Not a big fan of this music but Karen was an amazing singer with a great voice and she didn´t need some stupid vocal gimmicks to sound good ala christina aguilera.
Wow! This song always brings back a time for me when it first played on the radio - 12 years old, awkward, goofy, awful adolescence. Crushes on girls who would never notice me in return. That frustration and small sense of loneliness dovetailed perfectly with this song every time I heard it. The lyrics made me feel that I wasn't the only one who was sad. It will always be special because of that. :-)
I first heard her when I was really young. It was a documentary about her wonderful, tragic life, and I cried with my mom holding me. I still cry whenever I hear this song. My boyfriend likes 80s bands and George Jones, but he says Karen Carpenter has the best voice of anyone he's ever heard.
Quite The Intelligence Community in I Am Music! Karen Carpenter as Her Majesty and His Bride to Be! What a Voice!...signed, Rob O!...in this FM STEREO she must mean!
Trying to work out when listening to this beautiful, powerful song, there is a link to Nicki Minaj - Super Hoe? Is this just to show whats going wrong with music today?
@MartyWilletts Thank you.. I totally agree with you! what happened to Julie Andrews, The Beatles, and Karen herself? they just kinda faded away... I know a lot of people still listen to them but...not everyone.. just the terrible stuff released against it like super hoe which is all machines and not any talent. Thanks to youtube for keeping Karen's voice rich!
@jejozi What I meant was that no one really listens to their songs anymore because they were all big and famous in the past and todays music is terrible but somehow still popular.
wow,such a beautiful song,the song make's me think of my life,sometime's we are alone but,if you can see good in the world and in people around you'then you are not alone beacuse you have friend's,you never knew were there,god bless.
@magicti so true. i have learnt that you'll never be alone if you can see good and beauty in who and what surrounds you, and if you greet the world with a smile, no matter what is going on in your life.
Pure, crystalline voice......simple yet poignant, todays so called singers should take a lesson from this amazing woman......Karen gone too soon, yet her voice will live forever....
She was great. So was her brother. As for the era, people mocked the '70s for two decades...til they realized that it was probably the best decade in recorded music. Look what we have now. It's remarkably pathetic. Ain't it though?
What a VOICE! What a talent! What a LOSS! What a sad DISEASE! Yes, it was and is a disease. Get help if you have anorexia or bulimia.
Seriously, WE MEN truly don't care if you have a few 'extra' pounds - that is SOCIETY and pressure of the stupid irresponsible mainstream media who tell you that - or stupid insensitive men. I don't want a 'perfect' woman for what place would she want with me, an imperfect man?
Remember, God loves us AS-IS and if you cannot find a guy/girl who does, dump them.
I think it's sickening that there's a huge ad for a song called "Stupid Hoe" by Nicki Minaj right underneath this video... How dare you disgrace Karen Carpenter's memory and her talent with that placement Vevo! HOW. DARE. YOU. Nicki Minaj doesn't have 1 billionth the talent of Karen Carpenter. She should be scrubbing toilets somewhere, not plastered all over the Internet with pink hair and a snarly expression on her face. Disgusting.
It is the curse of creative perfection/of beauty beyond description, that in he face of this perfection and purity there is the human factor of self destruction...kinda makes me mad.I swear ....I miss her
Before anyone knew about anorexia, kind of opended the door on this malignant disease--I think it is too much unrealistic idealization of women but that is for another venue I guess,her voice is angelic and the music, beyond words
I love Karen Carpenter, as a Child I wished to be near her-Especially Christmas - Merry Christmas Darling- To You Karen if only I could have been there- Sit On Top of the world sweet girl, There Are no more Rainy days for you- what a lasting impression wow!!!!!!
If Only if some-one heard your pain, You have just begun.........
your voice is like an angel singing, I will forever sing your songs.....
Is it wrong to still get emotional over her passing? Probably..but when I was 13,I was devastated. Such a lovely girl. Wished I was older to marry her and stop her from dying
This video made me cry, the song in its self kind of expresses Karen's life. Shes so beautiful, thankyou for sharing your talent with the world while you had time on this earth, rest in peace
If this doesn't describe depression to a tee, I don't know what does.
I always liked this song, even as a child. I didn't quite fully understand the meaning of the song, but the tone of the music came thru loud and clear.
I appreciate this song even more so as an adult. Kudos to Paul Williams for this piece.
Dear webmaster, I'm still searching for that favorite song of mine when Karen sings something like..."Why is it that when ever I see you the birds come out & sing..." Anyone?
@anthropod4 You're most probably thinking of Close to You......"Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near? Just like me, they long to be close to you."
