Carpenters - Now (Karen Carpenter's LAST recording)
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- Опубліковано 7 січ 2010
- In June 1981, Karen and Richard released their 10th studio album, "Made In America," and made a world tour to promote it with appearances in Brazil and Germany. In November of that year, she and Richard returned home to California. Karen and her husband Tom Burris formally separated that same month. Shortly after Christmas, Karen moved to New York to begin treatment for her anorexia. She sought treatment with psychotherapist Steven Levenkron who was noted for his research into anorexia nervosa and self injury.
In April 1982, she took a two-week vacation from her treatment and returned home to California. She and Richard returned to the studio and recorded several songs, including this song, "Now." At the time of this recording, Karen was heavily anorexic. Richard says she had lost even more weight since the last time he had seen her the year before. Karen returned to New York and stayed there until November 1982. During a two-month stay in a hospital, she was fed intravenously and gained 30 pounds. She returned home for Thanksgiving that year. Although she felt that she was cured, Richard saw that she still didn't look well and he told her so. The additional weight of 30 pounds added back suddenly on a body that had been underweight for so many years further strained her weakened heart, and she died of heart failure on the morning of February 4, 1983. She was just 32 years old, a month shy of her 33rd birthday.
Following Karen's death, Richard returned to the studio and worked on his and Karen's last recordings, including two of the songs she recorded in 1982 as well as other songs from previous recording sessions over the years before. The album, "Voice of the Heart" was released in October 1983, eight months after Karen's death.
"Now" was a work lead, recorded in one take, and was intended to familiarize the musicians with the song as well as Richard's arrangement of it. After a complete music track had been recorded, Karen would have then returned to the studio and recorded new vocals for the song. But as it was, the work lead turned out to be the last song Karen ever recorded.
There's an old legend about the swan's song - how the Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) which is completely mute during its lifetime until the moment just before it dies, is said to sing one beautiful song. Over the years, listeners have commented on the lyrics of the song and knowing what we know now, wonder if perhaps Karen had had a premonition of what was to come. Indeed, "Now" can be said to have been Karen's "swan song."
Now
Now,
Now when it rains, I don't feel cold.
Now that I have your hand to hold,
The winds might blow through me
but I don't care.
There's no harm in thunder if you are there.
And now,
now when we touch, my feelings fly.
Now when I'm smiling, I know why.
You light up my world like the morning sun.
You're so deep within me, we're almost one.
And now all the fears that I had start to fade.
I was always afraid love might forget me,
love might let me down.
Then look who I found.
The winds might blow through me
but I don't care.
There's no harm in thunder if you are there.
And now, now,
now when I wake, there's someone home.
I'll never face the nights alone.
You gave me the courage I need to win,
to open my heart and to let you in.
And I never really knew how, until now,
Until now.
No, I never really knew how,
until now
When I was in Vietnam, I wrote her on a bet I wouldn't hear from her. I did, and we corresponded with each other over the next year, I was 17 and in love with her. Not just her music and her voice but the girl behind the mask, I was devastated by her death. I have been married for over 44 years and neither my wife nor my children know I have her letters because they are my private memories and when I pass away they will be buried with me.
How can they be buried with you if you never let anyone know they exist?
How beautiful and fortunate you were. But Karen was a genuine & wonderful person. Her passing was such a tragedy.
I loved her too. I understand, brother.
Awww.....I think personally that’s amazing and still amazing in all honesty. I have no other words.
What an amazing story, you are so fortunate. Says something about the real person that she took the time. Certainly share your pain at her passing, I was sat in my car listening to the news when I heard that she had died. I can remember the time and place like it was yesterday, sat there and and just cried, her voice and songs really do rest deeply in your soul. I’m 62 now, if one of her songs comes on the radio I still feel the emotional impact of that loss, no other artist past or present makes me feel like this. Understand completely why you have not shared the letters, if your anything like me, it shows a very vulnerable and sensitive side which you my not wish the reveal. Just imagine if your wife ‘got it’ and shared the feelings you have, could be a magical moment of understanding between you. My partner would never understand......
