This is the very best of Karen's 'adult" songs ... she has a voice that is so gorgeous and she showed it in this song. She died way too young and the world lost a beautiful voice but even more beautiful of a person. She was just coming into her own when she died.
I have now listened to every other recording of this song. Karen and Phil have made the definitive version. This would have been a smash hit, maybe only in discos, but would have crept out into the mainstream. The beginning of 'Phase Two' of an illustrious career.
Cher?! ...She of the monolithic style? (loud and louder) Cher could never sing with the intimacy of Karen...in fact, Cher could never sing with ANY intimacy (from "I've got you, Babe" on) ...she just "belts" it out, every song sounding much the same. Cher could never hold a candle to Karen Carpenter!
I dont think she had material for the solo album that really reached the full potential of her vocal ability! The early Carpenters did this best especially self titled album, and A Song For You! There was more, but had she survived and broke out on her own it would have been very interesting to see what material she would have been able to sing! The 70's and 80's was a great era of music for this!
@ssoko Cher & Greg's version is not anywhere like Disco....It was more like blues rock. I still like Cher's version better. Nothing wrong with Karen's. We all have our likes. Glad for the Karen fans to be able to find material they haven't heard before.
La voz de Karen fue unica, en este disco suena tan dulce como era ella, pero sus graves que siempre la caracterizaron y hacian enchinar la piel no estaban. Yo opino igual que lo creyo Richard, no era la mejor idea. Igual lo hubiera sacado, pero la respuesta no hubiera sido tan buena. Bien que lo hayan mostrado para el publico, como regalo me parecio muy bien. El exito de The Carpenters fue por la mancuerna que hacian, el sin la voz de ella y ella sin la instruccion y arreglos de el, no way!
So let me get this straight. They decided to jettison this track but they kept "Still In Love With You" and "All Because Of You?" Someone make sense of that one for me.
Very provocative for Karen. I love her solo album, just as I love the Carpenters material, and I'm sorry the forces that be held her solo career back.
WOW - This is a side of Karen Carpenter I NEVER heard before and I LIKE IT! This song is HOT! It's a shame her brother - and the record company - tried to keep her asexual. She was much too hot to have been hiding behind those "granny dresses" and "commercial" songs.
@rpm8064 While the album wasn't as "classic" as the stuff she did with Rich, it still deserved to be released and heard in 1980. Not 16 years after she died. Your right. She was an incredibly beautiful woman inside and out. Yes...she was sexy but also classy. Ever see video/photos of her between 1974-1977? Absolutely stunning. It's a shame she didn't see her own beauty and worth. Anorexia is a horrible disease. It's a crime she isn't still alive.
I think the lyric, instead of And there's the lightening and thunder Any set of wonders Party on with what you've got Keep it up forever No-one does it better Baby get it while it's hot should be There's no lightning or thunder Any seven wonder Mightier with what you've got Keep it up forever No-one does it better Baby get it while it's hot
love the sensuality of her voice...soothing and clear...also enjoy the change in tempo...hope all her solo unreleased songs will get released...richard carpenter should work on this.
El Sr. Richard no se decidió a sacarlo sino hasta esa fecha. ¡Qué vergüenza, Rich! Debes estar arrepentido hasta el día de hoy por no haber apoyado a Karen cuando debiste hacerlo.
Phil Ramone fue el productor en Nueva York, adonde Karen viajó en 1979 para grabarlo, mientras Richard se rehabilitaba de su dependencia a los calmantes.
La compañía grabadora era A&M en California a donde fue Karen con las cintas y Phil Ramone para que Richard y Herb Alpert escucharan lo que habían hecho.
Lo recibieron con total frialdad. Alpert había puesto 100.000 dól. en la producción, Karen 500.000 y bastante esfuerzo y entusiasmo.
Karen estaba convencida de que el disco era muy bueno ("fucking good" en sus propias palabras). Cuando le dicen que definitivamente no lo van a sacar, llamó a Phil Ramone llorando.
A nadie se le ocurrió que era el disco de Karen y que después de 10 años como los Carpenters y varios millones de dólares producidos para A&M, lo menos que podían hacer era apoyarlo, aunque no fuera todo lo perfecto que ellos suponían que debía ser.
When the solo album was finally released I, for the life of me cannot understand why this remained on the shelf. This is fantastic!!!! Such a shame that solo album was shelved
@inkimuff : you can by the solo album in a store, it was released, this and serveral more songs wasn't finished and are surfing in the net- Karen' solo album was released in 1986...
this music was perfect for the time.what a shame.who would,nt fall in love with this woman and her beutiful voice.tom bur in the ass,boy did you blow it.
...this HOT solo track and then we get 'Now,' as 'Carpenters', a Disneyesque sleeping pill. It was time for a change, Karen knew it and her solo material is a welcome change of pace.
I love this woman, I wish she was still around, I would have loved to have met her. I sing along with here every night when I am taking a bath, LOVE YOU KAREN, CAN'T WAIT TO MEET YOU IN HEAVEN. WE MISS YOU SO MUCH ON EARTH! BUT YOUR VOICE WILL LIVE ON FOREVER.
@maleficentdiva I met Karen when I was a child three times in Valley Forge, PA.. Each time she stopped what she was doing to talk to me...even gave me her autograph. After one show she was in back of a car and the window went down, she raised her eyebrows at me, smiled and waved. She was nice, down to earth and kind.
Well it's also interesting to know that Tina Turner considered Karen a great singer, and after Karen passed...always wished she could have dueted with her...
I have never portrayed Karen as a saint...she was a woman with problems, due to her insecurities...she happened to be a fabulous singer...
As for abandoning Richard, what was she to do He had to go away for treatment in Kansas...and where was he when she was in NY for 1982...was he there everyday? No he wasn't...and he ignored her for a period of time, which crushed her spirit...
Were his parents there holding his hand during treatment either?
