As tragic as it was to lose KC so young, the silver lining is she brought Anorexia into the public consciousness. She probably saved my life. RIP Miss Karen. You live on through your music. 🕊
As a rocker and a closet Carpenter fan, I remember where I was when I first heard the song, Close to You. I was walking on the beach at Doheny Beach, California., with my friends and heard it, playing on all the transistor radios. It was like one of those profound events in one’s life. The Summer of 1970. Unforgettable.
Exactly...I remember where I was too. I was 13. I remember thinking to myself...who is this chick....she sounds like an angel. Then I kept my transister radio on all day waiting for the song to come back to the top of the play list.
SUPERNATURALLY GIFTED & ANOINTED BY GOD> PLAIN & SIMPLE! EVERY SONG SINCE 'CLOSE TO YOU' & 'WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN' etc. WENT MULTI-PLATINUM 'WORLD WIDE' > 'ALBUMS' WERE A TSUNAMI OUT OF STORES INTO THE PUBLIC! IN THEIR 1st 5 Yrs. alone > DURING THE ERA OF ANTI-AMERICA ANTI-GOD ACID ROCK > CAL BERKELEY BLACK PANTHERS SDS SOCIALISM RIOTS BURNING & LOOTING etc. THE 'CARPENTERS' (Little Bo-Peep & Big Brother Producer / Arranger Richard) were the MEDICINE SENT BY ALMIGHTY GOD!
Awe I was newborn, but loved listening to her late 70’s and even 80’s on the classic 📻 radio stations. Did not learn more about her till in my 30’s-40’s. 😢 so sad that she did not get the necessary help she needed. ❤ 🕊️
@@melissagarza2376 She got help but too much in a way...she put on weight too fast, had a big meal the evening before...her heart had gotten accustomed to working for a lighter body and it was too much strain. I loved their music, too.
I still get the same feeling today as I did back in the 70s as a young girl the first time I heard her angelic voice. These documentaries make me sad. You can't help but to think what could've been had she not had anorexia. May You Rest In Peace 🕊
It is said that sometimes, when there is a vulnerable but very special soul involved, anorexia jumps at the chance to gets its hooks in. I agree such a shame it was Karen Carpenter taken too soon before her time. RIP.
SUPERNATURALLY GIFTED & ANOINTED BY GOD> PLAIN & SIMPLE! EVERY SONG SINCE 'CLOSE TO YOU' & 'WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN' etc. WENT MULTI-PLATINUM 'WORLD WIDE' > 'ALBUMS' WERE A TSUNAMI OUT OF STORES INTO THE PUBLIC! IN THEIR 1st 5 Yrs. alone > DURING THE ERA OF ANTI-AMERICA ANTI-GOD ACID ROCK > CAL BERKELEY BLACK PANTHERS SDS SOCIALISM RIOTS BURNING & LOOTING etc. THE 'CARPENTERS' (Little Bo-Peep & Big Brother Producer / Arranger Richard) were the MEDICINE SENT BY ALMIGHTY GOD!
An extremely good vocalist. A gift from God to the planet Earth is the only explanation. There are vocalists who practice for years that can hold a candle to her. She just instinctively knew the right tone, at the right time, adding subtle inflections and all perfectly timed. I have heard her hold a note then smoothly turning into a vibrato, sustaining it for 15-20 seconds, no sign of straining or cracking. There are very few vocalists, famous or infamous that can even approach such control.
Rolling Stone has her rated 96th out of 100 as the best female artists. Absolutely in the top ten in my opinion. Such a rich, yet crystal clear voice. .. just magical. It’s so sad for the world that she left this planet so early.
