This is the song that I heard on top 40 radio in 1969 while baking cookies with my grandma in her kitchen. I was 6 years old, and from that point on I was a ginormous Carpenters fan. I still am today, and I’m pushing 60!
This is what everybody raves about with that incredible voice, a very rare lower-register (Mezzo-Soprano, then Soprano as higher for women singers), and her 3-octave range! I've never heard any woman singer able to hit those powerful lower-notes, and still reach the upper level as she did, and never have since her passing or ever will.
Somewhere buried in earlier long-ago comments on this video, someone paid her the greatest compliment: "Her voice was HD before there was HD." Truer words were never spoken.
What a gorgeous arrangement. Karen was only 19 when she recorded this. To have that much vocal maturity at such a young age is a testament to her genius.
Throw some good genes in there also, as Richard & Karen were inherently blessed w/ talent. May seem like an anomaly in a way as they were really right out of middle America.
2023 and still the best way to jumpstart your positive mental health in the morning. She and her brother and their combined talents are truly unmatched and I think she actually sounds something like a special angel sent to bless us for a short time but couldn’t stay away from heaven for too long, he needed her back to lead the heavenly chorus. Dear sweet Karen, I miss you.
Joy. Pure joy. I only wish I lived in an alternative universe where Karen were still here. That, I think, is the definition of heaven. I'll see you there KC (I hope). Rest it peace beautiful one. XXOO
This version and Karen was just incredibly wonderful. I wish she could have really known that and been strong enough to believe in herself and her incredible talent.
In recent years, when Richard was asked about the "Ticket To Ride" promo film, he cited it as one of the highlights in their career. Had Karen lived she would've echoed that same sentiment, but, typical of her personality, she would have poked fun of the closeup shots of her mouth!... Love you forever, little drummer girl. Rest easy... ❤ 🌹
Karen, I wasn't even born yet when you tragically passed but what a loss. I grew up on your music and still remain obsessed with this song, your voice and the sound of The Carpenters to this day. Now my kids listen to it to :) The Carpenters will always be remembered and never duplicated. Rest easy sweet angel.
+Shane Anthony As do I, both awesome in many different ways! I am so thankful to have these songs available as they are because the music today is slim pickings!
Karen had such a rich, melodic, pure, rounded & soothing voice that only comes around once in a million years! She was absolutely one of the best vocalists of our time! So sad she passed at such a young age and (we) missed the lifetime of her greatest potential. RIP sweet, lovely lady! Thankful you left us with music to enjoy.
Love & hate relation...every song she sang was angelic. On the flip side, tears roll out because of all the unhappiness in her life...you can hear it in her voice. Always wanted to see the Carpenters when she was alive. Peer pressure shut that notion down, as my friends were into Alice Cooper & Black Sabbath. So was I, yet to this day if you put me on a deserted island, I'll choose Karen over them!!!
to have one hit song is good, but to have two then three, then SO MANY MORE - KAREN's voice is a gift from God. I love you KAREN ! Thank you Richard for making sure your sister's voice was HEARD ! Well it was and WOW ! I love you Richard for what you did - Richard gets little credit and yet it is because of him that we KNOW this music. THANK YOU RICHARD !
Karen Carpenter is the most amazing women. Her voice is like that of an angel, and she will never be forgotten. I learned how to sing by listening to her, and I owe my voice to her.
The expression on her face and the look in her eyes says it all towards the end.......Think I'm gonna be sad......, Think I'm gonna be sad......., think I'm gonna be sad........, think I'm gonna be sad. Thanks for the memories, RIP
This song was released in the Spring of 1970 when I was a CAP cadet doing search and rescue. I first heard it on the radio as we were returning home from a search in the Sierras in May 1970 in which 3 search volunteers were killed. The song hit me that three men had died, and after all these years I always think of them whenever I hear this song. Ironically, the search was conducted under winter weather conditions just like what is depicted in this video.
In terms of singing, I don’t think it gets better than the first few lines of this song. The purest, richest, most melodic and emotional voice I’ve ever heard. Spine tingling!!
Amazing arrangement of a Beatles song. How's that for original. Lord, what a voice and fantastic arrangement. Thanks to Burt for signing them. He sure was a winner.
