Carpenters - Rainy Days and Mondays (1971)

[@JosephPetrizzojr-v4p]

I'm a session drummer who played with alot of people in the 1970's & 1980's, I was in California when Karen was singing Rainy day's in the same studio, when she started to sing you couldn't hear a pin drop everybody was so star struck when she started to sing & I've been around alot of stars but boy oh boy this woman was fabulous and her drumming was great, R.I.P. karen I miss you and talking to you may God bless your soul.amen. 💔💔💔💔

[@stukazzo8026]

Excellent and underrated drummer. I think her finest drum work was on Mr. Gruder.

[@JosephPetrizzojr-v4p]

@@stukazzo8026 yes your right it was, but she was just a tremendous drummer. 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

[@carolgroff591]

She made me want to play the drums! What a awesome voice though!

[@andrewhanson5942]

What an amazing experience you had there Joseph.

[@ajsway7134]

Karen Carpenter had the clearest voice I've heard

[@laurarichards1599]

She sounded better in person than in a studio. That is rare talent. She was a beautiful soul and such a rare talent. Her soul just shines. That she could never get the love she needed is so sad. Her voice is that of an angel.

[@andrewhanson5942]

Agreed. I find it to be sadly ironic that for all of the beautiful and romantic love ballads that she graced the world with, that she never found anyone to truly love her.

[@LLynneM]

She was the best vocalist but that is lip syncing, which shows would make all musicians do bk then. Idk how they managed to get it so matched up. That’s a true talent too.

[@andrewhanson5942]

@@LLynneM As usual, her delivery was perfect, and perfectly timed. I don't have any problem with the lip sync show, as I know is was a lot easier to pull off for the producers than trying to do it all live. I think the only one we could count on for live shows on TV in the 1960's was the Ed Sullivan show.

[@LLynneM]

@@andrewhanson5942 oh ya. They made them do it.

[@Mister8224]

​@@andrewhanson5942Actually, other shows back then had way more "live" acts than Sullivan. It was rare R&R acs performed live on Ed's show. merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, & other variety shows were mostly live.

[@mikehuffman5460]

I saw Led Zeppelin in Dallas in 1971. I saw the Carpenters in Fort Worth in 1972. I am 72 years old as of today, and I feel incredibly lucky to have seen both of those shows.

[@renarga6886]

More talent in her little finger than 90% of today's female entertainers have in their whole bodies. R.I.P. Lead Sister

[@zx7-rr486]

As a performer, yes. Karen was a stunning virtuoso singer/drummer. The standard for performing back then was generally way higher than today, and of course there are a lot of technical aids to help these days with electronic sequencing, autotune etc. Having said that, some of today's major acts do have real talent. Coldplay and Chris Martin rock. Taylor Swift is not in the same league as Karen for performing skill, but she is solid instrumentalist, and a genius songwriter. I am a guitarist and pianist myself, so I understand playing/performing.

[@nomiddlenamenmn427]

It is raining. It is Monday. Life is good because angelic Karen Carpenter is singing away this lonely clown’s blues. Thank you.

[@tripsando5059]

Hvala!

[@ricthornton2958]

This is what "flawless" sounds like.

[@sunshineresujento2301]

No one can replace her voice....i really like carpenters songs

[@ecb2]

This is what excellence in musicianship sounds like. They are all really good, but the fact that Karen Carpenter was equally talented as a singer and a drummer is amazing. The fact that she could do both at the same time so well, put's her in a class of true elites.

[@ShayAnnCan]

Karen is my very favorite singer of all-time. ❤

[@RAC3504]

Absolute pitch perfect. Flawless.

[@CharlesBallard-f3t]

Effortless, drumming, effortless singing. Some people say “a gift from God“. I’ll go along with that but that girl worked her tail off at her craft , and man does it show ! ❤ Karen Carpenter forever❤

[@ChildOfThe1970s]

Purest voice in my lifetime...flawless.

[@bfx20018f]

We had her for a short period of time. Thank God for that.

[@Dastardly_X]

🌟

[@KeyofDavid5778]

The most beautiful voice on Earth and heaven! !

