Karen had one of the most beautiful voices in music. We lost her far to young and you could see it in this video. She was so thin and so sick. Saddens me to even see her in this video. But the song is gorgeous. RIP Karen.
Watching her sing this great song was painful for me. She was sooo very gifted and had such a wonderful voice. Her inability to be able to overcome her anorexia and succumb to this horrible illness was a loss to the entire world. May she be singing with the angelic chorus in joy now...
I need to commend Amber on the respectful way she referred to the latter days of Karen's career. She and Jay never show anything but complete respect for all artists, but Amber deserves even more credit for acknowledging, in a sensitive and non-triggering way, that this song and video were towards the end of Karen's life. The fact that Amber references this time as "how *WE* lost Karen" says a lot. Amber was born long after Karen passed, but the emotional connection is clear. Mr and Mrs Robinson, you're both beautiful and classy people. With love from an old UK queen.
She's slowly dying from her Illness but her performance was absolutely beautiful and one of the best female vocalist. Her voice sounds like dreamy and melodic..
Karen Carpenter had a one-of-a-kind voice. There was no one like her and there will never be another one like her and teamed up with her brother Richard they were unstoppable. Her music will live on. Rest in peace, Karen 🙏🏾🙏🏾
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She was so weak and frail when this was recorded, she was an absolute trooper in her fight for life with a condition that was really just coming to light with reasoning and how to deal with it. God rested this beautiful woman's soul and left us a splendid catalogue of special one of kind music and unmatched purity and sincerity of loving vocals from her and her brother. So - so glad you reacted to this romantic ballad, this was their last hit song. She went on to sing in GOD's Heavenly Choir +++ with this beautiful gift that God gave her to share with us for her time here with us all. P.s. - Jay and Amber - one of your Fav's on the country side re-mastered a version of this song in 1986 - ( that's right - Alabama ). It's also very good and worth a listen. We love you two here from Ohio...
Yes she does look so thin by this time in her life. So sad that we lost the best voice in the world at such a young age. Can you imagine all of the incredible music that we missed out on? Heartbreaking. ✌🇨🇦😢💔
So sad when I see Karen at this point in her life .She was a beautiful lady with a beautiful voice. I stumbled across a channel on CZcams last week of a young lady going through the exact same illness ,but she is even thinner than Karen was . The lady's channel is called Eugenia Cooney.She doesn't think she has an ED problem
Sadly Karen had Anorexia before that word really existed, it was so horribly misunderstood at that time and no proven treatments existed. It was only after her tragic passing that attention of the disease was created and so many people can now survive, thanks to her. Her music is timeless and the sad gift she left behind with her early death has proven to be just as influential. ✌️
I was in my early 20's when she passed away. I clearly remember when I heard of this....I was at a local fair, and it was announced over the PA system that Karen had just died. There was a collective gasp ... then silence as everyone took that in.
Eve, I can't believe That you could mean what you just said Think of what you are How very far you are from being real Look into the mirror Nothing there to see Eve, I can't believe You'd really leave him Notice how her image saddens How lonely she's become Just once I'd like to see her happy Before the winter comes... That's part of the lyric from the 1969 Carpenter/Bettis song Eve, which appeared on Carpenters' debut album. It's not about Karen; it was inspired by a Twilight Zone type TV show. But man, it couldn't be much more prophetic, could it...
Karen was told by members of her own family that she needed to lose weight because she was getting fat i wonder how they felt when she starved herself to death words can hurt.
Sadly this is one of Karen Carpenter's last performances before her passing. You can see how gaunt her poor face and body are. Bless her heart. ❤❤❤ This was my mom's and my favorite Carpenter song. ❤
They were incomparable. Richard is a genius. Karen is the best singer ever. Her drumming skills were second to none also. It still hurts that we lost her.
Carpenters were part of my childhood. Listening to them is always an enjoyable trip down memory lane. My most recent go-to has been Solitaire. You really get to hear Karen's low register in it....smooth as butter.
