HER VOICE TOUCHED OUR HEARTS!!! CARPENTERS - SUPERSTAR (REACTION)

[@maryebird4966]

After more than 50 years of listening to the Carpenters, it is still impossible to listen to their music with dry eyes. Karen was such a beautiful soul. Nobody can replace her. Melancholy is what I am left with after hearing her songs. I still can't stop listening.

[@429mus]

Yep guaranteed tears as she goes straight to your heart every time.

[@jazzmaan707]

Paul Williams, who wrote Rainy Days and Mondays, said "I never thought the song would be recorded, but then an angel sang the song, and she changed my life forever. RIP Karen."

[@garyzink1927]

I read that John Lennon told her that she was the best female singer ever, but she thought he was joking and making fun of her. He was right about her. Peace from Michigan

[@danielmchenry1000]

So sad she lived like that.

[@tomschmitz261]

actually it was paul mccartney... lennon came up to her and told she had a fabulous voice luv....justin haywood of the moody blues also said she had the greatest female voice... sinatra allegedly said she was the only female singer he would pay to hear sing... streisand told her she had a "marvelous instrument"... k.d. lang considered her a female nat king cole and his equal.... she's also the favorite singer of shania twain and engelbert humperdinck.....

[@davidchase1439]

Just wish her and Elvis could have sang together talk about ultimate voices!

[@davidchase1439]

Her brother Richard deserves much more credit then he gets

[@Mikey_Sea]

@gigi v I hope that "reviewer" caught a lot of shat for his comments.

[@johntoes7542]

Probably the purist voice ever. Her death was such a tragedy 😢

[@Cannon-Fodder]

I am 58 years old. When I was a teenager I was into punk rock and all that type of heavy music. Even back then, I rated Karen Carpenter as the best female vocalist I had ever heard, and still do. R.I.P Karen.

[@clydeb7713]

The horrible demons that haunted her personal life. If she only truly knew how much she was loved by her music fans

[@LadyGator1983]

I totally agree with you!!! I wish she really knew how special she was. I wish she knew how beautiful she was and her voice was to so many people!!!!

[@gottabeemee]

Even back then, a fragile soul fractured by what she believed in the mirror... Major and oh so sad loss.

[@SweetThing]

I think Karen is in heaven and she knows how much she was loved. She's singing with the angels now.

[@nonenone7250]

the sad this is that even in the 1970s / 1980s the fake news media bullied karen so much called her fat / chubby girl for yrs until she became a anorexic for the last yrs of her life and she passed away in 1983 of heart falure do to anorexia...

[@sunsungoaway]

The jerk she married made everything worse

[@maryannturton9830]

Hit,after hit,after hit,after hit,after hit!🎙🎶

[@edgit69]

I was in middle school when this came out and I'm 65 years of age now. This lady will be forever timeless

[@CB-gr1uk]

If she only realized how beautiful her voice was. I don't believe she ever did... the best female voice ever.

[@CB-gr1uk]

@The Masked Wolf From everything I have seen and read, her mother didn't treat her to nice. Richard could do no wrong. Really a sad situation for her..

[@mikebowman8680]

I'm reading Little Girl Blue right now and in it she says her singing was an accident. She so wanted to play drums and sing. They said because she was only 5-4 tall that the audience couldn't see her when she was singing. If they had just let her play drums and sing I think things possibly could have been different. No way of knowing for sure though because she had it in her head that she needed to be thinner. If she had just gotten the support she needed at home it may have turned out so much differently. Such a great loss to the music world.

[@CB-gr1uk]

@@mikebowman8680 I believe that also. I think if they just let sing from behind the drum set, it would have helped her. I never understood media getting on her about her weight, she was never heavy. It is was horrible what it did to her.

[@amickoamora7844]

Karen's mom is to be blamed for her actions. Sadly due to malnutrition she felt ill and died too soon 😢. Her songs are strong the way how she express herself and still does even beyond the grave. Rest In Peace Karen Carpenter.

[@davidsquare4951]

Greatest singer of all time

[@lonestarbug]

Agree.

[@paulk9985]

After 50 years, I still get the chills when she sings.

[@carolhesterberg7526]

Me, too!!! Goosebumps every time!

[@charliespride2058]

Best female vocalist of her time !

[@karencolley-smidt864]

Karen's voice touches my soul each time I hear it. I can still remember where I was when I heard on the radio that she had died. I cried my eyes out that afternoon. She was indeed a SUPERSTAR!!!

