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Sara
Higher and Higher
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 26/02/2007 : 23:10:23
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They're really different versions, but I gotta say the Carpenters version because it means so much to me. It took a while for me to love Dusty's version because for me Karen's version was always the ONLY version of that song.. and I daren't listen to Dusty's version at first, and when I first heard it, I didn't really like it But it's grown on me a lot, and I do love it, I love the end part of it.
Dusty's is closer to how it was originally meant to be, the Carpenters changed it around and made it into something else.. Richard is a genius
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Janie
Administrator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 26/02/2007 : 23:31:11
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I like Karen Carpenters voice a lot but for me she simply can't hold a torch to Dusty. I've always preferred recordings of Karen's as against 'live' performances. Whenever I heard her sing 'live' I was struck by how relatively weak her vocals actually were - good production on their recordings disguised this fact.
I'm now preparing to duck below the parapets  .
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Pablito
Wishing And Hoping
Ireland
465 Posts |
Posted - 17/03/2007 : 11:57:02
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I agree with Janie. I like Karen Carpenters voice, but it's incomparable to Dusty's (IMO).
The title of the song is "They LONG To Be Close To You" - and I think Dusty really conveys that longing. The Carpenters version is soporific in comparison. Personally I love the orchestration on Dusty's version - it really enhances that 'longing' and urgency in Dusty's vocal.
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Lindakron
Sweet Inspiration
Canada
2672 Posts |
Posted - 17/03/2007 : 12:21:06
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The beauty about the Carpenter's "Close To You" is Richard's arrangement as much as it is Karen's vocal performance. They were incredible together.
As far as Karen on stage, I don't think she had a presence at all, compared to Dusty, but she never, not once, had a sour note on stage. It has been said that you could wake Karen up at 3:00 a.m. and she would be able to sing any song well enough to record. Only once in her career did she need to cancel a show because her voice was gone (1972). In fact, their fourth album, in 1972, was recorded when Karen had laryngitis. (Stupid, but true.)
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