Tony was an LA studio guy, but not one of the Wrecking Crew. When the band was running through rehearsal, Peluso began adding a rock edge to his solos. Richard Carpenter loved it and urged the guitarist to push it heavier. The combination of easy rock ballads with heavy guitar became a staple of 70s pop. Note: Peluso also voiced the radio DJ on the "oldies" side of the "Now and Then" album.
@dhouse I was a wee lad when this came out too. My mom was a HUGE Carpenters fan, and I remember hearing that solo and thinking, "wow, this is cool. A rock solo in an easy listening tune". 👍🎸🤟
Tony asked Richard how do you want me to play it and Richard said I want you to go stratospheric with it . Richard said that in an interview . One of my all time favourite guitar solos , makes me shiver .
Agreed. When you listen to her, its sheer perfection. Every single note is pitch perfect , she was phenomenal, and deserves to be recognised alot more than they are for the brilliant work they gave us.
How big would the Carpenters be today if dear Karen were still with us?? Let's not forget Richard though, he's the genius behind their success...anyone agree?
They heterodyned. Richard wrote the songs that showcased Karen's voice. They were both great and talented musicians, but together they just pow! True synergy at work. I had such a big girlcrush on Karen, still do today.
I went to high school with Tony Peluso he was born an amazing talent. He grew up in a family of musicians. His parents were opera singers. He never used drugs his entire life and still God took him so early.
@Maidenpatrol This video is mashup, not a "real" event. The sound you hear is the album track (Track 4 from the album "A Song for You"-1972). The album track sound replaces whatever sound was on this video of the group playing the song. The person that created this video just faded the album track sound out before it was done--I presume because the video doesn't last as long as the album track. If you want to hear the entire solo, listen to the actual album track.
Yes, he does a good job there. The gentleman explains his work on this song in the documentary on the Carpenters, circa 1997. -------------------------------------------------------------- Richard said he got the idea from watching an old movie where this songwriter talks of the finest hit he ever wrote, "Goodbye to Love", but you actually never hear the song.... So Richard thought... "That's a great title, 'Goodbye to Love' " ... and so he started composing the literal song... his song! Explained in the documentary too.
helder sufiano Tony Peluso kills it on 6 strings. Altho on this recording the solo is double tracked, and I've never heard it double tracked before. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_to_Love
@@michaelangel2492 Yes you are absolutely correct! Richard was a master at arranging and putting elements together and he doesn't and never did really get the full credit due.
+Michelle Marie The jazzy rock guitar was Richard Carpenters idea. Karen does not need any props or whatever, but it is Richard who does the arrangements for them.
She has a lovely voice but she does need arrangement and, perhaps more so than most on this one, instruments. It is the whole and no-one understood that more than Richard, her brother.
@@Supersweetguy Richard Carpenter's production on this song and their albums was genius. The mic'd Karen really close because her voice wasn't strong, but it was absolutely pure and in the pocket. The harmonies are sooooooo tight.
Karen Carpenter was one gem that will never be duplicated. And the guitar solo at the end, simply one of the best ever regardless of the style, pop, rock, or whatever.
@@Bob31415 Richard’s music, John Bettis’s lyrics, Karen’s incredible & angelic voice, Richard & Karen’s beautiful harmonies, the band’s tightness, and then - the icing on the cake - Tony Peluso’s rocking fuzz guitar solo in the middle and at the end. Yes, it was Richard’s brilliant idea, but it was Tony’s fingers doing the singing! This is quintessential Carpenters stuff right here!
One of the greatest guitar solos of all time, not the normal for the carpenters, but Tony Peluso absolutely brilliant, and compliments that song perfectly. The best carpenters song. Take a bow Tony Peluso
Genius production as Richard Carpenter invents the "power ballad". Karen's impeccably lush harmonies swirl underneath Tony Peluso's stratospheric yet melodic phrasing. Truly a milestone for all fans of genre music; this one broke all the rules.
@SouthVA 757 Yeah, apparently the Carpenters copped a bit of stick for this song. Some of their 'fans' accused them of selling out. Laughable nowadays of course.
Yes Andrew, the carpenters lush harmonies under the seering, country/ rock guitar is such a cool integral part of the song. The Carpenters were superb.
The totally beautiful and timless, never to be forgotten, voice of Karen combined with the greatest guitar riff will never permit this song to be forgotten. RIP Karen we love you xx
2024 Karen is still the best, it took me a while to realize it (when you are a teenage boy cooler to like Aerosmith and Blue Oyster Cult), but it just seems to get better with time.
Karen Carpenter, she has the clearest most beautiful voice anyone has ever heard. Such a graceful singer. Sometimes you think to yourself The Sounds coming from her just can't be real. Karen Carpenter gone but never ever forgotten.
If you like Karen I suggest you listen to Judith Durham of the Seekers, e.g. The Carnival is Over. Her voice was the best imo and Celine Dion the pick of today's female singers
Don't overlook Richard Carpender...none of this would've happened without him. They have so many iconic songs but THIS song here is and has always been my favorite. Back in the day....who' would've thought the Carpenders would have one of the best guitar solos in the history of music.
