Hey BD, Thanks so much for your thoughtful reaction of our project! We love doing these great tunes, and working with my local and International musician friends is a tremendous joy. Collaborating with Tori is simply wonderful... she is an absolute star in the making! Coming soon, a version of a classic tune that will be strictly Tori! Cheers! -Jim
@@jimmididr you are more than welcome, Jim. You guys are incredible at what you do and what you are putting out there for us. I am very much looking forward to what comes next. Y’all keep up the AMAZING work! Cheers, my friend!
Tori and Jim have a great thing going with these covers. I hope the keep them coming. Karen had a sound of longing when she sang which I think is what spoke to so many people and has cause so many to still miss her after all these years.
Hay BD. Holly cow she sang that great 👍. Karen Carpenter had a voice of a angel. my favourite female singer. I'm so glad Tory didn't change the he song in anyway. 👍❤️❤️
Relative to your comment about hearing more from Tori in her own voice, that actually is her own voice, but I understand your desire to hear her sing more of her own original material (e.g., her song "Something to Believe In"). I think Tori is so incredibly talented, that she deserves to be recognized for her own material, and I for one would buy a whole album of her originals, should it come out at some point. As for her covers of various Carpenters songs, I agree that she is the closest sounding to Karen as I have ever heard, but I can still tell them apart, and If I want to hear a Carpenters tune, I am always going to choose the original, as Karen possessed a unique emotive power in her voice, that I don't feel in Tori's versions. I can appreciate the skill and beauty of Tori singing those songs, but only Karen can bring me to tears. Therefore, I would like to see Tori become her own star known for her own music, and not just for her unique ability (along with Jim Wilkas and the rest of the band) to approximate the Carpenters sound.
Thank you for saving me those exact words ! This is her own voice, range, tone, control, vibrato, and when she does Olivia NJ, she does a different vibrato more of a whispering kind - which is modifying her natural vibrato i believe. What an incredible NATURAL talent - pure and purely beautiful...
BD ! Listen to Tori's cover "Georgia On My Mind". Amazing and of course, in her own voice vs. the wonderful originator. Cheers to you and your assessments of Tori ! m.
Hey Marcia! Are you up to speed on the Tori Tour? The Bacharach Songbook: What The World Needs Now. With Todd Rundgren and Wendy Moten. I can’t link it but you have all you need. I have Tix for L.A. ❤ Joe
@@jbs256 Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat ???? No I am not but THANK YOU DEAR MAN for letting me (us all) know. I will check all this out - a million thank you's !!! I adore Burt B. I also adore David Foster and wish he knew about Tori as well ! Hugs to you Joe !!! m.
@@jbs256 i read up all about it mpw. and I know you will be there !!! No touring in my neck of the woods, plus who knows how long my jury duty will last the way it is going LOL ! Happy Sunday Joe !
@@marciasanguinetti3900 yup, I got 2nd row left side aisle. Also the meet and greet. $$$ 😊 At The Wiltern. I’m sorry it’s not in your neck of the woods. I’m dumb, what is mpw? Also Rumer in the comments when asked if it would go to the UK gave a maybe. I’m assuming sales will dictate where it goes. Rumer has commented on Tori videos for a good while, now. And she’s married to Rob who is running the whole show. So if you can add 2 + 2 who do you think may have recommended Tori? 😊 So you did see the the big “poster” with the Introducing Tori, thing. So cool. Also The Ryman Auditorium has to be THE theatre of the entire tour. OMG. So upcoming is the “standard”, We Are The World 40th Anniversary and Top of the World. Then off to the tour. Unless she’s banking videos. That tour schedule is brutal. Hope all is well, Joe
@@jbs256 Fantastic seats and venue for you Joe - plus meet and greet as well - do you know if that means the inclusion of meeting Tori too ? I sure hope so !!! That mpw was a off-one-key typo of your name LOL, leave it to me ! Joe/mpw 🙂: do you know the roll out dates of the "We are the World..." and "Top of the World" extravaganzas ? Goodness, we are in for a wonderful world-wide unfolding of Tori-Talent with the upcoming musical endeavors and I could not be more pleased and thrilled. Joe, you are fun to ride the wave with too !!! Cheers to you and yours !
