Karen still has the most striking voice I've ever heard (closely followed by Judith Durham of The Seekers, sorry Judith!) and this is one of her most iconic songs, beautiful.
A "heavenly choir" with a fuzz guitar-- it SHOULDN'T have worked, but by God it did! Whatever else you might think of Richard Carpenter, with this record if not any others he entered the ranks of classic record producer. Of course, having Karen do the song couldn't hurt!
As one who sings and who loves music of various kinds, I recognize Karen's voice as very good and emotionally nuanced. I sort of couldn't see the "voice for the shmaltz" at the time, growing up in the '70s. Now, I truly appreciate her voice, and the music has the sheen of nostalgia.
Btw, I remember an excellent history of the Carpenters which came out in the later 1990's... Very well done, with various interviews, and in it Richard speaks of how this song came into existence.
This was the ironic 'conclusion' to the the Carpenters long series of hits...Some came after, but this was a nice representative to stand for the rest. A synecdoche, iyw.
I agree with from73 who wrote: "Songwriting at it's best! As a guitarist this is my all time favorite guitar solo!"
It was an epiphany that my ex-bf said "Did you listen to the words of that song?!" and I realized that it was accurate for me: hopeful, longing, sad, realistic, striving. And some 30 years later, it's still true and accurate. And what an incredible fuzz guitar, which I wish could go on longer. Sad and beautiful and empathetic. A rare emotional high with an emotional low.
It amazes me how Karen hid such unhappiness and loneliness behind such a beautiful voice, and only when we lost her, we all really start to "listen" xxx God Bless Karen :)
Karen your song speaks to my lonely heart. I hope someday I finally find someone. I'm so lonely. I hurting inside. I hope I'm not saying good bye to love. bless your sweet soul.
@rekoonsghjkl Maybe this new year will bring someone very special into your life! You just can never know what will happen from one day to the next! Greg
I was six years old when I first heard the Carpenters on the radio, in 1970. I've always liked them, but wouldn't admit it, for fear of being made fun of by the other boys. I'm grown up....now I can admit it. Now I don't care what anyone thinks. They're collaboration had great melody, harmony, and emotion, packed into many songs. I didn't care for that "alien" song, but it was great arrangements and a distinctive voice by Karen that made it memorable and listenable. It's yesterday, once more....
@MrChrispy777 I am French.....in 70 i have 14 years.....and first time it's one great émotion....also radio .....it's ok with you.....Carpentres it's SUPER ....bye...
@MrLinoventura Bonjour. In 1970 I was 7 years old. I was very emotional when I listened. My friend and I would sing it and cry. Do you like Emerson Lake and Palmer - "C'est La Vie" ? Beautiful. Listen
Her true life story movie The Karen Carpenter Story (1989) (TV) shown on television a long time ago, I can still remember it. Karen was played by Cynthia Gib, it was very good.
@Lynnianaa Yeah! I am in that club too. Though I live with someone, it's like living alone or worse. So I have made my loneliness my best friend. Like we say in Spain: better alone that in bad company. Cheers to you also, my friend!
@rrdab1 hey!!!!! think about the other side of the coin when karen became sick thru anorexria peter woz always there for his lil sister peter only carried on coz karen would want him to
@eeeeeeclapclap Same here. I'm in my 40s, and women have never wanted to even touch me, so I expect to grow old and die alone. To me, "love", "romance" & such are just B.S....lies. This song sums it up.
@lenf67 Love is very real but some of never find it. Or worse- we find it and screw it up, then live the rest of our lives in grief and regret. I dont know which is worse. There is a lot of pain for us all, whether we are physically attractive or not. Thank god for friends and pets.
@lenf67 I'm a member of the club. In my 40s too and have never been in a relationship. Sucks but I'm almost to the point where I don't pine for it anymore. I've accepted that there's no love me for and I just live the best I can. I do ok in other areas of my life but just can't find anyone to share love with.
@magovenor Mighty big presumption you're making there magovenor. When did I ever mention that I was wrapped up in lust prior to now? Not only is it a mistaken assumption, it's also insulting.
@a32tl tl Keep giving it your all. Don't give up, but focus on what you want, not on your negative feelings. Just a self improvement that can help you, this is not an advertisement, but the Hypnonosis Motivation Institute has a tool called the Mental Bank which possibly could help you. It works with your subconscious mind and can help. Just check it out.
