"When I was young, I'd listen to the radio..." listening for Karen's voice. I don't listen to their music so often anymore. But her voice still makes my heart sing along. R.I.P sweet lady.
@ItIsAllGoodMostly its unfair to blame Richard Carpenter it had to gut him to watch his little sister starve herself and no matter what you want to do up to and including spanking her knowing damn well there was nothing he could do
I first heard of The Carpenters when they did Goodbye to Love, I was only 8, they were an Icon because there is NOBODY like them. What I love about them besides their music is that they stayed true to themselves, well, until Karen developed anorexia. Then there was the "three of them".
See, the beauty of the Carpenters, is that no on, not one can duplicate any song by this duo, and reproduce what Karen sang, and how she sung it. I've heard so many versions "close to you" and nothing comes close. Karen...sung from the heart, a true poet! She was a sick lady with her illness, and no one to properly guide her, she may have still been here. DAMN! I'm 46, and to know me, you would not think that this is what I listen to. Best of the Carpenters is always in my cd player.
@MsLuvera Pretty much true with me, I don't like every song, but I am a metal head who's over 40, so at other times in my life, were other decades of music that I enjoyed and still do
Karen Carpenter has the most beautiful voice I have ever heard. Love her songs. Favorite is Superstar. Makes me cry everytime I listen to it. Wish you were still here. We all miss you.
I told Randy Schmidt lets go on National TV & I will tell you everything you left out of Little Girl Blue- People are really beginning to understand that this gentlemen is making money off of Karen's misfortune. Randy puts on his little suits, goes out signs books, hasen't donated anything towards eating disorders, he has even talked Karen's friends into talking to him, it's on video- However did anyone notice the peolpe who count the most remained LOYAL! Point made!
Agnes and Richard were a pair of cunts. Her whole downfall was due to that talentless prick and a mother who couldn't have cared less about her. The dear old mother thought the sun shone out his ass. She should have gone solo, but they resented her and held her back. A true talent fucked over by those "closest" to her.
@genieman71 Richard couldn't handle the quick success and got on drugs; Mom and Pop were a couple of cold fish by all accounts, and Karen's taste in men led her to some shady characters her parents (unfortunately proved right) warned her against. KC didn't have much of an emotional support system; "...No one ever cared if [she] should live or die/Time and time again the chance for love ha[d] passed [her] by..." Not quite as simple as the conspiracy theory you're selling, mate.
I don't think young viewers can really appreciate how innovative and cutting edge the Carpenters were at the time. Overdubbing was fairly new stuff and Richard and Karen perfected it to the nth degree. It gave the Carpenters that rich lush, beautiful sound. Still Amazing!!
Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American singer and drummer. She and her brother, Richard, formed the 1970s duo
"The Carpenters". She was a drummer of exceptional skill, but it is for her vocal performances that she is best remembered.
She suffered from anorexia nervosa, a little known disease at the time, and died at the age of 32 from heart failure, later attributed to complications related to her illness.
I love the Carpenters. But, this video, the story and the taboo of anorexia make me made. I know her family loved her but , one of the reasons people suffer from anorexia is because it's a control thing. this poor woman was told what to do her whole life. How to act,speak,sing. She could not hale a taxi herself until in her twenties. The body dismorphic disorder stil exists today. Look at models. RIP Karen now you have control of your destiny. We all mis your talent.
Karen Carpenter is the best singe ever! I love her voice, and they have so many great hits. I love the song "Touch me when we're dancing" it's stuck firmly to the brain!!
Nobody will EVER sing just like Karen did...I grew up listening to her perfect voice...She taught me how to sing...an icon of music everlasting and unforgettable...
Her voice was so lovely but don't forget her first love...the drums because she is one of the world's best female drummers to this day and in those days girls didn't do drums. RIP Karen.
Her voice is so hard to describe.. it's so lovely. True, nobody has and will ever have a voice like her. I wouldn't be surprised if their music would still be heard at around 2025 or 2050.
