THIS WAS SO SO GOOD!.. | FIRST TIME HEARING The Carpenters - Close To You REACTION

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  • THIS WAS SO SO GOOD!.. | FIRST TIME HEARING The Carpenters - Close To You REACTION
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  • @BobbyCYeah
    @BobbyCYeah Před 2 lety +441

    never-ever, ever-never ever apologize for being attentive parents. we get it yall. And it only adds to your genuineness.

    • @aleatharhea
      @aleatharhea Před 2 lety +17

      Actually, it made it better. The way Luca was looking at Jay and Jay was looking at Luca while listening to that sweet song was priceless.

    • @carlosvasquezvasquez2845
      @carlosvasquezvasquez2845 Před 2 lety +1

      You got That RIGHT BLESS YOU STAY WELL AND HEALTHY ENJOY LIFE OMICRON IS KILLING OUR PEOPLE RESPECT 💯 MSGT USMC RET ✌️🙏🎯💝💐

    • @marcopifferi9466
      @marcopifferi9466 Před rokem +1

      Beautiful video and reactions, guys for a wonderful song! 🤗🤗🤗
      Your tender son for sure will grow up loving all the important things of life
      🥰🥰🥰

  • @dagmar.6954
    @dagmar.6954 Před 2 lety +490

    Karen was one of a kind. There will never be another like her. She had such a pure calming voice. And she was a terrific drummer. That was her passion even more than singing. Sadly we lost her so young. Thankfully we have her legacy left in her music.

    • @godsspeedify
      @godsspeedify Před 2 lety +8

      Very cute baby... 👶🏼

    • @billloftis4413
      @billloftis4413 Před 2 lety +4

      Well said

    • @backgroundmusik
      @backgroundmusik Před 2 lety +9

      Another artist we wish we could just go back and hug and make everything okay.

    • @bradk4036
      @bradk4036 Před 2 lety +6

      We lost her at the age of 32, she died of heart failure due to complications from anorexia.

    • @maverick2242
      @maverick2242 Před 2 lety +5

      @@bradk4036 I was at school when this happened never forget it, same with Princess Diana, know exactly where and when, such a loss with both.
      She had an incredible voice, her brother is also very underrated, they made the group together.

  • @nancysoukup6545
    @nancysoukup6545 Před 14 dny

    The Carpenters were awesome, and always will be.

  • @CSB3747
    @CSB3747 Před 4 měsíci +15

    This song was composed by Burt Bacharach. He was a monster hit writer, most notably for Dion Warwick.

  • @chrmnlp4413
    @chrmnlp4413 Před 2 lety +102

    Karen Carpenters voice was a gift from the gods. She is irreplaceable.

    • @mgonzales56
      @mgonzales56 Před 2 lety +6

      From God.

    • @MrGlenspace
      @MrGlenspace Před 2 lety +1

      Probably the greatest female voice of all time. Just pure gold. No effort and so clear and clean. Aretha would be best singer.

  • @donnalawrence4666
    @donnalawrence4666 Před 2 lety +109

    Best female singer ever!! Any song by the Carpenters is a classic. Been a fan for over 40 years.

  • @ZelbeQahi
    @ZelbeQahi Před 5 měsíci +20

    Back in the day when artists actually had talent. Today, every artist is manufactured.
    And you guys pull my heart strings having baby Luka in the video! Love y’all!

    • @davyblackburn4090
      @davyblackburn4090 Před 3 měsíci +1

      not every artist is manufactured, maybe you just dont look much

    • @ZelbeQahi
      @ZelbeQahi Před 3 měsíci

      @@davyblackburn4090
      True, I don’t attend coffee parties,

  • @losendos194
    @losendos194 Před 2 lety +45

    Karen Carpenter... Simply the best female singer of all time. The so called singers of today cannot hold a candle to this woman. Her passing was a tragedy. RIP Karen.

  • @26shedan
    @26shedan Před 2 lety +77

    awe, Baby Luca is precious. Perfect song for him.

    • @LiberalsArePoop
      @LiberalsArePoop Před 2 lety +5

      What a beautiful little boy.

    • @LK-qz7eh
      @LK-qz7eh Před 2 lety +1

      The baby melted my heart more than the song. What a cute baby!

  • @karensomething16
    @karensomething16 Před 2 lety +104

    Clear and pitch perfect. Karen Carpenter sang like an angel.

  • @daver7867
    @daver7867 Před rokem

    greatest vocalist of all time...angelic silky smooth....pure

  • @michaelpendergrass5222
    @michaelpendergrass5222 Před 2 lety +280

    Karen wasn't just a drummer, she was a world class drummer.

    • @deadlyredly1
      @deadlyredly1 Před rokem +10

      She was fucking solid for the time, not just gong through the motions at all!

    • @jimstanga6390
      @jimstanga6390 Před rokem +21

      People forget what a great percussionist she was. She was never happier than behind her drum kit…

    • @Grummash
      @Grummash Před rokem +8

      This particular song doesn’t demonstrate just how bloody good a drummer she was!

