There is nothing wrong with men crying especially when you are listening to the most phenomenal voice there ever was Karen Carpenter/ She not only touched your heart but your soul!! To this day, I still say WOW!! when I hear her voice
I could NOT have said that better. The woman knew how to melt a guy's heart with her voice. Even now, 50 years later, she still brings the tears to my eyes.
I'm going to agree with you guys! I have felt like I was in love with her from a very young age and now at 52 years old just hearing her again does make me weep like a jilted teenager lol
Many many MANY of her songs bring tears to my eyes, but there are some lyrics from a couple songs that will really make the tears run down my cheeks: *Desperado* "Don't your feet get cold in the wintertime, the sky won't snow and the sun won't shine. It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day...." And... *I Can't Make Music* "I'd like to wish you luck and hope that life will be with someone else - just like I thought it would be with me." Oh my gosh, the emotion in that song tears right through me.
Grew up in the 70's when the Carpenters were in their prime. Loved them. Karen was and still is my favorite singer and many times I have sat back with my headphone on and just listened, magical.
I love your heart. I hope that, some day, you’ll be blessed with a daughter. You would tell her that she’s beautiful just the way she is. Thanks for being you. Stay kind.
Ain't that the truth! I'm 52, and when I was a teenager most of us, myself included, would have almost chopped off a limb rather than admit to loving The Carpenters, and Karens beautiful voice. But I did, always, and from the very start...long before I ever knew who she was, as a little kid.
They were uncool because most of us identified ourselves as rockers. Behind the scenes we had to admit we were Carpenters fans. You have to figure, somehow they sold millions of records.
Go figure. When I was in grade school, I first heard the Carpenters, and instantly felt comforted by Karen's voice. By middle school, if you weren't into Led Zeppelin, you were square. My big likes at that time were the Carpenters & John Denver. Could not publicly admit that, though. Only if you had a seared conscience or no heart could you not be moved by Karen's voice.
When watching Karen’s videos, try not to dwell on the sadness of her story too much... Focus on how lucky we are that her performances were captured for us to watch almost 50 years later.
I grew up with the Carpenters...Karen's voice so often just made me cry with its beauty...I'll never forget the day she died, broke my heart...just like when John Lennon died. It's so wonderful to see a young person relish her voice the way I did (and do, even at 60)
Karen reminds me a lot of Princess Diana! Neither of them really knew how much they were loved while they were alive. After the worldwide outpouring of grief, you say" I wish they could see all this, so they can understand"!
It’s so sad and unfortunate that Karen had a false image of herself brought on by others. She was beautiful with an angelic voice and soul. You gave insight on how cruel the world can be.
No-One ever seems to mention one of Karen's most beautiful songs "Only Yesterday"...one of the lines near the beginning of the song goes" Nobody knew the Pain I was goin' through" and it always saddens me to know what she was going through at that time...So glad that her voice is still with us.
I agree with you! Why do we have to be so hateful to one another over things we won't care about tomorrow. Especially about things we can't change about ourselves or others. When I got married my husband I danced to what is referred to as The Wedding Song. RIP Karen.
My idol growing up. I was devastated when she died. I still have all my vinyl albums. A beautiful woman with a beautiful voice. I wish she could have seen herself through our eyes. 😢
JBLethal, Your message is so pure, and so on target. Thank you for showing the love to KC, she was so BEAUTIFUL. I am 58 years old and grew up listening to the Carpenters as a kid. To say they're music was special was a fuckin UNDERSTATEMENT! When the Carpenters music played on the radio in the 60's and 70's we were blessed. When Close to You came on my heart melted, I LOVED that song. Never got tired of listening to it or any Carpenter music. Sad VERY sad Karen didn't live her full life. I am so grateful we have the music, videos and memories of her to share. Thank u for supporting her 👍
I can't tell you how much joy I get from watching you react to Karen's voice. I love how you feel so, so much just the way I do when I hear her. I grew up with the Carpenters music and I feel so privileged to have been there from the beginning. When I watch you experience the musical trance you get into hearing her I'd give anything to take you by the hand and bring you back with me to those perfect Carpenters days. : )
Karen looked PERFECT here at this weight.Really sad she felt controlled by so many, including family members. You HAVE to listen to "Goodbye To Love". One of the best Carpenters songs.
