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@Chucka1463 Год назад

Her brother, Richard, lives near us and his daughter was a member of the local high school choir along with my children. When Richard's daughter would sing solos in the choir I would close my eyes and her voice was almost identical to Karen's voice. It brought tears to my eyes listening to her.

@katiejo1095 11 месяцев назад

He made The Carpenters as much as Karen, exceptional people.

@ernstvonrichthofen 11 месяцев назад

Give my regards to her and him if you meet them - Greetings Denmark !!

@andrewlorenz3139 10 месяцев назад

From the UK. Special memories for you in your comment. Richard was kind enough to respond to a letter I sent him in March this year. Forty years since Karen died and I felt it was time. A fan for many years and was fortunate to see them live in London in 1976.

@shannonnichols3415 10 месяцев назад

@@andrewlorenz3139- 40 years? That seems impossible doesn’t it? I know life has to go on, but it sure doesn’t seem fair sometimes. It’s too fast.

@andrewlorenz3139 10 месяцев назад

@@shannonnichols3415 Very true! I wrote to Richard earlier this year. He was gracious enough to reply. As a fan since my teens it really made my day! Basically thanked him and Karen for the music. Regards from the UK.

@justafreethinker Год назад

Greatest female vocalist of all time. If only she could have known how incredible she was and how much we loved her. We miss you Karen so much.

@BRLaue Год назад

Ella Fitzgerald would like you to hold her champagne cocktail while she approaches the mic.

@samuelfein6844 Год назад

"Google" Lara Fabian - Caruso (English lyrics translation)

@toddushiroda2778 Год назад

i agree!

@johnb.2518 Год назад

She knew...how could she not - there was nothing wrong with her hearing...can you imagine being her and soaking in a hot bubble bath listening to herself on the stereo - what would she have been feeling? Thinking?

@a.walters123 Год назад

Yes, she deserved so much more in this life. She never knew how amazing she was. Her voice isn’t even comparable, she stands supreme in her own category.

@dianelipartito6654 Год назад

Ella Fitzgerald loved her voice and had all the Carpenters albums. Can't get a better compliment than that.

@louisvaccaro5865 10 месяцев назад

God Bless you Ella, you were also a wonderful singer, and a wonderful woman, rest in peace, you are loved by many! love is a wonderful thing!, and love conquers all!!!

@maryvanswearingen8505 10 месяцев назад

@@louisvaccaro5865 My dad loved Ella,, Sarah, Billie, Nancy, Lena and so many of the vocal wonder women. I was raised on jazz and blues (and pretty much everything else)! He loved Karen Carpenter, too. Daddy was a fantastic musician, a music minister and music teacher. I've always believed he is jamming with the greats in Heaven.

@louisvaccaro5865 10 месяцев назад

dont forget the great dinah washington, and billie holiday just to mention a few, when dinah would sing, i could really feel her song she sang with so much feeling and emotion. use to get me very emotional. all the best Louie Vaccaro, tenor, las vegas. @@maryvanswearingen8505

@samh7033 9 месяцев назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HDp9b9eYoLM.html

@kwpres 8 месяцев назад

she did a duet with Ella on one of her TV specials."This Masquerade" Another Leon Russell written tune.

@pamelabenedict7475 Год назад

And after 50 years her voice still gives me chills

@pensiveowl7791 10 месяцев назад

It brought me to tears,again.

@tonyleverett6917 9 месяцев назад

I remember the first time I heard her back in the 70's. I was just a kid but I knew she was very special .

@user-cg2bs7jr3y 9 месяцев назад

Me too

@grousetheghoul2754 7 месяцев назад

Me three. :)

@Tarheel13 6 месяцев назад

@@pensiveowl7791me too. The same as the day I heard she passed away.

@steve9199 Год назад

I'm 62 1/2 years old, and to this day the voice of Karen Carpenter STILL gives me goosebumps. A reviewer from Rolling Stone said, "Karen's voice is the sound of a lover whispering in your ear."

@007drprice Год назад

I too am 62 and you said it, exactly the way I was thinking.

@hollypope6032 Год назад

I’m your Elder (smile) by 3 years and am saying SAME. Nono one knew of anorexia back in the 70’s. Soooo sad to see her waste before our eyes. Loved Richard too. ONE OF A KIND.

@andrewfrost8866 Год назад

You have it so right!

@stevensproull9388 Год назад

I am 61 about to turn 62...I still remember driving in my car when the news flash came over the radio, about her death...I went into shock!

@sonjafunakura867 Год назад

64 here and same. Her pitch is perfect!

@katrinacash6393 Год назад

Karen had one of the richest and warmest voices I have ever heard. It was like being wrapped in a warm hug. Her loss was shocking at the time.

@michaelasay8587 Год назад

Katrina, yes so shocking for me. I was at a party and the news came on about her passing My heart just dropped. Well the party stopped with everyone disbelief! Thank God for her...she saved my life as a kid from a horrible childhood.

@bbwng54 Год назад

I was shocked when I heard about her death on the radio many years ago. She was so special and will live in my heart forever.

@JoeDoe2 Год назад

It's still almost unbelievable to me.

@bruschmidt9943 Год назад

Agreed. Prior to her death in 1983, we didn't have iPhones or computers to look things up. The Carpenters weren't in the forefront of the News at that point. I had no idea she'd been ill or weighed 80 lbs wet? It was shocking & heartbreaking for sure!

@michaelasay8587 Год назад

@@bruschmidt9943 I was 19, at a party and the news came on that she died. My heart just sank, the party stopped. The only good thing my parents did for me and my sister was to take us to see them in 74.

@thecookbookpodcast Год назад

She died from Anorexia Nervosa because she never thought she was enough. Can you imagine? Being as incredible as she was- and not thinking you're enough. So, incredibly sad, and such a loss of talent. One of my favorite singers of all time... RIP Karen.

