This is amazing. To play drums in a medley such as this with so many tempo changes requires a lot of skill and dynamic finesse . She could have been a show drummer on Broadway or the West End in London. She has an old school drumming style that is low in volume but doesn't lose intensity or feel. Then, singing whilst doing all of that almost requires two brains because you are playing two different roles. She makes it look easy. The whole band including the backing vocalists are incredible.
She studied with Hal Blaine, of the the greatest session drummers of all time, especially for pop music. You're spot-on about her playing being very tasty.
@@jonathanrodgers4893without her drums, she wasn’t fulfilling her God given talent. By having to give that up, she was probably lost. Its very sad she needed to move forward. I understand that she would not have been the success she was if she kept at the drums.
@@derekmyers3258 I appreciate your words. Unless you are being sarcastic bc you never know with youtube comments! When you are expressing a gift that was given to you, you have joy. I used to feel that way when aI ran long distance and when I painted something as a child. Or played my guitar and sang. In a way her voice, also a blessing , was in competition with her drumming. So the talent that would make her a star won out. With touring, they wanted her in the front, and I also understand she was an introvert. Singing AND playing the drums is what she probably most wanted to do. I sing in the same key she does so it was always easier for me to sing with her than any other singer.
Jeez, were they good? Karen's voice, Richard's arrangements and a superb backing band. Sorely missed, especially in today's pop music scene. I consider myself lucky to have lived through the Carpenter's careers.
My god that voice is velvet. Chocolate for the ears. No autotune. Today's "talent" is nothing in comparison. Just incredible god-given talent. What a LOSS! I will love Karen and Richard until the day I die!
The people who forced Karen from behind the drum kit broke her-she was phenominal singing and playing drums- The band Night Ranger has a singing drummer Kelly Keagy.....he turns his kit sideways so the audience sees what he is doing- Had they did that with Karen her love of drumming and singing would have been kept intact-she was a drummer before her voice was discovered- She had playing complicated grooves and singing mastered-as this outside live performance shows-shame on those who split her talents-they got her voice out front.....and broke her spirit..... She is with God now.....He already had Karen's new drum kit ready to play including her vocal mic permanently mounted there-
What an amazing talent Karen Carpenter was! Not only a superb singer, but to play the drums with feel and always looking so relaxed and playing everything needed to make the music sound so good. I`m a professional drummer with my own Big Band and Jazz Quartet and I know Karen loved playing those Ludwig drums and she was an excellent drummer. Plus Richard doing those amazing arrangements is why this Burt Bacharach Medley is a winner. To do this all live outdoors and sounding so tight and with so much feel for the music is why bands like this you hardly ever hear today.
I’m looking for their monitoring system. Hearing yourself singing is the most challenging part of live performance. We never had wedge monitors or a decent PA in childhood bands, and it was horrible! Hard to sing in key and harmonize without good monitors and sound levels; especially if it’s loud rock music. The Carpenters had a lot of money behind them, so I’m sure they had the best gear and engineers. Karen stated they toured with about 25 people.
Karen displays a very powerful voice at times during this performance, and quite high. Something that really was never captured on the recordings. I never knew she could sing with such power. Her voice was simply flawless.
Yes. In their earlier days, Karen sang naturally with what they call an "edge". That means she wasn't soft & fluffy all the time, as they'd transformed her to be in mid 70's. I loved it when she sang like an Angel, along with, "don't mess with me" vibes! 😎
Besides of being very sweet of Karen Carpenter 💐💐and Richard Carpenter to perform for these Vietnam Vets, but this is a beautiful way to remember Burt Bacharach who passed away on February 8th 2023🖤🖤🌹🌹!! Most likely, Burt Bacharach was greeted by Karen Carpenter in Heaven🙏🙏👼👼!!! And Karen Carpenter 💐💐 shows her beautiful talents in singing 🎤💐💐and drumming 🥁💐💐💛💛💛💛💛!!!
I see a lot of Buddy Rich in her drumming techniques, and I think she played in his more calming style. I did notice that in one of her friend's high school year book, who was also a drummer in the high school band, that she mentioned Buddy Rich. So she, as a drummer, was aware of Buddy Rich, who was always on the Tonight Show.
Holy crap!!! I am watching and amazed that I believe this is performed live since so much was lip synched at that time for TV. No in-ear monitors. No close micing of the drums. No auto-tune. Listen to those harmonies. Performed outside! Listen to the balance between instruments and vocals. Name me any performer or group today who could sound this good under these conditions. And Karen is playing real drum beats and her vocals don't suffer AT ALL! This is truly an amazing performance.
2:28 -- Looks like it was his index finger, and he was conducting/emphasizing the false stop. I think he was too professional and too aware of his surroundings to get caught on camera flipping someone off. Now then, if you look very carefully at 3:26, you'll see that he briefly moons an elderly couple.
