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Post by enigma on Sept 9, 2004 8:22:19 GMT -5
I have mentioned some songs as my song of the day that are great but often come and go as my songs. My next pick is different for me and it is called Baby Its You again from the early Carpenters period surprise surprise. This one is more special because I have fallen in love with it all over again. When Karen gets to the part of the song that goes like this
'It doesn’t matter what they say.
I’m gonna love you any old way,
What can I do when it’s true.
Don’t want nobody,
‘Cause, baby it’s you.'
for some reason it just blew me away after all these years I have heard this song many times but it just hit me about a week ago when I decided to listen more intensely to this song and analyse Karens vocals. Karen is not generally known to do power vocals she was always a soft singer so because her voice was so flawless I thought a powerful demanding vocal would give her trouble boy was I wrong. I listened carefully to the above part of the song to see if I could pick out any flaws as Karen climbed higher and higher on the note scale and her vocal became more powerful, pehaps a rasp, a troubled note, a sign of vocal strain etc. I got real picky. But when Karen was done I found no flaw it was truely perfect. I was especially amazed that Karen took a demanding vocal perfomance and did it flawlessly. I was left breathless after the song ended and amazed once again at Karen she really could sing anything and do it flawlessly. This has forever cemented this song as one of my favorites and a pick me up song simply because I marvel at the powerful great vocal performance by Karen. The thing about Carpenters music is there is always something new to discover and no matter how often you listen to a song something new you discover about it can make it fresh again and make you fall in love all over again with the Carpenters music. I am finding that more and more as I relisten to their early material I am just loving it. Karen you are great beyond words. Sorry about the long story here but I just had to tell it for some reason.
KAC Fan 4 Life!!!!
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Post by Rick Henry on Sept 9, 2004 10:33:08 GMT -5
 Hi Enigma, thank you for the story, it was a good read. Yes, Karen did generally sing with a soft and tender voice and boy when she did those power vocals she was flawless. There are a good number of songs that Karen does her power vocals - "A Song For You", "Let Me Be The One","Rainy Days...", "Solitaire", etc. I really think if Karen would have been allowed to develop a more agressive vocal style that she could have done songs like Heart's "Crazy On You" and "Magic Man". Anyway my song of the day is one of those songs where Karen displays some of that awesome power vocal. This song is from my favorite album 1975's "Horizon". The song "Desperado" was written by Don Henley and Glen Frey and first recorded by the Eagles for their concept album " Desperado". Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Kenny Rogers and a host of others have also recorded this song. Karen's voice is sweet and pure, on this song, with a sense of command and soulful dark tones. Richard's arrangement is just absolutely outstanding. I will never be able to figure out why they didn't release this as a single. I've always felt it would have been a much much bigger hit than "Solitaire" was. "Solitaire" was a great song, but in 1975 " Desperado" would have been a better choice for single release. All in all as you all know " Desperado" is one of my all-time favorites. You really can't compare the Carpenters' recording to the Eagles' because both are A+, and both are done from a completely different perspective. My thoughts on my song of the day...
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Post by karen69roland on Sept 9, 2004 13:16:02 GMT -5
Hi everybody... 
When I was auditionning for female rock singers, I was, most of the time, referring to Heart's Ann Wilson(I have Heart's entire collection).
When a singer didn't have the same register, I'd introduce Karen and tell them to work on her instead.
You can't change from alto to soprano just like that. If Karen would have tried to be a soprano, she would have damaged her voice..., and she would have not be able to sing those low register note that she does so well, again.
I'd like to think that Karen could do a lot of things with her voice(she's the greatest), but, I mean, there's power and POWER. The difference is too big... I know my musical theory.
Nothing personnal..., just my opinion. [glow=red,2,300][/glow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow][shadow=red,left,300]Roland C.[/shadow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow]
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Post by Rick Henry on Sept 9, 2004 13:29:56 GMT -5
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Post by karen69roland on Sept 9, 2004 13:35:37 GMT -5
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Post by karen69roland on Sept 9, 2004 14:08:14 GMT -5
My song of the day is Lovelines (KC's solo mix)..., I just love good disco songs...
About the Heart thing... Ann is not blowing soprano notes through the entire songs..., but, there's some notes that are truly sopranos.
