As a kid in the early 70's I rolled my eyes at the Carpenters. I had little appreciation of how great they were. They were so unbelievably talented. And yes- this is a masterpiece.
Love the Burt Bacharach and Hal David medley performed by the Carpenters. One good song after another arranged like one whole song. Richard Carpenter, you are a genius. Even Burt Bacharach acknowledged your talent arranging songs. Don't get tired listening to your sister, Karen Carpenter smooth and soothing voice.
Mind blowing. This was LIVE!!! They must have had a blast rehearsing for this performance, and they absolutely killed it. Karen moving it all along on the drums and singing perfectly and beautifully the whole time, with everyone else in the band right in tune. It's insane how great this is. They also were paying tribute to the legendary Burt Bacharach. It doesn't get any better than this, does it.
Karen had the kind of voice that went to heaven when she did. There will never another voice like hers. It was one of a kind. Her talent will live forever in videos like this.
The greatest sister/ brother duo in the history of recorded music! Boggles the mind to think how much more they count have accomplished if Karen had only lived! What an awesome talent they were!
Richard Carpenter is so underrated. He put all the pieces together. Arrangements, tempo, saying, hey, those lyrics could be a song, and Karen's voice. Karen, well...her emotions in the songs with her easy BEAUTIFUL, RICH Voice is heavenly.
Wow...I had never heard The Carpenters do this material. What's so impressive is they did Bacharach with Carpenter's signature sounds and harmonies. Thank you for posting. (Chicago)
@@9111logic If you haven't already viewed it, I highly recommend the Andy Williams - Burt Bacharach Medley 1968. You can find it on youtube. It's fantastic.
Then you realize this is live. No lyp sync, back tracks, autotune, no safety of the studio, nothing but God given pure vocal wizardry. Of another dimension of musicality.
@@ChuckHackneyThis is not live. That is the record that you are hearing, with all manner of the studio wizardry used that you are trashing. Auto-tune had not yet been invented.
Karen Carpenter had the most heavenly voice…one of a kind and no one has come close to her voice since she left us way too soon. I remember where I was when they announced she had died. I wish Karen could have found someone to love her for her and only her. And I wish her mother could have complimented her the way she did Richard. Karen made the Carpenters. Richard was a brilliant arranger but Karen is the one who made them famous. Rest in peace Karen. You are still missed and loved. I for one still listen to you all the time. You made a difference in my life and thank you for sharing your beautiful voice with all of us. You are still loved and missed.
@@rtboyceI know Tory but for as much as she sounds extremely similar she has a different tone, different modulation, slightly different expression. Too many people get fooled by the similarity of the tremolo or the vibrato of singers but miss the rest
Any Karen imitator comes off as slightly weak. To be fair, there are some reasons why that will be the case no matter how good is the singer. Karen is the first and the original and the one we know best, so anyone else is invariably going to sound inauthentic. Also, it's just a given that no one can do "Karen Carpenter" as well as Karen Carpenter. Another reason is that one of the things that made Karen so great was that she had a magical gift for her personality and emotions, real or fabricated, to come out in her singing. There's no rational reason that a person singing a set melody and set lyrics should have their personality come out of that, but she had a gift to do that. No other person has the same personality that she does, and few singers have the star making quality that allows their personality to express in their singing. Also Karen sung in her own style, what she did best. Other singers need to sing in their own style, not Karen's style, that's just asking for frustration. Still, hearing scads of singers trying to do it as well and just coming off as second best goes to illustrate what we already knew. Karen had a very very special gift.
Karen Carpenter, uma artista completa. Uma das vozes mais lindas da história, além de exímia baterista. Saudades de um tempo, onde o ser era mais importante do que o ter. Saudades do talento da grande Karen Carpenter.
Bee Gees, Beatles, Beach Boys and Burt Bacharach. The Carpenters come from the best source of inspiration! BTW, does anybody have the details of this performance? 1971?
