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Post by smoothie2 on Jan 22, 2004 0:14:20 GMT -5
What great great memories you do have of seeing them! I always like to hear about folks who did see them and memories of them on tv. I'm sure I did see their tv appearances. I do recall the Christmas special where she sings Merry Christmas Darling wearing the furry coat with the hood and the hand muff. I do recall spending whatever money I could get or have on records.
Alan, with you mentioning the album cover for A Song For You, it jagged my memory of reading Richard's thoughts about that cover. He said he didn't care for it at all because it looked too much like a valentine card to him with the heart on it. And this surely didn't please him because "For God's sake's, we were brother and sister, not married or a couple!"
And so I can see how they had an image problem, as far as being seen as too squeaky clean and perfect when they were far from it...much like Donny and Marie Osmond must have felt.
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Jan 24, 2004 9:07:53 GMT -5
Boy, I have sure enjoyed reading these posts. I have so many memories of fave Carpenter moments...the first time I saw Karen and Rich in person - a concert in 1972 where I made my way backstage, fighting against 70,000 people to get their autographs - and succeeding. I remember K had a ring on that looked like a belt - all diamonds - and she reached out and touched me - I thought I had died and gone to heaven at that moment...Bobby Goldsboro fronted for them at that concert. I next met them at their 1973 concert in Springfield, MO. I was waiting for them at their hotel when they drove up - Karen was getting very thin, then. She wasn't in a particularly good mood that afternoon - was walking around with her walkman, listening to music. Rich had two broken wrists from a motorcycle accident, and both wrists were in casts. The concert that night was wonderful - Skyles and Henderson fronted for them, then. One of the memories I will never ever forget was the day KC died. I was just tuning in to the radio, and heard it for the first time - it wasn't until that evening, as I didn't listen to the radio during the day. I was numb....and something strange was going on in my house - my almost 5-year old daughter was choking on a hotdog!!!! She was choking at the same time I was hearing that Karen Carpenter had died that very day....I was more than a bit overwhelmed, to say the least. Though I did the H. manuever on my daughter, since it was a hotdog, it didn't work - but thank God the Paramedics were only a couple of minutes away - they were able to get the hot dog with a suction device, and saved my daughter's life. However, that's a day I will never forget - losing Karen, and almost losing my daughter on the same day. I wish KC were still here, making music for us all - she was truly one of a kind, and admired and loved by so many.  Tim |
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Post by ThomB on Jan 25, 2004 12:36:13 GMT -5
One of my favorite memories was when I bought the Christmas Collection CD a few years back. the guy who rung me up looked like a total rocker, but he commented that Karen Carpenter was the best female vocalist to ever live. We had a short discussion on the Carpenters' music - there was a line so we had to keep it short.
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