Every time I hear this sad melancholy song it brings tears to my eyes😢😢😢 R.I.P."KAREN CARPENTER"
@abrahambowenАй бұрын
You're not alone on that my friend.
@charlesaracich53779 ай бұрын
My Opinion, The Greatest Voice Ever!
@johnjennings5079 Жыл бұрын
Rock riffs in love ballads were a standard after this. Truly original
@Rob-fx2dw Жыл бұрын
Agreed - Truly fantastic blend of that riff with the rest of the band and Karen. A masterpiece.
@carolhesterberg75265 ай бұрын
And it was all Richard's idea! Tony Peluso couldn't believe Richard wanted him to do that! One of th greatest guitar solos EVER!
@vandalsgarage22 күн бұрын
The very first power ballad. Amazing bit of music history.
@tracypaxton105411 күн бұрын
@@carolhesterberg7526 Tony thought Richard was crazy and it wouldn't work.
@carolhesterberg75269 күн бұрын
@@tracypaxton1054 Yes, he couldn't believe it when Richard suggested it! But how could you doubt a genius arranger like RC? LOL
@ivanmiller29382 жыл бұрын
I don't care what anyone says....70s music can stand a lifetime. LOVE 70s
@juliebarrows814910 ай бұрын
I just do not want that fuzz guitar solo to ever end!
@mcaardvark428 ай бұрын
The totally beautiful and timless, never to be forgotten, voice of Karen combined with the greatest guitar riff will never permit this song to be forgotten. RIP Karen we love you xx
@Matheussen389 жыл бұрын
So sad Tony Peluso is no longer with us. His guitar work on this tune will live long in the memory. One of the finest licks.
@nstix2009xitsn3 жыл бұрын
A Wrecking Crew guy?
@jonathanmacpac3 жыл бұрын
Tony was an LA studio guy, but not one of the Wrecking Crew. When the band was running through rehearsal, Peluso began adding a rock edge to his solos. Richard Carpenter loved it and urged the guitarist to push it heavier. The combination of easy rock ballads with heavy guitar became a staple of 70s pop. Note: Peluso also voiced the radio DJ on the "oldies" side of the "Now and Then" album.
@metalheadrelic98733 жыл бұрын
@dhouse I was a wee lad when this came out too. My mom was a HUGE Carpenters fan, and I remember hearing that solo and thinking, "wow, this is cool. A rock solo in an easy listening tune". 👍🎸🤟
@kenbrown20843 жыл бұрын
Yes and there was another guitarist playing twin leads with him
@johnnyhoney20743 жыл бұрын
Tony asked Richard how do you want me to play it and Richard said I want you to go stratospheric with it . Richard said that in an interview . One of my all time favourite guitar solos , makes me shiver .
@mikereiss42164 жыл бұрын
The best song about loneliness ever written.
@jacmaxt23 ай бұрын
loneliness is a killer
@royjones658116 күн бұрын
Without a Doubt October 2024
@dennym55227 жыл бұрын
I went to high school with Tony Peluso he was born an amazing talent. He grew up in a family of musicians. His parents were opera singers. He never used drugs his entire life and still God took him so early.
@metalEric695 жыл бұрын
Denny M i have a real apprieciation for him. Thats awesome you knew him.
@marilyn27364 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate tony peluso great to hear this rare and awesome guitar talented..😊💗
@fpink34 жыл бұрын
Sadly, the TV gods decided that the entire guitar solo wasn't worth including. The fade out eliminates at least 15-20 seconds of the solo.
@fpink33 жыл бұрын
@Maidenpatrol This video is mashup, not a "real" event. The sound you hear is the album track (Track 4 from the album "A Song for You"-1972). The album track sound replaces whatever sound was on this video of the group playing the song. The person that created this video just faded the album track sound out before it was done--I presume because the video doesn't last as long as the album track. If you want to hear the entire solo, listen to the actual album track.
@byronpocock80593 жыл бұрын
Typical really, Floyd spent decades on coke and acid and there still all here.
