Karen had one of the most beautiful voices in music. We lost her far to young and you could see it in this video. She was so thin and so sick. Saddens me to even see her in this video. But the song is gorgeous. RIP Karen.
Watching her sing this great song was painful for me. She was sooo very gifted and had such a wonderful voice. Her inability to be able to overcome her anorexia and succumb to this horrible illness was a loss to the entire world. May she be singing with the angelic chorus in joy now...
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She was so weak and frail when this was recorded, she was an absolute trooper in her fight for life with a condition that was really just coming to light with reasoning and how to deal with it. God rested this beautiful woman's soul and left us a splendid catalogue of special one of kind music and unmatched purity and sincerity of loving vocals from her and her brother. So - so glad you reacted to this romantic ballad, this was their last hit song. She went on to sing in GOD's Heavenly Choir +++ with this beautiful gift that God gave her to share with us for her time here with us all. P.s. - Jay and Amber - one of your Fav's on the country side re-mastered a version of this song in 1986 - ( that's right - Alabama ). It's also very good and worth a listen. We love you two here from Ohio...
Yes she does look so thin by this time in her life. So sad that we lost the best voice in the world at such a young age. Can you imagine all of the incredible music that we missed out on? Heartbreaking. ✌🇨🇦😢💔
So sad when I see Karen at this point in her life .She was a beautiful lady with a beautiful voice. I stumbled across a channel on RU-vid last week of a young lady going through the exact same illness ,but she is even thinner than Karen was . The lady's channel is called Eugenia Cooney.She doesn't think she has an ED problem
I need to commend Amber on the respectful way she referred to the latter days of Karen's career. She and Jay never show anything but complete respect for all artists, but Amber deserves even more credit for acknowledging, in a sensitive and non-triggering way, that this song and video were towards the end of Karen's life. The fact that Amber references this time as "how *WE* lost Karen" says a lot. Amber was born long after Karen passed, but the emotional connection is clear. Mr and Mrs Robinson, you're both beautiful and classy people. With love from an old UK queen.
Sadly Karen had Anorexia before that word really existed, it was so horribly misunderstood at that time and no proven treatments existed. It was only after her tragic passing that attention of the disease was created and so many people can now survive, thanks to her. Her music is timeless and the sad gift she left behind with her early death has proven to be just as influential. ✌️
I was in my early 20's when she passed away. I clearly remember when I heard of this....I was at a local fair, and it was announced over the PA system that Karen had just died. There was a collective gasp ... then silence as everyone took that in.
Eve, I can't believe That you could mean what you just said Think of what you are How very far you are from being real Look into the mirror Nothing there to see Eve, I can't believe You'd really leave him Notice how her image saddens How lonely she's become Just once I'd like to see her happy Before the winter comes... That's part of the lyric from the 1969 Carpenter/Bettis song Eve, which appeared on Carpenters' debut album. It's not about Karen; it was inspired by a Twilight Zone type TV show. But man, it couldn't be much more prophetic, could it...
Karen was told by members of her own family that she needed to lose weight because she was getting fat i wonder how they felt when she starved herself to death words can hurt.
Sadly this is one of Karen Carpenter's last performances before her passing. You can see how gaunt her poor face and body are. Bless her heart. ❤❤❤ This was my mom's and my favorite Carpenter song. ❤
They were incomparable. Richard is a genius. Karen is the best singer ever. Her drumming skills were second to none also. It still hurts that we lost her.
Karen Carpenter had a one-of-a-kind voice. There was no one like her and there will never be another one like her and teamed up with her brother Richard they were unstoppable. Her music will live on. Rest in peace, Karen 🙏🏾🙏🏾
She's slowly dying from her Illness but her performance was absolutely beautiful and one of the best female vocalist. Her voice sounds like dreamy and melodic..
This is "TV live", so lipsynched. That was how this stuff was done then. There are, though, numerous pure live Carpenters recordings as well, and they were tremendous live. Interestingly, the "TV live" thing became an issue when the famous standards medley between Karen and Ella Fitzgerald was taped for the 1980 Carpenters TV special Music, Music, Music. For Karen, "TV live" was normal. For Ella, though, who was a generation earlier, it was anathema! So the segment was taped with Karen lipsynching and Ella adding her part live. And you cannot tell...
OMG! I didn't know the Carpenters did this song before Alabama! I thought it was an Alabama original! I love this version of it. Karen Carpenter's voice was angelic! If you guys haven't already, you should also check out Alabama's version of it.
@@shyman99Well not many after this one; there were a couple from Voice Of The Heart in 1983, and If I Had You (originally recorded for Karen's solo album) from Lovelines in 1989. There was also the 1987 easy listening hit Something In Your Eyes from Richard's Time solo CD, written for Karen but never recorded by her; lead vocal on that one is by the great Dusty Springfield.
