― Billy Pilgrim, Thursday, 3 May 2007 16:32 (sixteen years ago) link
― admrl, Thursday, 3 May 2007 16:33 (sixteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 3 May 2007 16:34 (sixteen years ago) link
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 3 May 2007 16:55 (sixteen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Thursday, 3 May 2007 23:46 (sixteen years ago) link
― jed_, Thursday, 3 May 2007 23:51 (sixteen years ago) link
wtf 'only yesterday' got zero votes? That is an astonishingly great song.
― Frogman Henry, Thursday, 17 July 2008 11:02 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQmbHGwMcCo
― Frogman Henry, Thursday, 17 July 2008 11:15 (fifteen years ago) link
it amazes me how the same band can be responsible for that and the execrable 'ticket to ride'
― Frogman Henry, Thursday, 17 July 2008 11:17 (fifteen years ago) link
They did worse stuff than "Ticket to Ride"
― Tom D., Thursday, 17 July 2008 11:18 (fifteen years ago) link
they do a great version of ticket to ride!
― amateurist, Thursday, 17 July 2008 11:23 (fifteen years ago) link
It's certainly better than the 5th Dimension's version, now that really is shit!
― Tom D., Thursday, 17 July 2008 11:26 (fifteen years ago) link
The combination of Karen Carpenter's ductile, dispassionate contralto and Richard Carpenter's meticulous studio technique is admittedly more musical than the clatter of voices and silverware in a cafeteria, but it's just as impervious to criticism. That is, the duo's success is essentially statistical: I'll tell you that I very much like "We've Only Just Begun" and detest "Sing," but those aren't so much aesthetic judgments as points on a graph. C+
what does this mean? that he enjoys the melodies but doesn't find himself emotionally involved?
― amateurist, Thursday, 17 July 2008 11:32 (fifteen years ago) link
also:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fsgj4xcxXyA
why is everyone squinting?
well i know. i just watched it gain and jesus, got to be nostalgia talking on your part. they suck the life out of that song. props for the video location tho.
― Frogman Henry, Thursday, 17 July 2008 11:42 (fifteen years ago) link
nostalgia for what? i first heard that version three years ago.
― amateurist, Thursday, 17 July 2008 18:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Went on a "Solitaire" jag today. Found out that the Neil Sedaka original from 1972 was recorded with 10cc as his backing band*, and that Karen Carpenter always hated this song, but recorded it anyway and Richard said/says it's one of her finest vocal takes.
*Listening to the whole 1972 Sedaka album right now and it's simultaneously CORNY and pretty great.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 November 2013 22:53 (ten years ago) link
welcome to my world.
you are officially old now.
advise : buy the 10cc boxset.
"corny but great" : rule of mid-life chaos.
― mark e, Thursday, 7 November 2013 23:06 (ten years ago) link