Thoughts on Richard's voice?

[STEVE@ENGLAND]

There's a video posted to YT by Carpenters Collector that has her lip-synching to this on some TV show - imagine the blatant lack of self-awareness or pride of actually lip-synching to this mechanical, singing-in-a -tunnel sound and expecting anyone to believe she was doing it live right there and then - why was this remarkable woman ever faking singing to a recording with her unearthly talent?

Ed is right - I do detest this - and I would have told her so if I had been there...and besides, she looks pretty well decimated physically here - all of this in combination was so senseless beand tragic...

Richard once said that Karen was 'too ill' (in '79) to record a solo album ...

Well, if Karen was 'too ill' (in '79) - then just look at her (in '81).
She looked terrible.
Even a child could tell you something was wrong.

It was senseless to have Karen 'traipsing' around Europe (in '81) in
that state (skeletal and looking 'Dead - behind the eyes').

I'll never understand it.

 

[Harry]

[Mod: Since this thread long ago abandoned "Richard's Voice" as a topic, it should probably be closed.]