I absolutley love the Beatles, they were and still are one of the most influential bands in the history of music, and to here this version of 'ticket to ride' is mesmerising! Karen had a wonderful unique voice and to here this version in their own style is just brilliant, they were a band that could get away with singing Beatles songs.
I am so glad I was a teenager during the 70's so I could be apart of the greatest music of all time. The Carpenters just made it perfect. Karen's voice was so unique, like no other I have heard.
I think she was a mezzo, maybe. alto, at the least. she has too much in her higher range to be a contralto. If you want a hear a great contralto, listen to Alice Faye, an actress singer from the 30s-40s
No, she's a contralto, because I can sing note for note with her and I am a tenor. I remember this song in 1969 while in college. I thought then that she had magic... and she did!!
My mother loved them, so she told me when I was 5. After I entered an elementary school, I quitted listening to these songs. I thought they are out-of-date. The time has past. When I was a high school student, my teacher recommended me to hear it. Then I noticed her pronunciation is very clear, so it's very easy for non-native speakers to understand. Moreover, I found her beauty seemed to shine though their songs. Since then, I started listening to their songs again. I LOVE THE CARPENTERS.
I love this ballad version more than the one of Beatles. It used an arrangement by Richard Carpenter which drastically differed from the Beatles original. So beautifull!!
She has this rare power dropping down swiftly and deeply resonating ("...and he don't care-air...") from 1:15-1:21, and again at 3:14-3:30 hitting all those lower-register notes, that gives her that special emotion on why her voice and her is so loved and missed so deeply. Never heard any female singer even remotely approach her deep, remarkable tone and resonance! [UP-tone] "Think I'm gonna be sa-ad [DOWN-tone]! Think I'm gonna be sa-ad! [UP] Think I'm gonna be sa-ad! [DOWN] Think I'm gonna be sa-ad! [UP] Think I'm gonna be sa-ad! [Down] Think I'm gonna be sa..."
This is one of several Beatles' songs (along with "Help" and "Nowhere Man") that the Carpenters did not merely "cover," but made their own. By giving "Ticket to Ride" their own flair, they made it as much as standard for themselves as it had been for the "Fab Four."
I love The Carpenters. I want to go back to the past to feel this again... I need a ticket to ride...Time machine...If you got one for me..Thanks for sharing.
I like the Beatles and all their songs. This version of Ticket to Ride is one of my favorites of Karen and Richard. Course, all her songs are my favorites. I am grateful that we have TH-cam so we can watch and listen to all the songs we grew up with. I am 63 years old and really miss the songs I grew up with , but wait, there's TH-cam now. YES!!! We here all love Karen but lets not forget Richard. His harmony really added to the songs Karen sang. R I P Karen. You will never be forgotten. And neither will you Richard. I wish to thank them for enriching our lives with their lovely music . ^__^
Having heard The Beatles and The Carpenters versions of Ticket to Ride, and I love both versions, but if I had to choose which one is the best, I would go for the Carpenters. Karen had a voice that you could understand every single word she sang. A voice made in heaven. Even John Lennon once said that Karen had a fabulous voice. RIP Karen and John.
The crazy thing about her voice is that she makes it look so easy. That sound that comes out is so soothing to the ears. Those inflections are simply amazing.
Feb. 4 will be 41 years (1983). Last Dec. 8 (2023) was 43 years after we lost John Lennon. Both, the most shocking musician's deaths I've ever felt. None will ever approach losing her at only 32, and he at 40. Nobody could have predicted their loss at such early ages, and for reasons that could never be believed or thought could happen.
As I woke up this morning my eyes glassed up & a tear ran down the right side of my face that soon turned into a small puddle soaked up by a tissue. It was 30 years ago Today that we lost one of the most wonderful spirits the world has ever seen & heard, her name was Karen (Carpenter.) I could never express in words what Karen personally meant to me & to this day she still has a profound effect on my Life & always will. I Love You Karen , Love Vic
God Bless You Miss Karen Carpenter, you are in top of this world, You left us your music and videos. Never be forgotten beautiful voice and beautiful Lady. R.I.P.
quite possibly the most amazing cover of all time. so different from the original yet conveys the same melancholia perfectly. sick arrangement; truly brilliant musicians involved with this piece from bar one!!! fairly certain the fab four gave a collective thumbs up!! srv's cover of voodoo chile is a close second???!!!!
