trivial help (pop song from classical source)

[acroyear]

Some sappy pop song from the early 70s, I think by the Carpenters, has as it's chorus the main melody theme from Rachmaninov's 2nd Symphony, 3rd movement.  However, my limited memory of the lyric (hey, i was 4 at the time and it doesn't get repeated all that often, even on XM's 70s channel) has me at a loss for exactly what song it was...

can anybody help?

Update: it was the 3rd movement, not the 4th.  on my cd, movement 1 takes up 2 tracks and the track in question was track 4.

Update 2: they (the classical music group) found it.

LJ Knows Good Music - trivial help (pop song from classical source):

Does it happen to be "Never Gonna Fall In Love Again" by Eric Carmen? All-powerful Wikipedia says it's based on Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popular_songs_based_on_classical_music

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[capi.livejournal.com]

Hummmmmm.....

I am thoroughly familiar with the Carpenters work, but not with Rachmaninov. How can i know? Can you send me a wav of a little of it??

[capi.livejournal.com]

The thing that first popped into my mind, without knowing the piece to which you refer, is a song that they titled "Intermission".

It's wonderful classical music opens the scene, and the two of them, in the most amusing of ways, sing a very simple song.....

"We'll be right back.... after we go to the bathroom!"