Karen was an awesome drummer..great technique, flawless timing, and creativity..and she looked damn cute playing them as well.! ;) .she was a triple threat..great singer, song writer, and drummer !..seems that most talented artists like her were taken away from us too early..she was an irreplaceable asset in the music world, something it's in dire need of right now !
She makes you feel the love of the drums! So in her element...and to also be gifted with the most amazing female voice of our lifetimes...it still saddens me to think of the turmoil she was in before her death...I always rooted for her!
Anyone that says she was not a good player doesn't know what they are talking about. There was alot of skill involved in that sequence. There is a vid of Buddy Rich doing much the same thing, going from one percussion instrument to another before finally ending on the drum kit.
Once, I said that Karen Carpenter was a good drummer, and that singing while playing was impressive. Got me some weird looks from the guys I was talking to. But she actually knew a lot about drumming and percussion, instead of just playing a rock kit.
Drumming was Karen's first passion. In the video clip she was just having some fun with the script but she could really get out some good vibes- a lot better than the female drummer with the Brit band Honeycombs who was more of a novelty act.
What an amazing woman! I think she surpasses the drumming greats though! I don't see Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, or Neil Peart being able to be in two places at once and playing two drum sets!
Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American singer and drummer. She was a drummer of exceptional skill, but she is best remembered for her vocal performances. (From Wikipedia)
I don't mean to denigrate her playing ability, but this clip sure sounds as if the music you're hearing is pre-recorded. Whether she played the music in the first place for the recording...oh wait, I see about four minutes in suddenly there are two of her on screen at once. So yeah, too bad they don't have the *live* sound on this.
great retort, "why not" even if it was rehearsed.she sure seemed to be smart,cute,sassy,and talented but kinda sensitive for a superstar. most superstars don't really worry about what their critics say as long as their fans are happy, but she let criticism lead to her demise and a unique voice was lost.
Karen Carpenter was never happier than when she was playing the drums. Once the decision was made (most likely not by her) to bring her out from behind the kit and upfront, I believe she became all self-conscious...and that contributed a great deal to her problem. Just my opinion, but if they woulda let her keep singing from behind the drumset...she'd still be singing for us today!
If she was really that happy drumming ALL the time, she should have bagged the variety show and joined B.B. King's band. She'd STILL be playing 300 nights a year.
Yeah she was great...but in 1975-1976 she beat out John Bonham as best drummer in the Playboy Pop and Jazz poll........something seriously wrong with that mis-calculation.
the blood is on our hands for permitting molesting band directors and orchestra directors to get away with flagrant blatant discrimination, 1 pp = vgns today ... that is so wrong worse than then ... more suicides on the way if you don't penect these morons who've been raping and need to go back to East Dumb Flock or ELSE ... I play OBOE ... one vgn looking fi pp Robin Good will distribute to the children who had theirs removed in war. War is FEMALE GENOCIDE
I love this video! You can see she had passion for what she did and also a sense of humour. The beginning alone had me laughing.The world really lost someone special too soon.
Karen is in my heart....mi artista favorita....from Chile .... No habra nunca mas alguien como ella . Solo anhelo ir al Cielo para verla eternamente .
@jetfreak4 Ignore him. Just another lonely attention-hungry troll. Take the "b" out of his username and you'll get what kind of person he is. You should also check out his page and view the "lovely" comments he gets.
@chirodrum The "official" reason was that Richard (and others) felt that Karen, being a woman of slight build, wasn't "laying into the drums hard enough." B.S. Clearly she was excellent. The more likely reason was the sexism of the day- "girls don't play drums." Even Hal Blaine thought a woman playing drums looked "ridiculous" (also B.S.) Also, a few reviewers (not all) said the group lacked a focal point, and that the focal point should be the lead singer (Karen).
@arfies I've always thought those comments about Karen not having enough studio experience and not laying into the drums were total BS. Glad I'm not the only one that thinks so. If they wanted a "focal point" why didn't they just put her kit on a platform or in the front! Sheesh. That's always bugged the hell out of me.
