KAREN MADE MEL CRY!!! CARPENTERS - I NEED TO BE IN LOVE (REACTION) 

I remember the day she passed away. The entire music industry was in mourning. Everyone loved her.

Something that most of you young folks don't know is, Karen was one of the best DRUMMERS of her generation!

She had an absolutely beautiful voice, one nobody else can touch.

That last look killed me too. She gave the world so much. She deserved only the best life had to offer. I can only hope she has peace now. Beautiful soul.

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 "(They Long to Be) Close to You", "We've Only Just Begun", "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", "There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over the World)" & so many more.

Girl! You nailed it when you said, "God dropped her down from Heaven..." Thank you for this reaction video!! It's obvious you both have mad respect not only for the music, but for Karen as well. We'll done!

I’ll go ahead and say it…the best female singer in the history of music! Just perfect every time she opened her mouth.

I'm a guy, but Karen sang exactly what I was feeling at the time for a dozen years. We've lost so many great singers / artists over the last 40+ years, but I truly miss her the absolute most.

She had a glorious voice, truly beautiful! She had such a horrible end to her life...

Karen Carpenter and her brother were from Downey, California. At the same time, I lived in Downey with my family. It was exciting to know that the Carpenters lived nearby. During their career, The Carpenters lived at home with their parents. Karen suffered from anorexia-nervosa and it was quite noticeable. She died in the closet of her bedroom. She was found in the fetal position. It was 1983. Anorexia-nervosa was a sickness that was not taken seriously back then and typically it was swept under the rug so Karen never got the help she really needed. She died alone in her bedroom....so sad. It was a bad time for the world and Downey. We lost a "Superstar".....R.I.P Karen

Had the most beautiful voice ever still as 2-18-2022 still does. She is an exception to the rule that no one is indispensable. She can never be replaced!

Aww Mel, you made me cry when you said the was like an angel sent down by God to be with us for a little while, because that is exactly how I feel. I grew up with the Carpenter's, had their album and sang along with her all the time. My dad took me to see them, and it was the first concert I ever went to. She went through so much in her short lifetime, including the anorexia. I also feel every emotion in her voice. She was a shining star that left us way to soon. Love you guys. ❤

My favorite female singer of all time. I can listen to her sing all day long.

An absolutely magnificent alto voice.

She sang like an angel and the 70's was the decade of sex,drugs and rocknroll. The music had a message to it and reflected the new freedom of a new era.

Shawn & Mel, This has always been one of my favorites by the Carpenters, but today watching y'all's reaction has me in tears. Listening to y'all's reaction hit my heart and made me realize that it all made sense. All that Karen went through with her life, always feeling "LESS THAN" is heartbreaking. She was a beautiful young woman, with a beautiful angelic voice. No one will ever sing the way that she did. All she wanted to be was loved. My heart breaks thinking what she went through in her life and especially at the end of her life. No one, I mean no one should ever have to feel that way. For someone who felt so bad about herself, she was so loved by many in this world. I'm very thankful that we have her music to continue to listen to for generations to come. Unfortunately, I relate to this song as well. It never hit me until today. While I do not feel sorry for myself and I am very grateful for the life that I've lived thus far. However, all I've ever wanted from everyone around me, including my family, was to be loved for me. My parents both died in 2018 and now that the stability to my family is God, I have no one in my family except my brother. Everyone else has just kind of disappeared. I'm OK though, because I know that my Heavenly Father loves me. INFORMATION - "I Need to Be in Love" is a song written by Richard Carpenter, Albert Hammond and John Bettis. It was released as a single on May 21, 1976. "Karen's own all-time favorite Carpenters song was 1976's "I Need to Be in Love," which can be thought of as the theme of her life." Thank you Shawn & Mel, love y'all! LadyGator1983 ❤️❤️❤️ RIP SWEET KAREN

You both. Are so right ,,,that look in the end made me lose it!! Never seen this video ,,, that look was from her,, her inner self!!

Best voice...I really can't find the words to describe her voice ...warm...rich...perfect... I'm completely addicted to Karen's voice!!!! I'm crying with you

Love The Carpenters!!!

This song "I need to be in love" was Karen's favorite song of all the songs she ever sang.. TRULY autobiographical...and this performance shows why karen was one of if not thee greatest female VOCALIST of love and romance songs, looking for love, finding love and losing love ever... she was the ultimate storyteller and voice that sang to the listener not at them...

Karen's story is heartbreaking, but it brought awareness that hopefully saved lives.

mel when you said she was an angel on loan it made me cry!the words of the song and then that look you also noticed just😭.rip karen!

