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The drummer in the marching band who she "kisses" is John Denver. Cracked me up. I was one of those girls in the early 70s who was told "girls don't play drums." Im 62 y.o. and taking drum lessons. Just bought my first drum kit
Her brother said she considered herself a drummer 1st. Her story is pretty tragic. When they toured England, they met Paul McCartney at his studio where PM told her she was his favorite female singer. Only 2 hours later at a press event she had to field a question about concert goers talking about “how big her hips were”.
One of the most beautiful voices ever. Every note crisp and clean. Her drumming as you said is perfection and really clean and loose playing style. What an incredible loss for us all when she passed.🙏🏼
Karen was one of a kind. There will never be another like her. She had such a pure calming voice. And she was a terrific drummer. That was her passion even more than singing. You can see the joy in her face in this video. Sadly we lost her so young. Thankfully we have her legacy left in her music.
Something others may not think about. This was effortless. She's running around from place to place smiling. She's not winded. Not wearing herself out. She's having fun.
This was so good. And the fact it's 1976 and she/they were able to double her up on stage, and then she started trading notes with herself, flawlessly! Amazing! She was smiling so much, having so much fun, it really hurts to know the pain she was in internally. Rest in peace, Karen. Thank you for your work on Earth. 🙏🙏
@@phillipbarker4757 Well, and her brother was mom's favorite. One thing I saw long ago, an article. Mom was talking to someone going to interview them and mom says, why do you want to talk to her, she's just the drummer. Richard is the star!
The thing that always strikes me when I see this is the pure happiness and joy that she is clearly experiencing while she's playing. I've never seen that same joy in her while she's singing, but to be fair, most of the songs she sang were more on the melancholy side. Still, even if I were blind and could only hear this performance, I would still be able to tell that she was absolutely loving every single second of it.
It's real nice to hear a drummer's take on Karen's talent. I was a kid when she was alive and making music, but I knew her as a drummer. I think that's one of the many reasons why she isn't here with us today. The studio didn't want her behind the drums. You couldn't see her sing. They forced her up front when all she wanted to be was a drummer. Richard needed her to sing, but I think she was hoping to be replaced. That didn't happen, as she was so amazing a singer, the studio bought the band with her as singer. As you said, she lights up when she's drumming. That might when out of her. With all the other demons she was dealing with, she turned to anorexia to help fix her problems. But that's not how it works, does it? She is saddling missed every day.
The great drummer, Buddy Rich, called Karen the "best female drummer" he had ever heard. For all the different types of drumming she does throughout this solo, the one thing you never see in any of her other performances is THAT SMILE. You can tell she is doing her absolute favorite thing in the World! I'm not sure how many other performances like this you will find. There may be a few from live concerts.
There's a great one from '76 recorded in London at a concert. But my favourite is the Ed Sullivan outdoor Bacharach medley from 1971, taped at Walter Reed military hospital...
She said back then she LOVED playing the drums, and she looks it. But the record producers thought it was not a good look for a girl drummer, so she had to cease the drumming. I think it broke her, and took joy out of her life. This show was John Denver’s summer replacement show.
Great reaction to Karen the drummer. She always considered herself “a drummer that sings”, but obviously her golden voice moved her to the front of the stage. A cool video to see her playing and singing is the Burt Bacharach Medley from the Ed Sullivan show performing before an audience of wounded Viet Nam vets. Many styles, Tom fills, and harmonies from early the Carpenters days.
Oh yes. That video at Walter Reed is marvelous...and there's nothing "TV live" about as there is with this. The marching band drummer is John Denver, BTW...
@@HuntingViolets Her reply was as humble as she was beautiful. She hoped he wasn't mad at her; that she had nothing to do with the list but felt honored to be even considered at all. Granted Bonham was suffering the effects of alcoholism at the time and likely spoke out of personal pain but the bottom line is they were both great drummers who died much too young.
