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10-19-2010, 05:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maryland, USA | | | Karen Carpenter vs. Olivia Newton John
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Which of them do you prefer?
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10-19-2010, 05:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan USA | | | Karen was way thinner.
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Originally Posted by Munjibunga  "Well, we suck less than a black hole." | oh, thats nice. you should practice...... skjold club member #11 (thats #1, twice)
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10-19-2010, 05:40 PM
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but then again didn't one of her xboys accidently croak?
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10-19-2010, 05:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Minnesota - Twin Cities | | | Then again ... Karen's fork would never pass my plate's "no fly zone"
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10-19-2010, 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by cardboardJoe Karen was way thinner. | Cruel but oh so true. Waaaay thinner! |
10-19-2010, 05:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Anasleim, CA | | | Gimme Karen. She sang like an angel AND played some mean drums to boot! |
10-19-2010, 05:46 PM
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10-19-2010, 05:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Bend, WA | | | Go Greased lightning! Oliva in black spandex was all it was about back in Jr. high. We didn't care if she could sing or not. |
10-19-2010, 05:54 PM
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Gimme Karen. She sang like an angel AND played some mean drums to boot!
| Absolutely the best 'white-girl' singer! And a very good drummer, too. Karen's Drum Solo |
10-19-2010, 05:54 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pennsylvania | | | Olivia was hotter but, something about Karen's voice just gets me. |
10-19-2010, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Stick_Player Absolutely the best 'white-girl' singer! And a very good drummer, too. | I vote Karen over Olivia.
The "best" white girl singer? Dunno about that...Janis, Lydia Pense, Carole King, Joan Osbourne, etc.
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10-19-2010, 06:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maryland, USA | | | Voice: Karen, hands down
Everything else: ONJ
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10-19-2010, 07:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati area | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JimK The "best" white girl singer? Dunno about that...Janis, Lydia Pense, Carole King, Joan Osbourne, etc. | These broads only WISH they could be Dusty Springfield.
But, on topic, Karen was the real thing. |
10-19-2010, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Chrisk-K
Which of them do you prefer?
| For what? Karen's voice makes me melt. She was an excellent drummer and had girl-next-door good looks.
Olivia was hot. |
10-19-2010, 07:27 PM
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10-19-2010, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by emblymouse Bobby Sherman. | Was that Mr. Peabody's boy? |
10-19-2010, 07:39 PM
|  | Fingerfunkenstein | | | | Loved Olivia in the spandex but Karen had the voice for sure...JimK love the Lydia Pense reference  !! Cut my teeth on the her In Cold Blood stuff as a boy (together with ToP of course).
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10-19-2010, 07:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: valparaiso, in. | | | I'd have to move to Cheryl Crow back in the early days when she sang and played bass. After all, this is the TalkBass sight. |
10-19-2010, 08:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sykesville, MD | | | Karen all the way. Had me a big "voice crush" on Karen for the longest time! Plus she played the skins as everyone has mentioned - how cool is that? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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