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Post by BethMosior on Aug 30, 2004 1:37:13 GMT -5
Of course I really love this song it really a cooool song but when I was looking at the stuff inside the CD booklet, with the words ect...., I look at the people who had playd in the song, like Tony Peluso playing the Acoustic Guitar,and I looked at the vocals and their was The Carettes OK I took one look and started laughing, thinking of Karen's humor, I had to keep looking at it, LOL its just so Karen to do that The Carpetts are Karen Carpenter & Carolyn Dennis so the next time you hear the back round singers, know that it is The Carpettes LOL
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Post by JIM on Aug 30, 2004 5:49:36 GMT -5
Hey Beth. It seems that Carolyn Dennis has provided backing vocals for many different groups. I sent you some information on her that was provided by AMG. Another interesting song with back up vocals provided by Sideah Garett is KISS ME THE WAY YOU DID LAST NIGHT from the MIA sessions. I know I posted this info a long time ago but I find it quite note worthy. In a letter that was posted on A&M Corner, Siedah mentions that she worked with Richard on several ghost recordings after Karens death. The liner notes from Love lines read as if she was present during the recording but the letter seems to imply that her vocals were used to complete songs while working with Richard after Karen death. So it makes me wonder if there are more songs that were completed or could Carolyn or Siedah work with Richard on some of the work leads or demos in the vault. I am just a ramblin away! I think its time to switch to decaff!! JIM
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Post by enigma on Aug 30, 2004 7:53:30 GMT -5
I believe the Carpetts were first heard on the Passage album and I really preferred it when Karen and Richard harmonised and overdubbed as opposed to using backgroud singers (other than R&K) and later the OK Choral. Yes I really love Touch Me When We're Dancing I find it a beautiful song and it will always be amoung my favorite Carps songs
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Post by Rick Henry on Aug 30, 2004 10:33:33 GMT -5
When I first heard this song I fell in love with it. I still love it to this day. I first heard it on the radio, I didn't even know it had been released. So, I went out immediately and bought it.
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Post by JIM on Aug 30, 2004 14:23:16 GMT -5
Beth did you recieve the information on Carolyn Dennis I sent you? Enigma I totally agree with you the Carpenters always sounded best when they used there own voices in there trademark harmonies. I can't imagine why they ever felt a need to tamper with something that worked so well. How can you fix flawless? The O.K. chorale, I hate to critisze Richard but they really are so over the top that they kinda blow a really great song. Of all of the songs that have been remixed over the years, I would love it Richard would consider remixing VOTH and please don't get mad Enigma, using Carolyn Dennis or Sideah Garett along with his own voice for a simpler more Carpenters type of backing vocals. Rick I get the feelng that the Carpettes were a kind of catch all when it came to back up vocals You mention Passages I need to check to be sure but The Gregg Smith Singers were the Carpettes on that album but I need to find out which songs or if sleeping to close to my collection of paint thinners is effecting my memory. Just Kidding!! I love all of you! the Carpettes! It sounds like a small area rug. JIM
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Post by JIM on Aug 30, 2004 14:49:25 GMT -5
Hey Rick. I first heard Touch Me on the radio to! I remember it well because my girlfriend and I were rushing to the hospital due to the fact that her sister was in labor and I was so excited to hear a new Carpenters song on the radio as we were in route. She really got mad when I refused to get out of the car until the song ended. What can I say, were talking about the Carpenters!! Just another wacky moment from my unconventional life. JIM
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Post by enigma on Aug 30, 2004 15:44:40 GMT -5
Hi JGH I am not going to get mad at you for your statement I always respect others opinions. With projects where Karen was already dead Richards options are limited he had to employ background singers to finish the song and with Karen obviously not there what could he do? he had little choice. He could have however toned down the production and let Karens voice be more of a guiding force in the songs rather that try and drown it out with production overkill. Also JGH your suggestion might accomplish what I had just stated and avoid production overkill and I would support a back to the basics appraoch to the later work as opposed to what Richard did. I do still think they sounded the best when they did all the background vocals themselves. When Karen harmonised with herself it was like getting a double dose of a great thing and I always loved it when she did that.
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Post by Rick Henry on Aug 30, 2004 16:53:59 GMT -5
the Carpettes! It sounds like a small area rug. JIM thanks for the funny...
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Post by smoothie2 on Aug 30, 2004 22:00:19 GMT -5
;D :-/hey everybody...Always liked "Touch Me When We're Dancing"...Don't know where I was or what was going on when they came out with that one. My first impression of it was that it seemed a little different than the other songs they were known for ..but those years early 80's or whenever was when they were trying new songs to fit in with the times...just as Karen and her own solo work...kinda disco...I haven't heard it in quite a while. I know Richard did the best he could on coming out with songs after she died. I don't notice any difference when I play them as far as vocal background...the music seemed to always come out so smoothly and beautiful. Jim, that was a memorable day...congrats for the soon to be new mom...but hey...I just Gotta hear this Carps. song....! well, usually babies take a while before they finally arrive.! My silly bro. just had to take a shower at just the time my sister-in-law was ready to go to the hospital with one of their kids!...oh brother...indeed!
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Post by Moe on Aug 31, 2004 11:27:58 GMT -5
My sister worked at Wal Mart at the time and kept telling me she is hearing something that sounds like a new Carpenters' record. The next week, we went into a Sound Warehouse and there was MIA. We were so excited to finally have a new Carpenters' album to listen to. Unfortunately, it took a couple of weeks of savings until we were able to buy it. I love the line in the song that states..."You've got me up so high, I could fly coast to coast..." This was the first song in a few years that we heard on the radio on a regular basis.
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Post by JIM on Aug 31, 2004 18:27:11 GMT -5
I have another story a little off topic from Touch Me and a little sad. I think the year was 1988. I was visiting a friend in Cumberland Maryland and we were listening to an FM station out of Hagerstown MD. When all of a sudden a song grabbed my attention. I recognized it as a Carpenters song but it was a song I had never heard! Since these were pre internet days for me, I was still under the impression that I knew it all when it came to the Carpenters. So I called the radio station to inquire about the song and they informed me it was a song from an album by Akiko, produced by Richard Carpenter. The next day I went to a record store and ordered it. This was the one and only time I had ever heard a song from Akiko's City Of Angels on the radio. I think Akiko is very talented but I still find City Of Angels a little disturbing. If her accent was not Japanese her voice is just so close to a match and with Richard producing the backing vocals just the way you would find them on a Carpenters album, well the average nonCarpenter person would think it was a C's song they had never heard. I know I was confused. JIM
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