@onthekippaxsince755 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest guitar solos of all time, not the normal for the carpenters, but Tony Peluso absolutely brilliant, and compliments that song perfectly. The best carpenters song. Take a bow Tony Peluso
@liveclassictunes9 жыл бұрын
one of my favorite guitar solo's of all time.... 2:56
@JohnGLewis19649 жыл бұрын
Yes, he does a good job there. The gentleman explains his work on this song in the documentary on the Carpenters, circa 1997. -------------------------------------------------------------- Richard said he got the idea from watching an old movie where this songwriter talks of the finest hit he ever wrote, "Goodbye to Love", but you actually never hear the song.... So Richard thought... "That's a great title, 'Goodbye to Love' " ... and so he started composing the literal song... his song! Explained in the documentary too.
@heldersufiano28169 жыл бұрын
who did this guitar solo??'!!.....eric clapton?
@liveclassictunes9 жыл бұрын
eric clapton???? bahahahahahaha!!!!!!!
@MrPiperian9 жыл бұрын
helder sufiano Tony Peluso kills it on 6 strings. Altho on this recording the solo is double tracked, and I've never heard it double tracked before. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_to_Love
@WAHOOUPS9 жыл бұрын
liveclassictunes is he in the rock hall?
@frankbray94163 жыл бұрын
A rock ballad with a heavy guitar riff and full strings backing with Karen's voice - simply amazing! There is nothing to compare in today's music.
@Bob314153 жыл бұрын
You are absolutely right about that.
@gardoarellano9601 Жыл бұрын
you are got it right
@tracypaxton1054 Жыл бұрын
This is the proto type for power ballads but most of them ditched the classical elements.
@frankbray9416 Жыл бұрын
@@michaelangel2492 Yes you are absolutely correct! Richard was a master at arranging and putting elements together and he doesn't and never did really get the full credit due.
@richardbelsky7098 Жыл бұрын
@@frankbray9416 My uncle was the studio drummer on most of the Carpenters hits . RIP Hal.
@ishmaelhuggins13884 жыл бұрын
Karen Carpenter was one gem that will never be duplicated. And the guitar solo at the end, simply one of the best ever regardless of the style, pop, rock, or whatever.
@Bob314153 жыл бұрын
Guitar solo AND the chorus. Absolutely incredible.
@daniel123gomes Жыл бұрын
Weyes Blood band vocalist almost reaches Karen's tune, but i don't think no one will ever be so talented as she was
@juliebarrows814910 ай бұрын
@@Bob31415 Richard’s music, John Bettis’s lyrics, Karen’s incredible & angelic voice, Richard & Karen’s beautiful harmonies, the band’s tightness, and then - the icing on the cake - Tony Peluso’s rocking fuzz guitar solo in the middle and at the end. Yes, it was Richard’s brilliant idea, but it was Tony’s fingers doing the singing! This is quintessential Carpenters stuff right here!
@Bob3141510 ай бұрын
@@juliebarrows8149 Absolutely. Just a mind blowing ending, but for me it's the chorus more than the guitar at the end that carries this masterpiece.
@JohnBowl146908 ай бұрын
Wish Karen would have stayed with us long enough to have VanHalen play in one of her songs. Richard was a genius and would have made it work.
@tommycordova50694 жыл бұрын
I would have to say that Karen Carpenter had the greatest voice of any singer ever
@michaelarizola34024 жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTELY THE BEST, NO ONE CAN MATCH HER
@ifmusicbethefoodofloveegc9864 жыл бұрын
In her particular genre, yes. This is one of the Carpenters best - great melody, beautifully sung & brilliantly orchestrated & played.
@ianfrancis7774 жыл бұрын
@@ifmusicbethefoodofloveegc986 Yes yes yes
@philippaul61884 жыл бұрын
Agreed. When you listen to her, its sheer perfection. Every single note is pitch perfect , she was phenomenal, and deserves to be recognised alot more than they are for the brilliant work they gave us.
@gogoyubari3664 жыл бұрын
I agree!
@mikeyarborough2773 Жыл бұрын
The Voice ! No one else comes close. PERIOD.
Ай бұрын
silky smooth and beautiful.
@MichelleMarieSublette9 жыл бұрын
Karen doesn't need props, not even an instrument because her voice is soooo beautiful!!
@davidwalker12066 жыл бұрын
Here Here!
@Supersweetguy6 жыл бұрын
+Michelle Marie The jazzy rock guitar was Richard Carpenters idea. Karen does not need any props or whatever, but it is Richard who does the arrangements for them.
