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Amit-I agree with you,the "Beechwood" video is very tacky(especially the "cool dude" with the sunglasses trying to make the moves on Karen!).Then again,"Beechwood" is a tacky song to begin with.Actually,Richard stated to Ray Coleman that he regrets recording several songs,including "Beechwood","Sing","Please Mr.Postman","There's A Kind Of Hush".Those cheap songs really lower Karen's status.K&R made several attempts during their career to try to sound "Top 40",and these turned out to be very embarassing!Incidentally,(talking about videos...),The "Superstar" clip on the "Gold" video,filmed at Ceasar's Palace in Las Vegas,is definitely the best K&R video I've seen!Karen is so cool,sultry and sensual on that clip(and very serious).I was never crazy about "Superstar" in general,but that video really enhances the "dramatic" feel of the song.
It would have been great to have had hear more material penned by Bettis and Carpenter though.
Well, to that I'd say it was her own choice. She loved those old tunes. It's her voice and that's apparently what she wanted to do. Even on the solo project she loved "Jimmy Mack" enough to do a recording of it. I read the interview on the inner booklet of the Reader's Digest collection. I think they'd have probably loved to do more oldies by the sound of it. Can't hold it against KC or RC it's something they enjoyed to re-do those. Not everyone's cup of tea. It would have been great to have had hear more material penned by Bettis and Carpenter though.
I didn't hear that part. I've also heard him say there are not any songs he wishes he never did.
Of the many hours of interviews I've heard RC give, I cannot remember exactly where/when I heard him say that, but he did say they recorded too many bubblegum songs.
To my knowledge Richard has never said that in an interview. If anything, in the liner notes of one compilation, he remarked about (Want You) Back In My Life Again that "you can't beat a good bubblegum song".
I'm thinking you're right Joe. I'm sure I've heard him say something like that.
Thanks Harry. Pretty sure he said it during the mid-90's. I remember this subject being discussed on Randy's Newville Ave mailing list during that time. I'll have to search my storage unit soon... I have most of my C's goodies there.
I've said a lot of things in my life that seemed appropriate at the time but later realized I was just spinning whatever the listener wanted to hear. I've also created things that seemed right at the time but seemed dated years later. Why oh why would I regret any of it as it represented me in a space in time and it was the foundation to who I became. I'm sure someone can find any alleged comment from Richard thoughout his career to satisfy an agenda. But I have a feeling Richard has few regrets because he generally did things his way and that means it was done the right way.