@@shyman99Well not many after this one; there were a couple from Voice Of The Heart in 1983, and If I Had You (originally recorded for Karen's solo album) from Lovelines in 1989. There was also the 1987 easy listening hit Something In Your Eyes from Richard's Time solo CD, written for Karen but never recorded by her; lead vocal on that one is by the great Dusty Springfield.
@@stevetournay6103 - There were 7 top 21 hits on the AC after "Touch Me When We're Dancing". I'd say that is many. Let me know if I need to list them out.
You should react to Something in Your Eyes which, as has been mentioned, was to have been sung by Karen but, after her untimely passing, was sung by Dusty Springfield. Beautiful love song!
OMG! I didn't know the Carpenters did this song before Alabama! I thought it was an Alabama original! I love this version of it. Karen Carpenter's voice was angelic! If you guys haven't already, you should also check out Alabama's version of it.
That was their first single. 1969. (If you like that, look up the Carpenters cover of Nowhere Man from the As Time Goes By compilation. Balladized by Richard, same as Ticket was, because he knew Karen was the ballad queen. I like it even more than the Ticket cover...)
This Is My Favorite Song Of The Carpenters, I Can Play This Song Over & Over That's How Much I Love This Great Classic Song 👍,R.I.P To A Great Singer Karen Carpenter, Still Miss You Always 😢 & Great Reaction Guy's 😊
Hurts my soul to see her so self-indlflcted malnourished and yet, as like the diametrically opposed Elvis, were blessed with their beautiful voices to the very end.
This is "TV live", so lipsynched. That was how this stuff was done then. There are, though, numerous pure live Carpenters recordings as well, and they were tremendous live. Interestingly, the "TV live" thing became an issue when the famous standards medley between Karen and Ella Fitzgerald was taped for the 1980 Carpenters TV special Music, Music, Music. For Karen, "TV live" was normal. For Ella, though, who was a generation earlier, it was anathema! So the segment was taped with Karen lipsynching and Ella adding her part live. And you cannot tell...
Love love love The Carpenters❣️ Karen’s voice is of a true Angel 😇 My childhood is relived with every song of theirs RRHOF should have The Carpenters 🌟
This was their come-back song after a brief hiatus from the late 1970s. They came back with this in 1982 if I remember correctly. You should listen to their version of "Beechwood-45789" from the same album. :)
Well of course Karen's last lead vocal (Now) dates to April 1982; she died ten months later. But there were more Carpenters releases through that decade and even beyond: Voice Of The Heart (1983) An Old Fashioned Christmas (1984) Time (Richard solo, 1987) Lovelines (1989) Into the 90s and beyond there were a couple instrumental CDs by Richard and several compilations that included revisions of studio outtakes and recordings for TV, most notably As Time Goes By which includes the wonderful TV standards medley by Karen and Ella Fitzgerald. And in 1996, Karen's 1979-80 solo album was finally released as well...
THE CARPENTERS - " Calling Occupants Of The Interplanetary Craft " 70s Masterpiece classics 🎶 Jay & Amber you're gonna definitely love this song. It's a great track
Originally by Beatles-influenced Canadian studio band Klaatu. The most elaborate single Carpenters ever produced, sort of their equivalent to the Beach Boys' Good Vibrations...most Carpenters fans find it a bit much. I liked it more originally than I do now.
Need to do Blue Man Group featuring Venus Hum doing “I Feel Love” for one of your female Fridays. Great singing and absolutely phenomenal performance on stage.
I saw Karen sing and drum in 1972 .What do I think is the very best of Karen singing? A Place to Hideaway -its lyrics speak to me because of the depression I have had most of my life .Watching Karen sing and drum thru Dancing in the Streets and a cover of the Beatles Help(check the version in Japan at the Boudokan) is always a joy .But for singing pyrotechnics ? It is hard to beat Trying To Get The Feeling Again.Recorded in 1975,it was lost .Richard found it and it was released in 1994.19 years after it was recorded and 11 years after Karen died .Masterfully produced by Richard .It has a Wall of Sound much like Phil Spector's The Righteous Brothers You've lost that loving feeling.It starts off slow and builds and builds.Other songs ? Solitaire ,Yesterday Once More,then there are the duets with Ella Fitzgerald,John Denver and Perry Como --all on you tube
Always loved the Carpenters. I have been fortunate to know Richard since 2017. He is kind, extremely talented, and still misses his dear sister very much.
