In the 1970s, one voice captivated him above all others: Karen Carpenter. Entranced by her silky voice tone and flawless delivery, Wilson became utterly obsessed with The Carpenters’ smooth, timeless soft-rock sound, said his daughter, Carnie Wilson.
"My dad is a huge Carpenters fan," Carnie explained. "My dad and my uncle Carl [Wilson] were almost obsessed with Karen's voice."
"My dad, in particular, I believe he was really influenced by her harmonies," Carnie continued. "Family tones and the family dynamic is a big part of this too."
Carnie concluded, "It almost didn't sound human. It was so perfect and beautiful, and yet, so simple. I feel like the Carpenters' harmonies influenced some of the Beach Boys, and my father. I think the way he stacked those vocals, his arrangements, definitely."
It’s easy to see why Brian was so hooked. He built the Beach Boys' golden, multi-layered harmonies from scratch and knew pitch-perfect singing when he heard it, and nobody did it smoother or cleaner than Carpenter.
In a post on his official Facebook page, Wilson said that the Beach Boys' harmonies "were always a very spiritual sound, a very beautiful sound. You start with one voice and go a third up and a third up to an octave."
Greatness simply recognizes greatness. Long after the golden era of '70s radio, Karen Carpenter’s voice remains a masterclass in effortless beauty. Knowing that it brought so much joy to a fellow musical genius like Brian Wilson only adds to the magic of her legacy.
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