@@robertreese3523 Linda is very good but didn't quite find the right character for her talent. She's nowhere close to the icon that is Karen and her voice. I'll look it up but I'm guessing that Karen beat her record sales ten to one.
@@TheLarryBrown That’s like comparing Mozart to Salieri. Linda could sing anything Karen could sing equally as well. Karen however would not be remotely able to cover the various genre’s of music that Linda did. I’m a fan of Karen’s myself but overall musically, she doesn’t hold a candle to Linda.
I can literally "smell" the 70's in this. Sitting on my couch with my grandmother, watching late night TV on a wildly flowered sofa, the smell of linoleum from the kitchen flooring, wood paneling in the living room. Would love to go back to a much simpler time and place.
My grandmother grew up with Karen and Richard Carpenter in Downey, California and always told me nothing but good stories about them. RIP Grandma and Karen.😢
Born and early raised in New Haven Connecticut..parents move to Downey California in 1963…about 20 minutes from my neighborhood in Connecticut..I loved playing their tunes when I was in radio in Hartford..a pleasure..😊
I lived in Downey too. I met Karen twice in the last two months before she died. The second time was the week before. I worked at the Los Cerritos Mall. I helped Karen and her mother shop for presents for her father. She seemed really shy and humble when I complimented her.
Paul McCartney has said that she had "the best female voice in the world: melodic, tuneful and distinctive". She has been called "one of the greatest voices of our lifetime" by Elton John....Google.
Once Karen was leaving a restaurant while John Lennon was walking in. He said to her, "I want to tell you love, I think you've got a fabulous voice." And he just walked on. Surprisingly, she asked her friend if he thought he really meant it. He kept telling her, yes, he really meant it.
Karen Carpenter was an Angel 😇 sent from Heaven and left us way too soon! One of the most beautiful voices ever heard! The compositions are the direct result of her brother Richard Carpenter who really played to Karen’s strengths as a singer! I LOVE ❤️ the music of The Carpenters! RIP Karen! I’m a drummer and I tell you Karen was right in there with all the great jazz and rock drummers of her day! I loved that she played traditional grip with the left stick on the snare and the hand speed she demonstrated around the kit! Of course most know her for her outstanding alto vocals but don’t be fooled because Karen was also a marvelous drummer! I learned a lot by watching her performances! Hats off to Karen Carpenter: drummer and singer 🎤🥁extraordinaire!
@@nashvillesoup8820 WHAHA!!! You're offended because I speak the truth!!! You are offended because you probably have tattoos yourself. I grew up in an era where it was only the criminals in jail who got tattooed. I grew up in an era when we were wearing a collar and tie to work. You are right that ship has sailed, long gone. NOW it is torn jeans, hanging on your knees, as many tattoos as possible and an overall look to rather shock people. It is a rebellion against what is/was normal and correct. One's circumstances and/or status in life does NOT force you to get down on a tattoo artist's bed and get colored in like a comic book. It is group pressure and own weakness. Nor is it a "nose in the air" attitude. Read my whole sentence. You will see I judge not only tattoos, but also female artist who are popular for their vulgarism and the obsession of people to see a female naked on a stage, rather than listening to pure music talent.
I wish ppl could be objective instead of SUBjective and not talk like it’s objective when it’s not. Many ppl say Whitney is THE VOICE. She blew up not long after Karen passed..
I feel the exact same, pure chills. She was one of a kind and no one will ever compare. She had a God given talent… you don’t experience that these days.
Voice of the century. Every time I hear her, my heart soaks it in. Loved her since the first time I heard her and became a lifetime fan. I pray she is resting in peace ❤
Yeah she’s the best they’re the best. But it’s bittersweet listening to their music knowing everything she went through. I remember hearing it on the radio when she passed away. Some guys I was riding with were chuckling and I thought that was so horrible that they would laugh at that. Anyway, you know it was a men’s world back then and that’s another reason that she had to get off the drums I think. And they wanted her to just perform mainly you know take that microphone, but they also weren’t very familiar with good women drummers either
And here I am, 70 years old in 2024, still infatuated with this beautiful woman. A very long love affair with Karen's voice and genuine, vulnerability & charm. Thanks to Richard for so selflessly promoting her as the uniquely talented musician & singer loved by so many.
@@emartin851 I don't know he was so critical of her but the tabloid rags started in on her actual normal female body look. We had gone through the Twiggey fad. They ragged on her and the brain defended her with anorexia. I'm afraid I may lose my grand-daughter the same way. To all of you that think you have to make negative comments about a person's appearance Please just "SHUT THE FOUP UP" . They don't need critique. Thousands of people are dying every year unnecessarily.
I know... So sad. I've read the Ray Coleman book, and 'Little Girl Blue' by Randy Schmidt. It's a tough read in some places that will bring a tear to your eyes. I recommend it.
Watching this and knowing she has only 9 years left, combined with her sweetness, causes me sadness. Funny that I should have these emotions evoked 41years later
@@MrAdvance2go Only 4 days in losing 4 icons I know by memory, and I'm sure you know who each one is: Feb. 3, 1959. Sep. 20, 1973. Dec. 8, 1980. Feb. 4, 1983. "Rainy Days and Mondays" and 'Goodbye to Love" are my favorites of those she sings here, and her Christmas classic, "Merry Christmas Darling" of all she did. "Goodbye to Love" and "Merry Christmas Darling" almost always sends me to tears, and that was when I heard the songs in the early-1970s. I never feel that way from any song in the pop-rock era, but her exquisite, 3-octave, rare contralto voice does that to me. An expert drummer, that people forget she was praised by many of the best, but it was her voice that was the best of any female singer I've heard, or ever will hear. She deserved better in her marriage, never having the children she desperately wanted, and then losing her life over something almost nobody heard of until that day I'll never forget where I was, hearing it on the radio news.
No backing tracks, no auto-tune, no computer generated sounds, everyone playing instruments, and it still sounds better than today’s music 😂. It’s mind boggling that she was only 22 during this performance
I put this video on to have something to listen to while cleaning. I was filling the sink with water, to mop. As soon as Miss Karen started singing, i got so distracted. I went over to the phone to watch. Forgot the water was running, it almost overflowed! Enchanting. What an angel. 🪽
They should have let Karen play the drums as much as she wanted. She LOVED playing drums and not allowing her to drum was a serious amount of stress on her. The sessions drummer, Hal Blain, sure was an excellent drummer though.
@@lisaburns8597 Karen got upset when she couldn't play drums. She loved playing drums, almost more than singing. The record companies gave her a hard time, they wanted her to stand there and sing only. It caused stress that she didn't need.
This was a live performance. While most singers only sound good with the help of a studio engineer, her voice was near perfect straight out of her mouth. Amazing!
yeah absolutely I’ve been married for 32years I was 22 and he was 26. he got cancer in 2020 I was totally lost without him. He took a major hit the treatment was horrible for him. I could not do nothing to change any thing so I felt helpless I miss Him everyday.. seeing this makes me miss him even more I come to this page all the time just to have that nostalgia
Real music real people, no computers. Gone forever. I am so grateful to have lived during this time. It was nothing at all like today. Those who were not there, can not even begin to understand how much better everything was.
