Just wondering why the carpenters' seem to be having concerts in japan almost every 2 years? Like 1972, 1974 & 1976? Though I could see they were truly appreciated there.
this may be the greatest vid i have ever seen......both karen and richard were/are so talented....amazing.....think i am going to take jazz/classical piano AND drum lessons this week.....like any teacher could TEACH me "their" way.....s'pose I can show them this video and see if they are up the challenge.....happy new year!
This is awesome footage - the Carpenters truly at their prime. And yes, the joy of performing shows through and through. It's just amazing to watch her drum AND sing at the same time. How many drummers do you know who can actually sing - period ;-) - much less do it as well as she does?!
It's funny how people make a bigger deal of someone drumming & singing than they do of someone playing guitar, bass, or piano & singing. I drum & sing, it's no big deal. Many people consider the drums to be a less difficult instrument than guitar or keys. You have to practice until you can drum without thinking about it, so then adding on singing is not so hard as it might seem. To make use of the guitar at the campfire you have to sing, but no one wants to hear drumming & singing at the beach!
benjsinister: Ok, she can drum and sing in perfect pitch, but why's that such a big deal? McCartney can play amazing bass and at the same time engage in really amazing singing, scatting, and screaming. Billy Joel can play amazing piano and sing perfectly. Countless singers can sting out amazing guitar leads and sing, so why is it so amazing that someone can drum & sing? It's just unusual to see any drummer singing, so perhaps the novelty is what makes it surprising.
@TheLarryBrown It's not particularly amazing that she can drum and sing at the same time. Richard insisted that she front the group even though she loved the drums. However, her voice is one of the most amazing instruments ever heard that remains the most amazing thing about Karen Carpenter.
@TheLarryBrown You haven't tried to do it, then ? It's so unusual because it's so difficult. With a guitar, you just use your hands, while with a piano you're just pressing (keys/pedals). The drums are much more physically demanding- to play the high-hat and bass drum, you have to pound those pedals, while also playing the tom-toms and cymbals as shown- keeping 4 rhythms going at once. Then there's the singing, which often has a different pace/rhythm altogether. And then add in complexity.
@Vericacious: Yes I have. As I stated in an earlier post, I used to play drums and sing lead in a band. It's really no big deal. On a drum set I'm using 4 limbs, but an a keyboard I'm using at least 11 (fingers plus a pedal), and on guitar I'm using at least 6. The rhythm of the drums is no more different from the rhythm of the melody than is the rhythm of the piano or guitar.
@Vericacious: Think of all Richard is doing: singing harmony (that requires more concentration than singing melody), playing bass, chord accompaniment, tasty fills, counter melodies, awesome jazzy mini-solos, and burning up & down the keyboard, + listening to every single note that every musician in the band and orchestra is playing, and if anyone's out of tune he'll hear about it later. Now *that's* amazing and trust me, that's *way* harder than playing the drums.
@Vericacious: Whoever told you that playing drums was hard? Any musician that I've ever played with seemed to think that drummers were just one step above cavemen.
@Vericacious If you can supply the required quality and complexity, then good for you. I don't think a comparison of fingers with limbs is useful, though- finger usage becomes largely second nature with mastery of an instrument. The important element is the physical effort required to play the drums that affects breath control required for singing. (I wish I'd explained better and put that last sentence before- I got too involved in cutting down to the required number of characters.)
it's funny...nobody wants to admit to liking the carpenters...and then again...so many people listen in private...say what you will...they, and especially her, were amazing...i wish i had half her vocal talent..
You'd be surprised who admits to not only liking them, but considering them among the greatest: Alice Cooper, Shania Twain, Henry Mancini, Madonna, Sonic Youth/Kim Gordon, Paul McCartney . . . the list could go on. Those who know best (the actual music-makers) honor Karen and Richard; only the know-nothings scorned them.
in my humble opinion, karen's vocal talent was absoloutely amazing...and her drumming was so f'n underrated...she and her brother were both so so so so talented...when i listen to her sing, it makes my want to cry...with both joy and pain...amazing...
How can a #1 act be underrated? The Carpenters were the #1 selling act of the 70s, beating out the Bee-Gees, the Eagles, ABBA, all the disco acts, even Michael Jackson. How you could consider that underrated is beyond me. It is not "underrated" but rather "uncool." Compared to Sid Viscious, that is. That's something entirely different.
