On the contrary, her brother Richard was quite affected by Karen't death. If he ever referred to her "shallowly" as you say, it might only be with the words he used but certainly the feelings were there.
Watch this footage and listen to those lyrics with the voice matching them; and you'll see the real, emotionally scared human being who wanted to be loved and told that she was loved. She isn't acting here, this is her life tragedy disguised as just another Carpenters song. She o didn't care about the fame, she just wanted to love living. Maybe she might be alive today if someone had reached out emotionally. Her brother to this day hides his true deep feelings, always rerfering to her shallowly.
Karen's favorite song. We love you, Karen. You were much too loving and nice in this so imperfect world. Thanks for being a squeaky clean image. You and Richard may not have appreciated this, but Christian,conservative,wholesome people all over the world appreciated it. You epitomized goody goody and for that I love you
Her voice is really beautiful. I feel a bit blue while listening to this song, 'cause I feel needing to be in love again as well, but still haven't found the right one... No matter how, I'll keep smiling and hoping for the best in the future!!! Happy everyday and Merry Christmas to everyone all over the world!!! :-)
I feel like she does in this video all the time. Hard to be a decent looking and behaving guy in today's world. Handy, I take care of myself, but no one sees it I guess.. Everyone else says "Oh just let go and it'll happen" Well it's to important to let go and be forgotten instead.
I don't know why she didn't find a partner who really love her for what she is and stayed with her. Why did she get divorced? what was that man thinking?
I think that if I had lived in that time and met Karen I had married her. xD
and YES, I need to be in love too. I hope to find someone like Karen someday, with a noble heart, with beautiful feelings, and lovely soul.
she wanted so much to have a normal life with family and children ... that life with all its fame and money led her to an unhappy life ... she never reached what she really wanted ..... too bad ...very sad...fame and fortune are not for everyone ..It wasn't the best thing for Karen Carpenter. She was just an ordinary person in an unordinary world she found herself embedded in... The brother bathed in the fame and money at her expense.
I´ve just finished reading "Little Girl Blue - The Life of Karen Carpenter" (Randy L. Schmidt) and this video is SO emblematic - Karen was never happy in her love life... and Richard only married after her death. They needed a life beyond The Carpenters! I still miss her very much. Greetings from São Paulo, Brazil.
Ah, air travel in the old days. . . when people dressed in appropriate attire, passengers got really nice service, but thank heavens there's no more smoking allowed! The Carpenters, as always, are wonderful!
its obvious karen carpenter could sing just about any style music-terrific voice, so why did her brother write so may sad and quiet songs(depressing?) and did this maybe affect her mentally leading to her self destructive ways?
I have to say I could not hold back the tears listening to this song. I forgot how wonderful the Carpenters were. I grew up listening to them. The world lost one of it's best voices when Karen passed away. RIP Karen.
Richard and Karen's cousin Mary has a walk on in this video... at 0:22 to 0:27 on the clock.. she and Richard would go on to marry in 1984 and have five kids together..
@carpentersfan2010 I'm not sure how I feel about that. I guess the heart wants what the heart wants. I wonder how others feel about it. It's different. I wonder how common that is in the world. I guess if everybody's happy....I don't know. It makes me feel confused. I wish them all well though
@tubiebrother Well I can tell you that Karen herself was both "furious" and "livid" when Richard started dating Mary.. someone that she'd only ever seen as a kid-cousin. She and Richard had a number of heated arguments about the issue. In the end Richard told his sister that "Mary and I have had the blood testing done... If we have kids they will be fine. So let it drop." However Karen was forever on gaurd and scared that the relationship would come back to haunt them all...
@carpentersfan2010 I'm not trying to criticize really, but you're quoting Randy Schmidt's book verbatim. And "furious" and "livid" mean exactly the same thing. He was quoting two different people that described Karen's reaction of being extremely angry about it. When you say it alone, it is redundant.
@tubiebrother I will conceed that point now that I re-read my comment about Karen's reaction. You are right .It was redundent but I wanted to be sure that I quoted "Little Girl Blue" and Mr. Schmidt's book correctly. The fact was this relationship was yet another "stress" point for Karen who we know by this time in her life was dealing with an eating disorder that was spailing out of control not to mention a mother that was too blind to see her daughters obvious cries for help.
@carpentersfan2010 When I read all those parts about Mary and Richard dating, it doesn't really seem to clarify that well if Karen was against it because she was their cousin or for another reason like they were dating while on tour and she wasn't or she didn't like her or whatever. The comments make them seem like they thought at first that's why Karen was against it, but then it becomes unclear after that if she was or not. I only read that one book though.