This is one of Richard’s very favorites of their career! The Made In America album is both Karen’s and Richard’s favorite albums of their catalog. I myself think this is one of their very best productions.
This was their last hit in the summer of 1981 just a year and a half before she died on February 4, 1983. I can still recall when I heard of her passing on the radio.
Their cover of "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes might be their most upbeat hit. I'm curious to see what others say. 😊 P.S. I just remembered "Beachwood 4-5789" (an old school way of saying a phone number) and "Want You Back in My Life Again" were on the same album as this song you're reacting to today. I don't believe they were hits but I definitely played them a lot, and they are more upbeat.
I think they charted on the Adult Contemporary charts. They got some play on easy listening channels -- but 'Touch Me' was played on most pop radio stations -- thus becoming the biggest hit of that album.
I'm 22yo girl,from Philippines...Karen is my ultimate fav.singèr of all time...i'm not in her era but her voice hit me so much...everytime she open her mouth to sing,just first note comes out on her mouth,OMG!i'm already hooked...you are force to listen.
It's hard to believe that as sick as she was when this video was shot (just a few years before she would pass away from complications of anorexia nervosa,) her voice never failed or wavered always such an amazing voice... we need less of Cardi B and more like Karen.
One of my favorite of all their many hits. I also think of Those Good Old Dreams which one also one of their last and biggest hits and gives you an over all carefree feeling.
Like many others commenting, it’s so heartbreaking to see her so thin and knowing the pain she had in her life. Her voice is lovely. Merry Christmas guys 🎄✌️🎄🌺🎄
I would love to see you do one of her live drumming performances. There's one where she's running about the set playing on different things. She was so joyous about it!
According to Wikipedia, this song was originally written in 1979 by a session group called "Bama". This version barely cracked the Pop and Adult Contemporary charts. The Carpenters released the song in 1981. It was the group's final Top 40 Pop hit peaking at #16. It was the group's final #1 Adult Contemporary hit where it finished at #15 on the year-end Adult Contemporary chart. Karen died in 1983. In 1984, Mickey Gilley and Charly McClain recorded the song for a duet album. In 1986, Alabama recorded the song, and it became the group's 20th straight #1 country hit. The Alabama version is excellent. If you like the Carpenter's version, you can check out the Alabama version.
Even as seen here in her last years,her being clearly in the throes of her disease, still theres never a damper on her vocals. If nothing else, she is doing clearly what her dream was and what she loved doing best of all and certainly what she was made to do making one of a kind music.
Such a great song, THAT VOICE! Hard to watch this one, however, knowing what she was doing to herself by this time. Sad, sad ending for this beautiful soul.
Their last top 20 hit. And one of my favorites from them. There was an excitement in the music industry when it came out because it felt like they were finally back.
They analyzed her voice. She was pitch perfect and had perfect pitch. She was actually more accurate live so people thought she was lip sinking, she wasn't. Backing vocals were prerecorded
She did some, like this and some other but not most and that's the thing about her voice it wasn't discernable live versus studio. Check out Wings of Pegasus Carpenters video and his voice analysis of live versus studio. You will be amazed. I know I was.
I worked in a Doctor's surgery in 1988 and the doctor played The Carpenters on loop the whole 2 years i worked there. Nothing else. I know every word to every song and surprisingly did not get over saturated. Says a lot about their music ☺️
A great forgotten song. Karen definitely had the most beautiful voice ever. Richard is very talented believe he wrote and produced songs can sing anf play the piano very well. Hard to believe Karen is gone 40 years!!
Thx y’all! Yes the Carpenters have some upbeat snazzy jazzy music! Their tribute to Burt Bacharach at an army base or their battle of the bands (which they won!) in Long Beach or “Top of the world.” And a few more!
Even a few months before her death, she had recorded the song NOW, which is beautiful, her voice had not lost any quality. Karen's voice was perfect to the end. And she never wanted to sing. She just wanted to be the drummer.