@chirodrum People pressured her to give up the drums and be front and center, which she did NOT want to do. Coincidentally (?), this is when her anorexia started...
woah mindfck, this is a sudden and healthy reminder that girls at one point needed absolutely no intentional sex appeal to be a fun to watch and love celebrity O_O
@alphaguy Your comment looks like sarcasm. Karen Carpenter died of complications related to anorexia. And the intro skit is filled with dated, but completely intentional sex appeal.
@blaqphli i dont know where you can find sarcasm in my words, but i mean what i said. I dont see any sex appeal in this intro skit..... I was commenting on the fact that modern day entertainment for some reason requires at least one woman to have extreme cleavage to be successful, as opposed to something like this. Fun, witty, happy, awesome.
I learned of her through my mom...through music i fell in love with her talent n i cant wait to see her in heaven! Look how joyful she looked!!! Karen Carpenter n Carole King are my 2 favorite female artist of the 70s!!! Im 29 n its amazing im still learnin more about them!!! When they did the movie on the carpenters i cried at the end...it showed her sayin im tired n goin upstairs...at that was it...
@GHETTOPOPS79 Yup! He's a guest in the Carpenters' First Television Special (1976) where this was from. Check out his duet with Karen- it's one of the most sublime blends of voices I've ever heard.
I was a 17-year-old high school newspaper reporter, and photographed the Agoura High School Marching Band in the background of Karen Carpenter and John Denver when the Marching Band segment was shot in Hollywood ... and still have the negatives to prove it. Two talented superstars who were so kind to our high school band. I will treasure my photos of these two on set forever.
I was a 17-year-old high school newspaper reporter, and photographed the Agoura High School Marching Band in the background of Karen Carpenter and John Denver when the Marching Band segment was shot in Hollywood ... and still have the negatives to prove it. Two talented superstars who were so kind to our high school band. I will treasure my photos of these two on set forever.
These guys are rubbish compared to travis barker. They have to use speed to sound good, but travis can sound good at any tempo, just playing in the pocket. He has a much better sense of groove than these guys, you can tell by watching his delicate techniques and innovative rhythm use in fills. He has much better skin-control too, he can get any sound he wants out of a drum, rather than just thrashing away with triplets and such... TRAVIS BEST DRUMMER EVER!!!
@thereforeimustbegod yeah, because they're not drummers they're singers. She just plays drums, I bet travis barker sucks at singing. LOL learn more about the people you are talking about before posting comments. you sound fucking stupid
@thereforeimustbegod wow. as a drummer, your scope of drummers is so small its fucking ridiculous. Ian Paice from deep purple warms up to the apex of a barker solo. John Blackwell David Girbaldi And Dave weckl sit in a pocket..... travis barker plays on time, thats about it.
She can stand up in play. So all you people who started to play drums because you were too lazy to stand up and play an instrument shut up and just improve
@thecfolk '70s variety shows like these often were synched. To see her do this same routine live in concert (gee, really, this isn't live? There WEREN'T two Karens?!) check out "The Karen Carpenter Drum Workshop."
@arfies ill tell the truth no, but singing and drumming should never be done, im talking of the drumming and its a track if you listen closely, i jusst dont find her a good drummer and if she spent more time standing and singing (entertaining) maybe it owould be better
@jarhead572 Variety shows back in the day were often done to track. For a live version of this solo (and a better example of her drumming), check out "Karen Carpenter: Kickass Drummer."
@jarhead572 No offense, but this may be a case of teenage-boy-who-doesn't-want-to-be-shown-up-by-a-girl-itis. Here's a friendly challenge: videotape yourself doing "Mr. Guder" (at "Carpenters - Tonight Show 1973 part 3"- $h!t gets real around 2:30) and prove thyself. ;-)
@arfies none taken i probably would, if i had a drum kit, would need to at school and im done with it and i dont see whats so hard about mr gruder, ii would probably try Tocatta by Elp, much better drum piece
@Lastmanonearth Specials back then were often done to a prerecorded track. To hear her do the same routine live, look up "Karen Carpenter Drum Workshop."
Even here she's skinny, but we were all skinny in the 70's. I wore a size 5/6 usually, all 96 pounds of me. I wish she had known more happiness in her life. Parents, the worse thing you could wish for your kids is early success in show business.