She was actually suffering from the effects of anorexia by this point. So even if she looked "good", she wasn't healthy. She had very large hip bones, child-bearing hips, that she hated, ironically as Karen was known to desperately want children, many even. So even at her thinnest she had a noticeably wide bottom. Sadly, part of the reason her brief marriage failed was because her husband had a vasectomy previously and didn't disclose it to her until just days before the marriage which would have been a deal breaker to begin with if she had known well ahead of time. Is there even a "best" Carpenters song? Do agree that "Goodbye To Love" is absolutely excellent. Probably the only "hard rocking" Carpenters song. "I Need To Be In Love" is also excellent; i believe this was Karen's favorite Carpenters song. "You're The One" is also very beautifully sung by Karen. Definitely made for weddings. I do like her version of "A Song For You" although Donny Hathaway's excellent cover is more famous. And i could go on and on and on...
I would respectfully disagree about her weight. I think she's showing the signs here. She needs a bit more weight but that's just an old guy's opinion. If she stayed at "this" weight, she may have been okay. The magnitude of her dying is even more heavy today than back then to me. So sad. Never even heard of anorexia back then.
The saddest part was I heard she had anorexia beat at the end, but the damage was already done. Her brother is a musical genius. She the greatest female vocalist ever. Which is why we still love her.
Okay I am giving away my age here by saying that I was a young teenager in the 60s. I lived with all this great music and couldn’t get enough. I raised my two sons on my music and they love it. Even my granddaughter knows it from being with me. To me, I gave them all the greatest of gifts in real music not something made by machines. I remember when I first saw the Carpenters on TV. Karen was never fat but that’s the way she saw herself. Such a sad thing for a beautiful woman with a beautiful talent. ❤️🎵
That sadness... that pain... it's there in her voice. It's what makes her voice resonate even more with all that emotion. Every time I listen to her sing, it chokes me up.
I so love to hear her sing. I could care less how she looks. She wasn't ugly but she always dressed very conservative showing almost no skin. It was never about her looks. Just the talent.
I love your reaction channel the best because you get it. You appreciation the Carpenters for the same reasons we did back then. Karen's voice was just simply amazing. There is another artist from the 60's and70's that she became very good friends with even though there was an age gap and it was English sensation Petula Clark. I think you would like Petula's voice also. Listen to Downtown, It;'s the Sign of the Times, I know a Place , and Don't Sleep in The Subway. They have some live video performances of her available. Thank you for getting it .
I'm a grown man and she can still make me cry!!! The voice is soooo beautiful and I am very sad she had to die so early!!! It broke my heart when she died...the only celebrity to do so!!!
I love The Carpenters! I have my own story about anorexia and other food and body dysphoria! I fight it every single day but I ended up with alot of health issues! Thank you for sharing this and addressing anorexia why she passed! It honestly needs to become more of a topic and not a taboo!! ❤
I like 'Top Of The World' and 'Sing.' Their version of The Marvelettes' -- 'Please Mr. Postman' is really nice, too. 'Only Yesterday' is also one of my favorites.
When you mention today's artists, I imagine the trashy songs and performances like Miley's and compare it to Karen's. Her songs have meaning, her singing passion. A voice that no "star" today can compare with.
Honestly its really nice to see someone your age in an era of music like we have now that loves The Carpenters. They are the only group that i have bought every single LP record they made. I also have their cds. If perfection existed it would be them
I love the Carpenters. I grew up on them. Karen had one of the greatest voices in pop music history. I still can't help but wonder what might have been... Love your reactions...keep it up!
I love that you appreciate her music for what it was, angelic. I was a teenager in the years she was at her height. My best friend and I sang along with her every time we got together, like girls do. Karen Carpenter was pivotal in my teenage years teaching me to appreciate a great song. One that you can sing to, hear the words and be moved deeply. She was capable of all that. It grieves me she didn’t have the strength to tell the execs to piss off. She made them wealthy.
