@@yvonnemendez3075 RIP dear sweet Karen. You will never be forgotten. You were great as a singer, as a drummer and as a person. The world lost an angel. RIP dear sweet Karen.
Karen had the voice of an angel. It was heartbreaking living through the 70's and seeing her waste away. Reading the articles about her anorexia - we all knew what was going to happen, but we still cried when we lost her.
I was just a kid but Karen's music and struggles in the 70's left a deep impression on me. A powerful mix of ultimate beauty with tremendous sadness/loss. Still powerfully affects me when I hear her.
Angelic voice with Richard's arrangements is why in 14 years at least 22 gold and platinum records! Can you imagine if she had lived how many hits, they might have given us? If you have not heard NOW by the Carpenters, find it and listen, it stirs the soul like only a select few songs are able too!
Karen Carpenters voice is liquid gold. Her voice just penetrates right into your soul every time she sings. Without a doubt one of the best female vocalists of all time and for me she has the most beautiful tone.
I forgot to add you absolutely must, must, must, add two of their other songs to your reaction list which are "Only Yesterday" and especially for Amber "Merry Christmas, Darling" you will be gobsmacked by how good Karen sings this song. I know how much you like Xmas songs and this is one of the best ever.
One of the purest, most beautiful voices ever...anywhere! Gone way too soon! She was/is a treasure! And Richard was an excellent backing vocalist, keyboards player and songwriter/arranger!
Not sure why you guys haven't heard before but Karen is considered probably the best female vocalist ever. In my book she is the best. Her voice is just absolutely perfect. Glad you can appreciate it too.
i only put one other pop singer with her in the female category judith durham of the seekers if you can look up danny boy by judith durham or all my trials also the seekers five hundred miles thank you i love the carpenters as well
Saw the Carpenters live back in the 70’s in Glasgow. Fantastic show and even better live. Next day Richard and Karen took a double page spread in the local paper to thank the Glasgow audience for the reception they got from Scottish fans. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🏴🏴
*Typing with tears in my eyes* Karen's voice is so clear and constant. This song - like all good music - transports you back in time; essential & eternal. Fantastic choice.
Same here...this takes me back to the 70s, brings tears to my eyes listening to this angelic voice. The gentlesness, the purity reflects something that we all respond to on an emotional level. The additional poignancy is our knowledge of her tragically short life.
Whenever I listen to the Carpenters, I have the bittersweet feeling of joy and sorrow, listening to her perfect pitch and range, but then knowing how she was taken away too soon from this world.
God had me born in 1960 Im so thankful for being a 70s kid There was so much great music and so many GREAT bands that came out in the 70s . Times were very simple And it was a blast being a teen in the 70s I was 12 years old when this came out in May of 1973
She is not overlooked by us. Anyone that has the power of hearing, including her peers, critics, and music historians know and have said she is once in a lifetime. She is so clear and genuine. Seems effortless.
Those of us who lived in the 70's and heard Karen sing really know how amazing she was and why she is always #1 in our heart and soul! I think because she was taken from us way to soon that people of the mid 80's till today never got to hear her. If she were to still be here today I don't think anyone would be able to dispute that she is the Greatest of All! So blessed to have been able to hear The Carpenters, Karen & Richard!
You can't go wrong with The Carpenters. Truly legendary. This song is one I remember hearing on the radio as a very small child. Takes me back to the early seventies. Oh the memories. And yes, this subscriber definitely loves revisiting these musical memories. Much love from England 🏴
As a sidenote, Dionne Warwick was one of Karen Carpenter‘s best friends back in the 70s. They were both linked up to A&M records, and Dionne was absolutely heartbroken when she passed away in 1983.
Guys.... You have GOT to do "Rainy Days and Mondays"... There's just something about it, its like a brief glimpse into Karen's soul. Knowing her struggles, her triumph, and then her so tragic and untimely end, you just see a tiny bit of it through her eyes (and of course, voice). A voice that angels would envy.
I love Karen Carpenter's voice, the group doesn't have a bad song. My husband took me to one of their concerts, back when he was in grad school. It was fantastic! This is one of my favorite songs and I used to sing along with Karen for a whole album, since I knew all the songs by heart, I had played them so often. I also think you would like the harmonies of the Association, "Never My Love", "Cherish" and "Windy" are some of their songs.