I cried for a long time when she passed away. When I revisit their music and video's today I cry. I never saw this particular video before I"m in tears from it and your reactions.

You really nailed it Mel, she really tapped into that vulnerability. I always felt that too. There was something delicate about her like a beautiful crystal figurine, Yet the power in her voice gave chills. I will never forget her.

i listen to every genre of music at my age late 50's and carpenters are my all time favorite in any genre.

It must be obvious to anyone listening that besides her marvelous voice, Karen had great charisma. You can't take your eyes off of her! A superb arrangement by Richard and it is LIVE! She was admired for her vocals and her drumming. A voice for the ages!

The song you need to hear next and do a reaction video for from Karen is; “I Can’t Make Music”! Karen’s singing and the violin at the end absolutely makes me sob almost every time. I’m not at all afraid to admit that. Something about the song, the arrangement, Karen’s perfect baritone voice and the high violin fading off at the end, just after Karen finishes her vocal…it’s so perfect! 🎤🎼 Solitaire is my second favorite, but “I Can’t Make Music” 🎶 is absolutely out of this world with emotion.

I'm a self confessed Soul music junkie. But truth be told I love me some Carpenters. Karen Carpenter had such a Beautiful voice.along with her brother Richard and his songwriting talents. Haunting melodies beautiful harmonies.Yeah Love me some Carpenters✌️♥️

Karen is #1 on my list of top 10 female singers of all time, and that covers alot of great female singers!! 🎶🎵

I remember the carpenters when I was a kid growing up in the 1970's the carpenters were one of my favorite musical group and still is today this day over 40 years later. I love Karen Carpenter not only did she had one of most beautiful clear pure voice she was also a very beautiful woman inside and outside. I wished there was available help back then and enough info about her medical condition maybe she could had been saved. God bless you RIP Karen Carpenter thank u for your contribution to the music industry being around when I was a kid back in the 70's. You will always be missed.

I have commended you both for being so perceptive, especially the “ look “ Karen gave at the end. 100% spot on. This was her favorite song, and for good reason, it defined her life.

Karen had one of the most beautiful voices that ever graced God's Earth. You cannot go wrong with the Carpenters. Superstar, Solitaire, and Close To You. Close To you received heavy radio play. Karen was also a great drummer.

A few of my personal favorites from the Carpenters... "(They Long to Be) Close to You", "For All We Know", "We've Only Just Begun" or also special for me is "Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft" and "All You Get From Love Is A Love Song" R.I.P. Karen !!! (February 4, 1983)

This is a live performance that sounds just like the studio recording. Amazing!

Thank you so much for appreciating the true genius that was Karen Carpenter… The effortless voice. The sadness she emoted in this performance and all of her performances after this were due to the beginning of her anorexia which would ultimately claim her life at age 32 . She was everything.

This song was Karen's favorite to perform. It was written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. It does reflect how Karen felt. She never did find true love.

As a teenage boy at the height of her career, you wouldn't be caught dead listening to her music, it's something you only listened to in private and you loved it. Shhhh!

the only true angel to grace our planet, rip karen

AT THE END OF THE SONG WITH THAT LOOK SHE GAVE GRIPPED MY HEART ! 😪 SHE WAS SINGING FROM HER HEART ! SO SAD SHE COULDNT FIND LOVE BECAUSE OF HER CAREER .

Karen's look at the end of the song broke my heart! I still listen to her songs today! Two of my favorites are " Solitare" and " Masquerade".

Bless The Beasts And The Children by The Carpenters

It's sad that we just don't have quality voices like her in the music industry today . I guess that's why these artists will always have their music played and played on radio and people,s homes .🇬🇧

Richard was just as talented playing the piano and his musical arrangements. People don't give Richard the credit he deserves as well.

The BEST contralto voice in recorded history, with a range no contemporary female vocalists have... the warmth, tone and control reflect profound musicianship. She will be constantly "rediscovered" by each generation. Thank you Rich and Karen Carpenter , from a neighbor in Downey.

Thank you for this. She said this was her favorite Carpenter’s song. And you’re right. An angel.

Mel, thank you for showing us your heart. We feel the same.💛

Karen was quite simply the greatest female vocalists I've ever heard. I began listening to the Carpenters in the early-70s, as I was entering my teen years. I'm just an old country boy and always have been, but I listened to the Carpenters for hours at a time. I was on horseback working some cattle when a friend gave me the news that she had passed from this life. I'm not ashamed to say that I shed a few tears. What a lovely, classy, talented lady that God graced this world with.

