Karen Carpenter’s voice was liquid gold; one of the greatest voices of all time.
These posts about her supposedly having a relationship or crush on her brother, because it was in some movie, a skit, or publication, is disgusting and pathetic.
Try educating yourselves on the actual story of Karen Carpenter from those who knew her best, instead of those who used her best.
Yes, it was. We haven't heard anything like it.
There is a funny story told. I don't know if it's true. According to the story, Karen and a friend of hers were driving somewhere with the radio on and she was singing along with all the songs on the radio. Her friend said, "You have a great soprano. Why don't you ever use it?"
To which Karen replied, "The money's in the basement."
Karen Carpenter’s voice was liquid gold; one of the greatest voices of all time.
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I agree. But she may have been a better drummer, and I believe she preferred drumming to singing.
The remarkable thing to me was how she made it seem effortless, like she was just casually speaking. Karen didn't pack as much emotion into her vocals as, say, Linda Ronstadt (another amazing natural talent), but wow, what pipes.
How I wish that she'd had a chance to evolve more as a singer and shake herself loose from Richard's arrangements. BTW, I saw Richard on one of last year's episodes of "Jay Leno's Garage", where he was showing off some old car that he's owned for ages. I'm pretty sure that I saw what appeared to be a Parkinson's-like tremor problem.
“Karen Carpenter’s voice was liquid gold; one of the greatest voices of all time.”
She did a cover of “Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina,” that I love. It’s on YouTube I’m pretty sure.
Another woman with a perfect voice was Linda Ronstadt. Her rendition of “Skylark” is one of my favorites.
Didn’t her brother, Richard, invent...or maybe borrowed a system from...was it Les Paul (???) to lay double tracks of their voices, harmonizing?