WOW! KAREN WAS TAKEN TOO SOON! First Time Hearing Carpenters

WOW! KAREN WAS TAKEN TOO SOON! First Time Hearing Carpenters - Rainy Days & Mondays Reaction!

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@tomschmitz-dj1fg 7 ай бұрын

ULTIMATE vocalist (not just a singer) who sang to the listener NOT at us, and master storyteller, who knew her "job" was to interpret the lyrics for us... As her brother, Richard, said "her voice was PHONO-GENIC" and it felt like she was singing to you and sitting in your lap...The most pure, rich, warm, intimate, movingly beautiful voice....

@bhsbmd Ай бұрын

Phonogenic, great word…

@lonestarbug 10 сағат бұрын

Agree.

@DanielFrost21 8 ай бұрын

I'll take Karen over any of today's singers. Just a pure, angelic natural voice.

@DAVIDFARMER-d9e 8 ай бұрын

This! 100%

@primordialsimilarity6262 8 ай бұрын

You should listen to Angelina jordan, best female Vocalist of our generation at only 18 yrs old

@DanielFrost21 8 ай бұрын

@@primordialsimilarity6262 heard her. I'll take Karen.

@1calvinfunny1 8 ай бұрын

@dialsimilarity6262Give me Lucy Thomas any day over Angelina Jordan...

@Educated2Extinction 8 ай бұрын

The voices are still there, but they get buried under all of the actors & influencers who are heavily processed and marketed. Carpenters faced quite a bit of resistance from "cool kids" of the day, who dismissed them for their wholesome image, and the music back then was a lot better, so they had legitimate competition. Today, the masses don't seem to even care about actual music.

@artsci2716 7 ай бұрын

I am 59 years old and to me Karen Carpenter is the best female vocalist ever.

@metalmark1214 8 ай бұрын

Karen Carpenter, had a voice that comes around once in a generation. She passed away from complications due to anerexia. Recommend - We've Only Just Begun and Close to You.

@retired4365 8 ай бұрын

I found it odd that they didn't mention that when they are an exercise couple?

@scottski51 8 ай бұрын

Certainly agree with your picks, Mark, but those are the early and biggest hits. A lifelong fan of theirs, I love Masquerade and Yesterday, Once More as well as of few of Karen's late solo tunes, such as I Know I Need to Be In Love.

@Topnikko 7 ай бұрын

Once in a generation? Name a singer in the generations since or before her who had a better voice?

@paulopinheirosc 7 ай бұрын

My favorite: "Only Yesterday".

@idareagan8874 7 ай бұрын

We’ve only just begun was the song we sang for our eighth grade graduation. Beautiful song.

@steve9199 8 ай бұрын

I'm 63 years old, and Karen's voice STILL gives me "Chill bumps" when I hear her sing. I even get a little misty-eyed from time to time. Gone WAY too soon.

@savageman2194 8 ай бұрын

Same

@iliketowatchvideos47 8 ай бұрын

Same❤

@MatthewPettyST1300 8 ай бұрын

I'm 70 and remember loving her in High School.. She still brings a tear from songs I've heard hundreds of times before.

@wildbill7081 8 ай бұрын

I am 72 and mostly into Hard Rock and Metal but anytime I listen to the Carpenters it brings out my other side hahaha@@MatthewPettyST1300

@josepiquero5919 8 ай бұрын

Can’t say it any better. And I’m a month shy of 63.

@markkracht2089 8 ай бұрын

Greatest female voice of all time!

@OrlandoGustar 6 ай бұрын

Her voice to me is like a time machine...each time I hear her voice it immediately takes me to a time when the world is all fine...Fantastic!!

@jeffmorse645 8 ай бұрын

I have yet to see anyone who's not impressed with Karen Carpenter's voice. I've watched many reaction videos from every corner and it doesn't matter their background or musical preference, they love Karen. What gets me is her breath control. She can hold a note so long so effortlessly. Plus that warm, perfect vibrato.

