2. (They Long to Be) Close to You, Carpenters

[kuda]

I did the meme of the top 100 songs from the year you graduated.
This is the number two song from 1970.  It's a bit corny, but was
one of the favorite songs to be played at weddings the next few
years. Karen had a great voice. She was so talented. Sadly, she
was a very unhappy person and died very young from Anorexia Nervosa.
Her death brought this illness out into the open and was a warning
for everyone.

Comments

[debris4spike]

I just love The Crapenters - Karen had a beautiful voice, didn't she? Such a sad story.

[kudagirl.livejournal.com]

It was terribly sad. To have such talent and be so unhappy.

[strikske.livejournal.com]

Beautiful song, great voice but a sad story.

[kudagirl.livejournal.com]

Her story is quite heartbreaking. There is so much pressure put on young women in America to be thin. It's quite sad.