    • @SusanJohnston
      @SusanJohnston Před rokem

      Jax too

    • @donwilliams3078
      @donwilliams3078 Před rokem +1

      Hal Blaine on drums for most top Carpenter recordings.

  • @armadillotoe
    @armadillotoe Před 2 lety +43

    It is still 3 months away, but The Carpenter's "Merry Christmas Darling" is one you need to file away for Christmas / December. I always have leaking eyes for it.

  • @artsci2716
    @artsci2716 Před rokem +120

    Karen Carpenter is the only female vocalist to make a man's eyes water because of the combination of her voice, Richards voice and piano playing along with the harmony. Karen is the top female vocalist of all time in my book.

    • @David-ng7cr
      @David-ng7cr Před rokem +4

      Mine to. Grew up hearing her on the radio. She does bring the tears. Still my favorite female voice.

    • @jeffgagen3561
      @jeffgagen3561 Před rokem +3

      Karen's voice always make me cry. So beautiful.

    • @Dave-wt8xg
      @Dave-wt8xg Před rokem +1

      Amen to that.

  • @dwaynerosemeyer6463
    @dwaynerosemeyer6463 Před 19 dny

    She actually was an incredible drummer.

  • @martinrogerson4887
    @martinrogerson4887 Před 2 lety +193

    Absolute tragedy beautiful voice, rainy days and Monday's chokes me up every time R.i.p Karen.

    • @muffinamy83
      @muffinamy83 Před 2 lety +2

      This was one of my go-to songs when I was auditioning frequently.

    • @martinrogerson4887
      @martinrogerson4887 Před 2 lety +1

      @@muffinamy83 I hope you did it justice she had a beautiful voice

    • @kympridham8267
      @kympridham8267 Před 2 lety +1

      My fav as well

    • @peterkragelund4794
      @peterkragelund4794 Před 2 lety +1

      I personally believe that her voice is so amazing precisely because of the haunting psycological pain inside her, wich in the end took her life through anorexia. Starving herself to death gave her a sad, sad, soulful voice (technically her heart gave out, when she started putting on a little weight again).

    • @kympridham8267
      @kympridham8267 Před 2 lety +2

      @@peterkragelund4794 Beutiful voice before the media started calling her a chubby little girl

  • @willmacintyre649
    @willmacintyre649 Před 2 lety +10

    Thank you, thank you, thank you! Karen Carpenter... the sweetest voice of all!

  • @user-us5pv8zw3z
    @user-us5pv8zw3z Před 15 dny

    My mom used to sing this to me when I was a little girl in the early 70’s. My mom is 85 now and suffers from dementia, but when I sing this song to her, she joins in. For a moment, I have my mom back.

  • @uscroosters21
    @uscroosters21 Před 2 lety +8

    The greatest female voice of all time. RIP to such a troubled soul.

  • @phyllisb4634
    @phyllisb4634 Před 2 lety +32

    I, for one, absolutely enjoy Luca and his baby noises. He is a doll.

  • @robinwatters6682
    @robinwatters6682 Před rokem

    RIP Karen Carpenter, you had one precious voice

  • @gene2049
    @gene2049 Před rokem +4

    Karen’s voice was the purest, cleanest was beautiful female singing voice ever.

  • @IggyStardust1967
    @IggyStardust1967 Před 2 lety +289

    The only Karen no one hates. LMAO!
    Jokes aside, I used to listen to their albums going to sleep at night. Her voice is absolutely magical. I cried the day her death was announced. The Carpenters were HUGE back in the 70s, and deservedly so. They were the king and queen of AM radio(the "lighter" stuff, back then). At my 6th grade "graduation" to Jr. High School, we sang their song "We've Only Just Begun". Her brother still makes music, but without her voice, it's just not the same.

    • @bretthardin9239
      @bretthardin9239 Před 2 lety +1

      lmao i still do

    • @karencurtis4374
      @karencurtis4374 Před 2 lety +5

      Really wish we could stop shredding the name 🙏

    • @karencurtis4374
      @karencurtis4374 Před 2 lety +3

      @Mal weston do you really believe “we” all are horrible woman?????

    • @cherylspencerhall7990
      @cherylspencerhall7990 Před 2 lety

      Funny comment...but I do have a precious Karen.

    • @ssokolow
      @ssokolow Před 2 lety +3

      @@karencurtis4374 I only learned about the whole "karens" thing maybe two years ago and I hated it. Why do people have to ruin such a beautiful name?
      (At least it's probably not going to stay as permanently ruined as "Lucifer". "Light-bringer" is a *beautiful* meaning for a name.)

  • @Dansrgurl
    @Dansrgurl Před měsícem

    Karen Carpenter was a drummer first. She just happened to be able to sing while drumming. She always said she was a drummer who sang. She also happened to be a virtuoso at both. She was one of the best drummers EVER. Her voice was absolutely without peer. She was the entire package.

  • @micheleallen
    @micheleallen Před 2 lety +223

    Rainy days and Mondays is another song where Karen plays the drums.

