Karen Carpenter singing Superstar REACTION VIDEO

[@bonester50]

The voice that stops you in your tracks, goes past your heart and right to your soul. There is no one like Karen Carpenter.

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@bonester50 her voice made me so emotional, I just wanted to cry its so beautiful

[@thomascamara8398]

@@bonester50 Couldn't have said it better,,

[@brucemorrow5271]

I remember you 😄

[@anthonyriley7517]

The smoothest, clearest, richest most angelic voice of all time.

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@anthonyriley7517 i love hers "Close to You" I love singing to it even though I can't sing lol

[@cryxstalized2338]

I agree best female vocalist of All time

[@justafreethinker]

Greatest female vocalist of all time. Period. Taken from us way to soon. Never got to have that happiness and love she really wanted in her life. We miss you dearly, Karen. We love you always, RIP Angel.

[@joesixpack8305]

That voice! That voice! OMG! She could sing about lawn mowers and make my senses melt.

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@joesixpack8305 wish I could sing like that lol.

[@musicloverchiefsfan5410]

Great reaction! I am amongst the great many people that love Karen's beautiful vocals! Karen had arguably the best female voice to have ever blessed the world with her sound. Tragically, she left us too soon, RIP. It's been said that the angels in Heaven rejoiced when Karen arrived - they had their new lead singer!

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@musicloverchiefsfan5410 what a beautifully sweet thing to say 🤗🌹

[@daveloboda1769]

So very, very good. A voice above all others.

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@daveloboda1769 if only I could sing half as good as her

[@jazzmaan707]

Karen's voice, when she sang, it touches your soul. Even today, 40 years later, I still tear up when I hear Karen sing.

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@jazzmaan707 she made me teary eyed for sure. 😥 😔 🤗🌹

[@Perfect_Blend]

Karen voice will live forever. She was amazing.

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@Perfect_Blend if only I could sing half as good as she 😥

[@wpollock1]

A "once in a generational voice" - she was so special.

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@wpollock1 i agree, she captures souls with her voice 🤗🌹

[@michaellarrabee4208]

Pain and sadness

[@michaelhwenig]

The VOICE, the LEGEND, the DRUMMER ❤. Together with her brother Richard’s arranging and composing around Karen’s natural pitch perfect voice they were fabulous. The Carpenters were absolutely everywhere on the airwaves back in the 70s . Their concerts were jam packed worldwide. Their rabbit hole of music is deep, far, and wide. Well worth the journey.

[@michaelhwenig]

The VOICE, the LEGEND, the DRUMMER ❤. Together with her brother Richard’s arranging and composing around Karen’s natural pitch perfect voice they were fabulous. The Carpenters were absolutely everywhere on the airwaves back in the 70s . Their concerts were jam packed worldwide. Their rabbit hole of music is deep, far, and wide. Well worth the journey.

[@catticusfeline4623]

Whimsy Meadows, thank you so much for your heartfelt reaction to the extraordinary Karen Carpenter. Karen's talent is timeless and irreplaceable. Her brother Richard Carpenter is a brilliant musician and arranger who created the Carpenters' unique sound.

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@catticusfeline4623 so they are a brother and sister team? I was thinking husband and wife.

[@michaelasay8587]

Keep goin with Karen! Ya got 50+ great ones to go!!

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@michaelasay8587 oh wow, thats a lot of great songs. I love her voice, she could sing me to sleep nightly. I'd feel so warm and safe 🤗🌹

[@danshepherd1888]

She evokes emotion with her voice. ❤️

[@thomastimlin1724]

this is probably the most haunting tune she did, even though the chorus picks up a cheerful vibe... written the famous studio musician and performer, the late Leon Russell. Karen and Richard often said in interviews, a sort of a joke but rue: "The money is in the basement"...Karen's low range voice and that warm fuzzy sound that just folds her arms around you and tells you everything is going to be okay. I would have told that to her face, because from the grave she still doing that NOW to people who were not born yet...and she looks so beautiful here before she got sick and thin from anorexia. She didn't understand we all loved her the way she was, trim or chubby, we could have cared less about that. "We loved her, we really did..."

