2007 Carpenters log?

[GoodOldDreams]

ps11932 said:

I can keep a separate log for movie hears, etc. Since the discussions of who has seen the movie appear on various posts, I will ask that whomever has seen the movie(s) and heard the song therein please report it as a new post on "2007 Carpenters Log." As of right now the only change from the last listing is Dave's radio hear of "Top Of The World"; I will list a new tally (actually, 2 of them) within a week or so. Thanks!

Hi O.E.,

Thanks for taking this on!

To help you out a bit, since they might have missed your most recent posting above, the following members have indicated that they have seen the movie "Ghost Rider" and heard the song "Superstar" in it:

Enigma (Re: Carpenters Song of the Day, Reply #620 - March 5, 2007)
Dave (Re: Carpenters Song of the Day, Reply #624 - March 6, 2007)

There may be others also, but these two helped us to begin considering additional broadcast media in our log.

Thanks again!

[ps11932]

Thanks to GoodOldDreams for synthesising the movie hears- here is the current tally for the year:

radio (mall, restaurant, etc.) log-
-We've Only Just Begun-6
-Close To You-4
-I Won't Last A Day Without You-4
-For All We Know-3
-Top Of The World-2
-Rainy Days & Mondays, Only Yesterday, It's Going To Take Some Time, Superstar,
Please Mr. Postman-1

movie log-
-Superstar-2

I believe I can with some confidence now predict that, come Dec. 31, 2007, a certain song will quite easily be the 2007 champion. Is anyone else thinking along the same lines?

[Rick Henry]

Now here's another question...

Do we add the songs mentioned only in this thread - or do we also count the songs mentioned in other threads? Primarily the Carpenters Song of the Day thread.

In the past two days Dave has mentioned hearing "For All We Know" on the radio. Sunnybunny mentioned hearing "Solitaire" and "Goodbye to Love" and today she heard "Only Yesterday".

btw... "Only Yesterday" is absolutely my favorite Carpenters song! But I think most of you know that already.

[wisejester7]

admin said:

Now here's another question...

Do we add the songs mentioned only in this thread - or do we also count the songs mentioned in other threads? Primarily the Carpenters Song of the Day thread.

In the past two days Dave has mentioned hearing "For All We Know" on the radio. Sunnybunny mentioned hearing "Solitaire" and "Goodbye to Love" and today she heard "Only Yesterday".

btw... "Only Yesterday" is absolutely my favorite Carpenters song! But I think most of you know that already.

The songs listed on other threads should count, too. Unfortunately, since they are not listed on the "Log" thread many could be missed in the official count.

[YesterdayOnceMore]

ps11932 said:

Thanks to GoodOldDreams for synthesising the movie hears- here is the current tally for the year:

radio (mall, restaurant, etc.) log-
-We've Only Just Begun-6
-Close To You-4
-I Won't Last A Day Without You-4
-For All We Know-3
-Top Of The World-2
-Rainy Days & Mondays, Only Yesterday, It's Going To Take Some Time, Superstar,
Please Mr. Postman-1

movie log-
-Superstar-2

I believe I can with some confidence now predict that, come Dec. 31, 2007, a certain song will quite easily be the 2007 champion. Is anyone else thinking along the same lines?

If you're referring to the Christmas Songs and Merry Christmas Darling ending up as THE most played Carpenters song all year long, then I quite agree. I believe MCD absolutely gets the most airplay nowdays of ANY Carpenters tune. Is that the one you meant, or you talking about non-Christmas tunes?
Tim

[Ming]

yesterdayoncemore said:

ps11932 said:

Thanks to GoodOldDreams for synthesising the movie hears- here is the current tally for the year:

radio (mall, restaurant, etc.) log-
-We've Only Just Begun-6
-Close To You-4
-I Won't Last A Day Without You-4
-For All We Know-3
-Top Of The World-2
-Rainy Days & Mondays, Only Yesterday, It's Going To Take Some Time, Superstar,
Please Mr. Postman-1

movie log-
-Superstar-2

I believe I can with some confidence now predict that, come Dec. 31, 2007, a certain song will quite easily be the 2007 champion. Is anyone else thinking along the same lines?

