First time hearing Karen's solo material - this song captures a side of her voice I'd never heard. Very sad to lose her so young - it would have been wonderful to hear her continue to develop as an artist.
Oh my !! I like Carpenters albums, but this was such a step forward for Karen Carpenter. She should be with us today, just imagine a duet with the amazing Dionne Warwick for example... So unfair. Eternal love and regret, dear Karen.
Some may have doubts that Karen Carpenters had the sweetest, harmonic and most wonderful voice in the world, my one day of my life is not the same if I do not listen to one of her adorable songs, you only lived 32 years and when I listen to your songs my feelings fly!!!
Tenía.una.tristeza en sus ojos,sus labios esbosaban una sonrisa y sus ojos decían:*.necesito que me entiendan.y ser amada* . Cuando nos parece que no encontramos quien nos entienda y nos ame .....busca el amor de Dios.que todo lo llena , sentirás ese amor.y podrás amar a otros. Dios les.bendiga.
I thought I would never fall in love again; then I realized I fell in love with Karen Carpenter. Her art reaches the highest degree so naturally one cannot evaluate, just feel her adorable voice...
Recording studios and the people in charge are notorious for turning down music that goes on to be hit records at other studios. Based on the strength if this song (which sounds contemporary even in 2023), they should have given the record a chance -- or at the very least, tweaked it a bit. It was a mistake to totally shelve the project.
...I like the higher range and happier material. Just what was needed to move her/their careers. Karen wanted a change; no sad ballads but a new and different approach to their sound. Love it.
GREAT video, love the pictures to this great song from the greatest - drummer, singer with the voice of an angel... she was ahead of her time, & her potential wasnt' realized... some people are so afraid of losing they do just that when they think they let the caged bird sing...so we all lose in the end...
Two days before her death Karen said to Phil Ramone "The album is fucking good". I think the album must be renamed, is not the solo album, is The Fucking Good Album. You're right, beautiful Karen.
You know after reading thousands of comments on you tube, I'm really amazed at how little people really know about the Carpenters, but when you read alot of crap people write they try to convince you, that this is the way it was. The truth is unless you knew Karen, Richard, the band, or anyone in the posse you don't know. Richard knew that people would try to paint him as the bad guy. But let everyone in on a secret don't believe everything you hear, or read. He does so much good for the world!
As Karen told me (April / May 1979), "Because Richard is the businessman, Richard tries to keep up a public image of being mean and ruthless even to his own family. Richard feels the image helps him make better deals than if other people saw him as being caring and such. I go along with it, but I know the real Richard has a heart of gold and it's tough for me sometimes to read stuff written about him because the Richard I know doesn't have a mean bone in his body."
@@all.about.cheonan I lived in the same area as her step cousin Wendy and I used to take piano lessons with her cousin Patti on her dad's side. I live about an hour from Wellsville NY where the Lynn family was located (dad's mom side of the family, George Carpenter married Nellie [Lynn] Carpenter). Karen kind of skipped off for a bit between September 1978 and June 1979 and then again from June 12 to 21, 1981. I knew Karen really well. I was one of many she called on February 3, 1983.
Karen sounds great! I Love the photos and these are all of my favorite videos of Karen! Wow! Smiling ear to ear! Thank You so much for doing this and posting it! Karen we are still and always will be in LOVE with YOU! Miss you dearly! Thank You Karen for so much!
A alguno le pueden quedar dudas que Karen Carpenters tenía la voz las dulce, armónica y mas maravillosa del Mundo, mi un día de mi vida no es lo mismo si no escucho una de sus adorables canciones, solo viviste 32 años y cuando escucho tus canciones mis sentimientos vuelan!!!
Sin duda alguna, para mí es la artista más hermosa de todos los tiempos, vivió solo 32 cumplidos pero casi 33, no me cansaré nunca de escuchar su voz preciosa.
It took a few seconds to get into the groove of this, and it is unlike her "group" recordings, but as I listened, I found myself really enjoying this. I guess I'm just a Karen C. fan!
Admittedly, a few of the songs on her solo album were underwhelming -- more the fault of the song than the singer, but this one sounds like it was ready made for radio. Shame it was never released as a single.
Great song. Peppy and cheerful and shows another side of Karen's amazing versatility and beautiful voice. Also love her playful attitude in the clips and they suit the song so well. Thank you for uploading indigo2302. Excellent job.
Nobody ever could get near KC's ability to interpret a song. . and nobody approached that extraordinarily beautiful voice but I''m afraid this could almost be anybody.
