It was one of the songs sung at my wedding. His SIL Beverly was a music and piano major in College. She sang We’ve Only Just Begun and played the piano too
@@danielmart7940 Yes, she was angelic and beautiful! If I were to get a “honey do list” I would be very happy for it, if it were from Karen, in her soothing voice! Her gentle low notes melt my heart every single time!!!
I am now 76. Whenever I hear Karen’s voice I am 50 years younger and back into the 1970s. Her voice envelops my whole body as memories flood back into my mind and little tear builds in my eyes.
Indubitably. Funny you should mention that, though. My pet Indian ringneck parrot, India Elizabeth, had a gratuitous squawking problem all her life, before her passing from cancer in September 2022. Other than approaching bedtime, only three things would get her to calm and quiet down: "Music My Pet" CD Beethoven The Carpenters...she'd quiet down right away and listen. Karen...please hold India on your hand and sing for her. You're both free of illness and at peace. I love and miss you both.
My old friend Bob Messenger on bass. Played a lot of gigs together around Orange County back in the day. He was actually the sax and flute player on all the albums.
Yes every time I think about her a wave of sadness comes over me. Such a beautiful lady and wonderful voice and yet the things she struggled with, very sad indeed
I’m a boomer & yes I miss her too. There’s many great performers from the late 50’s, 60’s & 70’s who have died also, but nobody had a voice like Karen Carpenter! 🌹
I remember when these songs were on the radio 52 years ago. I was 9. And every girlfriend I had a crush on I could hear Karen's voice singing. Karen is Love and will be for all my life...
In a couple days on Feb 4th we will have lost this angelic voice 41 years ago. Doesnt seem that long ago. Their music and her voice is timeless. Thank goodness the younger generation is now recognizing and understanding the Carpenters masterful compositions of music they left behind. ❤
I'm 58. I remember when Karen passed away because I was in high school at that time. But I never heard Carpenter songs until recently on TH-cam. They never played her on the radio at that time!
Count me among the many millions of people worldwide who will always remember Karen and regularly play the Carpenter's music. Her beautiful voice remains one of the most emotive in history.
Karen was a beautiful woman, with the voice of an angel, and topped it off by being a top notch drummer! I still listen to their music all the time. It never gets old!
I will be 62 on Sunday, February 4, and I remember that Friday, February 4, 1983 when she died and I will never forget it. I was doing news at my college radio station and standing next to the teletype when the alarm bells went off which occurred when there was a very important news event and it scared the crap out of me. I was now 21 and had a crush on Karen and let’s say I lost the entire weekend and returned on Monday. I was supposed to go out with my friends that night because 21 was the legal drinking age in New Jersey. May she continue to rest in peace.
This is their first appearance on Sullivan and it's the year, 1970, when they had their first #1 hit record, Close To You and then another hit, We've Only Just Begun which reached #2 spot. The public was now aware of them and loved these hits. Karen here looks very happy singing and playing drums. She has an energy here that i find missing later on. Anyway, they had hit the big time and were starting their career of creating hit records and touring.
I remember seeing this when it aired. Saw the Carpenters live at the Minnesota state fair the following year, 1971. The Carpenters were world famous by then, their songs all over the radio.
I was in elementary school when I saw The Carpenters play at the Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, CA, in 1973. They had a group of local schoolchildren up to sing one song with them (don't remember which song). One of those children was my cousin. It was a magical moment I still remember.
I totally agree with you! We all miss her, saw them in concert in My hometown of Portland, Maine with my parents, in the 70’s! They were fantastic! Love Karen! ❤️❤️
Can't help but cry listening to that voice. It's that beautiful. Karen is evidence that the best of us leave way too soon. It still hurts me that she's gone.
By far the most heavenly voice that ever stood before a microphone. Karen's voice is so heavenly it almost puts you into a trance. Such a shame her life was cut short :(
Just love Karen Carpenter. One of the best true natural singers of all time. Totally untrained, vocals with a heart to it. She seems like she really believes in every lyric of that song
@@andytaylor5476 Karen said she didn't have formal voice lessons outside of some tips from her choral teacher and I believe her. I assume that he taught her breath control, harmony, and maybe enunciation. Unlike a lot of singers, she didn't even discover her ability until she was in her mid teens and she started recording professionally under her brother's production not long after. But she was a natural singer. No amount of training is going to just give a person that kind of talent, no matter how great the teacher is.
Nope there’s this 21 yr old girl that sounds almost like a clone of Karen. Can’t remember her name but you can TH-cam it. She did a cover of this song..
