Carpenters at the BBC - 1971 

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I totally agree!!

I agree

Eu estou.

Soo right❤

There’s nobody even close!

sorry to burst your bubble, but this not a "live" performance. This was lip-synced with their studio recordings. But they are fabulous, and Karen was an exceptional drummer.

@@blitzebill Did they lip sync the mistakes, too?

@@geoffallan3804 yes they did. You can see Richard at the keyboard, just barely sitting down in time, and the song starts, and his fingers are half to a whole second behind the recording. he manages to catch up.

I can sing playing guitar but I cannot playing the piano it’s so hard for me (not that I’m that good or anything mind you ) but I cannot imagine playing drums and singing. NO FN WAY, so cool you can do it …. She was amazing. Her live and recorded voice is almost the same too.

She considered herself a drummer (percussionist) first, and a singer second. From what I've read, she really disliked stepping out from behind the drums in the mid-70's. She loved drumming. Such a wonderful talent.

She makes it so simple...but it isn't. A great artist.

Did they really sing live in this show? I just watched the 1974 Japan concert which was definitely live. Here I am not THAT sure though.

@@floramiles1365 From watching this only the Bacharach / David medley sounded like it came off the album, the rest were either sang live or as live as they could, a couple of songs in the set are not even on main albums, if at all.

July 2024 Walking down Memory Lane 😊

Catch me in another 100 years as well.

@@DavidGlover-s7x me too

Catch me on the other side while I once again look at her beautiful face while she sings.

I listen to the Greatest singer who has ever lived daily! Karen was and is an absolute musical goddess!

Makes two of us. On both accounts

Makes three of us - both accounts (- Feb '54). Voice of an angel.

There will never be a voice like Karen. There is only one. She was an Angel Heaven took her back too soon

The LORD only takes the VERY BEST! He certainly got this in calling Miss Karen Anne Carpenter HOME! An Angel on earth!

I'm 33 years old and I'm in tears.

The Hall of Fame doesn’t deserve them.

God would have her near Him ❤

@@gregbutcher7081 Your right, what is so big deal about the Hall of Shame...Forget It...

They need to change the name to Music Hall of Fame. And since Dolly Parton and Donna Summer are in there why are the Carpenters not? They were a jazz trio before they went soft rock...Karen was a drummer too. They didn't just sing...they made a contribution to music and people still listen to them today. With at least 12 top ten hits they deserve their time to be honored...

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕘𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥!​@@gregbutcher7081

God wanted her so bad at his table that he gave her cancer

So true..

In listening VERY CLOSELY & VERY INTENTLY, a good portion of the numbers here were INDEED performed LIVE as can be, but there a few (that were very multi-tracked on the studio/album version) that were presented here in "Playback Form". BolsaChicaRadio

@@BolsaChicaRadio Nope, outboard gear effects, not pre-record.

Was thinking the EXACT same thing!

She was a badass drummer.

I am 55...I am fortunate enough to have Carpenter's music as one of my earliest memories...I started a Carpenter's fan club in my college in the early 80's..

Truly

I would have to give Celine Dionne the nod

Imagine that!! :)))

I still love her, have done for 55 years ❤

You are Soo Right Dean ! The CARPENTERS TRANSCEND Any Hall of Fame !

With some of the crap singers they put in the HOF, the Carpenters were too good for this!

yep, being in there kinda degrades them.

Yes indeed !

So much missed ❤

20 years younger than you, AND I AGREE !!!

female vocals from The dark side.

A fallen angel, it's inverted

​@@sillysad3198it's a baphomet tare

Me too, but Judith Durham and Margaret Keys are with this angel.

*Amen to that... such a sin that they are overlooked every year...*

Aren't they in the lists of R&RHOF.... 😯😯😯 Then I guess its time to abolished that shit. 😤😤😤

I concur. Also, where is Boston's nomination? Another band who was a major game-changer in music. Must be all politics.

ya, jews

idiot.@@jackson2620

I was shocked, I’ve drummed sessions- she’s a boss. Wow.