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No one denies that Karen was great singer. But after all she was human, she was not an angel, as well as Richard! They BOTH made mistakes, they both suffered and both needed love, support and understanding. Perhaps he was not with her in N.Y. but he never even thought about taking another singer instead of Karen, while she was at hospital, he was waiting for her return, and nobody knew how much time it would take!
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---->And I'm not saying she should have stayed chained with him, but to start solo career with other producer when Carpenters music and Richard went through hard times, was like to announce him that "you became worthless and I want to find someone who could get me back to the charts". Maybe that's the reason he ignored her later, because he couldn't forgive her for that... She doubted at his talent, she showed disbelieve in him, and that's smth man cannot forget...---->
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--->But despite everythig he loved her, and during her last weeks he was with her and almost begged her on his knees to return to hospital, because he was worried about her, but she refused.. Well, what more could have done in this case?
But, you know what...she was a singer and it was HER choice to want to do a solo album...why wouldn't she want a chance to explore and sing new things...what artist wouldn't?
What, with Richard in REHAB because of his fault...she's supposed to give up her career on account of him...!!??! That is silly...
A&M was the one who propositioned her...and they knew she wanted to be busy musically...
Well I am not talking about Karen controlling Richard and his girlfriends...that's their personal life...
What I am talking about is the control that others had over her. And she really had no say.
As for her leaving Richard, there was NO reason why she couldn't leave Richard to do a solo album. Why should she have to stay chained at the hip with Richard. And also, A&M CAME TO KAREN with the idea for the solo album...and yes, RC considered that TREASON...
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"Well I am not talking about Karen controlling Richard and his girlfriends..."
And I'm talking about everything. Because it shows that Karen wasn't that saint and innocent as people portray her and also could make life of her surroundings impossible.
"What I am talking about is the control that others had over her. And she really had no say."
Sorry, but that's how things go in showbiz, and Karen wasn't the first one and the last one to go through this. --->
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---->Unfortunately, she wasn't prepared for that, it's sad but again - it's no one's fault. It's a life, and it's not always fair.
One more thing about control - I live in country, whose inhabitants (especially the older generation) can write an encyclopedia about being controlled, and in MUCH MORE rigid way than Karen was! And no one became anorexic, though.
"What, with Richard in REHAB because of his fault."
The same thing I can say about Karen - anorexia was her fault. ------>
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---->As for Karen's right to leave Richard.. Well, probably we were raised on different values. Because I convinced that you don't abandon your family member and your partner in trouble, regardless of who you are - singer or a queen herself. To renounce everything they achieved together, just because Carps' popularity started to fade away and to run and find someone else who could further her solo-career - is nothing but a treason.
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Oh please..Don't you think that Richard was the only one who controlled her, and she didn't control him? Well, it was mutual, from both sides. And her leaving to N.Y. and abandoning Carpenters and Richard during the most difficult times was simple ingratitude and betrayal. I do like Karen as a singer, but she wasn't saint as everyone wants to think.
As for control... There is no person in this planet who has total control over his life. Especially those ones who involved in show industry.
karencarpenterfan1, I believe the clip is from a special from '79 or '80 call"Olivia Newton-John Hollywood Nights", it's a fantastic clip with Olivia, Toni Tennille and Tina Turner (amongst others) singing a cover of the Eagles' "Heartache Tonight", Karen should have had more singing time in that piece in my opinion!
I believe the original plan was for Karen to sing a song from her solo album on Olivia's special. But when her album was shelved by A&M, that left her with nothing to do on the show but this brief cameo. It must have been a big disappointment for Karen, but she smiled her way through it.
This song is fantastic!! I love it! I especially love how it goes all slow, suddenly speeds up, then slows back down. I'll never understand why it wasn't released. That broke Karen's heart....
I agree that her single songs were much better than critics thought. Her unique voice was showcased on "Lovelines" and the album was excellent. One of my favorite songs from it is "Honolulu City Ligthts". It is too bad she died so young because she had a long career ahead of her. Thanks for posting.
I simply adore Karen Carpenter. I, like many fans, hate that she & her lovely voice were silenced so soon before her time. Richard has said that her solo songs did not fit the register of her voice & her unique vocal qualities, & I tend to agree. They sound mixed & aimed at making her sound more like Olivia N.J. & that's a shame. Tho I believe that her solo material could have been successful, I think that it would've been better in Richard's & A&M's hands, IMHO.
It's a shame they never released her solo album when she was alive. That really broke her heart. Her solo effort was way ahead of its time----the songs fit into today. Those people who refused to release her solo album had no vision of Karen's progressiveness as an artist.
I thought of the perfect name for Karen Carpenter. She should be called Our Lady of Rock Divinity. I'm going to go and paste this message on some other videos because I think it's a good name. I hope it catches on.
Karen, I never heard this one before until now on youtube . . now that you are in eternity while I still sit in this time and space, still connected in the afternoons and caught in the mornings. L, R. You are so gifted beyond limits of human voices.
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I hope this isn't true but. I think Richard that jealous lisping fag, may have destroyed all of Karen's unreleased songs so he can have "control" of over her even in death... what a piece of caca he is!
'keep it up forever, no one does it better' LOVE IT. The rest of the world would have woken up to Miss Carpenter's vast talent with this song, the few that weren't on board with 'Carpenters'.
Karen fue una gran artista y de las mejores en las ultimas decadas. Queda recordarla con mucho cariño, disfrutar de sus canciones y rescatar su profesionalismo, vocación y entrega,,mmm eso falta ahora en las cantantes.
What a pity! She died of anorexia and she always denied having anorexia when she was alive. I don't know if there are some efficient treatments to solve this disease or not? Do they make some researches to fight against anorexia?
Karen is one of a kind. I have missed her since the day she left. I know there has to be so many, many songs they have not released yet! I am hearing songs on here I do not have. Where are they coming from and how do we get them???
This is BY FAR the best of the unreleased items on the "lost" stuff of the solo album. I totally agree this should have been on the solo release and would have made an excellent single!
