BEVERLY BREMERS - "Don't Say You Don't Remember" (1971)

[ponkaton1]

1 of my favs love this  thanks for posting it

[firefieldmpt]

I was 16 this was always one of my all time favorites its about honesty BG

[mba7898]

Thanks for posting! It is a great song!!



[suziQ27]

people never stay the same forever...somebody always loves a little more~

[smakdad01]

On the year-end countdown of the top 80 from 1972, Casey Kasem identifies this as 1972's winner for the "most sound alike song of the Carpenters"

[MrTrashcan1]

@smakdad01 I don't even know what that means. The song that sounds the most like a Carpenters song? Or sounds like the Carpenters singing? And it doesn't sound anything like either.

[smakdad01]

@MrTrashcan1 Fortunately when '70's on 7 re-plays Casey Kasem's American Top 40 broadcasts, I have recorded them all for my personal collection. If you would like to call me so you can hear Casey's comments for yourself, I'll locate it and have it que'd up waiting for you. For years, I've often heard it said that my favorite song of all-time "Too Late To Turn Back Now" by The Cornelius Brothers, was a "Fifth Deminsion"-style of song".What do you think those who say such things mean by it?

[TimSchohdesmoines]

@MrTrashcan1

Slow playing pop song most appealing to teens in the throes of heartbreak. Go listen to the Carpenters and appreciate the lilt in Karen's voice and the melody arrangement put together by her brother Richard. Oh, and pay attention to the strings they pluck in your heart. Then you'll "get it".

[MrTrashcan1]

@TimSchohdesmoines I'm quite familiar with the Carpenters and have always adored their music. Plucking heartstrings? When Kasey Casem says "sound alike" song, I take that to mean style, tone color, arrangement, the aspects of music that give it that unique signature of the artist. Other than "heartstrings," it has no similarity to the Carpenters music. As I said in my description, with the 6/8 beat, it sounds more like something out of the 60s.

[TimSchohdesmoines]

@MrTrashcan1

It's the effect the song has on the listener. It doesn't affect you that way so you can't "get it". Plenty of industry magazines and even Rhino records on the compilation jacket cover has said the song feels like an homage to the best of the Carpenters' "weepy" songs. I think the focus of this debate escapes you. Anyway, it's a free country so you aren't required to understand what professional music critics are talking about.

[Bobster110551]

@smakdad01 I agee. I was 19 yrs old at the time and I always thought it was Karen Carpenter singing this song. I guess I was wrong but those who say it doesn't sound like the Carpenters are wrong. I agree with Casey Kasem!

[baabra1950]

ashleigh, you are blessed, I play her on Facebook all the time and twitter. I want others to hear her beautiful voice! Be kind to yourself Always! Warmly, barbie

[davythehibee]

nice song, never heard it before, nor the singer. You tube is really good for that

[MrTrashcan1]

BTW, Ashleigh, a commenter here, was kind enough to ask BB, her singing coach, to settle the time signature dispute. I'm happy to report that I was correct--the song is, in fact, in 6/8 time. :-)

[baabra1950]

This Singer is a beautiful weaver of soothing lyrics. I listen to this very often, makes me cry. Right now I am choking up and weeping. A beautiful woman, with a beautiful spirit that shines outward from her! The tears never fail to come, when I hear this. She has other songs too! Be kind to yourself out there everyone! Warmly, barbie

[Fersomling]

Beverly Bremers and Arthur Bremer. I can't think of one without the other.

[ashleighellex2]

she's my singing coach (:

[catjj6977]

this sont brings back a memory, the roller skating rink in winona lake in, its torn down now, that was when i was a kid, im an old lady now, but listening here, i feel like a kid again

[Wolfsky9]

Early 70's Heartbreaker, & a song I loved then--& do today, 40 year later. I was living in LA, Redondo Beach, when this came out on AM 930 , KHJ The Sound of LA. What a time it was. Wolfsky9, 64 y/o

[AngelaRed]

I was with my boyfriend for 2 months. I fell hard for him, I even gave him my complete self heart and soul. He broke up with me the day before Thanksgiving. It was the 2nd worst broken heart I ever had to deal with. We also work together. At first he would say hi at work as if we were never intimate. Now days we don't say anything at all at work, unless its work related. Its better this way because I am still vunrable. We worked today like this. This song fits my situation perfectly!

