Heya CIC, haven’t crossed paths with you for a while-hope all is well!
Enjoyed this thread-I could never confess to liking the Carpenters as a teenage guy, I would have had to surrender my man-card?
Now that I am older and don’t care what people think about my likes and dislikes, I quite enjoy The Carpenters...:)
My favorite is Superstar. And Masquerade.
Yeah, the Carpenters were way too uncool when I was young, but love her voice now. Another one like that is John Denver. I generally dislike both “easy listening” and country, but those two are exceptional because of those voices.
**Enjoyed this thread-I could never confess to liking the Carpenters as a teenage guy, I would have had to surrender my man-card?**
My older sister and I both liked the Carpenters (although I liked other bands more). Sis was born with deformed hands, went through some surgeries in the 60s, and in junior high began playing drums. Mom and Dad got her a kit around 67 when she was 16. She went to college, played in the college jazz band, but after graduation just played her kit in a room now and then where she lived.
Working for the FAA in Flight Service, (after proving to be too slow at a keyboard to work ATC), she accepted the callup to cross the picket line after President Reagan fired the striking ATCers. She stayed until full retirement.
Like me, she saw nothing macho about most hard rock band members, as we both viewed them as actors that probably wouldn’t last a day on a working grain farm/cattle ranch like we grew up on.
Hard to find any flaws with those. Solitaire is remarkable, too - possibly the best showcase of Karen's vocal range from the angelic high notes down to the silky sub-contralto lows.