@dougm659 6 месяцев назад

A stupid news reporter once described her as “chubby” and that started her eating disorder…he wasn’t being mean but it cut her deeply …

@bt60613 5 месяцев назад

She actually died from heart complications brought on by the many substances she’s used to induce weight loss

@gygye 4 месяца назад

@@bt60613 yes, but anorexia was the cause of her taking these substance..anorexia is a mental disorder.

@dumbheadize 3 месяца назад

Actually it wasn't the disease itself that killed her it was some prescription she was taking without the doctor's prescription or approval that had an affect on her heart. Her private doctor broke his silence and confirmed that

@timmcgregor9914 Месяц назад

I can imagine.

@patriciachirgwin3238 Год назад

I’m 66 and I remember the day Karen died like it was yesterday. It was like a very special gift had been ripped away and destroyed. She was, and is, the finest female singer to exist, in my opinion - just magical. And you can understand every word she sings - her pronunciation was second to none. She gave such a gift to the world, yet couldn’t find happiness in her own life. It still makes me weep listening to her to this day - such a waste. May she rest in peace - God bless her. 💔💔💔

@jimd6641 8 месяцев назад

Beautifully said, and I feel exactly the same way.

@terriburrosskistner1268 6 месяцев назад

I’m 61 years old and I agree with everything you said

@bt60613 5 месяцев назад

I’m still in denial.

@isiriscasiano3719 4 месяца назад

I'm 69. For my H.S. graduation, we sang, We've Only Just Begun. It always pulls my heartstrings. Lately, I've been listening to their Top Best . I can't seem to get enough!!

@ralphwatts8993 4 месяца назад

❤️❤️

@Lucidleo-li8yu Год назад

There is no voice today that compares to Karen Carpenter. She was a once in a lifetime musical genius and far beyond her time. No auto tune or any other manipulations. Just her voice and her brother's amazing arrangements. No current artist can match this. Period. Karen was also one of the best drummers of her day and she could sing just like this while playing the drums simultaneously. A true top talent. RIP Karen Carpenter, we will always LOVE you!!! 💛💛💛

@occultikk7587 Год назад

Yes. She was the best. So feminine and beautiful. So fkn natural. No filters at all, just so fkn beautiful!!!

@GCKelloch Год назад

Well, she was a very special singer and a talented drummer, but there have been many singers on her level, and many better drummers. She actually didn't play her drums on her records.

@kangaroojack7678 Год назад

Well said her voice is a gift from god

@wilburfinnigan2142 Год назад

Lucy Thomas out sings her and is a better overal singer !!

@kangaroojack7678 Год назад

@@wilburfinnigan2142 lol she s singing with auto tune to maker sound better then she can sing Karen sang live 40 years and she still out performs Lucy if Lucy was so good she would be in the top 100 Rolling Stones or any billboard magazine s like Karen there’s no way in hell she’s better

@graemeroberts2935 Год назад

I am 71 years old now, but I still start to cry as soon as I hear her voice. I love A Song for You most of all. Thanks, Britt.

@GeeCeeWU Год назад

Me too. 😢

@kwpres Год назад

I’m 68…feel the same way. They need to do a movie about them so this generation rediscovers her voice.

@GeeCeeWU Год назад

@@kwpres I believe there is already a movie and a TV film out there which can be accessed on video streaming sites. If by "this generation" you mean people of our age, I personally have never forgotten her voice.

@ThePeterBlood Год назад

70 years old here and I think of her and miss her all the time, and still listen to that amazing voice and it's astounding "basement."

@tifiecampdirector742 Год назад

I'm 64 and I usually do tear up....they are in my musical DNA and evoke so many emotions...we were blessed

@keith6485 10 месяцев назад

Sir Paul McCartney once called Karen "The greatest vocalist of the 20th century". I'm not about to argue with Paul. Her voice always brings tears to my eyes.

@sandramoore 5 месяцев назад

I wouldn't argue with that. Elvis is the male version.

@stevenlawrence278 5 месяцев назад

@@sandramoore No. Nat King Cole is the male version. Elvis doesn't come near.

@theodoreritola7641 5 месяцев назад

True love is the Lord Jesus Christ dying on the cross for all our past present and future sins ONLY IF YOU PUT ALL YOUR TRUST IN HIM AND IN HIM ALONE You will have so much peace knowing you will be with your creator in Heaven for ever So to know that you don't have to spend eternity in Hell .Because he loves us that much. I have so much peace and you can to .Take care and God bless the reader.

@stevenlawrence278 5 месяцев назад

@@theodoreritola7641 Message from God: "Give it a rest Theo, Youa re embarrassing!"

@lamusiclover2264 5 месяцев назад

@@theodoreritola7641 This is not the place for that. Tasteless.

@cherylbarrel9966 Год назад

God bless Leon Russell for writing this moving song, both musically and lyrically. Paired with Karen Carpenter it is magic.

@michaelhill7593 4 месяца назад

Leon also co-wrote Superstar, the best version performed by the Carpenters with Karen's incredible voice.

@OneCharmedLife 3 месяца назад

So many wonderful singers have sung this so well. The lyrics just tug at the soul of the singer as well as the audience. It's just magic for everyone participating. Thank you Leon

@SaabAholic 3 месяца назад

I vow to grab my alto sax and learn this melody. ❤

@jgjg3848 Месяц назад

@@michaelhill7593 Luther Vandross version is far superior.

@Fred-vy1hm 20 дней назад

@@jgjg3848 said no one ever.

@xavierminchello8431 Год назад

The clarity of her voice did it for me. Every word can be heard and felt

@ranakeen9884 Год назад

She also hits each and every note and never has to “search” for it.

