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Post by Rick Henry on Jul 9, 2004 21:37:55 GMT -5
 Wow, that's a tough one. I think of Karen too much as a big sister to ever think of her in a romantic sense. But, I would still want to sing something like "You Are So Beautiful To Me", because she really was beautiful to me. 
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Post by cam83 on Jul 9, 2004 22:04:20 GMT -5
Hi All,
I would sing a medley of CARPENTERS hits to her...Probabably...
Sharing horizons that are new to us
Watching the signs along the way
Talking it over just the two of us
Working together day to day
Together
On the day that you were born
The angels got together and decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moondust in your hair of golden starlight in your eyes
There was a certain face
That filled a thousand nights
With all the sweetest dreams and promises of you tonight but we're closer now
When it rains I don't feel cold
Now that I have your hand to hold
The winds might blow thru me but I don't Care
And now, now when we touch
Me when we're dancing
You know you've got that loving touch
Woah touch me when we're dancing
I want to feel you
are the one who makes me happy
Is the way I feel
Falling in love
Falling in love with you
came
Maybe you can't see how much you mean to me
You were the dawn breaking the night
The promise of morning light
filling the world surround me
And when I hold you baby baby
Don't you remember you told me you loved me baby
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby
Baby baby baby baby oh baby I love you
I really do...
My silly thoughts,
Cam
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Post by Moe on Jul 10, 2004 2:09:17 GMT -5
I think "Thanks for the Memories," the old Bob Hope song, would fit. I can't remember a time when Karen and Richard's music was not a part of my life and making life just a little bit better!
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Post by enigma on Jul 10, 2004 3:50:01 GMT -5
I don't really see myself in a romantic setting with Karen but I probably would not refuse the opportunity if it arose. In a romantic setting, with alot of encouragement and maybe a shot or two of courage, I would sing her the song Something by the Beatles. I would substitude the she with you and I chose this song because it is regarded as one of the greatest love songs ever written  and I love the song. Personaly I would avoid the Carpenters material...It would seem too strange and the added pressure to sing Karen back her own songs would keep me from choosing them. |
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Post by JIM on Jul 10, 2004 4:37:52 GMT -5
Barbra Striesans Song Bird comes
to mind but I need to give this
questions a little more thought.
JIM
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Post by Rob813 on Jul 10, 2004 16:42:34 GMT -5
Well I might try "Sing" since Karen sang sing, sing a song, make it simple to last your whole life long - don't worry if it's not good enough - just sing, sing a song. La La La La. I'd ask her to join me and I'd try to blend with her and we'd probably both fall down laughing!
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Post by JIM on Jul 12, 2004 14:49:36 GMT -5
Well with the new set of perameters
given, I would have to say The Girl
From Impanema. I hear this song at
least 30 times a week. My partner
plays it live at every gig on Sax.
My favorite station Love 94 F.M.
plays it daily and its was the
first song that I learned how to
play all of the crazy back up jazz
chord inversions on, and it makes
a great song for a man and a woman
to sing together. It would stil
require a shot or two or three of
something to calm my nerves if I
were in this situation.
JIM
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Post by JIM on Jul 12, 2004 23:40:04 GMT -5
O.K Hide the bottle! First let me
say I have literally been around
the world more than once and the
Burgh is still my favorite place.
Boy thats tuff. If they left it up
to me, I would love to take them to
Falling Water. Just enough driving
time for talking and a great place
just to hang out. Kennywood, what
can I say what it lacks in size,it
makes up for in its unique charm
and just as historical as Falling
Water. I think I would still head
straight for the Racer! The burgh
really has something for everyone
unlike Ft. Lauderdale! You can only
stare at the Atlantic so long and
its to much of a continous traffic
pile up for a fun car ride.
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Post by beaner on Jul 13, 2004 5:16:47 GMT -5
I would want to live my lifelong dream and sing one one of their tunes with her in harmony. I pick A Place to Hideaway.  |
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Post by smoothie2 on Jul 13, 2004 18:33:29 GMT -5
???Dave...I think you're quite a character!!!!!! Kinda crazy but nice! Anyway, Everyone's come up with really good ideas.