Karen Carpenter is still my favorite female singer. Such a beautiful, clear, emotion filled voice! It just breaks my heart seeing how thin she is here. It took us SO long to recognize eating disorders. I had a friend in junior high, around 1970, that had bulimia. Karen died over 10 years later. WHY did it take so long to admit there were eating disorders?
You can't go wrong with The Carpenters, nice song. I can see The BeeGees singing this too. I still highly suggest the biopic film The Karen Carpenter Story, you'll really like it.
Nice reaction of Karen again. Unfortunately she did not hit old age. She was only around 30 or 31 in this video. Her disorder took such a toll on her body she appears much older. Did you know she recorded a solo album that was only released 13 years after she passed? I think you’d like “if we try”. Very soulful.
Karen Carpenter is arguably one of the best female voices of all time.
Karen carpenter
Barbara Streisand
Celine Dion
Whitney Houston
A few of the best of the best female voices ever in music
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IS, Jenny, haha, you could tell in this video how gaunt her face was becoming.
jennyjenny4501- NOT arguably!!!😊
@@nightfangs2910 And Linda Ronstadt!😊
Karen had one of the most beautiful voices in music. We lost her far to young and you could see it in this video. She was so thin and so sick. Saddens me to even see her in this video. But the song is gorgeous. RIP Karen.
Agree! I was going to say the same thing. You can clearly see in her face how the anorexia was affecting her.
anorexia
Watching her sing this great song was painful for me. She was sooo very gifted and had such a wonderful voice. Her inability to be able to overcome her anorexia and succumb to this horrible illness was a loss to the entire world. May she be singing with the angelic chorus in joy now...
You can’t go wrong with Karen Carpenter, her beautiful unique voice is soft to our ears, love her singing!👍👏👏👏 ♥️💚♥️
Her vocals on “Bless the Beasts and the Children” will give you all chills
A wonderful song that was in a fairly decent movie (the title song to that movie)
One of my favorites ❤
I need to commend Amber on the respectful way she referred to the latter days of Karen's career. She and Jay never show anything but complete respect for all artists, but Amber deserves even more credit for acknowledging, in a sensitive and non-triggering way, that this song and video were towards the end of Karen's life. The fact that Amber references this time as "how *WE* lost Karen" says a lot. Amber was born long after Karen passed, but the emotional connection is clear. Mr and Mrs Robinson, you're both beautiful and classy people. With love from an old UK queen.
Very nicely said. Wholeheartedly agree
Agreed. Classy.
She's slowly dying from her Illness but her performance was absolutely beautiful and one of the best female vocalist. Her voice sounds like dreamy and melodic..
Karen Carpenter had a one-of-a-kind voice. There was no one like her and there will never be another one like her and teamed up with her brother Richard they were unstoppable. Her music will live on. Rest in peace, Karen 🙏🏾🙏🏾
She was so weak and frail when this was recorded, she was an absolute trooper in her fight for life with a condition that was really just coming to light with reasoning and how to deal with it. God rested this beautiful woman's soul and left us a splendid catalogue of special one of kind music and unmatched purity and sincerity of loving vocals from her and her brother. So - so glad you reacted to this romantic ballad, this was their last hit song. She went on to sing in GOD's Heavenly Choir +++ with this beautiful gift that God gave her to share with us for her time here with us all. P.s. - Jay and Amber - one of your Fav's on the country side re-mastered a version of this song in 1986 - ( that's right - Alabama ). It's also very good and worth a listen. We love you two here from Ohio...
So very sad.
Yes she does look so thin by this time in her life. So sad that we lost the best voice in the world at such a young age. Can you imagine all of the incredible music that we missed out on? Heartbreaking. ✌🇨🇦😢💔
She does look gaunt in this clip. Makeup covers it somewhat, but not entirely.
So sad when I see Karen at this point in her life .She was a beautiful lady with a beautiful voice.
I stumbled across a channel on CZcams last week of a young lady going through the exact same illness ,but she is even thinner than Karen was .
