Weirdest thing you've done as a Carpenters fan?

[cam83]

Hi All,
Just wondering, what is the weirdest thing you have done as a Carpenters fan?

Well, I have done several things...lemme just think...When I was in Grade 10...I would make a tape of Carpenters tunes and try to be a dj...and say..."That was the number one smash in 1970 that sold a million copies...Close To You...and now, here is the song that was nominated for an Oscar Award..." Well, it was lame...and I laugh out of embarrassment now...I would give this tape to my sister as she lived out of town in a group home, and she liked the Carpenters because I did...so she cherished anything I did or said...
I would go into stores, and if there were Carpenters albums, cds, i would put them in order, or try to make them more prominent...
I would also look in record stores and if they didn't have any CARPENTERS albums...I would be fuming mad! How dare they not have any in stock...but then I would turn around and think maybe they were in demand and that was why there was none in stock...(twisted thinking, I know...)
Or I would cut out any article, pic or mention of them in a magazine...and I would be happy because then millions would read that same bit, and maybe go out and buy their records and put them back on the charts where they belong!
If I was expecting stuff in the mail from the CARPENTERS FAN CLUB...I would dream and dream for days about getting it...and then wake up and realize it was a dream, then go and check the mail time and time again...and my heart would race when the mail came, but then it would plummet when nothing was there...or none came for me...

Some silly thoughts,
Cameron
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[cam83]

Hi All,
I was reading this post that I had posted last year, and so I thought I would post it again to use as a topic...so please, let's hear your thoughts!

Cameron

[enigma]

I have never done anything weird as a Carpenters fan I am kind of a closet Carpenters fan and feel my relationship with Karen to be as personal as the songs appear to be that she sings. I wish I did something like you did but when I was a kid admitting you liked the Carpenters was a risky business (hey I was a kid and wanted to fit in). I suppose my dreams or fantasy's of what it would be like to meet and know Karen can be deemed weird because she has been dead a number of years and I really don't know her at all outside her music and specials. That is as close as I got to weird Carpenters experiences.

[beaner]

I wouldn't use the word weird for myself but I can only remember doing things just like Karen, like singing and pronouncing certain words exactly like she did. I also used to tape myself singing along with their records and when I did, I'd hold the microphone the same way she did. Things like that.

[Federico Cruz]

I used to go to birthday parties where I was invited with my Singles 69-73 lp and made the dj played Yesterday Once More (I remember I only did this twice!).
Another thing I never did it with any act of singer was: to call every night the dj of a radio for the song Eve until the dj became irritated with me.
This encouraged in me to have my own Carpenters records.

[Federico Cruz]

Guest-Federico said:

I used to go to birthday parties where I was invited with my Singles 69-73 lp and made the dj played Yesterday Once More (I remember I only did this twice!).
Another thing I never did it with any other act of singer was: to call every night the dj of a radio for the song Eve until the dj became irritated with me.
This encouraged in me to have my own Carpenters records.

[Rick Henry]

I was in a dance club (it was 1981) and I asked the DJ to play anything Carpenters. The DJ (a female) responded with, "You don't play the Carpenters in a dance club. I don't have any of their records."

[Rob813]

This is a tough subject because weird is so subjective. I think for me it was directing a chorale show in college around 1984. I planned it as a tribute for Karen, but I couldn't get a picture of her that would be big enough for the stage. Also, I rehearsed a "duet" with a female friend to perform "We've Only Just Begun" with me. Anybody who knows my vocal abilities, knows I'm a background or choir voice, not in the Carpenter league at all. Needless to say, our number was not the greatest. I guess Karen was getting a chuckle in heaven on my account!

[cam83]

But I am sure you did it with a wonderful spirit, and that counts for a lot!!

Cam

[cam83]

By weird, I don't mean bad...More like crazy, silly, outrageous stuff.

Cam