Although the word genius is overused in our society today, it is no misuse of the term when it comes to the absolute brilliance of Richard Carpenter as an arranger! The proof of that fact is this gorgeously beautiful medley of Bacharach-David songs sung magnificently by Karen and Richard from one of their studio albums! No one, but no one has ever sung a medley of those hit songs as well as Karen and Richard and their back-up musicians in the recording studio and in their band!
One of my all-time favorite pieces of music since I first heard off my original LP back in the early 70s. I had never seen this performance; always wonderful to see them play, lip-synched and all. :) Saw them do this in Seattle in 1974, I was 12. I cried the day she died.
Ok, then please explain what your statement means because digital files on TH-cam, various streaming services such as Apple Music, Spotify, and Tidal are the only services that offer digital files of music that was recorded in the analog domain.
I have seen this medley performed on a few TH-cam videos. Everytime it seems to be performed perfectly, especially the vocals. I look for any indication they are lip synching to a prerecorded track but I can't find that. How many groups today can pull something like this off live. Karen was a once in a lifetime singer.
As a musician I often take a close look at these details and you're absolutely correct, not many can do the same anymore; I remember back in the days when we use to perform live as a four piece group and having to use up to six keyboards in order to compensate for the lack of other instruments such as those of a real orchestra. The Carpenters had something special however and for that I have been loving them since 1970 when I first heard their sound.
I can agree with everything you said, but I can't agree with what you didn't say, which is that you think you are hearing a live performance when watching this video. This is the record you are hearing.
Yes I have seen some of her videos, very good indeed however, she still doesn't sound exactly like Karen, not far but not quite the same modulation and softness 🥰
When was this made that Richard is praising the Bee Gees as on of the masters of arrangement? Yes, I know the Bee Gees started in the 60s waaaay before their fame in Disco and had a string of hits from 67-71 before hitting a slump until Jive Talkin' in 75, but would they be in such august company by then? P.S. This came up because of the Tori Holub cover. I thought she was doing some songs the Carpenters (obscurely) covered (as opposed to obscure covers, which these are certainly not). I never knew there was an original performance!
You lost me on the P.S., I don't know what you are getting at there. But your point of Richard paying tribute to the Bee Gees in 1971....that's a good point. They blew up so big in 1977 that it's like their earlier three careers don't even exist, but taking Richard at face value here they must have been bigger in their previous incarnations than what we remember.
My step-dad used to listen to this while he worked in his study. I would even see him get up and move his hips a little to the rhythm. I will say that Richard does handle the piano solo quite deftly during this live rendition. Sadly, Karen cannot quite hide her thinness with the outfit she is wearing.....
Move along, Dumb-ass! Opinions are like A*s-Holes! We all got'em and most of them STINK! Lots of other TH-cam clips for those who don't appreciate musical genius.
Richard Carpenter is a brilliant arranger. Those vocal harmonies are genius.
It's ridiculously perfect. Agreed.
Perfect vocals while playing the drums. Wow😮.
This medley is a masterpiece
I agree 😉
As a kid in the early 70's I rolled my eyes at the Carpenters. I had little appreciation of how great they were. They were so unbelievably talented. And yes- this is a masterpiece.
One of the best Female singers of all time and gone way to soon
The Carpenters were and always will be an integral part of the 20th century American music culture
The genius of Richard and the prodigious talents of the incredible Karen Carpenter!❤❤❤
Love the Burt Bacharach and Hal David medley performed by the Carpenters. One good song after another arranged like one whole song. Richard Carpenter, you are a genius. Even Burt Bacharach acknowledged your talent arranging songs. Don't get tired listening to your sister, Karen Carpenter smooth and soothing voice.
Mind blowing. This was LIVE!!!
They must have had a blast rehearsing for this performance, and they absolutely killed it. Karen moving it all along on the drums and singing perfectly and beautifully the whole time, with everyone else in the band right in tune.
It's insane how great this is.
They also were paying tribute to the legendary Burt Bacharach.
It doesn't get any better than this, does it.
The sound on this video is not live. That's the record you are hearing.