..., and, I know Rick..., you said If... [glow=red,2,300][/glow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow][shadow=red,left,300]Roland C.[/shadow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow]
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Post by BethMosior on Sept 9, 2004 17:49:59 GMT -5
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Post by karen69roland on Sept 9, 2004 20:12:48 GMT -5
Cool, Dave...  Top Of the World is the song on my phone's answering machine, right now... [glow=red,2,300][/glow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow][shadow=red,left,300]Roland C.[/shadow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow]
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Post by Rob813 on Sept 9, 2004 20:35:18 GMT -5
My song of the day is "The Rainbow Connection". Richard included it on Carpenters Gold, which I've been listening to quite a bit. I put "The Rainbow Connection" on repeat mode. I just love Karen's voice on this song. Her diction is so flawless. I love hearing her ennunciate each word and complete the syllable of each word. I also like the childs piano which accompanies the song. It's kind of a fluff song, but Karen makes it sound like a masterpiece. Well what else is new, right? Karen the Great as usual.
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Post by Rick Henry on Sept 10, 2004 10:11:51 GMT -5
My song of the day is "The Rainbow Connection". It's kind of a fluff song, but Karen makes it sound like a masterpiece. Hi Rob, I love "The Rainbow Connection" it is such a beautiful song with a good message. This is one of my favorites, but I don't consider it a fluff song. I call it a feel good song. My song of the day is "Road Ode". I hope I haven't chosen this one yet. I love this song tremendously. It's a great powerhouse song. I love everything about it. Once again Karen's voice is outstanding. I love it. |
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Post by enigma on Sept 10, 2004 10:56:53 GMT -5
Wow Rick looks like it finally happened we have the same song of the day what were the chances. I agree with everything you have said about it and the drumming on this song is also fantastic adding to the powerful vocal performance. My favorate part of this song is at the end of this part 'Roads of sorrow coming to an end for me' when Karen says the me part holds the vocal as she climbs the notes and Richard joins in in harmony. It goes from one voice to a whole bunch of voices which I think is so cool and the flute solo is great. Lets face it I think everything is good about this song you could almost hear the beginnings of an Only Yesterday here with a powerful song and hard hitting drums only on a lesser scale.   |
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Post by Peteruk on Sept 10, 2004 12:03:48 GMT -5
Song of the day ....this time : I Won't Last A Day Without You ....fab Carpenters classic ....sublime Karen vocal & phasing with emotion seeping through this great Paul Williams song  Williams -perhaps surprisingly -stated this Carpenters cover to be his overall favourite -wonderful recording Peter |
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Post by karen69roland on Sept 10, 2004 13:09:12 GMT -5
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Post by Rick Henry on Sept 10, 2004 16:59:18 GMT -5
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Post by bwbw8585 on Sept 11, 2004 19:58:34 GMT -5
Hello to all. New member here from the Jane Relf Appreciation Society, who honors a lesser-known brother-sister musical tandem - Keith and Jane Relf (Keith of the Yardbirds and Renaissance, Jane of Renaissance and Illusion). Keith also died at 33. Check us out at launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/JRAS/Anyways, my song for the day, 9/11, is Goodbye to Love. What lies in the future remains a mystery to us all. A moment of slience, for lack of a better essay right now. Brian Williams Pittsburgh, PA |
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Post by karen69roland on Sept 11, 2004 20:15:41 GMT -5
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Post by smoothie2 on Sept 14, 2004 16:13:55 GMT -5
hi Brian...welcome...it's always to good to greet someone new and gain their perspective about things.
I recently watched a video clip on one of the websites, and it shows the 1978 clip of Karen singing "Little Girl Blue"...I have heard it on the 25th Anniv. cd...but once I looked up all the lyrics and have watched that clip a few times now, it really is a nice song, but at that time in her face and hands, clearly she's showing hints of anorexia due to her thin ness, but it doesn't affect her voice or ability to reach those low notes.
I happen to have that one on my mind due to watching the clip, but it is not one of my favorite songs. I think Karen truly and surely was sad while singing that...very wistful...song...a longing for happier days.
I like her best on the Please Mr. Postman clip.
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Post by Mariah Andrews on Sept 14, 2004 22:25:06 GMT -5
Friends, I'm awful sorry, but these days I have not been listening to hardly any of my Carpenters music. I've been battling a very intense period of severe depression and recently, it's reached its boiling point to where I better make changes or I'm in trouble forever.
So far, many of those songs mentioned at this thread are wonderful songs, and maybe I should listen to them more.
But if I was to choose my song of the day, I still stand by the one that I've quoted from below.
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