This is a great song ! I can see why it was not released, because it would have meant the end of the Carpenters. Karen would have soared, but because of a few people, they saw to it that Karen's wings were clipped. I, for one, would have bought both her single and album. Karen set the standard for the Carpenters success. Without her voice, I doubt that people would have stopped in their tracks and listened....including me ! God love your heart and soul, Karen......
this is a great song wish that was in her solo album but thanks ssoko for sharing this one with us. Shows how sexy Karen could be and how fun dancing and groving she could be. Can't help but tear up when i see how skinny she got so sad this disease.
I agree KC sounds so sexy here. I remember in an interview she once said that her public wont let her grow. I mean she wont always be the young Karen.I f only they gave the chance to branch out on her own.
I love this. I truly hope these solo songs will be released. Richard has released several of them...but I don't get why these are not among them. How did they get out originally?
Wow karen sings soooo sexy here it fits her too after all she was already in her 30 s.I think the public would have accepted the mature karen.She couldnt have been singing goody two shoes songs all her life.
Does anybody know who the composer of this song is?
I think Jerry Moss and Herb Alpert killed this record because they thought it might be the end of Carpenters. How would the public view her on stage singing with her brother now that she just told the whole world "Hey-I have a libido!" I don' think the public wanted to think of her in those terms.
Funny, they may have shelved her solo album to save Carpenters and in the end it killed them both.
So weird to be playing this, as it's been too long between releases - it makes me want to download it on my shuffle. Is it available on branvia's website?
Richard was in drug rehab when karen cut this album in N.Y. He was resentful she did this album, which is why none of these great song have been released... too bad!
Karen was a great singer, and this was a great song, which showcased another aspect of her voice, a lighter, happier side. I wish that Ricard Carpenter would complete all the unfinished songs from the solo sessions. There seem to be enough material for another album. If you're out there, Richard, please listen.
It's so sad that Karen died of anorexia. She'd probably be the world's greatest musician in most of the world! A moment of silence for the world's greatest female drummer. *silence*...
Thank you for sharing! I never knew about some of her music that was unreleased until I found "Love Making Love To You" today on this channel! I love all of Karen's songs!
Seems like she's singing in a slightly higher key in her new album, but I still like it, its a different sound, but as usual her voice carries the song through.
When I first listened to her solo album, like many other people, I thought it was horrible. But the thing is - it is just different. And the more I listen to it the greater it sounds to me. I wish someone would've given it a chance while she was alive. She could've used the encouragement. She was so boxed into one sound - now, after obsessively listening to Carpenters albums, her solo work is refreshingly different to me.
I used to listin to this song all the time in summer of 2007 on here since I couldnt buy it on itunes. I just heard it again and it reminded me of summer!
I mentioned this before...Once Karen has touched your heart, you are never the same. No One can even get close to the "Voice" of Karen. She is deeply missed and loved to this very second.
Karen's soulful voice has continued to go on. Richard for all the great composing he may have done will continue to slip into history while Karen's voice will go on. Like Sonny and Cher, Richard may have wrote the songs Cher is the one who went on. Karen Carpenter you are missed, may you be at peace to soar the way God intended you to more than you ever experienced here on earth in your short life.
You can't compare Sonny with Richard... (sonny was always a bad musician)but if you want a comparison probably you can compare Richard with Brian May. Freddy was the voice but you can't deny what the others give to Queen's music. Is exactly what happened with Carpenters. Karen was the voice of Richard's music.
I would say Tina Turner brought life to Ike's music. Tina was so good she has brought music to many styles and composers music. If Karen had had that chance Richard would have been in the dust. She loved her brother a great deal but I believe we saw the tip of the iceberg of where her talent was headed. Karen like Olivia would have survived the 80's music scene as we left disco,new wave, rock and back to dance. A talent that is sorely missed.
I saw Richard in concert after the death of Karen in the late 80's. He is an incredible pianist and no one appreciates a good composer and pianist like I do. Unfortunately, they are the unsung hero's of the music world. Marvin Hamlisch (composed the music to The big Sting with Robert Redford) is a good comparison to Richard. I also respect him. Losing a sibling in your 20s is so very tragic. I am glad he was able to overcome the grief and keep playing.
Karen and Richard completed each other. No other Duo has been able to match the talent of these fine musicians.
By the way, Rich continues to arrange and produce many new artists. He was the brains of the business and Karen was the beauty & Voice we all love and deeply miss.
I'm not disagreeing that Richard has amazing musical and business savy, but give Karen credit for her brains as well. She was the first (and critically acclaimed as the best) female drummer in rock and roll history, and was able to perfect re-create, note for note and pitch for pitch, what she had done in the studio. Very few musicians or singers can do that. A and M records execs have said that Karen never did a retake in all her studio years. She was known as "the one take wonder"
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Because it's always goes like this - frontmen ALWAYS get more credit and recognition than composers, arrangers, musicians, etc. But I personaly will remember Carpenters as Carpenters, which means - Karen AND Richard together.
Anyone who thinks that Richard wasn't a hugh part of Karen's success is an idiot. His incredible arrangements were made for Karen's incredible voice. Some of the best arrangements ever.
To be honest the only star was Karen, I mean none remembers her brother, casue his music was ok for the early seventies but he could only create the same old sound, prove of that is that his solo album was a complete CRAP, It is sad that Karen wasn´t treated fairly by her family. She is the only remembered 25 years after.
This is the very best of Karen's 'adult" songs ... she has a voice that is so gorgeous and she showed it in this song. She died way too young and the world lost a beautiful voice but even more beautiful of a person. She was just coming into her own when she died.
SCArundale 3 months ago
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i have uploaded the Cher and Greg Allman version on my channel if you want to compare
CherGoddessOfPop 4 months ago
Wasn't the original version of this song first done by Evie Sands? Seems I remember hearing a version by Evie Sands on the radio back in '75.
mrob75 6 months ago
@mrob75 - Yes, and Evie co-wrote it.
cord2 1 month ago
On a scale of 1 to 10, I give this song a solid 8.
