Carpenters Close To You
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มี.ค. 2008
- Why do birds
Suddenly appear?
Everytime you are near
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you
Why do stars
Fall down from the sky?
Everytime you walk by
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you - เพลง
This song brings tears to my eyes. Me and my husband danced to this song back in 1972 when we were 18. He proposed a year later. We spent 31 years together. He was the light of my light, the fire that kept me living. He fathered my children. They were best 31 years of my life I could ever have asked for. Cancer took him early. He only had 50 years...I look back on this song and smile, it represents the life we shared and the years we cherished together. You will forever be in my heart David
Shirley Maree Sweet story, I'm sorry for your loss. I love how songs like this beautiful one can always take people back to a special place in their lives.
Oh I am sorry to hear about your Husband. You have my HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES
Your story brought tears to my eyes
💔
You made me sob
I wish Karen Carpenter saw herself the way we all saw her.
Why what happened to her
Amen to that 👏
@@Nahhmah She suffered from Anorexia. Her eating disorder ultimately killed her.
She always be missed her music timeless ALL Love songs
Very nice words...
Who is listening to this song in 2023 ? Or 2024?
Multitudes of people across all generations and nations are listening to the legendary Carpenters for the first time or the umpteenth time. They are sighing in awe because of the breadth and depth of the Carpenters' remarkable and timeless talent.
The first Carpenters song I heard of was “For All We Know”, in 1970, as I followed the weekly newspaper Top 20 hits. One of the number one hits was “Knock Three Times” by Dawn. “For All We Know” was released after “Close to You” and “We’ve only just Begun”. So I wasn’t too far behind from the time The Carpenters became famous. The Beatles were way ahead of my time with their number one hits in 1964. Somehow I followed songs into the 1980s and 1990s. I got disengaged from rock and roll after the turn of the century. So Taylor Swift doesn’t mean much to me.
It was in heavy rotation in Denmark two years ago. In an arty advertising video,...... (Can't remember the product, just the song, but so it goes....... in the world of advertising...)
I am uk 66 years oldh
Simple times and simple days. Lovely childhood memories.👍🏾
Who is listening with tears in their eyes in 2024? There will never be another Karen Carpenter. An angel voice.
The best. Beautiful voice and a beautiful lady. Sadly missed.
Eternal
NEVER
I married my lovely wife in 1971 and I love her now more than ever! 47 wonderful years!!
all my love for you guys.
WONDERFUL God BLESS You
That's beautiful all the best to you and your lovely wife. God bless ya'll.
That's awesome! Hope this 48th yr together was beautiful.
thats cool but why are you telling us this
Who's listening in 2019? Beautiful music 🎤
Pete Keys it will never be old! Just saw it being used in a recent Korean drama 😁♥️
I cam across this song from a Japanese video and search for it immediately! Old songs are often surprising!
Ich... weil zeitlos schön
Pete Keys always❣️💗‼️🎤💔
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Listening in 2022!! This is a live performance. Zero lip sync over recording. Zero auto tune. Beautiful!!
Totally agree !!
Karen Carpenter had one of the most majestic voices in history.
So glad that you love them. Yes..zero lip sinc..this was in the days of true raw artistic delivery. I'm 64 now..but lived and grew
up to them...
even though they used to lip sync on a lot of shows back in the day during this time but please keep pretending like they only do that now.
@@Thedownwardmineon Some people did. Karen Carpenter did not. It's been proven by comparing waveforms of her recordings and her live performances. Nobody is "pretending" anything here regardless of how much you want to feel good about yourself by putting others down.
I'm a 58 year old man. This song brings me to tears every time I hear it even as a kid it sounds like an angel coming down from heaven to sing us a song then back to heaven. Karen Carpenter and now Burt Bacharach RIP
well sir 70ish old man who tears up a lot too,,,I talked to a shrink about , he said go ahead and cry , it is good for our brains ...it releases chemicals in our brain. so cry like a baby my friend ., it's good for us
🤔Oh m'y god! You're not an old man.I'm50,and I don't feel old.🙃
I'm 82 and the Carpenters can still get me to tear up, especially singing Burt Bacharach and Paul Williams tunes.
