what is sad to me is that when anyone says Karen's name, the natural thing some people say is "hey didn't she die of anorexia?" I like to remember Karen for her voice and undeniable talent. You will always be missed Karen
To Respond to an earlier comment. Randy Schmidt & I are all good as far as I'm concerned, we can be friends, I could actually add many chapters to the book (Little Girl Blue) HOWEVER, that's really the only area we differ, if I didn't get blessings from RC to do a book I wouldn't. That's just me. We all share the Love for Karen, in different ways, some as fans, some as friends, & some as family & I would like to believe Randy does as well. Little Girl Blue is 100% accurate no question about it!
I'm only 23 and I play their CD in my car and I study to the Carpenters. Her voice and their music is so pure. When I was little, my mom would sing me their songs and it's how I feel asleep. We need more talent like this today. You are missed by many Karen. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world.
@JohnBrownsArmy She sang with deep feeling and brought it to the music. She was really great a doing it. Not many pop singers can do that today. I was a Carpenter fan as a kid.
I remember a couple of years after Karen Carpenter died, I had been looking for books, album sets or anything I could find on The Carpenters. With no luck, I wrote her memorial foundation in California. Not thinking much would come of it, I sent it off. In about a month's time, I received this package (Hand written) from her mom ( who was head of her memorial foundation at that time). It had a color ten year photo album, autographed photos of The Carpenters, studio interviews of the two of
She sings so clean, she's always humble, and I want to cry ever time I listen to her music. I miss her so much b/c music today is just...not like this anymore. RIP Karen.
Wow and I thought she was beautiful in the "I know I need to be in love" video...whats makes her more attractive is the obvious musical talent and voice of an angel she has. And this is coming from a guy who doesnt usually express himself like this as much.
Without adoubt, one of the greatest female vocalists of all.....perfect pitch, clarity and timing, all before there was such a thing as autotune. Ladies and gentlemen, this is REAL, pure vocal talent. RIP Ms. Carpenter, you are truly missed.
I think she's the best female pop vocalist I've ever heard. I love a lot of singers like Annie Lennox, Stevie Nicks just to name a few but Karen will always be the standout imo
I noticed she's wearing the same outfit from another clip at the '71 Grammy's. She was beautiful and sexy as hell before the mid 70's when her disease started to take it's toll on her physically :(
The Carpenters were not Mormons, but Karen briefly dated Allan Osmond, who is Mormon. But there is no more evocative female voice in the last 50 years.
Karen´s Voice is a Gold Master Piece, A True Legend.
I am from the younger generation and I totally respect and appreciate such talent, I hope to extend a legacy, however, we, younger generation need a lot of support, I welcome you to judge for yourself, go to fb. Please, take a listen to, Stand Volume. Peace and Love
this song is on my favorites list. i wasn't criticizing her for being mormon. but having brought up in the midst of mormons, they seem to have an uncanny way of hiding pain. she had such a beautiful voice to the end. rip
Love it. I remember when it came out back then and my cousin had the record. I played the hell out of it; I'm surprised that the needle and record didn't wear out. R.I.P Karen. We'll never forget you.
Karen looks so demure but sexy when the music starts . Her little bobbing and the slow turn towards the camera are just epic. She was so very beautiful I think about her at times. Her vouce was given to her by an angel when she was a little baby.
Just the most amazing voice,as a kid i used to laugh with my sister at our auntie gloria's record collection !, over thirty years later i watch these songs on youtube and relax,great music that never ages,see you in another 30 years.............wonderful.
@krwescott I've made them piss their pants before. But it just worked on a tatoo covered 6'4, 277lb combat tested former Marine DI & 18 year NYC Cop. Did I just embarrass myself? Oh well.......... ;-)
@krwescott Yea...it's a beautiful song and she had such a beautiful voice....I ain't no 250 lb biker but it is definitely a song that can bring tears to your eyes!
I remember the day that she died!! My mom and dad were in a store and I was waiting for them in the car. My dad had left me with the radio playing and I was changing stations trying to find something on to listen to and all of the sudden one of the disjockeys said that Karen Carpenter had died of Anarexia and then they played this song and I really didn't like the Carpenters at the time, but I started to like them then and I don't know why I never did like them, they are GREAT!! RIP, KAREN!!