Agree. The Warning is a hard rock band from Monterey, Mexico, comprising the three Villarreal sisters. Paulina ("Pau"), the drummer, can play percussion and sing like nobody's business. It's a different genre, but her talent is the closest I've seen to Karen Carpenter's in the past 50+ years. Pau currently is 22, about the same age as Karen when this Tonight Show appearance was recorded.
She could play odd time signatures and sing perfectly on time in another time signature... It was absolutely insane... If you know anything about drumming, you know, when you play odd time signatures, counting is incredibly important. Well, Karen could keep time on drums and with her Vocals at the same time... Truly, TRULY breathtaking musician and talent.
Too bad Karen wasn't on drums during the first performance. That drummer sounded like he wanted to drown out Karen. He was hitting the drums much too loudly.
yeah absolutely I’ve been married for 32years I was 22 and he was 26. he got cancer in 2020 I was totally lost without him. He took a major hit the treatment was horrible for him. I could not do nothing to change any thing so I felt helpless I miss Him everyday.. seeing this makes me miss him even more I come to this page all the time just to have that nostalgia
I cry not because she died so young but because her vocal timbre just reaches all humanity. Everyone cries when they hear her sad 😢songs cuz she's amazing. No one can touch her where she takes in a song.
Lots of people can sing well and play an instrument as well. Ronnie James Dio was told that he can be a good singer and bass guitarist or he can be great at one. He chose to be one of the greatest metal vocalists. Karen dropped drums to sing better than anybody in recordings and stage. There are probably so many more like them out there.
I remember seeing this when it originally aired. Karen was special.. and she was 22 or 23 at the time I was so excited that my wife started laughing right along when she realized what she was seeing which Honestly has been a really good source of happiness for me ever since I lost my wife so many years ago i was married for 42years I was 24 and she was 20. She got cancer in 2020 I was totally lost without her. She took a major hit the treatment was horrible for her. I could do nothing to change any thing so I felt helpless I miss her everyday. Mothers are the glue that holds everyone together.. it broke me to pieces so seeing comments like this makes me smile.
Only The Bee Gees can match her in live performances. Karen was my favorite female artist of all time. Don’t really have a favorite male artist because there were too many, but favorite band was The Bee Gees.
Awe!!! Precious. I was a young mother of a toddler and a 7month old. Watched Johnny Carson at 11 or 11:30 pm with fresh drip coffee as my babies were asleep. I miss yesteryears immensely. The world has become painful ♥️🌹
Llamapajama If there was a way to get back to that era, I'm sure there would be multitudes of people that would go and never come back. A very descriptive way of putting it----The world has become painful.
Live.. In front of the mix - not buried.. No reverb, no pitch correction, no effects of any kind. Pure talent is no longer a prerequisite for being in the music business.
Um, nobody sings live without reverb, that's incorrect. There's nothing wrong with reverb anyway, especially live. It adds a studio feel and fills space, that's all. Frankly the reverb is too low and the drums were mic'd wrong too.
One minute into the medley and I'm reduced to teary eyed goosebumps, which is something that Karen's voice has been doing to me since I was 11 years old... She was definitely blessed with a kiss on the cheek from God, that's for sure... Rest In Paradise, little drummer girl... ❤🥁
Karen Carpenter had a voice that's inimitable - warm, fresh and natural tone. Richard's arrangements were impeccable. Together, they crafted classic and sophisticated pop music tunes that will be loved and respected forever.
Karen Carpenter had a voice that's inimitable - warm, fresh and natural tone. Richard's arrangements were impeccable. Together, they crafted classic and sophisticated pop music tunes that will be loved and respected forever.
Karen Carpenter had a voice that's inimitable - warm, fresh and natural tone. Richard's arrangements were impeccable. Together, they crafted classic and sophisticated pop music tunes that will be loved and respected forever.
Karen Carpenter had a voice that's inimitable - warm, fresh and natural tone. Richard's arrangements were impeccable. Together, they crafted classic and sophisticated pop music tunes that will be loved and respected forever.
Oh yes! 'Now & Then'' was released in 1973. As was, ELP's 'Brain Salad Surgery'. Interestingly enough, I saw the Carpenters on February 2nd, 1974 at the Tucson Community Center, and ELP there on February 22nd, 1974. 🤠 I've often wondered how many other people attended both of those shows.
Karen was SO beautiful at that point in time. It's so sad that she had no one in her life to tell her how beautiful (inside & out) she was everyday. Such a sad little girl with an angel's voice. LOVE you Karen.
She truly was a beautiful woman and singer. I had heard that her mother was very hard on her..always putting her down for her "weight" and pretty much telling her she was no one without Richard.
Never knew they were THAT GOOD on instruments, I knew they were pros but, super pros? So flawless and tight and perfect pitch and ALWAYS her emotion wrenching pristine angelic voice and and and.......forget it. Breathtaking. With just that touch of melancholy for dear Karen. How sweet and beautiful she was.
I'm 63 years old. I was 13 when this was recorded. My late sister was a HUGE Carpenters fan. I never really appreciated them back then as Carpenters weren't one of the "cool bands". As I've gotten older, I've come to appreciate them, especially Karen's amazing voice. Unfortunately, my sister died when we were both in our early 30's. I'd give anything to sit down with my sister now and listen to them.
My condolences, sir. Your "little brother" here at 61 & my mom passed recently. We used to listen to all their songs & talk about which were our favorites. There is no better music to remember someone special by...
Had the pleasure to meet Karen while on a service call to repair a video projector she owned... Sometime in 1980. She was very friendly and seemed very interested on what I was doing. As I was leaving, she asked me if I would like a picture oh her, which she signed. Wish I still had it! There was void left in this world since she passed.
Thanks for sharing. Can you remember where this occurred? Was it at the house in Downey or her apartment in Century City? Not really important I guess, I'm just curious 😆
Definitely a LIVE performance, which was rare on national television even back then. Richard is an amazing musician and arranger. Karen’s voice was and is still incomparable.
How can you not love the Carpenters, with Richard's talented arrangements and Karen's angelic voice! I'm glad there are plenty a videos in existence of Karen's drumming so people can see how incredible she was. What a talent!
What a great looking young lady. On top of that an awesome drummer. To top that, I think her voice is probably one of the top voices in my lifetime. I am 63 now. Like someone mentioned before, just instruments, and voices. No computer generated additives. Music from deep inside and true talent. What an era of true, down to earth music!!!!!!!! These folks now a days think they have music. Well they are entitled to their opinion. Thank The Good Lord, I grew up in the best musical era. 60 s and moving forward!!!!