Sir I'm only 22 but I grew up listening to the Carpenters with my grandma. Though I wasn't born just yet during the Carpenters era, for some reasons Karen's voice makes me tear up...
I am 68, still listening to this since the 1970s
That scene from the Simpsons movie when Marge leaves Homer and tapes her goodbye message over their wedding video. As Homer cries in loneliness, the last of the wedding video plays out where the newlyweds have their first dance to this very song.
That moment in the movie was art.
That was art and honestly really sad
yeah your toets correct
This song was always their song, as shown in other episodes.
This comment made me cry
I think this is my Algebra and Theatre Arts teachers' wedding songs. I think they're cute together lol
Who's listening this beautiful song in 2020? 🙋
Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me 2...
me....every sunday!
Meeeee - Friday, 06 March 2020
@drumlink 7848 I am
Listening in 2023! Still love the voice of Karen. Have not heard another voice like hers. its like salted caramel buttery goodness.
Karen Carpenter, the one and only ...my favorite ever
No enough words can describe her angelic voice
The closest thing on earth to an Angel’s voice you will ever hear.
I covered this song as a tribute to her : th-cam.com/video/3nlxgPBHUA8/w-d-xo.html Let me know how bad is it?😹😅
Well, hopefully she is up with the angels now.
Mongo, is there some doubt? The one I have some doubts about is Whitney?
Yes. She sang like an angel and always will. I feel happy and at peace whenever I listen to the Carpenters, especially this beautiful song.
FUN FACT:Actually, she taught angels how to sing.
Karen's voice is like a warm blanket on a cold winters night! So god darn soothing.
その通りですね。あったかい！
right on！its getting cool tonight n im in my bed listening！ so warm n relaxing
No matter the song, I just love her voice. One of my first girlfriends at 15 sang this to me constantly. So sad, we lost an angel.
agree
Yessss!! ♥️
Genie: You have three wishes
Me: Bring back Karen Carpenter.
Genie: You still have three wishes that one is on me.
I LOVE THAT. ❤👌 Wish all of us fans could time travel back and give Karen a GIANT GROUP HUG. 💕💕 Maybe if she knew how LOVED and RESPECTED she was, things would have been different. ❤
If only!!!
If Only... I think Karen realized how much she was loved & revered in the Industry. There was no shortage of proof there, ever! What mattered was her mother's opinion of & how she regarded Karen. Always putting Rich high on pedestal, NEVER showing love or appreciation for her daughher & treating her like a so-so band member, rather than a daughter.
She'd had enough. Dont "wish her back" for your own selfish reasons.
👍🏼👍🏼😁
There will never be another Karen Carpenter! She sang with golden perfection. 🌼🙏🏼
Wow ....what a beautiful description ......
This is what music should be. To feed the soul, to relax the mind.
Jezzca Gevila exactly
ab c yes. For me actualy, these kinds of music are better than the newest ones.
Jezzca Gevila Music is subjective. This isn't what music "should be", nor should any genre be the centre of music.
Some music relaxes you, some might make you fall asleep... But on the other end of the spectrum, music can empower you, fill you with energy and make you want to dancw until you collapse from exhaustion.
Like I said, music is subjective :)
Jezzca Gevila I like all forms of music variety is the spice of life after all
WHITE MUSIC relaxes, makes people meditate, promotes PEACE in the world ...
Jezzca Gevila, that's it!
She Was Pretty, anyone?
Jen Rdn yasssss
so pretty
Jen Rdn
FLORA VILLAFUERTE the plater
Jen Rdn
One of the finest songwriters of the 20th century. RIP Mr. Bacharach. Thank you for the incredible songs that made the world a better place to live in.