Buddy Rich was her favorite drummer and it shows!

I was born in 80, and they were always being played somewhere. They were literally the soundtrack to the first ten years of my life. I immediately think back to the 80's when I hear The Carpenters. They were popular long after Karen passed. Man, her voice was beautiful.

Tears. Reminds me of my dad . Such nostalgia.

I cry. It's so beautiful.

Right here :)

How about everywhere in the world?

They are superstars in Japan since 1970.

That was beautiful.

I wonder that maybe she DID know. And perhaps the burden was too much for a mortal human to bear…

I believe in all reality it was part both! Karen was a talent unlike any other this world has ever known! RIP!

mizu keiji : Thanks for this lists of their song number. 👌💞💕

omizu1207...You rock!! Thanks.

Yep, great work with the song times, nice one fella 👌🏼👍🏼

Thank you so much, this really helps :)

*Thanks to care about us !🤗🇧🇷🇧🇷🙏*

I’ve read that Paul McCartney thought she had the best female voice ever.

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Wow...I am a singer and an alto....like Karen....When I audition..I sing some of her songs...there are too many soprano singers who are really altos...I loved her tones and smooth perfection....such an angel!!!😀🎶🎶

@@sweett3469 That's what changed Richard's opinion of her singing. She wasn't slated at first to sing his songs but he liked her smooth alto range on one of their first songs and he changed his mind.

Perfection

YES.

Oui

that is completely true

To everyone but herself unfortunately

She was continually healing herself inside and we saw this come out of her in performances. She just went as far as she could go....it is just sad and I'm sure if she could have had a second chance today she would take it. But we may not know she may be very happy these days.

I miss the genuine caring of our old days too. Born late 50s. ❤

Same

Richard was a virtuoso pianist, and a genius with musical arrangements. They both were just truly gifted.

Absolutely !

BBC

This beautiful lady was pure class from head to toe!

100 x more classy than some of the trash that passes for entertainment nowadays.

She had an ED. All of her clothes are baggy, but it’s likely she’s trying to hide her body from view

elliott smith and nick drake. IMO

Yes, but that is why Top of the World is one of their most popular songs, their best feel good song.

you have to deal with depression to be compelled to their music and the sad songs as much as i am. there is a lonliness to it, especially goodbye to love, but the song is so well written that it almost seems happy. in my life i feel what she went through because of mental illness. i dont wish it on anyone. but i will always love and miss karen.

I heard a music critic say that he thinks that one of the possible reasons why so many people have such a visceral response to Karen's singing is that it sounds like a mother singing to her child, it's an interesting theory,who knows? I guess the sad irony of that is that she never had any of her own children to sing to.

Karen's voice was indeed special, however, Janis Joplin will always wear the crown.

No comparison, Karen is queen

@@austonboston4361 Janis' songwriting was stellar Voice was great for her music. Not Karen though.

Judy Garland was up there too. Karen was a new era, and her drumming was up there with the best, apparently. She certainly always looked happy behind the drum kit.

@@patrickvanrinsvelt4466 You're the only one who makes any type of a point but Whitney Houston for me. Judy is definitely up there though, a very fair observation.

Tem vocal super cantora gostei muito parabens ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Wonderful Singer and Drummer! Beauteful Voice! My Dad put me to ear the Carpenters songs! Only these days i understud that moment in my life! Miss you DAD!

Claro que es hermosa, como cantante y baterista; yo la escuchaba siendo adolescente, fueron tiempos lindos.

She has the purest voice, just perfection.

That is perhaps their very best song ever. It is what I think of as their best and most enduring. Even when I hear it today It captivates me as well. I have never researched details of the song. You could guess that the character in the song was fantasizing but it seems to be written as though they really did have an encounter. Its all just a song I know.

YES! Miss Karen greatly!!!

Indeed, my sister & I were just a couple miles up the road in the City of Pico Rivera, CA. BCRadio

​@@BolsaChicaRadio Noway! I grew up on Passons Blvd and I went to St. Marianne's...till 6th grade. Is Bolss Chica Radio a station? I used to stomp around the reserve growing up... I miss it soooo much...I'm up North now I miss Southern California soooo much. Are you a broadcaster?