I was privileged to grow up listening to the Carpenters. I've always loved her voice. Whenever I hear her now, it is yesterday once more. She had no idea that she would be singing about herself in this song.
@@michaelconnolly7681 Karen had such a readily identifiable voice, and the Carpenters so many catchy songs, that there was a great chunk of the 70's where many where I grew up couldn't go a day without hearing a Carpenters track playing somewhere on someone's radio, tv or stereo. She was as adored as she is missed.
This is an A-list 70's song. The music, the lyrics, and Karen's beyond amazing vocals. A powerhouse of a song. Simply amazing. And your faces at 5:01 says it all!! Magical!!
This came out when there was a big 50s music revival. We had "American Graffiti," "Happy Days," and "Grease" around the same time. Richard killed the arrangement, as usual! Karen is perfect, as usual. And Amber nailed it!
Yeh...people were missing the 50s just 10, 11 or 12 years after it ended. I was born in the 2nd half of the 50s and I too was missing it. I won't lie the 50s and 60s were a great time for a kid to grow up.
But all done in the 70s I was a HAPPY Young man then for sure II had a very good child hood living in Kodiak Alaska Lived by a very pretty lake ,I had very good friends ,, The 70s were very special to me ..
You didn't mention her fabulous drumming!!!! They convinced her to come out from behind the drums because she was only 5'4" tall and people couldn't see her. She was a great jazz drummer and always considered herself a drummer first and a singer second. She was still drumming when we saw them live in the early 70s. Listen to earlier recordings to hear her drumming.
I was in basic training in 1972 at Ft. Cambell,Kentucky. I went by myself to Louisville to see them in concert. I still have both their autographs on the back of my bus ticket. 50 years ago. It was an honor to be able to speak to them and listen to that amazing voice.
I am 72 years old and my whole life is surrounded my music. There is always the song of the day in my life. That being said, I have watched a lot of talented people come pass away and they are all missed. But to this day Karen is the only one that when she pass on, I had to ask God Why?
This song describes so well what our life was like as teenagers. We would sit and wait for our songs. This song makes me cry for days gone by. Her voice was Angelic and Pure. So so sad we lost her so soon.
Many of the songs that you guys review and react to "take me back", actually the main reason that I subscribed. "Sha-la-la-la", "Shing-a-ling" and "Woa-woa-woe" are trademarks of 1950s and early 1960s music! For a "crash course" in that music, you need go no further than the group "Sha Na Na". Awesome vocals and a long trip down memory lane.
I have always LOVED Karen's voice. I remember when I was young listening to these songs when they came out. I'm now in my 60's and these songs really do bring me back to "the good ol' days"!
The magic of music. And now, nearly 50 years later, I feel the same way listening to Karen's music as she talks about feeling in this song. The world lost a true one-of-a-kind inspiration when we lost Karen Carpenter.
When This Song Frist Came Out In 1973 I Was 6 I Remember This Song Was All Over The Air Wave's Just Wish Karen Was Still With Us I Hope She's At Peace Now ❤️💔
My mom was a huge fan and it is because of her that I discovered the incredible talent of Karen and her angelic voice. Makes everything bad go away. Even while she died such a tragic death, the memories will always be in the songs that she gave us.
The two of you are bringing me down memory lane. I grew up listening to music from the 50's and 60's because of my parents. But the 70's and 80's are my years. A lot of great music where singers could actually sing and carry a tune. There was nothing fake with them. 🇨🇦❤️
You guys are so right! Hearing a song from my childhood or high school/college years takes me back immediately to those days. I can tell people what year songs came out with a fair amount of accuracy because I remember where I was in my life when I first heard the song. I’m sure many others can do the same. Music is very powerful. My husband (a former MS/HS band director) and I instilled a love of music in our daughter from when she was little. We made sure she knew hits from the 70s and 80s. She, in turn, kept us in the loop on music that was popular while she was growing up. She’s now 21, and I’m grateful we had her or we would have missed out on some great music. Kids will do that to you ~ they keep you young. I still love Karen Carpenter ~ I think she’s my all-time fav female voice. Great reaction ~ love you guys! ☺️💕
Only the best 'sing-along' music of all time! As a male, I always appreciated the key choice for me, as I could(/can) sing along by just dropping an octave and blend right in! :) Wish I still had the 'A Song for You' album... (I wonder what ever happened to it...)