I grew up on the Carpenters music. Learned piano to many of their songs. I’ve heard for decades how great her voice is but never on her drumming skills/art. I know nothing about drumming and have a horrible ear for rhythms so THANK YOU for validating her craft.
i didn't realize how good she was until your analysis of this vid. with your drummer background. I have to agree, she is a true legit drummer. she could drum as well as she sings, what a talented lady
Karen's love for the drums is evident. Wish there was more footage of her playing the drums. She really rather play the drums, but their manager pulled her out behind the drums and brought her front stage as lead singer. Karen was not too happy about that decision, but it was what really made their popularity soar. Karen was a very underrated drummer and a true pioneer for women drummers in the early 70's.
Thank you for highlighting the greatness of Karen Carpenter. I remember when they first became famous and they talked about her great voice. She said she just happened to be a drummer who liked to sing. She loved the drums. I love seeing anything about the Carpenters, but I always feel a sadness about how she left us. 💔
She just seemed the happiest ever, whenever she was drumming... And, do check out the sessions where she's drumming and singing... Drumming the beat, singing the melody, and a big old smile. She needed more of that, but "the business" took that away from her, and then took her away from us 😥 It's been 40+ years, and she's so missed.
I totally agree with that, and I discovered the Carpenters about 35 years ago, while working at a local library, where we let people borrow any CD we had. My initial reaction to learning why Karen passed away can't be printed, though.
I just have to say not only was Karen mega talented on vocal and drums but she was my kind of girl wholesome and naturally cute. I was gutted when I heard she died. RIP Karen you are missed.
Karen always used to say to people " I'm not a singer, I'm a DRUMMER who can sing." She was a terrific talent. You could put anything in front of her and she'd blow you outta the water! Such a terrible tragic loss for all of us who adored her❤
There is a video of Karen paling on the Tonight Show. Johnny Carson was a drummer and a drum fan; he had Buddy Rich on quite a few times. Also Cubby O'brien was the Carpenter's drummer. Cubby was on the Mickey Mouse Club was back when . Annette Funicello was also an alumnus of the show with Cubby..
My brother is 12 years old than me and a frustrated guitar player and I'm a decent drummer and one time we were talking about drummers and who I felt was underrated. One of the first names I mentioned was Karen Carpenter's and he laughed at me - literally as he had no idea she even played. After he got done calling me all kinds of names, I sent him the video you are reviewing. A couple of days later, he sent me a text back that said simply: "I stand corrected. Who knew?"
Neil Peart was asked how it felt to be the greatest Drummer in the World. Neil replied I don't know you have to ask Karen Carpenter. She was brilliant. She held the sticks just like Buddy Rich. She could change styles in a flash. When they took her off the Drums to be a just a Front Singer I believe they took her first love away. She was more than special. She was a true gift sent by God. She had so much more to give.
Yep, as you just said: Karen Carpeter has been the real deal. I had no idea that she's been playing the drums (pardon my ignorance) -- and boy, did she play them. Thank you very much for sharing that experience. Just fascinating. Let us keep moments like this alive...! All the very best from Germany
You could tell right away that she could play, just showing a little crispness right away. Seemingly endless Multiple types of fills. Jazz chops I envy.. 🤙
Just talented and beautiful.Killed us all to watch her waste away from anorexia and feeling helpless.Angel voice and Angel smile. She plays drums on some of her own songs.
It was a tragic story. On a tour of England, Paul McCartney invited them to the studio where he was recording an album for his brother. Paul told her she was his favorite female voice. Later that day they went and did press for their show and an interviewer asked her what she thought about a reviewer noticing she had “big hips”. Imagine going from that high to being told that in a couple hours.
One of my favorite videos showing Karen's (and Richard's) raw talent is from 1968 (when she was just 18!) when they were "The Dick Carpenter Trio" and appeared on a TV talent show called "Your All American College Show". They played "Dancing in the Street" with Karen on vocals and drums. This was before they were "discovered" and signed a record deal.
There's a video of her at 18 years old playing drums & singing "Dancing In the Streets" with her brother, here on TH-cam. She looks like a little kid & the venue looks like a school talent show (it wasn't---I think it was a local TV show). It's so good though. She had it even back then.
