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Post by Rick Henry on May 30, 2005 0:18:39 GMT -5
Here's another installment of memories I have connected with Carpenters songs. During the Christmas season of 1999 some friends of mine called me and got my answering machine. The song "Merry Christmas Darling" was playing on the radio. That made them think about me so they called and sang along with the song onto my answering machine. after they finished singing. They wished me a Merry Christmas and said the song reminds them of me. ***** It must have been around May 1974 I was in Junior High School. they had music playing in the corridors of the school. I remember one afternoon "I Won't Last A Day Without You" was played. I just loved the song and thought 'wow' this sounds great. The rest of the day the song stayed in my mind. And for some reason I always remembered this.
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Jun 7, 2005 13:29:35 GMT -5
I could swear I've replied to this thread with this story already, but I don't see it, so I must have just imagined that I did. (hmmmm..go figure). At any rate - I remember going through some great angst (so great I forgot what it was, now - but at the time, college - it was truly horrible). You all know how that goes, yes? So, living in an apartment building that was made before the first Christmas, there was no insulation at all. Our neighbor below us used to pound with her broomstick on her ceiling to get our attention because my roomie and I would do something like walk across the floor. So - when it came time to play music, we had to do it softly. One night, during this aforementioned angst about who only knows what, I had to have a fix of Carpenters to help me through it. (this may have been girfriend trouble, come to think of it). Whatever it was, I was blue, and wanted to know I wasn't alone, so I always could turn to Karen. But, it was late - and I didn't have any headphones. I'll never forget my room mate's expression when he walked through the door, and found me, sprawled out on the floor, with my head between the two stereo speakers - just lying there with my head in my hands, listening to K and R. I think it was the tan album I listened to over and over again that night. I find it an amusing mental picture, myself, actually. He thought I was just plain nuts - until I had the chance to explain it all to him. That's one memory I won't ever forget - though the problem is long, long gone!! Ain't it great? Tim
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Post by BethMosior on Jun 12, 2005 23:06:05 GMT -5
I have many but one that comes to mind first is when I heard " Only Yesterday " when Karen sings AFTER WOW just that one note shook me to the core no singer ever did that before, just one note and I was sold it was like she just reached right into my soul, pulling me out of the depths taking me somewhere that I had never known before Ever since then Karen & Richard always sent my emotions flying to a much better place then I find myself these days
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