Madonna's Tribute To Karen Carpenter - "Rain"

[amit1234]

For those that don't know, in 1993, Madonna's album Erotica featured a tribute to Karen Carpenter entitled "Rain". Madonna's publicist Liz Rozenberg confirmed this upon the single's release. The song was a decent hit earning Madonna another Top 10 position.

I'm sure most of you here have heard this song. Thoughts?

Madonna herself is big Carpenters fan. Sidenote: John Bettis wrote her 1985 hit "Crazy For You" (a song which would have even more amazing if the Carpenters recorded it.)

 

[Tim Neely]

On the low part of the song as it's beginning, Madonna does sound spookily like Karen Carpenter! A couple times I've been caught off-guard in, say, a mall or the like when the song is playing over the in-store speakers.

 

[amit1234]

Hi Tim - In 1996, Madonna released a compilation of her greatest ballads entitled 'Something To Remember'. The album included her tribute to Karen, "Rain" among many other ballads that do have a Karen Carpenter/Carpenters "feel" to them, most notably: "I'll Remember", "This Used To Be My Playground", "Crazy For You", and "Live To Tell".

Sandra Bernhard (Madonna's on and off friend) also commented in a recent VH1 special about "Favorite Love Songs Of All Time" that "Superstar" by the Carpenters is her personal pick.

Just a few tidbits I thought some of you might be interested to know...

 

[kennyv]

Madonna would have wanted to be more outspoken about her admiration towards Karen but that probably should bother her fans a bit I think.