Karen had a gifted natural angelic vocals. She sang to you and not at you. She didn't need vocal acrobatics to make you feel a song. Plus, she was a drummer before a lead vocalist.Karen and Richard provided their own backup vocals. True unmatched talent that we lost too soon. Rip Karen 🙏
@babyfry4775
2 жыл бұрын
Karen was a drummer before she was a singer. A producer heard her voice and moved her in front of the mic. She didn’t want that but we’re all so grateful to have heard her amazing voice. I still miss her.
@w.williams4919
3 жыл бұрын
Karen and Richard did all of the backing vocals. That's why they sound so lush.
@byzinski
3 жыл бұрын
Karen Carpenter > 🎤 🎶 THE Most beautiful female singing voice I’ve ever heard! Silky Velvety Silk 💕👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙌🏾🙌🏾 Portland Oregon USA 🇺🇸
@PeaceandQuiet12345
2 жыл бұрын
She was so brilliant and beautiful. Biz not only did she have a stunning voice. you MUST check out her drum solo's. It is next to impossible to play the drums and sing at the same time. Only a few can do it.. It was so sad when she passed and how she passed. its amazing what a person can hide, so much pain.. Yet she brought so much joy to the world. Karen you are an angel. Too perfect for this world... Yes that is her brother on backup. Paul Williams is a brilliant song writer and a very kind man. Perfect fit for her
@Ella-iw7xn
3 жыл бұрын
What a voice, it's a clear, black velvet melodious touch of magic that enters our hearts 💕 Hey Biz..
@abevillanueva1974
3 жыл бұрын
Karen...the GREATEST vocalist/drummer ever!
@sallybannister6224
2 жыл бұрын
I haven't seen anyone mention" Goodbye to Love "0, by the Carpenters . It is almost autobiographical I think, it has some fantastic guitar in it.. just a brilliant heart wrenching sad song, vocally and musically outstanding
@88pjtink
3 жыл бұрын
one of the single best videos on youtube. period.
@josepharnita2748
3 жыл бұрын
superstar and for all we know are two of my favorite cARPENTER SONGS
@stanleynykaza9042
3 жыл бұрын
Please do SING A SONG LIVE in JAPAN by Carpenters and FOR ALL WE KNOW and Hurting EACH OTHER and A PLACE TO HIDE AWAY !!...all great classics .
@Cosmo-Kramer
3 жыл бұрын
Next from Carpenters, "Close To You", and, "Yesterday Once More". Karen is a Goddess!
@daviddragavon7555
Жыл бұрын
Somewhere on your insides, there is big ol' marshmallow of a heart! Try "Falling Crescent Noon " for something different from them..not a song for the Prom! And save this for the Holidays: "Merry Christmas Darling ".. it will melt you like a Candle! When I was working, my Monday song was often "Monday I have Friday on my mind" by the Easy Beats. Richard did background and Piano, and wrote the arrangements.
@timothyparsons8327
3 жыл бұрын
I think the way to explore the Carpenters is to listen to the hit songs…like Close To You, We’ve Only Just Begun, Top Of The World, Only Yesterday, ( there are more, of course, ) then delve into obscurity, like extracts from LPs (like Passage), for example.Yes she passed away too soon, but the songs are there and will be around forever
@donnahelton1270
3 жыл бұрын
Only recently found you so I am playing Catch-Up Karen Carpenter had a memorable voice. Beautiful beautiful song. If there is a Bible Belt I live in the buckle. But when I get the perfect opportunity I am going to work "Dope ass" into a conversation. Hopefully when my mother in law is here. And I simply love you. . So far my favorite reaction has been "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" It was 100% Dope Ass.
@watchbizmatik
3 жыл бұрын
this comment is funny lol
@edjasper92
3 жыл бұрын
Masquerade is beautiful.
@GratefulNole1
3 жыл бұрын
Hey man if you didnt do Yesterday Once More, its an essential listen for sure....
@martinmarquardt8589
3 жыл бұрын
I've heard her tell interviewers that she is a drummer that can sing not a singer that can play the drums
@sheilajenkins8927
3 жыл бұрын
Nice review … she does have a beautiful voice. I love how much you appreciate good music, regardless of “genre” 💯💪 Thanks fam 💞
@watchbizmatik
3 жыл бұрын
🙌🏿🙌🏿
@dennislalka7965
Жыл бұрын
Multi-talented Karen Carpenter...fantastic!
@kestrelle5345
3 жыл бұрын
You reminded me of all those foggy gray mornings in Bristol RI waiting for the Ferry to Prudence Island. Gloomy, but a beautiful gloom with the smell of the sea in every breath. Prudence Island is still my favorite place on earth.