I grew up in Santa Fe Springs,CA. Downey, CA the city next door is where Karen and Richard lived. I remember the City was so excited when they broke out in the music industry. And, our City's turned dark when she passed at Downey Community Hospital. I remember writing to them and asking for an autographed picture. They wrote back, I remember being so excited. RIP, Lovely Karen.
Well today is Rainy Day and it is Monday! This is a 40-year old song and I still love listening to this esp. when it is cold and I need something to make me fall asleep... :0
Fact: This is a 1971 song of the Carpenters... Karen died in 1983, aged 32... So video is made 14 years after the song and 2 years after Karen died which is in 1985.
i listened to this song a lot..my first love.....we broke up....and this song came on the radio..listened to it a lot..never left me..one of the Carpenters best songs...
Kalo Inget Carpenter waw inget nyokap kalo lagi bersiul dengan lagu2 dari carpenter...begitu juga dengan kaka gue...penggemar berat Carpenter thanx u'r posting Bro... Hope a Succes 4u
Terrific song. It's kind of a bittersweet irony that it essentially ends with a sort of uplifting feeling of knowing that you're going to endure these depressing feelings. It's probably my favorite of theirs. I think it was written by Paul Williams. All their early hits were someone else's work. This was by Paul Williams. Close to You was Bacharach and David. Only Just Begun was a bank jingle that Richard re-worked. He felt a lot of pressure to try to match that stuff but couldn't.
I always loved Karen Carpenter and the Carpenter music. I had an eight track tape player in my car, with the Carpenter tape inserted. The thief took my tape player, but threw the 8 track on the floor. I was at least thankful he had no taste. Probably would have taken the tape if it had been Three Dog Nite or Steppenwolf.
Most beautiful voice Ever!!!! My parents had the "Close to You" album & I loved it because my young aunts used to play it when I was 3 yrs old while babysitting me. Im 45 yrs old & stilll love this forever timeless music!!!!!
I played this at my mom's funeral reception. She loved the 70 's music and I thought it was corny but now after 40 years I appreciate it so much! Karen was special. Just like my mom. I miss you! God bless you Cynthia!
quanta saudade...dos bailes que ia com a namoradinha e amigos e amigas de juventude...ah se eu pudessse voltarrrrr Só aconteciam coisas bôas,maravilhosas.
I wish so bad that there was another singer that could make me feel the music the way Karen Carpenter does. She sings so effortlessly and her voice just pierces my soul. I mourn for all the beautiful songs she never was able to sing.
Amy Winehouse did an informal 1 take version of A song for you at her home in early 09,she broke down halfway through as though she was singing her life story.
It will be on her new Hidden Treaures album out Dec 5th.
Though the Beatles and Rolling Stones were still in the forefront when this song came out, Karen Carpenter was revered even then....such passion and feeling in that voice....
Although I adore Karen's voice and skill, the opening stills here have caused me to wonder - What, beyond her brother, did her eyes see? Her body image, given her weight loss, must have been other than what we observed on camera, but for the first time here I noticed how rarely her gaze is at rest during a performance, the sole common exception, that I've noticed, being Richard. A tragic loss, but I'm uncertain how far she was truly with us.
back in the 1970's didn't listen to the carpenters, their songs were too sad sounding.now 2011 can't stop listening to that voice.she is good company on those long, lonely drives from the midwest to the east coast
Listening to the cars with their tires making that lonely sound they always make on wet pavewment. The air is alive with moisture and it's all a shade of grey that feels so impersonal yet full of emotions.
When i listen to the Carpenters, i'm taken back to the time my mate first discovered i knew the songs and decided that i was to sing to him whenever he couldn't sleep. This was his personal favourite. Miss him something fierce :(
The Carpenters ...toute une époque....j'avais 14 ans quand j'ai entendu la 1ére fois les Carpenters ....Tout de suite j'ai aimé leurs mélodies et cette voix mélodieuse ..et rassurante . Je pense qu'il y a une part maternelle dans sa voix qui apaise dès qu'on l'entend .Il est dommage que cela se termine si tragiquement fin des années 70 ..mais son souvenir est très présent ..On ne trouve plus ses disques dans les bacs ...et les jeunes générations ne connaissent pas
I didn't fit in the crowd because I listened to the Carpenters in school back in the 70's. I didn't care. Screw the crowd. Follow your heart. R.I.P. Karen. You reached into my soul.
Karen, you were just so special for this world, the voices of the stupid people made you feel bad and dissapear slowly from this world, but you remain untouchable in our hearts.