ROLLING STONE: THE DARKNESS HATES THE LIGHT! SUPERNATURALLY GIFTED & ANOINTED BY GOD> PLAIN & SIMPLE! EVERY SONG SINCE 'CLOSE TO YOU' & 'WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN' etc. WENT MULTI-PLATINUM 'WORLD WIDE' > 'ALBUMS' WERE A TSUNAMI OUT OF STORES INTO THE PUBLIC! IN THEIR 1st 5 Yrs. alone > DURING THE ERA OF ANTI-AMERICA ANTI-GOD ACID ROCK > CAL BERKELEY BLACK PANTHERS SDS SOCIALISM RIOTS BURNING & LOOTING etc. THE 'CARPENTERS' (Little Bo-Peep & Big Brother Producer / Arranger Richard) were the MEDICINE SENT BY ALMIGHTY GOD!
I love The Carpenters, their orchestra, backing musicians & singers. Truly remarkable musicians, songs & talent. Their music, live performances, especially the London one-Concert at the New London Theatre 1975 & video's are legendary. What a voice Karen had. Seem like lovely people too. R uk
SUPERNATURALLY GIFTED & ANOINTED BY GOD> PLAIN & SIMPLE! EVERY SONG SINCE 'CLOSE TO YOU' & 'WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN' etc. WENT MULTI-PLATINUM 'WORLD WIDE' > 'ALBUMS' WERE A TSUNAMI OUT OF STORES INTO THE PUBLIC! IN THEIR 1st 5 Yrs. alone > DURING THE ERA OF ANTI-AMERICA ANTI-GOD ACID ROCK > CAL BERKELEY BLACK PANTHERS SDS SOCIALISM RIOTS BURNING & LOOTING etc. THE 'CARPENTERS' (Little Bo-Peep & Big Brother Producer / Arranger Richard) were the MEDICINE SENT BY ALMIGHTY GOD!
She's my favorite female singer of all time, and my favorite duo. I grew up with their music. I actually have collected all their albums in vinyl. You will be always remembered.
SUPERNATURALLY GIFTED & ANOINTED BY GOD> PLAIN & SIMPLE! EVERY SONG SINCE 'CLOSE TO YOU' & 'WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN' etc. WENT MULTI-PLATINUM 'WORLD WIDE' > 'ALBUMS' WERE A TSUNAMI OUT OF STORES INTO THE PUBLIC! IN THEIR 1st 5 Yrs. alone > DURING THE ERA OF ANTI-AMERICA ANTI-GOD ACID ROCK > CAL BERKELEY BLACK PANTHERS SDS SOCIALISM RIOTS BURNING & LOOTING etc. THE 'CARPENTERS' (Little Bo-Peep & Big Brother Producer / Arranger Richard) were the MEDICINE SENT BY ALMIGHTY GOD!
I hated vinyl records from day 1. That snap crackle pop, always fighting it with the Discwasher and Zerostat but never winning. In general I am not an early adopter, and I also take my time migrating, but the day I first saw a compact disc player is the day I adopted it and never looked back. I took all my vinyl and gave them to the local thrift store with zero remorse to this day. But I still have all my Carpenters vinyls.
I was just wondering two days ago what actually happened to the Carpenters. And here I am hearing about this tragedy - 40 years later. It's so sad. I'm so sorry for Richard, too. They were a cornucopia of good ideas as a couple. It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing....
SUPERNATURALLY GIFTED & ANOINTED BY GOD> PLAIN & SIMPLE! EVERY SONG SINCE 'CLOSE TO YOU' & 'WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN' etc. WENT MULTI-PLATINUM 'WORLD WIDE' > 'ALBUMS' WERE A TSUNAMI OUT OF STORES INTO THE PUBLIC! IN THEIR 1st 5 Yrs. alone > DURING THE ERA OF ANTI-AMERICA ANTI-GOD ACID ROCK > CAL BERKELEY BLACK PANTHERS SDS SOCIALISM RIOTS BURNING & LOOTING etc. THE 'CARPENTERS' (Little Bo-Peep & Big Brother Producer / Arranger Richard) were the MEDICINE SENT BY ALMIGHTY GOD!