The lady's channel is called Eugenia Cooney.She doesn't think she has an ED problem
That was so eloquently written and so true 🙏🩷🙏
Sadly Karen had Anorexia before that word really existed, it was so horribly misunderstood at that time and no proven treatments existed. It was only after her tragic passing that attention of the disease was created and so many people can now survive, thanks to her. Her music is timeless and the sad gift she left behind with her early death has proven to be just as influential. ✌️
You're so right. When she looked in the mirror she thought she was fat.
I was in my early 20's when she passed away. I clearly remember when I heard of this....I was at a local fair, and it was announced over the PA system that Karen had just died. There was a collective gasp ... then silence as everyone took that in.
Eve, I can't believe
That you could mean what you just said
Think of what you are
How very far you are from being real
Look into the mirror
Nothing there to see
Eve, I can't believe
You'd really leave him
Notice how her image saddens
How lonely she's become
Just once I'd like to see her happy
Before the winter comes...
That's part of the lyric from the 1969 Carpenter/Bettis song Eve, which appeared on Carpenters' debut album. It's not about Karen; it was inspired by a Twilight Zone type TV show. But man, it couldn't be much more prophetic, could it...
Karen was told by members of her own family that she needed to lose weight because she was getting fat i wonder how they felt when she starved herself to death words can hurt.
Sadly this is one of Karen Carpenter's last performances before her passing. You can see how gaunt her poor face and body are. Bless her heart. ❤❤❤
This was my mom's and my favorite Carpenter song. ❤
They were incomparable. Richard is a genius. Karen is the best singer ever. Her drumming skills were second to none also. It still hurts that we lost her.
She was suffering a illness but she give her best to perform for this song😢😢😢❤❤❤❤
An upbeat Carpenter's song is one of their big hits - ON TOP OF THE WORLD💖
Right. And 'Sing' is pretty darn uplifting!
A beautiful song by the worlds best female singer as she sped to her passing ...so sad...
A Beautiful voice,person have your music.She was one of the BEST
R.I.P KAREN 😢
I can hardly ever listen to Karen sing without getting teary. Such a sweet angelic voice. Beautiful!
Jay & Amber, you'll love their "Hurting Each Other" and "For All We Know"!!!
Carpenters were part of my childhood. Listening to them is always an enjoyable trip down memory lane. My most recent go-to has been Solitaire. You really get to hear Karen's low register in it....smooth as butter.
Awesome night of music Amber. I love The Carpenters.
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh I miss her beautiful voice... Ty for listening to these later songs
Just a Remarkable Voice,The Music 🎶🎼🎵 Industry lost this young lady way to soon ,😢
Dear God
Such a beautiful talented soul.
Why couldn't she be cured 😢😥😢
Why did she literally have to starve herself to death.
DEAR GOD 🙏
I believe that was their last hit. Purest voice in music, they had so many great songs.
Lots more hits on the easy listening chart
@@shyman99Well not many after this one; there were a couple from Voice Of The Heart in 1983, and If I Had You (originally recorded for Karen's solo album) from Lovelines in 1989. There was also the 1987 easy listening hit Something In Your Eyes from Richard's Time solo CD, written for Karen but never recorded by her; lead vocal on that one is by the great Dusty Springfield.
@@stevetournay6103 - There were 7 top 21 hits on the AC after "Touch Me When We're Dancing". I'd say that is many. Let me know if I need to list them out.
You should react to Something in Your Eyes which, as has been mentioned, was to have been sung by Karen but, after her untimely passing, was sung by Dusty Springfield. Beautiful love song!
OMG! I didn't know the Carpenters did this song before Alabama! I thought it was an Alabama original! I love this version of it. Karen Carpenter's voice was angelic! If you guys haven't already, you should also check out Alabama's version of it.
I didn't know Alabama covered this song.
I also saw this comment, so I had to check out Alabama’s version from 1986. Never knew they did a cover. Cool rendition of this Carpenters classic.
Check out the original R&B of "Touch Me When We're Dancing" by Bama in 1979.
Next time you react to a Carpenter's song, please check out their COVER of The Beatles' "Ticket to Ride". It's a beautiful interpretation.