Same here.....When I bought the single "Sing" back in 1972 or 1973, the picture on the single jacket showed Karen and Richard walking towards the camera.....I, then, focused on Karen and I knew that I was in love with her at the age of 12.
They did a great job interpreting Ticket To Ride in this way. Karen sounds amazing. "I think I'm gonna be sad..." She really kills on the sad stuff. So much emotion in her voice.
The Alto Princess in her absolute prime. Fans should freeze it at 3:49 for a look of pure joy in her performance. As the Japanese would, and probably did, say, this concert was subarashii!
Live performance videos are the best! Thanks so much for posting this! Richard doesn't even look at the keyboard while playing much of that solo for "Help;" it's amazing.
I love how they did this song live -- there is another video of this from a televised concert in Australia that is a bit better -- this one seems a bit rushed... Regardless, I am puzzled as to why when Karen chose to re-record Ticket for their first greatest hits album in 1973 she did not do it this way, with the upbeat ending and vocal florishes she did here (both of which are exactly the same as on the Live in Australia clip)
Karen's voice changed around 1971-72. She was huskier sounding in 69, and she hated the way she sounded. She re-recorded Ticket to Ride in 73 to sound more polished. Listen to the first version...it's night and day in quality.
This is fantastic but shocking to me because I didn't know they'd came to Japan in 72'; I attended their concerts in 74' and 76'. It's amusing to see them perform with less sophisticated sound system and not in the largest hall of Budokan like 74' and 76'. Thank you so much for posting this.
man she could really play that kit...So Phat!!
jseph1234567890 2 months ago
She's singing the beatles...lol...That I never exptected....THANKS FOR THIS UPLOAD!!! :D
jseph1234567890 2 months ago
Sugoi!
Kamisamadesu1 1 year ago
すっげ これすっげ
映像有ったんだね!!!!
感謝
...でもやっぱり、ドレス着てめっさ猫背でドラム叩きながらメロウに歌うのって、
今の時代に見ても、なんともすごい絵だねw
UsukiTomohiro 1 year ago
Karen is a genius, music now days has got no soul...
Moon4464 1 year ago
And dont ever forget Richards producing skills !!!
bassplaynme 1 year ago
Very nice song
Thank you very much for posting
xanglat 1 year ago
Just wondering why the carpenters' seem to be having concerts in japan almost every 2 years? Like 1972, 1974 & 1976? Though I could see they were truly appreciated there.
chuyfitz 1 year ago
Karen was so happy here. And lovely too.
improvguru 1 year ago
god they were good!
cjm608 2 years ago
えっ、こんなに早く日本に来てたんですか？
元気いっぱいのときですね。
tattuan2 2 years ago
How did Karen do this.
No other female drummer ever did sing like Karen Carpenter did so perfect while drumming as equaly magnificant?
Richard's arrangements are one in a million!
:-)
Jenot59 2 years ago
She was fantastic indeed.
JP5466 2 years ago
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Jenot59 2 years ago
Whatever they did do or did play or did sing, Carpenters are actually timeless and on Youtube outliving the Rockartists.....
Thank you for the Music, with Capital M, Karen and Richard Carpenter, as in :CARPENTERS! and the BAND too.!! this is a wonderful porting THANKS!
Jenot59 2 years ago
awesome, The Carpenters are much better in live than the LP, thanks for saring this permormance!!!
ArmadilloLetal 2 years ago
No way. Their recordings were close to perfect. However, their early live performances like this one were excellent.
infinera06 2 years ago 2
ticket to ride & help was so fast
tamtran0208 2 years ago
amaaaaaaaaaaaaazing!!!!!!!!!!
gabipoa 2 years ago
Many thanks.
As many know, DVD of 1974 performance at the Budokan is available, though only in Japan.
Some excerpts can be seen anywhere in YouTube.