Just listening to Karen hold and maintain perfect control of that extended "youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" word/note in her singing of "Close To You" on the videotaped performance of that all-time great song is absolutely amazing! Wow!!!! What phenomenal lung capacity she had! R.I.P Karen Anne Carpenter 1950-1983. How the world so greatly misses your magnificent vocal and drumming talent and wonderful beauty!
After reading your comment I went and watched that and I was impressed as well. Then I tried singing with her and was able to do it no problem, so it's not all that long. I am a singer, but I'm not great at holding long whole notes. Try it yourself and let me know if you can do it.
Timeless voice. Her songs will never get old. They are as fresh today as when she first sung them. It is always an escape of the norm of the day to listen to her sing. Missing you KC. Hope to see you singing again someday.
I've loved the Carpenters since I 17:07 was a little girl!! Their music 🎶 has always moved me!! Although Karen may be gone their music still resonates in my heart today! I love you Richard and Karen!!! And I miss you Karen!!! R.I.P. !!¡
What a lovely heartwarming couple! Their music was/is a light in this world. It is healing, light, positive, a voice that floated through my youth like a great glittering ribbon of tinsel. A great gift to create something like this, rare in the music world ... ❤
Beautiful Japanese Documentary… Expression of gratitude and admiration to the Carpenters by Japanese full of heartfelt and soulful thoughts. Thanks for sharing.
He was only part of the success. He acted like he was the full act at times. But Karen was also a huge part of their success publicly. Now that she has passed , you listen to her voice you immediately know it’s Karen. So sad she never was able to get a handle on her illness. ❤😊
As we all know, he was the brains and almost the whole act. He, and all of us, also know that Karen was a huge part of the success, you think he doesn't know that? He knows that and believes it and appreciates it. It's not that he acts like he's the whole act, it's just that he's intense and passionate about it and that comes out of him when he talks about it.
IN THIS VIDEO DO NOT MISS THE MOVIE SCENE AT 1:07:37 "TOMMY BOY" ACID ROCK HATE & RAGE VS. AMERICA ERA > IT WAS 'NOT COOL' TO LOVE OR EVEN LIKE THE 'CARPENTERS' > YET THEY SOLD MORE SONGS & ALBUMS THAN ANYONE > TO MILLIONS & MILLIONS OF ANONYMOUS FANS! 😛
Billy Rees, thank you so much for sharing this. It was lovely to see so many of the Carpenters great performances compiled in this documentary. The Carpenters filled our hearts with joy and sadness through each of their unforgettable songs. The quality of the music they chose and their interpretation of that music are extraordinary. Karen and Richard, we are forever grateful to you for your immeasurable gifts and inspiration!
The absurdly excessive, busy touring schedule that the management of the Carpenters established for them in the early-to-mid 1970s was ridiculously grueling for a top notch music act! That overwhelming schedule indicates that their management was treating them like a second-rate act or a "fly-by-night" act that needed to capitalize on their overnight success by constantly touring and recording just in case they didn't possess long-term durability. The Carpenters should have done what modern music stars do which is only turn out a new album about every 2-3 years. The Carpenters, by contrast, were churning out a new album every year! Ridiculous! No wonder they were burned out mentally and physically by 1975. The exhausted and mentally and physically burned-out look on their faces on the 1975 "Horizon" album, as the old expression goes, "speaks volumes" as to how they both felt at that time!
9:54, Karen is playing the hi-hat with a swinging motion, swinging the stick back and forth horizontally over the surface of the hat. Ringo is famous for that.
One thing that makes Karen so great is how effortless she is. You can hear superstar singers like Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, and Barbra Streisand and you know they have intense training and huge effort to sing that way. Karen, on the other hand, just let's it float out with no apparent need for traning and no effort.
