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Bezig met laden... Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter (2010)door Randy L. Schmidt
  
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.   ) btbell_lt | Aug 1, 2022 |   ) DebraBooks | Jan 24, 2022 | Simply put I found it too upsetting to finish. I knew the ending and I really did not want to see that slow motion car crash unfold. Karen Carpenter, for anyone too young to know, had one of the most amaing voices to appear in the 20th century. By and large the songs were crap but that voice would just stop you dead and pull feelings out of you that bypassed any conscious process you may have been engaged in at the time. I still cannot hear Rainy Days and Mondays without tearing up. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__SPIzKxVL0) I wasn't interested in all the dates and places, it was the family dynamic I was interested in and it pretty much is all laid out here. Suffering from an almost (at the time) unknown disease called anorexia nervosa, ignored, belittled and diminished by her mother this biography reads like a catalogue of intentional errors and wilful ignorance as she slowly fades away. Sad, so sad, poor Karen. ( ) Ken-Me-Old-Mate | Sep 24, 2020 | An in depth biography of Karen Carpenter, lots of interviews with close friends. Well done, heartbreaking and insightful. That someone so gifted could have been so emotionally damaged by her family is a true shame. Yes, her mother was a piece of work, but Richard also is responsible for her problems, too. The book is well researched and well written. (  ) JohnKaess | Jul 23, 2020 | But the way she died and how it eventually came to overshadow (in some ways, at least) her amazing voice and musical legacy...somehow that makes it all the more tragic. In his heartfelt and touchingly sincere book _Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter_, Randy L. Schmidt gives the lovely singer what very few writers before him have: the ability to be taken seriously, free from any gaudy tabloid fanfare. Schmidt's deep admiration for her is apparent, but so is his keen knack for attacking the story with a warm yet still objective approach. Very few biographies have been written about Karen Carpenter, but of the ones that have been this is the one to read, the one that lays the story down without making it sound like a VH1 Behind the Music special. ( )1  booksandcats4ever | Jul 30, 2018 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
An intimate profile of one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century, this first full-length biography of Karen Carpenter details every aspect of her life, from her modest Connecticut upbringing and her rise to stardom in southern California to the real story of her tragic, untimely death. This illuminating depiction of a 1970s icon covers her time as lead singer of the Carpenters, the top-selling American musical act of the decade and provides insight into their string of 16 consecutive top-20 hits, including "Close to You,""We've Only Just Begun," "Top of the World," and "Superstar," as well as a critical review of her aborted solo career. A behind-the-scenes look into the life of a superstar, from the prolific recordings and the relentless touring to the awards, fame, and fortune, this history also chronicles her struggle with anorexia nervosa and gives important new details from her autopsy that shed new light on her death at age 32. Groups such as Sonic Youth and the Corrs and artists including k. d. lang and Madonna have cited Karen Carpenter among their major influences, and this definitive biography, based on exclusive interviews with nearly 100 of her friends and associates, is a testament to her brief yet remarkable life. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)782.42164092The arts Music Vocal music Secular Forms of vocal music Secular songs General principles and musical forms Song genres Western popular songsLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.94)
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