Tony peluso was a great lead guitarist, I had the pleasure of working with him in the 1980's, I'm a session drummer Tony was a 1 of a kind player MAY HE R.I P. ALONG WITH KAREN GOD BLESS THERE SOULS AMEN. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Tony's solo is one of the best ever written.It revolutionised pop music, because "fuzz guitar" wasn't accepted in pop music - only rock music. One of my teachers toured with The Carpenters as a horn player and he was a really old school jazz guy, but he loved Tony's solo and raved about it.
I was a very 'cool' 21 year-old when this single was released, and I was no way a Carpenters fan. And then I heard Tony's outstanding solo at the end, over the choral 'aaahhs', and it made my hair stand on end! (Still does - what's left of it!) I have been a fan ever since. What a great pity that he died so young. Well done, JY Lee - you absolutely nailed it!
I cry EVERY time I hear this song - and JY's playing created the same effect - boo hoo hoo - what a PERFECT song! - the melody, the singing, the lyrics, the band. Beyond belief in beauty!! God bless Karen and Tony.
0:26 That moment when the song transitioned from old Richard's voice to Karen's, makes my eyes teary. Reminds me of my parents and childhood, how fast time flies. Tempus fugit. By the way, great job on the cover Mr. Lee, you nailed it.
Yeah, it brough tears to my eyes too. Karen's voice is pure gold. She has the ability to totally rip your heart out of your body. She can make a stone weep with her angelic tones. Hell, I miss her voice so much.
wow love to hear youngsters…. I am considerably old switching on to classics and playing them with such skill and precision. Peluso would be proud of you.
Tony:. Richard was always the one with the great ideas! Richard wrote some of most beautiful music ever! Karen sang so beautifully like smooth honey! And you, JY Lee ripped it on that guitar solo of Tony's! However, if they'd played like you played JY, most people (especially those who Richard said "sold out"), would have seriously have been turned off completely! I for one loved it JY! Your guitar playing is really fabulous! Keep it up and turn I up LOUD!! Rock on JY!! 👍👍🤘🤘👏👏👏👍👍
This song stuck out to me the first time I heard it precisely because it sounded sort of like the “first of a kind” by being this ballad with a kickass guitar solo. Great song.
According to this documentary, some of the Carpenters' fans accused them of "selling out" because they put this wonderful "hardish" rock guitar solo riff in it. Will wonders never cease.
'Great playing. 'Totally agree with what you said. It intoxicated me. 'One of the most exquisitely beautiful music pieces I've ever experienced. Expresses all grief, all defeat.
Tony is a genius in his own way. He did a solo exactly fitting the music we expect from the Carpenters. Th reason I believe he was chosen. Richard is a perfectionist and knew whom to get. Not only on this track. Listen to the other songs (like Beechwood 45789) and you will see his genius in what is required for Richard's music.
This guy J.Y. Lee hits superbly every note what Tony Peluso did when they performed this concert. Very very good lead guitar solo. One of the best I heard from this young man.
this is one of the most notable Carpenters tune and one of my all time favorites that guitar solo sold me to it completely and Karen nailed it just unbelievable Yes a number one record, RIP Karen!
Once again, this video and comments show what TEAMWORK really means! . . . The beautiful Karen´s voice, the genius Richard´s musical talent, and Tony´s mastery guitar playing produced this magic and powerful melody which will last forever in our minds and souls!
this is my favorite carpenters song. i was 13 and it was in heavy rotation on the FM station i listened to. it sounded so perfect. it still does. btw, i cry every time i hear that phrasing at the end. it makes you want to collapse into it. its a miracle.
Yes I have looked for live performances in the hope that it might have been extended sadly found none. I remember as a teenager being really miffed by the single edit version of the song, a travesty! A favourite guitar solo from the most unlikely of sources.
Thank you, Mr. Lee. I generally avoid these cover videos, but yours is excellent in numerous ways. There's your playing; Tony Peluso's playing; and your cutting back and forth between Richard Carpenter, Tony Peluso, and the performances, yet with a light touch.
Great rendering of possibly the best guitar solo ever recorded! Still, can't give Goodbye to Love credit for being the first "power ballad" ever because there was already this little song called Let It Be...
The lyrics suit my early life, although they were dark days for me this track lifted me up somehow, so sad we lost Karen, such a beautiful performer and person, R.I.P. sweetheart ❤
Great job Mr Lee, I was a small kid when this song came out and I was instantly hook by the guitar but I was afraid to comment with my friends. Now many years after I see a young guy play this guitar and I know that I was not crazy, the guitar solo in the song is what makes it unique. I like the way you play, it brings back memories.
So many nice things to say. Awesome job. Awesome that someone so young can appreciate music that is awesome. Video is awesome. Tony is awesome. Richard and Karen,,,,top of the heap. JY Lee,,,,,right there at the top as well. Good job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great job! I love to see young people like yourself discovering the music of days past, when music was good, listenable and everything on the radio was great. You've got good taste young brother. Keep on keepin' on!
I also have to say something about Richard Carpenter. The man loves musicians. He was the producer, he wrote all the great charts (and some of the songs, like this one), and he hired the musicians. I keep running across all these great solos in the middle of their records--guitar, sax, harmonica, drums (and not always Karen), etc. It was Richard that hired all those guys, and expressly told them to let 'er rip. Ditto for the great backup singers. These were very musically sophisticated records. As great as Karen was, the Carpenters were most definitely a team.
I’m sure it has been searched for in a decades since, but, hopefully, someday, somebody will uncover the uncut final recording of this song, with the extended guitar outro, not faded. That would be a gold mine find.
This is one of the tracks featured on my isolated tracks channel, there a many covers of Tony's 2 solos but this is far and away the best. Note perfect - well done
