Wow, I actually got Richard's name right this time 😂Thanks to everyone who corrected me in the last video! By the way, if you enjoyed my reaction, feel free to donate here to support me and my content: 👉 bit.ly/dancanreact (if not, thanks for watching, and hope to see you again soon!)
this video has Karen and Richard lipsynching the song. the others in this video are their LIVE band who DID sing harmony when they did concerts, but the recorded versions of this song and ALL of their songs are ONLY karen and richard singing solo and the harmonies...
@@tomschmitz-dj1fg Ahh, cause I remember one commenter told me they did the bg vocals in all their songs except one, and I thought THIS was the one, but it wasn't 😄
@@DanCanReactThe American government is the devil 😈 England was the one who colonized the United States in Brazil. It was also England that colonized Brazil. It's a lie that it was Portugal to this day. England rules the United States with influence on Satanism, Brazil and South America, I'm Brazilian
AS a kid, mom and dad had Carpenter's play around the house I'm ALL the time, everyone did. Incredible memories of a world that most kids now would only dream about. Great reaction bro !
As a young child/toddler when the Carpenters first hit it big I didn't have as much sophistication to pick apart a song, but I remember how warm, sincere and comforting her voice was to me at the time. Each new hit of theirs felt like it was being sung to me personally and just had the effect that maybe a lullaby has on a baby. At that age we're so impressionable and I'm glad I had her voice as I first experienced life starting out. It is an indelible part of my memories of childood.
It's been a minute since I've seen you here PTX! I have listened to their song Hallelujah before, and it was breath-taking. What is your favorite song from them?
Kaysee here ... I'm so glad to see you react to another Carpenters song. I was a fan back in the 1970's and at 64, I'm still a fan. I think once a fan, always a fan. Karen's voice and Richard's harmonies still give me chills. Yep, that's Richard standing beside Karen. I'd love for you to react to "Yesterday Once More"... my favourite Carpenters song. Keep up the good work.
This was one of the first songs that caught my interest when I was a child. The Carpenters were definitely a group that shaped my musical preferences for years to come. Of course, now at 63, I still listen to them and some of my favorite reaction videos are those watching the person reacting as they listen to these songs for the first time!! Great reaction!!
So many songs to react to! Only Yesterday A Song for You (try to get a version that’s directly from the album of the same name as video versions tend to present an edited version of the song) I Won’t Last A Day Without You Goodbye to Love Happy Desperado All You Get From Love Is A Love Song Sweet Sweet Smile Calling Occupants of interplanetary Craft Touch Me When Were Dancing …and a whole lot more! For We’ve Only Just Begun, yes that’s Richard next to her, and yes, all the background vocals are sung by Karen and Richard. Their harmonies were always amazing. Be sure to react to their Christmas music too, since Christmas will soon be here: Merry Christmas Darling Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (the slow ballad version).
I loved your enthusiasm and appreciation of this music. There are plenty more Carpenters songs for you to explore. By the way I enjoyed your reaction to an Abba song the other day, and there are even more of those that you could also react to. I'm in my 60s now, and it's nice to see someone of your age discovering good music from years ago!
Glad to have you here and to hear that you enjoyed my other reaction! My deepest thanks 😇 There will definitely be more fantastic songs to react to, so stay tuned!!
This was originally a song Paul Williams wrote for a bank loan commercial. Richard contacted him and got the permission to do his own thing with it. It was used as a song for weddings many times
Hi! New subscriber from Down Under! Love your channel! Thanks for your reaction! Karen had a beautiful voice! You might like to try someone who had a BEAUTIFUL voice, Judith Durham who was in a band called The Seekers! They were AMAZING! Please try George girl, Colours of my life, Carnival is over and a lot more! I think you will LOVE Judith’s voice! Peace and Blessings to you and yours from Australia.
Wow, their songs seem to have a lot of views! That peaks my interest, I'll definitely add that to the list of artists to react to. My next upload will be a Beatles song! 😁 PS: Thanks for subscribing Wendy!
