Remember When Lovin Took All Night

[cam83]

Hi All,
What I admire about this song is the feeling of adventure. I love the beginning AHHS! It sounds like it will be a good song, and it is better!! Then Karen's sexy vocals, so smokin, arrive...what a singer! This sure would have turned heads, had this song been released as a single back in 1980. I am sure Karen would have been back in the gossip and magazine columns as well as back on tv and getting offers for duets/movies/tvs etc. I love that the backing vocals mimic her lead vocal. Yes, this song is very Carpenteresque, without RC. It took me a while back in 1989 to finally realize that there was some moans near the end of this song, and it shocked me for a bit but now I realize how liberating and cool for Karen to do that back then.

My thoughts,
Cameron

[karen69roland]

Yes, Cam... Another great solo song..., with killer back vocals.

About the moans... I think the most exciting moan that Karen makes is in the song Love Making Love To You(unreleased solo track) just after the line I think that I'm going to lose control...


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[Rick Henry]

Oh I love both "Love Making Love To You" and "Remember When Loving Took All Night". I love all of Karen's solo work.

[enigma]

Rick once again I must strongly agree on this one all of Karens solo recording were great and very underated. I love all this solo music it really is a breath of fresh air. I do admit I had to get used to Karens new direction musically, vocally and subject matter wise but once I listened to the material a few times it quickly grew on me and I just love it soo much.

Now specifically Remember When Lovin Took All Night was a really different way that Karen presented herself. This sensual sexy number really proved that Karen could sing anything. There are signs in this song that Karen was still not completely comfortable with the subject matter as the vocal seems forced and lacking in confidence but that did not seem to take away from the song the vocal is still very good and so is the song.

Yes this song would definately have turned heads and would have been a good gamble to release say as a final single off the record to shake that image that dogged Karen her entire career heck it worked for Donna Summer with I Love To Love a few years prior.

[karen69roland]

I think you meant I Feel Love, enigma...


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[enigma]

No Roland I meant Love To Love You Baby a sensual song that Donna Summer released in 1975. It created a little contraversy when it came out but started Donna Summers gold and platinum hit career that went pretty much uninterupted until 1980 just as the Carpenters had done from 1970-1975. I Feel Love was her second hit. The point to even mentioning that song was because like Remember When Lovin Took All Night it has a sensual nature it had simular moaning sounds in it, simular vocals styles and simular subject matter ie more adult oriented. Since this song skyrocketed Donna Summers career it may have been worth the gamble to shake up Karens immage and present her in a new light who knows how the masses would have reacted to this "new Karen". Just a thought.

[karen69roland]

Yeah enigma...

For a second, I tought you meant *I Love To Love* by Tina Charles...

*Love To Love You Baby* has some very explicite moans in it..., I was almost embarrassed when they played that song in dance clubs...


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[Moe]

Karen sounded like she was having fun with this song. She sounded so up and happy. I love the way she sings, ..."Let's take all night again tonight..." followed by the instrumental solo. Another sign that her solo album would have been a big hit!