    • @annalisegiovanni7032
      @annalisegiovanni7032 Před 2 lety +8

      I was LITERALLY gunna leave this EXACT comment!! You got the mail on the head Guurrll!!!

    • @markkettlewell7441
      @markkettlewell7441 Před 2 lety +4

      There is such a depth of sadness in Rainy Days and Mondays. Beautiful song sung by a beautiful woman who died way too young 😢

  • @davidscott129
    @davidscott129 Před 9 měsíci +8

    Karen was a treasure. I love the way she can drop an octave and a half and just nail that low vibrato to the wall. Truly one of the great voices.

  • @MsDivalicious07
    @MsDivalicious07 Před rokem

    SHE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST drummers EVER

  • @NewYear1037
    @NewYear1037 Před 2 lety +141

    Paul McCartney stated that; "she has the best female voice in the world, melodic, tuneful and distinctive."
    "Yesterday Once More" is a great song!

    • @chrisalldis3375
      @chrisalldis3375 Před 2 lety +8

      It was actually John lennon

    • @lazylady8591
      @lazylady8591 Před 2 lety +7

      Frank Sinatra said she was the only singer that he would pay to listen to.

    • @ceedoubleyou
      @ceedoubleyou Před rokem +6

      :@@chrisalldis3375 I think John actually approached her in a restaurant and told her personally, that she had a great voice, she nearly fell over.

  • @kellyboone3321
    @kellyboone3321 Před 2 lety +27

    I still love the Carpenters to this day

  • @danacox8600
    @danacox8600 Před rokem

    Every time I hear Karen, I shed tears. Voice of an angel.

  • @margaretconley7141
    @margaretconley7141 Před 2 lety +1

    Queen= somebody to love= we are the the campions

  • @billmarshall5040
    @billmarshall5040 Před 2 lety +24

    Karen had a once in a Generation voice! Phenomenal!
    A tragic loss to the world when she passed. 😥

  • @godbluffvdgg
    @godbluffvdgg Před 2 lety +156

    I've been a drummer for over 40 years...Karen was a MONSTER drummer...A real pro...She could sight read and was pro trained...Karen rips my heart out...Her life was so tragic and her songs and voice were so beautiful...

    • @giovannivazquez4373
      @giovannivazquez4373 Před rokem +7

      Karen in her school where she went was teach for a man that try to she play other instruments like violin or other. But she preferred the drums. Mr. Frankie Chaves was her teacher in drums.

    • @robertwilson3866
      @robertwilson3866 Před 8 měsíci +2

      She got kicked off the drums by management. They didn't want her to be playing them

    • @mermaidman1985
      @mermaidman1985 Před 7 měsíci +3

      Must have been hard for Richard to go through losing his sister like that.

    • @Coowallsky
      @Coowallsky Před 4 měsíci

      Monster?

    • @godbluffvdgg
      @godbluffvdgg Před 4 měsíci

      @@Coowallsky Meaning great...Like; Rainy days and Mondays was a MONSTER hit...

  • @markeden1189
    @markeden1189 Před 8 měsíci +9

    Professional.....you never hear her breathing in...that's class...

  • @dunk856
    @dunk856 Před rokem

    Luca looking in daddy’s eyes! Wonderful with the Carpenters, He loves it too ❤

  • @estirbune
    @estirbune Před 2 lety +17

    We've Only Just Begun was/is an iconic wedding song... truly beautiful!

  • @joiedevivre2005
    @joiedevivre2005 Před 2 lety +15

    She had the most beautiful velvety voice. Such a tragic life & the world lost a rare talent when she died. I would also recommend "We've Only Just Begun", Rainy Days & Mondays" & "I Won't Last a Day Without You."
    And Baby Luca just wanted to sing along!

  • @johnpenner2632
    @johnpenner2632 Před 25 dny

    First off, Luke is adorable (or was 2 years ago when this reaction video was made) and I'm sure that he still is! I believe that this is the most beautiful Carpenters song in a catalog full of them. The combination of harmonies, horns, flute, piano, Karen's mesmerizing contralto voice and percussion makes this an unforgettable, timeless song.
    Thanks for taking time to do a reaction on it! Not easy when you have a baby that young! I know, I have 3 grown ones and 5 Grandkids so far.

  • @kens97sto171
    @kens97sto171 Před 2 lety +43

    Karen was 19 years old when she recorded this.
    Her voice is like warm honey...

  • @markkettlewell7441
    @markkettlewell7441 Před 2 lety +58

    Karen Carpenter was a phenomenal singer. I was a paper boy when she died and I cried when I read the headline. She was a great drummer too, but she was better up front.

    • @michellelamar8965
      @michellelamar8965 Před 2 lety +4

      February made me shiver.. with every paper I’d deliver.. bad news on the doorstep.. I couldn’t take one more step…. The day the music died

    • @270yis7
      @270yis7 Před 2 lety +1

      As a public figure, Karen also exhibited grace and class. Everybody liked her. She was deeply mourned when she died, and in death, she ascended from superstar to legend.