[@robertkaplan3324]

Most beautiful voice in history

[@michaellazzeri2069]

Richard Carpenter's Masterful arrangement & production ! All--time classic .

[@lonestarbug]

Yes. He is underappreciated.

[@byzinski]

Karen Carpenter > The most beautiful female singing voice I’ve ever heard! ❤️‍🩹 Silky Velvety Silk ❤️‍🩹 Portland Oregon USA 🇺🇸

[@abevillanueva1974]

Frank Sinatra once commented that Karen was the only performer he would pay to see in concert. Her voice...a most beautiful and haunting at the same time. Since she passed so early, I tear up EVERY time I hear their songs!

[@gregbell3559]

Me too

[@glorialara8439]

Beautiful voice beautiful woman. Wish she could see herself as we all saw her.

[@NilsVanderweegen]

Nice one totally true rip Karen

[@dcramblermusic317]

Props to her brother Richard who produced, arranged, played piano and sang on their beautiful records...

[@otisyoung7061]

and wrote some of their hits

[@dsusan17]

Karen Carpenter was such a gift to this world. Great reaction

[@user1952-e4g]

That haunting voice. . . recognizable anywhere in the solar system. One of her best for sure.

[@jeffmorse645]

I was a kid when the Carpenters were popular and I didn't fully appreciate Karen's voice at the time. After all these years I know how special it was. There is no one like her. So rich, warm, vulnerable and sad all at the same time. Her perfect vibrato blows me away too.

[@patrickwood9692]

She is one of the few artists that make my eyes water. She is dearly missed. God rest her sad soul.

[@geneval3151]

"Superstar" was recorded by Karen on her first take, singing the lyrics that had been scribbled by Richard onto a napkin. It took a while for Karen to warm up to the song. "For some reason that tune didn't hit me in the beginning," she recalled in a 1981 interview. "It's the only one. Richard looked at me like I had three heads. He said: 'Are you out of your mind?' When I heard his arrangement of it I fell over, and now it's one of my favorites too."

[@leehanson1416]

She had perfect pitch. I'm close, I know when something is out of tune.

[@thomastimlin1724]

@@leehanson1416 Ex music teacher here. I get it. I don;t have perfect pitch but well trained relative pitch. Except most of my relatives couldn't sing on pitch lol. There was a great classical pianst in music school. In sight singing class, she couldn't sing anything on p;itch with her voice, but could identify any note perfectly, with her back turned, upon hearing. Bizarre.

[@anthonygeurtsen7143]

She was always known as 1 take Karen. Absolutely amazing!!!!

[@johnasmith7558]

This song was written by the great Leon Russell for Rita Coolidge.. Karen Carpenter's brother did not write this song.

[@scottmeeks662]

@@johnasmith7558 wasn’t it recorded by Delaney&Bonnie?

[@arsenalroo]

Probably the greatest song ever.

[@karencurtis4374]

Thank you for reacting to Superstar, my favorite Carpenters song!!! Karen nails it in this one. She can hit those low notes so well. She was once quoted saying “the money is in the basement “ referring to the low notes she could hit. A critic made a comment about her weight early in her career & it stuck with her, hence the eating disorder. Please, all of us, watch our words with people. You never know how they affect others . She was taken from us way, way too soon!!! RIP Karen 💜💜💜

[@pauldourlet]

They took her out from behind the drums . I saw her in 1972 and she came out from behind the drums and did not know what to do with her hands, she ended up slapping her thigh to the beat of the drums. Watch the cover of Help she does drumming and singing, especially the one from Japan .When she s behind the drums she glows

[@rabsmith8725]

Important lesson to be learnt.

[@53mandevilla]

Hope that critic reads all these remarks & regrets it…he’s a pig! 😢😢😢

[@andrewmcgee382]

Hard to think of a punishment severed enough for that reviewer.@@rabsmith8725

[@robertkaplan3324]

The most beautiful in history make or female R.I P. Sweet karen

[@davidhapka5410]

Karen Carpenter's voice is haunting. All the more so when looking back with the knowledge of the pain which eventually took her life.

[@surlechapeau]

Shawn & Mel, you’ll love their “Yesterday Once More”, "For All We Know", "Sing" and more!!!!

[@Tessiefaye]

It's extraordinary.

[@FUBAR1986]

@@michaelasay8587 what? Why?

[@timsparks4990]

"One Take Karen" delivers yet again! My favorite song by her! And yes, you can see, hear, and feel the pain in her voice. Her story is such a sad one. One that shouldn't have been for such a beautiful and talented young lady! Even though she married, I feel she never really found the love she was seeking. I pray that now she can see just how much she was really loved by all of her fans! There's no doubt in my mind that she is now leading God's choir in heaven! R.I.P. KAREN!

