# Hurray for The Carpenters! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2003, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-for-the-carpenters/155405 "2003-02-16T06:51:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lilly\_Putt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Lilly\_Putt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilly_Putt)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-for-the-carpenters/155405/21 "2003-02-18T00:30:17Z")
Jesus was a carpenter.;j ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-for-the-carpenters/155405/22 "2003-02-21T05:24:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skid Row \* > \*\*My God, their version of Klaatu’s “_Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft_” will give you chills. > > Tremendously under-appreciated act. \*\* I knew this thread would eventually prove irresistible to persons craving a little cheap hipness. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-for-the-carpenters/155405/23 "2003-02-21T06:00:06Z")
“Long ago and oh so far away I fell in love with you before the second show Your guitar it sounds so sweet and clear But you’re not really here it’s just the radio” If those lyrics combined with Karen’s voice don’t move something in you, you’re pretty close to dead inside. IMHO, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-for-the-carpenters/155405/24 "2003-02-21T06:25:42Z")
Sonic Youth does a great version of _Superstar_. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-for-the-carpenters/155405/25 "2003-02-21T07:58:47Z")
I’ll say goodbye to love No one ever cared if I should live or die Time and time again the chance for love has passed me by And all I know of love is how to live without it I just can’t seem to find it Kind of reminds you of Karen’s life and never fails to bring tears to my eyes.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-for-the-carpenters/155405/26 "2003-02-21T15:57:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Yookeroo \* > \*\*Sonic Youth does a great version of _Superstar_. \*\* For you youngin’s out there, Superstar was covered by virtually every female singer of the time. I defy you to come up with a better version than Karen Carpenter’s. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-for-the-carpenters/155405/27 "2003-02-21T17:32:05Z")
The Sonic Youth version most definitely isn’t a “female singer”. ---
**Author:** ![Skid\_Row](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Skid\_Row](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skid_Row)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-for-the-carpenters/155405/28 "2003-02-21T20:51:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Evil Captor \* > \*\*I knew this thread would eventually prove irresistible to persons craving a little cheap hipness. \*\* Uhm hmm. Isn’t it a little past your bedtime, laddie? (…proudly marches off - hipness intact.) ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-for-the-carpenters/155405/29 "2003-02-22T01:15:56Z")
Here’s some Carpenters trivia for you: The Carpenters both went to Downey High School in Downey, CA, the same school James Hetfield and I went to. Near the school there are two apartment buildings that Richard owns, and they’re both named after Carpenters songs. One of them is called “Close To You,” and I think the other one is called “We’ve Only Just Begun.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-for-the-carpenters/155405.md?page=1)