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Perhaps the advert led a few people to discover the Carpenters music. However, given the sensibility of the average consumer, likely the only thing people rushed out to buy was a box of PG!
O.K. Dave - I gave it #1 (but don't tell anybody )Hmmmmmm...still NO VOTES for "Let Me Be The One"????!!!!
we must be twins from different mothers... I felt the same way! Almost voted for Kept - but LMBTO won out at the very last second... Karen's vocals there are so intimate on one hand, yet bigger than life on the other...This being such a hard choice, I had to whittle it down by asking myself, "If I had only one quarter, and these were the five jukebox choices to make, which one would I choose?". And my answer was "I Kept On Loving You". Frankly, I've heard the other songs so many times on so many compilations that they almost go by unnoticed. But I always loved "I Kept On Loving You", not the least because it was different from most other Carpenters songs with Richard in the lead.
So, while the other songs are all great, I have to root for the underdog here. "Let Me Be The One" would be my second choice in this scenario.
Of the hits, "We've Only Just Begun" is probably the best of the lot.
Harry
Is that why Old Fashioned Love Song crops up in the Songs of the Carpenters song book? I was always baffled as to why it was included. Still baffled but slightly less so now. Thanks!Toolman, you took the words out of my mouth, as I have always harbored the same thoughts regarding " Old Fashioned Love Song".
The snippet they sing (on The Carol Burnett Show) begs for more.
Rumbahbah, you mention a rather interesting point in your posting.
I had forgotten about the remark (p.90 Schmidt) by Paul Williams regarding I Won't Last A Day Without You,
and I went back and (re)read it.
(And, I actually have never listened to any other version of the song except Carpenters--it's just that great).
Similarly, notice on his official (?) webpage biography:
PAUL WILLIAMS (Music and Lyrics) is an Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe winning Hall of Fame songwriter. “We’ve Only Just Begun,” “Rainy Days and Mondays,” “You and Me Against the World,” “An Old Fashioned Love Song” “I Won’t Last a Day Without You” and “Let Me Be The One” are among his timeless standards. His songs have been recorded by such diverse musical icons as Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Willie Nelson, Ella Fitzgerald, David Bowie, Ray Charles, R.E.M., Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughn, Johnny Mathis, Luther Vandross and Kermit the Frog.
The Carpenters are not listed as one of those "diverse musical icons". (Purposeful forgetfulness?).
Information taken from: http://websitedesigns-2-go.com/paul/index.htm