On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:39:06 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
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At the risk of offending

Tatosian's masculine sensibilities:

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The stuff of dreams: Karen Carpenter's voice

By Chris Jones
Tribune arts critic

December 18, 2006

The other frigid night, I sat alone on the snowy street outside my house
listening to Karen Carpenter sing "I'll be Home for Christmas" on my car
radio.

I love that voice.

It hit notes with such surety. Its evocative lower register had a
richness that no female pop singer ever has matched. But most important
of all, it was such a guileless instrument.

Carpenter sang without attitude -- but also without excessive sentiment.
In other words, her voice was at once incredibly beautiful and
strikingly neutral.

There was a certain hunger in her voice. In other words, her voice
devoid of any fleshiness, purged completely of any extra "flab."