The voice of an angel.
What a loss to the world. Nobody comes close.
Karen Carpenter will ALWAYS be my favorite female singer, hands down. Such a tragedy she died the way she did. RIP, Karen.
The quality of her voice was off the charts great!! I can't think of any other female vocalist who can deliver such intoxicating sounds with so little effort. For my money, she's the greatest of the great . . at least in the past 50 years.
Tragic indeed. So unnecessary.
JIM'S WORLD Karen didn’t deserve to die young. She died from anorexia.
The Simpsons Season 2 Episode 12
The Simpsons Season 10 Episode 17 (Bell song)
Open Season 2 (Final song)
Elevator Dude such a tragedy. A voice like an angel. Some idiot on superstar saying she deserved to die because she took drugs. I corrected her
Who’s listening to this song in 2021, real music!.
Me. Its wonderfull
I'm. 1 AM. Still listening....
Arias Jimmy
Driving home to South Australia from Western Australia..the road was unsealed.
This song was playing in the car..
So long ago...memories..
@@avengernemesis7990 im glad you have good memories man, Australia is beautiful, I wish one day i can go visit.
@@avengernemesis7990 good travel...
Burt Bacharach left us yesterday, February 8, 2023...40 years and 4 days after we lost Karen. They are together in a better place with angels who get together to hear a dream come true.
One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard
A great song by Bacharach and David, Richard Chamberlain did it in 63’, and it didn’t go anywhere, Karen did it in 71’ the rest is history
Who actually came here because the song is beautiful?
I DID EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL....THE SONG IS ...OR WAS GREAT,!!
Me! Me! I'm always feeling the good music vibes of carpenters since 3 OuO
+Hannah Demate i have listened to this waaaay before "she was pretty"
+Deandra Syarizka wat a hipster
I came here because I love this song...
It's absolutely heartbreaking how Karen Carpenter died. She had a beautiful singing voice. I was born the late 70s. I grew up listening to The Carpenters.I will continue to listen to the Carpenters for the rest of my life.
....someone called her fat or something. Took it to heart and starved herself.
Ditto and agree James Coots 🥺
Absolutely. She had a heart condition and suffered from anorexia. The help wasn’t there back then. 😔
Just watch and look in her eyes…it is all there.
Yes an article did call her chubby she did take it to heart and did have anorexia and heart condition very tragic agree with you all she had the voice of an angel and extremely tragic loss
Why do birds suddenly appear
Everytime you are near?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you
Why do stars fall down from the sky
Everytime you walk by?
Just like me, they long to be,
Close to you
On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moondust in your hair
And golden starlight in your eyes of blue
That is why all the girls in town
Follow you, all around
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you
On the day that you were born
The angels got together
They decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moondust in your hair
Of gold and starlight in your eyes of blue
That is why all the girls in town
Follow you, all around
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you
Woo... close to you...
It's 2024, and Karen's voice is still the most beautiful, most lovely of them all❤🎶
There's nobody like Karen. Richard made all the lyrical arrangements but she delivered so beautifully so beautifully, words cannot express. Songbird Karen flew away too soon. Bless her beautiful soul.
Richard is a genius. Happy to arrange the music and take a backseat at the piano while Karen shined.
@@CodeBleu724 Richard is a dick and treated his sister horribly, part of the reason she had so many issues. He should be gone and she still should be here, in my opinion
@@PichaDisMedia He may have been jealous but I thought it was how media and her parents treated her not Richard that lead to her self issues?
@@austinbethel2137 You're most likely right. Besides didn't Richard have quite a few problems of his own (quaaludes and so on)? But the media and especially her mother kept pushing her down. Supposedly their mother wanted Richard to be "the real star" and when Karen really took the limelight it left no doubt who's the center of attention, rightfully so though, once in a mankind kind of voice she had. So perhaps this "disappointment" kind of urged their mother to play Karen down in a way which would most definitely (in any young person's case) have an impact on a still developing delicate mind, which would later unravel for example in such a tragic way it did with Karen.