DrummerDan Back in those days, they didn't use ear monitors. What you heard is what you got, and when I see groups like Bon Jovi performing to 50,000++, I wonder how they stayed in tune before they started using ear monitors, but there are plenty of videos on here of them as well as many other singers before ear monitors were invented. When the fans are screaming, it has to be impossible to know you're singing in tune, but since I can't sing, I don't know what it's like. When I watched this again, several days or more later than my ORIGINAL reply, I realize that there are at least 2 other male voices singing as well as playing guitar behind Richard and Karen so they could be creating the harmony that we hear from just Rich and Karen on their albums.
@JOHNONZ2 I respect your opinion but I have to disagree a little bit. I guess that's because he was before my time. I had just graduated high school a couple of months before he died, but I truly loved a few of his songs, Kentucky Rain, Suspicious Minds, and my very favorite was In the Ghetto. That's why I can't really agree with you. I've listened to those songs enough times that he is like Karen, they each have voices that can't be duplicated.
Lip syncing was more common in modern times unless you include things like bandstand, musicians back then performed like this so were well versed in playing live, the level of skill required years ago was higher than today. Many live bands today rely on smoke and mirrors, dozens of dancers, tv screens, light shows, fireworks etc etc, to pad out the performance, groups end up on stage almost lost amongst what look more like a theatre production than a rock performance. They didn't need to entertain people with theatrical tricks and a cast of 100s back in those day's, they went on and performed
No autotune like most vocalists use today - pure talent for both Richard and Karen. Their musical abilities have & will stand the test of time for generations to come.
I’m a rock guy through and through but there is just no denying the unbelievable talent that this lovely woman had! She had the voice of an angel with a richness and soul like nobody before or since! The fact that she started out as a drummer and didn’t even imagine herself singing is pretty mind blowing.
Never have seen this before. Oh my gosh! Fantastic video! Just shows what an awesome talent she was. I cannot think of one female performer of the past 30 years who had such talent. The smoothest voice. The unbelievable drumming. And to do it so effortlessly. Amazing. No one comes close. No one.
Her singing alone, of course, legendary. Her drumming alone, she slays it. BOTH TOGETHER?! Do you know how difficult that is? This is a live, unadulterated performance. My goodness, we have lost so much with her death. Richard is a genius arranger and SO underrated and not respected enough for his work.
@@the3mfs359 Haaa! Me too! I just say to myself " ok now just listen to Karen and watch what you've seen her play a million times & you can play what Karen is playing on the drums".
At one time, the highest earning drummer in the world. She never got enough credit for her drumming just as a drummer. Like with Ringo, the music press often misses this. Karen was a fantastic drummer.
She was exceptionally talented at such a young age, only 20 here. I love the raw power of her voice in the early days. RIP Miss Karen and thank you for the music.
Thank, Karen! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 She'll be forever in our heart, every time we hear The Carpenters! Great band! Excelent performances!! Thankfull! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Karen"s voice was untouchable while drumming. Her meter was simply perfect. She was the only vocalist I have ever heard who's voice was even better when drumming. There will never come another.
Absolutely. Both Karen and Richard were so musically gifted in so many ways. No one could have done what Richard did regarding his arranging and composing that created a platform on which Karen’s incredible talent could be manifested. IMHO, only her brother could do that. The sibling connection they had was impossible to mimic by anyone else.
I saw the Carpenters perform in person in 1969. Close to You was the first song I ever sang to my toddler son. They were great and Karen was, of course, taken too soon from us. My heart hurts today because Burt Bacharach is the composer who chronicled my life from my 20's to today. His genius cannot be duplicated. RIP Burt and thank you for 60+ years of musical magic.
I sang and played piano with my toddler girl from 1971 to all of 'The Bacharach and David Song Book' while she sat on my lap and a bit later was able to sit next to me at the piano. Fond memories and yes my little girl is now a hot keyboardist and she knows it although she went on to become a dentist. No kidding. From musicality to dentistry. Where did I go wrong? Dean Seattle
Great to hear about everyone's talent n great memories.. I played some piano n the flute.. following along on flute. We went out as kids in high school mid 70s ..playing to nursing homes and VA. Noone dared to sing .. but we had a great jazz band doing Bacharach Carpenter, Scott McKenzie and all the talented song writers !
I saw an interview with Richard, where he said, "Karen could do drum rolls while she was singing, and without the drum rolls affecting the pitch of her voice, or her ability to sing." Yes, I had noticed that a long time ago. You can notice that ability on this live video. What a voice.
People need to see how unbelievably talented the Carpenters were, just look at them! Karen played the drums and sang at the same time like it's nothing. It's all very natural to her. And they're playing to perfection.
Such beautiful talented professional musicians, always on key. Pure melodic singing not all these pitchy voices of today that use autotune. Back then you needed to have pure talent. No one can come close to singing like Karen. Richard was just as talented in his own right. Once in a lifetime duo, if you're lucky.
Colorizing the rhythm of her singing voice independent of her drumming which is metronome exact. What a talented woman. This is not even mentioning the perfectly tight band. I am blown away.
Wow! How can anyone sound this good singing while playing the drums? And, she sounds better than the recording. An incredible talent. A beautiful instrument.
Playing the drums so perfectly and singing just as well, isn't an every day accomplishment. Karen Carpenter was an exceptionally talented woman. One we will not likely see again in our lifetime.