@starladodge4 Odd coincidence. I was in a car with my parents on the way to some ski resort up north when it came over the radio. Then as now they were my favourites and I was devastated.
whats amazing is you sense Karen's actually holding back, that there's even more depth and emotion in that voice, that she's carefully conrolling how much she'll deliver. That shows discipline and understanding, she never felt compelled to show off or showcase her voice, it was a musical instrument just like the woodwinds.
Well said. That's what makes hear so unique imo unlike Mariah, Whitney or Celine just to name a few who scream at top of there lungs Karen could hit those lower notes perfectly with barely a whisper and convey so much more emotion and feeling than singing really loudly. I miss her a lot!! :(
The Carpenters were one of my first favorite bands. I remember being 10 or so and buying their cd in the 90's and rockin out to this song on my portable cd player! Good memories!
The greatest female vocalist of my generation! There are others but none can match her emotion in each of her songs! She sang with such ease & fluidity w/o trying to be over-the-top. So sad she left us in such a tragic way.
Her voice is so full without, as lots of others have said too, the need of big gymnastics or singing as loud as you possibly can. I think we have lost the meaning of a true songstress at the moment. Karen Carpenter's vocal is hypnotic and deeply silky and full and wonderful.
And to think that in today's music industry Karen Carpenter would be completely ignored and dismissed for not being "sexy" or not doing vocal gymnastics....so sad...
@Silverpearl00 .....merci de votre réponse..I like very match the Carpenters ... Karen its for me the more great singer of U.S.A...un grand charisme ...un grand charme ...
Decades later, after this performance it still is a remarkable one! Karen's voice was a thing of great beauty! Truly lovely! The World misses Karen and I do! God bless her!
karen is unique in that she always sounds better than one remembers - easily the most talented musician since Mozart, and yes, all of us who grew up with her miss her terribly ...
40 years later and she still sounds better thany any sh!t on the radio today! This clip should have at least 341 million hits by now! LOL Karen you were the greatest female vocalist of your generation. Your fans will NEVER froget you...ever!!!
I'm glad I got to see them...It must've been the last year or so of her Life...Late 70s? I was living in South Lake Tahoe, and I think it was at Harrah's. I think her cover of Leon Russell's "A Song For You" is my favorite......
@Purple1984Rain She & Richard w/full orchestra looked & sounded GREAT. I think they played most of their hits in their entirety, but there may have been a medley of some.......sandwiched between the beginning & ending of "Sing A Song". Back then, the price of admission was you had to pay for a couple of drinks...or pay for a "dinner" show. The casinos liked to hold the shows to 60-90 minutes...to get people back out on the gaming floor ASAP. Wish I could remember more, but it was long ago.
Personally I like this version of Superstar the best, because it feels as if she is expressing her real emotion. Anyway her voice is outstanding as well as her emotion.
This video is so beautiful. Thank you so much for posting. The younger generation needs to see what real singing was like all those years ago. There are some great voices in music today, but I can't think of one that I'd take over Karen Carpenter.
RIP Karen. forget about all the b.s. 'voice teachers' tell you and sing from the soul. i notice lifting the shoulders, not opening the mouth very wide, all the stuff teachers have picked on talented students in the past to hold them back, she does and sounds great.
Sorry to burst your bubble... Those singers you mentioned, with the exception of kd lang (who does actually drop into the baritone range at times) are low altos/high tenors.
Only three women spring to mind when it comes to singing so perfectly it sounds effortless: Karen (obviously), Ella Fitzgerald and kd lang. Not only that but each could reach the low bass range which many women (and a few men for that matter) struggle with yet make it seem as easy as breathing. Each of them would wipe the floor with any of the current crop of 'singers' and it just proves in the case of all three that you don't need to rely on gimmicks or sex to sell records - just a great voice
A masterclass in how to sing pitch perfect. Karen's voice was extremely powerful yet soft and vulnerable and could sing at such a low range for such a slightly built women. I love Luther Vandross's version of this as I'm a huge fan of his but I have to say this one shades it. Talented singers like Luther and Karen come round once in a generation if at all and it makes it more important that future generations know what real talented singers are like who don't have to rely on their looks or pers
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Some people are talented and some people are gifted. Karen was both. She not only has the best voice in recording history (IMHO), she has the best delivery and interpretation of the english language. Every word she sang had every emotion tied to it that a human can feel. Love you Kc you will never be forgotten for as long as this earth is turning xoxo
Where are the female vocalists that can sing like this today? KD Lang comes to mind, perhaps others, but nobody has this nearly perfect vocal instrument. All the female pop singers of today are too busy doing vocal acrobatics or dancing half naked to disguise their mediocre voices.