There was and has never will never be another Karen Carpenter voice. Her voice was magic. The Carpenters were a group unequaled to none other. Karen did not need to leave us so soon. She was a beautiful person both inside and out. It makes me very sad that her disease was not known about when she passed away. Karen Carpenter is still a legend. RIP
That was their beginning. She was still a teen with the hometown girl with the cute face looks and a beautiful voice. It's sad it only lasted 14 years. Didn't know them personally but that day in '83 left me very sad. She & Richard ruled the 70's and had just made a recent comeback with Touch Me When We're Dancing and it seemed more great stuff was to follow. It's been almost 30 years already.
best female voine ever heard she was the angel the part that the boy was going away howling ooohh is just incredible i get chills evertime i hear that part a true gift from the gods
Love this version, sung with such passion you can hear heartbreak and despair in every note. Karen C could make you believe she really knew what the song was all about, and the musical arrangement has a much more subtle melodious touch than the original. My favourite Carpenters track. Thanks for sharing.
Even Paul McCartney said Karen carpenter was the best female singer with unique melodic and distinctive voice And she is my favourite singer 😊 I love her melodic ,cheezy voice
Makes me cry listening to such an angelic perfect voice, I love her, just brilliant, and a good drummer to boot. I once had albums, now only CD, "The best of", she/they sure are one of the best ever, without a doubt.
I remember when I first heard this song when it came out in '69. I don't think it got the attention and respect it needed, as we were all hearing the future, a sound we had never heard before and hence could never have considered. So, it took some time for our ears to accept what we were hearing. And, that is witnessed by the fact that the song kept returning to the charts over and over again like few other songs have ever done.
I think it's great when a piece of music is so well written that it lends itself to interpretations in another genre. Of course you can do that with any song, but some songs actually end up sounding like they were written for each genre they are performed in, if you know what I mean. The Beatles version is legendary for many reasons, The Carpenters admired The Beatles greatly and Richard allowed the pure melodic aspects of the original to take us on an all new journey.
I am still sad from her loss. Such a beautiful voice, and soul and she hated her looks. So sad.
Love the clarity on this recording. You can even hear the guitar strings squeaking.
This is the song that I heard on top 40 radio in 1969 while baking cookies with my grandma in her kitchen. I was 6 years old, and from that point on I was a ginormous Carpenters fan. I still am today, and I’m pushing 60!
Karen's amazing voice sends chills right through you. It really has a purity and crystal clarity all of its own
This is what everybody raves about with that incredible voice, a very rare lower-register (Mezzo-Soprano, then Soprano as higher for women singers), and her 3-octave range! I've never heard any woman singer able to hit those powerful lower-notes, and still reach the upper level as she did, and never have since her passing or ever will.
@@freeguy77apparently she had a 4 octave range. Such a beautiful singing voice 💛
@@Maranatha936 I read it was 3-octaves.
Plus, great musicianship, her phrasing is lively despite the mood. A gift.
Somewhere buried in earlier long-ago comments on this video, someone paid her the greatest compliment: "Her voice was HD before there was HD." Truer words were never spoken.
What a gorgeous arrangement. Karen was only 19 when she recorded this. To have that much vocal maturity at such a young age is a testament to her genius.
this is not the original recording of 1969, but a later remix (1973) with Karen singing the vocal track also new.
In any event, her voice is pure magic!
Still absolutely beautiful.
Throw some good genes in there also, as Richard & Karen were inherently blessed w/ talent. May seem like an anomaly in a way as they were really right out of middle America.
TangleF50
Karens voice is pure perfection and Richards arrangement is beautiful. Thank you both for the music you gave me in my lifetime.
I LOVE the Carpenters version of this. It's just beautiful.
Beautiful voice of an angel, harmonies are exquisite.
John Lennon and karen Carpenter two perfect voices !
2023 and still the best way to jumpstart your positive mental health in the morning. She and her brother and their combined talents are truly unmatched and I think she actually sounds something like a special angel sent to bless us for a short time but couldn’t stay away from heaven for too long, he needed her back to lead the heavenly chorus. Dear sweet Karen, I miss you.