@@BolsaChicaRadio Not to get off track but but I believe there are wild Steelhead Trout in the reserve...I saw a guy catch a Steelhead Smolt off HB pier once...it was only about 5: inches long so Im guessing it came from Bolss Chica.... your so lucky...I miss Southern Beaches soooo much...good for you. ✌️

@@EricUnderwood-v2x Well, my sister & I resided near the corner of Beverly Blvd & Rosemead Blvd, which by traveling south three or four miles, became Lakewood Blvd, then if you quickly veer to the east as soon as you hit the Downey city limit, one would enter into "The Carpenters Land"! To even deeper dive (LIKE IF ANYBODY OUT THERE EVEN REALLY GIVES A DOUBLE-HEADED, RAT'S HOOT!) my sister & I attended El Rancho High in Pico Rivera, where Rich & Karen, attended Downey High. To take it a step further (AS I BORE READERS TO A STATE OF UTTER DEATH WITH MY LAME HISTORY!) my sister & I attended Rio Hondo Community College in North Whittier Hills, where Rich & Karen, infamously, attended CA State University Long Beach. NOW, THOSE TWO COLLEGES WERE A GOOD 20 MILES APART! Interesting Note: My sister sang in BOTH Jr. & Sr. High School choirs and in small vocal quartets & quintets...AND...she was a natural "1st Contralto", similar to Karen's range. Me? To answer your first inquiry, I studied Radio Production, Broadcasting & Media in college and from 1979-2019 worked in the Los Angeles area radio markets for a great deal of independent radio stations to larger conglomerate national radio networks. I've been "retired" for about 5 years, as of 2024...just in case any DANG defense lawyer is reading this reply. (...no further comment on that...) Anyways, all of us in Pico Rivera knew Rich & Karen lived just literally a few minutes down south the boulevard, but, ya know, Pico & Downey were really "middle class' neighborhoods (for the most part) and everyone kinda respected their own "spaces & privacy". While in college, one of my radio buddies, literally lived a couple blocks away from their family house; I think I passed it a couple times...but again...when you're practically "neighbors", it's really, no big dealio...and it really shouldn't be. To answer your last question (DANG! I AM SO OVERLY POMP & CIRCUMSTANCE, SELF-ABSORBED HERE!!) Later in life, while residing in the Orange County area of Huntington Beach/Bolsa Chica, I just "magically" decided to use that name as my own You Tube Channel, "BolsaChicaRadio" as if you click on over there, you can see, view & hear a PLETHORA of both broadcasting vignettes, promotional radio interviews, self-produced concert material, as well as re-masters I worked on in the early years of You Tube...because THAT'S HOW FREAKIN' OLD I AM!!! Interestingly enough, one of my EARLIEST UPLOADS is a re-master of THE CARPENTERS "TICKET TO RIDE" Music Video, which Rich had the audio updated for the Carpenter Video Collection that came out in the 90's, I believe. The original version that Rich & Karen recorded, was in 1969, but was later re-tracked & overdubbed, by the request of Herb & Jerry, in 1973, I believe. What I did was to take the "ORIGINAL AUDIO" track from 1969 and re-lay it on the video timeline. Rich has yet to put a "STRIKE" on that re-mix, as of yet! The tone of Karen's drums on that original 1969 session was VERY BRIGHT & JAZZY, where the later version had a much more "Pop/Adult Contemporary" sound to it. I prefer the earlier version; Karen's drums sounds WAY MORE like the way she JAMMED in those early videos of "The Dick Carpenter Trio"! OK, enough BLAB outta me! BolsaChicaRadio

The BEST !!!! .....Trust ! 👍👍👍👍👍

The Carpenters,and probably most vocalists of that time would never need or use Autotune...

Today's so-called female top performers must be so embarrassed of themselves when they listen to Karen Carpenter sing.

