The fact this woman is literally drawing her last breaths to deliver a performance as great as this is so sad and inspiring at the same time. You can feel she’s in total pain but still fighting. May you rest in peace Karen, the generations you’ve inspired are forever grateful.
Check out the medley from their 1980 TV special. The performance is perfect but the physical decline from then to here is just. . .augh! Heartbreaking.
Personally I hold Richard accountable for a lot of it. He was a perfectionalist in a music sense - and we can see that - the sound is perfect. But a part of the machine - Karen - was running without oil and he let it fail. RIP Karen.
She is very deep into her aneroxia disease here. Instead of being on stage here, she should have been in a hospital getting emergency intervention. How she was still able to perform and so beautifully and also survive being this sick for 3 more years is absolutely beyond me. I'm so sorry she was cursed with this horrible infliction of aneroxia. Karen was the best.
I was 23 years old and had just left my home town and moved to Houston in 1980 to start a new life. I was a fan back then. There is space in time: life with Karen alive and singing and life after she left us. I remember that day hearing the news of her passing. When I watch this I am sad and really miss her. She was SO special.
I read in the comments that Karen struggled with her vocals here. I don't understand how on the solo album they criticized her stating she was singing too high but has anyone listened to the solo album? She was much deeper and richer working with Phil Ramone than all the high pitched vocals on Made In America.
She was struggling to live. There was nothing actually wrong with her voice outside of the fact that she was physically getting weaker, which affects the voice. I don't see how she was able to sing AT ALL considering that she was in such a bad way.
There is a sadness in her eyes that I’ve never seen before😢. I wish somehow she could be here on earth right now. We need someone who can sing about love to this whole country. 💜💜 Beautiful woman gone way to soon. At least we can listen to the videos still, I guess she did have another very important place besides the music. I can hardly think how many lives her story has saves. She gave it all!!! 💜💜💜
I’ve been a fan of the Carpenters all my life and this video is the first time I’ve seen her struggle. Her voice is beautiful but it sounds tired here. I know she was very ill at the time. Such a terrible loss to the world.
It's good to hear Karen singing live; though she was terribly ill at the time, it IS good to see her as well. But sadly, I mostly see pain (especially if you freeze it @ 0.38)...nothing but pain when I look in her beautiful brown - but hollowed-out - eyes: the pain from her aborted solo album that no one in her inner circle supported, the pain from her marriage to that scoundrel she wed, and most significantly, the pain from a lifetime of "not being as good as her brother" in her mother's opinion which led her to the state she's in during this performance. Karen, you angel...you deserved so much more. I hope you're happy wherever you are now.
i honestly believe if she lived in current times that she would still be alive. as bad as the internet can be, i wish she could read some of the things people who admire her write online. it was probably harder to hear these kinds of things back then. not to mention the body positivity movement and advancements in help for eating disorders and promotion of therapy and getting emotional help + shifting focus away from the idea a woman has to have a husband and kids to be happy. watching these old videos makes me nostalgic for those times (although i wasn’t alive then) but it also is a complicated feeling because that time also failed karen in so many ways.
@@RozuHanabiraProjectx It's interesting to note that since Karen was born in the McCarthy era of "a woman's place is in the kitchen and raising the kids," her main goal in life was to INDEED be in the kitchen and raise kids...despite being an ultra-successful performer and the literal voice of a generation. And of course, that was reinforced by her family and everyone around her. The few times she TRIED to be independent, everyone - from Agnes Carpenter on down - pulled her back to the unit where she slowly suffocated. They were more interested in controlling her than in actually helping her.
I agree. Her evil husband was a golddigger, which she feared would be the case. She should've married ME, it would have been my pleasure to take care of Karen. I love her to this day, most incredible voice I've ever heard.
I hear her beautiful voice yet can see pain in her eyes. No doubt from a difficult divorce from a man who called her a "bag of bones". Why couldn't the career push just have stopped long enough for her to regain her inner self and physical strength. RIP.