Just to let you know, there’s some people in this world who knew Karen Carpenter before she became famous. I’m one of them. She was in my high school band drum section at down east Senior high school in Downey and 1967G volunteered to help me learn how to play the drums no problem. The lady was very elegant my friend and only my friend see was expired by a boy. His name is Frankie Chavez. He’s been playing the drums since the age of three. I knew him before I met Karen because I went to the same school. He went to. There’s a lot of history. She’s a good friend. Richard is an elegant rearrange of music between the both of them. They were dynamite. They worked very hard to get where they’re at. They deserve everything that they get people seem to think that there’s no one out there knows the carpenters like I do believe me. I know they are what they are Apple pie And very unique people is critics who criticize their music. Don’t even understand the gift of music. Music is very important. In our way of life makes you sad makes you glad makes you happy. The music is one of the most important things in this world to be involved with and I think that’s very important. My name is James Savage graduating Classat Downey high school with Karen and Richard Carpenter.
Karen gave me this nickname "RagTie" when I did painting & repair work on her her brothers' apartments, houses & Richard's car warehouse. Even painted her parents house. Beau😢 one of a kind free spirit who, in opposite views portrayed upon her, was not conflicted or troubled outwardly and open in her everyday life. She was a happy, smiley ;& outgoing person. Despite her internal suffering. But I spent allot of time with her and that conflict never showed.
I always love watching people react to this! My mom was Karen's age and The Carpenters was one of the few non-classical music acts she (still) enjoys. For all of the attention put (rightly) on Karen's beautiful singing voice, her drumming skills are impressive and often overlooked (at the height of The Carpenters' fame, the powers-that-be wanted her to stand onstage as a singer and not sit behind the kit). Meanwhile, behind the drum kit was where she was happiest, and you can see how much she loved drumming in this video. Another female drummer you may or may not be aware of is Gloria Estefan's daughter, Emily Estefan. She sings and plays multiple instruments, but the drums are her primary instrument. She is also a graduate of the Berklee School of Music. There is a video on TH-cam of Emily playing drums on a medley of her mom's hits: Emily Estefan - Mi Tierra / Oye Mi Canto (Live at the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize 2019).
Karen was an awesome singer and drummer. I saw Sheila E at a dinner concert in NY…she was incredible! There’s a TH-cam video of their first jazz band in 1968…Karen was 18 and Richard 21. They played Dancing in the Street. Incredible! People always wondered how Karen could sing so beautifully and play the drums. Richard said she had impeccable timing. Thank you for such a great reaction and recognizing Karen’s unreal talent! ❤❤❤❤
If you ever get back to her singing, now, I would like to suggest a tv appearance from the early 80s. It's a medley that she did with Ella Fitzgerald (The Queen of Music). It's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen, musically. Miss Ella was up in age, but still had an amazing voice. I remember watching it, when it played on TV. To me, it felt like the elder superstar passing the torch on to the new superstar to run with. Unfortunately, Karen would lose her battle with demons and anorexia, soon after this aired. Like I said, it is so beautiful. You can search for their names and medley.
Listening to Toronto radio station JazzFM yesterday and it was mentioned by Alex Pangman on her show Swing Set that the standards Don't Get Around Much Anymore and I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart were written as countermelodies for each other. That rang a loud bell: those two songs appear in the Karen/Ella medley in exactly that fashion, with successive lines traded back and forth...and Ella will certainly have known that was the intent with those two tunes. If only KC had lived longer. There would have been a Carpenters standards album...or several...
Karen was just amazing all around. She thought of herself as a drummer first and foremost and it took a while for her to come out from behind the kit because of her shyness. Singing drummers are a rare breed, such as Levon Helm with The Band and Don Henley with The Eagles who are two of my favorites.
A genius at singing and a genius at drumming, Karen Carpenter was extraordinary in so many ways. She made her performances look effortless. Thank you, Seton Hill studios for your continued commentary and appreciation of this truly great artist.
@@setonhillstudios - Here's another clip of Karen on drums, with an intro by her brother, Richard. Also in this video is Cubby O'Brien, one of the original Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeers, playing drums along with Karen. Cubby toured with the Carpenters for nine years, only stopping when she passed. Enjoy! th-cam.com/video/ie1WWWOxhMs/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=SylvioBazote
I was a church drummer back when I was in high school. (1975-77) Then, I enlisted in the Marine Corps. I gave a girl in my church a few lessons and turned the drums over to her. After all these years, I have decided to get back into drumming. I have purchased the Alesis Nitro Max Expanded electronics drum kit to get started. It will give me something to do this winter. And I may be able to fill in at my church, when our regular drummer cannot be there. Karen Carpenter may not have been the best drummer out there, but she could hold her own and her silky smooth vocals more than made up for it. A true all-around talented artist and I sure do miss her music.