Thank you for reacting to this song. For some history, her brother Richard collaborated with their best friend since college, John Bettis (a highly successful lyricist in his own right) and Albert Hammond to write this song for Karen. Karen loved it and it became her favorite song of their entire catalog. Both Richard and especially John have said in interviews that they all were feeling like this song, all on the road or in the recording studio, rarely having any time to even go out on a date and etc., much less find a partner for life. So yes, Karen really is singing straight from the heart here. You are correct, that look. That look and flip of her eyebrow said it all. Bless Karen. She is quoted as saying that sometimes when singing this song on stage she would bring herself to tears, because it hit so close to home, and hit so squarely in the heart for her. It's so sad, because she never really was truly successful in finding and fulfilling what she had truly wanted, a loving home with a loving husband and father to several children running around. She had always wanted to be a mom. But it never happened for her in this life. Truly heartbreaking. Sometimes I wonder if she didn't actually die of a broken heart when it was all said and done. Her heart just stopped, after a year of therapy and getting her weight back up to a normal range again, her heart still ultimately just stopped. She laid down in the floor and that was it. The last two years of her life were especially difficult. Bless beautiful Karen Anne Carpenter. She left us such a legacy of song. This song breaks my heart for her though, even as I think it's one of the best they ever recorded.

There's never been another vocalist that withing a single verse makes me well up. Forever an angel

Another note the legend drummer Buddy Rich ,,, mentioned she was one of the greatest drummers ever!!!!!

“Freedom only helps you say goodbye” that is such a great line and so true. There is no substitute for a committed relationship.

My wife and I saw the Carpenters perform in Pittsburgh in the early seventies. She was still playing the drums. Unbelievable voice!

Thank you SOOO much for loving Karen & her music & her search for love. 💔 (which you 2 luckily have found)

First Like👍🏿& First One Here to show love family and I will be watching until the end😁

Thanks so much for your beautiful reaction to my favorite singer Karen ❤️

That nod at the end of her singing, says it all. So much sadness & hurt in her life. Many of her songs came across like this one. No wonder so many people cry when they hear her sing. She sang from a broken heart & people heard that in her musjc. R.I.P. Karen.

Another autobiographical song to hear her sing is Goodbye to Love.

An angel who touched the hearts of many people 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. Rest in peace angel

Classic melodies and Karen’s one of a kind voice. Her emotions would always break you down🥰

Karen does sing from the heart always and that touches everyone. I am so glad you have discovered her!

She put all of her emotions in every song she sang. She's my go to when my depression hits hard. I'd love to request yesterday once more if you haven't already seen that one.

This is one of my favorite Carpenter's songs and per Richard, it was Karen's favorite. We lost a lot when we lost her. But we are fortunate to have her legacy. My heart hurts every time I hear their music. She was a true gift to us all. God bless you Karen.

she had perfect pitch and tone. 4 Octave Contralto voice. I was born about 5 months before Karen and I have been missing her for 40 years. There will never be another with a voice like hers.

I got to see The Carpenters in 1972 and she sounded amazing live. The happiest you ever saw Karen was when she played the drums. There are a couple of videos of her playing them in a tv special.

RIP...Karen....so glad we have these videos....

Mel and Shawn, your earnest reaction to Karen Carpenter's sublime performance is priceless. You are wonderful! Thank you for continuing to react to the genius of the Carpenters and their enduring musical legacy.

Karen had the most beautiful and natural voice of all time. Rest In Peace. I miss your beautiful voice.

The Carpenters is who I listened to on road trips as a kid/teen/young adult. 70/s 80/s 90/s when road trips were a big thing. Karen often referred to as ONE TAKE KAREN because they say she could sing a recording in one take. Perfect voice. Funny fun fact is Karen was a DRUMMER and did NOT want to be the front girl or in front of the band singing. She finally succumb to the demand which paid off but yeah. The true sad part is the media who was just as cruel then as they are now saying or referring to her as Her brothers plump little sister causing her great distress and an ever life changing eating disorder battling anorexia and finally death because of it. So young and such a great loss.

Nice to see a look of peace on your faces. That's what music is all about

I miss Karen and her beautiful voice! I was a senior in high school when she passed. Such a sad day! She was and is still loved by so many.

We didn't have her long enough, but thank you Lord for the time we did.

Warm maple syrup poured over hot buttered pancakes. That was Karen. ❤ RIP from MN.

You two put a big smile on my face and Karen was the best. That voice will never exist again.