@Starisborne5 жыл бұрын
The voice is an instrument
@unamckillen71255 жыл бұрын
She has a lovely voice but she does need arrangement and, perhaps more so than most on this one, instruments. It is the whole and no-one understood that more than Richard, her brother.
@johnlawler42615 жыл бұрын
@@Supersweetguy Richard Carpenter's production on this song and their albums was genius. The mic'd Karen really close because her voice wasn't strong, but it was absolutely pure and in the pocket. The harmonies are sooooooo tight.
@Brownalebelly4 жыл бұрын
My only complaint about this beautiful song is that the guitar solo at the end doesn't go on for 10 minutes!
@Bob314153 жыл бұрын
Right. The guitar AND the chorus.
@floundergearjam4 ай бұрын
Very true. Not everything can be "Comfortably Numb"
@blebhan821322 күн бұрын
And Karen wasn't playing the drums to accompany that outro.
@emilycigliano34538 жыл бұрын
How big would the Carpenters be today if dear Karen were still with us?? Let's not forget Richard though, he's the genius behind their success...anyone agree?
@karenj.taylor36448 жыл бұрын
They heterodyned. Richard wrote the songs that showcased Karen's voice. They were both great and talented musicians, but together they just pow! True synergy at work. I had such a big girlcrush on Karen, still do today.
@johnskelton11176 жыл бұрын
She was one in million and would have outclassed and performed pop stars of today!
@PapaBear66Sr5 жыл бұрын
Emily Cigliano they would be the greatest band or Duo ever I wish she would have never died so sad 😭
@salvatorevulcanothesexiest1875 жыл бұрын
Albert Tropeano if it wasn’t for Richard, the carpenters wouldn’t exist
@myaselfya16995 жыл бұрын
No I don't agree They were a team he was nothing without Karen and he knew it that is why he got mad when she went solo
@RapIsDeadly Жыл бұрын
Don't overlook Richard Carpender...none of this would've happened without him. They have so many iconic songs but THIS song here is and has always been my favorite. Back in the day....who' would've thought the Carpenders would have one of the best guitar solos in the history of music.
@richardpatrick28524 ай бұрын
This is my favorite of theirs also. 2nd place "Happy".
@jbravo1591Ай бұрын
But he controlled her.
@sunshinedaydream7022 күн бұрын
@@jbravo1591everyone did, thus the premise for her ED
@jagjr1g5877 жыл бұрын
Karen Carpenter, she has the clearest most beautiful voice anyone has ever heard. Such a graceful singer. Sometimes you think to yourself The Sounds coming from her just can't be real. Karen Carpenter gone but never ever forgotten.
@allengruszka52072 жыл бұрын
This song is me married but not loved as live has passed me by
@patrickflohe74272 жыл бұрын
She has no equal, in my opinion.
@POMOZKI2 жыл бұрын
If you like Karen I suggest you listen to Judith Durham of the Seekers, e.g. The Carnival is Over. Her voice was the best imo and Celine Dion the pick of today's female singers
@fatimadossantoslima74882 жыл бұрын
MuzicA gostei bastante boa
@renegadedalek55282 жыл бұрын
She had a genius for interpreting lyrics, that she had a beautiful voice is just a bonus
@bluebear70614 жыл бұрын
Only angels sing like her. Anyone still listening here in January 2020. A shooting star here and gone. Luv ya, Karen, RIP, .
@chatchaikeoswang92543 жыл бұрын
I am still listening here in January 2021 and forever ,I lover her too an angel Karen Carpenter , RIP.
@Young-if1jz2 жыл бұрын
@@chatchaikeoswang9254 And I am here in 2022, still loving this song of generations.
@paureh95736 ай бұрын
2024 @@Young-if1jz
@greglemon2305 ай бұрын
2024 Karen is still the best, it took me a while to realize it (when you are a teenage boy cooler to like Aerosmith and Blue Oyster Cult), but it just seems to get better with time.
@mutz195011 жыл бұрын
As a guitarist for some 40 years or more I never even came within 5,280 feet of TONY'S talent. God rest his soul and I thank HIM and GOD.
@asphyxthesixth7 жыл бұрын
Genius production as Richard Carpenter invents the "power ballad". Karen's impeccably lush harmonies swirl underneath Tony Peluso's stratospheric yet melodic phrasing. Truly a milestone for all fans of genre music; this one broke all the rules.
