Karen Carpenter = drummer

2009/05/12

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Little known fact #1: Karen Carpenter played drums.

Cover versions from the “If I Were a Carpenter” album:

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Little known fact #2: Tom Bahler (songwriter) wrote the song “She’s Out of My Life” after Karen Carpenter broke up with him because she discovered that he had fathered a child with a married woman (wikipedia). Michael Jackson’s version of the song was released in April 1980 reaching #10 on the Billboard charts. Is Michael thinking of Karen as he chokes up at the end of the song?

“She’s Out Of My Life”

[1st Verse]
She’s Out Of My Life
She’s Out Of My Life
And I Don’t Know Whether To Laugh Or Cry
I Don’t Know Whether To Live Or Die
And It Cuts Like A Knife
She’s Out Of My Life

[2nd Verse]
It’s Out Of My Hands
It’s Out Of My Hands
To Think For Two Years She Was Here
And I Took Her For Granted I Was So Cavalier
Now The Way That It Stands
She’s Out Of My Hands

[Bridge]
So I’ve Learned That Love’s Not Possession
And I’ve Learned That Love Won’t Wait
Now I’ve Learned That Love Needs Expression
But I Learned Too Late

[3rd Verse]
She’s Out Of My Life
She’s Out Of My Life
Damned Indecision And Cursed Pride
Kept My Love For Her Locked Deep Inside
And It Cuts Like A Knife
She’s Out Of My Life

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(Note – What Michael Jackson wanted to be before the transformation:

Drums on Metallica’s St. Anger – I actually like the bizarro tunings and timbre’s of the “drums” on this album. They are probably the only thing I do like about it.

One additional Metallica song from their new album because it is their best stuff since “And Justice for All.”

There is 1 comment in this article:

  1. 13/05/2009Dan say:

    I like that Lars’ special “St. Anger” sound is actually just a tom-tom. I have a really special guitar playing technique called “St. Danicus”. Basically you take your palm and put it on the strings as you strum, I invented it :p

    (and yes I do get that Lars is being sarcastic)

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