This is exactly how music makes us feel. When I hear an old song, it can definitely take me back in time to a certain memory... so nostalgic and happy and sad at the same time.
I read the comments and feel so happy that i was young in the 70s to appreciate all the amazing bands at the time, loving pink floyd, steely dan, genesis !! The list goes on and on!! And as everyone thinks karen carpenters voice is second to none!! The songs were so beautiful and no female artist before or since in my opinion has came close to matching the unique sound that the carpenter’s produced, she will never ever be forgotten thats for sure!!
karen carpenter has one of the most beautiful pop voices in history she died very young of anorexia, she was 32 years young, she could have become one of the greatest of all time
In my humble opinion, she STILL IS the greatest of all time. No other female "pop" vocalist today even comes close to having Karen Carpenter type talent. And she also was the drummer for the band.
There were artists that when we heard them new in the 60's, 70's, 80's we just knew we'd still be listening to decades later. The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Carpenters, Styx, The Bee Gees, and many more. I really wonder if anyone gets that feeling from any of today's artists.
Thanks team, you took me back to when I was a child, watching my mother sing along to this as she played records on the old school built in stereo. I remember her wearing huge cork platforms and denim jeans with bell bottoms so big they covered her platforms like a tent. She passed away late last century but this took me back immediately. Thanks for the memories. I miss her to this day
My vote for your next Carpenters reaction is Goodbye to Love. Along with Karen's amazing vocals and the impeccable harmonies, it also features a really cool fuzz guitar solo.
They had so many hits, you really need to go down the Carpenters rabbit hole. I love the song “For all we know” there are so many I can’t possibly put them all down.
She was her own back up singer. She dubbed the harmonies to her own voice.. She was known to be perfect on her first take. Such a talent. So tragic to lose her at an early age.
Omg, I came from a big family, I got a lot of music back when I was growing up, but every one is gone now except for my aunt, who actually loved the carpenters, I think of her ever time I hear the carpenters !!!
This track is from the Carpenters' semi-concept album "Now & Then". This track began side 2, which then continues with a side-long medley of cover versions of 50s & 60s songs, so this song is very directly a commentary on the old songs we all know and love, whatever generation we're from... PS the medley is "interrupted" from time to time by a radio DJ, played by Tony Peluso, who played the amazing fuzz-guitar solo on "Goodbye To Love"...
There are at least a few dozen Carpenters songs that sound like they were or could have been hits. How they charted doesn't matter. It's just great music and sounds worthy of being hits. I'll put on a Carpenters album, let it play, and never skip songs. It just makes my mood better and it's cathartic for my soul. Thank you for a fantastic reaction.
One of my all-time favourite compilations is the double CD of The Carpenters' "Gold 35th Anniversary Edition" (obviously this song is on it) - 40 cracking tracks that showcase Karen's amazing voice, the siblings' harmonies and great arrangements from Richard.
My parents knew Karen and Richard in the late 70's/early 80's. They have nothing but good memories of them, and always mention how kind and accommodating Karen and Richard were.
Richard was a true musical genius. He listened to his sister’s voice and realized to tune her voice into the key of C. They were instrumental into using overdubs
I would love to see Richard's reaction when it first dawned on him just how special her voice was. He was truly a genius arranger and knew how to make Karen's voice be what it could be to us over 50 years later.
I love listening to the 60s and 70s music because it does take me back to when I was a teenager and then by 1979 a young married woman with four daughters and in the 80s two sons. I'm 70 now. Thanks for playing these songs!
I'm a 62 year old man and I still tear up when I hear Karen. I was about 11 the first time I heard the Carpenters and I loved them and so did the rest of the world. In 1984 I was delivering bread at a grocery store in Stoughton Wisconsin when the news announced her passing. I remember sitting in my bread truck sobbing. I never met her. I didn't know her but I felt a tremendous sense of loss. The world lost a real treasure that day. Thank you for keeping her memory alive. This is the perfect song to do that❤️
Karen is honoring the music that came before especially with the 59 s and 60 s with the sha la las and shing a lings. The words, melodies of yesterday's music that influenced her first as a drummer and then a singer and as a musician who deeply listened to every lyric and song. So when you put in a record from the music that came before it can bring so much back whether joy or heartbreak. You guys should really check out her live drum solo to see what an amazing drummer she truly was. Drumming was her passion vs. Singing but her voice was discovered as lovely and unique as it was and the rest was history. There has never been another Karen. The harmonies and arrangements by her brother Richard just made magic with sis Karen.