Because of her brother's huge ego. He'd sabotaged her solo album and pushed her to perform with him when clearly she was unable. She should've been in a hospital, not struggling to sing. And why these last performances weren't lip synch when she was so good at it is beyond me. Her family was creepy, dysfunctional, and only worried about their meal ticket.
@@j.c.b6473 Agree she should have been in at least a supervised program to regain her strength and stamina. However, more and more it seems that she had a problem that was kept hidden from public view. Everyone who writes or videos autopsies denies it, but Karen probably had diabetes. After all, her blood sugar was 1110 and was ruled the cause of her death by the Downey Community Hospital, where she passed. She had dinner with her folks the night before and didn't consume a high sugar meal. If not for the disease she would have needed an injection of glucose to drive her sugar so high. Diagnosed or not, the poor woman needed help and no one noticed? Or did no one care?
@@billparthum206 you are right in many ways, but could anything have saved her, better understanding of her condition, I don't know, I think deep down she knew, but how do you slow down a run away train!!!, 🐩🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@@mariaevans7811 I know it sounds simplistic, but she needed a primary care physician. Someone who oversaw her overall problems and directed her to needed specialists. From what I understand, she had several doctors who were not holistic and she was able to get multiple prescriptions that way. I have no clue as to what testing they ever did for that is, of course, personal info. But for one's blood sugar to get so deathly high with no treatment (insulin) is a death sentence. I agree she was standing in front of that runaway train.
@@billparthum206 yes Bill, she also kept saying she had colitis which everyone said was BS...how do they know? If it was untreated colitis it would affect the electrolyte balance which was one of the autopsy findings, and explains her constant diarrhea.
I just can't believe someone called her chubby years ago. That is what set her off. So she wasn't a glamazon, SO WHAT, she was beautiful the way she was. And her voice was virtual perfection. No auto tune at all. She could legitimately sing and it was lovely to hear.
@White Violet I’m 1000% sure her problems started very early on. Healthy-minded adults are able to see criticism and pay no mind to it. Since she was a child, she had been made fun of for her weight, and she probably never developed a great self esteem. There was even a story of childhood bullies calling her fat. She was “pleasingly plump” as Richard has called it. Her mother was obviously quite critical of everything, and I believe everyone in their family was a perfectionist in some way. Even the Carpenters sound was based on vocal and musical perfection. Critical households (whether that’s against people outside or inside the household) usually end up with their kids having mental health issues, especially eating disorders. The lack of control in her career and and personal life, including everything from not being able to date who she wanted to not being able to put out an album on her own put her over the edge.
She is amazing. For her dead is the reason why we should educate our children stop bully others with body shaming. She had been Anorexia cause afraid being fat but actually her voice is more beautiful than physical appearance.if she were alive, she would be the legend of love song.
Vocally magnificent as ever. It breaks my heart looking at how old & gaunt she looked then, only age 31. If I didn't know her, I'd guess mid 50's without a doubt. How she saw something completely different in the mirrors, we'll never know?
LIVE........Listen to that voice.......one in a zillion.........almost 40 years since her passing and no 1 has come close......HEAVENLY..VOICE OF A ANGEL........FACT!
She's pretty breathless here. Also, she's not projecting at all. She's in her head voice the entire time. Her illness definitely affected her voice and this is undeniable proof of it. Even at that, she STILL sounds good.
@@foreverme3078 Her vocal is entirely without power. She just doesn't have the strength to push. Worse yet, her pitch is also being affected. She goes sharp often.
@@Nostaljack rubsish she is on pitch. She always had good pitch. I cannot here out of tune singing. Without power yes but that is very different to out of tune.
Today I asked this song to be played in my favorite radio station so they did, and the radio speaker just said "what a beautiful theme" it was amazing 😍
It's totally inexcusable of what happened to Karen. Yet, she wouldn't have bitterness in her heart if she was here. Instead, she would have given grace, mercy, kindness, and most of all, love to those who tormented and ridiculed her. She will always be a better person than I could ever imagine to be. She was and still is a beautiful woman with true class. ❤🌹
As far as I know, of all the Karen Carpenter photos and videos from 1981 to 1983, this one is by far the greatest. True, she's weak in vocals and skeletal as hell. But she does manage to convey her tenderness through her voice. And, you know what? She does manage to look lovely.
