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I give "Beechwood" a "Yay". It's a really fun song with a great melody. To me is has punch and they do it really well. I know this may sound strange, but "Beechwood" doesn't bother me half as much as "Those Good Old Dreams" does. Where "Beechwood" is unapologetically corny and all out fun, "Good Old Dreams" to me comes off as too contrived and overly sweet. It's always seemed a bit lightweight and its tone cemented the Carpenters even further into that square image that they were wrongly criticized for. I think it bothers me that Karen's vocal goes so high on the chorus as well.
Some of my favorite moments in "Beechwood" is the 'La la la la.. hey hey yeah..' Great drums too! Makes me smile.
I'll give it a 'yay',...The video, however, is another story. Karen looks so sick and the whole thing reeks of CHEESE...
I actually find it hard to believe a video this cheesy was actually recorded as late as 1981 and that they were still being steered down the cornball route as late as this into their career.
I do wish they'd made a video for '(Want You) Back In My Life Again' though!
"Planet qualude stopped him giving a damn about late '70s stuff"- here i disagree. I think Passage and Christmas Portrait show great ambition. I think he was probably disappointed by the response to Passage. Perhaps that's why much of the recordings of '78 show include many with less "gusto", for lack of a better word.
...I just hear a concerted attempt to repeat the 'Postman' formula...