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Post by Rick Henry on Mar 14, 2008 21:19:34 GMT -5
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Post by beaner on Mar 16, 2008 7:47:26 GMT -5
My all time favorite is Karen and Ella's medley. They are so fantastic together and bring together two outstanding voices like Karen and Ella's, how can you not come up with such a beautiful and delightful duet.
I believe my second favorite would have to be when Karen and Richard sang the Bacharach/David medley on a TV show or special. That was great! Karen was dressed really nice. I believe it was some sort of a black vest or something.
Mary Ann
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Post by Rick Henry on Mar 16, 2008 20:01:32 GMT -5
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Post by wisejester7 on Mar 17, 2008 11:30:40 GMT -5
One medley, not mentioned on the original post, that I like quite a bit is the Carpenters (mostly Karen)/Perry Como medley. One of my favorites is Karen's version of "And I Love You So".
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Post by Ming on Mar 17, 2008 11:42:40 GMT -5
My favourite is Bacharach / David Medley. I especially like the last part 'Do you know the way to San Jose?' I think it will be great if Karen had recorded a full version of this song.
Ming
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Post by beaner on Mar 17, 2008 12:45:27 GMT -5
Rick,
Is the live extended version you speak of the same one I'm thinking of where Karen does it on a special and she is wearing a really nice sparkly vest?
Beaner
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Mar 17, 2008 12:53:20 GMT -5
 I think I'd like to comment on more than just one medley, so will be back to do just that, but let me just start with the original Bachrach / David Medley from the Tan album. LOVE IT. Here's why - Richard put these tunes together expertly. I like the flow of the tunes, and I like the fact that Karen and Richard pulled out the stops - that is, that sound they became kind of known for - like on the lyric "Don't tell me what it's aaaa-aaaa-aaaallllll a bow-wout! I thought it was SOcool that they did this little twist that became something they did on several songs. But it was the parts and how fantastically they were sung, the harmonies and the major seventh chords used that really did it for me. It was fresh - it was clever - and each note was crisply sung (even when it went fast), and the intonation was absolutely spot-on! I was listening at that time inparticular for something that I felt was perhaps a bit more unique to them, and this medley was even better than what I had hoped for. I suppose I must have listened to it so much I nearly wore new grooves in my LP.  I chose this one first because it's the first one I heard. The others have a style all their own, and that's one of the things I so enjoyed about the Carpenters all along. One size did NOT fit all.
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Post by enigma on Mar 17, 2008 19:15:11 GMT -5
Tim I agree with your analysis of the Medley with the addition of Karen's great vocal performance not only for its purity but just to pull off such a medley keeping the timing and flow both Karen and Richard make this look easy and it really isn't that easy to do especially for a long medley like this one. My favorite medley is a version of the Bacharach medley from the live in Australia concert for several reasons. Fist the intro by Richard when he gets to the part where he introduces Karen as his sister and emphasizes SISTER saying "believe it or not people think we are married" when Richard says this you hear a voice from behind the drum go yuck and the camera switches to Karen who has that hand in the cookie jar look with her hand over her mouth classic cute and funny Karen. Second the Medley is truly live no lip syncing here and Karen still does the medley flawlessly and with a pure perfect voice proving its the real deal and not studio trickery (she need not prove that to us as we already know that). Finally there is the medley itself they add baby its you and any day now to the medley and complete versions of the other Bacharach songs (for the most part) hearing baby its you live was a real treat for me Karen barely takes a breath and never loses a beat with this much longer version of the Bacharach Medley it was so incredible for me to see this and Karen played drums the whole time only her no second drummer and still never missed a beat on the singing or drumming it still amazes me to this day watching this performance. Another similar medley was off the Music Music Music special in 1980 a few songs were added to the Bacharach Medley and it was not live but I really loved it all the same. Off the same special my third favorite medley was the Ella Fitzgerald medley. I especially love Ella's class poise and dignity when she performed and her voice was still great and of course Karen who was more than adequate as a duet partner.   |
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Post by Rick Henry on Mar 17, 2008 22:26:38 GMT -5
Rick, Is the live extended version you speak of the same one I'm thinking of where Karen does it on a special and she is wearing a really nice sparkly vest? Beaner |
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Post by makapipi on Mar 18, 2008 0:54:46 GMT -5
The Australia concert Medley with "Any Day Now" is great and Karen on drums for all the songs
except for last one. Jim Anthony or Jim Gordon is on the tom toms. I like those tom toms , they
give the music a tropical sound feel.
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Post by Rick Henry on Mar 18, 2008 9:11:36 GMT -5
The Australia concert Medley with "Any Day Now" is great and Karen on drums for all the songs except for last one. Jim Anthony or Jim Gordon is on the tom toms. I like those tom toms , they give the music a tropical sound feel. |
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