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Why aren't the Carpenters considered Seventies pop icons?
Posted on 11/15/22 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 11/15/22 at 1:35 pm
they had an impressive string of hits and a distinctive sound. Now mostly forgotten compared to some of the other artists of that era.
Posted on 11/15/22 at 1:38 pm to Jim Rockford
They are in my mind.
Posted on 11/15/22 at 2:17 pm to Jim Rockford
Because they sucked. I don't know what their music was but i wouldn't qualify it as pop. Maybe adult contemporary dreck or something.
Posted on 11/15/22 at 2:38 pm to rebelrouser
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Because they sucked.
Posted on 11/15/22 at 2:41 pm to Jim Rockford
They most definitely helped define the sound of the 70s. Karen Carpenter's voice is as good as it gets.
This post was edited on 11/15/22 at 11:51 pm
Posted on 11/15/22 at 2:43 pm to Jim Rockford
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Why aren't the Carpenters considered Seventies pop icons?
They're not?
Posted on 11/15/22 at 2:56 pm to DaleGribble
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Karen Carpenter's voice is as good as it gets.
+1
Posted on 11/15/22 at 6:38 pm to Jim Rockford
Because their music is fit for elevators, department stores and tampon commercials.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 6:52 am to Mizz-SEC
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Karen Carpenter's voice is as good as it gets.
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+1
Absolutely this
Posted on 11/16/22 at 7:14 am to Jim Rockford
The girl had a decent voice but her brother gave off a weird pedo vibe.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 7:40 am to Jim Rockford
I thought they were. They had their unique style like ABBA and John Denver had there own style.
She did not need auto tune.
She did not need auto tune.
This post was edited on 11/16/22 at 7:51 am
Posted on 11/16/22 at 11:42 am to Wtodd
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Absolutely this
With the Carpenters you have to evaluate it for what it is: lush, lightweight pop. Cotton candy.
Karen's voice though is unique in pop history. I can't think of another like it. Absolutely pure.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 11:57 am to hogcard1964
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The girl had a decent voice but her brother gave off a weird pedo vibe.
The mother was apparently a malignant narcissist and the father emotionally unavailable. The brother is apparently a raging a-hole who couldn't get over the fact that his sister was more talented. It's notable he's never had much of a career since she died. There were rumors of incest, but who knows. It's clear the whole family was abusive toward Karen, who subsumed it into an eating disorder that ultimately took her life.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:23 pm to DaleGribble
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Karen Carpenter's voice is as good as it gets
Truth. Voice of an angel.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 5:56 pm to Jim Rockford
Their music is enough to put me in a depression.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 8:49 pm to shutterspeed
quote:it may be the food you eat
Their music is enough to put me in a depression
have you tried dieting
Posted on 11/16/22 at 9:35 pm to Kafka
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have you tried dieting
Not since fat camp.
Posted on 11/17/22 at 9:37 pm to Jim Rockford
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Karen, who subsumed it into an eating disorder that ultimately took her life.
If she'd have eaten Mama Cass' sandwich they'd both still be alive.
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