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Celebrating The Carpenters
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To my horror, i've just seen an advert for a programme to be shown next Wednesday, and as the title suggests it's to celebrate the talent and magical voice that was The Carpenters.
where's the drawback I hear you ask? They've got todays "stars" and I do use the term lightly there, singing Carpenter songs.
No no and NO!
where's the drawback I hear you ask? They've got todays "stars" and I do use the term lightly there, singing Carpenter songs.
No no and NO!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.At the risk of sounding like my mum here Jack it's because the songs just aint what they used to be!
and I will admit that some of The Carpenters songs were questionable, I mean c'mon..Top Of the World is so sweet and twee your fillings start hurting when you actually focus on the words. However Karen's voice was so gobsmackingly beautiful that I could just listen to it all day long.
and I will admit that some of The Carpenters songs were questionable, I mean c'mon..Top Of the World is so sweet and twee your fillings start hurting when you actually focus on the words. However Karen's voice was so gobsmackingly beautiful that I could just listen to it all day long.
I used to buy my mum Carpenters records for Christmas/Birthday (same thing in her case) and loved to listen to Karen's voice. You're right, Richard was never going to win awards for his lyrics but with THAT voice singing them.............she could've sung the Radio Times TV listings and still make them sound sublime..........:o)
Any idea who the TV programme is inviting to slaughter the songs......? :o(
Any idea who the TV programme is inviting to slaughter the songs......? :o(
I went a Googlin' Jack, and found this...
Read it and weep.
http://blogs.myspace....2297&blogId=508659904
Read it and weep.
http://blogs.myspace....2297&blogId=508659904
Well I like Dionne Warwick and Chrissie Hinde and The Saturdays and Beverly Knight. They are all old and talented stars, and they might actually do the songs some justice. But I can't be bothered to watch. Whilst I agree that Karen had a beautiful voice I actually don't count any of the songs amongst my favourites.
Chrissie Hynde performing Superstar - erm...................
Dionne Warwick performing Close to You - Could be good (but she's a 'proper' singer)
The Feeling performing Solitaire - wrong, just wrong !
Beverley Knight performing We’ve Only Just Begun - I quite like BK but can't see this one working
Noisettes performing Goodbye To Love - I'm not sure.
Ronan Keating performing I Won’t Last a Day Without You - I shall be sawing my ears off with a blunt herring !
The Saturdays performing Please, Mr Postman - For the love of God !!
Jamie Cullum and Kimberley Walsh will perform a duet of Rainy Days and Mondays - I won't have any ears so it won't matter................
Have they or the TV companies no shame..........................:o(
Dionne Warwick performing Close to You - Could be good (but she's a 'proper' singer)
The Feeling performing Solitaire - wrong, just wrong !
Beverley Knight performing We’ve Only Just Begun - I quite like BK but can't see this one working
Noisettes performing Goodbye To Love - I'm not sure.
Ronan Keating performing I Won’t Last a Day Without You - I shall be sawing my ears off with a blunt herring !
The Saturdays performing Please, Mr Postman - For the love of God !!
Jamie Cullum and Kimberley Walsh will perform a duet of Rainy Days and Mondays - I won't have any ears so it won't matter................
Have they or the TV companies no shame..........................:o(
I'm quite disturbed you consider The Saturdays a talent Lottie! ;-)
i dunno, I guess i'm quite biased where The Carpenters are concerned, I honestly believe that no matter how good a singer you are ( a nod to Dionne Warwick) you just can't do jutice to a Karen Carpenter song because...well you aren't Karen Carpenter.
i dunno, I guess i'm quite biased where The Carpenters are concerned, I honestly believe that no matter how good a singer you are ( a nod to Dionne Warwick) you just can't do jutice to a Karen Carpenter song because...well you aren't Karen Carpenter.
Karen Carpenter was, if not is, one of the best female vocalists to grace the music industry ever, and programmes like this, even though they are meant to be a celebration of The Carpenters music, come across as tacky and cringe-worthy.
Why not put on a Carpenters documentary featuring all their hits and talking about the lovely Karen Carpenter herself.....much more stylish and fitting, i think.
Why not put on a Carpenters documentary featuring all their hits and talking about the lovely Karen Carpenter herself.....much more stylish and fitting, i think.
How can you judge these singers singing Carpenter songs? Wait untill you hear them then judge, they're not immitating Karen they are paying a tribute in their own way. You may be pleasantly surprised. I was a big fan of the Carpenters and can't wait to hear those great songs again. After all we're in 2009 now and what can be done with sound, arrangements, and mixing is fantastic today.
Aunty Jem.
Aunty Jem.
I have the original thing on cd. I don't really want to watch mordern singers attempting songs that were meant for Karens beautiful and unique voice.
She was amazingly good at making even the cheesest medioca songs seem wonderful.
And unfortunalty Richrad did write some real humdingers. Calling Occupants of interplanetery craft was a really stinker.
But Karen made it worth while. That one even made that cheese fest Sing a song sound good.
Which was your favorite Carpenters song to all fans.
Mine was I know I need to be in Love Karen's rendition of Solitaire.
She was amazingly good at making even the cheesest medioca songs seem wonderful.
And unfortunalty Richrad did write some real humdingers. Calling Occupants of interplanetery craft was a really stinker.
But Karen made it worth while. That one even made that cheese fest Sing a song sound good.
Which was your favorite Carpenters song to all fans.
Mine was I know I need to be in Love Karen's rendition of Solitaire.
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