Just Yesterday, the Anniversary of her death. RIP Karen. How one human brain could drum & sing the complicated arrangement they performed, amazes me. Thank you, Carpenters. Thanks for posting this video.
Karen was not a good drummer - Karen was a great drummer! We all know what an exceptional singer she was but I appreciate her more and more getting to see clips like this!
She died of a broken heart. But she did what she loved. She was well loved and helped build an entire new genre for older baby-boomers...adult contemporary rock. John Denver and Gordon Lightfoot was also part of the new genre she created. The genre she helped create ended about the time she died. Love you Karen.
This video is not a joke, I just cried for two things that should be incompatible: the beauty of this music and the interpretation of The Carpenters and the faces that I have seen there among the public of beings condemned to die in war or to die in life. Faces with empty expressions and primitivized emotions. Damn the wars and the scoundrels that promote them.
Karen is so amazing playing those complicated rhythms and singing at the same time! And Richard’s amazing piano playing and arranging skills blow me away! It’s so incredibly sad that Karen died so young!
To add to your comment, Richard also had a great voice and knew how to use it, too. Karen was just out of this world, so many people don't actually get to see or hear his contribution to all this.
Just look at Sonny & Cher, Ike & Tina, Captain & Tinelle, Eurythmics etc, - the women were the glam front, and the guys were the brains in the background. The few exceptions that come to mind is Les and Mary Paul and The White Stripes.
@@jlholmes8 It's not his singing as much as his arrangement of all the vocal harmonies, instrument parts and his songwriting ability. Her voice is definitely angelic!!
What amazes me about Karen playing Drums so well, is that when you play music it's not just about the physical act of playing it, she's playing the drums aggressively... at the same time that she's singing beautifully, and gentle. Very hard to do both at the same time... even if you listen to someone like Don Henley play while he sings, he sings like he plays, aggressive. She sounds like an angel, while she's going at it on a percussion instrument. Very hard to do. Imagine Elton John playing hard and aggressive on the piano, but singing in almost a whisper. You just never see that kind of contrast in musicians. Another genius at this was Brian Wilson, he would play the bass live, and sing the falsetto! So he's singing the highest part, and playing the lowest part. Fairly amazing.
There are a ton of great singers belting out songs today, starting with Adele and Beyonce. What makes Karen special is that deep blue background every phrase comes out of. She's not an anthem singer, she's a singer of loneliness and sadness ("Goodbye to Love," "Road Ode"!) and we get to hear amazing music spring from that.
JUST IF ANYONE IS WONDERING..... THIS IS THE PEAK OF HUMAN MUSICAL PERFORMANCE..... THIS MAY BE EQUALED BUT IT IS NEVER SURPASSED.... KAREN IS UNBELIEVABLE
I agree, the Carpenters were on top of the world, pun intended, Karen was famous for not being satisfied with her performance in the studio, she wanted 2 do it again and again, everybody around her was saying it was perfect, not 2 her, she was a perfectionist, and it shows.
Wow! Blew me away! Karen and Richard were extraordinarily talented! It’s hard to find true live clips of them because they used to lip sync all the time on tv shows. They’ve proven they can absolutely duplicate on stage what’s on the record. So I wonder why they lip synced all the time when they sound THAT good live? Karen is an old hero of mine. God bless her.
Thank you for posting this. I had never seen this clip. I hope people find more. This is Karen Carpenter in her prime. She was an exceptional drummer and an incomparable vocalist. I wonder if the audiences of the time knew how very special she was.
I can barely keep it together when I hear Karen Carpenter sing. She had to leave this earth at a young age of 32 because Heaven was in major need of a voice instructor for the angels.
Not only was Karen a superb vocalist but also an excellent drummer. Kicked those skins butts! Great medley too. Losing her at such a young age still breaks our hearts.
I loved the hairstyle of Richard. As always... Karen is unmatched when it comes to her voice, some can sing and can even hit high notes, but Karen's voice is inimitable and majestic. Purely magic as if you were in a fairytale land. Karen looks so vibrant, healthy and so happy in this footage.
This video is an incredible snapshot in time. Not only does it showcase how talented the Carpenters were when performing live...but it also shows the poor Vietnam vets who sacrificed so much...and got treated so poorly by the media. It was so nice of The Carpenters to do this performance for the troops...when the rest of Hollywood were acting like Jane Fonda!
During a possible dawning of martial law, this is the most beautiful powerful thing I've ever seen. Since early childhood the Carpenters have never failed me. Not once.
When I was young in the 80s the Carpenters were deeply uncool. Same with the BeeGees. It’s only now that I’ve “rediscovered” them, through a drumming video recommendation, and I’m absolutely gobsmacked at how talented they were.
More talent on that stage for 6 minutes than in the last 10 Grammy shows combined.
A classic understatement. How good is this!!!
You are so correct about that...✌🏽😎🎶❤️🌹🎹🌺✨🌸🕊️✨✨We miss you, beautiful lady. Heaven is sweeter now. I bet your singing. 🎤🕊️🕊️
SORRY Dude the last 25 Grammys combined 🤩
That's for damn sure
You’re not kidding👍
Seriously singing over complex drum arrangements....as a drummer I'm blown away
Best female vocalist still counting in 2023.