@tubiebrother Personally I think that most likely that Karen was upset that this could come back to bite them all in the butt when the media found out about it. Karen was concerned it might damage their public image. Never mind the fact that "incest" rumors had been whispered for for years because of the fact that they were brother and sister. Then all of sudden Richard started dating their cousin... It would have been a unpleasant reminder of rumors about she and Richard...
thanks soo much for the video....i listened to her music growing up..and i still love her voice..and her songs..she was sooo gifted and talented..miss her to..:O)
@196060serenity Personally I think that most likely that Karen was upset that this could come back to bite them all in the butt when the media found out about it. Karen was concerned it might damage their public image. Never mind the fact that "incest" rumors had been whispered for for years because of the fact that they were brother and sister. Then all of sudden Richard started dating their cousin... It would have been a unpleasant reminder of rumors about she and Richard...
@carpentersfan2010 I figured you meant to reply to me and not 1960...: I was reading the part in the book again and even though it makes it seem like karen might be just against Richard spending all his time with someone on tour, I figured that that was why>what you are saying as well. It said that Itchie thought maybe at first she thought it was the gene thing but then richard said they would be healthy children. It was just that they were cousins and that is kind of taboo. Randywas being safe
as a rock drummer, I appreciated Karen's muscianship. As an arranger, I appreciate Richard's MANY contributions. As a hopeless, romantic, I will forever be in love with Karen's voice and articulation!
Excellent upload. Karen knows how to flirt, she is hard to resist. I wonder if this vid reflects a part of their live as they worked so hard as artists.
As someone who is alone with no girlfriend,I can relate to this song.Sometimes life is so difficult and it is even more difficult to find someone who will accept you for who you are.I have schizoaffective disorder,what i fear is if a girl knows that,she won't try to understand and leave me.Life is so unfair,but this song comforts me and little by little,i'm accepting the fact that I will remain alone for the rest of my life.
With each day that goes by, now going on 10 months, I'm still sickened by the fact that Karen's friends Carol, Debbie & Frank actually "ALLOWED" Randy Schmidt to bring both himself & his book to East Haven & even worse Nathan Hale Elementary School. I Love & Respect all three of you & I'm really glad that the most precious & private things about Karen Randy will NEVER have to know. The post reaction that Mr. Schmidt was there was Not well received by East Haven. Still isen't!
Karen is so beautiful inside and out. Love songs from that era have so much meaning and resonance. Today's "Love songs" are just about hopping in bed with as much people as you can. Most young people today are being taught the wrong meaning of love.
@2Kriss2Kross a very pretty tune, and like all good old love songs, it depresses me in a wonderful way...Karen must have been an angel - humans don't have voices like that...
Everyone has a moment of thinking like this. Karen loved this song most because she was singing about herself. Thanks, Karen ! You are still alive in our memories.
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All of you people who are so good at trying to bash Richard Carpenter just proves what assholes & lowlifes that you are. Shit to me it's very entertaining because I know Richard is actually the opposite of what alot of you enjoy writing about. Believe nothing of what you hear & only half of what you see. RC never controled Karen & KC had all of the freedom that she wanted. Richard was just very into his work & wanted it to sound great. RC' mistakes too much touring, sleeping pill addition.
Thank you for all of the nice comments that many of you have left for me on my Channel. Please feel free to subscribe as this channel is dedicated to Karen.
Wow, brings back memories of the good old days of flying -- back when airlines fed you and gave you decent leg room and the middle seat was always empty. Sigh.
It really is a crying shame that we have people out there like Randy Schmidt who are making a ton of money off of Karen's misfortune. You know with each day that goes by, I'm so happy that the main players have stayed Loyal & true to The Carpenter name & left alot of things private. Mr. Schmidt's minimal effort to Little Girl Blue has Left out so much, a few thing that I mention in previous post for starters. Karen was old enough to be his Mother. People DECLINED to be interviewed.
Back in the seventies when I was a teenager (and an idiot) I considered The Carpenters to be lame and uncool. Now, after having lived, loved and lost... I appreciate their art more than I ever would have guessed.
There is no comfort, just very sad we lost Karen, and Brad, Jimi, Jim, John and Janice and many more. We don't write these chapters. These fine friends are taken from us while we're enjoying them so much we don't recognize they're in trouble. Sad song I'd never heard before - I'm crying in pain, but I cry real easily. my mom, the cat - my cricket - I miss them all - YouTube breathing life back into these gems. What a great legacy. Keep the hard hits coming all. And cryin's gud fur da soul.
Feb. 4. Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: (…) But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest, Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. Well said, Willie
Karen is so charming in this video whatever her beliefs, she was lovely, and had a beautiful voice. the best. Why she couldnt fnd anyone to love her? its so sad.
@SweetSesatia They were too busy performing, Karen never really had time to meet someone who truly loved her, but be comforted, she has all of you who truly do.
Karen's favorite song that she recorded. Unfortunetely after a while you start to believe what your singing day after day. Karen needed alot of Love but time really didn't allow the relationships. She was a respectful woman, a home at night type of women. Her band was like big brothers to her. However I think Karen & Doug Strawn were the closes friends(And no I'm not applying anything)
This has got to be the cutest video ever ! Karen & Richard both flirt on the plane & get shafted. And that "knowing"/"that's the way life is" smile between them at the end is priceless !