A stunning voice
Joy. Pure joy. I only wish I lived in an alternative universe where Karen were still here. That, I think, is the definition of heaven. I'll see you there KC (I hope). Rest it peace beautiful one.
XXOO
This version and Karen was just incredibly wonderful. I wish she could have really known that and been strong enough to believe in herself and her incredible talent.
In recent years, when Richard was asked about the "Ticket To Ride" promo film, he cited it as one of the highlights in their career. Had Karen lived she would've echoed that same sentiment, but, typical of her personality, she would have poked fun of the closeup shots of her mouth!...
Love you forever, little drummer girl. Rest easy... ❤ 🌹
her voice was HD before there was HD.
I'm going to copy and paste your comment. well said ;)
That's a great line...and spot-on.
Beautifully said
It's very well said
Sure miss her
Karen, I wasn't even born yet when you tragically passed but what a loss. I grew up on your music and still remain obsessed with this song, your voice and the sound of The Carpenters to this day. Now my kids listen to it to :) The Carpenters will always be remembered and never duplicated. Rest easy sweet angel.
+TinAmazing G
I really like Richard's revamped arrangement of this Beatles classic. The french horn sounds great too.
I love both versions equally.
+Shane Anthony As do I, both awesome in many different ways! I am so thankful to have these songs available as they are because the music today is slim pickings!
+TinAmazing G Between the music and your beautiful comment, what a beautiful Monday I just had.
Anthony Mitchell
Aww so sweet of you! I am happy to hear you had a beautiful Monday and I hope you have an awesome rest of the week :)
+TinAmazing G very well said....my favorite is "top of the world" I perform an Elvis gig
Vocal harmonies are hauntingly beautiful. Karen's voice was angelic...pure magic
Best female voice in the world ever! 😍
I can watch this video over and over again💗Even at 70 she would still sing this song amazingly👸Karen would have been 70 years old this year...r.i.p.
Damn...this version is so haunting. The vocal harmonies on this recording are absolutely incredible. Can easily bring a tear to your eye.
One of the greatest voices.
She left us way too soon.
The world was robbed of her great talents
Karen had such a rich, melodic, pure, rounded & soothing voice that only comes around once in a million years! She was absolutely one of the best vocalists of our time! So sad she passed at such a young age and (we) missed the lifetime of her greatest potential. RIP sweet, lovely lady! Thankful you left us with music to enjoy.
The best singer in the history of the world singing one of the best songs.
Karen’s voice was angelic . I highly doubt another voice like hers will ever come back for generations RIP Karen Gone way to soon ❤️
Her voice is so angelic ❤
Love & hate relation...every song she sang was angelic. On the flip side, tears roll out because of all the unhappiness in her life...you can hear it in her voice. Always wanted to see the Carpenters when she was alive. Peer pressure shut that notion down, as my friends were into Alice Cooper & Black Sabbath. So was I, yet to this day if you put me on a deserted island, I'll choose Karen over them!!!
Not my favorite Carpenters song, but anything Karen sings is worth listening to. The most beautiful voice God ever put into a human being.
She is not from this world. We just listened
To a little piece of Heaven
The Carpenters mixed with the Beatles is such the tender elegant delicate art mixed with the fine winter pine mountain fragrance!
to have one hit song is good, but to have two then three, then SO MANY MORE - KAREN's voice is a gift from God. I love you KAREN ! Thank you Richard for making sure your sister's voice was HEARD ! Well it was and WOW ! I love you Richard for what you did - Richard gets little credit and yet it is because of him that we KNOW this music. THANK YOU RICHARD !
Possibly the most inventive and original of all Beatles covers .. well done Richard and beautifully sung Karen
Well said Jim.
The Carpenters version of "Help" is good to, as is Shirley Bassey's version of George Harrison's "Something" IMO. 🤔🤯😊☺️🤗 🎶 🎵 🎤 📯 🎹 🥁 👊👍👏
totally agree, it gives the song deeper and sadder meaning
Judith Durhams version of "yesterday " is in a similar vein. 1960's pop audiences didn't want pathos, the Beatles didn't disappoint.
In my view, the best Beatles cover is The Fool On The Hill, by Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66, even Paul McCartney praised it.