  • @martink3804
    @martink3804 Před 2 lety +101

    "Bless The Beasts & The Children", it will bring a tear. When Karen died, the world truly lost an inspiration of love.
    Luka stared hard at you. I loved holding my little ones. Used to take my shirt off & hold them up under a wrap/blanket while in the rocking chair. Listening to music by candle light. Some great memories! Bless the beasts & the children....

    • @alicesmith7020
      @alicesmith7020 Před 2 lety +1

      Bless the beasts and the children is my favorite.

    • @kathybwell
      @kathybwell Před 2 lety

      great suggestions

    • @summersands8105
      @summersands8105 Před 2 lety +1

      There's a movie called Bless the Beasts and the Children and it uses their song as it's theme. The movie came out in 1971. I didn't know if there were still copies of this movie around so I searched, and wouldn't you know it...a copy on youtub...full version...
      czcams.com/video/1FyFUm5r-f4/video.html&ab_channel=CZcamsMovies

    • @martink3804
      @martink3804 Před 2 lety +1

      @@summersands8105 I'll have to watch it again. It has been many years. Thanks!

    • @summersands8105
      @summersands8105 Před 2 lety

      @@martink3804 Hi Martin! I'm going to watch it again too. I have to prep myself for it as it made me cry the first time. lol

  • @donalddeorio2237
    @donalddeorio2237 Před 2 lety +114

    Karen and Richard Carpenter were the group. He wrote some of the songs and played the piano. So sad how the stress in her life affected her health. One of the best female vocalists ever.

    • @realPenrodPooch
      @realPenrodPooch Před rokem

      She died from anorexia. It was tragic. The world lost a true gift.

    • @jkim1316
      @jkim1316 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Yup, duo.

  • @peterdonald8022
    @peterdonald8022 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Her brother, Richard, on piano, gets a bit overlooked. But Karen is one of a kind in any case!

  • @stevelux9854
    @stevelux9854 Před 2 lety +101

    Little known factoid: Karen Carpenter had the nickname of "One-Take Karen" as she always arrived at a recording session completely prepared. She knew her lyrics, she knew her tempo, she knew how she wanted it to sound so when retakes and re-recordings were required it was basically never because of Karen.
    It's sad that in modern times "Karen" is a name used so disparagingly.

    • @270yis7
      @270yis7 Před 2 lety +7

      Karen Carpenter is the one Karen that nobody can hate. :)

    • @MosaicRose99
      @MosaicRose99 Před 2 lety +3

      A recent rather large online poll voted the whole "Karen" trend as the most tiresome and annoying current fad. I don't know, maybe because of that, it might start going away. People are sick of it I guess. I remember this same poll a few years back when the term "On Fleek" made number one as the most tiresome fad. But getting back to Karen Carpenter, what an incredible talent and sweet person she was. Very sad....

    • @megshimatsu8615
      @megshimatsu8615 Před 2 lety +1

      So unfair to Karen Carpenter. I was a big fan of the Carpenters.....beautiful music. She had an amazing voice.

    • @gtraxxa7-TTv
      @gtraxxa7-TTv Před 2 lety

      Karen was really shy and introverted. So she felt that she had to do it right to not feel the stress…

  • @J_Gamble
    @J_Gamble Před 2 lety +76

    Yes, the Carpenters are a brother and sister duo. He was on piano and wrote most of their material. They are backed up by various musicians. Little Luca was a fun addition to the video. :)

    • @bengilbert7655
      @bengilbert7655 Před 2 lety +2

      Most of their songs were written by other songwriters.

    • @Jessica_Roth
      @Jessica_Roth Před 2 lety +3

      Richard did some of the songwriting (and played the piano and did the arranging), but many of the early hits were from outside songwriters. This is Burt Bachrach (music) and Hal David (lyrics), a very successful team. (I periodically mention "The Look of Love" by Dusty Springfield; they wrote that, too.)

    • @J_Gamble
      @J_Gamble Před 2 lety +1

      @@Jessica_Roth My bad., I thought he wrote more of them. You can always tell the Burt Bachrach ones of course.

    • @J_Gamble
      @J_Gamble Před 2 lety

      @@bengilbert7655 Thanks for the schooling. . I'd thought he wrote a lot more of them.

    • @bengilbert7655
      @bengilbert7655 Před 2 lety +1

      @@J_Gamble Didn't mean to "mansplain." :)

  • @davidboatright3009
    @davidboatright3009 Před 2 lety +1

    The fellow playing the keyboards is Karen Carpenters brother . The Carpenters were the first concert I ever went to . Great !

  • @Jazzbeu55
    @Jazzbeu55 Před 3 měsíci +3

    The Carpenters were red hot in the late 60's and early 70's. They faded and made a resurgence in the late 70's to have just enough hits late in the decade to be the group with the most chart hits in the 1970's. Karen's voice was extraordinary.

  • @slyzombie6166
    @slyzombie6166 Před 2 lety +12

    This song is SOOOO ICONIC!! I'm a metal fan, and I love this song.