It is interesting that when Karen told Richard that she wanted to keep working by recording a solo album while he would be in treatment to overcome his addiction to sleeping pills, that he said to her that she had his blessing to do a solo album but asked her to not do any disco music on the album. And yet the song that he and Karen recorded for their "Made in America" album, "Beechwood-45789" has a definite disco sound to it even though it was first recorded by "The Marvallettes" years earlier well before the disco era in music! Richard Carpenter some time after Karen's sad passing stated that if he had known that Karen was only going to live 32 years, he would not have wasted time recording songs like "Beechwood-45789" and "Please Mr. Postman" and would have done an album of standards with Karen similar to the 2 great albums that Linda Rondstadt recorded with Nelson Riddle years later, "What's New?"and "Lush Life".
I don't think it sounds like disco at all, but anyway he can change his mind. Also everyone involved realized that The Carpenters needed to evolve somehow. What worked so well from 1970 to 1975 simply couldn't be expected to work forever.
6:47, whatever that is, it's not Joe Osborn's 1966 studio as we are led to believe. He would not have had that computer in 1966. Maybe that's his studio in 1995, and it just happens to look the same as it did in 1966. That I could believe.
9:11 I'm not sure who made this video, amatuer or pro, but that is not 1968 footage there as we're led to believe. That is more like 1972 at the earliest. In 1968 they were still in the garage.
@Larry Brown. But Richard Carpenter has acknowledged that the photo on the cover of the Horizon album accurately depicts how both he and Karen felt at that time - emotionally and physically worn out! It is also noteworthy that that photo was clearly doctored to give Karen a more bosomy look - she actually was flat-chested!
Joe Osborn seems like an abrasive type. He seems to want to make a point of saying "this chubby little girl can sing." I heard another interview with him and Hal Blaine and he said that there as well and even repeated it. Very odd that he would say that. There's no way he can think it's ok to say that, so he's doing it on purpose. Maybe he's jealous of her success, maybe he thinks he should have gotten more credit and money for discovering her....hard to say but he has dropped off of my list of nice people.
As tragic as it was to lose KC so young, the silver lining is she brought Anorexia into the public consciousness. She probably saved my life. RIP Miss Karen. You live on through your music. 🕊
Glad to hear it.
We will most likely never see this kind of talent again, in our lifetime.
Karen Carpenter is the artist of my life. I sleep thinking of her, I wake up thinking of her, I will love her for ever.
Jesus dude relax
Hahahahahaha 😂😂
I think I know what you mean. Part of my life has the sound of her voice.
You need to really get a LIFE !#!
Sounds obsessive.
Love love love this! She is the goat! There will never be another karen.
As a rocker and a closet Carpenter fan, I remember where I was when I first heard the song, Close to You. I was walking on the beach at Doheny Beach, California., with my friends and heard it, playing on all the transistor radios. It was like one of those profound events in one’s life. The Summer of 1970. Unforgettable.
Exactly...I remember where I was too. I was 13. I remember thinking to myself...who is this chick....she sounds like an angel. Then I kept my transister radio on all day waiting for the song to come back to the top of the play list.
SUPERNATURALLY GIFTED & ANOINTED BY GOD> PLAIN & SIMPLE! EVERY SONG SINCE 'CLOSE TO YOU' & 'WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN' etc. WENT MULTI-PLATINUM 'WORLD WIDE' > 'ALBUMS' WERE A TSUNAMI OUT OF STORES INTO THE PUBLIC! IN THEIR 1st 5 Yrs. alone > DURING THE ERA OF ANTI-AMERICA ANTI-GOD ACID ROCK > CAL BERKELEY BLACK PANTHERS SDS SOCIALISM RIOTS BURNING & LOOTING etc. THE 'CARPENTERS' (Little Bo-Peep & Big Brother Producer / Arranger Richard) were the MEDICINE SENT BY ALMIGHTY GOD!
Awe I was newborn, but loved listening to her late 70’s and even 80’s on the classic 📻 radio stations. Did not learn more about her till in my 30’s-40’s. 😢 so sad that she did not get the necessary help she needed. ❤ 🕊️
@@melissagarza2376 She got help but too much in a way...she put on weight too fast, had a big meal the evening before...her heart had gotten accustomed to working for a lighter body and it was too much strain. I loved their music, too.
