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Post by cam83 on Oct 26, 2003 23:42:34 GMT -5
Hi Guys! I couldn't resist! Only 2 more months until Christmas!! I am soooo excited! Now I can play CARPENTERS christmas music and not be made fun of...(okay, I still listen to them and be made fun of them all the time...and we are not talking about their Christmas music but about their MUSIC period!!)OH well! I love watching the Christmas specials they did. I also love that skit Karen did with Harvey Korman as he played all the parts...she was funny in that role. I also love the song about Brothers and Sisters, sung with RC, Kristy and Jimmy McNichol...that was cool! I also love her standard Ave Maria...and the opening of the first special where she is in white fur and singing, "Just hear those sleighbells ringling..." and the seeing her in a white satin suit...and her interaction with the puppets...she really loved them...or at least pretended to love them...(and you actually begin to believe they are puppets...)...and I love the second special...and seeing Karen dance...to that irish song...her green outfit was cute...loved those boots, but she was a bit too thin...but sang wonderfully. I also guessed that all those Christmas songs were recorded in 2 phases...some in 1977 and some in 1978...KAREN was the essence of Christmas in terms of musical ability and warmth...
My thoughts, Cam
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Post by Rick Henry on Oct 27, 2003 8:32:28 GMT -5
I know I am partial, but I truly feel The Carpenters have released the finest Christmas music of all-time. Nobody really come close to the sheer beauty and essence of Christmas. Please check out the new Christmas forum on this board called Merry Christmas Darling. carponline.proboards21.com/index.cgi?board=Christmas
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Post by ThomB on Oct 28, 2003 9:41:11 GMT -5
I can hardly wait. Time to pull out the C's christmas disc.
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Post by cam83 on Oct 28, 2003 14:49:36 GMT -5
I am soooo excited!! To be able to listen to the 2 Carpenters Christmas albums. On the Sandi Patty forum...there are quite a few fans that also adore the Carpenters, so that is really cool. She has some good cds out too...( THE GIFT GOES ON and O HOLY NIGHT)...and her version of HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS.(it's just a snippet to close the GIFT GOES ON album) is very Karen-esque as some reviewers have stated...very lovely song... I also adore Amy Grant's Christmas album with Breath of Heaven...a perfect song for our Karen to have sung... And Boney M's Christmas album is a classic. And Anne Murray sings some lovely songs. I like her too.. But my faves are the duo on top of the world...will be in heavy rotation this year where ever I go...I always take it with me when I go visiting to whomever's place...and bring out the cd...and wait for the compliments of their beautiful music and the Downy Songbird to sing...(well if Anne can be Canada's songbird, so can our Karen...)
Cam
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