But since this 1972 was just on one-time TV show (and especially TV-Tokyo was not big among networks that time)
and VHS recorder was not yet on the market, I think this series is much more valuable
and captures Karen's brilliannce as a diamond in the rough.
ogikubo2007 3 years ago
is there anything this woman can't do???? I can only imagine how big she would be if she were still alive, i see her headlining like Babs and Tina
MarkBearTN 3 years ago
this may be the greatest vid i have ever seen......both karen and richard were/are so talented....amazing.....think i am going to take jazz/classical piano AND drum lessons this week.....like any teacher could TEACH me "their" way.....s'pose I can show them this video and see if they are up the challenge.....happy new year!
nicestrat 3 years ago
The Carpenters freakin rock, if you disagree your loss. What a funky drummer too, Kags miss yeh girl you were proper special!
shadracastrat 3 years ago 6
Did a mountain lion get loose at 2:15?
sheplaysajag 3 years ago
someone was freaking out...
worcesterwombat 3 years ago
It might have been James Brown out there somewhere ;)
DXWXMX44 3 years ago
感動！見せて頂いてありがとう御座います。
これで見てないのは７６年の来日映像です＾＾
shinjunks 3 years ago
This is awesome footage - the Carpenters truly at their prime. And yes, the joy of performing shows through and through. It's just amazing to watch her drum AND sing at the same time. How many drummers do you know who can actually sing - period ;-) - much less do it as well as she does?!
JukeboxTenor 3 years ago 2
It's funny how people make a bigger deal of someone drumming & singing than they do of someone playing guitar, bass, or piano & singing. I drum & sing, it's no big deal. Many people consider the drums to be a less difficult instrument than guitar or keys. You have to practice until you can drum without thinking about it, so then adding on singing is not so hard as it might seem. To make use of the guitar at the campfire you have to sing, but no one wants to hear drumming & singing at the beach!
LarryBrown2 2 years ago
The big deal about her drumming & singing is that even when drumming, she sounds amazing and is still in perfect pitch! Not many can do that.
benjsinister 2 years ago
benjsinister: Ok, she can drum and sing in perfect pitch, but why's that such a big deal? McCartney can play amazing bass and at the same time engage in really amazing singing, scatting, and screaming. Billy Joel can play amazing piano and sing perfectly. Countless singers can sting out amazing guitar leads and sing, so why is it so amazing that someone can drum & sing? It's just unusual to see any drummer singing, so perhaps the novelty is what makes it surprising.
TheLarryBrown 2 years ago
@TheLarryBrown It's not particularly amazing that she can drum and sing at the same time. Richard insisted that she front the group even though she loved the drums. However, her voice is one of the most amazing instruments ever heard that remains the most amazing thing about Karen Carpenter.
cspaikido 1 year ago
@TheLarryBrown You haven't tried to do it, then ? It's so unusual because it's so difficult. With a guitar, you just use your hands, while with a piano you're just pressing (keys/pedals). The drums are much more physically demanding- to play the high-hat and bass drum, you have to pound those pedals, while also playing the tom-toms and cymbals as shown- keeping 4 rhythms going at once. Then there's the singing, which often has a different pace/rhythm altogether. And then add in complexity.
Vericacious 9 months ago
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@Vericacious: Yes I have. As I stated in an earlier post, I used to play drums and sing lead in a band. It's really no big deal. On a drum set I'm using 4 limbs, but an a keyboard I'm using at least 11 (fingers plus a pedal), and on guitar I'm using at least 6. The rhythm of the drums is no more different from the rhythm of the melody than is the rhythm of the piano or guitar.
TheLarryBrown 9 months ago
@Vericacious: Think of all Richard is doing: singing harmony (that requires more concentration than singing melody), playing bass, chord accompaniment, tasty fills, counter melodies, awesome jazzy mini-solos, and burning up & down the keyboard, + listening to every single note that every musician in the band and orchestra is playing, and if anyone's out of tune he'll hear about it later. Now *that's* amazing and trust me, that's *way* harder than playing the drums.
TheLarryBrown 9 months ago
@Vericacious: Whoever told you that playing drums was hard? Any musician that I've ever played with seemed to think that drummers were just one step above cavemen.
TheLarryBrown 9 months ago
@Vericacious If you can supply the required quality and complexity, then good for you. I don't think a comparison of fingers with limbs is useful, though- finger usage becomes largely second nature with mastery of an instrument. The important element is the physical effort required to play the drums that affects breath control required for singing. (I wish I'd explained better and put that last sentence before- I got too involved in cutting down to the required number of characters.)