This may sound crazy but i just turned 63 & i still can't get over the loss of this wonderful lady & her amazing voice.
Not crazy! She was that good!
I'm 66, and I feel the same way!!!!
Not crazy at all - I still think the same - I’m 54 and The Carpenters made a huge impact on me (I’m South American) I didn’t understand much English then - but it did not matter - her voice was magical ...
same
I just love her still.
Her last song. Even dying, she still sang like an angel.
One of my favourite songs. Beautiful voice. R. I. P. Karen ❤️❤️❤️
CARPENTERS> ANOINTED & ORDAINED by God to impact USA during Dark Turmoil of division > They Shot Up like a METEOR by God's Hand (16 Mega Hits & 20+M Sales in just 1st 4 yrs.) a 'Consecutive Hits' Record still today 2021 > now 150+M Sales incl. '1M' Solo album by Karen (1980) released '1996'.
ANGELS NEVER DIE > KAREN IS IN HEAVEN & HAPPIER THAN ANY TIME IN HER EARTHLY LIFE!
We who are left behind are Sad & Miss > 'CARPENTERS'
I'm a metal head but Karen's voice has a deep place in my heart. There's no shame in being a Carpenter's fan.
I love ac/dc...but ur exactly right there will always be a special place in my heart for the Carpenters....
Not one bit.
Hi babe zco
Agreed my two favorite vocalists are Bruce Dickinson and Karen Carpenter
Because there is no genre in heavenly music.
No autotune, pure talent. No female artist today compares to her. Clear words, holding notes and no waffling of a note. She draws one into the song/story she singing.
Not a bad description. Listening to her voice is -- well, addictive.
Cheryl Cowden they wouldn’t know what to do with her now exactly the same as they didn’t know what to do with her then. If they would’ve only let her be herself and let her do what she did. Then we could’ve had it all.
Show biz has sucked the life out of a lot of talented young people, including Karen.
Just like SELENA, THE QUEEN OF CUMBIA. BOTH WOMEN WERE TRUE PERFORMERS.
I couldn't agree more! Her voice was so crisp and clear you actually understood every word she sang with no effort. Oh how I long to hear a singer these days that understands the importance of enunciation.
Done in one take. There will never be another Karen Carpenter.
a voice to make a bad day better
No one can fill Karen shoes she had most beautiful voice.I like to share a voice to check out.Her name Lucy Thomas she on UA-cam.you be glad you did.she girl voice so amazing thank me later.check out her song Somewhere
Never ever!
Such a beautiful girl...
Never.
There will never be another female singer in history that will ever sound like this again.❤️
So true
The crazy part is that despite her anorexia-related health problems, NONE of them affected her voice. She delivered at the top of her game no matter what she sang. There were times she looked gaunt and sickly, but that voice stayed rich and healthy. And her brother claims she did this one in ONE TAKE. THAT is awesome!
I can hear health problems...aus reflux, thinner voice, no power for high notes...her ultra beautiful Tone, her musicality, high intelligente, taste and Perfektionismus compensated this
She sang so beautifully. I miss that voice. Xxxx
The sad part is, I've aspired to have her voice, and Ana is slowly killing me
@@workboresme1 get help, get help now.
😢
Listen to her everyday! I’m 82 now, and still enjoy ALL HER SONGS!!❤️
God bless you. Glad you've enjoyed such a long life.
So good to know you still after all these years appreciate what must on balance be the greatest musical act in living memory at least.
*every day
So do I.
Ich bin 83 geboren und höre sie auch täglich ❤sie verbindet uns alle 😊Liebe auf all deinen Wegen!
It's true what they say: the truly great voices you don't just hear with your ears, but feel in your heart. And that was certainly the case with Karen's voice.
I have learnt a great deal from listening to Karen.
I sing Jazz and ballads mostly at home,have a baritone and write a lot of lyrics.
Even after all this time She sounds as though She could have recorded this just Yesterday.
Peter Scott
@@peterscott759 I totally agree with that, Peter. She haf one of the greatest female voices of the 20th century. And it is timeless.