It's nice seeing her playing drums which she loved. She never wanted the role of lead vocal and was uncomfortable singing without drums and being the focus. Had she been left to what she wanted I wonder would she still be alive?
@@paddyb456 Yes, that's HER recorded session she's live voicing over. For the entertainment of the Televised Show audience and the live audience. That is *Her* we are hearing sing. This IS Her voice; that was *performed* BY Her, live, in the recording studio session that they chose to be the cut. Incidentally, she could have sung this equally amazingly, if not even better, again, live, here.
@@paddyb456 By the way. She is not silently mouthing the lyrics here She's actually *singing* *aloud* over her own recorded session here. In this act, as do major famous Vocalists, they *sing* the lyrics *aloud* *LIVE* right over their hit record session recording, if the Show they are being showcased on chooses to treat the audience to the original hit record studio recording.
@@paddyb456 You comment it's a recording. You comment she's not singing live. You stated a bygone conclusion stating the obvious. Yes. It's the original hit song recording that was made public in the album that is being aired on the show. Are you confused? No, she is not singing the original recording live, *obviously* It was *already* *recorded* She had *already* sung that studio session take. She *cannot* be singing the original recording here. This is *obvious* And, actually, she is really audibly singing, *live* , over *her* *own* recording.
@@paddyb456 You have made two nonsensical comments that are both moot regarding her performing her hit song on a television show. This type of playing the original track is for the audience to enjoy seeing her execute the familiar original recording that is the hit song on the album they bought, and heard, on the radio. You are clearly confused as to what you're attempting to try "point out".
Our first dance as husband & wife…October, 1978. I believe it was everyone’s! Still married to that girl.
You must really love her, doesn't happen often now
Our first dance as husband and wife also ! January 1988
It was one of the songs sung at my wedding.
His SIL Beverly was a music and piano major in College.
She sang We’ve Only Just Begun and played the piano too
On October 25, 1981 but we are divorced and he passed away in 2021
She was so angelic and beautiful
@@danielmart7940
Yes, she was angelic and beautiful!
If I were to get a “honey do list” I would be very happy for it, if it were from Karen, in her soothing voice!
Her gentle low notes melt my heart every single time!!!
How can a song make you feel so happy and so sad at the same time?
😢
That’s the beauty and magic of the Carpenters.
I am now 76. Whenever I hear Karen’s voice I am 50 years younger and back into the 1970s. Her voice envelops my whole body as memories flood back into my mind and little tear builds in my eyes.
Funny. I’m 25 and I’m listening to it for the first time right now. This is a great song.
Ditto!!
I know what you mean
Omg
Me too. Me too. Damn, what a voice. One of the true greats.
The carpenters are medicine for me when I am feeling down..
Indubitably. Funny you should mention that, though. My pet Indian ringneck parrot, India Elizabeth, had a gratuitous squawking problem all her life, before her passing from cancer in September 2022. Other than approaching bedtime, only three things would get her to calm and quiet down:
"Music My Pet" CD
Beethoven
The Carpenters...she'd quiet down right away and listen.
Karen...please hold India on your hand and sing for her. You're both free of illness and at peace. I love and miss you both.
There's not a voice today that can compare with hers. Rich and deep, filled with emotion and not an auto tune in sight.
Heya - have a listen to “Falls on Me” by Sylvie. Came out last year, see what you think 👍
You described it perfectly.
Voice of an angel.
You heard Mitski or Weyes Blood? Pretty similarly incredible musicians who take inspiration from that 70s Carpenters sound
Perhaps but AJ Lee sure aint too bad either imo!....
Tori Holub's voice is coming eerily close.
Her voice brings serenity ♡
Breathtaking talent. They're just kids here!
Female lead singers who are also the drummer places her in another rare category 😃
Absolutely
If angels were real and sang they would sound like this, she had the most perfect voice, faultless
Whitney Houston’s too."
Thank you, Carpenters for this little bit of Heaven.❤ 💞
Our world is so much better for having had Karen in it to share her voice with us. It is eternal.
Just beautiful. What a pure voice.
I'm 64 and I still love her.
Me too! Same age, and love for her! ❤️❤️
65 and still say she is the greatest singer who ever lived!
I'm 64. Ditto!
61, me too!
59, listening since I was 10. Best voice ever.❤
My old friend Bob Messenger on bass. Played a lot of gigs together around Orange County back in the day. He was actually the sax and flute player on all the albums.
The most naturally gifted singer I've ever heard.
