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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Speaking of "Goodbye To Love" |
| Date | Sun, 03 Jul 2005 14:19:39 -0400 |
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At Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 22:29:40 Michael wrote:
>Speaking of "Goodbye To Love" from The Carpenters...there was a beautiful
>music station (the classic "elevator music" that no longer exists where I
>live) that played a few songs with vocals and that pop rock classic song
>had Tony's guitar solo edited out for (what seemed like) fifteen years!
>The song was around two minutes and always sounded like someone bumping a
>turntable with the arm and needle taking a quick skip. I guess the MOR
>folks thought that it was too close to Hendrix but still wanted Karen's
>vocal performance.
>
>Did this happen in any other towns of Audities listmembers?
My father had an 8-track tape he used to play in the car over-and-over from
a Carpenters hits package that was a medley of this song, "Close To You",
"Superstar" and a few other tunes (I think.....it's been nearly 30 years
since I heard it last)....almost a Stars On 45 kinda thing without the
nauseating drum loop.
It was years later when I heard the full-versions of these songs that I
realized I'd been hearing a bad single edit for radio (or a bad A & R
decision....or both). Maybe the version you heard was from this bastardized
medley.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
"Not Suing Our Customers Since 1985!!"
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/
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