@joecantu8131
3 жыл бұрын
I love listening to Karen Carpenter I remember listening to her tapes for free in the library at 7th grade school also her being a great drummer was viewed a lot of the times during the Carpenters variety show that they had quite a few years back
@greeneggsham3538
3 жыл бұрын
I remember watching a documentary or a film about her when she first auditioned for a radio company, she sang in a soprano voice, but the client considered it a waste of time, there was nothing extraordinary about it. When Richard told Karen to use her natural voice to sing a song, that changed their lives completely.
@jerickson725
3 жыл бұрын
React to "Goodbye to Love" .
@Bekka_Noyb
3 жыл бұрын
I suggest the following Carpenters songs: This Masquerade & Yesterday Once More
@ronforeman2556
3 жыл бұрын
The Carpenters rendition of the Neil Sedaka/Phil Cody song "Solitaire" is absolutely devastating. kzitem.info/news/bejne/1JukzIuirXWThKg I vividly remember the first time I heard it, in the fall of 1975, as I was driving up I-17 from Phoenix to Flagstaff, AZ. When it came on the car radio, I immediately began weeping and had to find a place to pull over. I was grieving over an unrequited love and Karen Carpenter's melancholy vocal combined with Richard's miraculous arrangement just had my number. Ironically, Richard Carpenter claimed he was "not crazy" about the song but believed their recording captured one of Karen's greatest vocal performances. Even so, "she never really liked the song." "Solitaire" peaked at "only" #17 on the Billboard Pop Chart, and signaled a downturn in the duo's record sales from which they would never really recover.
@behindenemylines9033
2 жыл бұрын
What an angelic voice
@GJRight
3 жыл бұрын
Doesn’t get better than Karen.
@johnandrews3151
3 жыл бұрын
Carpenters/Happy
@TheJm129
2 жыл бұрын
"Goodbye to Love" needs to be next from the Carpenters.
@bmcagent
3 жыл бұрын
I've always loved rainy days too! A Monday is better when it's raining in my book! lol
@watchbizmatik
3 жыл бұрын
Same here!
@bmcagent
3 жыл бұрын
Btw, there are no bad Carpenters songs since her voice was so great, but for a weird one you might want to listen to Mr. Guder from their first album. Not for a YT video, just on your own to see what you think. It's definitely different!
@diegoshepherd3464
2 жыл бұрын
Really great song. Karen is amazing. I enjoy your videos...admire and appreciate your style.
@tebindack
3 жыл бұрын
Karen, Stevie & Ann are 3 completely different singers. There’s no comparing. They are all brilliant.
@tomschmitz261
3 жыл бұрын
so true, i personally think karen carpenter is the greatest female singer of love and romance songs, ann wilson, the greatest female rock voice, and stevie while i enjoy her is more of a "style "singer than someone with a fantastic voice...
@SaverioP
2 жыл бұрын
And besides, he didn't even mention Tina Turner, the GOAT.
@calmnrelaxed
2 жыл бұрын
Nah, you can compare...it's all subjective...if I took the poll, out of those 3 I would have picked Karen...I don't think I've heard a song by Ann and Stevie is cool and all but her music isn't my cup of tea...so the poll really means nothing
@teresasmith4446
3 жыл бұрын
I love the Carpenters music I rather listen to their least popular song and the one that the people might say is not as good as the others than any of the stuff that's out nowadays because with them and with a lot of the artists from this era it's just talent it's pure beautiful talent and unfortunately you don't hear a lot of that anymore it's more about them sticking their breasts in your face twerking acting stupid trying to get your mind away from their voice which makes you wonder how they ever got a record contract to begin with thank you for the reaction God bless stay safe bye
@mark-be9mq
3 жыл бұрын
Love it, Bz
@watchbizmatik
3 жыл бұрын
Rock on!
@TerryWalker-ty5ok
Жыл бұрын
Your rite Brother. Stevie Nicks put a spell on you, Ann Wilson was a female vocalist with a in tune/pitch siren for a voice, Karen Carpenter sang like a 100%.Angel
@audreyhepburne
Жыл бұрын
The world lost karen Carpenter way too soon. Just think if she lived longer. Her voice was heaven.
@kathrynkissane5144
2 жыл бұрын
'WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN'
@Tuesdays_Gone
3 жыл бұрын
I love rainy days too; they’re beautiful. Karen Carpenter did influence me to drum, but my biggest drum influence was Skynyrd’s Artimus Pyle. Karen’s voice was just perfect. 💕🎶💕🎶
@brianbanta6398
3 жыл бұрын
I love their "gloomier" songs the best. A lot of their songs got too sweet and pop sounding. But Karen's voice is always beautiful.
@minnidrake3342
3 жыл бұрын
Perfect voice I love Ann and Stevie but Karen voice is just as great no one better
@bradhuckins1637
3 жыл бұрын
Karen and Richard are from New Haven, Connecticut.
@thekingcobra63
3 жыл бұрын
Richard was amazing with his arrangements, karen's voice is amazing, but Richard doesn't get enough credit for his arrangements.
@mark-be9mq
3 жыл бұрын
Rainy day and snow days mellow life. 👍
@martharunstheworld
3 жыл бұрын
RIP Karen. She was an amazing singer who had some terrible demons.