@wilmaprowhaggard I have got to give you credit on your confession because it's true. I bet that you're probably one of those deep purple, johnny winters or led zeppelin lovers. Around that time I myself was about 12 and into the same stuff always looking for new sounds. That was the moment for what was to come in the 80's and what we keep on listening to today. It's all about emotions. You feel it, you love it. You just cannot avoid being melted away Karen's heavenly voice.
I was never a big Carpenters fan, but this song has been in my head and played itself at times when the mood has fit for the last 40 years, from the time I was 17. That speaks for itself about Karen and this song.
I have always loved Karen Carpenter ever since I was small child as her voice not only made me feel happy and loved but painted a tapestry of the world far better than it actually was and I was devastated when I learned that Karen had gone, I thought at the time how can she die when she's so young gifted and beautiful and what hope is there for the rest of us if an angel can be cruelly taken! I really believe that some people never truly die and Karen is definitely one of them. Xx
Well this is great. I came here to escape the corrupted music of 21st century and enjoy the real music from the 1970's, and here it is an enormous border of Justin Bieber in a perspective as it is dominating the video player. I am not watching this without fullscreening it >:-(
@spamdude060 I whole heartedly agree as its such an audacious insult having a plastic phoney's image massively dominating such a wonderful talent and beautiful human being that is Karan Carpenter
In the mid 70's I recall hearing karen sing and though to myself that she had a fancy voice with slang.It wasn't in till the late 90"s when public television had their telethon and aired Remembering the Carpenters,pointing out that there really hasn't been anyone quite like her since that I caught on.Lately with the web one can find around 200 different songs with her singing.I'd say all her songs are #1 hits.
In the mid 70's I recall hearing karen sing and though to myself that she had a fancy voice with slang.It wasn't in till the late 90"s when public television had their telethon and aired Remembering the Carpenters,pointing out that there really hasn't been anyone quite like her since that I caught on.Lately with the web one can find around 200 different songs with her singing.I'd say all her songs are #1 hits.
Karen Carpenter, una de las mas grandes interpretes de todos los tiempos, tu talento trascendió las fronteras del idioma y se que en el cielo, debes de estar precediendo un coro celestial, cualuiera que haya escuchado tus canciones, no puede mas que agradecer a Dios por que alguna vez habitaste la Tierra y dejate un legado imborrable para quien amamos la buena musica y el talento de la buena voz. Mi sencillo homenaje y mi eterno aplauso para ti. Dios te bendiga para toda la eternidad.
for certain one of the greatest female singers ever ! Just to good to last, to bad they didnt have appropriate treatment back in the late 70's else she would be here today, taken way too soon ! RIP, my dear girl ! sleep gently .............
Great Song :-)
stormbird02 10 hours ago in playlist Liked videos
i love her songs.Especially karen
lisalisalisa9years 21 hours ago
Not a big fan of this music but Karen was an amazing singer with a great voice and she didn´t need some stupid vocal gimmicks to sound good ala christina aguilera.
Starkardur 1 day ago
sad
PeepsRock309 1 day ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
Wow! This song always brings back a time for me when it first played on the radio - 12 years old, awkward, goofy, awful adolescence. Crushes on girls who would never notice me in return. That frustration and small sense of loneliness dovetailed perfectly with this song every time I heard it. The lyrics made me feel that I wasn't the only one who was sad. It will always be special because of that. :-)
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I first heard her when I was really young. It was a documentary about her wonderful, tragic life, and I cried with my mom holding me. I still cry whenever I hear this song. My boyfriend likes 80s bands and George Jones, but he says Karen Carpenter has the best voice of anyone he's ever heard.
ballerinatwin3 3 days ago
Quite The Intelligence Community in I Am Music! Karen Carpenter as Her Majesty and His Bride to Be! What a Voice!...signed, Rob O!...in this FM STEREO she must mean!
foxyroxstar 4 days ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
My 1st time to see and to know that Karen Carpenters play a drums. Nice video clip. Many thanks for uploading.
wafuakobefore 6 days ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
singing while playing drums, Amazing
XX15214 1 week ago 4
amazing voice, Warms my heart. every time I hear this song
biggietheillesttt 1 week ago
kanye, gtfo the side of my video!
Endrance88 2 weeks ago
It's a Shame that Fame kills so many young people.
dukeof1999 2 weeks ago
Tomorrow gonna be another Monday blue again
antonia0623 2 weeks ago
Trying to work out when listening to this beautiful, powerful song, there is a link to Nicki Minaj - Super Hoe? Is this just to show whats going wrong with music today?