The lyrical arrangement for this song, and many of the carpenters songs, was not organizied by Richard, but by Burt B.
She had the most beautiful voice ever. Karen Carpenter truly could sing.
I totally agree
Karen Carpenter, Singing Like an Angel
She's better singer than Freddie Mercury!! 👍
Also a better person than FM
@@bruschmidt9943 now come on, Freddie was a good person..
RIP Karen Carpenter, what a beautiful voice. Today she was joined by Burt Bacharach. 🙏
I am Japanese. I didn't understand English when in junior high school. But I have loved Western music so much ever since. I sang along with Karen's voice over and over again. So I learned English words from Karen, just like a baby learns words from his or her mother. Most Japanese study English so hard, not because they are interested in English, but because they just want to go to a named university to earn fame and money. So I regret that we Japanese stop learning English after entrance exams. But I keep listening to Western music, singing along with Karen, and learning English. I have to be grateful to Western Music. Thanks a lot.
That's a beautiful story. And a wonderful way to learn a language. It's generous of you to share that with us. Thank you.
She was a beautiful lady with a beautiful heart, and a beautiful voice ❤ I know a 64 year old retired carpenter is not supposed to cry, but she touches my soul.
Thanks Burt.
RIP both Karen and Burt B.
It’s okay to cry. You deserve to allow yourself to feel any emotion your heart and soul need to feel. ❤
brother im a carpenter too im crying too
Ditto my friend.
Goosebumps 💕 this song is timeless & Karen’s voice is pure silk 🥰
I agree 100%. Best female singer ever.
Absolutely Shane, there is no better description! :)
THANKS GOD, PUNK ENDED THAT SHITTY MUSIC
Many gfgh
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She was pretty!
Samee heree😂
same here too 😅
Same here
yes definitely she was pretty
+mayiyapotter88 Same. Hahahaha! I wanted to listen to the full version xD
I am still alive at 75 and listening to all of the wonderful music from the 60's & 70's right now in 2024
Listening to this song in 2022!!! I also listened to it back in the 70’s!!! That’s a LOT of decades to love a band… 💝👵🏻💝👵🏻💝👵🏻💝👵🏻
Wow that's got to be the first time I ever saw a guy make a clarinet sound like a trumpet.
iT WAS A CLARINET??
blimey those sideburns!
Georgie Thumbs. Actually it was Herb Alpert playing the trumpet on this song! He's the one who discovered the Carpenters!
Georgie Thumbs LMAO
Actually, it was Chuck Finley, one of the studio musicians known as the Wrecking Crew, who played the trumpet lines on Close to You. But he sounded like Herb, true.
sometimes I'm sad to be born in 2001. I know a lot of 70's, 80's, 90's songs but I didn't .. live it ? y'all know what I mean, right ? all this these years seem to be so cool, like no smartphones, no internet, talent, friends, always being outside ! today, even if you live this way, you'll be alone
das some real shit
Yah, I feel so lucky. I was born in 1965 and those great songs just permeated the atmosphere. The only video game we had till Pacman was Pong !
+star4dreamers You actually ARE lucky, and yeah, I played them, like those you had and .. omg I want to go back to the good old days !!
+Gabriel FRANÇOIS I'm lucky just because we're not supposed to know new wars. That's all
+Gabriel FRANÇOIS ok I'm happy to be born in 2000 because I can be a huge fan of twenty øne piløts and yup for new musics / genre but I guess they were better before 😂
What a beautiful voice!Really missed you Karen,The Carpenters will be remembered forever
One of the most beautiful songs of all time
love at first sight... Homer and Marge Simpson... good time!
yes mate
got to love series 2 of the Simpsons
💝💝💝💝
mr ding dong...
Julio Cabrera vkmb
Im 61 years old . What a wonderful voice . Wish she lived to old age . Rest in peace Karen .