Karen and Richard did all the backing vocals to their songs except for the song ‘Now’ as Karen recorded the lead vocal, but died before the backing vocals were done. There were a few other songs where a couple of extra singers were included in the backing, but you honestly couldn’t really tell. With the song ‘Now’ though, it is quite clear there is no Karen in the background, but it still sounded beautiful.
Try Yesterday Once More, For All We Know, This Masquerade, A Song For You just to name a few. Karen is the GOAT of female singers of all time, as well as being an amazing drummer. Try some videos of her drumming skills also. It's a rabbit hole of pure pleasure.
Dan, that is definitely Richard in the pageboy haircut next to Karen. As amazing as Karen's voice and skill as a drummer is, Richard deserves just as much credit. He started first, discovered and encouraged Karen's voice, wrote most of the songs and tailored them to fit her style. He also plays a lot of instruments. He didn't write this one though; it was an old TV commercial for starting out in life as newlyweds with Crocker Bank helping out with a loan, LOL. Richard loved it so much he got the writers to finish it with a full version for them to record. This was their third big hit early in their career.
Hi Dan, Great choice as this was both an early song, 2nd album and 3rd single released. A #2 on the Hot 100. It started life as a Crocker Bank commercial. Paul Williams and Roger Nichols wrote it and were also on the A&M lot. So when Richard saw the commercial he recognized Paul’s singing and found him on the lot and asked about the song. The rest as they say… Also the vast majority of their songs was Karen and Richard only doing layered backgrounds. There WERE exceptions but small in. Number when Karen was alive. Great reaction and I encourage you to continue your Carpenters journey. They were of my youth and teens. I love seeing younger folks discovering them all anew. Oh and Perfect Blend left some great songs to explore. I want to also introduce you to a singer I’ve been following for almost a year now. Since the example song is what you just watched, it’s perfect timing. Her name is Tori Holub (Ha Lubb) and she’s now 21, was 20 for this song the SAME age as Karen was. A little bit of background, she was one of 8 invited performers at the Carpenters 55th Anniversary this past April. She met Richard there for the first time, in person. She was invited well before this song was released, so there’s more to her than this one song. That said this song is a fantastic example of what went into its making. James Wilkas is the genius behind the technical look and sound of it. He also played multiple instruments with a group of musicians from around the world. There is a full credit list at the end of the video and a detailed description with the video, for reference. I will ask to please, if you react to it, show the entire rectangle of the video. It is highly detailed and you will mask players at the edges of the image. I’m linking it below and will investigate what I need to do to support the channel. Thanks for your time, Joe th-cam.com/video/J95lfJqo9VY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=vMq5aj3GynRZbKG6 . Edit: Done! Also I forgot to mention, Tori never uses pitch correction as so many do now. This was verified by Fil at Wings Of Pegasus channel in early March (yeah, my request). 😊
I did watch Tori before, in my reaction to Superstar I mention her (but now that video was blocked in the US so you may not be able to see it without a VPN.
@@DanCanReact the audio of Superstar? That was blocked? There is no video other than a short. This WOJB has over 60 reactions, believe me I know. All are up and running.
@@DanCanReact follow up on Superstar. Yes, the SESAC dispute is the problem, not Tori. What’s strange is some are up and some are blocked. The reactions clearly state Superstar but it’s either or. The video plays or the black screen with the notice. Rush, Nirvana, Adele and more are affected. This should be temporary. Did I forget you reacted to Superstar? Or it wasn’t me that requested it? How long ago did you do that. I haven’t requested that in a long time as there’s enough videos to endanger my bank account. 🤣 We’ve Only Just Begun is up and running. Joe
@@jbs256 th-cam.com/video/0m37AAb08C4/w-d-xo.html This should show up as blocked if you're in the US, it was an issue with UMC. weird how they blocked it a month later and not my other carpenters songs
Karen's mom always encouraged and praised Richard as the child prodigy, often overlooking Karen or making remarks that she should be more like him. There may have been some jealousy or resentment there, but she didn't give Karen a lot of overt love or emotional support. Karen was always insecure (which is why a review in the paper referring to her as "Richard's chubby kid sister" affected her so much and led her on a destructive path that killed her). She always wanted love and did marry at the end of the decade, but he was a jerk and took advantage of her and it was over before it even started. She never found love and then died a few years later. That is why "Goodbye To Love" should be your next big hit from them. It also has an electric guitar rock instrumental, which was astonishing for them and alienated some of their older adult listeners (and was the only time they got brief respect from their own younger hippie generation).
