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Subject: Re: Carpenters and Disco Music

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Federico Cruz

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Date Posted: 21:19:47 07/01/03 Tue
In reply to: RickHenry 's message, "Re: Carpenters and Disco Music" on 19:29:25 07/01/03 Tue

It's obvious that Karen really loved all kind of music.
She deceived to Richard because in the page 245 of the Coleman book, Richard said to Karen the day before she flied to NY: "Just do me one favor. Don't do anything disco". And in the page 273 Richard express "...I strongly believe that she was NEVER meant to do disco". What a frustated Karen must have felt seeing others singers and friends doing disco music and having success: Olivia Newton-John, Barry Manilow, Bee Gees, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross...
In the disco era I remember missing the Carpenters with at least one disco number to probe fortune.
We must to thank Karen because all of us knew ,16 years later, how Karen (not the Carpenters)sound performing disco music. Last night I was in bed, with my walk-man and headphones, and did a re-listen to the Karen solo album. It's entirely a great job from Karen and Ramone, with the same musicals arrangements of the present times.

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RickHenry
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Date Posted: 21:30:19 07/01/03 Tue

I still feel that if Karen's solo album were to have been released it would have been a major hit.Songs like "Making Love In The Afternnon", "Guess I Just Lost My Head", "all Because Of You" and "My body Keeps Changing My Mind" would have taken Karen over the top. "Made In America" was a good album - but at that point in time the Carpenters needed to put out something more like Karen's album.