[@terrys8690]

Her range and smoothness was really unmatched.

[@arnoldhancock5104]

Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlett wrote this song, which is about a woman who falls for a rock star, has a tryst with him, but then in a bout of delusion awaits his return, apparently falling for it when he said he loved her.

[@eddieevans6692]

Yes, I think it was originally called the Groupie Song.

[@wnsafford1854]

@@eddieevans6692 I've heard that was the "working title", but it wasn't released under that title. The title on the label of the original, 1969 single, by Delaney & Bonnie & Friend's is "Groupie (Superstar)."

[@eddieevans6692]

@@wnsafford1854 Copy that

[@SRHS83]

She really was one of the most tragic losses in the music industry. You just know she's in heaven singing among the other angels. What a sound that must be!! One of my favorite female singers of all time!

[@DaveD2488]

I loved listening to Karen sing growing up. I'm black too.Her Angelic voice felt like she was carrying you as she sang her songs. We need these types of love songs back. Anyone out there who can sing please put yourself out there here on KZbin and sing, get and be discovered. There is room for everyone out there in the music genre's.

[@lulee1891]

She amazes many all over the World.

[@suzanneprock7286]

The Carpenters was one of my favorite groups in the 70's, their music touched your soul.

[@bigb6046]

Who remembers this song from the movie Tommy Boy? It even had David Spade and Chris Farley crying. LOL

[@slanj2]

She did this in one take that's how talented she was and there will never be another Artist like her ever

[@garyarnett1220]

As mentioned written by Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlett, but Karen totally transforms everything she sings into her own. Recorded in one take.

[@robinbowles5731]

The first 2 vocal notes just slay me...I think this is one of her 2 best interpretations, the other being Only Yesterday.

[@pauldourlet]

Karen's very best? Listen to Trying to get the Feeling Again --you will get chills- it was not released by Richard until the early 1990s and Solitaire. Until Richard took it down Karen did a cover of Blood, Sweat and Tears Spinning Wheel

[@dacryptkeeper6836]

Nice to see you youngsters finally discovered The Carpenters. Karen had the most angelic voice God ever gifted a drummer!!!

[@BlommaCult]

She had that voice... sang those songs... AND played the drums!!!! She was a boss. Humble and beautiful.

[@Bekka_Noyb]

Gawd I ♥ her voice!

[@alexarmendariz7763]

All I can say she could sing the telephone book and make it sound fantastic The Carpenters made beautiful music year 2022 and we still are listening to The Carpenters their music is timeless with an angelic voice like Karen Carpenter this music will never die rest in peace Karen Carpenter

[@terryduncan31]

She was so talented 😭

[@zekesanchez1851]

She was an absolute Angel singing. Her voice is mesmerizing. One of my favorite female singers for sure. RIP Karen Carpenter.

[@dennismonroe3546]

So glad to see you guys stare in wonderment over them.....lol

[@johncollorafi257]

She was one of the greatest vocalists ever, and her music was on the radio regularly in the seventies. What a tragedy.

[@johngammon7891]

Karen's voice is a reminder of how beautiful a voice can be without autotune, something most singers of today wouldn't know anything about.

[@CARLOSHENRIQUE-dt2vm]

In 80 70 60 or sing or not sing, autotune no save like today.

[@davidgregory5166]

First album I bought was in 1970 for Close To You. My friends considered me a nerd. I loved Karen. Proud for my nerdness!

[@hardboiledharry4061]

There isn't anyone today that can touch her, not this century anyway, hell or ever, she's on a level that cannot be described.

[@corinaperez226]

I love Shawn's reactions when he hears Karen. He is so moved by her. ❤️

[@denisejacob2032]

Her voice is angelic

[@MosaicRose99]

What she went through in her childhood, what she went through in her marriage....Poor sweet Karen. All she wanted was to be loved. Not abused, not bullied, not treated so coldly. It makes me tear up just thinking about it...

[@cdfdesantis699]

The most hauntingly beautiful song The Carpenters ever did.

[@gottabeemee]

Extraordinary talent, that voice is sorely missed... So SMOOTH...

[@michaelboley4428]

That’s what I loved about the 70s music when I was young didn’t realize how great it was at the time. But the production value was the best. The instruments that was used. The original beats everything orchestra all that. Today seems all sampled computer and not. But I guess it’s hard to be original when it seems like a copy from the past.