Whitney Houston’s too..
A voice of a Angel love her truly magnificent ❤️😇
You can’t imagine how much my generation misses Karen Carpenter.
Broken hearted when she passed away. 😢
Yes every time I think about her a wave of sadness comes over me. Such a beautiful lady and wonderful voice and yet the things she struggled with, very sad indeed
My chickens nap upon her voice!
Karen was a brilliant talent. Such a beautiful voice. Such a shame she couldn’t find love and happiness. Xxx Australia!
I’m a boomer & yes I miss her too. There’s many great performers from the late 50’s, 60’s & 70’s who have died also, but nobody had a voice like Karen Carpenter! 🌹
Drumming skills and angelic voice wow❤
Karen would be my age now, 73. I listen to her sing and it’s 50 years ago, and I’m filled with memories❣️
best voice ever.
Whitney Houston..
It’s 2022 and she is still one of my favorite voices in music. This never gets old. Karen Carpenter forever and a day.
I remember when these songs were on the radio 52 years ago. I was 9. And every girlfriend I had a crush on I could hear Karen's voice singing. Karen is Love and will be for all my life...
I agree. Karen’s is timeless. She’s one of the all time greatest vocals the music industry has ever had. RIP Karen.
This is so beautiful
😀🙏❤👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
she remains unique in her talents, and with her brother they made songs that will never die. Ever.
She had the most angelic voice. Effortless and natural. Rest in peace Karen. Gone but never forgotten.
いま67歳。高校生の頃を思い出すなあ。涙が出てくる。
In a couple days on Feb 4th we will have lost this angelic voice 41 years ago. Doesnt seem that long ago. Their music and her voice is timeless. Thank goodness the younger generation is now recognizing and understanding the Carpenters masterful compositions of music they left behind. ❤
I'm 58. I remember when Karen passed away because I was in high school at that time. But I never heard Carpenter songs until recently on TH-cam. They never played her on the radio at that time!
Count me among the many millions of people worldwide who will always remember Karen and regularly play the Carpenter's music. Her beautiful voice remains one of the most emotive in history.
My first love! ❤❤❤❤
Pure and beautiful voice... no autotune, just pitch perfect. Karen will always have one of the greatest voices in music
Nope. The absolute greatest voice.
She was the best. But this is all playback
@kracauers right, but go look it up live. No difference
Dont forget she was an amazing drummer,I mean have you ever seen here really go for it on the drums...
@@ShayneCutler She was one of the top 5 in the world at one time
Thanks for sharing karen carpenter rip 🌹
41 yrs ago today we lost this beautiful soul
Wow! Didn't know this was the date,but remember it like it was yesterday,similar to Elvis and Michael Jackson.
I fir one am glade to have grown up in the 60s and 70s whay an era of music
1983년 하늘의 별이되어~~
I am 51 and a death metal drummer….there will NEVER be another talent like Karen Carpenter…..ever
Agreed. And John is very underrated.
You were raised right, music filled your home although you turned to a death metal drummer …it’s music❤
Classic Rock is my favorite genre, but I too also love the Carpenters. Karen's voice is spellbinding.
I listen to Slayer , Testament, Pantera ,Merciful Fate etc...... and the Carpenters. Karen was Unique.
What a beautiful angel...RIP 💔💔💔💔💔
If we could take music with us when we die, this would be one of the songs on my playlist...
Movie “1408” might disagree, but Carpenters discography would be my top choice too.
I cried now and cried the day Karen died little bit of my childhood came back watching this great video.
me 2.
Karen. Carpenter. Was. So. Multi. Talented , she. Could. Sing,. Dance,. And. Play. The. Drums. To, and. Show. Off. Her. Lovely. Voice.
I cry every time I hear her voice. The voice of an angel.
Какая музыка,! Голоса. Случайно, впервые слушаю. Почему так поздно узнаю о них. Наслаждаюсь
Karen was a beautiful woman, with the voice of an angel, and topped it off by being a top notch drummer! I still listen to their music all the time. It never gets old!
I agree! Makes one's heart flutter. Judith Durham of the Seekers is also up thete in the pantheon of angelic female voices.
A lot of memories in this song
I will turn 33 years old tomorrow... and this is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard...
It was originally a song for a commercial. Crocker Bank. You can see it still on utube😊
😂 what does your age have to do with it?
@@ViaticalTreeI think it's cause they are young and like this beautiful music
@@ViaticalTree lmao 😂 Why you roast that man like that .. I’ll be turning 32 next year lol
The melancholy and hope in her voice can’t be matched
She was already so thin. It was very painful to see her just wasting away but her voice never seemed to falter.