That was their first single. 1969. (If you like that, look up the Carpenters cover of Nowhere Man from the As Time Goes By compilation. Balladized by Richard, same as Ticket was, because he knew Karen was the ballad queen. I like it even more than the Ticket cover...)
Totally agree. Probably my fav song from their catalogue
This Is My Favorite Song Of The Carpenters, I Can Play This Song Over & Over That's How Much I Love This Great Classic Song 👍,R.I.P To A Great Singer Karen Carpenter, Still Miss You Always 😢 & Great Reaction Guy's 😊
I agree, this is one that I can hit repeat over and over!
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Hurts my soul to see her so self-indlflcted malnourished and yet, as like the diametrically opposed Elvis, were blessed with their beautiful voices to the very end.
Great live version, one of the best singers ever. Can you see how THIN she is, skin and bones!!!
Live version? Uh, no. Nor is it cool to comment on people's weight.
It was because of anorexia
This is "TV live", so lipsynched. That was how this stuff was done then. There are, though, numerous pure live Carpenters recordings as well, and they were tremendous live.
Interestingly, the "TV live" thing became an issue when the famous standards medley between Karen and Ella Fitzgerald was taped for the 1980 Carpenters TV special Music, Music, Music. For Karen, "TV live" was normal. For Ella, though, who was a generation earlier, it was anathema! So the segment was taped with Karen lipsynching and Ella adding her part live. And you cannot tell...
Love love love The Carpenters❣️ Karen’s voice is of a true Angel 😇 My childhood is relived with every song of theirs RRHOF should have The Carpenters 🌟
You must try their iconic version of "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" it's sensational. Much love from England 🏴
Brings tears to my eyes… lovely
This was two years before she left this earth....died a horrible death ....and still sounded like this though it all ... Incredible
This was their come-back song after a brief hiatus from the late 1970s. They came back with this in 1982 if I remember correctly. You should listen to their version of "Beechwood-45789" from the same album. :)
A true and wonderful jam of great romance, something I wish to have .
An 80's song from the Carpenters. Would have loved to hear more from the Carpenters throughout the 80s
Well of course Karen's last lead vocal (Now) dates to April 1982; she died ten months later. But there were more Carpenters releases through that decade and even beyond:
Voice Of The Heart (1983)
An Old Fashioned Christmas (1984)
Time (Richard solo, 1987)
Lovelines (1989)
Into the 90s and beyond there were a couple instrumental CDs by Richard and several compilations that included revisions of studio outtakes and recordings for TV, most notably As Time Goes By which includes the wonderful TV standards medley by Karen and Ella Fitzgerald. And in 1996, Karen's 1979-80 solo album was finally released as well...
Always lived the Carpenters. It's because of her I did Karoke, I sam alot of her songs. Blessing to your family. 🫶👍🎶
Such a sweet and beautiful voice. It makes me sad how she suffered. RIP Karen.
You guys are finally doing more of her!! Do you know how much music she has?!!
One of her final performances before her passing on February 4, 1983 at 32 years old. Rest in peace Ms. Carpenter ❤️
This was from 1981 and she passed away in 1983. Her voice is beautiful and timeless.
She is a treasure!!
Love the carpenters great song
Thank you for this reaction video. This is more Karen Carpenter silk for the ear canals...just magic...
'Sing' is an upbeat Carpenters song.
She is truly an angel❤
THE CARPENTERS - " Calling Occupants Of The Interplanetary Craft " 70s Masterpiece classics 🎶 Jay & Amber you're gonna definitely love this song. It's a great track
Originally by Beatles-influenced Canadian studio band Klaatu. The most elaborate single Carpenters ever produced, sort of their equivalent to the Beach Boys' Good Vibrations...most Carpenters fans find it a bit much. I liked it more originally than I do now.
Need to do Blue Man Group featuring Venus Hum doing “I Feel Love” for one of your female Fridays. Great singing and absolutely phenomenal performance on stage.
