![]() If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the "Complete Orders" link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.). You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. Carpenters Discography: Offering/Ticket to Ride.Revenge of the 30 Day Song Challenge - Day 12.Revenge of the 30 Day Song Challenge - Day 13.Revenge of the 30 Day Song Challenge - Day 14." Unto you in the voice of love through the song we sing an offering." and so bookends the Carpenters' first album. And with all due respect to Neil, still I ask WTF? WHY THIS SONG, RICHARD, WHY?!? Don't get me wrong, the instrumentation is on par with the rest of the album, but seriously, WTF, RICHARD? The lyrics aren't as specific as all that and could be interpreted several ways I choose to see it as a song about a famous young woman leading one life to the cameras and another in private. Yes, yes, yes! Love this song! Apparently, it was inspired by an episode of Journey to the Unknown (a sort of Twilight Zone show) about a man who falls in love with a mannequin. love is a groovy thing/It knows how to make you sing/And it fills up your life with sunshine and joy." Why can't they make songs like this anymore? Oh yeah.the cynicism.Ī Richard song about being lazy and why that's okay.Įhhhhhh.jazz infused song about a dumped woman. While The Beatles' version is fun and, for lack of a better word, rockin', this one takes itself far too seriously and is treated with the grandiloquence of chamber music. The song isn't terrible, but it pretty much sucks the life out of the far superior original. Nor can I fathom why he chose "Ticket to Ride" as their one and only single form this album. Out of all the Beatles songs to cover, I cannot fathom why Richard chose "Ticket to Ride". Not a bad melody, but it needs Karen's lead. Richard sings a "I will let you go, but I'll be here waiting for you" song. I think it would have been a great choice for a follow up single. It's a sweet little ballad, not too showy but not too throw-away. This is easily one of my favorite tracks off of Offering. Another Richard sings the lead songs but with a weird wavy pre-Autotune thing. You've probably heard it before during a "hippie montage" in some movie or TV show. "Get Together" was originally a hit for The Youngbloods in 1969. The first in long line of Carpenters cover songs. Bombastic and somewhat lush, this melodramatic song has Karen begging some guy to wait for her when she is ready to love. "Your Wonderful Parade" fades into "Someday", the first ballad to showcase Karen's haunting and mournful voice. Regardless of the vocals "Your Wonderful Parade" is bitingly condescending take on suburban life replete with a marching band drum solo at the close. ![]() Given the fact that Karen Carpenter has the world's most beautiful voice*, this is seems ri-goddamn-diculous, but Richard wanted a piece of the pie. Um.about Richard's singing.on the earlier Carpenters' albums, Richard sang the lead on a few tracks. The melody and multi-track harmonies are gorgeous, though and "Invocation" breezes by so fast, you're already into the next song before the holy notions get to you. (Plus, Karen looks sort of like a nun on the album cover). I must admit if I was a record buyer in 1969, I don't know if I would continue listening. Karen Carpenter sings us a Messianic hymn beginning with: For those whose eyes would see/ Render them in faith to me. At first listen, the 1:02 opening track is far too religious for a pop/rock album.
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