Carpenters - Our Day Will Come

[GameShowGuy]

This is a wonderful song, and they more than do justice to it.

[Tracevidence1]

Now and Then is my all-time favorite Carpenters album. Karen sure did a nice job of singing those oldies. Or, as Tony P. said, "FANTASTIC" !!!

[robertradfordchess20]

Best singing female voice I have ever heard!

[nowbellhere]

at :30-:55 I have never seen anyone hold the mic like that. Peculiar!

[nowbellhere]

Is that DJ voice at the end actually on the recording??

[AdKe1955]

Great! By luck I ran into this file and it really brought me a few decennia back in time. What a great voice Karen had, she still moves me...

:)

[honpc800]

@MrAsbelz

Txs

[dieunous]

Love it

[epiyiyo]

excelente cantante y una excelente cancion,una de mis favoritas,lastima que ella ya no esta aqui.Es esto lo que la juventud de hoy deberia escuchar no esas tonterias de hoy¡¡La primera vez que ecuche esta cancion fue la instrumentada por el maravilloso maestro Percy Faith.Ke Dios los bendiga a todos.

[jarbon5]

Love the pleasant, lounge restaurant feel of this song. Just sounds so nice:)

[adric137]

did the Carpenter write this song?

[MrAsbelz]

@adric137

This beautiful song was written by Mort Garson and Bob Willard and released for the first time by Ruby & The Romantics in 1963.

[organichealthycoffee]

This song gives me hope for the future. I'm sure Karen is kicking it with the angels in Heaven looking down smiling at everyone. Whenever I am sad I'll listen to this song and it picks me up.

[organichealthycoffee]

It's a really sad thing that Karen died the way she did. She has the most beautiful voice I've ever heard and firmly believe there will never be another voice quite like hers.

[RobinGraceC]

i think this is my favourite off all the versions, theyre all amazing though

[M1SSMAGIC]

i think  amy done song proud

[M1SSMAGIC]

pic at start is pic on album cover i got it t bird

[SpAcEpOp9800]

I like this one and Amy's, it's a shame that they both died:(

[mgtdmk11]

Definitive..it deserved a full length cut.

[195477EP]

Now by Amy Winehouse.

[HENRYFOLEY]

What a shame to die for not eating.

[MargeMargeMargeable]

@HENRYFOLEY

Emetine cardiotoxicity.... not as clear cut as 'not eating'

[HENRYFOLEY]

@MargeMargeMargeable .Yes , I was a little harsh with my comment. Anorexia is a lot more complicated then just not wanting to eat. Thanks for putting me right.

[stacyotto1]

Karen your voice is missed so, so much, brought back so many memories.

[bcfisle39]

the last word,,,,,brill. 1960s, 70s in Belfast was full of sadness, this is what I as a kid missed.

jt

[MrLinoventura]

QUEL CHARME kAREN CARPENTER ...

[tyoung65]

Sexy as hell.

[horarwgt]

The only time this and the other songs in the Carpenters oldies medley from their "Now and Then:" album have ever been issued individually (without overlaps or the annoying DJ overdubs) is on the 1997 Reader's Digest CD box set "Carpenters: Their Greatest Hits and Finest Performances."

[gmonet46]

I would have loved it had they made a complete version o fthis gem, since it is part of a "medley" of AM classics. I am glad they re-issued it on cd, I can actually ingle this cut out! Ruby and the Romantics surely approved of this version.

[nostradamus519]

superb voice

[No1KCfan6]

i've always hated this song, but karen's vocals make it bearable.

[coolnida2008]

@No1KCfan6 wot made u hate this song? u shud also listen to amys version ull probably find it lovely

[TexasJim1956]

What a voice! So smooth

[coolsax64]

Jeesh, You think she could be any skinnier in this video...

[No1KCfan6]

@coolsax64 you'll have to excuse her. she had an eating disorder.

[1979davecub]

"Now & Then" was a spectacular album and showed, especially with side two, that RC and KC were incredibly versitile musicians. They did the classics better than the original artists. It's a shame that 'Sing' , a classic ,albeit unbelievably corny massive hit, overshadowed the rest of this album.

[IamHisSheep]

I love everything she sang. Sure wish her life had been happier and that she had stayed a bit longer!