I just love the comments on how she should or shouldn't have sung a particular song. This is Karen at her best. Doing what she loved. 30 years later and still the judgments and inappropriate comments.
@@oneovernever Thanks for your reply. I thought the guy was John Denver because I'd seen John Denver in duet with Karen Carpenter in a video available on RUclips entitled "Karen Carpenter/John Denver Duet TV Special 1976."
If this song had been released as a single -- I think it would have been a hit -- and her album would have sold well -- maybe even better than the Carpenters Passage and Made in America.
@oakwoodx88 letting her drum. Her image of herself? A lot stronger than many have thought. She knew very well how good she was. People tend to forget that it was Karen who did most of the talking, who had the social skills which Richard lacked. Her mother even called her the strong one in the family. I think that they were both naive about the business and remained so. Managers and executives manipulated them both. The things that Richard and Karen let happen to them are stunning.
Karen came up with a new word, "buddaho", on this song. Rod Temperton had someone call Karen up in 1979 and pretend to be from Merriam Webster and asked Karen what buddaho meant for the new dictionary. I told Karen to say, "It means the same as mannahay and for mannahay see buddaho." Karen figured out it was Rod behind the call, but I can't remember who actually called. Nice video clips. Karen always liked being thought of as 'the girl next door' and we enjoyed meeting people that didn't know who she was and just talking. For about a week in mid June 1981, Karen and I had a bunch of kids at a high school that thought Karen was a 19 year old exchange student and I was her fiancé, Smart Aleck (we actually used the other 3 letter word for aleck that begins with an a too). Karen was always a down to earth person.
I was astounded when I heard the solo album how outstanding it was. I never bought the argument it would not have been successful, it was not strong, it was inferior to her Carpenters work I think, unquestionably, the problem was the impact the album--success or not--would have on the flow of the Carpenters' recordings and the public's feeling for Richard and Karen as a precious unit. It's why Diana Ross solos were not released when she was leading the Supremes, thought it was considered.
@oakwoodx88 After reading "Little Girl Blue," it's very clear that Karen was extremely driven and ambitious. She practiced the drums for hours on end, and spent time at her friends' house learning everything that she could about grips, rhythm, timing and so forth. Nobody pushed her to do this; she did it on her own. She was also a dancer and an artist, a scholarship winner (which she had to give up.) They were both ambitious. Karen was not that shy: she's the one who pushed her teacher into
Karen Carpenter was an inspiration to me my father knew both Karen and Richard Carpenter well um company I got to know Karen through letters and pictures and she's the best person I've ever had she's like a sister to me May the Carpenters songs and emotions that I'm forever in the spirit of Karen will never miss her to always be in our hearts for life
@arfies "All Because of You" also sounds very modern, like it could be used in a movie soundtrack. I hope someone discovers these tracks someday... buried treasure indeed.
Some people are commenting that this was sung in too high a vocal range for Karen. And, it's true that Richard always told her in their arrangements that "The money is in the basement". However, Karen had an amazingly wide vocal range that few people in history have had. Check out this video demonstrating her range: ruclips.net/video/NFoVRNTqaSY/видео.html
You should all listen to Tori Holub’s covers of Karen Carpenter. Outstanding, faithful, and so close. She hits the low notes. She has the smoothness. She nails so many aspects. In fact, I find her a little smoother than Karen, but I also find that I miss the comparative edge that Karen had in her voice. Tori is slightly too smooth. Also, while she emulates the style well, she uses less vocal fry that Karen (which to me made Karen sound confident and relaxed). All that said, Tori is excellent. And she cover Olivia Newton-John extremely well too. Tori has a nice original song out too. Check her out.
My wandering soul, how it aimlessly dwells Among darkened hills, amidst its unseen spells, And in the distance all that I hear: the summoning of bells. Far above me, the high boughs they are bending, The once hidden moon now slowly ascending And as it sings to the world its sleep song, I sit in its shadow and await my ending.
I took her passing away really hard Like a family member or close friend I know today is her would be 74th birthday We love you Karen
Always ! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
First time hearing Karen's solo material - this song captures a side of her voice I'd never heard. Very sad to lose her so young - it would have been wonderful to hear her continue to develop as an artist.
THE VOICE....THE DRUMMER....THE LEGACY!
Oh my !! I like Carpenters albums, but this was such a step forward for Karen Carpenter. She should be with us today, just imagine a duet with the amazing Dionne Warwick for example... So unfair. Eternal love and regret, dear Karen.
Some may have doubts that Karen Carpenters had the sweetest, harmonic and most wonderful voice in the world, my one day of my life is not the same if I do not listen to one of her adorable songs, you only lived 32 years and when I listen to your songs my feelings fly!!!