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@thomastimlin1724 such bittersweet, her voice spoke volumes to me. I love her natural beauty. I feel too many female singers today flaunt themselves too much. Big egos. Ill have to do more Karen soon

[@lisaharrison1031]

Now she is lending her angelic voice to the heavens. Karen and Richard Carpenter were so extremely talented. FYI, the original line from this song was, “and I can hardly wait to sleep with you again” but because of the times, the early 70’s, it was changed to “and I can hardly wait to be with you again”. We lost Karen way too young. I can still remember where I was when the news broke of her death. I just busted out crying. In 1981, when she passed, she became the “face” of a rarely talked about disease. Anorexia Nervosa. So happy to see you doing this reaction. Yes, this RUSH chick is and will always be a Carpenters fan. We miss you Karen. 😢💜

[@joesixpack8305]

It sickened me when all the Karen Carpenter jokes were going around after she died from that eating disorder. Still sickens me when I think about it. I understand no one knew what anorexia was during that time but it was real and in a very sad and costly way she shed light on a problem that began looking for solutions after she passed. I admit I have trouble understanding the malady but I never doubted it existed.

[@cmw4539]

Another great song from The Carpenters is Solitaire it is mind blowing and soul touching

[@ricknbacker5626]

The instrumental codas, at the beginning and following the first verse, start with an Oboe (for the first 4 and 3/4 bars). French Horns play out the codas final 4 1/4 bars. Making for an unusual 9 bar coda. It sounds beautiful, and it sounds seamless. Brilliant. Lovely reaction young lady, RNB

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@ricknbacker5626 thank you for that bit of info. I love these instruments, they are such a lovely addition, and Karen's voice was the icing on the cake

[@ricknbacker5626]

@@WhimsyMeadows Karen is one of a kind. Karen had heard the Bette Midler version and really disliked it. Richard convinced her he had an arrangement for her voice in mind. Reluctantly, Karen entered the recording studio...and nailed the song in 1 single take. A Masterpiece was born. Best of luck to you and your channel, RNB

[@helokopter924]

Great reaction. I remember Carpenters well. Herb Alpert heard Karen's voice on a demo in 1969 and signed her brother, Richard, and her to A&M records. Karen received 3 or 4 Grammys in the 70s and sold over 80 million records by 1982. She was 1975 rock drummer of the year according to Playboy. KC had the most beautiful voice-ever, and perhaps THE best female vocalist-ever, because she compels you to listen as she sings in perfect pitch to you, not at you. 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, Say Goodbye To Love, Hurting Each Other, Only Yesterday, I Can Dream Cant I, Crescent Noon, Ordinary Fool, Close To You, We've Only Just Begun, A Place To Hideaway, and A Song For You. 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

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@helokopter924 so sad such a beautiful talent lost way too soon. Just wish things could have been different then with way medical knowledge for anorexia is now. So glad we at least still have her music and voice and look upon her angelic face in videos 🤗🌹

[@michaellarrabee4208]

Your list was one song short. A song for you, by Leon Russell

[@helokopter924]

Correction: 5 Grammys Top 10 1975 drummers, ahead of Jon Bonham

[@helokopter924]

@@michaellarrabee4208 Thanks

[@A-whiter-shade-of-pale]

This song was originally recorded in 1971 for their 3 studio album "Carpenters" Karen Carpenter - vocals, drums, Richard Carpenter - arranger, piano, harpsichord, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ, vocals, orchestration, Hal Blaine - drums, Jim Horn - reeds. Earl Dumler - oboe on "For All We Know", Bob Messenger - bass, reeds, Tommy Morgan - harmonica on "Rainy Days and Mondays", Joe Osborn - bass, Doug Strawn - reeds. Karens vocals were done in one take as she read the lyrics from a napkin where Richard had written them. In 2018 (35 years after Karen's death) Richard took the master to London and added the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to the master which he producer, arranger and conducted. The album is called “Carpenters With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra." All so on the album are "Yesterday Once More" "Hurting Each Other" "Touch Me When We're Dancing" For All We Know" "I Need to Be in Love" "I Believe You "I Just Fall in Love Again" "Merry Christmas, Darling" "Baby It's You" "(They Long to Be) Close to You" "Superstar" "Rainy Days and Mondays" "This Masquerade" "Ticket to Ride" "Goodbye to Love" "Top of the World" "We've Only Just Begun". All using the original masters and recording the Philharmonic on it.

