Despite assessing her vocal performance on "Solitaire" as "one of [her] greatest", Richard says that, "she never liked the song [and]...she never changed her opinion." A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs
Karen's vocal performance is sublimly crystal clear.
Check your score in the Ramones version of Fact or Fiction. I sat down one day and I listened to all 90 versions of 'Solitaire' that people have done, and of all the ones that are out there, Karen Carpenter's is still the one that is the benchmark for all the covers on that song. Album Horizon. The Year of the Cat comes every 12 Years: 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023...Baseball Hall-of-Famer Phil Rizzuto is the announcer on Meat Loaf's "Paradise By the Dashboard Light."
You can measure success by the amount of money you make off a song, but I measure the success of that song by that particular moment, when she made it totally her own.
Kevin Godley talks about directing classic videos for The Police, U2 and Duran Duran, and discusses song and videos he made with 10cc and Godley & Creme.A band so baffling, even their names were contrived.
A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs What Liquid Attracts Carpenter Bees. Lyrics to 'Solitaire' by The Carpenters.
There was a man ... A lonely man ... Top Songs. There was a completely different song called "Solitaire" that was a hit for Laura Branigan in 1983.The Greek chanteuse Nana Mouskouri not only did a cover of this song but also recorded versions in French and German. "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses has a literary influence: The lyric is based on a story called Without You by Del James.Until December 5, 1998, a song had to be issued as a single to make the Hot 100. Karen Carpenter and Judy Garland were the first voices I sang along with, so if my voice has any influences, lol, it would be from years of singing Karen and Judy's songs (not that I, myself think I particularly sound anything like them, lmao, but IF my voice has been effected at all by listening to another's, it's the two women I've mentioned above). Rizzuto used to broadcast games for his former team, the Yankees.Sea creatures mentioned in "Rock Lobster" by The B-52's include a jellyfish, piranha, bikini whale and narwhal. I think the Carpenters' version was the one that I like best. Franti tells the story behind his hit "Say Hey (I Love You)" and explains why yoga is an integral part of his lifestyle and his Soulshine tour.
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The Year of the Cat comes every 12 Years: 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023...Baseball Hall-of-Famer Phil Rizzuto is the announcer on Meat Loaf's "Paradise By the Dashboard Light."
Philip Cody told us that when he wrote it, he imagined a female voice singing it.