These so called top female singers of today realistically could not carry Karen Carpenter,s microphone 🎤

She was only 32 when she died! So sad.

child prodigies...

What 21??? Surprised

Really mature artists

Y con esa tan corta edad cuántos éxitos !

My fave song period.

What a sad end to a true beauty. I feel for her brother.

this is amazing!Since I was a child i noticed this Band!Truely very important,true and human music!I love the voice and feeling from Caron!thx for this video!

Isn't it funny that Leon Russell wrote that song? It's horrible when he sang it. But it's an awesome song when Karen sings anything.

+James I fell in love with her at 5 years old... this only validates that.

+James I'm not the one who can answer that. I fell in love too with the best female singer ever...

i wish she would have found someone to be in love with. i think that's all she needed. i could be wrong. but if i'm right, maybe she wouldn't have succumbed into what became of her. whenever i hear her vocals i can't help but get a little misty.

Yes we all know that all families are deeply happy and harmonious and that love between man and woman lasts forever. Or is this just a sentimental and completely unrealistic notion? Or should she rather have had the necessary therapeutic and spiritual help to deal with her 'demons'?

180% at least

Indeed Melissa! The world lost the best singer this world has ever known the day Miss Karen Anne Carpenter passed! Miss her more each day! Absolutely incomparable perfection!

@@johngraham5543

@@johngraham5543 While Karen may no longer be with us.. Her musical legacy ensures that she remains immortal... And her battle with anorexia and untimely death helped to save countless others that were suffering in silence like myself! She truly is a guardian angel!

Absolutely and it would be a very big deal and make her fans very happy.

born in 1965 and I completely agree with you. I quit listening to any new American or English language music right about 1990. But MAN! Didn't we have great music in Junior High School and High School too!? Kids today will never get it. My son and daughter in law were playing this "rap" crap in the car and I asked them if we could please just put some music on...they were "highly" offended. I'm sure you hear what I'm saying, brother!

The seventies gave us some wonderful music. The Carpenters, James Taylor, Carol King, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell ect. I think the eighties kind of sucked with a few exceptions, I think of the eighties as mainly one hit wonders and hair metal. The nineties gave us some incredible rock bands and then as you say, it went off a cliff. My mother used to say " there are only two singers in the world, one is Karen Carpenter and the other isn't".

Même plaisir , même état d esprit , même année , c'est une bonne étoile 🌟 , heureuse d être avec des personnes qui ont du goût sonore. Douces nuits à tout ceux qui nous ont laissé que du meilleur son. Merci

​@@davidsheriff9274would you share your top 5 90s bands?

@@mikelroa8719 Soundgarden, Jane's Addiction, Smashing Pumpkins, Sublime and Bjork. I know that was six, but I couldn't leave anyone out.

And she is only 21 here, Bob. Absolute phenom.

me too! As a musician myself I only listened to music I could perform. Never took the time to listen to women sing. I'm glad I finally discovered how awesome she was. The best voice I ever heard.

+Walt Scotten She sang in her speaking range, seemingly effortless. Both she and Richard were absolute perfectionists . Literal dynamic duo.

I was the same but now I've fallen in love with the purity of her pitch perfect singing.

Rich was nowhere near perfect. When it came to synchronizing his own piano work on Lip Synched Broadcasting, he couldn't have been farther OFF!

yeah and she died young

but Katy Perry can be pretty

Karen sang her songs in one take in the recording studio.

its sad how she died but JESUS SAVES

That’s a Castrato

The best medicine you can get ❤

She was great. But Stevie Nicks is better.

No

@@garylobo348I love Stevie but I think even she would say Karen trumps her by quite a way.

Tina Turner!@@garylobo348

⁠@@garylobo348Not even close to Karen.

This is how I chose to remember Karen Carpenter..seemingly healthy,at the top of her game..singing like an angel..

Karen & Richard Carpenter typify the meaning of "a touch of class". They were the hearts & the souls of 2 exquisite masterpieces.