@fatalexception12693 жыл бұрын
@SouthVA 757 Yeah, apparently the Carpenters copped a bit of stick for this song. Some of their 'fans' accused them of selling out. Laughable nowadays of course.
@patrickryan15153 жыл бұрын
And to think, people actually complained.
@Phoebedumplings3 жыл бұрын
A game changer
@davelee89612 жыл бұрын
*THE* Voice, coupled with *the* guitar solo.
@johnwilson19972 жыл бұрын
Yes Andrew, the carpenters lush harmonies under the seering, country/ rock guitar is such a cool integral part of the song. The Carpenters were superb.
@TheDrut6663 ай бұрын
Not many gaps to breathe in this song, it seems effortless to her. R.I.P.
@thisjustisntright8 ай бұрын
Right from the first bar I am anticipating Tony Peluso's utterly brilliant solo.
@gunzlepug6 ай бұрын
He wasn't playing live though
@richardpatrick28524 ай бұрын
@@gunzlepugIm sure he was, but this video has been overlayed with the recording.
@gunzlepug4 ай бұрын
@@richardpatrick2852 Ok 👍
@kaptkewl4 ай бұрын
Richard called it "fuzz" guitar.😊
@roy4210002 ай бұрын
One of my all-time favourite guitar solos.... So melodious.
@lawrenceharrison3655 Жыл бұрын
Such a Beautiful Lady. Such a Beautiful Song. Takes me back some 50 years. Thank you, Mme Karen, Msgr. Richard. Your music will Live ForeverMore!
@jeffcalladine84113 жыл бұрын
Fantastic guitar solo one of the best ever!
@clockgarae7 жыл бұрын
The greatest Guitar riff ever. Brilliant. Many good guitarists have performed this but none have ever reproduced Tony's Tone, and sensitivity,. That is the difference from being a good performance and the performance of a maestro.
@michaelramsay54737 жыл бұрын
this is how music should sound not the shit. you hear today seventies music lives on forever
@rodolfogarcia3214 жыл бұрын
Is it rap ? Or crap?
@roddor72544 жыл бұрын
There’s still great music out there, rap and pop aren’t the only genres, you know. Look for the alternative stuff.
@iggyignas69903 жыл бұрын
Stick with the seventies and you'll never go wrong I promise
@paulcherry87428 ай бұрын
@@roddor7254Nice positive response!!😊😊
@zebonautsmith15414 жыл бұрын
The fuzz lead guitar was a masterstroke.
@777butch77710 жыл бұрын
I'll never say goodbye to Karen's sweet voice. It remains magical.
@jeanmarie45075 жыл бұрын
She was too good for this world. Period. Pure perfection.
@Stevn8er9 жыл бұрын
Tony Peluso performs the fuzz guitar solo. Magnificent!
@fudgepanda18 жыл бұрын
+Steve South I might be wrong here (according to the wife I usually am) but I think that the album had Tony Peluso actually credited with "Fuzz Guitar"
@williamblanc14658 жыл бұрын
+Steve South This could be the very first power ballad!
+Jeff Stewart A great read. Tony was truly that rarest of musicians: a trailblazer. Thanks for the link!
@williamblanc14658 жыл бұрын
Jeff Stewart Thanks man for the great link! Great information about a great musician who made things happen!
@BytebroUK4 жыл бұрын
Probably one of the finest soft-rock guitar riffs ever at the end. And Karen's voice is/was amazing. Bitter-sweet memories.
@GerardGray4 жыл бұрын
One of the best guitar solo's ever and it's not even a rock song.Wonderful music.
@raindeerprojekt41194 жыл бұрын
Yuup.. its weird!! I am a lead Guitarist in a shitty band from OLY wa, but I reference this as a part of why this instrument matters
@winksongs Жыл бұрын
Used to work behind the bar in a shitty pub where the music was just wallpaper. I put on an eight track of this album all night every night. This guitar solo is my best of all time especially as it's such a fuzzy surprise, endlessly melodic and good. The drinkers never seemed to notice five hours of non-stop Carpenters and the owners didn't care. No bloody wonder I got into punk!
@robertmccoy4016 Жыл бұрын
Karen's singing, Richard's arrangements and Tony's guitar riff. Who could ask for anything more? Absolutely love this!