Tracevidence1 6 months ago
I have now listened to every other recording of this song. Karen and Phil have made the definitive version. This would have been a smash hit, maybe only in discos, but would have crept out into the mainstream. The beginning of 'Phase Two' of an illustrious career.
ionthetarget 6 months ago
Cher?! ...She of the monolithic style? (loud and louder) Cher could never sing with the intimacy of Karen...in fact, Cher could never sing with ANY intimacy (from "I've got you, Babe" on) ...she just "belts" it out, every song sounding much the same. Cher could never hold a candle to Karen Carpenter!
Mickagume 6 months ago
Love Karen but wish someone would post Evie Sands version here
squiffydoodle 7 months ago
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Tracevidence1 9 months ago
I dont think she had material for the solo album that really reached the full potential of her vocal ability! The early Carpenters did this best especially self titled album, and A Song For You! There was more, but had she survived and broke out on her own it would have been very interesting to see what material she would have been able to sing! The 70's and 80's was a great era of music for this!
STEVEMOR909 9 months ago
I like Cher's version much better with Greg Allman
Jeff95117 11 months ago
@Jeff95117 I never hear it. I have to look for it.
Remember Karen's version is unfinished and never was released.
ssoko 11 months ago
After listening Cher version, it has more Disco rhythm than this one ...
I definitely prefer this version. Is more sensual....
ssoko 11 months ago
@ssoko Cher & Greg's version is not anywhere like Disco....It was more like blues rock. I still like Cher's version better. Nothing wrong with Karen's. We all have our likes. Glad for the Karen fans to be able to find material they haven't heard before.
Jeff95117 11 months ago
If you like this version find the original by EVIE SANDS.
It is WAY hotter.
B4inSF 1 year ago
I think, that sexual song content is not fit to Karen. And that kind of music was a fail.
MegaSmud 1 year ago
Karen and Andy, two wonderful singers, they go to soon. Love you both!
germangirl6049 1 year ago
Can someone tell me the title of her solo album?
rayva1 1 year ago
@rayva1 it's named Karen Carpenter.
ssoko 1 year ago
La voz de Karen fue unica, en este disco suena tan dulce como era ella, pero sus graves que siempre la caracterizaron y hacian enchinar la piel no estaban. Yo opino igual que lo creyo Richard, no era la mejor idea. Igual lo hubiera sacado, pero la respuesta no hubiera sido tan buena. Bien que lo hayan mostrado para el publico, como regalo me parecio muy bien. El exito de The Carpenters fue por la mancuerna que hacian, el sin la voz de ella y ella sin la instruccion y arreglos de el, no way!
the1wonder1of1you 1 year ago
So let me get this straight. They decided to jettison this track but they kept "Still In Love With You" and "All Because Of You?" Someone make sense of that one for me.
Nostaljack 1 year ago
@Nostaljack
No sense at all! And dont get mestarted on remember when lovin took all night
gkiorpes 1 year ago
this song has a late 70s bluesy disco feel to it.
oldschoolsituationz 1 year ago
Very provocative for Karen. I love her solo album, just as I love the Carpenters material, and I'm sorry the forces that be held her solo career back.
RecordWarped 1 year ago
WOW - This is a side of Karen Carpenter I NEVER heard before and I LIKE IT! This song is HOT! It's a shame her brother - and the record company - tried to keep her asexual. She was much too hot to have been hiding behind those "granny dresses" and "commercial" songs.
rpm8064 1 year ago 5
@rpm8064 While the album wasn't as "classic" as the stuff she did with Rich, it still deserved to be released and heard in 1980. Not 16 years after she died. Your right. She was an incredibly beautiful woman inside and out. Yes...she was sexy but also classy. Ever see video/photos of her between 1974-1977? Absolutely stunning. It's a shame she didn't see her own beauty and worth. Anorexia is a horrible disease. It's a crime she isn't still alive.
1979davecub 1 year ago
Cool video!! Love the clips from the ON-J show. They're much better quality that the onles I've seen in the past. Thanks!
royalredus 1 year ago
I am in love with this song! =]
M0r3Lik3HERthanME 1 year ago
Karubing 1 year ago
nice, where can we find copies of these unreleased tracks? thanks.
knifecut 1 year ago
love the sensuality of her voice...soothing and clear...also enjoy the change in tempo...hope all her solo unreleased songs will get released...richard carpenter should work on this.
threehuskies 1 year ago
i like the video and karen's voice, but the song sucks.
MrJonk1969 1 year ago
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UltimateKarenTribute 1 year ago
Karen solo album was released in 1996!!!
El Sr. Richard no se decidió a sacarlo sino hasta esa fecha. ¡Qué vergüenza, Rich! Debes estar arrepentido hasta el día de hoy por no haber apoyado a Karen cuando debiste hacerlo.
FlyingMondongo 1 year ago
@FlyingMondongo tenés razón fue en el 96...
Pero no creo que él tuviera la decisión de sacarlo o no, ya que no fue el productor, sino Phil Ramon... La cuestión es de la compañía grabadora...
ssoko 1 year ago
Parte I
Phil Ramone fue el productor en Nueva York, adonde Karen viajó en 1979 para grabarlo, mientras Richard se rehabilitaba de su dependencia a los calmantes.
La compañía grabadora era A&M en California a donde fue Karen con las cintas y Phil Ramone para que Richard y Herb Alpert escucharan lo que habían hecho.
Lo recibieron con total frialdad. Alpert había puesto 100.000 dól. en la producción, Karen 500.000 y bastante esfuerzo y entusiasmo.
FlyingMondongo 1 year ago
Parte II
Karen estaba convencida de que el disco era muy bueno ("fucking good" en sus propias palabras). Cuando le dicen que definitivamente no lo van a sacar, llamó a Phil Ramone llorando.
A nadie se le ocurrió que era el disco de Karen y que después de 10 años como los Carpenters y varios millones de dólares producidos para A&M, lo menos que podían hacer era apoyarlo, aunque no fuera todo lo perfecto que ellos suponían que debía ser.