@vicprovost2561 8 ай бұрын

She had the purest voice and you could always understand her. She brought comfort to your ears.

@markmurphy558 8 ай бұрын

As a musical instrument, Karen's voice is amazing. Unfortunately, her handlers never let her stretch and sing some important songs. Just one sugary sweet song after another with terrible arrangements.

@stevetournay6103 8 ай бұрын

@@markmurphy558 Ummm...OK, you're not a fan of Richard, then. Got it. Fine. Check out, then, I Can Dream, Can't I, from the 1975 Horizon album. 1938 Sammy Fain big band ballad standard, orchestrated for Karen by 50s bandleader Billy May. It's celestial. There should have been, and had Karen lived doubtless would have been, at least one Carpenters standards album. That lady could sing a torch ballad like no one else, ever...

@stevetournay6103 8 ай бұрын

I've seen critics diss KC's singing, actually. They're wrong.

@joeslish-p1p 7 ай бұрын

tori holub comes very close

@joeburt1106 8 ай бұрын

Nothing new to add. This woman's voice has held me captive for 54 years . . . No one comes close. I don't need to explain.

@joelliebler5690 8 ай бұрын

Barbara could go head to head and maybe come out on top!

@daseguin 8 ай бұрын

@@joelliebler5690 Nah

@joelliebler5690 8 ай бұрын

@@daseguin I guess you never listened to the long list of great tunes that Barbara Streisand has done. Her range was insanely great! I love Karen’s style and voice though clearly not the abilities that Barbara or even Whitney Houston had!

@daseguin 8 ай бұрын

@@joelliebler5690 🤣🤣🤣

@bhsbmd Ай бұрын

Ok, Barbra, put down the phone, James is calling…

@MediaMaverick_ 8 ай бұрын

She suffered from anorexia and died of heart failure. Her story is deeply sad and speaks to the pressures heaped on her both as a woman and a performer. Her voice is beyond special. I’m so sorry she left this world too soon. 💔 She and KD Lang…two voices to cherish.

@dudeusmaximus6793 8 ай бұрын

What always gets me is she's singing perfectly WHILE PLAYING THE DRUMS! I don't even know how to measure that level of talent.

@headlibrarian1996 8 ай бұрын

That’s a very simple drum track, she isn’t playing Dream Theater.

@llanitedave 8 ай бұрын

@@headlibrarian1996But she could definitely do it if the music called for it.

@starman2337 8 ай бұрын

@@headlibrarian1996 I saw them in concert in 1970 while she still played drums for the entire set. It was all live.

@A-whiter-shade-of-pale 8 ай бұрын

That is true on this selection the only live mic is for Karens singing. BUT it is not true on kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6PWpn95e555qqs It was part of the Ed Sullivan show filmed outside for the Nov. 8 1970 episode, which was taped at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center most audience were army wounded from Vietnam. She is also playing on their tour tapes see kzbin.info/www/bejne/jomWcoGJl61pgsk Their 1971 BBC tour.

@mjcole12 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for those links! First time seeing them@@A-whiter-shade-of-pale

@HeidiDenoble 8 ай бұрын

Karen's voice is haunting, melancholy, and bittersweet.

@djwinchell 3 ай бұрын

And gental all the same time.

@thehorrorfanx 8 ай бұрын

She had the most pleasant female voice I’ve ever heard. Smooth and effortless. Love the deep tones.

@justmoose6534 8 ай бұрын

"Close To You" is probably their most famous song. "We've Only Just Begun" "For All We Know" "Yesterday Once More" "Top Of The World" "Sing" 'Hurting Each Other" "This Masquerade" "Solitaire" "Goodbye To Love"....

@CharleneRoozRE 8 ай бұрын

All amazing! ❤

@xochil1621 8 ай бұрын

Also "Ticket to ride"

@bhsbmd Ай бұрын

Apparently the Beatles gave her a 👍🏻, and John Lennon actually paid her a compliment, in person…

@Pluvio624 8 ай бұрын

All the background vocals are Karen and Richard. Richard was and is a musical genius. He did all the arrangements and wrote all the scores for every instrument. He is responsible for the entire sound that lifted Karen's incredible voice. He knew exactly how to write and arrange the songs perfectly for her.