Beach plus my trusty transistor radio = best times
I still get the same feeling today as I did back in the 70s as a young girl the first time I heard her angelic voice.
These documentaries make me sad. You can't help but to think what could've been had she not had anorexia.
May You Rest In Peace 🕊
It is said that sometimes, when there is a vulnerable but very special soul involved, anorexia jumps at the chance to gets its hooks in. I agree such a shame it was Karen Carpenter taken too soon before her time. RIP.
SUPERNATURALLY GIFTED & ANOINTED BY GOD> PLAIN & SIMPLE! EVERY SONG SINCE 'CLOSE TO YOU' & 'WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN' etc. WENT MULTI-PLATINUM 'WORLD WIDE' > 'ALBUMS' WERE A TSUNAMI OUT OF STORES INTO THE PUBLIC! IN THEIR 1st 5 Yrs. alone > DURING THE ERA OF ANTI-AMERICA ANTI-GOD ACID ROCK > CAL BERKELEY BLACK PANTHERS SDS SOCIALISM RIOTS BURNING & LOOTING etc. THE 'CARPENTERS' (Little Bo-Peep & Big Brother Producer / Arranger Richard) were the MEDICINE SENT BY ALMIGHTY GOD!
@@nadinebentel2362😢 I had not heard those words.
Hi. Sorry, maybe I am missing something but I do not understand your comment.@@tj-s6328
An extremely good vocalist. A gift from God to the planet Earth is the only explanation. There are vocalists who practice for years that can hold a candle to her. She just instinctively knew the right tone, at the right time, adding subtle inflections and all perfectly timed. I have heard her hold a note then smoothly turning into a vibrato, sustaining it for 15-20 seconds, no sign of straining or cracking. There are very few vocalists, famous or infamous that can even approach such control.
John Davidson asked "Does she have a third lung?" Richard says that is something she didn't have to work at, she just did it naturally.
Rolling Stone has her rated 96th out of 100 as the best female artists. Absolutely in the top ten in my opinion. Such a rich, yet crystal clear voice. .. just magical. It’s so sad for the world that she left this planet so early.
ROLLING STONE: THE DARKNESS HATES THE LIGHT! SUPERNATURALLY GIFTED & ANOINTED BY GOD> PLAIN & SIMPLE! EVERY SONG SINCE 'CLOSE TO YOU' & 'WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN' etc. WENT MULTI-PLATINUM 'WORLD WIDE' > 'ALBUMS' WERE A TSUNAMI OUT OF STORES INTO THE PUBLIC! IN THEIR 1st 5 Yrs. alone > DURING THE ERA OF ANTI-AMERICA ANTI-GOD ACID ROCK > CAL BERKELEY BLACK PANTHERS SDS SOCIALISM RIOTS BURNING & LOOTING etc. THE 'CARPENTERS' (Little Bo-Peep & Big Brother Producer / Arranger Richard) were the MEDICINE SENT BY ALMIGHTY GOD!
Rolling Stone is a rag!
At least top 20! My gosh! Booo Rolling stone
#1
RS is trash! Same as RRHOF!
the most incredible voice
I love The Carpenters, their orchestra, backing musicians & singers. Truly remarkable musicians, songs & talent. Their music, live performances, especially the London one-Concert at the New London Theatre 1975 & video's are legendary. What a voice Karen had.
Seem like lovely people too. R uk
SUPERNATURALLY GIFTED & ANOINTED BY GOD> PLAIN & SIMPLE! EVERY SONG SINCE 'CLOSE TO YOU' & 'WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN' etc. WENT MULTI-PLATINUM 'WORLD WIDE' > 'ALBUMS' WERE A TSUNAMI OUT OF STORES INTO THE PUBLIC! IN THEIR 1st 5 Yrs. alone > DURING THE ERA OF ANTI-AMERICA ANTI-GOD ACID ROCK > CAL BERKELEY BLACK PANTHERS SDS SOCIALISM RIOTS BURNING & LOOTING etc. THE 'CARPENTERS' (Little Bo-Peep & Big Brother Producer / Arranger Richard) were the MEDICINE SENT BY ALMIGHTY GOD!
