carpenter - Bless the Beasts and the Children

[@glennhoddle10]

I'm leaving this comment here so maybe after a week or a month or a year when someone likes it, I get reminded of this awesome song.

[@marinecorpswarrior915]

Time for you to be reminded of this awesome song again and listen to it once more

[@iAncientOne]

One of her most under-rated songs. She believes this, and in turn, makes us believe. I still grieve her loss. Her singing still brings goosebumps and tears.

[@brianmallen8887]

How about the way she goes from that silky practically "talk" singing to "light their way when the darkness surrounds them," the way that builds...Jesus..Anybody can take a singing lesson, but the fact is obvious, hit-making singing like Karen's is a gift, no way to replicate it. Funny how she never seemed to realize that, cocky she was not. Even when John Lennon stops her in a restaurant to tell her how great she is.

[@artsci2716]

@@brianmallen8887 This song is beautiful!

[@cindykauffman8294]

@@brianmallen8887 Yes, it breaks your heart to know that SHE didn't know. How is that possible..?

[@brianmallen8887]

@@cindykauffman8294 Oh she knew, c'mon she probably heard it twenty times a day. But what is that against extreme body dismorphia. If that is the link to her depression, her melancholy then that condition went into the magic alchemy that made up her voice and the way she sang a song. Even on "Close to You," and "We' ve Only Begun" you can hear it, not depression per se; detachment. She was a girl who played drums, who wanted to be anonymous/ backround with personal issues of identity who wanted to work out all that in private.

[@marshallhackett990]

Agreed. And this movie just broke my heart.

[@kimberleywall817]

This message needs to be revived. Our world is dying 💔 😢 😪

[@lugenehaynes7584]

I don't know what makes me weep more---the beauty of her message, the angelic way she delivers it, or sadly that this golden voice is stilled. God bless you, Karen. Singing with God's choir.

[@K-OnTheCase]

@Lugene Haynes : My friend, I couldn’t have said it better…. Tears streaming as I write this response. Bless you for saying with such clarity, exactly what my heart was aching to say 💔

[@vicckk56]

It makes me weep as well. It's meaning is so strong.

[@skipwin9895]

what about her hairstyle? that makes me weep

[@jayatfreelance]

Amen.

[@jayatfreelance]

@@skipwin9895 The fact that c-nts like you exist makes me weep. You make the case for retro-active abortion.

[@tmadsam]

Karen was known in the music business for being "One take Karen." She always had perfect pitch and tone. She needed no rehearsal. I truly love her music and listen to her always. Although no longer physically with us, she left an incredible musical legacy!

[@xaosnox]

I love how people who don’t work in this industry look at it. No rehearsal?!?! They rehearsed EVERYTHING to the point that it was almost too perfect. They might as well have been robots. Every word, breath, motion, etc. was rehearsed to perfection. That's how you get things done in one take. I've had one or two songs that I recorded where the first take of a verse or other section was a "one-take" wonder, but that was mostly driven by budget and circumstance. With Karen and Richard, everything was rehearsed to perfection. Of only she would have waited a few more years. Breast implants and other cosmetic surgery developments could have given her more of a balanced top and bottom. Not that she needed it, but it would have given her more confidence about her looks. Her sister didn't know how to dress her, either. The wardrobe choices often made her look more bottom heavy, like light culottes with dark tops. I'm not a fashion guru, but I work color, and anyone dressing someone for stage performances should know enough to avoid those mistakes. Also, it's important to remember that she died of refeeding syndrome after she'd started gaining weight.

[@Jan-kq1vy]

Calm down, please!​@@xaosnox

[@brieziethirteen13]

​​​@@xaosnoxI do know guys like her..I record with one take guys often..who dont rehearse..just so you know, they are the kindof players whos first instinct on damnnear any song is so good, their first takes are best . I record and play quite a bit for various peeps and shadowhawk all the time with players who do it live..because of this, I beg to differ with your statement

[@artsci2716]

I love this song. Protecting our fur babies is vital!