I'm an middle aged White man and I'd give anything to have a nephew like you. You have a tender heart and don't ever change for one day opening your heart, God will lead the perfect lady to complete you. Believe it or not, I pray for you my younger brother. You are one of the good guys and give the world hope that some day we'll TRULY judge a man by the content of his character and not the color of his skin. Life will try to change you but always stay true to your inner self.
You are right. Linda Carpenter is one of the voices you only know once in a lifetime. I have never found another voice that could compare with. She is so unique. I'm sad we lost her. Thanks for chose this one. Everyone un the present should know this voice.
I have to say I have watched about 10 of your reactions to the Carpenters in a row and it got to me with your reactions. And I've been listening to The Carpenters since they first came out. It almost allows me to travel back in time to the best decade of my life, the seventies. Keep up the good work; your reaction is truly a vicarious one as far as I'm concerned.
It's easy to fall in love with Karen Carpenter. Her voice alone was the most beautiful and haunting voice in the history of popular music. On top of that...those eyes of hers looked right into your soul...a genius talent. Maybe the saddest story in music if only because her disease was so misunderstood and diabolical at the time...even to this day still difficult to tame. God bless her...Thank you for your videos of her. You're words are welcome and heartfelt.
I think I thanked you in another video but I'll say it again. Thank you for bringing this to the attention of us, because listening to her is giving me goosebumps. I used to love them when I was a young girl..
The beginning of the song first few notes amazing. Brings you right in. Such talent and such a gift. Richard knew how to pick songs that showcased her unique voice. No one like her. ❤️
From the 1972 album A SONG FOR YOU, a great choice. "Hurting Each Other" hit U.S. #2 that year. They had over 50 great songs. From the same album, I recommend "I Won't Last A Day Without You".
Such a heartfelt observation. I've never known anyone that so eloquently summarized what so many of us fell/felt about Karen and her struggles. Thank you....
But now you are taking the opportunity to share her beautiful music to many many more people. Even when you know the tragic story, her words her voice the songs give you peace and give you hope. They touch your own feelings. There is something in her voice that is angelic ....... gives you peace and hope and love. Thanks for spreading her music keep up the good work.
They say that Karen Carpenter & Linda Ronstadt had pitch perfect voices. They were incapable of singing a bad note. Legends of the instrument that is the voice.
I had forgotten this song until I saw your post. Excellent and couldnt agree more with your reaction. For info a current female artist called Rumer has been favourably compared to Karen Carpenter and she sings a great cover of 70s song called Love is the Answer. Check it out if you can. Its very uplifting...think its audio only on UA-cam well worth a listen to lift your spirits.
Hey guy, I was a teenager when The Carpenters song came out, but I reacted the same as you: her voice captures the emotion, the affection, and the pain of each and every word in the song, and it cuts to the heart; a very rare thing. Also her humbleness: no flashing lights, no sexy clothing, no provacative manner; just her voice. As for her, she always thought she was not somehow good enough: but we know that she truly was indeed.
I never understood why Horse With No Name was a hit. I always thought it was the most boring song I had ever heard, especially in an era of such fabulous music.
@@andreaschmall5560 its repetitive and hypnotic, and perhaps not for everyone. I heard it in the radio as a teen, and walked to second hand electronics shop to buy my first stereos. Thats how I felt about it.
From one fan to another I am so glad that the carpenters are still captivating audiences 50 years later, there music goes beyond time and space and it's all due to Richard and Karen's love for good music. I grew up listening to them back in the day and your right, Karen's enchanting voice still brings chills throughout my body too. If you ever get a chance I recommend that you listen to "crystal lullaby and road ode" back to back, there both two of my favorites "talk about chills" these two songs take a musician back from a child to an adult. I think it's somehow correlates to their life experiences.
I focused on her struggles for quite awhile and then just thanked the good lord that we had 10 to 12 years of her music to listen to. Love your reactions as I can see how much she touches your heart.
