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Post by cam83 on Sept 4, 2004 18:38:20 GMT -5
Hi All,
Right now I am listening to WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE? and am amazed at the gorgeous quality of Karen's vocals. I know, some fans think as the years passed, her voice became thinner and weaker, but I disagree. I think her style changed and she was exploring all aspects of her voice(solo album). But this song, she sounds so prominent and her voice sounds strong. What a beautiful way the instruments compliment her vocal reading. I remember hearing this song on the 1989 showing of THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY, where she is in the hospital at Lenox Hill, and thought the music was very fitting to the scene of Karen seeing her parents visit her as well as gaining weight. What a beautiful angelic voiced person she was!
My thoughts,
Cameron
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Post by Rick Henry on Sept 4, 2004 22:11:20 GMT -5
 Cam, I am so with you here. Karen's voice did not get thinner or weaker. Her style did change, she wanted to change her style. By 1974 she began singing her tones with more clarity, her higher range was more defined. Her pronunciation of words became refined. Karen was always a virtuoso from the beginning and with time she only got better. 
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Post by BethMosior on Sept 5, 2004 1:24:13 GMT -5
I also agree such a wonderful & beautifully done song   and its like Karen is talking to you, like in disbelief of her situation |
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Post by enigma on Sept 5, 2004 8:23:58 GMT -5
I really like this song it is one of my favorites from this record. I also do not think her voice got thinner or weaker it just evolved and Karen started to experiment and challenge her voice more than before. This song proved that she still had a beautiful voice no matter how old or weak Karen herself got. A charming song that I enjoy.Yes indeed Karen was a beautiful angelic voiced person I could not agree more Cam well said as usual.  |
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Post by Rob813 on Sept 5, 2004 14:57:16 GMT -5
Oh yes I agree 100%. This is one of my all time favorite songs. The lyrics are so poetic and Karen's voice .... well perfection .... shear perfection. Karens voice never seemed to be anything other than perfect. No matter how weak she became, it never showed in her voice. Thanks again and again Cam for helping me to fall in love with Karen all over again. And I agree with Rick, Beth and Enigma regarding the strength of this song. Although Lovelines was produced way after Karen's death it contains wonderful and amazing songs left over from other sessions. My other favorite is You're The One. Oh and The Uninvited Guest is astonishing beautiful and sophisticated. What a triumph!
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Post by Moe on Sept 6, 2004 8:03:19 GMT -5
I was familiar with this song from Barry Manilow's "Even Now" album. I really liked it by him, but once I heard a glimpse of it from the Karen Carpenter Story, I couldn't wait to hear all of it. It is one of Karen's best songs. She sounds like she lived it and was believing every word she sang. There were such great songs from the aborted '78 recordings. I wish they could have finished an entire pop album then. I'll bet it would have returned them to the charts in a strong way.
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Post by beaner on Sept 6, 2004 8:48:41 GMT -5
I love this song very much. Karen sings it so well. Tony Peluso does a great job in it too.
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Post by smoothie2 on Sept 10, 2004 22:55:44 GMT -5
 ???Hi Cam! hope things are going good where you are and I'm glad you're able to check in with us here and there...I first heard Where do ..from here...on the b. Manilow album and I think Anne Murray recorded it too. But of course, Karen does the song justice like no one ever before. I think that even Richard mentioned somewhere that even though she was struggling with her anorexia, her voice only seemed to get stronger, even though her body wasn't. She was a true trooper...Her voice is flawless. It seems like she never really had trouble at all with singing. She was so natural. I think it's also an important song too because of the line that says..."I need to feel you in the night..need to see your smile so warm and bright"... I'm glad she did strike out on her own doing the solo album and hints and then bright points in songs ...she was able to express her sexuality, and that she indeed was not some perfect fantasy of Miss goodie 2 shoes....I love the early pictures of her and there was that innocence but she just grew up beautifully, as a person and with her voice. I just always admired her and miss her!
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