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Post by cam83 on Feb 20, 2004 20:55:32 GMT -5
Hey All,
I have been a huge fan of this song as well. I love Karen's saucy vocals...and the 39 voice chord of the Carpenters is amazing.
When I was 16 years old, back in 1988 in Winnipeg, Manitoba...I remember going to Sam the Record Man store and seeing all of the Carpenters albums...Close To You, Carpenters, A Song For You, Horizon, A Kind of Hush, Passage, Classics, Reminiscing and others...and remember just staring at the photos and looking at the track list and wondering which one should I get. I would be in the store for at least an hour if not more just looking. Finally I got CLOSE TO YOU lp, and going home and playing it on our record player. I just fell in love with the songs on it. I especially loved this song and all the voices on it. The first Carpenters album I had before this was The Singles 1969-1973, so I wanted one of their "Real" albums. Well the CLOSE TO YOU album did not dissapoint me in any way. It was magical and it is still my FAVORITE Carpenters LP of all time!!
My thoughts,
Cameron
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Post by smoothie2 on Feb 20, 2004 21:32:04 GMT -5
???Hey I sure like your thoughts on things and our memories are fun to think of. That's been quite some time back since vinyl or cassettes or 8 tracks were all there was, but there are still such places for collectors. For me, also Close to You is my favorite album although Horizon is great. Close to You was my first record of the Carpenters I owned given to me one Christmas along with my very first record player of my own. Just perfect vocals no matter what. Record or music places, I would browse would be Gibson's, a dept. store, TG and Y also the same kind of place. Exclusively record places, later on were Ralph's Records. And this place still exists. I joined Columbia Record club when I was in my teens and pretty well stuck with them for a while. I did own several 45 records by different artists, but not any by Carps. because I bought the whole albums. and so that goes...now it's internet!  I first heard the song "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" probably first on the radio or tv by Dionne Warwick and loved it and her along with the Bacharack(sp?) medleys. But Karen, as with most all she touched surely made it even more meaningful and with a hint of fun to it...."what do you get when you kiss a guy, you get enough germs to catch pneumonia and after you do he never phones you...!"...... I'd like to see her sing that in concert..as I'm sure it is recorded on one of their videos now...her mannerisms and the way she delivered the songs were superb. |
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Post by Rick Henry on Feb 21, 2004 1:40:12 GMT -5
Cam and smoothie you both bring some interesting points up about the song. The 39 voice overdub is amazing. What an effect especially in 1970. The Carpenters were considered to be introducing a new sound to pop music in their day. They were considered to be somewhat progressive and trendsetters in the world of pop music. And as smoothie states Karen added her own little hint of fun to it. I really like Karen's voice on this one. She's almost lounge singer, but much more refined.
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Post by OceanKing on Feb 21, 2004 12:41:09 GMT -5
I love this song, too, and I've long wondered why Richard hasn't ever released a remix of it. Imagine how fantastic the 39-voice choir would sound remastered, with fresh instrumental tracks! Wow.
The fact that he HAS neglected it for so long makes me wonder if there's some damage to the master tapes. Hope not, but it would explain why the song's never been on a compilation. It would have fit in perfectly on "Love Songs" or even "Gold."
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Post by smoothie2 on Feb 21, 2004 14:29:48 GMT -5
???ok...I've read about that over dub thing before, but not sure exactly what that means.....
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Post by Rick Henry on Feb 21, 2004 14:45:14 GMT -5
Hi smoothie. Overdubbing is a studio effect that the Carpenters used on many of their songs. It's taking their two voices and layering them multiple times on top of each other to make it sound like there are dozens of voices instead of just two.
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Post by smoothie2 on Feb 21, 2004 15:24:36 GMT -5
???hey thanks for clearing that up...I understand now...It's something I have recognized in their music and with other singers too, but didn't know the technical name for it.
Richard and Karen were such an inspiration to the whole music world! And he of course still is. He may have missed out on some dates and other activities due to his piano lessons...(as is told in the words of his Piano Picker (?) song) but it surely paid off big time for them both! What talent!
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Post by ThomB on Feb 22, 2004 10:50:16 GMT -5
One of my favorite songs, too. The entire album Close To You is strong from beginning to end. Though Horizon is my favorite album.
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