Very jazz and we all know that jazz is the king of drums. Definitely might reminds me of Buddy Rich. Buddy Rich, who was an inspiration to so many rock drummers
This is so expertly mimed! There is a live version of the same solo somewhere out there with the 1976 “strike up the band” show and her brother narrates the story of her growing up during the instrument changes.
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No question about it, Karen is the REAL DEAL on the drums! Let's Goooo!!!
The drummer in the marching band who she "kisses" is John Denver. Cracked me up.
I was one of those girls in the early 70s who was told "girls don't play drums." Im 62 y.o. and taking drum lessons. Just bought my first drum kit
Yay you!!! ❤❤❤✌️
My wife surprised me with a bucket list item for my 60th birthday--drum lessons. I love it. Glad you're taking them!
You go, Girl!
Good for you grandma go rock those tubs baby! 👍😉
@@juliewolfe168 I’ve always wanted to play drums, but never got around to it. Now that I’m 64, I think I’ll give it a go! 🥁
If you noticed... You will always see the biggest smile on her face when she's drumming.
Her brother said she considered herself a drummer 1st. Her story is pretty tragic. When they toured England, they met Paul McCartney at his studio where PM told her she was his favorite female singer. Only 2 hours later at a press event she had to field a question about concert goers talking about “how big her hips were”.
You can tell she was happier playing drums !
Buddy Rich was adamant how good a drummer Karen was...she had his total respect and said so publicly in so many words.
Al true yes but Buddy was no buddy of 'Ringo' calling him an insult to the art of drumming!
Hal Blaine who played drums on thier singles in the studio said she was as good a drummer as anyone
One of the most beautiful voices ever. Every note crisp and clean. Her drumming as you said is perfection and really clean and loose playing style. What an incredible loss for us all when she passed.🙏🏼
Karen was one of a kind. There will never be another like her. She had such a pure calming voice. And she was a terrific drummer. That was her passion even more than singing. You can see the joy in her face in this video. Sadly we lost her so young. Thankfully we have her legacy left in her music.
Both she and John Denver had the best voices of their time!! ❤️🎶
👍 Karen was the real deal alright. She was so musically gifted. She was a very talented drummer and one of the greatest female vocalist of all time.
She was an award-winning jazz drummer as a teenager before she even started to sing. What a talent!!
Something others may not think about. This was effortless. She's running around from place to place smiling. She's not winded. Not wearing herself out. She's having fun.
This was so good. And the fact it's 1976 and she/they were able to double her up on stage, and then she started trading notes with herself, flawlessly! Amazing! She was smiling so much, having so much fun, it really hurts to know the pain she was in internally. Rest in peace, Karen. Thank you for your work on Earth. 🙏🙏
It's called editing, numbnuts.
The thing I LOVE about this clip, you can see PURE JOY in her being!! RIP Karen
.look at the absolute JOY on her face as she runs and plays!
"She's the real deal." Yes she was, she sure was. Great review.
What is so great and sad in a way is to see she always had her biggest smile while playing the drums. maybe her true LOVE
I always wondered if her life would have different if they didn’t push her out front and away from what she obviously loved.
@@phillipbarker4757 Well, and her brother was mom's favorite. One thing I saw long ago, an article. Mom was talking to someone going to interview them and mom says, why do you want to talk to her, she's just the drummer. Richard is the star!
Karen was so talented. Her voice alone could possibly have melted the polar ice up north. Sorely miss her❤❤❤❤
When you watch this, look at her face. She has the biggest smile. I believe she was happiest when playing drums.
She never wanted to be the frontwoman
I was just appreciating, too, how effortless she made it all look, and, unlike a lot of "serious" drummers, just having so much fun!