MartyWilletts 3 weeks ago
@MartyWilletts Thank you.. I totally agree with you! what happened to Julie Andrews, The Beatles, and Karen herself? they just kinda faded away... I know a lot of people still listen to them but...not everyone.. just the terrible stuff released against it like super hoe which is all machines and not any talent. Thanks to youtube for keeping Karen's voice rich!
GMODYAY 2 weeks ago
@GMODYAY Julie Andrews lost her voice due to a botched throat surgery, Karen Carpenter starved herself to death and the Beatles broke up.
jejozi 1 week ago
@jejozi What I meant was that no one really listens to their songs anymore because they were all big and famous in the past and todays music is terrible but somehow still popular.
GMODYAY 1 week ago
wow,such a beautiful song,the song make's me think of my life,sometime's we are alone but,if you can see good in the world and in people around you'then you are not alone beacuse you have friend's,you never knew were there,god bless.
magicti 3 weeks ago
@magicti so true. i have learnt that you'll never be alone if you can see good and beauty in who and what surrounds you, and if you greet the world with a smile, no matter what is going on in your life.
therealcocotheclown 3 weeks ago
Will Ferrell on sax ladies and gentlemen.
ProtagorasEmber 3 weeks ago 2
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:) hhhhh
dmxjo 3 weeks ago
Karen is one of the seven wonders of the world.
galhud 3 weeks ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters 6
I know this song from the x-files, and i really love it.
CrazyUFOz 4 weeks ago
Pure, crystalline voice......simple yet poignant, todays so called singers should take a lesson from this amazing woman......Karen gone too soon, yet her voice will live forever....
drbop10 1 month ago
She was great. So was her brother. As for the era, people mocked the '70s for two decades...til they realized that it was probably the best decade in recorded music. Look what we have now. It's remarkably pathetic. Ain't it though?
tarp11z 1 month ago
What a VOICE! What a talent! What a LOSS! What a sad DISEASE! Yes, it was and is a disease. Get help if you have anorexia or bulimia.
Seriously, WE MEN truly don't care if you have a few 'extra' pounds - that is SOCIETY and pressure of the stupid irresponsible mainstream media who tell you that - or stupid insensitive men. I don't want a 'perfect' woman for what place would she want with me, an imperfect man?
Remember, God loves us AS-IS and if you cannot find a guy/girl who does, dump them.
TednGilbertAZ 1 month ago
I think it's sickening that there's a huge ad for a song called "Stupid Hoe" by Nicki Minaj right underneath this video... How dare you disgrace Karen Carpenter's memory and her talent with that placement Vevo! HOW. DARE. YOU. Nicki Minaj doesn't have 1 billionth the talent of Karen Carpenter. She should be scrubbing toilets somewhere, not plastered all over the Internet with pink hair and a snarly expression on her face. Disgusting.
jposh707 1 month ago 7
@reapupshadow indeed, yes. I was very sad to learn that she was dead, but there will always be in my heart.
worldofdie7 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters 3
Sad thing about Karen Carpenter, is that she died of anorexia.
Supersweetguy 1 month ago
It is the curse of creative perfection/of beauty beyond description, that in he face of this perfection and purity there is the human factor of self destruction...kinda makes me mad.I swear ....I miss her
Mlczdk1 1 month ago
Really love carpenters very much..No other singers just like them..
mangyan1981 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
Before anyone knew about anorexia, kind of opended the door on this malignant disease--I think it is too much unrealistic idealization of women but that is for another venue I guess,her voice is angelic and the music, beyond words
warren3427 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos 2
saddens me still she was so pretty yet she couldnt see how much of a beautiful person she was her voice was pure magic full of emotion.
thebittermonk 1 month ago
I love Karen Carpenter, as a Child I wished to be near her-Especially Christmas - Merry Christmas Darling- To You Karen if only I could have been there- Sit On Top of the world sweet girl, There Are no more Rainy days for you- what a lasting impression wow!!!!!!
If Only if some-one heard your pain, You have just begun.........
your voice is like an angel singing, I will forever sing your songs.....
an anorexic -your music is my food!!!!!!!
t18017 1 month ago
I should of been born in the 1970's... but oh well, this is fate, I'm here in lousy 2012.
winterchild97 1 month ago
beam me back to the 1970's ..2012 music sucks..
polyestersuits4ever 1 month ago
Excellent song - I love the Carpenters - What a great loss...
lgr0072 1 month ago
Is it wrong to still get emotional over her passing? Probably..but when I was 13,I was devastated. Such a lovely girl. Wished I was older to marry her and stop her from dying
zedhed1982 1 month ago
What a wonderful song.... beyond me how can 15 people say they disliked it...
