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Karen Carpenter - Miguel - 01-22-2012 I made this post of IF: Quote:Karen Carpenter at 17 (in the year 1967): Adding to it: We've Only Just Begun: Now a wedding favorite, it originated as an ad for a bank: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_lnwNIlJUo/watch?v=TVGmdwHTP1I Rainy Days and Mondays: Close to You: [video=youtube]www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDTCAi3wjts[/video] Superstar: RE: Karen Carpenter - Miguel - 01-22-2012 Karen on the drums: Quote:Mr. Guder was the instrumental music teacher at my high school in the mid-1960's, but he left to become the music director at Disneyland. Quote:@EdWatts Here's what Richard Carpenter himself had to say: "John Bettis and I composed this “anti-establishment” song in late 1967, following our brief stint at Disneyland. We had been hired as the piano/banjo act at Coke Corner on Main Street, USA and, as such, were required to perform American songs written around the early 1900s. A problem had started when we honored some patrons’ requests to play contemporary songs, such as “Somewhere My Love,” “Yesterday,” “Light My Fire,” et al." Quote:@arfies cont.: "Vic Guder, our talent supervisor, was understandably disgruntled about this. John and I were young and full of ourselves, and during the ensuing weeks, continued to do as we pleased. This ultimately led to our dismissal. John and I took great umbrage at this, and wrote this song. Looking back, I feel we should have been thankful to have had the job…and adhered to policy." |