@steveatl40 I am personally tired of sexed up female singers and musicians. Yeah yeah "sex sells" but I've always thought that if people can entertain without excessive embellishments, whether it be profanity, sex, and so on, then it shows that they have the most talent. People just aren't as interesting anymore and much of society gives in to it.
One of the great pop voices - if not the greatest.
What I particularly love is the absence of vocal gymnastics and fllourishes - she just sang the melody as it was and put her heart and soul into it. She draws you in and makes you concentrate on the song and the lyrics, which I think is one of the signs of a great performer.
There is a truth and honesty about her singing which is very moving.
What a powerful and alluring voice from such a small girl. Amazing! Many singers often do not sound good when singing "live", but here Karen sang the song so impeccably and so beautifully.
I have never heard such a unique voice like Karen's. She stands out and I think, always will. She is my first original Diva. RIP Karen, gone too soon.
she sings from the heart...and its reaches out to us all...if she was here now..music would be in a different place...her voice has saved my soul numerous times..r.i.p miss carpenter xx
She wa sotalented and so sick....so skinny . Love the hairdo
yourgirlfriday19661 22 hours ago
her voice is so effortless, a God given voice. no wonder he wanted her up there to sing to the angels.
fedrelli 2 days ago
This song sad ㅠㅠ
loudness0akira 2 days ago
Luv her voice n music!!
mixedchick105 3 days ago
I called you baby, but you never told me you loved me.
Angelemerald 1 week ago
her voice was fantastic , reminds me of when i was a kid
andythelug01 2 weeks ago
what is sad to me is that when anyone says Karen's name, the natural thing some people say is "hey didn't she die of anorexia?" I like to remember Karen for her voice and undeniable talent. You will always be missed Karen
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To Respond to an earlier comment. Randy Schmidt & I are all good as far as I'm concerned, we can be friends, I could actually add many chapters to the book (Little Girl Blue) HOWEVER, that's really the only area we differ, if I didn't get blessings from RC to do a book I wouldn't. That's just me. We all share the Love for Karen, in different ways, some as fans, some as friends, & some as family & I would like to believe Randy does as well. Little Girl Blue is 100% accurate no question about it!
vmuto1 2 weeks ago
I'm only 23 and I play their CD in my car and I study to the Carpenters. Her voice and their music is so pure. When I was little, my mom would sing me their songs and it's how I feel asleep. We need more talent like this today. You are missed by many Karen. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world.
ashleybearden8 3 weeks ago 4
This is so amazing. 20 years before i was born, this rocks!
Kaddelchen 3 weeks ago
sadly missed, a sure waste of a good talent and superstar
archyvanlolster0 3 weeks ago
WHAT KILLS ME THE MOST IS THAT SHE DIED SO YOUNG..AT A YOUNG AGE OF 33
spainoner 3 weeks ago
the best voice ever!
kadvey17 4 weeks ago
poor thing....you can see her dead eyes...her story is heartbreaking. We live in a vain world , its brutal. Not many people love themselves.....
JohnBrownsArmy 1 month ago
@JohnBrownsArmy She sang with deep feeling and brought it to the music. She was really great a doing it. Not many pop singers can do that today. I was a Carpenter fan as a kid.
khamdoun 4 weeks ago
she was vocally flawless, perfect timing always.
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She needs to wax her eyebrows...ugh.
maliwahtallhei 1 month ago
@maliwahtallhei I am sure she would if she wasn't dead.
Mydashkey 4 weeks ago
@maliwahtallhei --you're a jerk... she is perfect just the way she is....
kate87ization 3 weeks ago
Such beauty, such grace, such fraglility.. Miss you Karen!
EternalAngel318 1 month ago 2
I remember a couple of years after Karen Carpenter died, I had been looking for books, album sets or anything I could find on The Carpenters. With no luck, I wrote her memorial foundation in California. Not thinking much would come of it, I sent it off. In about a month's time, I received this package (Hand written) from her mom ( who was head of her memorial foundation at that time). It had a color ten year photo album, autographed photos of The Carpenters, studio interviews of the two of
Compy1968 1 month ago 3
I was only 14 - but fell in love with Karen and her voice!
stevecowdry 1 month ago
Song was written about Eric Clapton
autdav1 1 month ago
Tommy Boy....