She's my favorite female singer of all time, and my favorite duo. I grew up with their music. I actually have collected all their albums in vinyl. You will be always remembered.
SUPERNATURALLY GIFTED & ANOINTED BY GOD> PLAIN & SIMPLE! EVERY SONG SINCE 'CLOSE TO YOU' & 'WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN' etc. WENT MULTI-PLATINUM 'WORLD WIDE' > 'ALBUMS' WERE A TSUNAMI OUT OF STORES INTO THE PUBLIC! IN THEIR 1st 5 Yrs. alone > DURING THE ERA OF ANTI-AMERICA ANTI-GOD ACID ROCK > CAL BERKELEY BLACK PANTHERS SDS SOCIALISM RIOTS BURNING & LOOTING etc. THE 'CARPENTERS' (Little Bo-Peep & Big Brother Producer / Arranger Richard) were the MEDICINE SENT BY ALMIGHTY GOD!
I hated vinyl records from day 1. That snap crackle pop, always fighting it with the Discwasher and Zerostat but never winning. In general I am not an early adopter, and I also take my time migrating, but the day I first saw a compact disc player is the day I adopted it and never looked back. I took all my vinyl and gave them to the local thrift store with zero remorse to this day. But I still have all my Carpenters vinyls.
I remember the day, the time She left us…but her music will never leave us. I’ll always remember Karen! Simple as that. Thanks Billy for posting this.
I was just wondering two days ago what actually happened to the Carpenters. And here I am hearing about this tragedy - 40 years later. It's so sad. I'm so sorry for Richard, too. They were a cornucopia of good ideas as a couple. It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing....
SUPERNATURALLY GIFTED & ANOINTED BY GOD> PLAIN & SIMPLE! EVERY SONG SINCE 'CLOSE TO YOU' & 'WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN' etc. WENT MULTI-PLATINUM 'WORLD WIDE' > 'ALBUMS' WERE A TSUNAMI OUT OF STORES INTO THE PUBLIC! IN THEIR 1st 5 Yrs. alone > DURING THE ERA OF ANTI-AMERICA ANTI-GOD ACID ROCK > CAL BERKELEY BLACK PANTHERS SDS SOCIALISM RIOTS BURNING & LOOTING etc. THE 'CARPENTERS' (Little Bo-Peep & Big Brother Producer / Arranger Richard) were the MEDICINE SENT BY ALMIGHTY GOD!
When I think of Karen, I weep! But I still yearn to think of her, tears be damned! I’ll always love her! Why couldn’t she see how so many loved her?!?
She was an angel that was called back to heaven 🕊
She is the one who inspired me to pick up the sticks. The guys in band were none too pleased. Too bad. Deal with it. 😌
Just listening to Karen hold and maintain perfect control of that extended "youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" word/note in her singing of "Close To You" on the videotaped performance of that all-time great song is absolutely amazing! Wow!!!! What phenomenal lung capacity she had! R.I.P Karen Anne Carpenter 1950-1983. How the world so greatly misses your magnificent vocal and drumming talent and wonderful beauty!
After reading your comment I went and watched that and I was impressed as well. Then I tried singing with her and was able to do it no problem, so it's not all that long. I am a singer, but I'm not great at holding long whole notes. Try it yourself and let me know if you can do it.
Karen ...probablement la plus pure voix de la planete pour des decenies
Timeless voice. Her songs will never get old. They are as fresh today as when she first sung them. It is always an escape of the norm of the day to listen to her sing. Missing you KC. Hope to see you singing again someday.
