One Love The Carpenters

[@clayton.harmer8399]

If i were granted one wish . i wish i could go back to 1975 and tell karen how beautiful she was

[@michaelharrow2313]

I was fortunate to have seen The Carpenters in Germany in 1975, and they were absolutely BRILLIANT! Karen remains my Most favourite female vocalist.

[@Josephinasava2457]

Best female vocalist of all time

[@gaypollard2227]

Our wedding song- 45 years ago today. Ours has been a beautiful, “one love “ marriage.

[@audiobooksmore3374]

I don't care what anyone thinks, there will never be another artist with a voice like Karen's. Best vocalist - EVER!!!!! So sad she is no longer with us! If only....

[@abbafatherswarriorprincess3627]

I agree!!! She was my very first inspiration when I started singing as a little girl. God really gave her a one in a million voice!

[@MegaFabien007]

Absolutely best years of my life growing up with her music! I was in high school, and still today, the most pure voice ever!! So sad that there wasn’t more time

[@ThomasSlater18]

I first heard her when I was 4 back in 2010 and about 2 years ago I remembered her unmistakable voice, looked up who it was, and after 2 years, £1500 worth of carpenter's memorabilia and a 108-song-long playlist my love for her has only grown stronger

[@malcolmross8427]

I agree completely! Nobody else comes close! 😃👌

[@RitaSora]

Nobody better! Such a gift to us.Thank You Karen!

[@stevenhines3458]

Nobody in this 21st century can compete with Karen Carpenter voice she had a lovely voice she was the nicest singer of the 20th century just to enjoy listen to music today

[@audiobooksmore3374]

I don't think I could agree with you more. She had a one in a billion voice! Her voice gives me goosebumps!

[@huskie4ever17]

there will never, ever be another voice like this...

[@kevinl960]

yes, not before and definately not these days

[@ksca9792]

Her voice was golden. There will never be another Karen Carpenter. She touched our hearts and souls. I still feel that when i listen to her songs after all these years.

[@luciatomokoinoui7247]

I agree with you Greg!

[@josephpolidore954]

Every time I hear her sing it makes me sad that she’s not with us anymore.😔

[@kevinfollows6304]

Gorgeous lady with a beautiful voice sadly missed

[@richardwhite2344]

Karen Anne Carpenter. One of the greatest singers who ever lived. Some people may try to imitate, but there is no one else who could touch the hearts of millions and millions of people like Karen did. Speaking for myself, a huge music lover, I love hundreds and hundreds of artists but no one touched my heart like Karen. Karen did something all the others were not able to do, touch your soul as well. To this day when I play a Record or CD of the Carpenters I still say "WOW" when I hear Karen sing. She was a absolute phenomenal singer with absolute perfection in every song she sang and she just takes your breath away with every word and every song she sings. Just like her brother Richard. A Absolute genius!!!

[@RitaSora]

So true! A fan since day one and I still say wow when Karen sings.My favorite singer.Love her voice, sense of humor and personality.Really miss her.

[@Coupydog]

One of the most profoundly beautiful songs ever written, sung by a true Angel. Breathtaking 😎😭😔

[@RitaSora]

Very well said!

[@billparthum206]

It is so amazing that a woman who was loved by so many never found the love she wanted. She was sheltered, overworked, isolated. As a father, I can only ask where was HER father when she needed help? Wouldn't you step up if you saw what was happening to her physically and emotionally? I don't care how tough the wife was, he should have done something; especially when she moved back home.

[@chesterhardy3153]

There were alot of guys like like that, especially in that era of time. Guys go to work, dutifully give the paycheck to the wife, wife runs the home. The guys world is about the job and putting food on the table. Add to the fact that at the time no one knew what anorexia was. So sure, Karen loses lots of weight but turn on the TV and you see Twiggy or Goldie Hawn look thinner yet. I don't blame Harold as much as Richard. Cause Richard was right there the entire time. But he was too nerdy and self absorbed and on quaaludes to notice.