Vericacious 9 months ago
Thanks Karen and Richard for your music.
christ771 3 years ago
it's funny...nobody wants to admit to liking the carpenters...and then again...so many people listen in private...say what you will...they, and especially her, were amazing...i wish i had half her vocal talent..
hkguitarslinger 3 years ago
You'd be surprised who admits to not only liking them, but considering them among the greatest: Alice Cooper, Shania Twain, Henry Mancini, Madonna, Sonic Youth/Kim Gordon, Paul McCartney . . . the list could go on. Those who know best (the actual music-makers) honor Karen and Richard; only the know-nothings scorned them.
cruice45 3 years ago 2
in my humble opinion, karen's vocal talent was absoloutely amazing...and her drumming was so f'n underrated...she and her brother were both so so so so talented...when i listen to her sing, it makes my want to cry...with both joy and pain...amazing...
hkguitarslinger 3 years ago
How can a #1 act be underrated? The Carpenters were the #1 selling act of the 70s, beating out the Bee-Gees, the Eagles, ABBA, all the disco acts, even Michael Jackson. How you could consider that underrated is beyond me. It is not "underrated" but rather "uncool." Compared to Sid Viscious, that is. That's something entirely different.
LarryBrown2 2 years ago
Thank you for sharing these- Karen was my first crush when I was growing up (no I didn't know her)
khsbuff1980 3 years ago
Same here.....When I bought the single "Sing" back in 1972 or 1973, the picture on the single jacket showed Karen and Richard walking towards the camera.....I, then, focused on Karen and I knew that I was in love with her at the age of 12.
Karenfan09 2 years ago
Boy, Karen never ceases to amaze with her talents, great vocals, and drum playing. I like their interpretation of Help! a somewhat jazzed up version.
kboyzrock 3 years ago
They did a great job interpreting Ticket To Ride in this way. Karen sounds amazing. "I think I'm gonna be sad..." She really kills on the sad stuff. So much emotion in her voice.
MillionthUsername 3 years ago 2
classic stuff :)
EngelNr666 3 years ago
What a show! You can't ask for more!
The incredible Carpenters! Beautiful feeling and pop. AWESOME
lejoe48 3 years ago
The Alto Princess in her absolute prime. Fans should freeze it at 3:49 for a look of pure joy in her performance. As the Japanese would, and probably did, say, this concert was subarashii!
cruice45 3 years ago 10
@cruice45 Or check out the Johnny B. Good cover they did in 1974 in Japan
sheplaysajag 6 months ago
Live performance videos are the best! Thanks so much for posting this! Richard doesn't even look at the keyboard while playing much of that solo for "Help;" it's amazing.
no1cfielder 3 years ago
great videos!! man! I LOVE THEM!
fanqueen 4 years ago
You really have some great Carpenters videos. Thanks for uploading this one and the whole series. :-)
swimtoshore89 4 years ago 2
Forever timeless sound. How can this talent be ignored even today. Absolutely incredible sound
asa0207 4 years ago 2
The quality of their live performances is truly amazing. You don't see that anymore. And her voice is simply the most beautiful one ever.
Rest in peace dear Karen
edwinheida 4 years ago 3
Thank you for uploading this gem!
BdolfVanNille 4 years ago
Nice to see Karen drumming and singing.
cathrynm 4 years ago
at there very end of love is surrender, karen inhales a moth. you can hear her choking on something, poor thing, that would suck
babsfocker 4 years ago
Good ears!
LoveHowardBanister 4 years ago
I love how they did this song live -- there is another video of this from a televised concert in Australia that is a bit better -- this one seems a bit rushed... Regardless, I am puzzled as to why when Karen chose to re-record Ticket for their first greatest hits album in 1973 she did not do it this way, with the upbeat ending and vocal florishes she did here (both of which are exactly the same as on the Live in Australia clip)
reymansd 4 years ago
Karen's voice changed around 1971-72. She was huskier sounding in 69, and she hated the way she sounded. She re-recorded Ticket to Ride in 73 to sound more polished. Listen to the first version...it's night and day in quality.
steveatl40 3 years ago
This is fantastic but shocking to me because I didn't know they'd came to Japan in 72'; I attended their concerts in 74' and 76'. It's amusing to see them perform with less sophisticated sound system and not in the largest hall of Budokan like 74' and 76'. Thank you so much for posting this.
calnybspa 4 years ago
Amazing! Thanks for posting this!
carpentersfan1992 4 years ago