Hi All,
Most UK TV Guides have small programme highlights for Celebrating The Carpenters ITV Special. Radio Times & TV Times have features on Carpenters music , Presenters & Performers plus Carpenters timeline history
Radio Times is not impressed with Saturdays Please Mr Postman with jerking buff dancers in Postman uniforms ....things get better.... Jamie Callum's Rainy Days & Mondays & Beverley Knight's We've Only Just Begun being singled out ....highlight of these covers : Indie rockers The Noisettes stunning version of Goodbye To Love ....quite different ( thank goodness no lame copy) from Carpenters classic ..... Saw The Noisettes recently on 2 UK music shows : terrrific energy & vocals ...fascinating to see how Carpenters cover turns out .....
Radio Times amusingly states in betwen there are strange contributions from Richard Carpenter himself : " I'm really honoured that the acts tonight are going to be singing our songs " he growls , looking as though he'd like to throttle them !!! ( Journalist interpretation ....)
TV Times has large 2 page feature titled : "Close to The Carpenters "with interviews of presenters Amanda Holden ( ideally she is better than usual !! ) & Solo / Boyzone Vocalist Ronan Keating ....both select Close to You as favourite Carpenters song & Ronan mentions how much he loves performing "I Won't Last A Day Without You "
Amanda feels Carpenters enduring appeal is down to strong song storylines , clear words & Carpenters pitch perfect vocals / harmonies.....Ronan that the melodies are incredible, some very complex & Carpenters performances are remarkable.
Both look forward to The Feeling ( Excellent Pop Group : wonder whether they can nail tricky Solitaire ? ) & Dionne Warwick with Close To You ....this should be totally diffeent to Warwick's 1960's first version .....
Finally there is Carpenters timeline from birthdates through career highlights to Karen's death & Richard's new albums of previously unissued Carpenters recordings
Only disappoinment : no interview with Richard on Special, selection of these songs, Groups & Artists & current projects .....
Plenty to look forward towards ......
Peter UK
Peter UK
Most UK TV Guides have small programme highlights for Celebrating The Carpenters ITV Special. Radio Times & TV Times have features on Carpenters music , Presenters & Performers plus Carpenters timeline history
Radio Times is not impressed with Saturdays Please Mr Postman with jerking buff dancers in Postman uniforms ....things get better.... Jamie Callum's Rainy Days & Mondays & Beverley Knight's We've Only Just Begun being singled out ....highlight of these covers : Indie rockers The Noisettes stunning version of Goodbye To Love ....quite different ( thank goodness no lame copy) from Carpenters classic ..... Saw The Noisettes recently on 2 UK music shows : terrrific energy & vocals ...fascinating to see how Carpenters cover turns out .....
Radio Times amusingly states in betwen there are strange contributions from Richard Carpenter himself : " I'm really honoured that the acts tonight are going to be singing our songs " he growls , looking as though he'd like to throttle them !!! ( Journalist interpretation ....)
TV Times has large 2 page feature titled : "Close to The Carpenters "with interviews of presenters Amanda Holden ( ideally she is better than usual !! ) & Solo / Boyzone Vocalist Ronan Keating ....both select Close to You as favourite Carpenters song & Ronan mentions how much he loves performing "I Won't Last A Day Without You "
Amanda feels Carpenters enduring appeal is down to strong song storylines , clear words & Carpenters pitch perfect vocals / harmonies.....Ronan that the melodies are incredible, some very complex & Carpenters performances are remarkable.
Both look forward to The Feeling ( Excellent Pop Group : wonder whether they can nail tricky Solitaire ? ) & Dionne Warwick with Close To You ....this should be totally diffeent to Warwick's 1960's first version .....
Finally there is Carpenters timeline from birthdates through career highlights to Karen's death & Richard's new albums of previously unissued Carpenters recordings
Only disappoinment : no interview with Richard on Special, selection of these songs, Groups & Artists & current projects .....
Plenty to look forward towards ......
Peter UK
Peter UK