@@normadesmond6017 such ease and perfection and no auto tune or added stuff to make you sound better, she simply put it....just sang.
@@chrisfry436 in the days when there were true talents who are still admired and loved decades after their passings. And you can listen to Karen Carpenter no matter when you'r born or what taste in music you have. You can never deny the fact that she had a unique voice.
Even the comments are poetry
When I was a teenager I would sit in front of the record player for hrs with her singing all of her beautiful songs . I cried and cried when she left this world. Hands down first favorite female artist ever . RIP 🙏
Hello how are you doing
@@nelsonanthony995 I am awe struck by her pure talent. Mine own issues don't amount to an anthills worth of climbing. A grown 67 yo country hick and still my heart beats faster with my first music in-love.
Nicely said Peggy. 🙂
I did the same thing too.💕💕💕💕
Me too. Loved her.
And she was very sick at this time. We were lucky to have her to begin with.
It was such a sad and unfortunate loss. I don’t think she was truly aware of how much she was loved 🥰
Yes we were lucky to have her as long as we did, I posted on other songs saying I was the luckiest kid in the world, my mother cleaned there beautiful home out in downey, ca. I sat down with my mom and us 6 including mom and dad several times a month for dinner. It also was my saddest day when we all lost her to that nervous disease when you're telling your body your ugly and fat, and she basicly starved herself from eating. Up close the voice would make my man hair raise up like a cats.
She's somewhere saving the beast and the children 😃 ee
I know she was sick at this time..😫😫❤️ she's somewhere healing the animals and the children 😃.
she is a l beautiful soul..I am crying😪
"I just want to tell you love, that I think you've got a fabulous voice " - John Lennon to Karen Carpenter
To get a compliment like that from John Lennon is amazing. Greatness speaking to greatness. Karen was astounded that John Lennon would compliment her.
"You gave me the courage I need to win" until now. After all the years she still has that voice that tells us that love wins
She told her band " he probably doesn't mean it"😢 Such a low self esteem,. How tragic, that her short life was such a struggle and filled with sadness. That's the deep sadness, that I think we all carry, even now 40 years after her death. The waste of such a beautiful girl , with the voice of an Angel. I love listening to her songs, but can still be moved to tears , by the fact that she suffered so much. And died so young. May she know only joy and peace, singing in Heaven. How ironic that this was her last recording
With a perfectly pitched, velvet voice that made both young men and the angels weep, Karen Carpenter (in my opinion) was the best female voice of the 20th century....
bar none!
agreed! the most beautiful, rich, intimate, moving voice i have ever heard.. her voice is and always will be romance and love, love both looked for, found and lost.... and it wasn't just the sound of her voice, but how she used it.. her phrasing and emoting, her absolute perfect diction and enunciation for every syllable for every word for every song she ever sang (that in itself makes her stand out from nearly everyone!), how she told and acted out the story of the song.. THEE epitome of the singer who sang TO the listener NOT AT the listener!...
Yes, well Typed.......
Fred Higgenbottom your opinion is shared by millions of others, myself included. She was the ONE and only.
I know of no other female voice of such incomparable beauty. Really, nobody.
I couldn't agree more!
I’m a veteran I’m 83 years old and every time I listen to Karen and her brother I get big tears in my eyes. They will never be another female singer like her. God bless her I hope I get to see her in heaven
Bless You donald ... I think a LOT of people feel the same way! Every nite I remember my "forever partner" who died at 33 and Karen with a prayer .... and look forward to meeting again in Heaven 🥀 🥀 💫
I’m 71 and have loved Karen Carpenter since their first charted hit. Like you, I get misty when I even think of her passing. Their music is comparable to watching a train wreck. You can’t not listen, to any of it, to all of it! I listen and I weep, but I continue to listen even though I weep. If I could wish her back, she would never have left.
Everytime I see a Karen Carpenter video I have to watch and listen to that voice and then I cry.
Everyone in the world can agree that this was truly a voice of an angle.
Duane Theimer... I agree... truly the voice of an 'Angel.'
Or even an Angel.
