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    Posted: November 07 2016 at 20:23
Ok.  I love italian prog, King Crimson, Anekdoten...

But I also love the Carpenters.   If you gotta problem with that.  Tell me that this don't sound like something Renaissance would not do on their "Ashes are burning" album and you'll see Angry

So call me a wimp but at least listen to some of this to see   LOL

Surprisingly, their first 2 albums have a few proggy-like gems like this mixed in the "happy pop"

So what group(s) / song(s) are your guilty pleasure?



Karen Carpenter R.I.P


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When I saw your thread title, before I even clicked inside.....my first thought was Carpenters.  I took the time to rediscover them last year, bought all of their remasters.  Not only are they both brilliant but the music brings me back to a happier time and it relaxes me. 
...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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Milli Vanilli!  Not bad  :-)
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yeah I'm 50 now.  The Carpenters don't seem so "uncool" anymore  Wink

Frankly I'm surprised that they got such a "bad rep".  Karen Carpenter was actually a jazz drummer who received high praise from Buddy Rich

this is a brilliant video of her drumming on a show and it may surprise people who did not realize just how good of a drummer she really was.   Really worth a watch despite the low picture quality.

Don't even know her but really had a respect/admiration for her and her brother.
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Originally posted by progbaby progbaby wrote:

yeah I'm 50 now.  The Carpenters don't seem so "uncool" anymore  Wink

Frankly I'm surprised that they got such a "bad rep".  Karen Carpenter was actually a jazz drummer who received high praise from Buddy Rich

this is a brilliant video of her drumming on a show and it may surprise people who did not realize just how good of a drummer she really was.   Really worth a watch despite the low picture quality.

Don't even know her but really had a respect/admiration for her and her brother.



I never thought the Carpenters were uncool. Karen had a great voice and the music was killa. Maybe a little cheesy but i loooooove cheese!
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Oh yeah!!  Love ABBA!!  SOS is a great tune!!
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Uh guys, we all remember the last time ABBA was brought up in this forum, right? Let's not go down that road again. 
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One of my favs from my childhood.  As a little kid, this song creeped me out  :-)
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Umm....   No Barry for me  :-)   I remember Barry Manillow had a root canal done about 10 years ago and he said in an interview "Having the procedure was not so bad.  The worst part was having to sit in the chair and listen to my crappy music on the speaker while it was being done".
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Originally posted by progbaby progbaby wrote:

Umm....   No Barry for me  :-)   I remember Barry Manillow had a root canal done about 10 years ago and he said in an interview "Having the procedure was not so bad.  The worst part was having to sit in the chair and listen to my crappy music on the speaker while it was being done".

Not even Copacabana? LOL
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I don't see why Carpenters would have to be a guilty pleasure. Actually I don't buy this concept of guilty pleasure and it is borne out of elitism/snobbery. If you like it, you like it. Karen Carpenter's incredible phrasing was beyond the grasp of most prog vocalists and both she and Richard were well versed in the American songbook. Annie Haslam said she liked Carpenters and was delighted when in some interview back in the day the Carpenters named Renaissance as one of their favourites. The groups never met, though.
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