THE CARPENTERS - CLOSE TO YOU | REACTION
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She's one of the greatest female vocalist who ever walked in this planet, there is no one like them, BTW i like your reaction.
Karen Carpenter's vocals were always perfect, her brother Richard was on piano
"Superstar" "We've Only Just Begun" "Rainy Days and Mondays" "For All We Know" "Solitaire" "This Masquerade" "Top of the World".
Yesterday once more, Love me for what I am, I need to be in love, I just fall in love again, Now, and I Won't last a day without you.
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Calling Occupants.
Karen could sing the phone book and I'd listen!
Me to.
Yes but when she sings Disco, I don't 😖
Very Well Said!!
I'll listen with you she's incredible
What's a phone book? (asked anyone under 35)
This was recorded in the studio....Completed on the FIRST take..... How many performers today could do that???
Wow! In today’s world none! That’s why I have so much respect and love for older music. It was a lot more love put into it and actually meant something
That's kind of doubtful as the backing vocals are multi-tracked and would've been added later. The lead vocals were probably done on the first take, but Karen probably did not play the drums simultaneously.
Most every song she ever sang in the studio was done in one take, hence her nickname "one-take Karen". They recorded her lead first, generally with only the bass and drum tracks backing her. On the road she was the exclusive/only drummer from 1965 (Dick Carpenter Trio & Spectrum days, with the ultimate name change to Carpenters in 1969) through 1972. Their first album was actually called "Offering" (later repackaged as "Ticket To Ride") & she is the exclusive drummer on that album. Excellent album! She was all of 19-years-old. For live events, by the end of 1972 they did hire another drummer to play on a few songs due to TPTB being frustrated that she was behind the kit all the time. The 1972 Australian & Japan concerts are amazing! And can be found on CZcams. The Australian concert has the best quality. Outstanding drummer! Her jazz roots really shine through. By 1973, Cubby O'Brien (former Mikey Mouse Musketeer) had joined them and took over playing on every song. Karen played her kit with Cubby about half the show, while still singing lead - both of them ripping it on the drums. So fun to witness their joy playing together. The concert in Budokan, Japan in 1974 is fantastic, with Karen & Cubby ripping it on Johnny B. Goode. She was on the kit for the entire "Then & Now" album & most of "Horizon", and played many of the songs on most of the other albums. They, like every other recording artist back then during The Wrecking Crew years, had Hal Blaine as the drummer on any song for radio play. Karen did have some that went to radio play as well. Several actually. When Hal did play, a lot of it was lack of time for her to record everything, lead vocals, backing vocals, and percussion instruments, given she was the lead singer. Hal loved her. He has said some of the sweetest things about Karen and always praised her drumming, too. She adored him, and quickly set up her octoplus kit similar to his, too. Karen is amazing! There has never been another female artist, with both the lead voice of the band and percussion skills that she had. Truly Karen Carpenter is one of the greats, and one of a kind.
It means they practiced elsewhere.
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Chod, your reaction was fantastic and so right on.! I was fourteen in 1 9 7 0. when this song came out and was blown away like the rest of the world. You were just introduced to Karen Carpenter, who had the most beautiful voice ever heard!
The Carpenters were huge in the 70s. Karen is one of the best singers ever. Her brother Richard (keyboard) is the arranger.
Short list - We've Only Just Begun, Ticket to Ride, Rainy Days and Mondays, Superstar, Hurting Each Other, I Won't Last a Day Without You.
Young man, I enjoyed your reaction big time! Here, a 20 year old Karen...I still today get chicken skin...so many memories growing up in the 70s. Just to let you know, the 70s had the greatest music ever! All different genre' with the best songwriters, musicians, and vocalists. We all had our groups to listen on the radio and stereo. From R and B, Rock, Country, but...when Karen's voice was played no one and I mean no one would be talking. Below, many have already given you a list of their hits. I HAVE to listen to the Carpenters at least once a week. Great analysis too sir!!
This is the first time I've ever commented on a reaction video. You, sir, got it right; it's clear you know music. Brief bit of background on the Carpenters. They are a brother-sister duo. The guys you see in the video are their touring band. They are known for 1) Karen's impeccable, rich voice and elegant but understated delivery; 2) Richard's outstanding arrangements, and 3) their lush overdubbed harmonies. Sadly, Karen died in 1983 at the age of 32 from complications of anorexia. But in her short life she succeeded in not only being recognized as one of the best singers of all time, but in becoming a role model for female drummers. (Trivia tidbit: Karen also played electric bass on two songs on their first album.) Next up on your list of reactions should be, in no particular order, the studio versions of "We've Only Just Begun", "Superstar" (perhaps their best performance ever), and "Rainy Days and Mondays." There are also a few videos of Karen on the drums. The best of those is "Karen Carpenter: Kickass Drummer." I'd LOVE to see you react to any of those.