HOLY SHIT, I was playing air guitar to this at 15 and still doing it at 54, just cannot help myself, awesome sound. And of course what a gorgeous voice she had and harmony with her brother, bless her.
To quote Tony Peluso about this recording. When he got the call to play on this song he was floored, as it was Karen herself that called him. Once he got to the studio he didn't have a clue how to play it so he did something "soft" and "easy" and kept in the background. It was Richard that told him. "Follow the melody of the song for 8 bars and then just let it rip... Burn..." and this was the result... One of the best guitar solo's ever recorded..
@boc234 Tony Peluso played the guitar solo, which was known as the fuzz gutiar, but it is such an amazing solo and as you say sends chills down you. RIP Karen
favorite groups in the 1970's were electric light orchestra,queen, elton john band, but for ballads have to include karen carpenter her ballads are outstanding..just a new fan here 40 years too late.
@bungle56 Tony Peluso. This was the first thing he ever did with them, and (as you can imagine) they hired him on permanently after that. He was a record producer after Karen died.
This music was blasted in chicago housing years ago. Those voices were great. We couldn't believe it when Karen died. It's hard to compare the perfect voices of Karen and Ella. Both were so, so good. But i still want to sing with both of them if it were possible, but... Introducing this music to my family and friends wasn't hard, they couldn't help but to love the sound.
KAREN CARPENTER! Like millions of others worldwide, I simply love Karen Carpenter's voice. It is pure, lovely, and natural and truly unique. Karen was a singer who if she had lived a deservedly longer life might have become "The First Lady of American Song," a title that Ella Fitzgerald was given. In my heart, I think of her as being exactly that despite her shortened life. God Bless You Karen!
The fuzzed out guitar solo is the dirtiest rockinest thing since helter skelter. This is rock and roll. Anyone who thinks The Carpenters were not heavy is crazy.
karen carpenter - one of the best females singers ever to grace my generation. i hope everyone can remember where you were when you first heard this song.
The dominating guitar solo makes this song work for me. Beautiful arrangement, but Richard is a genius for taking the risk of allowing a guitar genius to do his thing. This is one of my favorite pop songs.
Boutdonow14 Me too. It's funny because she is either there with her head down or walked off or playing the air guitar during that solo! It is so out of place for the song! Still, I have to listen.
I would like to put this one out there & roll the Dice for the world to read & see what they think of this idea. I would Love more than anything in the world for Richard Carpenter to get the Carpenter band together (including Herb, & Burt who were a Big part) & do a tribute show for Karen &Tony. Why not one more time, for the good old times. Everyones getting older each & every year, I really believe in my heart that this would be special & Karen could be included on a Big Screen with Pictures
that's an interesting tidbit you gave there in the description section about the background of this song. I love the carpenters....I may not have been around yet during their time but I still love them.
Tony Paluso's solo put the 'Power Ballad' on the map. What a great guitarist. He took the pain in those lyrics and tore your heart out with that guitar lead. Tony Paluso is gone now,he passed away June 5, 2010, but he will live forever in this song. And I think that this may have been the greatest guitar solo of all time...because from the time I first heard it in 1972 to the present, I can't listen to it without feeling a lump in my throat. Good job Tony.
This is a haunting song. The emotion could not be captured by any other soul that ever lived other than Karen. Still one of the greatest voices of all time.
Beautiful song and a beautiful voice sung by a beautiful person with a sadly tourturned soul. Would be my favorite song of all time if it weren't for the teeth-chattering, unecessary (for a ballad) screeching guitar interludes.
@HuntingForHumans No , maybe not the greatest solo ever , but you had to be there , This was the beginning of the melodic
heavy guitar solo , to do this in a soft rock Carpenters song was Epic, unheard of at the time , they took a slagging on radio for this solo, yet it is one of the tastiest, most melodic solos of all time , it rates , believe me , it rates
Before I could choose and buy my music, my folks supplied the tunes, and they had this one cassette, I have to say, my earliest music appreciation, it stands the REAL test of time, and testament about how music can cross over and persevere over time, however, it's volume is a bit overmodulating
Interesting anecdote which I heard Karen herself convey; she was in New York City, sitting on a park bench, when someone approached her and only said this before they walked away: "Great voice, love." That someone was John Lennon.