Omg,!!, what a treasure she is. Her voice just makes me want to hold her while she sings. I don't think she realized how many people adored her. RIP. Never be a voice like that again.
Rolling Stone has her at 94 on the list of greatest singers of all time. Just more proof they have no idea what they're doing. She's easily top five, if not #1.
Number 1 without any doubt!
Rolling Stone turn to shit years ago
Rolling Stone did a very disrespectful story ,about the Great White concert fire.
Calling Great White fans washed up ,nobodies.
Rolling stone should stick to rating rock. How stupid. They might as well put opera singers on the list while they were at it
Rolling Stone must be brain dead.
If you find yourself sitting on a cloud listening to Karen Carpenter you have made it to heaven.
Amen ! She's an angel for sure
Great now how do I get down
beautiful comment she was great
Heaven isn’t real though
2023 - What a voice!
Karen was only 20 or 21 when she sang this. Hearing her sing you realize you are hearing when of the best singers in musical history but you are also sad that she left us at only 32.
Am I the only one who thinks she’s just adorable?! 😊
Just listening now good day from France 😘😘😘
She looks like Snow White in this!! 💕💕🐦🐰🐥🦌🦊🐦🐥
I also think she's adorable, and a wonderful singer/ performer💓💓
No
@@skeptictank6471 fuck you
IDK if this happens to other people, but I often wake up with music playing in my head. This morning, it was this song out of the blue. My subconscious has good taste in music
She is amazing... A voice that connects you up high to Celestial Dimensions... Dear Karen up there, thank you so much for having gifted humankind with your genius talent!!!
Exquisitely said 😌
Celestial dimentions! Perfect!
What a joy to see:
1) someone with pure vocal talent just singing
2) no lip syncing; no auto-tune
3) no gymnastics
4) no distracting wardrobe/wardrobe malfunction
5) letting the brilliant composition, lyrics, etc do that talking.
I feel bad for those who did not grow up before 1980. In concept, this is the bar to which all good music should aspire to.
Well said! I agree! It's 100% talent! No gimmicks needed!
I was born IN 1980 and truly enjoyed my eighties childhood. Music, film, art, television, (Atari) games, and just life in general were still good then. Entertainment didn't turn into trash until the late nineties. I feel for people born during that time. I teach freshman English at a college. I just asked my students to write a paragraph on HOW DAVID BOWIE CHANGED POP CULTURE. Everyone said they didn't know who he was. SMDH!
I'm glad I did not grow up before 1980.
Well said!
Well said :')
For my Mum, always love you, God bless you RIP
+Richy VDB mom?
mom, yes lol
srslyy???
+Calvin ivan Why does it matter if she/he spells it mom wrong you literally say "srsly???" when she/he was just giving this song to his/her mother
+Ingrid Tostito I do beg your pardon for sounding rude, but you are all acting like idiots. "Mom" and "Mum" is probably the most famous difference between American and British English.
I am an old metal head, but this is the greatest music I grew up on listening too.
As a boy in the 60,s I thought Karen's voice is the most beautiful I ever heard , I still do 🎶
SHE WAS PRETTY BROUGHT ME HERE ❤️❤️ they always choice the sweetest ENG songs ( like HEALER ) 😍
me too. this is a nice song 😆
I've gotta stop listening to music of the 60's and 70's--all I do is cry because they touch me to the core. This is the last song I'm listening to today because when I reminisce about these decades, I realize how awesome life was back then.
Peace Joy Hi Peace, I can understand what you feel. Maybe those were the most happiest times in your life. It's natural.
agreed
Rip I was born just after the 20th century
I reminisce about them and I wasn’t even alive then hahaha I would love to take a time machine and just go back to the 70’s and 80’s and see what things were like. Great music and great movies
It's good to have nostalgia, and remember good times. But I realized I don't want to always think of the past, a time you can never get back, as the happy days. You have to make now the happy days. Or else my childhood would always be the best days instead of enjoying my own children's childhood as just as great times. Peace!