I love seeing videos of Karen that I haven't seen before. What's amazing is how amazing she sounds live...every time. I saw her and Richard in the early 70s at Blossom Music Center in Cleveland, Ohio when I was very young. I am thankful I remember being there and will always miss her.
The link I pasted below is also one of her last performances that year in October 1981, her voice is weak and her eyes look very sunken and sad… Miss her every day🌹
Have never understood why they let Karen promote Made in America when she was so clearly ill. That said, this vocal is incredible and virtually indistinguishable from the recording. A real testament to her immense talent. I often wonder how a healthy Karen’s voice would have matured and bloomed by 1981. We will never know. Sadly missed.
She sounded good, but you can tell her body was wearing out. It seemed like her breath control was not so great here, but still an absolutely flawless voice.
@@Davey7358 I noticed that as well and there's a slight pitch issue in the 2nd line of the first verse, which is really, really weird because I have *never* heard Karen have a pitch issue, ever. It sounds like her breath control was definitely off. Still the most beautiful pop voice in history, but she was wearing out by this performance.
@@thatjpwing yes, I agree that her breath control was off and it was a little pitchy as a result, but she was really ill at this point. It’s incredible that she was able to even attempt a live performance at this stage. Still a performance that many singers would be proud of
Of all the CZcams clips I’ve seen recently during this time period, she was so much more animated, passionate and had so much life and connection with and in her eyes.
I love this queen more any other female artist she’s an angel she deserves to be loved and respected and appreciated more than anyone else in the music industry RIP sweet Angel!
Play us a song we can slow dance on We want to hold each other Play us a groove so we hardly move Just let our hearts beat together Oh, baby, 'cause it feel so good When we're close like this Whisper in my ear and let me steal a kiss [Chorus:] Come on and touch me When we're dancing You know you've got that loving touch Touch me when we're dancing I want to feel you when I'm falling in love Tonight's the night and it feels so right My heart is saying it to me You're the one I've waited for so long So let your love flow through me Oh, baby, 'cause it feels so good Just to be this close You've got me up so high I could fly coast to coast
This really reminds me of watching Elvis Presley’s final performances. You can plainly see that something is terribly wrong with them , but there voices were not affected by it . 💔💔😢😢
Muchas gracias Karen!!!! muchas gracias Carpenters!!!! su voz no la podré nunca olvidar,fue parte de mi vida y de mi adolesencia.geniales canciones!!!! las hermosas canciones de Navidad nunca las podré olvidar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was good to see this. I love how she was looking so modern going into the 80s. I love her stage presence and her facial expressions. She seems really tired here as her voice doesn't sound as strong as usual. But I also enjoyed how great that mic sounds. I love the presence so clear in the audio quality of the vocal. But I' am sad watching the video. I just want to reach out and hug her and stop what was ahead. 😢
I think this is the first time I have heard her struggle reaching some of the notes here. Just shows when you’re not healthy how it affects your voice.
Karen still sounds great in this performance but her illness had taken its toll on her. Still very sad after all these years & Richard looking a million dollars. He certainly beat his addiction by this point & it shows. Only sorry Karen couldn't see her problem & got better as well. It's always wonderful to hear her voice but upsetting too coz we'll never hear anymore new songs from this brother & sister team.
I really LOVE Karen Carpenter's beautiful red blouse❤❤ and she still had a lovely voice💐💐 as much as a beautiful smile💐💐!! Karen Carpenter had a lot of talent and she could sing disco and 1980s style music beautifully. It is sad that she is gone😢, but I know she is in Heaven🙏💛💛🌈💐💐 singing with Olivia Newton John💐💐 wish I could have met Karen Carpenter when I was a Child.
It certainly is! A while ago Olivia Newton John declared that two Deceased Singers accompanied her during her Shows. Initially she didn't want to say the names but later confessed that they were Karen Carpenter and John Denver. Death does not exist! So I also believe she is now together with her friend Olivia and John! Much peace and light to them!