@cosg9531 how do we know that to be true? Was Karen being video taped when she said that? Just wondering. She is my all time favorite singer and she meant so much to me and that is an understatement! Her songs represented my life in words. She meant so much to me!
Don't mean to bum anyone out, but when I listened to this when I was 17 or 18 and realistically knew what my chances for a love life were with double scoliosis and untreated low-active thyroid disease, a dignified life would be the best I could pull off. I'm 57 now, and it's played that way. A dignified life lived without being loved. Well, there was my cat. haha
Lol, I used to have (I think it was two) of those Fuzztones. Everybody did back then. I had a friend (now deceased) who had one of those (I think it is) Gibson 330s. Later he had a 335 just like BB King's, except it wasn't named Lucille.
I don't know why Karen C. quit eating. She really did need to know more about life and just a little less about show business. But of course Burt Bacharach was a backer, and so was a brother. Be careful children. 100 yrs is the appropriate goal. Keep playing!
She would only be 61 now. Even if she retired this year, what amount of work would nearly another 30 years have given to us? The mind can't even imagine.
@cosg9531 With Richard as the driving force of the Carpenters, I'm sure they would have created a lot more music together. If Karen had survived that fatal incident, she would have seen the light and taken better care of herself, mentally and physically. But in the end that is just an "if." Karen is gone. We may never see the likes of a woman with such beauty, grace, and talent for a long, long time.
my 1st exposure to carpenters was sadly thru the todd haynes movie. hard to forget the images/themes when her beautiful voice pipes up now, it's a struggle!
You can hear every single word. Karen was pure class.With Richard's lush arrangements they so entertained us and we miss Karen very much...
silverstartrucker 4 days ago
@silverstartrucker yea finally i dont need lyrics
smoshunite101 20 hours ago
amen...
cupcakehh 1 week ago
god damn better than whitney houston and she was white!!
elvispresley718 1 week ago
Whose tony peluso?
fas852 1 week ago
@fas852 He is the guy playing the amazing guitar solo.
MrPlantpot20 1 week ago
the best voice l've ever heard ...more than 30 years after her death there's still no one can match her wonderful voice.
DaveFaulknerDJ 2 weeks ago
Karen still has the most striking voice I've ever heard (closely followed by Judith Durham of The Seekers, sorry Judith!) and this is one of her most iconic songs, beautiful.
RoscoHead 2 weeks ago
This has been my favourite song since 1972. I like many songs but none make me feel the way this one does. God bless you, Karen.
MG180Man 2 weeks ago
RIP Tony Peluso, Karen C.
roscoegino 2 weeks ago
Hear this thru headphones. It's as if she's come back from the dead, singing in your ear.
roscoegino 2 weeks ago
I'm almost 50 now and still the most beautiful voice i've ever heard
321Fathead 3 weeks ago 3
A "heavenly choir" with a fuzz guitar-- it SHOULDN'T have worked, but by God it did! Whatever else you might think of Richard Carpenter, with this record if not any others he entered the ranks of classic record producer. Of course, having Karen do the song couldn't hurt!
therealjoebloggs 3 weeks ago 3
As one who sings and who loves music of various kinds, I recognize Karen's voice as very good and emotionally nuanced. I sort of couldn't see the "voice for the shmaltz" at the time, growing up in the '70s. Now, I truly appreciate her voice, and the music has the sheen of nostalgia.
iadorenewyork1 3 weeks ago
So i guess this officially proves that for every 1233 people, there are 12 morons...well, only in regards to the Carpenters that is.
bleebloe 1 month ago 2
As a huge rock and metal fan, you'd think I hate this song. Actually, it's very good. The melody is incredible and that solo is from the soul...
SlowhandSolos 1 month ago
Btw, I remember an excellent history of the Carpenters which came out in the later 1990's... Very well done, with various interviews, and in it Richard speaks of how this song came into existence.
JohnGLewis1964 1 month ago
This was the ironic 'conclusion' to the the Carpenters long series of hits...Some came after, but this was a nice representative to stand for the rest. A synecdoche, iyw.
JohnGLewis1964 1 month ago
bittersweet...beautiful one of a kind voice ...
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I agree with from73 who wrote: "Songwriting at it's best! As a guitarist this is my all time favorite guitar solo!"
