First time hearing Rainy Days and Mondays - The Carpenters
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- This was a personal by Burch who has been a fan of the Karen since he was very young and considers her voice to be one of the greatest of all time in pitch and tone. Alexis really liked the fact that not only did Karen have an amazing voice but she was also a very good drummer. The Carpenters were an amazing band and this song, Rainy Days and Mondays is one of their most loved by fans. Burch also explains to Alexis the tragedy of loosing Karen to an eating disorder at such a young age at a time when that subject was a taboo to discuss in public.
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New subscriber! Burch, I agree with you 100% about Karen Carpenter and her amazing vocal talent! I had a huge crush on her back in the day! Thank you both for a great reaction! Another amazing talent from that same era, that you may or may not have reacted to yet, was Judisth Durham of The Seekers ("Georgy Girl," etc...). She too had a crystal clear voice. I would love to see y'all react to The Seekers as well. Thanks!
That was not country,top of the world was i was 10 and the first 45 I brought was superstar
Indeed Karen Carpenter is one of the best female vocalist ever.
I’m a metal head and I love her voice 😘
Male or female, Voice, period. And Drummer🎸
I wonder how many of us who were kids then saw video clips of them performing (such as when we watched adult variety shows with our parents, which I found boring and thus rarely did). Hearing this song on the radio was an experience - hearing that iconic harmonica intro takes me right back to 5th grade.
Even though I know the words to all of their radio hits by heart, I didn’t know Karen Carpenter was a drummer until UA-cam came along 15 years ago.
The best in my opinion, there have been many, many greats, but Karen was the best of the best👍✌️
For a voice you just want to hear and listen to, it's really hard to beat Karen Carpenter. She was an impressive talent.
She even beat John Bonham for drummer of the year in a Playboy music poll, Bonham almost cried over that
Karen Carpenter wasn't just an amazing drummer. She was a world class drummer, and was recognized by many male drummers in the industry as one of the greatest ever.
An absolute shame that she thought she wasn't enough when in all actuality she was perfect 💕 R.I.P. Miss Carpenter 🙏
There was an incident when she was exiting a restaurant and passed John Lennon in the doorway. He said "Hey you've got a really great voice". She ran off in tears because she thought he was poking fun at her, but he was deadly serious.
She was gorgeous!
I agree with you Burch, perhaps the best female vocalist ever. Plus there was no auto tune then and the technology of microphones was just amplified voice. There was nothing but voice, no tricks
Describing Karen Carpenter's voice as perfect is no exaggeration. I remember when she died. 👍
Karen had the most effortless and pure voice. She really went through so much having to deal with being in that spotlight. The pressure of being thin and keeping up that image lead to her early death. Heartbreaking. Superstar is my absolute favorite of their songs.
Mine also, Richard's arrangement on Superstar really shows off her voice! I have heard other singers say she had perfect pitch.
Karen, in my opinion, had the best female voice ever. For someone who never wanted the spotlight, she blew everyone else away. It took her brother a long time to convince her to be the lead singer. She was happiest playing her drums. She always sang from the heart and always seemed so sad. Although she married, I don't think she ever really found the love she dreamed of. Well, I am sure now, since she passed away just how much the WORLD really lover her. No doubt that she is leading the Lord's choir in heaven! Every time I hear her, I get teary-eyed. Taken much too soon from us. R.I.P. KAREN
Growing up it wasn’t cool to like what was called “easy listening,” but as I’ve grown older I’ve really grown to appreciate The Carpenters. I normally don’t like perfect music, I like flaws, but The Carpenters are truly flawless, there’s no mistakes in their music, everything is right on the money, and the craftsmanship is remarkable. Karen Carpenter couldn’t hit a bad note if she tried, and she was a very rare talent, may she Rest In Peace
Karen's voice really was everything.
The purest, richest, smoothest most angelic voice of all time and she was a fabulous drummer too, what a legend!