I can't tell you how many times I've heard Karen Carpenter's voice compared to that of an angel. Once you hear her you never forget her.
"A kind of hush" "Superstar" "For all we know" "Top of the world" and especially "Calling all occupants of interstellar planetary craft"
Karen Carpenter is a female music legend, her voice is so smooth and perfectly pitched. Shes also known as "One take Karen" because she rarely if ever needed a second take to get it perfect.
Magic, your reaction and the Carpenters both. Get ready to fall in love with this group, I think you understand what's coming. Karen is about to own your heart and soul 😍.
Perfectly stated!!
Today, October 15th 2020, is Richard Carpenter's 74th birthday. Happy Birthday Richard.
"We've Only Just Begun"
"Only Yesterday"
"Bless the Beasts and the Children"
"Top of the World"
"For All We Know"
"Touch Me When We're Dancing"
Superstar.
Rainy Days And Monday’s
Yesterday Once More
Hurting Each Other
Karen is one of my favorite vocalists of all time. Such a deep rich tone, and an underlying melancholy. Pure heaven!
Her 3 octave contralto voice is just Heavenly. Her brother, Richard composed their music and plays piano and harmonizes with Karen so well. Good listening. calms the nerves.
Karen is another of those great singers who could sing the phonebook and you would happily let it drift through your conscious with a smile on your face
I loved this reaction!! She had the voice of an angel. Another one gone too early😢. She passed from Anorexia Nervosa Such a talented lady. Another good song by them is Solitaire.
A masterpiece indeed! Great reaction too. Karen is the greatest female vocalist ever in my humble opinion and a great drummer as well. Thank you!
agreed... surely the most pure, rich, intimate, movingly warm beautiful voice ever.. and the ULTIMATE singer who sang to you and NOT at you... her gift of interpretations and storytelling and making you feel like she was singing only to and for you i don't think has ever been matched or will be....
Dana says- I grew up hearing Carpenters and from the first time I heard this song, I always thought it would make a great song to sing to a baby. When I finally had my son, it became one of the lullabies that I sang to him almost nightly. Of course my voice sounds less like an angel and more like Kermit the frog, but I tried. :-)
Don’t forget The Carpenters “Merry Christmas Darling”!
Sooo beautiful I listen to this all year round...in my top three Carpenter songs along with Superstar and Rainy Days and Mondays
This one makes me cry every time..,.especially the chords that the vocals do at the end of the song!
And that's live. How many artist performing these days sound the same live than in their recordings. Karen Carpenter was one of a kind and that beautiful voice will live on forever. This is the kind of song that you sit back in your chair with your headphones on with your eyes closed and enjoy it.
The way you react to artist's is truly perfect, respectful and leaves zero chance of missing anything! Thank you from a music lover! You are my new favorite reactor. I like a few others like KSO and JAMAL and Monek...something because they have fantastic personalities but your style is pulling me full time over to you! You are awesome man! Keep up the excellent work and 5 thumbs up to you 👍👍👍👍👍. Wish you well always!!. Randall. 62 from Washington State.
Wilburn, you nailed it , Close to you was their first#1 hit and it was a monster. Karen seems like an angel probably the most beautiful voice ever!!!
Incredible voice. Check out their song 'Goodbye to Love' - hailed as the first power ballad.
There is a line in this song that every time I hear it, all I can do is think of her. The line is " On the day that you were born the angels got together, and decided to create a dream come true " Karen IS that dream. Her voice is flawless. She sounds like an angel. I can easily get lost in the soothing sound of her voice ( in fact I do, every time I hear it ).
The Carpenters, The Beautiful girl Singing, and Drumming, was the Late, Great Karen Carpenter! She had an un mistakable , and Amazing Singing Voice!!🎶
Yeah, that was Richard Carpenter on keyboards, one of the greatest pop arrangers EVER, and his sister Karen, then at 20, one of the greatest pop vocalists EVER (this song barely scratches the surface of what she can do vocally or with drums). This is their first #1 hit of many. We’ve Only Just Begun, Superstar, Rainy Days & Mondays, Solitaire, Masquerade, Hurting Each Other, and on and on. Everything they did was immaculate. They started as a jazz trio, but Karen’s vocals got them signed. If you want a real freak-out, listen to I Can Dream Can’t I.