Pure talent, nothing to match up to press 2024.
Gaz UK
No one beats her. Not Celine, not ANYONE!
Still counting the Best Female Singer and Drummer Ever in 2024❤
It’s 2024, and Karen is still the best ever.
@@unclewilbur8976 Yes, Burt Bacharach said never be another voice quite like Karen
People need to know how difficult it is to drum that well and sing at the same time
specially with that voice quality
yes. but the drumming is not very complex
@@sharpisharp complex ? Are you musician or arm chair?
@@lisadavenport476 i didn't talk about the quality
Thank you. Unfortunately it and hasn't been recognized. Not like males. It just is what it is.
This is amazing. To play drums in a medley such as this with so many tempo changes requires a lot of skill and dynamic finesse . She could have been a show drummer on Broadway or the West End in London. She has an old school drumming style that is low in volume but doesn't lose intensity or feel. Then, singing whilst doing all of that almost requires two brains because you are playing two different roles. She makes it look easy.
The whole band including the backing vocalists are incredible.
She studied with Hal Blaine, of the the greatest session drummers of all time, especially for pop music. You're spot-on about her playing being very tasty.
@@jonathanrodgers4893without her drums, she wasn’t fulfilling her God given talent. By having to give that up, she was probably lost. Its very sad she needed to move forward. I understand that she would not have been the success she was if she kept at the drums.
@@debbiemartin2026 That's such a touching analysis of a beautiful and tragic life. Thank you.
@@derekmyers3258 I appreciate your words. Unless you are being sarcastic bc you never know with youtube comments!
When you are expressing a gift that was given to you, you have joy.
I used to feel that way when aI ran long distance and when I painted something as a child. Or played my guitar and sang.
In a way her voice, also a blessing , was in competition with her drumming.
So the talent that would make her a star won out.
With touring, they wanted her in the front, and I also understand she was an introvert.
Singing AND playing the drums is what she probably most wanted to do.
I sing in the same key she does so it was always easier for me to sing with her than any other singer.
From what I've learned she never wanted to sing. Correct?
RIP, Burt Bacharach. No one could sing and deliver your songs as beautifully as the Carpenters.
A fantastic combination of talent. RIP Burt and Karen.
I love The Carpenters and this medley, but I have heard of a Dionne Warwick who wasn’t too shabby for Burt. 😉
@@jasontorreshancock5104 Dionne and Burt were a fabulous team.
Only Just 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Yes I could hahaha 😆
Jeez, were they good? Karen's voice, Richard's arrangements and a superb backing band. Sorely missed, especially in today's pop music scene. I consider myself lucky to have lived through the Carpenter's careers.
She looked so healthy here. It amazes me how she could control her voice so well while playing the drums like that.
This clip is from 69 or 70 so yeah she's not anorexic yet.
I just love her so much and always will. My heart continues to be so sad now that she's gone
This is called GENIUS.
@@franklangstroth6074 I hope a voice like her again
Playing the drums was her true passion. She only sang because her brother convinced her too. She was more confortable just playing the drums.
When music was MUSIC! Not today's crap.....
I agree with that and when it was fun to sing along with and dance to and today's music has no rhythm
Lo mismo pienso yo!👍👍
I agree *EMPHATICALLY!!!!!*
Still grieving for her after all these years... she truly was the voice of the heart.
Awww, my heart 💖 thanks you for posting this!
yes she deffo died at least 3 decades too early
x
I love to see Karen playing drums
My god that voice is velvet. Chocolate for the ears. No autotune. Today's "talent" is nothing in comparison. Just incredible god-given talent. What a LOSS! I will love Karen and Richard until the day I die!
Absolutely!
Me too
Just her talent. Nothing to do with a non-existent being.
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The world sure is a poorer place without Karen Carpenter!
Arcadio saberon oh please don't make me cry. T - T
Arcadio saberon It sure is!!
The people who forced Karen from behind the drum kit broke her-she was phenominal singing and playing drums-
The band Night Ranger has a singing drummer Kelly Keagy.....he turns his kit sideways so the audience sees what he is doing-
Had they did that with Karen her love of drumming and singing would have been kept intact-she was a drummer before her voice was discovered-
She had playing complicated grooves and singing mastered-as this outside live performance shows-shame on those who split her talents-they got her voice out front.....and broke her spirit.....
She is with God now.....He already had Karen's new drum kit ready to play including her vocal mic permanently mounted there-
a shout out to richard as well. the composer and song writer for the carpenters.
@@damienroberts934 Rich-ER!
What an amazing talent Karen Carpenter was! Not only a superb singer, but to play the drums with feel and always looking so relaxed and playing everything needed to make the music sound so good. I`m a professional drummer with my own Big Band and Jazz Quartet and I know Karen loved playing those Ludwig drums and she was an excellent drummer. Plus Richard doing those amazing arrangements is why this Burt Bacharach Medley is a winner. To do this all live outdoors and sounding so tight and with so much feel for the music is why bands like this you hardly ever hear today.
