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
@danielmchenry10002 жыл бұрын
So sad she lived like that.
@tomschmitz2612 жыл бұрын
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.....
@davidchase14392 жыл бұрын
Just wish her and Elvis could have sang together talk about ultimate voices!
@davidchase14392 жыл бұрын
Her brother Richard deserves much more credit then he gets
@Mikey_Sea2 жыл бұрын
@gigi v I hope that "reviewer" caught a lot of shat for his comments.
@maryebird49662 жыл бұрын
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.
@429mus3 ай бұрын
Yep guaranteed tears as she goes straight to your heart every time.
@jazzmaan7072 жыл бұрын
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."
@clydeb77132 жыл бұрын
The horrible demons that haunted her personal life. If she only truly knew how much she was loved by her music fans
@LadyGator19832 жыл бұрын
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!!!!
@gottabeemee2 жыл бұрын
Even back then, a fragile soul fractured by what she believed in the mirror... Major and oh so sad loss.
@SweetThing2 жыл бұрын
I think Karen is in heaven and she knows how much she was loved. She's singing with the angels now.
@nonenone72502 жыл бұрын
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...
@sunsungoaway2 жыл бұрын
The jerk she married made everything worse
@robertkaplan33242 жыл бұрын
Most beautiful voice in history
@karencolley-smidt8642 жыл бұрын
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!!!
@glorialara84392 жыл бұрын
Beautiful voice beautiful woman. Wish she could see herself as we all saw her.
@NilsVanderweegen7 ай бұрын
Nice one totally true rip Karen
@CB-gr1uk2 жыл бұрын
If she only realized how beautiful her voice was. I don't believe she ever did... the best female voice ever.
@CB-gr1uk2 жыл бұрын
@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..
@mikebowman86802 жыл бұрын
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-gr1uk2 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@amickoamora78442 жыл бұрын
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.
@dcramblermusic3172 жыл бұрын
Props to her brother Richard who produced, arranged, played piano and sang on their beautiful records...
@otisyoung70612 жыл бұрын
and wrote some of their hits
@johntoes75422 жыл бұрын
Probably the purist voice ever. Her death was such a tragedy 😢
@karencurtis43742 жыл бұрын
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 💜💜💜
@pauldourlet2 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Important lesson to be learnt.
@53mandevilla Жыл бұрын
Hope that critic reads all these remarks & regrets it…he’s a pig! 😢😢😢
@andrewmcgee3828 ай бұрын
Hard to think of a punishment severed enough for that reviewer.@@rabsmith8725
@edgit692 жыл бұрын
I was in middle school when this came out and I'm 65 years of age now. This lady will be forever timeless
@geneval31512 жыл бұрын
"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."
@leehanson14162 жыл бұрын
She had perfect pitch. I'm close, I know when something is out of tune.
@thomastimlin17242 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@anthonygeurtsen71432 жыл бұрын
She was always known as 1 take Karen. Absolutely amazing!!!!
@johnasmith75582 жыл бұрын
This song was written by the great Leon Russell for Rita Coolidge.. Karen Carpenter's brother did not write this song.
@scottmeeks6622 жыл бұрын
@@johnasmith7558 wasn’t it recorded by Delaney&Bonnie?
@user1952-e4g2 жыл бұрын
That haunting voice. . . recognizable anywhere in the solar system. One of her best for sure.
@paulk99852 жыл бұрын
After 50 years, I still get the chills when she sings.
@carolhesterberg75264 ай бұрын
Me, too!!! Goosebumps every time!
@surlechapeau2 жыл бұрын
Shawn & Mel, you’ll love their “Yesterday Once More”, "For All We Know", "Sing" and more!!!!
@Tessiefaye2 жыл бұрын
It's extraordinary.
@FUBAR1986 Жыл бұрын
@@michaelasay8587 what? Why?
@patrickwood96922 жыл бұрын
She is one of the few artists that make my eyes water. She is dearly missed. God rest her sad soul.
@maryannturton98302 жыл бұрын
Hit,after hit,after hit,after hit,after hit!🎙🎶
@Bekka_Noyb2 жыл бұрын
Gawd I ♥ her voice!
@jeffmorse6452 жыл бұрын
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.
@lulee18912 жыл бұрын
She amazes many all over the World.
@Cannon-Fodder2 жыл бұрын
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.
@SRHS832 жыл бұрын
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!
@byzinski2 жыл бұрын
Karen Carpenter > The most beautiful female singing voice I’ve ever heard! ❤️🩹 Silky Velvety Silk ❤️🩹 Portland Oregon USA 🇺🇸
@BlommaCult2 жыл бұрын
She had that voice... sang those songs... AND played the drums!!!! She was a boss. Humble and beautiful.