FlyingMondongo 1 year ago
Si pero las decisiones las iniciaba obviamente RC.
=((
UltimateKarenTribute 1 year ago
INCLUSO...lo que KC debia cantar o hacer *-*
UltimateKarenTribute 1 year ago
wow, GOOD COMMENT I AGREE!
UltimateKarenTribute 1 year ago
When the solo album was finally released I, for the life of me cannot understand why this remained on the shelf. This is fantastic!!!! Such a shame that solo album was shelved
inkimuff 1 year ago 4
@inkimuff : you can by the solo album in a store, it was released, this and serveral more songs wasn't finished and are surfing in the net- Karen' solo album was released in 1986...
ssoko 1 year ago
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UltimateKarenTribute 1 year ago
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UltimateKarenTribute 1 year ago
Karen Making love. yes
UltimateKarenTribute 1 year ago
how do i find the video of the "party" that Karen is dancing?
Rick0Rick0Rick 2 years ago
It was one of Olivia Newton John' TV show in the '80.
ssoko 2 years ago
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UltimateKarenTribute 1 year ago
@Rick0Rick0Rick
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UltimateKarenTribute 1 year ago
this music was perfect for the time.what a shame.who would,nt fall in love with this woman and her beutiful voice.tom bur in the ass,boy did you blow it.
liljon71 2 years ago
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nakluts 2 years ago 2
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Nice song .....
tuncils 2 years ago
perfect
14hcap 2 years ago 6
...this HOT solo track and then we get 'Now,' as 'Carpenters', a Disneyesque sleeping pill. It was time for a change, Karen knew it and her solo material is a welcome change of pace.
earcandy2008 2 years ago 2
Yes I think It's wonderful, you right
nakluts 2 years ago 5
I love this woman, I wish she was still around, I would have loved to have met her. I sing along with here every night when I am taking a bath, LOVE YOU KAREN, CAN'T WAIT TO MEET YOU IN HEAVEN. WE MISS YOU SO MUCH ON EARTH! BUT YOUR VOICE WILL LIVE ON FOREVER.
maleficentdiva 2 years ago 14
@maleficentdiva I met Karen when I was a child three times in Valley Forge, PA.. Each time she stopped what she was doing to talk to me...even gave me her autograph. After one show she was in back of a car and the window went down, she raised her eyebrows at me, smiled and waved. She was nice, down to earth and kind.
earcandy2008 1 year ago
Karen making love?
nakluts 2 years ago 3
KAREN SPIRIT
nakluts 2 years ago 2
i love her vocals...she was truly a wonderful artist.
yangamee 2 years ago
Beautiful song....thanks for sharing Vimal!!! :)
tadejgirl 2 years ago
you're welcome, Sara !!
~ v.
0224561 2 years ago
great
MrSiegaar 2 years ago
Well it's also interesting to know that Tina Turner considered Karen a great singer, and after Karen passed...always wished she could have dueted with her...
cd72 2 years ago
That would have been a good song, but I always wished Karen and Olivia Newton-John did a duet.
karencarpenterfan1 2 years ago
I have never portrayed Karen as a saint...she was a woman with problems, due to her insecurities...she happened to be a fabulous singer...
As for abandoning Richard, what was she to do He had to go away for treatment in Kansas...and where was he when she was in NY for 1982...was he there everyday? No he wasn't...and he ignored her for a period of time, which crushed her spirit...
Were his parents there holding his hand during treatment either?
cd72 2 years ago
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No one denies that Karen was great singer. But after all she was human, she was not an angel, as well as Richard! They BOTH made mistakes, they both suffered and both needed love, support and understanding. Perhaps he was not with her in N.Y. but he never even thought about taking another singer instead of Karen, while she was at hospital, he was waiting for her return, and nobody knew how much time it would take!
Nixe1007 2 years ago
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---->And I'm not saying she should have stayed chained with him, but to start solo career with other producer when Carpenters music and Richard went through hard times, was like to announce him that "you became worthless and I want to find someone who could get me back to the charts". Maybe that's the reason he ignored her later, because he couldn't forgive her for that... She doubted at his talent, she showed disbelieve in him, and that's smth man cannot forget...---->
Nixe1007 2 years ago
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--->But despite everythig he loved her, and during her last weeks he was with her and almost begged her on his knees to return to hospital, because he was worried about her, but she refused.. Well, what more could have done in this case?
Nixe1007 2 years ago
But, you know what...she was a singer and it was HER choice to want to do a solo album...why wouldn't she want a chance to explore and sing new things...what artist wouldn't?
What, with Richard in REHAB because of his fault...she's supposed to give up her career on account of him...!!??! That is silly...
A&M was the one who propositioned her...and they knew she wanted to be busy musically...
cd72 2 years ago
Well I am not talking about Karen controlling Richard and his girlfriends...that's their personal life...
What I am talking about is the control that others had over her. And she really had no say.
As for her leaving Richard, there was NO reason why she couldn't leave Richard to do a solo album. Why should she have to stay chained at the hip with Richard. And also, A&M CAME TO KAREN with the idea for the solo album...and yes, RC considered that TREASON...
cd72 2 years ago
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"Well I am not talking about Karen controlling Richard and his girlfriends..."
And I'm talking about everything. Because it shows that Karen wasn't that saint and innocent as people portray her and also could make life of her surroundings impossible.
"What I am talking about is the control that others had over her. And she really had no say."
Sorry, but that's how things go in showbiz, and Karen wasn't the first one and the last one to go through this. --->
Nixe1007 2 years ago
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---->Unfortunately, she wasn't prepared for that, it's sad but again - it's no one's fault. It's a life, and it's not always fair.
One more thing about control - I live in country, whose inhabitants (especially the older generation) can write an encyclopedia about being controlled, and in MUCH MORE rigid way than Karen was! And no one became anorexic, though.
"What, with Richard in REHAB because of his fault."
