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There is a clip on the TV show Make Your Own Kind Of Music (summer 1971) on YouTube that has the duo singing a Medley. It is Richard at the grand piano and Karen standing next to it with a mike. It was obviously a "live" segment. Karen's rendition of "A House Is Not A Home" brought tears to my eyes. Even though Dionne Warwick made it a hit, I would still have loved to have had The Carpenters record it and release it as a single...
I totally agree... That and Collage's All Time High from the James Bond flick..."We're All Alone" previously recorded by Rita Coolidge and Boz Scaggs would have been a perfect song in my opinion. Everytime I hear Rita's version I envision Karen's interpretation of the recording.
I always thought that the song Someday from Offering/Ticket To Ride had the feel of a James Bond movie intro. I agree, All Time High, Karen could've completely pulled that off!I totally agree... That and Collage's All Time High from the James Bond flick...
For the last few days, I have been "obsessing" with Karen's version of Any Day Now from The Carpenters early concert footage (namely, the 1972 Australia and Japan concerts). This was included in their "Bacharach Medley" segments. The song is just so melodic and Karen sings it so well, I wish they would've recorded it separately. So much talent, so little time...
Love Patsy Cline! She had a beautiful contralto voice just like Karen. The possibilities in songs that Karen could've successfully covered seems to be limitless. A big part of the problem IMHO was the fact that they were on the road so much (their touring schedule was insane during their "peak" years) and had little time left over to be in the studio. How much better would their recorded output have been if they reduced their touring by even 25%? A new studio album in 1974 perhaps? Better quality albums/singles during the latter part of the decade? Less stressed and happier/healthier performers? Tragic that both Patsy & Karen had so much more to give the world with their God-given talent.Full length, studio album versions of both "Any Day Now" and "Make It Easy on Yourself" would have been gorgeous. Also, after hearing Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces" on a classic country station recently, have been thinking how well-suited that would have been to Karen's voice -- really dipping into her lower register on the opening notes similar to "Only Yesterday". Wonder if they ever considered that one for anything.
The song just flows so well! I love Ronnie Milsap's version of it and it was a big hit for him. I think Karen could have really nailed it! But, I think that on literally hundreds of songs...This song definitely escaped them. They should have included it on one of the albums between 1970 and 1973.
The harmonies on the line "I shouldn't want to keep you/If you don't want to stay"...just amazing.
I can so imagine Karen singing Crazy!Love Patsy Cline! She had a beautiful contralto voice just like Karen. The possibilities in songs that Karen could've successfully covered seems to be limitless. A big part of the problem IMHO was the fact that they were on the road so much (their touring schedule was insane during their "peak" years) and had little time left over to be in the studio. How much better would their recorded output have been if they reduced their touring by even 25%? A new studio album in 1974 perhaps? Better quality albums/singles during the latter part of the decade? Less stressed and happier/healthier performers? Tragic that both Patsy & Karen had so much more to give the world with their God-given talent.