[@georgevassey3729]

Without a doubt, the finest female voice of the past 50 years.Simply incredible and hauntingly beautiful.Rest in eternal peace Karen.

[@denismcauliffe4234]

Sureal. But real amazing flawless

[@PaulTesta]

@@denismcauliffe4234 Surreal

[@kimdisaturd1409]

Of all time.

[@evanescence2721]

Comparisons are odious. Barbra Streisand, Laura Nyro, Aretha Franklin deserve their props also. Karen certainly was unique, though, and effortlessly touched one's heart with her soulful voice.

[@charlesmason9625]

Let's not forget crystal gale❤

[@deborahpatterson7692]

She had a very pure and angelic voice. Rest in PEACE KAREN, you are missed but NOT forgotten 😢

[@JSmit-wm5wj]

I've been a singer songwriter in Nashville and I've noticed something about Karen that not to many people realize but I've watch her sing the same song in different videos and at different venues and I've noticed that her timing, pitch and tone are identical every time she sings it. It's amazing. I bet if you played her singing the same song in two different videos and started them at the same time the lip sinking would match identically. She truly was amazing and she had such a strong voice. I'm a 61 year old man and I'm not ashamed to say I cry every time I listen to her sing. If I make it to heaven I hope I get to meat her and hug her one time. I truly love her and miss her so much. She had such a beautiful voice and died way way to young. Richard was very talented also. He's the one that put all the music together and the harmonies. Most of his arrangements and harmonies are so beautiful and together they truly were THE CARPENTERS. God Bless you Karen I truly hope to meet you someday.

[@artsci2716]

+J. Smit Karen is simply amazing!

[@firewaterbydesign]

+J. Smit, I do believe that it is lip syncing as in synchronize and not lip sinking. This was a common practice on television for many decades. The artists would pretend to play and sing their songs, but it was all a bunch of crap, because they were required to lip sync, as the professional version of the song was played. True story bud, look it up, if you do not believe me!

[@lilyroseable]

Feel the same

[@LibsRockU]

+J. Smit Hold Karen in your heart, she's there. Good for you & everybody who feels similarly. I miss her too! The hereafter?....Surely the almighty has dramatically less fear, guilt & judgmental-ism than we do so let that crap go & live your life (not that you need to hear it from me or anybody else). After all, we very substantially create each other so your goodness is not solely your own, nor is your 'evil'....

[@jamespetersen887]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful heartfelt comment J. Smit. I completely agree with you and we're in good company here.

[@thekingsservant1793]

Sometimes when I listen to the Carpenters....I feel like God is talking to me

[@janicekinniburgh4846]

This song came to mind today as i was taking my daily walk and little dog came running down the road to greet me. It had a big gash in its neck and it was as if it was begging me for help. Pretty sure someone just dumped it as female and living in country, some cruel humans do such things. No neighbors claimed it. Taking it to vet in morning to get her checked out. She's mine now and I'm blessed to have her come into my life. God knew i would take care of her. Bless the beasts and the children, they have no voice or choice of some horrible humans in charge of their lives

[@stephenhagen234]

"A righteous man has regard for the life of his beast, but the compassion of the wicked is cruel" ~Proverbs 12:10 NASB77

[@disabldfirefiter]

Their best song! The music and the message are pure and real. I was a firefighter for more than 20 years, and to me, who has seen the worst that life can do to children, and animals, this song is both a prayer and a Commission; " keep them safe, keep them warm, light their way when the darkness surrounds them, give them love, let it shine all around them." I know the darkness, as I've been there. I've held children in my arms. I had to listen to a mother scream for her daughters, caught in a fast moving apartment fire. I've had to hose down A child's blood from a street. This is why, every time I was on the way to an emergency, this song played in my brain. Thirty-one years after I was seriously injured in a fire, the song still means so very much to me. May all of the world hear it, and may the children be safe and warm.

[@lucyfer4420]

God bless the firefighters!

[@phillysher7]

God bless you sir❤

[@kermitefrog64]

She has such a rich silky voice. She has been gone for several decades and yet her mark on the music world is still there. I would listen to the Carpenter's for hours.