The greatest Guitar riff ever. Brilliant. Many good guitarists have performed this but none have ever reproduced Tony's Tone, and sensitivity,. That is the difference from being a good performance and the performance of a maestro.
+Steve South I might be wrong here (according to the wife I usually am) but I think that the album had Tony Peluso actually credited with "Fuzz Guitar"
I met and got to know Tony when I worked at Disney. He was an executive with Pleasure Island,,,the night club facility at Downtown Disney in Orlando. He told me I was the first person to talk to him about being the guitarist for the Carpenters in a very long time. He was a really nice guy. Died of cancer later I think.
I believe this song was what started his career with the Carpenters. Richard and Karen remembered him from being part of an opening act band from a couple of years earlier. Karen, whose voice he idolized, called him to say they wanted to do a fuzz guitar solo for this song. That had never been done for a ballad before, but he said yes, and remained with the Carpenters until Karen's death. I think a few years ago he said that that he had heard virtually every recorded song going back to a Edison's "Mary Had A Little Lamb". He considered Karen Carpenter to be the greatest singer that ever lived.
I often wonder if Karen had any idea, had any clue, as to how much happiness she brought into peoples lives with that exquisite voice. if she only knew how much she made people smile at very the sound of her voice, perhaps she would have stayed with us longer.
Michael Pantyhose Yeah, I think that was part of her divine destiny, her purpose. She had to have this sickness and suffer, and eventually die, so that others wouldn't have to go through what she went through.
Joe, you are right on. I heard them play at NMSU in 1972. My girl friend and I loved their music,.....plus all of my friends. To me, hers is one of the most soothing voices I have ever heard. I play the piano........and 6 of their hits. thanks for postin'. Allen
To me, Karen has the best female voice to have ever entered my ears. I get the goose bumps every time I hear her sing. I also have always loved that guitar solo, very unexpected. It helped me to decide to begin playing the guitar in the 70's.
She was so tortured - her whole life. I grew up with the songs that Karen Carpenter sang to me and I didn't realize until years later how profound those songs were. Her voice resonates throughout generations. xoxoxo
+Karen Berino Now we know just maybe why Karen always seemed that her very heart and soul was in the songs she sang. And it makes me wonder if it had not been for her inner torture and pain, would she have even sounded as good as she did. It's sad to think about, but in retrospect, seems that may have contributed to her amazing and soulful delivery of hey singing.
You're right. I think maybe everyone has a bit of pain inside just for living in this crazy world. You could probably write a song or two yourself about your experiences I'm sure : ) Remember Billie Holiday? She was another tragic soul who sang with the same heartfelt vocals that resonate with any generation. I'm grateful that God had given both of these beautiful women the talent to express that in a way we all can relate to.
The musical director of the Heavenly Choir ran into GODs throne room and said O Holy One, my lead alto singer was just reassigned and I have no one to lead the alto section. God looked at his director and said "Don't worry musical one, I have just the voice for you" and the Lord looked to earth and said, "Karen, my child, you have done enough in that world and it is time for you to come home" and our beautiful Karen was gone. Maybe if we listen hard enough we can still hear her in the wind or on a softly snowy day.
Used to work behind the bar in a shitty pub where the music was just wallpaper. I put on an eight track of this album all night every night. This guitar solo is my best of all time especially as it's such a fuzzy surprise, endlessly melodic and good. The drinkers never seemed to notice five hours of non-stop Carpenters and the owners didn't care. No bloody wonder I got into punk!
She's been gone now for as many years as she lived. And even after she's been gone for 33 years, the Carpenters still hold the title of the most successful Pop Duo of all time.
Stockwell santley her breath control is the best--like Sinatra....that whole lyric is three lines without a breath--amazing...perfect pitch...emotional bloom...masterful and effortless
I love the way they sing and play: simple and natural. It is not a show, they are not pretending. They perform because they feel the music and express it with her voice and their instruments, not with fake actions. Excellent!
+Elaine Dotson It might be, Elaine. I dont speak from true experience. So the reason I say it is because I have thought I have been in love a few times since that first debilitating heartbreak. It never worked out. I was crushed and hurt again and again. But...I was able to feel that bubbly feeling again. Maybe we can find it for the long haul. Maybe not. But I think it might be possible, so why not try? It is better than looking back and thinking "what if?''
I'm 60 years old now, but I can't help thinking if someone had just held her tightly and told her how much she was loved and adored, it could have made all the difference..... ? I guess we'll never know, now..... 😢❤
She has a beautiful, warm, melodic voice that makes even this incredibly depressing song feel comforting somehow. So sad that the men in her life destroyed her.
Some say that the electric guitar in the middle and at the end is inappropriately harsh and discordant to the song but I say it just adds to its intensity
At the time this song was released, the Carpenters did receive hate mail (claiming that the Carpenters had sold out and gone hard rock) because of Richard's idea for a fuzz guitar solo in a love ballad, and some Adult Contemporary (AC)-oriented radio stations refused to play the song because of this solo (which may have kept it from reaching #1 on the AC chart, becoming the first Carpenters A-side since "Ticket to Ride" not to be a #1 AC hit). However, many Carpenters fans today still admire the song for its respectful uniqueness.