It's bittersweet watching this knowing she only had a year and a half left to live. But even in her frail condition, she belted it out and had outstanding stage presence. Her death was tragic. But she put a name on eating disorders and who knows how many lives were saved after learning her story.
The fact this woman is literally drawing her last breaths to deliver a performance as great as this is so sad and inspiring at the same time. You can feel she’s in total pain but still fighting. May you rest in peace Karen, the generations you’ve inspired are forever grateful.
If she had just would have ate some hamburgers and fries she'd be here now. She wouldn't eat and keep it in, that is why she got so damn thin.
and this is LIVE!!! no lip syncing...
O wow this is so hard to watch. Makes me tear up. She will forever be missed.
I feel like crying when I see her so sick.
Rest in peace little angel.
Check out the medley from their 1980 TV special. The performance is perfect but the physical decline from then to here is just. . .augh! Heartbreaking.
I felt exactly the same she was wonderful and always will be my favourite Singer but she looked so frail
I can’t believe she passed away when she was only 32
Makes me wanna cry too
She never should have been allowed to do this performance. Heartbreaking.
Couldn't people around her see there was a problem. Truly sad. Heartbreaking.
Personally I hold Richard accountable for a lot of it. He was a perfectionalist in a music sense - and we can see that - the sound is perfect. But a part of the machine - Karen - was running without oil and he let it fail. RIP Karen.
yes they could and they told her.
@@rsturbolad26 Come on now, you don't know that.
Her family was all about denial. And very dysfunctional.
The only one who could have pulled her out of it was Karen. The whole point was to escape her family’s control.
She is singing live, no lip sync, a true talent to hit the notes with such grace. Her voice is so angelic.
She's so thin here..... and yet this live performance is brilliant. I wished some from her family saved her during this time....😔😔😔💔💔💔
They tried. Especially her brother
So sad. She looked so thin there 💔😥
wearing layers of clothing also
Same. Wish someone saved her. Am so sure none of them bothered.
She is very deep into her aneroxia disease here. Instead of being on stage here, she should have been in a hospital getting emergency intervention. How she was still able to perform and so beautifully and also survive being this sick for 3 more years is absolutely beyond me. I'm so sorry she was cursed with this horrible infliction of aneroxia. Karen was the best.
One of her last live vocal performances!! What a find!!
Yes and she sang for her God-daughter's school for Christmas 1982
@@lvelez1999 not live
@@robertcarli1969 It's live. Only teh backing track is recorded.
The most recognizable voice on the planet STILL.
Her and Billie Holiday
Elvis?
@@monilaninetynine3811 NO kAREN WAS ASLON WITH THAT VOICE!
Karen often sang “live” better than on her recordings. That’s how incredibly talented she was. Many other performers only sound good on their albums.
I was 23 years old and had just left my home town and moved to Houston in 1980 to start a new life. I was a fan back then. There is space in time: life with Karen alive and singing and life after she left us. I remember that day hearing the news of her passing. When I watch this I am sad and really miss her. She was SO special.
She never loosed her beautiful smile despite her illness, I love you Karen my angel
I read in the comments that Karen struggled with her vocals here. I don't understand how on the solo album they criticized her stating she was singing too high but has anyone listened to the solo album? She was much deeper and richer working with Phil Ramone than all the high pitched vocals on Made In America.
She was struggling to live. There was nothing actually wrong with her voice outside of the fact that she was physically getting weaker, which affects the voice. I don't see how she was able to sing AT ALL considering that she was in such a bad way.
She sounds phenomenal to me..to each their own opinion I guess
It's ironic that Richard said her solo album was cut too high, this song has a lot of higher notes. Just as high if not higher than her solo album..
There is a sadness in her eyes that I’ve never seen before😢. I wish somehow she could be here on earth right now. We need someone who can sing about love to this whole country. 💜💜 Beautiful woman gone way to soon. At least we can listen to the videos still, I guess she did have another very important place besides the music. I can hardly think how many lives her story has saves. She gave it all!!! 💜💜💜
Having to make a deal with the Devil takes a toll on the spirit.
She was exhausted and dying by this time. Probably felt HORRIBLE.