@@stevetournay6103 - There were 7 top 21 hits on the AC after "Touch Me When We're Dancing". I'd say that is many. Let me know if I need to list them out.
You should react to Something in Your Eyes which, as has been mentioned, was to have been sung by Karen but, after her untimely passing, was sung by Dusty Springfield. Beautiful love song!
Love love love The Carpenters❣️ Karen’s voice is of a true Angel 😇 My childhood is relived with every song of theirs RRHOF should have The Carpenters 🌟
Well of course Karen's last lead vocal (Now) dates to April 1982; she died ten months later. But there were more Carpenters releases through that decade and even beyond: Voice Of The Heart (1983) An Old Fashioned Christmas (1984) Time (Richard solo, 1987) Lovelines (1989) Into the 90s and beyond there were a couple instrumental CDs by Richard and several compilations that included revisions of studio outtakes and recordings for TV, most notably As Time Goes By which includes the wonderful TV standards medley by Karen and Ella Fitzgerald. And in 1996, Karen's 1979-80 solo album was finally released as well...
This Is My Favorite Song Of The Carpenters, I Can Play This Song Over & Over That's How Much I Love This Great Classic Song 👍,R.I.P To A Great Singer Karen Carpenter, Still Miss You Always 😢 & Great Reaction Guy's 😊
THE CARPENTERS - " Calling Occupants Of The Interplanetary Craft " 70s Masterpiece classics 🎶 Jay & Amber you're gonna definitely love this song. It's a great track
Originally by Beatles-influenced Canadian studio band Klaatu. The most elaborate single Carpenters ever produced, sort of their equivalent to the Beach Boys' Good Vibrations...most Carpenters fans find it a bit much. I liked it more originally than I do now.
That was their first single. 1969. (If you like that, look up the Carpenters cover of Nowhere Man from the As Time Goes By compilation. Balladized by Richard, same as Ticket was, because he knew Karen was the ballad queen. I like it even more than the Ticket cover...)
Hurts my soul to see her so self-indlflcted malnourished and yet, as like the diametrically opposed Elvis, were blessed with their beautiful voices to the very end.
I saw Karen sing and drum in 1972 .What do I think is the very best of Karen singing? A Place to Hideaway -its lyrics speak to me because of the depression I have had most of my life .Watching Karen sing and drum thru Dancing in the Streets and a cover of the Beatles Help(check the version in Japan at the Boudokan) is always a joy .But for singing pyrotechnics ? It is hard to beat Trying To Get The Feeling Again.Recorded in 1975,it was lost .Richard found it and it was released in 1994.19 years after it was recorded and 11 years after Karen died .Masterfully produced by Richard .It has a Wall of Sound much like Phil Spector's The Righteous Brothers You've lost that loving feeling.It starts off slow and builds and builds.Other songs ? Solitaire ,Yesterday Once More,then there are the duets with Ella Fitzgerald,John Denver and Perry Como --all on you tube
This is one of Richard’s very favorites of their career! The Made In America album is both Karen’s and Richard’s favorite albums of their catalog. I myself think this is one of their very best productions.
Carpenters were part of my childhood. Listening to them is always an enjoyable trip down memory lane. My most recent go-to has been Solitaire. You really get to hear Karen's low register in it....smooth as butter.
It's hard to believe that as sick as she was when this video was shot (just a few years before she would pass away from complications of anorexia nervosa,) her voice never failed or wavered always such an amazing voice... we need less of Cardi B and more like Karen.
I would love to see you do one of her live drumming performances. There's one where she's running about the set playing on different things. She was so joyous about it!
Always loved the Carpenters. I have been fortunate to know Richard since 2017. He is kind, extremely talented, and still misses his dear sister very much.
Their cover of "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes might be their most upbeat hit. I'm curious to see what others say. 😊 P.S. I just remembered "Beachwood 4-5789" (an old school way of saying a phone number) and "Want You Back in My Life Again" were on the same album as this song you're reacting to today. I don't believe they were hits but I definitely played them a lot, and they are more upbeat.
I think they charted on the Adult Contemporary charts. They got some play on easy listening channels -- but 'Touch Me' was played on most pop radio stations -- thus becoming the biggest hit of that album.
Like many others commenting, it’s so heartbreaking to see her so thin and knowing the pain she had in her life. Her voice is lovely. Merry Christmas guys 🎄✌️🎄🌺🎄
This was their come-back song after a brief hiatus from the late 1970s. They came back with this in 1982 if I remember correctly. You should listen to their version of "Beechwood-45789" from the same album. :)
According to Wikipedia, this song was originally written in 1979 by a session group called "Bama". This version barely cracked the Pop and Adult Contemporary charts. The Carpenters released the song in 1981. It was the group's final Top 40 Pop hit peaking at #16. It was the group's final #1 Adult Contemporary hit where it finished at #15 on the year-end Adult Contemporary chart. Karen died in 1983. In 1984, Mickey Gilley and Charly McClain recorded the song for a duet album. In 1986, Alabama recorded the song, and it became the group's 20th straight #1 country hit. The Alabama version is excellent. If you like the Carpenter's version, you can check out the Alabama version.