@HeartFeltGesture Год назад

Her articulation is impeccable.

@davidhubbert9445 7 месяцев назад

It's someone using the god given talent and blessing us eternally with the purity of her voice simply beautiful.

@AmericanPie1960 Год назад

The MOST RECOGNIZABLE FEMALE VOICE EVER. Simple as that. And credit her brother Richard for the amazing arrangements

@matthewdooley7855 Год назад

Her and Dolly.

@kevinmcconnell3641 11 месяцев назад

@@matthewdooley7855and Linda!

@MyJerseybean 6 месяцев назад

I agree ,the small multitasking makes Karen's voice even lovelier.

@firemedic5100 Год назад

Karen singing without autotune or any enhancement. Pure Karen. Truly an angelic voice.

@jaredmoore657 7 месяцев назад

Nothing from this world

@YerpDerp17 5 месяцев назад

She is a fantastic singer. One of the best ever. But literally all fantastic singers sing without autotune or enhancements. lol It's what makes them great. lol Only people who uses autotune are specific subgenres of hip hop and radio pop. I don't know why people act like every singer today uses autotune, when its simply not true. lol There are just as many great singers today as ever. What makes a singer special is how unqiue they are. Not all great singers are unique. Karen is. But there are plenty of modern singers who have a killer voice/melody.

@stevenlawrence278 5 месяцев назад

If you want to know how astonishingly good Karens voice was, check this out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HWB96ZLWUUw.html

@nylorij-Lori Год назад

Leon Russell wrote the beautiful lyrics. Karen Carpenter brought the beautiful voice. Great collab. 💗

@unclebobunclebob 10 месяцев назад

And he wrote the melody.

@reynoldgardner9843 9 месяцев назад

I remember where I was and what I was doing when I heard she had died. I did not find out till later on what the problem was I wished many many times that I had known because I would have gone out and track her down and sit her down and talked to her? I don't know if that would have done any good. But it's a loss that our world does not understand. Her voice was god-given. And I hope I really hope that she's singing in God's choir. And I hope to see her someday.

@kurtjohnson4816 6 месяцев назад

Not a collab, it was Leon's song. This is a cover.

@manuelescoto1674 6 месяцев назад

@@reynoldgardner98434:18 😂🎉

@tamlarse 6 месяцев назад

@@kurtjohnson4816not a collaboration, but she did justice to his music

@tomgee3613 Год назад

She had a voice like liquid gold

@scottdaughtry6740 Год назад

No finer alto voice than Karen's has ever existed on this planet - she will reach into your soul and pluck out your emotions with a single verse

@kentturner6756 Год назад

Sooooooo true . I miss here every day ….. every day …..

@tiggerinthewoods7996 Год назад

I am always amazed at how African Americans respond so positively to KC's voice. I mean no disrespect, when I say that, I am just totally mind blow

@retdpm Год назад

Actually lower than alto - contralto.

@ladyesther Год назад

What I find sad is that she didn't know how beautiful she was. There are many people who don't know that and who don't think that they are "good enough".

@thaboomer53 10 месяцев назад

Just no comparisons to her voice. She truly stands alone as one of the best singers of all time.

@supasoulproductions Год назад

Karen's voice is a treasure. And so are the songwriting skills of Leon Russell!!

@russellgil8232 Год назад

I could listen to Karen all day but give me Leon on this tune.

@JoeDoe2 Год назад

Karen is great, but Donnie Hathaway's version is my fav. If that doesn't get to you, considering how tragically he died, nothing will. I don't listen to it often cause it's too sad. It's easier to hear Karen do it. Two different types of illnesses, both deadly.

@winstonsmith8441 Год назад

Leon’s is the best version.

@randlnickel9196 Год назад

This band had THE BEST Songwriters

@rogerphillips2063 Год назад

@@winstonsmith8441 Leon was a terrible singer but wonderful song writer.

@davidfrancis2597 Год назад

There will never be anyone like Karen Carpenter. She died at 32 but she was only 22 when she recorded this song. She had an interpretation much older than her years.

@pamelahalliburton8573 Год назад

Her voice is simply perfect. Nothing to compare. ❤

@patriciaharrison Год назад

My heart ❤️ is singing along with Karen, the single greatest singer ever!!!! Thank you for doing this!!! She passed away soo young!!!!

@rabsmith8725 10 месяцев назад

You said it Patricia. Greetings from Scotland.

@kenryan454 Год назад

Another amazing thing about her. She was known as "one take Karen" because most of her songs were recorded in one take

@brittreacts Год назад

I have no doubt!

@JoeDoe2 Год назад

They would sometimes have four part vocal harmony, laying down 3 tracks for each part, for a total of 12 tracks to give it a very rich chorus effect. I love it. Check out the song "Love Is Surrender" as just one example of their vocal harmonies I love. Check out the chorus of Yesterday Once More, which is Richard's fav cause he co-wrote it along with Bettis.

@johnbattles1002 Год назад

@@brittreacts , GIRL! GIRL! GIRL! Why aren't you recording albums!?!? Or are you? You have a BEAUTIFUL singing voice!!! Your pitch and tone are so on point and melodious!

@helenhansen3466 Год назад

@@johnbattles1002 She died in 1983 from anorexia.

@johnbattles1002 Год назад

@@helenhansen3466 , I was referring to the reactor Britt about her own personal singing voice, not about Karen’s. I was born in 1955. I followed Karen’s entire amazing career from the time The Carpenters began until the sad day she passed. Sorry you misunderstood me.

@benjamineferko1657 Год назад

Her voice was angelic. The Japanese used to hold competitions for contestants to sing like Karen. Her brother Richard use to attend. They considered Karen's singing voice the world standard.