Your comment demonstrates an enormous ignorance and an abundance of bible illiteracy. Ecc 12:7; Eze 18:4. Glad to help!
I’ve been a fan of the Carpenters all my life and this video is the first time I’ve seen her struggle. Her voice is beautiful but it sounds tired here. I know she was very ill at the time. Such a terrible loss to the world.
I cannot watch. It breaks my heart!
Karen had a pure Gold voice
It's good to hear Karen singing live; though she was terribly ill at the time, it IS good to see her as well. But sadly, I mostly see pain (especially if you freeze it @ 0.38)...nothing but pain when I look in her beautiful brown - but hollowed-out - eyes: the pain from her aborted solo album that no one in her inner circle supported, the pain from her marriage to that scoundrel she wed, and most significantly, the pain from a lifetime of "not being as good as her brother" in her mother's opinion which led her to the state she's in during this performance.
Karen, you angel...you deserved so much more. I hope you're happy wherever you are now.
Yes!
i honestly believe if she lived in current times that she would still be alive. as bad as the internet can be, i wish she could read some of the things people who admire her write online. it was probably harder to hear these kinds of things back then. not to mention the body positivity movement and advancements in help for eating disorders and promotion of therapy and getting emotional help + shifting focus away from the idea a woman has to have a husband and kids to be happy. watching these old videos makes me nostalgic for those times (although i wasn’t alive then) but it also is a complicated feeling because that time also failed karen in so many ways.
@@RozuHanabiraProjectx It's interesting to note that since Karen was born in the McCarthy era of "a woman's place is in the kitchen and raising the kids," her main goal in life was to INDEED be in the kitchen and raise kids...despite being an ultra-successful performer and the literal voice of a generation. And of course, that was reinforced by her family and everyone around her. The few times she TRIED to be independent, everyone - from Agnes Carpenter on down - pulled her back to the unit where she slowly suffocated.
They were more interested in controlling her than in actually helping her.
@@captainfantastic9158 wow. I could not have written it any better. You nailed it with your post. And it is both heartbreaking & maddening. 😑😓
I agree. Her evil husband was a golddigger, which she feared would be the case. She should've married ME, it would have been my pleasure to take care of Karen. I love her to this day, most incredible voice I've ever heard.
I hear her beautiful voice yet can see pain in her eyes. No doubt from a difficult divorce from a man who called her a "bag of bones". Why couldn't the career push just have stopped long enough for her to regain her inner self and physical strength. RIP.
Because of her brother's huge ego. He'd sabotaged her solo album and pushed her to perform with him when clearly she was unable. She should've been in a hospital, not struggling to sing. And why these last performances weren't lip synch when she was so good at it is beyond me. Her family was creepy, dysfunctional, and only worried about their meal ticket.
@@j.c.b6473 Agree she should have been in at least a supervised program to regain her strength and stamina. However, more and more it seems that she had a problem that was kept hidden from public view. Everyone who writes or videos autopsies denies it, but Karen probably had diabetes. After all, her blood sugar was 1110 and was ruled the cause of her death by the Downey Community Hospital, where she passed. She had dinner with her folks the night before and didn't consume a high sugar meal. If not for the disease she would have needed an injection of glucose to drive her sugar so high. Diagnosed or not, the poor woman needed help and no one noticed? Or did no one care?
@@billparthum206 you are right in many ways, but could anything have saved her, better understanding of her condition, I don't know, I think deep down she knew, but how do you slow down a run away train!!!, 🐩🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@@mariaevans7811 I know it sounds simplistic, but she needed a primary care physician. Someone who oversaw her overall problems and directed her to needed specialists. From what I understand, she had several doctors who were not holistic and she was able to get multiple prescriptions that way. I have no clue as to what testing they ever did for that is, of course, personal info. But for one's blood sugar to get so deathly high with no treatment (insulin) is a death sentence. I agree she was standing in front of that runaway train.
@@billparthum206 yes Bill, she also kept saying she had colitis which everyone said was BS...how do they know? If it was untreated colitis it would affect the electrolyte balance which was one of the autopsy findings, and explains her constant diarrhea.