If you're referring to the Christmas Songs and Merry Christmas Darling ending up as THE most played Carpenters song all year long, then I quite agree. I believe MCD absolutely gets the most airplay nowdays of ANY Carpenters tune. Is that the one you meant, or you talking about non-Christmas tunes?
Tim

I think MCD is the best Chirstmas song.

Ming

[ps11932]

Ming and Tim, you guys are right, I was thinking of "Merry Christmas Darling". Thanks Rick, for bringing it up that some songs had been missed in the log because they were mentioned in other posts. The specific hears you mentioned were ones I hadn't noticed- sometimes I unfortunately go for a while without reading all the threads; Song Of The Day is probably one I need to monitor regularly. So Dave and Sunnybunny's songs will for sure be included in the next update. For future post updates, I will specifically mention the new entries and where I read them, then if I miss some if you all could be kind enough to call them to my attention (as you did this time), that would be good and should lend authenticity to the count. Thanks- it is exciting that a large number of Carpenter songs have gotten some air time. Who are some other groups that might have as many as twelve different songs on the radio in less than 3 months?

[GoodOldDreams]

Hi O.E.,

Thanks for your recent update of the log.

Good news! The Carpenters actually have more than twelve different songs broadcasted in the last 3 months. Although I reminded you of the "hears" from movies by other forum members, I forgot to mention that I watched my local PBS station's broadcast of "Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters" on February 22. I understand that KQED is one of the most successful PBS television stations in the country in garnering a significant market share and raising public funds for its programs, and this documentary is a perennial favorite. When it premiered in the San Francisco bay area some years ago, it got such a large response from the public that Richard actually showed up at a later rebroadcast at the local station talking and performing as the special guest during the pledge breaks! In the most recent broadcast, it was played straight through without pledge break just prior to another documentary on the Beatles.

So here is a roster of the "hears" from this TV broadcast:

Yesterday Once More
Looking for Love
Dancing in the Street
All I Can Do
Don't be Afraid
Ticket to Ride
Close to You
We've Only Just Begun
For All We Know
Bless the Beasts and the Children
Rainy Days and Mondays
Superstar
Hurting Each Other
Goodbye to Love
Top of the World
Only Yesterday
Strike Up the Band
Merry Christmas Darling
Dizzy Fingers
This Masquerade
My Body Keeps Changing My Mind
Touch Me When We're Dancing

[Rick Henry]

I agree with the resat of you by the end of the year the most played Carpenters song will be "Merry Christmas Darling" and quite possibly #2 and #3 may be "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" and "Home For The Holidays" respectively.

After those three it will be the usual songs following - no surprises here, it's pretty predictable. Although, I will be surprised if "Only Yesterday" makes the top 12.

[Rick Henry]

To add to our list of "hears" Dave mentioned he heard "Please Mr. Postman" on the radio today. He posted this in the Carpenters Song of the Day thread.

[ps11932]

Thanks, GoodOldDreams, for the PBS listings; it is exciting to see a large variety of songs included- and pleasantly, this log is turning into a more comprehensive journal than I thought. One thing I'm not sure of though: should the TV hears be listed with the movie songs or the radio songs? Thanks too, Rick for Dave's report of Please Mr. Postman; it has been noted and will be in the next update.

[wisejester7]

ps11932 said:

Thanks, GoodOldDreams, for the PBS listings; it is exciting to see a large variety of songs included- and pleasantly, this log is turning into a more comprehensive journal than I thought. One thing I'm not sure of though: should the TV hears be listed with the movie songs or the radio songs? Thanks too, Rick for Dave's report of Please Mr. Postman; it has been noted and will be in the next update.

I suppose you could always make a tv category, too.

[GoodOldDreams]

ps11932 said:

Thanks, GoodOldDreams, for the PBS listings; it is exciting to see a large variety of songs included- and pleasantly, this log is turning into a more comprehensive journal than I thought. One thing I'm not sure of though: should the TV hears be listed with the movie songs or the radio songs? Thanks too, Rick for Dave's report of Please Mr. Postman; it has been noted and will be in the next update.