So sad.
Ich bin 57 Jahre und wenn ich diese Musik höre bin ich voll in meiner Kindheit ❤
I will be 62 on Sunday, February 4, and I remember that Friday, February 4, 1983 when she died and I will never forget it. I was doing news at my college radio station and standing next to the teletype when the alarm bells went off which occurred when there was a very important news event and it scared the crap out of me. I was now 21 and had a crush on Karen and let’s say I lost the entire weekend and returned on Monday.
I was supposed to go out with my friends that night because 21 was the legal drinking age in New Jersey.
May she continue to rest in peace.
Happy Birthday
Was it five or ten bells on the wire. I know ten bells was a FLASH.
The voice of an angel.
This is their first appearance on Sullivan and it's the year, 1970, when they had their first #1 hit record, Close To You and then another hit, We've Only Just Begun which reached #2 spot. The public was now aware of them and loved these hits. Karen here looks very happy singing and playing drums. She has an energy here that i find missing later on. Anyway, they had hit the big time and were starting their career of creating hit records and touring.
I remember seeing this when it aired. Saw the Carpenters live at the Minnesota state fair the following year, 1971. The Carpenters were world famous by then, their songs all over the radio.
I was in elementary school when I saw The Carpenters play at the Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, CA, in 1973. They had a group of local schoolchildren up to sing one song with them (don't remember which song). One of those children was my cousin. It was a magical moment I still remember.
She had a beautiful voice she left us way to soon
True & Yes
I Agree With You . My Mom And I Liked To Listen To Her. But My Mom Died In 2016 And It's Hard To Listen To Hear Them Now Without Crying. Miss You Mom.
Karen should still be here today. She is greatly missed by millions of people.
Requiem aeternam, Ms.Carpenter.
I totally agree with you! We all miss her, saw them in concert in My hometown of Portland, Maine with my parents, in the 70’s! They were fantastic! Love Karen! ❤️❤️
❤ superbe balade forever 💏🌹🎙🙏📻☎️😉
Can't help but cry listening to that voice.
It's that beautiful.
Karen is evidence that the best of us leave way too soon.
It still hurts me that she's gone.
Me as well.
Yep, me too
me too
Miss her and her voice as she/ Carpenters was my first favorite artist. This song and Close to you...always remember her...my first celebrity crush💛
By far the most heavenly voice that ever stood before a microphone. Karen's voice is so heavenly it almost puts you into a trance. Such a shame her life was cut short :(
Since you will see her in heaven, not a big deal right.
Probably won't even have to pay for tickets up there.
@@MyOneFiftiethOfADollar spot on :)
I disagree. ONE of the most heavenly voices. There’s Mariah and Whitney…
The most immaculate voice I've ever heard.
Oh my God! She looks like a princess here, beautiful 😍😍😍
Absolutely beautiful!
Have never seen this clip before. I will never tire of Karen 's perfect singing .
❤❤❤
Just love Karen Carpenter. One of the best true natural singers of all time. Totally untrained, vocals with a heart to it. She seems like she really believes in every lyric of that song
Frank Pooler gave Karen essons in singing and helped her develop a three-octave range.
@@andytaylor5476 that's low
@@musicandme4894 Gee the truth hurts? There's nothing wrong developing one's skills with training!
What does pugilistic means?
@@andytaylor5476 Karen said she didn't have formal voice lessons outside of some tips from her choral teacher and I believe her. I assume that he taught her breath control, harmony, and maybe enunciation. Unlike a lot of singers, she didn't even discover her ability until she was in her mid teens and she started recording professionally under her brother's production not long after. But she was a natural singer. No amount of training is going to just give a person that kind of talent, no matter how great the teacher is.
Stunningly complex song and arrangement
Omg, I remember when this Aired, where have the years gone???😢
To the days we thought would last forever!!!💓
what a voice
God what an incredible voice she had. Such a tragedy we lost her so young!
Karen could lock down a tempo on the drums and sing so angelic without missing a note ❤
It always mystified me as to how a drummer could keep a steady tone when singing…but she did it!
@@williampapadopoulos8145 In this case, Karen was lip syncing, but I'm sure she's good at both though. :)
As a drummer, she ranks with some of the world's greatest. As a singer, she is perhaps unparalleled. Combined, she is unmatched and unmatchable.
Undoubtedly, the prettiest song ever made. Period!
