"Love Makin' Love To You"
“Love Makin’ Love To You” is another Evie Sands song. Obviously Karen had a liking for Evie. Evie co-wrote this song for her 1974 album “Estate of Mind” with Ben Weissman and Richard Germinaro. The song is originally titled “I Love Making Love To You,” Karen changed the title slightly. Evie released the song as a single in 1975 and reached #50 on the US Billboard Top 200 singles chart. Evie’s version is a slower (somewhat) funk and blues sound with a muttled vocal and musical arrangement. It sounds more like a demo than a finished recording. Karen took the song and changed the tempo a bit and added more instruments for a fuller sound including some high stepping horns really giving the song a dark and sultry New York City sound.
Evie Sands had been part of the A&M Records roster from 1968 through 1970. she recorded two singles for the label in 1969 and then recorded her one A&M album "Anyway That You Want Me" at the same time as Carpenters were recording their "Close To You" album. Evie and Karen had many opportunities to meet each other. Karen became a big fan of Evie's music and sound at this time. I feel that early on Karen had this yearning to be a different sort of singer and/or record a different type of music than what was being presented to her.
Love Makin' Love To You - Lyrics
Feel so fine every time
Oh I love makin' love to you
Anywhere, I don't care
Oh I love makin' love to you
Oh the fire in your eyes
Makes my loving temperature rise
Honey sweet ecstasy
Oh I love what your doin' to me
Give me more like before
Oh I love makin' love to you
Makes me feel life is real
Oh I love making love to you
When your heart touches mine
Starts to feel like a natural rhyme
Such a sweet melody
Oh I love when you sing it to me
And there's the lightening and thunder
Any set of wonders
Party on with what you've got
Keep it up forever
No one does it better
Baby get it while it's hot
Oh, I think I'm in love, gonna lose control
Oh I want you to fill me with your soul
When your heart touches mine
Starts to feel like a natural rhyme
Such a sweet melody
Oh I love when you sing it to me
And there's the lightening and thunder
Any set of wonders
Party on with what you've got
Why'd you keep it up forever
No one does it better
Baby get it while it's hot
Lyrics written by Evie Sands
LOVE MAKIN' LOVE TO YOU
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