@@Supersweetguy Just read this. Incredible that they'd get hate mail over such a cool guitar solo. It did not take away from the ballad, it enhanced it.
What a beautiful song, its always been one of my favourites. Its so amazingly orchestrated and the words just flow. Karen was one of the most lovely female singers. Her songs always told a story, usually about unrequited love, sad love songs. I always felt she was singing her life story. I wish her life had been happier. Its so wonderful to be able to come to RUclips and listen and watch the Carpenters. Their music will never fade away.
I agree with you Sherman about Karen singing her life story. The lyrics seemed harmful to her and I wonder if some of their music didn't become a mirror of her condition would she still be here today.
It isn't as though I don't like their music, it's the greatest. "Goodbye To Love" literally brings to me to tears when they get towards the end when the drums break into the final "Ah's".
Karen Carpenter was a beautiful addition to what we consider what makes life worth living. Think about her voice and try to hear it tonight while you fall asleep. You'll see.
cobrabill1 i listen to this beautiful singer every night -she is an Angel -i can down load forever and never get enough of that beautiful voice -its heaven on earth -i love her -
Karen’s voice and sound were beyond compare. She was pure singer/musician. Even Ella Fitzgerald said how beautiful her voice was. She was so true to her song.
Her passing was a Great loss to all of us that loved her and her voice that was taken to soon . Her legacy of songs keep her alive and memorys of our own loves that are lost and whats to come , which is unknown to us All . Thank you Karen .
oh my those harmonies at the end are so amazing as a musician myself I can really appreciate how hard they must have worked to get all those notes right and pitch perfect, true genius :-) the chords that go along with the harmonies at the end are absolutely brilliant too very moving and emotional.
Tremendous song. Brilliant harmony, melody, lyric, lead vocal and guitar solo. This transcends MOR and all categorisations, The best thing the Carpenters ever did IMHO.
IN my opinion, one of the finest love songs ever composed. And my favourite guitar riff of all time performed brilliantly by the late, and GREAT Tony Peluso !
During my early teen years The Carpenters were admired by so many people. People of all ages so enjoyed and respected these two amazing talents. Karen must have suffered so much emotionally. But she was a beautiful lady with a beautiful soul. And I do not think ANY female voice can be compared to Karen.
"There may come a time when I will see that I was wrong, but for now this is my song." I used to dislike this line, because it was a ray of hope in an otherwise gloomy song, and I wanted to wallow in the darkness. It was the song's only flaw. But now, somehow it makes it even gloomier. Because it shows that saying goodbye to love is not irrationally pessimistic, nor a delusion borne from depression, but a sincere choice some of us feel we must make to cope with the crushing loneliness.
Leon, Thanks for the great wisdom you've shared. At 74, and single now for 25 years, I have been in that place for a long time. My therapist told me once that I could walk into a room with 100 single, beautiful women and in 15 minutes find the absolute worst one for me and fall madly in love with her. I've never proved him wrong. That's why I love Karen so deeply. She's never let me down, I just get in my car, drive in the countryside and listen to her soothe my pain.
Karen was our SUPERSTAR. She had ONLY JUST BEGUN and it seems like ONLY YESTERDAY that she was on TOP OF THE WORLD. Karen, even NOW we still long to be CLOSE TO YOU. RIP Karen and Tony.
She actually had a range of 4 or 5 octives but Richard thought her best voice and best music came from her lower register and that is why people think she didnt have a great range.
Well basically she switched from singing with a head voice to her chest voice, which is where that awesome tone comes from. Elvis did a similar thing; a lot of his earlier numbers are very head voice, but his distinctive tone and sound came from when he utilised more chest.
Whenever Karen opened her mouth and sang she always had a way of making people happy I was around 19 going on 20 at the time of her passing and when she passed away it was the saddest times for all her friends and family and legions of fans around the world I try too keep all the fond memories of Karen and the Carpenter's alive by listening and enjoying the sweetest songs ever sang by the Carpenter's
Surely one of the most iconic and beautiful voices of our age, velvety smooth tones and pich perfect, this lady was taken from us long before her time and she is missed by millions who share the love for her special gift.
Tony was a talented man with that guitar. I also enjoyed being his gal back in the early day's of Guzzaries. I loved his mom for always making us hamburgers with only ketchup on them, eating them in that big beautiful house. Glad to know you stuck with your music & went on to work with some of the best musicians ever. You were a master in the studio as a great engineer ~ ♥️ RIP sweet Tony.
Every time I hear this sad melancholy song it brings tears to my eyes😢😢😢 R.I.P."KAREN CARPENTER"
You're not alone on that my friend.
My Opinion, The Greatest Voice Ever!
So sad Tony Peluso is no longer with us. His guitar work on this tune will live long in the memory. One of the finest licks.
A Wrecking Crew guy?
Tony was an LA studio guy, but not one of the Wrecking Crew. When the band was running through rehearsal, Peluso began adding a rock edge to his solos. Richard Carpenter loved it and urged the guitarist to push it heavier. The combination of easy rock ballads with heavy guitar became a staple of 70s pop. Note: Peluso also voiced the radio DJ on the "oldies" side of the "Now and Then" album.