I wish we had more voices like these around. What we have now are so-called 'singers' who don't even know how to sing love songs like the Carpenters have.
The voice of an angel on earth for such a short time. I am grateful to have experienced her talent in my life. My heart aches at her return to heaven; I miss her greatly.
I love her singing,it's like a loving mother singing to her child(close to you) Its so soothing in your times of sadness and despair. RIP May god bless you. pray for you.
tenia una hermosa voz!!! por que richard no lanza mas discos con canciones no publicadas antes!!! por que no edita long plays para nosotros los coleccionistas!!!
Thank you for showing this nice interview.Karen was the sweetest woman of the music industry.A great talent and great woman that never will be forgotten.Pity I never saw her in real, she had be a great friend.Warm regards to Richard Carpenter and Herb Alpert from Chantal(Belgium-Antwerp).
Nunca me cansare de escucharlos, Karen tenia una voz hermosa. Pero que penita que no pueda disfrutar del video ya que no entiendo el ingles, alguien lo subtitulo?
Easy: you take a young girl who's mother has been and is hyper-critical and judgemental, who teaches that girl that nothing less than perfection is acceptable, you throw in enormous media scrutiny...something had to break. With Karen, it surfaced as self abuse through starvation.
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Many people have hyper-critical and judgemental parents, yet not all of them become anorexic. This is all about individual's personality.
There are plenty of celebs who began their way from the bottom of the bottom, who were forced to work from the age of 13 for their living and lived almost at the streets. Karen had much easier life than many of her colleagues, If she didn't appreciate what she had - than it's her own problem.
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It's always easier to blame parents and whole world in one's problems. But after all, we are the ones who are responsible for our actions. Karen had everything, most of the people could only dream about, and still she wasn't satisfied.. Well, it's because she never really knew what hard life is and thought she was the most miserable on the planet, while most of her problems were made up. It's called - egocentrism
It's called, you do not understand anorexia! I'm not here to educate you either, but for God's sake stop judging people about something you are utterly ignorant about. Remember, you point that finger and 3 are coming back at YOU~
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You are the one who started judging people without even knowing them (her parents). And if you don't have any forcible arguments except becoming personal - then you are the one who are ignorant here.
Anorexia is a kind of disease that is common only in thrifty, developed countries. You wouldn't find even one anorexic in poor countires.
Hmm. Well you are right, people who have to struggle to get enough food would never understand or likely get, Anorexia or bulimia. Some do, though. And if you re-read my comment, I was not blaming her mother per se for Karen's eating disorder, I was commenting on how the strive for perfection can lead to this problem. As far as egos? No one hates themselves worse than a person who is starving herself to death because she doesn't think she is worthy of food. THey have ZERO egos.
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Maybe her mother indeed was striving for perfection. But should we blame her for being a typical product of Westen Culture? From the early childhood they are being brainwashed for striving to perfection and realize the notorious "American Dream".
I wasn't talking about ego (self-confidence), but about egocentrism. Egocentrism - is when person is totally sank into his own issues, and becomes sure that he is the most miserable in the world, even if his problems exist only in his mind.
Karen is the female singer of all time. Nobody can deny that. If you can find another female singer who sounds better than her then write down and we'll compare.
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I think no matter what Richard did, he always ends up the guilty one...
Had Karen been more self-confident and tough, she might have stayed alive. No one is responsible for her mental illness. After all, she did it to herself.
Karen and hard rock? It's like wearing cocktail dress together with running shoes.
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why are you so sure she wanted to be a rock-star? and what's so wrong with soft-rock? because she dead from anorexia? and what about all those rock musicians who died from overdose?
love you Karen..... no body beats the Carpenters.... thank you thank you thank you for the music you brought us, you are truly missed... and thank you CrescentNoon for sharing these videos with us....
i weep hearing this lady karen sing...but its kinda wierd how she was never into singing and more into drums even though she could be labeled as the most gorgeous voice in music history...a person like her only comes once in a century or 2
I know that Karen died, but that doesn't means carpenters sound "died",it's eternal.Their music saved the celestial Karen's voice, so she never died really,she is in my heart.
