Thank you young lady 😅

Sadly they liked to dress her up in these gowns, something she hated to do. She would rather be on her drum set, which she also ranked highly at along with her amazing voice.

Best oldies artist of all time? Ohh, my dear, that is a task even Hercules would fail at attempting. An impossible errand. The 70's were FULL of the Best.

Its even more sad when you read her history. Anyways. my three favorite old time bands are: The Carpenters ABBA Chicago .

Poor Karen, she left this world in such a terrible way, she suffered mentally and you could feel it in her songs - on an upside, she was a terrific drummer.

Beautiful Karen has the purists clean voice EVER!!!!!! Angelic 😇

Whats up with makin me cry like that????? Stop it.....😊 new sub after checkn out your channel, a fellow floridian who came here as a 6 month get over a divorce thing 33 years ago but forgot to leave. Wish you all the best in your schoolin, and on your new channel as well. Lovin what ive binged on this one so far.

Voice of an angel!

I love to watch people's faces the first time they hear Karen Carpenter. But as you've noticed, a big part of it is Richard Carpenter's arrangements and the multitracking of the vocal parts. He's a brilliant arranger.

Try Brad Delp from the band Boston. “The Man I’ll Never Be” Unfortunately, another sad story.

“Rita Coolidge came up with the song idea, based on observing the relationships of female groupies with rock stars in the late 1960s” (Wikipedia).

Hard to believe that person with the magic voice would be soon be gone.

Tragedy

Don't know if you dud Linda Ronstadt's live performance of Blue Bayou yet. It's outstanding. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaGceGOwoNSln9Esi=gN7ynOfyw5MX4XmI

One of my favorite oldie song is Percy Sledge,"When a Man Loves a Woman".

Her voice wasn't almost perfect, It was absolutely perfect. Best selling american group of the 70's

Coward of the county by kenny rogers.

Ohhhhhh, that voice. So sweet and smooth. I grew up listening to the Carpenters. And she was a criminally underrated drummer. For a slightly different vibe, check out Attention Occupants of Interplanetary Craft.

Fun fact: Karen Carpenter was not real! Nobody could possibly be that talented, sweet and beautiful! I believe that she was a magical being divinely sent to us mere mortals to soothe our tortured souls. This was her gift! RIP Drummergirl

RIP. She died too young. Go find her solo drum video on YT, she was an amazing drummer

He is the GOAT. Nobody will ever come near.

Karen Carpenter had such an amazing voice, and she was taken from this world much too soon.

You have given us an impossible task my dear friend. I cant even pick my favorite song in any given year, let alone my favorite of all-time. For me, my favorite is so related to my given mood. I am a Beatles kid 100%, so there's that library. Most of my teen years were in the 70s so i have an incredible library from that decade. I mean, look at my screen name...lol. I like southern rock, blues, jazz, older country (pre 90s), rock, hard rock, soft rock, alternative, some metal if its older. Ill just say that in my opinion the best music was made from early 60s to late 70s, without adding in a lot of the disco stuff. But there is music from the 40s that i really like (ex. Andrews Sisters), the 50s sock hop music, the 80s (ex. U2/Bryan Adams/Journey), the 90s even has some good stuff. Anything post 2000 and it starts getting kind of bad to me. I like singer songwriters and true musicians, i dont like sampled and contrived stuff with fake vocals and AI produced "music". Im old, i get that, but like Bob Seger loves to say.... " todays music aint got the same soul". Love your reaction here and i highly recommend you dive deeper into the Carpenters, and what most would say is the greatest female voice ever. My favorite bands though: Beatles, Pink Floyd, Boston, Journey, U2, the Eagles, Led Zepplin, Dr Hook, and The Allman Bros Band etc etc etc.....

Back when signers had real talent and no auto tune.

So talented. So sad how she died

Try Mel Carters' "Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me'.

Another Era great voice silenced way too soon, and earl in her life.

Great reaction!!!

Thank you for your reaction to this Carpenters song. 🎉

Now check out the original by watching Queen live at Wembly 1986 - Under Pressure

the best sad song of all time is Hank William's I'm so lonesome I could cry. The best version is kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqiWfKt8btWrqdE by Seasick Steve

Hi, do you hear Queens " Under Pressure " sample?

I'm ashamed to say that I never knew they did this together, so thank you so much for exposing me to it and making me aware!

Karen always considered herself a drummer who also sang. You need to react to her drumming skills. She has been noted as being as good as the drummer for Led Zepplin and other top noted ones

Check out soul and inspiration by the righteous brothers or something from Elvis Presley

One of the best female singers is Eva Cassidy from the early 90's, a local artist in DC, that recently passed away. It was not until after her death that her talent became known worldwide and received amazing acclaim. You must listen to her live rendition of Over the Rainbow from Wizard of Oz. It is just stunning! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKPHaYmhqblrrrs&pp=ygUcZXZhIGNhc3NpZHkgb3ZlciB0aGUgcmFpbmJvdw%3D%3D

Johmmy Paycheck - the outlaws prayer

When singers had real talent

Never be another Karen Carpenter. Her voice is timeless.

Rainy days and Mondays

Happiest when she's drumming

Voice of an angel. IMO, the greatest female singer ever.

I don't think an "all-time" favorite song exists because as you have learned during your reviews that each artist is "greatest of all time". The individual talent and uniqueness of everyone you have reviewed has impacted you uniquely in each of their songs. Karen was just a gift, just like the others. You are a gift by being vulnerable and revealing just how skillful these people were and sharing that vulnerability with others. Your reviews and reactions give hope to other generations that the artists talents will live on. I think angels are all around us doing amazing things to remind us of how great our God is. No harm to enjoy the music of today, but never forget yesterday.

one of my all time favorites.. Midnight train to Georgia by Gladys Knight and the Pips.. great story telling. You are a refreshing young Lady to share music with! Peace!

Think about it….She stood out in the same generation as the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Jackson Five, The Who, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick, etc.

vet here and me and my wife of 25 years cant sleep in the same room because of my ptsd one nighgt a had a bad ream and broke her noise i felt so ashamed and hated my self. Its a lovely story though we had 1 date and she moved in with me the next day 38 in years together

6:35 - Music is emotion. So there can really be no such thing as best oldies song. Different music means different things to different people at different times.

Thank you for presenting the Carpenters, I grew up listening to this era, and is my go to for relaxing. Glad the era is of intrest to you, and I'll look forward to the next one.

Beautiful voice.

Yes. We had better music then.