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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Jan 15, 2005 13:16:22 GMT -5
I love Karen's slight East Coast accent. Anyway I decided to take a listen to "My Body Keeps Changing My Mind". It really is a great feel good song. Somehow even with this song a somewhat innocent side of Karen seems to come through. The instrumentation is great. It's very dynamic in it's rhythm and pace. I remember being completely excited when I finally heard the song in 1991 when I purchased "From The Top". "Still Crazy After All these Years" was also equally exciting as I heard that one for the first time also on "From The Top". I love the rhythmic groove in "Still Crazy...". Paul simon's recording is great, but Karen's version is somewhat more chic and stylish. It's hard for me to talk about one song from the solo album and not bring up another. I mean Karen's solo album is such an excellent work. ^^ Rick, I felt the exact same way when I got my From The Top set and heard "body" for the first time. I was just blown away. Then, to hear Still Crazy in that blues-y way just knocked my socks OFF. Dave, you are such a hoot! I miss having heard from you lately - hope you're doing okay. I have to agree with you, too....many times our bodies change our minds at our ages without warning. I'm just not sure that's what Karen meant. (smile). But, it do happen, for sure. Cam, this is a great topic - and a teriffic tune. One of my all time faves. ~Best, Tim
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Post by karen69roland on Jan 15, 2005 16:03:30 GMT -5
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Post by Rick Henry on Jan 15, 2005 23:46:31 GMT -5
I love the horn section in this song. And Karen's voice is so sweet. The horns really add to the song. What a great arrangement. Once of the very best disco arrangements I've ever heard. Very happy and upbeat. Reminds me of my crazy days in 80-81.
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Post by JIM on Jan 19, 2005 10:15:15 GMT -5
$? Roland, Dave is deffinetly on Jupiter, just kiddin yinzer! I had no idea you were on the road so much. MBKCMM deffinetly rocks! I would still love to hear what type of recording process was used in keeping all of karens voices stacked so tightly! My guess is a lot of auto quantitizing but my letter to phil has gone unawnserd. After reading Ricks interview in which karen fainted while recording backing vocals and Tim has pointed out she was quite framiliar with Maj7ths. So now I am leaning towards computer free and all Karen. I asked Cam a long time ago if he thought that in the bridge of Still Crazy Karen hits the lowest note of her career when she gets to longin my life (AWAY) any thoughts?
JIM
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Post by karen69roland on Jan 19, 2005 14:12:26 GMT -5
Hi Jim :-)
As a fast response to your question..., here's what comes to mind...
In *Still Crazy After All These Years* when Karen sings *Away*, the chord is an G#Maj7, Karen sings lead the third of the chord which is B#(same as C), in the back vocals she sings a low D#, the fifth of the chord.
She gets a half-tone lower(D) in *A Song For You* in the sentence *I've made some bad RHYME...* and in *Because We Are In Love(The Wedding Song)* in the sentence *..., what a surprise to discoVER...*, D, again.
Maybe she gets lower somewhere else..., but, these come to mind. :-)
Edit : RHYME instead of RIMES..., sorry. [glow=red,2,300][/glow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow][shadow=red,left,300]Roland Chayer[/shadow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow]
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Post by JIM on Jan 19, 2005 18:48:27 GMT -5
@@ Wow Roland! that is so cool! I am going to check it out later I am learning a lot these days!
I thought of another song later in the day, Daddy's Home from Live in Japan. Richard reverses the octaves with Karen
JIM
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Post by Rick Henry on Jan 19, 2005 21:44:11 GMT -5
$% I believe in "Solitaire" Karen hits some pretty low notes. I read somewhere that her lowest note is in "Solitaire".
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Post by karen69roland on Jan 19, 2005 23:20:39 GMT -5
I believe in "Solitaire" Karen hits some pretty low notes. I read somewhere that her lowest note is in "Solitaire". No, Rick... In *Solitaire* the lowest note Karen sing is a E..., which is a half-tone higher than the note Jim was talking about(D#) and two half-tone(one tone) higher than the two songs I mentionned. :-) [glow=red,2,300][/glow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow][shadow=red,left,300]Roland Chayer[/shadow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow]
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Post by Sammy on Jan 19, 2005 23:29:32 GMT -5
I believe in "Solitaire" Karen hits some pretty low notes. I read somewhere that her lowest note is in "Solitaire". I thought too that Karen's lowest note was in Solitaire. But I can hear that chilling low note in A Song For You. What a great song.
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Jan 20, 2005 17:44:45 GMT -5
$? Wow guys, such great information. I do know that A Song For You is VERY low, as is Solitaire. So, without ever having gone to the keyboard to determine the exact note, I would have guessed A Song For You as her lowest tune.
Jim, I think you're absolutely correct that it is "all Karen" just stacked one on top of the other in "My Body". I listen and listen to this, and hear different harmony lines everytime. It's just amazing. I have actually written to Richard's website and asked him the question of how many tracks she laid down for this song and for If I Had You - and also, what the backing lyrics are in that song, as I still can't figure those out. At any rate, the site has not been updated since Dec. 2nd, so I'm anxious to get my response and finally know how both these songs were recorded. I'll be sure to let everyone know.
I love learning things from you all in this forum. Thanks for sharing.
~All the Best, Tim $% $% $? $? $% $%
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