    • @LiberalsArePoop
      @LiberalsArePoop Před 2 lety

      You should check out the tribute album done in the 90's by several relatively popular alternative bands of the time. I'm also a metal fan, but I love that album!! Sonic Youth kills it on their eerie cover of Superstar.

  • @MichaelJones-sh7nu
    @MichaelJones-sh7nu Před 2 lety +50

    Karen had one of the greatest voices in American music, but never considered herself a singer. She would have been perfectly satisfied to stay in the back with her drums....and felt very shy about stepping out front as a vocalist.

    • @oldmanghost219
      @oldmanghost219 Před 2 lety +2

      Yes. They had to coax her out front. Baby steps.

    • @rockymountainjazzfan1822
      @rockymountainjazzfan1822 Před 2 lety +2

      @@oldmanghost219 A musician friend of mine was at a Carpenters concert at a large auditorium in the 1970's. A large thunderstorm outside knocked the electricity out. After a few minutes, the crowd noise died down and Karen Carpenter told the audience from the stage to be very quiet and that she would sing a tune a cappella without a mike or sound system. He related that her strong singing voice--in perfect pitch--filled the whole auditorium. The electricity came back on by the next tune, but everyone in that auditorium knew that they had just heard something magical. Yes, she was very, very good.

  • @danastearns7939
    @danastearns7939 Před 2 lety +69

    Her brother plays piano and does all the musical arrangements. Karen was also a drummer - very very good drummer, and her voice was discovered almost by accident. A beautiful contralto voice, with tone and pitch always perfect. Frank Sinatra once said that she was the only female singer he would pay to see in concert. Heaven has a lead angel singer in Karen. RIP

  • @dopeymark
    @dopeymark Před 8 měsíci

    The Carpenters were amazing back in the day. I was straight rock and roll but my guilty pleasure was the Carpenters.

  • @robertlear2735
    @robertlear2735 Před 2 lety +48

    The Carpenters (officially known as Carpenters)[a] were an American vocal and instrumental duo consisting of siblings Karen (1950-1983) and Richard Carpenter (born 1946). They produced a distinct soft musical style, combining Karen's contralto vocals with Richard's harmonizing, arranging and composition skills. During their 14-year career, the Carpenters recorded 10 albums along with numerous singles and several television specials.

    • @pauldutcher9105
      @pauldutcher9105 Před 2 lety +7

      There was a movie about them that chronicled their relationship with each other, rise to stardom, the struggle to get Karen from behind the drums and her struggle with anorexia that although tragic for Karen did a lot to shine a light on Anorexia and help so many others.

    • @randygibson318
      @randygibson318 Před 2 lety

      Their mother had raised Richard to be a classical pianist and was actually disappointed that he kind of became second fiddle.

  • @xtrememarine169
    @xtrememarine169 Před 2 lety +16

    Karen had perfect pitch in her voice.

  • @penelopehornswaggle102
    @penelopehornswaggle102 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Karen is so special to me because her story made me realize I had anorexia and made me stop. I didn't know what it was and that it could kill me. So she saved me❤❤ RIP Sweet girl.

  • @timbrooks3561
    @timbrooks3561 Před měsícem

    Dionne Warwick, who was with A&M records in the 60s, took The Carpenters under her wing when they blew up in 1970 and Dionne grew to love Karen and her amazing voice!

  • @dsusan17
    @dsusan17 Před 2 lety +151

    This was a much played song. A great hit. It introduced the world to the fabulous Karen Carpenter! The Carpenters are just Karen Carpenter and her brother Richard.

    • @shelter9236
      @shelter9236 Před 2 lety +2

      No there are other male members of the group, one of them was Cubbie in the Mousketeers.
      czcams.com/video/__VQX2Xn7tI/video.html

    • @tomschmitz261
      @tomschmitz261 Před 2 lety +9

      @@shelter9236 the voices are ONLY karen and richard, as karen sang lead, richard back up and they did all of the background harmonies...

    • @calvinmurty8273
      @calvinmurty8273 Před 2 lety +15

      @@shelter9236 No. Carpenters are ONLY Karen and Richard. The others are their backing band which joined them when they went on tour, or appeared with them in their music videos. Just look at all their albums covers. It is just the two of them, Siblings Karen Carpenter and Richard Carpenter.

    • @kevinhodgson2990
      @kevinhodgson2990 Před 2 lety +7

      @@calvinmurty8273 Richard played piano and did most of the arrangements

    • @calvinmurty8273
      @calvinmurty8273 Před 2 lety +1

      @@kevinhodgson2990 Yes indeed. He also produced all their studio albums, selected the songs for them, did the background vocals (with Karen), and sang lead solo vocals on certain tracks in their first few albums (ie those from 1969-73).

  • @crsounddoctor4937
    @crsounddoctor4937 Před 2 lety +15

    Karen Carpenter's voice is iconic, angelic & smoother than melted butter!!! Their harmonies are amazing!!!

  • @jimrogers2239
    @jimrogers2239 Před 4 měsíci

    I love how excited Amber got when the trumpet started playing.

