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Topic: Top Of The World |
John Kalament
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South Carolina
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Posted 20 Feb 2004 6:10 pm |
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| Anyone know who played the intro to the Carpenter's hit Top Of The World ? |
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 20 Feb 2004 6:54 pm
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Bob Knight
From:
Bowling Green KY
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Posted 20 Feb 2004 7:24 pm
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Cohen,
Are you trying to start a war???  |
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Bill Simmons
From:
Keller, Texas/Birmingham, AL, R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Feb 2004 7:27 pm
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| Red Rhodes did the original session and then Richard Carpenter called Buddy Emmons do redo the fills but they kept Red's intro is what I was told. This was during the time Buddy was in CA...???? |
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Bob Knight
From:
Bowling Green KY
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Posted 20 Feb 2004 7:33 pm
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On a thread entitled "Dan Dugmore" dated 03/08/2000, Buddy Emmons posted the following:
Buddy Emmons
Member
Hermitage, TN USA
posted 08 March 2000 07:57 AM
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For some that aren't familiar, Red played the intro (middle?) and ending to "On Top Of The World" and I played some fills. I was impressed by how Richard Carpenter had the entire song structured in his head. He wanted specific licks in certain areas, and to make sure he got what he wanted from me, he played them to me on the keyboard. I believe the entrance to my fill section was a Ralph Mooney type lick, which was Richard's idea and what I thought was quite a tribute to Ralph.
Richard was the genius behind the Carpenter sound, and by the time I left the studio, I knew why so many Carpenter recordings were as close to perfection as you can get. Of course it didn't hurt to have one of the finest and truest female voices I've ever heard.
As for the topic, hi Dan, if you're out there. You are a terrific player and Blue Bayou gets my vote for one of the more memorable and tasty turnarounds in the history of the steel guitar. Tell your dad hello for me and I wish you both the best."
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 20 Feb 2004 7:43 pm
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ok, so i lied... sue me.
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Jeff Lampert
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queens, new york city
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Posted 20 Feb 2004 7:57 pm
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Richard Carpenter was actually ahead of his time. When the Carpenters were around (the time of the Grateful Dead), they were not considered hip. They're sound was highly produced, with layers of instrumentation and vocal harmony, which was not a young, hip sound at the time. Interestingly, when you consider the high production values of recordings over the last 10 years in country, pop, and rock, they were foretelling the future. Among some really memorable recordings they did was "Goodbye To Love" (the A side to "Top Of The World"), a stunning masterpiece IMO highlighted by a distortion guitar solo against a backdrop of layers of perfect harmony. Great, great stuff. Needless to say, I was a big fan back then, and I still am.
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Bill Llewellyn
From:
San Jose, CA
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Posted 20 Feb 2004 8:30 pm
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I just bought/downloaded the song through iTunes and gave it a listen. It's remarkable how Red's and Buddy's styles and tones are each very distinctive and stand out from one another, and yet both complement the song.
Gosh, I've never listened to that song that closely ever before.
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David Wright
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