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Post by BethMosior on Feb 13, 2005 5:04:22 GMT -5
I really want to thank this forum, ya'll are my therapy not so much with advice but just letting me share my love & at times real, down right saddness about Karen's passing, also the joy she brought to everyone *% today Dana Britten-Stein ( who sells photo's, video's, etc...... ) sent me video's of around the time of Karen's passing, Voice of the Heart was soon to be released & other interviews not untill july of 2004, the saddness I felt- 21 years of grief- really began to heal for me, THANX EVERSOMUCH RICK for the information you gave me that July day any way *$ just see all thethings I missed really made me think of how greatful to GOD for ya'll, for letting me grieve I now know that others were sad too #$ ya'll really don't know how really special you are to me %^ words really don't say how thankful I am. I know-for me- I will never get over Karen's passing, but at least I have a " Place to Hide Away", & get back on "Top of the World" again !@ THANX AGAIN & THANX KAREN & RICHARD
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Post by karen69roland on Feb 13, 2005 8:41:58 GMT -5
I'm really glad that you have a good time sharing your thoughts with us, Beth. I'll always remember that you were the first to give me the welcome, last summer, in July.
I want to say that I, also, bought something from Dana Britten-Stein back in 1998..., I don't remember exactly what it was, but, it's either a book with hundreds of Carpenters cuttings and interviews..., either the 1976 *A Kind Of Hush* Tour Program or , also, it could, also, be the Ray Coleman book *The Untold Story*...., 'don't remember exactly. [glow=red,2,300][/glow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow][shadow=red,left,300]Roland Chayer[/shadow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow]
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Post by smoothie2 on Feb 16, 2005 1:29:39 GMT -5
$@ Beth, we all thank you too and glad to see you post when you can. The C's are truly therapy for us all... it's so nice we all can share together...
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Post by JIM on Feb 18, 2005 4:03:20 GMT -5
!@ I feel the same Beth. Karen is the only celebrity that has caused me to grieve on such a personal level. Its still hard for me to accept her death after all these years.
JIM
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Post by cam83 on Feb 18, 2005 22:47:41 GMT -5
For me, it is Princess Diana. I was only 11 when Karen died, and don't really remember it at all...I didn't even know who the Carpenters were at that time. Princess Diana was a sweet soul who gave so much love and compassion to others. There will never be another person quite like her.
Cameron
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Post by BethMosior on Feb 19, 2005 1:48:37 GMT -5
Yes Cam, Princess Diana was another person that really causes sadness when I think of her, a real special person who did sooooooo much for everyone, Diana was alot like Karen, REAL & VERY KIND %^
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Post by smoothie2 on Feb 20, 2005 1:20:17 GMT -5
$% good picture of yourself Cam... Oh that was such a terrible tragedy for all the world when Diana died...that was so unbelievable...I think J. Denver died only a few mo. after she did... As far as Karen's passing also such an awful tragedy..she was young and beautiful and loved life overall... I watched the K. Carp. Story movie tonight after taping it this morning.I'm glad I have it now.It's been at least 3 or 4 yrs. since I watched it last, and I really appreciated it even more too because I'm more familiar with the songs played... and I know more about her and Richard now. It's just so very sad to realize what that kind of life as celebrities led to. what could have been But thankfully Richard and family are still around and so their music keeps on .. Karen lives on in our hearts always... ;D
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Mariah Andrews
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Post by Mariah Andrews on Feb 27, 2005 22:30:20 GMT -5
Like I've said before, I was too young to pay attention to who Karen was in 1983 and my family didn't expose me to her music. The musical death that affected me most was Freddie Mercury in 1991. You cannot compare him to Karen much, other than the fact that both had golden voices. When he passed away, all I played was Queen music and nothing else.
(As much as I like Brian May, Queen's guitarist and my most favorite guitarist of all, I regret to say that Brian May was not a Carpenters fan, he listed them amongst his least favorite artists.)
Freddie's death also taught me to be more tolerant of gay persons and gave me the courage to transition from my male self into Mariah.
Kurt Cobain's death affected me in the sense that I was (when I believed that his death was suicide at the time) self-destructive and wanted to self-terminate myself. I became more afraid of myself that I would also blow my own brains out and die. Being a transsexual and living a double life gave me more reason to want to die.
Another death that affected me was John Denver. Though in real life, he was another Axl Rose (Don't get me wrong, I love Guns & Roses music-wise, Velvet Revolver is okay), I loved John Denver's music and on the day he died, all I did was play his records all day. I even taught my mother how to play "Annie's Song" on the guitar.
Not to mention Sonny Bono, who died the following year. He was congressman for the Palm Springs area, where I lived at the time. I've met Mary Bono about four or five times, and she knew me by name. And I kept listening to Sonny and Cher a lot around that time.
But Karen I discovered late in life, around age 16 or so. Had I been more conscious then, perhaps I may have listened to nothing but the Carpenters around 1983.
One scene from my book, Awakening From Broken Dreams states that Richie, the lead character, listened to at least one Carpenters album every day. "But it wasn't until he was 13 when he learned that Karen had died long before he was even born. How broken his heart was, as he used to always dream about one day meeting her in person." _This was inspired by the book 'Come as you are' where Kurt Cobain had stated that he used to dream about one day seeing the Beatles perform in Aberdeen, WA but his heart was broken when he learned that the Beatles had broken up many years ago.
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Post by smoothie2 on Feb 27, 2005 22:56:07 GMT -5
*/ It's always interesting to read your posts Mariah.....gee...I didn't know you liked J. Denver either... he touched people with his music...I think that must surely be the goal of many singers...the ones you mention...each had their own song and message..no matter what type of music.. each of us like to relate to a song ... and R. and K. surely knew how to reach out to people and make them feel appreciated. For a long time though perhaps a yr. , I wasn't able to listen to John's music...made me too sad... and it was about 2 yrs. maybe before I could listen to the C's after Karen died... I just had to first somehow accept that they were gone I guess. Anyway, on the up side, I'm so glad that Karen and Richard brought us such amazing music...and they lasted a long time with it!
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