Karen Carpenter's voice creeps me out

[TUSooner]

Secretary across the hall is playing "Merry Christmas, Darling" (or whatever it's called) sung by the late Ms. Carpenter, and I had to stifle my gag reflex for 3 minutes or so. I don't really know why she creeps me out. Her low voice sounded good, but I just never liked any Carpenter songs. And when she died her songs got extra creepy. Thank you for reading this very important personal observation. :O That is all. Carry on.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

She needed to lose weight

[yermom]

after Tommy Boy, Superstar cracks me up every time i hear it

every. time.

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[OUMallen]

I love her voice. Pitch-perfect.

[C&CDean]

Her voice doesn't creep me out as much as looking at her did.

Also, her brother was a damn fine pianist with a ton more talent than stick-girl had.

[Mjcpr]

Her voice doesn't creep me out as much as looking at her did.

Also, her brother was a damn fine pianist with a ton more talent than stick-girl had.

That must be the reason for his skyrocketing career since her death.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

after Tommy Boy, Superstar cracks me up every time i hear it

every. time.

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Talk about lame

[JohnnyMack]

I actually got in an argument the other day when someone told me they thought Janis Joplin had a better singing voice that Karen Carpenter.

[C&CDean]

That must be the reason for his skyrocketing career since her death.

So Pat, are you really stupid enough to believe that talent has anything to do with fame and fortune?

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Mama Cass stole her sammiches

[TUSooner]

Her voice doesn't creep me out as much as looking at her did....

I think that's it; the voice makes me see her, which is creepy.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I actually got in an argument the other day when someone told me they thought Janis Joplin had a better singing voice that Karen Carpenter.

if your into the sounds like they are gargling glass-type voice I guess:confused:

[C&CDean]

I actually got in an argument the other day when someone told me they thought Janis Joplin had a better singing voice that Karen Carpenter.

Karen Carpenter was a field sparrow. Janis Joplin was a hawk, a crow, and a buzzard all wrapped up in one. I'd rather listen to JJ belt it out than KC trill.

[Mjcpr]

So Pat, are you really stupid enough to believe that talent has anything to do with fame and fortune?

I believe we are all well aware of just how stupid I may or may not be, sir.

[JohnnyMack]

Karen Carpenter was a field sparrow. Janis Joplin was a hawk, a crow, and a buzzard all wrapped up in one. I'd rather listen to JJ belt it out than KC trill.

In the words of :dean:, meh.

[TUSooner]

Mama Cass stole her sammiches

:mad: Don't you be dissin Mama Cass!!

Mama Cass had a fabulous voice, like a stream of clean, clear water.
Janis - not so much. But that's 2 real sad cases in their own ways.

[C&CDean]

In the words of :dean:, meh.

So what you're saying is you'd rather listen to David Gates and Bread than Robert Plant and Zeppelin? The Bee Gees instead of Daltry and The Who?

Fag.

[JohnnyMack]

So what you're saying is you'd rather listen to David Gates and Bread than Robert Plant and Zeppelin? The Bee Gees instead of Daltry and The Who?

Fag.

No. I said Karen Carpenter has a better voice than Janis Joplin. Period. Not debatable.

[C&CDean]

No. I said Karen Carpenter has a better voice than Janis Joplin. Period. Not debatable.

Better by what standard? Pitch? No argument there.

I can tell you and some others have never listened to JJ much. Yeah, I'm sure you've heard "Oh lord, won't ya buy me a Mercedes Benz..." or Me and Bobby McGee and that's what you're basing your opinion on. Dig into her stuff a little. Go check out Try (just a little bit harder) or her version of Summertime or Move Over or Ball and Chain or even Amazing Grace. That girl had it going on.

[yermom]

there is a difference between voice and delivery though

[Howzit]

Karen's ninja drummer skilz were unsurpassed. Little known fact: She actually did the drum solo on inagodadavida.

Probably.