A voice straight from heaven

I get chills every time I hear them.

she was going to a concert with her friend along with her. Her friend reported that Karen was singing in the back of the car at a very low level and this is the same level she sang. There was some sort of magic between Karen's voice and the microphone.

Why they are not. I never thought of that 💭🤔.?

Exactly

Yes he is amazing as well

Not at singing he wasn't, but musical arrangement and selecting songs for Karen to sing....Richard was phenomenal.

@@miamitten1123 he sang beautifully and many times on their songs he is singing also

I would say, although Richard is more than this, but for the Bee Gees- Maurice was head music director plus did high notes. Without Richard we’d never have Karen.

Lots of cool bands back in the day.

@@JASHJustASectionHiker You dang right about dat!

Voted the best band of the 70's

Me too

@@regwilliams4092 👍👍👍

She Ain’t Heavy, She’s My Sister

Pamela Ruth Lee. I struggled with anorexia nervosa. Received help from a great doctor and God healed me. Pierce ,my fiance, Rip. Loved the carpenters. Miss and love you, darling.❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊

She still IS..through Internet... Now she sings in Heaven. ❤ Amen

I was both a Led Zeppelin fan and a Carpenters fan in high school in the early 70’s. I still am. I also agree with your last point. I know some of the details, but not all. Something was wrong that should have been fixable. She was unique in the music world. No one could take her place or even come close. It still hurts badly that she’s gone and it always will.

Yes, I've wondered the same thing, and I know Richard tried but back then little was known about Anorexia and even less about treatment. I don't think she fully realized how much she was loved and appreciated.

IRT Unionport Yes!!!!!

..and finally someone who understands 😢

Su dulce voz es porque tenia un corazón dulce y tierno !!!!

You're an unqualified genius!

Yes she was!! They should have left her alone.

Joni Mitchell and Linda Ronstadt say hi 👋. Karen was phenomenal, but there were certainly other singers on her level.

Agree 1000%

Ach? Ich hör sie aber, soeben in diesem Moment. 🤔

Gott sei Dank haben wir sie doch für immer ❤

Sehr gut erkannt ❤

John Thomas

Eer lijk

Burt

Haven't stopped loving her for a second in 45 years. Never will.

Wish she loved herself as much as we loved her, she would still be around to sing for us, just so sad what she done to herself for no reason, so so so very sad

Go see the Carpenters memoriabilia exhibit at the "Karen and Richard Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts" at California State University/Long Beach. Call ahead and they will open it for you.

Same here Living in the beautiful island🇵🇷 growing there and listening Karen and Richard,we had their records,we used to play their song loud and the rest of the kids made lyrics of their own,it was a magical time.thanks for sharing it remind me of a beautiful time in our lives.👍

Their HOMEtown was in Connecticut. California was their adopted home.

@@22ergieRichard and Karen’s home town was Downey. Their parents moved them from Connecticut. They were raised in Downey.

Absolute. Phenom.

Agreed, even though I always see a partial butt-crack whenever your Avatar appears LoL

What was that hairstyle called back then?

I'm a 90's girl born in the 70's. This stuff's in my subconscious! We had some nice times in the 90's too! Times seem kinda weird nowadays, but I know I'll miss them someday too if I get to stick around that long! But she's magic, huh?

Agree friend peace if anyone remembers it ha not i t

This is a Beatles song.

@@rocktheboat9372 You obviously didn’t watch the whole video, you should go back and watch it. It’s 39 minutes long and is full of their songs along with their renditions of many other artist’s songs.

​@@rocktheboat9372what's wrong with covering the Beatles anyway, a lot of people enjoyed them

They should have allowed her to continue to sing while playing the drums. Playing the drums was her passion. She never wanted to be front and center singing without her drums. Look how much happier she was-Even her voice was “happier”! They caused her anorexia and bulemia, which ultimately caused her death.

But she's not even playing in this video, it's obvious

Verdade 😢😢

I truly agree!! She appears much more comfortable behind the drums as she was obviously very good and from watching their videos.

@@jwade848 The song at 16:59 is actually live and you can see and hear her technique there.