Best Opening Lyrics: No. 6
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--The Carpenters' 'Close to You'
Penned by Burt Bacharach's wordsmith Hal David, this line is still the envy of Hallmark scribes.
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come on nowat 3-14-2008
@Michelle,
I agree , that comment was so rude and uncalled for. That's the problem with people now. Their emotions are so warped, they think someone trying to show love is "needy". I like this song, because it was a place in time when you could just tell someone how great you thought they were. It's a pure song about a new love, or crush.
deesjointat 6-10-2009
yes indeed...people are so eager nowadays to appear ironic or cool...what's ironic is that they're not cool...not everybody has to be screaming and spitting in your face to get their point across...sure, this song has that 70's cheesy kinda thing going on, but it's still a beautiful song...karen carpenter had a soft and warm voice, the lyric was great, and that's why we're still talking about it today...LEARN TO LOVE
jessat 6-21-2008
love this song
Teresaat 10-26-2008
Karen Carpenter was one of the best singers of all time. I was a fan since a early age. I miss her and her music. Call it sappy, bubble gum etc..But I loved it and still do. I never get tired of Merry Christmas Darling. Or this song.
Starpunkat 8-06-2007
And then the birds take a shit on your head. Yeccch!
guyat 8-06-2007
because the birds were vultures waiting for her skinny ass to die.
mrswentz1994at 7-08-2009
You're an idiot.
Please go away?
bblood1000at 7-08-2009
Ok, maybe they were sparrows going to use her skinny ass as a twig for a nest.
observerat 8-07-2007
Starpunk and guy are certainly clever young lads, aren't they? School starts in a few weeks.
lover of love songsat 8-07-2007
this is a great love song, keep your nasty opinions to yourself
The Truthat 8-07-2007
Yuck! sticky, syrupy, clinging. Anyone who thinks like this is dangerously unstable, probably a stalker.
brianat 8-07-2007
i have to comment...Karen Carpenter was, is and ALWAYS will be THE VOICE. She could sing tears into your eyes...You disagree...you got know taste!!!!!!
brianat 8-07-2007
woops...NO taste...She was a national treasure...sad that she could see it. The Carpenters Christmas album...the best...Merry Christmas Darling...Not Christmas without it in your CD player!!!!!
Jim0in0spaceat 8-07-2007
yeah man, i dont even like the carpenters, but that was just mean(i'm referring to guy's comment in particular)
Johnat 8-07-2007
bubble gum pop crap!
Steveat 8-07-2007
Probably wouldn't have been caught dead listening to her on my trnsistor radio when she was alive -- she was considered way to geeky. But man could she sing, and what a voice too bad she had to leave us so soon.
Tamaraat 8-09-2007
Best ref to this line ever is in Veronica Mars, when V says to Sheriff Lamb: "How much of an ass-kiss would I be if I admit it's to be close to you? Seriously. Why DO birds suddenly appear every time you're near?"
Mikeat 8-12-2007
Any song that Marge and Homer Simpson played at their wedding can't be all bad...
Deborahat 8-17-2007
maybe the birds were roast chickens and turkeys
taunting her to eat
sorry its really not that funny
its sad her illness
I am not a fan but a fellow human being
with a warped sense of humor
Michelleat 8-17-2007
Ok why would anyone even joke about her illness? That's just plain rude! I don't care if you don't like her music, that's your own loss! Don't mock someone who is now gone from this world in such a way! Anyone who jokes like that don't deserve to be called a human. Just pigs.