Perfect song for Karen's SOLO ALBUM

[wisejester7]

I pick Songbird (Barbra Streisand). I think the lyrics are taylor made for Karen!
Songbird sings from the heart
Each word can tear you apart
I sing - you sing along
You find your life in my song
When you need the strength to carry on
You've got me to turn to
With the songs that I sing
And the magic they bring
They've helped you be strong now
The song sets you free
But who sings to me
I'm all alone now
Who sings for songbird
Sometimes
When I'm all alone
I sing my saddest song
Lonely, and no one can see
This time the song is for me
I can touch your secret place inside
And still you don't know me
With the songs that I sing
And the magic they bring
You've learned to be strong now
The song sets you free
But who sings to me
I'm all alone now
Where is my songbird
Who sings his song for me

[wisejester7]

I would have loved to have heard Karen's take of 'Danny Boy'.

[Rick Henry]

I would have loved to hear Karen do a few funk-filled renditions of Aretha Franklin tunes. Maybe some of Aretha's 70's hits like "Daydreamin' (And I'm Thinking Of You)" or "Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)".

I can only imagine the fantastic vocal arrangements Rod Temperton would have written for songs like these - and they would have fit right in with hip songs like "If I Had You", "Guess I Just Lost My Head" and "Remember When Lovin' Took All Night".

Tim, you mentioned Billy Joel's "My Life" - I agree, Karen would have done a great recording of that song - and definitely would have fit perfectly with her more upbeat and 80's attitude.

[GoodOldDreams]

There are two songs that I have thought would be perfect for Karen when I first heard them on the radio: Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" and Shania Twain's "You're Still the One." I think the melodies are so well-suited to her voice that I can easily imagine her singing them — if only in my mind.