In two days my husband and I will be married for 45 years and our song was and always will be “Top Of The World” by the Carpenters so they have been a part of our lives since before you were born. Thanks for loving them. Love you guys! ❤️ Stay Blessed!
One of the best female voices of all time. She was such a huge loss for my generation. She should always be remembered.
Absolutely now she's singing with the angels miss u Karen 😢❤
@@yvonnemendez3075 RIP dear sweet Karen. You will never be forgotten. You were great as a singer, as a drummer and as a person. The world lost an angel. RIP dear sweet Karen.
Great music, great voices, stand the test of time!
Karen is remembered and always will be. She's still best and most talented female "pop" vocalist that ever walked on the planet.
Karen and Richard did all of their own harmonies, over dubbing the tracks. Simply amazing!
Karen had the voice of an angel. It was heartbreaking living through the 70's and seeing her waste away. Reading the articles about her anorexia - we all knew what was going to happen, but we still cried when we lost her.
She was perfectly happy behind the drums,she was pushed up front
@@paulmallon9033 and the world is better because of it. Tragic for her, though.
I was just a kid but Karen's music and struggles in the 70's left a deep impression on me. A powerful mix of ultimate beauty with tremendous sadness/loss. Still powerfully affects me when I hear her.
So so tragic
Apparently, it began after she read an article about them they mentioned his chubby little sister.
Angelic voice with Richard's arrangements is why in 14 years at least 22 gold and platinum records! Can you imagine if she had lived how many hits, they might have given us? If you have not heard NOW by the Carpenters, find it and listen, it stirs the soul like only a select few songs are able too!
That voice my god. That voice is just you can't put words to how amazing it is. So gentle and pure. Just beautiful.
In fact two words......phenomenal voice
I'm a hard rock type of guy. But your right about Karen's amazing voice. It just kinda grabs you and pulls you in.
If life was fair, Karen Carpenter would still be alive and we would have another 40 years of her amazing voice.
Amen
agree. but life isn't, is it?
Karen Carpenters voice is liquid gold. Her voice just penetrates right into your soul every time she sings. Without a doubt one of the best female vocalists of all time and for me she has the most beautiful tone.
I forgot to add you absolutely must, must, must, add two of their other songs to your reaction list which are "Only Yesterday" and especially for Amber "Merry Christmas, Darling" you will be gobsmacked by how good Karen sings this song. I know how much you like Xmas songs and this is one of the best ever.
Perfect pitch is only way to describe.
Very true. 💔🤷♀️🇬🇧🙏
I've also heard her voice described as "like butter"! I must agree, so silky smooth. 😊
@@longtimelurker3591 actually perfect pitch means that you can hear pitch exactly dead on each note etc. Pitch perfect is what you mean.
The purest voice ever!!! The producers said she never messed up. They said she could sing without a microphone and it would be crystal clear.
One of the purest, most beautiful voices ever...anywhere! Gone way too soon! She was/is a treasure! And Richard was an excellent backing vocalist, keyboards player and songwriter/arranger!
Oh....and Karen was also a very good drummer.
Between her and Judith Durham from the Seekers there only a few com close.
The Sweet hearts of the 70s
The Carpenters ..
I cry a lot at this what a simply beautiful tone to her voice and the way she was how sad she had such a troubled life but such a beautiful heart.
Not sure why you guys haven't heard before but Karen is considered probably the best female vocalist ever.
In my book she is the best. Her voice is just absolutely perfect.
Glad you can appreciate it too.
She was definitely a once in a lifetime.
#Absolutely
i only put one other pop singer with her in the female category judith durham of the seekers if you can look up danny boy by judith durham or all my trials also the seekers five hundred miles thank you i love the carpenters as well
@@tomharrison6607 Durham was very good-but still not even close to the level of Carpenter-no one was, or is.
They wasn’t born yet when the Carpenters were out!