SHE IS THE BEST EVER... 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Angel 😇
Piss off grammar cops .... We get the pint 🙄
I can't put into words how much I miss Karen! Her voice did something to me as a little boy in the 70's, just as it does to me now in my 50's. The sound of her voice takes me to another place...a place of complete peace and serenity! Karen, thank you for bringing The sounds of Heaven down here to earth for a too short of a time. I wish we could have had much more time with you. Rest peacefully beautiful lady!
Loved her music til now and I recorded one of her song me ssinging... ua-cam.com/video/SIHPZoTPElw/v-deo.html ... A lot of people told me that I sounded like her too, I don't know how true it is but i will be honored if i do.
me too, rob, me too...
Being in my 50's too! I still love her as much now as them. It is like I grew up with her. She was my dream girl.
Rob Scott Me too Rob. I get great comfort from her songs during these very difficult times.
@@cmmarsden me too George
I am now a 67 year old man, just listening to Karen still melts my heart after all these years - the voice of an angel, bless you ❤
One take Karen. Best female vocalist of all time!
Or male!
I'd say best male vocalist...is .Elvis presley and Karen carpenter for best female vocalist.
@@texasgirl6000 I think Freddie Mercury blows Elvis away!
@@Inquisitor6321, 🤣 whatever floats your boat but Elvis's accomplishments say otherwise.
@@Inquisitor6321, btw you're right about one thing Freddie like to blow mens👉 🥒.
The most beautiful & hypnotic voice ever recorded. 😢
That voice, that voice.
antij1 Your profile picture is literally me rn
Yes,the Voice
Karen voice put lot tears in my eyes.when listen Karen beautiful voice.she left us so young.i Miss her so much.what so sad this was her last song.
Here I am at 63 and all these years later I miss this wonderful Lady. I come and listen to her music when I need comfort. I will never forget her. I mourn for her. She and her voice was so pure. RIP sweet Lady ♥️
The loss of Karen Carpenter still affects me today. So miss her beautiful soul ❤️🦋
Me too.....my 27 year old niece died of the same thing. She had a pace maker because of a heart murmur....since she was 5. 3 days after the COVID-19 shot.....she passed. But she did have anorexia😢
THE VOICE. The world is never the same without her.
Hello how are you doing
The voice. Pretty much says it all.
Nobody today can even come close to Karen Carpenter.
I get chills every time I hear her perfect voice. Would love to hear her today. She is missed.
There's something about her voice that touches me in a way that no other voice ever has. I've never been able to put my finger on why.
Yes, I totally agree with you. I get a lump in my stomach when she sings.
because it truly touches your soul when she sings
I think it's probably because you can feel her heart and soul coming through her voice. It's genuine, it's real, and you could feel it in every word she sang.
a5h 13y I feel that too.
HeavenlY-🕊
I can't fathom how I've never heard this song before today, Wed., January 11th, 2023, at 09:40 a.m. Her voice was unlike any other. Yet, *one thing which I think never gets credited enough is that the musicianship was as perfect as her voice was.* And not just her brother, but all their musicians. The music always complimented her voice So Perfectly, in such a heart-tugging way. I think it's absolutely fitting that they scrolled the musician's names at the end of the video. It's a perfect tribute to them for everything they always were for her -- & to us. 09:44 - 09:49
No one will ever match Karen's singing, just pure class.
thank God her music is preserved forever
Gary Murphy Their music.
The most perfect singing voice ever. If I am wrong don't comment.
You're exactly correct.
You are so right !!
I still hear songs now days and wonder what it would have sounded like with Karen singing them!
You're wrong. She's also the best drummer.
She was a songbird...
Simply astounding - even ill and emaciated, her voice never left her, and still had that otherworldly quality to it we still revere ❤️!
Miss you, Karen, always 💔!
I AM IN THE LATE WINTER OF MY LIFE, AT 81 YEARS OLD, AND I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE AND HEAR KAREN CARPENTER AGAIN ,SOME TIME OVER THE RAINBOW, SO SAD. STILL A LITTLE TEAR IN MY EYES. RIP MY LOVE. BOBBY ~!~
Rest In Peace Karen - the undoubted finest female vocalist EVER !!