[@richardhamblen5526]

I still get chills from hearing her sing AND play drums simultaneously! An irreplaceable talent..I literally stop whatever I'm doing to hear HER..not one singer in a million could do that, especially while making live sound better than studio..I'm a musician with perfect pitch, just not the voice to go with it, like she has..and believe me , no autotune, etc. can match it with her..100% talent, period..I played some of their songs in high school, still love them..

[@lindaosika7648]

Once in a lifetime voice

[@richardhamblen5526]

Singing AND ums..she can NEVER be replaced..period..

[@Bch2025]

Effortless talent. She had the kind of voice that seemed like she just opened her mouth and this gorgeous and perfectly rich toned sound poured out like honey. Its so profoundly sad when such beauty is not recognized by the one who possesses it. We all have an appointed time to leave this life so there is no reason to expedite it's time of arrival. Life is so precious.

[@noniesnyder1856]

So much talent she sang and played the drums effortlessly. This song is absolutely beautiful!

[@danebear7666]

I still don’t understand the condition that took her. But I loved her and selfishly I feel she should still be with us.

[@MsSmitty9]

What Eyes. !!!! God Bless Her.

[@tcanderson9079]

Simply love her!❤ They should have never brought her out front! She always looked so much happier behind the drums and singing!😢

[@richardea4223]

Thank you, Karen ❤🌹

[@jospinvanraat8730]

So Beautiful❣ 👌🏾🎵Would have loved to be present in studio when they were laying down vocal!🎙

[@uschistahl5565]

So absolutely beautiful,voice, drumming and lyrics.I‘m glad I was a teenager in the 70ties and enjoyed all the wonderful real music.

[@bluebear7061]

Simply ear candy. Amen

[@donnayoung6348]

I THINK OF THIS SONG EVERY MONDAY

[@rbf100]

Karen was the greatest talent. Unmatched either before or since. Rest in peace dear Karen.

[@planetJRB]

My all time favorite Artist 😍❤️❤️😍 Forever Carpenters

[@jarodcarnarvon5198]

It was last week that marked 40 years since she sadly left us. Her 🎵 will continue to live on.....

[@charlesballard8316]

How did she do that ? Time after time after time . Absolutely flawless!!!

[@mirai-eigou-shoshinsha]

Verily, verily I say unto you: Karen Carpenter is the only singing angel that has ever come down to this base world.

[@Dastardly_X]

🌟

[@al6347]

Dam your right 💯 KC is still an Angel 😇 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[@ShayAnnCan]

Listening to her brings tears to my eyes. She's my all-time favorite singer.

[@jon5104]

@@ShayAnnCan She was an angel, effortless voice control , what a gift to this world

[@jeanettemarkley7299]

THE best singer of all time, and she could do it while playing the drums.

[@stephankoch7905]

Love this song.

[@byzinski]

Karen Carpenter > THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FEMALE SINGING VOICE 🎤🥰, ever. “Silky Velvety Silk “ R🙏🏽I🙏🏽P Portland Oregon USA 🇺🇸

[@Dastardly_X]

🌟

[@RustlingLeaves77]

My late older cousin at age 6 used to listen to this song in the family station wagon and on the radio. Sometimes while listening, she had her elderly neighbor in mind because of her crush on him. Karen was a singer and drummer back then. I'm glad my cousin got to listen to that heavenly voice and the songs by the dynamic duo before she died.

[@tideebb2940]

I can assure you that if there is a man who does not fall in love with Karen Anne Carpenter's voice, he is not a man.

[@Djr67]

This is so beautiful

[@freeguy77]

53 years since it was released has not dampened her unique singing timbre or range, nor the 41 years (Feb. 1983) since we lost her to her own internal demons. She was only 21 here, and had a powerful, full-featured voice by 17. She should have had another 40 years of superb singing and drumming, both of her skills have been described as the finest for the female side. Her rare, lowest-register (for women) contralto voice and 3-octave range gave her a depth of emotion not heard from the usual mezzo-soprano or sopranos. It makes us feel as though she actually is experiencing what she is singing, with automatically more credibility to her. There's been no other woman singer who can do what she does in touching your emotions. Lost her in being with us at only 32, but her spirited, remarkable voice will forever be heard with that magnificent quality she enthusiastically gave everyone to enjoy as long as humans exist on the planet.