I was 13 years old when this show aired live, and I was already a Carpenters fan. We were singing their songs in Choir all the time in the 1970's. Now 50 years later I'm even a bigger Carpenters fan! 🌹💕🌹💕
Karen was a world class drummer. She had such a great command of the drums and she played with such feeling. It's surprising she didn't play more on the Carpenters recordings. Most of the drum work was played by session drumming legend Hal Blaine.
They wouldn’t let her. She was THE voice and they needed her out front. She wanted to play the drums because it kept her “hidden”. Her anorexia became worse when they put her out front with the increased exposure. You can tell it in this video. She was magical. I cried for hours when I heard she had passed. Her and Jim Croce. ❤️❤️
@@kathyporter9193It's true that Richard didn't let her drum on the records, but not for the reasons you mentioned. Since they are multi-tracking the record she could have played drums and then sang on another take, which is how they did it anyway. Your reasons are why she didn't drum in concert. as shown in this video, yes, she needed to be out front. As for why she didn't drum on the records, it's because she was deemed as not experienced enough in the studio to give the needed result. That was a big mistake because 1: on the records where she does drum, she sounds great. 2: Hal Blaine is not "all that." She would have been better than him because she's a genius, she's an artist, and she's a Carpenter. 3: Many drummers were green in the studio when starting out recording, even Gene Krupa and Ringo, But with time the world gains a great drumming talent. and 4: She sounds like Karen Carpenter. I guess it's the age old concept of "how am I going to become experience in the studio if you don't let me drum on the record?"
Richard and Karen Carpenter.❤ Absolute Geniuses in the music industry. The right people, the right place, and the right time. New styles and sounds from Southern California to the entire world! 🇺🇸 So proud to have been able to enjoy and experience the magic of the Carpenters as it was happening in the 1970's. Be thankful for the music lessons that your parents made you take. 🎹🎺🥁🎻
Richard Carpenter was vital to her success. He selected the songs, wrote the arrangements, and oversaw recording sessions. He deserves far more credit than he gets.
Richard Carpenter was a pop music genius musician as far as I’m concerned, almost on a level if not equal to ( just different music genre style wise) Brian Wilson as an arranger/ producer- he clearly is/ was the maestro of the Carpenters, who were all obviously top level musicians- what skill on display here. Karen was an absolute wonder as a drummer and vocalist of course, her once in a lifetime voice was the shining jewel at the center of all those great Carpenters songs, something in her vocal tone was universal,anyone who heard it felt it.. even if they weren’t consciously aware of it.
@@tonyparrish9216 What are you going on about? Karen and Richard were very close. They had a great working relationship into the bargain. He was very protective of her image so yes, he was a tad controlling to that extent. But she looked up to him as a role model, and had massive respect for his talents.
The voice that launched a thousand tears and the best vocalist/drummer combination in pop music. Yes, that includes Don Henley, Phil Collins, Levon Helm....sorry rock fans, her voice transcended everything.
You can't compare Whitney and Karen. At least the Carpenters sang their own material and didn't steal a song from Country music the could not sing it as it was written
I'm 73 this year (2024) and that guitar solo in Goodbye to Love STILL makes me have goosebumps all over and earns maximum playback volume every time I hear it! 😂 Been that way since the first time I heard it 50+ years ago!
I’ll be 75 next week - Carpenters been my favorites since they 1st appeared- Good Bye to Love has to be one of their best - Tony’s guitar-WOW- Bob Messenger was great on woodwinds…
Richard was 27 (b. Oct. 15, 1946 New Haven, CT), Karen 23. One of the rare times I've seen her sing and drum at the same time. She called herself, "a drummer who sang." Her drumming was praised by Hal Blaine, Cubby O'Brien, and Buddy Rich. You can't get much higher praise than that! As for her singing: her exquisitely gorgeous voice was beyond superb! No other female singer (my opinion) can touch how deeply her songs hit your emotions, as if she believed exactly what she was singing. Her rare contralto (lowest-range for female singers), gave her that emotional power, and 3-octave range made their songs that more emphatic. Richard is now 77. Karen only had a little more than 9 years after this performance, where she looked sensational. Only 32,, the world misses her singing more than ever! Karen Anne Carpenter, 32 (Mar. 2, 1950 New Haven, CT -Feb. 4, 1983 Downey, CA).
She was great as a drummer. Pretty sure she was once compared to zepplin's with some who would have said she was better. IDK about that, I'm not a music expert. But I will say as soon as she started singing, it wouldn't have mattered (to me) if she was the perfect drummer whom none could match, I'd have wanted to hear that voice.
@@GritsandShins Everyone wanted to hear her outstanding voice. But she was so good a drummer, she could have done that for a living, but not made as much as her voice. We miss her, and her unique voice, and for some, her drumming quality.
I have always loved The Carpenters - she had voice from Heaven and he harmonized beautifully - plus I thought Richard Carpenter was an amazing composer and arranger.
There’s nothing more beautiful than a woman on drums. She looked so happy. When I see her in heaven I’m giving her the biggest hug from one drummer to another.❤❤❤
Do I ever agree! The closest in talent I've seen since Karen Carpenter is Paulina "Pau" Villarreal, drummer and vocalist for the three sisters who comprise the hard rock band The Warning from Monterey, Mexico. A different, hard-driving style, but Pau can bring it on the drums and singing as if Karen's soul is with her.
WOW, this was GREAT to see 51 years later! So wonderful to hear their biggest hits performed live and that last song had a bit of a jazz flair mixed in. Their interview was quite interesting and I NEVER knew that VERY scary airplane incident they experienced. OMG, it brought memories to me of airplane crushes that took the lives of some legendary musical performers like Buddy Holly's plane crash. Thank God the Carpenters lived to see another day and keep their musical magic going for many more years until we lost Karen who had the voice of an ANGEL. And the drummer in this video is Cubby O'Brien of the Mouseketeers fame since he played drums for them for a time. Ahh, what memories of yesteryear when REAL music was being played by some VERY talented people. 😎
@@floydholder597 You are very welcome. I just remember him performing with them on the drums for a time. Karen also did a GREAT job on her drumming with that final song on this show while she was singing. OMG, she could do it all and how sad that she left this life so soon. She had the voice of an angel AND could play the drums really well. She is dearly missed by her family, friends and fans! 😢😞
Every time I hear the Carpenters it makes me cry...So many memories related to their songs and the tragic story of the beautiful Karen Carpenter. So much talent.
Are you familiar with the “Mandela effect” ? Did you notice how Johnny introduced them as “Carpenters” instead of “The Carpenters” ? Well , I remember them as The Carpenters and I see you do too . Because that was hat they called themselves before the “change” .
The last song would fit in perfectly with the British Prog Rock Scene. Yes....ELP....King Crimson!!!!!! Karen was a really good drummer. The main drummer is really good. The band is really tight and you can see Richard is conducted them all. Then there is Karen's voice. So special and unique. Like she and JOhnny said....there would have been nothing better than seeing and hearing them live to see how truly great they were.