Most people don’t realize what a kick ass drummer Karen was
She could definitely bring it!! 🥁
Unapologetic enthusiasm for Karen’s artistic skills, percussive and generally. I appreciate your genuine appreciation of her under rated playing. 🥁
The thing that always strikes me when I see this is the pure happiness and joy that she is clearly experiencing while she's playing. I've never seen that same joy in her while she's singing, but to be fair, most of the songs she sang were more on the melancholy side. Still, even if I were blind and could only hear this performance, I would still be able to tell that she was absolutely loving every single second of it.
It's real nice to hear a drummer's take on Karen's talent. I was a kid when she was alive and making music, but I knew her as a drummer. I think that's one of the many reasons why she isn't here with us today. The studio didn't want her behind the drums. You couldn't see her sing. They forced her up front when all she wanted to be was a drummer. Richard needed her to sing, but I think she was hoping to be replaced. That didn't happen, as she was so amazing a singer, the studio bought the band with her as singer.
As you said, she lights up when she's drumming. That might when out of her. With all the other demons she was dealing with, she turned to anorexia to help fix her problems. But that's not how it works, does it? She is saddling missed every day.
The great drummer, Buddy Rich, called Karen the "best female drummer" he had ever heard.
For all the different types of drumming she does throughout this solo, the one thing you never see in any of her other performances is THAT SMILE. You can tell she is doing her absolute favorite thing in the World!
I'm not sure how many other performances like this you will find. There may be a few from live concerts.
There's a great one from '76 recorded in London at a concert. But my favourite is the Ed Sullivan outdoor Bacharach medley from 1971, taped at Walter Reed military hospital...
I think there's one of her playing a similar type solo in Japan in the early 80's. Loved that smile!
She said back then she LOVED playing the drums, and she looks it. But the record producers thought it was not a good look for a girl drummer, so she had to cease the drumming. I think it broke her, and took joy out of her life. This show was John Denver’s summer replacement show.
The audience is on their feet and as she was taking her bows, you can hear her say, "It's too much", humble all the way.
She always said she was a drummer who could sing! She is so awesome. We lost her too soon! Love your reaction!
Kind of like Phil Collins...but prettier😂
She was untouchable. There has never ever been nothing quite like her since.
Great reaction to Karen the drummer. She always considered herself “a drummer that sings”, but obviously her golden voice moved her to the front of the stage. A cool video to see her playing and singing is the Burt Bacharach Medley from the Ed Sullivan show performing before an audience of wounded Viet Nam vets. Many styles, Tom fills, and harmonies from early the Carpenters days.
Oh yes. That video at Walter Reed is marvelous...and there's nothing "TV live" about as there is with this.
The marching band drummer is John Denver, BTW...
They wanted Karen to be out front. Ok, move the drum kit out front.
Thank you for explaining Karen’s talent on the drums. I had no idea the differences of styles.
In 1976 Rolling Stone Magazine named her Rock Drummer of the year!
In a 1975 Playboy Drummers Poll Karen came in 10th...John Bonham came in 11th. He was not happy.
Awwww. Too bad
I just looked this up. He said in an interview she couldn't last ten minutes in a Zeppelin number. Yeah, a little bitter.
@@HuntingViolets Her reply was as humble as she was beautiful. She hoped he wasn't mad at her; that she had nothing to do with the list but felt honored to be even considered at all. Granted Bonham was suffering the effects of alcoholism at the time and likely spoke out of personal pain but the bottom line is they were both great drummers who died much too young.
She was very smooth and clean, definitely not a joke.
so fun to see Karen and John Denver together
I grew up on the Carpenters music. Learned piano to many of their songs. I’ve heard for decades how great her voice is but never on her drumming skills/art. I know nothing about drumming and have a horrible ear for rhythms so THANK YOU for validating her craft.
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Did you notice that was John Denver who gave Karen his drum 🥁😊
Karen was just the best. And she is missed. 😢💔❤️🫂🎼🎶
i didn't realize how good she was until your analysis of this vid. with your drummer background. I have to agree, she is a true legit drummer. she could drum as well as she sings, what a talented lady
She was definitely an amazing talent! Truly unbelievable! 🔥
Karen's love for the drums is evident.
Wish there was more footage of her playing the drums.
