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Post by Will on May 10, 2004 22:46:06 GMT -5
I was in a round-table discussion of various topics the other day when the subject of nature versus nurture came up.
After a while I inquired, "Has anyone heard of Richard and Karen Carpenter?"
Some said yes, some said I think so, and one said yes, and I think Karen was much more talented than Richard. Not certain why he said this since it depends on the instrument (voice included) but it did show he was strongly interested. (Turned out he was from their home town.)
Anyway, I suggested that if the C's had been born say 30 years later than they were that Karen may have chosen to enter the field of athletics instead of music. Her parents might have encouraged her to continue her interest in athletics. There would have been many more programs for her while growing up. Nurture might have pushed her this way instead of the music way.
I'm certainly glad she decided to go with music.
Makes you wonder what other talent is out there that we'll never know.
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Post by Rick Henry on May 10, 2004 23:00:19 GMT -5
Some very intereseting thoughts. If things were different Karen could have become a famous athlete. Maybe the first female to play pro baseball? I think that no matter what she did Karen Carpenter was just destined to become famous.
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Post by Will on May 10, 2004 23:11:49 GMT -5
If she had played pro baseball she could have sung the national anthem before the start of the game!
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Post by smoothie2 on May 10, 2004 23:13:51 GMT -5
???hi will...that is interesting to think about...it seems that both her and Richard were very serious and brilliant at many things...I think they would have been successful at whatever they wanted to do.
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Post by smoothie2 on May 10, 2004 23:16:54 GMT -5
:-/that's a great thought too about her singing the national anthem! There would hardly be any need for flashy costumes or colored smoke for a show...her smile and enthusiasm in itself would start things off great!
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Post by enigma on May 11, 2004 7:33:09 GMT -5
An interesting scenerio. I believe if Karen had wanted to pursue a career in athletics she would have and she would have succeeded. Remember she was not encouraged to take up drums and told it was not normal for a woman to play drums but that just made her more detrermined to prove people wrong and she did just that. If she chose athletics instead of music sooner or later someone would have encouraged her to pursue a career in music when they heard that beautiful voice no matter what time period she was born in past, present or future. It may have been easier and more accepted if Karen was an athelete today but with a voice and presence like that Karen was destined to be a singer in any time period.
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Post by Rick Henry on May 11, 2004 21:28:36 GMT -5
If she had played pro baseball she could have sung the national anthem before the start of the game! She'd sing the National Athem, then go hit a home run in the game.
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Post by smoothie2 on May 11, 2004 22:49:24 GMT -5
;DWhat a terrific photo of Karen in the baseball uniform!
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Post by Christian on May 12, 2004 5:18:41 GMT -5
Yeah, that photo of Karen is great!
I remember reading the biography on Agnes in the fan club letters. Apparently Agnes was quite the athelete when she was young and did very well in sports. Maybe that`s were Karen got it from. I am glad she went for singing, instead of sports. Just what the world needed, more sports...
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Post by ThomB on May 12, 2004 7:43:47 GMT -5
Love the photo. Karen looks great.
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Post by karenandrichardfan on May 12, 2004 18:15:48 GMT -5
Thank you for the pic of K in baseball garb. I love it.
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