One of the best vocalists of all time. Great harmony.
She just doesn’t miss a note. She’s musically unmatched.
Yes Karen had a great singing voice even obviously live.
The best
She looked so much happier at the drums. Thank you Karen, may you rest in peace
Hard to disagree with that.
Best female voice in the business. Period.
Linda Ronstadt has her beat.
I've always said she just had such a unique voice, heavenly. I know it's an opinion but to me she's the best female voice of all time.
@@robertreese3523 Linda is very good but didn't quite find the right character for her talent. She's nowhere close to the icon that is Karen and her voice. I'll look it up but I'm guessing that Karen beat her record sales ten to one.
@@TheLarryBrown That’s like comparing Mozart to Salieri. Linda could sing anything Karen could sing equally as well. Karen however would not be remotely able to cover the various genre’s of music that Linda did. I’m a fan of Karen’s myself but overall musically, she doesn’t hold a candle to Linda.
No, that title belongs to Linda Ronstand.
I can literally "smell" the 70's in this. Sitting on my couch with my grandmother, watching late night TV on a wildly flowered sofa, the smell of linoleum from the kitchen flooring, wood paneling in the living room. Would love to go back to a much simpler time and place.
Love your comment.❤
A gold couch for me, or possibly laying on the shag carpet😔😮💨
Best elevator music ever!
I'm getting a weird sinking feeling knowing those days are gone forever.
Yes, me too! Wonderful memories!!
She was an absolute doll in every way....
See how lovely she acknowledges the audience cheers by a angelic bow. RIP sweet lady.
Divas are like that. 😊
I noticed that also
@@renarga6886 rule: anybody that can sing like Karen K. gets to be diva :)
My grandmother grew up with Karen and Richard Carpenter in Downey, California and always told me nothing but good stories about them. RIP Grandma and Karen.😢
Oh wow! That's awesome! 😊
Born and early raised in New Haven Connecticut..parents move to Downey California in 1963…about 20 minutes from my neighborhood in Connecticut..I loved playing their tunes when I was in radio in Hartford..a pleasure..😊
Wow that must’ve been something else living next to them.
I lived in Downey too. I met Karen twice in the last two months before she died. The second time was the week before. I worked at the Los Cerritos Mall. I helped Karen and her mother shop for presents for her father. She seemed really shy and humble when I complimented her.
@@bricks1012 Thank you for sharing that! 🤗
Paul McCartney has said that she had "the best female voice in the world: melodic, tuneful and distinctive". She has been called "one of the greatest voices of our lifetime" by Elton John....Google.
Once Karen was leaving a restaurant while John Lennon was walking in. He said to her, "I want to tell you love, I think you've got a fabulous voice." And he just walked on. Surprisingly, she asked her friend if he thought he really meant it. He kept telling her, yes, he really meant it.
@@paulk9985 Heard that story, I thought it was in a building but perhaps not. LA it was perhaps when JL lived there for a bit.
They both were right.
And yet The Carpenters have not been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,..what an injustice.
The finest voice ever is appropriate.
Karen Carpenter was an Angel 😇 sent from Heaven and left us way too soon! One of the most beautiful voices ever heard! The compositions are the direct result of her brother Richard Carpenter who really played to Karen’s strengths as a singer! I LOVE ❤️ the music of The Carpenters! RIP Karen!
I’m a drummer and I tell you Karen was right in there with all the great jazz and rock drummers of her day! I loved that she played traditional grip with the left stick on the snare and the hand speed she demonstrated around the kit! Of course most know her for her outstanding alto vocals but don’t be fooled because Karen was also a marvelous drummer! I learned a lot by watching her performances! Hats off to Karen Carpenter: drummer and singer 🎤🥁extraordinaire!
Karen looks so happy when playing drums. I love watching her play.
LOL
Fully clothed, no tattoos, no vulgar suggestion or moves!! Just pure beauty and music talent!! Gone to soon, RIP Karen.
@@nashvillesoup8820 WHAHA!!! You're offended because I speak the truth!!! You are offended because you probably have tattoos yourself. I grew up in an era where it was only the criminals in jail who got tattooed. I grew up in an era when we were wearing a collar and tie to work. You are right that ship has sailed, long gone. NOW it is torn jeans, hanging on your knees, as many tattoos as possible and an overall look to rather shock people. It is a rebellion against what is/was normal and correct. One's circumstances and/or status in life does NOT force you to get down on a tattoo artist's bed and get colored in like a comic book. It is group pressure and own weakness. Nor is it a "nose in the air" attitude. Read my whole sentence. You will see I judge not only tattoos, but also female artist who are popular for their vulgarism and the obsession of people to see a female naked on a stage, rather than listening to pure music talent.
Recuerdo mñs mejores tiempos en prepa@@nashvillesoup8820
Nunca otra como karem
When there is no talent, what's left? Tattoos and vulgarity is a deflection..
@@nashvillesoup8820 What are we to think of people who make a permanent decision to look like a graffitied Detroit subway car?
Unbelievable Voice!!! Perfect Pitch. No one sounds like KAREN CARPENTER!!! Greatest female singer EVER
We have another great one rising, Tori Holub. And Richard Carpenter knows of and has met her.
It's a disservice to her memory and to her talent to require her to have been the greatest female singer ever.
@@jdfreeman5168
She ain’t Karen
@@ralex3697 Not trying to be.
I wish ppl could be objective instead of SUBjective and not talk like it’s objective when it’s not. Many ppl say Whitney is THE VOICE. She blew up not long after Karen passed..
Her voice continues
to give me goosebumps.
Never saw this performance.
We're so lucky to have known her.
I feel the exact same, pure chills. She was one of a kind and no one will ever compare. She had a God given talent… you don’t experience that these days.
You need to hear Tori Holub sing Karen Carpenters. 99.99% the same. Gave me major goosebumps.
@@kinezo1961Who's Tori Holub?🎉🎉🎉😢😢😢
I feel the same right now
Her voice is pure velvet.
That is a perfect and beautiful way to describe Karen’s voice. I only wish we had many more years with her on this earth.
@@JL-zn7meThank you. I wish she was still here too.
Dione Warwick a close friend said her music was like silk ❤
With a lisp 😂
Voice of the century.
Every time I hear her, my heart soaks it in. Loved her since the first time I heard her and became a lifetime fan. I pray she is resting in peace ❤
In Heaven.
I hear she may be a back up singer for Elvis.😃
@philippesauvie639 your mother would know 😊
Yeah she’s the best they’re the best. But it’s bittersweet listening to their music knowing everything she went through. I remember hearing it on the radio when she passed away. Some guys I was riding with were chuckling and I thought that was so horrible that they would laugh at that. Anyway, you know it was a men’s world back then and that’s another reason that she had to get off the drums I think. And they wanted her to just perform mainly you know take that microphone, but they also weren’t very familiar with good women drummers either
@@rayshuler7293 And away from her &^%$! mother.
