Karen Carpenter. I am 61 years old and listen to your wonderful voice. She was a fantasitic singer. Wish she lived to old age. Unfortunately she died far too young. Rest in peace .
What an Angel. She's had perfect pitch and was an amazing drummer. She loved drumming more than anything and now she finally gets the recognition but way to late. I wish she knew how special she is was.
Karen has a voice of an angel! I don't care how high Mariah Carey can hit a note or how powerful Celine Dion sounds or how soulful Adele or Christina Aguilera can sing or even Whitney Houston's sweet voice .....Karen Carpenter still touches my heart when I hear her sing. Her voice is like butter ....smooth & creamy! And absolute perfection! It's distinct & incomparable to anyone else's & she'll always be remembered for it! She's a beautiful treasure & always will be! :)
+Cathy Luning You are so very right...anytime I hear her sing, her voice just makes me stop doing whatever it is I may be doing and just sit quietly and listen to her soothing voice...her voice just softly and indelibly touches your soul...it will forever
+Cathy Luning I agree with most of what you said except that Eva Cassidy is on a par with Karen in her effortlessness. Both very talented ladies taken far too soon in my opinion. Karen gave us alto's the voice to aspire to.
+Maureen Mahoney Maureen no offense to your statement but no one is on a par with Karen, 33 years after her death and her music touches people like no other, KC inspired so many of today's' singers, a list too long to name them all, she is in a class by herself.
Karen sang like she was speaking to you personally. Her timbre and perfect pitch grabbed your emotions, and wouldn't let you loose. It was a strange concoction of honesty, humility, bliss, melancholy, and ecstasy. She made you feel like you were finally home to stay.
What elequent description this is for Karen Carpenters' Voice. Perfectly guided by Richard Carpenters' flawless composing and arranging the romantic music, together so timeless and soulful. Timeless
I always stray away for a while, then she pops up in my feed again, I click once more to straight away feeling the breath slow way way down, almost to a stand still... for i am being called back home into heaven...
Me, too! I can never forget hearing "Top of the World" on the radio after my parents split up in 1973. A decade later I cried my eyes out when Karen died. 40 years on, I don't know who could ever surpass her.
This is a prime example of singing a song minus unnecessary vocal gymnastics. Just straight pure tones and emotions. Still one of the Top 10 best female singers of all-time for me.
I really do miss hearing her, and now, at 77. Her voice is even more loving, and haunting. No other voice is as recognizable as Karen. One day...all of us will again be hearing her sing...IN PERSON.
All these years later, I still get tears in my eyes when she sings "And when my life is over, remember when we were together", just thinking what she went through. RIP you angel.
I know. It makes so many of her songs haunting. This one especially...because it is like her last song to us, and what we would say to her, too, if we could. 💔 Imagine if it had been played at her funeral. 😭
Been listening since 1970! I grew up waving at Karen and Richard Carpenter driving by my house while we were on our bicycles! Up until Karen passed away 😭😔 Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High School Downey California USA 👉♥️🇺🇲🙏🗽🦅
Karen Carpenter's voice was a divine instrument, ethereal and pure, capable of lifting the soul to heights beyond the physical realm. Her angelic melodies touched hearts and souls around the world, leaving a legacy of beauty and inspiration that will endure for generations to come.
Her voice! There's a humanity to it, a relatability, an earthiness, I just appreciate. So warm and resonant. And her vocal constancy up and down her range is something else. She doesn't just hit the notes, rather she embraces them!
Well said! Karen was "The Voice" -- and a voice for the ages -- but Richard was and is an extraordinary musician. His instincts about what would make a great record were true in 1970, and are still true now. Anyone who thinks that "timeless" is a useless word should listen to the early songs of The Carpenters. They were a brother and sister whose talents deserve to echo throughout the universe a thousand years from now.
Not to mention song choice. This is a cover, as many great Carpenters recordings were, in this case of a Leon Russell song. Richard found inspiration in such unlikely places: for instance Goodbye To Love started as just a title referred to in an old Bing Ctosby movie Richard saw on TV, and We've Only Just Begun was written by Paul Williams for a bank commercial, which also was seen on TV by Richard...
She looks beautiful here. Great performance. She always does justice to every song she sings. I'm glad that we have those three classics from Leon Russell to Karen performed
My god what a breathtaking sight of beauty and grace! That hair,that dress,that voice,that face! It just breaks my fucking heart that she isn't here today! 💔😭
39years ago today karen passed away.It’s hard to remember that. But she left us beautiful voice.Thank you for singing for us.Don't worry karen, we'll never forget you. Rest in peace.
