Carpenters "This Masquerade" 

Congratulation my brother! É verdade!!

That voice is from the angels

me too

I’m 60 and had no idea she did this song until now

@@trkdvrkevin do you think she does it well

Me in 2024

And me!

And me 😊

2024

I'm listening for last 20 years bigtime..she is amazing ❤..miss her..she instantly calms me x❤

With our robot ears and cybernetic brains will music even mean anything?

agree

Absolutely never replaced

I think of her tone in terms of a deep red or maroon velvet. 😊

@@hallieharker4384 It was said that she had one vocal lesson and the teacher walked out....saying , "you don't need me."

Del mundo mundial 😍 una gran artista. Que pena por su vida interna que fue turbulenta, incomprendida. QEPD ojalá haya encontrado paz 🙏🌠✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

2024年７月でも聴いてます。大好きな曲です。

Agree. I still remember the shock of her death 40 years ago on this day 💔

Yes indeed Richard was focused at all times. After a few years he was 'required' to be focused from the bosses.

Richard Carpenter I see is continuing his craft and I anticipate he will keep-on-keeping on to help others along the way.

Yes. Richard Carpenter is highly talented and he is one of the good guys still working and I'm sure introducing new talent and helping to produce new talent.

The beautyest piano solo ever, no words to describe...

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Absolutely!

Wow does that resonate with me you took the words from mind I agree 10000 percent. Timeless

Calling occupants!

That sounds like bliss..you are so right...forever CARPENTERS ❤

without a doubt

Absolutely! 💕

Beats Leon Russell and he wrote it

May be the Best versión Is the George Benson....

@@jorgerosas sorry Jorge,but in this instance your wrong.

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See also, A Song For You.

@bobeagle007 100% 👍

Well said

Johnny Peterson Better than Ella Fitzgerald? Barbra Streisand? Judy Garland? Marilyn McCoo? Don't be ridic. Your hyperbole undid your compliment.

@@nstix2009xitsn And your response undid your comment Nicholas. Just leave it be.

Hold your horses mate

I think.. no ones...

Leon Russell doesn't get enough recognition for his songwriting.

Modal changes are so beautifully woven with the instrumentation around a simple but attractive lead vocal tune, a gem of an arrangement indeed. I really feel the absence of such music today. Sad times.

So classy

Me too Same opinion as u

@Colbert da Silva Leon Russell wrote and recorded it first. The Carpenters covered it then George Benson. (I only knew the GB version for the longest.) Love this song--so smooth.

I couldn't agree more!

me too

My favorite one too!

there are a few Teena Marie/Minnie Riperton singers that were as good as Karen but she was great.we all miss her so much.

Sheels1976 ❤

Wasn't that the truth? I saw her in Omaha in 1976. I was into heavy metal, had free tickets so I took the GF. I still didn't care that much for their style at that time, but you couldn't avoid being impressed at her talent. She did sound as good live as recorded. She didn't have to be, "fixed in the mix" like most do today.

lo mejor de Carpenters. Karen es un animal cantando. La numero 1

karen es una bestia. un animal. una fiera. Fue la mejor voz femenina en la historia de la musica

yeah , true !

This.

And Bob Messenger on that fantastic flute solo!

Karen attributed the success of the group to her brother.

Με too

I am magical!

In other words a masterpiece!

+Steve Brown .and seems to describe her life.. Masquerading about her illness, so sad..:(

Your opinion. Hard to tell which was best, with such quality.

Brenda Waugh hadn't thought of it that way just another reason she sings it so brilliantly love from Wales..my mam was a Brenda

Totally agree Steve brown.

And songwriter etc

Ahhh! Yes!

True. Just nothing forced about it.

So moving

Karen Carpenter put her heart and soul into every song she sung, And it shows with her warmth and wisdom and her mellow tones. She was the very best couldn't be beat i put her up there with Patsy Cline and Connie Francis mode.

indeed !

It relaxes our mind

Well said and never lets go until it’s over... a good haunting for the soul! I hope to hear and see Karen Carpenter when my next chapter of life begins.

Agreed.

Marcus Reeves no it doesn't there's nothing here for it to hold on to basically because there is no here there is no us there's no Karen Carpenter there's no masquerade there's no nothing so since there's nothing to hold onto not even this comment

I wish Karen could be here still... of course her voice would be different, but even though I never had the honour of attending a live performance , I would love to tell her how much she meant to me; it is amazing how much I miss the magic... It is just nostalgia. She was too special, I guess. Her death was my absolute HUGE, i'm talking, rock bottom, wake up call. SO THANKS, KAREN... iam now alive, recovered, and enjoying life to the fullest.

Let's not forget the composer - the late great Leon Russell.

2024

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You forgot to mention "effortless" ...

@@elbeem20001 I think the term your looking for is either simple or minimalistic, not effortless.

@@JCTelenio hmmmm ...

how does one get the perfect song? how much effort went into this creation?

@@michaeljordan-ws8bw That's a really good question! Karen was famous for often nailing her vocal contribution in one take, but, like Richard, she was also a great perfectionist and if necessary would keep on working at a performance in the studio until she got the result that she and Richard were looking for. The arrangements, orchestration and engineering of their recordings were, of course, very labour-intensive and complex. And that's without even taking into account the considerable effort expended by Leon Russell to write the song in the first place.

SO TRUE

Love this song

Great music. Lovely voice!

the celebrities are horrible today they are not singer and the lyrics are just dreadful

Me too.

@@teresapape6438 Me too, one of my favorites