@davisholman8149 Год назад

Wow - thank you for sharing that. Did not know about the contests.🤷🏽‍♂

@stevenburger7158 Год назад

FREAKY FACT: KAREN CARPENTER (CARPENTERS) 40th ANNIVERSARY OF HER PASSING AWAY FEB. 4, 1983 > WAS JUST '4 DAYS' FROM BURT BACHARACH PASSING FEB. 8, 2023! REMEMBER > IT WAS BURT'S SONG "CLOSE TO YOU" THAT *LAUNCHED* THE 'CARPENTERS' METEORIC CAREER (1st Song/Mega Hit) & MANY MORE FOLLOWED JUST LIKE THAT > 1 SONG RELEASES = ANOTHER HIT!!

@markzimmerman2057 Год назад

@@TeslaKuhn8 You might like this one, Richard was there too. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bQEGnqcdbeI.html

@ooyginyardel4835 Год назад

They considered Karen’s singing voice, the world standard, because it was. And always will be.

@Saddlerockbob 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for your appreciation and reaction to Karen’s song! When I first heard her voice on the radio I was blown away by the purity and raw talent she had. Karen and her brother Richard were perfectionists and harmonized beautifully together. We miss you, Karen. R.I.P.

@bruceherb8402 10 месяцев назад

The beauty of her voice instantly brings tears to my eyes. It touches my soul.

@larryg7126 Год назад

Leon Russell wrote that song, he was a great songwriter musician who was in the famed "wrecking crew" (Glen Campbell & Carol Kaye were also members) for a while before going solo. Karen without a doubt was special.

@mrspaulb3889 Год назад

Leon did a great version, too. In fact, I prefer it, even though I completely adore Karen.

@larryg7126 Год назад

@@mrspaulb3889 Agreed, Karen gave it her beautiful voice and timing. Leon's was a heartfelt tribute to, I believe Rita Coolidge, who was also the theme of "Delta Lady". She also said she never "...stood naked in the garden...", as Leon wrote in the lyrics to Delta Lady.

@DanieltheTruebadour Год назад

Listen to the original Leon Russell recording (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4lKnb5IEATg.html). His opening piano intro is a gem. I bad a ball trying to emulate on nylon-stringed guitar as I was learning the song.

@mrspaulb3889 Год назад

@@larryg7126 I had no idea about the Rita Coolidge angle. Thank you for the information!

@larryg7126 Год назад

@@mrspaulb3889 They both have had colorful lives with many connections to other artists. Thankfully Leon left a large recorded cache. While Rita's last album was 2018 "Safe in The Arms of Time" is great. Though not connected that I know of Maria Muldaur was another treasure of those times, her latest "Let's Get Happy Together" w/Tuba Skinny is good & her voice is still fantastic.

@pamagnolia Год назад

My all time favorite female singer. She was a gift to us all for such a short but beautiful time! RIP dear Karen. 🙏

@vernonsheldon-witter1225 8 месяцев назад

At 65, the Carpenters sang the songs I loved. They were my favorite group during my teenage years. Her voice and Richards arrangements made me cry. I listen to them every single day.

@user-rb9cn8xj4e 3 месяца назад

I’m 61 years old. I cannot hear her voice and not be transported back in time to very specific places and times as a young boy. With good reason her voice is the voice of the 1970s for me. Ethereal and mesmerizing. If my soul were a biscuit, her voice is the melted butter. What a loss. So tragic. Had she lived longer she would no doubt be blessing us still with those silken vocal cords.

@machyrudinaceus Год назад

So terrific to see a younger generation falling in love with Karen Carpenter! Her brother, Richard, was the guru behind the arrangements and the pianist. Karen is his younger sister. She had NO desire to sing, initially. She wanted to hide behind the drumset and she was a very good drummer. But once the record company recognized her vocal talent, she became the star vocalist. She was a perfectionist, which drove her to be hard on herself. Her death was such a shock to the world. So incredibly sad. We fans are so thrilled to have her music available widely -- we can still feel that breath of grace in her voice.

@rogerphillips2063 Год назад

Karen could drop her voice effortlessly and smoothly. Wonderful singer. We miss her but her recordings are immortal.

@queenslanddiva Год назад

One of the finest voices, male or female of her, or any generation. A bottom register to die for and brilliant from the top all the way down, not a note out of place. Today's vocalists take note - this is how it's done. Btw, the song was written by the wonderful Leon Russell

@rodwestonable Год назад

Her voice never fails to amaze me. Glorious!

@robertszekely8686 Год назад

She has one of the greatest voices of all time. Just hearing her beautiful voice can bring tears to my eyes.

@gregbell3559 Год назад

Me too

@pippadawg7037 Год назад

And it gives me chills too. Usually chills are for high notes but not with Karen Carpenter. Hers were lower.

@dagmar.6954 Год назад

Karen was one of a kind. There will never be another like her. She had such a pure calming voice. And she was a terrific drummer. That was her passion even more than singing. Sadly we lost her so young. Thankfully we have her legacy left in her music. The Carpenters had so many great songs such as "We've Only Just Begun", "Close To You", "For All We Know", "Rainy Days & Mondays", "Superstar", "Goodbye To Love", "Top Of The World", "Sing", "Yesterday Once More", "I Won't Last A Day Without You", "Please Mr. Postman", "Only Yesterday" & so many more.

@TexasRose50 Год назад

We were the same age when she passed. I was devastated. I was so wrapped up in her voice(and her drumming). I was angry to learn that someone told her it really wasn’t right for a female to play drums and sing. So they stopped her from playing. Then someone told her she needed to lose weight. That was her downfall. She became anorexic that lead to her heart giving out. And her love life was sad too. I’m not into famous people, but Karen was special. For awhile I had to stop playing her CDs. I got too sad knowing we would never hear any more new songs from her. Her death broke my heart. But slowly I’ve been able to listen to her. Sorry to ramble.

