Welcome, Samuel

Karen's voice is heart-warming and comforting. Listening to it makes
staying down in the dumps difficult. Whatever the song, she had an
uplifting way of singing it that really connects and connotes true
understanding and compassion. This I believe is why Carpenters music
has such universal appeal. Her voice conveys all these things to
practically everybody, no matter what language they speak.

I wouldn't be surprised if she and Richard had discussed recording
hymnals or spirituals as a new project. They were certainly capable
of making it successful. Their talents were so wide-ranging I can't
think of any genre of music that was beyond their reach.



Dan



--- In karencarpenter@yahoogroups.com, "samuelgroves"
<samuelgroves@y...> wrote:
>
>
> No one will ever sing the voice of the angelic nightengale such as
> Karen's. Her music tuches me as much now as it did in high school
> over 27 years ago. Whenever I was down and feeling blue like many
> teen-agers, I went to my room and played Karen and Richard on my
turn
> table. There, I would listen and let me perfect harmonies just set
> my heart at ease. My depression would subsize and suddenly I could
> go back to school the next day not feeling so hopeless. In time I
> think Richard and her would put together an album of the great
hymns
> of the faith, which speak to each individual so deeply like no
other
> music can. I can just imagine her singing "It is Well With my
> Soul", "I Believe", and "I Walk in the Garden Alone". She did
> sing "Ave Maria" far better than Mario Lanza, and she did very well
> on some Christmas carols. Just think how she could have put the
> Mormon Tabernacle to shame with her rendition of "The Battle Hymn
of
> the Republic". Richard, if you are reading this see if she did any
> renditions of traditional Protestant Hymns. That album would go
> platinum in a matter of weeks.
>
> With love for our beloved Karen,
> Samuel xxoo