@nbtd19595 жыл бұрын
To me, Karen has the best female voice to have ever entered my ears. I get the goose bumps every time I hear her sing. I also have always loved that guitar solo, very unexpected. It helped me to decide to begin playing the guitar in the 70's.
@georgeralph80315 жыл бұрын
The greatest lead break fuzz guitar solo ever recorded. To this very day.
@jmurray014 жыл бұрын
One of the finest songs ever made. God rest your souls Karen and Tony.
@asneddon35268 жыл бұрын
Tony Peluso just looked so cool, like, the happiest guy ever.
@eds39697 жыл бұрын
I believe this song was what started his career with the Carpenters. Richard and Karen remembered him from being part of an opening act band from a couple of years earlier. Karen, whose voice he idolized, called him to say they wanted to do a fuzz guitar solo for this song. That had never been done for a ballad before, but he said yes, and remained with the Carpenters until Karen's death. I think a few years ago he said that that he had heard virtually every recorded song going back to a Edison's "Mary Had A Little Lamb". He considered Karen Carpenter to be the greatest singer that ever lived.
@stockwellsantley74969 жыл бұрын
Amazing voice and in this one, amazing breath-control. Carpenters always make me cry.
@hchau478289 жыл бұрын
Listening her music makes me cry, bring back so many memories... I was 20 at that time...62 now
@MN-eu9hr9 жыл бұрын
hung chau i am 47 but i loved the carpenters (still do).i am a big fan of them.yes it bribgs back memories:(
@windstorm10009 жыл бұрын
Stockwell santley her breath control is the best--like Sinatra....that whole lyric is three lines without a breath--amazing...perfect pitch...emotional bloom...masterful and effortless
@stockwellsantley74969 жыл бұрын
I know! I keep trying to do it and just about make it, but close to passing out!
@janherrmann11249 жыл бұрын
this is a 😔 song I think she had depression
@ohannahdad10 жыл бұрын
If I could do anything as beautifully as Tony played the guitar;....I would be such a happy person!! Anything!! What a gifted young man he was.
@rharvey21242 жыл бұрын
THE 1ST ROCK POWER BALLAD.
@andrewpollock45999 жыл бұрын
The voice of an angel,genius arranger brother-and the guitar solo is the icing on the cake!
@GizmetDora8 жыл бұрын
Another beautiful song from the haunting, emotive voice of Karen Carpenter!
@pacrimco9 жыл бұрын
Great ground breaking, original guitar solo by Tony Peluso. Miss you Karen, you will always be with us through your music.
@geoffolehane8 жыл бұрын
RIP Karen Carpenter and Tony Peluso, the lead guitarist.
@rosem45848 жыл бұрын
what was it like to be in Karen's band?
@WilliamSmith-fz9lw8 жыл бұрын
I met and got to know Tony when I worked at Disney. He was an executive with Pleasure Island,,,the night club facility at Downtown Disney in Orlando. He told me I was the first person to talk to him about being the guitarist for the Carpenters in a very long time. He was a really nice guy. Died of cancer later I think.
@jimogrady11318 жыл бұрын
i like florida, our family goes to my sisters house in ft myers to escape northern winters
@thomasnorman97238 жыл бұрын
Tony liked her....his guitar solo here is cooooollllllllll
@smithwilliamn70908 жыл бұрын
??? and Fort Myers is a crime ridden hole. You must be going to Sanibel or Fort Myers Beach.
@joecastellana79348 жыл бұрын
I often wonder if Karen had any idea, had any clue, as to how much happiness she brought into peoples lives with that exquisite voice. if she only knew how much she made people smile at very the sound of her voice, perhaps she would have stayed with us longer.
@antij18 жыл бұрын
+joe castellana No, she didn't know. There's no way she could have known.
@antij18 жыл бұрын
Michael Pantyhose I think they should have committed her, too, but I don't think they thought it was that big a deal.
@antij18 жыл бұрын
Michael Pantyhose Yeah, I think that was part of her divine destiny, her purpose. She had to have this sickness and suffer, and eventually die, so that others wouldn't have to go through what she went through.
@allenquintana14378 жыл бұрын
Joe, you are right on. I heard them play at NMSU in 1972. My girl friend and I loved their music,.....plus all of my friends. To me, hers is one of the most soothing voices I have ever heard. I play the piano........and 6 of their hits. thanks for postin'. Allen
@bfnb218 жыл бұрын
+antij1 bollocks
@alexmaksacheff36584 жыл бұрын
The best ever female vocalist
@carlosmora32263 жыл бұрын
I love the way they sing and play: simple and natural. It is not a show, they are not pretending. They perform because they feel the music and express it with her voice and their instruments, not with fake actions. Excellent!