Karen and Richard did all their own background vocals. Also, ya gotta start using a little common sense here. Yes, that is Richard standing next to Karen, singing. Carpenters. Richard and Karen Carpenter. Who else would it be??
Richard Carpenter considers this their signature song. All of the vocals are just Karen and Richard overdubbing their vocals, the other people in the backround are band members and that goes for all of their recordings, except for their single "Sing" which uses a childrens choir in the backround
@@samueltabo3390 They also used choirs to back up certain songs like I Need To Be In Love, and tracks in the Passage, Made In America, Voice of the Heart and Lovelines albums (and of course the Christmas albums). In All You Get From Love Is A Love Song, Strength of a Woman, Touch Me When We’re Dancing and Kiss Me The Way You Did Last Night, they had additional back up vocalist (some of whom were well known backup session singers back in the day) augmenting their own backup vocals. And for I Can Dream Can’t I, they also used a specially formed group of singers who could sing in a 1940s style to give that song a more “authentic” feel. But all this came later. For their first four albums at least, they did all the vocal overdubs themselves.
One of the background singers is the original Song-writer (Paul.) Those captions on the reaction video that can't be turned off are REALLY REALLY annoying btw.
Appreciate the feedback, my intention is to make the videos as accessible as possible to a broad audience. It also helps when I can't be understood (due to volume or my mumbled words at times) to have them there. They are relatively small and un-obstructive in my opinion, but I'll take your opinion into account.
I would recommend another amazing voice of the 20th Century. Linda Rondstadt - Long Long TIme. Don't listent to the live version cause it was on a TV show and they cut out the last verse so it woiuld fit in the time slot. th-cam.com/video/OADhKjNz8mI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=rMNMUoA7PU0OfHLU
As a Gen-X-er, this is why a lot of us (and I would add Baby Boomers to the list), can't stand today's music. We grew up listening to actual voices, melodies, instruments, and genuine talent. 99% of music now lacks any of that. I'm loving your discoveries of Queen, ABBA, The Carpenters, Simon & Garfunkel etc. ❤
I've heard this before, but it's a reaction, it's part of the experience! I put the music in the description so you can watch it uninterrupted if that is what you're searching for 😁
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Wow, I actually got Richard's name right this time 😂Thanks to everyone who corrected me in the last video! By the way, if you enjoyed my reaction, feel free to donate here to support me and my content: 👉 bit.ly/dancanreact (if not, thanks for watching, and hope to see you again soon!)
this video has Karen and Richard lipsynching the song. the others in this video are their LIVE band who DID sing harmony when they did concerts, but the recorded versions of this song and ALL of their songs are ONLY karen and richard singing solo and the harmonies...
@@tomschmitz-dj1fg Ahh, cause I remember one commenter told me they did the bg vocals in all their songs except one, and I thought THIS was the one, but it wasn't 😄
@@DanCanReactThe American government is the devil 😈 England was the one who colonized the United States in Brazil. It was also England that colonized Brazil. It's a lie that it was Portugal to this day. England rules the United States with influence on Satanism, Brazil and South America, I'm Brazilian
AS a kid, mom and dad had Carpenter's play around the house I'm ALL the time, everyone did. Incredible memories of a world that most kids now would only dream about. Great reaction bro !
This was my favorite babysitter’s wedding song in the early ‘70s. Love that 50 years on it still reminds me of her.
That's so precious! It's crazy how music can remind us of a past memory/person!
I love the flute…I think in the end.
As a young child/toddler when the Carpenters first hit it big I didn't have as much sophistication to pick apart a song, but I remember how warm, sincere and comforting her voice was to me at the time. Each new hit of theirs felt like it was being sung to me personally and just had the effect that maybe a lullaby has on a baby. At that age we're so impressionable and I'm glad I had her voice as I first experienced life starting out. It is an indelible part of my memories of childood.