How sad it is to die feeling like you need to be in love. I feel that I need to be in love because sometimes I feel so empty. I wish I had someone to share my dreams with but hopefully I have met the man of my dreams. He's a gentleman in every sense of the word.
"I no I ask perfection of a quite imperfect world and fool enough to think thats what i'll find". Kind of sums up life really, amazing songwriting and singing. Where are such lines in todays music.
@DTRedbird Well that's a very nice comment. Weren't there concerts fun? There was so much that didn't get video taped & some of these were some of their best concerts- I remember many of the shows here in the US each buiding/arena had their own sound & the set up could be a very detailed job that could take awhile, not to mention rehershal. Enjoy!
Th angelic voice of karen will live forever I love you May you rest in peace > I know that you"re one of the angels up there because you have touch the lives of many people
The people who disliked this must be MAD!!! how can you not like this song, I mean this has to be the BEST song in the world! It touches my heart so deeply. I can relate to what the lyrics mean too, and the struggle to find true love. If only Karen had known how loved she really was....she'd be here today. Shame on the person who called her chubby, I hope they are feeling guilty forever!
Little Girl Blue by Randy Schmidt left out alot ladies & gentlemen. I ask Randy if he planned on donating any of the proceed to eating disorders in Karen's honor, he dodged my question & put a block on me how interesting. I think he's more obseesed with Karen than anything. Keep in mind folks Richard Carpenter & Sherwin Bash were smart, they declined to be interviewed for this book by this clueless prick. Anyone can do interviews. I know more about Karen Carpenter then he will ever know FACT!
Her smile lit up the room, beautiful person indeed. So sad what happened to her, and her beauty shone out through that voice. Today's singers are insignificant compared to Karen. Celine, Whitney and Mariah may be impressive, but they lack the soul, sweetness and depth that Karen had. To me there has never been a more perfect female voice.
hola debo..........espero k puedas leer esto algun dia.......este es mi pekeño reconocimiento a todo lo k me diste,sin pedirme nada a cambio,fueron horas y horas hablando por msn,no nos conocemos personalmente,pero parece k nos conozcamos de toda la vida......ya sabes......esta era nuestra cancion,y cada vez k la oigo imagino lo mismo........k estas en mis brazos y nada ni nadie puede hacerte daño........bastante sufriste ya......TKM.
Yep, I was on nightshift working in a London computer room when the news of her death came over the night radio. We all found that we all liked the Carpenters, not something young blokes into The Clash, The Jam, Iron Maiden usually "admitted". Turned out most of us had Carpenters tapes for our Walkmans and we put them on the company stereo and smiled. There was no real greiving as Carpenters music makes you smile or think. This particular song has given hope to so many on so many lonely nights.
You know, people talk about where they were when they found out that Elvis or John Lennon died...and there is no comparing any deaths...but I can still remember being at work in a restaurant and being told that she had died and I was beside myself. If you had just eaten something girl......why didn't anyone notice how thin she was if WE could see it....I mean now it's so obvious.
Karen I miss you... I don't know why but my "love" life is being mirrored in your many songs. I thank God that He gave the Carpenters to the world to spread songs that are truly straight from the heart.....
special lady. it's a shame nobody got through to her in time. such a deep loss. think about that, all you beautiful anorexic girls. you are smart with big hearts and it hurts to lose you. I hope people born later realize just how special she was. gone way too soon.
Karen's voice came from a heart which belonged to very sensitive feelings...!
bresnof 1 week ago
My favorite song, ever!
mangyan1981 1 week ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters 2
it's a beautiful song
Prado2889 1 week ago
@FilmFreakable2....
On the contrary, her brother Richard was quite affected by Karen't death. If he ever referred to her "shallowly" as you say, it might only be with the words he used but certainly the feelings were there.
kwixotic 2 weeks ago
Watch this footage and listen to those lyrics with the voice matching them; and you'll see the real, emotionally scared human being who wanted to be loved and told that she was loved. She isn't acting here, this is her life tragedy disguised as just another Carpenters song. She o didn't care about the fame, she just wanted to love living. Maybe she might be alive today if someone had reached out emotionally. Her brother to this day hides his true deep feelings, always rerfering to her shallowly.
FilmFreakable2 2 weeks ago
If only...
buddyseattle 3 weeks ago
PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jicm2005 3 weeks ago
:(.. i don't belong here... i think i'm born in a wrong generation..
xfingersify 3 weeks ago 8
Karen's favorite song. We love you, Karen. You were much too loving and nice in this so imperfect world. Thanks for being a squeaky clean image. You and Richard may not have appreciated this, but Christian,conservative,wholesome people all over the world appreciated it. You epitomized goody goody and for that I love you
Yepprd 1 month ago
This song comes to me most in my heart
MONTOYA1965 1 month ago
meaningful and relates...to anyone
jafrenfrancisco 1 month ago
Her voice is really beautiful. I feel a bit blue while listening to this song, 'cause I feel needing to be in love again as well, but still haven't found the right one... No matter how, I'll keep smiling and hoping for the best in the future!!! Happy everyday and Merry Christmas to everyone all over the world!!! :-)
vivilin168 1 month ago
beautiful voice, nice for sleeping song
MrFid14 2 months ago
Zawsze słucham jej ze wzruszeniem
malicja100 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters
… hanging on a hope, but I'm alright (^^ ♪
oneofthejapanese 2 months ago
I feel like she does in this video all the time. Hard to be a decent looking and behaving guy in today's world. Handy, I take care of myself, but no one sees it I guess.. Everyone else says "Oh just let go and it'll happen" Well it's to important to let go and be forgotten instead.
