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Post by Boat2Sail on Nov 18, 2004 0:32:34 GMT -5
&^ I Won't Last A Day Without You the lyrics are great. This is one of my favorites. I can listen to it over and over again.
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Post by beaner on Nov 18, 2004 10:01:24 GMT -5
Me too, Boat to Sail.
It's my favorite song to sing especially when I get to sing it with my friend when we're messing with karaoke. I do the harmony and she sings the melody. What a song!!!
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Post by Rick Henry on Nov 20, 2004 0:14:53 GMT -5
@@ My song of the day comes from the "Now & Then" album. I just love this album. My song is "Jambalaya", this is one I enjoy singing along to.
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Post by enigma on Nov 20, 2004 6:45:23 GMT -5
Rick the Now And Then record has special meaning to me which I will elaborate on in my review when the topic comes up. Dispite the fact I do not consider it their best record it has special meaning to me. My song of the day is Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore. Karens later voice was so different from her early one that I never tire of listening to her if her early voice is played too much I can enjoy her later voice almost as much there is such variety in the Caprenters as well as Karens solo material I rarely have to listen to other artists to break from them (even though I do). This song is soo good it just stays in my head. I Love It!!
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Post by beaner on Nov 20, 2004 6:48:46 GMT -5
My song of the day today is "And When He Smiles". I really enjoyed seeing them perform this on one of their tv shows. I wish they made this a single cause it's great.
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Post by smoothie2 on Nov 21, 2004 0:40:19 GMT -5
@@ The past few days, I've had Little Alter boy and Merry Christmas Darling really stuck in my head. But today I go for a non-Christmas one ...so Beaner I'm with you as far as And When He Smiles. Of what's on the non-Christmas songs on road.ode, I just can't get enough of watching and hearing Karen sing And W. He Smiles. Such a fun and simple song. It's just amazing how ver well Karen can play those drums and keep up with the exact moment to sing and keeps up with the band. I like it when about the second time she sings the chorus, she grins and seems to stifle a chuckle as if she's looking at someone who deliberately tries to get her to laugh... and then right at the last when the song ends and she raises her arm with the drum stick in kind of a wave toward Richard and he ends with his keyboard note. She's really precious with all that hair!
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Post by enigma on Nov 21, 2004 9:10:36 GMT -5
I can't really think of a song of the day right now but I will comment on smoothies post. First of all thanks Smoothie2 for solving a little mystery I had for the last week. I had a flute solo in my head and knew it was a Carpenters song but could not put my finger on it. Turns out it was And When He Smiles. Also I just recently aquired the full version of live at the BBC (love this concert BTW!!) and saw the performance of AWHS this performance solidified my view that Karen was happiest and had the most fun when she was playing the drums. Richard once said Karen was more interested in the drums than singing and clearly whenever I have seen Karen play drums she has been enjoying it emensely. I also never knew this song went back as far as 1971 and judging by Richards introduction he was planning on releasing it on the next record. Considering the material on the followup A Song For You I can see why he left it off but wonder why he held off so long releasing this great song.
This would be my SOTD but I try not to repeat SOTD's and had choisen this one before based on Karens 1980 performance. This is a little long winded but I have always wanted to comment on this song and this (1971) performance.
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Post by smoothie2 on Nov 21, 2004 15:10:52 GMT -5
@@ hi Enigma...glad to help jog the memory box...( I know How Annoying it is when something is on the "tip of your tongue" and you just cannot pinpoint what it is)...wow..Lucky you to have that BBC video...she surely loves those drums... Sure am glad she decided to sing along though too! She really grew up in a few quick yrs. not just physically and musically, but really came out of her shell...judging from how she only sat behind the drums during those early appearances....and then once, she got used to the crowds and became so well known...it was so natural for her to just be such a great performer! If you put that '71 performance of "And W. He Smiles" against performances of her in '74 or '78...there was no hesitation. I love "Please Mr. Postman" found on the road.ode. Very Classy...graceful moves ...just fun... that's ok ...I get long-winded too...and if someone doesn't want to read what I have to say...ok...by me.....I like to get things off my head...while those thoughts are still there....ahem.......hmmm...
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Post by smoothie2 on Nov 21, 2004 15:19:43 GMT -5
:-/I listened to the Reflections (or Sweet Sw. Smile) cd this morn as I hustled around getting ready for church..and I really had not heard "All of my Life" song in a while. So, I pick that one as Song of the Day. I recall the way Cynthia Gibb portrays Karen singing this in the studio, as one of the first songs that she recorded.Anyway.............. At that time in Karen's life, just as in the lyrics in that song...she was hoping to find that one special person to spend her life with...not really knowing how far her voice would take her in her life.
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Post by Rick Henry on Nov 23, 2004 10:05:37 GMT -5
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with this thread as long as it is, it's starting to become hard to choose a song of the day. I know I've probably repeated myself, but this is the song which has me going today, and that is "Road Ode". Like "only Yesterday", I can listen to "Road Ode" countless times and never tire of it. I love the lyrics about life on the road and karen's voice is especially powerful and soulful. The instrumentation is outstanding. This is truly an underrated Carpenters gem.
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Post by enigma on Nov 23, 2004 14:25:30 GMT -5
Road Ode underrated? almost all the people who heard this song love it as do I and it has a web site named after it not bad for an underrated Gem. Speaking of which brings me to my song of the day another underrated Gem called Crystal Lulaby much like the Beatles Golden Slumbers I do not consider this a lulaby but I had not listened to this song in a while and like the latter I love with this song everytime I hear it. What a beautiful piece of music! BTW just noticed the background photo makes this post kind of ironic.
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Post by Rick Henry on Nov 23, 2004 21:28:19 GMT -5
Hi Enigma - I love both "Golden Slumbers" and "Crystal Lullaby". As for "Road Ode" I feel it's underrated, as beyond Carpenters fans the song really is not that well known, this is a song worthy of being known by the masses.
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Post by Boat2Sail on Nov 24, 2004 1:30:18 GMT -5
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS. I listened to the CHRISTMAS COLLECTION today both discs all the way through and I've been singing HAVE YOURSELF... all day long.
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Post by Rick Henry on Nov 25, 2004 12:05:04 GMT -5
@@ My song of the day is "Home for The Holidays". It's such a wonderful song. Although it's a Christmas song it also fits the spirit of Thanksgiving.
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Post by BethMosior on Nov 26, 2004 1:02:53 GMT -5
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Post by beaner on Nov 26, 2004 7:53:20 GMT -5
MERRY CHRISTMAS, DARLING!!! Fitting for Black Friday as it will be played in most every mall today while shopper go insane.
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Post by Rick Henry on Nov 26, 2004 11:48:05 GMT -5
&^ "found a rug in an old junk shop, brought it home to you". My song of the day is from Karen's unreleased solo songs, "I Do It For Your Love". This isn't the best of Karen's solo songs, but I really like the lyrics and Karen's unusual vocal approach - it's quite a soulful rendition of this quaint Paul Simon song. @@
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Post by enigma on Nov 26, 2004 13:18:54 GMT -5
Hi Rick thats what I like about alot of Karens solo material the unusual vocal performance(s) not just on this song. Considering she did all of the vocals herself and had so much input into the project it really solidify's Karen as more than just a singer of songs others (mainly Richard) picked and arranged/produced for her. My song of the day is Nowaday's Clancy Can't even sing I already liked Buffalo Springfields verrsion (what a great songwriter Neil Young is) and I like Richard and Karens treatment of the song. There is always an Offering song in my head at one time or another I just can't escape material in this album getting in my head and I have not listened to the record for a while. Oh well I love the record so I can live with it.
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