[Mjcpr]

Karen's ninja drummer skilz were unsurpassed. Little known fact: She actually did the drum solo on inagodadavida.

Probably.

Drumsticks or forearms? Hard to tell.

[Half a Hundred]

Better by what standard? Pitch? No argument there.

I can tell you and some others have never listened to JJ much. Yeah, I'm sure you've heard "Oh lord, won't ya buy me a Mercedes Benz..." or Me and Bobby McGee and that's what you're basing your opinion on. Dig into her stuff a little. Go check out Try (just a little bit harder) or her version of Summertime or Move Over or Ball and Chain or even Amazing Grace. That girl had it going on.

Agreed. I don't think any singer since has put as much raw emotion into their work as she did, and as effectively.

[Howzit]

Agreed. I don't think any singer since has put as much raw emotion into their work as she did, and as effectively.

You, sir, have apparently never heard much Hole.

[Howzit]

Drumsticks or forearms? Hard to tell.

Where does one end and the other start? I dunno.

[OUMallen]

You, sir, have apparently never heard much Hole.

We could all use more Hole in our lives.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I bet it would be like having sex with a pencil

[Howzit]

It's like driving a car down a railroad track...you get where you're going but you feel every bump along the way.

[Mjcpr]

The good news is I bet she'd built up a decent tolerance to the gag reflex.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

yeah but she didn't like anything going in her mouth

[Howzit]

She thought of her esophogus as more of an outie.

[OUMallen]

Pitch perfect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPmbT5XC-q0&feature=related

[Breadburner]

If Cass Elliot would have given Karen Carpenter half her sandwhich they both would be alive today.....

[picasso]

Carpenter had one the best purest voices ever to be recorded. Their Christmas album is still pretty good stuff.

Plus, Reno Hightower liked her.

[Howzit]

Pitch perfect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPmbT5XC-q0&feature=related

She looks like she has a boner.














get it?

[RacerX]

she no haz cheezeburger

[Oldnslo]

Don't you remember? You told me you love me, baby.

[sooneron]

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good stuff.

:dean: knows his moldy oldies.

[JohnnyMack]

^ Guarantee you howzie got a boner when he saw Mr. White Pants at the 42 second mark.

[Howzit]

^ Guarantee you howzie got a boner when he saw Mr. White Pants at the 42 second mark.

Well, duh. That's a freakin 60's vintage Gibson SG he's playing.

[TUSooner]

The timbre of Karen Carpenter's voice was very smooth and nice and all, but as I said, on whole, she creeeeeeeps me out. Joplin's voice certainly could have a rough edge, but in all other respects, she was a better singer than KC.[EDIT: I dont even know what that means. How come nobody's called me out on it?! :D ] I really like the sound of Cass Elliot, though. Not that I know anything except what I like. :)

[stoops the eternal pimp]

It probably took 20 minutes for her body to decompose once they got her in the ground

[Oldnslo]

Rainy days and Mondays always get her down. But she couldn't keep it down.

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I am the funniest mf I know!

[Breadburner]

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[Curly Bill]

Count me in as a Karen Carpenter fan.

I wouldn't walk across the street to hear Janis Joplin sing.

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Never forget, their studio techniques advanced bands like Def Leppard.

[VeeJay]

"We've Only Just Begun." From The Poseidon Adventure

"My Heart Will Go On" From Titanic

I'm looking forward already to the next cruise ship disaster flick so some equally annoying song can peel the rest of the paint off my dog trailer.

[VeeJay]

Karen Carpenter was a field sparrow. Janis Joplin was a hawk, a crow, and a buzzard all wrapped up in one. I'd rather listen to JJ belt it out than KC trill.

"Piece of My heart" What a kickass song.

With the raspy, hoarse wailing of Janis and the off-key, disjointed backing vocals, it's obvious they were all drunk, high or tipping, or a combination of those three.

Greatness.

[proud gonzo]

i don't like janis joplin OR karen carpenter. So THERE.