[@oasis5827]

Absolutely Beautiful! MAGICAL VOICE.......

[@jooei2810]

We lost an angel but we will always remember this angel who changed our lives.

[@DanielLiebert-i1p]

Particular here you can see Richard Carpenter's exquisitely precise and inimitable arrangements and how he created a perfect setting for his sister's vocal. It was he who insisted on bringing his sister out from behind the drums to be front and center the incredible vocalist she was.

[@GavinBurts-eg3vs]

What masterpieces left undone, unheard, undiscovered 😢😢 Unmade😢😢😢

[@realbogus]

Lest we forget she was a damned good drummer!! Talent overload.

[@gregman1715]

SAD karen should be here looking back at her incredible legacy will always love you KAREN SWEET angel

[@benjaminroch700]

What beautiful song from beautiful lady

[@Djr67]

Karen was so pretty

[@johnfigula]

Such a beautiful voice and truly one of a kind talent. Tragic ending for someone so young and very unappreciated in music history

[@andrewhanson5942]

Agreed. I find it to be sadly ironic that for all of the beautiful and romantic love ballads that she graced the world with, that she never found anyone to truly love her.

[@tonimesmo6850]

A voz mais linda do mundo!!!

[@MarkVA71]

Karen had such a great voice. It was so sad when she died.

[@Fernando-yf4co]

I cant think on a more beautiful voice

[@442glenwood6]

I could listen to her voice even if she was singing IRS Publication 609-a(5).

[@juliecrowder1432]

I agree 👍

[@joaogilberto1052]

Não sou dessa época, mas me apaixonei pela voz e pela música...não tem como não gostar melodia perfeita!

[@markbradley5290]

Karen had that Ringo hi hat thing going.Awesome.

[@jackieblue4212]

Thank you so much to upload this song Billy Rees This song when I was 3 years old thank you

[@lobosolitario4492]

Es mi cantante preferida gringa. Una voz excepcional llena de emoción y CLARIDAD. Además, la batería la tocaba con maestría. Me gusta mucho como hacía sonar la batería dandole la fuerza necesaria únicamente. Dios te tenga en su gloria Karen Carpenter .

[@doctorteethomega]

Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.

[@kc1974jamaica]

LOVE HER TONE A BEAUTIFUL VOICE DOES JUSTICE TO THIS VERSION ANOTHER FAVORITE OF MINE

[@robinyamada8226]

She didn't have to lip sinc 'cause she was so unreal singing live. I will cherish her forever.

[@alejandromorales2022]

HERMOSA VOZ

[@itinerantpatriot1196]

That is as pretty a song as you will hear. As melodic as anything Carole King ever did, with the same richness Carly Simon brought to her songs. Karen and Richard were successful but she deserved better than what she got in terms of recognition. Performances like the one she gave with this song remind us that God must love music because voices like Karen's are truly a gift from above. It's just a shame he wanted her back in His choir so soon. RIP young lady, you were great and not forgotten.

[@marymendicino9132]

Still missing this beautiful voice…….

[@al6347]

Beautiful Voice 😍 in 2022 Karen you rock

[@tomohawkkid]

Just beautiful

[@guanumbidotupi2075]

Na certa, a mais bela, escutia - a sempre ao querer ouvir algo de Karen Carpentar ainda hoje ...💚

[@jackjohnson7396]

Sad song 🎶

[@himmywebdesign]

Amazing Voice !!

[@scorpio663]

Still Love her 2024 !! ❤😇🙏

[@tripsando5059]

Izlije je priroda,pa razbije kalup!❤

[@AnnaDunder-no6mh]

Niepowtarzalny głos. Za szybko odeszłaś.

[@malindafarrington7354]

love her voice

[@jaycohen3884]

It's hard to think of her tragic end and watch this. She was such a talented woman. So young... just a shame.

