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Post by Rob813 on Jul 27, 2005 19:34:12 GMT -5
I love listening to the Voice of the Heart album. It's amazing how many wonderful songs Richard assembled from prior recording they started and didn't complete. One of my favorites is "Ordinary Fool". It's wonderfully intimate song written by Paul Williams and showcases the warmth and vulnerablity of Karen's voice. Richard's arrangement is sublime. The ending were Karen subletly hums is the perfect ending to this extraordinary song. This song was recorded in 1975 during the Horizon sessions. It's amazing it was not released before Karen's passing.
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Post by Ming on Jul 27, 2005 23:52:47 GMT -5
I also think that the ending of 'ordinary fool' is perfect.
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Post by enigma on Jul 28, 2005 6:47:47 GMT -5
Indeed Ordinary Fool is yet another great song from the Horizon period what a burst of creativity The Carpenters had from their choice of material to the arrangements of the songs and of course the vocals they really struck gold during that period everything they recorded was great and among their best work this song is no exception. A great song I love it!
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Post by Rick Henry on Jul 28, 2005 9:14:27 GMT -5
I have to agree with you Enigma that everything Carpenters recorded during this period - their "Horizon" period was outstanding. such as "Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again". It's no wonder that most (not all) Carpenters fans consider "Horizon" to be their best album.
... Just a side note on "Ordinary Fool" although this song is of the quality and intensity of any song from "Horizon", it's actually from the "A Kind Of Hush" sessions.
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Post by cam83 on Jul 28, 2005 11:10:28 GMT -5
I KNEW IT...LOL...A KIND OF HUSH produced some wonderful songs, akin to the VOICE OF THE HEART collection...she really knew her craft.
Cam
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Jul 29, 2005 15:58:53 GMT -5
I have to agree that Horizon is by far my favorite album, due, mostly, to the selection and flow of the songs. A great period for the Carpenters. Some wonderful, beautiful, haunting music. You all know by now that my all time favorite C tune is Karen's vocals and Richard's arrangement of Leon Russell's This Masquerade. However, I Can Dream, Can't I? runs a very close second. Because of the fact, I think, that I grew up listening to jazz ala Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, The McGuire Sisters, etc. That haunting melody of I Can Dream is just absolutely knock-me-out material. Horizon is a superb album. Perhaps that was not quite on topic with Ordinary Fool, which I have also always enjoyed, so, heres a bit about that. I have often wondered why, since Karen is singing this song, that she sings the words "when his ordinary dreams come true." Why, do you think, does she not say "when HER ordinary dreams....." I've always just concluded it was symbolic. Any thoughts? Best to all. Hopefully I'll be home from AZ SOON. I love seeing my son, but I do not like the desert.
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Post by BethMosior on Jul 30, 2005 7:02:12 GMT -5
I really love this bluzy- jazzy song Karen really does a great job on it, boy she sure could sing anything couldn't she WOW Karen is the greatest singer ever
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Post by Rob813 on Jul 30, 2005 21:23:45 GMT -5
Tim I think when someone sings, his ordinary dreams, it is meant as gender neutral - able to be said/sung by a man or a woman. Perhaps they recorded it both ways and it sounded better this way. I had never noticed it before you brought it up. I'm sure Paul Williams would have changed the lyric for Karen if they had asked him.
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Jul 31, 2005 18:12:25 GMT -5
Rob, you're undoubtedly correct about the lyric being gender-neutral. Guess I've always considered that's what was up, but was never sure if it caught anyone elses attention or not. It caught mine from the first moment I heard it, only because, I would generally have to change those sorts of references if I chose to do the song myself. Cheers! Tim
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Post by Moe on Aug 1, 2005 0:00:36 GMT -5
Karen's voice has such presence in this song. I love to turn it up and close my eyes and just be a part of it. I know Karen must be singing just for me...and a million others...
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Post by Rick Henry on Aug 1, 2005 2:17:08 GMT -5
Karen's vocal performance on this song is utterly outstanding. Truly this is one of her finest. Her performance is shines with purity. I just love Karen.
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