That is all. ;)
zZrEtRiBuTiOnZz 1 month ago
My first drum teacher behind Karen Carpenter---when he got this gig,he have me HIS gig playing 6 nights a week------Thanx Jimmy.
ralfodrum 1 month ago
I can't hear this song without picturing Tommy Boy and Richard singing along ^_^
stargatefansg1 1 month ago
uncomparable voice !!!. God bless u Karen wherever u are
MausoloSri 1 month ago
The voice of an angel, and a hurt heart.
Pitch perfect is rare. But Karen could do it.
Unstupid1 1 month ago 3
@Unstupid1 You put the words in my mouth, thank you.
blue2765 1 month ago
Laura Elizabeth Murphy, i missed you so damn much. without you everything is nothing...
indianadogz 1 month ago
Chuck Norris and Karen's exquisite voice do not belong in the same clip!! EVER!!!
Purple1984Rain 1 month ago
Carol Decker of T'PAU, doing Superstar Got me here.
spaggs64 1 month ago 2
What a beautiful song...
allidock11 2 months ago 5
@allidock11 It is beautiful, but unfortunatly people only know Luther's version.
larhonda567 1 month ago
She sings so clean, she's always humble, and I want to cry ever time I listen to her music. I miss her so much b/c music today is just...not like this anymore. RIP Karen.
Bjorkadmirer 2 months ago 4
One of the greatest voices in pop music. Karen's voice was heaven-sent. It was pure and distinct. She had perfect pitch.
plaridel85 2 months ago 7
Baby, baby. Oh baby.
Drink14You 2 months ago
Lets hear todays 'artists' sing their songs live with vocals fully exposed - good luck. Not many can do it. Karen is the Superstar.
myrtlebox 2 months ago 2
This song was 40 years ago no.6 in the world charts #carpenters
LittleSweety 2 months ago 2
Wow and I thought she was beautiful in the "I know I need to be in love" video...whats makes her more attractive is the obvious musical talent and voice of an angel she has. And this is coming from a guy who doesnt usually express himself like this as much.
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What a shame. So young to die.
Fresno93725 2 months ago
Without adoubt, one of the greatest female vocalists of all.....perfect pitch, clarity and timing, all before there was such a thing as autotune. Ladies and gentlemen, this is REAL, pure vocal talent. RIP Ms. Carpenter, you are truly missed.
mjfrancis516 2 months ago 6
@mjfrancis516
I think she's the best female pop vocalist I've ever heard. I love a lot of singers like Annie Lennox, Stevie Nicks just to name a few but Karen will always be the standout imo
Purple1984Rain 2 months ago
Miss her and Dusty S. And now we have dancing screamers for this generation. Glad we can hear them here.
zilcheynon 2 months ago
que hermosa voz canta como nadie
George2xChirinos 2 months ago
Holy eyebrows, Batman.
scarnell 2 months ago
I noticed she's wearing the same outfit from another clip at the '71 Grammy's. She was beautiful and sexy as hell before the mid 70's when her disease started to take it's toll on her physically :(
steveperryisawesome 2 months ago
fab
kezie666666 2 months ago
This such a beautiful version of this song..I love this broadcast..Thank you!
jseph1234567890 2 months ago
The Carpenters were not Mormons, but Karen briefly dated Allan Osmond, who is Mormon. But there is no more evocative female voice in the last 50 years.
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Karen´s Voice is a Gold Master Piece, A True Legend.
I am from the younger generation and I totally respect and appreciate such talent, I hope to extend a legacy, however, we, younger generation need a lot of support, I welcome you to judge for yourself, go to fb. Please, take a listen to, Stand Volume. Peace and Love
Kittyrocks82 2 months ago
this song is on my favorites list. i wasn't criticizing her for being mormon. but having brought up in the midst of mormons, they seem to have an uncanny way of hiding pain. she had such a beautiful voice to the end. rip
jacklazzell 3 months ago
4 dunces can't hear a superstar! Pax to all from 73soulboy.Xxx.
