Dance Club Remix

[Rick Henry]

;D

A few months back I downloaded a dance club remix of "Only Yesterday" done by DJ Danny Shaffer. He actually did an excellent job with the song. Has anybody else here heard this?

With this in mind. What Carpenters songs do you think would be good for a dance remix?

I can hear "It's Going To Take Sometime" with a good rhythmic techno beat to it. Maybe with the main chorus repeated a few times.

What do you guys think?

For those of you who have heard the "Only Yesterday" mix, what do you think of it?

[enigma]

Funny Rick I also downloaded this song about the same time you did. It was pretty cool. For me even amongst the dance beat and background music Karens voice still dominated this song and made me like this mix; man she really nailed this song!! <+ &^ ;D

[JIM]

Wow Rick! It was about 1yr ago that
I first learned about this remix
but due to the fact that I only
had WEBtv I was unable to hear it
and until you mentioned it I had
almost forgot about this DJ remix
but now that I have a real PC I
would love to know where to go
for a download. When I first heard
about this club mix I had mixed
emotions about it, because I really
don't care for house or dance music
but then I thought what a great way
to promote the Carpenters! Especially because the majority of
people who go to dance clubs are
very young and this sounds like
a great way of recruiting new fans!
As far as other Carpenters songs
being remixed into house music, I
will have to hear how this one sounds to get a better idea of
potential candidates for this type
of remixing. It seems like Karens
solo work would be a good bet and
there are so many people that are
unaware of this material because
of lack of promotion. Even though
to us its old, for people who have
never heard the solo songs, releasing one or two as club mixes
could generate the type of excitement that the album deserved
back in 1980!!
Rick I know your probably sick of
hearing me go on about Scott Grimes
but at Gemm.com they show You've
Got A Friend remixed on 12" vinyl.
I need to go back in check if these
were done in 89 or more recently.
JIM

[Mariah Andrews]

I don't know. I would try playing a drum machine in the back of a Carpenters tune. Maybe something would spark in terms of a song that would be a good dance mix.

[JIM]

I was wondering what this group
thinks of mixing a selection of
songs together from the solo
album as other DJ's have done.
Let me know what songs you would
pick from the solo album. I don't
want to make a promise I can't
keep but I might be able to make
this a reality, it all depends
on the interests of the people
involved. I have this vision of
people hearing even part of this
music for the first time and
wanting to buy the album.Remember
to us its old news but for others
who have never heard Karens album
its brand new stuff!
JIM

[Rick Henry]

&* ?%

From the solo album I would love to hear a remix of "Making Love In The Afternoon", this is such a strong song with great guitar chords and an excellent dance club (new wave) rhythm - and it has aged quite well. I'd also like to hear a remix of the unreleased tunes "Love Making Love To You" and "Don't Try To Win Me Back Again".

[Moe]

"Sweet, Sweet, Smile" already has a good groove to it, so maybe a killer mix could bring it up that much more!

[Peteruk]

Somewhere in the archives .....there is UK dance remix release from 1990's with killer remixes of Only Yesterday / Goodbye To Love and several other Carpenters cuts ....all very well mixed & compiled

Peter