[@brasco96wired67]

There's just something very special about her voice that hits people in a soft spot when she sings.

[@lindachambers3166]

Still bringing on the chills after all this time.

[@renegilbertson9737]

I got to admit My favorite song by the carpenters is bless the beast and the children which is also a movie

[@lynne5322]

Such a tender song...like ALL of her songs 💕

[@StevePhil-qw4ep]

My Goodness...nothing but beauty all over this...Perfection

[@pauldourlet]

Saw her sing in 1972, one of the best Drummer/Singers ever. She broke the glass ceiling for women playing their own instruments Other great songs Trying to get the Feeling Again, Solitaire, Help, and Goodbye to Love. Died at the age of 32 a month before her 33rd birthday. Check out the songs mentioned on youtube and check out Karen CarpenterKick Ass Drummer

[@Mr54nomore]

Written by the late great singer/songwriter Leon Russell along with Bonnie Bramlett back in (1969). Many artists have covered this song since like the late great Luther Van Dross (1983) ...And no other artist who covered this song {Superstar) has made it their own like the late great Karen Carpenter (1971). Brilliant!

[@karencurtis4374]

Bette Midler

[@markboogren2542]

Song originally had "groupie" in the title but that was dropped because of the Carpenters wholesome image.

[@michelleydenisey4697]

I LOVE watching your faces when she starts singing. She was phenomenal and is so missed.

[@wayneclendenen2036]

I've tried to describe what I think of Karen's talent before but I've decided it can't be done... She's on a plane of her own...Love you guys!!!

[@TANTRUMGASM]

her voice is so warm and rich...not celine /whitney vocal gymnastics..... just smooth, warm , rich tone, unreal tone,

[@davidzimmerli489]

Karen was a gift to all of us who love beautiful music. It breaks my heart every time I think about her struggle with anorexia nervosa and the tragic ending. So very sad.

[@drrushfan81]

Your comments of this song brought me to tears. Thank you for showing some love towards Karen Carpenter song. 🥰

[@kathynicholson103]

Her voice was so special and unique; deep, rich and warm- like honey or melted chocolate. I read it had something to do with the shape of her face and jaw, like Freddy Mercury had a unique jaw. She also connected emotionally with her audience. She sang so intimately, it felt like she was an old friend, singing just to you.

[@laurawallis7093]

This is the best song by them imo

[@jollyj3285]

As always...no one compares to Karen...I love this song soooo much!!

[@deborahscalise3215]

This version ended up at #2 on the top 100 chart and stayed there for 12 weeks. Luther Vandross recorded his cover of it 12 years after the Carpenters made it a hit. Luther's version hit #5 on the R&B chart and 87 on the top 100 chart. This was done in one take with Karen reading the lyrics off a napkin. Amazing!!!

[@themajicman745]

Luther's version in my opinion is more romantic and touches my heart more! Who cares where Luther's version charted! He never got the recognition he deserved, because he never crossed over to Pop Music.

[@carolbrown605]

Luther really made it his own, but because it's such a great song I thoroughly enjoy the original and the remake.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

She sang like an angel, and made it sound so easy. She was a great drummer, too! Some of the greatest soft-rock hits of the 70s came from Karen Carpenter and her brother Richard (who played keyboards and sang backing vocals, and arranged the songs). Try "Yesterday Once More" or "Top of the World". She left us way too young and in so sad a way. RIP Karen.

[@fabian4ever69]

This song always takes me back to the 70s when I was a kid sitting on my grandparents front porch in the country and listening to my Aunt Dee play her records. Good times.

[@destination22ful]

Great performance of a beautiful Leon Russell song. RIP Karen and Leon.

[@bjstover9523]

I had the opportunity to meet Karen when I was tending bar a year before she passed. The bar was busy and she was with a blonde woman and she ordered a cheeseburger, fries and coke. The blonde didn't order anything. When I went to take her order she looked at me as if pleading for me not to say her name, she looked so sad. I just smiled at her. She took only 3 bites of the cheeseburger and ate little fries. I asked her if she wanted to take the rest, she said no. The blonde was not very polite. She could that I knew who she was. Beautiful voice now gone but we have her on video thank goodness. She was so small and frail.

[@joedoe5231]

When I was young man I met a beautiful young woman and this was the song that was playing when we met. I fell in love with her right then and there! Sadly, she died shortly thereafter in a car accident that broke my heart! I tear up everytime I hear this song.