It was an epiphany that my ex-bf said "Did you listen to the words of that song?!" and I realized that it was accurate for me: hopeful, longing, sad, realistic, striving. And some 30 years later, it's still true and accurate. And what an incredible fuzz guitar, which I wish could go on longer. Sad and beautiful and empathetic. A rare emotional high with an emotional low.
peter10003 1 month ago
Do Crystal Lullaby Too. BSide. Fabulous. Always Fabulous Carpenters.
rjwestDesign 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
The beauty of her voice, emotion and bird song will never be replaced.
God protect and God Send Karen.
sherrb1158 1 month ago
Just one of the most beautiful voices ever.
hayling122 1 month ago
Does anyone have the original video to this song? I have seen it before but not on youtube? It was a colorful film. If so please post this!
rsvy913688 1 month ago
It amazes me how Karen hid such unhappiness and loneliness behind such a beautiful voice, and only when we lost her, we all really start to "listen" xxx God Bless Karen :)
ricocchet 1 month ago 8
@ricocchet she had an angel's voice
sandragail1 1 week ago
@sandragail1 I was listening to her since 1970.
since my sister listened to her - so not recently
sandragail1 1 week ago
r i p... tony peluso
Ezwider109 1 month ago
Karen your song speaks to my lonely heart. I hope someday I finally find someone. I'm so lonely. I hurting inside. I hope I'm not saying good bye to love. bless your sweet soul.
rekoonsghjkl 1 month ago
@rekoonsghjkl Maybe this new year will bring someone very special into your life! You just can never know what will happen from one day to the next! Greg
gburrer 1 month ago
@gburrer thank you :) well I haven't given up yet. just I'm longing so much. bless you take care :)
rekoonsghjkl 1 month ago
Karen sings the way it is for many people. Sad that was her life too.GOD BLESS RIP
cljteach 2 months ago
great song + awesome bit of guitar playing + karen's voice = superb
kiuhy8 2 months ago 2
GOODBYE FOREVER...... GOODBYE MY HEART....
huangxiaohuang 2 months ago
Wowww,,,what a great description of this fenomenal interpretation and solo guitar i'm agree in everything,,,so intence...
emiliog04 2 months ago
I know how she felt..
2002mlavon 2 months ago
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We are talking jape of the decade...
JoeMudd123 2 months ago
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Wow,still magic today.
mryodadna 2 months ago
bless karen. she has all the miracles
safehouse123 2 months ago 17
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Goodbye .my love .....you are the best ..Au revoir mon amour ...tu es la meilleur .
MrLinoventura 2 months ago
karen querida.... te extraño mucho, tu voz acaricia...¡¡¡¡
63suigeneris 2 months ago 3
A wonderful and beautiful Love song for all of us who lost but did love someone once! Karen Had the voice of an Angel!
Kinseydsp 2 months ago
Tony Peluso's guitar just pure class!.
TheLeeb1972 2 months ago
I was six years old when I first heard the Carpenters on the radio, in 1970. I've always liked them, but wouldn't admit it, for fear of being made fun of by the other boys. I'm grown up....now I can admit it. Now I don't care what anyone thinks. They're collaboration had great melody, harmony, and emotion, packed into many songs. I didn't care for that "alien" song, but it was great arrangements and a distinctive voice by Karen that made it memorable and listenable. It's yesterday, once more....
MrChrispy777 3 months ago
@MrChrispy777 I am French.....in 70 i have 14 years.....and first time it's one great émotion....also radio .....it's ok with you.....Carpentres it's SUPER ....bye...
MrLinoventura 2 months ago 2
@MrLinoventura Bonjour. In 1970 I was 7 years old. I was very emotional when I listened. My friend and I would sing it and cry. Do you like Emerson Lake and Palmer - "C'est La Vie" ? Beautiful. Listen
IsisDaughter1 2 months ago
Argumentably the BEST SONG SINCE SGT. PEPPER!!
mysteriousladydragon 3 months ago
They don't come any better than this. Period.
namregd 3 months ago 2
as good as there ever was
aggager078 3 months ago 2
The solo no doubt gave rock fans the perfect excuse to be listening to the Carpenters
Nicomagic6 3 months ago
Her true life story movie The Karen Carpenter Story (1989) (TV) shown on television a long time ago, I can still remember it. Karen was played by Cynthia Gib, it was very good.
