Pop is normally ignored when folks are talking about all time greats.But my earliest memory of falling in love with a female voice is Karen Carpenter.I was 12 years old and Yesterday Once More,We've Only Just Begun,Close To You,Top Of The World and the rest were imbued with a special magic.Many decades later...having passed through various genres of music,currently a little bit of jazz,but mostly western classical....Karen's voice evokes nostalgia like no other singer can....Listening and singing along to my favorite Carpenter song as I post....
When I was young
Id listened to the radio
Waitin for my favorite songs
When they played Id sing along
It made me smile
Those were such happy times
And not so long ago
How I wondered where theyd gone
But theyre back again
Just like a long lost friend
All the songs I loved so well
Every sha-la-la-la
Every wow-wow-wow
Still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That theyre starting to sings
So fine
When they get to the part
Where hes breakin her heart
It can really make me cry
Just like before
Its yesterday once more
Lookin back on how it was
In years gone by
And the good times that I had
Makes today seem rather sad
So much has changed
It was songs of love that
I would sing to then
And Id memorize each word
Those old melodies
Still sound so good to me
As they melt the years away
Every.....
All my best memories
Come back clearly to me
Some can even make me cry
Just like before
Its yesterday once more
Every....