Pretty sad
No one ever sounded like that before, and no one will ever sound like that again, just unreal beauty
Nope there’s this 21 yr old girl that sounds almost like a clone of Karen. Can’t remember her name but you can TH-cam it. She did a cover of this song..
@@starsearch1952 I did a search and found a singer named Tori Holub who does sound like Karen Carpenter, might she be the one you're talking about?
Can't help but smile when I hear and see Karen singing and drumming! Always in awe when I hear her.
We need to tell young girls they’re fabulous exactly as they are. Social media is tougher on them more than ever.
They already think they're fabulous with or without or help. That's why we're in the mess we're in 😂
God realised that she was needed back in heaven.
Can he take me now away from the crap
A voice as smooth as butter. One of the greatest vocalists and drummer ever.
She’s my kindergarten ride to school sing-along fondest memories & the voice of that time of lil me.
Her voice was truly a gift to the world, such an angelic voice.
2023 and still smitten by these beautiful sounds
It's nice seeing her playing drums which she loved. She never wanted the role of lead vocal and was uncomfortable singing without drums and being the focus. Had she been left to what she wanted I wonder would she still be alive?
Completely agree. The drums were her "shield" so to speak. She was never comfortable in front of the band.
She makes me cry every time.
A lot of people don’t know the Carpenters are really famous in Asia, too.
I love reading the comments and feeling the same way.
2023. And I'll love this song forever...
Karen's singing and drumming (& the whole ensemble's melodic and harmonious) master class.
Pure perfection in song and voice is Karen Carpenter !!!
Glad I saw them in 1973 at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia
I’m 67 and I still love her too. Pure magic and definitely not like the crap I hear in 2024
Oh mama, that is SO good...
What a voice she had, pure talent ❤
The Carpenters Christmas tape-bar none the BEST ever 🇺🇸🖖
The Voice of an Angel
Family entertainment at it's best and very wholesome for the soul of my 70s childhood in America 🇺🇸 where we live free or Die.
So hard to play drums while she sings so brilliantly. And so wonderful she considered herself a drummer before a singer.
@@paddyb456 Oh. Well, maybe she'd done it sometimes I suppose.
Simply the greatest.
One of the greatest voices ever.
There’s something indescribable about her voice
Wwwoooow, Karen Carpenter's Vocal artistry is breath taking.
@@paddyb456
Yes,
that's HER recorded session she's live voicing over.
For the entertainment of the Televised Show audience and the live audience.
That is *Her* we are hearing sing.
This IS Her voice; that was *performed* BY Her, live, in the recording studio session that they chose to be the cut.
Incidentally, she could have sung this equally amazingly, if not even better, again, live, here.
@@paddyb456
By the way.
She is not silently mouthing
the lyrics here
She's actually *singing* *aloud* over her own recorded session here.
In this act, as do major famous Vocalists, they *sing* the lyrics *aloud* *LIVE* right over their hit record session recording, if the Show they are being showcased on chooses to treat the audience to the original hit record studio recording.
@@paddyb456
You comment it's a recording.
You comment she's not singing live.
You stated a bygone conclusion stating the obvious.
Yes. It's the original hit song recording that was made public in the album that is being aired on the show.
Are you confused?
No, she is not singing the original recording live, *obviously*
It was *already* *recorded*
She had *already* sung that studio session take.
She *cannot* be singing the original recording here.
This is *obvious*
And, actually, she is really audibly singing, *live* , over *her* *own* recording.
@@paddyb456
You have made two nonsensical comments that are both moot regarding her performing her hit song on a television show.
This type of playing the original track is for the audience to enjoy seeing her execute the familiar original recording that is the hit song on the album they bought, and heard, on the radio.
You are clearly confused as to what you're attempting to try "point out".
@@paddyb456
You're going to have to invent a Time Machine and go back to catch one of her Concerts.
I can truely say I I love this gental soul. 😢
There is nothing to add. A stunning talent
Astounding
Beautiful voice.
I love how Karen puts the same un-compromising Love and passion into her drums. She reminds the World there is always Hope and Peace.
Such a soft tap on the drums, and an Angels voice to go with it.
I’d sell my soul to go back and live in these days!
Karen and her voice was so beautiful..I'm 73 now and how I miss those days
Magic.
Such a beautiful song. Thank you Paul Williams, Roger Nichols, and The Carpenters.
I wonder how many weddings have featured this song.
Man she loved the drums.
I'm 65 how the years have gone by we still hold on to our memories it was great times back in the seventies!
I could watch the Carpenters for hours and hours