There was a followup single from that album called "Sub-Rosa Subway" that also garned some airplay on the progressive rock stations of the day.
Posted on 09/20/2024 4:20:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem Of World Contact Day)
This is the TV special the song inspired. Probably also the success of Star Wars inspired it.
Wow, I skimmed through a bit of the special. If you lie cheesy 70’s entertainment, you won’t be disappointed. Also, there is a disco square dance.
Karen didn’t starve herself to death - she just went home.
Was in college at SUNY Brockport at the time. We always listened to WKBW out of Buffalo NY. I remember hearing “Sub Rosa Subway” from Klaatu and thinking it was right out of Sir Paul’s head. WKBW never let on who it was. I think Sandy Beach was the DJ at the time - around 1975/76.
Klaatu is good stuff.
Jerry
She was a great drummer, and they wouldn’t let her play drums, and made her stand out front. An eating disorder is a way to regain control over one’s life.
There was a followup single from that album called "Sub-Rosa Subway" that also garned some airplay on the progressive rock stations of the day.
Alice Cooper joke at about 31:10.
When I heard the name of the group, I immediately got the joke, because I had read the Golden Age SF story Farewell To The Master as a young teenager.
I the story, a super-advanced alien tries to recreate his dead companion from recordings of his (the dead companion's) voice. He is only partially successful in this endeavor, due to noise that degrades the only extant recordings of that voice.
It is a very good story, and sad. But I understood right away that Klaatu was a being who tried to bring a dead creature back to life using only the sound it made.
“Karen didn’t starve herself to death - she just went home.”
No she didn’t . . . yes, finally home.
I had the Klatu album. It was very light and fun. I never really liked the Carpenter’s version.
None of these would be on my 100 top played list.
This song is one of the very few Carpenter connected songs that I have zero use for. It seems klunky, clumsy and uneven all the way through. I tend to think brother Richard Carpenter had little to do with the production of it.
The same man who arranged the ultra-classy trombone intro to Karen’s “Superstar” couldn’t have been in his right mind to produce this squirmy rodent of a recording.
I wish they had stuck with the Richard Carpenter Trio format. And never taken her off drums.
I wish she had married Tony Peluso,
I enjoyed a great deal of their work, starting when they broke on the scene with Burt Bacharach song ‘Close To You’.
I think both brother and sister became overwhelmed by their sudden fame. Richard became addicted to drugs.
Karen became depressed and as we all know, anorexic.
I have never been famous or even infamous, and probably never will be. I don’t know what it’s like to be showered with all that money and attention and expectation.
When they were a trio, they had a Brazilian guitarist. They played a more rock/jazz rock style. It was more challenging for her to play drums, and it seemed like a better fit for his keyboards too.
Easily their worst single. It royally sucked.
Saw Alice in concert two weeks ago tonight. As always,an epic event!
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