[yermom]

i don't remember anyone asking you :P

[C&CDean]

Count me in as a Karen Carpenter fan.

I wouldn't walk across the street to hear Janis Joplin sing.

Yeah, well you think our football coaches all suck and should be fired, so it's obvious you've got a dildo without a battery for a brain.

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Gimme this any day over Karen Carpenter. Don't get me wrong, she could sing and all, but her lower register doesn't do it for me, in addition to her loneliness and depression oozing through her songs. I agree with TU on the creepiness.

I know critics of Janis say she shrieks, but it's extremely difficult to sing the way she did and stay in tune (which she did). Not saying she doesn't hit a sour note here or there during her live performances, but still... she was frying her brain out on acid while being riddled with syphylis, so cut her some slack.

[JohnnyMack]

Janis Joplin isn't even one of the ten best white female vocalists ever.

She was talented but as a vocalist she's really quite marginal.

[C&CDean]

Janis Joplin isn't even one of the ten best white female vocalists ever.

She was talented but as a vocalist she's really quite marginal.

Dude, JJ was a singer. Not a vocalist.

I know you're all bonerized over Celine Dion and Babwa Stweisand.

[sooneron]

Yeah, well you think our football coaches all suck and should be fired, so it's obvious you've got a dildo without a battery for a brain.

:pop:

[sooneron]

Uh, yeah, calling JJ a "vocalist" is one of the biggest stretches evar.

[TUSooner]

We've hashed out JJ on this board before. I'll give you that she could sing right notes and was full of soul and power and pathos and tragedy and style and feeling and all that kind of stuff that emanates from a lost life crumbling like a 2-week-old dog turd. For many people, all of that makes up for her lack of other aesthetic qualities. Fair enough, but not my cuppa. KC on the other hand had a "nice' voice, but a one so low and bland you'd think she was on the verge of slipping into a terminal coma; thus the major creepiness.
Now...
Who has the pic of the dead horse being flogged? :D

[picasso]

You guys want to know how bright Faith Hill is? Years after she did the cover of Take Another Little of My Heart, she finally heard the original.

Seriously? She'd never heard that song before? WTF man.

[Curly Bill]

Yeah, well you think our football coaches all suck and should be fired, so it's obvious you've got a dildo without a battery for a brain.

I normally think your rants are pretty funny. You tried too hard this time.

[C&CDean]

I didn't try at all. It's just what popped outta my fingers.

And I'd have to say the same thing again. I mean anybody who would rather listen to Karen Carpenter over Janis Joplin is either a) deaf, b) blind, c) deaf, dumb, and blind, or d) gay.

Janis blew you off the stage. She RYFO and then stomped on it. Carpenter? Nyet.

[Curly Bill]

JJ sounded like a bag of rabid, sore-throated cats. I guess some folks like that.

[C&CDean]

Dude, people like/liked grunge. Talk about a bunch of bands with the only requirement be that the lead singer try to impersonate Tom Waites on steroids.

You need to listen to some JJ. Not a utoob thingy, but an album. She was rough, but she could sing a lot better than folks give her credit for.

[Curly Bill]

Dude, people like/liked grunge. Talk about a bunch of bands with the only requirement be that the lead singer try to impersonate Tom Waites on steroids.

You need to listen to some JJ. Not a utoob thingy, but an album. She was rough, but she could sing a lot better than folks give her credit for.

You could be right about that. I know what I have heard I haven't liked. I know a lot of folks like her, so I can respect that.

[TUSooner]

FWIW, I read that JJ got her start in a babdis church choir and was recognized as a real talent back then. Then the 60s got ahold of her and she sadly didn't come out alive.

1960s = whole 'nother ****in' can o' worms

[JohnnyMack]

Oh-ver-rated! Clap! Clap! Clapclapclap!

[C&CDean]

Says The Carpenter's #1 fan. I have to say it again. Fag.

[MR2-Sooner86]

To hell with them both, give me Grace Slick!

