The Now And Then Oldies Medley

[Rick Henry]

This is a topic which was done on this forum several years ago. I figured it would be fun to do again.

What is your favorite song from the Now And Then Oldies Medley?

[beaner]

This is a tough one cause I do like many of them in the medley but I guess my favorite is Johnny Angel. I really LOVE Karen's voice in it and I've always thought it was neat the way she would sing "I'd rather CAUNcentrate".....

That's not why I prefer this song though. I have loved the songs where Karen's voice range is lower and I am able to sing along beautifully with her.

I also like harmonizing to "Night has a thousand eyes" too. "Our Day Will Come" is special too....geez. I'll still stick with JA though.

Beaner

[wisejester7]

I picked Johnny Angel. It's short, but oh so sweet.

[Rick Henry]

I'm not yet ready to cast my vote as I love both "Our Day Will Come" and "Johnny Angel" equally with leanings toward "Our Day Will Come".

I will be listening to both songs today and will come back to this poll later.

[GoodOldDreams]

The easy, jazzy "Our Day Will Come" is my favorite in the medley.

The Carpenters' fun vocal harmonies in "The Night has a Thousand Eyes" are outstanding as well --- even better than Bobby Vee's original hit. However, you will surely get a chuckle or two from the retro southern California surf culture depicted here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBxo8V6R0tc

[carpentersgermany]

In general I'm not that much into those typical 60s oldies, so I have to say in this medley Tony Peluso's Radio DJ performance is my favourite.. ;-) Just kidding, of course.
I really like "The End of the World", but I prefer the live version. I like how Karen melts the words "The End" while singing live.
Concerning the "Now and then"-Medley I had to choose between "The night has a thousand eyes" and "One fine day" - and I picked "The night has a thousand eyes".
"Our day will come" is definitely great but I always felt did not match that much to the other songs.. And I know another version of this song that I prefer..
One more thing: I love how the medley is arranged between the two parts of "Yesterday once more", the Reprise is great..

[enigma]

tough one but I chose The End Of The World I like Karens treatment of this song

[Rick Henry]

Apr 13, 2008 12:37:13 GMT -5 GoodOldDreams said:

The easy, jazzy "Our Day Will Come" is my favorite in the medley.

The Carpenters' fun vocal harmonies in "The Night has a Thousand Eyes" are outstanding as well --- even better than Bobby Vee's original hit. However, you will surely get a chuckle or two from the retro southern California surf culture depicted here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBxo8V6R0tc

Hey Dreams... "Our Day will come" is a great tune. Karen sings this one so smooth and pure. As if the song were written for her.

By the way... you forgot to cast your vote in the poll... "Our Day Will Come" is waiting for your vote...



By the way... if you've already voted and decide you want to change your vote... now you can do that by clicking on the "retract vote" function and then revoting... just one of the new functions from the recent forum upgrade.



I am still undecided... I love both "Johnny angel" and "Our Day Will Come". As much as I do enjoy "The Night Has A thousand Eyes"... my vote will go to a Karen lead... I just can not get past Karen's silky smooth rich voice.

I'll have to come back with my vote tomorrow.

[GoodOldDreams]

Thanks, Rick ... I submitted my choice once before, but forgot to click on the "Submit Vote" button! I need to remember that the poll is not integrated with the "Post Reply" button for the comment posting.

[Rick Henry]

I finally submitted my vote. I went with "Our Day Will Come". The song has a cool sort of sophistication that is absolutely mesmerizing. Karen's voice is silky smooth and she sings the song with the same type of character as a seasoned jazz vocalist. I just love this tune.

My second choice is "Johnny Angel". I love the harmony vocal at the beginning. This is fantastic.

Next comes "The End Of The World"... another outstanding vocal by Karen.

And, If I were to choose a fourth it would be "One Fine Day", I love this cheerfully upbeat number which suits Karen voice perfectly.

But, all in all, I love every tune in the medley.

[YesterdayOnceMore]

I'm late in submitting my vote, but did so without looking at the results from anyone else - and find I'm not alone.

I pretty much knew right away which one was my absolute fave. I like them all - Karen sings End of the World so beautifully - and I like the accompanying harmonies - and I have a special liking for The Night has 1,000 Eyes - something to do with how my wife and I met, some 33 years ago.

They are all wonderful, and I'm partial to One Fine Day, as well - great little song, and I like the backup arrangement of this one too -

But, it's the fabulous Our Day Will Come that got me - the jazziness of the tune, and the smoothness of it - the way Karen sings it - Richard's arrangement of it, and the piano work in it all combined make it my favorite choice. As I said, I like them all - but Our Day Will Come stands out for me.

[Rick Henry]

Apr 14, 2008 9:54:43 GMT -5 YesterdayOnceMore said:

I'm late in submitting my vote, but did so without looking at the results from anyone else - and find I'm not alone.

I pretty much knew right away which one was my absolute fave. I like them all - Karen sings End of the World so beautifully - and I like the accompanying harmonies - and I have a special liking for The Night has 1,000 Eyes - something to do with how my wife and I met, some 33 years ago.

They are all wonderful, and I'm partial to One Fine Day, as well - great little song, and I like the backup arrangement of this one too -

But, it's the fabulous Our Day Will Come that got me - the jazziness of the tune, and the smoothness of it - the way Karen sings it - Richard's arrangement of it, and the piano work in it all combined make it my favorite choice. As I said, I like them all - but Our Day Will Come stands out for me.

Good choice Tim... as you mentioned I also love all the songs in the medley. But, like you "Our Day will Come" is my absolute fave on this medley. Karen sings with the smoothness and assuredness of a fine jazz club chanteuse. Then there's "Johnny Angel" which is absolutely chillingly beautiful. She sings this one with a sweet clarity that gets right to there soul.

I must admit I do like "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" and I feel it's one of Richard's better vocals... and Karen's harmony vocal is out of this wold. Of the Richard song I probably like "Deadman's Curve" just a zinch more... only because I like the dramatical theme and electric guitars in the song. I also like "Deadman's" because they name all these streets in L.A., which lead to "Deadman's Curve" which is an actual location in Los Angeles... I guess you can say that "I've been there, done that".

[smoothie2]

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I adore all the songs, and struggled with "The Night Has a Thou. Eyes" and "Johnny Angel", but finally went with Thous. Eyes. It's the best song that Richard handles mostly all on his in my opinion, and I love the rithym. I've had J. Angel in my head a lot lately since I saw an old clip of Shelly Febres (i know i butcher up her name) singing that on the old Donna Reed show. Of course, I love Karen's version much better.