@dhouse I was a wee lad when this came out too. My mom was a HUGE Carpenters fan, and I remember hearing that solo and thinking, "wow, this is cool. A rock solo in an easy listening tune". 👍🎸🤟
Yes and there was another guitarist playing twin leads with him
Tony asked Richard how do you want me to play it and Richard said I want you to go stratospheric with it .
Richard said that in an interview .
One of my all time favourite guitar solos , makes me shiver .
The best song about loneliness ever written.
loneliness is a killer
Without a Doubt October 2024
Rock riffs in love ballads were a standard after this. Truly original
Agreed - Truly fantastic blend of that riff with the rest of the band and Karen. A masterpiece.
And it was all Richard's idea! Tony Peluso couldn't believe Richard wanted him to do that! One of th greatest guitar solos EVER!
The very first power ballad. Amazing bit of music history.
@@carolhesterberg7526 Tony thought Richard was crazy and it wouldn't work.
I would have to say that Karen Carpenter had the greatest voice of any singer ever
ABSOLUTELY THE BEST, NO ONE CAN MATCH HER
In her particular genre, yes. This is one of the Carpenters best - great melody, beautifully sung & brilliantly orchestrated & played.
@@ifmusicbethefoodofloveegc986 Yes yes yes
Agreed. When you listen to her, its sheer perfection. Every single note is pitch perfect , she was phenomenal, and deserves to be recognised alot more than they are for the brilliant work they gave us.
I agree!
I don't care what anyone says....70s music can stand a lifetime. LOVE 70s
How big would the Carpenters be today if dear Karen were still with us?? Let's not forget Richard though, he's the genius behind their success...anyone agree?
They heterodyned. Richard wrote the songs that showcased Karen's voice. They were both great and talented musicians, but together they just pow! True synergy at work. I had such a big girlcrush on Karen, still do today.
She was one in million and would have outclassed and performed pop stars of today!
Emily Cigliano they would be the greatest band or Duo ever I wish she would have never died so sad 😭
Albert Tropeano if it wasn’t for Richard, the carpenters wouldn’t exist
No I don't agree
They were a team he was nothing without Karen and he knew it that is why he got mad when she went solo
I went to high school with Tony Peluso he was born an amazing talent. He grew up in a family of musicians. His parents were opera singers. He never used drugs his entire life and still God took him so early.
Denny M i have a real apprieciation for him. Thats awesome you knew him.
I really appreciate tony peluso great to hear this rare and awesome guitar talented..😊💗
Sadly, the TV gods decided that the entire guitar solo wasn't worth including. The fade out eliminates at least 15-20 seconds of the solo.
@Maidenpatrol This video is mashup, not a "real" event. The sound you hear is the album track (Track 4 from the album "A Song for You"-1972). The album track sound replaces whatever sound was on this video of the group playing the song. The person that created this video just faded the album track sound out before it was done--I presume because the video doesn't last as long as the album track. If you want to hear the entire solo, listen to the actual album track.
Typical really, Floyd spent decades on coke and acid and there still all here.
one of my favorite guitar solo's of all time.... 2:56
Yes, he does a good job there.
The gentleman explains his work on this song in the documentary on the Carpenters, circa 1997.
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Richard said he got the idea from watching an old movie where this songwriter talks of the finest hit he ever wrote, "Goodbye to Love", but you actually never hear the song.... So Richard thought... "That's a great title, 'Goodbye to Love' " ... and so he started composing the literal song... his song! Explained in the documentary too.
who did this guitar solo??'!!.....eric clapton?
eric clapton???? bahahahahahaha!!!!!!!
helder sufiano Tony Peluso kills it on 6 strings. Altho on this recording the solo is double tracked, and I've never heard it double tracked before. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_to_Love
liveclassictunes is he in the rock hall?
A rock ballad with a heavy guitar riff and full strings backing with Karen's voice - simply amazing! There is nothing to compare in today's music.
You are absolutely right about that.
you are got it right
This is the proto type for power ballads but most of them ditched the classical elements.
@@michaelangel2492 Yes you are absolutely correct! Richard was a master at arranging and putting elements together and he doesn't and never did really get the full credit due.
@@frankbray9416 My uncle was the studio drummer on most of the Carpenters hits . RIP
Hal.
Karen doesn't need props, not even an instrument because her voice is soooo beautiful!!
Here Here!
+Michelle Marie The jazzy rock guitar was Richard Carpenters idea. Karen does not need any props or whatever, but it is Richard who does the arrangements for them.
The voice is an instrument
She has a lovely voice but she does need arrangement and, perhaps more so than most on this one, instruments. It is the whole and no-one understood that more than Richard, her brother.
@@Supersweetguy Richard Carpenter's production on this song and their albums was genius. The mic'd Karen really close because her voice wasn't strong, but it was absolutely pure and in the pocket. The harmonies are sooooooo tight.
Right from the first bar I am anticipating Tony Peluso's utterly brilliant solo.