@guywebb11338 жыл бұрын
One of a kind she was. We will probably never see the talent she possessed again. The absolute finest singer ever.
@Kbb19578 жыл бұрын
She was so tortured - her whole life. I grew up with the songs that Karen Carpenter sang to me and I didn't realize until years later how profound those songs were. Her voice resonates throughout generations. xoxoxo
@tonysc76108 жыл бұрын
+Karen Berino Now we know just maybe why Karen always seemed that her very heart and soul was in the songs she sang. And it makes me wonder if it had not been for her inner torture and pain, would she have even sounded as good as she did. It's sad to think about, but in retrospect, seems that may have contributed to her amazing and soulful delivery of hey singing.
@invisiblesun65957 жыл бұрын
You're right. I think maybe everyone has a bit of pain inside just for living in this crazy world. You could probably write a song or two yourself about your experiences I'm sure : ) Remember Billie Holiday? She was another tragic soul who sang with the same heartfelt vocals that resonate with any generation. I'm grateful that God had given both of these beautiful women the talent to express that in a way we all can relate to.
@davidwalker12066 жыл бұрын
You can not beat Karen's voice.
@jamesshorten99813 жыл бұрын
The musical director of the Heavenly Choir ran into GODs throne room and said O Holy One, my lead alto singer was just reassigned and I have no one to lead the alto section. God looked at his director and said "Don't worry musical one, I have just the voice for you" and the Lord looked to earth and said, "Karen, my child, you have done enough in that world and it is time for you to come home" and our beautiful Karen was gone. Maybe if we listen hard enough we can still hear her in the wind or on a softly snowy day.
@martincoley7078 Жыл бұрын
The voice of an angel has been said many times but it truly did apply to Karen Carpenter
@davidrandall38964 жыл бұрын
Thx Tony, guitar work out of this world.
@茶丸君7 ай бұрын
カーペンターズの中で1番好きな曲❤ 子供の頃からずっと聴いてます🇯🇵
@johnnyberetta953310 жыл бұрын
IN my opinion, one of the finest love songs ever composed. And my favourite guitar riff of all time performed brilliantly by the late, and GREAT Tony Peluso !
@elainedotson67188 жыл бұрын
This is the story of my life. My heart can't be repaired again.
@bombshell427018 жыл бұрын
+Elaine Dotson It might be, Elaine. I dont speak from true experience. So the reason I say it is because I have thought I have been in love a few times since that first debilitating heartbreak. It never worked out. I was crushed and hurt again and again. But...I was able to feel that bubbly feeling again. Maybe we can find it for the long haul. Maybe not. But I think it might be possible, so why not try? It is better than looking back and thinking "what if?''
@mikereiss42164 жыл бұрын
The story of my life too. I gave up a long time ago though. I actually don't mind being alone but I guess I'm just used to it.
@seulgisbaguette15434 жыл бұрын
How are you guys?
@kellysutton27804 жыл бұрын
I think we all can relate I definitely understand what Karen was going through
@ElvarMasson3 жыл бұрын
That guitar playing is brilliant 🎸 RIP Tony Peluso
@ted_talks22 күн бұрын
She was the greatest singer of all time! The voice of an angel!
@tonysc76108 жыл бұрын
She's been gone now for as many years as she lived. And even after she's been gone for 33 years, the Carpenters still hold the title of the most successful Pop Duo of all time.
@rkmugen8 жыл бұрын
+Tony Alexander And.... may that never change! :)
@gregorymccall780310 жыл бұрын
Tremendous song. Brilliant harmony, melody, lyric, lead vocal and guitar solo. This transcends MOR and all categorisations, The best thing the Carpenters ever did IMHO.
@sonyhermawan75419 ай бұрын
2024, and The Carpenters is always the best ❤
@marcsonnenberg6234 жыл бұрын
Karen was our SUPERSTAR. She had ONLY JUST BEGUN and it seems like ONLY YESTERDAY that she was on TOP OF THE WORLD. Karen, even NOW we still long to be CLOSE TO YOU. RIP Karen and Tony.