I love the simplicity and purity of her voice and their musical arrangements. It's extremely refreshing to hear this day in age.
Karen Carpenter is the most amazing women. Her voice is like that of an angel, and she will never be forgotten. I learned how to sing by listening to her, and I owe my voice to her.
The expression on her face and the look in her eyes says it all towards the end.......Think I'm gonna be sad......, Think I'm gonna be sad......., think I'm gonna be sad........, think I'm gonna be sad. Thanks for the memories, RIP
This song was released in the Spring of 1970 when I was a CAP cadet doing search and rescue. I first heard it on the radio as we were returning home from a search in the Sierras in May 1970 in which 3 search volunteers were killed. The song hit me that three men had died, and after all these years I always think of them whenever I hear this song. Ironically, the search was conducted under winter weather conditions just like what is depicted in this video.
So blessed with such a beautiful Heavenly voice at such a young age, love this song! R.I.P Karen your sadly missed🙏🏽⚘️🎶💜
Wonderful classical sound of Richard Carpenter on this and other songs are so beautiful.
Simply the best voice ever. Her voice sounds so angelic. Karen your music is living on and enjoyed by millions of people. Thank you!
In terms of singing, I don’t think it gets better than the first few lines of this song. The purest, richest, most melodic and emotional voice I’ve ever heard. Spine tingling!!
Precisely, and you hit the target with Karen. Nobody did it better, even Carly Simon (joke pun)!
Amazing arrangement of a Beatles song. How's that for original. Lord, what a voice and fantastic arrangement. Thanks to Burt for signing them. He sure was a winner.
I absolutley love the Beatles, they were and still are one of the most influential bands in the history of music, and to here this version of 'ticket to ride' is mesmerising! Karen had a wonderful unique voice and to here this version in their own style is just brilliant, they were a band that could get away with singing Beatles songs.
You know, sometimes the person that writes a song should never sing it; they should get somebody else to, and Ticket To Ride is that song.
The Beatle's recording of this song is perfect as is Karen's cover.
@@suave-rider what a horrible take, John's voice is so good
I am so glad I was a teenager during the 70's so I could be apart of the greatest music of all time. The Carpenters just made it perfect. Karen's voice was so unique, like no other I have heard.
When a lady can dip low, and a man can go high, vocally............that's where the money is!!! What a talent!!!
Contralto, actually. ;)
I think she was a mezzo, maybe. alto, at the least. she has too much in her higher range to be a contralto. If you want a hear a great contralto, listen to Alice Faye, an actress singer from the 30s-40s
No, she's a contralto, because I can sing note for note with her and I am a tenor. I remember this song in 1969 while in college. I thought then that she had magic... and she did!!
I always loved Them. Karen was a Special Singer and Richard was a great Arranger. Karen had no equal!
One of my favorite songs from Karen Carpenter. The first time I heard this version I cried. The best voice ever existed.
My mother loved them, so she told me when I was 5. After I entered an elementary school, I quitted listening to these songs. I thought they are out-of-date. The time has past. When I was a high school student, my teacher recommended me to hear it. Then I noticed her pronunciation is very clear, so it's very easy for non-native speakers to understand. Moreover, I found her beauty seemed to shine though their songs. Since then, I started listening to their songs again. I LOVE THE CARPENTERS.
I love this ballad version more than the one of Beatles. It used an arrangement by Richard Carpenter which drastically differed from the Beatles original. So beautifull!!
Only 2.73 million views???? Such a work of art. R.I.P. Karen Carpenter love always XXX
She just so lovingly embraces a song, like no other singer.
She has this rare power dropping down swiftly and deeply resonating ("...and he don't care-air...") from 1:15-1:21, and again at 3:14-3:30 hitting all those lower-register notes, that gives her that special emotion on why her voice and her is so loved and missed so deeply. Never heard any female singer even remotely approach her deep, remarkable tone and resonance! [UP-tone] "Think I'm gonna be sa-ad [DOWN-tone]! Think I'm gonna be sa-ad! [UP] Think I'm gonna be sa-ad! [DOWN] Think I'm gonna be sa-ad! [UP] Think I'm gonna be sa-ad! [Down] Think I'm gonna be sa..."