Tenía.una.tristeza en sus ojos,sus labios esbosaban una sonrisa y sus ojos decían:*.necesito que me entiendan.y ser amada* .
Cuando nos parece que no encontramos quien nos entienda y nos ame .....busca el amor de Dios.que todo lo llena , sentirás ese amor.y podrás amar a otros.
Dios les.bendiga.
This is SO relevant today. Love this song and all aspects of production.
I thought I would never fall in love again; then I realized I fell in love with Karen Carpenter. Her art reaches the highest degree so naturally one cannot evaluate, just feel her adorable voice...
It's just a natural reaction .
You, and everyone else that listens 💟
I just bought the last available CD of this album on Amazon...WINNER!!!!
This isn't from Love Lines? Or is it an extra on the CD version?
This sounds like it might have been a hit song in 1980 had it been released .. we'll never know. Great tune though. What a great talent Karen was.
I always felt KC had a future in TV and film....she passed too soon we will never know
This is my favorite from her solo album! I know it could have been a hit..I wish she was still here 💔😭😭😭😭
Recording studios and the people in charge are notorious for turning down music that goes on to be hit records at other studios. Based on the strength if this song (which sounds contemporary even in 2023), they should have given the record a chance -- or at the very least, tweaked it a bit. It was a mistake to totally shelve the project.
Karen is Stunning.......What a Loss to This World !
Hi
Pure beauty and she did not see it. Rest-In-Peace Beautiful Lady, You are Missed
...I like the higher range and happier material. Just what was needed to move her/their careers. Karen wanted a change; no sad ballads but a new and different approach to their sound. Love it.
The looks, the smile, the voice, that's KAREN
🌟 SUPERSTAR 🌟
💓
GREAT video, love the pictures to this great song from the greatest - drummer, singer with the voice of an angel... she was ahead of her time, & her potential wasnt' realized... some people are so afraid of losing they do just that when they think they let the caged bird sing...so we all lose in the end...
She was only 32 when she passed away. Her “potential” never happened. It would have, I am sure, had she lived.
Two days before her death Karen said to Phil Ramone "The album is fucking good". I think the album must be renamed, is not the solo album, is The Fucking Good Album. You're right, beautiful Karen.
i can see why they shelved the project jind of a corny song here
You know after reading thousands of comments on you tube, I'm really amazed at how little people really know about the Carpenters, but when you read alot of crap people write they try to convince you, that this is the way it was. The truth is unless you knew Karen, Richard, the band, or anyone in the posse you don't know. Richard knew that people would try to paint him as the bad guy. But let everyone in on a secret don't believe everything you hear, or read. He does so much good for the world!
As Karen told me (April / May 1979), "Because Richard is the businessman, Richard tries to keep up a public image of being mean and ruthless even to his own family. Richard feels the image helps him make better deals than if other people saw him as being caring and such. I go along with it, but I know the real Richard has a heart of gold and it's tough for me sometimes to read stuff written about him because the Richard I know doesn't have a mean bone in his body."
@@adriandowningiii8395 omg! did you meet her in person?
@@all.about.cheonan I lived in the same area as her step cousin Wendy and I used to take piano lessons with her cousin Patti on her dad's side. I live about an hour from Wellsville NY where the Lynn family was located (dad's mom side of the family, George Carpenter married Nellie [Lynn] Carpenter). Karen kind of skipped off for a bit between September 1978 and June 1979 and then again from June 12 to 21, 1981. I knew Karen really well. I was one of many she called on February 3, 1983.
Karen sounds great! I Love the photos and these are all of my favorite videos of Karen! Wow! Smiling ear to ear! Thank You so much for doing this and posting it! Karen we are still and always will be in LOVE with YOU! Miss you dearly! Thank You Karen for so much!
A alguno le pueden quedar dudas que Karen Carpenters tenía la voz las dulce, armónica y mas maravillosa del Mundo, mi un día de mi vida no es lo mismo si no escucho una de sus adorables canciones, solo viviste 32 años y cuando escucho tus canciones mis sentimientos vuelan!!!
Sin duda alguna, para mí es la artista más hermosa de todos los tiempos, vivió solo 32 cumplidos pero casi 33, no me cansaré nunca de escuchar su voz preciosa.
It took a few seconds to get into the groove of this, and it is unlike her "group" recordings, but as I listened, I found myself really enjoying this. I guess I'm just a Karen C. fan!