Shes the best singer to ever live, beautiful, pretty, kind and awsome voice!
That’s subjective
Many ppl say Whitney is the VOICE
The GOAT..
And here I am, 70 years old in 2024, still infatuated with this beautiful woman.
A very long love affair with Karen's voice and genuine, vulnerability & charm.
Thanks to Richard for so selflessly promoting her as the uniquely talented musician & singer loved by so many.
Too bad he was so critical of her, but he obviously got it from his mother.
me too ! she was the best !
So true.
The only voice that chokes me up, when I listen to any singer.
Amen. I believe he hates looking at the back of her head while hes in the back ground always a nasty pos like mommy dearest mother. @@emartin851
@@emartin851 I don't know he was so critical of her but the tabloid rags started in on her actual normal female body look. We had gone through the Twiggey fad. They ragged on her and the brain defended her with anorexia. I'm afraid I may lose my grand-daughter the same way. To all of you that think you have to make negative comments about a person's appearance Please just "SHUT THE FOUP UP" . They don't need critique. Thousands of people are dying every year unnecessarily.
The voice of an angel while fighting inner demons. Wonderful performance .
She was not fighting at this time. That came late 1974...
I know... So sad. I've read the Ray Coleman book, and 'Little Girl Blue' by Randy Schmidt. It's a tough read in some places that will bring a tear to your eyes. I recommend it.
Watching this and knowing she has only 9 years left, combined with her sweetness, causes me sadness.
Funny that I should have these emotions evoked 41years later
@@MrAdvance2go Only 4 days in losing 4 icons I know by memory, and I'm sure you know who each one is: Feb. 3, 1959. Sep. 20, 1973. Dec. 8, 1980. Feb. 4, 1983. "Rainy Days and Mondays" and 'Goodbye to Love" are my favorites of those she sings here, and her Christmas classic, "Merry Christmas Darling" of all she did. "Goodbye to Love" and "Merry Christmas Darling" almost always sends me to tears, and that was when I heard the songs in the early-1970s. I never feel that way from any song in the pop-rock era, but her exquisite, 3-octave, rare contralto voice does that to me. An expert drummer, that people forget she was praised by many of the best, but it was her voice that was the best of any female singer I've heard, or ever will hear. She deserved better in her marriage, never having the children she desperately wanted, and then losing her life over something almost nobody heard of until that day I'll never forget where I was, hearing it on the radio news.
Many lost to the demon's since then. Delores O'Riordan is one, sad
This is so incredible. Thanks to Karen and Richard for giving us so much beautiful music.
No backing tracks, no auto-tune, no computer generated sounds, everyone playing instruments, and it still sounds better than today’s music 😂. It’s mind boggling that she was only 22 during this performance
Absolutely correct STUPENDOUS comment.
SHINE ON 💎
🎼☮️🤝👊🇨🇦
Let's not forget she was a great drummer also.
Keep Shinning 🎼☮️👊
Agree100%
Scotty , beam me back to 1973
Amen. 🙏
Karen was a treasure and a beautiful woman. How tragic that we lost her at such a young age. Devastating loss of an amazing person and artist.
I put this video on to have something to listen to while cleaning. I was filling the sink with water, to mop. As soon as Miss Karen started singing, i got so distracted. I went over to the phone to watch. Forgot the water was running, it almost overflowed! Enchanting. What an angel. 🪽
I'm 62 and forget how beatiful her voice was and a killer drummer
They should have let Karen play the drums as much as she wanted. She LOVED playing drums and not allowing her to drum was a serious amount of stress on her.
The sessions drummer, Hal Blain, sure was an excellent drummer though.
In this clip, I could swear her singing is stronger when she's drumming. Strange as that sounds.
@@lisaburns8597 Karen got upset when she couldn't play drums. She loved playing drums, almost more than singing. The record companies gave her a hard time, they wanted her to stand there and sing only. It caused stress that she didn't need.
@@TheBandit7613 Yes, she is reported to have considered herself "a drummer who sings."
Karen is a drummer who sings. In the seventh and even today she is considered one of the best drummer ever.
This was a live performance. While most singers only sound good with the help of a studio engineer, her voice was near perfect straight out of her mouth. Amazing!
In the studio she was known as "one take Karen" and just never made mistakes.
@@SueRosalie she was a pure musician. Could play any instrument she picked up.. Talent like hers is 1/1,000,000,000... literally...
@@SueRosalie
Not many receive the gift of voice. She possessed one of the greatest voices of all time.
RIP beautiful lady
@@SueRosalie😮
@@JonHop1Beethoven. Shostakovich. Mussorgsky. Karen C.
I have a soft spot in my heart for the Carpenters! What a beautiful voice!
Me too..what an angei
yeah absolutely I’ve been married for 32years I was 22 and he was 26. he got cancer in 2020 I was totally lost without him. He took a major hit the treatment was horrible for him. I could not do nothing to change any thing so I felt helpless I miss Him everyday.. seeing this makes me miss him even more I come to this page all the time just to have that nostalgia
Real music real people, no computers. Gone forever. I am so grateful to have lived during this time. It was nothing at all like today. Those who were not there, can not even begin to understand how much better everything was.
Get off my lawn! Just like the old people of the 60s calling you hippies "druggies" - you grew up to become just like those old geezers.
To play the drums while singing to that level of perfection is practically unheard of.
Agree. The Warning is a hard rock band from Monterey, Mexico, comprising the three Villarreal sisters. Paulina ("Pau"), the drummer, can play percussion and sing like nobody's business. It's a different genre, but her talent is the closest I've seen to Karen Carpenter's in the past 50+ years. Pau currently is 22, about the same age as Karen when this Tonight Show appearance was recorded.
She could play odd time signatures and sing perfectly on time in another time signature... It was absolutely insane... If you know anything about drumming, you know, when you play odd time signatures, counting is incredibly important. Well, Karen could keep time on drums and with her Vocals at the same time... Truly, TRULY breathtaking musician and talent.
Too bad Karen wasn't on drums during the first performance. That drummer sounded like he wanted to drown out Karen. He was hitting the drums much too loudly.
@@mancyank564 It wasnt the drummer, it was the crappy sound. Drums were mic'd too loud.
Thanks for the explanation. It just shows how important a good sound engineer is to the finished product.
She has by far the best voice I have ever heard....so pure and natural.
yeah absolutely I’ve been married for 32years I was 22 and he was 26. he got cancer in 2020 I was totally lost without him. He took a major hit the treatment was horrible for him. I could not do nothing to change any thing so I felt helpless I miss Him everyday.. seeing this makes me miss him even more I come to this page all the time just to have that nostalgia
Same for Whitney..
@@starsearch1952 and now Dany Villarreal
Loved Karen Carpenter's voice. She was a gift to us from the heavens .... But it does make me cry every time I hear her knowing how she died.
I prefer to bask in the lovely memories of her life.