@@TheLarryBrown Wrong.
This was broadcast live on the BBC in 1971. Live. Not recorded.
Karen was one of a kind. May she rest in peace.
Karen had the kind of voice that went to heaven when she did. There will never another voice like hers. It was one of a kind. Her talent will live forever in videos like this.
Agreed. I'll Read No Further.
The greatest sister/ brother duo in the history of recorded music! Boggles the mind to think how much more they count have accomplished if Karen had only lived! What an awesome talent they were!
Take a listen to Tori Holub. You'll get goosebumps.
Richard Carpenter is so underrated. He put all the pieces together. Arrangements, tempo, saying, hey, those lyrics could be a song, and Karen's voice. Karen, well...her emotions in the songs with her easy BEAUTIFUL, RICH Voice is heavenly.
Been listening to Karen Carpenter's voice for 50+ years....its still mind blowing.
Wow...I had never heard The Carpenters do this material. What's so impressive is they did Bacharach with Carpenter's signature sounds and harmonies. Thank you for posting. (Chicago)
Precious memories…the Carpenters.
Burt Bacharach and the Carpenters, a match made in heaven! ♥
I could not agree more
@@9111logic If you haven't already viewed it, I highly recommend the Andy Williams - Burt Bacharach Medley 1968. You can find it on youtube. It's fantastic.
@@Enigma758 Thanks, I will tonight, I'm sure I won't be disappointed 🙏
Exquisite Karen Carpenter and genius brother Richard. Their sound transcends all and reaches straight to the heart and beyond into the universe
Even though this is a playback and not really a live performance, the density of talent is divine
Yes, transcends and is transcendent. Spiritual. The sound of purity of tone, phrasing and intonation. The GOAT, not even close.
Then you realize this is live. No lyp sync, back tracks, autotune, no safety of the studio, nothing but God given pure vocal wizardry. Of another dimension of musicality.
@@ChuckHackneyThis is not live. That is the record that you are hearing, with all manner of the studio wizardry used that you are trashing. Auto-tune had not yet been invented.
Hope all these wonderful musicians and singers once will play on in the Heaven with Jesus Christ.who listen with joy.....Amen
❤
Karen Carpenter had the most heavenly voice…one of a kind and no one has come close to her voice since she left us way too soon. I remember where I was when they announced she had died. I wish Karen could have found someone to love her for her and only her. And I wish her mother could have complimented her the way she did Richard. Karen made the Carpenters. Richard was a brilliant arranger but Karen is the one who made them famous. Rest in peace Karen. You are still missed and loved. I for one still listen to you all the time. You made a difference in my life and thank you for sharing your beautiful voice with all of us. You are still loved and missed.
You have expressed exactly my feelings, she deserved more love, if only she knew how important she was to us ❤
If you think no one has come close, you haven't heard Tori Holub.
@@rtboyceI know Tory but for as much as she sounds extremely similar she has a different tone, different modulation, slightly different expression. Too many people get fooled by the similarity of the tremolo or the vibrato of singers but miss the rest
Any Karen imitator comes off as slightly weak. To be fair, there are some reasons why that will be the case no matter how good is the singer. Karen is the first and the original and the one we know best, so anyone else is invariably going to sound inauthentic. Also, it's just a given that no one can do "Karen Carpenter" as well as Karen Carpenter. Another reason is that one of the things that made Karen so great was that she had a magical gift for her personality and emotions, real or fabricated, to come out in her singing. There's no rational reason that a person singing a set melody and set lyrics should have their personality come out of that, but she had a gift to do that. No other person has the same personality that she does, and few singers have the star making quality that allows their personality to express in their singing. Also Karen sung in her own style, what she did best. Other singers need to sing in their own style, not Karen's style, that's just asking for frustration. Still, hearing scads of singers trying to do it as well and just coming off as second best goes to illustrate what we already knew. Karen had a very very special gift.
Beautiful, thank you for posting.
A religious experience. RIP Karen.
Flawless.
Karen looks so happy here doing what she loves and what she is so good at..