@tracymetherell8744 Год назад

I believe she might still be with us if never forced to come out from behind the drum set. The eating disorder really got out of control after she was primarily out front. She never looks as comfortable alone, much more relaxed behind her drum set

@reneerocha1796 Год назад

Yes, all so beautiful 😢

@leagratch8718 Год назад

@@tracymetherell8744 exactly!! so so sad they objectified her and didn't leave her in her comfort zone behind the drums, more people die from eating disorders than drugs and alcohol combined

@tracymetherell8744 Год назад

@@leagratch8718 so true and most people have very little awareness that this illness is all around us.

@Boldupac 9 месяцев назад

I grew up listening to her beautiful voice. We were so shocked when she died and that we would never hear her sing new songs with that blessed voice. I still have my Carpenters LPs from the 70's and will never give them up.

@rogerbritton2106 Год назад

Karen might not be with us now but her music is timeless, the voice of an angel.. Rest well Karen, you're music is still playing and people are loving it.. 🇬🇧

@mike-N6S Год назад

She had a three-octave contralto range. This song contains the lowest note she sang in any song - D below Middle C, which you picked up on. She has also been praised as having perfect pitch.

@skunkmonster1 3 месяца назад

She definitely had a PERFECT pitch. I heard a vocal coach say she harmonizes with herself.

@bonester50 Год назад

Karen Carpenter is the most sincere, humble and real legend/superstar I have ever researched. Just a one of a kind human being. Another note no autotune.

@melissawatson3691 Год назад

Encapsulating of her Soul...not just her Voice !

@GerriSmith Год назад

The Carpenters were really hitting it as I hit my midteens. Their songs were the soundtrack of my life for so many years. I cried the day the music died.

@womanoftruth6873 Год назад

It does my heart good to see young artists like yourself recognizing the music and voice of this woman that sang her way into our souls….Her angelic voice has left it’s impression within us forever.

@kennyhuskisson2684 7 месяцев назад

I also like younger people seeing & hearing things from before their time, but looking at your picture, you look real young yourself, lol, unless that's an older picture, lol, just saying, lol, I mean no disrespect ☃️🎄👍✌️

@jimcarberry8262 Год назад

She had a 3 octave singing range. And she was a fantastic drummer.

@tomschmitz261 Год назад

I actually read she had a 4 octave range from the biography by ray coleman....

@markw3598 Год назад

@@tomschmitz261 It really doesn't matter, That low range was the killer!!!

@pippadawg7037 Год назад

@@markw3598 You nailed it. Her gift wasn't about range it was about timbre, warmth, richness, agility, and above all effortlessness and emotion too. Many female singers have greater range. What she had was more unique and important. It is like she didn't need to breathe and some endless supply of oxygen instead. She barely opened her mouth when she sang and all this incredible sound came out. She could enunciate lyrics beautifully, perfectly, breathlessly and effortlessly. She never made a mistake so she could sing with pleasure and you could listen with pleasure.. You weren't afraid for her. Ever felt that tension listening to a performer? You don't want them to mess up? You didn't feel that listening to her even live. Her voice had a calm fluidity, like a soprano leggero without the trills and acrobatics. Her agility was there in full voice and it was smooth and rich. That ability to move effortlessly (there is that word again )from a typical female higher register to the lower notes is unusual.. Most female singers hit the money notes high but she would hit them low instead and it worked and was extremely soothing and emotional. She called that amazing lower register her "basement." In short her sound was unique. She had very little vocal coaching and didn't need it. Her voice was a gift from God. It was like He touched her throat.

@r-leanmygirl-gj2kt Год назад

It's not the number of octaves but how the vocalist sticks the octave. Karen had few equals in that regard.

@tomschmitz261 Год назад

@@pippadawg7037 well well said, all true. Just to add she COULD hit the high notes if she wanted. There is a video here on youtube of her singing live from 1976 in Osaka Japan where she is singing "the end of the world" and at the end of the song she LITERALLY holds the note and word "said" for about 20 seconds!...easily too, she even jokes about it when she stops singing it.

@jennierounsley1597 Год назад

Quite often, backup vocals were multiple tracks of Karen. Richard Carpenter composed or arranged much of their music. They will always be my favorite group!

@brianhobson7343 9 месяцев назад

I think ALL of their backup vocals were Karen and Richard. I don’t think they EVER hired other singers.

@NoOne-bp2jw Год назад

One of the best female vocalists of time. There are so few contraltos and her voice is just so beautiful.

@larrywoody7167 Год назад

Her voice makes me tear up every time.

@tiffany-sheriwageman.3702 Год назад

Me too 😢.

@karasays01 Год назад

Karen has this velvety voice that the moment i heard I knew her pain instantly at 16. So I was shocked to find she died of heart failure due to anorexia. She still is one of the greatest voices to touch down on earth. R.I.P Karen.

@SuperBookdragon Год назад

What a beautiful voice- such confidence- no need for vocal pyrotechnics like what you hear today. Leon Russell wrote one of the most beautiful love songs of all time and the Carpenters deliver a most sublime version.

@susanraye3530 Год назад

Did you know Karen was also the drummer for The Carpenters? She ached to be Loved, and in Love. In every lyric, and every note, she was exposing her own deepest thoughts and emotions. When she performed, she retreated into the depths of her heart and soul. She left us much too soon ... but, left a legacy no other female artist can ever match. It broke my heart when she passed away 💔 We were the same age.

@1calvinfunny1 Год назад

Karen also did her own backup vocals on many of her recordings...That's why the songs sound soooo good...

@thomastimlin1724 Год назад

mostly those were with Richard....