@TheLostinadream Yup. No chips or coke machine at school. We all walked to and from school, lots of walking between classes. No internet or huge SUV's to drive us everywhere. Food portions were much smaller. Even fat people weren't as fat back then! Hardly anyone was obese.
am 25 and I love Karen Carpenter since I can remember , when I was little and my parents told me she was dead , I was so sad and I know she died before I was born but still I was crazy about her
I am denied to leave the German NAZI state since 1988. I had been tortured several times in other countries by the BND which is the renamed GESTAPO to force me back. My personal experience makes me believe that almost every German living abroad is a German snitcher.
How comes that today many people around the world are accepting that Germany is infiltrating their society to gain control?
RANDY SCHMIDT, (AUTHOR OF LITTLE GIRL BLUE) THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU & ME IS THAT I RESPECT THE CARPENTER FAMILY, YOU DON'T YOU JUST WANT TO LINE YOUR POCKETS WITH AS MONEY AS YOU CAN. WITH ALL THE TIME THAT YOU PUT INTO A BOOK (THAT BY THE WAY IS MISSING ALOT) HOW DOES IT FEEL TO KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE A PART THE CARPENTERS THE MOST WOULDN'T GIVE YOU JACK SQUAT! YOU ARE NOT A VERY RESPECTED MAN. YOU BLOCK PEOPLE WHO SPEAK THE TRUTH. PS THE NAMES ARE AKA WAY AHEAD OF YOU- WE KNEW!
Karen was an awesome drummer..great technique, flawless timing, and creativity..and she looked damn cute playing them as well.! ;) .she was a triple threat..great singer, song writer, and drummer !..seems that most talented artists like her were taken away from us too early..she was an irreplaceable asset in the music world, something it's in dire need of right now !
blica1 1 hour ago
needs more cowbell
MaxRunham 1 day ago
Great to see her happy and in her element! That's the beauty of those in the public eye. The footage that exists of them after they're gone...
eastbrookmusic 3 days ago
She makes you feel the love of the drums! So in her element...and to also be gifted with the most amazing female voice of our lifetimes...it still saddens me to think of the turmoil she was in before her death...I always rooted for her!
fairfielder 6 days ago
I can't handle this on strong acid.
Mojomatrix 6 days ago
man, the '70s were a trip . . .
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Not bad. Wouldn't kill her to lose a few pounds though.
SethMcFartlane 1 week ago
Why does it sound exactly the same even when she is walking around the room? Are the drums shes hitting part of the audio track at all?
dfpguitar 2 weeks ago
Amazing.......Her and John Denvber......
miaahmeek77 2 weeks ago
Karen could play them skins wow I am a drummer and I must be honest she wa better then me. I listen to her stuff she is one hell of a drummer..
1949beatles 3 weeks ago 2
WOW. She sure had mad skills.
ianb902 3 weeks ago
@ianb902 Her bother said she had some wicked oral skills too!!......
Lindawatcher 1 week ago
Anyone that says she was not a good player doesn't know what they are talking about. There was alot of skill involved in that sequence. There is a vid of Buddy Rich doing much the same thing, going from one percussion instrument to another before finally ending on the drum kit.
sbullar 3 weeks ago
she was so happy on drums
mothergrace1 3 weeks ago
Once, I said that Karen Carpenter was a good drummer, and that singing while playing was impressive. Got me some weird looks from the guys I was talking to. But she actually knew a lot about drumming and percussion, instead of just playing a rock kit.
Blackcatholman 3 weeks ago
uhh....was that John Denver in the band ?
heidbrain 4 weeks ago
Karen was badass. Loved her groove and yes that SMILE while she played says it all.
drumr72 1 month ago 2
Thanks so much,, she will always be tops for me,, hope to see her in heaven,,,thanks also...
soundtrackerstudio 1 month ago
Has anyone else picked up that the bass drummer was none other than John Denver?
paulmcdonald1968 1 month ago
@paulmcdonald1968 Yes...and i think that part was cute . :)
safehouse123 1 month ago in playlist Karen Carpenter
Drumming was Karen's first passion. In the video clip she was just having some fun with the script but she could really get out some good vibes- a lot better than the female drummer with the Brit band Honeycombs who was more of a novelty act.