Unless there are very compelling reasons otherwise to categorize and subdivide so finely, to simplify matters, I think it would suffice to track movie and TV hears together in one log and track the radio, mall and other hears in the other log. Since there aren't too many other movies or TV documentaries being broadcasted on a regular basis, the TV/movie log should be fairly easy to track because typically for each hear, it would be one or all of the songs already mentioned in the roster.

[Rick Henry]

goodolddreams said:

ps11932 said:

Thanks, GoodOldDreams, for the PBS listings; it is exciting to see a large variety of songs included- and pleasantly, this log is turning into a more comprehensive journal than I thought. One thing I'm not sure of though: should the TV hears be listed with the movie songs or the radio songs? Thanks too, Rick for Dave's report of Please Mr. Postman; it has been noted and will be in the next update.

Unless there are very compelling reasons otherwise to categorize and subdivide so finely, to simplify matters, I think it would suffice to track movie and TV hears together in one log and track the radio, mall and other hears in the other log. Since there aren't too many other movies or TV documentaries being broadcasted on a regular basis, the TV/movie log should be fairly easy to track because typically for each hear, it would be one or all of the songs already mentioned in the roster.

I completely agree that the TV hears should be tracked with the movies. As with movies - the TV hears are generally only portions of each song - and sometimes there's even talking over the songs.

[wisejester7]

admin said:

goodolddreams said:

Unless there are very compelling reasons otherwise to categorize and subdivide so finely, to simplify matters, I think it would suffice to track movie and TV hears together in one log and track the radio, mall and other hears in the other log. Since there aren't too many other movies or TV documentaries being broadcasted on a regular basis, the TV/movie log should be fairly easy to track because typically for each hear, it would be one or all of the songs already mentioned in the roster.

I completely agree that the TV hears should be tracked with the movies. As with movies - the TV hears are generally only portions of each song - and sometimes there's even talking over the songs.

Good point, guys. And it simplifies things a little for out ListMaster.

[ps11932]

To the best of my calculation, this is the total as of 1407 Central Time on 4/1/07. New hears (All from Song Of The Day) are in ( ) and are included in the grand total for the song.

Radio
We've Only Just Begun-6, Close To You-4, For all we Know-4 (1), I Won't Last A Day Without You-4, Top Of The World-2, Please Mr. Postman-2 (1), Solitaire-1 (1), Rainy Days & Mondays-1, Only Yesterday-1, It's Going To Take Some Time-1, Superstar-1

TV/Movie
Superstar-3 (1), My Body Keeps Changing My Mind-1 (1), Touch Me When We're Dancing-1 (1), Yesterday Once More-1 (1), Looking For Love-1 (1), Dancing In The Street-1 (1), All I Can Do-1 (1), Don't Be Afraid-1 (1), Ticket To Ride-1 (1), Close To You-1 (1), We've Only Just Begun-1 (1), Far All We Know-1 (1), Bless The Beasts & The Children-1 (1), Rainy Days & Mondays-1 (1), Goodbye To Love-1 (1), Top Of The World-1 (1), Only Yesterday-1 (1), Strike Up The Band-1 (1), Dizzy Fingers-1 (1), This Masquerade-1 (1), Merry Christmas Darling-1 (1), Hurting Each Other-1(1)

[Rick Henry]

Hey O.E. thanks for your hard work on keeping this going.

Though, I spotted one discrepancy - since I love "Only Yesterday" I have kept a watch on if and when anybody hears it. In our post you've listed it with one "radio" hear when it's actually two hears. I've heard it once and Sunnybunny has heard it once.

Also "Goodbye To Love" should be added to the list with one hear so far.

admin said:

In the past two days Dave has mentioned hearing "For All We Know" on the radio.

Sunnybunny mentioned hearing "Solitaire" and "Goodbye to Love" and today she heard "Only Yesterday".

btw... "Only Yesterday" is absolutely my favorite Carpenters song! But I think most of you know that already.

[sunnybunny]

I heard 3 songs on the radio today
Sing
Sweet Sweet Smile
Rainy Days and Mondays

Then I heard another one that was a song that the Carpenters did but someone else was singing it.
I Need To Be In Love