Seems to me, upon repeated listenings of this recording, that Tori (and Jim) have backed off on the "Carpenters sound" a TINY bit, trying to maintain SOME individuality to their performance. They're not bold changes, just little ones here and there to remind the listener that they're NOT listening to the Carpenters. A LOT of us out here still waiting for a full album! ❤❤❤
Now watch For All We Know. No backing off on that one. But the long Youuuuuu before the Whaaaaaas. That’s all Tori, Karen soft landed it. Go watch the OG. 😊
Hi BD, You’re gonna find something amazing. When you hear Tori she’s going to be similar to all of them minus any inflections. It’s just how she sounds. She has two original songs, Christmas Again (audio only) and Something To Believe In (audio and video). I’ll link STBI here with the video, it’s a simple video. It was written in the Carpenters/Bacharach style by Richard Kraft. ruclips.net/video/bQURbjijAbI/видео.htmlsi=qTLiujAbO2zOwAv2 People (including Dan Wesley) when they heard this song. Thought it was a lost Carpenters song that Richard found and released. 😊 I can give you some other suggestions for not really a Carpenters song but a couple were intentionally made to be Carpenters songs, kinda. All are on her channel on RUclips. Georgia On My Mind, (audio only). Produced, arranged and played piano by Chris May. Chris cowrote “Carpenters:The Musical Legacy” with Mike Cidoni Lennox & Richard Carpenter. Released in late November 2023. This is as Tori as it gets. But surrounded by a certain name.😊 Something In Your Eyes (May 2024) written by Richard Carpenter for Karen and their new album. Karen died before hearing the song. Dusty Springfield sang the song with Richard for his 1987 solo album “Time.” Tori sang this song live in April 2024 at the Carpenters 55th Anniversary. My iPhone recording is on my channel. It was at the church where Karen’s funeral was held. It was boomy and noisy with crowd noise. So when Tori got home she Produced a remake of the song as an audio, but added video and photos from the event, with layering but just the piano track from Drew Jansen who accompanied her at the church. She fully reimagined it as a Carpenters song. So goosebump city. This version has made reactors who are Carpenters fans, cry. It’s the song Karen never sang. The video is on Tori’s channel as the “Studio Version” It’s Impossible; with Dan Wesley. This is on Dan’s Channel but Tori links it from the Collaboration Playlist. Dan made a mini-doc on Tori when RUclips introduced him to her and he was blown away. Tori saw that video and commented and thanked him. Later Dan saw a video from 1974 of the Carpenters on a Perry Como TV Special. They did a medley together where each sang the others songs. This had Karen singing one verse of It’s Impossible. Dan pondered what if Karen/Carpenters had sung the entire song. So he reached out to Tori and sent a piano track in Karen’s key. Tori responded that it was one of her favorite songs but since it was a man’s hit, couldn’t find music. Well, that lead to the collaboration in June 2024. Suddenly followed in July. Your reaction to the Close To You cover was as expected. There is still from the James Wilkas collection, We’ve Only Just Begun and what brought them together like Dan and Tori later. The Bacharach/David Medley. Tori self produced that video in October of 2023. Jim was introduced to Tori by RUclips in February 2024. He explored and saw the Medley as a full length video. So he recorded the “Richard” harmonies and did a side by side video with Tori’s original. Tori actually sang the “Richard” lead and backing vocals but Jim felt it needed more Richard. 😊 He showed Tori what he did. She loved it and Jim released it. It’s on Jim’s channel. Tori’s solo original is still on her channel. There’s a lot more to discover, BD, but this will keep you discovering more amazing Tori stuff. Then there are all the shorts. Recently she dropped Diamonds And Rust by Joan Baez and At 17 by Janis Ian. Both have Tori on guitar. Most of her Beatles covers have her on keyboards including her masterpiece Now & Then. Her Guitar masterpiece is Crazy On You by ❤. The longer short resides on TT only, now. The one on RUclips is truncated. A short Short if you will. Too short. 😊 Have fun BD. It’s a rabbit hole and you aren’t running a Tori Reaction Channel but could 😂 Joe
@@AfterDarkBoys I successfully told Marcia so I’ll try here too. Tori is on a 22 City tour with Todd Rundgren and Wendy Moten. The Bacharach Songbook: What The World Needs Now. Texas is in the list. Not sure where you are. I can’t post the link but you have what you need to find the info. Joe
Her cover of Georgia on her youtube page is as close to pure Tori as I've found. Let's just say that she makes no attempt to copy Ray Charles, although I am not convined that she COULDN"T do it if she really wanted to.
Hey BD, Thanks so much for your thoughtful reaction of our project! We love doing these great tunes, and working with my local and International musician friends is a tremendous joy. Collaborating with Tori is simply wonderful... she is an absolute star in the making! Coming soon, a version of a classic tune that will be strictly Tori! Cheers! -Jim
@@jimmididr you are more than welcome, Jim. You guys are incredible at what you do and what you are putting out there for us. I am very much looking forward to what comes next. Y’all keep up the AMAZING work! Cheers, my friend!