The vocals, all in tune, live, perfect! Never happens now!
LOL Lip Sync research it.
That's not true
I’m looking for their monitoring system. Hearing yourself singing is the most challenging part of live performance. We never had wedge monitors or a decent PA in childhood bands, and it was horrible! Hard to sing in key and harmonize without good monitors and sound levels; especially if it’s loud rock music. The Carpenters had a lot of money behind them, so I’m sure they had the best gear and engineers. Karen stated they toured with about 25 people.
@@glicmathan1771 Probably not at this small time outdoor gig, and so early on.
You need to research your brain Shelley. She was one of the sweetest most talented singers of the century. How can you dare say lip sync?
Karen displays a very powerful voice at times during this performance, and quite high. Something that really was never captured on the recordings. I never knew she could sing with such power. Her voice was simply flawless.
@David GOAT, word!
Yes. In their earlier days, Karen sang naturally with what they call an "edge". That means she wasn't soft & fluffy all the time, as they'd transformed her to be in mid 70's.
I loved it when she sang like an Angel, along with, "don't mess with me" vibes! 😎
Besides of being very sweet of Karen Carpenter 💐💐and Richard Carpenter to perform for these Vietnam Vets, but this is a beautiful way to remember Burt Bacharach who passed away on February 8th 2023🖤🖤🌹🌹!! Most likely, Burt Bacharach was greeted by Karen Carpenter in Heaven🙏🙏👼👼!!! And Karen Carpenter 💐💐 shows her beautiful talents in singing 🎤💐💐and drumming 🥁💐💐💛💛💛💛💛!!!
Is it any surprise that one of the world’s GREATEST drummers, Buddy Rich, was quite IMPRESSED with Karen Carpenter’s drumming?
Yes actually, it is. It would be pretty much a surprise for that guy to be impressed with anyone.
And John Lennon loved her voice...
I see a lot of Buddy Rich in her drumming techniques, and I think she played in his more calming style. I did notice that in one of her friend's high school year book, who was also a drummer in the high school band, that she mentioned Buddy Rich. So she, as a drummer, was aware of Buddy Rich, who was always on the Tonight Show.
Karen Carpenter had a flawless voice. Along with her brother it’s nothing short of amazing.
The purest voice on the the planet both THEN and NOW. As for Bacharach WOW!
Ever seen a man of 63 cry? !!
Holy crap!!! I am watching and amazed that I believe this is performed live since so much was lip synched at that time for TV. No in-ear monitors. No close micing of the drums. No auto-tune. Listen to those harmonies. Performed outside! Listen to the balance between instruments and vocals. Name me any performer or group today who could sound this good under these conditions. And Karen is playing real drum beats and her vocals don't suffer AT ALL! This is truly an amazing performance.
DrummerDanVA Thanks I wish they had done more live performances!
2:28 -- Looks like it was his index finger, and he was conducting/emphasizing the false stop. I think he was too professional and too aware of his surroundings to get caught on camera flipping someone off. Now then, if you look very carefully at 3:26, you'll see that he briefly moons an elderly couple.
DrummerDan Back in those days, they didn't use ear monitors. What you heard is what you got, and when I see groups like Bon Jovi performing to 50,000++, I wonder how they stayed in tune before they started using ear monitors, but there are plenty of videos on here of them as well as many other singers before ear monitors were invented. When the fans are screaming, it has to be impossible to know you're singing in tune, but since I can't sing, I don't know what it's like. When I watched this again, several days or more later than my ORIGINAL reply, I realize that there are at least 2 other male voices singing as well as playing guitar behind Richard and Karen so they could be creating the harmony that we hear from just Rich and Karen on their albums.
@JOHNONZ2 I respect your opinion but I have to disagree a little bit. I guess that's because he was before my time. I had just graduated high school a couple of months before he died, but I truly loved a few of his songs, Kentucky Rain, Suspicious Minds, and my very favorite was In the Ghetto. That's why I can't really agree with you. I've listened to those songs enough times that he is like Karen, they each have voices that can't be duplicated.
Lip syncing was more common in modern times unless you include things like bandstand, musicians back then performed like this so were well versed in playing live, the level of skill required years ago was higher than today.
Many live bands today rely on smoke and mirrors, dozens of dancers, tv screens, light shows, fireworks etc etc, to pad out the performance, groups end up on stage almost lost amongst what look more like a theatre production than a rock performance.
They didn't need to entertain people with theatrical tricks and a cast of 100s back in those day's, they went on and performed
Live, outside, with none of today's fancy technology, just raw sublime talent.
No autotune like most vocalists use today - pure talent for both Richard and Karen. Their musical abilities have & will stand the test of time for generations to come.
I’m a rock guy through and through but there is just no denying the unbelievable talent that this lovely woman had! She had the voice of an angel with a richness and soul like nobody before or since! The fact that she started out as a drummer and didn’t even imagine herself singing is pretty mind blowing.
There is something in Karen Carpenters voice that takes me to a tender part of my soul,
By far, the best video of Karen singing and drumming. Unbelievable talent.
