Feel Good Carpenters Song

[Mark-T]

So much has been made of the melancholy quality in Karen's voice and accented with Richard's arrangements. I started thinking, what song always makes you feel upbeat?

For me, "Boat to Sail"- the album came out in 1976 when I lived in the Huntington Beach Harbor area, and yes, it was fun because I was just learning to sail. Great timing!

The song: sultry vocals, laid back harmonies, very smooth. Great for any Southern California day ta the beach.

 

[Dave]

The promising "We've Only Just Begun" is what I would describe as "Feel-Good"... Another would probably be "Only Yesterday"...


Dave

 

[no1kandrfan]

My favorite 'feel good' song, well - songs - are a toss between "Sweet, Sweet Smile" and "Jambalaya" - 2 songs I love to crank up and sing along with, plus you can plainly hear that Karen enjoyed singing them.

Mike

 

[Rudy]

For me, "Happy" and "Only Yesterday". May be a couple others if I think of them.

 

[aaflyer98]

My Favorite "feel good" Carpenters song is "Those Good Old Dreams" from the 1981 album, Made In America. An uplifting fun, happy song!

 

[nc-mediafan]

I agree with "Sweet, Sweet Smile". I would have to add "Help" from Close To You and "Sailin' On The Tide" from Voice Of The Heart.

 

[daveK]

I'd go with "Saturday" as my feel-good Carpenters classic. If I was to pick one with Karen's voice, it would probably be "A Kind Of Hush".

 

[enigma]

I agree with "Sweet, Sweet Smile". I would have to add "Help" from Close To You and "Sailin' On The Tide" from Voice Of The Heart.

I would have to agree with these choices

 

[Dave]

"Yesterday Once More" is another that would put as being a "Joyful Carpenters Tune"! (It helped that I heard it on the radio today, too!)


Dave

 

[Jeff]

Well, for me there's nothing like a feel good round of depression. Therefore RAINY DAYS brings me happiness and deep satisfaction.


I've missed you guyz,

Jeff

 

[GOODY4SHOES]

"Yesterday Once More" is another that would put as being a "Joyful Carpenters Tune"! (It helped that I heard it on the radio today, too!)
Dave

I agree Dave.

I'd also choose the Bacharach Medley (the tempo), One Love, Top of the World and Sing.

 

[GOODY4SHOES]

Well, for me there's nothing like a feel good round of depression. Therefore RAINY DAYS brings me happiness and deep satisfaction.

Jeff

Depression (I call it 'longing') and chill-factor tunes... what an excellent combo!

 

[Dave]

...I agree, Dave...

...I'd also choose..."Top of the World"...

Joe P.
San Diego, CA

Yes, "Top Of The World" can be pretty uplifting, too! My mom bought it on a Green/Yellow Forget Me (K)not series '45', a long time ago, and wrote down all the words to it!


Dave

 

[goodjeans]

mine is the single version of "I Won't Last A Day Without You". The added guitar licks, etc. remind me of spring/summer.

 

[piloso49]

"Happy" is a great feel good song, so is "Saturdays"
and "want you back in my life again" & "b'wanna she no home" both put me in a good mood.

 

[AudiophilePhil]

I'd go with "Saturday" as my feel-good Carpenters classic. If I was to pick one with Karen's voice, it would probably be "A Kind Of Hush".

Another vote for "Saturday."

With Karen's voice, I pick "Don't Be Afraid To Love".

 

[piloso49]

Though it was once my least favorite Carpenters song, I have now had a change of heart over "Beachwood 45789". I used to skip over it on the Made In America CD, but then I heard it on a compilation (either Reflections or Sweet Memories) and I really started liking it. Maybe it was just hearing in a different context. I don't know, But I now think of it as a feel good Carpenters song.

 

[CraigGA]

Mine would be Close To You.

Craig

 

[Rick]

My Carpenters feel good song is "Please Mr. Postman". I just love this song and video. Karen seems to really be enjoying herself at Disneyland.


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[Harry]

I've not contributed to this thread, mainly, I suppose because I can hardly think of a Carpenters song that doesn't make me feel good! ButI wanted to comment on piloso49's post:

Though it was once my least favorite Carpenters song, I have now had a change of heart over "Beachwood 45789". I used to skip over it on the Made In America CD, but then I heard it on a compilation (either Reflections or Sweet Memories) and I really started liking it. Maybe it was just hearing in a different context. I don't know, But I now think of it as a feel good Carpenters song.

That's interesting because I've recently come to feel the same way. For years I looked down on "BEechwood 4-5789" as just another remake of an oldie, a case where they went to that particular well once too often, and I just didn't appreciate it at all. But it's come up a number of times in some homemade compilations of their actual top 100 hits, and I've grown to appreciate it much more these days. It's got a great arrangement, the requisite overdubbed choral backgrounds from Karen and Rich that I always looked for on Carpenters recordings, and it's produced well. I also like how, in the video, scratchy record sounds are added to the opening, as if the record had been picked a thousand times in that particular jukebox.

Good stuff.

Harry

 

[Dave]

Yeah, the two "oldies" (Outside their "Medley", which was a mixture of "feel good" and sad songs--too legnthy to sort-out right now) "BEechwood 4-5789" and "Please Mr. Postman" are a couple of real POSITIVE songs...

I sometimes wish "BEechwood..." would be a little more closer to The Marvelettes' version (theirs' is a lil' more "Summery", but a bit melancholy--and who knows HOW MANY people have been actually CALLING it--or DIALING it, back then...!)

"Please Mr. Postman" I hear quite often on the radio and I think it was one of the songs on my 2-Disc Classics, Vol. 2; "BE4-5789" should really have been there, too... "...Postman", also by The Marvelettes was very well-done and I like how The Beatles even thought of covering it, too... But it is also a good and "feel-good" Carpenters tune, too!


Dave