How'd she die? Home comfortably in bed with mom? How awful. 😅
Me too!
I cry not because she died so young but because her vocal timbre just reaches all humanity. Everyone cries when they hear her sad 😢songs cuz she's amazing. No one can touch her where she takes in a song.
How about she died alone from heart failure. Her mother found her dead on the floor.
Scotty! Beam me back to 1973😊
A class act. Glad to have grown up in this era.
So natural and beautiful yet not full of herself like many of the female performers today.
So very true may God bless you 🙏
Her voice brings so much emotion to the surface within me. I get teary eyed listening to that beautiful vibrato in her voice.
I had that feeling back in '74 when I first heard her, I couldn't have been six, and I never forgot
I might have been a year or two older but who's counting
I can't remember how old I was when I saw them at Circle Star Theater either. Who knew what would have happened to Karen 😢
Me too, brings a tear to my eye because her voice is ever so beautiful to our minds and souls, thank God that she existed ❤
The Whitney Houston of that generation.
All I can say that this duo of brother and sister was one of the most precious heavenly gifts to humanity.
Billie Elish and her brother have that today..
Hard to believe last year was 40 years since dear Karen left us. I remember it so well. Truly so talented and missed.
One of the few times a performer died that brought tears to my eyes.
Sad to think that she could easily have been alive all these years, born same year as my younger sister, Cheryl.
She sounds just as good live as in the studio. Best female voice of all time.
One of the few women in recorded history that I can say I truly respect... what a talent!
so you normally have no respect for women?
Seriously? She's the only woman you respect?? Wow
@@lisadc4681 I meant in the true sense of the word - IE; impressed by.
Karen sings and plays LIKE A MAN (just the perfect way)! ---- I'm kiding, people... 😅
"The drummer that could sing " .. she was an incredible talent . Beautiful voice. We miss you Karen !
Lots of people can sing well and play an instrument as well. Ronnie James Dio was told that he can be a good singer and bass guitarist or he can be great at one. He chose to be one of the greatest metal vocalists. Karen dropped drums to sing better than anybody in recordings and stage. There are probably so many more like them out there.
Phil Collins….
@@logangodofcandyWhitney Houston is known as THE VOICE after Carpenter passed. But carpenter was also a musician..
She was A ONE OF A KIND!!!! NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. her voice is flawless, and there will never be another like her. ❤ RIP Karen.
Her voice was wonderful.
The finest voice in music ever to walk this earth
That’s subjective
There’s TONS of incredible voices out there
Whitney is known as forever THE VOICE..
@@starsearch1952 Not even close
@@starsearch1952Whitney could not sing
One of the few artists that sounded the same live as in recordings!
I remember seeing this when it originally aired. Karen was special.. and she was 22 or 23 at the time I was so excited that my wife started laughing right along when she realized what she was seeing which Honestly has been a really good source of happiness for me ever since I lost my wife so many years ago i was married for 42years I was 24 and she was 20. She got cancer in 2020 I was totally lost without her. She took a major hit the treatment was horrible for her. I could do nothing to change any thing so I felt helpless I miss her everyday. Mothers are the glue that holds everyone together.. it broke me to pieces so seeing comments like this makes me smile.
1 take Karen
I agree she was a great singer but definitely not as good live as in the studio.
@ Go to the “Wings of Pegasus” RUclips channel and watch the comparisons of her songs live vs studio. You will be surprised.
Only The Bee Gees can match her in live performances. Karen was my favorite female artist of all time. Don’t really have a favorite male artist because there were too many, but favorite band was The Bee Gees.
I want to cry every time I hear Karen sing. Rest in peace with the angels.
I Agree.
Karen and Richard were nothing short of phenomenal. Their music is immortal.
Live music was amazing. No lip sync!
And no prerecorded backing track. The harmonies sound better here even though its live.
Awe!!!
Precious.
I was a young mother of a toddler and a 7month old. Watched Johnny Carson at 11 or 11:30 pm with fresh drip coffee as my babies were asleep.
I miss yesteryears immensely. The world has become painful
♥️🌹
Well framed ! Your verbal picture is very clear and vivid ! Would give up my “kingdom “to go back !!!!
Llamapajama
If there was a way to get back to that era, I'm sure there would be multitudes of people that would go and never come back. A very descriptive way of putting it----The world has become painful.
So many of us feel that way, thought is was just me for a while. We long for those times.
The world just got woke & stupid (which are the same thing) . Perhaps things will get better again given enough time......
Live.. In front of the mix - not buried.. No reverb, no pitch correction, no effects of any kind. Pure talent is no longer a prerequisite for being in the music business.
but the drum sound - WTH. I had to laugh. Cardboard boxes.
Um, nobody sings live without reverb, that's incorrect. There's nothing wrong with reverb anyway, especially live. It adds a studio feel and fills space, that's all. Frankly the reverb is too low and the drums were mic'd wrong too.
This is a priceless video. I hope it never gets lost.
One minute into the medley and I'm reduced to teary eyed goosebumps, which is something that Karen's voice has been doing to me since I was 11 years old... She was definitely blessed with a kiss on the cheek from God, that's for sure...
Rest In Paradise, little drummer girl... ❤🥁
Beautifully said! 🤍🩷🤍
Your comment is very touching ..”definitely blessed with a kiss on the cheek from God”..”Rest in Paradise, little drummer girl” wow❤️👍🙏🌈🥲 thank you.
I hope this gets a million hits in a week. 😍
Karen had such a beautiful voice of an angel. She left us too soon.
❤❤❤ NEVER WILL BE ANOTHER JOHNNY CARSON NOR KAREN CARPENTER 🌹🌹🌹
One of the best female singers of all time - her voice was so clear and pitch perfect.
1973 was a GREAT year! So much amazing music and entertainment being churned out around the world then.
Karen Carpenter had a voice that's inimitable - warm, fresh and natural tone. Richard's arrangements were impeccable. Together, they crafted classic and sophisticated pop music tunes that will be loved and respected forever.
Karen Carpenter had a voice that's inimitable - warm, fresh and natural tone. Richard's arrangements were impeccable. Together, they crafted classic and sophisticated pop music tunes that will be loved and respected forever.
Karen Carpenter had a voice that's inimitable - warm, fresh and natural tone. Richard's arrangements were impeccable. Together, they crafted classic and sophisticated pop music tunes that will be loved and respected forever.
Karen Carpenter had a voice that's inimitable - warm, fresh and natural tone. Richard's arrangements were impeccable. Together, they crafted classic and sophisticated pop music tunes that will be loved and respected forever.
Oh yes! 'Now & Then'' was released in 1973.
As was, ELP's 'Brain Salad Surgery'. Interestingly enough, I saw the Carpenters on February 2nd, 1974 at the Tucson Community Center, and ELP there on February 22nd, 1974. 🤠 I've often wondered how many other people attended both of those shows.