I like this song more every time I hear it
The best fan to be!😎
It's good 👍 Richard said her album was a piece of shit, according to Olivia Newton John. From the book little girl blue
Admittedly, a few of the songs on her solo album were underwhelming -- more the fault of the song than the singer, but this one sounds like it was ready made for radio. Shame it was never released as a single.
I love this song...Karen forever! 👋👋❤️👋👋
Great song. Peppy and cheerful and shows another side of Karen's amazing versatility and beautiful voice. Also love her playful attitude in the clips and they suit the song so well. Thank you for uploading indigo2302. Excellent job.
very nice job..every time I see and hear her, I Fall in Love Again.
i love karen carpenter and i never knew she did this song, 1 of the best shes done
she's my all time favorite.
Excellent! Can't get any better than this....
Nobody ever could get near KC's ability to interpret a song. . and nobody approached that extraordinarily beautiful voice but I''m afraid this could almost be anybody.
I just love the comments on how she should or shouldn't have sung a particular song. This is Karen at her best. Doing what she loved. 30 years later and still the judgments and inappropriate comments.
@Jarred Knox why? it is great! she really enjoyed making her solo album and she thought that it was great. then what do you think her best is?
She Was Very Talented On The Drums, They Should Of Let Her Keep On Playing The Drums.
In this video Karen really looks great.the song sounds great as well.perhaps is looking down from heaven and saying not too shabby.Karen thank you .
A Big Pop Star, amazing voice, .
Whaaaat?! I’ve never seen this. What a freaking trip.
Karen dancing with Paul Williams sent chills down my spine :)
Thanks for this vid!
You're talking about the sequence at 0:38, right? I didn't think it was Paul Williams but John Denver. Am I wrong?
@@nanto-takayuki You might be right... Paul Williams was a little chubbier than Denver. Thanks for the correction!
@@oneovernever Thanks for your reply. I thought the guy was John Denver because I'd seen John Denver in duet with Karen Carpenter in a video available on RUclips entitled "Karen Carpenter/John Denver Duet TV Special 1976."
@@nanto-takayuki It was John Denver.
@@richardea4223 Thanks for your confirmation.
good song...long time Karen fan...just bought the book "little girl blue"
Another really good song from her solo album. I think I'm going to buy this album.
If this song had been released as a single -- I think it would have been a hit -- and her album would have sold well -- maybe even better than the Carpenters Passage and Made in America.
I love Karen's expressions from 1:54-2:04.
What a way to open the 80s. Awesome.
She was so beautiful I will love her for ever ❤️
I will be forever in love with Karen :)
Wow, what a surprise, to her pundits, she could sing upbeat tunes, very nice indeed!
@oakwoodx88 letting her drum. Her image of herself? A lot stronger than many have thought. She knew very well how good she was. People tend to forget that it was Karen who did most of the talking, who had the social skills which Richard lacked. Her mother even called her the strong one in the family.
I think that they were both naive about the business and remained so. Managers and executives manipulated them both. The things that Richard and Karen let happen to them are stunning.
Karen came up with a new word, "buddaho", on this song. Rod Temperton had someone call Karen up in 1979 and pretend to be from Merriam Webster and asked Karen what buddaho meant for the new dictionary. I told Karen to say, "It means the same as mannahay and for mannahay see buddaho." Karen figured out it was Rod behind the call, but I can't remember who actually called. Nice video clips. Karen always liked being thought of as 'the girl next door' and we enjoyed meeting people that didn't know who she was and just talking. For about a week in mid June 1981, Karen and I had a bunch of kids at a high school that thought Karen was a 19 year old exchange student and I was her fiancé, Smart Aleck (we actually used the other 3 letter word for aleck that begins with an a too). Karen was always a down to earth person.
I very much "like" this video. Fine job and thank you for posting. S2
Quite a wonderful video montague
I was astounded when I heard the solo album how outstanding it was. I never bought the argument it would not have been successful, it was not strong, it was inferior to her Carpenters work I think, unquestionably, the problem was the impact the album--success or not--would have on the flow of the Carpenters' recordings and the public's feeling for Richard and Karen as a precious unit. It's why Diana Ross solos were not released when she was leading the Supremes, thought it was considered.
I feel the vibe of this song isn't that her golden years of her career sounds like it's sang & composed just these days brilliant!😘💡👌🎼🎵🎵🎵🎵
i love karen a lot !!!
This is a really nice selection of film clips/tribute to Ms. Carpenter
great job!!
Une voix qui ma charmé et qui nous manque. Avec sont frère j'estime que ce fut un des plus beau "DUO" des années 70/80 .