Survivor87 2 months ago
what a beautiful song very inspiring!wish imalways inlove at all time!
beth302010 2 months ago
Some of these videos were better than anything in the 80's...
thomtlc2 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
I feel just like Karen all the time.
EvanConnellyNovacek 2 months ago
I don't know why she didn't find a partner who really love her for what she is and stayed with her. Why did she get divorced? what was that man thinking?
I think that if I had lived in that time and met Karen I had married her. xD
and YES, I need to be in love too. I hope to find someone like Karen someday, with a noble heart, with beautiful feelings, and lovely soul.
May God rest her soul in heaven. <3
EvanConnellyNovacek 2 months ago 3
Beautiful!!, Thanks for posting.
Matuku35 2 months ago
I like this music!!!!
KINGX2400 2 months ago
BEAUTIFUL !!!
nickharrisomyspace 3 months ago
i can rely on this song,still single yet happy in the lord,beautiful and meaningful song,love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheFargo900 3 months ago
i can rely on this song,still single yet happy in the lord
TheFargo900 3 months ago
BEAUTIFUL !
nickharrisomyspace 3 months ago
got save she on Heaven
sudarat1974 3 months ago
got save she on Heaven
sudarat1974 3 months ago
she wanted so much to have a normal life with family and children ... that life with all its fame and money led her to an unhappy life ... she never reached what she really wanted ..... too bad ...very sad...fame and fortune are not for everyone ..It wasn't the best thing for Karen Carpenter. She was just an ordinary person in an unordinary world she found herself embedded in... The brother bathed in the fame and money at her expense.
gacj2010 3 months ago
I´ve just finished reading "Little Girl Blue - The Life of Karen Carpenter" (Randy L. Schmidt) and this video is SO emblematic - Karen was never happy in her love life... and Richard only married after her death. They needed a life beyond The Carpenters! I still miss her very much. Greetings from São Paulo, Brazil.
vitordragon 3 months ago 2
Ah, air travel in the old days. . . when people dressed in appropriate attire, passengers got really nice service, but thank heavens there's no more smoking allowed! The Carpenters, as always, are wonderful!
bplatt1069 3 months ago
its obvious karen carpenter could sing just about any style music-terrific voice, so why did her brother write so may sad and quiet songs(depressing?) and did this maybe affect her mentally leading to her self destructive ways?
leisuresuitdude1970 4 months ago
LOVE THE EYEBROW LIFT AT 0:52. she is so cool!
hilmir 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Carpenters 2
Is that Mary Carpenter....Richard's future wife in the beginning at the airport? It looks like her!
psychedelics12345 4 months ago
@psychedelics12345 It is
PullSomeTuber 4 months ago
I thought it was Arnold on 2:17
pakul1981 4 months ago
hoooray...by the end they've finally found each other :)
csillutherese 4 months ago
I love her smile....make me feel relax and serene
Charlottekipo 4 months ago
I have to say I could not hold back the tears listening to this song. I forgot how wonderful the Carpenters were. I grew up listening to them. The world lost one of it's best voices when Karen passed away. RIP Karen.
carouselgal 4 months ago in playlist Liked
Karen said this was her favorite of all the Carpenters songs.
JonKonLA 4 months ago
i Love her voice very much, i feel it in my heart :)
lvrgant 4 months ago
I completely understand. I miss her so much. Her voice makes my cry too.
RPAUL777 5 months ago
Died of being love sick imho.
BJrok 5 months ago
Karen : I wanna go to heaven to see you for eternity .
Luisveram 5 months ago 2
Karen : Quiero ir al Cielo para verte eternamente
Luisveram 5 months ago
Richard and Karen's cousin Mary has a walk on in this video... at 0:22 to 0:27 on the clock.. she and Richard would go on to marry in 1984 and have five kids together..
carpentersfan2010 5 months ago
@carpentersfan2010 I'm not sure how I feel about that. I guess the heart wants what the heart wants. I wonder how others feel about it. It's different. I wonder how common that is in the world. I guess if everybody's happy....I don't know. It makes me feel confused. I wish them all well though
tubiebrother 5 months ago
@tubiebrother Well I can tell you that Karen herself was both "furious" and "livid" when Richard started dating Mary.. someone that she'd only ever seen as a kid-cousin. She and Richard had a number of heated arguments about the issue. In the end Richard told his sister that "Mary and I have had the blood testing done... If we have kids they will be fine. So let it drop." However Karen was forever on gaurd and scared that the relationship would come back to haunt them all...
