The Carpenters - Superstar REACTION

[@tomschmitz261]

RECORDED IN 1 TAKE! READING THE LYRICS OFF A NAPKIN! AND ONLY 21 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME!... OTHERWORLDLY incredible...

[@stephenbosanquet3577]

Hey Drummond great to hear you love Karen's incredible voice, and this is a brilliant song that showcases her amazing control over her instrument second to none

[@ellat2302]

Great reaction 😊 Shes just has this longing purity warm voice, pulls ya right in! Keep rockin👍✌🙏

[@TerrySleuth]

She's a good storyteller with the right emotions at the right time

[@bonester50]

No one compares to Karen and I have heard many a voice. Whoever coined the phrase Nobody's Perfect, never heard Karen Carpenter sing! As a person she was beautiful inside and out. Most humble individual I have ever read about. She also loved dirt biking and playing softball. Can you believe this beauty loved sports. She will have been gone 40 years on 2/4/1983. R.I.P. Drummergirl.

[@jbs256]

Drummond, respect, I would not take you for a typical Carpenters fan. You have widened my eyes. You definitely got it and know and understand. Never judge a book … That dark sounding horn that haunts the beginning and other parts is an Oboe. It gives me the chills every time. I believe it’s a woodwind, but I’m not a musician. Some suggestions, I don’t know your history yet; Rainy Days and Mondays, This Masquerade, Goodbye To Love, and to brighten the mood Top Of The World. Keep up the good work and welcome to the rabbit hole…

[@manolitoenales3363]

I Love your reactions and analysis. Try to react to Carpenters "Goodbye to Love" a great ballad with a powerful fuzz guitar and Karen's voice so beautiful.

[@helokopter924]

Karen is the voice. Clearest of all. Im on my late 60s, so remember Carpenters very well on the radio and TV specials. 5'3 KC had a haunting timber in all her songs. Did you know every female harmony in all of her songs was hers as well, sang, then dubbed into the song by Richard ? She began, with her brother Richard, by playing drums. Richard, her brother, was a terrific arranger but KC's voice was discovered by Herb Alpert, A&M Records, in 1969, which began their road to fame. Richard convinced her that her best singing voice was contralto, 'the money is in the basement'. I believe KC's, voice, especially contralto, was the best, beautiful, female voice ever. No auto-tune, stripping, gimmicks, or screaming. Her nickname was 'one take', since she always sang a song once in studio without a single re-take. She sang to you with haunting, mesmerizing emotion, perfect pitch and enunciation. Her voice compelled you to listen. She had no professional voice training. Paul McCartney said she sang Ticket To Ride better than the Beatles, and "she had the most angelic voice I have ever heard". John Lennon told her at an LA restaurant "you have a fabulous voice luv". They were most successful in early/mid1970s when she/they received 4 grammys. She was also recognized by 1975 Playboy poll as rock drummer of the year. Check other songs such as 'Solitaire', 'Only Yesterday', 'Hideaway', 'Rainy Days and Mondays',' 'This Masquerade', 'I Can Dream Cant I'(a big band era song), 'Hurting Each Other', 'Close To You', 'A Song For You', 'All You Get From Love Is A Love Song'', ' I Need To Be In Love', 'We've Only Just Begun',' Goodbye To Love', etc.. She had a few friends including Petula Clark, Olivia Newton John and Dionne Warwick. She had anorexia with a serious onset in 1975 that continued the rest of her life. Married a guy in 1982 that was broke, didn't tell her he had a vasectomy, and mistreated her. Never knew true love. She died Feb 1983 at 32yo due to complications from anorexia. Her solo album was released some years after her death. [Some info contained herein came from documentaries such as, "Only Yesterday"]

[@dennisbransfield966]

Thank you for your reaction to this Carpenters Song. I appreciate your willingness to give The Carpenters a try. I hope you will also react to their song, "Make Believe It's Your First Time" - Peace.

[@stephenbosanquet3577]

try those good old dreams more upbeat maybe a little country but the vocals are still sensational

[@craigreid7178]

Drummond, nice reaction. Here's a song I would like you to react to by a group that never got their due for what they really were which was way up there on the level of Santana or even better - BLUES IMAGE. This won't get blocked either. Here's a great one to begin with - "TAKE ME" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnPSYmmFdsimras

[@paulwhitman3922]

Yeah a metal cover sung by early Geoff Tate or Rob Halford 🤔 they could definitely bring the metal out of this song.