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!
I'm a fan and still listen to some of their albums. I really admire and enjoy Karen's voice and, especially, Richard's arrangements and production. But, world class singer or drummer? If someone can point me to examples of her world-class drumming, I'd like to hear them. And her voice....pretty limited range, pretty limited dynamics and color. Pleasant, good, even very good, but I can't stretch my admiration to the world class level. |
@grislybutter like I said, I’m a fan. She deserves her place among pop history’s best loved. But she sang in a very narrow range of pitch, dynamics, style and color, things that count for me in the tabulation of the best voice category. |
@grislybutter "I am no expert." Me either...and I got one of my first kisses at a junior high school dance with the Carpenters' "Close to You" playing in the background. She will be forever be among my favorites just for that. |