I think that nobody can imitate well The Carpenters. They are my favorite music band, I love The Carpenters!
I think that in an aspect the Carpenter sound died with Karen. There has not been to this date any woman who can match her voice and there also has not been any duo that has the sound that her and Richard did together.
I really dont think that there ever will be again. All you have to do is listen to todays music to see that it is no longer about the quality of the music,only about how much money they can make from it!
My response was directed to you because i completely understood your statment. The recordings may go on but the sound died with her when she passed because no one will ever be able to match it so hence the sound is not eternal.
You know what they say. Opinions are like assholes and every one has one. Just some assholes are bigger than others and i bet yours takes up 2 chairs!
obviously like a fingerprint the exact same voice cannot be repeated again-there is only ever one of each person forever.Its a huge pity that the whole idea that a woman has to be slim to be considered beautiful isn,t gone
I know that Karen died, but that doesn't means carpenters sound "died",it's eternal.Their music saved the celestial Karen's voice, so she never died really,she is in my heart.
I think that nobody can imitate well The Carpenters. They are my favorite music band, I love The Carpenters!
Karen was such an amazing singer it was insane. the most beautiful voice that ever existed. no one can ever replace her ever. she was AMAZING. PERIOD.
Best Voice EVER. End of Story. Richard is a an amazing talent as well. SO much talent in one family. Just down the street from the Beach Boys, too. God, to have been living there in the early sixties.
I appreciate your opinion, but I don't think there's any similarity. Not just in their voices but in their worth and ability to sing in general. Karen is incomparable.
No, not really. Sheryl Crow, however, did a cover of 'Solitaire' on the 'If I Were a Carpenter' album, and while it wasn't similar to Karen's, it was still a decent version.
They have completely different styles and I've never heard Shania sing any of Karen's songs, but if you listen to their voices, IMHO they have a very similar sound .
I will never forget Karen Carpenter and Richard! Remember Richard played a major part in the role of the excellence of the Carpenters! I still love them and will never forget them!
Alltime hot Carpenters 'uncool?' says more about 1970s sad suckas, than about Carpenters' constant class.
DougPatton1 1 month ago in playlist The Carpenters
They were the best.
primogennaio 2 months ago in playlist The Carpenters
even Hendrix and other heavies said she had the perfect voice
rudyxrudy 2 months ago
only idiot who doesn't love karen's music.......she's really a big loss to the industry
redbutterfly36 3 months ago in playlist carpenters2
"When I was young, I'd listen to the radio..." listening for Karen's voice. I don't listen to their music so often anymore. But her voice still makes my heart sing along. R.I.P sweet lady.
crazyflamingoc 4 months ago in playlist The Carpenters
Omg Karen is so beautiful right at 9:25 of this video. You can tell that she was eating normally and not looking at mirrors at this time.
I curse Richard for not bending her over his knee for bare butt spankings and forcing Double Whoppers w/c down her throat.
ItIsAllGoodMostly 5 months ago
@ItIsAllGoodMostly its unfair to blame Richard Carpenter it had to gut him to watch his little sister starve herself and no matter what you want to do up to and including spanking her knowing damn well there was nothing he could do
blunderboy1964 1 month ago in playlist The Carpenters
Angel voice! So sweet!!!
analavig 5 months ago
Karen Carpenter, the most honest singing voice in history.
MrMZaccone 6 months ago 4
I first heard of The Carpenters when they did Goodbye to Love, I was only 8, they were an Icon because there is NOBODY like them. What I love about them besides their music is that they stayed true to themselves, well, until Karen developed anorexia. Then there was the "three of them".
rockinrex 6 months ago
Karen was one of he greatest singers ever. I saw them at least 5 times in concert. What an experience. I miss her everyday.
eventidesj 6 months ago
See, the beauty of the Carpenters, is that no on, not one can duplicate any song by this duo, and reproduce what Karen sang, and how she sung it. I've heard so many versions "close to you" and nothing comes close. Karen...sung from the heart, a true poet! She was a sick lady with her illness, and no one to properly guide her, she may have still been here. DAMN! I'm 46, and to know me, you would not think that this is what I listen to. Best of the Carpenters is always in my cd player.