The same thing I can say about Karen - anorexia was her fault. ------>
Nixe1007 2 years ago
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---->As for Karen's right to leave Richard.. Well, probably we were raised on different values. Because I convinced that you don't abandon your family member and your partner in trouble, regardless of who you are - singer or a queen herself. To renounce everything they achieved together, just because Carps' popularity started to fade away and to run and find someone else who could further her solo-career - is nothing but a treason.
Nixe1007 2 years ago
I think people forget what Karen wanted. She wanted to sing in new style, and sing things she wanted to sing.
With Richard, for goodness sake, kept things hidden from her till she got to the studio, and sometimes didn't even know what she would be singing...
That was about control. He control alot of things around her...who she got to sing with, what songs they sing, what range etc.
I am not saying he was a bad person, but he knew she was so good at what she did...
cd72 2 years ago
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Oh please..Don't you think that Richard was the only one who controlled her, and she didn't control him? Well, it was mutual, from both sides. And her leaving to N.Y. and abandoning Carpenters and Richard during the most difficult times was simple ingratitude and betrayal. I do like Karen as a singer, but she wasn't saint as everyone wants to think.
As for control... There is no person in this planet who has total control over his life. Especially those ones who involved in show industry.
Nixe1007 2 years ago
what is the clip 1:29 - 1:49 from? I have always wondered where it from and if maybe i can find anywhere. someone please help. thanks in advance.
karencarpenterfan1 2 years ago
karencarpenterfan1, I believe the clip is from a special from '79 or '80 call"Olivia Newton-John Hollywood Nights", it's a fantastic clip with Olivia, Toni Tennille and Tina Turner (amongst others) singing a cover of the Eagles' "Heartache Tonight", Karen should have had more singing time in that piece in my opinion!
SillySeaWeed 2 years ago
Thank you so much, you were right. I was just watching the video on YouTube!.
karencarpenterfan1 2 years ago
I believe the original plan was for Karen to sing a song from her solo album on Olivia's special. But when her album was shelved by A&M, that left her with nothing to do on the show but this brief cameo. It must have been a big disappointment for Karen, but she smiled her way through it.
OceanKingNY 2 years ago 4
Great theme
Thanks
Hugs
Susana
sadtears2007 2 years ago 3
brilliant... it's too bad she had a disease :(
pigslave3 2 years ago
Wow ! What a wonderful song !
Karen Carpenter is absolutely brilliant !
Never thought she had such a sexy voice !
Such a erotic song and she did full justice to it !
It's a far cry from 'Close to You' song but she sung it brilliantly !
Absolutely loved it !
Simply 5 ***** !
Just great !
Thanks.
Regards.
033789 2 years ago 14
@033789 karen fantastic voice gg ski x
granaski1 5 months ago
This song is fantastic!! I love it! I especially love how it goes all slow, suddenly speeds up, then slows back down. I'll never understand why it wasn't released. That broke Karen's heart....
karencarpenterfan100 2 years ago 5
where is the serious healthy girl of the Ticket to ride video, in 1969 ?
=(
nakluts 2 years ago
I agree that her single songs were much better than critics thought. Her unique voice was showcased on "Lovelines" and the album was excellent. One of my favorite songs from it is "Honolulu City Ligthts". It is too bad she died so young because she had a long career ahead of her. Thanks for posting.
rickwilson13 2 years ago
I simply adore Karen Carpenter. I, like many fans, hate that she & her lovely voice were silenced so soon before her time. Richard has said that her solo songs did not fit the register of her voice & her unique vocal qualities, & I tend to agree. They sound mixed & aimed at making her sound more like Olivia N.J. & that's a shame. Tho I believe that her solo material could have been successful, I think that it would've been better in Richard's & A&M's hands, IMHO.
ADenny12 2 years ago
I think the songs are great but I think she sounds better singing in her lower register...I think she would've sounded much better at a lower key.
oakdude1 2 years ago
It's a shame they never released her solo album when she was alive. That really broke her heart. Her solo effort was way ahead of its time----the songs fit into today. Those people who refused to release her solo album had no vision of Karen's progressiveness as an artist.
mrshinyshoes 2 years ago 4
I feel like her...
kc spirit
nakluts 2 years ago 2
Karen spirit forever
nakluts 2 years ago 2
Love this song, its catchy. She really did a good job on her solo album.
karencarpenterfan1 2 years ago
Karen, we miss you greatly. I was thrilled to find this song here.
sheldon957 2 years ago
I thought of the perfect name for Karen Carpenter. She should be called Our Lady of Rock Divinity. I'm going to go and paste this message on some other videos because I think it's a good name. I hope it catches on.
MrShoeguy 2 years ago
I really love the name... she is and will be Our Lady of Rock Divinity... amen.
ssoko 2 years ago
You never replied me about this song...I sent you a message, and i still waiting
KAREN SPIRIT
nakluts 2 years ago
Amazing! I love it so much!
Strength4today 2 years ago
Karen, I never heard this one before until now on youtube . . now that you are in eternity while I still sit in this time and space, still connected in the afternoons and caught in the mornings. L, R. You are so gifted beyond limits of human voices.
rachmaninovpc3dminor 2 years ago
my favourite of all karen`s songs. this could have helped her make the transition from young girl to mature woman. fanf***ingtastic!!!!!!!!!!!
wilhub 2 years ago
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I hope this isn't true but. I think Richard that jealous lisping fag, may have destroyed all of Karen's unreleased songs so he can have "control" of over her even in death... what a piece of caca he is!
vegas787 2 years ago
No, that is not true. Richard is happily married with children. He was and is Karen's biggest supporter.
ppettit 2 years ago 2
You're right.
ssoko 2 years ago
very nice voice even she is not here on earth.
rodrigo16757 2 years ago
what video is that from when she and olivia are dancing around that stage
karencarpenterfan1 2 years ago
nice lyrics....lol...
Starelen 2 years ago
'keep it up forever, no one does it better' LOVE IT. The rest of the world would have woken up to Miss Carpenter's vast talent with this song, the few that weren't on board with 'Carpenters'.
earcandy2008 2 years ago
So this track is unreleased? Does that mean I can't get an MP3 anywhere? I love this song.
