So Sweet!! The Carpenters - Merry Christmas Darling (Reaction)

[@Nomad-vv1gk]

One of the best female vocalist of the 20th Century.

[@Mr17051963]

Since the 70s, this song give me goosebumps every time I listen. Flawless and timeless! A must in my Xmas playlist year after year. 🎄🎶🌟

[@steveweaver4492]

Never be another karen. Can be tribute singers. Amazing voice of an angel.god bless karen inhaven

[@lynnecurrie7561]

It's not Christmas until I hear her singing this. ❤

[@gayleabrams9739]

Thank you for remembering her, especially this time of year. ❤

[@landreaulover]

Can't have Christmas without hearing this song at least once! Actually -- that entire album -- Christmas Portrait.

[@thomastimlin1724]

From Wikipedia: [saves me from typing]: The lyrics were written in 1946 by 20-year-old Frank Pooler, which, according to him, were about a love interest he had at the time. 20 years later in 1966, when he was choral director at California State University, Long Beach, two of his aspiring music students, Karen and Richard Carpenter, who were beginning to have success as a local band, asked him (their favorite professor) if he had any ideas for holiday songs. According to Pooler, they had become tired of the standard holiday songs they were singing. Pooler gave them the lyrics of the song he had written from years before, and told them he did not think much of the original melody. According to Pooler, Richard wrote a new tune for the lyrics-the tune currently used-in 15 minutes. Four years later, in 1970, the Carpenters first recorded and released it as a single..... TODAY: THIS is the only Carpenter song kids generally hear, once a year during the Christmas season, , and don't know they are hearing the great Karen Carpenter's voice, from the grave, exposing them to greatness in music, instead of the techno artificial noise they get pounded with day in and day out, except for reactors like you who have raised the bar back up by exposing many to this musical greatness. I would say the same for Nat King Cole's Christmas Song [Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire].

[@betsybasile-n6d]

It was really so kind to remember Karen at this time of the year. 12/21/2024 . I have loved this song since 1970. I am 77 years old now. It is a most beautiful song..................Betsy B.

[@steveweaver4492]

Perfect melody. Silky voice Very sentimental

[@connieoliver7369]

The Carpenters Christmas album is still my favourite . She had an amazing voice

[@mikekelly5491]

Lets give everyone credit. Her brother and the rest of the band members build a solid foundation for her to build from.

[@ShirleyHage]

One of my very favorite Christmas songs

[@karendoss6026]

Her voice is the most beautiful!!! I was a teenager when the Carpenters became a thing!!! A wonderful time to be alive, hearing them on the radio, buying their albums, which I still have! Love that y'all love her too!!!

[@thomastimlin1724]

In 1970, when the Carpenters first became popular with 2 #1 hits in a row, I was 14. I instantly had a debilitating crush on Karen, and she was 20. I kept wishing I was 6 years years older lol. Part of it was because I was a musician in school and a singer. She was the perfect girlfriend for me 🤣. Although it may have not been her complete image, she and Richard became the image of the extremely talented kids next door. Imagine her as a fifth grade teacher...the kids would have followed her anywhere. They were the calm in the middle of a musical storm of the 1970's.

[@robeskridge7948]

You’ll never know how much this song means until you’re deployed over the holidays. This one always touches my heart when I remember the holidays I spent apart from my Sweetie! Thanks so much for checking this one out!

[@johnbattles1002]

Thank you for your service and sacrifice! You are appreciated! From a Georgia Dad of two Army sons! 👍🙏🇺🇸

[@thomastimlin1724]

Yes, THIs really became the song for those deployed in Viet Nam back in the day, released in 1970. But only Karen could have made this so tender and loving.....

[@dewman0269]

I play this I play this song many times every year for Christmas because it's so beautiful... I love this video also... Karen had the most beautiful voice I've ever heard... She could bring out the emotions in us better than any other singer... I love the Carpenters Christmas albums... Thanks for playing this song guys... Great reaction... Keep being awesome !!!...

[@joymoore1904]

Absolutely love this song. No one could have done it like Karen.

[@artsci2716]

This song is Christmas snd so beautiful.

[@jfree336]

A voice that can melt your heart ❤️

[@catticusfeline4623]

Shawn and Mel, thank you for continuing to react to the legendary Karen Carpenter. You might also like to review Karen's sumptuous renditions of Christmas classics "Christmas Song" (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire) and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". Karen makes these timeless songs even warmer and more memorable.

[@sharoninglima1217]

Such beautiful Christmas song sung by this angel! Karen is so calming. Mel - you look beautiful & love your hair. Shawn looks great too! ❤❤

[@Mess2012Z]

It's going to be a better Christmas than it has been in a few years...we know what is coming next year! :D

[@llschnitz]

My favorite secular Christmas song.

[@buukkreider544]

Thank you for your reaction to this Carpenters video.

[@samueltabo3390]

Oh I remember when this song came out in Christmas 1970, I was 8, and probably my most loved non-religious Christmas song. This is a 1978 re-recording of Karen's vocals for the Carpenters Chistmas album and TV special. There's a slight variation in Karen's vocal in the original 1970, which is the one that I grew up with.You might want tocheckout the 1970 original recording

[@tkremarkTK]

Love your hair Mel, Pretty lady. Shawn, just a compliment to your beautiful wife!