I was lucky enough to see them in concert in 1975. I'm still obsessed with her voice as well. Had the 8-tracks of all her albums and everything. Great talent.
I read that she had a 4 octave range. I read she mainly sang "contralto". I heard near perfection in her voice so that what i read only explains her singing range. It does not explain the absolute beauty in her voice. That was Karen, all labels aside.
My Guilty Pleasure. Her Voice is Absolutely Amazing. It does hurt my heart hearing her sing knowing the Pain she was going thru and her Death. It’s just hard to separate it. I smile hearing her voice then I get sad knowing what should have been and how it ended 😢
I can’t believe how many times I’ve watched this video just to hear Karen sing Closer dear are we than the simple letters A and B are,,, all my life I could love only you. Just amazing..
Their version of "This Masquerade" is flawless, and her voice is completely designed for a song like this, and Richard's piano work is beautiful in it as well. It was never released as a single, although it could have been, but it's definitely worth listening to.
It is quite something to see people who have just now listened to her, hearing anew the beautiful voice, and feeling the loss of her work that *should* have been!
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There is nothing wrong with men crying especially when you are listening to the most phenomenal voice there ever was Karen Carpenter/ She not only touched your heart but your soul!! To this day, I still say WOW!! when I hear her voice
Karen Carpenter, a voice that makes grown men weep.
and i'm one of them, among countless others.. she has done this to me for decades now...
I could NOT have said that better. The woman knew how to melt a guy's heart with her voice. Even now, 50 years later, she still brings the tears to my eyes.
I'm going to agree with you guys! I have felt like I was in love with her from a very young age and now at 52 years old just hearing her again does make me weep like a jilted teenager lol
Many many MANY of her songs bring tears to my eyes, but there are some lyrics from a couple songs that will really make the tears run down my cheeks:
*Desperado*
"Don't your feet get cold in the wintertime, the sky won't snow and the sun won't shine. It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day...."
And...
*I Can't Make Music*
"I'd like to wish you luck and hope that life will be with someone else - just like I thought it would be with me." Oh my gosh, the emotion in that song tears right through me.
Makes me weep every time.
I'll say it a million times! The greatest female singer I've ever heard!
Spot on...no auto-tune, no lip syncing...just her voice!
No one comes close
Judith Durham was close, but Karen is the best.
Sorry I must disagree with you. She has to be the greatest singer full stop.
@@gregwelld8828 hahaha, you got me on that one!
Karen Carpenter voice can bring tears to many people... its something very unusual, unique.
Its so obvious you are a bonified Carpenter fan, it’s impossible not to fall in love with her voice and Richards songs
teamcougars Yep. Welcome to the club
Karen had such amazing harmonies and what a vocal rang. She is greatly missed, now a beautiful angel.
You expressed so perfectly the outrage that Karen is no longer here.
Let's be honest; Karen can make us cry singing in Gibberish. It's not the words, it's the emotion in her voice and how that voice makes us feel.
Her voice can bring me to tears. Karen Carpenter is the best female voice of all time. Her voice is perfection
Grew up in the 70's when the Carpenters were in their prime. Loved them. Karen was and still is my favorite singer and many times I have sat back with my headphone on and just listened, magical.
I love your heart. I hope that, some day, you’ll be blessed with a daughter. You would tell her that she’s beautiful just the way she is. Thanks for being you. Stay kind.
It is so refreshing to just hear someone sing the words of a song simply without all the vocal gymnastics
pure
She was a very beautiful person. Her voice told it all 😂
The voice of an angel.
Another great reaction video. As a man in his 40s, The Carpenters were so "uncool", but secretly EVERYONE liked them!!!
Ain't that the truth! I'm 52, and when I was a teenager most of us, myself included, would have almost chopped off a limb rather than admit to loving The Carpenters, and Karens beautiful voice. But I did, always, and from the very start...long before I ever knew who she was, as a little kid.
They were uncool because most of us identified ourselves as rockers. Behind the scenes we had to admit we were Carpenters fans. You have to figure, somehow they sold millions of records.