I have tears in my eyes everytime I hear this song sung by Karen, what an Angel.
It’s magical
Tri angel.
Me too 😢
Karen was born 73 years ago on March 2, 1950. Greatest female singer ever! 👏👍😍
Thanks for mentioning today...we all miss her 💕
Literally 99% of the comment section is about "She was Pretty brought me here".
I wanna be the 1%. Who else came here because they actually listen to the Carpenters?
+茉利 (。-`ω´-) Me! :)
+茉利 (。-`ω´-) yeah, i never heard of "she was pretty". just love the song. it will always belong to karen carpenter.
+茉利 (。-`ω´-) Me! Been listening since I was a child.
+茉利 (。-`ω´-) I came here because karen has the most gorgeous voice of any singer ever.
+茉利 (。-`ω´-) Me too
The Carpenters made such a lovely song. The best thing I love about it is that it was used on 'The Simpsons'.
This is Homer and Marge's love song which was played when they first meet (Season 2, Episode 12: "The Way We Was").
It was used again in 'The Simpsons Movie' with Homer and Marge dancing at their wedding and on "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" when alternate universe Marge sees a pile of Homers who were all defeated by Artie Ziff.
This was even used as a musical doorbell when Marge bought it (Season 10, Episode 17: "Maximum Homerdrive".)
Get a life
I have five lives on my other realm.
***** i hate how they used a cover though Karen's voice was so beautiful!
I didnt Know that🙎
They use it in Apu and Manjula's Wedding...
Such a beautiful song by the Carpenters has passed the test of time ❤
Her voice was so beautiful.
This song may have came out 33 years before I was born but even at 16 I’m still listening to it it is so soothing
👊🏻
Keep hope and romance alive.
@@musicstewart9744 I certainly will
I covered this song as a tribute to her : th-cam.com/video/3nlxgPBHUA8/w-d-xo.html Let me know how bad is it?😹😅
@@Therhizomemind it’s great
Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near
Just like me, they long to be close to you
Why do stars fall down from the sky every time you walk by
Just like me, they long to be close to you
On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue
That is why all the girls in town follow you all around
Just like me, they long to be close to you
💓
willson eo Gracias 🙌🏽
Me in 2022, I have all their albums and CD’s now from the cloud. Funny story, way back when in the 70’s my grandmother wanted to go to the mall. She said since you took me I will buy you an album. When we got home she said I want to hear the music. The Carpenters album Close to you is what I picked. When she hear the first song. She wanted to hear the total album as all her other grand children were rock and roll. I was blessed.
The cleanest voice ❤
i just spent 6 hours learning how to play the first two verses of this on piano, so i can pay tribute to a legend whenever i want.
47 years ago and this song sung by Karen will always be the most beautiful sung live song ever
I am 47 years old
I emigrated to america in 1971 at edged 20 this song brings me good memories .
This was my music ..
Im so glad younger generations are loving it!
One of clearest, cleanest recording voices ever in pop music.
I tear up immediately when this song comes up. I spent my whole childhood listening to this with my dad, and I can only imagine myself going down the aisle to this!
I well up every time I listen to her. I grew up to this music. Just incredible
Awesome
im crying
Always a pleasure to listen Unfortunately no more of these songs today. Such a shame these songs nowadays.
My little baby boy, Martin, used to dance all over the living room to that song. It's beautiful to this day. Karen Carpenter has a unique, gorgeous voice.
I can't believe this is performed live, sounds just as good the record wow!!
Fil from Wings of Pegasus just did an analysis of this song comparing the live version to the recorded version only to find out that this live version is better!! He loves her voice too.
@@barbaraburton8914 I also watched the wings of Pegasus analysis video. Karens live pitching was amazing. . In my opinion , as a singer , she is one of the all time greats.
That sound guy deserves anEmmy! What An amazing band!