He wasn't playing live though
@@gunzlepugIm sure he was, but this video has been overlayed with the recording.
@@richardpatrick2852 Ok 👍
Richard called it "fuzz" guitar.😊
One of my all-time favourite guitar solos.... So melodious.
Karen Carpenter was one gem that will never be duplicated. And the guitar solo at the end, simply one of the best ever regardless of the style, pop, rock, or whatever.
Guitar solo AND the chorus. Absolutely incredible.
Weyes Blood band vocalist almost reaches Karen's tune, but i don't think no one will ever be so talented as she was
@@Bob31415 Richard’s music, John Bettis’s lyrics, Karen’s incredible & angelic voice, Richard & Karen’s beautiful harmonies, the band’s tightness, and then - the icing on the cake - Tony Peluso’s rocking fuzz guitar solo in the middle and at the end. Yes, it was Richard’s brilliant idea, but it was Tony’s fingers doing the singing! This is quintessential Carpenters stuff right here!
@@juliebarrows8149 Absolutely. Just a mind blowing ending, but for me it's the chorus more than the guitar at the end that carries this masterpiece.
Wish Karen would have stayed with us long enough to have VanHalen play in one of her songs. Richard was a genius and would have made it work.
My only complaint about this beautiful song is that the guitar solo at the end doesn't go on for 10 minutes!
Right. The guitar AND the chorus.
Very true. Not everything can be "Comfortably Numb"
And Karen wasn't playing the drums to accompany that outro.
One of the greatest guitar solos of all time, not the normal for the carpenters, but Tony Peluso absolutely brilliant, and compliments that song perfectly. The best carpenters song. Take a bow Tony Peluso
Genius production as Richard Carpenter invents the "power ballad". Karen's impeccably lush harmonies swirl underneath Tony Peluso's stratospheric yet melodic phrasing. Truly a milestone for all fans of genre music; this one broke all the rules.
@SouthVA 757 Yeah, apparently the Carpenters copped a bit of stick for this song. Some of their 'fans' accused them of selling out. Laughable nowadays of course.
And to think, people actually complained.
A game changer
*THE* Voice, coupled with *the* guitar solo.
Yes Andrew, the carpenters lush harmonies under the seering, country/ rock guitar is such a cool integral part of the song.
The Carpenters were superb.
The totally beautiful and timless, never to be forgotten, voice of Karen combined with the greatest guitar riff will never permit this song to be forgotten. RIP Karen we love you xx
Only angels sing like her. Anyone still listening here in January 2020. A shooting star here and gone. Luv ya, Karen, RIP,
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I am still listening here in January 2021 and forever ,I lover her too an angel Karen Carpenter , RIP.
@@chatchaikeoswang9254 And I am here in 2022, still loving this song of generations.
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2024 Karen is still the best, it took me a while to realize it (when you are a teenage boy cooler to like Aerosmith and Blue Oyster Cult), but it just seems to get better with time.
Karen Carpenter, she has the clearest most beautiful voice anyone has ever heard. Such a graceful singer. Sometimes you think to yourself The Sounds coming from her just can't be real. Karen Carpenter gone but never ever forgotten.
This song is me married but not loved as live has passed me by
She has no equal, in my opinion.
If you like Karen I suggest you listen to Judith Durham of the Seekers, e.g. The Carnival is Over. Her voice was the best imo and Celine Dion the pick of today's female singers
MuzicA gostei bastante boa
She had a genius for interpreting lyrics, that she had a beautiful voice is just a bonus
I'll never say goodbye to Karen's sweet voice. It remains magical.
The Voice ! No one else comes close. PERIOD.
silky smooth and beautiful.
I just do not want that fuzz guitar solo to ever end!
Don't overlook Richard Carpender...none of this would've happened without him. They have so many iconic songs but THIS song here is and has always been my favorite. Back in the day....who' would've thought the Carpenders would have one of the best guitar solos in the history of music.
This is my favorite of theirs also. 2nd place "Happy".
But he controlled her.
@@jbravo1591everyone did, thus the premise for her ED
this is how music should sound not the shit. you hear today seventies music lives on forever
Is it rap ? Or crap?
There’s still great music out there, rap and pop aren’t the only genres, you know. Look for the alternative stuff.
Stick with the seventies and you'll never go wrong I promise
@@roddor7254Nice positive response!!😊😊
As a guitarist for some 40 years or more I never even came within 5,280 feet of TONY'S talent. God rest his soul and I thank HIM and GOD.
The greatest Guitar riff ever. Brilliant. Many good guitarists have performed this but none have ever reproduced Tony's Tone, and sensitivity,. That is the difference from being a good performance and the performance of a maestro.
Tony Peluso performs the fuzz guitar solo. Magnificent!
+Steve South I might be wrong here (according to the wife I usually am) but I think that the album had Tony Peluso actually credited with "Fuzz Guitar"
+Steve South This could be the very first power ballad!
+william blanc www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/tony-peluso-guitarist-whose-solos-on-the-carpenters-goodbye-to-love-ushered-in-the-power-ballad-era-2041048.html
+Jeff Stewart A great read. Tony was truly that rarest of musicians: a trailblazer. Thanks for the link!