Oh my gosh great reaction you have me laughing when you said you didn't have a soul if you didn't love this LOL Karen's voice is just like velvet there's no other way to describe it.
Every time I hear the Carpenters I get goosebumps when I hear Karen’s voice and then I get that bittersweet feeling because she died way too young. Her voice has this innocence and purity to it that no one else has.
Hello! New subscriber here! I LOVE that you do not interrupt the song!! They are a brother -sister duo. Richard arranges-writes all songs and Karen sings- plays drums. She didn't even know she could sing! She was the drummer to begin with!! She was posthumously named one of the best 100 drummers of all time by Rolling Stone!! She suffered from Anorexia Nervosa, and passed away from the disease at age 33, in 1983. Check out her playing just the drums. And any of their songs. This group is incapable of doing a bad song!! And Karen ALWAYS got her part perfectly on the first take...ALWAYS!! She was once asked by a DJ what she would want the group to be remembered for. She answered..." Just good musicians and nice people."
She is an ANGEL!!!🙏
This was The Carpenters first hit. I believe the recording was released in the summer of 1970.....I know ,I was there. When Karen Carpenter passed away in 1983; The world lost a National treasure!.
Your reaction truly does The Carpenters justice. R.I.P. Karen. Thank you for all the music and for so much joy.
Sir : The summer of 1970, " Close To You " was #1 ALL OVER THE MUSIC WORLD ! Written by Burt Bacharach & Hal Davidback in '62, it took Richard Carpenter's brilliant arrangement at 23 y/o, & sister Karen's 20 y/o voice, now fully realized, to turn the song into a 70's Classic. They are BRo & Sis. And by the way : all the voices in studio, are by Richard & Karen, over-dubbing their own voices to make 8 voices in harmonies. In concert, they had 4 part harmony that still, sounded fantastic ! The voice of an angel who left us tragically, at 33 y/o. She didn't smoke, drink, or use illegal drugs. Karen died from a combination of severe ANOREXIA , combined with binge-purge eating, using Ipecac syrup to induce vomiting. At 33 y/o, her heart just gave out on her. Feb. 3, 1983. By their 1980 ABC TV Special, Karen looked dangerously thin already. The anorexia really took over then, & after her brief marriage failed. it was a terrible tragedy. Still, An Angel among us. Her brother still lives. He & I, are the same age, 77 y/o. ---------------MJL
She is also a very fine drummer. Her singing talent was discovered accidentally when she tried out for the Wrecking Crew as a drummer. She passed in 1983. Her brother did the arrangements for their songs. Sinatra once said she was the only singer he would pay to see. Paul McCartney said she had the finest female voice he ever heard.
You picked a great video for a first time reaction to the Carpenters. Karen Carpenter isn't usually playing the drums when she sings. I enjoy watching your first time reactions.
Spot on.
I first heard The Carpenter's in the early 70s as a boy and have since fallen in love with their songs even though I didn't understand a word !!! My native language is Russian, and now I have found all their songs on the Internet and the playlist has been playing for five years, wherever I am !!! 👍🏻👋🏻😄)) Oh, yes, I'm from Russia, Magadan.
That’s why she was so loved !
Karen had the most angelic voice God ever gifted a drummer!
All of these songs that you’re hearing for the first time, I’m like “what?!” Lol I grew up listening to all of these songs
me too
Me too
Great reaction, you have good taste and a great personality, Karen died tragically at a young age, her voice and music will stand the test of time. Please react to Dionne Warwick, "Don't Make Me Over" live 1963, she is among the greats.
I'd say it's time for more Carpenters! "This Masquerade" shows off Karen's RICH, BEAUTIFUL lower register. It's a jazzy/bluesy sound that also features Richard's piano prominently. Also, flute flowing. 😎
Welcome to 1970! Music is as much a time and place as it is a sound. To many of us, this conjures up memories of long-ago and the sweetness of youth. I hope you get to that place someday.
You definitely struck musical gold with the Carpenters. They were so amazing! And Karen was probably the best female pop music voice ever.
It’s so great that there’s young people like you open to listening to the great performers of the past. There’s so many great songs and artists in popular music of all sorts from the 1960s to the 1980s that aren’t around anymore or have retired from the business. Your openness to old acts new to you is a great example of how more of us need to be more open minded and less dismissive of things we know nothing about, not just in music either. That’s how we become more united, less divided.
Sitting here watching your reaction and realized I was just as touched as you, and this is probably the 5000th time Ive heard her beautiful voice.