The Carpenters always had the best back-up musicians in their band such as Bob Messenger, Doug Strawn, Tony Peluso and Cubby O'Brien!
Genius and Talent !!!! Just unbelievable !!!!
Those harmonies are so on ❤
❤ Karen Carpenter forever❤
I saw them in Philly in 1971. Unforgettable
Thank you for posting this. Thank God for TH-cam.
Karen Carpenter, uma artista completa. Uma das vozes mais lindas da história, além de exímia baterista. Saudades de um tempo, onde o ser era mais importante do que o ter.
Saudades do talento da grande Karen Carpenter.
Karen and Burt are at heaven with The Lord. ♥
All of them, had a good voice .
リチャードさんの大ファンです。
初期のライブ映像ではリチャードさんの歌うシーンがたくさん見られるのがうれしいです。
Karen mastered her Hi-Hats, and that is what defines, makes or breaks, a Drummer!
Bee Gees, Beatles, Beach Boys and Burt Bacharach. The Carpenters come from the best source of inspiration! BTW, does anybody have the details of this performance? 1971?
Very much timeless Medley Tune to Missed.❤👍
U can not find Siblings now a day that performed such a Brilliant Tandem like Richard & Karen Carpenters ❤ 🥰 💕
It’s Great to see Legends doing medleys of other Legends music Especially the Multi Talented Brother and sister Group The Carpenters!!
You joke? What a perfect set! 👍👍👍👍👍
EXCELLENT!
Although the word genius is overused in our society today, it is no misuse of the term when it comes to the absolute brilliance of Richard Carpenter as an arranger! The proof of that fact is this gorgeously beautiful medley of Bacharach-David songs sung magnificently by Karen and Richard from one of their studio albums! No one, but no one has ever sung a medley of those hit songs as well as Karen and Richard and their back-up musicians in the recording studio and in their band!
It really doesn't get any better thanks to Richard's arrangement and Karen's ridiculously awesome work on the drums and vocals.
Amen
@@johnmccarthy9391The drums you are hearing are from Hal Blaine.
So smooth….it’s tastier than the best cream cheese spread
Incredible medley. Loved me some Karen Carpenter.
Шикарно!
Genau ❤mit einem Wort 💗💞💓❣️🌹💖💕💜
One of my all-time favorite pieces of music since I first heard off my original LP back in the early 70s. I had never seen this performance; always wonderful to see them play, lip-synched and all. :) Saw them do this in Seattle in 1974, I was 12. I cried the day she died.
@@roz99999this is definitely the studio recording from the album “Carpenters” - I’ve heard it too many times in 50 years to not recognize it.
Dammit. A voice like velvet. Their singing is heavenly.
Christ this takes me back. Unreal. Great post.
Love their sound…HER VOICE
The carpenters are the warmth of the analogue sound in a world of cheap autotuned digital files.
If you listen to the Carpenters and/or watch them on TH-cam, then, yes, your statement would be correct.
My experience goes way beyond your assumption.
Ok, then please explain what your statement means because digital files on TH-cam, various streaming services such as Apple Music, Spotify, and Tidal are the only services that offer digital files of music that was recorded in the analog domain.
Adoro las canciones de The Carpenter's ♥️♥️♥️🎧♥️👍👍
Karen est éternelle pour moi ! Sa voix me fait du bien et me console !
Merci de partager d'aussi belles vidéos ! Ça fait du bien dans ce monde devenu si médiocre !
Vraisment, d'accord
HERMOSO.....
Prodigiosa voz la de Karen, lástima que con su temprana partida nos privó de seguir escuchándola...!grande Karen!!
Comparto completamente tu opinión. Saludos.
Burt B said that Richard could arrange one of his songs in a way that he couldn't. Karen unfortunately seems to be overlooked for he phenomenal voice.
Burt was a genius, for sure. The Carpenters put "squeaky clean" on the map, but as we all know, they had their problems.
And you don't?
@@TheLarryBrown We all do.