I almost couldn't hold it together when my kids told me they wanted to meet her after listening to this song in the car. Folks in heaven are real lucky having her there.
Or the space and time we lived in.... Precious times... Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High school California....I grew up waving to Richard and Karen driving through the neighborhood where I grew up! We'd be outside on our bicycles!
Love how she goes from high to low in this song! Her heart is on total display during this performance! There's a degree of sadness too as she sings "and when my life is over". Not knowing that she wouldn't live very long. All in all,there's something about this song that hits you deep down inside unlike any other song that Karen ever sang!
Her voice literally brings tears to my eyes.. it touches something deep inside it is so soulful such a rich sultry beautiful voice.. there's not a voice I've ever heard before her or since her that equals her
Karen Carpenter is in a league of her own. Her voice was lush, intonation perfect. Her lower register is like no other. She died too young. She had so much more to give and share. She could sing the phone book and you would listen forever. Simply, the greatest pop voice ever. Period the end. Full stop.
Karen Carpenter!! How could we have been so privileged to witness the finest female singer of all time and then have her taken from us just after 32 short years? The legend lives on in her recorded history!! What a sweet, deep, emotion filled vocalist!!
This woman sounds as if she saw you across a crowded room and she wanted to get to know you better so she poured her heart out to you with her music. This lady was a beautiful person inside and out. I was 9 and a half years old when she passed away. I am almost 48 years old now. Her music still embraces me after all these years. She was really great. I think that her music and her memories will live on forever
Karen was the best female singer I ever heard, she could sing any style of music and it will come out great. She was so beautiful both inside and outside, we lost a beautiful person. Heaven knows I loved her.
She couldn't sing opera. She wouldn't be able to sing many Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston or Lady Gaga songs in the way that they did. Anyway, Karen is unique and great at the type of songs she sings which are mostly ballads.
No she didn't have the high pitch of a Whitney or Mariah but they didn't (or don't) have the quality of voice Karen had. I don't listen to Lady Gaga but from what I have heard of her she is no match for Karen.
@@ChildOfThe1970s Whitney Houston had a great set of pipes, but she didn't know what to do with them. Ditto for Mariah Carey. Karen Carpenter had very good pipes, and an exquisite understanding of how to sing. Similarly, people also used to say, "So-and-so has better pipes than Sinatra," and yet no one knew how to put over a song like he did.
No doubt Whitney had glorious pipes, but seemed unhappy with her arrangements. Over hundreds of performances she'd sung, I never heard her sing the same song the same way twice & not EVER like her Studio Versions. Something struck me as questionable with that? 😳
The combination of Karen's voice and this haunting song would've been immortal under any circumstances; after what happened to Karen, this song became one of the most beautiful, sad, wonderful performances of all time.
@@sulupee And if you see her here, she just looks like a normal woman. She is not "fat." And then if you see the 1977/1978 Christmas Specials...she is just way too thin. Breaks my heart. Easily one of the most amazing singers, ever.
Thank you for sharing this. I remember my dad playing Carpenter songs to me as a kid. Used to steal the cassette tape and listen on my own. still do today. Missin the old days
When she sings, she tells you a story like she whispers it to your ears. I could never name another singer who does the same magic!!!! This is the best best best version of this song!!
Not many singers can convey this much emotion without screaming or hitting irritatingly loud or multi-syllabic notes - Karen made it feel effortless and yet so much work was put into making these performances as fine as they are.
In recent years, this song has been covered to near death. From American Idol to Broadway and all the way back again. Never forget that THIS is and will eternally be, the definitive version. Leon Russell, you and Karen sure made an indelible mark in music with this. Pure, incomparable magic : )
This may be one of THE finest vocals ever laid down, and one of my favorites of hers. I liked when she was so emotive and went farther with the emotion in the song. And she looks beautiful here, man. Such a loss.
Karen has sweetest and most beautiful voice ever. She gave me chills here, esp when singing the lower notes. Hands down, the best female singer of all time.
Just about the perfect song and arrangement for Karen ; but then she took every song 2 a level unsurpassed. She had such a pure voice . There was such emotion in there. Whenever I hear her sing any song, she still moves me . My favourite ever singer and one , if not , the greatest female singer ever. She died 2 young just over 35 years ago. Miss her every day.