She really rather play the drums, but their manager pulled her out behind the drums and brought her front stage as lead singer.
Karen was not too happy about that decision, but it was what really made their popularity soar.
Karen was a very underrated drummer and a true pioneer for women drummers in the early 70's.
.Most thought of Karen as a singer that could play drums, She considered herself a drummer that could sing.
Thank you for highlighting the greatness of Karen Carpenter. I remember when they first became famous and they talked about her great voice. She said she just happened to be a drummer who liked to sing. She loved the drums. I love seeing anything about the Carpenters, but I always feel a sadness about how she left us. 💔
I love watching her sheer joy of playing. THAT is what music is about.
I remember watching this on TV. I was 14. I was and still am a huge Carpenters fan
She just seemed the happiest ever, whenever she was drumming... And, do check out the sessions where she's drumming and singing... Drumming the beat, singing the melody, and a big old smile.
She needed more of that, but "the business" took that away from her, and then took her away from us 😥
It's been 40+ years, and she's so missed.
Her face showed pure joy.
Karen was just terrific! What an amazing lady
26 years old there and a flawless voice to match
I really enjoyed that. Karen was a breath of fresh air. I miss her…
She once went into the studio with a song written on a napkin. The studio engineer was shocked when that 1 take song became a hit
Loved her, obviously, but loved your love for her just as much.
I love that woman, she was an incredible musician, voice of an angel and could play drums so effortlessly, truly amazing!
I totally agree with that, and I discovered the Carpenters about 35 years ago, while working at a local library, where we let people borrow any CD we had. My initial reaction to learning why Karen passed away can't be printed, though.
This is when she is at her happiest. Behind the drum kit banging away. I forgot John Denver was in this skit.
A good reaction from a drummer's perspective...learned a lot from this one.
Thanks so much and glad you enjoyed it! 😁
Natural talent in spades, a born musician and artist
Love her play, love her voice. Miss her so much. Listening her music and outstanding voice makes me sad and thankful at the same time.
Such a loss. So talented and had the voice of an angel.
I wish she was still with us.😢
She wasn’t just a drummer she was a pure percussionist
She's really an incredible drummer..Greatest singer of all time😊
Unreal!! 🔥🔥
She always had a big smile on her face whenever she played the drums.
She tried playing the trumpet one time , but every time she hit it the sticks broke.
❤ Karen Carpenter forever❤
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Never knew she was that talented with percussion.
So good!! 🔥🔥
I just have to say not only was Karen mega talented on vocal and drums but she was my kind of girl wholesome and naturally cute. I was gutted when I heard she died. RIP Karen you are missed.
❤❤ Lord what a talented woman. I never saw this. Incredible ❤️. Gone too soon. 😢
She is SO masterful, she is having as much fun on all the various drums/percussions as Roy Clark has fun with all the string instruments he played.
That’s John Denver that traded the bass drum!! Yeah, she was talented!!!🤘🔥
Karen always used to say to people " I'm not a singer, I'm a DRUMMER who can sing." She was a terrific talent. You could put anything in front of her and she'd blow you outta the water!
Such a terrible tragic loss for all of us who adored her❤
Funny ... that is exactly what Phil Collins always says as well.
There is a video of Karen paling on the Tonight Show. Johnny Carson was a drummer and a drum fan; he had Buddy Rich on quite a few times. Also Cubby O'brien was the Carpenter's drummer. Cubby was on the Mickey Mouse Club was back when . Annette Funicello was also an alumnus of the show with Cubby..
My brother is 12 years old than me and a frustrated guitar player and I'm a decent drummer and one time we were talking about drummers and who I felt was underrated. One of the first names I mentioned was Karen Carpenter's and he laughed at me - literally as he had no idea she even played. After he got done calling me all kinds of names, I sent him the video you are reviewing. A couple of days later, he sent me a text back that said simply: "I stand corrected. Who knew?"
Neil Peart was asked how it felt to be the greatest Drummer in the World. Neil replied I don't know you have to ask Karen Carpenter. She was brilliant. She held the sticks just like Buddy Rich. She could change styles in a flash. When they took her off the Drums to be a just a Front Singer I believe they took her first love away. She was more than special. She was a true gift sent by God. She had so much more to give.
