Posted on 03/19/2016 8:47:13 PM PDT by mdittmar
Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun 1970
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_URrerCU10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8DNxqPszc0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmadRGvvK1s
The voice of an angel. So young. So sad.
just awesome talent.
Hope to never hear this and a billion other 60s and 70s songs ever again.
Damn shame about Karen. She an incredible voice.
I know I’m a nerd for saying this, but whenever a carpenter song comes on the satellite radio in the car, I turn it up.
Tied with MUSKRAT LOVE for my favorite song of all time.
...and think of a sandwich.
Just about every high school played this song during Graduation season back in those days. Many used it for weddings too. She had a lovely voice and sounded natural in her delivery. I recall there humongous hit of that summer in 1970 was “Close To You”. Beautiful Bacharach at his best. I think Dionne Warrick rejected this song as ‘silly’, and later lived to regret it.
She had a great voice.
Too bad she didn’t have that great a life.
You openly admit your love of that song? It was sweet, in it’s own down to earth way.
Love this song. Richard Carpenter wrote it after hearing a bank commercial jingle/ad, that just had the title line. The ad music was written by Paul Williams, IIRC.
Karen was also a talented drummer, before becoming a legendary singer.
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That white dress is so gorgeous in the second one.
Taken from a bank commercial written, and sung, by Paul Williams, correct? What a change of fate for them. Karen had a magical voice and I grew up with their music. Good times.
Don’t get me started.
“White lace and promises.
A kiss for luck and we’re on our way.”
“Nibblin’ on bacon and
Chewin’ on cheese.”
Now I’ll be humming those songs all weekend.
Bacharach wrote incredible melodies. One of the best songwriters ever.
I can’t never hear this song without thinking of a funny story. When I was young I knew a religious Christian girl who belonged to a very strict church. When she was getting married, just out of high school, she longed to have this song played at her wedding. The church forbade it because they only allowed “Christ centered songs” in the church. She was so disappointed. Finally they decided to change the lyrics to include Jesus and the church allowed it.
I was at her wedding, sitting in the back of the excited church full of people. When the woman sang this song, the new lyrics were “Talking it over, just the three of us,” the third being Jesus, but dang if that whole church didn’t start whispering “Is she pregnant?” Which really would have been frowned on in that congregation! The best of intentions...
“Hope to never hear this and a billion other 60s and 70s songs ever again.”
Why? Best music ever! And I doubt there were billions, maybe thousands!
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