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Post by cam83 on Jul 1, 2004 21:41:17 GMT -5
Hi All,
I was just thinking of the song HAPPY by the Carpenters. I have to admit, for me, it is the sequel to TOP OF THE WORLD. Both have an upbeat aspect to the song. I remember the first time I heard HAPPY. I was in between Grade Nine and Ten, during the summer, and I had done the unthinkable. I had bought the TWIN TAPE cassette of THE SINGLES 1969-1973 with THE SINGLES 1974-1978. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. I just loved the SINGLES 1974-1978, as I had worn the previous SINGLES 1969-1973 out. So it was neat to hear "NEW" songs that I hadn't heard before. I was taken with HAPPY. And I hated with a passion SOLITAIRE(such a slow, draggy, boring song)...I know...I know...I grew to love SOLITAIRE so much, it is in my TOP FIVE fave songs of theirs(with ONLY YESTERDAY, HAPPY, SOLITAIRE...(OH MY GOSH!! AND TO THINK HORIZON IS NOT MY FAVE ALBUM AT ALL...not even in my TOP 10 ALBUMS)...TWO SIDES and AVE MARIA. But HAPPY is such a cute, pleasant, outgoing song you gotta love it. For it's fun quality. I wish they had made a video for this song.
My thoughts,
Cameron
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Post by Rob813 on Jul 1, 2004 21:56:53 GMT -5
Cam: I agree it's a good song. It was written by Tony Peluso, their guitarist. He also penned Boat To Sail on the VOTH album. Tony's fuzzy guitar solos on Goodbye To Love had a polarizing reaction at the time. Fans either loved it or felt Carps had sold out to rock and roll. I believe Rolling Stone said the guitar solo was too strong for the song. I think K an R's harmonizing ah's throughout the song help to tie the guitar solo work into the rest of the song. Sorry for the rambling. Just wanted to get my two cents in.
Rob(813)
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Post by BethMosior on Jul 2, 2004 2:23:38 GMT -5
I agree also  it is just so coooool and I think one of the band members wrote it, I can't remember  but it really makes me feel like I'm soaring high above the world and yes Top of the world does the same thing to me  I too wish that they had made a video of Happy   wow that would have been really cooooooool  |
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Post by enigma on Jul 2, 2004 7:25:05 GMT -5
I don't see this song as a sequel to Top Of The World because I do not really like Top Of The World but I love Happy and cosider it a better song in every way. I also feel it is an upbeat song and should have had a video. Cam you put Horizon near the bottom of all Carpenters realeases I don't get that at all considering the quality and stregth in material on this record but to each his own I guess. Just out of curiousity what do you find so bad about this effort that you rank it so low while so many others give it high marks (including me)
BTW Rob813 I think you are referring to Sailing On The Tide from VOTH, Boat To Sail was off of AKOH and was not written by Peluso and SOTT is one of my favorate tracks off of VOTH album I like the song alot.
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Post by BethMosior on Jul 2, 2004 7:48:06 GMT -5
I would like to make it clear that the album is one of my favorite, favorite, favorite, etc....... albums and I was just agreeing with the song I looked it up and Tony Peluso, Diane Rubin and John Bettis wrote Happy, at least that is what it says inside the album cover booklet it is a very coooooool song  |
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Post by cam83 on Jul 2, 2004 12:00:44 GMT -5
Hi Guys,
For me anyways, what it boils down to is the first Carpenters albums I listened to ...
The Singles 1969-1973(May 1988)
Made In America(June 1988)
Voice of the Heart(June 1988)
A Kind of Hush(July 1988)
The Singles 1974-1978(August 1988)
Close To You(September 1988)
Now and Then(October 1988)
Christmas Portrait/An Old Fashioned Christmas(December 1988)
These were the lists of albums in that order that I listened to. So these albums are really special to me. In August 1989, I finally got to listen to the CARPENTERS (1971) album and was blown away. I didn't get to listen to HORIZON until about 1992 or so. It was a nice album but I didn't think it was great. Same with A SONG FOR YOU. You have to remember these were albums I heard later on...like several years after I was introduced to the Carpenters music, and although great, they didn't touch me in the way the former albums had.
As for A SONG FOR YOU album. It would have been a great album if Richard would have left off PIANO PICKER and FLAT BAROQUE. I would have given that album an 8 out of 10 if those 2 tracks had not been on it...
My thoughts,
Cameron
PS...Also, I don't think of HAPPY as the sequel to TOP OF THE WORLD, lyrically. I just mean it has that feel good attitude of Top of the World. The type of song that makes you happy.
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Post by karenandrichardfan on Jul 2, 2004 18:54:48 GMT -5
Happy is a great song. I really like the instruments on it. there somekind of synthesizer sound on it that really sounds neat. Horizon is my favorite Carpenters album. Karen's voice is at her fullest reaching all the low and high notes perfectly. She also looked great on the album cover.
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Post by Rick Henry on Jul 2, 2004 20:53:51 GMT -5
"HAPPY" is a wonderful wonderful song. I love this song so very very much. So much that for nearly ten years (1989-1999) I considered it to be my favorite arpenters song. Now I consider "ONLY YESTERDAY" to be my favorite C's, but "Happy" is still in the my top ten.
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Post by BethMosior on Jul 2, 2004 21:52:47 GMT -5
Amen to tha Rick its real funny but as I am writing this I'm listening to Only Yesterday, I keep hitting repeat over and over again it really is a miracle that I ever get through any of their CD's, because I hit repeat so much, sometimes it takes weeks before I get to anther CD and it keeps going on and on etc.............. I can go from one to another and never get tired or bored with the Carpenters |
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Post by Moe on Jul 2, 2004 22:03:05 GMT -5
I think Happy could have been a strong single for the album. It is too bad that they stopped singles for Horizon after Solitare. I think Desperado, Happy, and maybe even (I'm caught between) Goodbye and I love you, could have been Carpenters' classics and big hits.
Horizon is my favorite (along with Christmas Portrait) CD because each song is great and I love Karen's lower register!
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