@@barbaraburton8914 I just listened to his analysis. I was pleased, but not surprised by what he found. Everyone who listened to her back in the 70s knows she was just that good.
Karen Carpenter’s voice was absolutely angelic!😢
It is rare for songwriters to define an era: Burt Bacharach did. So, too, did Paul Williams and Jimmy Webb. RIP fellas.
This is for me one of the most beautiful performances of all the times, I will love Karen Capenter for ever.
This song was played at a million wedding receptions.
And will be played at more than that in years to come, the one and only voice of a angel 👼
Her voice helps me when i anxiety
th-cam.com/video/9PBIxDSxPb0/w-d-xo.html
I agree! I've had people tell me that my daughter's voice soothes them! She's only 13 and doesn't realize the gift she has!
Amber winters me too
me too
As a former anxiety sufferer I could help you as well.
She always makes me, a grown man, cry.
look at this band these are the days where the music was good and there were smart musicians where the music era was good in the 70's. such a shame world because I didn’t reach that era but I am thankful for these masterpieces.
Such a voice! Just wonderful RIP Karen...
Nieves Bastidas --agree
ariean rachmat. Yes Karen is no longer with us!
damn it who is cutting onions
efectivamente me hace llorar como las cebollas
it's the ninjas
oh oopsss sorry ;) hahahaha..love your comment 😂😂😂
Woops sorry 😂
I got sand storm around my eyes... :'(
It was July 1970 ... I was 14 and had spent the summer in Vancouver with my aunt and uncle. It was the first big trip I ever took away from home in Saskatchewan. During that summer I met a cute girl who was about my age and this became our summer song. I left at the end of the summer, never to see her again. Every time I hear this song I think of that time so long ago ... great memories.
Karen, thank you Very much for your great Voice.❤️ Forever in our hearts.
This is the type of music I listened to in the early 70's before I discovered bands like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. This song stands the test of time. Simply beautiful.
TRUTH INDEED AMEN
This was the song that was played when my son got married for the mother and son dance. I used to sing it to him when he was a baby and a young child. And he remembered.💝
So awesome
How beautiful
In October 70 they were 1st on the billboard and I was enjoying it in real time, what a privilege we had.
This song means so much to me, it always reminds of my wife. I'll never forget her beautiful yellow skin and glorious 4ft of blue hair.
That voice.
On the day that you were born, the angels got together and decided to create a dream come true.
The only Karen we love❤️
Please keep this at 69
😇👍🏻
Good one xo
I used to sing this to my son when he was a baby, he is 23 now.
Hello Jeannie, how are you doing?
Who’s listening to this beautiful lady with the voice of an angel sing this beautiful song 🎶🙋🏻♀️ Me in October 2023
Me
Okay, how many other people watching this video actually remember listening to this song when it was released?
I listened to this in my dad's car when I was a kid lol
My blood pressure just drop 30 points. I always loved her voice since I was a small kid.
Close to you Simply Beautiful by The Carpenters you will never be forgotten. Thank you❤❤🥀🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🥀🙏💃🥀💤💙👁️💙👁️💙
Miss you still, beautiful Karen !
You were and remain in a class of your very own. Love you, always ♥️💐🥰.
Karen is 21 year old in this vid. maturity beyond her years. most soothing and relaxing voice ever. she was already too thin here. and imagine losing another 30-40lb from her small frame. so sad.
Why does she look so old? Why do all white people look like they’re in their mid 30s during their early 20s?
@@chaeunhan3166 all?
She was 78 lbs when she died. Tragic.
@@chaeunhan3166 ur a fool..What a lame thing to say in this video thread. look at Christie Brinkley She will still look good at 90...BUT there's a few secrets to staying young but i'm not telling.
21????!!!!
I'm in my bed, it's past 1am in the morning & i need to get up for work at 7 & this song pops into my mind.....
Same once it's starts its hard to stop finding more songs to listen to
lol, too true ^^
same lol
Same!
same. .. .