[switchstand]

One of those 45's I ran till it wore out.

[nondoggies]

Uh oh I don't remember

[MIKECNW]

I understand she's a Chicago native from Hyde Park.

[YOU2UUB]

This is one of the top if not the top saddest music , melody and lyrics I have ever heard ever.

[skypilot722]

I'm gonna stick my neck out here, but I think this song just might be the most romantic, memory-creating love songs ever recorded.

[2010metsfan]

@skypilot722 Gotta agree! Beautiful music & lyrics. Her voice is so sexy...

[Godsproblem]

re mind me

[rasputin63]

I'd say it's notated in 4/4. But those triplet figures--- when applicable--- will be barred as triplets.

It would make for a messy score were this piano reduction (or full orchestral score) to be printed out in a 6/8 or 12/8 meter.

[MrTrashcan1]

@rasputin63 Well, it's got my curiosity piqued so I'm going to see if I can find the sheet music and see who's right. :-)

[DaeMac1]

I have always adored this song. It took quite a bit of hunting to find it & now I'm on the hunt for Beverly's albums! I know I'm probably dating my age, but my other fav's are Andy Williams Christmas albums. OK, The Chipmunks, Eagles, Beach Boys, BeeGees, & Fleetwood Mac, just to name a few. I'll be 'til Tues listing my other favs! My Gram sang Opera and then sang w/ Nelson Eddy. While I sing in church choir, since I was a kid, now I, can't carry a tune in a bucket if it had two handles!

[Livesteam45]

What a great little pop tune. Sounds a bit like Karen Carpenter's people had a hand in the production. I could have sworn that this tune came out a bit earlier.....guess I'm getting old.

[rodrigoalcazar63]

Love it ... I was too young, about three or four years old...

[johnclones]

this is a cool song! I like that voice.

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IC XC

NI KA

[sc41352003]

Love this......

[rolly555raw]

I heard an acoustic version in the movie Me, Myself and Irene. Loved the song!!!

[fairnorth]

Back in 1971 I saw Beverly Bremers star in the Broadway play "The Me Nobody Knows". I thought that she was an outstanding singer with great super star potential, but that era was dominated by another excellent beautiful singer named Karen Carpenter.

[CannelleInOK]

This song always reminds me of my "first love"......after 37 years I still remember.

[mariebabylon]

What a fantastic voice. 

[unklewink]

Time signatures always throw me. I know the song Color My World by Chicago is considered 6/8. This has a similar beat but faster.

U.W.

[MrTrashcan1]

@unklewink Exactly. You can tell it's 6/8 by the fast triple meter. In the beginning the beat is kept by the piano, then through the rest of the song on the drums.

[MrTrashcan1]

@unklewink Actually, technically, all you can really say is that it's triple meter--there's no way to know for certain that it's 6/8 without seeing the sheet music. It really depends on what note the writer designated to represent one beat and how many beats he decided to put in a measure. But usually with a tempo this fast it's 6/8.

[ishredu]

@MrTrashcan1 it's in 6/8

[StevenCarinci]

@MrTrashcan1 Possibly it could be written in 6/8 rather than 12/8, but saying that you "feel" it in 2/4 would still leave with the triplet notation problem I pointed out; the page would look to overwritten and confusing. I would bet though that it is written in 12/8 as the four beats per measure "feel" like the four beats per measure in 4/4 which is what most popular music is written in to accommodate the heavy 2 & 4 back beat that is it's staple, and which this song has.

