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Post by Rick Henry on Oct 6, 2006 10:45:51 GMT -5
Did anybody else burn a copy of the 2-disc compilation yet? I burned mine last night and will be listening to it today on the road. It really is a great set of songs.
I gave it the title suggested by Enigma: "The Carpenters Online presents Fans Choice the best of the Carpenters"
I've included 41 songs here is the listing for each disc:
Disc One (Total Time 75.5 minutes): All You Get From Love Is A Love Song (I'm Caught Between) Goodbye And I Love You You Sweet Sweet Smile Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Let Me Be The One A Song For You Please Mr. Postman Solitaire It's Going To Take Sometime Make Believe It's Your First Time (Karen solo) Sometimes Ordinary Fool Ave Maria I Can't Make Music Top Of The World Leave Yesterday Behind Guess I Just Lost My Head Little Altar Boy I Can Dream Can't I Love Me For What I Am
Disc Two (Total Time 76.5 minutes): Sing Mr. Guder If I Had You I Won't Last A Day Without You Boat To Sail One More Time Making Love In The Afternoon Yesterday Once More Two Sides Desperado Goodbye To Love Crescent Noon Close To You Superstar Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again Road Ode We've Only Just Begun This Masquerade Rainy Days And Mondays Only Yesterday
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Post by beaner on Oct 6, 2006 12:54:23 GMT -5
This is a great thread but a tough one! Here's my current list:
1) A Place To Hideaway 2) Two Sides 3) All Of My Life 4) Someday 5) We've Only Just Begun 6) I Won't Last A Day Without You 7) A Song For You 8) Where Do I Go From Here? 9) Road Ode 10) I Have You 11) First Snowfall 12) Little Altar Boy 13) Now 14) Happy 15) Let Me Be The One
Beaner
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Post by jimjames on Oct 6, 2006 16:02:12 GMT -5
I'm new to this but here goes
1) Making Love In The Afternoon 2) Desperado 3) Goodbye And I Love You 4) This Masquerade 5) Guess I Just Lost My Head 6) Trying To Get The Feeling Again 7) Make Believe It's Your First Time (Karen) 8) All You Get From Love Is A Love Song 9) Boat To Sail 10) Crescent Noon 11) Sweet Sweet Smile 12) Please Mr. Postman 13) Solitaire 14) Only Yesterday 15) If I Had You 15b) Love Me For What I Am
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Post by Rick Henry on Oct 7, 2006 9:39:34 GMT -5
Thank you all for adding your recent lists. So far we've had a total of 111 songs listed throughout all the different top 15 lists. Even with these last few top 15 lists our top forty songs remains basically the same. A few of the songs have moved up a bit - some moved down a bit. There's one new song in the Top 40 and the Top 6 is still the same. I will post the new Top 40 (or actually 42) tonight - when I have more time.
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Post by cam83 on Oct 8, 2006 4:30:18 GMT -5
For me I chose SOLITAIRE as the number one song because, up to this point she had done some wonderful songs, but this was the most grown up, classiest song that had been released, in my point. She was actually singing about someone other than herself, and she was telling a story..."There was a man, a lonely man...who lost his love thru his indifference... and the song just goes on. It's slow but it builds up, and her voice is just pure perfection. It shows how her vocal abilities grow and get better like fine wine. How she can take an incredibly difficult song and make it sound so easy and simplistic. KUDOS to Karen for her recording. And though it did not go Number One...it nonetheless is a stunning gem. I can understand why she didn't like the song, it's slow and ...well not boring...but you have to take the time to follow along with it...it's not peppy...but well worth the wait when you hear her deep contralto ending...pure genious. Maybe it was a song she just didn't like because it was about someone else...and it was a slow song. Who knows. But always will be my NUMBER ONE Carpenters song.
My thoughts, Cameron
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Post by Rick Henry on Oct 8, 2006 11:37:19 GMT -5
I can understand why she didn't like the song, it's slow and ...well not boring...but you have to take the time to follow along with it...it's not peppy... My thoughts, Cameron I would say "Solitaire" is "bold, powerful and soulful". It's packed with a great amount of energy and musical dynamics. There is more energy and soul in this song than most songs that are deliberately constructed to be soulful and energetic. Yes, this is one you do have to listen to closely and it is very introspective - but the musical energy and dynamics are there and are very powerful. I feel this is one of Carpenters' strongest songs in their entire output.
Just adding my two cents on a song that I do love immensely.
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