I’m a new subbie. I’m 73 years old and the Carpenters were so special in my life. You’re so right Karen was a special angel on loan to us for a sort time. I still love their music. You both really got her. That is why I decided to subscribe to you. Thank you for sharing. ❤️

She always makes us feel the songs. Try ‘Road Ode’ and ‘Bless the Beasts and the Children’. Very underrated songs but absolutely brilliant.

Yes, she was a brilliant drummer too!! Such an amazing singer with the extra low sound of hers, incredible. xx

Beautiful reaction. So heartfelt. R.I.P. Karen, gone way too soon.

Karen WAS going through this and at this moment, AS she was singing this very personal and heartbreaking song, she was dying of anorexia but hardly anyone knew it! She was a lovely but lonely lady who yearned for the one thing she wanted and needed most......LOVE! I'm 67 and remember not only when she and her brother, Richard, arrived on the pop music scene (I was a HUGE fan of The Carpenters) but I remember like it was yesterday when she died on Feb. 4th, 1983! I still get emotional whenever I think of her or listen to her angelic voice. Thank you for your reaction video and your wonderful comments.

Thank you for feeling what my tears are falling for .....Mel want to hear you sing too beautiful

Perfect pitch timing a subtle brillance in her performances,,, lost the world suffers

"I know I ask perfection of a quite imperfect world..." great lyric.

Enjoyed watching all of this ❤ the carpenters are amazing 🤩 and Karen’s voice is just unbelievable wow 😮

God bless her sweet soul.💙 And God bless you two for your empathy.💙💙

You guys absolutely got it right, she was so longing for someone to love her. She died of Anorexia in 1983, at 33 yours old. SO sad and such a great loss. In the 70’s (my teen years) I loved her from afar and her beautiful voice always makes my tear up. Richard her brother, was a musical genius (still is) and he did all the arrangements for their songs. Together, they were simply magical.

Mel you nailed it! The Universe allowed us to have this special being for a very short time. I'm so glad it was during my lifetime. I cried for months after her death. I still mourn the loss of this beautiful soul.

This was my favorite group growing up. I sang all her songs and knew them by heart. I loved their music. I was heart broken when I heard she had died. I know we will see her in heaven making music again.

Richard Carpenter and John Bettis wrote this song with Karen in mind. Many consider it her personal theme song. Heartbreakingly beautiful!

Mel, you said it so perfectly, when you said "God picked his favorite angels and blessed them upon us before calling them back ". That's how I feel about Karen Carpenter & Minnie Ripperten. Oh, how I miss them so much. 😢.

If an Angel ever sang.... A drummer with the best voice ever to hit the airways.

There is another music/reactor who put Karen's live voice and recorded voice on a computer analysis, and she duplicated the quality and tone! Her voice was as good as it gets!

She's my favorite singer. I cry when I hear voice. She left us to soon.

I’ve never seen or heard Karen so beautiful as in this video.

You should listen to "Now", I believe it was the last song Karen recorded, it is a truly beautiful song. She had such an amazing unique voice. It was such a tragedy that when the Carpenters were starting out, because of a comment in an article Karen developed an eating disorder.

Thanks for your great reaction, Karen did have the voice of an angel. That's why we miss her so much.

Sadly Karen was quite ill here, trying her best to hang on and be strong. RIP beautiful Karen....

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This is a very special song for me. Had my heart broken by a fool and locked up my heart for eight years. I thought I was OK. I did'nt even date, kept my eyes to the floor if a stranger smiled at me. This song became my theme song. Christmas Eve after a long day at work, I stood on London Bridge and saw couples crossing over and I thought "Next Year I will be crossing this bridge with someone who cares" A year later I walked over that bridge on Christmas Eve, arm in arm with a lovely and kind man. We have been together now for 12 years. I loved your reaction and your right, Karen was briefly lent to us by a higher power. Her voice has a lot of healing in it. Thank You.

My wife and I absolutely love The Carpenters! Karen Carpenter makes you feel every note and touches your heart. Would love to see you react to We've Only Just Begun by The Carpenters. My wife and I married on August 16th 1970 and this song came out a couple of days later. It's one of our favorites by them. We got to see them live a couple of years after getting married. It was amazing!! And Karen could really play the drums. Love your reactions and comments guys!

A very moving reaction, S&M. Karen was indeed an angel. Next from, Carpenters, I recommend their hit song, "Yesterday Once More".

A singular voice. Never one like her before... or since. The voice of an angel if angels could sing that well -- but they can't.