1973 - Yesterday Once More (#2)
The Carpenters
When I was young I'd listen to the radio Waitin' for my favorite songs When they played I'd sing along, it made me smile
Those were such happy times and not so long ago How I wondered where they'd gone But they're back again just like a long lost friend All the songs I loved so well
Every sha-la-la-la Every wo-o-wo-o, still shines Every shing-a-ling-a-ling, that they're startin' to sing's, so fine
When they get to the part Where he's breakin' her heart It can really make me cry, just like before It's yesterday once more
Lookin' back on how it was in years gone by And the good times that I had Makes today seem rather sad, so much has changed.
It was songs of love that I would sing to then And I'd memorize each word Those old melodies still sound so good to me As they melt the years away
Every sha-la-la-la Every wo-o-wo-o, still shines Every shing-a-ling-a-ling, that they're startin' to sing's so fine
All my best memories come back clearly to me Some can even make me cry, just like before It's yesterday once more
Every sha-la-la-la Every wo-o-wo-o, still shines Every shing-a-ling-a-ling, that they're startin' to sing's so fine
Every sha-la-la-la Every wo-o-wo-o, still shines Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
Paroliers : John Bettis / Richard Lynn Carpenter
Paroles de Yesterday Once More © Universal Music Publishing Group
CLOSE TO YOU 1970 - (They Long to Be) Close to You (#1, 4 semaines)
Why do birds suddenly appear Every time you are near? Just like me, they long to be Close to you
Why do stars fall down from the sky Every time you walk by? Just like me, they long to be Close to you
On the day that you were born the angels got together And decided to create a dream come true So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold and starlight in your eyes of blue
That is why all the girls in town Follow you all around Just like me, they long to be Close to you
On the day that you were born the angels got together And decided to create a dream come true So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold and starlight in your eyes of blue
That is why all the girls in town Follow you all around Just like me, they long to be Close to you
Just like me, they long to be Close to you
Wa, close to you Wa, close to you Ha, close to you La, close to you
Paroliers : Hal David / Burt F. Bacharach
Paroles de (They Long to Be) Close to You © BMG Rights Management, Songtrust Ave
the carpenters
The Carpenters (en français, les Carpenters) est un groupe musical américain des années 1970 et 1980 dont les membres principaux sont le duo formé par Karen (1950-1983) et son frère Richard Carpenter (1946).
Des revues aussi différentes que Rolling Stone et National Public Radio considèrent Karen Carpenter comme une des meilleures chanteuses du XXe siècle1,2,3.
Paul McCartney voit en elle la meilleure chanteuse qui ait jamais existé2.
Dans les années 1990 et 2000, l'apport des Carpenters a été ré-évalué par la critique, des documentaires ont vu le jour :
Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters (aux États-Unis), The Sayonara (au Japon), Only Yesterday: the Carpenters Story (en Grande-Bretagne).