Jeff Stewart Thanks man for the great link! Great information about a great musician who made things happen!
Not many gaps to breathe in this song, it seems effortless to her. R.I.P.
The fuzz lead guitar was a masterstroke.
RIP Karen Carpenter and Tony Peluso, the lead guitarist.
what was it like to be in Karen's band?
I met and got to know Tony when I worked at Disney. He was an executive with Pleasure Island,,,the night club facility at Downtown Disney in Orlando. He told me I was the first person to talk to him about being the guitarist for the Carpenters in a very long time. He was a really nice guy. Died of cancer later I think.
i like florida, our family goes to my sisters house in ft myers to escape northern winters
Tony liked her....his guitar solo here is cooooollllllllll
??? and Fort Myers is a crime ridden hole. You must be going to Sanibel or Fort Myers Beach.
Tony Peluso just looked so cool, like, the happiest guy ever.
I believe this song was what started his career with the Carpenters. Richard and Karen remembered him from being part of an opening act band from a couple of years earlier. Karen, whose voice he idolized, called him to say they wanted to do a fuzz guitar solo for this song. That had never been done for a ballad before, but he said yes, and remained with the Carpenters until Karen's death. I think a few years ago he said that that he had heard virtually every recorded song going back to a Edison's "Mary Had A Little Lamb". He considered Karen Carpenter to be the greatest singer that ever lived.
I often wonder if Karen had any idea, had any clue, as to how much happiness she brought into peoples lives with that exquisite voice. if she only knew how much she made people smile at very the sound of her voice, perhaps she would have stayed with us longer.
+joe castellana No, she didn't know. There's no way she could have known.
Michael Pantyhose I think they should have committed her, too, but I don't think they thought it was that big a deal.
Michael Pantyhose Yeah, I think that was part of her divine destiny, her purpose. She had to have this sickness and suffer, and eventually die, so that others wouldn't have to go through what she went through.
Joe, you are right on. I heard them play at NMSU in 1972. My girl friend and I loved their music,.....plus all of my friends. To me, hers is one of the most soothing voices I have ever heard. I play the piano........and 6 of their hits. thanks for postin'. Allen
+antij1 bollocks
Such a Beautiful Lady. Such a Beautiful Song. Takes me back some 50 years. Thank you, Mme Karen, Msgr. Richard. Your music will Live ForeverMore!
She was too good for this world. Period. Pure perfection.
To me, Karen has the best female voice to have ever entered my ears. I get the goose bumps every time I hear her sing. I also have always loved that guitar solo, very unexpected. It helped me to decide to begin playing the guitar in the 70's.
She was so tortured - her whole life. I grew up with the songs that Karen Carpenter sang to me and I didn't realize until years later how profound those songs were. Her voice resonates throughout generations. xoxoxo
+Karen Berino Now we know just maybe why Karen always seemed that her very heart and soul was in the songs she sang. And it makes me wonder if it had not been for her inner torture and pain, would she have even sounded as good as she did. It's sad to think about, but in retrospect, seems that may have contributed to her amazing and soulful delivery of hey singing.
You're right. I think maybe everyone has a bit of pain inside just for living in this crazy world. You could probably write a song or two yourself about your experiences I'm sure : ) Remember Billie Holiday? She was another tragic soul who sang with the same heartfelt vocals that resonate with any generation. I'm grateful that God had given both of these beautiful women the talent to express that in a way we all can relate to.
You can not beat Karen's voice.
The musical director of the Heavenly Choir ran into GODs throne room and said O Holy One, my lead alto singer was just reassigned and I have no one to lead the alto section. God looked at his director and said "Don't worry musical one, I have just the voice for you" and the Lord looked to earth and said, "Karen, my child, you have done enough in that world and it is time for you to come home" and our beautiful Karen was gone. Maybe if we listen hard enough we can still hear her in the wind or on a softly snowy day.
Karen's singing, Richard's arrangements and Tony's guitar riff. Who could ask for anything more? Absolutely love this!
The greatest lead break fuzz guitar solo ever recorded. To this very day.
Fantastic guitar solo one of the best ever!
Probably one of the finest soft-rock guitar riffs ever at the end. And Karen's voice is/was amazing. Bitter-sweet memories.
One of the best guitar solo's ever and it's not even a rock song.Wonderful music.
Yuup.. its weird!! I am a lead Guitarist in a shitty band from OLY wa, but I reference this as a part of why this instrument matters
Used to work behind the bar in a shitty pub where the music was just wallpaper. I put on an eight track of this album all night every night. This guitar solo is my best of all time especially as it's such a fuzzy surprise, endlessly melodic and good. The drinkers never seemed to notice five hours of non-stop Carpenters and the owners didn't care. No bloody wonder I got into punk!
One of the finest songs ever made. God rest your souls Karen and Tony.
She's been gone now for as many years as she lived. And even after she's been gone for 33 years, the Carpenters still hold the title of the most successful Pop Duo of all time.
+Tony Alexander And.... may that never change! :)
She was the greatest singer of all time! The voice of an angel!