Yep, as you just said: Karen Carpeter has been the real deal. I had no idea that she's been playing the drums (pardon my ignorance) -- and boy, did she play them. Thank you very much for sharing that experience. Just fascinating. Let us keep moments like this alive...!
All the very best from Germany
You could tell right away that she could play, just showing a little crispness right away. Seemingly endless Multiple types of fills. Jazz chops I envy.. 🤙
Just talented and beautiful.Killed us all to watch her waste away from anorexia and feeling helpless.Angel voice and Angel smile. She plays drums on some of her own songs.
It was a tragic story. On a tour of England, Paul McCartney invited them to the studio where he was recording an album for his brother. Paul told her she was his favorite female voice. Later that day they went and did press for their show and an interviewer asked her what she thought about a reviewer noticing she had “big hips”. Imagine going from that high to being told that in a couple hours.
@@alexanderh.5814 wow. Some interviewers are just trash.
One of my favorite videos showing Karen's (and Richard's) raw talent is from 1968 (when she was just 18!) when they were "The Dick Carpenter Trio" and appeared on a TV talent show called "Your All American College Show". They played "Dancing in the Street" with Karen on vocals and drums. This was before they were "discovered" and signed a record deal.
There's a video of her at 18 years old playing drums & singing "Dancing In the Streets" with her brother, here on TH-cam. She looks like a little kid & the venue looks like a school talent show (it wasn't---I think it was a local TV show). It's so good though. She had it even back then.
The world lost a musical treasure when Karen passed away. So many great songs that we won’t hear until we’re with her again.
❤❤❤❤ thank you for watching Karen's drum solo
- "The Richard Carpenter Trio" - featuring Karen on drums :)
THANK YOU, for explaining all this to the layperson. 👍👍👍
Thanks for watching! 😁
Just to let you know, there’s some people in this world who knew Karen Carpenter before she became famous. I’m one of them. She was in my high school band drum section at down east Senior high school in Downey and 1967G volunteered to help me learn how to play the drums no problem. The lady was very elegant my friend and only my friend see was expired by a boy. His name is Frankie Chavez. He’s been playing the drums since the age of three. I knew him before I met Karen because I went to the same school. He went to. There’s a lot of history. She’s a good friend. Richard is an elegant rearrange of music between the both of them. They were dynamite. They worked very hard to get where they’re at. They deserve everything that they get people seem to think that there’s no one out there knows the carpenters like I do believe me. I know they are what they are Apple pie And very unique people is critics who criticize their music. Don’t even understand the gift of music. Music is very important. In our way of life makes you sad makes you glad makes you happy. The music is one of the most important things in this world to be involved with and I think that’s very important. My name is James Savage graduating Classat Downey high school with Karen and Richard Carpenter.
That’s so awesome! Thanks so much for sharing! 🥁
Good reaction. Look up Live at Budokan. Her abilities on drums are unbelievable!
She had so much talent and the voice of an angel. Sadly, her inner demons took her away from us. Truly tragic.
Karen gave me this nickname "RagTie" when I did painting & repair work on her her brothers' apartments, houses & Richard's car warehouse. Even painted her parents house. Beau😢 one of a kind free spirit who, in opposite views portrayed upon her, was not conflicted or troubled outwardly and open in her everyday life. She was a happy, smiley ;& outgoing person. Despite her internal suffering. But I spent allot of time with her and that conflict never showed.
A great reaction 🥰 you may see her performance on Johnny be Good Live in Japan Budokan concert in 1974. She is amazing.
I always love watching people react to this! My mom was Karen's age and The Carpenters was one of the few non-classical music acts she (still) enjoys. For all of the attention put (rightly) on Karen's beautiful singing voice, her drumming skills are impressive and often overlooked (at the height of The Carpenters' fame, the powers-that-be wanted her to stand onstage as a singer and not sit behind the kit). Meanwhile, behind the drum kit was where she was happiest, and you can see how much she loved drumming in this video. Another female drummer you may or may not be aware of is Gloria Estefan's daughter, Emily Estefan. She sings and plays multiple instruments, but the drums are her primary instrument. She is also a graduate of the Berklee School of Music. There is a video on TH-cam of Emily playing drums on a medley of her mom's hits: Emily Estefan - Mi Tierra / Oye Mi Canto (Live at the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize 2019).