[@emilymalden3310]

I was 15 when she died. I will never forget the shock my family felt.

[@bryanwinings1026]

I'll listen to her till I Die I'm 65 and I've cried every time

[@jim-elliott]

The Carpenters.

[@tomschmitz261]

@@bryanwinings1026 right with you.. from the time i was little and now in my 50's and forevermore..

[@juliebarrows8149]

Still listening here in December 2023 at 60 years old. I began at age 6 in 1969 with Ticket to Ride, and haven’t stopped since. In the ‘70’s I wanted to BE Karen. I thought she was the coolest thing since sliced bread!

[@cherylloftis]

This should be the anthem for protecting all animals and children, least they lose their freedom or maybe their lives!

[@Laurel-Crowned]

The beast? Really!! From revelations??? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Zechariah 5:6 I asked, “What is it?” He replied, “It is a basket.” And he added, “This is the iniquity of the people throughout the land.” Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! He said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.

[@bbelindamorris6384]

Laurel-Crowned 🤣

[@ferdinandpangan6494]

​@@bbelindamorris6384 you'll have to forgive our Bible-minded friend --- plagued by a poor sense of vocabulary. Obviously, " beasts" is a term referring to animals.

[@theresahaines2647]

@@Laurel-CrownedThe beasts Karen Carpenter is referring to are animals! The title of the song is Bless the beasts (plural) and the children.

[@Laurel-Crowned]

@@theresahaines2647 OK so you don't think the beast of revelations is not included in the animal kingdom? He sure not a human! My only intentions are to teach truth! For the animals spirit will descend into the earth but man's spirit will Ascend into the heavens! So it is written so shall it be 🙏 Colossians 3:10 Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him. 💪🏽

[@mistylake48]

Her voice was pure and beautiful and she is missed by all who loved her music.

[@luismoreira3711]

Karen carpinters live in skay god blles you

[@sharonmacdonald1177]

Her life and death were so sad. I grew up listening to her.

[@mistylake48]

@@sharonmacdonald1177 She was told from the start by the record people she needed to be thinner and she was not pretty enough. That started her on a downward spiral that ended in her tragic death. Her husband married her for her money and fame. Such a classy talented lady with such a sad life. People have no idea what their words do to others.

[@sharitovar3968]

She was my cousin 💔

[@mistylake48]

@@sharitovar3968 Thank you for telling me that she was your cousin.

[@markclowe]

This song makes me bawl like a baby for some reason... me, a 56 yr-old man! Every molecule of this song is amazing!

[@robertastone7155]

Mark - yes - i do the very same thing. Each time I hear this beautiful song, tears come streaming done my face. I believe that's what happens when something so beautiful as this reaches the depth of your soul........

[@ProtoType99468]

just means you still have love for everything alive in your life

[@bluebear7061]

Only an angel can sing like her. When she came home to heaven, the angels said HERE COMES OUR LEAD SINGER !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@julesdill7788]

Yes if Angels and heaven were real :/

[@Johnny-lr5jt]

@@julesdill7788 If there's no afterlife, I'm gonna be PISSED!

[@l.hadley4841]

I love this!

[@luisjuanjo1766]

​@@julesdill7788Angel means messenger. Angels exist but not as the church sells them to us😁

[@dangrimes5078]

​@@Johnny-lr5jtYou won't know Johnny, cause you'll be dead.

[@sherylmaylingo6755]

Our rescued cat just died today (2/22/22) and a friend sung this song to me, which gave me comfort that my cat had maybe lived a short-lived life but I guess we did our best to give him a life better than if he was in the streets... To our Ginger, you will be forever missed 🐈🐱🐈🧡💔🧡

[@robertastone7155]

God be with you...it hurts.....you will see her again. This song is so beautiful and so meaningful. God made all things, including the animals.."and they were good"....💔🙏🙏🙏

[@michellestewart9948]

I am sorry for your loss😢, this song helps. Karen was way ahead of her time

[@Houdini774]

When the elderly die we lose the past. When children die we lose our future. May God always bless the beast and the children.