I just can't believe someone called her chubby years ago. That is what set her off. So she wasn't a glamazon, SO WHAT, she was beautiful the way she was. And her voice was virtual perfection. No auto tune at all. She could legitimately sing and it was lovely to hear.
@White Violet I think you're right.
@White Violet I’m 1000% sure her problems started very early on. Healthy-minded adults are able to see criticism and pay no mind to it. Since she was a child, she had been made fun of for her weight, and she probably never developed a great self esteem. There was even a story of childhood bullies calling her fat. She was “pleasingly plump” as Richard has called it. Her mother was obviously quite critical of everything, and I believe everyone in their family was a perfectionist in some way. Even the Carpenters sound was based on vocal and musical perfection. Critical households (whether that’s against people outside or inside the household) usually end up with their kids having mental health issues, especially eating disorders. The lack of control in her career and and personal life, including everything from not being able to date who she wanted to not being able to put out an album on her own put her over the edge.
@@tori9668 All three of her family members were dysfunctional, creepy, and all about appearance.
Very sad that nobody realized what she was going through; until it was just too late during her illness.
@@bfitzy123 Actually, several people realized and even expressed. Unfortunately, more often than not it was the elephant in the room approach.
She is amazing.
For her dead is the reason why we should educate our children stop bully others with body shaming.
She had been Anorexia cause afraid being fat but actually her voice is more beautiful than physical appearance.if she were alive, she would be the legend of love song.
Both her voice and her looks were beautiful.
No one can touch her vocals today Effortlessly sings each note.
Vocally magnificent as ever. It breaks my heart looking at how old & gaunt she looked then, only age 31.
If I didn't know her, I'd guess mid 50's without a doubt. How she saw something completely different in the mirrors, we'll never know?
I didn't ever cry about hearing of a celebrity passing,even John Wayne,except for Karen. RIP Always 🙏
John Wayne was a terrible human being.
LIVE........Listen to that voice.......one in a zillion.........almost 40 years since her passing and no 1 has come close......HEAVENLY..VOICE OF A ANGEL........FACT!
We miss you Karen. RIP my dear :(
Listening this beautiful song in 2021.
Here from Brazil
She's pretty breathless here. Also, she's not projecting at all. She's in her head voice the entire time. Her illness definitely affected her voice and this is undeniable proof of it. Even at that, she STILL sounds good.
True, so sad 😔
what do you mean by not projecting at all? Sincere question
@@foreverme3078 Her vocal is entirely without power. She just doesn't have the strength to push. Worse yet, her pitch is also being affected. She goes sharp often.
@@Nostaljack rubsish she is on pitch. She always had good pitch. I cannot here out of tune singing. Without power yes but that is very different to out of tune.
@@jeframp3805 Nope. Her pitch is sketchy. That you can't hear it doesn't mean it's not an issue.
Today I asked this song to be played in my favorite radio station so they did, and the radio speaker just said "what a beautiful theme" it was amazing 😍
It's totally inexcusable of what happened to Karen. Yet, she wouldn't have bitterness in her heart if she was here. Instead, she would have given grace, mercy, kindness, and most of all, love to those who tormented and ridiculed her. She will always be a better person than I could ever imagine to be. She was and still is a beautiful woman with true class. ❤🌹
Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 - February 4, 1983) Missing her still...
As far as I know, of all the Karen Carpenter photos and videos from 1981 to 1983, this one is by far the greatest. True, she's weak in vocals and skeletal as hell. But she does manage to convey her tenderness through her voice. And, you know what? She does manage to look lovely.
Yes, like a lovely 15 pounds underweight 45 year old.
@@tracypaxton1054 she went to 77 pounds between 81 and 82
カレン・カペンターの最後のヒット曲 それにしても頬が痩けてやつれ方が痛ましい カレンの声は永遠の歌声です。
I love seeing videos of Karen that I haven't seen before. What's amazing is how amazing she sounds live...every time. I saw her and Richard in the early 70s at Blossom Music Center in Cleveland, Ohio when I was very young. I am thankful I remember being there and will always miss her.
