The Carpenters - Superstar | Opera Singer REACTS LIVE 🌺
Вставка
- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- What's your favorite Carpenters song? The Carpenters and many other REACTIONS LIVE!! Come and react LIVE with me and share your knowledge!! What other songs should I react to? Let me know in the comments of any of my videos. See you soon!!
👉 Join us first here on UA-cam to start our Reactions Night and then continue on to Twitch: / maggiereneemusic for more LIVE REACTIONS! 💖🤘
👉To help support this channel 👀 SUBSCRIBE AND JOIN PATREON: / maggierenee 👀
👉Maggie’s FREE vocal course: "Sing Better Instantly:" skl.sh/3aHdSuy
Thank you to Roy P for sponsoring these reactions! 🎶💃🌺📣
‼️ To Sponsor Your Own Reaction: www.maggierene...
👉🏻 ALL THINGS MAGGIE: www.maggierene...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
💃🏻Maggie’s To-Do List for you:
✔️👍🏼 LIKE!
✔️💬 COMMENT!
✔️📺 SUBSCRIBE! bit.ly/2TRyEid
✔️🔔 RING THE BELL TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS!
✔️💖 SHARE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS
✨ SUBSCRIBER GOAL: 500,000 ✨
💖 Become my Patron: / maggierenee
🙏🏻 PayPal: www.paypal.com...
🙌🏼 Venmo: venmo.com/magg...
🏁 Become my Channel Member: / @maggiereneemusic
🎭 My Merch (support a great cause): teespring.com/...
🎁 My Wish List: www.maggierene...
🎵 ‘Sing Better Instantly" FREE Trial Singing Course: skl.sh/3aHdSuy
💿 Album: www.amazon.com...
Connect with me! ❤️
📲 Instagram: / maggiereneemusic
☀️ Tik Tok: / maggiereneemusic
👀 Twitch: / maggiereneemusic
👤 Facebook: / maggiereneemusicpage
💻 Website: www.maggierene...
📺 UA-cam: / maggiereneemusic
💬 Discord: / discord
📩 Business Inquiries ONLY: Maggie@MaggieRenee.com
If you'd like to send me something (I usually open your lovely gits LIVE on my streams):
c/o Maggie Reneé 60 Lincoln Center Plaza No. 576 New York, NY 10023
EQUIPMENT
(I often get asked what equipment I use. These are affiliate links to items I use, so if you buy from here you support me too!)
My condenser mic: amzn.to/3ifKsHT
My dynamic mic: amzn.to/3A4Kzfi
My earphones: amzn.to/3fHl10j
My Interface: amzn.to/3lnSbWp
My guitar: amzn.to/3xbdJrm
My webcam: amzn.to/2WCoFSd
THANK YOU SO MUCH to my Top Patrons ❤️🤍💛💖💚!
Mike N • Dorky • Jerry L • Denny • John T • Luna • Bart D • Jess G • Trixie • Thomas H • Brian P • Alan • Roy P • Roy G
〰️〰️〰️〰️🔥FAQ 🔥〰️〰️〰️〰️
Occupation: Singer-Songwriter, Actress, Performer
Birthday: July 12
Education: The Juilliard School
Editing Software: FCP
About: Maggie Reneé is a singer, songwriter, vocal coach, UA-cam, Twitch and TikTok content creator and Honors Graduate in Classical Voice from the prestigious Juilliard School. She has an original music Album out on iTunes, has a black belt in karate, and performs throughout the US and Europe with a goal of bringing joy to audiences all over the world through music that touches people's hearts!
#thecarpenters #reaction #MaggieReneé #LIVE
Who should I react to next: www.maggierenee.com/book-me/sponsor-a-reaction-live What should I sing next: www.maggierenee.com/book-me/sponsor-a-song-liveAnd just for you: ‘Sing Better Instantly" my FREE Singing Course: skl.sh/3aHdSuy and for EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS AND PERKS: www.patreon.com/MaggieRenee
what are you talking about the whole world luv the carpenters and karen both singing and drumming !
can you also react to a another smooth great singer olivia newton john the song Sam live will amazed you !
Linda Rondstadt. I can't pick a genre because she did country, pop, rock, torch, and mexicana.