You kinda take for granted just how good Karen was then you see this performance and are blown away again.
@@seedsofhopeonline she was the BEST! SO musical, sincere... pitch perfected... heart felt... PLAYING an instrument... and singing...
You should see her drumming with the jazz trio before this!!!
Never have seen this before. Oh my gosh! Fantastic video! Just shows what an awesome talent she was. I cannot think of one female performer of the past 30 years who had such talent. The smoothest voice. The unbelievable drumming. And to do it so effortlessly. Amazing. No one comes close. No one.
@Susan KellyYeah, I would stare in awe, too! lol This was live and woweee! Beats anything today.....for sure!
Her singing alone, of course, legendary. Her drumming alone, she slays it. BOTH TOGETHER?! Do you know how difficult that is? This is a live, unadulterated performance. My goodness, we have lost so much with her death. Richard is a genius arranger and SO underrated and not respected enough for his work.
Karen Carpenter...quite possibly the best-singing drummer of all time!
@ShakingTwo, is possible!
Karen Carpenter’s voice still stops me in my tracks. No one will ever come anywhere near her. Heavens Angels are taking singing lessons from Karen.
after 45 years, i still know every word and note of this medley.
i can no linger find my house keys, but this i remember.....
same here! I still have the LP!
I knew it too for decades. I found I was slipping a bit tho from not hearing for 25 years.
Haaaa! Yeah every word embedded in my brain but now in my 60's I have to think did I just do that or was that yesterday!
LMAO!!! 58 and know what your saying. I've heard and watched this video so much, I feel I could play the drums. Ha! Ha!
@@the3mfs359 Haaa! Me too! I just say to myself " ok now just listen to Karen and watch what you've seen her play a million times & you can play what Karen is playing on the drums".
At one time, the highest earning drummer in the world. She never got enough credit for her drumming just as a drummer. Like with Ringo, the music press often misses this. Karen was a fantastic drummer.
She was exceptionally talented at such a young age, only 20 here. I love the raw power of her voice in the early days. RIP Miss Karen and thank you for the music.
Thank, Karen!
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
She'll be forever in our heart, every time we hear The Carpenters!
Great band! Excelent performances!!
Thankfull!
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Karen was an angel put on this earth. Such a beautiful human being and talent!!
totally
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Karen"s voice was untouchable while drumming. Her meter was simply perfect.
She was the only vocalist I have ever heard who's voice was even better when drumming.
There will never come another.
Only Karen could make a live concert outdoors sound like a studio recording.
So ... true!
i feel bad for those poor guys,,,thet look so shell shocked and depressed,,,all that for politicians,,,makes me sick
Absolutely. Both Karen and Richard were so musically gifted in so many ways. No one could have done what Richard did regarding his arranging and composing that created a platform on which Karen’s incredible talent could be manifested. IMHO, only her brother could do that.
The sibling connection they had was impossible to mimic by anyone else.
Check out the British guitarist who Analyzes Karen!s Studio vox Vs her Live vox - turns out she's more in pitch live
@@davehalili3430 Wings of Pegasus? I've seen that and others of his. Yeah, he's great and so enthusiastic.
I saw the Carpenters perform in person in 1969. Close to You was the first song I ever sang to my toddler son. They were great and Karen was, of course, taken too soon from us. My heart hurts today because Burt Bacharach is the composer who chronicled my life from my 20's to today. His genius cannot be duplicated.
RIP Burt and thank you for 60+ years of musical magic.
I sang and played piano with my toddler girl from 1971 to all of 'The Bacharach and David Song Book' while she sat on my lap and a bit later was able to sit next to me at the piano. Fond memories and yes my little girl is now a hot keyboardist and she knows it although she went on to become a dentist. No kidding. From musicality to dentistry. Where did I go wrong?
Dean
Seattle
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Lucky you.
Great to hear about everyone's talent n great memories.. I played some piano n the flute.. following along on flute. We went out as kids in high school mid 70s ..playing to nursing homes and VA. Noone dared to sing .. but we had a great jazz band doing Bacharach Carpenter, Scott McKenzie and all the talented song writers !
She was a treasure..my God...killing the drums AND gorgeous singing ...and live..no lip syncing. Good grief..they were awesome.
The whole package! Brilliant voice, brilliant drumming, brilliant musicianship. What an amazing talent.
I saw an interview with Richard, where he said, "Karen could do drum rolls while she was singing, and without the drum rolls affecting the pitch of her voice, or her ability to sing." Yes, I had noticed that a long time ago.
You can notice that ability on this live video. What a voice.
People need to see how unbelievably talented the Carpenters were, just look at them! Karen played the drums and sang at the same time like it's nothing. It's all very natural to her. And they're playing to perfection.
Yes, they need to see it. And they did. In 1970. Where have you been?
Karen Carpenter is an incredible talent that we have not seen the like of since her passing.
Takes me back to my childhood really miss these days when everything was so much simpler and people were nice to each other
Such beautiful talented professional musicians, always on key. Pure melodic singing not all these pitchy voices of today that use autotune. Back then you needed to have pure talent. No one can come close to singing like Karen. Richard was just as talented in his own right. Once in a lifetime duo, if you're lucky.