🥹😭😍 rest in peace Karen you'll always be the greatest!
So sad to see her struggling you can tell she’s in trouble, I love her so much gone 40yrs now -thank you Karen for the Music🙏💐❤️
The link I pasted below is also one of her last performances that year in October 1981, her voice is weak and her eyes look very sunken and sad… Miss her every day🌹
Such a beautiful voice R.I.P Karen .🌹❤️
Have never understood why they let Karen promote Made in America when she was so clearly ill. That said, this vocal is incredible and virtually indistinguishable from the recording. A real testament to her immense talent. I often wonder how a healthy Karen’s voice would have matured and bloomed by 1981. We will never know. Sadly missed.
She sounded good, but you can tell her body was wearing out. It seemed like her breath control was not so great here, but still an absolutely flawless voice.
@@Davey7358 I noticed that as well and there's a slight pitch issue in the 2nd line of the first verse, which is really, really weird because I have *never* heard Karen have a pitch issue, ever. It sounds like her breath control was definitely off. Still the most beautiful pop voice in history, but she was wearing out by this performance.
--Second line of the first verse? --During which words?
@@thatjpwing This was so shocking and sad to me
@@thatjpwing yes, I agree that her breath control was off and it was a little pitchy as a result, but she was really ill at this point. It’s incredible that she was able to even attempt a live performance at this stage. Still a performance that many singers would be proud of
Of all the CZcams clips I’ve seen recently during this time period, she was so much more animated, passionate and had so much life and connection with and in her eyes.
I love this queen more any other female artist she’s an angel she deserves to be loved and respected and appreciated more than anyone else in the music industry RIP sweet Angel!
This Love Song sung by Karen keeps intoxicating me with Love.
its amazing she still performing despite her physical condition
This rocks. So great to hear her sing this live
She still sounds great to me
Raw Live vocals ...Afinado wow!!!
2021 I ADORE THIS BEAUTIFUL WOMAN SO SAD HER VOICE WAS AMAZING
Breaks my heart seeing my baby like this 💔
You don't need to say a word... just close your eyes... and let your imagination fly without limits...
Perfection.
this song sounds so much better live than the recording.
Play us a song we can slow dance on
We want to hold each other
Play us a groove so we hardly move
Just let our hearts beat together
Oh, baby, 'cause it feel so good
When we're close like this
Whisper in my ear and let me steal a kiss
[Chorus:]
Come on and touch me
When we're dancing
You know you've got that loving touch
Touch me when we're dancing
I want to feel you when I'm falling in love
Tonight's the night and it feels so right
My heart is saying it to me
You're the one I've waited for so long
So let your love flow through me
Oh, baby, 'cause it feels so good
Just to be this close
You've got me up so high
I could fly coast to coast
Love Karen.... ❤️😞
Best voice ever
Wonderful. I was in NY in 1981 when I heard it and loved it with my beautiful friend Julia Solomon. X
This really reminds me of watching Elvis Presley’s final performances. You can plainly see that something is terribly wrong with them , but there voices were not affected by it . 💔💔😢😢
Muchas gracias Karen!!!! muchas gracias Carpenters!!!! su voz no la podré nunca olvidar,fue parte de mi vida y de mi adolesencia.geniales canciones!!!! las hermosas canciones de Navidad nunca las podré olvidar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Late 1981, August onward, when the above was popular, had a very distinct sadness about it.
After all the years shes been gone still missing her.she was so beautiful and her beautiful voice.
Absolute Finest ballad to grace our taste. Lucky are we to have Karen while we could.
God gave us an angel to music..
Love you and miss you, still. ❤️ Thank you, for such beautiful sounds. R.I.P. dear Karen😪
It was good to see this. I love how she was looking so modern going into the 80s. I love her stage presence and her facial expressions. She seems really tired here as her voice doesn't sound as strong as usual. But I also enjoyed how great that mic sounds. I love the presence so clear in the audio quality of the vocal. But I' am sad watching the video. I just want to reach out and hug her and stop what was ahead. 😢
The eyes are the door to the soul and when I look at her eyes I just see a woman who wanted to be free such a shame we lost her so young
Ainda não ouvi voz que mexesse tanto comigo ❤️
Thanks for loading, wondering this video clip for while, I really missing Karen’s pure voice from heaven, thank you
RIP beautiful angel hugs and kisses forever 😘 ❤️
What a wonderful singer!