Could Shirley Bassey perform in opera as perfectly as she does in romantic ballads? See “Never, Never, Never” live performance 1973. See also “With One Look/As If We Never Said Goodbye,” “ For All We Know,” all live on You Tube.
Her voice is like the feeling you get when you are outside in the snow on a bitterly cold day, and you step inside and somebody puts a warm blanket on you and you sit down by the fireplace.
I've been listening to Karen Carpenter singing since the early 1970's and her voice still curls my toes. Hits that spot that need hitting. So lovely and smooth.
Hi Maggie, excellent reaction. A few things you should know is, Karen was barely 21 when she recorded this in One Take, reading the lyrics off a napkin. She never thought about her pitch, phrasing, vibrato or timing; All that came from her natural talent. She was P H E N O M E N A L! Most of their songs were done on first take for her.
A reviewer from Rolling Stone magazine once said... "Karen's voice is like the sound of a lover whispering in your ear." She was known as "One-Take Karen"... and she actually performed this song reading the lyrics off of an envelope. Voice of an angel...gone too soon.
Superstar was recorded by Marvin Gaye, which many be why you hear a Jazz/R&B influence.
I don't think Marvin Gaye ever recorded Superstar. He had an album called Suuperstar. Luther Vandross had a hit with Superstar.
@@jontoyman You are correct sir. Also recorded by Delaney and Bonnie (Co-authored by Leon Russel) The song was originally called "Groupie".
Karen had the voice of the angels. Unforgettable and perfection.
Luther Vandross is correct but I can understand the mistake
@steve9199. Not to be picky but Karen Carpenter actually recorded the song, "Superstar" while reading the lyrics off of a cocktail napkin not an envelope.
Her jazzy vibe is because she started out as a jazz drummer! You nailed it!
Karen is in Rolling Stone’s top 100 drummers. Drums were her first musical love.
She even beat out John Bonham in a "best drummer" poll in the 70s, and he wasn't too pleased, lol.
Rolling Stone is always changing their polls. Its a popularity contest....not entirely based on actual talent.
@@michaelpeuplie6464 Proving that those polls are just popularity contests and politics. The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame is the best example of that.
@@michaelpeuplie6464 lol
One take Karen ... also a drummer. She was much more comfortable behind her drums. She was known for walking into the studio nailing it on one take ... no auto tune in the seventies.
The best quote i have heard about Karen's voice was by Ted Nolan in Rolling Stone magazine in 1974. He wrote "out comes that unique voice, exactly as on record, chilling perfection with much warmth, youth with wisdom, a sorrow resolved in the telling". That sums up her voice perfectly.
The money is in that lower register. Stunning, contralto. I love lower female voices.
Had you been in high school in the 70s as I was you'd have "We've Only Just Begun" drilled into your head. Every.single one of my sister's friends had it played at their weddings.... Every. Single. One. 😄
My father met them and got an autographed copy of their latest LP at the time. They were doing a show at Hershey PA. My father managed a chain tire shop. Their bus got a flat on its way to the next gig. Dad spent the next two hours talking to the brother and sister while his people replaced the tires on the tour bus. Being a fan, he was down right giddy when he got home that night. It broke his heart when he heard of her death.
My very first record that I owned was the Carpenters and Karen Carpenter's voice is still my overall favorite all these years later along with Richard's amazing arrangements.
"I fell in love with you, before the second show" fluidly flowing effortlessly strung together on a single breath.
Early in her career she did sing some jazzy stuff. Her voice was very versatile.
Absolutely. She was a great drummer and played difficult jazz standards.
@@michelleb3698 In the Burt Bacharach Hal David Medley I recommend she does just that, and LIVE!
@@Mr.56Goldtop Wow! Thank you.
Karen and Miss Ella Fitzgerald sang a jazz medley on a 1980 Carpenters' special called Music, Music, Music. You really need to check it out. It's fantastic
She was the best singer, male or female, our world ever heard. A true contralto who could rise and drop with unbelievable control.
That's her brother Richard on the keyboard. He wrote and directed almost all of their music. ❤❤
Karen could have sang every Disney princess song and it would have been flawless and perfectly fit.
