There are very few females ever who have her overall talent.personly I think she is the best female singer ever..she does an amazing version of ave Maria in latin that will amaze you..just type in "carpenters Ave Maria video" on you tube. She sounds like an opera singer..
Wonderful reaction guys to maybe the best female drummer who can sing. Thank you for doing my request. This is one of my top favorite Carpenters performances ever and it was basically in their first year or so of performing out there. There were mikes everywhere so for 1970 they got the sound down and I’m so grateful for that. That Karen was drumming as hard as she was but perfect for the songs and just nailing the vocal still gives me chills 53 years later. There’s a lot more in their rabbit hole to discover. Just, Pure Magic! To borrow a phrase. Merry Christmas guys! Joe
outside in a field, no autotune, live and with 70's level sound equipment. "close to you" was a Carpenters song, written by burt bacharach.. If you notice, all of the songs in the medley are "speeded up" and jazzy almost as the carpenters started out with more "jazz" in their repertoire along with their soft mellow pop sound songs...
They began as an instrumental jazz trio, winning the jazz division of the 1966 Hollywood Bowl Battle of the Bands. The Dick Carpenter Trio. Karen, still a highschooler then, was the drummer and not usually singing...
Check out live “Goodbye To Love” next. That is quintessential Carpenters music! Halfway thru and then again at the very end is a fuzz guitar solo by Tony Peluso that created the genre of power ballad. Richsrd and John Bettis wrote it, Karen is amazing as always, the backup band is right, the harmonies are up front, and Tony’s solo is the icing on the cake. I never want that guitar solo to end!!!!
Better video quality than the other TH-cam post of this I've seen, but this one's unfortunately had sections hacked out of it. Still gives a very good idea of how terrific Carpenters were live. There were two Carpenters Christmas albums, the second one released after Karen's passing. Both have since been released together as a single set. Karen played bass also... Richard was the one behind the overall Carpenters sound, whether the jazz and classical influences or the stunning multitrack harmonies (inspired by Les Paul and Mary Ford circa 1950). For a stunning example of all three aspects, listen to Another Song or Mr Guder, both of them from the 1970 Close To You album...
This is probably, the best Burt Bacharach medley done by the Carpenters. Video quality and sound is very good. Other versions indoors is not as good. Karen's voice is very clear and smooth. You do not tire of hearing her voice. This is Karen Carpenter's legacy for decades down the road.
I agree! I orginally owned it on cassette. A few years ago I bought their double Chrisrmas Collection CD. It has the original "Christmas Portraits" and their other Christmas album "An Old-Fashioned Christmas". I think Richard released it after Karens death. It's songs they didn't have room for on the first album.
Many times, because of the quality of their live performances, they were accused of miming to a recording. Not so, they were that good, and Karen was so pitch perfect, and perfect on her timing, that she did sound like her studio recordings.
@@jazzmaan707 oh yeah! I love Fil’s channel. His analysis is awesome. He’s done numerous Carpenters/Karen shows. I asked him but he doesn’t do unknowns. I’ve been following and going nuts over a new artist. I think she’s amazing and wanted him to prove my ear right. Example: th-cam.com/users/shortslzGAhBT-zTg?si=4IhYIl-RKKUUh4uG It’s not just this, it’s everything she does. But the above is just nuts. Her breath control is off the hook. .
They were indeed that good live, as Fil Henley conclusively showed. But many of the specifically made-for-TV videos are mimed performances--as was completely standard at the time. For a fan it's very easy to tell the difference. But it may take several seconds before someone, usually Karen, does something the tiniest bit different from the studio version you've heard maybe a hundred times, and you realize, "oh...this one's pure live..." they were indeed that good.
@@stevetournay6103 and sometimes, BBC Close To You, where Karen had the hot microphone and the rest was mimed. It was certainly a mix. Have you seen Mr. Guder on The Tonight Show 1973, restored by Harvey Stig? That is simply amazing. Actually he did that whole performance. The full version is on the Johnny Carson channel. The two music only segments and a bunch more of his restorations are on his channel, his name. A treasure trove of Carpenters videos.
