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Post by davidroberson on Jun 5, 2004 10:36:19 GMT -5
Hi, Joey...great story! Like you, I love "Ave Maria" as well. The thing is I love the original version with just Karen singing. I don't know...when Richard added the choral background, it just didn't seem the same. Anyway, that's my two cents!
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Post by Song4You on Jun 6, 2004 14:44:40 GMT -5
Hmm, I don't really remember the first song I heard from the C's, maybe it was Superstar...but the song that got me hooked on them was "Merry Christmas, Darling." It was around Christmastime when all the stations play just Christmas songs...and "Merry Christmas, Darling" came on, and when the song was finished, I was thinking to myself, "Wow, that was incredible!" And then the dj was like, "And that was the Carpenters with 'Merry Christmas, Darling.'" And that's when I got hooked. That actually happened last year! It feels like I've been a fan of Richard and Karen forever! I wish I was introduced to them earlier...but I'm just glad that I have the chance to enjoy their music. While a lot of people at my school are writing lyrics of artists from today on their notebooks, I write Carpenters lyrics all over my notebooks. (I'm a junior in high school) My friends think I'm crazy. Maybe I am...or maybe I'm just really obsessed. I think the latter is true. It's nice to know that you're not the only crazy, obsessed fan out there! Hopefully there's another C's fan out there as obsessed as I am! Laura
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Post by Rick Henry on Jun 7, 2004 2:05:06 GMT -5
Hmm, I don't really remember the first song I heard from the C's, maybe it was Superstar...but the song that got me hooked on them was "Merry Christmas, Darling." It was around Christmastime when all the stations play just Christmas songs...and "Merry Christmas, Darling" came on, and when the song was finished, I was thinking to myself, "Wow, that was incredible!" And then the dj was like, "And that was the Carpenters with 'Merry Christmas, Darling.'" And that's when I got hooked. That actually happened last year! It feels like I've been a fan of Richard and Karen forever! I wish I was introduced to them earlier...but I'm just glad that I have the chance to enjoy their music. While a lot of people at my school are writing lyrics of artists from today on their notebooks, I write Carpenters lyrics all over my notebooks. (I'm a junior in high school) My friends think I'm crazy. Maybe I am...or maybe I'm just really obsessed. I think the latter is true. It's nice to know that you're not the only crazy, obsessed fan out there! Hopefully there's another C's fan out there as obsessed as I am! Laura :-XHi Laura, your friends may think you're crazy, but for as young as you are you certainly have an ear for quality music. The Carpenters produced only the finest music of their day and of all-time. Their band was complete with well trained musicians, Richard's arrangements have been deemed as genious by many well respected professionals, and Karen's voice is considered to be one of the most unique and pure vocals of any era. BTW what is your favorite Carpenters lyric?
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Post by Song4You on Jun 7, 2004 15:23:30 GMT -5
Wow Rick, I really had to think about my favorite lyric from the C's...I narrowed it down to 3...1.) "We've Only Just Begun." ~ I write this everywhere and on everything! Whenever someone at school sees this written somewhere, they're like, "Laura's been here, hasn't she?" It's become my signature thing, I guess. 2.) "Tomorrow might be brighter than today/Since I threw my sadness away/Only Yesterday" ~ That's a great lyric, I think. 3.) Actually, any lyric from "Desperado" is a favorite of mine. It's full of great and insightful lyrics. Now I'm going to turn around and ask you the same question, Rick. What's your favorite Carpenters lyric?
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Post by Rick Henry on Jun 7, 2004 18:27:15 GMT -5
Wow Rick, I really had to think about my favorite lyric from the C's...I narrowed it down to 3...1.) "We've Only Just Begun." ~ I write this everywhere and on everything! Whenever someone at school sees this written somewhere, they're like, "Laura's been here, hasn't she?" It's become my signature thing, I guess. 2.) "Tomorrow might be brighter than today/Since I threw my sadness away/Only Yesterday" ~ That's a great lyric, I think. 3.) Actually, any lyric from "Desperado" is a favorite of mine. It's full of great and insightful lyrics. Now I'm going to turn around and ask you the same question, Rick. What's your favorite Carpenters lyric? Favorite lyric that is a tough one. But my favorite lyrics are actually the more optimistic songs like "We've Only Just Begun" and "Only Yesterday". Of the lesser known songs one of my favorites is "Leave Yesterday Behind" - a most beautiful song. The lyrics are absolutely inspiring. "You hear a song of hope surround your senses. And feel the promise of a brand new kind of world" - lyric from "Leave Yesterday Behind".