Amen love this wonderful voice… reading the book “Little girl blue” The Life of Karen Carpenter, for the second time. It’s a very intimate book & anyone that loves her should read it. The greatest female voice ever, she doesn’t even have to try to sing … Love you Karen, I was 15 yrs. Old when Close to you came out. I said “who is that?” Been following her ever since. RIP dear sister🙏🏼😘also my granddaughter was born February 4, 2021, the date she passed Feb. 4 1983. That’s the first thing I thought of when she was born. 🙂Beautiful voice
I wish I appreciated her when the Carpenters were on the top of the charts... Instead I was listening to Woodstock n the like.... Now that I'm older I'm stunned I could have been so cavalier about her music ... She is simply one of the best!!
lol, love your message.... melancholy sweeps over me each time I listen to Karen sing. Her haunting voice. It is for this reason I can't play her whole album ... she would have reduced me to a total wreckage by the end of the album.
Wow!! Such a talent!!! So young but has such magic in every song . Just saddens me to know the loneliness and pain Karen went thru. I gotta say, the TV absolutely loves her. What a beautiful soul....very much still loved and missed. At least Karen will never be forgotten. She’s frozen in time thru all these wonderful videos...thank you to those that post them!! 💜
What an INCREDIBLE turn around to go with Karen's INCREDIBLE VOICE, and "I love you in a place where there's no space or time" I could listen to this a million times and not get tired !!!
Richard holds her up there well. He's playing is just perfectly suited to her vocals. I will always love her low tones more than her highs in vocal range. Just so so beautifully orchestrated. I think her voice is the best in musical history, certainly of her generation. Always missed always loved.💝💔⚘
After all of this years, she still melts my heart, and gives me those goose bumps.. What a contribution to music, to the soul, to life this is!!! Thank you Ned for sharing the Carpenters here!!!
She was an unique singer. Her voice was simply the best. She sang with her soul, transmitting all the feelings of what she was actually singing. Rip Queen 😪
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BEST LYRIC EVER
“ I Love You in a place where there’s no space or time”.
Agreed. Very romantic.
What about:
"Wrapped up like a douce, another runner in the night?"
the perfect lyric and the absolute perfect voice to sing it.
@@generic3674 Well I think the word was "douche" and I never really understood the second phrase anyway. Nothing romantic about that.
I wonder if they both wrote those lyrics or her. Probably her. Loved her music even in 1968 at college.
You figured it out.
Those lyrics "and when my life is over" chilling! Miss her so....
A differentiated voice, indeed. The most beautiful female voice that I have already heard in all my life.
Her bass is so elegant
It‘s soft and good to hear
A beautiful person with a natural talent
I wish Karen loved herself, as much as we all loved her! 💓
How true!
I hate this song because it grips my heart with fingers of bone😭
If she was so loved by others, she wouldn't have had the anorexia.
She might have meant the fans who loved her and not the jerks who judged her.
I’ll echo that 👏🏻
Karen Carpenter. I am 61 years old and listen to your wonderful voice. She was a fantasitic singer. Wish she lived to old age. Unfortunately she died far too young. Rest in peace .
One of the finest voices of our time, RIP Karen
Her voice is honest, pure and not overacting. Love her so much
When Karen died the angels cried out HERE COMES OUR LEAD SINGER. !!!!!!!! our choir is complete.
Karen Carpenter will never be equaled. She is the best female vocalist to ever live
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So true!
Simple but true.
Whatch Whitney's performance of this song. She is unbeatable
@@mateusmarques5343 there is no comparison, Karen's version is so Awesome, no one like her
What an Angel. She's had perfect pitch and was an amazing drummer. She loved drumming more than anything and now she finally gets the recognition but way to late. I wish she knew how special she is was.
Karen has a voice of an angel! I don't care how high Mariah Carey can hit a note or how powerful Celine Dion sounds or how soulful Adele or Christina Aguilera can sing or even Whitney Houston's sweet voice .....Karen Carpenter still touches my heart when I hear her sing. Her voice is like butter ....smooth & creamy! And absolute perfection! It's distinct & incomparable to anyone else's & she'll always be remembered for it! She's a beautiful treasure & always will be! :)
+Cathy Luning
You are so very right...anytime I hear her sing, her voice just makes me stop doing whatever it is I may be doing and just sit quietly and listen to her soothing voice...her voice just softly and indelibly touches your soul...it will forever
+Cathy Luning I agree with most of what you said except that Eva Cassidy is on a par with Karen in her effortlessness. Both very talented ladies taken far too soon in my opinion.