73soulboy 3 months ago
This song was 40 years ago no.2 in the world charts #carpenters
LittleSweety 3 months ago
The voice!
amilheim 3 months ago 4
4 people didn't get shit before the second show.
YoungGun66 3 months ago 24
@YoungGun66
LOL! Funny post
Purple1984Rain 2 months ago
No one! what a loss.
andyslrw 3 months ago
Love it. I remember when it came out back then and my cousin had the record. I played the hell out of it; I'm surprised that the needle and record didn't wear out. R.I.P Karen. We'll never forget you.
chrispmis 3 months ago
Karen looks so demure but sexy when the music starts . Her little bobbing and the slow turn towards the camera are just epic. She was so very beautiful I think about her at times. Her vouce was given to her by an angel when she was a little baby.
maveric23100 3 months ago 2
Karen its for me the more great singer of U.S.A...un grand charisme ...un grand charme ...
MrLinoventura 3 months ago
love carpentersx
joolsdecember 3 months ago
Just the most amazing voice,as a kid i used to laugh with my sister at our auntie gloria's record collection !, over thirty years later i watch these songs on youtube and relax,great music that never ages,see you in another 30 years.............wonderful.
MrT9alizee 3 months ago 2
still best voice of all time even in 2011
jjmmjj44 3 months ago 2
Such innocence
krwescott 3 months ago
A Song for a Broken Heart...I'm a Astronaut without a Planet to visit.
syleriam 3 months ago
A voice that can bring a 250 pound, tattooed biker to tears
krwescott 3 months ago 88
@krwescott I've made them piss their pants before. But it just worked on a tatoo covered 6'4, 277lb combat tested former Marine DI & 18 year NYC Cop. Did I just embarrass myself? Oh well.......... ;-)
falcondriver100 2 months ago 2
@krwescott Yea...it's a beautiful song and she had such a beautiful voice....I ain't no 250 lb biker but it is definitely a song that can bring tears to your eyes!
eightiesguy62 1 month ago
@krwescott come on, at least 3 bills
irish00104 2 weeks ago
This song was 40 years ago no.6 in the world charts #carpenters
LittleSweety 3 months ago 2
I remember the day that she died!! My mom and dad were in a store and I was waiting for them in the car. My dad had left me with the radio playing and I was changing stations trying to find something on to listen to and all of the sudden one of the disjockeys said that Karen Carpenter had died of Anarexia and then they played this song and I really didn't like the Carpenters at the time, but I started to like them then and I don't know why I never did like them, they are GREAT!! RIP, KAREN!!
starladodge4 4 months ago in playlist starladodge6
@starladodge4
Nice story. Thanks for sharing. I think it's only as one gets older and looks back we realise just how talented these two siblings were. :))
Purple1984Rain 4 months ago
@starladodge4 Odd coincidence. I was in a car with my parents on the way to some ski resort up north when it came over the radio. Then as now they were my favourites and I was devastated.
MXB2001 3 months ago
whats amazing is you sense Karen's actually holding back, that there's even more depth and emotion in that voice, that she's carefully conrolling how much she'll deliver. That shows discipline and understanding, she never felt compelled to show off or showcase her voice, it was a musical instrument just like the woodwinds.
melissacarterTS 4 months ago 3
@melissacarterTS
Well said. That's what makes hear so unique imo unlike Mariah, Whitney or Celine just to name a few who scream at top of there lungs Karen could hit those lower notes perfectly with barely a whisper and convey so much more emotion and feeling than singing really loudly. I miss her a lot!! :(
Purple1984Rain 4 months ago 5
i just picture david spade and chris farley singing this song from tommy boy.
SucramNumber2 4 months ago
@SucramNumber2 Me, too!!
starladodge4 4 months ago in playlist starladodge6
she had a pure alto voice..velvetty smooth and clear...kept an even beautiful pitch..one of my favorites of many from her
sunrice300 4 months ago
The Carpenters were one of my first favorite bands. I remember being 10 or so and buying their cd in the 90's and rockin out to this song on my portable cd player! Good memories!