WCS54 2 years ago
omg this is truly amazing, i was shocked when i learned karen carpenter had her solo album
now im literally speechless to know theres actually even more (unreleased) tracks to it
god bless karen, wherever she is. theres never gonna be anyone like her
buffster89 2 years ago
Karen fue una gran artista y de las mejores en las ultimas decadas. Queda recordarla con mucho cariño, disfrutar de sus canciones y rescatar su profesionalismo, vocación y entrega,,mmm eso falta ahora en las cantantes.
francinabela 2 years ago
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What a pity! She died of anorexia and she always denied having anorexia when she was alive. I don't know if there are some efficient treatments to solve this disease or not? Do they make some researches to fight against anorexia?
almodovare1 2 years ago
Karen is one of a kind. I have missed her since the day she left. I know there has to be so many, many songs they have not released yet! I am hearing songs on here I do not have. Where are they coming from and how do we get them???
christophernejman 2 years ago 2
Hey Karen, we miss you girl, come on back, your voice is so sweet and sincere. Love you babe, your the best honey. All my love. Paul W.
Rango8 2 years ago
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i gonna die...im so sad, i have anorexia too
nakluts 2 years ago
Why the negative? This lady needs help. Not negative comments. Be nice to her.
BestKacFan 2 years ago
catchy song:D
shinznay 2 years ago
Karen's anorexia made her look so much older than her 30-ish something. Very sad. :(
mrshinyshoes 3 years ago
I have only heard this twice, and I must say this could still be a big hit today. A great song.
mrshinyshoes 3 years ago 5
such a pure sweet voice, there will b no other like hers.
collegegirl1988 3 years ago 6
This is BY FAR the best of the unreleased items on the "lost" stuff of the solo album. I totally agree this should have been on the solo release and would have made an excellent single!
kennyone2006 3 years ago
Brilliant song. Is there any way of getting these unreleased songs at CD quality? Where did this posting come from?
bobbustescos2008 3 years ago
I found it as mp3 in emule.
ssoko 3 years ago
Is there any way of getting hold of these unreleased songs at CD quality? Where did this posting come from?
bobbustescos2008 3 years ago
I heard Richard was very upset about her going it alone.
But he did work hard creating the sound.
But many great 80's stars were part of a huge band in the 70's.
There are to many to list and I doubt you care to read any more of my gibberish.
okrabay 3 years ago
This is a great song ! I can see why it was not released, because it would have meant the end of the Carpenters. Karen would have soared, but because of a few people, they saw to it that Karen's wings were clipped. I, for one, would have bought both her single and album. Karen set the standard for the Carpenters success. Without her voice, I doubt that people would have stopped in their tracks and listened....including me ! God love your heart and soul, Karen......
Robertcrash 3 years ago 7
"If We Try" is my favorite track from these sessions. She sounds great and it even sounds somewhat Carpenteresque.
steveatl40 2 years ago
She was definetely the best! NO doubt about it. Thank you for sharing this wonderful song.
Love from Buenos Aires, Argentina
josefinn93 3 years ago 2
Karen looks so freaking gorgeous, and beautiful
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago
this is a great song wish that was in her solo album but thanks ssoko for sharing this one with us. Shows how sexy Karen could be and how fun dancing and groving she could be. Can't help but tear up when i see how skinny she got so sad this disease.
womanfriendly 3 years ago
Oh my she is really a lovely girl!!she was just too perfect!!
aprilshey16 3 years ago 2
I agree KC sounds so sexy here. I remember in an interview she once said that her public wont let her grow. I mean she wont always be the young Karen.I f only they gave the chance to branch out on her own.
faithcesari 3 years ago
Are there any more unreleased Karen Carpenter songs?
GOFONG 3 years ago
That voice! Absolute perfection!!!
MarkBearTN 3 years ago 3
Her voice was so perfect, I agree!!
coderedjulia 3 years ago
anybody know what year this was? Was this a solo without Richard?
okrabay 3 years ago
It was 1980, Richard was hospitalized for his pill's addictions and she did her solo album. Some tracks never was finished. This one is one of them.
ssoko 3 years ago
pas mal du tout
rodriguessophie 3 years ago
great song,... 5 *
DMB31122008 3 years ago
I love this. I truly hope these solo songs will be released. Richard has released several of them...but I don't get why these are not among them. How did they get out originally?
jkines38 3 years ago
Wow karen sings soooo sexy here it fits her too after all she was already in her 30 s.I think the public would have accepted the mature karen.She couldnt have been singing goody two shoes songs all her life.
faithcesari 3 years ago 2
Secrets message to HP from EH whit love
promtaet 3 years ago
This is one of my fav tracks from her leftover solo album tracks. Great song.
I agree with Richard, though...she sang everything in too high of a register. Gone is that deep, rich, resonating vocal Carpenters sound.
steveatl40 3 years ago
Does anybody know who the composer of this song is?
I think Jerry Moss and Herb Alpert killed this record because they thought it might be the end of Carpenters. How would the public view her on stage singing with her brother now that she just told the whole world "Hey-I have a libido!" I don' think the public wanted to think of her in those terms.
Funny, they may have shelved her solo album to save Carpenters and in the end it killed them both.
sheplaysajag 3 years ago 2
Too funny, and possibly too true.
modspell 3 years ago
So weird to be playing this, as it's been too long between releases - it makes me want to download it on my shuffle. Is it available on branvia's website?
mdmphd 3 years ago
Thank you for sharing. She was one of the great ones. She was a trail blazer in the things she did, thank you so much, johnnie
girlyjohnnie 3 years ago
Richard was in drug rehab when karen cut this album in N.Y. He was resentful she did this album, which is why none of these great song have been released... too bad!
vegas787 3 years ago
Probably Richard wasn't happy with her album, but it was Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss who decided. (if you want to blame someone...)
