The Carpenters

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...I had thought she had died , ironically , from what amounted to a heart attack " from being too overweight " , as , though she was recovering and eating more normally , her system was weakened from all her anorexia , and so what she ate was more like eating far more fatty st7uff to her system .
Okay , the inevitable question now ~ Think either/both she and Richard were Aspies ?????????

...I had thought she had died , ironically , from what amounted to a heart attack " from being too overweight " , as , though she was recovering and eating more normally , her system was weakened from all her anorexia , and so what she ate was more like eating far more fatty stuff to her system .
Okay , the inevitable question now ~ Think either/both she and Richard were Aspies ?????????

who knows?

I understand Karen had a nice voice, but i always wondered why Richard never got to sing lead on anything. It made me feel sorry for Richard- because everyone fell over Karen's voice and because she was pretty and and a female. But he did most of the arranging, composing, and instrumentation and he didn't get much credit. While she got all the glory.

never heard him sing, I wonder what he sounded like?

We've only just begun......

Richard was handsome.

I think Richard was happy to let Karen do the singing.

he is a very gifted, brilliant man. not to diminish his sister.

...Initially , the Carpenters' public image was rather decidedly wound in with the " culture wars " of that (R. M. Nixon) era as they very much came off as " on the ' older generation ''s side, unusually for " young people of that time - Maybe after all these years that's rather faded away .
Did they vote/donate conservative/for Tricky , say ? Maybe they did ! !! !! !! !! !! ! So did the majority of 18-20 Americans who first voted in '72 !

...Yes , some of their songs could be a bit " twinky "/saccarine(Sp??)~ To an extent , it's her death that led to people " listening closer " ~ Made her " hip " ! ~I think I said what I had to say about (w/a variant of the " Be My Baby " drum riff) " Only Yesterday " already , didn't I ?

On a lighter note: even though the Carpenters were thought of at the time as the opposite of the Counter Culture, and are still thought of as the epitome of conventional pop- they did a cover version of the song "Attention all Inhabitants of Interplanetary Craft" - originally by the band Klaatu (the epitome of late sixties deep psychedelia).

It wasn't exactly a "hit" for the Carpenters, but the ten minute long friendly musical greeting to the alien crews of UFOs is an interesting tidbit for collectors of oddball music (like me). And their version of the song is the official anthem of some UFO group (forget the name of the organization).

Mary-Ann or Ginger?

Karen Carpenter or Farrah Fawcett?