LiquidMercury01 4 months ago
one of the best voices ever-beautiful song it will always be one of my all time favs
poconopatie 4 months ago
The greatest female vocalist of my generation! There are others but none can match her emotion in each of her songs! She sang with such ease & fluidity w/o trying to be over-the-top. So sad she left us in such a tragic way.
drla02 4 months ago
BUT spic n howie
I HAVE THIS MAD IDEA
RELEASE ACAPELLA VERSIONS OF HER BEST VOCALS
IE LIKE THIS ONE
MURPHNSPUD 4 months ago
Nowadays you have to do black southern karaoke renditions- check C Aguliera or Adele to see what I mean- to get on the radio.
dontcallmedude3 4 months ago
best ever
fequare 4 months ago
Her voice is so full without, as lots of others have said too, the need of big gymnastics or singing as loud as you possibly can. I think we have lost the meaning of a true songstress at the moment. Karen Carpenter's vocal is hypnotic and deeply silky and full and wonderful.
TheWanghole 4 months ago 5
do i LOVE this song havent heard it in years!
MsVipersvenom 4 months ago
And to think that in today's music industry Karen Carpenter would be completely ignored and dismissed for not being "sexy" or not doing vocal gymnastics....so sad...
giglio33012 4 months ago
@giglio33012
Not that with that voice! People would be in awe of her talent in any era!
Purple1984Rain 4 months ago
Unlike many artists she sounded as good live as on the recordings.
pianobillf 4 months ago
Très résèrvé en 71... ..timide ..
MrLinoventura 4 months ago
@MrLinoventura She was very self conscious in 71, which is lead to her demise.....Tres triste
Silverpearl00 4 months ago
@Silverpearl00 .....merci de votre réponse..I like very match the Carpenters ... Karen its for me the more great singer of U.S.A...un grand charisme ...un grand charme ...
MrLinoventura 4 months ago
Simply bliss!!!! No one can touch this song like she can!
squeeky805 5 months ago
I think she's singing about Mick Jagger.
pbmax 5 months ago
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pbmax 5 months ago
What a terrible tragedy. She had the voice of an angel.
Thelondoncage 5 months ago 4
The Definition of Perfection!!
judiescof 5 months ago 2
Who would have the guts to cover this song today? NOBODY.
dtennow 5 months ago 4
greatest female voice i ever heard
truepowerbombking 5 months ago
she is so beautiful......so sad
stevietire71 5 months ago 2
KAREN CARPENTER!
Wow! A Beautiful Angelic Voice!
Decades later, after this performance it still is a remarkable one! Karen's voice was a thing of great beauty! Truly lovely! The World misses Karen and I do! God bless her!
TheMusicguy68 5 months ago
awesome simple as that
robson36ful 5 months ago
She was the best,,,,I doubt anyone will ever have that voice
dmaup2010 5 months ago
@dmaup2010
She was and nobody does or will...ever :)))
Purple1984Rain 5 months ago
what a voice - since they weren't "heavy" they weren't (ok, SHE wasn't) as appreciated as she should have been ...
kwgthacher 5 months ago
The two greatest female voices of all time Karen Carpenter and Patsy Cline, unfortunately neither are still with us which is so sad.
blizzarduk2006 5 months ago 2
karen is unique in that she always sounds better than one remembers - easily the most talented musician since Mozart, and yes, all of us who grew up with her miss her terribly ...
akibubba1 5 months ago
awesome voice ,,,,,,,,,,timeless, was taken from us to young xx
lustylaura1 5 months ago
@lustylaura1
Amen to that!!
Purple1984Rain 5 months ago
Amazing voice and beautiful lyrics. You don't get any better than that.
led1043 6 months ago
40 years later and she still sounds better thany any sh!t on the radio today! This clip should have at least 341 million hits by now! LOL Karen you were the greatest female vocalist of your generation. Your fans will NEVER froget you...ever!!!
Purple1984Rain 6 months ago 36
@Purple1984Rain wasnt close to been born in 71 (1980) but completely agree no one today can come close to this good.
garyphillips006 3 months ago
No Body had a better voice, the closest in my book would Marylin McCoo of the 5th demention....Beyoncee my ass..
ilovecpp2013 6 months ago 4
@ilovecpp2013
That's so true. Marilyn had a very similar style to Karen's voice
Purple1984Rain 5 months ago
Karen kicks world ass =)
Zebolach 6 months ago
fantastic live version...thx!
rphunt2002 6 months ago
So incredibly beautiful. Karen's voice was so natural, crisp, sweet, and beautiful! A voice that can never be replaced
onepoet63 6 months ago
Karen's voice is perfection.
liprincessprincess 6 months ago
I'm glad I got to see them...It must've been the last year or so of her Life...Late 70s? I was living in South Lake Tahoe, and I think it was at Harrah's. I think her cover of Leon Russell's "A Song For You" is my favorite......
