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Post by Carps1000 on Mar 9, 2006 12:38:40 GMT -5
I have often wondered what Karen woulda liked like now seeing Richard go from a fresh faced young adult to a mature man...God hes 60 this year...Its been the same for the Cs sound as in my view their sound changed 3 times or rather Karens voice matured 3 times throughout the years....Ticket to Ride- Asong for you 1st ...then N & Then - A Kind of Hush ...Then as we remember her just b4 that awful day. Some say its because when R started producing their LPs was the reason in her voice change but apparently R practically did all the work on all earlier LPs so I have just put it down to Karen maturring gracefully. But just listen to A S 4 U & then Now & Then & then Passage & u can hear it. So just wondered what she woulda been/sounded like now.? God I do miss her so much still..You never forget do you? Ken carps1000
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Post by cam83 on Mar 9, 2006 21:49:57 GMT -5
I have always thought that on a lot of the earlier records they doubled her lead vocal to give it some extra PUNCH...and later one, they didn't as much. Also her voice was so refined and she really knew how to use it...to a song's advantage. It would have gotten even better and better, if that is possible.
Cam
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Post by Rick Henry on Mar 9, 2006 21:57:33 GMT -5
It is said that a singer who uses their vocal chords properly (not abusing their voice) will actually be in their vocal prime in their fifties. Karen would have been 56 if she were still with us. She would have been at her absolute vocal prime right now.
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Post by Carps1000 on Mar 10, 2006 14:21:55 GMT -5
Rick I would of loved to hear that voice now..as u say & its true if u look after yr voice it develops into a much richer sound not that Kare coulda developed anyone more in the loveliest stake. Ken
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Post by GoodOldDreams on Mar 12, 2006 1:34:38 GMT -5
It seems that many popular singers of the 1970's have turned to pop standards momentarily as a common genre of choice as they get older in their careers... who would have thought that Rod Stewart, Carly Simon, Chicago, and others would one day each do their own album of standards? Of course, the Carpenters have always included pop standards in their repertoire as represented by their TV specials, including "Someone to Watch Over Me", "You're Just in Love" and "Little Girl Blue." Karen's voice suited the genre well, and had been a forerunner in reinvigorating the genre.
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Post by smoothie2 on Mar 13, 2006 0:26:33 GMT -5
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Mar 13, 2006 9:38:06 GMT -5
It's hard for me to imagine Karen with a more beautiful, or stronger voice than she displayed already, but it is true, I suppose, that one gets to be more in control of their vocal abilities and stronger with time, especially with as much vocalizing as Karen did. I mean....she was ALWAYS singing something. So imagine today what we might be hearing from that stronger voice of Karen Carpenter. Wow. It is quite a thought. Yes, GoodOldDreams, Carpenters were ahead of their time in terms of recording standards, but it seems to me, with the chocolate voice of Karen and the genius of Richard's arrangement abilities, they were destined to do them. And, of course, that's a great deal of what they grew up listening to in the basement. They KNEW those songs inside and out. Yet, they personalized them so well...you mentioned several in your post, but one that stands out so to me is "I Can Dream, Can't I?" They did such a fine arrangement of this tune, and I would have loved an entire collection of these wonderful standards. Especially the power ballads. Karen should have done such songs as "Cry Me A River" - her voice was suited so perfectly for such a lovely torch song. There are so many others. Maybe one day we will find that they actually did record a bunch more of these standards and that they're tucked away somewhere. Wouldn't that be sweet? Tim
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Post by cam83 on Mar 13, 2006 18:10:25 GMT -5
We Can Only Dream, Can't We? (pardon the pun)
Cam
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Mar 13, 2006 18:53:35 GMT -5
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