New "If I Had You" Video for HD

[Rick Henry]

I just received an email the other day from my friend Chris. He wanted to let me know that he has just posted a new video for Karen's solo song "If I Had you". it's very similar to the one he made last year except this one is in High Definition is is made for a wide screen. He also added a few new images. It's as always excellent.

Karen Carpenter - If I Had You: Click Here

[carprave]

very nice thanks for posting.

[BethMosior]

WOOOOOOOW soooooo coooooool

[timo]

Sigh - the video is not available in my country (Here in Backwoods, YouRop)...

[Rick Henry]

Jan 17, 2009 8:49:54 GMT -5 timo said:

Sigh - the video is not available in my country (Here in Backwoods, YouRop)...

That is too bad Timo as it is definitely an excellent music video. It's done quite well and of course the song itself is outstanding.

[lovesong]

Hi everyone. This is Chris.
Thank you Rick and all for the nice comments about the 'If I Had You' video.

Sorry that you could not access the video, timo. For timo and anyone else who wants it, I have uploaded the video at the following link so you can download it. It is about 79 MB in size. It's an mp4 file.

www.yousendit.com/download/WnBRK3BEb0IwZ2tLSkE9PQ


Chris

[Rick Henry]

Jan 17, 2009 17:34:27 GMT -5 lovesong said:

Hi everyone. This is Chris.
Thank you Rick and all for the nice comments about the 'If I Had You' video.

Sorry that you could not access the video, timo. For timo and anyone else who wants it, I have uploaded the video at the following link so you can download it. It is about 79 MB in size. It's an mp4 file.

www.yousendit.com/download/WnBRK3BEb0IwZ2tLSkE9PQ


Chris

Hi Chris, thank you very much for stopping by and posting the link to download the video. Your work is outstanding.

[timo]

Thanks Chris!
I'm glad I got to see the video as it truly is wonderful!
timo

[beaner]

Great job, Chris! That was really nice of you to post the link so others like Timo can view it also. Have a super day!

Beaner

[beaner]

Hi again, Chris! I just had to say that I went and watched the video over again (I love it so much) and you really did a fantastic job, especially matching everything one in the timing.

I'm also sitting here looking at one of the same print of Karen sitting in her chair. It's the big 11 x 14 size that I framed here at my computer are appropriately called "Carpenter Corner". Thanks for that too!!!

Beaner (Mary Ann)

[timo]

This superb video got me interested in one of the songwriters, Gary Harju (the lyricist I believe) who has a Finnish surname.
I googled him and found his MySpage page and requested him as a friend - plus asked him if he is of Finnish origin. And he was kind enough to add me and my bro' to his friends and also messaged me that, yes he is of Finnish heritage (3rd generation US) and her grandmother came to USA on the Titanic!
He also has a respectable CV as a songwriter.
So now I have found a "Finnish connection" to the C's...

[enigma]

just wanted to say I loved this video the high definition viewing and the presentation of this video really drove home what was going on with this whole solo project. I really felt that Karen was going in a fresh new direction with this project. The music was certainly a bold new departure from the Carpenters but when I see the photos from the solo sessions I sometimes have to do a double take and ask myself is this really Karen Carpenter followed by a wow she was so sophisticated and beautiful. It seems to be such a great step forward for Karen from the music to the image it was bold fresh and could have really reinvented both Karen and the Carpenters as real contenders in the new decade. Whoever did the photoshoot for this record really updated Karens image to that of her contemporaries they seemed to know where to take Karens lookwise and I really liked where it was taking Karen. For some reason viewing this video and listening to the accompanying song just further drove home what Karen and her solo crew were trying to accomplish...if only. Man I would have really loved to see where they were going to go with this.

[lovesong]

"If I Had You" is such a great song. I'm so impressed by it. The arrangement, the lyrics, the performance.. so wonderful. I still remember the first time I heard it on "Lovelines". It's different from anything she had previously recorded and she sang it so well. It was perfect for her.

Timo, thanks for the info about Gary Harju. It's nice to learn a bit about him. I knew that Larry Herbstritt wrote for film and tv and was a composer for "I Just Fall In Love Again" along with Stephen Dorff, but I wasn't familiar with Gary.

That solo photo session is so lovely. As Enigma said, she looked so sophisticated and beautiful. It does make you wonder where it all would have gone for Karen if the album had come out. I know we've all talked about it before and it's brought up so many feelings and thoughts about Karen's journey and growth. I'm so grateful that she recorded that album and we can know all enjoy it. I think it was important to her for us to see different sides of her. I have enjoyed reading the interviews and information that Rick has provided on the site over the past few years all about the solo project. It's been fascinating and touching.

Mary Ann, that is so great that you have a "Carpenter Corner" ! I like that. Thanks for the kind comments on the video, everyone!

[carpentersgermany]

Oh I have to agree everyone - just watched the video and I enjoyed it. I love the colours!! It's really fitting the mood / expression of the song!! Very stylish!! Great work!

[Rick Henry]

Chris, one of the things I really like about the video is your use of the color purple. It seems that purple was a color Karen was favoring in her later years.

Enigma you bring up some very good points here in that Karen did look quite stylish. Her "image" team did a great job in reinventing Karen. She was ready to hit the 80's with a bang. I would have loved to see where all of this would have gone. Karen surely would have been the "talk of the town".

Mary Ann... your Carpenters project is wonderful and you're like a celebrity in the world of Carpenters fans.



Here's are a few little treats from the solo album photo sessions...

[enigma]

Rick maybe its by your design or by coincidence but the background photo you chose from Karens solo photo shoot on the forum really emphasizes what we have been saying on this thread. It happens to be this and simular photos that were included in the video that drove home to me the whole new image thought. I wanted to point this out because that picture is one of my favorites from the solo shoot and fits some of the points we are discussing here very well. Love the purple outfit Karen is one of the few who could make purple look soo good and the blown back hair looks soo cool. I love that picture!

[Rick Henry]

Jan 19, 2009 10:36:10 GMT -5 enigma said:

Rick maybe its by your design or by coincidence but the background photo you chose from Karens solo photo shoot on the forum really emphasizes what we have been saying on this thread. It happens to be this and simular photos that were included in the video that drove home to me the whole new image thought. I wanted to point this out because that picture is one of my favorites from the solo shoot and fits some of the points we are discussing here very well. Love the purple outfit Karen is one of the few who could make purple look soo good and the blown back hair looks soo cool. I love that picture!

Hi E... Interesting that you single out the pic that's currently used for the background. This one is a capture I took directly from Chris' video. I believe Chris' enhanced the original photo some so that Karen doesn't look so gaunt. I went and enhanced the photo just a bit more to give it a bit more clarity and dimension.

I agree that Karen wore the color purple quite well. That's one of those colors that not too many people can wear.


For future reference this is the pic which is currently on the forum background.