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Post by Rick Henry on Jun 12, 2004 20:26:24 GMT -5
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If there were any Carpenters songs with an R&B influence what do you think they are?
"Baby It's You" has a strong R&B flavor to it, especially in Karen's vocal.
And from Karen's solo album "If We Try" has an R&B influence in the music and Karen's vocal. This could be because Rod Temperton wrote and arranged the song. Temperton played keyboard in the 70's R&B/Disco/Funk group Heatwave, he also wrote the group's hits "Always And Forever" and "Boogie Nights".
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Post by cam83 on Jun 12, 2004 20:51:22 GMT -5
Hello!
Ordinary Fool is one! Another would be...Last One Singin The Blues. Rainy Days and Mondays. Another Song...(quasi BLUES-Pyschodelic)...
Cameron
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Post by Sammy on Jun 13, 2004 12:42:13 GMT -5
I always thought YOUR BABY DOESN'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE and STRENGTH OF A WOMAN both have an R&B influence.
Just a note my favorite R&B artists are Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye...
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Post by rob on Jun 14, 2004 22:23:13 GMT -5
defniitely Strength of a woman. In fact, in Darlene Love's autobiography, she mentions the african-american community really dug the carpenters for their soul - Darlene even writes that she always imagined the carpenters singing "betcha by golly wow".
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Post by Rick Henry on Jun 17, 2004 20:40:59 GMT -5
defniitely Strength of a woman. In fact, in Darlene Love's autobiography, she mentions the african-american community really dug the carpenters for their soul - Darlene even writes that she always imagined the carpenters singing "betcha by golly wow". Hi Rob, that is an interesting tidbit of info. I never knew Darlene Love mentioned Karen in her biography. The Carpenters music really does cross barriers. I could just imagine Karen singing "Betcha By Golly Wow" - that would have been mind blowing. |
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Post by Moe on Jun 17, 2004 21:42:09 GMT -5
I was listening to "Love making Love to You," today and was thinking about this thread. This songs phrasing really seemed more toward R&B or maybe jazz. I couldn't decide. I like the song, though.
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Post by dgfarnsworth on Jun 18, 2004 13:30:53 GMT -5
Beechwood 4-5789. Well, you don't get anymore R&B than that one: written by Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson and George Gordy. Marvin Gaye is from my town, Lexington. Although I only lived in San Antonio, Texas a short while....that's were I was when Karen died.  And also, that's where I lived when Marvin Gaye's dad (a former Lexington preacher) killed his son, Marvin Gaye....FYI |
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Post by ThomB on Jun 21, 2004 0:58:22 GMT -5
Karen had such a beautiful soulful voice. She was a natural with any genre of music. Although the Carpenters recording wasn't R&B, Please Mr. Postman was originally an R&B and pop hit for the Marvelettes.
Karen singing Marvin Gaye's What's Goin' On would have been great. Or the Commodore's Easy or Al Green's Let's Stay Together (love Tina Turner's version).
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