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a kennedy

(29,747 posts) Wed Aug 19, 2015, 09:15 PM Aug 2015

Karen Carpenter.......

one of my most favorite songs.

I miss her so much. This was my favorite.

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Karen Carpenter....... (Original Post) a kennedy Aug 2015 OP

cal state univ has performing arts center named for Karen and brother, he introduces the act Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #1

I miss her so bad......she had this innocence to her....and that voice, it was like no other. a kennedy Aug 2015 #3

she was a great talent Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #5

I miss her. Many people don't know she was a fairly-decent drummer. BlueJazz Aug 2015 #2

Yes, she was. RufusTFirefly Aug 2015 #6

such a beautiful voice. KMOD Aug 2015 #4

I really love her and miss her too (nt) sunnystarr Aug 2015 #7

She was SO amazingly talented. Such a loss. Kennah Aug 2015 #8

This one made me tear up Kennah Aug 2015 #9

Ellla seemed to like her, too... malthaussen Aug 2015 #10

I miss her, too. hamsterjill Aug 2015 #11

"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" -- Herman4747 Aug 2015 #12

I love that version too. Boomerproud Aug 2015 #14

Funny, I have just re-discovered her lately. smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #13

Being a prog rocker I scorned the Carpenters, hifiguy Aug 2015 #15

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

1. cal state univ has performing arts center named for Karen and brother, he introduces the act

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Wed Aug 19, 2015, 09:20 PM

Aug 2015

Hasn't aged a day

a kennedy

(29,747 posts)

3. I miss her so bad......she had this innocence to her....and that voice, it was like no other.

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 19, 2015, 09:22 PM

Aug 2015

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

5. she was a great talent

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 19, 2015, 09:25 PM

Aug 2015

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

2. I miss her. Many people don't know she was a fairly-decent drummer.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Wed Aug 19, 2015, 09:22 PM

Aug 2015

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)

6. Yes, she was.

Reply to BlueJazz (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 19, 2015, 09:38 PM

Aug 2015

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KMOD

(7,906 posts)

4. such a beautiful voice.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Wed Aug 19, 2015, 09:24 PM

Aug 2015

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sunnystarr

(2,638 posts)

7. I really love her and miss her too (nt)

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Wed Aug 19, 2015, 09:50 PM

Aug 2015

Kennah

(14,349 posts)

8. She was SO amazingly talented. Such a loss.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 01:18 AM

Aug 2015

Kennah

(14,349 posts)

9. This one made me tear up

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 01:31 AM

Aug 2015

malthaussen

(17,230 posts)

10. Ellla seemed to like her, too...

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 10:42 AM

Aug 2015

Two women on the short list for best female vocalist of all time. Looks like they're having fun.

-- Mal

hamsterjill

(15,224 posts)

11. I miss her, too.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 10:57 AM

Aug 2015

I grew up on her music. My favorite is "Bless The Beasts and the Children". She was a pioneer at the time as not many women were drummers, and her voice remains unequaled today.

Herman4747

(1,825 posts)

12. "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" --

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 11:43 AM

Aug 2015

What a most intriguing song!

Boomerproud

(7,975 posts)

14. I love that version too.

Reply to Herman4747 (Reply #12)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 01:35 PM

Aug 2015

Klatuu did the orginal.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

13. Funny, I have just re-discovered her lately.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 09:21 PM

Aug 2015

What a lovely voice. She was such a remarkable talent. Such a tragic loss.

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

15. Being a prog rocker I scorned the Carpenters,

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 05:30 PM

Aug 2015

all the while secretly loving that rich, lovely, aching alto of Karen's.

I've been a musician for 40+ years. I have only heard four voices that cannot be closely copied: two men (Sinatra, Bennett - seriously, try and sing along with either one. You can't ever put the breaths in the same place or get the phrasing right), two women (Karen and K.D. Lang). Either you can sing like that or you can't. It cannot be learned. It is a pure gift.

Richard, on the other hand, was and is creepy well beyond words.

I miss her too.

Two of my favorites; they give me the chills:

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