Karen gave us alto's the voice to aspire to.
+Maureen Mahoney I've never heard of Eva Cassidy but i will certainly look her up. :)
+Kalani Ayau Yes!👍Her voice has a calming effect. I listen to her music when I'm stressed & I relax as soon as I hear her angelic voice! 👼
+Maureen Mahoney Maureen no offense to your statement but no one is on a par with Karen, 33 years after her death and her music touches people like no other, KC inspired so many of today's' singers, a list too long to name them all, she is in a class by herself.
Karen sang like she was speaking to you personally. Her timbre and perfect pitch grabbed your emotions, and wouldn't let you loose. It was a strange concoction of honesty, humility, bliss, melancholy, and ecstasy. She made you feel like you were finally home to stay.
Well said
When she comes to the words : " I love you" I feel as if a Karateka just punched me in my stomach...
What elequent description this is for Karen Carpenters' Voice. Perfectly guided by Richard Carpenters' flawless composing and arranging the romantic music, together so timeless and soulful. Timeless
Perfectly stated.
I always stray away for a while, then she pops up in my feed again, I click once more to straight away feeling the breath slow way way down, almost to a stand still... for i am being called back home into heaven...
After all these years, her voice still floors me.
So true! Thank you for that.
Me, too! I can never forget hearing "Top of the World" on the radio after my parents split up in 1973. A decade later I cried my eyes out when Karen died. 40 years on, I don't know who could ever surpass her.
Perfect Pitch!
Pisces...unworldly
There is no better singer than Karen Carpenter. She speaks to my soul. I can't explain it. Her voice is the most perfect thing I've ever come across.
❤
This is a prime example of singing a song minus unnecessary vocal gymnastics. Just straight pure tones and emotions. Still one of the Top 10 best female singers of all-time for me.
I agree!
She's in my Top 2 female vocalists of all time, and she's not #2!
OMG, perfectly said.
And one of the top 10 drummers of all time
It's The Beatles and everyone else. Likewise, it's Karen Carpenter and the other female vocalists.
She sang with passion and deep understanding of every song. A beautiful voice filled emotion!
I really do miss hearing her, and now, at 77. Her voice is even more loving, and haunting. No other voice is as recognizable as Karen.
One day...all of us will again be hearing her sing...IN PERSON.
The Carpenters' music will never die and Karen's voice will delight the world for ever
Thank You Jesus for Karen and her Beautiful Angelic voice🙏🎤May she Rest In Peace 🙏🙏
All these years later, I still get tears in my eyes when she sings "And when my life is over, remember when we were together", just thinking what she went through. RIP you angel.
She was an angel.... RIP sweet Karen.
OMG - me too!
That lyric always gets me too.
When she sings , and when my life is over , that gets to me . So sad
I know. It makes so many of her songs haunting. This one especially...because it is like her last song to us, and what we would say to her, too, if we could. 💔 Imagine if it had been played at her funeral. 😭
Her voice is so hauntingly beautiful. And it doesn't matter what song she sings, every one stirs the emotions.
It's been ages since I heard this song and this song stilk nostalgic. 2024. Anyone???
Been listening since 1970! I grew up waving at Karen and Richard Carpenter driving by my house while we were on our bicycles! Up until Karen passed away 😭😔
Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High School Downey California USA 👉♥️🇺🇲🙏🗽🦅
It’s 2023 and I’m still listening and watching videos of Karen. So thankful for this amazing talented gift that lives on today.
I will never forget Karen Carpenter’s voice! So beautiful!
Her voice......those low notes. Pure, smooth honey.
2degucitas yes those pure low notes; Karen was an alto-contralto voice who low timbre🎶 was the best ever of any female singer 💕
Those low notes were what she called her "Money Voice."
Karen Carpenter's voice was a divine instrument, ethereal and pure, capable of lifting the soul to heights beyond the physical realm. Her angelic melodies touched hearts and souls around the world, leaving a legacy of beauty and inspiration that will endure for generations to come.
Her voice!
There's a humanity to it, a relatability, an earthiness, I just appreciate. So warm and resonant.