Karen Carpenter has the best overall voice I have ever heard. She passed on my birthday Feb 4 1983. I was crushed
Playing the drums and keeping your voice soft and smooth is an art.
Great drummer!
Fun fact, it's actually studio legend, Hal Blaine playing drums on the track. Now, Karen could easily have played it (even Hal said so). But we all know how business is.
I would say that they probably lip-synced on the video to their own pre-recording.
She had perfect control of both.
A voice as smooth as silk. Even better, it’s a song people can relate to. It has humanity.
Karen and Richard the best ever.No one comes close.
Hard to deny Karen Carpenter's musical genius. Her voice was so pure and her drumming so good!
Karen Carpenter and Linda Ronstadt, the best, they are on another level.
Karen Carpenter has the voice of an angel. To Burch, everyone has the best voice and tone.
Karen is the best. RIP.
I totally agree Burch she is the best female vocalist I have heard in my 50 odd years on this earth ❤
Indeed, you are spot on, Ms. Carpenter wasn't one in a million, she was one in a lifetime!
My dad is the one that got me into The Carpenters......and Karen Carpenter is astounding.......sufering from Depression myself this song rings so true........absolutely love this one!!!!!!! thank you for this one
Karen was everyone's sister. We loved her and still do! Great voice, great timing (One take Karen)! True pitch, true tone! She is missed but still with us!
EXCELLENT reaction!!! Yes, her Vibrato is insane. Absolutely incredible. There will never be another Karen Carpenter. She's out of reach. You should react to "Superstar." Great song, amongst MANY others they have
As a 63 yo hardcore Rush fan, I believe my first vinyl album purchase what the Carpenter's greatest hits. :)
Same here. 65 years old and RUSH is my world.
Karen had the most angelic voice I have ever heard.
Same here 67, Close To You. First album. I just got a new player that wouldn’t rip apart my vinyl.
Her voice is a warm blanket.
She was a drummer that could sing. Which is what she wanted. Everyone else pushed her to be a singer that could drum. She didn't want the spotlight.
Solitaire, Top of the World, Mr Postman are all good songs.
No woman singer can hit those lower notes so effortlessly as she does and then go high and not lose anything in her tone. Karen Carpenter is a legend and the beautiful women actually never knew it because she was so down to earth. In my opinion if you do not love Karen's Voice and her personality I would check your pulse. Simply Amazing !!!. One of the country songs they recorded was "Sweet Sweet Smile" written by Juice Newton & Otha Young.
My two favorite female vocalists of all time...Karen Carpenter and Ann Wilson...As a life long drummer/percussionist,I can state with some authority that Karen's skill on the drum kit was also remarkable....4 way limb independence plus vocals,is 5 way independence and such a spot on sense of rhythm,vocal pitch and just a beautiful,pure voice...
Funny that she mentioned wanting to hear Karen singing country. One of my favorite Carpenters songs is their cover of Jambalaya originally sung and recorded by the great Hank Williams. It's a really fun song!
Karen's voice is like a warm blanket on a cold night. Soothing, warm and heartwarming.
Live she had perfect pitch and albums were pitch perfect
Her brother, Richard, is an impressive talent as well. He wrote the arrangements to many of their songs.
I played drums guitar and with the help of youtube i now play piano But what you cant learn here is how to sing like her I would give up every instrument to sing half as good as her
Agree Burch, Karen Carpenter was a phenomenal vocalist, one of of favorite female vocalist.
I totally agree. Karen Carpenter is worthy to be considered the best female singer of all time. However, the world would never have had Karen Carpenter, were it not for her big brother, Richard. Together, this sibling duo WAS The Carpenters. Early on, Richard was ONLY TRUE music talent in their family. By the age of 13, Richard was dubbed by his Yale music instructor as a music prodigy. Richard IS the OTHER HALF of The Carpenters. He is a highly talented pianist & composer, he sang backup, & arranged ALL The Carpenters' songs. Karen looked up to her big brother's musical talent & was her major influence in wanting to get involved with music. Their EQUALLY COMBINED musical talents created The Carpenters & made them music LEGENDS. If not for Richard & their STRONG brother/sister relationship, we would never have had Karen Carpenter to APPRECIATE for ETERNITY. I enjoy your reactions and your channel. Thank you!