I have seen this medley performed on a few TH-cam videos. Everytime it seems to be performed perfectly, especially the vocals. I look for any indication they are lip synching to a prerecorded track but I can't find that. How many groups today can pull something like this off live. Karen was a once in a lifetime singer.
As a musician I often take a close look at these details and you're absolutely correct, not many can do the same anymore; I remember back in the days when we use to perform live as a four piece group and having to use up to six keyboards in order to compensate for the lack of other instruments such as those of a real orchestra. The Carpenters had something special however and for that I have been loving them since 1970 when I first heard their sound.
My first time , I ever heard this video. They were all excellent .
I saw them sing this in concert in 1971 - Awesome !
I can agree with everything you said, but I can't agree with what you didn't say, which is that you think you are hearing a live performance when watching this video. This is the record you are hearing.
@@TheLarryBrown After looking closer I think you are correct. But the version from Walter Reed Army Hospital I am 99.9% sure IS live.
The TH-camr Tori Holub does a note-for-note rendition of this medley, voice sounds incredibly like Karen’s.
Yes I have seen some of her videos, very good indeed however, she still doesn't sound exactly like Karen, not far but not quite the same modulation and softness 🥰
Still great
😅Karen Carpenter nos deixou saudades😪
Sure Burt liked it.
Maravilha
A lot of musicians would have thrown in Bach as well.
Go Karen🎶 🥁 😃👏
When was this made that Richard is praising the Bee Gees as on of the masters of arrangement? Yes, I know the Bee Gees started in the 60s waaaay before their fame in Disco and had a string of hits from 67-71 before hitting a slump until Jive Talkin' in 75, but would they be in such august company by then?
P.S. This came up because of the Tori Holub cover. I thought she was doing some songs the Carpenters (obscurely) covered (as opposed to obscure covers, which these are certainly not). I never knew there was an original performance!
You lost me on the P.S., I don't know what you are getting at there. But your point of Richard paying tribute to the Bee Gees in 1971....that's a good point. They blew up so big in 1977 that it's like their earlier three careers don't even exist, but taking Richard at face value here they must have been bigger in their previous incarnations than what we remember.
The colors were green and orange.
Again, écouter....green and orange.
Now repeat after me, what were the colors of the '70s?
Richard thinks just like me,im a 4B's guy myself
Richard said they were born to do just this. No argument here.
My step-dad used to listen to this while he worked in his study. I would even see him get up and move his hips a little to the rhythm. I will say that Richard does handle the piano solo quite deftly during this live rendition. Sadly, Karen cannot quite hide her thinness with the outfit she is wearing.....
This is 1971, she wasn't thin until 1974.
More here: th-cam.com/video/Wda7mxwOsL4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=J_Bmya71js41eJMr
The talent just oozes from these two. They should've just left her singing from behind her drums.
What year was this?
I think it was originally filmed in 1969 but surely broadcast by BBC 4 after 2002
Sorry, i didn't know the year ✌️🤔🙄i was born in the last quarter of 1983... But i think I love it like you love it 👍
Spellbinding
Wow, had forgotten the magic of Karen and her brother. Not sure about the other werewolves but maybe they ok too.
Holy Holiday Inn Lounge Batman!
Ignorant comment.
Move along, Dumb-ass! Opinions are like A*s-Holes! We all got'em and most of them STINK! Lots of other TH-cam clips for those who don't appreciate musical genius.
I WISH!!!!! i'd *live* there.
All under one banner the people of Scotland will vote SNP. We do not do Brexit stupid dear England. Someone should have told Labour that.
She was showing signs of her sickness here - or is it just my eyes.
She was getting worse by the month 😪
I love The Carpenters, but this is so weird.
Why? It is a fantastic medley of Bacharach hits arranged by the brilliant Richard Carpenter & sung by the brilliant Karen Carpenter!
@@deannebenkert6700 And on top of it all DRUMMED excellently at breathtaking speed by Karen.
such a wonderful voice and amazing talent her demise was so tragic and devastating to the world of music she was amazing.