The musicality of The Carpenters never ceases to amaze me.
Not in a million years will we have another Karen Carpenter.
I’m trying to type something enough to describe just how magical that was and words fail me. That’s all.
Colorizing the rhythm of her singing voice independent of her drumming which is metronome exact. What a talented woman. This is not even mentioning the perfectly tight band. I am blown away.
Live, playing drums...and her vocals are still flawless!! Karen is the G.O.A.T!!
That she would now be seventy if she still lived. It’s been an empty 37 years without her in our lives.
Wow! How can anyone sound this good singing while playing the drums? And, she sounds better than the recording. An incredible talent. A beautiful instrument.
Playing the drums so perfectly and singing just as well, isn't an every day accomplishment. Karen Carpenter was an exceptionally talented woman. One we will not likely see again in our lifetime.
Karen makes all these classic songs uniquely her own. What a talent. There'll never be another Karen Carpenter.
and what a real sad "A Star is Born" story...
Priceless video
Robert Rutger Too bad she commited suicide!
Shirley Walkowicz too bad youre either misinformed, a tasteless jerkoff, or both.
Shirley Walkowicz anorexia is suicide?
There were very few musicians supporting our troops back then so this was something special to see.
I’ve watched a lot of the Carpenters but have never seen this one. Thanks for posting. Really neat to see.
It sure is!
Just Yesterday, the Anniversary of her death. RIP Karen.
How one human brain could drum & sing the complicated arrangement they performed, amazes me. Thank you, Carpenters.
Thanks for posting this video.
She could play other 2 or 3 instruments, write music and even act! A rare talent gone too soon.
@@renarga6886 What? She didn't play other instruments and she didn't write music.
True
@@TheLarryBrown she could play the piano and the guitar, too. And she was an amazing actress. Check out their TV specials.
People back in the day had no idea how good they had it music-wise...
Karen was not a good drummer - Karen was a great drummer! We all know what an exceptional singer she was but I appreciate her more and more getting to see clips like this!
yes great live performance!
No one beats Karen in a live performance, awesome, and she was only 20!
Well said! Love her drumming!
Agree, Great drummer, i enjoy the videos with Karen on the drums most.
She died of a broken heart. But she did what she loved. She was well loved and helped build an entire new genre for older baby-boomers...adult contemporary rock. John Denver and Gordon Lightfoot was also part of the new genre she created. The genre she helped create ended about the time she died. Love you Karen.
God! This is live! She sounds amazing as usual. She was the best by far. We
This video is not a joke, I just cried for two things that should be incompatible: the beauty of this music and the interpretation of The Carpenters and the faces that I have seen there among the public of beings condemned to die in war or to die in life. Faces with empty expressions and primitivized emotions. Damn the wars and the scoundrels that promote them.
Those harmonies...oh my god! This is real music!
Karen is so amazing playing those complicated rhythms and singing at the same time! And Richard’s amazing piano playing and arranging skills blow me away! It’s so incredibly sad that Karen died so young!
To add to your comment, Richard also had a great voice and knew how to use it, too. Karen was just out of this world, so many people don't actually get to see or hear his contribution to all this.
@@nirmalsuki Karen and Richard were the best right????
@@nirmalsuki oh I soooo agree…Richard has an incredible voice. And it is unspeakable sad that Karen died so young.
Karen's the best singer who ever lived and Richard's talent has been unheralded!
Only because he was so overshadowed by Karen. He is a great singer, she was a godly singer.
Just look at Sonny & Cher, Ike & Tina, Captain & Tinelle, Eurythmics etc, - the women were the glam front, and the guys were the brains in the background. The few exceptions that come to mind is Les and Mary Paul and The White Stripes.
Just smooth listening
@@jlholmes8 It's not his singing as much as his arrangement of all the vocal harmonies, instrument parts and his songwriting ability. Her voice is definitely angelic!!
Perfect voice and perfect rhythm. Karen is having a wonderful time. Totally in her element and on top of the world!
Karen Carpenter and Burt B --Talent beyond measure and will never be equaled.
Any young generation who can do something like this? Artists and songwriters were so great then.
This is even better then their NOTE PERFECT studio recordings... and it's LIVE!
What amazes me about Karen playing Drums so well, is that when you play music it's not just about the physical act of playing it, she's playing the drums aggressively... at the same time that she's singing beautifully, and gentle. Very hard to do both at the same time... even if you listen to someone like Don Henley play while he sings, he sings like he plays, aggressive. She sounds like an angel, while she's going at it on a percussion instrument. Very hard to do. Imagine Elton John playing hard and aggressive on the piano, but singing in almost a whisper. You just never see that kind of contrast in musicians.
Another genius at this was Brian Wilson, he would play the bass live, and sing the falsetto! So he's singing the highest part, and playing the lowest part. Fairly amazing.
Only 1 million views a young Karen carpenter playing drums and singing is a rare show.
Pitch perfect! Simply amazing. No one even close to her talent exists today.