I saw Karen sing and drum in 1972 .What do I think is the very best of Karen singing? A Place to Hideaway -its lyrics speak to me because of the depression I have had most of my life .Watching Karen sing and drum thru Dancing in the Streets and a cover of the Beatles Help(check the version in Japan at the Boudokan) is always a joy .But for singing pyrotechnics ? It is hard to beat Trying To Get The Feeling Again.Recorded in 1975,it was lost .Richard found it and it was released in 1994.19 years after it was recorded and 11 years after Karen died .Masterfully produced by Richard .It has a Wall of Sound much like Phil Spector's The Righteous Brothers You've lost that loving feeling.It starts off slow and builds and builds.Other songs ? Solitaire ,Yesterday Once More,then there are the duets with Ella Fitzgerald,John Denver and Perry Como --all on you tube
Always loved the Carpenters. I have been fortunate to know Richard since 2017. He is kind, extremely talented, and still misses his dear sister very much.
Her song 'Merry Christmas Darling' is my favorite christmas song. You will love it ❤
I love this song! Karen was amazing singer.
You can see in this video how frail and thin Karen is. She was already quite sick at this point. It's still a beautiful song.
Karen's voice is simply Heavenly!
under rated...so beautiful. what a song....wow....
“Top of the world” is the most uptempo song I can think of by The Carpenters. They also did a cover of “Please Mr. Postman.”
This is one of Richard’s very favorites of their career! The Made In America album is both Karen’s and Richard’s favorite albums of their catalog. I myself think this is one of their very best productions.
this was towards the end, one of her last performances before she passed
WOW, Ms.Carpenter's outstanding voice isn't one in a million. it's one in a lifetime!.
This was their last hit in the summer of 1981 just a year and a half before she died on February 4, 1983. I can still recall when I heard of her passing on the radio.
Tragically this was her last top 40 hit before her tragic passing. at the age of 32.
Their cover of "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes might be their most upbeat hit. I'm curious to see what others say. 😊
P.S. I just remembered "Beachwood 4-5789" (an old school way of saying a phone number) and "Want You Back in My Life Again" were on the same album as this song you're reacting to today. I don't believe they were hits but I definitely played them a lot, and they are more upbeat.
I think they charted on the Adult Contemporary charts. They got some play on easy listening channels -- but 'Touch Me' was played on most pop radio stations -- thus becoming the biggest hit of that album.
If I Had You, too, originally from Karen's solo album but first released on Lovelines in 1989...
I'm 22yo girl,from Philippines...Karen is my ultimate fav.singèr of all time...i'm not in her era but her voice hit me so much...everytime she open her mouth to sing,just first note comes out on her mouth,OMG!i'm already hooked...you are force to listen.
Very sad to see her in waning days, BUT nonetheless still an incredibly beautiful voice and tremendous talent! One of the GOATs!
Anything Karen Carpenter sang was beautiful. One of my favorites was Bless the Beast and the Children ❤😢
It's hard to believe that as sick as she was when this video was shot (just a few years before she would pass away from complications of anorexia nervosa,) her voice never failed or wavered always such an amazing voice... we need less of Cardi B and more like Karen.
One of my favorite of all their many hits. I also think of Those Good Old Dreams which one also one of their last and biggest hits and gives you an over all carefree feeling.
I love Karens voice so much. Never have seen her with an afro. She was quite wonderful
Like many others commenting, it’s so heartbreaking to see her so thin and knowing the pain she had in her life. Her voice is lovely. Merry Christmas guys 🎄✌️🎄🌺🎄
I would love to see you do one of her live drumming performances. There's one where she's running about the set playing on different things. She was so joyous about it!
Here's an early video of her singing and playing the drums, 1968.....czcams.com/video/3Cz60nGaopM/video.html
According to Wikipedia, this song was originally written in 1979 by a session group called "Bama". This version barely cracked the Pop and Adult Contemporary charts. The Carpenters released the song in 1981. It was the group's final Top 40 Pop hit peaking at #16. It was the group's final #1 Adult Contemporary hit where it finished at #15 on the year-end Adult Contemporary chart. Karen died in 1983. In 1984, Mickey Gilley and Charly McClain recorded the song for a duet album. In 1986, Alabama recorded the song, and it became the group's 20th straight #1 country hit. The Alabama version is excellent. If you like the Carpenter's version, you can check out the Alabama version.