My dad had the Carpenters in his 70 Chevelle 8-track on a rotation. Vividly recall that as a kid. Didn't really give it much thought til i was older, then realized how good she was. Very few can match Karen's pure vocal pitch/tone. When i think of the best female vocalists, Karen, Patsy Cline, Peggy Lee & Judy Garland come immediately to mind.
Just the most beautiful voice ever. She was one in a million. She is missed terribly
Karen Carpenter, Juice Newton and Emmylou Harris are my favorite female singers. Thanks for the reaction!!
Like Burch, I also grew up hearing Karen Carpenter on the radio. She had such an incredible voice. I'm glad you were able to share this reaction with us. Keep up the great work!
Karen Carpenter was one of two female singers who possessed an X-men styled superpower. Both she and Ella Fitzgerald had the power to immediately change mood just by singing. When I hear Karen it's like I've been wrapped in warm velvet--I can literally feel a physical and mental relaxation settle over me. One of the all-time greats.
It can be difficult to see the video to this song. Seeing how beautiful she was and amazing she was singing and drumming can just choke me up even today. My first exposure to the Carpenters was on the school bus when the girls in the choir would sing their songs, and of course they were everywhere on the radio. When she died it just seemed unreal and you thought it couldn't be so.
There was so much great music made in the 1970s that we didn't consider the Carpenter's music "cool". However, no matter what kind of music you liked, when Karen's voice came on the radio everyone listened. We all knew how special she was. The sad thing is that she really didn't know how loved she was. When I heard she had passed away, it felt like I had been kicked in the stomach.
I must say she had the purest voice I have ever heard. I'm 70 and heard many great female singers but she is my favorite. No one male or female could hit pure lows with no strain like she could. Marilyn McCoo was my second favorite female singer.
"Yesterday Once More" is probably my favorite of their fantastic catalogue.
Top of the World would be a good next reaction for for the Carpenters, which has a country feel to it. Karen Carpenter is/was a great singer, and a great loss to the music world, left us way too soon 😢❤
Superstar really shows her range but everything she did was incredible no one like Karen carpenter 💔💔💔 truly missed
I first saw them in a band called Spectrum at the Whisky-A-GO-GO in Los Angeles in 1966 or 67. You seldom saw a female drummer back then so they stuck in my mind. Did not normally go to the Whisky as Shelly’s Man-Hole (a jazz club owned by Shelly Mann) was more to my liking. The next time I saw them their band had broken up and Richard had formed a 3 piece Jazz band he on keyboards or piano and Karen on the drums with Wes Jacobs on bass. She was an accomplished jazz drummer one of her idols was Joe Morello (Dave Brubeck's drummer). By 16 she had a drum set like Morello’s and could play “Take 5”. By 19 (when signed with A&M) she had a 3 octave contralto (B2 to B5sharp) voice the angels were jealous of . Richard had numerous roles in Carpenters, including record producer, arranger, pianist, keyboardist, and songwriter, as well as joining with Karen on harmony vocals. Herp Alpert heard one of their demo tapes and signed them with A&M records in 1969 and let them do their own thing. Their first album "Offering" did not do to well but the second (1970) "Close To You" went to #1 and won them a Grammy for best duo album beating the Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel with several of the singles going to 1 or 2 and everything after was pure gold (they also renamed "Offering" "Ticket To Ride" and it did better). Their career ended in 1983 when Karen died at 32 of complications from anorexia. Would recommend “Rainy Days and Mondays” or “(groupies) Superstar” or “Goodbye to Love” it was the first power ballad with Toni Peluso on the fuzzy guitar or “Ticket to Ride” a Beatles cover which Lennon when ask about it said how can you complain when an angel takes one of you song and makes it hers? Many of her fans were entertainers themselves Sinatra said the only one he would pay to see was Karen Carpenter. Both McCarthy and Lenon complimented her Lenon was ask what he thought of them covering "Ticket To Ride" his reply if an angel sings your song how can you complain? I am getting really long winded so will stop.
