omar
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Post by omar on Jul 28, 2004 3:50:48 GMT -5
Hi everyone. First of all My name is Omar and I'm new to this discussion board. Sitting here in San Francisco I wanted to post my very first topic. I was the other day listening to all the albums one by one and decided to pick out a collection of Karen and Richard's most emotional or atmospheric moments. I deliberately avoided many of the commercial hits and instead concentrated on the more overlooked album cuts that a lot of people would probably not really listen to. To me this is where the real Carpenters emotional energy comes from:
1.someday
2.goodnight
3.maybe it's you
4.crescent noon
5.another song
6.superstar/rainy days and mondays(medley)
7.place to hideaway
8.sometimes
9.road ode
10.crystal lullaby
11.heather
12.yesterday once more(reprise)
13.aurora
14.sandy
15.he came here for me
16.little alter boy
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Post by beaner on Jul 28, 2004 5:13:14 GMT -5
Hi Omar and Welcome to the forum!!! I think you are right on target with emotion-filled songs. Karen shows so much feeling in these great tunes. I'll add a few more to the list: Boat to Sail Somebody's Been Lyin' Where Do I Go From Here Ave Maria Something's Missin'  |
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Post by Boat2Sail on Jul 28, 2004 7:34:06 GMT -5
Hi Omar, welcome to our zany Carpenters family.
Good topic. All the songs on your list are really great. I would add I CAAN'T MAKE MUSIC. that is one of the Carpenters most emotional songs.
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Post by BethMosior on Jul 28, 2004 12:41:56 GMT -5
Hi Omar, welcome to the forum  your choices are right on the mark and the song He Came Here For Me, when I listen to that, the tears always flow, its like Karen reaches right down to my soul to remind me that Christ came down to this earth for me, and all mankind,  wow what a song, and what a wonderful person Karen was, I sure do miss her |
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Post by JIM on Jul 28, 2004 14:30:02 GMT -5
Hey Omar!!
Welcome to the collective.
I love all of your choices the only
one I would add is One More Time.
For me the segways between Crystal
Lullabye, Road Ode, and Song For
You reprise are a chill factor
group.
JIM
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Post by Rick Henry on Jul 28, 2004 19:15:27 GMT -5
A few others to add: DESPERADO - this song is full of soul and emotion GOODBYE AND I LOVE YOU - the lyrics are excellent A SONG FOR YOU - this one reaches all they way into your soul and tugs... TWO SIDES - it's the lyrics, the insturmentation, Karen's voice 
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Post by cam83 on Jul 28, 2004 19:57:08 GMT -5
WELCOME and...SOLITAIRE. One of the best songs she ever did...showcasing her vocal range, her emotional sadness describing a lonely man...you know, I always thought she was singing about a man, that could have been her boyfriend, who lost his love thru his indifference, and she was reflecting of it. Well, I know it's a song, but it's still neat to think that that is what she may have been thinking while recording it. Cam |
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Post by Rob813 on Jul 28, 2004 23:40:45 GMT -5
Welcome Omar. I was struck by your choices and other replies. It seems like we name just about every song they ever recorded for just about every topic. Who else but Karen and Richard could have so many superb songs to choose from?
Your topic is excellent. Due to the lateness of the hour, I can't think of anything else, which is unusual for me! LOL
Rob
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Post by Moe on Jul 29, 2004 10:02:30 GMT -5
I can't make music
little altar boy
solitaire
one more time
These show Karen's most emotional and vulnerable side.
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Post by Sammy on Jul 29, 2004 22:48:44 GMT -5
Desperado
Solitaire
I Can't Make Music
Road Ode
One More Time
welcome Omar!
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Post by Rick Henry on Aug 4, 2004 21:14:47 GMT -5
I was just listening to the "Now & Then" album. I love the enitre disc. "I Can't Make Music" is such a powerful soulful and emotional song. But I'll tell you this time around it was "Yesterday Once More" that really struck me. That song is packed with emotion and sentimentality. It's no wonder it was such a huge hit in 1973.
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Post by BethMosior on Aug 4, 2004 23:02:02 GMT -5
I very much agree with you Rick, that song is really a wonderful song, I love hearing Karen sing it and I love hearing Richard play it, on his 2nd solo CD  it truly is one of the greatest songs Richard/ Bettis - I said one of the greatest, there are truly so many others but this one is up there |
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Post by smoothie2 on Aug 4, 2004 23:53:51 GMT -5
yes, folks I have always liked pink....Xcept Pepto...!or cherry flavored med. of Any kind!...
Hi Omar!...good topic...glad you clocked in here...
Everyone...has named the main ones that I would have listed.
I'll add..."Baby It's You"
"When It's Gone"
and "One Love" ....
The last ones I mentioned ..I hardly can even listen to..they're just too sad.
smoothie
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wow 