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Post by Superstargal on Jun 8, 2004 1:22:05 GMT -5
I will chance giving away how young I am and say "Touch Me When We're Dancing". Hey davidroberson! I'm one of the youngest here too. I was born in 1980. I'll turn 24 in October. The Carpenters have always been my parents' favorite group so they passed on this love of the Carpenters to me. I loved listening to Carpenters records growing up. As far as the first song I ever heard, I cannot really remember. I remember listening to an 8-track of the "Close To You" album almost every day before I left for pre-school. I can also relate to what enigma mentioned about the "oldies medley" from the "Now And Then" album. I grew up with "Now And Then" It too contained the first songs I ever heard from The Carpenters. I was too young to know about album titles, so I called it "Car Carpenter" because of the big red car that Karen and Richard are in on the front of the album. Sooooo. I'm guessing the first Carpenters song(s) I ever heard were "We've Only Just Begun" and "Yesterday Once More." Take care!
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Post by davidroberson on Jun 8, 2004 11:20:47 GMT -5
Hey, Superstargal! Good to hear from you. I'm 35 and have only been collecting the Carpenters music since 1989. I do have a confession to make. A friend of mine gave me the "Made In America" LP in the mid-80s (which takes us back to the "Touch Me When We're Dancing" memory). I don't think my time had quite come to embrace the Carpenters completely, as I sold the LP at a high school yard sale. We all make mistakes, right? I saw "The Karen Carpenter Story" on television and I've been devoted ever since. Take care...
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Post by Superstargal on Jun 8, 2004 20:17:56 GMT -5
Hey, Superstargal! Good to hear from you. I'm 35 and have only been collecting the Carpenters music since 1989. I do have a confession to make. A friend of mine gave me the "Made In America" LP in the mid-80s (which takes us back to the "Touch Me When We're Dancing" memory). I don't think my time had quite come to embrace the Carpenters completely, as I sold the LP at a high school yard sale. We all make mistakes, right? I saw "The Karen Carpenter Story" on television and I've been devoted ever since. Take care... Don't you just love the days when LP's were popular? I still love playing LP's and 45's. As a child of the early 80's, we still had records and 8-tracks to listen to. Those were the days! I love "The Karen Carpenter Story!" I remember crying after watching it for the first time. I was just so saddened by Karen's untimely death. The scene in the first part of the movie when the doctors are rushing through the hallway with Karen on the stretcher trying to revive her with oxygen really tugs at the heart strings. That is probably the most difficult part of the movie for me to get through. I think it's neat that "Touch Me When We're Dancing" was your first Carpenters song. I actually didn't discover that song until I bought the "Yesterday Once More" CD set a few years back. I like that song. It's quite a catchy tune! Take care, and Long live The Carpenters!
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Post by davidroberson on Jun 8, 2004 21:30:41 GMT -5
I still collect LP's to this day! It keeps me attached to the old days. I miss 8-Tracks. I have very vague memoires of "The Karen Carpenter Story" except for recognizing a lot of their songs. I know it has been run on television on occasion, but I seem to keep missing it. Bye for now...
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Post by cam83 on Jun 8, 2004 22:20:16 GMT -5
Hi All, I think my fave and first CARPENTERS song that I ever remember hearing was YESTERDAY ONCE MORE. It was on a Clifford's Fur Store commercial in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Also, I remember hearing CLOSE TO YOU, or the trumpet parts on Sesame Street once, where they showed clips of different cities, and the one that they had on, was of a fire truck driving thru Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where I lived. So that one made quite an impression.