Go figure. When I was in grade school, I first heard the Carpenters, and instantly felt comforted by Karen's voice. By middle school, if you weren't into Led Zeppelin, you were square. My big likes at that time were the Carpenters & John Denver. Could not publicly admit that, though. Only if you had a seared conscience or no heart could you not be moved by Karen's voice.
LMAO, same here.
@@greenwich1754 Yup, another closet Carpenter fan ....along with the Bee Gees.
When watching Karen’s videos, try not to dwell on the sadness of her story too much... Focus on how lucky we are that her performances were captured for us to watch almost 50 years later.
" Spot On ! " , , " Ms.Karen has an Soothing Angelic Voice , a Beautiful Soul ". 👼🌹🙏🙌🎤🎹🎶😊😎💜💘
Paul Moriak you summed it up perfectly
Amen, but it is hard at times - such a beautiful lady we lost way too soon
Agree with you 👍👍
I prefer to wallow 🤣😥😴😓😛⛈🌧🌊in whatever comes..tx u very much
Karen Carpenter's legend grows every day.
That voice reaches the deepest part of my soul.
I grew up with the Carpenters...Karen's voice so often just made me cry with its beauty...I'll never forget the day she died, broke my heart...just like when John Lennon died. It's so wonderful to see a young person relish her voice the way I did (and do, even at 60)
her voice is sublime... so smooth and velvety... love that you love/respect/acknowledge her.... .
Karen reminds me a lot of Princess Diana! Neither of them really knew how much they were loved while they were alive. After the worldwide outpouring of grief, you say" I wish they could see all this, so they can understand"!
It’s so sad and unfortunate that Karen had a false image of herself brought on by others. She was beautiful with an angelic voice and soul. You gave insight on how cruel the world can be.
No-One ever seems to mention one of Karen's most beautiful songs "Only Yesterday"...one of the lines near the beginning of the song goes" Nobody knew the Pain I was goin' through" and it always saddens me to know what she was going through at that time...So glad that her voice is still with us.
thats the one i want someone to do too
i've also always always noticed the way she sings "pain' in that phrase/lyric.. totally honest and all truth...
I agree with you! Why do we have to be so hateful to one another over things we won't care about tomorrow. Especially about things we can't change about ourselves or others. When I got married my husband I danced to what is referred to as The Wedding Song. RIP Karen.
My idol growing up. I was devastated when she died. I still have all my vinyl albums. A beautiful woman with a beautiful voice. I wish she could have seen herself through our eyes. 😢
Ur right! Her voice is quite unique. Deep, rich n full.
My favourite Carpenters' song. I'm a child of the 70's and loved The Carpenters...but this song is it!!!
JBLethal, Your message is so pure, and so on target. Thank you for showing the love to KC, she was so BEAUTIFUL. I am 58 years old and grew up listening to the Carpenters as a kid. To say they're music was special was a fuckin UNDERSTATEMENT! When the Carpenters music played on the radio in the 60's and 70's we were blessed. When Close to You came on my heart melted, I LOVED that song. Never got tired of listening to it or any Carpenter music. Sad VERY sad Karen didn't live her full life. I am so grateful we have the music, videos and memories of her to share. Thank u for supporting her 👍
I can't tell you how much joy I get from watching you react to Karen's voice. I love how you feel so, so much just the way I do when I hear her. I grew up with the Carpenters music and I feel so privileged to have been there from the beginning. When I watch you experience the musical trance you get into hearing her I'd give anything to take you by the hand and bring you back with me to those perfect Carpenters days. : )
Karen looked PERFECT here at this weight.Really sad she felt controlled by so many, including family members.
You HAVE to listen to "Goodbye To Love". One of the best Carpenters songs.
Definitely "Goodbye To Love" next for review!
She was actually suffering from the effects of anorexia by this point. So even if she looked "good", she wasn't healthy. She had very large hip bones, child-bearing hips, that she hated, ironically as Karen was known to desperately want children, many even. So even at her thinnest she had a noticeably wide bottom. Sadly, part of the reason her brief marriage failed was because her husband had a vasectomy previously and didn't disclose it to her until just days before the marriage which would have been a deal breaker to begin with if she had known well ahead of time.