[@crystalthomashKC]

Best female vocalist of all time. Richard is a musical genius. Together they were dynamite. I miss her so much.

[@steverino015]

God Blessed us for a short period by sending this Angel to us, that's how strong my emotions are for Karen.. The other message is absolutely right, John Lennon told her face to face she was the best female singer he had ever heard and she thought he was making fun of her and thought he hurt her feelings. He was being honest, Karen we miss you so very much. We love you

[@chitownlee]

Was written by Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlett.

[@chrismayer2468]

I get out of breath just listening to her sing,don’t know where she gets the air from.

[@howrued1500]

One of my favs- really showcases that liquid-velvet voice she had. Luther Vandross’ cover certainly doesn’t pain the ears. Karen’s voice is just so incredibly unique. As commented before, if you’ve not, y’all MUST see Karen & Ella Fitzgerald’s live duet/medley!!! Such a rare treasure & blessing. I’ve always felt it may be the closest to Heaven we get this side of the sky🥰❤️ Thnx for another wonderful reaction! Stay safe & love much💖

[@randyem6910]

This is such a beautiful song.

[@jackiegoodspeed1849]

Beautiful voice. Her music added to the times.

[@karen-kn3om]

I always get teary hearing this song. Karen had such a beautiful voice. Also Elkie Brooks also did a great version of this too.

[@dvdknight1]

Love your reactions! Love watching you watch Karen Carpenter. Appreciate you guys!

[@punisher455]

She had a very beautiful and haunting voice.

[@henrystanley511]

She was and is and will always be the best 😊

[@sallybannister6224]

Goodbye to Love by The Carpenter's.. it will break your heart , it is almost autobiographical for Karen. so tragic

[@carolhesterberg7526]

I love seeing how much you two love my favorite female singer!! Saw The Carpenters twice in early 70s when she was still behind the drums. Fabulous!!

[@ShadowHawk4219]

Great reaction to a real talent. RIP Karen Carpenter.

[@sharoninglima1217]

Karens voice was dark, rich and hauntingly beautiful with so much emotion. Richard’s arrangements and musical talent were incredible. ❤❤

[@TJdirect]

Every time I hear this song I start welling up with tears….

[@keithespinoza2064]

So glad you’re doing all the Carpenters stuff. Other great ones are “We’ve Only Just Begun,” “Yesterday Once More,” and “Hurting Eachother.”

[@helokopter924]

Good reaction. Herb Alpert heard Karen's voice on a demo in 1969 and signed her brother, Richard, and her to A&M records. Karen received 4 Grammys in the 70s and sold over 80 million records by 1982. She was 1975 rock drummer of the year according to Playboy. Perhaps THE best female vocalist-ever, because she commands you to listen as she sings in perfect pitch TO you, not at you, with emotion and enunciation. God-given talent. No auto-tune or gimmicks. No professional voice or drum instruction. She was known by the studios as 'one take'. She rarely, if ever, did more than one take of any song. She was also the ONLY female harmony/background voice in all her songs. She was truly born with an incredible singing talent. Documentaries point out the accolades to her voice, such as, Paul McCartney said she had the most angelic voice after hearing her sing 'Ticket To Ride'. John Lennon ran into her at an LA restaurant and told her "you have a fabulous voice luv". Supposedly Frank Sinatra stated that Karen was the only singer he'd pay to hear. I recommend songs such as, Yesterday Once More, Solitaire, This Masquerade, Need To Be In Love, Hurting Each Other, Only Yesterday, I Can Dream Cant I, Crescent Noon, Ordinary Fool, Superstar, Rainy Days and Mondays, etc. KC never knew true love. One of her few friends included Dionne Warwick. 5'3" KC really lost weight, due to anorexia, in earnest beginning in 1975. She died in Feb 1983 at age 32 due to heart complications from anorexia.

[@johnharkness7114]

The Carpenters were inspired to cover this after hearing Bette Midler's cover of it she sang on the Johnny Carson Show. It would definitely be worth listening to the version that inspired this great version of this great song

[@TiggerC]

I heard her say in an interview that there were 3 songs that really got to her and took her to another place and when she finished singing them she had to shake herself out of it. The songs are “Rainy Days and Mondays”, “Superstar” and “I Need to Be in Love”. Her favorite of theirs is “I Need to Be in Love”.

[@lisatilley8751]

My all time favorite Carpenter's song

[@kentmains7763]

She was a national treasure.

[@mariaportengen2959]

Goosebumps all over, a great voice, great music. I love it. 👍👍💕💕🎶