[@elysianfields49]

But - God bless the elderly also, for the wisdom and the knowledge they may impart to us. And, God give us the intelligence to LEARN from the past - and not repeat the mistakes - ere we, once more, justify the sapient observation of philosopher George Santayana who said (probably with a certain resignation about the human condition): "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" and "Only the dead have seen the end of war." If mankind EVER becomes fully enlightened (highly conjectural), then, and only then, will the beasts and the children become fully blessed...

[@lynniepooh2072]

When the beasts die we lose humanity

[@richardea4223]

So well put. AMEN!💙

[@mitroxy1]

Hoidini. Your comment is so astute well said. As we spend time with elderly people may we draw out their finest memories and also marvel at the innocence and candor of children

[@keithforeman2180]

Beautiful comment, I'm old and approaching 70 March 2023!!

[@vmuto1]

As I woke up this morning my eyes glassed up & a tear ran down the right side of my face that soon turned into a small puddle soaked up by a tissue. It was 30 years ago Today that we lost one of the most wonderful spirits the world has ever seen & heard, her name was Karen (Carpenter.) I could never express in words what Karen personally meant to me & to this day she still has a profound effect on my Life & always will. I Love You Karen , Love Vic

[@MIKECNW]

40 now.

[@lindamaynard9649]

To my dog Milo that I had to put down today. He was 10 years old..I will meet you in heaven my sweet baby..

[@twopiecesofglass]

THE VOICE! THE DRUMMER! THE LEGACY!!!

[@donconry7894]

One of my favorites by the Carpenters , and the voice is amazing

[@dancer7915]

Her life was no waste because the beauty she left for us is so enduring as to be timeless Thank you Richard and Karen

[@donconry7894]

DAN CER I absolutely agree she was amazing

[@mikemullins3761]

Beautifully put.

[@juliadale181]

I miss her,💞

[@matrox]

Watching horses run is so relaxing.

[@javiercastillo1292]

You are so missed...RIP KAREN...a star on earth...an angel in heaven....

[@grdndiva2001]

i grew up listening to the Carpenters i loved there music then and i still do the world lost a beautiful voice when Karen left this earth they say only the good die young and Karen was one of the good ones r.i.p Karen Carpenter

[@featherstone8093]

The most beautiful voice, today in 2020 nothing compares....blessings and Love!!

[@etcetc6427]

And she never EVER needed auto tune!

[@dtshudo]

Her voice is definitely magical, rich, pure, perfect vibrato, and crystal clear. Whenever I hear a Carpenters song, I go into a semi trance. Her voice is soothing to the soul. I also become a little sad and angry because Karen because KArean was taken from us way too early in her life. Her voice along with the magnificent arrangements, mostly by her bro Richard I assume, are gold. Thank you Richard and Karen for the great music you're given to the world!

[@bettymcdowall6944]

My very favourite song ever....I cried when Karen died. I want this song at my funeral.

[@CassieJazz96]

One of my favorite songs ever. Karen's voice was like silk and Richard's arrangement is so lush.

[@bhinderbinder]

Richard was supremely talented, his arrangements make me cry. thank you.

[@warrenjohn]

Same.

[@ProudKansan08]

I just wish he would have left all the songs they did alone and redo them. Nothing was wrong with them. I wish he'd give people the choice of buying the original versions and those who don't know any better and getting the "new and improved" versions. I heard he added things to the originals to make them better but there wasn't anything wrong with the first round.

[@ScottySmac]

I watched the movie in 1971 and the most I remember about it is Karen's voice and this song. I sure do miss her.

[@ProudKansan08]

I can't remember if I was in 7th or 8th grade when I saw this movie with my friend. Never heard of it, and she called me up and asked if I wanted to go to the movies with her and see this movie. I said, ok, and I loved it. Thought it was the best movie, and my friend even had the paperback and let me borrow it to read. Pretty much exactly like the movie, which now that I think about it, usually they take the essence of the book and change a lot, but, not this movie. I wonder, now that I'm older (LOL!!), if I would think it was still good? I wonder if Amazon or Walmart or Target might have it? I've never thought to look.