[@billparthum206]

@@chesterhardy3153 I think one thing we missed in all this was, unfortunately, the role drug usage may have had in her passing. The coroner reported numerous needle marks bilaterally in her groin area. At first I took this as insulin injections as her blood sugar was over 1100. But those would have been more in the thigh areas. The groin area is used for inconspicuous purposes for things like cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, etc. Studies show that 28% of female usage there is initiated by a sexual partner. Guess who. No toxicology report is public that I know of, providing confidentiality for the family and that "plausible deniability". Karen was struggling with so much. R.I.P. angel.

[@billparthum206]

@@chesterhardy3153 Unfortunately, Karen may also have gotten involved with drugs, as the numerous needle marks bilaterally in her groin area, noted on her autopsy, would indicate. Depending on what was used, this, when added onto her other diet/prescription problems, only hastened her ending. So sad.

[@helokopter924]

@@billparthum206 THAT is NOT mentioned in ANY documentary or anything else I ever read about her.

[@billparthum206]

@@helokopter924 Would you expect it to be? The family got Tom Burris to sign a confidentiality agreement to never speak of his own wife. On anything. To omit explanation of numerous needle marks, never analyze stomach contents, and never address enlarged porta hepatic lymph nodes would be small potatoes for a recording studio and wealthy family to stifle.

[@45pulse]

As a vocalist, absolutely no one can come close to this woman… ever……❤️

[@rosejane8077]

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful she beats these singer's of today by miles they don't even come close to her.!!! I miss this beautiful woman with the Angelica voice she had such a beautiful soul.!!! If there is a heaven she is definitely there I hope she has found peace and the love and happiness and joy that she never got when she was on this Earth.!!! I love you so much Karen you are so sadly missed by millions and millions of people.!!! Your always in all of our heart's.!!! I will listen to your beautiful music and your amazing voice the rest of my life.!!!😍🥰💓💓💓💓💓💓💓

[@timjurgena3250]

Very well said Rosejane!!! Those are my thoughts as well

[@sammy2840]

One of the great musical talents of all time! Started listening to them in 1969! She always touches my heart to this day!❤️

[@MrDonJBerg]

1970..MADLY in love with Vicki and the Carpenters were on my AM radio in my 1960 Rambler with this song. .Her dad broke us up but we stayed in touch for almost 30 years until she died Feb 8, 2014. Although I have been married to a wonderful lady, tomorrow, for 42 years, YOU never really forget your FIRST LOVE..RIP Vicki.

[@andrewhanson5942]

A 1960 Rambler, eh? Now that's a bit of nostalgia in itself. (Not exactly a road burner was it?!) I love KC too.

[@rebekatalebi8046]

Wow. What a voice. Her voice sends chills up my spine. RIP.

[@isu-7822]

Dittos on the chills, + tears to my eyes. Very few, if any female singers compare to Karen's crystal clear/spectacular voice in the 21st. C.

[@bruschmidt9943]

No one compares!

[@annepentila3440]

My parents were fortunate enough to see them while they were vacationing in Mississippi. My mom said it was a great concert. Wish I would have had the experience but I grew up with their music. No voice will ever compare to Karen’s now or ever. She’s one in a million

[@DanteRaymundo-ok9fb]

Superb lyrics, melody and rendition by karen.

[@crystalthomashKC]

Beautifully haunting song. Karen is perfection.

[@alexmessiah1917]

Best comment ever 💯

[@jacobforreal5221]

I don't think people realize that the Carpenters music is very spiritual.Heavenly

[@JamesAllen-hn7zb]

Standing there, holding out His hand to me.... (Jesus)

[@igorchepiga2922]

No words to describe her voice - heavenly sound, heavenly pleasure to listen. It goes through you and you wonder how can that be.

[@scytale6]

Wow she's so great. No comparison.

[@stevedrake4564]

What a beautiful song sung by a beautiful angel, sung with all the love in her heart! There was only one Karen Carpenter -- no one to compare!

[@gvalley07]

The gold standard! RIP Karen.

[@nohabraotraigualmartinezpe9908]

Karen arrived like an angel and became, with the passage of time, a legend of sweetness and love, and even in her chords she gave us her harmony of life that with the passage of time remains more alive than ever, lives in our hearts and will be an eternity for the new generations, it will be eternal forever, Thank you Richard for being part of this tribute to your sister...Thank you Totally.