@charliespride20582 жыл бұрын
Best female vocalist of her time !
@robinbowles57312 жыл бұрын
The first 2 vocal notes just slay me...I think this is one of her 2 best interpretations, the other being Only Yesterday.
@pauldourlet2 жыл бұрын
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
@dsusan172 жыл бұрын
Karen Carpenter was such a gift to this world. Great reaction
@terrys86902 жыл бұрын
Her range and smoothness was really unmatched.
@zekesanchez18512 жыл бұрын
She was an absolute Angel singing. Her voice is mesmerizing. One of my favorite female singers for sure. RIP Karen Carpenter.
@DaveD24882 жыл бұрын
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.
@dacryptkeeper68362 жыл бұрын
Nice to see you youngsters finally discovered The Carpenters. Karen had the most angelic voice God ever gifted a drummer!!!
@suzanneprock72862 жыл бұрын
The Carpenters was one of my favorite groups in the 70's, their music touched your soul.
@michaellazzeri20697 ай бұрын
Richard Carpenter's Masterful arrangement & production ! All--time classic .
@lonestarbug12 күн бұрын
Yes. He is underappreciated.
@davidsquare49512 жыл бұрын
Greatest singer of all time
@lonestarbug12 күн бұрын
Agree.
@gottabeemee2 жыл бұрын
Extraordinary talent, that voice is sorely missed... So SMOOTH...
@johnreed21072 жыл бұрын
Nothing makes me as happy every day as watching your videos. Thank you so much for what you do. I absolutely love watching your reactions to these songs. I think perhaps that when we grow up listening to certain music, we just take it for granted. Perhaps it takes someone listening to it for the first time, and watching that person’s reaction, to make us remember how great it was in the first place. Again, I absolutely love your channel.
@timsparks4990 Жыл бұрын
"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!
@jackiegoodspeed18492 жыл бұрын
Beautiful voice. Her music added to the times.
@johngammon78912 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
In 80 70 60 or sing or not sing, autotune no save like today.
@abevillanueva19742 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Me too
@alexarmendariz77632 жыл бұрын
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
@garyarnett12202 жыл бұрын
As mentioned written by Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlett, but Karen totally transforms everything she sings into her own. Recorded in one take.
@StevePhil-qw4ep Жыл бұрын
My Goodness...nothing but beauty all over this...Perfection
@brasco96wired672 жыл бұрын
There's just something very special about her voice that hits people in a soft spot when she sings.
@michelleydenisey46972 жыл бұрын
I LOVE watching your faces when she starts singing. She was phenomenal and is so missed.
@dennismonroe35462 жыл бұрын
So glad to see you guys stare in wonderment over them.....lol
@fabian4ever692 жыл бұрын
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.
@randyem69102 жыл бұрын
This is such a beautiful song.
@carolhesterberg75264 ай бұрын
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!!
@Mr54nomore2 жыл бұрын
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!
@karencurtis43742 жыл бұрын
Bette Midler
@markboogren25422 жыл бұрын
Song originally had "groupie" in the title but that was dropped because of the Carpenters wholesome image.
@patsaylor89732 жыл бұрын
So good to hear this again. So mellow!
@davidhapka54102 жыл бұрын
Karen Carpenter's voice is haunting. All the more so when looking back with the knowledge of the pain which eventually took her life.
@mariaportengen29592 жыл бұрын
Goosebumps all over, a great voice, great music. I love it. 👍👍💕💕🎶
@destination22ful2 жыл бұрын
Great performance of a beautiful Leon Russell song. RIP Karen and Leon.
@tiana22 жыл бұрын
I found you guys by chance months ago and have been watching all of your videos. Mel your a very beautiful young lady and shawn your a good looking young man. The sensitivity you both display while you react to the songs is so cute. Have a amazing day
@arnoldhancock51042 жыл бұрын
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.
@eddieevans66922 жыл бұрын
Yes, I think it was originally called the Groupie Song.
@wnsafford18542 жыл бұрын
@@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)."
@eddieevans66922 жыл бұрын
@@wnsafford1854 Copy that
@MosaicRose992 жыл бұрын
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...
@terryduncan312 жыл бұрын
She was so talented 😭
@debigiroux18112 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful voice. Love your reactions of her so special
@slanj2 Жыл бұрын
She did this in one take that's how talented she was and there will never be another Artist like her ever
@bobdelp20232 жыл бұрын
OH WOWWWW, I THOUGHT YOU GUYS ALREADY DID THIS, YIKES!!! :) GREAT SONG AND OF COURSE HER VOICE IS UNREAL :) R.I.P. ANGEL
@corinaperez2262 жыл бұрын
I love Shawn's reactions when he hears Karen. He is so moved by her. ❤️
@sarablack25472 жыл бұрын
She always hypnotises and touch's my heart with her beautiful voice.she truly was and is now an angel✨👼
@TANTRUMGASM2 жыл бұрын
her voice is so warm and rich...not celine /whitney vocal gymnastics..... just smooth, warm , rich tone, unreal tone,
@scottmenser39302 жыл бұрын
Thank you guys so much for the reaction...she was so special!