And her vocal constancy up and down her range is something else. She doesn't just hit the notes, rather she embraces them!
Perfection is the only word that can describe Karen Carpenters voice!
The greatest female singing voice ever! Such a shame she left us so young. RIP Karen.
I so agree!
I miss so much her beautiful voice 😢
Let us also not forget to applaud Richard for his lush arrangements that so well complemented Karen’s incredible voice.
Well said! Karen was "The Voice" -- and a voice for the ages -- but Richard was and is an extraordinary musician. His instincts about what would make a great record were true in 1970, and are still true now. Anyone who thinks that "timeless" is a useless word should listen to the early songs of The Carpenters. They were a brother and sister whose talents deserve to echo throughout the universe a thousand years from now.
Yes! Richard is a genius and a gem!Thank you Richard! Love you.
indeed..............
Yea Richard; thank you so much
Not to mention song choice. This is a cover, as many great Carpenters recordings were, in this case of a Leon Russell song. Richard found inspiration in such unlikely places: for instance Goodbye To Love started as just a title referred to in an old Bing Ctosby movie Richard saw on TV, and We've Only Just Begun was written by Paul Williams for a bank commercial, which also was seen on TV by Richard...
She looks great here. Sweet dress, pretty hair. Phenomenal vocals.
I still don't think anyone's equaled her unique voice, just so soothing...
Frank Lafferty no one's even close. untouchable
sweet, delicate, adorable.
You're correct! so beautiful
Never her voice was pure perfection. Even today nobody equals it.
Frank Lafferty never will either...
She looks beautiful here. Great performance. She always does justice to every song she sings. I'm glad that we have those three classics from Leon Russell to Karen performed
Just...Gorgeous!!! Love Karen.
My god what a breathtaking sight of beauty and grace! That hair,that dress,that voice,that face! It just breaks my fucking heart that she isn't here today! 💔😭
39years ago today karen passed away.It’s hard to remember that. But she left us beautiful voice.Thank you for singing for us.Don't worry karen, we'll never forget you. Rest in peace.
Her voice is almost indescribable. Words fail. You just have to hear it. I'm so grateful for these recordings. They'll never be anyone like her.
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Karen's unique voice was heaven sent, and let's not forget what a superb writer Leon Russell was in creating such a touching song.
She will never be equalled❤
I love Karen. Her voice is truly a gift from God.
Yes indeed!
I almost couldn't hold it together when my kids told me they wanted to meet her after listening to this song in the car. Folks in heaven are real lucky having her there.
❤😢
Maybe she sang to my mom. RIP March 5, 2018
@@katiegrundle9900 and mine..12/06/2013
Her voice is warm, sincere and pure and that's why she is still loved by millions.
Karen voice is like an angel. I never get tired listening to her music.
No one can sing as beautifully as Karen has or ever will, Perfection and flawless, gorgeous karen
So true !!
Amazing that This voice still echoes through time. No singer can match her.
"echoes through time", beautifully captures everything about her talent.
Agreed
Karen is my favorite singer (male or female) of all time. I don't think I'm alone in this opinion. Rest easy, KC
She was female, lol.
Hey Riley dumb dumb, if you could read you would know I said she was my fave singer ever either male or female. English, look into it
@@Smartass_Jedi I was making a joke, thicko. It looked like you were not sure if she was male or female, by the way it was written.
I adore her. To think someone called her "chubby" disgusts me.
There will never be another singer like her . Definitely one of a kind.
No one can replace her..no one has a voice like hers she will live on in our hearts
And in my …..
Back then we lived our lives and beautiful music played in the background. We didn't know how special the music was.
Or the space and time we lived in....
Precious times...
Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High school California....I grew up waving to Richard and Karen driving through the neighborhood where I grew up! We'd be outside on our bicycles!
Listening to the Carpenters you just can't be mad. Karen will always put you in a better mood.
Love how she goes from high to low in this song! Her heart is on total display during this performance! There's a degree of sadness too as she sings "and when my life is over". Not knowing that she wouldn't live very long. All in all,there's something about this song that hits you deep down inside unlike any other song that Karen ever sang!
Her voice literally brings tears to my eyes.. it touches something deep inside it is so soulful such a rich sultry beautiful voice.. there's not a voice I've ever heard before her or since her that equals her
Jennifer Rush definitely has the best voice in the history of pop music.
@@samii_tot Not even close to the best.