[@seansullivan4709]

We saw the movie on TV as kids and teenagers... the story of my life. Always being an outcast made me relate to this movie on a deep level and the song as well. Both are imprinted on my heart and memory.

[@brianmallen8887]

I was a kid too when this song came out. I thought at the time, here's Karen gonna break our hearts again. About the movie, I thought they were outside the whole time. I'm getting sunburn just watching it. And look, there's Will Robinson. I was honered to have Karen Carpenter singing to us, and about us, the only one of its kind that I remembered. Besides "The Brady Bunch," it seemed that we were under-represented. So for that reason "Bless" holds a special place for me.

[@sounder9393]

Great movie as well. I loved seeing this misfit group of kids letting, I think it was a herd of buffalo, loose before they were slaughtered. And they didn't go anywhere. The build up to that final scene was that they were a group of kids whom society said needed help. I was ten then and had been put in that category myself.

[@daviddiangellidaviddiangel1304]

Karen's voice is absolutely phenomenal.

[@youngraines851]

The lyrics of this song is my daily prayer for the animals are defenseless and sinless in this world dominated by people who will exploit these innocents for commercial motives. My prayer is also for every man, woman and even children, to be compassionate, empathetic, kind and loving to every life that depend on us to protect them and their environment.

[@lisasargent2841]

Young Raines This is also my prayer....every minute of every day. Always & forever. My heart leaps when I hear the words I love in this special song she sings with all her God given talent.

[@cindykauffman8294]

Young Rained...that's a beautiful sentiment....

[@marthalowe1556]

what about the Children?

[@wendywinters4734]

Did I say that? I should have! 😊😋

[@georgevassey3729]

Well said indeed!

[@saffle82]

I have a friend who knew Karen and Richard while all of them were in college in Long Beach. My friend said that Karen was a sweet, loving, kind person who touches your heart to a point that they leave an eternal impression on it.

[@benjaminmann6963]

It's said, that most the time Karen only needed one take....perfect every time.

[@Coupydog]

True & sadly, this exacerbated her depression. She felt unloved & was really that good! Not putting any EFFORT into her artistry made her feel less a person. Other Stars were very jealous of her unique & unmatched talent, even back then.

[@bobl4439]

One of the great voices of our time - bless you Karen.

[@ecarmon5751]

Ditto that. I reflect on this music whenever I'm in the classroom, or throwing raw goodies to the squirrels.

[@janetgray4706]

Absolutely love this song, the arrangement, melody and her voice. True classic

[@autumncollins55]

It's still hard to believe the Karen is gone. What a beautiful person and a beautiful voice.

[@mlburkh]

Wow this is the first I've heard this song. I've heard other Carpenter songs, but i must say this stands out. So soulful. Her passing was heartbreaking. Remember to love yourself, and don't let the world invent your anxieties.

[@magnoliayaya]

No one can ever come close to that amazing voice! Karen, you were beautiful inside and out. May you rest in peace and know you will never be forgotten.

[@firewaterbydesign]

She spoke these words directly to my heart as a child, and today this song hits to my heart with ALL of the children who have suffered in child trafficking throughout the ENTIRE planet!! Bless the beasts 🙏 and the children!! 🙏 Light their way when the darkness surrounds them.

[@gropenfelt]

Unspeakably perfect. Criminally unrecognized beauty. Karen was too beautiful for this world.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@robertastone7155]

Todd: Spot on! Spot on! this is so beautifully done by Karen Carpenter - can't listen to this without crying - it touches my soul that deep.....💔💔💔

[@BC-gn1nz]

Possibly the greatest voice of all-time...so sad she is no longer with us!

[@nancyhomick7276]

Beautiful song with a beautiful message. Beautiful voice to send it. R.I.P. Karen. She had a wonderful voice and sang great songs.

[@raiderdanCA]

One of the sweetest, kindest, and deepest songs ever recorded. Thank you Carpenters, and rest in peace, Karen ...

[@danielsnyder9177]

Who's listening to this angelic voice in 2020?