Ya gotta check out the one when she was a teen and they are doing a cover of Dancing in the Streets - she kills it.
this is one of my favs of hers. I saw it years ago when it was new
Karen was an awesome singer and drummer. I saw Sheila E at a dinner concert in NY…she was incredible!
There’s a TH-cam video of their first jazz band in 1968…Karen was 18 and Richard 21. They played Dancing in the Street. Incredible!
People always wondered how Karen could sing so beautifully and play the drums. Richard said she had impeccable timing.
Thank you for such a great reaction and recognizing Karen’s unreal talent!
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If you ever get back to her singing, now, I would like to suggest a tv appearance from the early 80s. It's a medley that she did with Ella Fitzgerald (The Queen of Music). It's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen, musically. Miss Ella was up in age, but still had an amazing voice. I remember watching it, when it played on TV. To me, it felt like the elder superstar passing the torch on to the new superstar to run with. Unfortunately, Karen would lose her battle with demons and anorexia, soon after this aired. Like I said, it is so beautiful. You can search for their names and medley.
Listening to Toronto radio station JazzFM yesterday and it was mentioned by Alex Pangman on her show Swing Set that the standards Don't Get Around Much Anymore and I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart were written as countermelodies for each other. That rang a loud bell: those two songs appear in the Karen/Ella medley in exactly that fashion, with successive lines traded back and forth...and Ella will certainly have known that was the intent with those two tunes.
If only KC had lived longer. There would have been a Carpenters standards album...or several...
Karen was just amazing all around. She thought of herself as a drummer first and foremost and it took a while for her to come out from behind the kit because of her shyness. Singing drummers are a rare breed, such as Levon Helm with The Band and Don Henley with The Eagles who are two of my favorites.
Yes and YES:) This was really fun to watch and so impressive to see!
Thank you for reacting to that. I learned a lot
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A genius at singing and a genius at drumming, Karen Carpenter was extraordinary in so many ways. She made her performances look effortless. Thank you, Seton Hill studios for your continued commentary and appreciation of this truly great artist.
Thanks for watching and I appreciate the kind words! 😁
@@setonhillstudios - Here's another clip of Karen on drums, with an intro by her brother, Richard. Also in this video is Cubby O'Brien, one of the original Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeers, playing drums along with Karen. Cubby toured with the Carpenters for nine years, only stopping when she passed. Enjoy!
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So much talent. It’s great to hear a breakdown from a drummer. I had no idea there were different styles of drumming.
So many! Thanks for watching! 😁
Really enjoy your reviews of Karen’s drumming and singing and look forward to seeing more from you! Thanks again
I was a church drummer back when I was in high school. (1975-77) Then, I enlisted in the Marine Corps. I gave a girl in my church a few lessons and turned the drums over to her. After all these years, I have decided to get back into drumming. I have purchased the Alesis Nitro Max Expanded electronics drum kit to get started. It will give me something to do this winter. And I may be able to fill in at my church, when our regular drummer cannot be there. Karen Carpenter may not have been the best drummer out there, but she could hold her own and her silky smooth vocals more than made up for it. A true all-around talented artist and I sure do miss her music.
She may have been the best drummer out there.
Very jazz and we all know that jazz is the king of drums. Definitely might reminds me of Buddy Rich.
Buddy Rich, who was an inspiration to so many rock drummers
Karen is known to be in the top 10 women drummers in the world.🥁🥁🥁
That Drummer she switched instruments with was John Denver
Oh, God! 😊
I was just going to ask that. John Denver, country singer, a lot of great songs, I even like the movie Oh, God.
He was probably a guest on their show.
TY! I thought that was him.
@@Bossman-jd3svJohn Denver played folk music.
"Help, Mr. Guder" live for more Karen on drums.
This is so expertly mimed!
There is a live version of the same solo somewhere out there with the 1976 “strike up the band” show and her brother narrates the story of her growing up during the instrument changes.
The enthusiasm with which she plays reminds me of Animal from the Muppet Show! Wonderful!