Saw the Carpenters live back in the 70’s in Glasgow. Fantastic show and even better live. Next day Richard and Karen took a double page spread in the local paper to thank the Glasgow audience for the reception they got from Scottish fans. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🏴🏴
Wow. Who does that anymore?
A total "class act."
*Typing with tears in my eyes* Karen's voice is so clear and constant. This song - like all good music - transports you back in time; essential & eternal. Fantastic choice.
You have a kind soul, Sir.
Typiiing, with teeears in my eeeyes. SCNR, but I immediately have Midge Ure in my ears. ;-)
This song especially.. TIMELESS! We played their albums constantly growing up.. greatly missed
Same here...this takes me back to the 70s, brings tears to my eyes listening to this angelic voice. The gentlesness, the purity reflects something that we all respond to on an emotional level. The additional poignancy is our knowledge of her tragically short life.
This is what a angel sounds like gone too soon luv u Karen 😢❤
Whenever I listen to the Carpenters, I have the bittersweet feeling of joy and sorrow, listening to her perfect pitch and range, but then knowing how she was taken away too soon from this world.
God had me born in 1960 Im so thankful for being a 70s kid There was so much great music and so many GREAT bands that came out in the 70s . Times were very simple And it was a blast being a teen in the 70s I was 12 years old when this came out in May of 1973
Easily the greatest female vocalist ever !! EVER !! Effortless and smooth as silk ! Her range was unbelievable and again so effortless
Totally agree. None better
I saw them in concert 2 times. They sounded just like the recording. I remember thinking $7 for a ticket was expensive, but worth seeing them.
I wanted to see them, but I was too young.
I went to a Carpenters concert with my mom and aunt when I was 12, I still remember that day.
WoW. $7. Barbara Streisand ticket are like $700 and UP now. SMH
I would have loved to see them in concert 😍
I am beyond jealous!!
And she could play the drums too! 😎. One of the finest vocalists your country ever produced.
Goosebumps every time I hear her voice.
Still the greatest female vocalist of all time!
Correct! & Always will be, she was in a class all by herself!👍✌️
She is not overlooked by us. Anyone that has the power of hearing, including her peers, critics, and music historians know and have said she is once in a lifetime. She is so clear and genuine. Seems effortless.
One of the greatest vocal performances ever , period. Even punks & metalheads loved the Carpenters.
Not "one of", she WAS the greatest, bar none.
She has been gone over 40 years now but her and Richard's music will live on forever.
She was the sweetest person and very beautiful i have been a fan forever. awesome reaction Jay and Amber love from Memphis Tn.
Those of us who lived in the 70's and heard Karen sing really know how amazing she was and why she is always #1 in our heart and soul! I think because she was taken from us way to soon that people of the mid 80's till today never got to hear her. If she were to still be here today I don't think anyone would be able to dispute that she is the Greatest of All! So blessed to have been able to hear The Carpenters, Karen & Richard!
Met her the day before she passed away, she was bowling with a friend and I was working at that bowl, next day I cried when I heard she passed away.
Her voice is that of an angel! OMG so beautiful. I still get goose bumps when I hear her. Such a sad loss for the world. Thank you two for the review.
She had the most iconic voice of any female singer in the 70' through the 90's.
Karen Carpenter explaining what singing is about. "Mascarade" and "For all we know" are superb, too.
Masquerade is a must
You can't go wrong with The Carpenters. Truly legendary. This song is one I remember hearing on the radio as a very small child. Takes me back to the early seventies. Oh the memories. And yes, this subscriber definitely loves revisiting these musical memories. Much love from England 🏴
As a sidenote, Dionne Warwick was one of Karen Carpenter‘s best friends back in the 70s. They were both linked up to A&M records, and Dionne was absolutely heartbroken when she passed away in 1983.
Guys.... You have GOT to do "Rainy Days and Mondays"... There's just something about it, its like a brief glimpse into Karen's soul. Knowing her struggles, her triumph, and then her so tragic and untimely end, you just see a tiny bit of it through her eyes (and of course, voice). A voice that angels would envy.
They need to use the official video where Karen is on the drums singing.
@@deborahscalise3215 your right
Karen had the purest voice I've ever heard. Don't think there will be another like her again.