[@allenbooth5193]

I'm listening. Karen died when I was a senior in high school. (She died in February; I was going to be graduating in May. When Mary Hart [one of the co - anchors of "Entertainment Tonight"] announced that Karen had died, I couldn't believe it.)

[@richardvaiciulis]

Me

[@waynemiller7357]

2022

[@MsDcameron]

2024 here.

[@Richard_Fouts]

A voice from God. We miss you Karen.

[@mytube9182]

Once the precious silky voice of Karen's entered your heart, it stays there and never breaks apart. No matter how long ago she passed away, all her songs I sang along with radio when I was a very young child still sounds loud and clear inside of my memory.

[@markdezii]

Karen was a legend. Beautiful smooth voice. Love the video. Brought tears.

[@willyclara4262]

💋❣️🌷🐾

[@marinecorpswarrior915]

This song and the theme song from Billy Jack (One Tin Soldier) reminds me of how young and idealistic I once was!!!

[@davidclementi5434]

One of her most touching, beautiful melodies that she's ever sung. It consistently brings tears to my eyes because of the subtle truth of the lyrics...

[@theprehistoricpoet]

Dear Karen, Thank you for sharing your beautiful voice with us. Your happiest songs brought us joy, your saddest, a river of tears. When you smiled, your smile became our smile, when your health was failing, your pain became our pain. You were always there for us during dark times. When you died a part of us died too. You struggled with finding love & happiness, you were not alone. You left us to join the Angels. Through your songs you will remain in our hearts forever.🦋 A Dedication To The Late Karen Carpenter. (The Carpenters)

[@RitaSora]

WOW! So accurate!! This is one of the best comments ever on the internet! Thank You for expressing what so many ppl feel but have a hard time saying.

[@brianmallen8887]

Dear Karen, I also thank you for sharing your gift with the world. I loved you madly as a kid but I covered it up with youthful snobbery. You had the sweetest, most sublime, stirring, sexy, truthful singing voice in the world. We all knew it. I can't say that I didn't sense something very sad about you from the beginning. I did. If you were put on this world to amaze us with your art, I hope you understand that that goal was accomplished. God rest your soul, love you forever.

[@rogerzimet]

A song that is more needed today than ever. Thank you Karen for that voice of yours that will live forever.

[@marilynlarosa7449]

Truly a Tresure that was loaned to us for a short while Never forgotten

[@billferron6473]

I get goosebumps whenever I hear this song. RIP Karen.

[@James-zd1lk]

Karen's voice is unbelievable.. The best..

[@galenstone9097]

My Favorite Carpenters song. Karen crushes with this one.

[@artsci2716]

How can the world forget this voice? I know I cant! Simply awesome! Simply amazing!

[@Coupydog]

We never will Buddy, not for the rest of our lives. She is cherished all over the 🌎 World 😇

[@7Lukibi99Tore7]

The song ''Bless the Beasts and Children'' is one of Karen and Richard Carpenters' greatest songs. Karen's vocal performance is unsurpassed in its' magnificence and Richard's arrangement of the music is absolutely superb.

[@pamelatibbetts7147]

7Lukibi99Tore7 I agree. I don't know why it isn't more widely known. The song is perfect and Karen's voice suits it perfectly.

[@dpurplefox]

that is only your opinion and opinions are like ass holes and everyone has one

[@artsci2716]

Karen Carpenters voice and Richards work cannot be beat! Karen is the voice amongst voices! Karens voice sends good shivers down my spine!

[@cd72]

Yes Karen had a phenomenal voice and talent. Her phrasing, intonation, range are unparalleled. She had a gorgeous 4 octave range and she knew how to use it. We will never see another singer of her calibre....she is missed even today!

[@tonybuc67]

"For the world can never be the world they see" That line always makes me tear up and I get a lump in my throat because it makes me think how fleeting childhood innocence is when we start to learn how the real world is. So sad

[@XRacerify]

Phenomenal voice... Very few peers. RIP girl... The world misses you still.

[@gulfgypsy]

Gone far too soon ------- Sometimes a soul is perhaps too beautiful for this world? Her voice was and will always be perfection.