My generation. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
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Dan... I love the hell out of you bro! I would really love to see you become a Pentaholic. You will not regret it and the fan base is insane.
It's been a minute since I've seen you here PTX! I have listened to their song Hallelujah before, and it was breath-taking. What is your favorite song from them?
Kaysee here ... I'm so glad to see you react to another Carpenters song. I was a fan back in the 1970's and at 64, I'm still a fan. I think once a fan, always a fan. Karen's voice and Richard's harmonies still give me chills. Yep, that's Richard standing beside Karen. I'd love for you to react to "Yesterday Once More"... my favourite Carpenters song. Keep up the good work.
Nice to see you here Ross! Thanks for watching, and I'll be sure to add that song to the list, thanks!!
This was one of the first songs that caught my interest when I was a child. The Carpenters were definitely a group that shaped my musical preferences for years to come. Of course, now at 63, I still listen to them and some of my favorite reaction videos are those watching the person reacting as they listen to these songs for the first time!! Great reaction!!
Appreciate you watching Ray! Glad you enjoyed 😁
So many songs to react to!
Only Yesterday
A Song for You (try to get a version that’s directly from the album of the same name as video versions tend to present an edited version of the song)
I Won’t Last A Day Without You
Goodbye to Love
Happy
Desperado
All You Get From Love Is A Love Song
Sweet Sweet Smile
Calling Occupants of interplanetary Craft
Touch Me When Were Dancing
…and a whole lot more!
For We’ve Only Just Begun, yes that’s Richard next to her, and yes, all the background vocals are sung by Karen and Richard. Their harmonies were always amazing.
Be sure to react to their Christmas music too, since Christmas will soon be here:
Merry Christmas Darling
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (the slow ballad version).
Yep! I plan to listen to their Christmas songs during Christmas time 😁🎅
That's Richard!
I thought so!
This was THE wedding song in the early 1970's.
Such a beautiful song!!
I loved your enthusiasm and appreciation of this music. There are plenty more Carpenters songs for you to explore. By the way I enjoyed your reaction to an Abba song the other day, and there are even more of those that you could also react to. I'm in my 60s now, and it's nice to see someone of your age discovering good music from years ago!
Glad to have you here and to hear that you enjoyed my other reaction! My deepest thanks 😇 There will definitely be more fantastic songs to react to, so stay tuned!!
This was originally a song Paul Williams wrote for a bank loan commercial. Richard contacted him and got the permission to do his own thing with it. It was used as a song for weddings many times
Yeah, someone mentioned that, it's so cool!!
Karen Carpenter's voice to me is the best I have ever heard. It memorizes me to my core.
I love her voice honestly, it's so powerful yet soothing at the same time.
@@DanCanReact Yes it is and she did a duo with Perry Como who was from my hometown of Canonsburg Pa.
That is Richard singing next to Karen. Richard composed and played piano.
Thanks for filling me in!
Only Yesterday will show a lot more of Richard. Very positive and uplifting song too.
It seems like a lot more of the focus goes on Karen in the videos I've seen thus far, minus this one, so I'm looking forward to seeing more of him!
Hi! New subscriber from Down Under! Love your channel! Thanks for your reaction! Karen had a beautiful voice! You might like to try someone who had a BEAUTIFUL voice, Judith Durham who was in a band called The Seekers! They were AMAZING! Please try George girl, Colours of my life, Carnival is over and a lot more! I think you will LOVE Judith’s voice! Peace and Blessings to you and yours from Australia.
Wow, their songs seem to have a lot of views! That peaks my interest, I'll definitely add that to the list of artists to react to.
My next upload will be a Beatles song! 😁 PS: Thanks for subscribing Wendy!
I loved that she and ONJ could cut up together and do some fun TV specials. Gone too soon ❤😢
They did TV specials together? That's awesome!
@ yes, I will try to find you the link. I saved it.
So glad I discovered your channel!
So glad to see you here, thanks for watching!
Karen and Richard did all the backing vocals to their songs except for the song ‘Now’ as Karen recorded the lead vocal, but died before the backing vocals were done. There were a few other songs where a couple of extra singers were included in the backing, but you honestly couldn’t really tell. With the song ‘Now’ though, it is quite clear there is no Karen in the background, but it still sounded beautiful.