My all time favorite female vocalist.
mine too... while i love countless other female and male singers and music from pretty much every era and almost every genre... no one, no one touches my heart, my soul like karen.....THEE greatest epitome of the singer who sang TO YOU and NOT AT YOU... the most beautiful, rich, moving, intimate, clear voice i have ever heard and will ever hear...
me too Robert!...i was at her funeral..i just happened to be in California when she died...i was only about a 20 min drive from her service
Me too
Robert Northrup Ditto.
Same🇵🇭
40 years since the loss of this beautiful soul. "Nobody else sings like Karen". Nobody ever will
Pure , simple and beautiful just like she is . I'm 70 now and I still get Goosebumps when I hear her voice ! WHY KAREN ??!! You're so missed !! 🥺💔
I find it very difficult to listen to her , it hurts knowing she died so young and she was so beautiful
Loved her music til now and I recorded one of her song me ssinging... ua-cam.com/video/SIHPZoTPElw/v-deo.html ... A lot of people told me that I sounded like her too, I don't know how true it is but i will be honored if i do.
No one cared enough to REALLY help her when she needed it, instead they just watched her go.
I'm also heart-broken and angry over the whole thing. We must realise though, that when there's a lack of food and nutrients the body immediately turns on itself and stored lead is released into the system from our bones. She was dealing with major, major issues including her husband who was a thieving rat!
@@guy4462 Ironically, she put on thirty pounds in six weeks. Her heart couldn't take the extra work as she kept working too. She didn't like her hourglass figure and it killed her.
I feel exactly the same way... Isn't it strange...?
No One Had a voice like Karen Carpenter. She had a voice as clear as the wind on a winter morning.
This is true, but it is worth pausing to thank her brother Richard for showcasing the perfect voice with perfect production.
So true a lovely description.Her voice was pristine
40 yrs today you passed away 😢.I just want too say thank you for the music 🎶 and the memories. R.I.P beautiful lady so sadly missed by many 😢😢😢😢💛💛
There will never be a voice like Karen Carpenters.
Ich fürchte das leider auch❤doch haben wir die ihre😊
Post Script. Despite how sick she was, she never lost that gorgeous voice.
Incredible!
Totally agree!
She was truly gifted & was an incredible gift to us.
Love & miss you, Karen. 😪😢😥
It is true Rebecca C. She is simply a singer with a wonderful voice.
@ Rebecca C. I would respectfully disagree that Karen Carpenter's voice was never adversely affected by her illness. You can clearly hear on her last recording of the great song, "Now" that her voice had lost some degree of its' beautifully deep richness from her bulimia. As Richard Carpenter accurately pointed out, the worst thing a singer can do to her vocal cords is wretching. I disagree with Richard Carpenter when he told a caller on Larry King's radio show in 1986 that Karen Carpenter was not bulimic. I also disagree with him that Karen's beautiful voice was never affected by her illness.
@@michaelbarlow6610 Agreed ... she lost some of the timber in her voice
Karen was the single greatest female singing voice of my lifetime. I was merely a child when she left us and, I have yet to hear another voice that could compare to hers. We still morn you, Karen. :-)
i am from new Zealand so sad to see USA only talk bad about trump . and not get on to work on the country . there was a time when we all loved one other .. and i say make the { world great again } buy using love .. thank you you tube ...you will know what i am talking about .this world needs love . talk nice not bad . goods words heals ... thank you .
poor american just fighting with one another .so sad to see . ......will use ever see what yous are doing to one other . fighting makes enemies ,where love creates friends and friends gives love in time of hurt .. thank you .. you tube
I was 11 when Karen died... I agree with everything stated💚
She got married
I was a child when she passed and I’ve never heard a voice this beautiful
My favourite artist. Karen hope you are singing wherever you are. You are beautiful.
❤The most beautiful 😊der hellste Stern am Himmel!
I fell in love with Karen's voice in the early 70's as a teenager. I owned every Carpenter's record. When I heard she had died on the radio I stayed home from work for 3 days crying, drinking, crying and playing her records.