carpentersfan2010 5 months ago
@carpentersfan2010 I'm not trying to criticize really, but you're quoting Randy Schmidt's book verbatim. And "furious" and "livid" mean exactly the same thing. He was quoting two different people that described Karen's reaction of being extremely angry about it. When you say it alone, it is redundant.
tubiebrother 4 months ago
@tubiebrother I will conceed that point now that I re-read my comment about Karen's reaction. You are right .It was redundent but I wanted to be sure that I quoted "Little Girl Blue" and Mr. Schmidt's book correctly. The fact was this relationship was yet another "stress" point for Karen who we know by this time in her life was dealing with an eating disorder that was spailing out of control not to mention a mother that was too blind to see her daughters obvious cries for help.
carpentersfan2010 4 months ago
@carpentersfan2010 When I read all those parts about Mary and Richard dating, it doesn't really seem to clarify that well if Karen was against it because she was their cousin or for another reason like they were dating while on tour and she wasn't or she didn't like her or whatever. The comments make them seem like they thought at first that's why Karen was against it, but then it becomes unclear after that if she was or not. I only read that one book though.
tubiebrother 4 months ago
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@tubiebrother Personally I think that most likely that Karen was upset that this could come back to bite them all in the butt when the media found out about it. Karen was concerned it might damage their public image. Never mind the fact that "incest" rumors had been whispered for for years because of the fact that they were brother and sister. Then all of sudden Richard started dating their cousin... It would have been a unpleasant reminder of rumors about she and Richard...
carpentersfan2010 4 months ago
thanks soo much for the video....i listened to her music growing up..and i still love her voice..and her songs..she was sooo gifted and talented..miss her to..:O)
196060serenity 5 months ago
@196060serenity Personally I think that most likely that Karen was upset that this could come back to bite them all in the butt when the media found out about it. Karen was concerned it might damage their public image. Never mind the fact that "incest" rumors had been whispered for for years because of the fact that they were brother and sister. Then all of sudden Richard started dating their cousin... It would have been a unpleasant reminder of rumors about she and Richard...
carpentersfan2010 4 months ago
@carpentersfan2010 I figured you meant to reply to me and not 1960...: I was reading the part in the book again and even though it makes it seem like karen might be just against Richard spending all his time with someone on tour, I figured that that was why>what you are saying as well. It said that Itchie thought maybe at first she thought it was the gene thing but then richard said they would be healthy children. It was just that they were cousins and that is kind of taboo. Randywas being safe
tubiebrother 4 months ago
karen's voice make me feel like i'm in a old movie, her voice was just amazing
lola3083 5 months ago
karen's voice make me feel like i'm in a old movie, her voice was just amazing
lola3083 5 months ago
Homenaje a KAREN CARPENTER(1950-1983)
jorgealbertobaron 5 months ago
pag marinig ko tong awit,parang mawala lahat ng mga problema ko sa buhay
josephrock15 5 months ago
この動画、いいですね。
0826yuuji 5 months ago
@0826yuuji anung sulat yan parang bulate sa lupa
Bravejonard26 5 months ago
as a rock drummer, I appreciated Karen's muscianship. As an arranger, I appreciate Richard's MANY contributions. As a hopeless, romantic, I will forever be in love with Karen's voice and articulation!
kwgthacher 5 months ago
there are 25 peoples really need to be in love...
hochangjie 5 months ago
such a beautiful haunting voice
trevmary46 6 months ago
Karens fave song !
rainman473 6 months ago
Excellent upload. Karen knows how to flirt, she is hard to resist. I wonder if this vid reflects a part of their live as they worked so hard as artists.
Kace50 6 months ago
This song is the most favarite in Carpennters songs.
stctaku 6 months ago
one of the best love song of all time
dwightnairne 6 months ago
They were both adorable on top of being talented.
RLviddy 7 months ago
she looks so unhappy
AVALONFANINVA 7 months ago
As someone who is alone with no girlfriend,I can relate to this song.Sometimes life is so difficult and it is even more difficult to find someone who will accept you for who you are.I have schizoaffective disorder,what i fear is if a girl knows that,she won't try to understand and leave me.Life is so unfair,but this song comforts me and little by little,i'm accepting the fact that I will remain alone for the rest of my life.
ypaul83 7 months ago
i know her feeling " i'm wide awake at four a.m. without a friend in sight"
safari0317 7 months ago 4
totally agree, Karen's voice is so beautiful and PERFECT, no other singers can compare.
rickyyiu 7 months ago 9
beautiful!
jeanvictordipacciti 7 months ago
A part of me died with her.
ticket88 7 months ago 6
@ticket88 I hear you...Karen's voice was perfection, and there will never be another...
Winchesterboy100 7 months ago in playlist My Personal 3
Gotta love her! :O)
pompom914 7 months ago 4
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Karen and Richard hit #25 in Billboard, 7-24-76. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! RIP, Karen.