I first thought of the song "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" ...(the Coke song) that I'd like to sing with Karen. From just me to her I like that idea of "Thanks for the Memories" (though, I can't sing very well and I don't know the words to the Thanks for....) I also thought of "Close to You."
and if I was a guy and had those feelings about Karen...which I might...I'd sing ...or better yet, play John Denver's "Annie's Song"...."you fill up my senses..."
smoothie
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Post by smoothie2 on Jul 14, 2004 0:05:18 GMT -5
Well, Dave, you do strike me as one who is good hearted and in fact, I think most folks that do have a real soft spot for the Carpenters, are good hearted and certainly have been blessed to have known the C's growing up or been touched with them as new fans.
Now wouldn't that be neat to have a ceiling fan that had either the Carpenters logo on each blade and/or a photo of them...
Anyway, yes, I'm sure I watched most of the Indiana Jones shows, but really haven't seen any in yrs. I know in one is a big cave that he finds himself caught in with lots of snakes(ewww!) and then it's funny where he's running away from a huge ball of mud or something.
Anyway, that would be funny about what you mentioned about Karen and your wife being called at the same time. anyway,....so it goes... 
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Post by BethMosior on Jul 14, 2004 0:36:07 GMT -5
I think the song that I would sing is " Good Friends Are For Keeps", for Karen is like a best friend to me, someone that I could talk to about anything and know she would understand and care about my thoughts  |
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Post by smoothie2 on Jul 14, 2004 20:06:09 GMT -5
hi Dave and everybody...this has turned out to be an interesting thread indeed. Dave, I think I recall the scene in the movie you're talking about, and that is funny. There were several series of the Indiana Jones and then a tv short-lived series of the young Indiana Jones.
Beth, I don't think I know the song Best Friends are For Keeps...but it reminds me of the song Dionne Warwick recorded "That's What Friends are For". I have had one or two best friends in my life, and such friends don't come along very often, or time or circumstances, somehow get blocked and such relationships fade away. But the memories are always there, just as they are with Karen. I think she must have been a great friend to those she was able to be close to. She surely deserved more time and more of all those things life had to offer outside of fame.
And thinking of her now....she loved singing and meeting fans, but she realized she needed to break away from all the touring and just be herself...and marry and have kids...the whole works.
We're all here not just to find some happiness for ourselves, but help others too.
hey Dave, be careful looking at the fan blades too much!
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Post by BethMosior on Jul 15, 2004 1:46:25 GMT -5
Hi Smoothie2, the song is form the 4 CD set From The Top, it is an old AT&T commercial and about Karen being a good friend to those she knew in Conneticut, at least from what I have read, Karen called them alot or wrote letters to them all the time and never lost contact with her old friends or her new friends  |
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Post by Rick Henry on Jul 15, 2004 18:36:24 GMT -5
"Good Friends Are For Keeps" is also on the recently released 4-disc collection called "Essential Collection 1965-1997".
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Post by steve on Jul 16, 2004 16:57:26 GMT -5
The thought of actually singing for Karen is so hard to imagine,but I tried and what I came up with was the song "This guy's in love with you"by Herb Alpert..Not for the romance of the song,but rather because of the feel and innocence of it!!Its a song I would loved to have heard from the Carpenters !! I cant sing a note,so it would be terrible,but its the thought that counts! Steve
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Post by Superstargal on Jul 16, 2004 17:29:54 GMT -5
LOL I don't have much of a singing voice. But I'd probably sing "I Won't Last A Day Without You" and "I Have You." Karen would make such a wonderful friend and these two songs are one's that make me think of the special friends that have touched my life. So those would be perfect to sing to Karen (or in my case, ATTEMPT to sing LOL!!!) "Sometimes" is such a nice song too and kind of falls into the same category as the latter two. So that would be a nice one to sing to Karen too. |
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Post by cam83 on Jul 16, 2004 17:47:29 GMT -5
Hi All,
Yeah, I think Karen was the type of person, who didn't seem to mind if fans voices weren't the greatest. She loved the fact that they sang from their hearts even if they sang off key, or were shakey. Now, if it were her band, that is a different story. She was the boss! She and Richard! They expected perfection from them, and rightfully so as it was their name on the marquee. And they treated them wonderfully, financially, and not just as their "back up band."
My thoughts,
Cam
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