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Remakes
Oct 17, 2006 16:28:39 GMT -5
Post by DJLOVETRAIN on Oct 17, 2006 16:28:39 GMT -5
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Remakes
Oct 17, 2006 18:46:09 GMT -5
Post by GoodOldDreams on Oct 17, 2006 18:46:09 GMT -5
The Carpenters ONLY did 1 remake-There is a Kind of Hush(Top 10 Spring 1976)? Why was that the ONLY song they remade? I bet if they would have had alot more Top 10 songs if they remade more! Solitare was BOTH a Hit for Carpenters and Neil Sedaka or did the Carpenters remake Neil's Version? I bet Karen would have had a SOLO #1 if she remade Have You Ever Been Mellow! I would lOVE to hear everyone's thoughts on this! Dr Johnny P LoveTrain P.S This is NOT a repeated question! The other question was what songs would you have LOVED to be remade,this one is why there was ONLY 1 remake Hi DJLOVETRAIN, I think you will be surprised by how many songs that the Carpenters performed were technically "remakes" of the songs done by other artists previously. Because of their outstanding musicianship, many of the Carpenters' versions of these songs became their signature hits, such as "Close to You," "We've Only Just Begun," "Superstar" and "For All We Know," which are better known than the original versions by the other artists. Other remakes include "Please Mister Postman," "Desperado," "I Can Dream Can't I," "A Song for You," "It's Going to Take Some Time," "This Masquerade," the oldies on the "Then" side of "Now and Then," "B'wana She No Home," some Burt Bacharach/Hal David and Paul Williams/Roger Nichols tunes, "Breaking Up is Hard to Do," "The Christmas Song," numerous traditional Christmas tunes and standards, and others too many to mention off the top of my head. It is interesting to track the lineage of these songs, especially if they were written by singer-songwriters who may have had very different visions of how they were to be performed, and then have the Carpenters come up with even more beautifully and sensitively rendered versions of them vocally and instrumentally!
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Remakes
Oct 17, 2006 19:25:32 GMT -5
Post by DJLOVETRAIN on Oct 17, 2006 19:25:32 GMT -5
I forgot about Please Mr Postman(done 1st by the Marveletts) was a remake! The Carpenters did a remake of Breaking Up is Hard to Do? What year> Did it chart? Did Desperado chart too? George Benson did This Masquade in 1976,when did the Carpenters version come out? Can you e-mail me off the forum too? Dr Johnny P LoveTrain
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Remakes
Oct 17, 2006 19:46:28 GMT -5
Post by wisejester7 on Oct 17, 2006 19:46:28 GMT -5
GoodOldDreams wrote..."It is interesting to track the lineage of these songs, especially if they were written by singer-songwriters who may have had very different visions of how they were to be performed, and then have the Carpenters come up with even more beautifully and sensitively rendered versions of them vocally and instrumentally!"
I couldn't agree with you more. The Carpenters were possessed with such great talents. Their penchant for perfection shows through in their work...to the point that they often out shown the songs originator.
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Remakes
Oct 17, 2006 22:08:43 GMT -5
Post by GoodOldDreams on Oct 17, 2006 22:08:43 GMT -5
I forgot about Please Mr Postman(done 1st by the Marveletts) was a remake! The Carpenters did a remake of Breaking Up is Hard to Do? What year> Did it chart? Did Desperado chart too? George Benson did This Masquade in 1976,when did the Carpenters version come out? Can you e-mail me off the forum too? Dr Johnny P LoveTrain Hi DJLOVETRAIN, For other interested readers, I am replying to you on this forum as well as off (per your request). "Breaking Up is Hard to Do," a #1 teeny bopper hit for Neil Sedaka in 1962 and then reworked into a #8 more sophisticated bluesy number for him again in 1976, was a track in the Carpenters' 1976 album "A Kind of Hush" but never released as a single. The Eagles' 1973 "Desperado" was a powerful ballad remade by the Carpenters on their 1975 album "Horizon" and also was never released as a single. Leon Russell's "This Masquerade" appeared as a track on the Carpenters' 1973 album "Now and Then" and was issued again on the "B" side of the #1 world-wide smash single "Please Mr. Postman" in 1974. I hope this information is useful to you!
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Remakes
Oct 18, 2006 0:09:41 GMT -5
Post by Moe on Oct 18, 2006 0:09:41 GMT -5
I believe "Hurting each Other" was a remake. The original was a single but not a hit for the original artist. Richard heard it and thought it would be a smash and was surprised it wasn't. Fortunately, the Carpenters' version was. my 2 cents...
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