Hello from the Motor City

Hello retread. Not quite sure what to say since you’re not a fan of the band that brings us together here...but I guess you’ve got a friend with great taste? 😉 We have a pretty great community here, something I think many fandoms are quite envious of.

Hi retread Welcome. Hmm much lighter musical taste huh?





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 I love The Carpenters by the way.really. 

retread I do remember that commercial. Yes indeed! I'd love to hear a new arrangement of superstar with Karen's voice but different musical arrangement. And no I don't like sonic youths version.

I agree, Steve. And I'd go as far as saying she had the most natural vocal style of all time. Robert Flack had a gorgeous bell-like quality to her voice. Mariah Carey has the range to hit those notes only dogs can hear. For vocal gymnastics, you can find hundreds of singers who can surpass Karen. But Karen's voice was just ... genuine.





That song always bugged me. I felt it was over-orchestrated. I'd kinda like to hear a stripped down version maybe with just a classical guitar as the main focus for the intro and backing her during the verses, although the orchestration there wasn't too much of an issue for me in the first place. The chorus would present the biggest challenge. It gets too lively and bouncy. The only upside there is sets up a nice contrast and an opportunity for the last line to spiral the mood back to melancholy as it moves into the next verse. But I don't know how they could tame the bouncy-ness down a bit and cover the spaces that are currently occupied with the horn fills. To me, those always stuck out like a sore thumb. 

The guitar work in this is a rough idea of what paring back might do for the intro and the verses. But the chorus doesn't work at all, imho.

Well yes, yes I did.

You can have your CAKE



Or have your cake



and eat it, too.