CARPENTERS/ACADAMY AWARDS

[karl]

HI
Has anyone ever seen the carpenters appearance on the acadamy awards in 1972 singing bless the beasts and the children,would be nice if this was included in future carpenters dvd release.

karl
uk

[josephd]

Hi,

I don't have the Carpenters on the Academy Awards. But I want to say that the Carpenters did not win an Academy Award for For All We Know. It went to the song's writers. This is a common misconception. The Carpenters merely made the song famous, which I'm sure influenced the vote.

JD

[BethMosior]

I believe the song " Bless The Beasts And The Children" is already on one of the DVD"s " Interpretations Carpenters " and its just wonderful

[Rick Henry]

Hi Beth... the video of "Bless The Beasts And Children" which is on the "Interpretations" DVD is not the performance on the Academy Awards. I also would love to see that performance... I'm certain they must have received a standing ovation for that one. The winner that year was the "Theme Form Shaft" - which all in all is a very good song (whether it's your genre or not) - but in hindsight I think "Bless The Beasts..." is a much stronger song. Than again I am biased.

As for "For All We Know" - it has been said the reason the song won the award was because the Carpenters brought so much attention to it. If the Carpenters had not recorded the song most likely the song would not have even been recognized - and most likely not nominated for an award.

[GoodOldDreams]

admin said:

...As for "For All We Know" - it has been said the reason the song won the award was because the Carpenters brought so much attention to it. If the Carpenters had not recorded the song most likely the song would not have even been recognized - and most likely not nominated for an award.

I agree with that analysis. In the movie "Lovers and Other Strangers," Larry Meredith did a fine job singing "For All We Know" as the wedding theme song, which was penned by some members of the group Bread (some under pseudonyms). However, it was due to Richard's vision and arrangement and Karen's vocals that the song realized its full potentials.

Although "For All We Know" won an Oscar for Best Song of the Year, the Carpenters were not officially recognized by the Academy for their significant contributions to popularizing the song because the Academy had a rule that they had to appear in the movie itself in order to get the recognition. Petula Clark was asked to perform this song at the award ceremony instead, and received a telegram from Karen, who was friends with her, saying "Hey man, sing it pretty..."

The Academy rules changed the following year, but Isaac Hayes' theme for "Shaft" won out over the other contenders, including the Carpenters' theme for "Bless the Beasts and Children."

An interesting note is that the movie "Lovers and Other Strangers" starred many well-known and soon-to-be-famous actors and actresses of the day (such as Gig Young, Cloris Leachman, Bea Arthur, Diane Keaton, etc.), but the Carpenters' cover of "For All We Know" seemed to have outshone the movie itself and lingered in public consciousness to this day.

[Ming]

admin said:

As for "For All We Know" - it has been said the reason the song won the award was because the Carpenters brought so much attention to it. If the Carpenters had not recorded the song most likely the song would not have even been recognized - and most likely not nominated for an award.

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I think it is a good song, so it is great that it was nominated because our Carpenters have sang it.

Ming

[BethMosior]

I agree most heatally Ming they are the best