Me too, I'm a little over emotional now, but I keep thinking the same thing. What would Karen think when she saw the outpouring of love and awe at her lovely voice? and she was a phenomenal drummer. Certainly, they were huge in Japan and South America. Many people were fans in the US, too. Can't help but think it would make her very happy to see how she has touched our lives. I'm not expressing myself very well. I have a deep sadness that Karen died so young, partly because the doctors did not know how to help her.
If she'd been allowed to remain behind her drum kit where she felt safe and happy, the story would have been different. It was decided by the record company that she needed to be "out front" since she was such a wonderful singer. She was a musician.
I watched the docudrama about The Carpenter's. Richard is the favorite. Karen the afterthought. His parents bought him a piano and sent him to college. Unfortunately, mom and dad had little else to give to Karen. She was lucky to get a drum set. Still it made her happy to play music with her big brother. When Karen became the star of The Carpenter's, her parents had a hard time excepting the fact.
@@peejaydemira; when I listen to Karen Carpenter's music, I hear who she is. Two of her songs; "Love Is Surrender" and "Mr. Guder", fill me with emotions that I believe are intentionally meant to evoke.
The harmonica along side Karen’s deep rich voice will slay anybody. We allowed sadness in our music back then and it was sooo therapeutic. It made you feel like you weren’t alone.
Morenikeji Taiwo, thank you for your unguarded reaction to the sheer perfection and incomparable beauty of Karen Carpenter and the Carpenter's performance of "Rainy Days and Mondays". Karen stands above all the rest in her ability to reach deep into our hearts and minds and remain there for a lifetime. It is a privilege to hear she and Richard's music.
If I could have any artist back, it would be Karen Carpenter! No two ways about it! Best voice ever! Just imagine the music she could have given this world! I am sure I will never hear a more angelic voice in my lifetime. She left us way too early. But heaven needed her more than us apparently. We can never 2nd guess God's plan for anyone. We can only enjoy them and let them know how much we love them while they are here. R.I.P. Karen. No doubt that you are in God's beautiful choir now!
An angel who touched the hearts of many people on this earth and forever will be irreplaceable. Miss you so much rest in peace Karen carpenter. You left this world too soon but your lovely velvety contralto voice never will
I grew up listening to the Carpenters. They were an incredible duo -- brother and sister -- who a talent for feel good music. 40 years later their music plays on around the world.
There’s not many singers as they start to sing either gives you goose bumps or makes you wanna cry. Karen Carpenter has the ability to do both, best female singer bar none RIP KAREN you left us way to early xx
Hello I am a 63 year old musician who is playing well I'm in my 49th year I started playing clubs when I was 14 and I'm still playing plan every week. I learned a lot about songs and what's more I used to just listen tool on the radio every time I heard Karen Carpenter's voice I wanted to cry and swelled up inside. And I watched you do that and it's beautiful I love seeing people getting to enjoy really enjoy something that was Put out long before you were ever here so you've made my day out of all the videos I've watched today watching your face watch this song thank you
Karen had such a lovely voice and with the back ground harmonies of her brother and members of the group hasn't been replicated to this day, The World lost something very special and that was Karen Carpenter. We will always love you and your songs which are timeless. RIP
The wedding song of the 70’s and 80’s and maybe more was We’ve Only Just Begun. It’s by writer Paul Williams, a short version was made for Crocker Bank in California, for a TV commercial. Richard saw it and contacted Paul for a full version and the rest is history. React to it soon… ❤️
Karen Carpenter was all alone at the top of all American female singers. She still is # 1 of all time - probably always will be. I didn't see how any voice and tenderness could ever equal her. Seems like right from Heaven.
The best voice of my childhood. I was young then but her voice was all over am radio. I was too young to appreciate it then but now that I’m older RIP Karen
Such a pure voice. What a beautiful young lady she was. Nice to see the joy she still brings to new fans. It was cool to see your excitement at seeing her at her drums. ✌
Always brings a tear to my eyes. Knowing her mental health was not detected/treated only makes her death more senseless. She was loved the world over by MILLIONS and yet she felt so alone 😭😭😭😭
There are many notable female vocalists, but Karen's voice seems to take you by the hand and heart, leading you instantly to a special feeling of sadness and joy.
Karen not only had the best voice, she also knew how to use it better than anyone I have ever heard, still. She knew when to ramp it up and when to dial it back. So happy to have been a kid in the 1970s and listen as the songs came out.