This is one of several Beatles' songs (along with "Help" and "Nowhere Man") that the Carpenters did not merely "cover," but made their own. By giving "Ticket to Ride" their own flair, they made it as much as standard for themselves as it had been for the "Fab Four."
I love The Carpenters. I want to go back to the past to feel this again...
I need a ticket to ride...Time machine...If you got one for me..Thanks for sharing.
A lot of people would love to go back in past... but like Woody Allen said "I wouldn't like to live in an era without penicilline.........."
ROMMEL1020 Me too😞
@@jellos2504 But now we have peniciline but COVID-19!
😭
Her voice is so smooth, so clear. And I love this take on the song !
I like the Beatles and all their songs. This version of Ticket to Ride is one of my favorites of Karen and Richard. Course, all her songs are my favorites. I am grateful that we have TH-cam so we can watch and listen to all the songs we grew up with. I am 63 years old and really miss the songs I grew up with , but wait, there's TH-cam now. YES!!! We here all love Karen but lets not forget Richard. His harmony really added to the songs Karen sang. R I P Karen. You will never be forgotten. And neither will you Richard. I wish to thank them for enriching our lives with their lovely music . ^__^
Nobody realized how good she wasssssssssss
Having heard The Beatles and The Carpenters versions of Ticket to Ride, and I love both versions, but if I had to choose which one is the best, I would go for the Carpenters. Karen had a voice that you could understand every single word she sang. A voice made in heaven. Even John Lennon once said that Karen had a fabulous voice. RIP Karen and John.
The Carpenters and the 70s went hand in hand-great music for a great time!
God must have had to have that perfect voice back, to teach angels how to sing.
God's an ass then.
A tragic loss. But thank God for recordings.Karen & Richard were gifted musicians.
The best singer of the planet!
Every time Karen sings, she brings out the best!
..and the tears 😢😭
The crazy thing about her voice is that she makes it look so easy. That sound that comes out is so soothing to the ears. Those inflections are simply amazing.
I have started to wonder if she wasn't channelling that voice from another realm, it's just so otherworldly
Karen Carpenter voice was like liquid gold she can sing a telephone book great love songs you'll never be forgotten Karen
One of the best female vocalists of all time. I don't even like people who KNOW people who don't like The Carpenters lol
The harmonies in this song are just spectacular....
Well said, couldn’t have put it better, heavenly natural voice; taken too early😢
The way it trails off with "think I'm gonna be sad, think I'm gonna be sad!!! Just brilliant.
This song will and always be a classic! What a voice!
Simple incomparable!
It's not just this song. *ALL* her songs are classics.
@@ronaldcheng1857 indeed
Karen had the sweetest, most lovely voice i've ever heard. why do we never hear her on the radio anymore?
Wasn't Karen about 18 or 19 when they made this 😁 Wow...how amazing! I just love and adore her so much ❤️,🌟
"I just want to tell you, love, that I think you've got a fabulous voice"
-JOHN LENNON
Incredible band. Love them. RIP Karen
Fantastic harmony that you don't hear much in today's music.
+Sandyn They sang harmony with themselves thanks to the then relatively new technology of overdubbing.
It's so hard to believe this beautiful woman with the purest, most beautiful voice has been gone for more than 40 years. What a loss!
Feb. 4 will be 41 years (1983). Last Dec. 8 (2023) was 43 years after we lost John Lennon. Both, the most shocking musician's deaths I've ever felt. None will ever approach losing her at only 32, and he at 40. Nobody could have predicted their loss at such early ages, and for reasons that could never be believed or thought could happen.
As I woke up this morning my eyes glassed up & a tear ran down the right side of my face that soon turned into a small puddle soaked up by a tissue. It was 30 years ago Today that we lost one of the most wonderful spirits the world has ever seen & heard, her name was Karen (Carpenter.) I could never express in words what Karen personally meant to me & to this day she still has a profound effect on my Life & always will. I Love You Karen , Love Vic
God Bless You Miss Karen Carpenter, you are in top of this world, You left us your music and videos. Never be forgotten beautiful voice and beautiful Lady. R.I.P.