@hildamondonedo73173 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️
@lolmoment40378 ай бұрын
Too corny…
@summersunday66753 жыл бұрын
The electric guitar part is phenominal and this song really is one of my favorites.❤️❤️👍👍
@ronallen34875 жыл бұрын
One of the all time great guitar rifts. RIP
@trevorfeldman548610 жыл бұрын
Pure perfection! An Angelic voice, fabulous harmonies and one of the best guitar solos in Pop history !!!
@MrAdriancooke5 жыл бұрын
Some say that the electric guitar in the middle and at the end is inappropriately harsh and discordant to the song but I say it just adds to its intensity
@Bob314153 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@Ajchubgainer8 жыл бұрын
She has a beautiful, warm, melodic voice that makes even this incredibly depressing song feel comforting somehow. So sad that the men in her life destroyed her.
@invisible19554 жыл бұрын
Wonderful song. Karen's voice is so delightful - Tony Peluso's guitar solos are simply breathtaking!
@keithshaw73025 жыл бұрын
Probably the greatest guitar solo in the history of music It should n't work but it does, Prefectly
@Hairydon10 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful song, its always been one of my favourites. Its so amazingly orchestrated and the words just flow. Karen was one of the most lovely female singers. Her songs always told a story, usually about unrequited love, sad love songs. I always felt she was singing her life story. I wish her life had been happier. Its so wonderful to be able to come to KZbin and listen and watch the Carpenters. Their music will never fade away.
@douglastrego5453 жыл бұрын
I agree with you Sherman about Karen singing her life story. The lyrics seemed harmful to her and I wonder if some of their music didn't become a mirror of her condition would she still be here today.
@douglastrego5453 жыл бұрын
It isn't as though I don't like their music, it's the greatest. "Goodbye To Love" literally brings to me to tears when they get towards the end when the drums break into the final "Ah's".
@douglastrego5453 жыл бұрын
God wanted an angel to come home.
@MrMoodymack9 жыл бұрын
Her passing was a Great loss to all of us that loved her and her voice that was taken to soon . Her legacy of songs keep her alive and memorys of our own loves that are lost and whats to come , which is unknown to us All . Thank you Karen .
@badrilahnaf38379 жыл бұрын
Its really memorize songs all fresh.first I heard when I was 22 now l am 64 likes all songs very much.
@martm2164 жыл бұрын
One of the great guitar solos - gorgeous.
@joehunter64139 ай бұрын
Probably my favorite of all the songs they did. Top 5 at least. She had such an amazing voice. Never will be duplicated. RIP Miss Karen 😞
@steveakhurst41129 жыл бұрын
Wow beautiful pure silk voice with such meaningful words
@mikeys1211 жыл бұрын
MAN I LOVED KARENS VOICE AND THAT JAM AT THE END IS AWESOME!!!
@ianfrancis7777 жыл бұрын
So interesting the way they blended classical choral elements with a jazzy rock guitar. Amazingly, it worked and then some!
@Supersweetguy6 жыл бұрын
At the time this song was released, the Carpenters did receive hate mail (claiming that the Carpenters had sold out and gone hard rock) because of Richard's idea for a fuzz guitar solo in a love ballad, and some Adult Contemporary (AC)-oriented radio stations refused to play the song because of this solo (which may have kept it from reaching #1 on the AC chart, becoming the first Carpenters A-side since "Ticket to Ride" not to be a #1 AC hit). However, many Carpenters fans today still admire the song for its respectful uniqueness.
@ianfrancis7775 жыл бұрын
@@Supersweetguy Just read this. Incredible that they'd get hate mail over such a cool guitar solo. It did not take away from the ballad, it enhanced it.
@Deidara8510 жыл бұрын
The guy playing the guitar is SO in to it. I love it!
@foofoobear6610 жыл бұрын
He always looked that way, so happy and so into what he was doing.
@jselectronics82154 жыл бұрын
@@foofoobear66 Why didn't Karen fall in love with Tony? He would have been good for her.
@nirmalsuki Жыл бұрын
Just Richard Carpenter things: inventing a whole new genre of music for no reason. I don't think there is a better power ballad than this.
@DayneReedy4 жыл бұрын
Karen’s voice and sound were beyond compare. She was pure singer/musician. Even Ella Fitzgerald said how beautiful her voice was. She was so true to her song.