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

I love her voice. Pitch-perfect.One of the most beautiful female voices of all-time, IMHO.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

The timbre of Karen Carpenter's voice was very smooth and nice and all, but as I said, on whole, she creeeeeeeps me out. Joplin's voice certainly could have a rough edge, but in all other respects, she was a better singer than KC.[EDIT: I dont even know what that means. How come nobody's called me out on it?! :D ] I really like the sound of Cass Elliot, though. Not that I know anything except what I like. :)All three were great singing talents, and as the Billy Joel lyrics go, "Only the Good Die Young."(no, I don't really believe that)

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

I didn't try at all. It's just what popped outta my fingers.

And I'd have to say the same thing again. I mean anybody who would rather listen to Karen Carpenter over Janis Joplin is either a) deaf, b) blind, c) deaf, dumb, and blind, or d) gay.

Janis blew you off the stage. She RYFO and then stomped on it. Carpenter? Nyet.Uh huh, from the guy who said JJ is the ONLIEST female he likes to listen to.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

I didn't try at all. It's just what popped outta my fingers.

And I'd have to say the same thing again. I mean anybody who would rather listen to Karen Carpenter over Janis Joplin is either a) deaf, b) blind, c) deaf, dumb, and blind, or d) gay.

Janis blew you off the stage. She RYFO and then stomped on it. Carpenter? Nyet.Yeah, read it again.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

To hell with them both, give me Grace Slick!Kudos! another fab talent, and what a looker when young.

[C&CDean]

Dude, how about you stick to You & Tuba doing the reach around threads.

Grace Slick was uber-meh. However, I'd listen to the Airplane way before I'd listen to Johnny Mack's favorite singer of all time croon her anorexic blues.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Dude, how about you stick to You & Tuba doing the reach around threads.

Grace Slick was uber-meh. However, I'd listen to the Airplane way before I'd listen to Johnny Mack's favorite singer of all time croon her anorexic blues.If one has arrested development in his musical tastes, one could say something like that.

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[A Sooner in Texas]

Both KC and JJ would get on my last nerve if I listened to either for more than 10 minutes at a time. KC's voice was beautiful and smooth, but no emotion whatsoever. JJ's was all fire, but after awhile it would hurt my own throat to listen to her. "Piece of My Heart" is one of the great rock songs, however.
As far as female vocalists go, I love me some Annie Lennox and k.d. lang has an incredible voice. The only recent one who has half a voice is Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas. Don't like their music, but during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert on HBO, she definitely wailed and held her own with Jagger.

[tbl]

Annie Lennox FTW...

[C&CDean]

Ann Wilson FTW...

Fixed.

[Curly Bill]

Atta boy Deano!

Ann Wilson FTW!!! :D

[KC//CRIMSON]

Ann Wilson beat anorexia, big time.

[Curly Bill]

Ann Wilson beat anorexia, big time.

Yeah she did! :D

[JohnnyMack]

Ann Wilson beat anorexia, big time.

Ann Wilson was to anorexia what Mike Tyson was to Trevor Berbick.

[sooneron]

I kinda dig Karen's voice for all of the reasons that TUSooner stated. I'm weird that way. Personally, I don't value KC above JJ or the other way around. It's like comparing apples to pineapples. AM Gold vs. Album rock FM.

[C&CDean]

I kinda dig Karen's voice for all of the reasons that TUSooner stated. I'm weird that way. Personally, I don't value KC above JJ or the other way around. It's like comparing apples to pineapples. AM Gold vs. Album rock FM.

Or like straight anal sex as the pitcher to gay anal sex as the catcher?

[A Sooner in Texas]

Or like straight anal sex as the pitcher to gay anal sex as the catcher?

It's all in the preferences, apparently. SOMEBODY'S gotta be the catcher, and SOMEBODY had to like Karen Carpenter's voice. She and her bro sold millions of records somehow.

[sooneron]

Or like straight anal sex as the pitcher to gay anal sex as the catcher?

You tell me.:D