So did I. Thanks, Mrs. Agnes Carpenter for criticizing dear sweet Karen's weight.
Hi Jim Doyle. I'm Liz. I was born in 1960 and how I miss those years! How I miss my childhood which Karen Carpenter enriched with her angelic voice and beautiful soul!
There has never been and never will be again a voice like Karen Carpenter's. I think what touches people is the depth of her vocal quality. Tonally deep, crystal clear and so genuine, Karen's voice penetrates your soul. Her death at the young age of 32 was one of the music industry's greatest tragedies. Though she was certainly successful, she had much untapped potential which is evident in some of her lesser known songs like "I Can Dream, Can't I" and "Ordinary Fool." She will forever remain in the top ranks of female vocalists.
Have a look at Sonia Dawn on UA-cam... Can't tell the difference...
ua-cam.com/video/GC-qTTA_6RI/v-deo.html
Stunning! Through all her health and personal problems, her voice never faded. A perfect blend of technical skill and pure heart.
They let her consume herself so deeply saddening, dying of self starvation while living under her parents roof and care .
She's one of my favourite singer though I was very young before I first heard her voice
A voice gift from GOD. She NOW sings for The Lord. Amen
Just like Freddy Mercury.. Never a wrong note, even in a live performance. As different as they were in style and substance, their voices were always great, not matter what they were going through. Karen, to me, is the top female voice of all time.... She can sing the telephone directory and I would start crying...
The greatest singing voice! Rest In Peace Karen.
For' all the older men on here saying they are 50, 60 plus year's old, and still can't get used to losing Karen, your not alone, I'm 68 and not a day goes by I don't think about her, pure gold, was her voice, looks ! R.I.P. MY SWEET KAREN. THIS WORLD DOSN'T DESERVE HER ANYWAY,, SHE IS TO MUCH OF AN ANGEL FOR THIS ULGYNESS WE,ARE LIVING IN NOW!
Ditto: and I'll be 76 tomorrow
That's a voice that all the auto-tune in the word could never create.
Very bittersweet. Rest in peace, Karen. There'll never be another voice like hers....
Bittersweet is the best word to describe it.
If you like Karen's voice you might wanna check out the original singer of this song, Mariya Takeuchi. Her voice is actually kinda similar.
It is 37 years she already passed away..but NO one can replace her..We will always miss her..RIP..
I grew up listening 🎶 to the carpenters whose still listening 🎶 in 2022 ...I sure am ❤❤❤❤
8/15/2022 - Me (after coming out from under rock after 39 years)!
As a young boy I was supposed to sing in a special choir at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles with the Carpenters. After practicing for months, on the day of performance the Carpenters cancelled because she was sick. It was the early 80s and while I don't know if it was due to the illness that took her life.. there will always be a hole in my heart being that I never got to meet her and sing with them. What a wonderful voice and heart she had..
And in mine too
😥 I'm so sorry... 😥
Incredibly unique! No one else can compare to the clarity and beauty of Karen’s voice!
If not the greatest voice of all time, there is no voice at all.
The most beautiful voice today is Lucy Thomas.you find her on UA-cam. She sing from the heart.
FABULOUS COMMENT AND I AGREE! KARENS VOICE TRULY WAS THE ONE AND ONLY! 💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼💔🌼
Thank you UA-cam for providing us with Karen Carpenter. The greatest singer ever. NOW, one of the best songs ever composed.
if any singer wants to go to a master class in breath control, just listen to Karen's songs---
I know!
I have been singing her songs and I run out of air!
She was so thin...
I don’t know how she did it!
I tried and I passed out.
@@LATINHANDS65 usually people with a little bit of weight on them can hold their breath longer because their lungs are larger ..
I don't know how she did it being so thin....
Karen's voice was Beautiful and she would put today's female singers to shame. So sad this was her last ever recording 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖Rip Karen
This may sound even funnier but I just turned 65 and I too can not get over the loss of Karen , she has the voice of an angel! Todays date is 4/9/2021 Hearing her sing puts me on another level! I hope she still singing in the afterlife!
