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Post by Rick Henry on Feb 23, 2006 10:37:08 GMT -5
I love this song tremendously. It's certainly not a "Rainy Days And Mondays" or "This Masquerade" - but that's okay. I love this song for it upbeat good time feel. I wish Carpenters would have done more songs like this. Upbeat, fun with just a slight edginess to it.
I really enjoy Tony Peluso's superb guitar work in this song and the harmonizing at the end. This is one of those songs which showcases the fact that the electric guitar and good percussion were important factors in the Carpenters' music.
I also love the fact that Karen was playing drums on this track. I wish she would have played drums on more of their songs, as I prefered Karen's drumwork over Hal Blaine, cubby O'Brien and the other drummers Carpenters used.
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Post by enigma on Feb 24, 2006 7:54:21 GMT -5
I hear you there Rick I always consider it a real treat to hear Karen play drums as well as sing on any given track. I also wish Karen had remained behind the drums for the later Carpenter records there is something missing in a track where Karen is not drumming. I am not a huge fan of Postman but I do enjoy the song especially the multitrack harmonies. Its a Carpenters trademark but there seem to be more of them on this track and it makes it sound more full and alive. I am torn on the idea of doing more upbeat songs because my favorite record is Horizon which is the least upbeat of all the records the Carpenters released. Karen is so masterful at capturing the emotion of a ballad or darker song I feel that is one of her greatest strengths dispite her ability to sing anything superbly.
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Feb 24, 2006 10:08:55 GMT -5
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Post by Ming on Feb 24, 2006 11:04:55 GMT -5
Please Mr Postman is one of the happy songs of the Carpenters that I enjoy very much. I am very happy when I listen to it everytime. I agree that Karen is good in capturing the emotion of a darker song. But Karen can also sing happy songs. I think she is also happy when she is singing them. Ming
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Post by smoothie2 on Feb 25, 2006 0:08:43 GMT -5
Next to Only Yest., Postman is my all-time favorite because it is so upbeat. And wasn't her dad a postman? ;DI happened to watch the movie about Bobby Darin..Beyond the Sea where Kevin Spacey directs and stars in. Of course, he may be most famous for singing Mack the Knife, but he also wrote SPLISH SPLASH...now wouldn't that be another fun song the C's could have done? And how about Dream Lover? I thought the show was excellent ...I had no idea how very talented Darin was. Anyway, ...
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Post by Carps1000 on Feb 25, 2006 13:46:23 GMT -5
;)Please Mr Postman was how it all began with me. Ken
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Post by Christian on Feb 25, 2006 22:03:18 GMT -5
To quote Richard on this one " a simple, but magical song". This song was a hit in so many countries when releases, even countries where they had not been that big. There are quite a few remixes of this one, starting with the version for horizon in 1975. The original single mix is the best, the drums are much more present there, there`s more rythm in the song. The version that surfaced on European collection "Only Yesterday" was flat in comparison, but the on included on "Interpretations" is somewhere between the original and the flat remix. However, the original single mix is the best!
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Post by BethMosior on Mar 2, 2006 19:51:47 GMT -5
This song to me is such a COOOOOOOL song I REALLY the way Richard & Karen recorded this song so full, up beat, just sooooo COOOOOOOL
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Post by Rick Henry on Mar 3, 2006 11:22:12 GMT -5
To celebrate Karen's birthday this year I opted to play a disc I compiled with upbeat Carpenters/Karen songs. This year I wanted to remember the bubbly happy side of Karen.
The compilartion includes "Please Mr. Postman" which I enjoyed hearing so much that I hit the repeat button a few times.
Here are some of the other songs on the compilation:
"Those Good Old Dreams" "Making Love In The Afternoon" "There's A Kind Of Hush" "Jambalaya" "Sweet Sweet Smile" "Prime Time Love" "Happy" "Keep My Lovelight Burning" "Top Of The World" "Dancing In The Street" "Only Yesterday" "Remember When Lovin' Took All Night"
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