So glad you have this reaction to the Carpenters. They were all about beautiful music. When it gets near Christmas, play "Merry Christmas Darling." It's beautiful.
On the day that she was born the angels got together and decided to create a dream voice come true! Love seeing peoples reaction the first time they hear Carpenters music. Also love seeing peoples reaction the first time people realize that this beautiful woman with the ANGELIC voice was also a SUPERB DRUMMER!
This song was a must play at every high school dance when I was young and always brings back fond memories.
Nice reaction. Really enjoyed this and so glad you discovered the Carpenters. Lots of their great music for you and your wife to enjoy!
Beautiful song by a very beautiful female vocalist with her brother. Listen to her crystal clear voice. It's so calming.
Her ORIGINAL version of 'Superstar' will move your soul. Voice of the gods...
I’m 65, gradiated in 1974. This is a song we used to sing in “concert choir”. It is really beautiful in five parts with 50+ voices!!
Crème of the crop. no doubt. The Carpenters. Great reaction!
Beautiful voice so tragic she died so young
Anorexia. Listen to her rainy days and mondays and Superstar you will love
She had such a pure, beautiful voice and such a talented drummer!
Awesome reaction. Yes, Karen's voice is that of an angel, as described by most Carpenter Fans. She was probably about 19 or 20 in this video. As John Bettis, who cowrote 36 of their hits with Richard, said when asked what did Karen's voice sound like when you first heard her. He said, "She sounded just like you hear her today. She was 16 years old, and she didn't have to work on it. It was a God Given voice that was perfect, and it got better throughout her career."
Love this video where she’s leading the boys. She was ahead of her time. Amazing multi-talents.
Enjoy the ride down the rabbit hole. Aside from their well known hits, may I suggest “A Song For You” and “Now”(Karen Carpenter’s last recorded song)
Thanks, Wilburn -- yes - Karen had the most amazing and smoothest voice - but her first love was playing drums.. so it's great to see her doing that as well... I know that people below will give you all the incredible details.. I just appreciate your reaction.. look forward to more of your thoughtful responses!
Richard Carpenter is a brilliant arranger
lucky you. you get to listen to all their great hits. Karen's voice is heavenly and her brother's song arrangements--the lad on the piano--are works of genius. Rainy Days and Mondays, Superstar, We've Only Just Begun, This Masquerade are just some of the many songs that will delight you.
We Only Just Begun is a MUST listen by this phenomenal band. You may have already been told but the singer/drummer in this song is the late great Karen Carpenter.
Karen's voice and the band are as close to heaven as you can get. Incredible synchronicity. Great reaction and taste in music. Cheers from Canada
Dude, she has that effect on everyone. In 1966, they won the Battle of the Bands at the Hollywood Bowl. Her brother wrote/arranged the songs and played the keyboard. Real talent!
Karen and Richard are "The Carpenters" a brother and sister duo, that ruled the music world back in their day! Karen is the Voice, and Richard is the music. He's classically trained. The trumpet player's name is Herb Alpert. He was a dynamic solo artist, that played on this track. The voices you hear in the background, were done through the voice multiplication technology of Karen and Richard's voices, on the track. God Bless!
Such a beautiful song, and the expression on mr. Wilburns face is priceless
One of the great female voices of all time. Amazingly, Karen Carpenter never considered herself a singer; she considered herself a drummer who sang. In later years, the Carpenters added a second drummer and brought her out front on some songs, especially the slower ballads. She still drummed on many of the upbeat songs. By the way, the drummer the Carpenters added to back up Karen during tours was Cubby O'Brien, who got his show business start as one of the original Mouseketeers in the 1950s.
Great Review & reaction. Carpenters are one of the very few bans or artists that I can listen to over & over again without ever getting tired of. It has been over 50 years & I still get tears in my eyes when I hear her voice. Thank you for the reaction
Plenty more Carpenters out there for you to enjoy.
This is the way music should be. It makes one feel good to be alive!
Never to be said enough.
RIP Karen Carpenter, such a tragic waste.
She and her brother, the pianist were pretty big when when she died, but she would have definitely become a vocalist legend had she lived longer. Beautiful voice. Her brother went on to become a well respected composer and song writer.
And dude, you haven’t heard anything yet! Richard and Karen are going to knock your socks off!😂😍💖
First time I've ever seen this live version of the song and I thought I'd seen them all. It might be the best of them.
