Thank you Zack for this detailed analysis/reaction. You were having a premonition if you remember. Talking about the breath control and holding long notes. I knew what was coming and she lets go on that final youuuuuuuuu and raises to her vibrato. Karen didn’t sing it that way, it was long but landed softly into the Whas. This song predates the Wonka song by a lot. Bacharach and David were the writers. Richard Chamberlain was the originating singer in 1963, the Dionne Warwick took a crack and another then Herb Alpert made an attempt but wasn’t happy. So he gave the one sheet to his new artist, Richard Carpenter to take his shot at it. Richard made the iconic arrangement AND added the opening piano riff. Karen sang it and it went to #1 for a month. The next song is quite different. I’ll update your info here. Suddenly is from the 1980 movie Xanadu. Originally sung by Cliff Richard and Olivia Newton-John. Dan Wesley (from the UK) and Tori released their cover in July. This fill length video introduced two aspects of Tori that hadn’t been seen before. Playing an instrument (she’s a multi-instrumentalist) and covering an ON-J song. She’s done both in her Short videos. I hope you enjoy. Joe Link: th-cam.com/video/XrKi9pbpDAI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Q3rGwGbvcPagmqxU .
This is the closest anyone will get to sounding like Karen Carpenter. However Karen had a sharpness, in some cases, to her upper range which Tori takes the edge off, creating a smoother sound. Obviously, this is taking nothing away from Karen's most recognisable voice in the world. This difference is only really noticeable if each rendition is placed side by side.
The Carpenter’s that was one of my parents wedding song back in 1976 that and If by Bread ….FACTS!
I hope to hear Tori live, someday.
Boy this brings back memories!💜💜💜
Bacharach and David wrote the song, performed by the Carpenters and re interpreted by Tori and Dan
i always do a thumbs up for each of her review of songs. grew up with 50s to now music and she is so good.
When I saw you were reacting to this I got so excited. She does a beautiful job with singing Karen's songs. Thank you .
Thank you Zack for this detailed analysis/reaction. You were having a premonition if you remember. Talking about the breath control and holding long notes. I knew what was coming and she lets go on that final youuuuuuuuu and raises to her vibrato. Karen didn’t sing it that way, it was long but landed softly into the Whas. This song predates the Wonka song by a lot. Bacharach and David were the writers. Richard Chamberlain was the originating singer in 1963, the Dionne Warwick took a crack and another then Herb Alpert made an attempt but wasn’t happy. So he gave the one sheet to his new artist, Richard Carpenter to take his shot at it. Richard made the iconic arrangement AND added the opening piano riff. Karen sang it and it went to #1 for a month.
The next song is quite different. I’ll update your info here. Suddenly is from the 1980 movie Xanadu. Originally sung by Cliff Richard and Olivia Newton-John. Dan Wesley (from the UK) and Tori released their cover in July. This fill length video introduced two aspects of Tori that hadn’t been seen before. Playing an instrument (she’s a multi-instrumentalist) and covering an ON-J song. She’s done both in her Short videos.
I hope you enjoy.
Joe
Link:
th-cam.com/video/XrKi9pbpDAI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Q3rGwGbvcPagmqxU
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This is the closest anyone will get to sounding like Karen Carpenter. However Karen had a sharpness, in some cases, to her upper range which Tori takes the edge off, creating a smoother sound. Obviously, this is taking nothing away from Karen's most recognisable voice in the world. This difference is only really noticeable if each rendition is placed side by side.
Thank you for your reaction. Tori is one of the closest.