MrOrmesby 1 month ago
I love the Carpenters! Such beautiful music!
padude64 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
15 people have no ears
BellaSilvery 1 month ago 3
How could she sing and play the drums at the same time and still do both perfectly?!?!?!?! She made them all last forever...
leticiafazito 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters 3
It is too exquisite==poignant---this song is embedded in my melancholy teen years, evey word hits me, except for find someone who loves me
warren3427 1 month ago
The Best !!!!!! Will Miss Her Forever !!!!!!!!!
daraseo 1 month ago 3
TIMELESS AND BEAUITFUL BRINGS BACK INCREDIBLE MEMORIES WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
daraseo 1 month ago 2
Just another beautiful song from one of the the best singers ever.
hayling122 1 month ago 5
Combination of Paul Williams lyrics + Carpenters music unbeatable--This song has been a favorite of mine since my melancholy teen yrs
warren3427 1 month ago
This video made me cry, the song in its self kind of expresses Karen's life. Shes so beautiful, thankyou for sharing your talent with the world while you had time on this earth, rest in peace
AuntyEm97 1 month ago in playlist ... 3
Que tema, QUE tema...
AlegambaV 1 month ago
i came here to express my sensitive side
buttslaya 1 month ago
im here to explore my sensitive side.
buttslaya 1 month ago
Poor, poor Karen. A tragic victim of the world's image obsession.
Karen, you were beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Your voice was incredible. If only the world could have had more.
jazzzyy13 1 month ago 5
im gonna cry man :'(
colbimitchell 1 month ago in playlist lullabye
such an expressive voice warmth vunerability beauty all there
daniellekingdjk3 1 month ago
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RulosTengco 1 month ago in playlist algo.
wow i miss you karen.
PeepsRock309 1 month ago
Before Adele, there was Karen.
Jacobzi 1 month ago 3
If this doesn't describe depression to a tee, I don't know what does.
I always liked this song, even as a child. I didn't quite fully understand the meaning of the song, but the tone of the music came thru loud and clear.
I appreciate this song even more so as an adult. Kudos to Paul Williams for this piece.
totallyred 1 month ago 2
Sad yet somehow optimistic.
FilmFreakable2 1 month ago
god i love tyhis song so much--Im so melancholy
warren3427 2 months ago in playlist Liked videos
@warren3427 & seyidahmed, THANKS! THAT'S THE SONG! "Close to you."
anthropod4 2 months ago
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apparentlybrian 2 months ago
Am I the only one who came here frm The wiiiered part of Youtube????????
TheUday99 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
so nice !!!
kimnogo 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
Dear webmaster, I'm still searching for that favorite song of mine when Karen sings something like..."Why is it that when ever I see you the birds come out & sing..." Anyone?
anthropod4 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
@anthropod4 You're most probably thinking of Close to You......"Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near? Just like me, they long to be close to you."
seyidahmed 2 months ago
@anthropod4 it It sounds like "Close to you" poosibly--actually, im fairly sure
warren3427 2 months ago in playlist Liked videos
Canción de Paul Williams Karen.....que recuerdos!!!!!!!......tambien amaba a esta mujer
fernandosabattini 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
@fernandosabattini I agree 100%!!
warren3427 2 months ago in playlist Liked videos
@warren3427 Si! gracias- suerte y felicidades
fernandosabattini 2 months ago
I have only 14 years, I am Spanish and the only thing I can say about The Carpinters and especially of Karen: BEAUTIFUL. wordless :'(
worldofdie7 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters 56
@worldofdie7 Say "I am only 14 years old".
jcspeb010 2 months ago
@jcspeb010 Sorry, therefore I said that I am Spanish. I can not speak English too well.
worldofdie7 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
@worldofdie7 Do not worry your little head. We got the message loud & clear. Your English is much better than my Spanish.
H1delta 2 months ago 18
@worldofdie7 Real music from the heart from real people. Even the lyrics speaks for itself.
reapupshadow 1 month ago 4
It's monday and it's raining. Perfect storm for this song :)
MsKikiLaRue 2 months ago
@MsKikiLaRue Are you in California right now? lol That's exactly the same reason I came to this song. lol
BlotBlackInk 2 months ago
@BlotBlackInk Yeah! I'm in southern cali. hehe. Stay Dry! ^_^
MsKikiLaRue 2 months ago
@MsKikiLaRue Haha, youtube is awesome...
BlotBlackInk 2 months ago
love how she plays the drumms.
purdypinky 2 months ago
i wish she wouldnt have given up
1234roadking1 2 months ago
I grew up in Santa Fe Springs,CA. Downey, CA the city next door is where Karen and Richard lived. I remember the City was so excited when they broke out in the music industry. And, our City's turned dark when she passed at Downey Community Hospital. I remember writing to them and asking for an autographed picture. They wrote back, I remember being so excited. RIP, Lovely Karen.