DaveWollenberg 8 months ago
She got a beautiful voice and all her songs are full of meaning that can relate other people.
MrIsagala 8 months ago 16
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With each day that goes by, now going on 10 months, I'm still sickened by the fact that Karen's friends Carol, Debbie & Frank actually "ALLOWED" Randy Schmidt to bring both himself & his book to East Haven & even worse Nathan Hale Elementary School. I Love & Respect all three of you & I'm really glad that the most precious & private things about Karen Randy will NEVER have to know. The post reaction that Mr. Schmidt was there was Not well received by East Haven. Still isen't!
vmuto1 8 months ago
sigh x
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They were the best and still is
Gerogiancounty 8 months ago
Karen is so beautiful inside and out. Love songs from that era have so much meaning and resonance. Today's "Love songs" are just about hopping in bed with as much people as you can. Most young people today are being taught the wrong meaning of love.
2Kriss2Kross 8 months ago 30
@2Kriss2Kross precisely..i agree with you...i love her voice...it makes me fall in love...again and again...
Rodrigoveradel 4 months ago
@2Kriss2Kross a very pretty tune, and like all good old love songs, it depresses me in a wonderful way...Karen must have been an angel - humans don't have voices like that...
akibubba1 4 months ago
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Fuck u anorexia!! Ur a goddam theif
RaeRae914 8 months ago
Karen has the most sweetest smile, makes you cry and smile at the same time
CMCHRYSLERVALIANT 8 months ago 4
Everyone has a moment of thinking like this. Karen loved this song most because she was singing about herself. Thanks, Karen ! You are still alive in our memories.
salsalatina1954 8 months ago 6
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"I know I ask for perfection in quite imperfect world"
daohung183 8 months ago
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25 soulless sad beings pressed dislike button....... please leave here if you don't like it..!!!!!
benji8ful 8 months ago
why are all the names of songs I like and search turn out to be by her? I'm a old soul
TVtuner1 8 months ago 3
hoy my heart
mendigobagda 8 months ago
This song makes me feel like crying.
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This really was her favorite song.
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Marinaske 9 months ago
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2:10 She is so sexy I can't stand it.
tubiebrother 10 months ago
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All of you people who are so good at trying to bash Richard Carpenter just proves what assholes & lowlifes that you are. Shit to me it's very entertaining because I know Richard is actually the opposite of what alot of you enjoy writing about. Believe nothing of what you hear & only half of what you see. RC never controled Karen & KC had all of the freedom that she wanted. Richard was just very into his work & wanted it to sound great. RC' mistakes too much touring, sleeping pill addition.
vmuto1 10 months ago
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Thank you for all of the nice comments that many of you have left for me on my Channel. Please feel free to subscribe as this channel is dedicated to Karen.
vmuto1 10 months ago
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おお～お兄さんすごく若いですね！
そしてカレンさん美人・・・。いい歌声でいいスタイルなのに３２歳でもう逝っちゃうとは
なんというもったいなさ・・・・。
私ももう少し早く生まれて一度でいいからカーペンターズのコンサートに行って
生で歌を聴いてみたかったですね・・・。
runa19rekunerosu 10 months ago
Look at the jealous guy in 1:30
pakul1981 10 months ago
I don't think I've seen a Carpenters' MV with a storyline, so this is surprisingly nice, thanks for the upload. Karen looked so good at that time.
gracemelodia 10 months ago
Old songs are better than today.
Jessaries09 10 months ago 2
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This was her favorite song. She told me so.
litenslick 10 months ago
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@litenslick When did Karen tell you this?
vmuto1 10 months ago
Great song after all these years....
pakul1981 10 months ago
Wow, brings back memories of the good old days of flying -- back when airlines fed you and gave you decent leg room and the middle seat was always empty. Sigh.
whbclaire 10 months ago
Cute video. Thanks for posting.
09166201 10 months ago
this was such a great song sung by karen So much feeling and true meaningful words Truly one of thr greats so sadly missed by many Thankyou!
musicbod2 10 months ago
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It really is a crying shame that we have people out there like Randy Schmidt who are making a ton of money off of Karen's misfortune. You know with each day that goes by, I'm so happy that the main players have stayed Loyal & true to The Carpenter name & left alot of things private. Mr. Schmidt's minimal effort to Little Girl Blue has Left out so much, a few thing that I mention in previous post for starters. Karen was old enough to be his Mother. People DECLINED to be interviewed.
vmuto1 10 months ago
Back in the seventies when I was a teenager (and an idiot) I considered The Carpenters to be lame and uncool.
Now, at 49 years old - After having lived, loved and lost... I love and appreciate their art more than I ever would have guessed.
Karen has been gone for 28 years now. However, her beauty, talent and sensitivity shall never leave us.
tibault123 10 months ago
@tibault123 Ditto here at 52, she was SO Cool.