IanHunedoara8 1 month ago
Thank you for sharing this!
dmsjca 1 month ago
This is what i'd call unassuming top talent.
titan57nl 1 month ago
Sigh. . . ONLY if Karen had gone to the Chinese Buffet date with me. . . RIP Karen!!!
lafkdjay 2 months ago
@lafkdjay you're an arse
frontierdriver 1 month ago
She can even duplicate herself.
runnorway 2 months ago
She was such a lovely person. What a talent we lost too soon.
RespectThe80s 2 months ago
Brilliant,what a talent
captaincomputa 2 months ago
as if her voice wasn't too much already ;-)
itzjoeymac 2 months ago
maddd respect!
vinithaannegrace 2 months ago
Love this! Bravo!
parachuteboi 2 months ago
Passionate playing.
JonKonLA 2 months ago
i love this so much!
greeneups 2 months ago in playlist greeneups's favorites
She shined when she was playing drums!!!
carlospc 2 months ago in playlist The Carpenters List 1
I'd have loved to see her go head to head with Gene Krupa... just imagine.......
caretaker245231 3 months ago
Did ya'll notice who she's talking to in the band? That's John Denver!
oldjunkvet 3 months ago 14
@oldjunkvet hell yeah
garyteasing 3 months ago
What an amazing woman! I think she surpasses the drumming greats though! I don't see Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, or Neil Peart being able to be in two places at once and playing two drum sets!
graduator08 3 months ago
@graduator08 Buddy Rich even stated Karen Carpenter was his favorite drummer!
notwaiting 3 months ago 2
no other female musician could ever come close to that... not to mention her voice :)
POINTBLANKaustralia 3 months ago
She is gorgeous, talented and hawt!!
pmairu 3 months ago
and thats how thrash metal druming was born :D
deathmetal226 3 months ago
Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American singer and drummer. She was a drummer of exceptional skill, but she is best remembered for her vocal performances. (From Wikipedia)
puru397 4 months ago
love the way she smiles as she plays
frostytheaussie 4 months ago 24
@frostytheaussie That's where she was the happiest...behind the drums. Gorgeous woman taken from us way too soon.
TheSami1973 2 weeks ago 2
I don't mean to denigrate her playing ability, but this clip sure sounds as if the music you're hearing is pre-recorded. Whether she played the music in the first place for the recording...oh wait, I see about four minutes in suddenly there are two of her on screen at once. So yeah, too bad they don't have the *live* sound on this.
x2501x 4 months ago
@x2501x "Karen Carpenter: Kickass Drummer" has the live version of this song and others.
arfies 3 months ago
@x2501x watch this for live drums
/watch?v=H47v7yYRfjA&feature=related
parachuteboi 2 months ago
she is so HOT!
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TWO LOVELY SOULS LOOKING DOWN FROM HAVEN, AND I BET THEY ARE WATCHING THIS AND LAUGHING NOW. RIP.
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Ruaayengin 4 months ago
Wow - Karen Carpenter *and* John Denver? Very cool.
And much missed. Both of them.
kimadawest 4 months ago
great retort, "why not" even if it was rehearsed.she sure seemed to be smart,cute,sassy,and talented but kinda sensitive for a superstar. most superstars don't really worry about what their critics say as long as their fans are happy, but she let criticism lead to her demise and a unique voice was lost.
leisuresuitdude1970 4 months ago
wonderful......Karen.....*****.....bye
asguitarstereo 4 months ago in playlist I video preferiti di asguitarstereo
how I wanted to do drums in Fourth grade, about 1968. My mom said NO. probably cuz 7 kids made enough noise!!!
porphura59 4 months ago
Karen Carpenter was never happier than when she was playing the drums. Once the decision was made (most likely not by her) to bring her out from behind the kit and upfront, I believe she became all self-conscious...and that contributed a great deal to her problem. Just my opinion, but if they woulda let her keep singing from behind the drumset...she'd still be singing for us today!
eggo63 4 months ago
@eggo63
If she was really that happy drumming ALL the time, she should have bagged the variety show and joined B.B. King's band. She'd STILL be playing 300 nights a year.
msbfd 4 months ago
This is what I look for in a wife.
