Carpenter looks animated- hard to believe she got the die not even 1 month later on feb 4, 1983- maybe she was galvanized? Lennon had been murdered at the end of 1980 and Chapman did not get a very good rnraw and d2bw service- but instead one suggesting he "do it"
@@chrisbruinsma2376 thank you very much, listened to the beginning about where she invites An audience member to help with opening buttons on her shirt which is interesting. I guess that was back in a time where videos of Las Vegas shows never really done which is kind of odd. I'll give it a good thorough listen thanks very much for doing all this work
This would be around 1998 - that's 15 years after Karen passed at age 32. Richard is 3 years older than Karen, so he's about 50 in this TV commercial and still very slim, handsome, and recognizable as the Richard we remember from the 'hey day' of the Carpenters. But you can hear his voice is deeper than it was when he was 30ish. That happens to some men in middle age.
In the end her troubled Life and all her suffering ended up contributing to no doubt saving a lot of peoples lives as well as improving overall health for so many, maybe this was her greatest contribution
it was a good cry listening to this recording and remembering karen, if only she was around until this very day😢 thank you for digitising this recording❤
I love hearing them both talk candidly. It's like rare gold but good Lord they have never had a good interviewer. This guy is just f'ing terrible. He's not even listening to their answers.
Richard was creepy. Why was he always around his sister?! Strange for him to be floating around his sisters interview's for her own wedding?! We all know the truth. The carpenter family had dark secrets. Anorexia is usually called by molestation...😢😢😢
This was a very revealing interview. I learned a lot about their thoughts and personality. Now I understand them better as they were in their youth, before success, fame, and stressful touring took its toll on them. …I won’t mention how adorable Karen was…
Richard Carpenter is a strange guy. He has a vault of unreleased Karen Carpenter vocals and demo's (like her studio version of "Thank You For The Music") which Richard refuses to release because he is a "perfectionist"...yet he has no problem hocking junk on QVC?! Give the fans what they really want Richard!!!
@amazingstarzz I believe Richard Carpenter does have a recorded demo version...but he is a stickler perfectionist and refuses to release hundreds of Karen demo's from his vault 😪😪😪
What a find !!! After this interview, the carpenters Richard and Karen were rained in by the record company. Never again would you hear them talk about their personal opinions on so many different topics. Such as religion politics society. It was a smart move by the record company. By voicing your personal opinions on so many controversial topics you really open yourself up to unneeded criticism. Voicing your opinion so strongly can alienate potential record, buyers and negatively affect record sales !
Karen struggled with Anorexia throughout her professional life. Anorexia was not fully understood as an eating disorder linked to mental health at the time Karen was struggling with it in the mid 1970's to the end of her life in 1983. Her condition deterioated around 1975-1976 when she collapsed on stage at one point. She was taken into hospital and put on an IV for nutrition which put a strain on her already weakened heart muscle. Karen confided to her brother Richard in 1983 shortly before she died that year that she was ill and had a problem she needed help with. She was under a psychologist in New York briefly who was working with her closely and things seemed to be looking up. She confessed to her psychologist that she was taking up to 90 laxatives a day and abusing prescription thyroid tablets to speed up her metabolic rate. The Dr took her medications off her and told her to follow a strict diet of high carbs but she ignored his advice. When she collapsed in her bedroom walk-in closest in 1983 her heart rate slowed to 1 beat every 10 seconds. She was rushed to hospital but went into a coma and cardic arrest and passed away. Anorexia is a mental health disorder that affects primarily young women and younger teenage girls. It usually presents as an irrational negative self-perception around body size and how women feel about themselves. A feeling of 'being fat' and unattractive even when body weight is normal or below a healthy body weight. It's far more complex than that though usually and there's other factors at work which cause purging and unhealthy weight loss and diets to cope with insecurities and feelings of low self-worth or life-stressers. Towards the end of her life Karen had two major setbacks with the failure of her solo career and solo album in 1979 which wasn't well received, and then the failure of her marriage which ended after just 14 months. These setbacks would have been major factors that worsened Karen's already severe Anorexia disorder, as she began purging as an unhealthy way of coping with stresses. Her autopsy showed she had dangerously high blood sugar to a toxicity level which most likely would have developed into Diabetes Disease if she had lived longer. Once a person's body weight drops 15% or more to below the low-end of a normal healthy BMI for height and age it leads to muscle wastage and puts a strain on the heart and other organs in the body. The body eventually begins to break down fat tissue followed by muscle tissue to compensate for insufficient calories and nutrients in diet. With prolonged Anorexia this can cause a metabolic blood toxicity in the body,, as well as weakened heart and compromised heart function as in Karen's case. Anyone strugglng with anorexia should reach out to their family doctor and seek referral to a professional as the illness is now much better understood and easier to treat if caught early.
This is very interesting....but horrible photos of Karen. So sad and so thin with badly permed hair to try to hide her illness which only made her look worse! I never understand why people do that...Huge Carpenters fan, not trying to be rude.
Thanks for this wonderful find, Chris!! Must have been early November 1970 (they were in Chicago November 2-8, performing at the Mill Run Playhouse) 🤩👌🙏
Disgusting that Phil Ramona would try and blame Olivia Newton-John for Karen's anorexia?!? 😡 Olivia was a very dear friend to Karen! There was no jealousy there 😵💫 Anorexia is a mental disorder...
I think if Karen lived: she would have become a lesbian in her later years. The world wasnt ready back then. She was never a super-feminine. She had a deep voice like a Tom Boy😢
What I thought too, like Kristy McNichol. I adore her for wanting, and probably knowing what she really wants. It was indeed unfortunate she wasn't able to freely express herself, play the drums and be whoever she wants, be with someone she truly love and loves her back.😢
@kyoomin I'm glad someone else noticed it too 😎 I am gay myself...no hate...but it's pretty obvious Karen's eating disorder stemmed from hiding her true self and not being able to express it at the time 😪
@@MaleOrderBride have it really pinged u? I am really curious and interested about this side of Karen since I saw her on that yearbook wherein she's looking like a tomboy wearing black turtle neck and unbuttoned polo with a very short hair, been searching and reading a lot if she's really a bi or les as there are lots of interviews and footages consistently pointing out or mentions her being a tomboy as a kid/in her teenage years and wondering if she has really carried that later in her life until her death. It's just really heart breaking that she didn't live long enough to enjoy her life and took the route of a seemingly slow suicide.😢
It does seem to me that there are rather too many people making cheap television out of Karen. I wish they would stop. Show proper respect for her memory.