  • @cherylfisk7698
    @cherylfisk7698 Před rokem +5

    Richard was the arranger, composer and producer of all of their music. Great brother, sister duo. Complimenting each other's talents.

  • @dsusan17
    @dsusan17 Před 2 lety +60

    Karen resisted stepping out from the drums. Richard did all of the arrangements. Karen was very shy. When they forced her to just sing was the beginning of her eating disorder.

    • @JoyceHirano
      @JoyceHirano Před 8 měsíci +1

      Wow, that's so sad. I grew up hearing them and did not know that. It seems cruel now😢

    • @marthadragovich7747
      @marthadragovich7747 Před 7 měsíci

      Should have just left her alone and do what she loved!

    • @markmccullum8638
      @markmccullum8638 Před 7 měsíci

      Hal Blaine of the Wrecking Crew played the drums for the recordings because Karen wasn’t seasoned in that atmosphere. Joe Osborn on bass actually “ discovered them”. The background vocals were provided by The Ron Hicklin Singers, a staple in the industry back in the day.

    • @verapena9465
      @verapena9465 Před 7 měsíci +1

      I believe her eating disorder has to do with her personal relationships with her Mom especially

    • @donrendav
      @donrendav Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@verapena9465🎯

  • @richardb6260
    @richardb6260 Před 2 lety +234

    There's nothing like a Burt Bacharach melody. He put notes together like no one else. Check out some of his hits with Dionne Warwick.

    • @deborahabston4222
      @deborahabston4222 Před 2 lety +17

      Been meaning to recommend Dionne, she is great!

    • @Calamity_Jack
      @Calamity_Jack Před 2 lety +5

      Absolutely! 👍

    • @theresamariegoesplaces9688
      @theresamariegoesplaces9688 Před 2 lety +3

      Auntie Dionne is one of my favorite follows on twitter - she's a hoot!

    • @petoloma6900
      @petoloma6900 Před 2 lety +7

      It is known to me that Whitney Huston is a cousin to Dionne Warrick. "I Say A Little Prayer For You," is one of Dionne's greatest hits. Oddly enough Whitney and Natalie Cole sang a duo, also making this song a great hit. This would be a perfect selection for "Female Friday."

    • @kmach1000
      @kmach1000 Před 2 lety +12

      Yes! I love Burt Bacharah! Since I was a teenager!

  • @nickfiorenza5930
    @nickfiorenza5930 Před 2 lety

    RIP - KAREN, you so missed. But, you left us with your beautiful voice, to enjoy for eternity. God bless you.

  • @user-nu3cv8xw5q
    @user-nu3cv8xw5q Před 2 měsíci

    Her voice was so great; her ending was so very sad.

  • @joemckinley754
    @joemckinley754 Před 2 lety +101

    As phenomenal as her voice was, she considered herself a drummer who sang and not a singer who played drums. She has a couple of videos of her drumming that are amazing.

    • @tigger7466
      @tigger7466 Před 2 lety +7

      So true, and I love how she played up her amazing drumming skills. She was so modest and humble, I don't even think she was aware of how phenomenal her voice actually was. Miss her more than words can express. 😔🙏🏽💖

    • @dougkydur9841
      @dougkydur9841 Před 2 lety +6

      I'm not normally a fan of live videos, but seeing beautiful Karen in her prime singing and playing the drums was a real bittersweet treat, knowing that the world will never experience the return of the Carpenters

    • @masterofsparkshwy6974
      @masterofsparkshwy6974 Před 2 lety +3

      True, she learned the correct play, and she was good at it. A lot of young people want to skip all the mundane things that make a good drummer and just start pounding. You can see Karen's techniques and approaches were good. She could've been a heavily sought session player if she'd wanted that instead of being onstage.

  • @Wordsmyth8
    @Wordsmyth8 Před 2 lety +24

    The Carpenters were indeed just two - Richard Carpenter and his sister, Karen. She had the golden voice and he was a master arranger largely responsible for their unique sound.

  • @denystull355
    @denystull355 Před 2 lety +96

    Karen is considered by many of her contempories as one of the best drummers ever.

    • @glennquagmire1747
      @glennquagmire1747 Před rokem

      Your opinion not to take away her skills but Sheena Easton was the best period

    • @krazyj1957
      @krazyj1957 Před rokem +3

      @@glennquagmire1747 Considering he didn't say she was the best, he said one of the best. I had heard Sheena Easton had played the drums but can't find anything on CZcams. Maybe you can suggest one.

    • @ckalinwi
      @ckalinwi Před rokem +3

      @@glennquagmire1747 Do you mean Shelia E.? Sheena Easton was only a singer. And I love Shelia E., but she's not remotely the best drummer. She's actually technically a percussionist (those are timbales she's playing). I've never actually seen her behind a drum kit.
      And Karen Carpenter was dead by 1983, so the contemporaries that were referring to her as one of the best were people like Buddy Rich and Hal Blaine, guys that had been around for a long time (Hal Blaine was the most recorded session drummer in the world, ever).