That's sad to hear. They have consistently had amazing backing vocals to their songs, so I'm not surprised it's Richard and Karen!
This song was adapted from a commerical for a bank, if my memory serves. I'm old and was around when it was released.....
Interesting if that's true!
@@DanCanReact Here's the Wiki link that talks about the commercial
Dont know if you come back and read this or not. BUt you have to do Solitaire. You well really appreciate her singing ability with this one
Thanks, will add it to the list!!!
Try Yesterday Once More, For All We Know, This Masquerade, A Song For You just to name a few. Karen is the GOAT of female singers of all time, as well as being an amazing drummer. Try some videos of her drumming skills also. It's a rabbit hole of pure pleasure.
Hi PB! ❤ Guess what I’m doing 😊
Thanks for the recommendations! Yeah she's extremely talented, to be able to drum so well and sing like an angel :)
Dan, that is definitely Richard in the pageboy haircut next to Karen. As amazing as Karen's voice and skill as a drummer is, Richard deserves just as much credit. He started first, discovered and encouraged Karen's voice, wrote most of the songs and tailored them to fit her style. He also plays a lot of instruments. He didn't write this one though; it was an old TV commercial for starting out in life as newlyweds with Crocker Bank helping out with a loan, LOL. Richard loved it so much he got the writers to finish it with a full version for them to record. This was their third big hit early in their career.
Very interesting. Yeah I definitely should give him more credit for his talent as well!
@@DanCanReact As long as you know that about Richard, then it is perfectly understandable and normal to fixate and focus on Karen. Most people do.
Hi Dan,
Great choice as this was both an early song, 2nd album and 3rd single released. A #2 on the Hot 100. It started life as a Crocker Bank commercial. Paul Williams and Roger Nichols wrote it and were also on the A&M lot. So when Richard saw the commercial he recognized Paul’s singing and found him on the lot and asked about the song. The rest as they say…
Also the vast majority of their songs was Karen and Richard only doing layered backgrounds. There WERE exceptions but small in. Number when Karen was alive.
Great reaction and I encourage you to continue your Carpenters journey. They were of my youth and teens. I love seeing younger folks discovering them all anew. Oh and Perfect Blend left some great songs to explore.
I want to also introduce you to a singer I’ve been following for almost a year now. Since the example song is what you just watched, it’s perfect timing. Her name is Tori Holub (Ha Lubb) and she’s now 21, was 20 for this song the SAME age as Karen was. A little bit of background, she was one of 8 invited performers at the Carpenters 55th Anniversary this past April. She met Richard there for the first time, in person. She was invited well before this song was released, so there’s more to her than this one song. That said this song is a fantastic example of what went into its making. James Wilkas is the genius behind the technical look and sound of it. He also played multiple instruments with a group of musicians from around the world. There is a full credit list at the end of the video and a detailed description with the video, for reference.
I will ask to please, if you react to it, show the entire rectangle of the video. It is highly detailed and you will mask players at the edges of the image.
I’m linking it below and will investigate what I need to do to support the channel.
Thanks for your time,
Joe
th-cam.com/video/J95lfJqo9VY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=vMq5aj3GynRZbKG6
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Edit: Done! Also I forgot to mention, Tori never uses pitch correction as so many do now. This was verified by Fil at Wings Of Pegasus channel in early March (yeah, my request). 😊
I did watch Tori before, in my reaction to Superstar I mention her (but now that video was blocked in the US so you may not be able to see it without a VPN.
@@DanCanReact the audio of Superstar? That was blocked? There is no video other than a short. This WOJB has over 60 reactions, believe me I know. All are up and running.
@@DanCanReact follow up on Superstar. Yes, the SESAC dispute is the problem, not Tori. What’s strange is some are up and some are blocked. The reactions clearly state Superstar but it’s either or. The video plays or the black screen with the notice. Rush, Nirvana, Adele and more are affected. This should be temporary.
Did I forget you reacted to Superstar? Or it wasn’t me that requested it? How long ago did you do that. I haven’t requested that in a long time as there’s enough videos to endanger my bank account. 🤣 We’ve Only Just Begun is up and running.