It's like this. The CARPENTERS were some bad ass up tempo jazz playing MOFO's. No *dirty word* They could hang with the best jazz musicians of the day.
Thank you for your great Reaction. I've got to admit it was always difficult to notice anyone else whenever Karen was performing. She always stole the show without realizing what she'd done?
Hal David was primarily a Lyricist who teamed with Bacharach. Sometimes they would work with a 3rd a party. Jackie Deshannon was a singer and a writer who got her big hit from them. They wrote dozens of great songs.
Why, oh why are the whoa-whoas edited out of verse two of "San Jose"?!? The 4 or 5 part chromatic vocal run is probably the most impressive live vocal moment I've heard by an ensemble........and probably with very deficient montoring in that environment..... I
There are very few females ever who have her overall talent.personly I think she is the best female singer ever..she does an amazing version of ave Maria in latin that will amaze you..just type in "carpenters Ave Maria video" on you tube. She sounds like an opera singer..
💯 She is the best female singer of all time - no one touches your soul like Karen Carpenter
Wonderful reaction guys to maybe the best female drummer who can sing. Thank you for doing my request. This is one of my top favorite Carpenters performances ever and it was basically in their first year or so of performing out there. There were mikes everywhere so for 1970 they got the sound down and I’m so grateful for that. That Karen was drumming as hard as she was but perfect for the songs and just nailing the vocal still gives me chills 53 years later. There’s a lot more in their rabbit hole to discover. Just, Pure Magic! To borrow a phrase.
Merry Christmas guys!
Joe
❤️🤘🙏
outside in a field, no autotune, live and with 70's level sound equipment. "close to you" was a Carpenters song, written by burt bacharach.. If you notice, all of the songs in the medley are "speeded up" and jazzy almost as the carpenters started out with more "jazz" in their repertoire along with their soft mellow pop sound songs...
They began as an instrumental jazz trio, winning the jazz division of the 1966 Hollywood Bowl Battle of the Bands. The Dick Carpenter Trio. Karen, still a highschooler then, was the drummer and not usually singing...
More talent here than Taylor swift, Madonna , Beyoncé , J+lo. And bad ass drummer.
Check out live “Goodbye To Love” next. That is quintessential Carpenters music! Halfway thru and then again at the very end is a fuzz guitar solo by Tony Peluso that created the genre of power ballad. Richsrd and John Bettis wrote it, Karen is amazing as always, the backup band is right, the harmonies are up front, and Tony’s solo is the icing on the cake. I never want that guitar solo to end!!!!
(The band is TIGHT, not right!)
Listen to the studio audio version, not the quasi-live video which has a weird effect on Peluso's guitar...
Better video quality than the other TH-cam post of this I've seen, but this one's unfortunately had sections hacked out of it. Still gives a very good idea of how terrific Carpenters were live.
There were two Carpenters Christmas albums, the second one released after Karen's passing. Both have since been released together as a single set.
Karen played bass also...
Richard was the one behind the overall Carpenters sound, whether the jazz and classical influences or the stunning multitrack harmonies (inspired by Les Paul and Mary Ford circa 1950). For a stunning example of all three aspects, listen to Another Song or Mr Guder, both of them from the 1970 Close To You album...
This is probably, the best Burt Bacharach medley done by the Carpenters. Video quality and sound is very good. Other versions indoors is not as good. Karen's voice is very clear and smooth. You do not tire of hearing her voice. This is Karen Carpenter's legacy for decades down the road.
Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote as a team Burt wrote the music, and Hal David wrote the lyrics. Some of the biggest songs in history.
“Christmas Portraits” is still the best Christmas album ever!!
I agree! I orginally owned it on cassette. A few years ago I bought their double Chrisrmas Collection CD. It has the original "Christmas Portraits" and their other Christmas album "An Old-Fashioned Christmas". I think Richard released it after Karens death. It's songs they didn't have room for on the first album.