Is there even a "best" Carpenters song? Do agree that "Goodbye To Love" is absolutely excellent. Probably the only "hard rocking" Carpenters song. "I Need To Be In Love" is also excellent; i believe this was Karen's favorite Carpenters song. "You're The One" is also very beautifully sung by Karen. Definitely made for weddings. I do like her version of "A Song For You" although Donny Hathaway's excellent cover is more famous. And i could go on and on and on...
I would respectfully disagree about her weight. I think she's showing the signs here. She needs a bit more weight but that's just an old guy's opinion. If she stayed at "this" weight, she may have been okay. The magnitude of her dying is even more heavy today than back then to me. So sad. Never even heard of anorexia back then.
"Goodbye To Love" was the first power ballad.
Karen was fatally engulfed in anorexia at this time.
Nobody in this Generation and even the next will fit Karen Carpenter shoes and the perfection of her music period 👍
The saddest part was I heard she had anorexia beat at the end, but the damage was already done. Her brother is a musical genius. She the greatest female vocalist ever. Which is why we still love her.
"Yesterday Once More" is another Karen Carpenter gem. It's about loving the good music of a bygone era.
Only angels sing like this. God needed her for his choir. Pure. Real. Modest. Beautiful. But so so sad. For us.
Okay I am giving away my age here by saying that I was a young teenager in the 60s. I lived with all this great music and couldn’t get enough. I raised my two sons on my music and they love it. Even my granddaughter knows it from being with me. To me, I gave them all the greatest of gifts in real music not something made by machines. I remember when I first saw the Carpenters on TV. Karen was never fat but that’s the way she saw herself. Such a sad thing for a beautiful woman with a beautiful talent. ❤️🎵
"Without ever knowing ... Whyyyyyyy " Just listen to that part over and over. About the most sweetly melodic in existence !
That sadness... that pain... it's there in her voice. It's what makes her voice resonate even more with all that emotion. Every time I listen to her sing, it chokes me up.
I so love to hear her sing. I could care less how she looks. She wasn't ugly but she always dressed very conservative showing almost no skin. It was never about her looks. Just the talent.
God Bless You...Cant tell You how Awesome it is to see a new generation fall in love with the music we grew up with...Blessings
I suggest Only Yesterday!! But honestly, you can't go wrong with any of their songs!!!
YOu Mr JBLethal are a true EMPATH deep down to the core , from one empath to another i know it's both a gift and a curse
Yes l know.. her voice has often brings tears to my eyes
All we can do now, is just enjoy what they were able to share with ALL OF US
I love your reaction channel the best because you get it. You appreciation the Carpenters for the same reasons we did back then. Karen's voice was just simply amazing. There is another artist from the 60's and70's that she became very good friends with even though there was an age gap and it was English sensation Petula Clark. I think you would like Petula's voice also. Listen to Downtown, It;'s the Sign of the Times, I know a Place , and Don't Sleep in The Subway. They have some live video performances of her available. Thank you for getting it .
I'm a grown man and she can still make me cry!!! The voice is soooo beautiful and I am very sad she had to die so early!!! It broke my heart when she died...the only celebrity to do so!!!
I love The Carpenters! I have my own story about anorexia and other food and body dysphoria! I fight it every single day but I ended up with alot of health issues!
Thank you for sharing this and addressing anorexia why she passed! It honestly needs to become more of a topic and not a taboo!! ❤
Good going, babe 👍! Here's 2 ur health 🍻
Wishing you all the best! Glad you're here with us enjoying the Carpenters 💜🎤🎵
My best to you in your struggles. It is a hard battle but can be overcome.
You are right - if silk was converted to audio, it would be Karen Carpenter signing.
I like 'Top Of The World' and 'Sing.' Their version of The Marvelettes' --
'Please Mr. Postman' is really nice, too. 'Only Yesterday' is also one of my favorites.
When you mention today's artists, I imagine the trashy songs and performances like Miley's and compare it to Karen's. Her songs have meaning, her singing passion. A voice that no "star" today can compare with.