@terrigabriel582
3 жыл бұрын
Your funny and cute..agree with you on Weather🙏💚
@hongfang2508
3 жыл бұрын
Richard Carpenter arranged the music, so credit him for the harmonies and instrument choice. This is one of Karen's best songs, IMO. It was a big hit and the first song that I associated with a group called The Carpenters way back in the day. I don't know which Carpenter songs you reviewed previously. If you haven't seen Superstar, it a lot like this song in tone. Karen sings the sad songs best, IMO. So definitely check out Superstar if you haven't seen it.
@nathanabraham4639
2 жыл бұрын
Early Karen drumming, I wish the whole world would show her how loved she was
@wgill9008
3 жыл бұрын
Fellow Rhodesia Islander. Gone many years
@watchbizmatik
3 жыл бұрын
wussup Home Team
@artistbrindle
3 жыл бұрын
If you haven’t already, please review Only Yesterday from the Horizon album.
@patrician7445
2 жыл бұрын
Two Carpenters songs that I especially love to listen to are "Masquerade" and "Solitaire." I have always felt that Karen and Linda Ronstadt have the best voices ever.
@redhead2376
3 жыл бұрын
If you want an offbeat Carpenters song, try' Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft.' It's about alien beings visiting Earth.
@billmccormackz4946
2 жыл бұрын
Greatest voice ever. Dead at 32.
@michaela8706
3 жыл бұрын
Gotta luv me some Karen. I needed this. Definitely need to do "Yesterday Once More" by them.
@audreyhepburne
Жыл бұрын
Thomas Morgan Edwards was the harmonica player.
@christopheryochum3602
3 жыл бұрын
Nice the way you listen for the details.
@watchbizmatik
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@fewwiggle
3 жыл бұрын
Awww man -- wish you had gone through all the lyrics, it's quite a "story"
@annmills3163
3 жыл бұрын
☮️💜
@jpecci1262
Жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/xq-l336hgaGIeHY kzitem.info/news/bejne/tKacwI5of6tzkmU I choose these 2 Carpenter concerts, because they really show Karen in her happy place and demonstrate their incredible talent - one is behind the drums live singing a medley without missing a beat. The second is her singing live in Japanese and looking so happy sharing music with the children.
@kellyclark3620
3 жыл бұрын
well, "Calling Occupants" was cool at the time, and her voice is perfect. But... today it is just strange.
@gpxo11
3 жыл бұрын
For a change of pace try "sing"-nice uptempo happy song.
@toddhutchins2492
2 жыл бұрын
Richard did all her arrangements because he knew how to get the most out of her voice.
@dennislalka8027
2 жыл бұрын
No there is no bad song...Karen is a one of a kind singer!
@johnandrews3151
3 жыл бұрын
Carpenters/Desperado
@ginnyhager4274
2 жыл бұрын
Please listen to “Top of the World”, great Carpenters song.
@barbsmith5465
2 жыл бұрын
It's a metaphor.. Rainy Days and Mondays.
@xenafan234
2 жыл бұрын
Stevie WOULD BE VERY WELCOLME to Karen, Keren was so Lovely! as a Vocalist Karen was So Great!
@A.KINLAW
3 жыл бұрын
The Carpenters always take me back...to every trip I've ever had to the dentist.
@Ella-iw7xn
3 жыл бұрын
Wtf 😅
@tektoniks_architects
3 жыл бұрын
Karen "One Take" Carpenter....would enter the recording studio, sing a song in one take, and leave. You cannot improve on perfection. Try: Hurting Each Other, Close To You.
@artistbrindle
3 жыл бұрын
And a lot of times, Richard wouldn’t even tell her what she was going to record until she arrived at the studio! Crazy! There will never be another like her.
@tektoniks_architects
3 жыл бұрын
@@artistbrindle I remember reading about one of their greatest songs (can't remember which one), and Richard had written song lyrics down on a napkin. They went into the studio to record a quick demo of the song, and Karen did one take. That single take was so good, they used it on the album without recording another.
@artistbrindle
3 жыл бұрын
@@tektoniks_architects yes, it was “Superstar” ❤️
@johnsimon2988
4 ай бұрын
Nah, not everybody hates Mondays. Actually I like both rainy days and Mondays. Being retired may have something to do with that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@kathrynkissane5144
2 жыл бұрын
Rip Karen
@shannonbennett987
3 жыл бұрын
What's next? Close to you
@heidithatswho.2481
3 жыл бұрын
🔥🔥🔥
@ricmotta2495
2 жыл бұрын
Music video's weren't invented yet.
@1qkdoggy
2 жыл бұрын
are you kidding me ann wilsons voice was judged better than karens. ann could not carry karens luggage to the airport
@robbieh.chafin6202
3 жыл бұрын
Are you any kin to Tyler Perry? You look just like him.
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