Bruno
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For the last weeks, I have been watching youtube again and again, watching all those Carpenters videos I had never seen before. You know, I never saw them live in concert, and the only time I watched them performng live on tv was in October 1981, when they promoted BEECHWOOD on a German tv show called SHOWEXPRESS. So the very first videos of Karen and Richard I ever saw was the VHS YESTERDAY ONCE MORE , which was released in 1985. And most of those videos were disappointing for me.
On youtube, there are lots of videos that are much better done. At the time, my absolute favorite is THANK YOUR FOR THE MUSIC from the TONIGHT SHOW. This is how I want to remember Karen, I think. The band does a great musical job, too.
There is also a video, recorded 1978 at the German tv show STARPARADE. Karen and Richard perform SWEET SWEET SMILE. This was a live show (Karen tells about this in the TONIGHT SHOW), but the Carpenters did a full playback (vocals and music, that is). It was the show, where they met ABBA and heard their song THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC.
It is a strange performance. First of all, the German audience is sitting there as if it was a funeral. Terrible uptight. Then here is the setting. I mean, this is an upbeat country song! Karen is wearing a white long sleeve, like a bride. This might be fitting for WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN, but but not for SWEET SWEET SMILE. But she does her best do do an upbeat performance.
Richard is sitting in a black suit at a grand black piano. This is unfitting to the song, too.
Who the hell was their wardrobe and performance consultor? He did a bad job, I must say.
Bruno
Their performace on SHOWEXPRESS in 1981 has not yet surfaced on youtube. I hope someday it will, because it inspired me to go to the local record store the next day and to buy my very first Carpenters LP.
On youtube, there are lots of videos that are much better done. At the time, my absolute favorite is THANK YOUR FOR THE MUSIC from the TONIGHT SHOW. This is how I want to remember Karen, I think. The band does a great musical job, too.
There is also a video, recorded 1978 at the German tv show STARPARADE. Karen and Richard perform SWEET SWEET SMILE. This was a live show (Karen tells about this in the TONIGHT SHOW), but the Carpenters did a full playback (vocals and music, that is). It was the show, where they met ABBA and heard their song THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC.
It is a strange performance. First of all, the German audience is sitting there as if it was a funeral. Terrible uptight. Then here is the setting. I mean, this is an upbeat country song! Karen is wearing a white long sleeve, like a bride. This might be fitting for WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN, but but not for SWEET SWEET SMILE. But she does her best do do an upbeat performance.
Richard is sitting in a black suit at a grand black piano. This is unfitting to the song, too.
Who the hell was their wardrobe and performance consultor? He did a bad job, I must say.
Bruno
Their performace on SHOWEXPRESS in 1981 has not yet surfaced on youtube. I hope someday it will, because it inspired me to go to the local record store the next day and to buy my very first Carpenters LP.