Burt Bacharach loved this lady very much. He said she had the voice of an angel. Her death hit him very hard
I was a teenager when the carpenters first came on the scene. The one thing that I loved about Karen is that she play the drums, but also had a deeper voice for all of us, deeper voice gals. It made me extremely happy that I could sing along with her without changing The keys
Sounded like the percussionist part of the hanging symbols that you could take your finger and brush them. That’s what they sound like to me.
Richard commented in an interview a few years back that they were just getting started. it is heartbreaking to think of the music that they might have made but for her untimely passing.
I have always been a carpenter's fan. From thousand oaks California
Also...."I can dream can't I " will show her rendition of 40s hit by the Lennon sisters with Richard's arranging. WOW.
Wow, what a fantastic voice you have. Such a gorgeous tone.
She's also a very accomplished drummer. Don't forget that! Miss her.
Richard Carpenter does an amazing job of arranging music to compliment his sister's voice.
Check out THIS MASQUERADE
their jazziest tune & my fav of theirs.
Karen was a top rock drummer of her time also. One of the best.
You will love the caliber of their vocals!
Karen carpenter has a movie in 1989 for TV. Karen carpenter story.
Also she has a movie out and it's called Starving for Perfection.
Just amazing singer. She was a drummer first. Outstanding drummer. Buddy Rich called her Outstanding.
She called herself a drummer that sang. Paul McCartney called her the best. John Lennon came up to her in LA restaurant to tell her she had an outstanding voice love"
u interupt eery line. im out
Agree. For a first listening probably best to just let it flow so we can see the reaction. Analysis can come later.
Agree 100%
Agree. Geez
More talking than listening
Backing provided in the studio by the Wrecking Crew, all top tier musicians, and i mean top tier.
That sound was a Wurlitzer piano
Karen was known as one take Karen. She would go into record belt it out in one take and be done. Her voice has no equal. We miss you Karen. RIP.
Karen didn't learn to play drums, she just decided she could, and mastered them in less than 6 months, according to legend.
Piano creates that sound !!
I'm 65 and was one of the first Carpenters fan club members back in the 70s. There is one term i use to describe Karen's voice and that is Angelic. I was lucky enough to see the Carpenters live in Savannah Georgia met them both after the concert, Karen was short like 5-4 and Richard was going through the addiction thing at the time so he only thanked us for coming to the show then left but Karen sat and talk to all the fans for about half an hour. The true story of what happened to Karen is even sadder than what the movie implied. She was one of a kind. The only training she had was in High School Choir. She also played the drums on some of the studio recordings and even a few videos like Close to You. I won't bore you anymore, most of what I could tell you can be found on the net, but there is a truth that was never shared outside the fan club members like what caused her heart failure and what really caused her eating disorder. Richard Carpenter did release a statement to the fans only but it was and still is a secret to the public as far as I know. Oh Did you every react to LILIAC? Holy Diver is a great cover of theirs and they do have some original songs now.. the singers voice is crazy.
That time you went 5 whole seconds without interrupting a great song....If you do learn this song, I hope someone talks over you the whole time.
Thank you!
Shout out to the author, the Master of Space and Time...... Mr Leon Russel.
Her tone and timbre just melt me every time I hear her sing. There will never be another singer like Karen.
I saw Karen sing and drum in 1972. She was one of the greatest singer/drummers of all time. Check out her cover of the Beatles Help and Dancing in the Streets, where she sings and drums effortlessly. As for her very best songs ? Solitaire and Trying to get the Feeling Again, Yesterday Once More and Only Yesterday are masterpieces. Trying to get the Feeling Again was recorded in 1975,then lost. It was found again eventually and released in 1994 -19 years after it was recorded and 11 years after Karen died, Karen sang duets that are on UA-cam with John Denver, Ella Fitzgerald, Perry Como, Andy Williams and Carol Burnett.
I'm somewhat surprised that you don't seem that familiar with the Carpenter's music. Karen was truly a unique voice that the world lost too soon. Their music is certainly a rabbit hole you could spend some time with due to Karen's vocals.
She was a very good drummer as well.
Karen did her part in this HIT song in ONE TAKE! From then on,she was known as "One take Karen"
I think the soft trill might have been a xylophone with an extra soft covering on the baton (not sure what they're called). It sounds similar to hanging chimes but softer.
