aaflyer98
Well-Known Member
As for Karen not playing drums on the solo album, I believe her self esteem by 1979 was so shot to hell that even she believed she couldn't play the drums anymore. As she told Phil Ramone when she was at the drum set, "this isn't me anymore" and he replied, "it could be." From early on different drummers were brought in. I so wish Karen had the self esteem to say, No. She never believed she was an important part of Carpenters, as far as decisions went. She let Richard call the shots. As time goes on the situation never changes and things don't change. Had she stood up to Richard and insisted, I'll bet he would have listened. Since she didn't he probably figured it was status quo and to keep on being the boss. Not Richard's fault. He was a power leader and she followed even when she probably didn't want to. Doing what Richard wants for the sake of the act. Blech.