MsLuvera 7 months ago
Amazing musicianship and talented brothers but please don't put them as "cool" cos it's not the really the point.
ildedoni 7 months ago
She found her vocation, whether singing or drumming, seems she had it alright. You can't go wrong with DANCIN IN THE STREETS
MetallicBill 7 months ago
I will forever love the Carpenters no matter what anyone says!
MsLuvera 8 months ago
@MsLuvera Pretty much true with me, I don't like every song, but I am a metal head who's over 40, so at other times in my life, were other decades of music that I enjoyed and still do
MetallicBill 7 months ago
@MetallicBill metal might be what you prefer but it is obvious you have an open mind and love good music
MrDonnaSue 7 months ago in playlist The Carpenters
@MrDonnaSue I'm barely 40 and I love them. My mom loved it, thats how I heard it.
wordgrrl71 6 months ago
karen was so homely
michelleleawaldrop1 9 months ago
The One & Only Karen Carpenter !!!
0224561 9 months ago
Karen Carpenter has the most beautiful voice I have ever heard. Love her songs. Favorite is Superstar. Makes me cry everytime I listen to it. Wish you were still here. We all miss you.
tonib3741 10 months ago
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I told Randy Schmidt lets go on National TV & I will tell you everything you left out of Little Girl Blue- People are really beginning to understand that this gentlemen is making money off of Karen's misfortune. Randy puts on his little suits, goes out signs books, hasen't donated anything towards eating disorders, he has even talked Karen's friends into talking to him, it's on video- However did anyone notice the peolpe who count the most remained LOYAL! Point made!
vmuto1 10 months ago
Agnes and Richard were a pair of cunts. Her whole downfall was due to that talentless prick and a mother who couldn't have cared less about her. The dear old mother thought the sun shone out his ass. She should have gone solo, but they resented her and held her back. A true talent fucked over by those "closest" to her.
genieman71 10 months ago
@genieman71 Richard couldn't handle the quick success and got on drugs; Mom and Pop were a couple of cold fish by all accounts, and Karen's taste in men led her to some shady characters her parents (unfortunately proved right) warned her against. KC didn't have much of an emotional support system; "...No one ever cared if [she] should live or die/Time and time again the chance for love ha[d] passed [her] by..." Not quite as simple as the conspiracy theory you're selling, mate.
therealjoebloggs 5 months ago
THX 4 POSTIN' !!!!
Love their sound.
Hate that Karen starved to death...
JKKillerB 1 year ago
I've always wondered if Harold and Agnes had any kind of musical talent-considering the tremendous abilities of their children.
TheSienna29 1 year ago
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TheSienna29 1 year ago
The Carpenters- In high school everybody bought their records but nobody would admit to it. How come?
RImusclebear 1 year ago
I don't think young viewers can really appreciate how innovative and cutting edge the Carpenters were at the time. Overdubbing was fairly new stuff and Richard and Karen perfected it to the nth degree. It gave the Carpenters that rich lush, beautiful sound. Still Amazing!!
oneputtsteven 1 year ago
Angelic voice & I truly love "Close to You !
Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American singer and drummer. She and her brother, Richard, formed the 1970s duo
"The Carpenters". She was a drummer of exceptional skill, but it is for her vocal performances that she is best remembered.
She suffered from anorexia nervosa, a little known disease at the time, and died at the age of 32 from heart failure, later attributed to complications related to her illness.