@A-whiter-shade-of-pale 8 ай бұрын

But there is one song she did as Carpenters and on her solo album "Make believe it's your first time". On the solo it was done with just a piano, bass, and drums. kzbin.info/www/bejne/inq2d4WPgJ5_hLM the other had Richards touch and instruments. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZyWl3iuhKp-mqM I much prefer Karens version.

@russellclaycomb146 7 ай бұрын

I sometimes feel Richard is underappreciated.... or at least overshadowed by Karen so often. He had a great voice, too and deserves a LOT of credit.

@dennislalka7965 4 ай бұрын

Its Karen who carried the duo...her voice can not be duplicated!

@tonycocchiola7192 8 ай бұрын

Karen was also a very talented drummer.

@bonester50 8 ай бұрын

Karen was always humble when complimented on her voice...sheepish when complimented on her beauty....and delighted when complimented on her drumming! Karen was once in a creation. Karen Carpenter was just a singularly amazing singer. There was just not anybody like her. Superstar and Rainy Days hit #2 on the Billboard 100 and Both were #1 on the Billboard adult contemporary charts. Top Of The World, Solitaire, Goodbye To Love and any other song by Carpenters. Not 1 bad song.

@mnewm21 8 ай бұрын

Karen is singing a sad song but her voice is warm and comforting like a hug!

@davidmcdonagh7756 8 ай бұрын

No competition Karen Carpenter is the greatest singer of all time.

@MatthewPettyST1300 8 ай бұрын

Beyonce who. Taylor sweet, Taylor sweat, Taylor Fast or something like that. I can't name a single song from either of them. VS. someone I've listened to since High school in the very early 70's. .

@FrankUli 8 ай бұрын

The voice of a Angel and the soul of a Unicorn, Rest in Peace Karen, your never gone when your in a persons memory.

@ChicagoDB 8 ай бұрын

Karen and Richard sang their own backing vocals…they were some of the earliest to do that. So we always get perfectly harmonized backup vocals from them.

@pjg58x 8 ай бұрын

Yes they overdubbed their voices multiple times to sound like they had a large group of backup singers

@A-whiter-shade-of-pale 8 ай бұрын

@@pjg58x Yes Richard learned to do that from Les Paul and Mary Ford who were doing it when Richard was born.

@A-whiter-shade-of-pale 8 ай бұрын

@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee BUT 6 more people could not have added a thing to the music. There is no one who could = their singing and it was not the Carpenters job to give others a job, it was their job to turn out the best music they could.

@bobthomas3236 8 ай бұрын

My girlfriend and I saw The Carpenters back in 1972. They were just as fantastic live!

@kens32052 8 ай бұрын

I also saw them in concert back in the 70s such a long, long time ago...sigh. Neil Sedaka opened for them.

@paulavasko4633 8 ай бұрын

I am envious, Bob Thomas! Can't even imagine how wonderful they were at a LIVE show!

@beedeegee9374 8 ай бұрын

I saw them in ‘72 also, they were fabulous.

@Perfect_Blend 8 ай бұрын

I snuck backstage in 1975 and got to meet them both. It was such a thrill for my 17 yr old self and a memory I will always treasure.

@darost 8 ай бұрын

"What I've got they used to call the blues..." whoever wrote that line deserved an extra day off. Beyond perfection...

@TomFurr-uc1hj 8 ай бұрын

She didn't do drugs she had an eating disorder that wore on her heart

@Cheryworld 8 ай бұрын

When she died it was the first time many of us heard of anorexia

@stevetournay6103 8 ай бұрын

Yes. (Conversely Richard did develop an addiction...which, to his great credit, he kicked in 1979.)

@pobstrel 8 ай бұрын

No but she took a lot of laxatives as part of her eating disorder.