PS Whitney Houston had a range from G2 to G#5, (almost 3 octaves) with the ability to belt up to C6. No one knows what Karen could belt to as she never belted. She let the music softly flow like honey on velvet.
I love “Superstar” and “Goodbye to Love”. Those are great songs.
I describe her voice as angelic..... ❤
I saw the Carpenters when I was a kid. She sounds as good live as she does on the records. Such an amazing voice.
Carpenters, down the memory lane. They were one of my first introduction to Western music, I was living in Malaysia on the Borneo side (you know, where the orangutans are) at the time, now UK. Yes, the Carpenters have fans in Asia. I loved them.
Karen Carpenter could sing the phone book and be fantastic the Carpenters music is timeless rest in peace Karen Carpenter
I thought that too. I'd hear other singers do her songs and never thought they sounded as good.
The voice of an angel!
I break down and cry every time I see someone react to her. To see her talent and her sweetness, and know what she went through. Breaks my heart all these years later.
Thank you so much for doing this vocal reaction to KC. A great reaction and you are very pleasant to watch. Karen and Richard Carpenter -- the greatest brother and sister muscial duo in history. I fell in love with their music back in the 70's. Karen's liquid gold and smooth honey voice and her physical beauty just captivated me. Today is 40 years since her passing. I still remember the day when the news announced her passing. The Carpenters -- made some of the best and most beautiful love songs, ballads, torch songs, country, jazz....in music history. Why they have still not been inducted into the R&R Music Hall of Fame is a tragedy. Brother Richard and Sister Karen were both one offs, "diamonds in the rough". They were gifted musical prodigies. Karen's voice was one of a kind and Richard was a great and still underrated pianist, conductor, composer, arranger and song writer. This brother and sister team truly complimented each other. Now, imagine becoming the greatest female vocalist ever and on top of that, the greatest female drummer at the same time and doing both at once! Richard and Karen's musical talents were off the chart. No auto-tune, screaming, bellowing, ripping off clothes, pyrotechnics, dancers...etc., that you see today. None of today's modern singers can come close to KC. She was known as "One Take Karen". She was also a talented comedian, dancer and would have surely gone on to star in movies, stage musicals and so much more. Karen left us two legacies. The first was her gifted voice and the second, unfortunately, due to the circumstances surrounding her passing, was putting a spotlight on anorexia nervosa. Her passing truly SAVED so many young women from ending up on the same path. Why Karen and Richard (but especially Karen) has been forgotten is a tragedy. I can't understand why the nationwide radio stations do not play Carpenter's music. You only hear them at Christmas. I am sure that if the radio stations were to start playing all of the Carpenter's hits again, people would go nuts and the Carpenters would be reborn again. One thing that I believe Richard and Karen missed out on was doing a "AMERICAN SONGBOOK" album or double album. Karen did sing some of these songs like "Little Girl Blue" and several others but what a missed opportunity! Image Karen Carpenter singing all the great classics from the American Songbook. It surely would have been the greatest selling album of all time. To The Vocalyst coach, please consider doing more reactions to Karen's voice. So many songs that send chills up your spine with her melancholy voice like "Sometimes", "Little Girl Blue", "Eve", "Nowhere Man", "California Dreamin", "Evita", "Ava Maria", "Yesterday Once More", "I Won't Last a Day Without You", "Solitaire", "One More Time", "This Masquerade", "A Song for You", "Sweet, Sweet Smile", "I Just Fall in Love Again," "Can't Smile Without You", "One Love", "Two Sides", "Make Believe It's Your First Time", "Now", "If We Try", "You", "Someday" and so many more. Can we start a petition to get the nationwide radio stations to start playing Carpenters music again? Thank you again for doing this tribute reaction and I am looking forward to you doing many more. THE VOICE...THE DRUMMER...THE LEGACY!!!!