Amazing voice and in this one, amazing breath-control. Carpenters always make me cry.
Listening her music makes me cry, bring back so many memories... I was 20 at that time...62 now
hung chau i am 47 but i loved the carpenters (still do).i am a big fan of them.yes it bribgs back memories:(
Stockwell santley her breath control is the best--like Sinatra....that whole lyric is three lines without a breath--amazing...perfect pitch...emotional bloom...masterful and effortless
I know! I keep trying to do it and just about make it, but close to passing out!
this is a 😔 song I think she had depression
I love the way they sing and play: simple and natural. It is not a show, they are not pretending. They perform because they feel the music and express it with her voice and their instruments, not with fake actions. Excellent!
The voice of an angel has been said many times but it truly did apply to Karen Carpenter
Great ground breaking, original guitar solo by Tony Peluso. Miss you Karen, you will always be with us through your music.
Another beautiful song from the haunting, emotive voice of Karen Carpenter!
If I could do anything as beautifully as Tony played the guitar;....I would be such a happy person!! Anything!! What a gifted young man he was.
One of a kind she was. We will probably never see the talent she possessed again. The absolute finest singer ever.
Wonderful song. Karen's voice is so delightful - Tony Peluso's guitar solos are simply breathtaking!
This is the story of my life. My heart can't be repaired again.
+Elaine Dotson It might be, Elaine. I dont speak from true experience. So the reason I say it is because I have thought I have been in love a few times since that first debilitating heartbreak. It never worked out. I was crushed and hurt again and again. But...I was able to feel that bubbly feeling again. Maybe we can find it for the long haul. Maybe not. But I think it might be possible, so why not try? It is better than looking back and thinking "what if?''
The story of my life too. I gave up a long time ago though. I actually don't mind being alone but I guess I'm just used to it.
How are you guys?
I think we all can relate I definitely understand what Karen was going through
I'm 60 years old now, but I can't help thinking if someone had just held her tightly and told her how much she was loved and adored, it could have made all the difference..... ?
I guess we'll never know, now..... 😢❤
And how beautiful she was with a perfect body
She has a beautiful, warm, melodic voice that makes even this incredibly depressing song feel comforting somehow. So sad that the men in her life destroyed her.
Just Richard Carpenter things: inventing a whole new genre of music for no reason. I don't think there is a better power ballad than this.
Damn, that woman could sing - great guitar solo, too.
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The voice of an angel,genius arranger brother-and the guitar solo is the icing on the cake!
The guy playing the guitar is SO in to it. I love it!
He always looked that way, so happy and so into what he was doing.
@@foofoobear66 Why didn't Karen fall in love with Tony? He would have been good for her.
Thx Tony, guitar work out of this world.
Some say that the electric guitar in the middle and at the end is inappropriately harsh and discordant to the song but I say it just adds to its intensity
I agree.
So interesting the way they blended classical choral elements with a jazzy rock guitar. Amazingly, it worked and then some!
At the time this song was released, the Carpenters did receive hate mail (claiming that the Carpenters had sold out and gone hard rock) because of Richard's idea for a fuzz guitar solo in a love ballad, and some Adult Contemporary (AC)-oriented radio stations refused to play the song because of this solo (which may have kept it from reaching #1 on the AC chart, becoming the first Carpenters A-side since "Ticket to Ride" not to be a #1 AC hit). However, many Carpenters fans today still admire the song for its respectful uniqueness.
@@Supersweetguy Just read this. Incredible that they'd get hate mail over such a cool guitar solo. It did not take away from the ballad, it enhanced it.
The best ever female vocalist
What a beautiful song, its always been one of my favourites. Its so amazingly orchestrated and the words just flow. Karen was one of the most lovely female singers. Her songs always told a story, usually about unrequited love, sad love songs. I always felt she was singing her life story. I wish her life had been happier. Its so wonderful to be able to come to RUclips and listen and watch the Carpenters. Their music will never fade away.
I agree with you Sherman about Karen singing her life story. The lyrics seemed harmful to her and I wonder if some of their music didn't become a mirror of her condition would she still be here today.
It isn't as though I don't like their music, it's the greatest. "Goodbye To Love" literally brings to me to tears when they get towards the end when the drums break into the final "Ah's".
God wanted an angel to come home.
Karen Carpenter was a beautiful addition to what we consider what makes life worth living. Think about her voice and try to hear it tonight while you fall asleep. You'll see.
cobrabill1 i listen to this beautiful singer every night -she is an Angel -i can down load forever and never get enough of that beautiful voice -its heaven on earth -i love her -
The electric guitar part is phenominal and this song really is one of my favorites.❤️❤️👍👍
That guitar playing is brilliant 🎸 RIP Tony Peluso
Karen’s voice and sound were beyond compare. She was pure singer/musician. Even Ella Fitzgerald said how beautiful her voice was. She was so true to her song.
THE 1ST ROCK POWER BALLAD.
MAN I LOVED KARENS VOICE AND THAT JAM AT THE END IS AWESOME!!!
Her passing was a Great loss to all of us that loved her and her voice that was taken to soon . Her legacy of songs keep her alive and memorys of our own loves that are lost and whats to come , which is unknown to us All . Thank you Karen .