RAINBOWLIZY333 1 year ago
love there music so much!! what a voice!!!!
borndutch71 1 year ago
i love you karen. rest in peace my love
GBurdon1212 1 year ago 3
Eles eram marido e mulherr?
moranabriana1 1 year ago
@moranabriana1
irmaos minha cara
saopaulopitbull 11 months ago
I love the Carpenters. But, this video, the story and the taboo of anorexia make me made. I know her family loved her but , one of the reasons people suffer from anorexia is because it's a control thing. this poor woman was told what to do her whole life. How to act,speak,sing. She could not hale a taxi herself until in her twenties. The body dismorphic disorder stil exists today. Look at models. RIP Karen now you have control of your destiny. We all mis your talent.
paranrm 1 year ago 3
I love The Carpenters music!! An Aunt of mine rought me their
Lp (back in the 70`s) when ii stayed with her for the week....
I have since brought their greatest hits on C.d.
Karen is still truely missed as she had a wonderful, mellow voice
& a beautiful lady both inside & out. x
soulsupremeful 1 year ago 2
Que pena...tanto talento, UN ANGEL. Claudio de Argentina con afecto
alexmagic5 1 year ago
This video is incredible!! She has the most incredible alto voice I have ever heard.
It is such a tradegy that she died young. She really was an attractive girl with a sweet personality and disposition. Her voice is so pure.
supertruckermark 1 year ago
muy buena cancion
jhoncastell 1 year ago
que triste. como paso la vida.
franciscoanibalarrea 1 year ago
This is great documentary!! I can avoid to ask myself ... If she were alive...how big would she be now?!! It is so sad she is not...
kariushka 1 year ago
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Alekboe 1 year ago
Karen Carpenter is the best singe ever! I love her voice, and they have so many great hits. I love the song "Touch me when we're dancing" it's stuck firmly to the brain!!
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svh002 1 year ago
Smooth, smooth, smooth! I want to go back. I love this girl. We've lost class over the years. So much natural talent between Karen & Richard.
greenwich1754 1 year ago 2
Nobody will EVER sing just like Karen did...I grew up listening to her perfect voice...She taught me how to sing...an icon of music everlasting and unforgettable...
yarylux 1 year ago
Best women singer of all time
DiBiasehere 1 year ago 3
Their songs have a "bare bones" intimacy to them. I don't care what anyone says, they belong in RRHF.
geoghe10 1 year ago 3
is there a part two of dis documentary?
leysonH 1 year ago
Really great video, and boy do I miss her!
DocRossow 1 year ago
that vocie is the great female vocie ever
cbowman61 1 year ago
Her voice was so lovely but don't forget her first love...the drums because she is one of the world's best female drummers to this day and in those days girls didn't do drums. RIP Karen.
TheSami1973 1 year ago 7
love this music!! This is one of my favorite, hmm I missed those days when i was young
eyah243 1 year ago
at 0:09-0:14 she looks like a doll. so pretty. :)
chijeii 1 year ago 2
Her voice is so hard to describe.. it's so lovely. True, nobody has and will ever have a voice like her. I wouldn't be surprised if their music would still be heard at around 2025 or 2050.
I wish we had more voices like these around. What we have now are so-called 'singers' who don't even know how to sing love songs like the Carpenters have.
chijeii 1 year ago 2
R.I.P. Karen Carpenter ... The voice of the angels!!!!... forever the best woman singer of all time!!! :'(
Cokain3 2 years ago 2
The voice of an angel on earth for such a short time. I am grateful to have experienced her talent in my life. My heart aches at her return to heaven; I miss her greatly.
ivanack 2 years ago
my heart hurts D:
diemloan 2 years ago
her voice is so lovely. :)
chijeii 2 years ago 3
Obviously a fantasic vocalist, but she also really grooves on drums
bbagginz 2 years ago 2
The Artist of the most loved by me.
Unfortunate Karen, we need you.
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BUON ANNO NUOVO
FAUSTORICCARDO 2 years ago
Dionne Warwick still thinks OJ is innocent.
helmsbarn 2 years ago
@helmsbarn what the hell does that mean she thinks that OJ is innocent? can you elaborate..
MrJacksonvill 2 years ago
I love her singing,it's like a loving mother singing to her child(close to you) Its so soothing in your times of sadness and despair. RIP May god bless you. pray for you.
jalexrosh 2 years ago 3
hey what year is bthis song?
dantene1208 2 years ago
The original "Close to You" of Burt Bacharach was edited in 1963.