@howrued15002 жыл бұрын
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💖
@karen-kn3om2 жыл бұрын
I always get teary hearing this song. Karen had such a beautiful voice. Also Elkie Brooks also did a great version of this too.
@kathynicholson1032 жыл бұрын
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.
@dvdknight12 жыл бұрын
Love your reactions! Love watching you watch Karen Carpenter. Appreciate you guys!
@PatriciaHernandez-cp4kb2 жыл бұрын
Loved your reaction. You’re both so sincere with your feelings and make me see how much you care about Karen’s personal struggles just like we did when we first heard the dreadful news of her passing.
@wayneclendenen20362 жыл бұрын
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!!!
@Perfect_Blend2 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! Now react to "Mr Postman", Yesterday Once More", "Desperado"< "This Masquerade" , "The Oldies Medley(from the Now and Then album) or "I Won't Last A Day Without You". Also, sometime, react to "The Karen Carpenter Story".
@drrushfan81 Жыл бұрын
Your comments of this song brought me to tears. Thank you for showing some love towards Karen Carpenter song. 🥰
@davidgregory5166 Жыл бұрын
First album I bought was in 1970 for Close To You. My friends considered me a nerd. I loved Karen. Proud for my nerdness!
@cdfdesantis6992 жыл бұрын
The most hauntingly beautiful song The Carpenters ever did.
@deborahscalise32152 жыл бұрын
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!!!
@themajicman7452 жыл бұрын
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.
@carolbrown6052 жыл бұрын
Luther really made it his own, but because it's such a great song I thoroughly enjoy the original and the remake.
@conniekat34242 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite of theirs...such God given talent! I interpret this song as someone expressing their love for their favorite artist & how they feel when they hear them performing.
@lindachambers31662 жыл бұрын
Still bringing on the chills after all this time.
@bigb60462 жыл бұрын
Who remembers this song from the movie Tommy Boy? It even had David Spade and Chris Farley crying. LOL
@henrystanley511 Жыл бұрын
She was and is and will always be the best 😊
@johncollorafi2572 жыл бұрын
She was one of the greatest vocalists ever, and her music was on the radio regularly in the seventies. What a tragedy.
@davidzimmerli4892 жыл бұрын
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.
@hardboiledharry40612 жыл бұрын
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.
@steverino015 Жыл бұрын
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
@outofmanyweareone6429 Жыл бұрын
I love her so much, she was an 😇 talented 💖
@robertkaplan33242 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful in history make or female R.I P. Sweet karen
@laurawallis70932 жыл бұрын
This is the best song by them imo
@steverusso1772 жыл бұрын
great choice,one of her best
@tomrichter244 Жыл бұрын
Not only her beautiful voice but also Richard's beautiful arrangement . This is definitely my favorite Carpenters song. Thanks for sharing your take on this song from back in my era!
@keithespinoza20642 жыл бұрын
So glad you’re doing all the Carpenters stuff. Other great ones are “We’ve Only Just Begun,” “Yesterday Once More,” and “Hurting Eachother.”
@lisatilley87512 жыл бұрын
My all time favorite Carpenter's song
@steviemccormick37622 жыл бұрын
No other voice like Karen's !!!!!
@punisher4552 жыл бұрын
She had a very beautiful and haunting voice.
@spiral8891 Жыл бұрын
Guaranteed, Karen's still giving voice lessons to all the other Angels up there. Just beautiful in every way.
@annb82962 жыл бұрын
Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlett wrote this song about a woman who falls for a rock star and has a tryst with him but then in a bout of delusion waits for his return and falls for it when he said he loved her. Richard Carpenter modified one line which made the song more mainstream. The line had previously implied the vocalist and musician had slept together so the modified version covered over more of what was really going down between them. She is smitten by this professional musician (superstar) particularly his guitar playing and strikes up a romantic relationship with him. However, he appears to play her and use her for sex and then acts like she doesn’t exist. So that’s why she proclaims her love for him and longs for him to return like he promised. The song implys the probability is that he’s never returning and this heartbreak she’s suffering is something she has to try to deal with.
@chitownlee2 жыл бұрын
Was written by Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlett.
@sallybannister62242 жыл бұрын
Goodbye to Love by The Carpenter's.. it will break your heart , it is almost autobiographical for Karen. so tragic
@jamesdignanmusic27652 жыл бұрын
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.
@TiggerC2 жыл бұрын
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”.