Karen had an amazing voice and such a sweet heart. They really did well. Grew up listening to them. Awesome guests
So does Richard
Great!!! Singer!! And a nice!! Lady!! Too!!!!!!!!!!, Miss her! Bad. !!!!!!!!!!!...........
Karen was SO beautiful at that point in time. It's so sad that she had no one in her life to tell her how beautiful (inside & out) she was everyday. Such a sad little girl with an angel's voice. LOVE you Karen.
"Sad little girl"?
Sorry - I meant "Incredibly happy big woman." Better?@@Randysgirl
Sad and exhausted even with work load.
She truly was a beautiful woman and singer. I had heard that her mother was very hard on her..always putting her down for her "weight" and pretty much telling her she was no one without Richard.
Yes. I heard her Mother was very controlling.@@beverlywilliams7278
50 years ago, I heard On Top of the World by the Carpenters. I'm 61 and still listening.
Simply the greatest alto female voice that God has ever created.
@Iamdust78 Jackass
Never knew they were THAT GOOD on instruments, I knew they were pros but, super pros? So flawless and tight and perfect pitch and ALWAYS her emotion wrenching pristine angelic voice and and and.......forget it. Breathtaking. With just that touch of melancholy for dear Karen. How sweet and beautiful she was.
Karen is a superb and respected drummer.
@@marvinmurakami8828 She inspired the famous lady drummer Dorothea Taylor.
Such clean vocals.
I know, I’ve never heard such perfect blend and intonation on live harmony vocals, and they were sophisticated, complex harmonies too.. amazing!
I'm 63 years old. I was 13 when this was recorded. My late sister was a HUGE Carpenters fan. I never really appreciated them back then as Carpenters weren't one of the "cool bands". As I've gotten older, I've come to appreciate them, especially Karen's amazing voice. Unfortunately, my sister died when we were both in our early 30's. I'd give anything to sit down with my sister now and listen to them.
My condolences, sir. Your "little brother" here at 61 & my mom passed recently. We used to listen to all their songs & talk about which were our favorites. There is no better music to remember someone special by...
@@DanielKatzel Thanks for your very kind message.
@@1960HikerDude No problem - great music will always be useful to those who need it now n' then...
One of the best female voices ever in music ❤
That stuff at the end was pure hypnotic jazzy psychedelic gold.
Gold.
Had the pleasure to meet Karen while on a service call to repair a video projector she owned... Sometime in 1980. She was very friendly and seemed very interested on what I was doing. As I was leaving, she asked me if I would like a picture oh her, which she signed. Wish I still had it! There was void left in this world since she passed.
She was amazingly down to earth as many have attested.
What? You had a signed picture of Karen and you lost it??? You should still have it and it should have been framed!
Thanks for sharing. Can you remember where this occurred? Was it at the house in Downey or her apartment in Century City? Not really important I guess, I'm just curious 😆
@@vanessaconnor8775 It was the Century City apartment. I remember thinking how modest it was.
My god what a voice
Definitely a LIVE performance, which was rare on national television even back then. Richard is an amazing musician and arranger. Karen’s voice was and is still incomparable.
Hard to argue with natural god given talent
How can you not love the Carpenters, with Richard's talented arrangements and Karen's angelic voice! I'm glad there are plenty a videos in existence of Karen's drumming so people can see how incredible she was. What a talent!
Voice of an angel!
What a great looking young lady. On top of that an awesome drummer. To top that, I think her voice is probably one of the top voices in my lifetime. I am 63 now. Like someone mentioned before, just instruments, and voices. No computer generated additives. Music from deep inside and true talent. What an era of true, down to earth music!!!!!!!! These folks now a days think they have music. Well they are entitled to their opinion. Thank The Good Lord, I grew up in the best musical era. 60 s and moving forward!!!!
They are entitled to their opinion, but YOU SPEAK FACTS !! Real music hasn't been made in a very long time......
What a civil, gentler, more respectful time in America. Those days are so gone.
Hang on tight because you haven't seen anything yet😢
@@JoeBilello1969 Sadly, you are correct.
It wasn't just in America, but in several countries!😮
@@Marcos5pbI cannot argue with you but I find Finland and Canada to be just as gracious and kind today as they were back in the 60's.
@@sequoiasemperviren3163 Yes and other places too, but these are isolated cases, the world in general is degrading, unfortunately!
Such a beautiful young lady with the voice of an angel, such a tragic loss ❤️❤️❤️
The Carpenters have a timeless and silky sound - their songs have given me chills for 40 years.
I was 13 years old when this show aired live, and I was already a Carpenters fan. We were singing their songs in Choir all the time in the 1970's. Now 50 years later I'm even a bigger Carpenters fan! 🌹💕🌹💕
I was 12 and was always a fan of hers! I remember the day she died...so sad!
Karen was a world class drummer. She had such a great command of the drums and she played with such feeling. It's surprising she didn't play more on the Carpenters recordings. Most of the drum work was played by session drumming legend Hal Blaine.
All true - Hal said as much himself. Cubby O'Brien does a good job here in the live backing band.
They wouldn’t let her. She was THE voice and they needed her out front. She wanted to play the drums because it kept her “hidden”. Her anorexia became worse when they put her out front with the increased exposure. You can tell it in this video. She was magical. I cried for hours when I heard she had passed. Her and Jim Croce. ❤️❤️
Jim Gordon and Ron Tutt also contributed quite a bit of drumming on their records.
Absolutely! She got high praise from Buddy Rich, if that says anything! 👍
@@kathyporter9193It's true that Richard didn't let her drum on the records, but not for the reasons you mentioned. Since they are multi-tracking the record she could have played drums and then sang on another take, which is how they did it anyway. Your reasons are why she didn't drum in concert. as shown in this video, yes, she needed to be out front. As for why she didn't drum on the records, it's because she was deemed as not experienced enough in the studio to give the needed result. That was a big mistake because 1: on the records where she does drum, she sounds great. 2: Hal Blaine is not "all that." She would have been better than him because she's a genius, she's an artist, and she's a Carpenter. 3: Many drummers were green in the studio when starting out recording, even Gene Krupa and Ringo, But with time the world gains a great drumming talent. and 4: She sounds like Karen Carpenter. I guess it's the age old concept of "how am I going to become experience in the studio if you don't let me drum on the record?"
Richard and Karen Carpenter.❤ Absolute Geniuses in the music industry.
The right people, the right place, and the right time. New styles and sounds from Southern California to the entire world!
🇺🇸 So proud to have been able to enjoy and experience the magic of the Carpenters as it was happening in the 1970's.
Be thankful for the music lessons that your parents made you take. 🎹🎺🥁🎻
What amazing talent. Just amazing.
The purity of her voice brings a tear to my eye. What talent, and what tragedy she lefts us so soon.
Thanks for posting this. God I loved her voice. She’s so very missed. ❤❤❤
Karen had the purest natural voice. And her phrasing is perfection.