DeLaCruzer11 3 months ago
So this is what angels sound like when they sing !!!
northernraider 3 months ago in playlist northernraider's favourites
The best voice in pop history. Karen just make it look and sound so easy. What range. Love you karen
reston81 3 months ago
My tears are flowing..........this is just perfectly beautiful.
bazmitch 3 months ago
Cheers to those who's only real friend in the world is Loneliness.
Lynnianaa 3 months ago 3
@Lynnianaa Yeah! I am in that club too. Though I live with someone, it's like living alone or worse. So I have made my loneliness my best friend. Like we say in Spain: better alone that in bad company. Cheers to you also, my friend!
shalott43 3 months ago
Maybe they were too close.I remember that she couldn't bear richard having a girlfriend.
rrdab1 3 months ago
@rrdab1 hey!!!!! think about the other side of the coin when karen became sick thru anorexria peter woz always there for his lil sister peter only carried on coz karen would want him to
whitefoot2009 3 months ago
@whitefoot2009 Peter? - this wasn't the Brady Bunch. Karen's brother is Richard
greenwich1754 3 months ago
@whitefoot2009 Who the HELLLLL is Peter?????
iamintheburg 1 month ago
Simple - it's beautiful
Mikey xx
mikeystrafford 3 months ago
As of today, I gave up looking for someone...
This is now my song!
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aquaboots 3 months ago
@eeeeeeclapclap Same here. I'm in my 40s, and women have never wanted to even touch me, so I expect to grow old and die alone. To me, "love", "romance" & such are just B.S....lies. This song sums it up.
lenf67 3 months ago
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@lenf67 Love is very real but some of never find it. Or worse- we find it and screw it up, then live the rest of our lives in grief and regret. I dont know which is worse. There is a lot of pain for us all, whether we are physically attractive or not. Thank god for friends and pets.
IsisDaughter1 2 months ago
@lenf67 I'm a member of the club. In my 40s too and have never been in a relationship. Sucks but I'm almost to the point where I don't pine for it anymore. I've accepted that there's no love me for and I just live the best I can. I do ok in other areas of my life but just can't find anyone to share love with.
a32tl 2 months ago
@a32tl that's what happens when lust preceeds love
magovenor 2 months ago
@magovenor Mighty big presumption you're making there magovenor. When did I ever mention that I was wrapped up in lust prior to now? Not only is it a mistaken assumption, it's also insulting.
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JimAsian1 1 month ago
Keep giving it your all RF
JimAsian1 1 month ago
Don't give up
JimAsian1 1 month ago
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@a32tl tl Keep giving it your all. Don't give up, but focus on what you want, not on your negative feelings. Just a self improvement that can help you, this is not an advertisement, but the Hypnonosis Motivation Institute has a tool called the Mental Bank which possibly could help you. It works with your subconscious mind and can help. Just check it out.
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JimAsian1 1 month ago
Barbra Striesand said that Karen Carpenter had one of the greatest voice in the world. That says it all. RIP, Karen.
taypar11 3 months ago
@taypar11 karen was pro-american at least
elvispresley718 1 week ago
oh yeah Karens voice, I agree one of the greatest female voices ever.
brcacti 3 months ago
HOLY SHIT, I was playing air guitar to this at 15 and still doing it at 54, just cannot help myself, awesome sound. And of course what a gorgeous voice she had and harmony with her brother, bless her.
ARLO999 4 months ago
How do you not like Karen's voice??
DMSteller87 4 months ago
Tony Peluso played the solo! Brilliant!
Joeyfulco 4 months ago
timeless.goodbye for now.
1uptospeed 4 months ago
...The Carpenters... me traen al RECUERDO... mis !!! Muy gratos TIEMPOS de la Universidad !!!!, alla en mi ciudad del Cusco... en La SAN ANTONIO...
saludos para todos desde el Peru...
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To quote Tony Peluso about this recording. When he got the call to play on this song he was floored, as it was Karen herself that called him. Once he got to the studio he didn't have a clue how to play it so he did something "soft" and "easy" and kept in the background. It was Richard that told him. "Follow the melody of the song for 8 bars and then just let it rip... Burn..." and this was the result... One of the best guitar solo's ever recorded..
carpentersfan2010 4 months ago 14
@carpentersfan2010 hardly.... this was one of the few songs of the Carpenters I like to see redone, remixed..
irish89055 3 months ago
This was one of the hottest guitar solos ever laid down, the beginning at 2:46, it just gives you chills. I wonder who the artist is?
boc234 4 months ago
@boc234 Tony Peluso played the guitar solo, which was known as the fuzz gutiar, but it is such an amazing solo and as you say sends chills down you. RIP Karen
HappinessHappenin 4 months ago
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Soon as the strings and the bcking vocals kick in to accompany Karens wonderful vocal you know your into something special ...x
luxyaltz219 5 months ago 7
Cest domage..Karen was such a beautiful artist
karatekoop 5 months ago
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Goodbye .my love .....you are the best ..Au revoir mon amour ...tu es la meilleur .