Look up Harriet, British singer. Almost Karen Carpenter reincarnated
I love Karen Carpenter's voice, the group doesn't have a bad song. My husband took me to one of their concerts, back when he was in grad school. It was fantastic! This is one of my favorite songs and I used to sing along with Karen for a whole album, since I knew all the songs by heart, I had played them so often. I also think you would like the harmonies of the Association, "Never My Love", "Cherish" and "Windy" are some of their songs.
The Carpenters did their own back up vocals too when not LIVE. Karen and Linda are the two most pure vocals EVER!!
I wore this 45 out. Love every single song that they recorded even covers they did as well.
She had it all - beauty, talent and the best voice ever. I only wish she had happiness in her life to overcome her inner problems. RIP Karen.
Such great memories coming back when hearing these songs again.
One of their Last top 40 hits in 1980 was "Touch Me when we're Dancing" Another great song.
My absolute FAVORITE - "Touch me when we're dancing!"
Shes not a crazy vocalist, but its her tone and delivery that makes her so special. Its just so beautiful.
Look up what Dionne Warwick says about Karen carpenters voice.. she was one of the top 3 singers of all time
Her voice was so beautiful, she sounded like an angel, what a tragedy.
I was privileged to grow up listening to the Carpenters. I've always loved her voice. Whenever I hear her now, it is yesterday once more. She had no idea that she would be singing about herself in this song.
The Carpenters were great , Karen's voice just perfect.
Reminds me of my first job in 1978 when I hear their tunes ,always on the radio then 👍🎶
I love the way you said their songs were always on the radio then. Sounds wonderful
@@michaelconnolly7681 Karen had such a readily identifiable voice, and the Carpenters so many catchy songs, that there was a great chunk of the 70's where many where I grew up couldn't go a day without hearing a Carpenters track playing somewhere on someone's radio, tv or stereo. She was as adored as she is missed.
This is an A-list 70's song. The music, the lyrics, and Karen's beyond amazing vocals. A powerhouse of a song. Simply amazing. And your faces at 5:01 says it all!! Magical!!
My favorite Carpenters song
This came out when there was a big 50s music revival. We had "American Graffiti," "Happy Days," and "Grease" around the same time. Richard killed the arrangement, as usual! Karen is perfect, as usual. And Amber nailed it!
Yeh...people were missing the 50s just 10, 11 or 12 years after it ended. I was born in the 2nd half of the 50s and I too was missing it. I won't lie the 50s and 60s were a great time for a kid to grow up.
But all done in the 70s I was a HAPPY Young man then for sure II had a very good child hood living in Kodiak Alaska Lived by a very pretty lake ,I had very good friends ,, The 70s were very special to me ..
Music is a time machine, takes you right back when you heard a song!
You didn't mention her fabulous drumming!!!! They convinced her to come out from behind the drums because she was only 5'4" tall and people couldn't see her. She was a great jazz drummer and always considered herself a drummer first and a singer second. She was still drumming when we saw them live in the early 70s. Listen to earlier recordings to hear her drumming.
I was in basic training in 1972 at Ft. Cambell,Kentucky. I went by myself to Louisville to see them in concert. I still have both their autographs on the back of my bus ticket. 50 years ago. It was an honor to be able to speak to them and listen to that amazing voice.
I am 72 years old and my whole life is surrounded my music. There is always the song of the day in my life.
That being said, I have watched a lot of talented people come pass away and they are all missed. But to this day Karen is the only one that when she pass on, I had to ask God Why?
This song describes so well what our life was like as teenagers. We would sit and wait for our songs. This song makes me cry for days gone by. Her voice was Angelic and Pure. So so sad we lost her so soon.
So very well said!
I was such a big fan of there’s when I in 6th grade around 1972-73. Her voice was like velvet.
She is one of the most soothing and perfect low harmonies
She can play drums. Her voice was like lullaby
Many of the songs that you guys review and react to "take me back", actually the main reason that I subscribed. "Sha-la-la-la", "Shing-a-ling" and "Woa-woa-woe" are trademarks of 1950s and early 1960s music! For a "crash course" in that music, you need go no further than the group "Sha Na Na". Awesome vocals and a long trip down memory lane.
I have always LOVED Karen's voice. I remember when I was young listening to these songs when they came out. I'm now in my 60's and these songs really do bring me back to "the good ol' days"!