Count me in! There is no doubt in my mind that Karen had the best voice ever. Many are second place on down but she was just so good. She never realized just how good she was and how much people loved and appreciated her. Gone way too soon.
Country song? Of course, we're talking about "Top of the World".
My Carpenters favorite is "Only Yesterday".
I feel she'll love it.
Karen had the most amazing voice!
In my opinion Karen Anne Carpenter was and will always be the greatest singer that ever lived. She had a phenominal voice, a Contralto with a 3 1/2 octave range, but her voice will always be unequaled, and unmatched. Whitney is a great singer, no denying that but did she touch people's hearts, Yes, but did she do what Karen did? No. Karen touched our souls. And she played the drums incredibly well, so you can't compare the two at all as Whitney did not play a musical Instrument. Like Richard, Karen was a absolute "Genius" her voice was always 100% perfection on every word and every song and the listener goes through 20 different emotions listening to Karen sing as only she could do. She worked with her brother Richard on the Arrangements and most of the recordings the Carpenters recorded Karen nailed the vocals on the first take. There is no comparison to Karen Anne Carpenter. 200 years from now, she will still be the Greatest singer who ever lived.
She sang effortlessly, as if she wasn't trying to impress anybody, but that came across as sincere and genuine.
Fun fact Karen was rated #1drummer in 1975 and John Bonham was pissed about it ,he was on British TV show saying it
Karen was ranked #10 Jon #11. I finally saw the page in the 2/75 issue of Playboy. Thanks to a teenage girl showing off her Carpenters memorabilia. LOL
Oh that teenage girl is now 20 and sings like … well go to the Tori Holub channel and see. Warning if you are older like me. Be seated and have your favorite beverage handy. Been there done that.
Karen carpenter probably the greatest female voice of all time. Just smooth with no auto tune and with little effort. Plus she considered herself a drummer who could sing.
one of the best voices of all time
And she was a damn good drummer.
Was hoping you would have let Alexis pick up on the drumming in the video Burch. It's always a shock to first time reactors. Also, Richard's brilliant arrangements helped to showcase that beautiful voice...
I love Karen's voice. It is so calming to me. One of my favorites...and Superstar. Love their Christmas album too.
Arguably one of the best female Alto singers ever, and that's in an amazing field of Stevie Nicks, Annie Lenox, Sade, and Norah Jones to name just a handful. But as a note, Hal Blaine actually played the drums on the album recording. The song was written by Paul Williams, who also wrote "We've Only Just Begun" and other huge hits like "Rainbow Connection", "Evergreen, etc. It was recorded while she was 20 years old.
Not once did her voice ever crack. Beautiful
The purity and tone and her lower register make her for me the finest singer, certainly female, of all time. She doesn't need to do runs or go for broke on her high notes. She sings from her soul and her heart, simply luscious and sweet and calming.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Karen Carpenter’s voice was absolute perfection.❤ Her death was heartbreaking. I wish she had been able to realize how incredible she was and how she is loved to this day.
I love the Juice Newton reference. Her and Carpenter are probably my 2 favorite female vocalists.
Great job burch and alexis love the carpateders listned to them alot when i was yuong
Rock In Peace Karen Carpenter.
To be that clean-sounding and still have so much soul is a very rare thing. Her voice was like the view from the top of a mountain mixed with a warm brandy.
If you really want to hear Carpenters with a country feel, react to Sweet Sweet Smile. It was written by Juice Newton and Otha Young for Juice but her record company didn’t like it for the album she was working on. Karen visited Juice’s manager and he played a demo of the song and she fell in love with the song. She took it to Richard and he did what he always did and made it a Carpenters song. It made it to number 8 on the country chart in 1978. Please react to this song, you will not be disappointed!
The Carpenters have so many great songs, but this has always been my favorite song. ✌️
Karen Carpenter has been hailed by the music industry as having one of the best female voices of all time. Nice to see her still living in the hearts of so many.