MrLinoventura 5 months ago
favorite groups in the 1970's were electric light orchestra,queen, elton john band, but for ballads have to include karen carpenter her ballads are outstanding..just a new fan here 40 years too late.
polyestersuits4ever 5 months ago
@polyestersuits4ever OUI ...i am French ..Karen and Richard fabulous .....great familly ..i like for ever ...
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TheServiceWeb 5 months ago
if only Karen Carpenter had more 'friends' like John Lennon
maybe things might've been quite different
when asking my mother was there 'ANY AT ALL' pop singers she liked
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MURPHNSPUD 5 months ago
My favorite Carp song. RIP Tony Peluso.
roscoegino 5 months ago
I never tire of this song or Karen's voice- and the guitar solo,-- eat your heart out Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler.
billbradbury1 5 months ago 2
Whatever song she sang, that mournful, melancholy cry in her voice was ever present. Exquisite. This is my song.
4165mc 5 months ago
Goodbye .my love .....you are the best ..Au revoir mon amour ...tu es la meilleur .
MrLinoventura 5 months ago
Love the guitar, it fits the song perfectly, arrangements and the whole thing just embodies the 70s and the great pop music and sound of the time.
reclaimerReclaimer 5 months ago
@reclaimerReclaimer Spot on.
SizeTenBiscuit 5 months ago
Musical purity at its best...full of feeling and yes, pain. God bless you Karen...you were already an angel on the earth!!!
BeckyLMC 5 months ago
@BeckyLMC Beautiful comment Becky,i guess Angels belong in Heaven.
louisyoung1 5 months ago
Excellent !
stevewaugh2 6 months ago
Just named in Guitar Player Magazine as one of the top guitar solos using a fuzzbox!!!
sitarbob 6 months ago
What guitarist is that sounds like thin lizzy!
bungle56 6 months ago
@bungle56 Tony Peluso. This was the first thing he ever did with them, and (as you can imagine) they hired him on permanently after that. He was a record producer after Karen died.
BluesmanDave 5 months ago
This music was blasted in chicago housing years ago. Those voices were great. We couldn't believe it when Karen died. It's hard to compare the perfect voices of Karen and Ella. Both were so, so good. But i still want to sing with both of them if it were possible, but... Introducing this music to my family and friends wasn't hard, they couldn't help but to love the sound.
myname4445 6 months ago
KAREN CARPENTER! Like millions of others worldwide, I simply love Karen Carpenter's voice. It is pure, lovely, and natural and truly unique. Karen was a singer who if she had lived a deservedly longer life might have become "The First Lady of American Song," a title that Ella Fitzgerald was given. In my heart, I think of her as being exactly that despite her shortened life. God Bless You Karen!
Puristandrew 6 months ago 12
The fuzzed out guitar solo is the dirtiest rockinest thing since helter skelter. This is rock and roll. Anyone who thinks The Carpenters were not heavy is crazy.
qdwright76 6 months ago
karen carpenter - one of the best females singers ever to grace my generation. i hope everyone can remember where you were when you first heard this song.
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ghodium 6 months ago
Grande chanson et douceur ......................
MrLinoventura 6 months ago
anyone giving this song thumbs down, just showed their total ignorance as to what it takes to make a great song
prober45 6 months ago
Classic guitar mixed with the sultry yet mellow voice of Karen Carpenter, this song was pure genius...& beautiful!!!!
AgapeLuv7777 6 months ago
I Love her voice AND the guitar.........
TheAmbassador11 6 months ago
好きです!ｶｰﾍﾟﾝﾀｰｽﾞ～愛にさようなら"GOODBYE TO LOVE"香燐なｶﾚﾝ､兄さんの曲だったネ!～大袈裟そうなｷﾞﾀｰｿﾛも悪くない!