I've loved the Carpenters since I 17:07 was a little girl!! Their music 🎶 has always moved me!! Although Karen may be gone their music still resonates in my heart today! I love you Richard and Karen!!! And I miss you Karen!!! R.I.P. !!¡
What a lovely heartwarming couple! Their music was/is a light in this world. It is healing, light, positive, a voice that floated through my youth like a great glittering ribbon of tinsel. A great gift to create something like this, rare in the music world ... ❤
THE VOICE! THE DRUMMER! THE LEGACY!!
Beautiful Japanese Documentary… Expression of gratitude and admiration to the Carpenters by Japanese full of heartfelt and soulful thoughts. Thanks for sharing.
Tears of joy. Thanks.
He was only part of the success. He acted like he was the full act at times. But Karen was also a huge part of their success publicly. Now that she has passed , you listen to her voice you immediately know it’s Karen. So sad she never was able to get a handle on her illness. ❤😊
As we all know, he was the brains and almost the whole act. He, and all of us, also know that Karen was a huge part of the success, you think he doesn't know that? He knows that and believes it and appreciates it. It's not that he acts like he's the whole act, it's just that he's intense and passionate about it and that comes out of him when he talks about it.
I MISS YOU KAREN, AS MUCH AS I MISS MOTHER AND FATHER. I PRAY THAT THEIR IS A HEAVEN AT THE END OF THIS LIFE.
*THERE
The Carpenters were BOTH so TALENTED! Love them! ❤
Richard was such a talented musician but I think he doesn't get the full acknowledgement he and Karen both deserve.
I always enjoy listening to their music! Outstanding talents a wonderful gift to us!
IN THIS VIDEO DO NOT MISS THE MOVIE SCENE AT 1:07:37 "TOMMY BOY"
ACID ROCK HATE & RAGE VS. AMERICA ERA > IT WAS 'NOT COOL' TO LOVE OR EVEN LIKE THE 'CARPENTERS' > YET THEY SOLD MORE SONGS & ALBUMS THAN ANYONE > TO MILLIONS & MILLIONS OF ANONYMOUS FANS! 😛
Hilarious!
Billy Rees, thank you so much for sharing this. It was lovely to see so many of the Carpenters great performances compiled in this documentary. The Carpenters filled our hearts with joy and sadness through each of their unforgettable songs. The quality of the music they chose and their interpretation of that music are extraordinary. Karen and Richard, we are forever grateful to you for your immeasurable gifts and inspiration!
She was so wonderful in many ways together with her brother...it's so amazing!!! I still loving them!!!❤
The absurdly excessive, busy touring schedule that the management of the Carpenters established for them in the early-to-mid 1970s was ridiculously grueling for a top notch music act! That overwhelming schedule indicates that their management was treating them like a second-rate act or a "fly-by-night" act that needed to capitalize on their overnight success by constantly touring and recording just in case they didn't possess long-term durability. The Carpenters should have done what modern music stars do which is only turn out a new album about every 2-3 years. The Carpenters, by contrast, were churning out a new album every year! Ridiculous! No wonder they were burned out mentally and physically by 1975. The exhausted and mentally and physically burned-out look on their faces on the 1975 "Horizon" album, as the old expression goes, "speaks volumes" as to how they both felt at that time!
Realize that the photo for Horizon was selected as the best out of hundreds of possible photos.
9:54, Karen is playing the hi-hat with a swinging motion, swinging the stick back and forth horizontally over the surface of the hat. Ringo is famous for that.
One thing that makes Karen so great is how effortless she is. You can hear superstar singers like Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, and Barbra Streisand and you know they have intense training and huge effort to sing that way. Karen, on the other hand, just let's it float out with no apparent need for traning and no effort.