Karen Carpenter is in a league of her own. Her voice was lush, intonation perfect. Her lower register is like no other. She died too young. She had so much more to give and share. She could sing the phone book and you would listen forever. Simply, the greatest pop voice ever. Period the end. Full stop.
I was fortunate enough to see them perform twice.
One time was when Merry Christmas Darling was introduced.
The greatest concert I ever attended.
Karen Carpenter!! How could we have been so privileged to witness the finest female singer of all time and then have her taken from us just after 32 short years? The legend lives on in her recorded history!! What a sweet, deep, emotion filled vocalist!!
This generation knew what REAL Music was
Absolutely. Fortunately any younger generations with taste can discover these past gems on RUclips.
This woman sounds as if she saw you across a crowded room and she wanted to get to know you better so she poured her heart out to you with her music. This lady was a beautiful person inside and out. I was 9 and a half years old when she passed away. I am almost 48 years old now. Her music still embraces me after all these years. She was really great. I think that her music and her memories will live on forever
Just sad that this most beautiful singer passed so early in her life. No one can equal her soft but strong angel voice!
The world still misses you Karen.
Yes, I most certainly do!
Yes it does.
Indeed 🌺🌸
Today, 12/23/2020, I am tearing up while listening to this song...
always
Bravo, Karen! she was the best female singer ever and by a country mile IMHO! So much emotion in her voice, she was an extraordinary talent.
Karen was the best female singer I ever heard, she could sing any style of music and it will come out great. She was so beautiful both inside and outside, we lost a beautiful person. Heaven knows I loved her.
She couldn't sing opera. She wouldn't be able to sing many Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston or Lady Gaga songs in the way that they did. Anyway, Karen is unique and great at the type of songs she sings which are mostly ballads.
@@angryjalapenoShe's still one of the best, no doubt! :-)
No she didn't have the high pitch of a Whitney or Mariah but they didn't (or don't) have the quality of voice Karen had. I don't listen to Lady Gaga but from what I have heard of her she is no match for Karen.
@@ChildOfThe1970s Whitney Houston had a great set of pipes, but she didn't know what to do with them. Ditto for Mariah Carey. Karen Carpenter had very good pipes, and an exquisite understanding of how to sing. Similarly, people also used to say, "So-and-so has better pipes than Sinatra," and yet no one knew how to put over a song like he did.
No doubt Whitney had glorious pipes, but seemed unhappy with her arrangements. Over hundreds of performances she'd sung, I never heard her sing the same song the same way twice & not EVER like her Studio Versions. Something struck me as questionable with that? 😳
The combination of Karen's voice and this haunting song would've been immortal under any circumstances; after what happened to Karen, this song became one of the most beautiful, sad, wonderful performances of all time.
Well said.
@@sulupee And if you see her here, she just looks like a normal woman. She is not "fat." And then if you see the 1977/1978 Christmas Specials...she is just way too thin. Breaks my heart. Easily one of the most amazing singers, ever.
Karen's voice rapresents amazingly dream, purity, clarity, depth, honesty, sincerity, sweetness, class, sensuality, pleasure (also orgasmic) and first of all LOVE! It's really something incredibly supernatural ... heavenly.💗💗💗💗
donny Hathaway sings this song like no one else, then Karen appears and changes everything, it was just magical. She looked like an angel singing love
Leon Russell wrote and sang this song for Rita Coolidge.
Timeless. One of their best songs!
I love Karen her voice so amazing especially this one
A song for you ❤
My goodness!! She sings so effortlessly and these are the most technically difficult you could hope to choose. Rest in peace sweet angel.
Just love the Carpenters music. Still feel sad when I hear Karen Carpenter songs. Her memory will live on.
This is simply beautiful is there anybody with the most gentle of voices with a power to touch the very depths of the soul.truly magical.
Thank you for sharing this. I remember my dad playing Carpenter songs to me as a kid. Used to steal the cassette tape and listen on my own. still do today. Missin the old days
When she sings, she tells you a story like she whispers it to your ears. I could never name another singer who does the same magic!!!! This is the best best best version of this song!!
If only she knew how much she was loved
She knew, but she couldn't understand the way to keep believing in that.
Can't understand why this song never reached no1 in UK charts bloody excellent!!!!
I agree
I love this rendition! Karen's gorgeous voice and Richard's brilliant arrangement.......absolute perfection! I read they recorded it in one take.