@RYMAN1321 8 ай бұрын

@@CheryworldI heard that eating disorders weren’t as well understood back then. Granted I wasn’t born yet so correct me if I’m wrong

@kbrewski1 8 ай бұрын

She did take numerous pills which did not do her any good. But the root problem was severe anorexia.

@jazzmaan707 8 ай бұрын

Yes, Karen started as a drummer and never wanted to be a singer. But her brother Richard, had heard her sing, and when he started his band, he asked Karen to join his band, when she was 16-years old, and later on, when he wanted to send out demos to the recording companies, he had Karen to be the band's singer. Fortunately, A&M Records got a demo, and when Herb Alpert heard her voice, he signed them up on the spot. Herb tells some great stories about Karen, and how her singing effected him, calling Karen "the voice of angel." 50 Years later, Herb will tear up, and get very emotional when he talks about Karen. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6ecqmaLnKqGask

@hokiedoo 8 ай бұрын

Karen just had an amazing voice you could also do "We Have Only Just Begun "

@richardpeddie2060 8 ай бұрын

Never forget Richard, they were a brother and sister TEAM, one couldn't have done it without the other

@dennislalka7965 4 ай бұрын

Richard was very good...Karen was exquisite...wake up!

@bhsbmd Ай бұрын

@@dennislalka7965team work makes the dream work

@estried86 8 ай бұрын

They also have one of the greatest Christmas songs of all time, "Merry Christmas Darling".

@stevetournay6103 8 ай бұрын

Lyric of that one was written by their university choirmaster, Frank Pooler, when he was in the army in 1946. Richard set it to music around 1968 and the song was a hit Christmas single in 1970, later reappearing on the 1978 Christmas Portrait album.

@mikew9999 4 ай бұрын

@@stevetournay6103 The Christmas album is one of the greatest Christmas albums of all time.

@pjg58x 8 ай бұрын

Karen Carpenter was actually an incredible drummer. Early in their career Karen sang from behind a drum kit. As the Carpenters gained popularity she stepped out to be up front and they used a touring drummer

@janebartholomew-w6q 8 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful lady, perfection, always loved the Carpenters they were amazing

@zex7689 8 ай бұрын

Close to You and We’ve Only Just Begun are very good popular songs from the Carpenters

@jirimondo 8 ай бұрын

Her ability to tell a story and take you to a place and feeling is incomparable. Her singing showed a maturity well beyond her years - a true old soul.

@bhsbmd Ай бұрын

Absolutely, an old soul. I never thought of it that way.. brilliant!

@joemacinnis1972 2 ай бұрын

Simply the best female singer I've ever heard

@andrewroberts4736 5 ай бұрын

I've never heard anyone with a better voice.

@Ingleborough111 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful voice and drumming at the same time.

@egk2584 8 ай бұрын

This was basically a song about depression and Karen's voice is one of the best ever. It's especially sad knowing what happened to her.

@thomasflynn5366 8 ай бұрын

I see so many people thinking this is about being sad. I don't think they get the line "What I've got they used to call the blues". You don't hear that term anymore and it's the real clue to it being depression.

@bhsbmd Ай бұрын

But, I love the part about “find the one who loves me”

@billboyd9028 8 ай бұрын

Karen was the drummer for the group before they pushed her up front to sing. She loved the drums and she was happiest when she was behind her kit. Of course, as a group they weren't going anywhere until after they pushed her up front, so there's that....

@rabeksmom 8 ай бұрын

I often wonder if she would've been overall happier and less self-conscious if they would've allowed her to stay behind the drums... I'm "old" and lived through their popularity, dip, and her death - it still makes me so sad.

@morinkhuur4945 8 ай бұрын

The Eagles. Don Henley often stayed behind the drums and sang. Look at their old concert videos of Hotel California. Why did she have to be pushed to the front? It's so sad.

@vicprovost2561 8 ай бұрын

Me too, every reaction I see to her makes me happy but with a touch of sadness, knowing what happened.