Tori and Jim have a great thing going with these covers. I hope the keep them coming. Karen had a sound of longing when she sang which I think is what spoke to so many people and has cause so many to still miss her after all these years.
funny how now every time I hear a Carpenters song I see Tori 😁😁
She is awesome! What a great talent!
Torys' breath control is incredible
YES !!! Great and not often if ever stated ! Thanks !
Beautiful! I want to hear her regular voice also! Love your videos! Keep them up! 😀
Her regular voice changes, very unusual but so talented.Listen to her singing Olivia Newton John and she sounds like Olivia.
Hay BD. Holly cow she sang that great 👍. Karen Carpenter had a voice of a angel. my favourite female singer. I'm so glad Tory didn't change the he song in anyway. 👍❤️❤️
Relative to your comment about hearing more from Tori in her own voice, that actually is her own voice, but I understand your desire to hear her sing more of her own original material (e.g., her song "Something to Believe In"). I think Tori is so incredibly talented, that she deserves to be recognized for her own material, and I for one would buy a whole album of her originals, should it come out at some point.
As for her covers of various Carpenters songs, I agree that she is the closest sounding to Karen as I have ever heard, but I can still tell them apart, and If I want to hear a Carpenters tune, I am always going to choose the original, as Karen possessed a unique emotive power in her voice, that I don't feel in Tori's versions. I can appreciate the skill and beauty of Tori singing those songs, but only Karen can bring me to tears. Therefore, I would like to see Tori become her own star known for her own music, and not just for her unique ability (along with Jim Wilkas and the rest of the band) to approximate the Carpenters sound.
Thank you for saving me those exact words ! This is her own voice, range, tone, control, vibrato, and when she does Olivia NJ, she does a different vibrato more of a whispering kind - which is modifying her natural vibrato i believe. What an incredible NATURAL talent - pure and purely beautiful...
Speaking of close...her voice is this closest to Karen Carpenter that I have ever heard!
BD ! Listen to Tori's cover "Georgia On My Mind". Amazing and of course, in her own voice vs. the wonderful originator. Cheers to you and your assessments of Tori ! m.
Hey Marcia! Are you up to speed on the Tori Tour? The Bacharach Songbook: What The World Needs Now. With Todd Rundgren and Wendy Moten. I can’t link it but you have all you need. I have Tix for L.A. ❤
Joe
@@jbs256 Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat ???? No I am not but THANK YOU DEAR MAN for letting me (us all) know. I will check all this out - a million thank you's !!! I adore Burt B. I also adore David Foster and wish he knew about Tori as well ! Hugs to you Joe !!! m.
@@jbs256 i read up all about it mpw. and I know you will be there !!! No touring in my neck of the woods, plus who knows how long my jury duty will last the way it is going LOL ! Happy Sunday Joe !
@@marciasanguinetti3900 yup, I got 2nd row left side aisle. Also the meet and greet. $$$ 😊 At The Wiltern. I’m sorry it’s not in your neck of the woods. I’m dumb, what is mpw? Also Rumer in the comments when asked if it would go to the UK gave a maybe. I’m assuming sales will dictate where it goes. Rumer has commented on Tori videos for a good while, now. And she’s married to Rob who is running the whole show. So if you can add 2 + 2 who do you think may have recommended Tori? 😊 So you did see the the big “poster” with the Introducing Tori, thing. So cool. Also The Ryman Auditorium has to be THE theatre of the entire tour. OMG. So upcoming is the “standard”, We Are The World 40th Anniversary and Top of the World. Then off to the tour. Unless she’s banking videos. That tour schedule is brutal. Hope all is well,
Joe
@@jbs256 Fantastic seats and venue for you Joe - plus meet and greet as well - do you know if that means the inclusion of meeting Tori too ? I sure hope so !!! That mpw was a off-one-key typo of your name LOL, leave it to me ! Joe/mpw 🙂: do you know the roll out dates of the "We are the World..." and "Top of the World" extravaganzas ? Goodness, we are in for a wonderful world-wide unfolding of Tori-Talent with the upcoming musical endeavors and I could not be more pleased and thrilled. Joe, you are fun to ride the wave with too !!! Cheers to you and yours !
Seems to me, upon repeated listenings of this recording, that Tori (and Jim) have backed off on the "Carpenters sound" a TINY bit, trying to maintain SOME individuality to their performance. They're not bold changes, just little ones here and there to remind the listener that they're NOT listening to the Carpenters.
