Of The Carpenters" had more than a few mistakes on the lyrics.
The source I refer to for the lyric for "Maybe It's You" is the songbook titled 'Songs from the Albums "Close To You" and "Ticket To Ride". In that book the lyric is "ocean came". I believe this songbook was issued in 1973. I purchased it from the fan club in 1976.
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Post by enigma on Jan 13, 2005 7:32:30 GMT -5
Yes Rick I have never seen King as the word in any lyric database I have searced it has always been came if you listen to the song carefully you will verify that it is came.
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Post by Rick Henry on Jan 13, 2005 10:10:03 GMT -5
I looked at some of the other lyrics in the "Treasures" CD. They also made a mistake on "Love Is Surrender" saying the lyric is "you must surrender if you dare". Karen doesn't use the word "dare" in the song. Also if you listen closely to "Maybe It's You" (in headphones) Karen is not saying "ocean's" as the lyric in "Treasures" suggests. She is singing the word "ocean". In a careful listen (putting any song lyrics aside) I hear "ocean came".
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Jan 13, 2005 11:42:40 GMT -5
^^ Ocean Came it is, then! Works for me. ~Best, Tim |
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Post by smoothie2 on Jan 14, 2005 0:47:40 GMT -5
:(hi everybody....I have listened to the Close to You album, quite a bit lately ...and again today I did..it was my first record album of the C's and perhaps the first album of my very own that I received when I was young. Maybe it's you just like each song is a real treat. And the album cover is perfect for it. The rythim of the chorus on Maybe it's you surely makes you think of the rushing of the waves. I think of a young couple in love walking along the beach and the rocks and just enjoying the fresh air and nature itself. The enjoyment of each other. Not that long ago I was curious about the exact lyrics of some songs and looked up the words to this one...I don't know exactly off hand what I was thinking all these yrs. what the exact words to it were, but the lyrics were a little different than what i had thought. There are times, that I listen perhaps on the radio or cd or record, to a song that I've heard a million times, and had in my mind that certain words were being sung, and then suddenly, I hear the song one day and man, the words come out oh so clearly ...it's like that commercial..."oh, I could've had a V8" (meaning the V8 juice would have been a much better choice than a Pepsi or etc.) anyway, I'm like now how come after all this time...I just now got what that word is...! |
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