    • @krazyj1957
      @krazyj1957 Před rokem +1

      @@ckalinwi Actually Sheena Easton was a drummer which I didn't know until I Googled it.

  • @genataylor460
    @genataylor460 Před 2 lety

    Luca is an absolute doll. And it is obvious how loved he is.

  • @ralphfiligenzi6180
    @ralphfiligenzi6180 Před 2 lety +38

    Karen had a voice like velvet. Check out their song "We've Only Just Begun".

  • @gkiferonhs
    @gkiferonhs Před 2 lety +38

    I'm a Christmas music nerd and The Carpenters have a great Christmas album. Not for review on the channel, but for your family use.

    • @bluesrocker79
      @bluesrocker79 Před 2 lety +3

      That Christmas Album is one of my favorite Christmas albums.

    • @TracyfromNC
      @TracyfromNC Před 2 lety +1

      I cannot do Christmas without Carpenters music

  • @sliverwolf1992
    @sliverwolf1992 Před 3 měsíci

    The best female singer I've ever heard, a velvet voice, first heard her sing when i was very young about 6 or 7. And I've listened to lots of songs over the decades i been alive, she could have sung anything and it would have been brilliant. Sadly taken from us all at such a young age.

  • @BV-nx6vq
    @BV-nx6vq Před 2 lety

    Luv KC...in my top 5 greatest female vocalists of the last 122 years...gorgeous...

  • @miltonslocum8957
    @miltonslocum8957 Před 2 lety +9

    My wife and I love the Carpenters! Their song We've Only Just Begun was released August 21st 1970. We got married on August 16th 1970. So it's very special to us. We even got the opportunity to see them live in 1972. Karen's voice is melodic and so pure. And she was fantastic on the drums! It was an amazing performance! We have a few of their albums and still enjoy them. Would love to see you react to more of their music.

  • @caseymoe816
    @caseymoe816 Před 2 lety +109

    Written by Burt Bacharach, this was a huge hit in its day. Karen Carpenter at her peak. Great selection for Female Friday.👍
    BTW, Dionne Warwick (Whitney Houston’s aunt) sang a lot of Burt Bacharach songs and has a unique voice too.

    • @mamaasaiz
      @mamaasaiz Před 2 lety +4

      Bachrach is still my favorite composer. His musical ideas are so unusual, and he always makes it work.

    • @deantait8326
      @deantait8326 Před 2 lety +5

      I'm so old when listening to Dianne Warwick, no idea what a Whitney Houston was. ..🤣 and Burt played the piano one night at a dinner party at my dad's in Malibu, long ago.

    • @trevorteeters2383
      @trevorteeters2383 Před 2 lety +1

      She's her cousin, not her aunt.

    • @kejo7779
      @kejo7779 Před 2 lety +2

      Heartbreaker is my favorite of hers...

    • @chrisoakley5830
      @chrisoakley5830 Před 2 lety +2

      @@kejo7779 Heartbreaker was her biggest hit and she didn't really like the song. The Bee Gees wrote it and went to her home and begged her to do the song. I'm glad she did because it one of my favorite songs of hers.

  • @carlfogelin1388
    @carlfogelin1388 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Karen's voice was amazing. As to the song, it was composed by Burt Bacharach, that's a pedigree that's hard to deny. Great reaction.

  • @evanhorton2520
    @evanhorton2520 Před 2 lety +66

    What nobody has mentioned in the comments is that for all their recordings, Karen and Richard provided the backing vocals themselves, layering each track. That's why the studio versions sound so creamy, if you will...It's all them.

  • @penlynn5036
    @penlynn5036 Před 2 lety +116

    This song, and their song "We've Only Just Begun," were sung at almost every wedding from around 1975 to the present.

    • @catherinebent7307
      @catherinebent7307 Před 2 lety +7

      It was our 'first dance' wedding song, 1998 ❤

    • @RobertKekuna
      @RobertKekuna Před 2 lety +4

      They both came out in 1970. That year also saw the number one hit "Make It With You" by Bread. First dances were never the same again.

  • @centuryrox
    @centuryrox Před 2 lety +388

    Karen's voice is like a warm blanket...completely enveloping you, and giving you a sense of protection. The Carpenters are one of the few groups that you never need a lyric sheet for...thanks to Karen's incredibly clear singing.

    • @garyspry1444
      @garyspry1444 Před 2 lety +12

      You guys are real life on display. Awesome family.

    • @joanmaciel416
      @joanmaciel416 Před 2 lety +2

      A weighted warm blanket!

    • @peace-and-quiet
      @peace-and-quiet Před rokem +1

      Even at 4 years old I was playing my parents Carpenters album.

    • @sherrihimes7357
      @sherrihimes7357 Před rokem

      Well said

    • @williamj.sheehan2001
      @williamj.sheehan2001 Před rokem +2

      @@joanmaciel416 I'll second that, Joan. Doggone, I am so lucky to have grown up right during the thick of music like this (Beatles, Chicago, Doobies, America, Stones, Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Jackson 5, and on and on...)-- and to have actually seen The Carpenters in concert once, in 1973. They were fantastic live, and Karen was so humble and gracious.