Yeah you nailed it. Her brother was immensely talented, and was destined for fame from a very young age. But even he couldn't escape the shadow of her talent. She didn't even learn how to play the drums, she just decided she could do it and just started doing it, and that was that.
I'm a hard rock guy from way back, but if Karen don't melt your heart, you ain't got one. The vocals, harmonies, arrangement ... heaven sent.
Next up “Solitaire” showcasing Karen’s rare Contralto vocal ability.
Carpenters are incredible. I loved them from age 8 and was redicled door liking them.
Chad, dude I watch this over and over again !!!!! This is my favorite reaction of all time !!!! Your reaction to the Carpenters is like you being reborn !!!!! Karen had the voice of an angel for sure ............. Stay encouraged Chad, you my man, are a good soul !!!!!
One of the best singers ever, an accomplished drummer and my first crush, I was 12 back in 1969
The most beautiful voice in the world... and she plays the drums as well
She was so confident and sang while playing drums. Multitasking isn't easy.
Magical song, the song of fairytales in fact her voice is of fairytales
Incredibly superb in every way there is just stunning
You see great music and get it no question. Great job!
Karen Carpenter is one of the greatest female singers of all time. You have pretty good taste! Try "Superstar" or "We've Only Just Begun." Her voice is unique, period.
Warms my heart to hear the young people loving the music that is so special to me.
The Carpenters actually only consisted of Karen and her brother Richard. The “Carpenters Sound” is all of the layered overdubbed harmonies you hear and is actually only the two of them overdubbed multiple times.
The band was always good and live they did well to provide background vgs but the studio recordings (which this is, and the video is lip sync’d) are just those 2.
Pretty amazing! For the time it was brilliant and Richard’s arrangements made the sound what it is but Karen’s voice is what carries it.
Did you know they didn’t even know she could really even sing like that? She started as a teen drummer in Richard’s jazz trio. While auditioning for record deals the labels were looking for vocal groups so they threw together some stuff for those purposes.
And out came THAT voice!! 😳😳
Karen Carpenter was one of the best singers/drummers that ever lived. I saw her sing in 1972. She died at the age of 32 from a heart attack from complications from anorexia . To see her skill at drumming --check out Karen Carpenter kick-ass drummer. Check out Ned Nickerson's video of her singing Don't Cry for me Argentina, check out Crescent Noon ., Desperado ,and duets with Carol Burnett, John Denver, Andy Williams, and the legendary Ella Fitzgerald.
They had allot of awesome songs but this was my favorite.
Karen's my favorite singer of all time, (there's no one else like her) and her brother, Richard, puts everything together so magically, including the musicians seen here. Thank you for this lovely review.
One of things I loved about this group when they came out during my teens was that they had a girl drummer. I had never seen that before. GMom🌹. You're they do sound like Angels
I'm glad this video was your introduction to the Carpenters. I loved watching your reaction during the video, as I'm a drummer myself. Karen was amazingly talented.
I love watching your face on this one. The look of shock is hilarious. Can we also get a shout out for the guy doing background vocals, flute and trumpet?
Early 70' it was hit after hit, year after year for the Carpenter.
They were def a pop phenomenon ❤❤they should be inducted into the rock & roll hall of fame
This was back when real talent was real. No lip sync or dancers or hype. Just incredible people displaying their talent
Yeah man , her voice is like a warm blanket....and she was a world class drummer to boot! Great reaction !
I’ve seen your other Carpenter reactions as I speak from the future. I’m so glad to see your first reaction. I kinda chuckled when you warned about not knowing and not liking and what you’d do. I knew in about 30 seconds when you’d start the song and you’d hear those opening notes and Karen would start to sing… your eyes would lock, your jaw would open and loosen and you’d just melt. It happened and still happens to all of us still to this day. Only the knowledge of the past tempers it with that lingering sorrow and loss. I have noticed with rare exception in these reaction videos that is kind of a universal reaction. It makes me happy that another heart has been warmed by the voice of an angel. As I know your future; welcome to the rabbit hole. It’s a warm soft and loving place with beautiful, some sad, music. ❤️
If you see this, one of their best songs they never released as a single, yet named an album after was A Song For You. I’m not sure if you did that already but if not…
No BS W you are the coolest fairest reactor I've ever followed. Thank you for being so open and so mature. 😎👍
Please react to Only Yesterday. The full range of her voice here. You can't miss with any song by them though.
Blair Hershey my favorite song
She's also the drummer for most of that album.
Sheer joy for me to see a young man react to Karen Carpenter. The Carpenters are one of the most important duo American bands ever produced on record - period. Master musicians, both.