[@WhimsyMeadows]

Oh wow, I bet it turned out beautifully. I love it when an orchestra is added. And that's such an amazing story, she sang from a napkin, just shows how incredibly talented she truly was

[@A-whiter-shade-of-pale]

@@WhimsyMeadows Richard was a master of his craft from when he was young and Karen was a unicorn when on the drums and when she sang she would melt the heart of the most rabid fan of any genre from hard rock to metal to jazz all listened when Karen sang!

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@A-whiter-shade-of-pale she has indeed melted mine

[@michaellarrabee4208]

That disc is unbelievable! I’m wearing it out.

[@minastronasse]

I share your emotion. Insanely beautiful voice, so deep. Karen Carpenter would only turn 21 one month after this recording, yet she visibly already knew a thing or two about pain.

[@gypsyhughes30]

She has such a beautiful voice, love this song

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@gypsyhughes30 me too. Wish I could sing thst good lol

[@michaelasay8587]

So glad i got to see them in 74! She was incredible

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@michaelasay8587 i bet she was. So sweet and humble. Voice of an angel

[@michaelasay8587]

Love the way you played a lil more at the end! Karen was #1😢😢😢😢😢

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@michaelasay8587 i couldn't resist, I love her sweet voice and natural beauty. I think ill have to react more to her in future. 🤗🌹

[@GinMae]

Thanks, Whimsy - originally done by Dooney & Bonnie, I believe - it's actually subtitled "Groupie"... Karen's version is fantastic.. as is everything she sings... appreciate your reaction!

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@GinMae don't believe I've ever heard of them. I love learning something new. Thank you! 🤗🤘

[@michaelasay8587]

Makes ya wanna cry every time...cry becuz her life was taken so young. Maybe like my sister that died at 38, hospitals fault.

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@michaelasay8587 im so sorry for your loss 😢

[@dpausa]

maybe when we look up at the dark sky tonight, one of those shining pinpoints of light might just be Karen shining down upon us . . . . and telling us that she is doing well . . . . . . . . . Danny in Mississippi

[@FestusQuincyAdams]

Thank you for your reaction to this Carpenters song🤗

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@FestusQuincyAdams of course, was an absolute pleasure 🌹

[@khenley7100]

Lovely reaction-seriously

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@khenley7100 awww thank you so much. Her voice and natural beauty struck a chord in me, straight to my soul 🤗🥲

[@thomascamara8398]

Enjoyed your reaction

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@thomascamara8398 im so glad you did. Should I react more to her?

[@thomascamara8398]

@@WhimsyMeadows Absolutely

[@allengray5748]

Ahhhh Karen. I'm a Hard Rock/ Metal Head kinda guy but ya this particular performance wells me up. She is of my top 5 favorite female singers with; Ann Wilson,,,, Carly Simon,,,, Linda Ronstadt and Barbara Streisand. Not sure about the next 5?? My favorite Carpenters song is a cover of THIS MASQUERADE 💕 Written by the legend Leon Russell. Great Job Miss Whimsy! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎🎸🤟🏼

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@allengray5748 i will react to another of hers soon, hope you will stick around for that. Rush reactions every Friday. 🤗🤟

[@stanleynykaza9042]

Nice reaction ,Please do SING and FOR ALL WE KNOW by the Carpenters

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@stanleynykaza9042 i will add them to my list! 🤗🌹

[@tonycapuccidj2652]

The voice.. I love Karen

[@michaellarrabee4208]

@WhimsyMeadows, please react to Karen singing A Song For You. The lyrics are classic and so meaningful. She also has an incredible video on I Need To Be In Love. Her facial expression at the end speaks volumes.

[@cd72]

This song was so powerful in their musical catalogue....they had done some beautiful songs before this, but I always feel this was on another level....their next song that Karen sings which many regard as her best vocal is Neil Sedaka's SOLITAIRE....showing her style kept getting better and better....

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@cd72 ooooh ill have to add that to my list, perhaps I'll react to it next Wednesday 😮

[@rj-ps8hy]

Stunning!!

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@rj-ps8hy yes she is....very!

