tomswift2002
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Again some random songs. What's your favorite?
Favorite Carpenters Song 3
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John Tkacik
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I fell in love with their version of "Any Day Now" the first time I heard it last year on YouTube.
theninjarabbit
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Voted "Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore" -- always loved this one. The few Ruby and Romantics tunes they did were beautiful.
"Happy" is a close second.
"Happy" is a close second.
"Happy" is so refreshing to listen to! Wonderful rhythms, great build-up, and very much the Carpenters "sound". I only wish they'd done more of this up-beat type of material at this stage. Should have been an A-side.
The bass is excellent and sounds like it's coming from a keyboard / synthesiser (I love the groan on the note "Happy is the way I'm feelin'...")
The bass is excellent and sounds like it's coming from a keyboard / synthesiser (I love the groan on the note "Happy is the way I'm feelin'...")
newvillefan
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That live medley is just astounding. Carpenters at their absolute peak. Richard did an amazing job of filling in the blanks where certain tracks had not been captured on the tape.
GaryAlan
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As much as I love this Live medley, I'm still not sold on the utility of the form as opposed to performing one song.
Thus, in as much as this Medley is excellent, I still had to choose "Happy," possessing--- as it does--
all of the elements which goes into a classic Carpenters' song.
Thus, in as much as this Medley is excellent, I still had to choose "Happy," possessing--- as it does--
all of the elements which goes into a classic Carpenters' song.
tomswift2002
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I also went with "Your Baby...", as it is one of the better tracks on VOTH, and I think it should've been the lead-off single, not "Make Believe...".
newvillefan
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Had VOTH featured a really strong standout track chosen as the lead single, I think they could have had a hit in 1983, given the recent memory of Karen's passing. As it stands, the entire album is made up of 'album track' material only, with no obvious contender for first single. Make Believe was far too soft, quiet and forgettable for radio, especially for 1983, and sank without a trace. At least Your Baby had some oomph and drama about it, but it's still not hit single material.
The other thing that doesn't help is that 9 out of the 10 tracks were incomplete when it came to preparing them for release, so the dreaded OK Chorale is peppered throughout most of the album, giving it a bland MOR feel.
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Interesting that Happy is currently leading the Bacharach Medley.
Peluso (a B-side at that) outdoing the one and only Bacharach!! If we'd had this same question posed 40 years ago, how would we have voted then I wonder?
Whatever the answer, kudos that Happy is proving itself to have more staying power than perhaps was imagined at the time.
Peluso (a B-side at that) outdoing the one and only Bacharach!! If we'd had this same question posed 40 years ago, how would we have voted then I wonder?
Whatever the answer, kudos that Happy is proving itself to have more staying power than perhaps was imagined at the time.
Passenger
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Of these five, for me it's "Your Baby...". I love the song, but it also always transports me back to when it was released....at a time when feelings were still raw right after Karen's passing, and also because this was the final "new" Carpenter's single that ever got any radio play on our local stations.
ScottyB
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I have to cast my vote for Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore. When I first heard this song when I initially obtained Voice Of The Heart, it reminded me so much of the early days of the Carpenters (1970-1973). It has that same appeal as Hurting Each Other, Superstar, Rainy Days...etc. I believe had this song been released as a single in the same era, it would have definitely become a big hit for them. Happy has also always held a strong place in my heart.
GaryAlan
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I still find it hard to believe that Now and You're Enough arose from the same studio sessions.
While the later is a favorite of mine, the former has never sounded okay to my ears.
It didn't upon first hear in 1983, and it still doesn't, 2016. Just my opinion.
(And, that first opinion was formed before I ever had any information as to how very ill she was in April 1982).
While the later is a favorite of mine, the former has never sounded okay to my ears.
It didn't upon first hear in 1983, and it still doesn't, 2016. Just my opinion.
(And, that first opinion was formed before I ever had any information as to how very ill she was in April 1982).
tomswift2002
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"Now" I find to be an extremely weak song. Really it could've been left on the same tape as the other two songs that have never been released from April 82. But "You're Enough" is one of the better tracks on VOTH.
newvillefan
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Karen's voice sounds richer on You're Enough. Her vocal on Now sounds thin and reedy to me in places but that might be more to do with the fact that much of it required her upper register, which sounded thinner anyway by 1982.
tomswift2002
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With "Now", I just don't get why Richard tries to push it as Karen's final recording session, and the way he pushes it it sounds like it was the only song recorded that day. But I think "You're Enough" should've made compilations like "From The Top".
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