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One of my top five albums.
It’s in my top two, the other being A Song For You.
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One of my top five albums.
It’s in my top two, the other being A Song For You.
I remember grabbing two copies of LOVELINES on vinyl, both promos, from the radio station that didn't want them. Years later, I gave one of them away to some online fan who really wanted one, so I now have just the one.
Are there two completely different "takes" of If I Had You ?
As is well-known, I love this album. Still wish it were more popularly known to the masses.
Anyway, listen to a 1985 version of Uninvited Guest performed by The Allisons,
here: Song: The Uninvited Guest written by Buddy Kaye, Jeff Tweel | SecondHandSongs
Wow. That is bad.As is well-known, I love this album. Still wish it were more popularly known to the masses.
Anyway, listen to a 1985 version of Uninvited Guest performed by The Allisons,
here: Song: The Uninvited Guest written by Buddy Kaye, Jeff Tweel | SecondHandSongs
It wasn’t until years later I realised the album came out before the movie in the US .
The album is totally worth it based on three great Karen vocalizations; You're The One (#2 on my all-time greatest Karen performance list), When I Fall In Love (breathtakingly beautiful rendition of an old standard), Where Do I Go From Here? (a gem introduced from the TV movie).
^^^ I’ve mentioned this before but when I saw the “10 previously unreleased tracks” description in the album liner notes, I always assumed it meant the two songs that were featured in The Karen Carpenter Story (as in, I’d already heard them in the movie). You have to remember that we didn’t get the movie in the UK until December 31, 1989.It wasn’t until years later I realised the album came out before the movie in the USand that Richard was actually referring to Honolulu City Lights and Slow Dance, released in 1986 and 1987 respectively.
The album is totally worth it based on three great Karen vocalizations; You're The One (#2 on my all-time greatest Karen performance list), When I Fall In Love (breathtakingly beautiful rendition of an old standard), Where Do I Go From Here? (a gem introduced from the TV movie).
It may have come from a slightly dubious source
I like the melody and vocals on Slow Dance, but the lyrics are to cutie-ish to be serious. It could be in a Disney cartoon. I love everything about Where Do I Go From Here. I enjoy You’re the One, but I have to agree that the strongest section is the bridge. It’s a very challenging vocal song to sing for it takes a skilled voice and ear to get those interval jumps in the verses so perfect.
I enjoy You’re the One, but I have to agree that the strongest section is the bridge. It’s a very challenging vocal song to sing for it takes a skilled voice and ear to get those interval jumps in the verses so perfect.
I’d go as far as saying I believe this song is harder to sing than Solitaire. Karen’s breath control, phrasing and measured vibrato in those elongated sections are just stunning. Listen to the line -
You’ve grown so deep inside of me
You’re everything I feel and see
It’s just two lines right? Try singing it in one go at the same tempo as the song. Karen sings for a full THIRTEEN seconds without taking a breath.