Buried Alien
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Incidentally, We Five were an A&M act during the pre-Carpenters era.
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Lol. On some of the clips of this song on YouTube, one of the male members of We Five is sharing lead vocals. He's singing along with Bev Bivens and his voice is overpowering hers, in sections.
Yes, I noticed they presented the song in different ways in different performances.Could be an effect of the way the mics were set up for the TV performance. On the record, Bev's voice predominates all the way through.
Speaking of Linda Ronstadt...As much as I love Karen and her version of Desperado, there is just something about Linda's performance that edges out Karen's IMHO .
On our trip home from the eclipse viewing, I was struck by Shania Twain's voice and how it sometimes had that Karen Carpenter fluidity about it. One other singer also reminded me again of how much she could sound a little Karen-like was Susan Jacks of The Poppy Family.
Anyone who doubts the brilliance of Carpenters' Postman can listen to this version:
Boone Family 1974
I'm obviously under-exaggerating, in case you didn't notice.Sounds like The Nolans. Yes, I prefer Carpenters' version, (just a LITTLE), over this one.
Lots of love for Marilyn McCoo on this thread. First time I had seen this, Marilyn/Paul Williams duet including Rainy Days & Mondays. She incorporates One Less Bell... very nicely into the mix. Paul has a very unique vocal style to say the least, I could swear he's singing "hang on around".
Lots of love for Marilyn McCoo on this thread. First time I had seen this, Marilyn/Paul Williams duet including Rainy Days & Mondays. She incorporates One Less Bell... very nicely into the mix. Paul has a very unique vocal style to say the least, I could swear he's singing "hang on around".
Lots of love for Marilyn McCoo on this thread. First time I had seen this, Marilyn/Paul Williams duet including Rainy Days & Mondays. She incorporates One Less Bell... very nicely into the mix. Paul has a very unique vocal style to say the least, I could swear he's singing "hang on around".
I did have another thought about this. A few of the words in 'Rainy Days and Mondays' were paraphrased from something Paul Williams' Mum said one day, (about talking to herself and feeling old), according to an interview with him on one of the Carpenters documentaries. Maybe 'hang on around' was something else she used to say. (You know, along the lines of 'barby-chew' for 'barbecue'). He's very deliberate in the way he sings it, but it doesn't sound like any accent I've ever heard. I believe his Mum died shortly after Carpenters' version of 'Rainy Days and Mondays' was released, btw.Paul Williams- As for the "hang on around" he does it twice, so it is intentional. There's a number of possible reasons; just a speech eccentricity he has, or some singers learn to "tweak" vowel sounds when singing because it is an easier way to reach a note or removes some shrillness, etc. For me personally, it is much easier to sing the word "on" at a high note, than the word "in".