@SFPhilo 8 ай бұрын

Their mother didn't help...Richard could do no wrong...Karen could do no right.

@glennred4830 8 ай бұрын

a superb drum artist too ! A pure voice before any enhancements of tech.

@oldsoldier4u814 8 ай бұрын

Her voice always gives my soul a hug it didn't know it needed!

@gingers.5933 8 ай бұрын

Very well said.

@dewman0269 8 ай бұрын

I'm so glad you reacted to that song... I'm 67 years old right now but I remember the carpenters when I was 14 or 15 years old... I became a fan of their songs and Karen's beautiful voice early on... She ended up dying of anorexia nervosa... She got to the point where she was denying her demons and eventually we lost this beautiful soul to that horrible disease... I still play her music a lot... The carpenters had some of the best music during that time and I still enjoy it today... Great reaction again , guys... See you on the next one... Keep Being Awesome !!!...

@prwhite1000 8 ай бұрын

A fantastic voice and she sings effortlessly.

@kayroz5 8 ай бұрын

She was also one of the best drummers out there!

@dalialight296 8 ай бұрын

Lovely Reaction. Her voice was something truly magical and beautiful. I think you all were right on with her voice. Almost haunting but angelic!

@ingvarjensen1088 8 ай бұрын

The background vocals can't be anything else but amazing because they're doing them themselves 😉

@EricSmaug 8 ай бұрын

A TRUE ANGEL SENT TO EARTH!!!!! I LOVED HER WHEN I WAS 6 IM 60 NOW AND STILL LOVE HER!!!

@esthergentry-thompson9848 8 ай бұрын

She's also a fantastic drummer...she has a video playing the drums...PERFECTION!!

@lilamuzik3385 8 ай бұрын

You have not lived until you have heard Karen sing the cover "Song For You" by the incomparable Leon Russell.

@jamesc264 8 ай бұрын

Karen Carpenter sang her soul, and that haunting truth had the ability to resonate with the people who had the good fortune to hear her then or now. It is our hearts and souls that resonate to her voice, the emotions, the sadness, the depth, the openness and vulnerability. All of that wrapped up in an amazing contralto/alto 3 octave voice. Of course, the poignancy is so evident given her sad life story - the fact that she dies so young from Anorexia Nervosa. One of the most beautiful natural voices ever!

@garyfallows1123 8 ай бұрын

Karen always said she was a drummer who sang

@tommesing4281 8 ай бұрын

I'm not a drummer, but I've had drummers tell me (stunning vocals aside!), that she was a fantastic drummer. How can someone multitask that well?? World class talent.

@robertmason1357 8 ай бұрын

No singer I have ever heard in my sixty-one years created so much emotion with their voice alone.

@RonaldCanfield-m2r 8 ай бұрын

I'm sure others have mentioned this, but "We've Only Just Begun" was the theme of countless weddings back in the day.

@Linda-zm6lk 4 ай бұрын

Yep! My first husband and I sang it to each other at our wedding in 1975.

@grayfool 8 ай бұрын

Karen's voice is just perfection. The arrangements of any Carpenters song are also spectactular. Richard is a master musician.

@duke2651 8 ай бұрын

I still miss the songs she never had a chance to sing.

@garylagstrom3864 8 ай бұрын

Karen Carpenter was an Angel 😇 sent from Heaven and left us way too soon! One of the most beautiful voices ever heard! The compositions are the direct result of her brother Richard Carpenter who really played to Karen’s strengths as a singer! I LOVE ❤️ the music of The Carpenters! RIP Karen! I’m a drummer and I tell you Karen was right in there with all the great jazz and rock drummers of her day! I loved that she played traditional grip with the left stick on the snare and the hand speed she demonstrated around the kit! Of course most know her for her outstanding alto vocals but don’t be fooled because Karen was also a marvelous drummer! I learned a lot by watching her performances! Hats off to Karen Carpenter: drummer and singer 🎤🥁extraordinaire!