The most beautiful American female voice, forever & ever,wow!!!
she owed this song made it her own. Noone could duplicate this effort, Karen Girl we miss the hell out of you..... !
Wow..what a gem she is...gone but never forgotten♡
When I was a teenager, I always did a Carpenters song at Talent Show. Brings back such special memories of simpler times.
I could listen to Carpenters over and over. She had a great voice and a sweet spirit.
Not many singers can convey this much emotion without screaming or hitting irritatingly loud or multi-syllabic notes - Karen made it feel effortless and yet so much work was put into making these performances as fine as they are.
Shes my fave female singer ever. Ask me on a certain day and I'll tell you shes the greatest singer of all time. Period. GOAT
What a GREAT song. Her voice was unique. What a great blend of the two.
Karen left us a legacy.For me, still remains the best female voice EVER.Music never dies.
In recent years, this song has been covered to near death. From American Idol to Broadway and all the way back again. Never forget that THIS is and will eternally be, the definitive version. Leon Russell, you and Karen sure made an indelible mark in music with this. Pure, incomparable magic : )
This may be one of THE finest vocals ever laid down, and one of my favorites of hers. I liked when she was so emotive and went farther with the emotion in the song. And she looks beautiful here, man. Such a loss.
Karen has sweetest and most beautiful voice ever. She gave me chills here, esp when singing the lower notes. Hands down, the best female singer of all time.
Just about the perfect song and arrangement for Karen ; but then she took every song 2 a level unsurpassed. She had such a pure voice . There was such emotion in there. Whenever I hear her sing any song, she still moves me . My favourite ever singer and one , if not , the greatest female singer ever. She died 2 young just over 35 years ago. Miss her every day.
Amen love this wonderful voice… reading the book “Little girl blue” The Life of Karen Carpenter, for the second time. It’s a very intimate book & anyone that loves her should read it. The greatest female voice ever, she doesn’t even have to try to sing … Love you Karen, I was 15 yrs. Old when Close to you came out. I said “who is that?” Been following her ever since. RIP dear sister🙏🏼😘also my granddaughter was born February 4, 2021, the date she passed Feb. 4 1983. That’s the first thing I thought of when she was born. 🙂Beautiful voice
I’m appreciating this song like never before. Those low notes melt my heart
The tributes to her here are wonderful. And eye watering.
the best female singer ever........she was amazing, I don't think she ever realised how good she really was and that is so sad
I wish I appreciated her when the Carpenters were on the top of the charts... Instead I was listening to Woodstock n the like.... Now that I'm older I'm stunned I could have been so cavalier about her music ... She is simply one of the best!!
@Andy Benitez hey!!
@Andy Benitez she has one of the purest voices I've ever heard!!!
If you can listen to Karen and not be moved... I don't want to know you.
RIP darlin' girl, we miss you.
+kryfon Right on kryfon!
I have teared-up more times listening to this beautiful human being than I can recount. There is just something so moving about her.
lol, love your message.... melancholy sweeps over me each time I listen to Karen sing. Her haunting voice. It is for this reason I can't play her whole album ... she would have reduced me to a total wreckage by the end of the album.
M referring to kryfon's message....
I agree 100%
Wow!! Such a talent!!! So young but has such magic in every song . Just saddens me to know the loneliness and pain Karen went thru. I gotta say, the TV absolutely loves her. What a beautiful soul....very much still loved and missed. At least Karen will never be forgotten. She’s frozen in time thru all these wonderful videos...thank you to those that post them!! 💜
What an INCREDIBLE turn around to go with Karen's INCREDIBLE VOICE, and "I love you in a place where there's no space or time" I could listen to this a million times and not get tired !!!
Richard holds her up there well. He's playing is just perfectly suited to her vocals. I will always love her low tones more than her highs in vocal range. Just so so beautifully orchestrated. I think her voice is the best in musical history, certainly of her generation. Always missed always loved.💝💔⚘
No one compares to her tonal quality. Silky smooth and rich and velvety.
After all of this years, she still melts my heart, and gives me those goose bumps.. What a contribution to music, to the soul, to life this is!!! Thank you Ned for sharing the Carpenters here!!!
She was an unique singer. Her voice was simply the best. She sang with her soul, transmitting all the feelings of what she was actually singing. Rip Queen 😪
Voice of Karen is Unique and incomparable with anyone.... It touches my heart....My all time favourite