[@Mr17051963]

♥️ Just… ♥️🙏🌟

[@KellySLC]

Try "Ave Maria" and "Little Alter Boy" They really showcase her vocal range!

[@oldermusiclover]

fell in love with this song the first time I heard it, ironically it was the week my mom died. she died between Christmas and New Years

[@tinaallen512]

Since YT started i' m glad that carpenter's music is now recognized rather than seen as the wonder bread of music that the 70's rock music magazines placed them

[@thomastimlin1724]

Oh you mean those used toilet paper rolls they call music magazines...in the restrooms of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...unfortunately they're still around in some form.

[@johnbattles1002]

I have a whole LP album of the Carpenters Christmas music. Christmas just isn’t complete without Karen Carpenter, Bing Cosby, Perry Como, Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, and Elvis Presley filling the air with their vocal magic!

[@helokopter924]

Good reaction. Herb Alpert heard Karen's voice on a demo in 1969 and signed her brother, Richard, and her to A&M records. Karen received 5 Grammys in the early 70s and sold over 80 million records by 1982. THE best female vocalist-ever, because she commands you to listen as she sings in perfect pitch TO you, not at you, with emotion and enunciation. 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. You may have reacted to a couple of these, but I recommend songs such as, Yesterday Once More, Close To You, Solitaire, This Masquerade, Need To Be In Love, Hurting Each Other, Only Yesterday, I Can Dream Cant I, Crescent Noon, Ordinary Fool, Superstar, Rainy Days and Mondays, We've Only Just Begun', etc. KC never knew true love. Her few friends included Olivia Newton John and 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.

[@cherylsims5636]

Glad someone has reacted to this song. No one comes close to Karen Carpenter

[@michaelasay8587]

Its not close to Christmas yet but this song will always make you feel good. Didn't you already do this before??😢

[@oldermusiclover]

the song was written by Richards music teacher in collage

[@NealSchultz]

Long before there was autotune, MTV and other "distractions" - there was the always in perfect tune and pitch voice of Karen Carpenter. Studies have been done on her voice that show she was her own autotune. Perfect pitch across the same songs over multiple years where she could recreate the exact sound repeatedly. I know today it's all about loud, nasty and foul language - but if you want look back when real singers could sing as far as I am concerned there's no one who has had then or since a better or more beautiful voice than Karen Carpenter. Sleep well, baby, the world still loves you as no other 40 years later.

[@asonlovejoy9773]

You should review their song Little Altar Boy (I wonder could you pray for me}. That one will get your hearts beaming.

[@JocelynHarris-dq3vu]

I had to sing this in high school

[@larrywright6214]

Check out “Little Altar Boy” from their same Christmas album. It is beautiful!

[@Mess2012Z]

My hubby has that same tee shirt

[@douglasstrayer-ng5ql]

If you are starting with the holiday songs listen to Vince Vance & The Valiants " All I want for Christmas is you "

[@artfrank649]

THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS SONGS ARE BY Karen Carpenter, Andy Williams and Nat King Cole in my opinion

[@michaelasay8587]

Makes me think about my family that died too young, a 38 yr old sister... hospitals fault.

[@michaelasay8587]

I wish Mel would start her sing8ng career...like my sister, i hope she doesn't fall 8nto the trap of thinking shes not good enough.

[@oldermusiclover]

Bob Messenger on sax

[@michaellazzeri2069]

NOW I MAY BE WRONG ---------THE YEARS CLOUD THE MEMORY--------BUT I BELIEVE THIS IS FROM 1980, & THE CARPENTERS FINAL TIME WE, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, EVER SAW OR HEARD KAREN & RICHARD PERFORM. THE 1980 TV SPECIAL WAS SO VERY DIFFICULT TO WATCH ; BOTH I & MY WIFE AT THE TIME , WERE SHOCKED ---------REALLY SHOCKED--------WHEN WE SAW KAREN ! SHE WAS SO DANGEROUSLY THIN , & NO AMOUNT OF CLOTHING COULD HIDE IT. SHE DID NOT LOOK HEALTHY AT ALL. AT THAT TIME, SHE WAS JUST GOING THROUGH A VERY PAINFUL DIVORCE FROM HER SAD, TRAGIC, MARRIAGE , & BOTH HER ANOREXIA & HER BINGE-PURGE EATING , WERE IN FULL FORCE, & SLOWLY KILLING HER. WHILE HER ANOREXIA WAS PUBLICLY KNOWN, NO ONE -----------NO ONE !!-------HAD ANY IDEA KAREN WAS EATING, THEN USING IPECAC SYRUP TO FORCE VOMITING . AND NY 1983, IT WAS THAT OVER-USE, THAT DESTROYED HER HEART MUSCLE TO SUCH A DEGREE, WHEN SHE WAS FOUND BY PARAMEDICS, SHE LITERALLY HAD NO CARDIAC OUTPUT AT ALL. ---------STILL, KAREN NEVER LOST HER VOICE. THIS SONG 1ST CAME OUT AT CHRISTMAS OF '71. I STILL HAVE MY 45, OF THIS GORGEOUS MUSIC. ---------RIP, ANGEL . --------------------MJL, 78 Y/O

[@chrisinolympiawa9295]

Did you know Karen was one of the greatest drummers of her time? Have you seen this video showing off her drumming skills? kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZWrqq19jaZ9hsk

[@gxl5892]

One of my favorite Christmas songs.