Monday, November 26, 2012
The Carpenters?
I'm a little freaked out right now.
I've been listening to Christmas music on the radio for the last few days, and I think I'm becoming a fan of the Carpenters.
I know that it's so uncool to say so, but I can't help it. It's the truth. Karen Carpenter's voice is absolutely unbelievable. It's the kind of voice that seems to be relegated to the past. I don't know anything about Karen, how much training she had with her vocals, whether she's just one of those naturally gifted people or not, but her voice is like, as they used to say in the old SNL skits, butter. She hits the notes with such ease and suavity.
My wife will sometimes put on those shows like American Idol, The Voice, or X-Factor, and the shlock and dross that show up wanting to be singers for a living makes me projectile vomit uncontrollably. Karen Carpenter is like day to their night.
But the Carpenters are a cheesy band from the '70s. They sing songs that are pretty much only appropriate on the Lawrence Welk Show. I'm not old enough to have watched that show. My older brothers or sisters probably loved it, but I'd never heard of its existence until I was in my twenties.
Yet I like to listen to her sing. What kind of a huge, HUGE nerd does that make me?
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2 comments:
I really enjoy the Carpenters music. They are completely '70's but I think relegating them back to the Lawrence Welk Show is going a bit too far.
I never truly knew if the Carpenters were siblings, like Sonny and Cher, or lovers, like Donnie and Marie.
There are tons of bands that I would like, if I'd only give them the chance (maybe you too). And I've liked the Carpenters for years.
But then again, I've never been as cool as you.
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