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Ah am so steel een luv weeth yoo
So I'm sitting here doing an album cover you'll be able to see by the time you read this and my brain started playing this song back in my head. I started singing it a capella (my brain put it in B) and then I decided that my voice just wasn't good enough to satisfy me so I went to Karen's (Carpenters is in D if you're curious). Richard's arrangement is pretty much perfect on this tune. The strings are there but they aren't heavy-handed like they would be years later. Karen's vocal is intimacy personified and I totally believe her - especially in the bridge. It's just chill-inducing. Every bit as good is Richard's spare vocal arrangement. When his tricks do bubble up (at the very beginning, "When your near, my love" coming out of the b-section, and "won't last a day without you, without you" at the end), they perfectly accentuate the lyrics.
In short, I always liked this tune but forgot how absolutely amazing it was until I heard it again tonight. It's still playing right now. I've literally lost track of how many times it's played...and I'm not sick of it in the least bit.
Ed
In short, I always liked this tune but forgot how absolutely amazing it was until I heard it again tonight. It's still playing right now. I've literally lost track of how many times it's played...and I'm not sick of it in the least bit.
Ed