But this song wasn't in the album for her decision...
ssoko 3 years ago
She has the sexiest voice ever.
athornontherose 3 years ago 7
Love this song, the video is brilliant too. I agree, Richard should really release the unreleased material. Its just too good to be left on a shelf.
Who is dancing in the video with Karen ? I recognise Tina Turner and i think Olivia Newton John is there too, but who are the others ?
Where and what was the video recorded for and is it available on here in its original format
ekcopyephilips 3 years ago 3
Near Karen is Andy Gibb,The tall blond is Tony Tenille,there is Elton John, Olivia Newton John, Tina Turner, Cliff Richards...
ssoko 3 years ago
Karen was a great singer, and this was a great song, which showcased another aspect of her voice, a lighter, happier side. I wish that Ricard Carpenter would complete all the unfinished songs from the solo sessions. There seem to be enough material for another album. If you're out there, Richard, please listen.
sjbraitman 3 years ago 4
Hermosa cancion, ella fue, es y sera una gran cantante como pocas. Aun te extrañamos Karen. Nos queda tus canciones y tu voz.
francinabela 3 years ago
It's so sad that Karen died of anorexia. She'd probably be the world's greatest musician in most of the world! A moment of silence for the world's greatest female drummer. *silence*...
LeafyEyes 3 years ago 3
Done.
BestKacFan 3 years ago
Thank you for sharing! I never knew about some of her music that was unreleased until I found "Love Making Love To You" today on this channel! I love all of Karen's songs!
Kateyhall 3 years ago
love love love
nakluts 3 years ago
Seems like she's singing in a slightly higher key in her new album, but I still like it, its a different sound, but as usual her voice carries the song through.
kboyzrock 3 years ago
When I first listened to her solo album, like many other people, I thought it was horrible. But the thing is - it is just different. And the more I listen to it the greater it sounds to me. I wish someone would've given it a chance while she was alive. She could've used the encouragement. She was so boxed into one sound - now, after obsessively listening to Carpenters albums, her solo work is refreshingly different to me.
crescentn00n 3 years ago 2
With Karen s talent she would have survived the 80 s and she she would have been singing still today making good music.
faithcesari 3 years ago
I used to listin to this song all the time in summer of 2007 on here since I couldnt buy it on itunes. I just heard it again and it reminded me of summer!
NRunitdvr35 3 years ago
Does everyone realize that Karen left us 25 years ago. I mean that is like a long time. Yet we all still miss her and her voice. Wow.
Oldbluehere 3 years ago
I mentioned this before...Once Karen has touched your heart, you are never the same. No One can even get close to the "Voice" of Karen. She is deeply missed and loved to this very second.
Thanks for your comment and have a great day!
BestKacFan 3 years ago
Karen's soulful voice has continued to go on. Richard for all the great composing he may have done will continue to slip into history while Karen's voice will go on. Like Sonny and Cher, Richard may have wrote the songs Cher is the one who went on. Karen Carpenter you are missed, may you be at peace to soar the way God intended you to more than you ever experienced here on earth in your short life.
zionschurch 3 years ago
You can't compare Sonny with Richard... (sonny was always a bad musician)but if you want a comparison probably you can compare Richard with Brian May. Freddy was the voice but you can't deny what the others give to Queen's music. Is exactly what happened with Carpenters. Karen was the voice of Richard's music.
ssoko 3 years ago
I would say Tina Turner brought life to Ike's music. Tina was so good she has brought music to many styles and composers music. If Karen had had that chance Richard would have been in the dust. She loved her brother a great deal but I believe we saw the tip of the iceberg of where her talent was headed. Karen like Olivia would have survived the 80's music scene as we left disco,new wave, rock and back to dance. A talent that is sorely missed.
zionschurch 3 years ago
Richard's music brought back Dusty Springfield four years after Karen's death. The same song that nowadays Claire dela Fuente sings.
This was just one of the songs he made after Karen pass away.
But it was his decision not to come back to the music business as he did in the '70.
One sign that he is still in the music world... is that discussion :-)
ssoko 3 years ago
I saw Richard in concert after the death of Karen in the late 80's. He is an incredible pianist and no one appreciates a good composer and pianist like I do. Unfortunately, they are the unsung hero's of the music world. Marvin Hamlisch (composed the music to The big Sting with Robert Redford) is a good comparison to Richard. I also respect him. Losing a sibling in your 20s is so very tragic. I am glad he was able to overcome the grief and keep playing.
zionschurch 3 years ago 2
Karen and Richard completed each other. No other Duo has been able to match the talent of these fine musicians.
By the way, Rich continues to arrange and produce many new artists. He was the brains of the business and Karen was the beauty & Voice we all love and deeply miss.
BestKacFan 3 years ago 3
I'm not disagreeing that Richard has amazing musical and business savy, but give Karen credit for her brains as well. She was the first (and critically acclaimed as the best) female drummer in rock and roll history, and was able to perfect re-create, note for note and pitch for pitch, what she had done in the studio. Very few musicians or singers can do that. A and M records execs have said that Karen never did a retake in all her studio years. She was known as "the one take wonder"
captainsmith1 3 years ago 2
Terrific information, Thanks!
BestKacFan 3 years ago 2
She was known as "the one take wonder
I never knew that and thought I knew 'everything karen'. Thanks for sharing.
earcandy2008 3 years ago
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Because it's always goes like this - frontmen ALWAYS get more credit and recognition than composers, arrangers, musicians, etc. But I personaly will remember Carpenters as Carpenters, which means - Karen AND Richard together.
Nixe1007 2 years ago
Anyone who thinks that Richard wasn't a hugh part of Karen's success is an idiot. His incredible arrangements were made for Karen's incredible voice. Some of the best arrangements ever.
skipper8257 3 years ago
To be honest the only star was Karen, I mean none remembers her brother, casue his music was ok for the early seventies but he could only create the same old sound, prove of that is that his solo album was a complete CRAP, It is sad that Karen wasn´t treated fairly by her family. She is the only remembered 25 years after.
amc84morales 3 years ago