[@davidturner3617]

Perfection

[@waynebrasler]

So many people have told me over the years that every time they listen to this record they weep (I am weeping right now). This and "Hideway" alway slay me. "Maybe It's You," "Crescent Noon," "I Need To Be In Love," "One More Time," "The Uninvited Guest," she was, she is a genius. As for Richard, his conceptions and arrangements and vocals have totally stood the test of time. He is a genius. Bless them both.

[@antoniocamacho4769]

Her song "Now" makes me cry.

[@bruschmidt9943]

Great list, Wayne! 📜😌

[@RitaSora]

So well said! Those are stand out songs for sure!

[@bodato5760]

❤

[@damienburke288]

Heard her today in store KNEW THAT VOICE who would not

[@Coupydog]

I'd bet you also stopped to listen? 🎵🎶

[@RitaSora]

I love walking into a store and hearing Karen sing.I stop right in my tracks and can not leave the store until the song is over.My big sis says it is still that way for her to.What a hold she has on us.She is unforgettable.Really miss Karen.

[@jfas1962]

Soft voice of Karen. Like an Angel , singing in my feet in my bed.Today She sings for God.

[@Coupydog]

Maybe..& if we truly get to do what pleases us most up there, she is drumming 😎😌😏😿

[@bruschmidt9943]

Beautiful. Her exquisite voice gives my heart peace. So unique & special, we will never see another artist like her.

[@katherine3486]

Olivia reunited with her best friend. In Heavens Choir.

[@kboyzrock]

Beautiful song, she just blows me away with her sweet voice. Makes me misty eyed when I listen to her sing these love ballads. Great videos too!

[@lj036226]

For eternity ...

[@patriciacubacub00]

One love in my young life Took me somewhere I had never been, And I want to live again, breath again In the shelter of his brightly woven love song. So long I have wanted love To be sitting just this near to me. Now my waiting here is free. Few are the choices we are given, The sand of time pass quickly by. One dream of my young life Now stands holding out his hand to me, Now I can't help but believe That my whole life will be spent in one love.

[@wickerdigitalmedia6077]

My favorite Carpenters song of all time. Beautiful song, stellar vocals arrangements. Always.

[@ZoeTheCat]

Hmmm, it's very hard to pick a fave. Mine is a tossup of either "Eve" or "Crescent Noon" Everything else is a very close 2nd ;-)

[@antoniocamacho4769]

My favorite is: For All We Know!!

[@bruschmidt9943]

For me, "Hideaway" is my # 1. So difficult to call, they were all stellar & cut on First Take. Phenomenal vocalist.

[@alexmessiah1917]

Fact 💯

[@vixenrevitup]

⁠@@ZoeTheCat You have my very favorites at the top of your list too! Crescent Noon is number one and Eve is number two! One Love is number three, Crystal Lullaby is number four, and Solitaire is number five!

[@juliedeleon999]

One of my many many favorites of karen carpenters.

[@klauskarnath8233]

Very True Vocals from an Angel...

[@DERedhead65]

Lordy, she STILL give me "chills" TO THIS DAY! they just DON'T make voices like Karen's everyday... I still cry when I hear her haunting voice most times... sad. I know Richard Still misses her, glad he's keeping the music alive... brings back SO MANY memories from the 70's, am now 44 and this was "my time" in music, Great stuff... "rest in Peace", Karen...

[@RitaSora]

This is one of those songs by the first note you already love the song and then.....THE BEST VOICE ever comes on.Karen takes your breath away in this song! So grateful for The Carpenters.

[@aplleyva]

Couldn't agree more, favorite song and a shame she is not still with us.

[@jacobforreal5221]

One of the most beautiful songs i've ever heard.

[@RitaSora]

Me too!

[@bruschmidt9943]

Me three!

[@guacgod6544]

just wonderful. tears. they dont make musc like this anymore

[@tmurphy001]

Hard to believe this was a"B" side (of "I Won't Last A Day Without You")! Beautiful song.

[@Coupydog]

This gal didn't sing "B" sides. Not her!

[@RitaSora]

Right?

[@PoetessPossessed]

"Lovely" is the word that springs to mind each time my eyes grace Miss Karen.