ChadBurk4420 4 months ago
A DCI Drummer!
gpatricknavarro 4 months ago
Yeah she was great...but in 1975-1976 she beat out John Bonham as best drummer in the Playboy Pop and Jazz poll........something seriously wrong with that mis-calculation.
hdhndsft 4 months ago
Okay, I freaked out with the double. It reminded me of the Twilight Zone episode.
mindsaglowin 4 months ago
What a loss! It's a real pity her death.
bst8035 4 months ago
This is before my time so I don't know who this chick is, but I do know that she can jam! Hell Yeah!
ADAMKTN 4 months ago
ALL THE GREAT LUDWIGS............VISTALITES....CONGAS.TEMPLE BLOCKS ECT.FROM THE WORLDS GREATES DRUM CO.
whokeithmoon 4 months ago
the blood is on our hands for permitting molesting band directors and orchestra directors to get away with flagrant blatant discrimination, 1 pp = vgns today ... that is so wrong worse than then ... more suicides on the way if you don't penect these morons who've been raping and need to go back to East Dumb Flock or ELSE ... I play OBOE ... one vgn looking fi pp Robin Good will distribute to the children who had theirs removed in war. War is FEMALE GENOCIDE
TheAnnafisher 4 months ago
is that john denver on the bass drum at 1:29
riker2011 4 months ago
Wonderful Karen *****.....bye
asguitarstereo 4 months ago
if i lived in america i would be in a marching band ALL DAY EVERY DAY....
murdok620 4 months ago
I love this video! You can see she had passion for what she did and also a sense of humour. The beginning alone had me laughing.The world really lost someone special too soon.
2Kriss2Kross 5 months ago
I remember watching this live, she was great!! I miss her all the time.
fortworthhomegirl 5 months ago
Karen is in my heart....mi artista favorita....from Chile .... No habra nunca mas alguien como ella . Solo anhelo ir al Cielo para verla eternamente .
Luisveram 5 months ago
Wow. She is a barely competent drummer. Big deal.
pbrick6301 5 months ago
@pbrick6301 Barely competent, huh? Let's see you do that.
jetfreak4 5 months ago
@jetfreak4 Ignore him. Just another lonely attention-hungry troll. Take the "b" out of his username and you'll get what kind of person he is. You should also check out his page and view the "lovely" comments he gets.
2Kriss2Kross 5 months ago
@pbrick6301 She looks beyond competent to em dude!
racetime1960 4 months ago
john denver is with her he is playing the drums and being funny.
briscotigger 5 months ago
Great
melric9 5 months ago
I've read they Hal Blaine did their recordings. If that's the case, I wonder why?
chirodrum 5 months ago
@chirodrum The "official" reason was that Richard (and others) felt that Karen, being a woman of slight build, wasn't "laying into the drums hard enough." B.S. Clearly she was excellent. The more likely reason was the sexism of the day- "girls don't play drums." Even Hal Blaine thought a woman playing drums looked "ridiculous" (also B.S.) Also, a few reviewers (not all) said the group lacked a focal point, and that the focal point should be the lead singer (Karen).
arfies 5 months ago
@arfies Thanks for the explanation.
chirodrum 5 months ago
@arfies I've always thought those comments about Karen not having enough studio experience and not laying into the drums were total BS. Glad I'm not the only one that thinks so. If they wanted a "focal point" why didn't they just put her kit on a platform or in the front! Sheesh. That's always bugged the hell out of me.
skystarless 4 months ago
@chirodrum People pressured her to give up the drums and be front and center, which she did NOT want to do. Coincidentally (?), this is when her anorexia started...
arfies 5 months ago
Tito Puente, look over your shoulder-- you've got competition!
therealjoebloggs 5 months ago
KC: Kansas City; King Crips and Karen "the shizzle" Carpenter. KC for life, yo.
ebonics4everyone 5 months ago
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As a black man, I know I'm not supposed to like skinny ass white women, but this cream can color my coffee anytime. I loves me some Carpenters.
ebonics4everyone 5 months ago
Not hitting hard enough and makes it look geeky. I said it. Bring on your criticism.
rhysdoubletube 5 months ago
Audio sync looks really off to me.
SeizureBassist 5 months ago
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Karen looks a little chubby in this video...
MailOrderKidney 5 months ago
I've been playing for about 15 years and she's so much better than I am at most of that stuff it kinda pisses me off a little. Freekin amazing.