@1calvinfunny1 Год назад

@@thomastimlin1724 Yes they were..

@jojones1082 Год назад

We lost her 40 years ago last week. I remember when the news of her death came out - the whole world was in shock. She was one of the best female vocalists ever, in my opinion. I believe that this song was actually written by Leon Russell, any it's been covered by many singers, but I think that I love her version of it is the best.

@rubbersole79 Год назад

Yes. Written by the late great Leon Russell.

@xavierminchello8431 Год назад

YES, I CRIED. I WAS WORKING ON A WARD IN AN AIR FORCE HOSPITAL. I DUCKED INTO THE DISPENSARY AND TEARED UP,!

@michaelrayking5946 Год назад

Thank you Britt for such an insightful reaction. When Karen died, I was driving on Hillsborough Road in North Carolina. The announcement of her passing came over the radio. I had to pull my car over. I wept. We lost one of the most magnificent voices ever and an incredible lady that day. The Carpenters' music that never made it to the airwaves is some of the most beautiful music you'll ever hear. A Place to Hideaway, Road Ode, Honolulu City Lights, Ordinary Fool, the list goes on and on. I still feel the loss of what the next 30 to 40 years would have brought us. She was gone far too soon. Your reaction makes me smile and gives me hope that Karen's voice will continue to be heard for generations. Thank you for this. I appreciate you.

@PapasPtPt Год назад

Loved the Carpenters! My new wife and I sang their short song, 'Sometimes' ( please look at the lyrics ) to our parents at our wedding in 1972, with both of us crying through it and my dad ( who NEVER cried ) sobbing on the front pew. Somehow we all needed to let Karen know MORE how much we loved her.

@jeannettestogner5164 Год назад

The most beautiful voice ever. Karen had such an incredible contralto voice, and perfect pitch. She usually recorded her songs in one take. Sadly, I don't think she ever realized how special and gifted she truly was. You'll also enjoy Goodbye to Love, Merry Christmas Darling, and I Know I Need to Be In Love, as well as everything else she ever recorded. Rest in peace, sweet Karen.

@Paladin70 Год назад

Until Karen died most people, even many of us who worked in medicine, had never heard the word anorexia before. Her passing, and the shocking photos of her once beautiful, then emaciated face shortly before her death brought massive awareness of eating disorders to the forefront. Print articles and tv spots about it were everywhere because it took down someone famous and shocked the world. Many parents now had answers and clues as to what was going on with their kids, mostly daughters. In a way, the tragedy of her untimely passing actually helped to save many lives.

@sheilastew1 Год назад

She died when I was in college. It was a terrible shock. You're right, no one had really heard of anorexia before. 😔 Such an extraordinary talent. No one in music has had a voice like hers since.

@sassyt1545 Год назад

I graduated from high school in 1977. We absolutely knew what anorexia was. Both anorexia and bulimia rapidly increased in the 1970s, as did the public awareness of the disorders, via media coverage, especially magazines. I had a high school friend who was anorexic (1976) and she wasn’t alone, there were others who were obviously struggling and just as many who were struggling in secret. One girl was in and out of the hospital for treatment of anorexia our entire senior year. Karen Carpenter’s anorexia wasn’t unique to the time, but it was very visible because of her fame. Her death from anorexia brought more attention to the disease and scared people. Thankfully, diagnosis and treatment has come a long way since then.

@lindawade4ok639 Год назад

I lost a sister-in-law to that. And you are right they didn't understand it at all in the medical community. I know we sure didn't

@DMWB57 Год назад

Yes, she saved my best friend. Had I not known about her and the struggle that took her life. I was able to get my friend the help she needed when I suspected bulimia. She credited me for saving her life, but it was Karen Carpenter. RIP to the best female vocalist of all time.

@peggymcmillin660 Год назад

Yes Not only did she make her mark in music history, she unwittingly helped millions by putting anorexia front and center.

@JDKEMP65 2 месяца назад

I was delivering medicine to the hospital she died at in Downey Ca. The news vans were outside it had just happened I became a fan after learning more about her. So sad she died from Anorexia at a very young age but her music will last forever.🙏

@debkovar3928 Год назад

Leon Russell wrote this masterpiece! Listen to him sing it 🎶🎶🎶. Karen Carpenter was such a talented musician!

@georgebur 18 дней назад

I heard Leon sing it live here in Auckland, New Zealand. The concert was VERY loud, very loud. This song was half complete, then I realised it was a Song for You. The Carpenters did best when picking up a song like this - great song, great writer, but needing a great arrangement and vocal.

@gayle5967 Год назад

As someone who grew up listening to The Carpenters, it is so nice seeing them being discovered and appreciated by a new generation. This was like heading the song for the first time again, and I've heard it hundreds of times. Watching Karen Carpenter slowly die was so heartbreaking. As a fan yes, but for her family even more so. She was a beautiful songstress, and soul. RIP Karen. This was my first of your reaction videos, I'll be checking out more of them.

@carolynnewcomb2153 Год назад

“Superstar”, “Rainy Days and Mondays, “We’ve Only Just Begun” are just a few of her big hits to check out.

@sahewins Год назад

Superstar was also written by Leon Russell (and Bonnie Bramlett)

@grand73am Год назад

And don't forget Close to You.

@mkshffr4936 Год назад

Goodbye to Love.

@robertgaudreau7327 Год назад

Yesterday once more

@JRNurse2013 Год назад

I’m 66 and this brings back memories of the hours I spent in my bedroom with my stereo playing The Carpenter’s. Today you have to look up the lyrics to songs, but not with Karen. Every word is clear and her voice was truly the best I’ve ever heard. Richard was very talented as well and he knew what a gift her voice was to the world. It was hard on everyone in their fan club when she died and so hard to understand. 😢 I felt so sad for her family. I miss her incredible voice so much!