MakeupbySandie 2 months ago
Love your songs Karen. So sorry you're gone. Thanks so much for the beautiful music.
cache505 2 months ago
her voice 's too good for this world
rcdinh91 2 months ago
Even after forty years, this song still holds the same appeal for me. i still enjoy Karen's voice as I did four decades ago.
gczahid 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
好喜歡她的聲音~
TheGreen1025 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
Well today is Rainy Day and it is Monday! This is a 40-year old song and I still love listening to this esp. when it is cold and I need something to make me fall asleep... :0
Jhonwil 2 months ago
Fact: This is a 1971 song of the Carpenters... Karen died in 1983, aged 32... So video is made 14 years after the song and 2 years after Karen died which is in 1985.
Jhonwil 2 months ago
I remember listening to Casey Kasem during his AT40 show when I found out that Karen died. She was one of my most favorite artists at the time.
kilraven44 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
Oh my God, this is not the Carpenters... I've been wondering who this song was by since i was, like, 12...
She has such a gorgeous voice! definitely my favorite band from the 70's :)
Lookin4sweetTALK 2 months ago
Always loved this song...I was young when it was playing on the radio. R.I.P.
BarackHassanbinsober 2 months ago
the ad before this video can suck my anus
animalmuther4000 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
i listened to this song a lot..my first love.....we broke up....and this song came on the radio..listened to it a lot..never left me..one of the Carpenters best songs...
davie289 2 months ago
Kalo Inget Carpenter waw inget nyokap kalo lagi bersiul dengan lagu2 dari carpenter...begitu juga dengan kaka gue...penggemar berat Carpenter thanx u'r posting Bro... Hope a Succes 4u
revi41 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
Almost have to feel sorry for the young people today who have to listen to todays garbage music!
Mikepservice 2 months ago
now who's lady googoo again?
1234roadking1 2 months ago
Terrific song. It's kind of a bittersweet irony that it essentially ends with a sort of uplifting feeling of knowing that you're going to endure these depressing feelings. It's probably my favorite of theirs. I think it was written by Paul Williams. All their early hits were someone else's work. This was by Paul Williams. Close to You was Bacharach and David. Only Just Begun was a bank jingle that Richard re-worked. He felt a lot of pressure to try to match that stuff but couldn't.
EdwardWLynn 2 months ago
I always loved Karen Carpenter and the Carpenter music. I had an eight track tape player in my car, with the Carpenter tape inserted. The thief took my tape player, but threw the 8 track on the floor. I was at least thankful he had no taste. Probably would have taken the tape if it had been Three Dog Nite or Steppenwolf.
Starlifter88 2 months ago
How can anyone dislike The Carpenters?...Karen was awesome...when she recorded a song...she only had to do it in one take.
DebiNga 2 months ago
Most beautiful voice Ever!!!! My parents had the "Close to You" album & I loved it because my young aunts used to play it when I was 3 yrs old while babysitting me. Im 45 yrs old & stilll love this forever timeless music!!!!!
lizzardsgumby81 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters 2
14 people must live in the desert, and go by something other then the Mayan Calender.....geesh...
Winchesterboy100 2 months ago in playlist My Personal
Fuck you VEVO!
t10bravo 2 months ago
Her voice was so beautiful.
SpeakaDaEnglish 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
linda voz.
profetaatalaiauliahu 2 months ago
You can tell Richard is a little "luded" out in some of the shots. Quaaludes ... wow, I remember them!
barneyronnie 2 months ago
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I played this at my mom's funeral reception. She loved the 70 's music and I thought it was corny but now after 40 years I appreciate it so much! Karen was special. Just like my mom. I miss you! God bless you Cynthia!
danielnordeen 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
quanta saudade...dos bailes que ia com a namoradinha e amigos e amigas de juventude...ah se eu pudessse voltarrrrr Só aconteciam coisas bôas,maravilhosas.
MrJeffersonFranca 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
Sad-sweet Karen Carpenter-Paul Williams masterpiece
warren3427 3 months ago
I wish so bad that there was another singer that could make me feel the music the way Karen Carpenter does. She sings so effortlessly and her voice just pierces my soul. I mourn for all the beautiful songs she never was able to sing.
MrGirliegirl 3 months ago
Amy Winehouse did an informal 1 take version of A song for you at her home in early 09,she broke down halfway through as though she was singing her life story.
It will be on her new Hidden Treaures album out Dec 5th.