Love this rendition!!
quite possibly the most amazing cover of all time. so different from the original yet conveys the same melancholia perfectly. sick arrangement; truly brilliant musicians involved with this piece from bar one!!! fairly certain the fab four gave a collective thumbs up!! srv's cover of voodoo chile is a close second???!!!!
agree 12 years later
There was and has never will never be another Karen Carpenter voice. Her voice was magic. The Carpenters were a group unequaled to none other. Karen did not need to leave us so soon. She was a beautiful person both inside and out. It makes me very sad that her disease was not known about when she passed away. Karen Carpenter is still a legend. RIP
Quite simply the best female singer ever!
Karen Carpenter could sing the phone book and it would sound amazing....
SnowBall323 I just thought about that...🎶🎵
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Sing the phone book is the worst and most annoying expreession ever. Thank you AI.
I don't understand the juvenile, crybaby name-calling. LOL Message me again on your 10th birthday.
What a tragedy and great loss of talent to that nasty disease
hahahaa
Great video classic song
That was their beginning. She was still a teen with the hometown girl with the cute face looks and a beautiful voice. It's sad it only lasted 14 years. Didn't know them personally but that day in '83 left me very sad. She & Richard ruled the 70's and had just made a recent comeback with Touch Me When We're Dancing and it seemed more great stuff was to follow. It's been almost 30 years already.
I think Karen looks gorgeous in this clip
+Shane Anthony And she was 19 here.
+Janaka It was actually filmed on her 20th birthday.
Sheena, so it was Mar. 2, 1970 on this film date, if you are correct.
She always was gorgeous
i'd definitely pound it
Those harmonies!!! Absolutely lovely.
wow her voice is perfect for this song, really lets you appreciate how good the melody is, holds up good in a different serious melancholy style
after 10 years of you posting this, it has traveled through time for me to read it and give it a like.
There is nothing like her ❤❤❤
best female voine ever heard she was the angel the part that the boy was going away howling ooohh is just incredible i get chills evertime i hear that part a true gift from the gods
When John Lennon heard this he said it's better than their version and told Karen that she has the most fabulous voice.
I definitely agree💗🎵😀🙋
Love this version, sung with such passion you can hear heartbreak and despair in every note. Karen C could make you believe she really knew what the song was all about, and the musical arrangement has a much more subtle melodious touch than the original. My favourite Carpenters track. Thanks for sharing.
the carpenters are awesome I heard them all the time when I was a kid. Brings back memories of my life.
Karen is beautiful inside and out and her voice...so outta this world.
She was so talented. They made some good music.
Awesome music💗🎵😀🙋
Best version I ever heard of this song. Been missing Karen for many, many years - will never get over this loss.
Second best version I've heard. But very good.
EVEN FRANK SINATRA SAID SHE WAS THE ONLY FEMALE VOICE HE WOULD PAY MONEY TO GO N SEE N HEAR LIVE!!!
Beverly Daniels-Reeves - not just Karen he loved Ella Fitzgerald most of all! RIP Karen - missing your beautiful voice!
1950s sexist man says sexist thing? Imagine my surprise
And he should know.
Even Paul McCartney said
Karen carpenter was the best female singer with unique melodic and distinctive voice
And she is my favourite singer 😊
I love her melodic ,cheezy voice
Out of this world and Beautiful stunning looks.
What a gift to hear her magic with her brother so gifted at composing
Makes me cry listening to such an angelic perfect voice, I love her, just brilliant, and a good drummer to boot. I once had albums, now only CD, "The best of", she/they sure are one of the best ever, without a doubt.
I remember when I first heard this song when it came out in '69. I don't think it got the attention and respect it needed, as we were all hearing the future, a sound we had never heard before and hence could never have considered. So, it took some time for our ears to accept what we were hearing. And, that is witnessed by the fact that the song kept returning to the charts over and over again like few other songs have ever done.
I couldn't agree with you more. It is only in hindsight, sometimes, that we can truly appreciate a great work of art such as this.
*..HOLYhell??!* --> 'The Carpenters - Ticket To Ride'..??!*
I think it's great when a piece of music is so well written that it lends itself to interpretations in another genre. Of course you can do that with any song, but some songs actually end up sounding like they were written for each genre they are performed in, if you know what I mean. The Beatles version is legendary for many reasons, The Carpenters admired The Beatles greatly and Richard allowed the pure melodic aspects of the original to take us on an all new journey.