[@rranger1014]

How sweet it is

[@cliffordlowerre1381]

Nice reaction. You wouldn't be the first or the last to shed a tear upon hearing her ANGELIC, passion filled voice. Especially if you know her sad, heartbreaking life's story. Over 40 years later and she still gets me every time. Can't help it. Rest In Peace Karen.

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@cliffordlowerre1381 such a sweet beautiful soul. Its not often a voice can bring me to tears

[@cliffordlowerre1381]

@@WhimsyMeadows The tears are a testament to your genuinely good heart and soul.

[@scottdpublic]

I remember that Karen Carpenter was a very accomplished drummer. I just looked it up and see that she was ranked in the top ten drummers in Playboy's poll for years, #1 in 1975 beating out Bonham and Moon (and Peart too, I suppose). I thought she was good, but not THAT good! But that golden voice! Her purity of tone is unmatched in my experience.

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@scottdpublic oh wow n she played drums too? Amazing!

[@scottdpublic]

@@WhimsyMeadows Oh yeah, pretty darn good too, and sing in that angelic voice at the same time without a hint of drumming effort coming through in her vocals, which is REALLY hard, just as sweet and pure as what you heard in this reaction! She wasn't the band's primary drummer but she really loved to play drums and often spent time behind the kit for a song or two and a little drum solo in their live performances and TV specials. If you look around there's some pretty good recordings on youtube.

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@scottdpublic ill have to do that. She seemed so sweet and natural, my kind of artist. 🤗🌹

[@A-whiter-shade-of-pale]

I discovered (well I did not discover I walked into a jazz club in Los Angeles and there they were) in 1965. At that time, they were the Dick Carpenter Trio with Richard on keyboards Karen on drums (not singing) and Wes Jacobs on bass or tuba. You can hear how good a jazz drummer she was by searching for The Richard Carpenter Trio Hollywood Bowl Battle Of The Bands 1966. They did 2 songs "Iced Tea" Which Ricard wrote and a jazzed Bosa nova "Girl From Ipanema" and won the contest the recordings are from the contest. Karen was 16 in 1966. in 1968 with Bill Sissoyev as the bass player they were in a televised contest (sort of like the music show now if you win the week you are on you come back for final night) The won again only Karen was singing as she played now. Search for The Richard Carpenter Trio: Your All American Collage Show 1968 Buddy Rich said she was one of the best jazz drummers he knew.

[@scottdpublic]

@@A-whiter-shade-of-pale Oh that is cool! That is super high praise coming from Buddy Rich! I remember seeing The Carpenters on TV a lot in the 70's but I don't recall seeing any of those you mentioned, I'm gonna go find 'em! Thanks for the tips, and the cool story!

[@Nomad-vv1gk]

The correct name of the brother and sister duo is "Carpenters" not "The Carpenters". This is also a cover version. The original recorded version is by husband-and-wife duo Delaney & Bonnie (Delaney & Bonnie Bramlett). It was first recorded under the name "Groupie (Superstar)", and was released in December 1969 as the B-side of the Delaney & Bonnie single "Comin' Home". The full credit on the single was "Delaney & Bonnie and Friends featuring Eric Clapton." This song is written and composed by Bonnie Bramlett and Leon Russell; Eric Clapton added some embellishments to the music. Rita Coolidge came up with the song idea, based on observing the relationships of female groupies with rock stars in the late 1960s.

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@Nomad-vv1gk ohh wow that makes so much sense, thank you. I feel so many bands covered songs most of us never heard of. I remember Eric Clapton's song Layla. Thank you for this information 🤗🤘

[@lisaharrison1031]

She’s lending her angelic voice to the heavens. Karen and Richard Carpenter were so extremely talented. FYI, the original line from this song was, “and I can hardly wait to sleep with you again” but because of the times, the early 70’s, it was changed to “and I can hardly wait to be with you again”. We lost Karen way too young. I can still remember where I was when the news broke of her death. I just busted out crying. She became the “face” of a rarely talked about disease. Anorexia Nervosa. So happy to see you doing this reaction. Yes, this RUSH chick is and will always be a Carpenters fan. We miss you Karen. 😢💜

[@WhimsyMeadows]

@@lisaharrison1031 her sweet voice and natural beauty moved me to tears. 😢 In ways, I think things were better back then.

[@oceanlover3530]

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