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Originally Posted by pooh
You are all describing lyrics, lyrics that are poignant, but when I think of the saddest song, I think more of a particular singer and not necessarily the words to the songs she sang. Whenever I hear Karen Carpenter singing, the feeling of deep sadness envelopes me. She had one of the most unsettling singing voices I've ever heard. I know not all share that particular feeling, but from the very first time I heard her sing, I knew I did not want to hear more. She had a very difficult life and though when I was first introduced to her songs, I didn't realize it, somehow I felt she was a very troubled individual.
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I agree. Although I was more into The Beatles, Doors, Stones and Steppenwolf during The Carpenter's heyday, I took notice to the beautiful voice of Karen Carpenter. Next to Streisand she had the best voice I ever heard. A great loss. It's funny how you mentioned hearing sadness in her voice but in tunes like "Top of The World" you could see her smile without seeing a video.