The Carpenters were the first band that I have went and seen....I liked all of the "easy listening" songs like Barry Manilow...Phil Collins...and soooo many more!.....I lived in the 70's!!....As far as I am concerned the BEST DECADE EVER!!! Karen had one of the most unique voices at the time...so full and rich...she was lost to us way to soon...
I always feel like crying when I hear The Carpenters. What a voice. If you haven't, watch the PBS special about them. Available online . So nice that young people still can discover them.
The song is actually about depression. When you realize that and listen to the song again, it's quite sobering and sad. Given that it's the holidays, you should sample Merry Christmas Darling. It's a Carpenters classic that is played everytime Christmas rolls around.
Karen Carpenter was a great drummer! "We've Only Just Begun" is a great Carpenters song for a wedding! My friends and I used to have a vocal group. We sang that song at a number of weddings. That instrument was a harmonica.
It's amazing how much joy and beauty she created with/through her terrible pain...angelic ...I love you, and the emotion you obviously feel from the music. Keep it up
My god ..perfect pitch, and pure magic...her voice is like what you would hear In a beautiful dream...and it drips with her emotions...I hope she realizes now that she's left this brutal world, how much beauty she left behind, and the impact she made on so many.
I've listened to the Carpenters since birth. Their music was basically the theme to my childhood. When I was a small boy I thought "Close to You" was about me. Yet I didn't know until today that Karen Carpenter played the drums.
No question Karen was a rare and amazing talent. You make it even better with your reactions. Your amazing soul just shines through that beautiful smile with pure joy. Thank you for being a bright ray of sunshine.
To see your reaction Has brang me great joy. She was a very accomplished drummer and musician. And the entire family are remarkable. Do not believe the sadness and hype associated with her life and passing. She was a joyous and happy person in reality. One that would always have a smile, and give hugs and positivity to anyone she met. Every time they had a hit song they would buy another apartment building with their earnings, in Downey, California. Their parents would oversee and manage them. It was fantastic to drive down a street and see the apartments named after the song with it displayed in beautiful lettering on the front. "We've only just begun" is one of my favorites. You see,... I might just know a little about it & them.... As I worked for them back then. In fact... She gave me this name "Rag Tie" long ago. Such a beautiful spirit and wonderful person. As is the rest of her family.
I grew up in this era & the early to mid 60's & we had the best of times & the bands & music reinstated this. The Carpenters were just one of those bands that I loved & we had the best music back then. She was pure perfection & we'll never have another like her, she was one of a kind.
Karen had the voice of an angel and now she is one for real. Although we all miss her so much when she sadly left us, Heaven had to be smiling to receive her.
The Carpenters were one of the few acts in the 70s that both my generation and my parents' generation liked. My mother took my siblings and I to see them in 1974. Karen was 24. I was 14. When she started to sing I was sure I was in love!
She was an Angel given to us for a short time, her music lives on forever. I’m waiting for the time I can listen to her sing & not cry. Not many artists can sing with pure emotion!
One of a kind voice...so sad when she passed..that song really hit you hard, great music does that...great reaction. As a drummer I appreciate her musicianship.
Loved your reaction to this one, Mo! Karen was an unbelievable talent, and as perfect and pure as her voice is I believe she considered herself a drummer first and a singer second. Of course she left us far too soon, but at least we have the gift of her music to sustain us on Rainy Days and Mondays!
I first heard The Carpenter's in the early 70s as a boy and have since fallen in love with their songs even though I didn't understand a word !!! My native language is Russian, and now I have found all their songs on the Internet and the playlist has been playing for five years, wherever I am !!! 👍🏻👋🏻😄)) Oh, yes, I'm from Russia, Magadan.
“Talkin’ to myself and feelin’ old…” 🎶🎵🎼 I can clearly and vividly remember the first time I heard this song. It was a few years after it was released. I listened to it on an old cassette player deck around 1976. Listening to Karen singing that first verse put a chill down my spine… but in such a beautiful way. Listening to her voice is like hearing the angels sing. 👼🧚🏼♀️🧚🧚♂️🎵🎼🎶
The Carpenters had the crazy idea of putting in the middle of a slow ballad a raging Electric Guitar Solo and thus created the Power Ballad that almost every rock band uses to this day! That song was...Goodbye to Love!
