the carpenters live at the new london theatre

live in concert

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• richard

[michaelcaine22]

who's marty?

jc

[carpentermanuel]

Karen you are so precious and so beautiful... Why Richard is taking all the vows?

[FlyingMondongo]

It was manager Jerry Weintraub who revamp the shows in 1976. He introduced theatricals acts (like Grease!!!), and put Richard in front of a big orchestra (his was The Conductor). Bullshit, they didn't realize that Karen was/is THE star. Publics want to see Karen, not Richard genius (uff!). I think Horizon is almost a Karen solo work, by then Carpenters concept was over.

[bookguitarguy]

Karen was clearly the Voice of the Carpenters, & I love her, but some of you are being unfair to Richard. He wrote many of their biggest hits, AND did the arranging (including vocal overlays on albums, etc), AND he also, for example, picked "We've Only Just Begun" from a commercial, realizing its potential (a HUGE hit, played at the weddings of countless couples). He was also a decent piano player, & though not Mozart, played w/much sensitivity, adding greatly to their songs. Both were important

[wordgrrl71]

@carpentermanuel Didn't he write the music?

[munster322]

Thank you to richard and karen for creating such amazing and timeless music.

[FlyingMondongo]

@improvguru I don't see "Passage" like a Karen's solo work because of its lack of an stylistic concept. At that time Richard was totally bewildered about what the public wanted to listen. For the rest of your comment, I completely agree.