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The Carpenters ^ | 1971 | The Carpenters

Posted on 01/30/2022 2:23:59 PM PST by DallasBiff

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: carpenters
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To: DallasBiff

I hated it growing up.

It infected AM radio.


21 posted on 01/30/2022 5:38:15 PM PST by sauropod (Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. Life is risk, your highness.)
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To: Steely Tom

That was beautiful. Got me very misty eyed.


22 posted on 01/30/2022 5:45:57 PM PST by Mermaid Girl
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

And Roger Nichols.
Who were unknown writers at the time(With A & M)
Richard heard a Bank Commercial that featured part of the song.
Called Williams up and asked Nichols/Williams if it was a full song.
They said yes. The rest is history for both the Carpenters and Nichols/Williams.
They wrote numerous hits for Richard and Karen after that.


23 posted on 01/30/2022 6:05:38 PM PST by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: dfwgator

“Because he’s thirsty, Dummy!”


24 posted on 01/30/2022 6:08:44 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: Mermaid Girl

Her voice is similar to that of Julie Andrews.

Her intonation is so razor sharp, as is her sense of timing.

She was an extreme perfectionist, and that was her undoing.

One of the great and tragic ironies that a woman who expressed romantic love with such supreme artistry and musical talent couldn’t find it for herself. Painful to think about even today, and though I never knew her except through the sounds she made.


25 posted on 01/30/2022 6:16:18 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: DallasBiff

Did you know that song wsa originally a bank commercial?


26 posted on 01/30/2022 6:49:55 PM PST by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: pnut22

My first concert too: 1974, Chico State.


27 posted on 01/31/2022 2:06:01 AM PST by YogicCowboy (I know what I like, and like what I know.)
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To: DallasBiff

Karen: a once-in-a-lifetime vocal talent (timbre and nuance).

Richard: an exceptional composer and arranger.


28 posted on 01/31/2022 2:08:08 AM PST by YogicCowboy (I know what I like, and like what I know.)
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To: sauropod

Me too! I’d change the station if it came on. By that time I rarely had on radio stations that would play it. I was well on my way down the metal road.


29 posted on 01/31/2022 2:09:13 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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