[@1ampixie]

What A VOICE...! I have enjoyed all my growing up life, she was on the radio every day,,, miss that and the beautiful music the carpenters made. RIP KAREN

[@RitaSora]

Me too!

[@LLacle63]

Few are the choices we are given... The sands of time pass quickly by...

[@pattibrooks1907]

Karen had a really beautiful voice ! NO other female singer can sing nearly as well !

[@catbail13]

Voice of an angel.

[@andrewmarino537]

I would always take my older sisters 8 track tape and listen to her , and at 52 still do!!!! amazing and timeless

[@rickyburton4227]

Andrew Marino. hello andrew i to liked karen she was a great singer.

[@antoniocamacho4769]

@@rickyburton4227 She was and would always be the VERY BEST Female singer of ALL TIME.

[@LLacle63]

Between the gorgeous oboe and her voice.. MY GOD, it doesn't get any better than this! Total eargasm! ❤

[@johnb.2518]

Love that phrase total eargasm - exactly what she gave us all...

[@katherine3486]

Have never heard this ... beautiful. Thank you for uploading.

[@brigittegeorg]

What a beautiful song.

[@emmanueldimal]

INCOMPARABLE!

[@lawrencegreen9142]

I began listening to the Carpenters as a 12 year old boy ... and love Karen's angelic voice 45 years later more than ever. This is an absolutely beautiful song ... thank you for posting/sharing! 😊

[@bryantlane8646]

AMEN AMEN AMEN HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH FOR GODS GRACE TO US IN SONG THROUGH KAREN CARPENTER…DR.BRYANT LANE..A FOREVER FAN.

[@emmanuelbarco8370]

such a sweet voice that calms my heart ..... so pleasant to the ears .......

[@kboyzrock]

What a beautiful melancholy song, sung by a fantastic woman, amongst one of my favorites of the Carpenters. Great video too, some of which I have never seen before. Thanks for sharing this.

[@cappenjack]

Perfection....incomparable....

[@mimitesten5555]

As I watch the gaunt Karen - I feel enraged at the one or two producers that told her she was "fat" or too "Pudgy" to perform on TV. She took them at their word and it ended up killing her (because of her Bulimia and Anorexia). What a total shame that this angel's pure talent and beautiful gift should have been limited to more than her 32 short years. God bless your soul, dear Karen, and I know God has put you front and canter in his heavenly choir. Thank you for your gift to us for so many years. XO

[@johnx5891]

Probably not a "producer." She started dieting in high school. She started to become obsessed with weight loss in 1973. Carole Curb, her ex-boyfriend and record executive Mike Curb’s sister, said, “She weighed 110 lb. or so, and looked amazing… If she’d been able to stop there, then life would have been beautiful. A lot of us girls in that era went through moments of that. Everybody wanted to be Twiggy. Karen got carried away. She just couldn’t stop.”

[@improvguru]

What a wonderful song. Rest In Peace, sweet angel.

[@sandrahefner2599]

Shes the greatest she died so young

[@kboyzrock]

A most beautiful song and video montage of Karen, joyous yet sad in the fact she left at such a young age, brings tears to ones eyes just watching and listening to her wonderful voice.

[@hotongyin]

The chorus is especially beautiful

[@alexmessiah1917]

As days pass this becomes more historic esp the song

[@cappenjack]

perfection /pəˈfɛkʃ(ə)n/ noun "The voice of Karen Carpenter"

[@rpsnet]

Magnificent voice, wonderful interpretation, superb music! Applause from Brazil!

[@gisleineleite6122]

The voice of an angel ... 💓💓💓

[@RitaSora]

Happy 77th Birthday Johm Bettis! 🎉 Beautiful lyrics!Love You John!❤

[@chengbearbear2291]

My favorite ever . 52 years ago in a party with my first love, unfortunately can’t make ends meet. She’s in Toronto and I’m in Vancouver

[@bradbradley1121]

cry everytime I hear this

[@artieoliverio4124]

Here too

[@bruschmidt9943]

Me three 😥😞

[@libertelibre]

Me four

[@thomasstark5381]

So beautiful Karen !

