OMGosh....Karen Carpenter singing Don't Cry for me Argentina......I cried ......

[a kennedy]

[OriginalGeek]

1. Well, you're not Argentina

so it's OK.



I cried when she once won a magazine poll for best drummer - she beat John Bonham.

[CBGLuthier]

12. I would venture she WAS a better drummer than four-on-the-floor Bonham

Bonham was the only drummer who could make EVERY time signature sound like 4/4. I guess that is some kind of talent.

[OriginalGeek]

13. That's the beauty of not being a musician

I don't have to know how stuff works, only that it works. The triplets of Bonhamville turn me on.

Do you think he couldn't play odd times or did they just not write many songs that weren't 4/4?

[Skittles]

2. I think she's the best female singer ever

her voice was just so simple and pure and she didn't have to dress crazy or have elaborate stage productions - now THAT is real talent

[a kennedy]

3. Me too.....she was THE BEST....and some d*mn critic called her fat.....

and she wasted away trying to be skinny.....

[lastlib]

4. I would rate her pretty high on my list--

but top honors have to go to Annie Haslam of Renaissance. A vocal range of five octaves--just listen to "Ashes Are Burning" sends chills down my spine.

[malthaussen]

9. Those five-octave ranges are amazing.

Are you familiar with the late Ivan Rebroff? "Only" four and a half octaves...

I push Renaissance every chance I get.

-- Mal

[easychoice]

5. The Best Female Baritone Ever!!! if she sang the phone book I would buy it...

She was a damned good drummer too.Not Ginger Baker or Jim Gordon but still excellent...
It just broke my heart when she died,so senseless,what a tragedy.

[a kennedy]

6. It just broke my heart when she died,so senseless,what a tragedy.

I know.....I wept for days when I heard she had passed away.

[easychoice]

7. I was so shocked...I took it pretty hard when Gilda passed away too...

Probably my two favorite women ever.

[a kennedy]

8. I know.....Gilda too

[begin_within]

10. She’s in my top 5 greatest pop singers of the 20th century

I’d rank her up there along with the likes of Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald. Her resonant vocal tone is like ear candy... Herb Alpert said he signed the Carpenters to A&M Records based on the sounf of her voice... She had perfect pitch, and always sang the song as written, never throwing in extra unwritten notes as is the style today. She just poured her emotion into the notes as written. Too many people know the Carpenters only by their lightweight pop singles, and I remember some derogatory comments even on this forum. But they produced a deep catalog of song recordings including a remarkable cover of the Beatles’ “Ticket to Ride.”

[joeybee12]

11. She had the most beautiful voice...so clear and full of emotion...

Donna Summer's version of this is also pretty good...Madonna's bites.

[Boomerproud]

14. I believe that was on the "Passages" album.

That's the only Carpenter's album I own(ed) . They also did a good version of Klatuu's "Calling Occupants (of Interplanetary Craft) " that is worth checking out. Yes, a voice for the ages silenced way too early.