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ghodium 6 months ago
As near perfect as it is possible to get.
bairns1234 6 months ago
The dominating guitar solo makes this song work for me. Beautiful arrangement, but Richard is a genius for taking the risk of allowing a guitar genius to do his thing. This is one of my favorite pop songs.
BirneyMontcalm 6 months ago
I dislike the havy metal feel of the song but again I admire the beauty of the voice of Karen.
pbrick6301 6 months ago
I guess I forgot about recording studios and mixing. Nevermind
jimbamboozled 6 months ago
Boutdonow14 Me too. It's funny because she is either there with her head down or walked off or playing the air guitar during that solo! It is so out of place for the song! Still, I have to listen.
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We Will Rock You criminal "Bashar al-Assad"
We Will Rock You criminal "Bashar al-Assad"
We Will Rock You criminal "Bashar al-Assad"
da3skooom 6 months ago
This song has the most bizarre guitar solo of it itme. Karen Carpenters beautiful churchlike voice, then wham, here comes the fuzz box!
Boutdonow14 6 months ago
How can anybody dislike this??
insearchothetruth 6 months ago
Such a sad beautiful song
SmittenKitten31 6 months ago
From this day love is forgotten
I’ll go on as best I can
Minttea0409 7 months ago
I would like to put this one out there & roll the Dice for the world to read & see what they think of this idea. I would Love more than anything in the world for Richard Carpenter to get the Carpenter band together (including Herb, & Burt who were a Big part) & do a tribute show for Karen &Tony. Why not one more time, for the good old times. Everyones getting older each & every year, I really believe in my heart that this would be special & Karen could be included on a Big Screen with Pictures
vmuto1 7 months ago
#1 woman singer of her time...karen carpenter!
topgun57572000 7 months ago
Maybe for the same reason that I do not and I repeat: do NOT like the Rolling Stones.....:-) and listen 10 against 830 is not bad at all! I mean 831!
Greetz fr.NL.
JennTess1 7 months ago
Maybe for the same reason that I do not and I repeat: do NOT like the Rolling Stones.....:-) and listen 10 against 830 is not bad at all! I mean 831!
Greetz fr.NL.
JennTess1 7 months ago
Sorry to sound like a broken record, cus I know alot of people say this on videos. But why the hell does this vid have 10 dislikes????
LeighHobnob 7 months ago
Love this song and I miss Karen Carpenter everyday, what a voice ! She will never be forgotten.
eventidesj 7 months ago
that's an interesting tidbit you gave there in the description section about the background of this song. I love the carpenters....I may not have been around yet during their time but I still love them.
cassyclim8 7 months ago
Tony Paluso's solo put the 'Power Ballad' on the map. What a great guitarist. He took the pain in those lyrics and tore your heart out with that guitar lead. Tony Paluso is gone now,he passed away June 5, 2010, but he will live forever in this song. And I think that this may have been the greatest guitar solo of all time...because from the time I first heard it in 1972 to the present, I can't listen to it without feeling a lump in my throat. Good job Tony.
riff49 7 months ago 2
Tony also did a great job on Please Mr. Postman
IvanCLee 7 months ago
great music wow
RayoOFFSky 7 months ago
The solo is demonstration that their music is not just elevator music. If you don't like the guitar solo go and listen to Kenny G.
Ahzdiosh 7 months ago
Mjollnir1234, ya had to be there. this solo was epic when it came out. unheard of. shocking even.
2ndAsstJizzMopper 8 months ago
Karen's voice conveyed emotion like no other singer;s voice has, or probably will... Splendid song, Thank you to the one who posted it...
greeneyedstone42 8 months ago 2
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Buy far the best band and voice of all time!!!
enok45 8 months ago
This is a haunting song. The emotion could not be captured by any other soul that ever lived other than Karen. Still one of the greatest voices of all time.
jbrown9663 8 months ago 10
Beautiful song and a beautiful voice sung by a beautiful person with a sadly tourturned soul. Would be my favorite song of all time if it weren't for the teeth-chattering, unecessary (for a ballad) screeching guitar interludes.
pbanta62 8 months ago
12/8/80 & 2/4/83 were the worst days of my life.
Not even my own death will be as tragic for me as these
myrtlebox 8 months ago 3
@myrtlebox what are those dates. is it karen carpenter's death. i am not sure
Kingtaufiqidol 7 months ago in playlist My favorite Songs
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@Mjollnir1234 Alice Cooper, for one.
