I bought a mostly good best of Carpenters CD a couple of weeks ago. I get that their original songs such as, "Superstar," "Close to You" and, "Top of the World," make for some well sung, well written, over all well crafted AM pop, but they couldn't do covers for shit. Of the three that come to mind on this collection, "Jambalaya," "Please Mr. Postman," and "Reason to Believe," only "...Postman," doesn't totally suck. It doesn't really add much to the Marvelettes original, but it doesn't totally suck like "Jambalaya" and "Reason to Believe."
I had to stop listening to their version of "Reason to Believe" just now and get with the Rod Stewart original on Youtube (no Spotify). Because of where I find myself emotionally at this very specific moment right here, right now, I really wanted to listen to a good version of this song, and the Carpenters just didn't deliver. A good cover should be able to plug you in as well as the original, even if it doesn't resonate in exactly the same way. Nope.
I had to stop listening to their version of "Reason to Believe" just now and get with the Rod Stewart original on Youtube (no Spotify). Because of where I find myself emotionally at this very specific moment right here, right now, I really wanted to listen to a good version of this song, and the Carpenters just didn't deliver. A good cover should be able to plug you in as well as the original, even if it doesn't resonate in exactly the same way. Nope.
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