[@busternelson1]

My favourite singer of all time

[@greentea9206]

Her songs are always sad, broken hearted, full of so much emotions like her life. Its like she was conveying her life to her songs and interpreting them like a masterpiece. Its very sad a talented woman wasted away because of a contolling brother and narcissist mother. They drove her to depression and eventually sadly unintentionally killed herself senselessly.

[@bradbradley1121]

shes sining with the angles

[@rodlabbe2976]

Brad Bradley And the lines and circles!

[@NuXta]

Brad Bradley She IS the Angel.

[@bruschmidt9943]

Funny he never edited this comment 😶

[@cascades905]

My all time classic favorite song! :-)

[@jacobforreal5221]

Thank you for uploading this! The most beautiful voice ever.

[@MrLibra56]

I listened to this the day she passed away.....when I was 14, she was my crush and dreamed that one day, I'd meet her....I miss her....

[@ma.luisaighut4332]

How I love your voice, Karen!

[@RitaSora]

Thank You so much for posting this amazing song.The music,lyrics, Karen and Richard's vocals are beautiful and flawless!

[@田村識維]

I feel happy to hear or to meet such a beautiful song or words.

[@teresareddy8173]

Absolutely beautiful song

[@jdd1224]

an amazing one of a kind voice.

[@robertpeterson7349]

One of their greatest songs! Little heard unless you had the album!

[@vicenteramirezceleridadjr4158]

Such sweetest love!

[@KSchwab9]

Can the term "hauntingly beautiful" be used to describe this song? Oh yeah!

[@DTR396]

Another stunning arrangement by Richard, beautifully showcasing Karen's voice. Ever wonder why so few Carpenter's covers are done?? For as many Top 40 songs as they had, it's odd.

[@bruschmidt9943]

Isn't it obvious? Even Artists who's Fans have compared to Karen: (Linda Ronstadt & Anne Murray come up frequently) have never touched her music. Who knows better than them?

[@arnairbalkhobar2929]

Im crying again...

[@johnb.2518]

Sign that used to be seen everywhere: When Karen Carpenter Sings You Shut up! The beautiful thing is that nobody has to be told - everyone instantly and automatically does, hanging on every note, every word...

[@MrLinoventura]

superbe chanson..............c'est l'Amérique qu'on aime vu de France..

[@branco44444444]

Che meraviglia divina. Se uno avesse mai dubbi che Dio esiste, se ascolta la voce di questo angelo quei dubbi gli spariscono all'istante. Un angelo di nome Kare Ann Carpenter da New Heaven in Connecticut, un angelo che io amerò per tutta la mia vita!

[@davebuehner4307]

I want to purchase the Karen Carpenter complete collection, including the Dick Carpenter trio, her recordings at Magic Lamp, her solo album and every track of The Carpenters, every tv appearance and the live recordings. The hits were nice, but the less played stuff is true gold. Her duet with Ella Fitzgerald is like Bach and Beethoven writing a concerto collaboratively. Richard publish the whole enchilada, there are millions of us who want it all.

[@greenwich1754]

Those of us old enough remember Karen quite clearly - it's getting to be 40 some years ago. It is posited that Christ died about 33 A.D., & the earliest Gospel (Mark) is attributed to 62 + A.D. So Mark wrote his memories/experiences of Jesus. My point is that those who lived at certain times in history recorded them, even if "years later". Karen is now with our true One Love.

[@helokopter924]

Aramic parchment containing Gospel of John discovered a few years ago, not far from where Dead Sea Scrolls found. Researchers placed it about 30 ys AD. I believe another Gospel(s) was even earlier ?

[@paymonbidari278]

long live KC.

[@alexle6008]

wonderful song

[@florcha34]

Thank you for your beautiful commentary really and I coincide with you 100% We will love her forever KC FOREVER!!

[@pongsakvittayarumpa9233]

Brilliant !

[@MrLinoventura]

The world like Karen C. ....Le monde aime Karen C...sweet voice in the night .

[@moyrajohn]

There will ...NEVER ..be another Karen Carpenter

[@conceicaoferraz1785]

Maravilhosa e Maravilhosa

[@artieoliverio4124]

Just so so sad

[@nancysalaysay5415]

The best

[@rolabe9814]

Karen, my one love.

[@libertelibre]

A splendid song !