Nao tenho muito que comentar pois simplemente e minha infancia e adolesencia linda carpenters
It is interesting that when Karen told Richard that she wanted to keep working by recording a solo album while he would be in treatment to overcome his addiction to sleeping pills, that he said to her that she had his blessing to do a solo album but asked her to not do any disco music on the album. And yet the song that he and Karen recorded for their "Made in America" album, "Beechwood-45789" has a definite disco sound to it even though it was first recorded by "The Marvallettes" years earlier well before the disco era in music! Richard Carpenter some time after Karen's sad passing stated that if he had known that Karen was only going to live 32 years, he would not have wasted time recording songs like "Beechwood-45789" and "Please Mr. Postman" and would have done an album of standards with Karen similar to the 2 great albums that Linda Rondstadt recorded with Nelson Riddle years later, "What's New?"and "Lush Life".
I don't think it sounds like disco at all, but anyway he can change his mind. Also everyone involved realized that The Carpenters needed to evolve somehow. What worked so well from 1970 to 1975 simply couldn't be expected to work forever.
Richard was such a talented musician of both mind and hand a gift to the ears of the world thank you rich
my Angels protect her thru out all time. So be it!
曲がすごいね 最後となったシングル ホノルル シティライツ 売れなかったけど 売れる 曲を選んでるんだね 緻密な計算をしてるんだ😂
what angelic voice
went to angels in 1983 wanted her m bless her!
Well Done! Seems like a lot of the past the young today respect more than when I was a Child. Brother unboxed restored his Sister's Voice of Gold...
Almost couldn't make it through it. The narrators put on voice was getting to me.😊😊
カーペンターズはスーパースターだ🎉
Thank you Japan!
she looked better fulleyebrows. miss you lovely. in good angelic hands now.protect you eternity!
Rock n roll hall of fame yet!!!!!!???????????
6:47, whatever that is, it's not Joe Osborn's 1966 studio as we are led to believe. He would not have had that computer in 1966. Maybe that's his studio in 1995, and it just happens to look the same as it did in 1966. That I could believe.
So so sad. Even still, it’s like her spirit is always here in the present.
So beautyful young woman ❤
Holy Fuck! Ella Fitzgerald AND Karen singing together! That's musical history IMO.
❤
Sadly she was so stunningly beautiful but didn't see it.
Closer to You? Shouldn’t they spell their most known song correctly in a documentary?
9:11 I'm not sure who made this video, amatuer or pro, but that is not 1968 footage there as we're led to believe. That is more like 1972 at the earliest. In 1968 they were still in the garage.
@Larry Brown. But Richard Carpenter has acknowledged that the photo on the cover of the Horizon album accurately depicts how both he and Karen felt at that time - emotionally and physically worn out! It is also noteworthy that that photo was clearly doctored to give Karen a more bosomy look - she actually was flat-chested!
Close to you.
😢
LAUGH, MISSPELLED THERE
Someted magic happens
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Joe Osborn seems like an abrasive type. He seems to want to make a point of saying "this chubby little girl can sing." I heard another interview with him and Hal Blaine and he said that there as well and even repeated it. Very odd that he would say that. There's no way he can think it's ok to say that, so he's doing it on purpose. Maybe he's jealous of her success, maybe he thinks he should have gotten more credit and money for discovering her....hard to say but he has dropped off of my list of nice people.
My name is Magdalena Soul. I am with KMSF-DB RADIO. I would like to convert this video into audio and air it live.
go ahead.
@@TheLarryBrown thanks so much. I will give you credit to you in some way.
Good. I can always use a little credit.
@@TheLarryBrown I will say it is larry brown aka billy reeves
broadcasting now it will be on the radio website for about a month
i didnt catch the part about the band aid?
Think they were kind of a joke, but came with the new drums they knew she would bang on until there were blisters on her fingers (from the sticks) 💕🥁
her brother was genius😂
Did anyone notice Karen check the guys ass out? Perfect segue into this song. Everything she did was perfect.
Time stamp please?
very nice pestation!
カレンが倒れたけど何があったの 英語に直さなあかんかなwhats the matter with Kalen
10:52 Oh my gosh that clarinet bugs me! Why do they keep doing that! It's a flute on the record!!!!
Love and acceptance was totally absent from her mother. Incalculable damage
So then I guess you are perfect?