The famous Karen version belongs to 1970.
ResciM 2 years ago
karen, ur songs will always be in our hearts 4ever. maybe now ur singing with the angels ^^
choanx 2 years ago 3
I remember seeing this documentary. Well done...Thx for this brief journey down Memory Lane.
Noone will ever have a voice like Karen..
She was liquid velvet vocals encapsulated in the body of a troubled lady
Karen, you went away too soon.
csereix 2 years ago 3
I always like the Carpenters. Thanks for the video!
jahzoone 2 years ago
understanding,is being able to understand,brilliant song.
zoonitis 2 years ago
cuando no se cree en Dios y en el mundo espiritual, se cometen muchos errores.
elmaaauri 2 years ago
I'm a hardcore Wilson Pickett, James Brown, Rolling Stones, funk-rock-soul man and I LOVE THE CARPENTERS!!!!!!
tomthefunky 2 years ago 2
I miss her so much.......Her talent and natural singing was and is still totally extraordinary.......
HandwhistlerBen 2 years ago 43
@HandwhistlerBen
alexmagic5 1 year ago
PORQUE SE TUVO QUE MURIR?!?!?!?!?
Estara en mi corazon para siempre
riffleman360 2 years ago
maldita sea!!!por que tuvo que morir!!!
tenia una hermosa voz!!! por que richard no lanza mas discos con canciones no publicadas antes!!! por que no edita long plays para nosotros los coleccionistas!!!
de todas maneras...¡amo a Carpenters!
jhonncarpenter 2 years ago
Karen tiene la mejor voz ,como deseo q ella aun este viva:(
1GNRslash 2 years ago 2
yo tambien.
karen fue un angel cuando tambien cuando en vida
lara9114 2 years ago
Thank you for showing this nice interview.Karen was the sweetest woman of the music industry.A great talent and great woman that never will be forgotten.Pity I never saw her in real, she had be a great friend.Warm regards to Richard Carpenter and Herb Alpert from Chantal(Belgium-Antwerp).
theflowerpower01 2 years ago 2
la voz hermosa.....
marineritaazul 2 years ago
me encanta the carpenters ,la vos de Karen es muy hermosa y lelodiosa a pesar que no soy de la epoca me encantan los carpenters...
con cariño Carolina de Chile....
marineritaazul 2 years ago
POOR ANGEL.
danimalo007 2 years ago
Nunca me cansare de escucharlos, Karen tenia una voz hermosa. Pero que penita que no pueda disfrutar del video ya que no entiendo el ingles, alguien lo subtitulo?
loumili 2 years ago
What do you really think caused her eating disorder?
AVALONFANINVA 2 years ago
Easy: you take a young girl who's mother has been and is hyper-critical and judgemental, who teaches that girl that nothing less than perfection is acceptable, you throw in enormous media scrutiny...something had to break. With Karen, it surfaced as self abuse through starvation.
no1zgrl4eva 2 years ago
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Many people have hyper-critical and judgemental parents, yet not all of them become anorexic. This is all about individual's personality.
There are plenty of celebs who began their way from the bottom of the bottom, who were forced to work from the age of 13 for their living and lived almost at the streets. Karen had much easier life than many of her colleagues, If she didn't appreciate what she had - than it's her own problem.
Nixe1007 2 years ago
Who is saying she didnt appreciate what she had? I don't think you understand the anorexic mentality at all.
no1zgrl4eva 2 years ago 4
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It's always easier to blame parents and whole world in one's problems. But after all, we are the ones who are responsible for our actions. Karen had everything, most of the people could only dream about, and still she wasn't satisfied.. Well, it's because she never really knew what hard life is and thought she was the most miserable on the planet, while most of her problems were made up. It's called - egocentrism
Nixe1007 2 years ago
It's called, you do not understand anorexia! I'm not here to educate you either, but for God's sake stop judging people about something you are utterly ignorant about. Remember, you point that finger and 3 are coming back at YOU~
no1zgrl4eva 2 years ago 22
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You are the one who started judging people without even knowing them (her parents). And if you don't have any forcible arguments except becoming personal - then you are the one who are ignorant here.
