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Music Appreciation

jfz9580m

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Reply to BootinUp (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 12:00 AM

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I used to listen to their songs as a kid. My dad told me that Karen Carpenter died due to an eating disorder.

Okay Wikipedia confirms that. Except for their cover of Beatles’ “Ticket to Ride”, I like all their songs. It’s not as bad as Phil Collins’ take on “Groovy kind of love” but close ;-/.

Dad (who is musical) told me that when you make a cover there is a legal requirement that you change the original somewhat. I guess that’s why covers never sound like the originals. I wondered why it sounded nothing like the Beatles version.

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