[@cadaidram]

Still a lovely song

[@Dastardly_X]

Nice work Billy !!! 🌟

[@MARYKSTIVER]

Such a shame she had a short life. I remember the day she died I cried.

[@sandrahawes-lx7gj]

Karen had a beautiful voice

[@tjava2338]

Raw talent.. .sheesh

[@pongsakvittayarumpa9233]

Brilliant !

[@brendamyers6320]

The best...wonderful voice--she is missed..

[@BrigitteScholz-w9j]

❤❤i Just Love this song❤i grew Up with These songs❤because my Brother in law brought them with him❤❤and ever since then❤i Love Music!!!❤since i was 8 years old!!!❤I LY!!!❤❤❤❤

[@dedragiles1415]

11 12

[@albertourrutia5090]

Bonitos recuerdos...

[@heiro9611]

This literally sounds the exact same as the recording. That’s nuts. Most musicians live are lucky if it even sounds a fraction of what it was in the studio.

[@stevepotfora7461]

You are listening to the studio recording. They are lip-synching to it in this video. Still, I heard them live and Richard was a stickler for re-creating the studio sound in concert. He would not let her change one note.

[@heiro9611]

@@stevepotfora7461 ah well even still

[@bruschmidt9943]

Hero you are also correct. Karen could sing more closely to her Studio recorded versions than anyone; nearly identical! 💯

[@charlesballard8316]

I think she is singing live to a backing track. Usually when they are lip-synching there is no microphone in front of her.

[@heiro9611]

@@charlesballard8316 well her voice sounds the exact same on the recording too

[@yrvyndavila]

Super Exito de The Carpenters año 1971 Cada vez Que Escucho Me Hace Llorar en la mágica Interpretación de la maestra Karen Carpenter besos en quieras Que estés

[@brianbeller8404]

I really love their music it is awesome

[@sangeetajadiya2945]

I really kiss this video🥰

[@elements422]

On top of her voice, is she not a BOSS on that drum kit?

[@bruschmidt9943]

& effortless. She doesn't even glance at the drums while playing & singing. It's just like 2nd nature to her beautiful soul.

[@doomgloom8414]

Life sucks. But the Carpenters make it sound good at least.

[@tripsando5059]

😢😊

[@tripsando5059]

Tako je! Ali sa Carpenters ima nade!

[@CarlBauer-b7q]

Rainy days and Mondays get me blue sad and Blue sad and Blue just had to be between Subway and March of 1971 everybody was sad it was rainy it was in Colorado Pueblo Colorado springs cold cold snow is a beautiful song rainy days and Mondays always make me blue and sad sad and blue looking out the window all that snow and rain slush mountains cold cold cold cold hooray for😢😢😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤

[@iamtheralwus]

2:38 Richard's hair! Back in the 70s that was considered cool. I know as I wore the same style. Haha!

[@eddiemoney6625]

NOW AND LATER, Kisss

[@nelsonyasui5163]

ótimo

[@DavidSimmonds-zn2rv]

💚

[@bruschmidt9943]

I can't believe Karen was underrated back then. To have her lip synching to the Studio Recording was beneath her capabilities. She was such an extraordinary performer, I couldn't tell by her synching. When the drum rolls cane in near the end of the song, her playing didn't match the score. That's when I knew. She could've done it all live to a backing track!

[@dennisferrell3662]

Anyone know who was playing the harmonica on this?

[@JohnPOOLE-v7b]

Hope you listen. ❤

[@eddiemoney6625]

Karen is GAWD. BAWDY.

[@cadaidram]

I knew this song was melancholy, but reading the lyrics made it down right depressing 😢…I had no idea that The Intruders sang this song too! I wonder if my fellow “music buff😉😆” knows that?!🧐😁

[@laurarichards1599]

My mom loves Karen's voice and now I do to. It makes me sad poor Karen thought she had to starve herself and her family was unwilling to help her. In regards to her talent, otherworldly

[@peterbailey7265]

Theyshouldhavetheworldsbestabitcloset