Schpinki 5 months ago
woah mindfck, this is a sudden and healthy reminder that girls at one point needed absolutely no intentional sex appeal to be a fun to watch and love celebrity O_O
alphaguy 5 months ago 2
@alphaguy Your comment looks like sarcasm. Karen Carpenter died of complications related to anorexia. And the intro skit is filled with dated, but completely intentional sex appeal.
blaqphli 5 months ago
@blaqphli i dont know where you can find sarcasm in my words, but i mean what i said. I dont see any sex appeal in this intro skit..... I was commenting on the fact that modern day entertainment for some reason requires at least one woman to have extreme cleavage to be successful, as opposed to something like this. Fun, witty, happy, awesome.
alphaguy 5 months ago
Talent plus
Jackupnow 5 months ago
I'm a very big KC fan! Love her music dearly! She was a kick drummer too!
djcoolcliff 5 months ago
Skip the highschool band part 1:30
karloney 6 months ago 7
I learned of her through my mom...through music i fell in love with her talent n i cant wait to see her in heaven! Look how joyful she looked!!! Karen Carpenter n Carole King are my 2 favorite female artist of the 70s!!! Im 29 n its amazing im still learnin more about them!!! When they did the movie on the carpenters i cried at the end...it showed her sayin im tired n goin upstairs...at that was it...
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Let's see Lady Gaga and Britney Spears do this shit, the music world has gond to Hell!!
PaulSchissel 6 months ago
are you kidding?? this chick's better than travis man!! lol
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Karen Carpenter and Sheila E. The greatest female Purcussionists- Drummers EVER!!!
hooliamc2 6 months ago
Kren Carpenter and Sheila E. The greatest female Purcussionists- Drummers EVER!!!
hooliamc2 6 months ago
What a horrible loss- I cried when she passed.
hooliamc2 6 months ago
Dang. All that voice AND she could shred a trap set? What a damn tragedy that she died so young.
GravityJim 6 months ago 2
@GHETTOPOPS79 Yup! He's a guest in the Carpenters' First Television Special (1976) where this was from. Check out his duet with Karen- it's one of the most sublime blends of voices I've ever heard.
arfies 6 months ago
What a lovely personality this woman had. Great musician.
geoffswoman 6 months ago 2
holy shit. I NEVER knew she was a drummer. Im blown away!!!!!! shes definately excellent
TheRosettaStoned 7 months ago
She looks like she's having so much fun on the drums! Isn't that why we all play? It's easy to lose sight of that.
driftwood3322 7 months ago
send in this marching band to clean out the taliban.They would run for their lives.
TheGrunge619 7 months ago
I was a 17-year-old high school newspaper reporter, and photographed the Agoura High School Marching Band in the background of Karen Carpenter and John Denver when the Marching Band segment was shot in Hollywood ... and still have the negatives to prove it. Two talented superstars who were so kind to our high school band. I will treasure my photos of these two on set forever.
MATTinRENO 7 months ago
I was a 17-year-old high school newspaper reporter, and photographed the Agoura High School Marching Band in the background of Karen Carpenter and John Denver when the Marching Band segment was shot in Hollywood ... and still have the negatives to prove it. Two talented superstars who were so kind to our high school band. I will treasure my photos of these two on set forever.
MATTinRENO 7 months ago
These guys are rubbish compared to travis barker. They have to use speed to sound good, but travis can sound good at any tempo, just playing in the pocket. He has a much better sense of groove than these guys, you can tell by watching his delicate techniques and innovative rhythm use in fills. He has much better skin-control too, he can get any sound he wants out of a drum, rather than just thrashing away with triplets and such... TRAVIS BEST DRUMMER EVER!!!
thereforeimustbegod 7 months ago
@thereforeimustbegod yeah, because they're not drummers they're singers. She just plays drums, I bet travis barker sucks at singing. LOL learn more about the people you are talking about before posting comments. you sound fucking stupid
MrSharpAss 7 months ago
@thereforeimustbegod wow. as a drummer, your scope of drummers is so small its fucking ridiculous. Ian Paice from deep purple warms up to the apex of a barker solo. John Blackwell David Girbaldi And Dave weckl sit in a pocket..... travis barker plays on time, thats about it.
dloc4tizz0 6 months ago
Very impressive. Karen was very well schooled on the instrument.
vgr112261 7 months ago
She can stand up in play. So all you people who started to play drums because you were too lazy to stand up and play an instrument shut up and just improve
stephanoscarellas 7 months ago
It's sad they had to turn the Carpenter's into America's sweethearts, nauseating. But these tv specials usually were just horrible.