@thekingcobra63 8 ай бұрын

Often overlooked because of her amazing talent is the amazing arrangement skills of Richard. Their songs were always magical.

@jjohn4874 8 ай бұрын

It's always been said about Karen Carpenter, that her true passion was playing the drums... and she enjoyed them far more, than she did singing.

@sammcbride2149 8 ай бұрын

Karen and Richard carpenter always create a musical sanctuary in which we can all take refuge and get healing and feel nourished with light, love, and magic.

@timothyjohnson1714 8 ай бұрын

The background vocals are Karen and Richard layered onto the track!

@janetdavis6157 8 ай бұрын

👍 always!!! 💕💕🤗! Have a Blessed Day 🦋

@Falconer1128 8 ай бұрын

Hey guys. It was an eating disorder that took Karen from us. I believe it was Anorexia. She struggled with eating disorders all her life. It was almost like losing a sister when she passed. Love your channel! I'd like to vote for "We've only just Begun" for your next Carpenters tune.

@brucethrasher8551 8 ай бұрын

Actually partially actuate. The really sad part is Richard has said that she had beaten anorexia; however, her heart had already been too damaged, and that's how she passed. Her heart just gave out.

@Falconer1128 8 ай бұрын

@@brucethrasher8551 ah... that part i didn't know. Thank you for the info. It seems so often to be the most amazing people who cant see what the whole world sees... just what amazing treasures they are to man kind.

@WSallai 8 ай бұрын

This is a very special video capturing Karen playing drums along with her brother on piano…one of their best songs.

@alberthaust4542 8 ай бұрын

Monday takes on a new meaning when you are retired. Less neighborhood noise and the stores are less busy. I look forward to weekdays. Weekends don't seem the same. Now get to work all you youngsters, earn your keep! 😄

@rubroken 8 ай бұрын

Well said 😂🙃

@superbakerspies 8 ай бұрын

Close to You....one of my favourites

@pompanomark2024 2 ай бұрын

She has the cleanest, most clear vocals I've ever heard in my life.

@MrRizzo1961 8 ай бұрын

Another great Paul Williams tune. R I.P. Karen Carpenter ✌️❤️🙏🙏🙏

@thomascamara8398 8 ай бұрын

There's Karen Carpenter and then there's everyone else,,

@mitchrobinson3076 8 ай бұрын

The Carpenters "This Masquerade" is incredibly beautiful.

@landreaulover 8 ай бұрын

Such a thrill to see her on drums. Many Carpenters fans weren't aware of this talent unless you saw her on TV or at a conert in their early days.

@AlanKenny-y8e 8 ай бұрын

Possibly my fav Carpenters song, along with This Masquerade

@gloriagaddy 8 ай бұрын

"Only Yesterday", "Solitaire", and "This Masquerade" are favorites of mine, although I could list several more.

@dstage64 8 ай бұрын

Should watch the video of Karen's drums solo.

@johnb.2518 8 ай бұрын

One of the most beautiful sounds in the musical universe: Karen Carpenter singing a song. Any song.

@heydukr 8 ай бұрын

It warms my heart to hear the two of you appreciate the astounding beauty of Karen Carpenter's voice! My favorite of all of the songs Karen is featured on in is We've Only Just Begun...but you really can't go wrong with any Carpenters songs.

@tomevans7567 8 ай бұрын

Along with, and perhaps because of, her incredible voice, one other thing that gets overshadowed and does not get mentioned enough is how incredible of a drummer she was. Probably because she did not do a lot of videos of her doing solos on them. She was considered one of the great drummers of her time, perhaps the best among female drummers.

@raydunn9435 8 ай бұрын

This masquerade and A song for you. Either one...they are both fantastic!

@MichaelCotton-c3r Ай бұрын

Everytime I hear her voice it brings a lump to my throat.so sad she left us so early in life but that voice will live on forever.41 years on and she is still number 1 for me.that voice just unforgettable ❤

@jamesharper3933 8 ай бұрын

Karen struggled with anorexia. She had the voice of an angel.