Anorexia is a kind of disease that is common only in thrifty, developed countries. You wouldn't find even one anorexic in poor countires.
Nixe1007 2 years ago
Hmm. Well you are right, people who have to struggle to get enough food would never understand or likely get, Anorexia or bulimia. Some do, though. And if you re-read my comment, I was not blaming her mother per se for Karen's eating disorder, I was commenting on how the strive for perfection can lead to this problem. As far as egos? No one hates themselves worse than a person who is starving herself to death because she doesn't think she is worthy of food. THey have ZERO egos.
no1zgrl4eva 2 years ago 2
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Maybe her mother indeed was striving for perfection. But should we blame her for being a typical product of Westen Culture? From the early childhood they are being brainwashed for striving to perfection and realize the notorious "American Dream".
I wasn't talking about ego (self-confidence), but about egocentrism. Egocentrism - is when person is totally sank into his own issues, and becomes sure that he is the most miserable in the world, even if his problems exist only in his mind.
Nixe1007 2 years ago
@no1zgrl4eva Mark Knopfler/Dire Staits (& I'm sure older) 1980 in "Solid Rock" from the "Making Movies" album (three fingers pointing back at you).
greenwich1754 1 year ago
WE MISS KAREN !
ANGEL VOICE !
470666470 2 years ago
Thanks crescentmoon for posting this video.
I guess it's not cool to like the carpenters but I am 39 so now I don't care what people think.
I think Karen Carpenter had a great voice and her and Richard wrote and sang great songs.
JasonB1969 2 years ago
Karen is the female singer of all time. Nobody can deny that. If you can find another female singer who sounds better than her then write down and we'll compare.
danimalo007 2 years ago 6
That's a hard one. She is definitely in a tie with the all time greats.
TEB1952 2 years ago
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@danimalo007 I TOTALY AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alekboe 1 year ago
thanks for posting crescentnoon
roybotti 2 years ago
karen tiene una buena voz.
GnR!
1GNRslash 2 years ago
Vc é amada aqui no Brasil..!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kinhaca 2 years ago
what a bitter-sweet career....so much fame and so much suffering, pain and loss
inkey2 2 years ago
superb .
spellbinder777 2 years ago
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Look up Claire Paydon on youtube. She Sings Karen "Amazing"
unit287 2 years ago
when i was a dj i played there songs all the time she is trully missed .thanks to cd's, tapes and tv we'll have them around for a while to come.
rustyspoke 2 years ago
you can tell (in retrospect) seeing Karen in these old films.......she just does not look like a happy person...at all
inkey2 2 years ago
because she never wanted to front the band...she was happy hiding behind the drum kit
had they not pushed her, she may have lived till today
and i have no doubt that she wouldve made many a guest appearance on rock and hard rock albums jamming on the drums
she was that good
brabon1 2 years ago
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I think no matter what Richard did, he always ends up the guilty one...
Had Karen been more self-confident and tough, she might have stayed alive. No one is responsible for her mental illness. After all, she did it to herself.
Karen and hard rock? It's like wearing cocktail dress together with running shoes.
Nixe1007 2 years ago
watch her play the drums
she couldve easily played session with the runaways....or even appeared with them on stage
he was a hard rock drummer, stuck in a soft rock world
brabon1 2 years ago
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why are you so sure she wanted to be a rock-star? and what's so wrong with soft-rock? because she dead from anorexia? and what about all those rock musicians who died from overdose?