[@robertastone7155]

Nia = spot on! When I hear and see somtehing extremely beautiful, I say that it is ethereal - not of this world. When I hear Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues, I thing the same thing - their songs were ethereal.....

[@ShowsMorgie]

One of her most famous songs! I just LOVE Karen Carpenter. She's so amazing, she has always been my most favorite female singer ever.

[@ShowsMorgie]

+renecrod3 "Close To You" is definitely one of my all-time favorite songs, that I just love to sing along!

[@thomasschmitz9894]

+ShowsMorgie mine too!

[@thomasschmitz9894]

+renecrod3 me as well!

[@artsci2716]

+Morgane Lange me too!

[@larrysullivanl8732]

I bet your pretty special yourself.

[@lessubrick4772]

What a song about pets, people and love! The Carpenters hit it out of the park!

[@Coupydog]

When I was in 6TH Grade 1972, our music teacher played this in class on the portable turntable set. Even with the terrible speakers typical of that era, my young ears heard the most beautiful VOICE ever 😍😇😢. Still to this day, I rest my case as my claim has stood the time!

[@georgie9337]

When Karen sings she means it , she feels it within . . those who dislike this music have no idea

[@trashpanda9615]

Georgie they’re likely ke$ha and kardi b fans so they wouldn’t have an idea 💡

[@chriswhatley7991]

Absolutely. You hit the nail right on the head.

[@donconry7894]

Georgie she can make you feel it in your soul which is rare especially today

[@donconry7894]

Georgie you can really feel it

[@mousearebec]

It is her interpretation of the songs she would sing that was just magical. And we are all blessed, and sad at the same time.

[@chesterdovidio1216]

The magic of her voice will never end. This was a gift from God.

[@hihosilva9089]

I thank her parents for giving her to the us and the world and Richard for bring out her angelic voice and talents with songs arranged perfectly to match her like no other

[@mitchydog99]

Have not listened to this song in a long time. I loved it when I was in my early 20's - and listening to this song again now when I am near 60 brings back memories, including how beautiful Karen's voice was. There is a story (true, I believe) about Karen sitting in Central Park in NY when a "stranger" walked by - "Beautiful voice, Luv" - the stranger was John Lennon.

[@soulsister1976]

I sang this at my Kindergarten graduation in 1981.❤

[@marybagnaschi9736]

I grew up happily listening to the Carpenters! We had some tough times in the 60's and 70's, as a generation, my family was no exception. Karen Carpenter Blesses Us all, Beast s and children, with her flawless, heavenly voice and prayers sent from above!

[@PNTTVReacts]

One of the saddest films about children EVER accompanied by one of the best song and greatest singers EVER!

[@user-ed7wr8rp1k]

What is the film?

[@moodyblues1273]

Bless the Beasts and the Children (1971)

[@pamelatibbetts7147]

I remember when it came out. I think I've seen it once and I've never been able to get through it again.

[@geerterri]

@@pamelatibbetts7147 Me, too.

[@CynthiaSchoenbauer]

She could not sing like that if she did not TOTALLY FEEL that! Bless you. May you live forever in my heart as a seed that produces fruit, Karen.

[@brokeice]

I love this song.

[@edwardmeredith860]

I am.crying the.lyrics her.voice.too much truth and beauty. She.is.pheno!inal.

[@monicachuidian-riveracalde9554]

I never got over Miss Carpenter's death, 😔 I hope if I go to heaven one day that she is the first person I meet,I was only 9 when she died, thank you Mother for introducing me to Karen's music.

[@JosephHaines-v1m]

Just as sad all these years later. A beautiful soul. Such a tragic loss.

[@tomascontreras6141]

The most beautiful song ever.

[@robertastone7155]

Amen!!!!!

[@jcfreema]

I loved, & still do love to listen to the Carpenters. Karens voice was just out of this world. Sooo beautiful..

[@ProudKansan08]

Everytime I hear this beautiful song, I ugly cry. Like now.