[fsd138]

WOW What memories Where have the years gone

[deeeedefan]

I played this song first on college radio...Lots of good memories and still love this song

[RTSiciliano]

"Forever was meant for us, but for us it went by too fast. "

What a powerful lyric.

[RTSiciliano]

@RTSiciliano

I also always found the way she says remember to be very haunting, like she's fighting back the tears of sadness as she sings the lyrics.

[EXSCHMINO]

I am the proud owner of the Album: I ll make you music.

A real "Historic" Vinyl.

I ll never sell this Part of my life, not for a million.

Beverly forever!

[torntogether99]

heard this song in the me myself and irene film, but i cant find the artist who does that version, looked for the soundtrack,but no luck...anyone know?

[999YORK]

Beautiful song, Came at a very sad time in my life. Moved from my home town. I was in high school and had a big time crush on this girl. Never had a chance to ask her out.

[unhooked25]

My Goodness! What a coincidence, because I had almost exactly the same circumstance involving a girl I had a crush on when this song came out back in the early 1970's

[mariebabylon]

I also had a crush on a guy in 1979-1980 in Triton college---named Dave.... I should have gone after him, always wondered what if ??? It is wierd I have a wonderful husband .... but my mind does go back.

[swingtheleadpipe]

Not usually my musical attitude... but very nice nonetheless.

[rascal211]

I would bet that women break up with guys at a higher % than guys break up with women.  But guys are more likely to date more than 1 woman at a time.

[TuberOnTheLoose]

@rascal211 I think if women break up with guys at a higher %, it's only because the guys are much more likely to give them a reason to do so. I agree with your second sentence, though. I only know a couple of women who date more than one woman at a time.

[l1nkh0gthr0b]

Really pretty song!!!!

[nickellodeon55]

Beverly named me her facebook friend today. Some fun!

[mariebabylon]

Thanks... I just located her on facebook

[TheRichardmaxwell]

1971, Richelieu Valley, our favorite song. You know who you are.

[jaybar100]

this one takes me back to my Jr high days and the first pangs of puppy love I love this one. Look for the song A very precious time by gil Scott- Heron to get the same feeling

[gazork123]

Hey jaybar100, I agree totally. This was a hit during my last months of 8th grade in 1972. We had a 35th reunion a couple years ago, and I burned a CD with a bunch of songs on it from that school year. I aimed for the more obscure stuff, including this song, and I got quite a few positive comments from my classmates! "Puppy Love?" You're not joking, it hit big time that year!

[georgygirl69]

Heard this song for the first time in over 20 years in the movie, "Me, Myself & Irene" last night. Couldn't get it off of my mind. "We wrote on the corner of the table this is the only one that will last.. When we meet you always called me baby.. People never stay the same forever - somebody always loves a little more" - these are the words that make the song so touching. Won't ever forget the guys that I loved or loved me. Somebody always loves a little more in every relationship.

[williamkanegateshead]

Dead right georgygirl and it's ALWAYS me! Man it hurts.

[georgygirl69]

Sorry that it hurts William. I don't think we mean to hurt anyone on purpose. I was always the one who broke up with my boyfriends and always had a good reason at the time. But it's funny - I still think of them a lot and in some way I believe that TRUE LOVE never dies. I feel bad about hurting anyone but I just didn't want to marry them at the time - I wasn't ready and some of the guys just weren't right for me. But I will never forget the guys I loved. They'll be with me forever.

[williamkanegateshead]

I think men really are softer than women. I don't recall ever being the one to break it up - going back to girlfriend number one, when I was 11 years old! I'm sure you've never hurt anyone on purpose though Georgy. Thank you for your comment.

[georgygirl69]

You could be right about SOME men being softer and having kinder hearts than women William. The reason I always broke up with a guy is because I knew the relationship had no future - I could never see myself marrying them or having children with them. It hurts to break up with someone - especially if you really do love them. But in the end it's the best thing for both parties. I often think of the song by Ambrosia, That's How Much I Feel when I think of my old boyfriends today.