JelloFarming 7 months ago
She isn't really playing. There aren't no mics and you can't see her hitting the skins. That's why she looks so relaxed.
thecfolk 7 months ago
@thecfolk Maybe she's not really playing here but, she really did play the drums. Check her Bio.
Occupations Musician/Singer
Instruments Vocals, drums, percussion
Years active 1965–1983
HARRYRABBITvmkname 7 months ago
@thecfolk hey man you know Karen could clone her self and actually this is live.
tomleperk 7 months ago
@thecfolk '70s variety shows like these often were synched. To see her do this same routine live in concert (gee, really, this isn't live? There WEREN'T two Karens?!) check out "The Karen Carpenter Drum Workshop."
arfies 7 months ago
this is farout
WeedVulva 7 months ago
cheesefest!!!!
elitespartan5478 8 months ago
Wow, she looks so happy and relaxed here, unlike when she's singing...
Felicity1247 8 months ago
@Felicity1247 They had to "force" her from behind the drum set to sing originaly.She was completely happy just spanking the skins.
smoothie6ft3 8 months ago
i can do all she can do and more and im 15
jarhead572 8 months ago
@jarhead572 But can you do it while singing like her?
arfies 8 months ago
@arfies ill tell the truth no, but singing and drumming should never be done, im talking of the drumming and its a track if you listen closely, i jusst dont find her a good drummer and if she spent more time standing and singing (entertaining) maybe it owould be better
jarhead572 8 months ago
@jarhead572 Variety shows back in the day were often done to track. For a live version of this solo (and a better example of her drumming), check out "Karen Carpenter: Kickass Drummer."
arfies 8 months ago
@arfies i mean she isnt bad, but i dont think she is the star on drums that everybody thinks she is
jarhead572 8 months ago
@jarhead572 No offense, but this may be a case of teenage-boy-who-doesn't-want-to-be-shown-up-by-a-girl-itis. Here's a friendly challenge: videotape yourself doing "Mr. Guder" (at "Carpenters - Tonight Show 1973 part 3"- $h!t gets real around 2:30) and prove thyself. ;-)
arfies 7 months ago 14
@arfies none taken i probably would, if i had a drum kit, would need to at school and im done with it and i dont see whats so hard about mr gruder, ii would probably try Tocatta by Elp, much better drum piece
jarhead572 7 months ago
@jarhead572 no you cant
residentdrummerpete 6 months ago
Did anyone else notice the other tragic loss John Denver in this video?
clicketysplit 8 months ago
This is beyond cool! God Bless Karen Carpenter!
Pilotpatty1 8 months ago
In ways of actual performance and technique, she is an awesome percussionist! It just sounds like they over-dubbed the sound! :(
Lastmanonearth 8 months ago
@Lastmanonearth Specials back then were often done to a prerecorded track. To hear her do the same routine live, look up "Karen Carpenter Drum Workshop."
arfies 8 months ago
Karen, was an awesome drummer!!!
CarpenterKittens 8 months ago
she is good and she have boobs :)
gogigagagagigago 8 months ago
She is gorgeous
3yearshardcore1 8 months ago
she's so great! i'm a girl, and i'd love to learn to play drums.. always air drumming to songs, lol
yosserbatool 9 months ago 19
@yosserbatool You keep drumming girl :oD
TheSami1973 7 months ago
@yosserbatool There's nothing cooler than a female drummer! It was always my dream too.
darlingdino 5 months ago
@yosserbatool go for it!
Kazzmedia 4 months ago
I honestly think drums were the voice music used to communicate with her. She always seemed to smile the brightest when she was drumming away.
Celyia 9 months ago
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she s so ugly as shit
MrDrumclown 9 months ago
fake....
beavis6645 9 months ago
@beavis6645 Can you please explain what you mean by fake ? I'm interested to know..