@ngkky 8 ай бұрын

Paul McCartney has said that Karen Carpenter had "the best female voice in the world: melodic, tuneful and distinctive". Karen has been called "one of the greatest voices of our lifetime" by Elton John. To me, she is the singer I'll picture in my mind if asked "the perfect 'American' voice". Her older brother, Richard Carpenter has said to be influenced by the "three B's"; the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and Burt Bacharach.

@davidbanastre9575 Ай бұрын

Karen Carpenter was at The Bistro, in Beverly Hills. As related by her friend, musician/record producer Nicky Chinn, John Lennon passed her in the restaurant, turned back and said, "I want to tell you, love, that you've got a fabulous voice."

@anitawright7169 8 ай бұрын

Karen Carpenter is an icon! Her voice is so very beautiful! Her death was so tragic. Love your reactions! ♥

@greenacreshomestead8302 8 ай бұрын

Shuold check out the 1968 recording when at age 18 she was in college competition out in California, doing a verison of Dancing in the Streets. The sound quality rough and her voice wasn't fed in well but her drumming was amazing? They had a stand-up bass player with the group joining Richard's piano.

@christopherhuot2826 8 ай бұрын

RIP KAREN !!! You Were and are LOVED😊

@kirkhall2099 8 ай бұрын

Her voice is considered are rare voice in the vocal world.

@scottchapin2323 8 ай бұрын

The way Karen could sing and play the drums was fantastic. If you watch her, she has a lot of unique fills and she is hardly even watching her hands, she just has a natural instinct.

@allengray5748 8 ай бұрын

EASY my top 10 favorite female singers. Considered herself a drummer that sings so YOU GOTS TO check out KAREN CARPENTER DRUM SOLO!! Also THIS MASQUERADE a favorite song as well as; CLOSE TO YOU, THERE'S A KIND OF HUSH, WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN, and tons more!!! Fun fact (?) In 1975 Playboy magazine named Karen as #5 top drummer in the World and John Bonham #6!! A cause of controversy! Great GREAT CHANNEL Y'ALL!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎

@georgeralph8031 8 ай бұрын

People forget she was a drummer first and a singer second....She won Rock Drummer of the Year Award in '75, edging out Led Zeppelin's John Bonham, The Who's Keith Moon and The Beatles' Ringo Starr....

@kennethdodemaide8678 8 ай бұрын

There is a video of her doing a drum solo which will blow you away and show just how talented she was.

@kbrewski1 8 ай бұрын

Karen had very strict demanding parents who put inordinate pressure on Karen and her brother Richard to excel. On top of that pressure to be "perfect", she had body issues which led to anorexia, even though she was always a thin woman. She started taking too many pills etc. Her last few years were just brutal the way she went. The most beautiful pure perfect female voice of the last 55 years or so. She had perfect diction and phrasing just like Sinatra did in his prime. And yes, her voice has that haunting natural sadness. But she also sings classic Christmas Carols perfectly too. Richard and Karen overdubbed the background vocals. 1. Superstar 2. Yesterday Once More 3. We've Only Just Begun 4. Close to You 5. Top of the World 6. Only Yesterday 7. Say Goodbye to Love 8. For All We Know 9. I Won't Last a Day Without You. 10. The entire Carpenters Christmas album.

@tbull50 8 ай бұрын

We’ve only just begun is an Awsome song by the Carpenters!

@tomsawyer2768 8 ай бұрын

Yes Her voice is Hauntingly Beautiful! Her brother,Richard was also an excellent. Vocalist and he and Karen did much of their own backup vocals !

@garylagstrom3864 8 ай бұрын

Like Elton John EVERYTHING The Carpenters did was SOLID GOLD!

@theresastuppiello9589 8 ай бұрын

My favorite of all time.

@chrisalldis3375 8 ай бұрын

The best female voice of all time, always in the top 10 of many polls done over the years, but for me she is number one, great arrangement's by Richard & as she said always felt secure behind the drums.