  • @cjpreach
    @cjpreach Před rokem

    Baby Luca gazing up at Daddy. Too sweet.

  • @trgoohileshea2820
    @trgoohileshea2820 Před rokem +23

    First of all, your baby is adorable! Second realize that Karen Carpenter is a legend and a voice like that will likely never come around again in our lifetimes. Also realize there was no such thing as autotune in those days. This is sheer talent.

  • @Star_R666
    @Star_R666 Před 2 lety +52

    This was played at every school dance, prom, weddings. Huge Huge hit that year. She was a badass on drums - there is a video someone here of her performing a drum solo

  • @jax4538
    @jax4538 Před 2 lety +36

    The fact that your baby cried during this song of all songs made my day. It’s beautiful, your baby’s beautiful and so are you guys. Thank you for the good vibes you send out always.

  • @easysoul48able
    @easysoul48able Před 2 lety

    "We've Only Just Begun" is an absolute must listen!

  • @websurfin9575
    @websurfin9575 Před 9 měsíci

    Baby Luca... what a handsome little fellow! He was the star of this video! 🙂

  • @annmills3163
    @annmills3163 Před 2 lety +3

    Karen and her brother Richard make the Carpenters ☮️💜

  • @simonbutler6037
    @simonbutler6037 Před 2 lety +7

    One of the three most gorgeous voices of all time. Along with Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves, I could listen to Karen Carpenter sing the weather forecast and be entranced.

  • @carriephilippi
    @carriephilippi Před 4 měsíci

    My all time favorite Carpenter's song...

  • @hardboiledharry4061
    @hardboiledharry4061 Před 2 lety +18

    Majestic and Angelic doesn't do her justice, her voice never breaks even when she changes registers, it's amazing, Paul McCartney said she was the greatest female voice he ever heard. It's raw powerful and PURE. She's also a damn good drummer but when she passed away only then did I and many others realize what a gift we lost, it was devastating, she is not of this world.

  • @tonyh9875
    @tonyh9875 Před 2 lety +28

    Jordan, you've moved away from just rap, to realize that there's a vast world of music out there. Now, bro, it's time to move away from just SPORTS movies. Soooooo many brilliant movies out there :-)

  • @jonathanlindsey463
    @jonathanlindsey463 Před 2 lety +19

    Night Ranger - Sister Christian.. the singer is playing the drums and it was a super hit in 1983.. for some reason that song was popular with rock, pop and hard rock fans alike... everyone loved it

    • @RayfordRaySiegel
      @RayfordRaySiegel Před 2 lety

      You should check out Revolution Saints. It band has a member of Night Ranger, and the drummer is the singer, too.

  • @thomasmurray7246
    @thomasmurray7246 Před 4 měsíci

    The best female singer I have ever heard ❤

  • @timothygravelle1674
    @timothygravelle1674 Před 2 lety +26

    Karen's voice was one of a kind and one you will never forget!!!!

  • @fatherman9
    @fatherman9 Před 2 lety +6

    You have to listen to The Carpenters - We've only Just Begun

  • @donnamcmanus7360
    @donnamcmanus7360 Před 2 lety +3

    Her voice is like hug. Always has been🙂

  • @lastchild6153
    @lastchild6153 Před rokem

    I love the Carpenters always have always will but that Adorable little baby just stoled the whole show.

  • @Diana-gn8rp
    @Diana-gn8rp Před 10 měsíci

    That precious baby looking at Daddy.🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @robertcherman
    @robertcherman Před 2 lety +5

    The Carpenters - Rainy Days and Mondays

  • @karencurtis4374
    @karencurtis4374 Před 2 lety +35

    Can’t say enough about Karen carpenter. She’s considered as having one of the best female voices ever!! Her brother Richard was super talented as well. You guys reacted to superstar, my fave carpenter song. Check out rainy days & Mondays & if you really want to see her true love, check out her drum solo video. RIP KAREN ❤️😇❤️

    • @LiberalsArePoop
      @LiberalsArePoop Před 2 lety

      And then they need to react to Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft.

  • @timbrooks3561
    @timbrooks3561 Před měsícem

    Richard Carpenter made it a point to have Karen speak very close into the microphone when she sang. Every single click or moistening of her mouth was captured, which was part of how amazing her voice was captured!!
    One of my dear friends wrote three books on Karen Carpenter, so I’m going based on what he told me! Lol

  • @sarajones5436
    @sarajones5436 Před 2 měsíci

    She was a world class drummer. Fantastic voice. Passed way too soon from anorexia

  • @chrisharris5497
    @chrisharris5497 Před 2 lety +8

    For me Karen Carpenter sets the benchmark for ALL female singers, such a pure beautiful voice, she really had the voice of an Angel and her adult life was such a sad tragic story. Rainy Days and Mondays as well as We've only just begun are both amazing tracks and well worth a listen. have a great weekend guys.
    RIP Karen