I grew up listening to my parents' Carpenters albums. A once in a generation voice.
I can see Burch's reaction watching...with mixed emotions. Like me, I can only smile and cry at the same time experiencing Karen and the Carpenters back in the GREATEST decade of music! How they were able to leave a HUGE impact on my youth and today's youth! Karen's voice and Richard's arrangements were a PERFECT match!!
Keep the Carpenters sing alive! Thank you
My favorite, of theirs, has always been "For All We Know." Slower, and, in my humble opinion, more beautiful singing from her, than their others.
If you've ever seen those TV commercials advertising some brand of chocolate truffles...and a French chef looking dude is stirring melted chocolate...that silky smooth liquid chocolate... that's Karen Carpenter's voice.
This song is one of my earliest memories. My grand parents would play this record all the time.
Not only was karen a drummer she also was a guitarist and a bass player and she could also play french horn, she was a multiple talent that is surely missed everyday this woman was the best female singer of the 1970's and beyond, R.I.P. karen god bless you beautiful soul. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Karen was rated among the top 100 drummers in rock n roll back in the 70s.
Karen had absolute pitch and her bout with anorexia brought attention to anorexia nervosa, which had been ignored previously. If Alexis likes saxophone solos, may I make a request for either Unchain My Heart by Joe Cocker or Long As I Can See The Light by CCR, both have great sax solos. As for harmonica, John Popper, Big Momma Thorton, Charlie McCoy, John Lee Hooker, Paul Butterfield, and Sonny Boy Williamson are all incredible players. See y'all tonight at 7. 🙌✌️
May I add "Urgent" by Foreigner, for a great Sax solo!
Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty also has a fantastic sax solo.
My mum loved the carpenters she passed away 2 years ago always listen to this one my mum's favourite ❤❤
She did one take recordings most of the time. Superstar was a song that really showed her voice off. She was pretty amazing.
I concur she is the best singer I ever heard.
A reviewer from Rolling Stone magazine once said, "Karen's voice is like the sound of a lover whispering in your ear." Truer words were never spoken.
Even if she never sang and just did drums she would still be one of the greats!!
I was a kid when she passed away. I knew there was something wrong . Even at 5 yo, people would say isn't she so pretty? I would look at her deteriorating right in front of me. I would tell my family something is not right with her. A few months later she died. So if I noticed something was wrong as a child why didn't people closer to her notice? I felt bad for her and her family.
Hi was really fortunate to see them live in 1970
I've been saying for decades that Karen was my favorite singer though I'm more of a rock guy. It's been interesting recently to hear people more in the know than me say how really special and unique she was.
Desde Chile recordando a los Carpenter. Todos los dias escucho sus canciones. Un fan de estos 2 hermanos que me transportan al cielo.
The best female voice of all time. Unmatched for her tone, warmth and vocal range.
As of today, October 6, 2023, Richard Carpenter is working on a new studio album. This album will be her first solo recording since 1987's "Time Out of Mind." Carpenter has been working on the album for several years, and has been searching for a vocalist who can fill the void left by her sister Karen, who died in 1983.
In an interview with Billboard in 2022, Carpenter said that the album will have a sound similar to that of the Carpenters, but that it will also be an evolution of his sound. "It's still soft rock, but it's a little more modern," Carpenter said. "There's also a bit of experimentation."
Carpenter has not yet announced a release date for the album, but has said that he hopes it will be released in 2024.
In addition to his work on the new album, Carpenter is also working on a documentary about the life and career of the Carpenters. The documentary, which is being produced by the company "Greenwich Entertainment", will be released in 2024.
Carpenter also continues to tour and give concerts. In 2023, he toured the United States with singer-songwriter Michael Feinstein.