Nice reaction of Karen again. Unfortunately she did not hit old age. She was only around 30 or 31 in this video. Her disorder took such a toll on her body she appears much older. Did you know she recorded a solo album that was only released 13 years after she passed? I think you’d like “if we try”. Very soulful.
Thx y’all! Yes the Carpenters have some upbeat snazzy jazzy music! Their tribute to Burt Bacharach at an army base or their battle of the bands (which they won!) in Long Beach or “Top of the world.” And a few more!
Their last top 20 hit. And one of my favorites from them. There was an excitement in the music industry when it came out because it felt like they were finally back.
Her body was in terrible shape, but her voice never lost that beauty and clarity. This song played in a lot of juke boxes back in the early 80's and I played it constantly, LOL. Someday, I wish you would react to the English singer, Harriet. She sounds a lot like Karen, yet has her own sound too. Try Harriet-Home(Michael Buble cover) or her version of Goodbye To Love(piano sessions). Another beautiful voice and a lovely person as well. She loves everything 70's and was raised on Carpenters music, yet she writes her own music too.
I worked in a Doctor's surgery in 1988 and the doctor played The Carpenters on loop the whole 2 years i worked there. Nothing else. I know every word to every song and surprisingly did not get over saturated. Says a lot about their music ☺️
I'm 22yo girl,from Philippines...Karen is my ultimate fav.singèr of all time...i'm not in her era but her voice hit me so much...everytime she open her mouth to sing,just first note comes out on her mouth,OMG!i'm already hooked...you are force to listen.
A great forgotten song. Karen definitely had the most beautiful voice ever. Richard is very talented believe he wrote and produced songs can sing anf play the piano very well. Hard to believe Karen is gone 40 years!!
Can really see how near to the end Karen was here. It was their last hit. Her voice was still very beautiful though. And she left us with some great music. She is loved and she is missed. Rip Karen. ❤🎼🎶
Even a few months before her death, she had recorded the song NOW, which is beautiful, her voice had not lost any quality. Karen's voice was perfect to the end. And she never wanted to sing. She just wanted to be the drummer.
They analyzed her voice. She was pitch perfect and had perfect pitch. She was actually more accurate live so people thought she was lip sinking, she wasn't. Backing vocals were prerecorded
She did some, like this and some other but not most and that's the thing about her voice it wasn't discernable live versus studio. Check out Wings of Pegasus Carpenters video and his voice analysis of live versus studio. You will be amazed. I know I was.
Even as seen here in her last years,her being clearly in the throes of her disease, still theres never a damper on her vocals. If nothing else, she is doing clearly what her dream was and what she loved doing best of all and certainly what she was made to do making one of a kind music.
Karen Carpenter is still my favorite female singer. Such a beautiful, clear, emotion filled voice! It just breaks my heart seeing how thin she is here. It took us SO long to recognize eating disorders. I had a friend in junior high, around 1970, that had bulimia. Karen died over 10 years later. WHY did it take so long to admit there were eating disorders?
You can't go wrong with The Carpenters, nice song. I can see The BeeGees singing this too. I still highly suggest the biopic film The Karen Carpenter Story, you'll really like it.
Need to do Blue Man Group featuring Venus Hum doing “I Feel Love” for one of your female Fridays. Great singing and absolutely phenomenal performance on stage.
Or Sarah Vaughan. How can a music reaction channel going on three years, which claims to be electric, have zero reactions to Sarah Vaughan. Plenty of her male contemporaries. But none of Ms. Vaughan. I know for a fact I'm not the only person requesting.
This was their last hit in the summer of 1981 just a year and a half before she died on February 4, 1983. I can still recall when I heard of her passing on the radio.
Guys this was Karen's last hit single reached number 15 in 1981 it's very sad about how she felt about herself the first person to bring national attention to this disorder sadly the voice of an angel left us on February 4, 1983 in Downey Ca. at the age of 32 RIP KAREN 😢🌺
One of my favorite of all their many hits. I also think of Those Good Old Dreams which one also one of their last and biggest hits and gives you an over all carefree feeling.
The B side of this single is called "Because We Are in Love." It was actually used by Karen as her own wedding song. A very sad and painful marriage for Karen which only came just months before her tragic death.
Their last top 20 hit! They were fully embracing the 80s with this one -- moving in a new direction. I'm sure they would have had more hits if not for Karen's tragic demise. Would have loved to see them embrace a bit more rock and roll along with the ballads. The most well-known upbeat Carpenters tune was 'Please, Mr. Postman' -- a cover of the Marvelette's version from 1975. It is their biggest international hit.