Harp
She Left This World Because God Wanted His Angle Back
Karen always walked into the studio and lay down the vocal track in 1 take
Not true - a myth spread by misinformed fans...
Karen and her brother were in jazz bands, and she just wanted to be a drummer. Not a singer. But, listen to her voice! She was pressured into being a lead vocalist.
Let her sing the song as you wreck it, no idea
6:10 is the start (wiki background info)
11:18 for song reaction start
I'm thrilled you are doing Karen Carpenter!
You are right about jazz. Their band started out as a jazz band with Karen on the drums. She always considered herself a drummer who sang. As they got more famous it was decided she needed to be out front, so sadly she didn't play the drums as much.
I am sooooooo happy to see you react to Karen Carpenter....the woman is so close to perfect music wise that she is on either on goddess or Angel status
Search UA-cam for Kiss Me The Way You Did Last Night. It was recorded in 1981 for their Made In America but mysteriously cut, then added to their cut song album Lovelines in 1989.
I think Karen Carpenter had such a neat voice, that like Maggie has pointed out, can transition effortlessly in it's different pitches. This might be my favorite of hers. Your wondering on that unique 'low jingling' part? What do they call those metal chimes that hang down suspended from from it's based holder? Might be that.
As mentioned in the bio you read they were a jazz trio (on the A jazz circuit ) before they turned to pop.....Karen was Buddy Rich's fav young jazz drummer at that time
1
superStar is my fave Carpenters song.
I am a big Carpenter's fan.
This song was written by Leon Russell from Tulsa, OK. He wrote two other songs covered by The Carpenters; Masquerade and Song For You.
You'd probably like her recording of "Masquerade" - there's also a recording of her at (I think) 17 singing "California Dreaming"...
Both Leon Russell tunes!
I would say she's a pure alto. Wow
I had the pleasure of seeing them live twice in 1971 unforgettable concert.
Such a rich tone! Gotta ♥ Karen Carpenter!
BTW - if this wasn't impressive enough - (from what I've heard) this was on her FIRST take!
Karen Carpenter was originally the drummer of a trio with her brother Richard. The record company wanted vocals and Richard put her behind the mic and said Karen has dies some singing. That's where the Carpenters were born.
I didn't see this info given ... This song is about a "one-night-stand" between a woman(not necessarily Karen), and a musician she saw and later met after the show he was doing, who told her everything she needed to hear to get into her bed. He promised to come back and see her again, but he never came back.
Sorry I missed the live stream on this one. Another great Carpenter's song. Thanks for the reaction.
Before there was Angelina Jordan being the voice that emotionally connected me to music, Karen Carpenter was that voice that made made my much younger self feel the power that music had. May the lessons learned by Karen 's life and death never be forgotten or ignored by the younger generations
I was waiting for you to react to the Carpenters.
CRY ME A River by Julie London is my favorite. Karen nails this. As I am a drummer I adore her, a great drummer !!!! Thanks for the post.
Your reviews are so spot on, humorous and enjoyable to watch. ❤
Karen was such a magnificent drummer. Also, she sang so well that when she went on tour, they had a touring drummer so that she can sing front of stage. Cubby O'Brian (Mickey Mouse Club, Lawrence Welk) played drums while The Carpenters were on tour. One of my favorite bands while I was growing up. My parents had a few of their albums.
This great song was committed by the great Leon Russell.
You can imitate Karen but nobody can sound exactly like Karen. There is always a completely unique sound. What is that ?
electric piano was the the little triplet trill'
You should react to the Joe Cocker version of “Cry me a River” from the Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour.
When multitrack recording was beginning to advance the recording studio capabilities, the Carpenters mastered the art of multilayered backing vocals. On their recordings the backup singers were Karen and Richard layering their voices. It was perfect and without auto tune, which wasn't around quite yet. It was a day when singers had to sing.
I think it would be fun for a reaction to Carpenter's Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Very jazzy and the way Karen's voice just floats up and down the scale is amazing.