195477EP 3 months ago
The puriest voice ever ! Such a tragedy. I made a lot of memories with her songs playing. RIP Karen. FOREVER YOUNG.
onlyme114 3 months ago
Though the Beatles and Rolling Stones were still in the forefront when this song came out, Karen Carpenter was revered even then....such passion and feeling in that voice....
centralparocker 3 months ago
Although I adore Karen's voice and skill, the opening stills here have caused me to wonder - What, beyond her brother, did her eyes see? Her body image, given her weight loss, must have been other than what we observed on camera, but for the first time here I noticed how rarely her gaze is at rest during a performance, the sole common exception, that I've noticed, being Richard. A tragic loss, but I'm uncertain how far she was truly with us.
Alcagaur1 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
Another Paul Williams classic--her voice is so incredibel--
warren3427 3 months ago
back in the 1970's didn't listen to the carpenters, their songs were too sad sounding.now 2011 can't stop listening to that voice.she is good company on those long, lonely drives from the midwest to the east coast
polyestersuits4ever 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
why the hell would someone press the dislike button to this music
Kumakerotan01 3 months ago
This song brings back so many good memories from my youth in the 70s.
vesilohikaarme 3 months ago
great lyrics to a great song!! Loveeeeee it!!!
MultiChristinaD 3 months ago
Voice of an Angel. may she RIP
TheChibiFan 3 months ago
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Before Adelle and all of them - there was KAREN CARPENTER!!!!
MrMjhealtheworld 3 months ago
Oh, my God! What voice!
MultiPalp 3 months ago
Listening to the cars with their tires making that lonely sound they always make on wet pavewment. The air is alive with moisture and it's all a shade of grey that feels so impersonal yet full of emotions.
longthought1 3 months ago
When i listen to the Carpenters, i'm taken back to the time my mate first discovered i knew the songs and decided that i was to sing to him whenever he couldn't sleep. This was his personal favourite. Miss him something fierce :(
freddie488 3 months ago
Oh i love the carpenters they're my guilty pleasure :)
laydeesmexi 3 months ago
Oh i love the carpenters they'er my guilty pleasure :)
laydeesmexi 3 months ago
her voice is beautiful. you've gotta love this song, seeing as it's sunday today
cheesenightmares 3 months ago in playlist cheesenightmares's favourites
Apesar de tantas Divas, acho que essa menina tem a mais linda voz que eu já ouvi. Talvez, se ela fosse feliz, não cantasse assim.
RMN1948 3 months ago
I miss you so much mother...
ninjutsuwolf 3 months ago
her voice makes me wanna date white girls..
yupjeon 3 months ago
still remains one of the best female voices ever.
buster3744 3 months ago
I just wonder what's wrong with 14 people who disliked this video? they shouldn't have watched this if they don't want it, ryt??
bcdLr04 3 months ago 9
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The Carpenters ...toute une époque....j'avais 14 ans quand j'ai entendu la 1ére fois les Carpenters ....Tout de suite j'ai aimé leurs mélodies et cette voix mélodieuse ..et rassurante . Je pense qu'il y a une part maternelle dans sa voix qui apaise dès qu'on l'entend .Il est dommage que cela se termine si tragiquement fin des années 70 ..mais son souvenir est très présent ..On ne trouve plus ses disques dans les bacs ...et les jeunes générations ne connaissent pas
MrLinoventura 3 months ago
wow,, never saw this vid before,,, exellent,,,
markirish37 3 months ago
I didn't fit in the crowd because I listened to the Carpenters in school back in the 70's. I didn't care. Screw the crowd. Follow your heart. R.I.P. Karen. You reached into my soul.
RyeGrog1 3 months ago
Karen, you were just so special for this world, the voices of the stupid people made you feel bad and dissapear slowly from this world, but you remain untouchable in our hearts.
ninjutsuwolf 3 months ago 2
nice song
TheRaymond1556 3 months ago
A PESAR DEL TIEMPO KAREM TE SEGUIMOS EXTRAÑANDO SIEMPRE TUS TEMAS ESTAN Y ESTARAN EN NUESTRAS REUNIONES
aceve07 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
no need to talk it out , we know what's it's all about...SOOO Gangster !!
nicksousa8 3 months ago
your fucking me 500,000 views...