Mary Sweeney And the female artists of those days didn’t have to dance around half naked to make an impression,!
I agree. Sometimes I feel sad when I listen to each of her songs but then feel immense joy having her songs.
Honestly its really nice to see someone your age in an era of music like we have now that loves The Carpenters. They are the only group that i have bought every single LP record they made. I also have their cds. If perfection existed it would be them
Karen Carpenter was one of a kind. Gone too soon but never forgotten!!
La voz más linda y tierna de todas las mujeres...... Te amo Karen, era todo lo que necesitabas escuchar y sentir por parte de tu madre...😥
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I love the Carpenters. I grew up on them. Karen had one of the greatest voices in pop music history. I still can't help but wonder what might have been...
Love your reactions...keep it up!
I love that you appreciate her music for what it was, angelic. I was a teenager in the years she was at her height. My best friend and I sang along with her every time we got together, like girls do. Karen Carpenter was pivotal in my teenage years teaching me to appreciate a great song. One that you can sing to, hear the words and be moved deeply. She was capable of all that. It grieves me she didn’t have the strength to tell the execs to piss off. She made them wealthy.
I love you so much! You feel her as much as I do. I was only 10 years younger than her. So now you are 2 generations later my love. Pass it on.
I'm an middle aged White man and I'd give anything to have a nephew like you. You have a tender heart and don't ever change for one day opening your heart, God will lead the perfect lady to complete you. Believe it or not, I pray for you my younger brother. You are one of the good guys and give the world hope that some day we'll TRULY judge a man by the content of his character and not the color of his skin. Life will try to change you but always stay true to your inner self.
You are right. Linda Carpenter is one of the voices you only know once in a lifetime. I have never found another voice that could compare with. She is so unique. I'm sad we lost her. Thanks for chose this one. Everyone un the present should know this voice.
I have to say I have watched about 10 of your reactions to the Carpenters in a row and it got to me with your reactions. And I've been listening to The Carpenters since they first came out. It almost allows me to travel back in time to the best decade of my life, the seventies. Keep up the good work; your reaction is truly a vicarious one as far as I'm concerned.
Awesome reaction. you got great input. she got to your heart.
It's easy to fall in love with Karen Carpenter. Her voice alone was the most beautiful and haunting voice in the history of popular music. On top of that...those eyes of hers looked right into your soul...a genius talent. Maybe the saddest story in music if only because her disease was so misunderstood and diabolical at the time...even to this day still difficult to tame. God bless her...Thank you for your videos of her. You're words are welcome and heartfelt.
I think I thanked you in another video but I'll say it again. Thank you for bringing this to the attention of us, because listening to her is giving me goosebumps. I used to love them when I was a young girl..
There will never be another pure, pitch perfect golden voice like Karen Carpenter.
The beginning of the song first few notes amazing. Brings you right in. Such talent and such a gift. Richard knew how to pick songs that showcased her unique voice. No one like her. ❤️
From the 1972 album A SONG FOR YOU, a great choice. "Hurting Each Other" hit U.S. #2 that year. They had over 50 great songs. From the same album, I recommend "I Won't Last A Day Without You".
She had a voice like,no other. My suggestion would be to listen to For All We Know
Such a heartfelt observation. I've never known anyone that so eloquently summarized what so many of us fell/felt about Karen and her struggles.
Thank you....
I love your insight, she was always perfect the way that she was and we could see she wasting away in this video.
Karen Carpenters voice is so beautiful to listen to; touches my very soul! Ive been in Love with her for over 50 years. Such a beautiful woman!
Your Reactions are so warm To The Heart an Honest ILove IT
But now you are taking the opportunity to share her beautiful music to many many more people.
Even when you know the tragic story, her words her voice the songs give you peace and give you hope.
They touch your own feelings. There is something in her voice that is angelic ....... gives you peace and hope and love. Thanks for spreading her music keep up the good work.
They say that Karen Carpenter & Linda Ronstadt had pitch perfect voices. They were incapable of singing a bad note. Legends of the instrument that is the voice.