@raymondwilliams260911 ай бұрын
I'm 60 years old now, but I can't help thinking if someone had just held her tightly and told her how much she was loved and adored, it could have made all the difference..... ? I guess we'll never know, now..... 😢❤
@susanfromnola86615 ай бұрын
And how beautiful she was with a perfect body
@alexanderbrookes93315 жыл бұрын
This song is best the carpenters ever released and well ahead of the time.
@edwardbrady75993 жыл бұрын
goodbye to love is my favorite
@Suri-o7w2 жыл бұрын
Whenever Karen opened her mouth and sang she always had a way of making people happy I was around 19 going on 20 at the time of her passing and when she passed away it was the saddest times for all her friends and family and legions of fans around the world I try too keep all the fond memories of Karen and the Carpenter's alive by listening and enjoying the sweetest songs ever sang by the Carpenter's
@cinemusicaymass8 ай бұрын
LA MEJOR CANTANTE Y LA MAS SENTIMENTAL.... DONDE QUIERA QUE ESTES KAREN...GRACIAS POR TU MUSICA. 2024
@garryheywood13 жыл бұрын
Surely one of the most iconic and beautiful voices of our age, velvety smooth tones and pich perfect, this lady was taken from us long before her time and she is missed by millions who share the love for her special gift.
@andreashaw43952 жыл бұрын
Tony was a talented man with that guitar. I also enjoyed being his gal back in the early day's of Guzzaries. I loved his mom for always making us hamburgers with only ketchup on them, eating them in that big beautiful house. Glad to know you stuck with your music & went on to work with some of the best musicians ever. You were a master in the studio as a great engineer ~ ♥️ RIP sweet Tony.
@lonesomeguitarplayer3 жыл бұрын
The saddest love song I know. And one of the most beautiful.
@clockgarae7 жыл бұрын
Tony Peluso . What a talent. Sadly missed.
@joevtam4 жыл бұрын
One of greatest voices of all time!
@dinuni099 жыл бұрын
best of the best. This song, that I've heard when I was young. Brings of the memories of those times. Happyness of tears. Thanks a lot, Carpenters.
@cobrabill18 жыл бұрын
Karen Carpenter was a beautiful addition to what we consider what makes life worth living. Think about her voice and try to hear it tonight while you fall asleep. You'll see.
@johndelcher52514 жыл бұрын
cobrabill1 i listen to this beautiful singer every night -she is an Angel -i can down load forever and never get enough of that beautiful voice -its heaven on earth -i love her -
@morganalvarez592510 жыл бұрын
oh my those harmonies at the end are so amazing as a musician myself I can really appreciate how hard they must have worked to get all those notes right and pitch perfect, true genius :-) the chords that go along with the harmonies at the end are absolutely brilliant too very moving and emotional.
@vincenzoridente99944 жыл бұрын
The greatest female pop singer of the 70s
@davidhwalton10 жыл бұрын
Greatest guitar solo in history.
@ionthetarget3 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@robertn.bontempo15593 жыл бұрын
yes. simply, yes.
@arman27743 жыл бұрын
‘Time’ by Pink Floyd probably is, but this still rocks!
@jeffreycrawford65415 жыл бұрын
During my early teen years The Carpenters were admired by so many people. People of all ages so enjoyed and respected these two amazing talents. Karen must have suffered so much emotionally. But she was a beautiful lady with a beautiful soul. And I do not think ANY female voice can be compared to Karen.
@mikehassell46593 жыл бұрын
Not only did Karen have a wonderful voice, she was a very beautiful woman!
@edwardbrady75993 жыл бұрын
My God! Listen to the words? She was singing about herself! what a voice! she will be missed!
@nathankim76649 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite guitar solos start at 1:32 as well as 2:56. ^^
@jimpreston57784 жыл бұрын
Can’t take my eyes off of her....how can anyone look so beautiful & sound so perfect at the same time....she was one for the ages....our age....so overjoyed that I am able to listen to & see such a magnificent heartfelt performance that perhaps speaks to her inner most feelings,....feelings most of us have had at one time but could not express like this....love...😎🥂
@RitaSora2 жыл бұрын
Happy 76th Birthday John Bettis! Thank You for the outstanding lyrics on this great song and all of your songs.I love your lyrics and you!