The girl with the velvet voice.

As you all know, im a big fan of the 1970's. Some of you may find that weird coz im only 24 years old now and I wasnt even born in that generation but for some weird reasons, I feel like im a seventy's kid warped into this present time. LOL! Seriously, I dont exactly know why everything back in that era is so appealing to me. I  guess number 1 reason is the music. It's quite different at that time. Everything was just so wonderful and tender and raw and nothing like what we have on the radio now.
Anyway, a lot of my favorite musical artist came in the 1970s--ONJ, Carole King, Linda Ronstadt and so on.. But one singer stands out for me and she's the girl with a voice like velvet-- KAREN CARPENTER.

I know. Most of you know her as the anorexic lady, the singer who starved herself to death. It is true that she was Anorexic. It's sad and tragic but let's not elaborate that. It happened years and years ago and since discussing that wont bring her back, I wont bother. What i wanted to talk about is her music, her voice and her passion because up to now, it was all still alive.

For starters, did you know that Karen was an excellent drummer? Yes! That is so true. How cool is that?!  I mean it's very unusual for a girl to play drums (especially during those times) but she do play drums and she's a bad-ass drummer!

here's a little sneak peak of her excellent drumming skills:

Her singing is another story. That voice.That rich alto tone of her voice. The rawness and the clarity. She possessed that epic, hair raising voice that sounded like no other. There's no other singer who does it like she does it. (or if ever there was, she is simply trying to sound like her.)
Even her speaking voice carries a mystique.

Here's one of my favorite song from her:

Such a shame we will never hear that voice again LIVE. :((((((

All she had left us was her wonderful music, which i'd like to believe is enough.--Enough to keep her legacy  alive.

“We came out right in the middle of the hard-rock period... it was hard-rock everywhere! But we were ready to make our music, you know? And it was such a turnaround, I guess it caught people by surprise.”
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“It's kinda nice to be remembered by your peers and your fans, because you can achieve a lot of success and be a creep too! But we try to be nice, just normal people.”
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“I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.”

--Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983)