Akiko Kobayashi & Richard Carpenter - The Reply

[Timberextra]

Lovely and Richard does a great job.  Perhaps this is the road the Carpenters would have gone if Karen were here...I'd like to hope so as this WHOLE album is absolutely amazing!!! If you can find it, get it!!!!

[belliottx]

Does anybody know if Keiko Touge has an album out? Does she have a web site?



[iawwwwww]

i fell in love with this song the first time i heard it... and that was like 20 some yrs ago?!

thank you.

[MrShiotani]

小林さんの声を聴くとKARENがまだ生きてるみたいね

[georgebur]

Is she a clone? Or is this her natural voice?

[MissCarrieCake]

how come it's all the asians that manage to sound just like karen! WOW!

[SoloPilot6]

@MissCarrieCake It's because they have a similar natural voice range, and Karen had a minor speech quirk that Asian accents fit in with.

[buddyeagle]

KEKO, ANOTHER JANESE GIRL SING BETTER.

[ssoko]

@buddyeagle ¿can you, please, write her entaire name? So I can look for some song of her.

[buddyeagle]

@buddyeagle KEIKO TOUGE is the best voice ever.

[ireallywanttodirect]

You need to get this to the people who own the Carpenters, which is A & M Records. They are run by a subsidiary of the parent corporation, but here's a link to Interscope Digital Distribution who allows you to upload music and they monitor all uploads for talent. This is a must, please pass to this singer the information. What a voice! interscopedigitaldistribution web site

[mullatto027]

wow i love this song!

[carps1000]

Shes sounds so much like karen if u close yr eyes u can just imagine that it realll is karen & how she would sound today. ye fab.

[jamaila123]

thanx for respond for comments

[jamaila123]

i mean thanx for respond my comment

[sherm696]

She and Richard Carpenter aught to get together! His is a great arranger, pianist, and writer and she has a terrific voice!

[earcandy2008]

...I also love "Beg, Borrow and Steal." The entire CD is excellent.

[cjh661]

o my god i am in love!!! rich if you read this, i have been of yours since i was a child. if u ever go on tour again, please come to bakersfield, ca.

[jamaila123]

akiko is the best then keiko touge....i really compare

[ssoko]

@jamaila123 : I never hear keiko Touge before... Thanks for the tip. (I looked for some videos of her) Her voice is like Karen's but, this Akiko (Kobayashi) put something from her that the (other) akiko didn't. If you could understand what I mean...

[jamaila123]

she's like karen carpenter

[PLISKEN12]

very thick accent. i couldnt tell if its english.

[alan4superman]

I hope Akiko and Richard would go on tour. Some of us did not get to experience Carpenter concerts back then.

[dhilly6710]

Ya know in rock and roll heaven they got a hellofaband!

[earcandy2008]

I heard today that Akiko will be on the Tribute CD in Japan of Carpenters to be released in March of 2009. I wonder what she will sing???

[FlyinRyans35]

is this that irl who is popular for sounding just like karen carpenter?

[StretchinOut]

If you haven't already, you should view, "Karen Carpenter is alive! Meets Richard Carpenter".

This is a live performance of KEIKO Touge who performs in front of Richard Carpenter.

[kboyzrock]

A really beautiful song sung wonderfully by Akiko, in way she sounds like Karen, wish Karen were here to sing this song, it would have been perfect for her. Thanks for sharing this.

[PGursky]

Beautiful song - very well done

[sweetgirl4JC]

This would have been a perfect song for Karen. :(

[pslaw]

A very cool song! Since KC is no longer around. we have to make do with what we have. AK's voice is eerily close to KC's, perhaps it's because of RC's presence. Thanks for posting.

[sweetgirl4JC]

True. BUT no one can compare 100 percent with karen's. It's a blessing to even sound a smidgen like her. And on some notes she sounds like Karen. Makes us miss her more! GOD bless her †

[sisterlead02]

Thank you!

[sweetgirl4JC]

on some notes she sounds similar to Karen, GOD rest her soul.