Still love you Karen.
Always and forever ♥️♥️♥️♥️ ‼️
Hermoso tema,hermoso video...thanks indigo2302!!! Abrazo. Germàn.
i love to listen to the carpenters
Did you know that this song is not from a Carpenters album but from Karen's solo album? She didn't make it with Richard.
Very nice voice
proof Karen could do punk rock. Wish she could have released this while she was alive
Karen Forever👍
Hell YAAAAA !!! 🌟
Tina Fey as Karen Carpenter in a movie.
0:44 -- The sweetest girl in the whole world -- ever.
Most definitely
She can make and do everything...
Preciosa canción te echamos de menos
the videos are so cute!it made me laugh!haha
Im 25 and i like this music
im 16 and i loooooove this music 😭
Great sing
@oakwoodx88 After reading "Little Girl Blue," it's very clear that Karen was extremely driven and ambitious. She practiced the drums for hours on end, and spent time at her friends' house learning everything that she could about grips, rhythm, timing and so forth. Nobody pushed her to do this; she did it on her own. She was also a dancer and an artist, a scholarship winner (which she had to give up.) They were both ambitious. Karen was not that shy: she's the one who pushed her teacher into
Karen Carpenter was an inspiration to me my father knew both Karen and Richard Carpenter well um company I got to know Karen through letters and pictures and she's the best person I've ever had she's like a sister to me May the Carpenters songs and emotions that I'm forever in the spirit of Karen will never miss her to always be in our hearts for life
🌟
Она обалденная)))Карен ты любима в России,эта любовь навсегда!
God bless!😎
COOOOOOOOL THANX EVER SOOOOO MUCH
While I love her solo work, my favorite was her low contra alto vocals. But, her talent was amazing in any key. She was a treasure.
@arfies "All Because of You" also sounds very modern, like it could be used in a movie soundtrack. I hope someone discovers these tracks someday... buried treasure indeed.
So sweet! Darn that ipecac syrup.
That's part of their 1976 Television Special.
0:56 dam that girl looked so rockin behind them drums.She kicked ass :)
I love this!!!! where'd you get all the excellent vids? omg!! i love this song!! great vid!!!
Love her at 0:28. She is So beautiful!!!
Some people are commenting that this was sung in too high a vocal range for Karen. And, it's true that Richard always told her in their arrangements that "The money is in the basement". However, Karen had an amazingly wide vocal range that few people in history have had. Check out this video demonstrating her range: ruclips.net/video/NFoVRNTqaSY/видео.html
@sunnysoundblackpool I can agree. One of my favorite songs is Sissy Spacek's version of "If I Can Just Get Through The Night."
Maravilhosa
Still in love with you la cancion mas rockera de karen carpenter q e p d
@improvguru You're completely RIGHT!! Good point.
We Will Miss You, Rest In Peace
Check out Meryll Bainbridge "Spinning". She sounds like Karen.
You should all listen to Tori Holub’s covers of Karen Carpenter. Outstanding, faithful, and so close.
She hits the low notes. She has the smoothness. She nails so many aspects. In fact, I find her a little smoother than Karen, but I also find that I miss the comparative edge that Karen had in her voice. Tori is slightly too smooth.
Also, while she emulates the style well, she uses less vocal fry that Karen (which to me made Karen sound confident and relaxed).
All that said, Tori is excellent. And she cover Olivia Newton-John extremely well too.
Tori has a nice original song out too. Check her out.
At 0:20 and 2:58 that's what Richard did with Karen and her solo album.
ha,ha i like it! that was funny when he covered her mouth LOL and the video does go with it pfft
Karen and Delora sounds so much alike ,miss them both .
@CarpentersFanForLife
sissy spacek is a good singer, specially in the film "coal miners daughter"
I didn't know this song. Maybe the only rock she recorded
GOD IS GREAT.
I agree!!!=)
whys every1 giving all ur messages thumbs down ?
1:10 That is some beautiful hair!
just a piece of advice from another Karen Carpenter fan..
its up to you if you will take it or leave it
saudades .. saudades .. saudades *
This is written by Russell Javors, who played guitar for Billy Joel ... Not Karen as listed.
My wandering soul, how it aimlessly dwells Among darkened hills, amidst its unseen spells, And in the distance all that I hear: the summoning of bells. Far above me, the high boughs they are bending, The once hidden moon now slowly ascending And as it sings to the world its sleep song, I sit in its shadow and await my ending.
Such a loss...
That's that
She reminds me Amy Grant in this music
You comment on everything! Lol. ProjectsBlack