195511SM 6 months ago
@195511SM
What was she like live? As good as this clip??
I would have been bawling like a baby!! LOL
Purple1984Rain 6 months ago
@Purple1984Rain She & Richard w/full orchestra looked & sounded GREAT. I think they played most of their hits in their entirety, but there may have been a medley of some.......sandwiched between the beginning & ending of "Sing A Song". Back then, the price of admission was you had to pay for a couple of drinks...or pay for a "dinner" show. The casinos liked to hold the shows to 60-90 minutes...to get people back out on the gaming floor ASAP. Wish I could remember more, but it was long ago.
195511SM 6 months ago
@195511SM
Thanks for posting
Purple1984Rain 6 months ago
heaven just recovered an ANGEL,thanks for walking planet earth....
dsagas1282 6 months ago
I wish singers today would be this true. Her voice doesn't need all the mechanical technical help. She sings so beautiful and pure.
MrsRat2U 6 months ago 4
Personally I like this version of Superstar the best, because it feels as if she is expressing her real emotion. Anyway her voice is outstanding as well as her emotion.
nbw1225 6 months ago
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Kittyrocks82 6 months ago
Written by a musical genius and performed by the same Leon Russell and Karen Carpenter.
itsmovinfast 6 months ago
This video is so beautiful. Thank you so much for posting. The younger generation needs to see what real singing was like all those years ago. There are some great voices in music today, but I can't think of one that I'd take over Karen Carpenter.
chrispmis 6 months ago
Her voice is smooth and soothing. It is so hard to describe but even the hardest heart could melt with her voice. Simply amazing and marvelous.
badworld02 6 months ago 7
the best song ever sung by the best singer ever
ZipperHead31 6 months ago
I heard sonic youths version first so I love sonic youths, but this version is ok. But sonic youths, at least to me, is better.
Darksideofsgtpeppers 6 months ago
They let madonna in the rock and roll hall of fame. shame is more like it! this woman runs circles around madonna!
latics40 6 months ago
@latics40
Karen Carpenter is in the rock and roll hall of fame. didn't you know? The carpenters were already inducted.
Madonna made great tunes herself. she is a one-woman force. not a very good voice but made memorable hits nonetheless.
DonLouiVer 6 months ago
The best Female Alto voice of all time. Absolutely Amazing!
Talista 7 months ago 3
RIP Karen. forget about all the b.s. 'voice teachers' tell you and sing from the soul. i notice lifting the shoulders, not opening the mouth very wide, all the stuff teachers have picked on talented students in the past to hold them back, she does and sounds great.
blueskypoems 7 months ago
Long ago, GREAT, TALENTED singers, like Karen Carpenter,....not worthless,
narcosistic divas.....made great music like this classic.
Rest in Peace, Karen :( thanks for the great music:)
superbulldog81 7 months ago
Sorry to burst your bubble... Those singers you mentioned, with the exception of kd lang (who does actually drop into the baritone range at times) are low altos/high tenors.
phizer76 7 months ago
Only three women spring to mind when it comes to singing so perfectly it sounds effortless: Karen (obviously), Ella Fitzgerald and kd lang. Not only that but each could reach the low bass range which many women (and a few men for that matter) struggle with yet make it seem as easy as breathing. Each of them would wipe the floor with any of the current crop of 'singers' and it just proves in the case of all three that you don't need to rely on gimmicks or sex to sell records - just a great voice
carltonm6 7 months ago 4
A masterclass in how to sing pitch perfect. Karen's voice was extremely powerful yet soft and vulnerable and could sing at such a low range for such a slightly built women. I love Luther Vandross's version of this as I'm a huge fan of his but I have to say this one shades it. Talented singers like Luther and Karen come round once in a generation if at all and it makes it more important that future generations know what real talented singers are like who don't have to rely on their looks or pers
carltonm6 7 months ago
voice of the 70's
maccrazyg5 7 months ago 2
Beautiful voice from an even more beautiful woman, love ya Karen
Warpdrive2233 7 months ago 4
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karen carpenter and luther vandroos should do a duet of this song...
trevanismith 7 months ago
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Some people are talented and some people are gifted. Karen was both. She not only has the best voice in recording history (IMHO), she has the best delivery and interpretation of the english language. Every word she sang had every emotion tied to it that a human can feel. Love you Kc you will never be forgotten for as long as this earth is turning xoxo
MRJELLYJ2 7 months ago
The voice
ptymd 7 months ago 4
my 1st time ever hearing this version. I love Luther Vandross's version, but hers its beautiful too!!!
aircandi 7 months ago 2
Angelic
raja4142009 8 months ago 4
I mean really, who has a better voice?
spicbuddha 8 months ago 62
@spicbuddha- No woman has. Or ever has. Or ever will.