A LOT of us out here still waiting for a full album! ❤❤❤
Now watch For All We Know. No backing off on that one. But the long Youuuuuu before the Whaaaaaas. That’s all Tori, Karen soft landed it. Go watch the OG. 😊
Hi BD,
You’re gonna find something amazing. When you hear Tori she’s going to be similar to all of them minus any inflections. It’s just how she sounds. She has two original songs, Christmas Again (audio only) and Something To Believe In (audio and video).
I’ll link STBI here with the video, it’s a simple video. It was written in the Carpenters/Bacharach style by Richard Kraft.
ruclips.net/video/bQURbjijAbI/видео.htmlsi=qTLiujAbO2zOwAv2
People (including Dan Wesley) when they heard this song. Thought it was a lost Carpenters song that Richard found and released. 😊 I can give you some other suggestions for not really a Carpenters song but a couple were intentionally made to be Carpenters songs, kinda. All are on her channel on RUclips.
Georgia On My Mind, (audio only). Produced, arranged and played piano by Chris May. Chris cowrote “Carpenters:The Musical Legacy” with Mike Cidoni Lennox & Richard Carpenter. Released in late November 2023. This is as Tori as it gets. But surrounded by a certain name.😊
Something In Your Eyes (May 2024) written by Richard Carpenter for Karen and their new album. Karen died before hearing the song. Dusty Springfield sang the song with Richard for his 1987 solo album “Time.” Tori sang this song live in April 2024 at the Carpenters 55th Anniversary. My iPhone recording is on my channel. It was at the church where Karen’s funeral was held. It was boomy and noisy with crowd noise. So when Tori got home she Produced a remake of the song as an audio, but added video and photos from the event, with layering but just the piano track from Drew Jansen who accompanied her at the church. She fully reimagined it as a Carpenters song. So goosebump city. This version has made reactors who are Carpenters fans, cry. It’s the song Karen never sang. The video is on Tori’s channel as the “Studio Version”
It’s Impossible; with Dan Wesley. This is on Dan’s Channel but Tori links it from the Collaboration Playlist. Dan made a mini-doc on Tori when RUclips introduced him to her and he was blown away. Tori saw that video and commented and thanked him. Later Dan saw a video from 1974 of the Carpenters on a Perry Como TV Special. They did a medley together where each sang the others songs. This had Karen singing one verse of It’s Impossible. Dan pondered what if Karen/Carpenters had sung the entire song. So he reached out to Tori and sent a piano track in Karen’s key. Tori responded that it was one of her favorite songs but since it was a man’s hit, couldn’t find music. Well, that lead to the collaboration in June 2024. Suddenly followed in July.
Your reaction to the Close To You cover was as expected. There is still from the James Wilkas collection, We’ve Only Just Begun and what brought them together like Dan and Tori later. The Bacharach/David Medley. Tori self produced that video in October of 2023. Jim was introduced to Tori by RUclips in February 2024. He explored and saw the Medley as a full length video. So he recorded the “Richard” harmonies and did a side by side video with Tori’s original. Tori actually sang the “Richard” lead and backing vocals but Jim felt it needed more Richard. 😊 He showed Tori what he did. She loved it and Jim released it. It’s on Jim’s channel. Tori’s solo original is still on her channel.
There’s a lot more to discover, BD, but this will keep you discovering more amazing Tori stuff. Then there are all the shorts. Recently she dropped Diamonds And Rust by Joan Baez and At 17 by Janis Ian. Both have Tori on guitar. Most of her Beatles covers have her on keyboards including her masterpiece Now & Then. Her Guitar masterpiece is Crazy On You by ❤. The longer short resides on TT only, now. The one on RUclips is truncated. A short Short if you will. Too short. 😊
Have fun BD. It’s a rabbit hole and you aren’t running a Tori Reaction Channel but could 😂
Joe
@@jbs256 thank you so much for this, Joe!
@@AfterDarkBoys I’ve been doing this long enough to have the answers. My pleasure. 😊
@@AfterDarkBoys I successfully told Marcia so I’ll try here too. Tori is on a 22 City tour with Todd Rundgren and Wendy Moten. The Bacharach Songbook: What The World Needs Now. Texas is in the list. Not sure where you are. I can’t post the link but you have what you need to find the info.
Joe
Her cover of Georgia on her youtube page is as close to pure Tori as I've found. Let's just say that she makes no attempt to copy Ray Charles, although I am not convined that she COULDN"T do it if she really wanted to.