[williamkanegateshead]

You sound like a very nice lady Georgy. I assume you're married now and I'm sure your husband is very happy! I don't know the song you mentioned but I'll track it down. Thanks.

[georgygirl69]

Yes I am married now and to the best guy in the world! I played this song for him a few weeks ago and both of us have been humming it or singing for the last 2 weeks. All I can say is that there is someone out there for you who will truly appreciate all of your wonderful gifts. Keep searching for the right one. And don't spend a lot of time regreting things you did in your last relationship or playing the "what if" game. It just wasn't meant to be and move forward with your life. Peace.

[williamkanegateshead]

Thanks again. That was nice of you.

[TuberOnTheLoose]

@georgygirl69 Sorry, but I just HAD to do this. Hey there, georgygirl.

[frumnyc]

I loved this song, and yes it is underplayed. When I think of early 70s song hardly heard this is one, as is BRenda and the Tabulations' Right on the Tip of My Tongue and Maria Muldaur's Midnight at the Oasis

[1955DDJ]

Beautiful Lady. Beautiful Song. How it takes me back to when We were Free.

[4260laurel]

Beverly, my dear friend, still one of the best!

love, Sean

[Kismet12333]

Ahhhh... First Loves.

Great song

[johnclones]

cool song. They don't write songs like this anymore

[chazzr50]

My knees always buckle when she sings "tonight I need to love you". Among other things happening to my body.

[lcozzarelli]

Thanks for that visual, chazzr50  ;-)

[grmysgrls444]

I loved this song.. I cant believe I found it,, thanks for posting

[KatradioNY]

Mrtrashcan1...you are now a fav of mine!

Can't believe THIS little gem!

My first radio boss used to manage Beverly Bremers.

Great add and thanks for posting!

[bellbrookbob]

Something about that woman's voice always "got me going" Still does. I still love to hear this song. "We're Free" is very seldom played.

[Ignacio5203]

Trashcan you should change your name to MrTreasurescan. Tks for the lovely memories.

[IDLERACER]

When this first came out, it fooled alot of people who thought it was Donny Osmond. She does sound an awful lot like him on the chorus, where the voice is double-tracked.

[nanajanamike]

My gosh,she DOES sound like Donny on the chorus. Scary!

[cherry32959]

its not in his key, but you are right-- some could well think its donny o.

[MrTrashcan1]

Listen to the drums beat a fast 6 for each of the "4/4" beats.

[thespeez]

That's really a 6/8 time signature or meter? Maybe my ears aren't that good, but it sounds very 'common time' (4/4) to me.

[MrTrashcan1]

My mistake, the drums beat a fast 3 to what one would consider the 4/4 beat, but that's still going to amount to a triple meter time signature, and most probably 6/8.

[StevenCarinci]

@MrTrashcan1 That's why it's 12/8 and not 6/8 which gives you like in 4/4 the 4 beats per measure phrase or the 2 & 4 "back beat." Fact is you could notate it an infinite # of ways. But rather than using the triplet figure in 4/4 which is an "artificial" grouping which is why the number 3 is placed over the three 1/8 notes as it CAN'T equal 1/4. In 12/8 time you don't have that problem as the pulse is in 1/8 notes. A no brainer for anyone who has studied music, especially drums.

[MrTrashcan1]

@StevenCarinci Yes, you're right in that it wouldn't be written in 4/4 with triplets. But you're saying 12/8 vs. 6/8 because it creates the effective 4/4 feel, but with this song you could just as easily feel it in 2/4. 6/8 is a much more commonly used time signature in pop music (than 12/8) and I'd be willing to bet that's what it is.

[3753mail]

I haven't heard this gem in years!! It brings back many memories..Thanks for posting this...

[MrTrashcan1]

My pleasure. Thanks for stopping by.

[Henrytheape]

I remember this song. Was this a one hit wonder?

[MrTrashcan1]

No she had a lesser follow up hit that made it into the top 40 called "We're Free." I posted it--check it out.