Its really memorize songs all fresh.first I heard when I was 22 now l am 64 likes all songs very much.
2024, and The Carpenters is always the best ❤
Tony Peluso . What a talent. Sadly missed.
oh my those harmonies at the end are so amazing as a musician myself
I can really appreciate how hard they must have worked to get all those
notes right and pitch perfect, true genius :-) the chords that go along
with the harmonies at the end are absolutely brilliant too very moving and
emotional.
Tremendous song. Brilliant harmony, melody, lyric, lead vocal and guitar solo. This transcends MOR and all categorisations, The best thing the Carpenters ever did IMHO.
IN my opinion, one of the finest love songs ever composed. And my favourite guitar riff of all time performed brilliantly by the late, and GREAT Tony Peluso !
So strange that the (for me) greatest guitar solo of all time is on a Carpenters song. I love this thing to death.
Yes, so much so that this guitar solo is very often used in teaching guitar lessons as a perfect example of the musical construction of a solo.
Have a listen to Mick Ronson's solo on Bowie's live version of Moonage Daydream, not much can get close to that
@@rogerbeattie2263 Thanks for that, I enjoyed listening to it.
One of the great guitar solos - gorgeous.
Pure perfection! An Angelic voice, fabulous harmonies
and one of the best guitar solos in Pop history !!!
Greatest guitar solo in history.
Yes.
yes. simply, yes.
‘Time’ by Pink Floyd probably is, but this still rocks!
Wow beautiful pure silk voice with such meaningful words
"What lies in the future is a mystery to us all. no one can predict the wheel of fortune as it falls", well said, and oh so true.
wow, miss that phenomenal voice...
During my early teen years The Carpenters were admired by so many people. People of all ages so enjoyed and respected these two amazing talents. Karen must have suffered so much emotionally. But she was a beautiful lady with a beautiful soul. And I do not think ANY female voice can be compared to Karen.
i miss her so much :-( Karen we love you
One of the all time great guitar rifts. RIP
"There may come a time when I will see that I was wrong, but for now this is my song."
I used to dislike this line, because it was a ray of hope in an otherwise gloomy song, and I wanted to wallow in the darkness. It was the song's only flaw.
But now, somehow it makes it even gloomier. Because it shows that saying goodbye to love is not irrationally pessimistic, nor a delusion borne from depression, but a sincere choice some of us feel we must make to cope with the crushing loneliness.
+Leon Mire wow, I never looked at it that way. opens up my eyes a little more
Leon, Thanks for the great wisdom you've shared. At 74, and single now for 25 years, I have been in that place for a long time. My therapist told me once that I could walk into a room with 100 single, beautiful women and in 15 minutes find the absolute worst one for me and fall madly in love with her. I've never proved him wrong. That's why I love Karen so deeply. She's never let me down, I just get in my car, drive in the countryside and listen to her soothe my pain.
Well said!
Beautifully and insightfully expressed, Leon. From a kindred soul.
Karen was our SUPERSTAR. She had ONLY JUST BEGUN and it seems like ONLY YESTERDAY that she was on TOP OF THE WORLD. Karen, even NOW we still long to be CLOSE TO YOU. RIP Karen and Tony.
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Too corny…
One of greatest voices of all time!
The greatest female pop singer of the 70s
She actually had a range of 4 or 5 octives but Richard thought her best voice and best music came from her lower register and that is why people think she didnt have a great range.
Wow I never knew that! I love her singing it has a kind of therapeutic effect that calms me down.
Right - she was either a female Roy Orbison or he was a male Karen Carpenter - both had greater range than any other singers.
Well basically she switched from singing with a head voice to her chest voice, which is where that awesome tone comes from. Elvis did a similar thing; a lot of his earlier numbers are very head voice, but his distinctive tone and sound came from when he utilised more chest.
best of the best. This song, that I've heard when I was young. Brings of the memories of those times. Happyness of tears.
Thanks a lot, Carpenters.
Not only did Karen have a wonderful voice, she was a very beautiful woman!
One of the greats! And the guitar solo!!!!! 🎸 ❤
Probably the greatest guitar solo in the history of music It should n't work but it does, Prefectly
Whenever Karen opened her mouth and sang she always had a way of making people happy I was around 19 going on 20 at the time of her passing and when she passed away it was the saddest times for all her friends and family and legions of fans around the world I try too keep all the fond memories of Karen and the Carpenter's alive by listening and enjoying the sweetest songs ever sang by the Carpenter's
Pure perfection ,Karen had the best voice ever yet her legacy lives on in people's hearts 💕
Surely one of the most iconic and beautiful voices of our age, velvety smooth tones and pich perfect, this lady was taken from us long before her time and she is missed by millions who share the love for her special gift.
Tony was a talented man with that guitar. I also enjoyed being his gal back in the early day's of Guzzaries. I loved his mom for always making us hamburgers with only ketchup on them, eating them in that big beautiful house. Glad to know you stuck with your music & went on to work with some of the best musicians ever. You were a master in the studio as a great engineer ~ ♥️ RIP sweet Tony.