There are a ton of great singers belting out songs today, starting with Adele and Beyonce. What makes Karen special is that deep blue background every phrase comes out of. She's not an anthem singer, she's a singer of loneliness and sadness ("Goodbye to Love," "Road Ode"!) and we get to hear amazing music spring from that.
However those singers you mentioned, didn't play drums at all, no less perfectly while singing.
Very creative, very unique, even when they sang their own songs, they'd change the composition or melody....The Carpenters were NEVER boring!
Perfection from a better time
Holy crap, have I seen anyone as talented as Karen Carperter, new fan here guys...
YOU TUBE DESERVES SOME KIND OF WORLD AWARD.THEY BRING JOY TO EVERYBODY WHEN STUFF LIKE THIS SURFACES.
spectrumlocalb191 You’re so right. RUclips is best thing internet has provided mankind when it comes to remembrance and joy.
Totally agree. I can’t believe I found this.... bravo you tube!
The bést of their time.They are truly unforgeattable!
JUST IF ANYONE IS WONDERING..... THIS IS THE PEAK OF HUMAN MUSICAL PERFORMANCE..... THIS MAY BE EQUALED BUT IT IS NEVER SURPASSED.... KAREN IS UNBELIEVABLE
"What is this?" Said no one, ever.
When I first saw this, I'll bet I watched it a hundred times. Not much better than this.
I agree, the Carpenters were on top of the world, pun intended, Karen was famous for not being satisfied with her performance in the studio, she wanted 2 do it again and again, everybody around her was saying it was perfect, not 2 her, she was a perfectionist, and it shows.
She had such great talent. Super hard to plat drums and sing simultaneously, and to do it so effortlessly.
The great Buddy Rich loved Karen as a drummer--not to mention as a singer. She was one in a million. The Carpenters are a national treasure.
Karen was a great drummer and singer as well, Richard was the musical genius, together
They made it exceptional ,
The Carpenters !!
Wow! Blew me away! Karen and Richard were extraordinarily talented! It’s hard to find true live clips of them because they used to lip sync all the time on tv shows. They’ve proven they can absolutely duplicate on stage what’s on the record. So I wonder why they lip synced all the time when they sound THAT good live? Karen is an old hero of mine. God bless her.
Thank you for posting this. I had never seen this clip. I hope people find more. This is Karen Carpenter in her prime. She was an exceptional drummer and an incomparable vocalist. I wonder if the audiences of the time knew how very special she was.
Impeccable live performance. The Carpenters were pure talent, both in-studio and live.
I mean, I love Bacharach and I love The Carpenters, so this is just sublime. All musicians here are superb.
She did this live performance at the age of 20...such a mature talent she had at such a young age
I can barely keep it together when I hear Karen Carpenter sing. She had to leave this earth at a young age of 32 because Heaven was in major need of a voice instructor for the angels.
I've never seen this performance before, this is awesome. Pure talent.
Just when you think you've seen every performance, this gem is discovered, as ever a real joy to watch and listen to, thanks!
Alison rainbowz Oh there's much more footage and performances that haven't been seen in years waiting to be discovered.
Henry Jackson tell dick to release them!!!
Takes me
Not only was Karen a superb vocalist but also an excellent drummer. Kicked those skins butts! Great medley too. Losing her at such a young age still breaks our hearts.
An angel singing! You're so missed Karen! ♥️
Wow! how could she sing like that and drum at the same time?! Amazing!
Just mind boggling the talent they possessed and such a young age!!!
Boy, they are in the middle of the park and the sound it's just superb. What a great voice, what a perfect harmony.
Pitch perfect, with no technological enhancement beyond basic amplification. Karen Carpenter.
I loved the hairstyle of Richard. As always... Karen is unmatched when it comes to her voice, some can sing and can even hit high notes, but Karen's voice is inimitable and majestic. Purely magic as if you were in a fairytale land. Karen looks so vibrant, healthy and so happy in this footage.
Richard should have kept his hair longer...it would have given them more of a "cool" factor.
"Prince Valiant Helmut"
She looks great and seems like she's enjoying performing.
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Juan, Richard DOES look like Prince Valiant (and also like one of the guys in “The Loving Spoonful”)!
This video is an incredible snapshot in time. Not only does it showcase how talented the Carpenters were when performing live...but it also shows the poor Vietnam vets who sacrificed so much...and got treated so poorly by the media. It was so nice of The Carpenters to do this performance for the troops...when the rest of Hollywood were acting like Jane Fonda!
During a possible dawning of martial law, this is the most beautiful powerful thing I've ever seen. Since early childhood the Carpenters have never failed me. Not once.
When I was young in the 80s the Carpenters were deeply uncool. Same with the BeeGees. It’s only now that I’ve “rediscovered” them, through a drumming video recommendation, and I’m absolutely gobsmacked at how talented they were.
These people were so lucky, they will never see the likes again.
Karen Carpenter was simply incredible. A master musician in all respects.
Karen Carpenter, the voice of an angel who left this earth much too soon. I'm sure she is up in heaven singing.
OH MY GOD! That was really good! Stars these days can't play and sing like that. The nailed that stuff.
Harmonic beauty. Absolutely stunning. No screaming like today's singer's.