 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As a kid I heard the occasional song on AM radio (Close to You, We've Only Just Begun) and thought they were very good. Then one day in the late 1970s I found a Carpenters LP at the church rummage sale for a quarter. It was "The Singles: 1969-1973" and it blew me away. This was never going to get old. (Who gives that to the rummage sale, in primo condition? I made out like a bandit.)
In the CD era I upgraded to the 2 disc set, "Classics Volume 2"
http://www.amazon.com/25th-Anniversary-CARPENTERS/dp/B000002GLG/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1391740039&sr=1-1&keywords=the+carpenters+classics+volume+2
One awkward thing about The Carpenters is that they seem to have more greatest-hit and compilation albums than anyone can keep track of. Even Wikipedia doesn't list them all.
But I will never tire of her voice.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Well maybe it was because everything they did was nearly great[ha-ha-ha-] well I wouldn't go that far, but thinking about it, I don't think they ever had a lemon. They were great at what they did choose to sing and her great voice worked wonders with the compositions. Man I wish she did a bunch of film themes. BARRY FOR ONE, try to picture that ?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ok I will listen to yours now too[ha-ha] a song I really liked that some people didn't like of theirs was BECAUSE WE ARE IN LOVE it made me think what Karen's voice could have done with some strong film themes, of course she did do a few, FRED KARLIN BARRY DEVORZON.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sure was, but when you have a partner with a voice like Karen it's easy to be overshadowed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
My favourite Carpenters song, not terribly well-known, but written by Henry Mancini to a birthday poem he received from his daughter Felice -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCfU7Q4RoL4
Ha, it's what I posted above!
Solium, you're right - apologies for my failing to notice it!!
- JMM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