@SlimKeith11 Год назад

Classic song by Leon Russell!!!! Beautifully sung by Karen Carpenter and perfectly arranged by Richard. PERFECTION.

@candicelitrenta8890 Год назад

That is one of the best songs they did in my opinion. It did not make the charts that big, but it is a very special feeling with it.

@FrankPatrick-mt6oy Год назад

Hello Candiceli how are you doing today.l agree with you it is special feeling with it

@bobfinholm2671 Год назад

Amazingly, it wasn't released as a single. Absolutely should have been, but Carpenters and the label felt the running time would be too long for Top 40 radio.

@DanieltheTruebadour Год назад

While we're passing out the accolades, let's not forget the real architect of the Carpenters' sound: brother Richard. Pianist, arranger (orchestra, vocals) and vocals, great accompanist, creator of luscious harmonies, Richard set that gorgeous voice in the perfect setting. The world will never again hear its like.

@bettyvarone4420 Год назад

I just loved this group, had the first tape ever made from them, her voice was so beautiful, this made me cry to hear her sing this so many years later, no voice like hers ever. I am now almost 75 and I can hear her sing for hours.

@debibrown5568 Год назад

Her brother and her did all the backup vocals in several layers. She had an awesome voice.

@maureencollins5177 Год назад

This song was written and recorded by Leon Russell in 1970. It's been recorded by a number of other artists as well, including Donny Hathaway, Willie Nelson, Ray Charles, and Herbie Hancock/Christina Aguilera and so charted on basically any Billboard chart you can think of. In 2017 it was selected for the Grammy Hall of Fame. The Carpenters version was never released as a single but widely known as the ultimate Adult Contemporary recording.

@FrankPatrick-mt6oy Год назад

Hello Maureen how are you doing today?

@sbmcgonagle9671 Год назад

Spend all day giving Carpenter credit for her vocal chops and interpretation, but not for the actual song and lyrics! Particularly when it comes to Leon Russell, who arguably didn’t get credit overall for being the influential musician and songwriter that he was (ask Elton John and Bruce Hornsby) I was debating in my mind whether to point this out and if anyone would care. Now I know at least one other person (+20 likes) does. Thanks!

@2L82Sk8Bye Год назад

Love Leon and this song is so special. Another favorite is Lady Blue.

@mikehigbee2320 Год назад

My God. I just spontaneously broke down and cried listening to this. The Carpenters were an instrument of God, used the channel love and beauty into the world.

@lucguenette7534 Год назад

I can relate, Mike,i have often gotten emotional listening to the Carpenters.

@SayItAintSo4real Год назад

I so love your reaction @ 1:27 when KC hits those gorgeous low notes. Whew! Magic. Pure magic. And at 2:22 with all of those voices? It's all Karen and her brother, Richard. The two of them are amazing! Sounds like a full chorus. Just beautiful. This is truly one of my favorites by them. And that jazzy saxophone. Just can't get any better than that. Woooo!

@newsfman2011 Год назад

I've been a HUGE Carpenters fan since 1970. It's so cool to see your appreciation of this song. And I'm appreciating it in new ways from you. Thank you!

@stevekaufmann4088 Год назад

The clarity in her voice was unmatched... her tone and control... her leaving us so early and young was such a shame. Saw them in concert in Duluth MN in Oct 1972...

@davidwayne9982 Год назад

Her Brother Richard did all the arranging and really made her talent shine even MORE with perfection in his work and they made the perfect sound together!!!

@ThePeterBlood Год назад

Yes Richard Carpenter is worthy of the many accolades for his own talents in making The Carpenters the amazing group they were. Brother and sister were a perfect match!

@kristinaosobka9680 Год назад

We can also thank Leon Russel for the lyrics

@pls_explain9608 Год назад

As clever as a musician Richard was I have always suspected he cared more about his/theirs career than Karen’s well being

@davidwayne9982 Год назад

@@pls_explain9608 I got that feeling from him as well as the REST of the family too-- they rode her pretty hard on the eating stuff- and that is NOT the way to help her. I've heard mixed tales-- so who knows..

@jfilesgraphics Год назад

In their heyday, The Carpenters were no joke and when you hear songs like this, its a monument to her awesome vocal range. I'm glad the younger generation is rediscovering Karen Carpenter. When it comes to the lyrics, it almost sounds something Paul Anka would write. Parts of the song sounds like a Stevie Wonder melody too.

@Mooncelt 2 месяца назад

Grew up listening to their music and Karen's unforgettable voice. Richard's arrangements are some of the greatest ever. Wish she were still alive to know how much everyone loves her.

@jaddison1112 Год назад

Karen Carpenter had one of the very greatest voices of all time. She died much to young of an eating disorder age 32 years old. Truly one of the most tragic losses in music history. Karen and her older brother Richard were born 5 years apart, she was born the same year I did 1950. My heart has been broken for over 40 years missing her. I often cry listening to her.

@farmerbill6855 Год назад

Beautiful voice. There is a British youtuber called Wings of Pegasus who does his best to explain her perfect pitch. It is well worth seeing. The greatest voice to ever grace popular music. Any Karen Carpenter is good, very good.

@GirlWithAnOpinion Год назад

I love FIL! He's awesome and he soooo appreciates Karen!

