Karen Carpenter was rated at #123 on Rolling Stoneβs updated β200 Best Singers Of All Timeβ list. βBirds may or may not literally suddenly appear every time she is near. But if they donβt, thatβs on them, because Karen Carpenter is the ultimate easy-listening thrush-queen. She had one of the most Seventies voices of the Seventies β lilting, supple, vacant, and calming, with just the right air of emotional malaise to bring out the two-car, sunken-den, suburban-dream underbelly in classics like βWeβve Only Just Begunβ and β(They Long to Be) Close to You.β Just as her brother Richardβs sheer orchestral-pop arrangements became an influence on Nineties indie-pop bands like St. Etienne and Stereolab, so did the glowing, imperious distance in everything Karen sang.β - J.D. #thecarpenters#carpenters#karencarpenter#richardcarpenter#rollingstone#rollingstonemagazine#vocalist#bestsinger#bestsingers#singer#1970s#70s#70smusic#classic#vintage#oldhollywood https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm-e9iYO-rX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