There is no voice today that compares to Karen Carpenter's. She was a unique musical genius in the world and goes far beyond her time. It without autotune or any other manipulation. Just her voice and her brother Richard's incredible arrangements. No current artist can match this in this era. Karen was also one of the best drummers of her time and she could sing well while she played the drums simultaneously. A true top talent. RIP Karen Carpenter, We will always remember you and love you!!! 💛💛💛
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La mejor voz femenina de todos los tiempos. Inigualable por su tono, calidez y rango vocal.
A fecha de hoy 6 de Octubre de 2023, Richard Carpenter está trabajando en un nuevo álbum de estudio. Este álbum será su primer trabajo discográfico en solitario desde "Time Out of Mind" de 1987. Carpenter ha estado trabajando en el álbum durante varios años, y ha estado buscando una vocalista que pueda llenar el vacío dejado por su hermana Karen, quien murió en 1983.
En una entrevista con el medio "Billboard" en 2022, Carpenter dijo que el álbum tendrá un sonido similar al de los Carpenters, pero que también será una evolución de su sonido. "Todavía es soft rock, pero es un poco más moderno", dijo Carpenter. "También hay un poco de experimentación".
Carpenter aún no ha anunciado una fecha de lanzamiento para el álbum, pero ha dicho que espera que salga a la venta en 2024.
Además de su trabajo en el nuevo álbum, Carpenter también está trabajando en un documental sobre la vida y la carrera de los Carpenters. El documental, que está siendo producido por la compañía "Greenwich Entertainment", se estrenará en 2024.
Carpenter también continúa realizando giras y dando conciertos. En 2023, realizó una gira por los Estados Unidos con el cantante y compositor Michael Feinstein.
No hay ninguna voz hoy en día que se compare con la de Karen Carpenter. Fue una genio musical única en el mundo y va mucho más allá de su tiempo. Sin autoajuste ni ninguna otra manipulación. Sólo su voz y los increíbles arreglos de su hermano Richard. Ningún artista actual puede igualar esto en esta era. Karen también era una de las mejores bateristas de su época y podía cantar así mientras tocaba la batería simultáneamente. Un verdadero talento superior. QEPD Karen Carpenter, ¡¡¡ Siempre te recordaremos y te querremos!!! 💛💛💛
I'm 61 now and did like them when they were at the height of their career, even though it was tough to admit to my buddies LOL. My favorite thing to do is to put on a good pair of headsets and listen to Karen through them, it is a glorious sound in my opinion. Timeless!
Just to make something clear... to the best of my knowledge, the recordings have such gorgeous expanded harmonies because Richard and Karen were singing ALL the parts and overdubbing them to the record. Saw them twice in concert and they had great musicians who doubled as the background singers, but a brother/sister duo covering all the parts is pretty hard to beat !! Their lush sound was one of the first things that grabbed me when I chanced to hear their version of "Ticket to Ride".
Karen was a rare contralto.
Here's a country song from the Carpenters: "Sweet, Sweet Smile." Oh, and if you ever want to try one that no reactors, but maybe two, have done online, "Ordinary Fool" isn't known to a lot of more casual Carpenters fans. Very, very soulful. Karen slinks and slides into and out of phrases on this one. I was surprised the first time I heard this. :) Thanks, guys. Enjoyed the reaction.
Speaking of Juice Newton. One of my faves.
sweet sweet smile , top of the world, jambalaya, for the country sounding hits
@@eggy1962 Dare I mention it. A lot of hard core Carpenters fans claim to hate it, but I will say Goofus. It’s silly. Yeah, they’re having fun. The musicianship is top notch. Plus, a great quirky guitar solo and another fantastic sax solo.
Christopher! You’re here too! I’m trying to get Burch to listen to Tori. Help, confirm for me! Did you see my message to you?
Also I edited my comment to add Reason To Believe. I forgot it! Argh.
"Superstar" is the song that really spotlights Karen's talent. It always sends chills down my spine no matter how many times I listen to it. I have a suggestion for you: Please take a listen to "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" by Tom Jones. I always enjoy the reaction that women have to his voice. Thank you!! 😀😀😀