@MysticalMissM111 Год назад

It felt it was heartbreaking for her to die so young - someone so talented with such an amazing voice. And the two of them as a team was also very special. I believe Richard is older and I’m not sure that he receives the accolades he should for his writing and arrangements. It feels like there was a truly intuitive and unspoken flow and harmony in how they performed together. They were absolutely one of my favorites in that era … I listened to them frequently and still love to listen to their music. ❤

@NC-qc7wd 11 месяцев назад

Karen Carpenter, her music was a major part of my childhood, and I still can't believe how special she was to me. Nowadays, I speak 4 languages, but English was my second language. I listened to her music when I was a ten-year-old child. I read the lyrics and sang along with her. At the age of 17, I moved to New York City and managed to learn English fluently within 7 months before taking my TOEFL exam. I was amazed at how quickly I was able to learn the language with the help of her music. I always tell people who want to learn English properly to listen to her voice and let her music be their source of inspiration, and let her voice be the perfect teacher.

@berkeleyfarm Год назад

I have been walking down memory lane watching Carpenter react videos and found yours. So wonderful to see Karen getting her props. Richard also completely deserves props for having a great ear for things that would suit her voice/range and his amazing arrangements. She was just short of her 33rd birthday. It's been forty years and I remember that day clearly.

@thor8580 Год назад

Leon Russell wrote and performed this song for an estranged lover he had at the time. It’s definitely worth reacting too..

@capla374 Год назад

I was young when that song came out , and all Carpenter music - she was a wonderful singer. I never bypass when one of her songs is playing

@paulveg8524 Год назад

I saw the Carpenters perform at the Royal Festival Hall here in London in 1973. She was 21, I was 16. We waited for them later at the stage door. Such a memorable evening. Magnificent.

@tonydelapa1911 Год назад

This a beautiful song, written by Leon Russell. Someday we should talk about him here. The Carpenters were brother and sister, both tremendous musicians and vocalists. Tragically, she died young, having danced with the Anorexia Demon for a good part of her life. Leon’s phrase ‘a place where there is no space or time’ was genius; he was said to be the master of space and time. When Elton John inducted Leon into the RNR Hall of Fame, he remarked that Leon had been a big influence on him, thatwatching Leon perform made him a better performer himself. Thank you for this one, Britt, it was wonderful.

@misacastillo282 Год назад

Great reaction 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 finally someone reacted to the full version of this treasure 🤩🤩🤩❤️ Thanks You.

@joelmartin-zi7ti Год назад

Every note that came out of her mouth was LOVE 💞💓💗💖❤

@pls_explain9608 Год назад

She melts my heart every time I hear her voice

@Perfect_Blend Год назад

Karen's voice made it seem as tho she was right there in the room with you singing next to you. Those lyrics, "And when my life is over, remember when we were together." get me every time.

@realcoolbreeze Год назад

Wonderful Karen. Impossible to forget her with such a beautiful voice. Best singer I ve ever heard. Richard was a huge talent as well. Have always missed her.

@robinmcintyre3472 Год назад

I grew up listening to & singing their songs throughout my day... Growing up in a home where it was all about surviving, hoping for better things in the future, and most esp. Love, if we kids could just hang on until old enough to be able to leave home - their hopeful, joyful, heartfelt songs of life & love helped me to hold beauty safe in my mind and heart while dreaming of a future time when the ugliness of my world could finally fade away. Karen and her brother, both seemed so kind, so.. "good" I want to say; but like most who suffer with eating disorders, Karen was a perfectionist with herself, and for all of her amazing talents & beautiful soul, she suffered with self-esteem issues, feelings of not quite fitting in and was very shy! If only she could have seen what her brother and we, the whole world saw when we looked at her, listened to her as she shared her gifts... 😥❤️‍🩹 She and her brother were very close, and one of the things I've always admired about Richard was that, even though he was an amazing songwriter and musician in his own right, and fairly quickly on found himself relegated towards the background, with Karen being in the spotlight as it were.. he never let it cause friction or a rift between them..he just carried on loving and supporting his little sister as much as he always had. That says a lot to me about the kind of man and brother he was! I am so glad that they had each other!💖

@kevinnewberry1627 5 месяцев назад

Her voice was of an angel!

@leighmartin5290 11 месяцев назад

Leon Russell wrote this song. He was amazing and Karen Carpenter sings this with so much passion. The background music is wonderful.

@texastrustedoralsurgeon6830 Год назад

Britt, remember that her brother Richard is a true musical prodigy and he did all the arrangements and keys for every Carpenters song. It’s really his genius coupled with his sisters amazing vocal talent that makes us love these songs. If you ever get a chance to see an interview with Richard Carpenter, do so.

@garymiller95 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for this comment. I saw the carpenters together in the late 70s and then saw Richard alone probably in the late 90s one of the most talented musicians, arrangers and producers ever. What a dynamic duo and how lucky I feel to have seen them!

@DanielByers-qf9qi 6 месяцев назад

And Karen's great talent as a drummer/percussionist. (She preferred to be known as a drummer!)

@bella-xp7qd Год назад

She was the band drummer before she took lead singers. She wanted to be known as a drummer who could sing rather than a singer who could drum. She was classified as an excellent drummer.

@japfourme381 3 месяца назад

She had a beautiful voice, the way she could seamlessly go from high notes to low notes was sublime!!

@carmenwilley8858 Год назад

Miss her and her music. Nobody has a voice like hers.

@mrpoquah Год назад

If you loved this one, you should hear "Goodby to Love" by her. It will almost bring tears to your eyes. She was the best female vocalist in her generation and since. Her Big Brother Richard did all the musical arrangements. He was as talented as she was, but didn't have her range or beautiful voice.

@petternss1533 Год назад

pianist Leon Russell "A Song for You" is a song written and originally recorded by rock singer and pianist Leon Russell for his first solo album Leon Russell, which was released in 1970 on Shelter ❤❤❤

@maryellenmainville Год назад

Being 67 music of my era, always moving to me.

@emerald637 9 месяцев назад

Karen Carpenter's voice revealed her deep, warm, rich, and beautiful old soul. Karen was one very special human being with a true God-given voice that has ultimately gifted the world, even to this day and beyond.