MasterAceman123456 10 months ago
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@tibault123 I really Loved your comment, Life does teach you alot as you move along, thanks for your Love for Karen.
vmuto1 10 months ago
Back in the seventies when I was a teenager (and an idiot) I considered The Carpenters to be lame and uncool. Now, after having lived, loved and lost... I appreciate their art more than I ever would have guessed.
tibault123 10 months ago
@oli992008 Thank you very much!!
sleepybom 10 months ago
Karen is angel of LOVE.....from Japan
sleepybom 10 months ago
I just want to say something...all i want to hear, i found it here!
Fallenangelrock1 10 months ago
Such an angelic voice.Left us way to young.One of our best female singers ever.Thank you for this song.I am sure she is singing in heaven.
catmama54 10 months ago
who are the 25 barbarians?
MasterAceman123456 11 months ago
@MasterAceman123456 Very eloquently stated.
MikeUrciolo 11 months ago
@MasterAceman123456 Those 25 people don't need to be loved.
Shular67 10 months ago
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the Best Promo clip ever :)
mnlght0snt 11 months ago
There is no comfort, just very sad we lost Karen, and Brad, Jimi, Jim, John and Janice and many more. We don't write these chapters. These fine friends are taken from us while we're enjoying them so much we don't recognize they're in trouble. Sad song I'd never heard before - I'm crying in pain, but I cry real easily. my mom, the cat - my cricket - I miss them all - YouTube breathing life back into these gems. What a great legacy. Keep the hard hits coming all. And cryin's gud fur da soul.
123ZAC456789 11 months ago 2
i realy like there song. i love it so much
imee175 11 months ago
Karen has an amazing voice. Too bad theres no singer that sings like her in my generation. I missed out.
seizethemoose 11 months ago
Too bad karen didnt look to any fan for love!
MasterAceman123456 11 months ago
one of the most beautiful songs in the world in my eyes.
70sdiscobabe 11 months ago
FlyingMondongo 1 year ago
great song..old but better than new..
jalenred 1 year ago
Karen is so charming in this video whatever her beliefs, she was lovely, and had a beautiful voice. the best. Why she couldnt fnd anyone to love her? its so sad.
SweetSesatia 1 year ago
@SweetSesatia They were too busy performing, Karen never really had time to meet someone who truly loved her, but be comforted, she has all of you who truly do.
MasterAceman123456 11 months ago
Karen just nails the lyric in this song. I think it's one of her very best performances.
pawdaw 1 year ago
2.33 is so bittersweet.. happy yet sad... would be considered a very early video
gamblerjag 1 year ago
2.38 is so bittersweet.. happy yet sad... would be considered a very early video
gamblerjag 1 year ago
yikes, seventies men. No style. Especially the one who raises a glass, look at that hair!!!
Rumpio 1 year ago
karen's voice makes me cry..
yoko564 1 year ago 41
@yoko564 Like right now!
NewChicago 8 months ago
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Karen's favorite song that she recorded. Unfortunetely after a while you start to believe what your singing day after day. Karen needed alot of Love but time really didn't allow the relationships. She was a respectful woman, a home at night type of women. Her band was like big brothers to her. However I think Karen & Doug Strawn were the closes friends(And no I'm not applying anything)
vmuto1 1 year ago
Truly a shame. What a beautiful voice.
u221531 1 year ago
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This has got to be the cutest video ever ! Karen & Richard both flirt on the plane & get shafted. And that "knowing"/"that's the way life is" smile between them at the end is priceless !
lakeladymel 1 year ago
How sad it is to die feeling like you need to be in love. I feel that I need to be in love because sometimes I feel so empty. I wish I had someone to share my dreams with but hopefully I have met the man of my dreams. He's a gentleman in every sense of the word.
iscrca 1 year ago
"I no I ask perfection of a quite imperfect world and fool enough to think thats what i'll find". Kind of sums up life really, amazing songwriting and singing. Where are such lines in todays music.
raywint1 1 year ago 2
silky voice. i know her teary death but she looks so lovely in this vid. RIP
smatran 1 year ago
Karen Carpenter is missed very much in my life today. I saw her in concert at Springfield MO in the 70s. Karen is my favorite music artist!
DTRedbird 1 year ago 40
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@DTRedbird Well that's a very nice comment. Weren't there concerts fun? There was so much that didn't get video taped & some of these were some of their best concerts- I remember many of the shows here in the US each buiding/arena had their own sound & the set up could be a very detailed job that could take awhile, not to mention rehershal. Enjoy!
vmuto1 10 months ago
@DTRedbird bolahen mo lelang mo panot
Bravejonard26 5 months ago
Th angelic voice of karen will live forever I love you May you rest in peace > I know that you"re one of the angels up there because you have touch the lives of many people
voltkygreen 1 year ago
goood job
chffew 1 year ago
...dear god...may karen find happiness and joy in ur kingdom...amen...
ayeka1000 1 year ago
Quando escuto essa melodia me faz lembrar daqueles momentos únicos que a gente tem na vida. Momentos que vão e não voltam nunca mais...