She had the voice of an angel. I was lucky enough to see them live, and i fell head over heels in love with not just her voice but the person aswell!
she had the "IT" people talk about ,she really did.
Karen Carpenter's voice makes my babies sleep. Its so soothing, like they are being held with most gentle and softest blanket
I loved Karen Carpenter, I was devastated by her passing and mourn her still. Such a beautiful soul with the voice of an angel
I'm 57 and all these years I haven't found any finer voice than hers. When the musicians I listened to for years die, a little of me does too. I miss het
millions will shed tears knowing this is karens last recording. R I P beautiful angel xxx.
I DO!
Yep. Me, right now. 😢
💔💔💔💔💔
Growing up in Memphis, Tennessee in the 50s-60s I was used to Rock and Roll, Hillbilly, Country, Jazz, and Blues. But when I heard that voice for the first time there was nothing for me but the Carpenters. I would've loved to have heard how that voice would have mellowed with age. You are SO missed.
She always will be. She had a deep, profound effect on all of us who heard her sing. She never knew how very loved she was
After I visit with my relatives, Karen will be the first person I look for in Heaven.
Me too🙏💙
When she is sick, her voice still sounds amazing. Even MORE amazing than usual. The way she sang those tune is like she having you wrap in the softest velvet blanket and then lifing you up in the room with all of lavender-scent wind blowing.
YES JEREMY. MY FEELINGS EXACTLY!
when I hear Karen's voice I wonder that's what heaven must be like. I miss her...
I've been on a Karen Carpenter You Tube marathon. How can you not fall in love with her?
I can't say enough about this phenominal lady and her God-given heavenly voice. When I first heard the Carpenters, I was hooked and fell in love with Karen's voice and the musical richness that accompanied her. All were gifted musicians. At that time I decided to make music my career. I retired and I still listen to the Carpenters almost every day. Their music is eternal!!!
same here.,
What a beautiful tribute to one of the finest female vocalist ever to have lived
Listening to this Karen's voice never wavered or faltered.Quite remarkable since she was do ill by this time❤❤❤
Her voice was from heaven! RIP Karen!
Lord it hurts to hear her again-- I loved her so much in the 70s and clearly remember the day she died, like kick in the gut-- it was too painful to listen to her music for many years and I just found out it still hurts some 35 years later. She was such a gift to humanity and I always found it incredible that she didn't think she could sing in the beginning and wanted to stick to playing the drums. But her voice was meant to be heard and no matter what people think of Richard, he made that happen. Tragic that they were so driven to be perfect-- he could handle that, but she was a wistful, gentle soul and only wanted to please people-- she gave her life to that effort. Such a short time on this earth, but look how many lives on which she had such a profound and moving effect-- very very few people can do that. Her life burned so bright that it had to burn out early. God bless, Karen, and thank you for touching my soul.
The One and Only Karen Carpenter is truly a Star in Heaven.
Absolut ❤der hellste Stern am Himmel 😊
I discovered this song for the first time today. Life will never be the same again.
Same for me
RIP beautiful angel. There will never ever be another voice like hers.
You look Beautiful
As one who misses Karen greatly, my own belief is that the very sadness, loneliness, emptiness that she felt in her life gave her singing that haunting quality that drew her to us. As I went through the trials of life (ex-wives, rejection, etc.) I would listen to Karen sing and just feel that we were in it together, that she knew..... Thank you Karen for being there.
+Jim Southern Really nice comment; well said.
listen to Crescent Noon. It's a beautiful and haunting song.
Jim Southern, I fully agree. There was that quality in her voice that was unequaled. Later in her life, I listened to her but I avoided watching her so I could fully enjoy her music. Her voice resonated a haunting soul, sad but eager to share her talent. She left her fans too early.
May they both rest in peace and singing with the heavenly angels.
To these days, personally, I honestly can say I haven't heard anyone who can equal the quality of Karen's voice or her ability to sing.
