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Post by Rob813 on Nov 28, 2004 18:42:11 GMT -5
We have a new posting for favorite Carpenter photos. I was thinking, especially when you consider Richard's objection to just about every existing cover, what would have been a good album cover for the duo. Most of us really like the "A Song For You" cover and "Horizon" comes up regularly as well. If you could "design" a great Carpenter album cover, what would it look like.
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Post by Rick Henry on Nov 28, 2004 22:11:50 GMT -5
 Good topic Rob. Okay now here I go with my viewpoints again. Now I can understand why Richard did not like a good amount of Carpenters album covers. Though there are several I like which he doesn't like such as "Close To You" and "A Song For You". Personally I think their best covers are "Horizon", "Now & Then" and "Passage". I don't really care for "A Kind Of Hush", and "Made In America" (I know several do like these covers) but in the sense of the Carpenters image these just are not good covers. "A Kind Of Hush" is a good picture and the cover is done really well, but for some reason it just kind of looks too contrieved. And "Made In America", I mean this cover was so far removed from what was going on in 1981. Anyway these are just my thoughts and viewpoints. I think a cover like an Andy Warhol type portrait of K&R would have made a very nice cover - could have been a good replacement for the "Made In America" cover. Warhol was very 80's. Remember his famous Marilyn Monroe portrait which is below here.  Warhol could have done a great job with K&R, a solo protrait of Karen would have been a real knockout. Anyway instead of describing an idea for a Carpenters album cover I put one together - which is just below this:  
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Post by Rob813 on Nov 29, 2004 20:22:34 GMT -5
Rick I love that pic of Karen in her lead sister top. She looks so beautiful and joyful.
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Post by smoothie2 on Nov 29, 2004 23:56:19 GMT -5
*/  Wow Rick...Just Love it! I love that photo of her ...she loved the drums so much! And that's a good one of Richard. They really did compliment each other with their personalities and musically. I'll have to think of one. I like the pictures of their real world, like on the Now and Then..the car and their house. Perhaps a photo of Karen and Richard sitting in an old time 50's like malt shop. That would have also been a good one for those oldies songs...but they wouldn't have to be dressed like in those days..they could just be dressed casually. Maybe she could be sitting on top of the counter eating ice cream and Richard could be looking at a juke box like he's trying to decide on a song. Another idea might be like on the Sonny and Cher show where she's dressed sexy (there are few times when Cher didn't dress sexy..) and she's lying on her side singing "she's a V.a.M.p.." and then they would have a few short skits. I know there's a pic. of Karen sitting on top of the piano in a long dress and Richard is playing ...I like that one...but just for added spice she could have a sexy maybe not showing a lot of skin...but maybe a bright red glittery outfit big glittery clunky shoes looked sexy and just holding the microphone and laughing and guess Ricard would be playing ......these ideas sound kinda corny now ...but anyway...just a few stray thoughts... as Samantha on Bewitched would say..."wellllllllll!" |
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Wow Rick...Just Love it! I love that photo of her ...she loved the drums so much! And that's a good one of Richard. They really did compliment each other with their personalities and musically.