A great drummer…who just happened to sing! Better than anyone else EVER! Talking during the music? Seriously? Wow!
Glad you enjoyed it ! Thanks for watching!
I think this was filmed in front of Walter Reed military hospital. Shots of the young men sitting I think were patients at the hospital.
Correct for a Veterans Day Special. All the segments for the show were taped at Walter Reed.
The voice of Karen and the arranging of Richard, genius.
Many times, because of the quality of their live performances, they were accused of miming to a recording. Not so, they were that good, and Karen was so pitch perfect, and perfect on her timing, that she did sound like her studio recordings.
Fil of Wings of Pegasus proved she IMPROVED in a live performance of C2Y than the album cut.
@@jbs256 Pegasus did a great analysis of why physically, her voice was so perfect in tone, quality, and range. He knows what he is talking about, too.
@@jazzmaan707 oh yeah! I love Fil’s channel. His analysis is awesome. He’s done numerous Carpenters/Karen shows. I asked him but he doesn’t do unknowns. I’ve been following and going nuts over a new artist. I think she’s amazing and wanted him to prove my ear right.
Example:
th-cam.com/users/shortslzGAhBT-zTg?si=4IhYIl-RKKUUh4uG
It’s not just this, it’s everything she does. But the above is just nuts. Her breath control is off the hook.
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They were indeed that good live, as Fil Henley conclusively showed. But many of the specifically made-for-TV videos are mimed performances--as was completely standard at the time. For a fan it's very easy to tell the difference. But it may take several seconds before someone, usually Karen, does something the tiniest bit different from the studio version you've heard maybe a hundred times, and you realize, "oh...this one's pure live..." they were indeed that good.
@@stevetournay6103 and sometimes, BBC Close To You, where Karen had the hot microphone and the rest was mimed. It was certainly a mix. Have you seen Mr. Guder on The Tonight Show 1973, restored by Harvey Stig? That is simply amazing. Actually he did that whole performance. The full version is on the Johnny Carson channel. The two music only segments and a bunch more of his restorations are on his channel, his name. A treasure trove of Carpenters videos.
Most of the songs (all written by Burt Bacharach) in the medley were hits sung by Dionne Warwick (first cousin of Whitney Houston)
It's like this.
The CARPENTERS were some bad ass up tempo jazz playing MOFO's.
No *dirty word*
They could hang with the best jazz musicians of the day.
Thank you for your great Reaction. I've got to admit it was always difficult to notice anyone else whenever Karen was performing. She always stole the show without realizing what she'd done?
Saw this earlier, but wanted to support you here too.
Hal David was primarily a Lyricist who teamed with Bacharach. Sometimes they would work with a 3rd a party. Jackie Deshannon was a singer and a writer who got her big hit from them. They wrote dozens of great songs.
These are Burt Bacharach songs. Some were recorded by the Carpenters, some by other artists. What's so hard to comprehend?
Karen was 20 years old .
Why, oh why are the whoa-whoas edited out of verse two of "San Jose"?!? The 4 or 5 part chromatic vocal run is probably the most impressive live vocal moment I've heard by an ensemble........and probably with very deficient montoring in that environment..... I
I don’t think it was intentionally edited it was a jumpy glitch. Victim of a bandwidth issue. It happened in Tori’s rendition, too.
Ela tica sua alma cono nemhuma outra. Unica e maravilhosa Karen
Karen is fabulous is in this video. The arrangements are slightly annoying and that's Richard's doing.
This video is all cut up. Messes with the flow. Quite irritating.
Awesome 👏
They did that to avoid Copyright issues.
Very sad those guys are mostly back from Vietnam
What's so sad about it?
Nice, but lets be honest... Nobody sings Burt Bacharach as Dionne Warwick
I couldn't imagine anyone but Karen singing Close To You. Dione was a big fan and friend of Karen.