[HereisyourMother]

May her soul rest in peace.

[3939LA]

so i'm thinking, i loved this song back in the day...who sang it originally, and...me thinks i too young for Ruby and the Romantics, and not Rudy Valli & The Four Seasons, so, ah ha, it was the Carpenters...

[KarenSuperstar1978]

This Is A Better Version Than The Original Which Is Saying Alot Cause CHER Really Botched Alfie By Dionne Warwick And Bang Bang By Nancy Sinatra

[noprocrastination]

The Carpenters Music Moves the Soul...Karen Carpenter has the Heavenly Voice of an Angel...Too many tears because she left us...but sooo much enjoyment and Happiness for the music she left us...

[anye76]

A remake of a song should be your interpretation of the song. it should not sound just like the original. This version shows how a song can go from 1 version to another and still be good. Karen had a voice like no other this isn't suppose to be Ruby and the Romantics, it's Richard & Karen and it's lovely. Just like Luther Vandeross sang the Carpenters Superstar, unless you knew the lyrics prior that song is unrecognizable. Both version are beautiful in their own way. This song is no different.

[davnkatz]

I was introduced to the Carpenters by a girl I met upon return from Vietnam. Beside that, I have always liked them. My heart aches when I think of how Karen suffered looking for real love and died before finding it. RIP Sweet girl.

[thereportersclinic]

It's amazing how mediocrity becomes the standard when the mediocore are the majority. Her voice has no soul and this is a soul song. The sound is flat, dull and just plain boring. I like the Carpenters, but only when they the music they're good at. This is NOT one. Sorry.

[improvguru]

@thereportersclinic Karen's voice is exceptional here, as good as Ruby's, but I agree that the production falls flat. There are just times when she should have done songs with people other than Richard. Karen understands what's behind this song. Richard just plays and overdubs in the same way he always did.

[Vericacious]

@thereportersclinic I suggest you listen to this on a decent sound system. Even something as seemingly merely anodyne as Please Mr Postman is quite shockingly good when played properly. And, if you can get it, try the Carpenters SACD.

[alexanuchid]

This is the best arrangement and the best interpretation in the world!!!

[FlyingMondongo]

Is Karen your favorite vocalist? If so, please go Google:

LAS 50 MEJORES VOCES FEMENINAS DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS 20 MINUTOS ES

Karen is in place Nº 3. She deserves Nº 1!!!

Cast your vote, mark 5 points.

(You can vote many times, just wait 24 hrs between one vote and the other).

[nostradamus519]

best voice in the world

[vaccavo]

"Lyrics included". I would try to translate the words into Potuguese and of course there were barriers, like tenses of verbs, etc. Thanks to "Now & Then", I could start learning what was said in the songs. Long time gone now... but then it was the reason of my life. Karen Carpenter: You are sublime!

[RalphAdriane]

Spiral Starecase version is much better

[mreunome]

Karen's voice is great but the music is horrible . . . it doesn't have the magic of the original with Ruby. This doesn't sound like Bosa Nova . . . but like the organ was playing preset music. No one can beat Karen's vocals but I guess I'm too fond of the original.

[davnkatz]

@mreunome I understand your disappointment. Your favorite is the Bossa Nova version with Ruby - & this ain't got it.

However, consider this. A song may be done with 100 people, and it is never the same as the original. Ruby recorded at least 4 versions of this tune, and each had a slightly different presentation. Each artist, even the original, often give a song a "perswonal identity" rather than a copy. Each is worthy of being heard & appreciated.

[CrescentNoon]

Thanks for posting. I have only recently come to really pay attention to this recording and have listened to it practically non-stop since. Sublime example of Karen's insanely amazing voice.

[TURZUA1]

@CrescentNoon i love her

[cd72]

It's interesting to note, that the black community really loved her voice! But then again, the Carpenters as youngsters, listened to all types of music, Martha and the Vandellas, Ruby and the romantics, The Marvellettes etc.

[hoss13um]

One of the silkiest smoothest voices in the music industry

A beautiful remake of the hit by Ruby & the Romantics

I think it didnt really matter what Karen was singing you just had to love her voice

[KarenSuperstar1975]

Really Great Song

[no1cfielder]

Thanks for posting this video and for the great stereo sound.

[sisterlead02]

Thanks, Aki!