Karen Carpeneter died 42 years ago.
Today is February 4th, 2025. So today marks 42 years since Karen Carpenter passed away. This is a sad time, but a very good time to listen to her most beautiful voice and look at some of your favorite pictures of Karen. Personally, I look at Karen's eyes, they melt my heart!
ok, I dug one up (in the biggest loser category): I got arrested at the Queen's Budapest concert when I climbed a 20 foot wall to get inside the stadium. Not only I didn't see the Queen (how cool that would have been) but I was embarrassed to ashes in front of my date. A german sheppard dragged me down and placed me in front of the cops like a frail bird in a split second. It was impressive. |
@grislybutter , I cannot even come close to topping that. As far as the Lynyrd Skynyrd experience that the OP shared, that’s another one I have nothing to compare to. I watched a couple of documentaries about that band, and the one I liked the best, that I found most interesting, was (I think) the one titled If I Leave Here Tomorrow. Anyway, back after the crash in the late ’70s and early ’80s when I was in the Air Force I found their music to be great to drink massive quantities of alcohol and do other stuff and to party to, but as fascinating as I now find their story, most of the music that band recorded now does very little for me (although if I got loaded up on Jack Daniels it might come back to me why I used to like it), but I will say that I really like the beginning of Sweet Home Alabama (". . . big wheels keep on turning, carry me home to see my kin, singing songs about the southland . . .") And after watching that documentary, even though it didn’t rejuvenate my enthusiasm for their music, it made me think I would have liked to have been partying with them when they were in their heyday. They were impressive. |
@grislybutter You win hands down! Luckily no cellphones back then to memorialize your humiliation. My only celebrity encounter was a good one--got to meet and yak with Ian Anderson for about 30 minutes backstage in Caracas, Venezuela after the concer--the organizer was a good buddy. Ian wouldn't shake hands (said a fan broke his finger once) but i have a great pic and memory--didn't get to meet Martin Barre though--he wouldn't come out of the dressing room... |
@immatthewj @wyoboy Fine! I guess I take it back, seeing the Queen doesn't make it as fun a story to tell than getting busted for it
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