Her voice gives me goosebumps 💜 love them so much ✌💜🇨🇦
The magic of music. And now, nearly 50 years later, I feel the same way listening to Karen's music as she talks about feeling in this song. The world lost a true one-of-a-kind inspiration when we lost Karen Carpenter.
When This Song Frist Came Out In 1973 I Was 6 I Remember This Song Was All Over The Air Wave's Just Wish Karen Was Still With Us I Hope She's At Peace Now ❤️💔
My mom was a huge fan and it is because of her that I discovered the incredible talent of Karen and her angelic voice. Makes everything bad go away. Even while she died such a tragic death, the memories will always be in the songs that she gave us.
The two of you are bringing me down memory lane. I grew up listening to music from the 50's and 60's because of my parents. But the 70's and 80's are my years. A lot of great music where singers could actually sing and carry a tune. There was nothing fake with them.
🇨🇦❤️
You guys are so right! Hearing a song from my childhood or high school/college years takes me back immediately to those days. I can tell people what year songs came out with a fair amount of accuracy because I remember where I was in my life when I first heard the song. I’m sure many others can do the same. Music is very powerful. My husband (a former MS/HS band director) and I instilled a love of music in our daughter from when she was little. We made sure she knew hits from the 70s and 80s. She, in turn, kept us in the loop on music that was popular while she was growing up. She’s now 21, and I’m grateful we had her or we would have missed out on some great music. Kids will do that to you ~ they keep you young. I still love Karen Carpenter ~ I think she’s my all-time fav female voice. Great reaction ~ love you guys! ☺️💕
Bless the beasts and the children
Only the best 'sing-along' music of all time! As a male, I always appreciated the key choice for me, as I could(/can) sing along by just dropping an octave and blend right in! :) Wish I still had the 'A Song for You' album... (I wonder what ever happened to it...)
This is exactly how music makes us feel. When I hear an old song, it can definitely take me back in time to a certain memory... so nostalgic and happy and sad at the same time.
I read the comments and feel so happy that i was young in the 70s to appreciate all the amazing bands at the time, loving pink floyd, steely dan, genesis !! The list goes on and on!! And as everyone thinks karen carpenters voice is second to none!! The songs were so beautiful and no female artist before or since in my opinion has came close to matching the unique sound that the carpenter’s produced, she will never ever be forgotten thats for sure!!
I was 8 years old when this song 🎵 was released in 1973. Thus song was HUGE when it came out.
karen carpenter has one of the most beautiful pop voices in history
she died very young of anorexia, she was 32 years young,
she could have become one of the greatest of all time
In my humble opinion, she STILL IS the greatest of all time. No other female "pop" vocalist today even comes close to having Karen Carpenter type talent. And she also was the drummer for the band.
"We've Only Just Begun" is a classic that was played at many weddings, including my own. This song was used for a TV commercial as well in the 70's.
There were artists that when we heard them new in the 60's, 70's, 80's we just knew we'd still be listening to decades later. The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Carpenters, Styx, The Bee Gees, and many more. I really wonder if anyone gets that feeling from any of today's artists.
So beautiful. She always looked so happy. How could she starve herself to death? So so sad . So tragic.
Thanks team, you took me back to when I was a child, watching my mother sing along to this as she played records on the old school built in stereo. I remember her wearing huge cork platforms and denim jeans with bell bottoms so big they covered her platforms like a tent. She passed away late last century but this took me back immediately. Thanks for the memories. I miss her to this day
When record players were a piece of furniture.
@@chrisoakley5830 absolutely
what a voice.. as the song says.. it takes me back to when I was a child in the 70s.. and my mother played the carpenters a lot
My vote for your next Carpenters reaction is Goodbye to Love. Along with Karen's amazing vocals and the impeccable harmonies, it also features a really cool fuzz guitar solo.
That's my Favourite as well!
Some say it's the original power ballad.
Breaks my heart listening to it.
They had so many hits, you really need to go down the Carpenters rabbit hole. I love the song “For all we know” there are so many I can’t possibly put them all down.
She was her own back up singer. She dubbed the harmonies to her own voice.. She was known to be perfect on her first take. Such a talent. So tragic to lose her at an early age.
A beautiful voice and a tragic loss the way she died.
I used to sing this song all the time as a kid!!!!❤️
Omg, I came from a big family, I got a lot of music back when I was growing up, but every one is gone now except for my aunt, who actually loved the carpenters, I think of her ever time I hear the carpenters !!!