My thoughts, Cameron
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Post by Superstargal on Jun 8, 2004 23:18:03 GMT -5
Hi All, I think my fave and first CARPENTERS song that I ever remember hearing was YESTERDAY ONCE MORE. It was on a Clifford's Fur Store commercial in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Also, I remember hearing CLOSE TO YOU, or the trumpet parts on Sesame Street once, where they showed clips of different cities, and the one that they had on, was of a fire truck driving thru Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where I lived. So that one made quite an impression. My thoughts, Cameron Oh my gosh Cam! I had totally forgotten about the trumpet part of "Close To You" on Sesame Street! Now that you brought that up, I can vaguely remember something like that on the show. I was so hooked on Sesame Street in the early 80's. Ohhhhh. I'm having a nostalgia attack!! LOL! Thanks for triggering that memory for me Cam!
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Post by Superstargal on Jun 8, 2004 23:30:10 GMT -5
I still collect LP's to this day! It keeps me attached to the old days. I miss 8-Tracks. I have very vague memoires of "The Karen Carpenter Story" except for recognizing a lot of their songs. I know it has been run on television on occasion, but I seem to keep missing it. Bye for now... I'm glad to hear that you still collect LP's. I only wish we had a music store around my hometown that still sells them. And 8-tracks are so cool! There is/was an amazing music store in Ellensburg, Washington called Rodeo Records. I always brought all of my money there and I was like a kid in a candy store. It was like walking into a musical time-capsule. The place was loaded with LP's, 45's, 8-tracks, cassettes, CD's, old music posters, and various things from around the 50's and 60's. I heard that it went out of business, and that would be a real shame. My dad still has the big 8-track player that I grew up with. I keep telling him to hang on to it because it is a classic and could be worth something someday. Besides, there are too many memories attatched to it. I'm going to have to jog my memory on how to use it LOL. I could work it fine about 20 years ago, but today.....hmmmmm....could be tricky "The Karen Carpenter Story" is very sad, but it is an excellent t.v. movie! The casting was terrific for the movie, and yes, they have all those great songs! I hope it comes on again soon so you'll have a chance to tune in. I recorded the movie off the t.v. several years ago, so I watch it on occaision.
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Post by davidroberson on Jun 9, 2004 10:25:53 GMT -5
Great story about the music store! I wish we had something like that where I live. I hope to record the TV movie myself once I'm able to find it on. It's funny, but I don't remember "Close To You" from "Sesame Street" and I grew up on it! For that matter, I don't remember "Sing" from the show either. The first time I heard that song was Barbra Streisand's version as a medley with "Make Your Own Kind Of Music".
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Post by enigma on Jun 9, 2004 15:54:01 GMT -5
I do remember Sing from Sesame Street a cast member Bob sang the song and a group of kids sang with him as they skated around either a pond or a rink. This was before The Carpenters released the song but I don't recall Close to you though I probably heard it as I watched Sesame throughout the 1970's. Aah those memories those memories.
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Post by Superstargal on Jun 9, 2004 23:02:21 GMT -5
Yeah, I can vaguely remember some of the Carpenters music on Sesame Street now that Cam brought it up. It's pretty fuzzy though. I don't have any great detailed memories about it. I grew up on Sesame Street too, and I remember Bob. There was also Linda, Louise, Maria and Gordon, LOL!! I always liked Oscar The Grouch and Cookie Monster. But I digress.....you know I was listening to the "Lovelines" CD the other day, and fell in love with "Kiss Me The Way You Did Last Night." I love that song, and I can't remember hearing it before. I think it was recorded during the "Made In America" sessions. Wow! It should have been on the album!! The harmonies on that song send me chills! That "Lovelines" CD is so cool. It's just packed with songs that should have made it on the albums. I'm just so happy that "Lovelines" came out so we could experience what was left out. Thanks for the compliment on my "music store" story davidroberson! I live in Idaho, but my grandmother lives in Ellensburg, Washington so when I go to visit her, I always hit Rodeo Records while in town. I truely think we need more music stores like Rodeo Records that have music available in all kinds of formats and all that classic memorbilia. How neat that would be!
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