She had one of the finest voices in music. So beautiful !The Carpenters were fantastic.
She had such a pure clear vocal, always in tune
She had a perfect voice.
Richard Carpenter was vital to her success. He selected the songs, wrote the arrangements, and oversaw recording sessions. He deserves far more credit than he gets.
He also wrote quite a few of their biggest hits.
Richard Carpenter was a pop music genius musician as far as I’m concerned, almost on a level if not equal to ( just different music genre style wise) Brian Wilson as an arranger/ producer- he clearly is/ was the maestro of the Carpenters, who were all obviously top level musicians- what skill on display here. Karen was an absolute wonder as a drummer and vocalist of course, her once in a lifetime voice was the shining jewel at the center of all those great Carpenters songs, something in her vocal tone was universal,anyone who heard it felt it.. even if they weren’t consciously aware of it.
He was also responsible for her death.
@@tonyparrish9216 What are you going on about? Karen and Richard were very close. They had a great working relationship into the bargain. He was very protective of her image so yes, he was a tad controlling to that extent. But she looked up to him as a role model, and had massive respect for his talents.
@@bjr4567he was more than "a tad".
That was the most professional, most polished performance I have ever seen. Wow. The harmonies were incredible!
I was only 8 years old when this came out and I loved them back then. I just melt when I hear here voice.
The voice that launched a thousand tears and the best vocalist/drummer combination in pop music. Yes, that includes Don Henley, Phil Collins, Levon Helm....sorry rock fans, her voice transcended everything.
I don’t think she beats Led Zeppelin’s drummer
And Whitney Houston is THE VOICE..
You can't compare Whitney and Karen. At least the Carpenters sang their own material and didn't steal a song from Country music the could not sing it as it was written
There will never be another voice like hers. Beautiful.
Love that "Goodbye To Love" fuzzy guitar solo! Fun to see a live performance of it!
That was Tony Peluso, who sadly passed away in 2010
@@paulschut5873 Yep, Carpenters guitarist to the end. 😢
@@trevour Well, along with Tim May.
I'm 73 this year (2024) and that guitar solo in Goodbye to Love STILL makes me have goosebumps all over and earns maximum playback volume every time I hear it! 😂 Been that way since the first time I heard it 50+ years ago!
I’ll be 75 next week - Carpenters been my favorites since they 1st appeared- Good Bye to Love has to be one of their best - Tony’s guitar-WOW- Bob Messenger was great on woodwinds…
Richard was 27 (b. Oct. 15, 1946 New Haven, CT), Karen 23. One of the rare times I've seen her sing and drum at the same time. She called herself, "a drummer who sang." Her drumming was praised by Hal Blaine, Cubby O'Brien, and Buddy Rich. You can't get much higher praise than that! As for her singing: her exquisitely gorgeous voice was beyond superb! No other female singer (my opinion) can touch how deeply her songs hit your emotions, as if she believed exactly what she was singing. Her rare contralto (lowest-range for female singers), gave her that emotional power, and 3-octave range made their songs that more emphatic. Richard is now 77. Karen only had a little more than 9 years after this performance, where she looked sensational. Only 32,, the world misses her singing more than ever!
Karen Anne Carpenter, 32 (Mar. 2, 1950 New Haven, CT -Feb. 4, 1983 Downey, CA).
Seu depoimento e muito lindo um forte abraço saúde.
Well said.
She was great as a drummer. Pretty sure she was once compared to zepplin's with some who would have said she was better. IDK about that, I'm not a music expert. But I will say as soon as she started singing, it wouldn't have mattered (to me) if she was the perfect drummer whom none could match, I'd have wanted to hear that voice.
@@GritsandShins Everyone wanted to hear her outstanding voice. But she was so good a drummer, she could have done that for a living, but not made as much as her voice. We miss her, and her unique voice, and for some, her drumming quality.
Beautiful amazing talent
I have always loved The Carpenters - she had voice from Heaven and he harmonized beautifully - plus I thought Richard Carpenter was an amazing composer and arranger.
There’s nothing more beautiful than a woman on drums. She looked so happy. When I see her in heaven I’m giving her the biggest hug from one drummer to another.❤❤❤
Do I ever agree! The closest in talent I've seen since Karen Carpenter is Paulina "Pau" Villarreal, drummer and vocalist for the three sisters who comprise the hard rock band The Warning from Monterey, Mexico. A different, hard-driving style, but Pau can bring it on the drums and singing as if Karen's soul is with her.
WOW, this was GREAT to see 51 years later! So wonderful to hear their biggest hits performed live and that last song had a bit of a jazz flair mixed in. Their interview was quite interesting and I NEVER knew that VERY scary airplane incident they experienced. OMG, it brought memories to me of airplane crushes that took the lives of some legendary musical performers like Buddy Holly's plane crash. Thank God the Carpenters lived to see another day and keep their musical magic going for many more years until we lost Karen who had the voice of an ANGEL. And the drummer in this video is Cubby O'Brien of the Mouseketeers fame since he played drums for them for a time. Ahh, what memories of yesteryear when REAL music was being played by some VERY talented people. 😎
Thank you for pointing out Cubby playing the drums, I never would have known that was him without you pointing him out!
@@floydholder597 You are very welcome. I just remember him performing with them on the drums for a time. Karen also did a GREAT job on her drumming with that final song on this show while she was singing. OMG, she could do it all and how sad that she left this life so soon. She had the voice of an angel AND could play the drums really well. She is dearly missed by her family, friends and fans! 😢😞
So nicely said “ I miss her so sadly”… and the whole group too , least we forget
2/4/83 - the 2nd "day the music died" - RIP Karen , your millions of fans will always miss you .
This woman was an angel!!! What a blessed voice!!!
Karen Carpenter sure was charming and beautiful!
One of the best voices ever in the business!
Every time I hear the Carpenters it makes me cry...So many memories related to their songs and the tragic story of the beautiful Karen Carpenter. So much talent.
The Carpenters were the best. I miss the 70’s.
Are you familiar with the “Mandela effect” ? Did you notice how Johnny introduced them as “Carpenters” instead of “The Carpenters” ? Well , I remember them as The Carpenters and I see you do too . Because that was hat they called themselves before the “change” .
Karen's voice literally melts my heart, always has and always will. And what beautiful songs they made.
The tonight show gave a lot of time to their performance. They knew! There will never be another musical group like the Carpenters.
Medley of the best by the Best.
I wish she knew there was nothing wrong with her looks, she was beautiful inside and out..
The last song would fit in perfectly with the British Prog Rock Scene. Yes....ELP....King Crimson!!!!!! Karen was a really good drummer. The main drummer is really good. The band is really tight and you can see Richard is conducted them all. Then there is Karen's voice. So special and unique. Like she and JOhnny said....there would have been nothing better than seeing and hearing them live to see how truly great they were.
I thought the same thing! Especially that break in the middle of the song. Richard Carpenter had a Keith Emerson thing going there.