JorgeBurgatti 1 year ago
Her voice is perfection...simply amazing!
spaceghost16 1 year ago
The people who disliked this must be MAD!!! how can you not like this song, I mean this has to be the BEST song in the world! It touches my heart so deeply. I can relate to what the lyrics mean too, and the struggle to find true love. If only Karen had known how loved she really was....she'd be here today. Shame on the person who called her chubby, I hope they are feeling guilty forever!
4EverCarpenters 1 year ago
@4EverCarpenters exactly! this is the best song ever!! i love the carpenters!!
davethedrummer35 1 year ago
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Little Girl Blue by Randy Schmidt left out alot ladies & gentlemen. I ask Randy if he planned on donating any of the proceed to eating disorders in Karen's honor, he dodged my question & put a block on me how interesting. I think he's more obseesed with Karen than anything. Keep in mind folks Richard Carpenter & Sherwin Bash were smart, they declined to be interviewed for this book by this clueless prick. Anyone can do interviews. I know more about Karen Carpenter then he will ever know FACT!
vmuto1 1 year ago
A truly beautiful haunting voice . One of the best
trevmary46 1 year ago
so many true words in that song
lolly750 1 year ago
Great Song, where are they now? I'm only 24 but i love this music and the carpenters..
ram2706 1 year ago
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@ram2706 Karen sadly died in 1982, Richard is still producing music last I heard.....
SweetSesatia 1 year ago
Her smile lit up the room, beautiful person indeed. So sad what happened to her, and her beauty shone out through that voice. Today's singers are insignificant compared to Karen. Celine, Whitney and Mariah may be impressive, but they lack the soul, sweetness and depth that Karen had. To me there has never been a more perfect female voice.
SweetSesatia 1 year ago
MUITO BOM!
INESQUECÍVEL CANÇÃO!!
Quadrilheiro 1 year ago
the heavens are so lucky, they have my mum,my dad and karen to sing for them all. luckily we have her recording's! first class vocalist :)
smartbomb05 1 year ago
I met one of Karens managers in Canada in Toronto.
He said that Karen was an "A PERFECT PERSON IN AN IMPERFECT WORLD "
It was her desire for perfection that made her music amazing and her personal life hellish.
Karen sings from the soul and that's what makes it so honest. RIP ____Karen
RETIREMESOON 1 year ago
hola debo..........espero k puedas leer esto algun dia.......este es mi pekeño reconocimiento a todo lo k me diste,sin pedirme nada a cambio,fueron horas y horas hablando por msn,no nos conocemos personalmente,pero parece k nos conozcamos de toda la vida......ya sabes......esta era nuestra cancion,y cada vez k la oigo imagino lo mismo........k estas en mis brazos y nada ni nadie puede hacerte daño........bastante sufriste ya......TKM.
ignacio07ify 1 year ago
@ignacio07ify muchas gracias, nunca nunca me voy a olvidar de esta canción tkmtkmtkmtkmtktkmtkt :)
demon2141demon 3 months ago
LoL !! 1:30 !!!
Amorning2remember 1 year ago
@Amorning2remember that piece at 1:30 reminds me so much of Barney Fife from the Andy Griffith show lol.Sry Rich.
valkour22 1 year ago
Who comes closer to having a more perfect voice; and the arrangements by Richard are under rated and beyond noteworthy.
Photoray100 1 year ago
musica muito bonita. karen tambem. que pena que se foi tao cedo
donibatista1 1 year ago
How I miss you Karen Anne Carpenter!
padude64 1 year ago
Yep, I was on nightshift working in a London computer room when the news of her death came over the night radio. We all found that we all liked the Carpenters, not something young blokes into The Clash, The Jam, Iron Maiden usually "admitted". Turned out most of us had Carpenters tapes for our Walkmans and we put them on the company stereo and smiled. There was no real greiving as Carpenters music makes you smile or think. This particular song has given hope to so many on so many lonely nights.
GarryJones61 1 year ago
You know, people talk about where they were when they found out that Elvis or John Lennon died...and there is no comparing any deaths...but I can still remember being at work in a restaurant and being told that she had died and I was beside myself. If you had just eaten something girl......why didn't anyone notice how thin she was if WE could see it....I mean now it's so obvious.
msonj 1 year ago
ohh karemis so beautiful
josusrm 1 year ago
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oneofthejapanese 1 year ago
beautiful
AMsrok00 1 year ago 2
Karen I miss you... I don't know why but my "love" life is being mirrored in your many songs. I thank God that He gave the Carpenters to the world to spread songs that are truly straight from the heart.....
johnnebula 1 year ago
The beautiful lush backing vocals and harmonies on this that once again are trademark Carpenters
luxyaltz219 1 year ago
special lady. it's a shame nobody got through to her in time. such a deep loss. think about that, all you beautiful anorexic girls. you are smart with big hearts and it hurts to lose you. I hope people born later realize just how special she was. gone way too soon.
bearswilleatme 1 year ago 2