JBee
Active Member
I honestly believe this song was the missed opportunity in 1975. Had they included this on the album and released it as a single, I think they could have scored a top 10 with it. Added to the fact that had they completed it properly in 1975, with a re-recorded lead and Carpenters' backing vocals, it would have had even more 'punch' than the version we hear today.
I agree. After listening to them back to back I absolutely love the Carpenter version over Manilow and could only imagine what it would have sounded like had they released it in 1975. It would have given them at the very least another top 20 hit and probably another top 10. It's also a better "radio" song than "Solitaire" (which I know people love but not as the follow-up to "Only Yesterday" - it sound like a dirge by comparison). It's not like there wasn't enough room on Horizon to add TTGTFA.
But then there were a lot of missed opportunities (which is strange given how both KC and RC were obsessed with the charts at this point), for instance how the mediocre "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" makes it to AKoH (a version weaker than Sedaka's original, which is how I judge Carpenter's covers - Richard didn't bring anything new to it) while "Ordinary Fool", a beautiful song by Paul Williams with some of Karen's finest work lead vocals was left off (and apparently lost to boot).