BackToTheBlues 8 months ago
@Mjollnir1234 somebody who has only heard that guitar solo
HuntingForHumans 8 months ago
@HuntingForHumans No , maybe not the greatest solo ever , but you had to be there , This was the beginning of the melodic
heavy guitar solo , to do this in a soft rock Carpenters song was Epic, unheard of at the time , they took a slagging on radio for this solo, yet it is one of the tastiest, most melodic solos of all time , it rates , believe me , it rates
vegasshowgirlshoes 7 months ago
Before I could choose and buy my music, my folks supplied the tunes, and they had this one cassette, I have to say, my earliest music appreciation, it stands the REAL test of time, and testament about how music can cross over and persevere over time, however, it's volume is a bit overmodulating
MetallicBill 8 months ago
her voice was divine
1966buttons 9 months ago 17
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When Karen Carpenter sings this song with this arrangement, it reaches in and tears your heart out - it is brilliant -ne of their best!
Kentikki 9 months ago
Interesting anecdote which I heard Karen herself convey; she was in New York City, sitting on a park bench, when someone approached her and only said this before they walked away: "Great voice, love." That someone was John Lennon.
cosg9531 9 months ago 54
@cosg9531 beautiful... love this...
2005achaguas 8 months ago
@cosg9531 how do we know that to be true? Was Karen being video taped when she said that? Just wondering. She is my all time favorite singer and she meant so much to me and that is an understatement! Her songs represented my life in words. She meant so much to me!
texjoy56 7 months ago
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The guitar solo was Richard's idea. He told the soloist to really "burn".
unwindzen 9 months ago
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Don't mean to bum anyone out, but when I listened to this when I was 17 or 18 and realistically knew what my chances for a love life were with double scoliosis and untreated low-active thyroid disease, a dignified life would be the best I could pull off. I'm 57 now, and it's played that way. A dignified life lived without being loved. Well, there was my cat. haha
MsTruNorth 9 months ago
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Lol, I used to have (I think it was two) of those Fuzztones. Everybody did back then. I had a friend (now deceased) who had one of those (I think it is) Gibson 330s. Later he had a 335 just like BB King's, except it wasn't named Lucille.
I don't know why Karen C. quit eating. She really did need to know more about life and just a little less about show business. But of course Burt Bacharach was a backer, and so was a brother. Be careful children. 100 yrs is the appropriate goal. Keep playing!
EagleMedieval 9 months ago
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Ahhhh ... here's the studio version. Thanks a lot for the upload.
EagleMedieval 9 months ago
Emocionante....até hoje....incrível.
valdirf100 9 months ago
That's what I think. Being on your own means you're safe and no-one can ever hurt you again.
Leighton.
fagend123 9 months ago
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fagend123 9 months ago
She would only be 61 now. Even if she retired this year, what amount of work would nearly another 30 years have given to us? The mind can't even imagine.
cosg9531 9 months ago 7
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@cosg9531 With Richard as the driving force of the Carpenters, I'm sure they would have created a lot more music together. If Karen had survived that fatal incident, she would have seen the light and taken better care of herself, mentally and physically. But in the end that is just an "if." Karen is gone. We may never see the likes of a woman with such beauty, grace, and talent for a long, long time.
seilogramp 9 months ago
Plain and simple the greatest female voice God ever created. No one has come close to her since her passing in 1983...
buffalobraves9 9 months ago 6
@buffalobraves9 I was going to say this, but you already have. She has no equal.
cosg9531 9 months ago 3
@buffalobraves9 Judy Garland's up there too.
trwent 9 months ago 4
@thicketford I agree. Its right up there with the end of Torn (natalie imbruigla) and Like a Rock (Bob Seger)
mpturcotte 9 months ago
One of my favourite guitar solos. So simple, yet so amazing
Thicketford 9 months ago
my song right now...ugh!
serenity0324 9 months ago
beautiful~
avallega4 9 months ago
my 1st exposure to carpenters was sadly thru the todd haynes movie. hard to forget the images/themes when her beautiful voice pipes up now, it's a struggle!
edmame 10 months ago
miss Karen so much. What an incredible talent she was. R.I.P Karen. So many love you and always will!
winowiecki1 10 months ago 2