Joe
@@jbs256 th-cam.com/video/0m37AAb08C4/w-d-xo.html
This should show up as blocked if you're in the US, it was an issue with UMC. weird how they blocked it a month later and not my other carpenters songs
@@DanCanReact I believe all blocked videos are now free and clear. It was frustrating while it lasted. Sigh.
Joe
Karen's mom always encouraged and praised Richard as the child prodigy, often overlooking Karen or making remarks that she should be more like him. There may have been some jealousy or resentment there, but she didn't give Karen a lot of overt love or emotional support. Karen was always insecure (which is why a review in the paper referring to her as "Richard's chubby kid sister" affected her so much and led her on a destructive path that killed her). She always wanted love and did marry at the end of the decade, but he was a jerk and took advantage of her and it was over before it even started. She never found love and then died a few years later. That is why "Goodbye To Love" should be your next big hit from them. It also has an electric guitar rock instrumental, which was astonishing for them and alienated some of their older adult listeners (and was the only time they got brief respect from their own younger hippie generation).
I'm surprised, thought it would be the opposite way around.
Karen and Richard did all their own background vocals. Also, ya gotta start using a little common sense here. Yes, that is Richard standing next to Karen, singing. Carpenters. Richard and Karen Carpenter. Who else would it be??
Sure, fair enough
Next time you watch this -- just for kicks -- focus on the tambourine man, LOL. 😄
Yeah, I noticed it while editing, he goes ham on that thing.
react Brazilian songs they are very good very good beat rhythm too
Yes, that's Richard besides Karen. I really see similarities in their faces 😃
That's true!
react to "Kiss me the way you did last night" by The Carpenters
Sounds like a plan for the future!!
Richard Carpenter considers this their signature song. All of the vocals are just Karen and Richard overdubbing their vocals, the other people in the backround are band members and that goes for all of their recordings, except for their single "Sing" which uses a childrens choir in the backround
Okay, makes sense, cause it sounded like way more layers than usual, so it sounded different from the past songs I've listened to.
@@samueltabo3390 They also used choirs to back up certain songs like I Need To Be In Love, and tracks in the Passage, Made In America, Voice of the Heart and Lovelines albums (and of course the Christmas albums). In All You Get From Love Is A Love Song, Strength of a Woman, Touch Me When We’re Dancing and Kiss Me The Way You Did Last Night, they had additional back up vocalist (some of whom were well known backup session singers back in the day) augmenting their own backup vocals. And for I Can Dream Can’t I, they also used a specially formed group of singers who could sing in a 1940s style to give that song a more “authentic” feel. But all this came later. For their first four albums at least, they did all the vocal overdubs themselves.
@@Calvin15634 wow thanks 👍
One of the background singers is the original Song-writer (Paul.)
Those captions on the reaction video that can't be turned off are REALLY REALLY annoying btw.
Appreciate the feedback, my intention is to make the videos as accessible as possible to a broad audience. It also helps when I can't be understood (due to volume or my mumbled words at times) to have them there. They are relatively small and un-obstructive in my opinion, but I'll take your opinion into account.
I would recommend another amazing voice of the 20th Century. Linda Rondstadt - Long Long TIme. Don't listent to the live version cause it was on a TV show and they cut out the last verse so it woiuld fit in the time slot. th-cam.com/video/OADhKjNz8mI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=rMNMUoA7PU0OfHLU
You're actually the second person to recommend that exact song TODAY! Will have to add it to the list then.
As a Gen-X-er, this is why a lot of us (and I would add Baby Boomers to the list), can't stand today's music. We grew up listening to actual voices, melodies, instruments, and genuine talent. 99% of music now lacks any of that. I'm loving your discoveries of Queen, ABBA, The Carpenters, Simon & Garfunkel etc. ❤
And I'm loving the comments. Thanks for showing up and enjoying my videos 😁
Way too much pausing . It ruins it for you and us . Let the music play man !
I've heard this before, but it's a reaction, it's part of the experience! I put the music in the description so you can watch it uninterrupted if that is what you're searching for 😁