SGH28N 9 months ago
Even here she's skinny, but we were all skinny in the 70's. I wore a size 5/6 usually, all 96 pounds of me. I wish she had known more happiness in her life. Parents, the worse thing you could wish for your kids is early success in show business.
2degucitas 9 months ago
@2degucitas
I think it's with all the stress and junkfood, simply wasn't around in the 70's,
unless you had problems with a theriod gland or something..
TheLostinadream 9 months ago
@TheLostinadream Yup. No chips or coke machine at school. We all walked to and from school, lots of walking between classes. No internet or huge SUV's to drive us everywhere. Food portions were much smaller. Even fat people weren't as fat back then! Hardly anyone was obese.
2degucitas 9 months ago
@2degucitas
Si, Another world we live in now..
Even the drums has changed !
TheLostinadream 9 months ago
@TheLostinadream Time to change some things back the way they were.
2degucitas 9 months ago
look how much fun she had with the drums, I really really love her. Best singer ever to me and also a very cool drummer <3
minhduchai 9 months ago
She's awesome! Anyone notice her double eerily melt away at the end?
maffew1234 9 months ago
haha that was john denver
bigdaddydaug 9 months ago 2
A beautiful and talented woman who went way before her time. Rest in peace Karen we love you
ishotu747 9 months ago
how i wish i can sing like her, what a great voice karen...
arashiwish5 9 months ago
am 25 and I love Karen Carpenter since I can remember , when I was little and my parents told me she was dead , I was so sad and I know she died before I was born but still I was crazy about her
TheGMAT16 9 months ago
kkkkkkk "chapolin" feelings in video "effect"... very good!!!
demetryusgua 9 months ago
Wow. I never knew she even played drums! Quite good!
jjjay999 9 months ago
@jjjay999 Wow i never knew you were an idiot..quiet good. get your head outa your ass..
whokeithmoon 9 months ago
@whokeithmoon It must suck to be you.
julikell 9 months ago
karen fuiste una gran persona
elkinbiologo 10 months ago
this is gay before gay was invented
Syzygy60 10 months ago
@Syzygy60 Yeah, but it's a good 'gay'.
julikell 9 months ago
my sophmore year I was snare my junior year I was lead drummer
Syzygy60 10 months ago
@Syzygy60 and your point?
whokeithmoon 9 months ago
i played bass drum in my 1st year of marching band I kept good time
Syzygy60 10 months ago
i saw this
Syzygy60 10 months ago
i just love the end how she comes back into her own body,awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
liljon71 10 months ago
What a crush that I had on that girl!!!!! Still do!!!!!
mypalchester 10 months ago
If CAKE bringed u here, thumbs up
paulocrvideos 10 months ago 2
Wow, John Denver doing a comic bit with Karen Carpenter...and both of them gone way too soon.
Spigot50 10 months ago
It's quite ironic really that she ended up like a drum...............just skin and an empty shell.
karlosthegreat11 10 months ago
John Denver is the bass drummer in the marching band.
whbqt 10 months ago
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wwwtotalitaerde 10 months ago
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RANDY SCHMIDT, (AUTHOR OF LITTLE GIRL BLUE) THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU & ME IS THAT I RESPECT THE CARPENTER FAMILY, YOU DON'T YOU JUST WANT TO LINE YOUR POCKETS WITH AS MONEY AS YOU CAN. WITH ALL THE TIME THAT YOU PUT INTO A BOOK (THAT BY THE WAY IS MISSING ALOT) HOW DOES IT FEEL TO KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE A PART THE CARPENTERS THE MOST WOULDN'T GIVE YOU JACK SQUAT! YOU ARE NOT A VERY RESPECTED MAN. YOU BLOCK PEOPLE WHO SPEAK THE TRUTH. PS THE NAMES ARE AKA WAY AHEAD OF YOU- WE KNEW!
vmuto1 10 months ago
Wwwwowwww, and she was having a GREAT time too! What a perfect moment! Just what I needed this moment. :-)
777TIFFANYFEM777 10 months ago
Rock on Karen!! Gone too soon.
jamiev5 10 months ago
i had no idea she was really this good on the drums... she owned some real talent
1234567jelly 10 months ago
I still cannot even begin to understand how she fell to anorexia. Sad. Lost talent.
GVike 10 months ago