Letra de Interview (Your Navy Presents)
Rich and Karen Carpenter Hey, that was something else, you people You work mighty well together, I must say I thought brothers and sisters were always fightingWe are always fighting, Sam For the right sound But we fight our musical battles as a team Right, Karen?Yup, you're right Brother You're the senior member You're 23 and I'm 20You've both been on the music scene a very long time You must have teamed up earlyWe did I started on the accordion as a school kid And switched to the piano a little later For a few years I played at, uh Some jazz at some clubs and parties and stuff like that, the usualThen your family moved from Connecticut to Southern California Karen, how did you like the trip?That was pretty nice But it was kind of rough getting my drums over the Rockies along with my electric baseBut you both did get to Hollywood and the Hollywood Bowl in 1966 That's not bad for two youngsters, I'd sayWe were fortunate enough to win the Hollywood Bowl Battle of the Bands Karen, her old brother, and a base man The Carpenter Trio Our base picker also played the tuba And that night he knocked everybody's eyes with a sensational solo We won the contest, then a recording contractYou were a jazz trio then, as I remember A little later, you went rock with a sextet and called yourselves The Spectrums?That's correct We dug around the rock scene in L.A. for about a year Played some of the top nightclubs Rich and I were lead singers as well as members of the band ThenWe decided to concentrate on singing, playing, and creating our own special arrangementsArrangements? That's the word, arrangements are very important It's like a fellow making arrangements today for his career tomorrow We'll hear some more of the Carpenters' arrangements in just a few seconds