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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 288141" data-attributes="member: 23">I can appreciate that as it does &quot;feel&quot; different from a Carpenters album despite Karen&#039;s reassuring presence and the fact that it&#039;s still fairly middle of the road. I can really feel a Bee Gees influence in itIt&#039;s a crime that it wasn&#039;t released during Karen&#039;s lifetime and I can imagine she was devastated when it was pulled. There&#039;s a really awkward moment at the end of the interview in post #9 where they&#039;re asked if they have any solo plans and Richard doesn&#039;t say much but just gives several sighs as Karen kind of stumbles her way through a diplomatic answer. This would be after the album was pulled, and it&#039;s almost like it&#039;s become yet another secret that she can&#039;t discuss openly.It&#039;s difficult to know for sure, but it seems Richard and their mother both strongly disapproved of the album. It&#039;s such a shame she wasn&#039;t supported more in finding her own voice and trying something different.Yes, and I suppose for her that was the down-side of the Carpenters&#039; success. She had a carefully curated image there which meant changing even the lyrics to Superstar to be more wholesome, and there was probably an expectation that this angelic purity would transfer entirely over to her solo album.I imagine she might have felt like a typecast actor, struggling to break free of a perception based on one image when she had so many different facets she wanted to explore and share.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 288141, member: 23"] I can appreciate that as it does "feel" different from a Carpenters album despite Karen's reassuring presence and the fact that it's still fairly middle of the road. I can really feel a Bee Gees influence in it It's a crime that it wasn't released during Karen's lifetime and I can imagine she was devastated when it was pulled. There's a really awkward moment at the end of the interview in post #9 where they're asked if they have any solo plans and Richard doesn't say much but just gives several sighs as Karen kind of stumbles her way through a diplomatic answer. This would be after the album was pulled, and it's almost like it's become yet another secret that she can't discuss openly. It's difficult to know for sure, but it seems Richard and their mother both strongly disapproved of the album. It's such a shame she wasn't supported more in finding her own voice and trying something different. Yes, and I suppose for her that was the down-side of the Carpenters' success. She had a carefully curated image there which meant changing even the lyrics to [I]Superstar[/I] to be more wholesome, and there was probably an expectation that this angelic purity would transfer entirely over to her solo album. I imagine she might have felt like a typecast actor, struggling to break free of a perception based on one image when she had so many different facets she wanted to explore and share. [/QUOTE]

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