Good cruising song! RIP Karen, what a battle you fought.😢
Two Carpenters songs that are more uptempo that you could react to:" Sing" and "Please Mr. Postman"
I really like all the Carpenters song n thanks again for reacting to it
In my opinion this is one of the Carpenters most underrated songs. They were such a great gift!
I've been in love with that voice my whole. But we tend to forget what a great arranger and producer is Richard.
Their upbeat songs include "Only Yesterday", "Beechwood 4-5789" and "Please Mr. Postman"
Even as seen here in her last years,her being clearly in the throes of her disease, still theres never a damper on her vocals. If nothing else, she is doing clearly what her dream was and what she loved doing best of all and certainly what she was made to do making one of a kind music.
Such a great song, THAT VOICE! Hard to watch this one, however, knowing what she was doing to herself by this time. Sad, sad ending for this beautiful soul.
Have you reacted to “Top of the World”? It’s my favorite Carpenters tune.
She is my favorite singer of all time. Give a listen to Top of the World and Kind of Hush.
my all time favourite American Female Singer
That sax solo was performed by Tom Scott of The L.A. Express & The Blues Brothers
Thank you for posting. Top of the World, For All We Know and Hurting Each Other are great choices for your next three picks.
*Top Of The World* and their cover of *Please Mr. Postman* are both pretty upbeat songs from them.
Always love listening to them❤. Hope you are going to do some Christmas Carpenters Songs for the holiday!😌
Their last top 20 hit. And one of my favorites from them. There was an excitement in the music industry when it came out because it felt like they were finally back.
Whereas in fact they were back for the final time...
One of your best choices, great job!
those good old dreams, top of the world jambalaya
They analyzed her voice. She was pitch perfect and had perfect pitch. She was actually more accurate live so people thought she was lip sinking, she wasn't. Backing vocals were prerecorded
Contrary, she lip synched most of the time, including here in this video. Her live performances are easily discernible from the studio recordings.
She did some, like this and some other but not most and that's the thing about her voice it wasn't discernable live versus studio. Check out Wings of Pegasus Carpenters video and his voice analysis of live versus studio. You will be amazed. I know I was.
I worked in a Doctor's surgery in 1988 and the doctor played The Carpenters on loop the whole 2 years i worked there. Nothing else. I know every word to every song and surprisingly did not get over saturated. Says a lot about their music ☺️
It’s so sad seeing her so close to when she passed. I remember hearing on the radio that she had died and I was heartbroken. So young and so talented.
A great forgotten song. Karen definitely had the most beautiful voice ever. Richard is very talented believe he wrote and produced songs can sing anf play the piano very well. Hard to believe Karen is gone 40 years!!
Thx y’all! Yes the Carpenters have some upbeat snazzy jazzy music! Their tribute to Burt Bacharach at an army base or their battle of the bands (which they won!) in Long Beach or “Top of the world.” And a few more!
Thank you for finally reacting to this song.
I’ve heard this song many times but it just struck me, this song gives me Bee Gee vibes.
Even a few months before her death, she had recorded the song NOW, which is beautiful, her voice had not lost any quality. Karen's voice was perfect to the end. And she never wanted to sing. She just wanted to be the drummer.
Even unwell, Karen brought it. She was amazing and she left so much behind for us all.
Karen Carpenter is still my favorite female singer. Such a beautiful, clear, emotion filled voice! It just breaks my heart seeing how thin she is here. It took us SO long to recognize eating disorders. I had a friend in junior high, around 1970, that had bulimia. Karen died over 10 years later. WHY did it take so long to admit there were eating disorders?
You can't go wrong with The Carpenters, nice song. I can see The BeeGees singing this too. I still highly suggest the biopic film The Karen Carpenter Story, you'll really like it.
Nice reaction of Karen again. Unfortunately she did not hit old age. She was only around 30 or 31 in this video. Her disorder took such a toll on her body she appears much older. Did you know she recorded a solo album that was only released 13 years after she passed? I think you’d like “if we try”. Very soulful.
She was 32.