HoltCalifornia 4 months ago
It wasn't COOL to love the Capenter in the 70s, but we all did.
wilmaprowhaggard 4 months ago 21
@wilmaprowhaggard I have got to give you credit on your confession because it's true. I bet that you're probably one of those deep purple, johnny winters or led zeppelin lovers. Around that time I myself was about 12 and into the same stuff always looking for new sounds. That was the moment for what was to come in the 80's and what we keep on listening to today. It's all about emotions. You feel it, you love it. You just cannot avoid being melted away Karen's heavenly voice.
horaciobotaya 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
YEP
tfm9882 2 months ago
I was never a big Carpenters fan, but this song has been in my head and played itself at times when the mood has fit for the last 40 years, from the time I was 17. That speaks for itself about Karen and this song.
HowdyDooby 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
Beautiful voice and song.
DMSteller87 4 months ago
Love Karens voice. So Clear !!!!! R.I.P <3
IsabellaKBH 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters 2
"Funny but it seems I always wind up here with you
It's nice to know somebody loves me
Funny but it seems that it's the only thing to do
To run and find the one who loves me"
Karen, I love u <3
nickharrisomyspace 4 months ago 2
This is soo Beautiful!
tvrichie 4 months ago
I have always loved Karen Carpenter ever since I was small child as her voice not only made me feel happy and loved but painted a tapestry of the world far better than it actually was and I was devastated when I learned that Karen had gone, I thought at the time how can she die when she's so young gifted and beautiful and what hope is there for the rest of us if an angel can be cruelly taken! I really believe that some people never truly die and Karen is definitely one of them. Xx
MrWhamster1 4 months ago 41
@MrWhamster1 ME TOO!!!!!!!!!! :)
AleMayaOM 3 months ago
Well this is great. I came here to escape the corrupted music of 21st century and enjoy the real music from the 1970's, and here it is an enormous border of Justin Bieber in a perspective as it is dominating the video player. I am not watching this without fullscreening it >:-(
spamdude060 4 months ago 2
@spamdude060 I whole heartedly agree as its such an audacious insult having a plastic phoney's image massively dominating such a wonderful talent and beautiful human being that is Karan Carpenter
MrWhamster1 4 months ago
I'ts a beautiful song is very pretty
Letochin 4 months ago
No Comments... Just wonderful t ear once more this lovely song in the words of a Great Artist
sarcomakaposi 4 months ago
Como algo puede ser triste y tan bello a la vez...
Gracias Carpenters por moverme los sentimientos...
soyuncometa 4 months ago
nice voice in the music industry............
sphat22 4 months ago
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Hierophant345 4 months ago
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Hierophant345 4 months ago
In the mid 70's I recall hearing karen sing and though to myself that she had a fancy voice with slang.It wasn't in till the late 90"s when public television had their telethon and aired Remembering the Carpenters,pointing out that there really hasn't been anyone quite like her since that I caught on.Lately with the web one can find around 200 different songs with her singing.I'd say all her songs are #1 hits.
curtis7690 4 months ago
In the mid 70's I recall hearing karen sing and though to myself that she had a fancy voice with slang.It wasn't in till the late 90"s when public television had their telethon and aired Remembering the Carpenters,pointing out that there really hasn't been anyone quite like her since that I caught on.Lately with the web one can find around 200 different songs with her singing.I'd say all her songs are #1 hits.
curtis7690 4 months ago
Now I feel down.
domotouna 4 months ago
I cry every time i listen to this song... even if i already listened it a thousand times in the day. love her sooouul !! <3
hojasdeciruelo 5 months ago
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I will never forget this voice.
ladyvangaret 5 months ago
Karen Carpenter, una de las mas grandes interpretes de todos los tiempos, tu talento trascendió las fronteras del idioma y se que en el cielo, debes de estar precediendo un coro celestial, cualuiera que haya escuchado tus canciones, no puede mas que agradecer a Dios por que alguna vez habitaste la Tierra y dejate un legado imborrable para quien amamos la buena musica y el talento de la buena voz. Mi sencillo homenaje y mi eterno aplauso para ti. Dios te bendiga para toda la eternidad.
incorregible3000 5 months ago
Karen and Richard hit #2 in Billboard, 6-19-71. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! RIP, Karen.
DaveWollenberg 5 months ago
a voice for the ages
kiaoraguy 5 months ago
simplemente, sublime DEP
jesicamorales1 5 months ago
,uy,uygjg
jesicamorales1 5 months ago
I did get to see them live at Pine Knob back in "71-72" about that time frame, and still remember that voice, sent shivers down Ur spine......
supersonicbird11 5 months ago
for certain one of the greatest female singers ever ! Just to good to last, to bad they didnt have appropriate treatment back in the late 70's else she would be here today, taken way too soon ! RIP, my dear girl ! sleep gently .............
supersonicbird11 5 months ago
she scares me .Her voice was really really apropriated to be used in horror movie such as 4008 . It's scaring !
Andersonfmonteiro 5 months ago