[@David-yw2lv]

A beautiful voice was taken from us in 1983.I'm sure she's singing in the Heavenly Chorus now,but she's missed here on Earth.Rest in peace,Karen

[@angelapolito2975]

This song makes me sob every time I hear it sung by Karen Carpenter’s beautiful voice.

[@stevedrake4564]

Thank you & I agree with all of your comments! One of the greatest, most beautiful voices in the past 50 years without question. Karen's my favorite singer all time. She actually was quite pretty and beautiful in her young twenties. Of course her voice has so much internal beauty. It's a pity what happened to her later. She was already beautiful, no need to lose so much weight. I miss the Beautiful and Sweet Karen Carpenter.

[@eiforget]

The most hauntingly beautiful voice ever.

[@pamelajordan2890]

We forget this is not just a beautiful person who gave us joy ..say thank you Karen.

[@alvinteodorodayauon5643]

My sentimental song , memories of my youth..1970s..miss my parents who are fan favorites of Karen Carpenter..

[@chas122chas122]

She had the most beautiful voice of all time..I can never stop loving carpenter's music

[@wendywinters4734]

Thank you Karen. You are an inspiration. I saw the movie, same titled, Bless the Beasts and the Children, when I was a child in the ‘70’s, and it changed my life, and outlook on our planet, and the children and animals, and the future of all of us, forever. Once we destroy the planet, it will gone forever. Think about what is precious to you most-now hold onto that, for dear life.

[@sheilabates1424]

She always sang with such feeling she left way too soon I am so glad we still have her music!

[@thomasjeanjr.2966]

This reminds me of my pets I've lost over the years. Your daddy misses you dearly.

[@sweetsusan146]

The best female voice ever in this world. I miss her and loved her. 😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥

[@andrecartier8126]

She did have a beautiful voice.In 1963 I moved from Paris to live with my cousin Dominic that lived two doors down from Karen and family. We walked Together to school every day.I became a very close friend.She had a crush on me, and I didn't speak English very good at all. We lived in Downey Calif. When I moved we stayed v.close.I would never miss a Christmas without stopping. When her mother called me at the end it didn't surprise me.I jumped on a plane and was with the family and good friends at the end.

[@danielsnyder9177]

Richard if you ever read this, I want you to know that God loves her voice before his throne. Amen

[@BeckyLMC]

Karen evokes such wonderful memories...great memories tied into her melancholy music...highs and lows. If you can't connect with your feelings when listening to this voice and the songs of The Carpenters, then you don't feel anything at all. What a loss to the world...period. Angels are sounding better. Our loss was their gain.

[@revkaelenelord]

This song has never meant as much as it does now for Australia's wildlife gone😪💔 I am sharing this to the facebook community, in MEMORY OF THEM.

[@romcallis]

I thought of that when I saw the koalas

[@pattimuse1]

I am with you on this! My heart broke everyday that I heard about Australia's bush fires with so many lives lost! Karen Carpenter's voice singing this song is so suitable and timeless! I wish she was still here!

[@josephdockemeyer6782]

I read, a few days ago, that the fires were set intentionally.😩 I'm so tired of so many evil people ruining it for us. Ready for another flood or asteroid. Or something.

[@resendeuneversos7934]

LOVELY AND ETERNAL SWEET KAREN, THEY HAD AND STILL HAVE YOUR SO SPECIAL AND HEAVENLY VOICE... WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL. 🌈💖🎵🌎🌹🙏

[@cherubimbean8320]

Sometimes, Angels do visit Earth. Karen Carpenter is one such Angel.

[@birdsfan57]

Absolutely agree...I truly believe she was an Angel...nothing else can explain a voice that touched our souls the way it did so many years and continues to do so today. Magical, moving, timeless...almost otherworldly. We lost a musical treasure the day she left us.

[@pamelajordan2890]

I keep coming back to this song, to this beautiful person..she felt it ..I don't know why she suffered so much .. yet it's the peaple who understand ..the pain are our greatest teachers..." They have no voice, they have no choice" I admit o use this a lot.. you were an old soul Karen...❤️💕♥️

[@robertastone7155]

Yes.....such a beautiful and emotionally charged song...God does bless all things because He made them and "they were good."