A "hard a" is something you learn in elementary school - phonics. OK, well back in the 60's that actually taught phonics. Also, back in the late 70's, it was not a "thing" to admit, so Karen never admitted to being anorexic. But after her death, it came out and that's when it brought awareness to eating disorders. I have their autographs from when they were the entertainment for American Youth on Parade at Notre Dame University back in like 1970. Still love her voice.
The Carpenters lived one street over from a friend of mine & his son & daughter went to school with Richard & Karen in Downey, Ca.
Karen Carpenter had one of the best female voices of all time. Would love to hear another reaction to John Farnham, one of the greatest male voices of all time.
Her voice could melt rock
Would love some more carpenters 😊
Really think you should give Dame Shirley Bassey a listen. I think she would blow your socks off
Karen did a duet with Ella Fitzgerald late on her career. She & Richard started in a jazz trio ...
Diana Krall does a lovely rendition of Cry Me a River. Karen is goddess-tier; magical.
Karen had many beautiful comments made of her, but probably the most common was "The Voice of an angel." John Bettis, who co-wrote with Richard 28 of their hits, was asked, "What did Karen sound like, when you first heard her?" His answer was, "She sounded just like she sounds now on her recordings, and she was only 16 years old. Karen never wanted to sing. She only wanted to play the drums, but her voice didn't allow her to just play drums."
Karen had an amazing voice. Both were perfectionists. Yes, do more Carpenters.
Great reaction, wish I could have joined the live premier (especially since Y--Tube dropped ads in every 45 seconds). Hope to see more of your Carpenters reactions!
There’s also a good scene in Tommy Boy with this song.
This was maybe my favorite group as a teenager. Them, the Jackson 5 and the Osmond brothers. She had such a beautiful pure voice and the backup vocals always sing such challenging chords. Close to you was one of the big hits but they didn't write it.
Cool that you picked up on Karen's jazz sensibilities. She cut her singing teeth singing jazz. This particular vocal was the very first time she had ever sung this song - reading lyrics that her brother had scrawled on a napkin. It was supposed to be the initial "scratch" vocal, but her first take was so spot on, they kept it. If you want to hear her contralto at its richest, try listening to Solitaire, which also features her very first take singing the song. And interestingly, her last (she hated it and refused to sing it again). Her duet with Ella was "This Masquerade."
She had some training! Carpenter was initially nervous about performing in public, but said she "was too involved in the music to worry about it".[18] She graduated from Downey High School in the spring of 1967, receiving the John Philip Sousa Band Award, and enrolled as a music major at Long Beach State, where she performed in the college choir with Richard. Karen subsequently became more confident in singing and began to take lessons with Frank Pooler, the choir's director. She worked with him on developing the upper register so she would have a full three-octave range and he taught her a mixture of classical and pop singing. Pooler later said "Karen was a born pop singer".[19][20] By age 17, her voice "was a remarkable instrument".[21]
Richard used piano and electric keyboards a lot. They were just coming into popularity and Richard was a great player. Yes, it was Earle Dumler playing oboe. The horns were there along with a synth pad horn sample.
1 , love them, such a sad ending for Karen, there hasn't, in my opinion , been any female singers to compare. A unique. Voice.
You should listen to Karens Merry Christmas Darling, I think its one of the most beautiful Christmas songs ever and Id compare it to Judy Garlands Have Yourself a Merry little Christmas but even better if thats possible
Karen could sing ANY genre' as in Linda Ronstadt. Karen could have done American Standards too... As for EGOTs; there are Golden Globe awards too to add...there are a few w/those 5. Karen, Ella, Peggy Lee...And Karen didn't even want to be the lead in the group. She was satisfied in just being among the BEST drummers of the day.
my alltime favourite from teh carpenters: this masquerade !
Maggie! You mentioned "jazzy." Well there's aong they did not really that well known because it wasn't a radio hit. In "Ordinary Fool," Karen soulfully slides into and out of the notes in a jazzy way, if you're interested. For a lot of folks, this might be a surprising departure from their more pop-oriented style.
I saw them in concert such a long long time ago...sigh.
Such a beautiful voice !!? What a tragedy 😢
I see you finally found the most perfect pitch singer of the rock era. In 1983, Karen died from Anerexia Nervousa which little was known about at that time, but it brought awareness to the dangers of the desease, they were probably the first global superstar Brothers and Sister act in history.