Your right on about that
wow right with you man
Best ever
I had forgotten this song until I saw your post. Excellent and couldnt agree more with your reaction. For info a current female artist called Rumer has been favourably compared to Karen Carpenter and she sings a great cover of 70s song called Love is the Answer. Check it out if you can. Its very uplifting...think its audio only on UA-cam well worth a listen to lift your spirits.
Also try the group called Bread. Lead singer song writer David Gates. I think you'd enjoy them. They are from the same era as the Carpenters
Agree. I think he'll like Bread!
David Gates of Bread had the same soothing quality as Karen. Yep, i think he'd like them.
There will never be anyone like the Carpenters. Listen to Goodbye to Love if you wanna cry. It gets me every time.
Hey guy, I was a teenager when The Carpenters song came out, but I reacted the same as you: her voice captures the emotion, the affection, and the pain of each and every word in the song, and it cuts to the heart; a very rare thing. Also her humbleness: no flashing lights, no sexy clothing, no provacative manner; just her voice. As for her, she always thought she was not somehow good enough: but we know that she truly was indeed.
Carpenters is really wonderful. You might like America, Horse with no name. Classic, beautiful song.
I never understood why Horse With No Name was a hit. I always thought it was the most boring song I had ever heard, especially in an era of such fabulous music.
@@andreaschmall5560 its repetitive and hypnotic, and perhaps not for everyone. I heard it in the radio as a teen, and walked to second hand electronics shop to buy my first stereos. Thats how I felt about it.
From one fan to another I am so glad that the carpenters are still captivating audiences 50 years later, there music goes beyond time and space and it's all due to Richard and Karen's love for good music. I grew up listening to them back in the day and your right, Karen's enchanting voice still brings chills throughout my body too. If you ever get a chance I recommend that you listen to "crystal lullaby and road ode" back to back, there both two of my favorites "talk about chills" these two songs take a musician back from a child to an adult. I think it's somehow correlates to their life experiences.
I focused on her struggles for quite awhile and then just thanked the good lord that we had 10 to 12 years of her music to listen to. Love your reactions as I can see how much she touches your heart.
I was lucky enough to see them in concert in 1975. I'm still obsessed with her voice as well. Had the 8-tracks of all her albums and everything. Great talent.
we will miss you karen carpenter
I read that she had a 4 octave range. I read she mainly sang "contralto". I heard near perfection in her voice so that what i read only explains her singing range. It does not explain the absolute beauty in her voice. That was Karen, all labels aside.
My Guilty Pleasure. Her Voice is Absolutely Amazing. It does hurt my heart hearing her sing knowing the Pain she was going thru and her Death. It’s just hard to separate it. I smile hearing her voice then I get sad knowing what should have been and how it ended 😢
Her voice is warm apple pie. Is it the greatest ever? Maybe not.. but sometimes it's exactly what you need.
Karen had that deep baritone to her voice in alot of songs,was amazing, yesterday ones more is one of them weve only just begun
I have the same emotions. Life /death is a sad part of our existence.
We understand!
I can’t believe how many times I’ve watched this video just to hear Karen sing Closer dear are we than the simple letters A and B are,,, all my life I could love only you. Just amazing..
Their version of "This Masquerade" is flawless, and her voice is completely designed for a song like this, and Richard's piano work is beautiful in it as well. It was never released as a single, although it could have been, but it's definitely worth listening to.
Chin up, brother ✌🏼😎👍🏼 the gift in this music is that it's eternal! It's at your fingertips and it'll always be an important part of you. Peace
It's like hearing it again and again and again, each time for first time!
Her voice was absolutely beautiful.
We didn't know how lucky we were. We just assumed music was always good. We didn't know it was a golden age.. now it's elixir to the soul to remember
It is quite something to see people who have just now listened to her, hearing anew the beautiful voice, and feeling the loss of her work that *should* have been!
One of my favorites by her!
You’ve got a sweet soul, that’s why you feel these artists feelings. Thank you.
Omg, great singer, everytime i hear her i fall in love
I love rainy days and Mondays too❤️