Haunting quality is correct. Most Carpenters song make me melancholy and longing for past times, those in my life who’ve died, and so forth. Great comment, well said, so true!
A pure legend. My all time favourite singer. I still mourn her loss.
I can't.. I just can't...every song I hear her sing just makes me cry..and I'm a grown man...
Karen Carpenter is my favorite singer of all time. Her incomparable voice was smooth as silk and resonated with rich emotion. Richard was the genius behind the Carpenters sound; a master at arranging, writing and producing, showcasing her unique talent. But, it was Karen and her heaven-sent voice that made the Carpenters the stars they were. I remember first hearing her on the radio in 1970. It took my breath away.
I agree was only 16 when she died , but her beautiful voice lives on and resonates in people's hearts.
Beautiful song. What a voice....
Her voice makes it easy to believe in God.
Her voice was pitch-perfect. What a gift! I listened to her all the time when I was in school. I would go to the library and listen to her records...I knew every word to every song. I was devastated when I heard the news that she passed away. It still makes me cry! I wrote to her fan club and I was sent a postcard after she passed and it just made me cry and cry. Such a waste. I pray I'll get to hear her in heaven someday.
this was her best ever. richard was suppose to be the lead singer, but as fate would step in and by accident some one heard her sing and thats how we got this great singer. thanks karen. your fans miss you.
such a beautiful song. and a voice to go with it. truly missed.
When one looks up the phrase "voice of an angel" in any source...the definition should be Karen Carpenter.....beautiful.
A most beautiful song. Sung by such a beautiful lady. :)
Karen Carpenter had such a beautiful voice 💐💐, an outstanding drama 🥁🥁💐💐 and she was such a beautiful person 💛💛💛💛💛!!! I hope that Karen Carpenter is in Heaven has found peace. I pray to God that Karen Carpenter has found love with a man in Heaven and that God loves them both🙏🙏💛💛💛💛💛!!!
Oh, Karen, Karen, Karen, what a beautiful voice, God bless you.
Recorded in one take, and not meant to be the final version of the song(as stated in the video description) - my God, what a voice, and this was only a rough-draft before she was to record the "Proper" version. It's such a beautiful song as-is. Very emotionally charged. Such a tragic story...... ;(
Crystal clear voice... unmatched....she will always be my favorite female artist ❤️
Karen carpenter's first song sung with her fellow angels after her ascension to heaven on Feb 4 1983.
31 years have passed - how has that time gone so quickly without Karen Carpenter
It still hurts like hell....I was (am) two years older than she was; I think about all the music she could have made in the 31 years since and beyond, I only wish we could have known how to help her.
To this day I cannot watch the film about her life without crying
That woman has been gone for almost 40 years. Incredibly, she has the power to reduce me to tears. It's really a phenomenon. I wonder if she ever really knew that she had a unique magic all her own that bordered on wizardry?
She was an angel sent straight from heaven 💞 🌹
Her voice immortalized her and her voice lives on and that soft & soulful sound resonates marrow deep; you almost touch her in a way as she reaches & touches a tender part of us all. She was special, beyond words really😔🙏🏻.
Jesus how we miss your dulcet tones Karen for me personally you were the best EVER female vocalist this planet ever had the honour of listening to. You are and always will be thee No1 for me R.I.P Karen heaven’s gain is sadly our loss. And as this was your last ever recording Karen without doubt this was your finest hour Love you Karen and god bless from everyone here in Scotland.
you are so so right..
I totally agree. She hit your mind,body,soul. Still miss here to this day. So glad I grew up with her music. The first albumn I ever purchased way back then. "Close To You"
Chris Montignani She was a good person also yes our loss
Her voice was incredibly nuanced and intimate. It was as if she was singing to me, and only to me.
I am very upset with Richard carpenter and his family for worrying more about making records than about Karen's life imyself at 18 could see there was something very worng why didn't you and if you say you did why in the world didn't you do something?!
karens voice will live on forever
Unrivaled on any stage. Such a beautiful voice that will live on till the end of time. :)
She looks so much like my mother, and they were born in the same year. I almost feel like I knew her. Rest in peace Karen.