NyteKrawler1962 5 months ago
@spicbuddha Great point... there are other female voices I love, but better?
KennysRadLife 4 months ago
@spicbuddha JUDY GARLAND
BALLYJUNKIE 4 months ago
@spicbuddha no one.....
solomonmorris7 3 months ago
just so,so good
rastafarievers 8 months ago
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I love this version and I love luther's version too.
bigmikecvn 8 months ago
just listened to all kind of interpretations of this song. really bad ones (bette midler), mediocre (luther vandross) and good ones (vikki carr).
but even the best ones don't come even close to this. underplaying the moment and making it even more dramatic this way. perfect.
hedwigkiesler 8 months ago
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=) OnE oF My FaV JaMs!!
julinapm 8 months ago
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Leon Russell wrote this, and Masquerade. Two songs that the Carpenters turned into hits.
ftsjr 8 months ago
WOW...she was only 21 years old in the video
ekneads829 8 months ago 5
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Voice of Profection! Some of their songs, are good for weddings, and other occasions.
CarpenterKittens 8 months ago
Where are the female vocalists that can sing like this today? KD Lang comes to mind, perhaps others, but nobody has this nearly perfect vocal instrument. All the female pop singers of today are too busy doing vocal acrobatics or dancing half naked to disguise their mediocre voices.
steveatl40 8 months ago 8
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@steveatl40 I am personally tired of sexed up female singers and musicians. Yeah yeah "sex sells" but I've always thought that if people can entertain without excessive embellishments, whether it be profanity, sex, and so on, then it shows that they have the most talent. People just aren't as interesting anymore and much of society gives in to it.
entertainer106 8 months ago
@steveatl40 ---YES!!! You are so right...KD LANG! Karen was extraordinary and I so love KD LANG! But God I really love Karen!
SHRINA17 8 months ago 5
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i know it's a sickness, but how could anyone so beautiful, slim and so much talent believe they were fat? So sad.
piratelover43 8 months ago
One of the great pop voices - if not the greatest.
What I particularly love is the absence of vocal gymnastics and fllourishes - she just sang the melody as it was and put her heart and soul into it. She draws you in and makes you concentrate on the song and the lyrics, which I think is one of the signs of a great performer.
There is a truth and honesty about her singing which is very moving.
howarda376 8 months ago 41
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Well put. She sang to you, not at you.
pianobillf 4 months ago
What a voice Karen had. Every once in a while I have to hear her.
reneecalling 8 months ago 8
Some people are like falling stars...They shine brightly and briefly and then they're gone as fast as they appeared.
roberthalfull 9 months ago 7
What a powerful and alluring voice from such a small girl. Amazing! Many singers often do not sound good when singing "live", but here Karen sang the song so impeccably and so beautifully.
mrshinyshoes 9 months ago
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what a beautiful voice ..... and a really cheap dinner date by all accounts too. What more could a man ask for ?
welshnick300365 9 months ago
love her
daddymonkey621 9 months ago 3
karen you were one talented lady love you
joolsdecember 9 months ago 4
she is amazing
drdotislovinlife 9 months ago 5
what a beautiful voice so soulful and clear .
lorac4760 9 months ago 4
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@lorac4760 My guitar sounds that way too :o)
JP5466 9 months ago
One of, if not, the best female singer that ever lived.
mjimme 9 months ago 9
I have never heard such a unique voice like Karen's. She stands out and I think, always will. She is my first original Diva. RIP Karen, gone too soon.
cromeo187 9 months ago 4
she sings from the heart...and its reaches out to us all...if she was here now..music would be in a different place...her voice has saved my soul numerous times..r.i.p miss carpenter xx
76abbe 9 months ago 3