I thought it was lip-synced at first but i found it was live later on, how spectacular Karen was!
Such a beautiful lady, God's angel voice. How could people around her do this to her? U r so special Karen. 💕
A angel on earth now in heaven
Thank you for posting, I miss her😔love her, she's so amazing ❤️❤️❤️
Yeah the best singer
omg she was so sick!!! See your eyes, she looks so tire :( i hope she is resting in peace now.
¡Es tan maravilloso escucharla cantar en vivo! 😊
I love this live singing, what a talent, thank you for this gem💕
she had a voice like an angel x
Today is 12/4/83. I can't believe that it's almost 41 years since we lost Karen. I wish she had realized how beautiful she was both inside and out.
Love this! Wish it were on DVD
How is her voice this good?!?!?!?!
damn karen i wonder if you knew how much your fans adored you?
Miss her
Miss her so much. Love to u Karen. U r the best.
I think this is the first time I have heard her struggle reaching some of the notes here. Just shows when you’re not healthy how it affects your voice.
Probably why she only lip-synced in the 81.
Yes. It's heartbreaking and shocking.
She just didn't have the vitality. Her voice was still beautiful, though. But she looks so much older than her years here. 😢
31 and she looks 59
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Of all the tremendous singers of the 20th Century, she may have been the best. Taken too soon.
karen darling u were always beautiful. everyone loves u so much and u are greatly missed. i love u
Thanks for such an amazing upload. Karen sounds so wonderful. A true talent that will never be equalled.
It's hard to believe Karen was only 32 when she died. Absolutely tragic.
Karen still sounds great in this performance but her illness had taken its toll on her. Still very sad after all these years & Richard looking a million dollars. He certainly beat his addiction by this point & it shows. Only sorry Karen couldn't see her problem & got better as well. It's always wonderful to hear her voice but upsetting too coz we'll never hear anymore new songs from this brother & sister team.
I am a big fan of Karen. First time I have seen this. Thanks for posting.
A pesar de su aspecto y estado, detrás de su mirada seguía estando esa niña dulce y cariñosa. Siempre la amaré y lloraré su temprana muerte.
Karen lovely, lovely, beautiful, beautiful...❤️
I really LOVE Karen Carpenter's beautiful red blouse❤❤ and she still had a lovely voice💐💐 as much as a beautiful smile💐💐!! Karen Carpenter had a lot of talent and she could sing disco and 1980s style music beautifully. It is sad that she is gone😢, but I know she is in Heaven🙏💛💛🌈💐💐 singing with Olivia Newton John💐💐 wish I could have met Karen Carpenter when I was a Child.
It certainly is! A while ago Olivia Newton John declared that two Deceased Singers accompanied her during her Shows. Initially she didn't want to say the names but later confessed that they were Karen Carpenter and John Denver. Death does not exist! So I also believe she is now together with her friend Olivia and John! Much peace and light to them!
Inolvidable y Maravillosa Karen Carpenter!
About 18 months before she passed away. Heartbreaking.
It's bittersweet watching this knowing she only had a year and a half left to live. But even in her frail condition, she belted it out and had outstanding stage presence. Her death was tragic. But she put a name on eating disorders and who knows how many lives were saved after learning her story.
Cada música linda dos Capenters! Linda Karen com sua voz única e maravilhosa. Quanta falta faz nesse mundo
Jamais existirá outra Karen, um anjo que Deus mandou para nos presentear com suas lindas canções, saudade dos irmãos CArpenters.
💞💞😍love it sooo much..
Yeah! Thanks Billy.
I miss you and I love you so Karen 😭
rquinha muita luz AMOOO karen Karpenter descanse em paz linda voz divinaaa
How beautiful and 😥
Very close to you Karen with this great song.