This track is from the Carpenters' semi-concept album "Now & Then". This track began side 2, which then continues with a side-long medley of cover versions of 50s & 60s songs, so this song is very directly a commentary on the old songs we all know and love, whatever generation we're from...
PS the medley is "interrupted" from time to time by a radio DJ, played by Tony Peluso, who played the amazing fuzz-guitar solo on "Goodbye To Love"...
EVERY SINGLE TIME…GOOSEBUMPS!
Love Carpenters. Favorite hit is "Only Yesterday". Her voice starts soooo low, and then just goes up, and up, and up.
Yes the video to “ Only yesterday” is just incredible,,, I tear up watching it every time… my favourite Carpenters song too!
Goodbye To Love. It's arguably not only their best song, it's the song that brought distorted electric guitar into the mainstream.
All carpenters fans wish it was yesterday once more.
She had thee most beautiful angelic voice ever put on earth!!!!
This is my favourite Carpenters song. It’s just so beautiful and takes me to such a happy place x
Carpenters are one of my all time favorites, love them. Thank you for your channel.🥰🥰
There are at least a few dozen Carpenters songs that sound like they were or could have been hits. How they charted doesn't matter. It's just great music and sounds worthy of being hits. I'll put on a Carpenters album, let it play, and never skip songs. It just makes my mood better and it's cathartic for my soul. Thank you for a fantastic reaction.
That voice.........just sublime, truly sublime. One worth checking out is Song For You......simple arrangement but hauntingly beautiful.
Not only was Karen an incredible lead singer but her harmonizing with herself is next to none
She also played the drums on this song too.
This song definitely brings back memories of my childhood in the early seventies. Miss you mom.
One of my all-time favourite compilations is the double CD of The Carpenters' "Gold 35th Anniversary Edition" (obviously this song is on it) - 40 cracking tracks that showcase Karen's amazing voice, the siblings' harmonies and great arrangements from Richard.
My parents knew Karen and Richard in the late 70's/early 80's. They have nothing but good memories of them, and always mention how kind and accommodating Karen and Richard were.
This song came out when a 50s nostalgia craze was starting in the 70s. The Carpenters seemed to kick that craze into high gear.
I heard this song on the car radio on the way to my grandfathers funeral. It helped me to regain my composure and lifted my spirits.
Richard was a true musical genius. He listened to his sister’s voice and realized to tune her voice into the key of C. They were instrumental into using overdubs
I would love to see Richard's reaction when it first dawned on him just how special her voice was. He was truly a genius arranger and knew how to make Karen's voice be what it could be to us over 50 years later.
I love listening to the 60s and 70s music because it does take me back to when I was a teenager and then by 1979 a young married woman with four daughters and in the 80s two sons. I'm 70 now. Thanks for playing these songs!
I'm a 62 year old man and I still tear up when I hear Karen. I was about 11 the first time I heard the Carpenters and I loved them and so did the rest of the world. In 1984 I was delivering bread at a grocery store in Stoughton Wisconsin when the news announced her passing. I remember sitting in my bread truck sobbing. I never met her. I didn't know her but I felt a tremendous sense of loss. The world lost a real treasure that day. Thank you for keeping her memory alive. This is the perfect song to do that❤️
She’s number one in my book. This song really showcases her voice and range.
Karen is honoring the music that came before especially with the 59 s and 60 s with the sha la las and shing a lings. The words, melodies of yesterday's music that influenced her first as a drummer and then a singer and as a musician who deeply listened to every lyric and song. So when you put in a record from the music that came before it can bring so much back whether joy or heartbreak. You guys should really check out her live drum solo to see what an amazing drummer she truly was. Drumming was her passion vs. Singing but her voice was discovered as lovely and unique as it was and the rest was history. There has never been another Karen. The harmonies and arrangements by her brother Richard just made magic with sis Karen.
In two days my husband and I will be married for 45 years and our song was and always will be “Top Of The World” by the Carpenters so they have been a part of our lives since before you were born.
Thanks for loving them.
Love you guys! ❤️
Stay Blessed!
Gives me goosebumps! Wonderful voice. ❤️
This song always makes me cry!!! The longing, the nostalgia, 70s perfection.