Nixe1007 2 years ago
I am an american......the BBC does such interesting documentaries
inkey2 2 years ago 3
I've always thought the same thing, I love the BBC,...I wish we had a network here like that
stillwaterseven 2 years ago
Thanx for posting.........Very interesting
Roddirat 2 years ago
There is nobody in no way tht will sound like karen Carpenter! it is 2009 and Richard, you are great dude!
padude64 2 years ago
Richard and karen will never escape stardom! I am teary eyed!
padude64 2 years ago
Same here,it kinda makes a unusual kinda feeling or ache in the heart when you hera Close to You!
jalexrosh 2 years ago 2
Both karen and Richard Carpenter can escape stardom!
padude64 2 years ago
Love Karen!!! x
nomisrofreve 2 years ago
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Im Karen spirit
nakluts 2 years ago
love you Karen..... no body beats the Carpenters.... thank you thank you thank you for the music you brought us, you are truly missed... and thank you CrescentNoon for sharing these videos with us....
kenjo202000 2 years ago 9
If you've ever loved someone who was self-destructive, you understand this story...
beowulven 2 years ago 5
linda essa gata e uma voz suave ao ouvido
jonathangregory15766 2 years ago
even though im a girl.. karen is sooooooo cute .....xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
vimtoshoot 2 years ago 8
richard carpenter is handsome when he was young...
amorcholo 3 years ago
i love that song! its on Open Season 2. Thanks 4 postin it.
mywords07 3 years ago 2
Karen Carpenter had one of the greatest singing voices in music!
samuelus12 3 years ago 6
I think that Karen Carpenter looked similar to Kate Jackson.
Janvierireland 3 years ago
karen is so adorable
jerzydawg333 3 years ago 3
They had and have some incredibly forever lasting songs
Nikki817 3 years ago 5
She's the best... I Wish That there will be the time that "there will be someone like here"
gabriellesiaton 3 years ago
i weep hearing this lady karen sing...but its kinda wierd how she was never into singing and more into drums even though she could be labeled as the most gorgeous voice in music history...a person like her only comes once in a century or 2
redblossom64 3 years ago 5
me too and I am a construction worker!
padude64 2 years ago
Please show British person, me it.
How many is the number of album total sales amounts of Carpenters in the UK?
Japan is 5,600,000 pieces（oricon.deta)
shinjunks 3 years ago
at 4:12 is John Bettis, a very famous songwriter. He penned "Human Nature" sung by Michael Jackson.
razorfenup 3 years ago
Is Karen Ichiuji-Ramone a person of what country?
shinjunks 3 years ago
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very sad ...... very sad
Beethoven1216 3 years ago 2
I know that Karen died, but that doesn't means carpenters sound "died",it's eternal.Their music saved the celestial Karen's voice, so she never died really,she is in my heart.
I think that nobody can imitate well The Carpenters. They are my favorite music band, I love The Carpenters!
peacklesforever 3 years ago 2
I think that in an aspect the Carpenter sound died with Karen. There has not been to this date any woman who can match her voice and there also has not been any duo that has the sound that her and Richard did together.
I really dont think that there ever will be again. All you have to do is listen to todays music to see that it is no longer about the quality of the music,only about how much money they can make from it!
THEBEASTOFOLD 3 years ago 4
You don't understand my answer, I just want to say that they are my favorite music band. I really don't care about your opinion.
peacklesforever 3 years ago
My response was directed to you because i completely understood your statment. The recordings may go on but the sound died with her when she passed because no one will ever be able to match it so hence the sound is not eternal.
You know what they say. Opinions are like assholes and every one has one. Just some assholes are bigger than others and i bet yours takes up 2 chairs!
THEBEASTOFOLD 3 years ago 3
obviously like a fingerprint the exact same voice cannot be repeated again-there is only ever one of each person forever.Its a huge pity that the whole idea that a woman has to be slim to be considered beautiful isn,t gone
Janvierireland 3 years ago
I AGREE!!!!
maktubmaktub 3 years ago
who was the first to figure out she had anorexia?her parents?brother?Anyone know her favorite color?
AVALONFANINVA 3 years ago
divine! an angel ...
canariojoe 3 years ago
This is really awesome!!!!!!!!
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago
no comparison!
robinspillman 3 years ago
Hey thanks for posting, that band was so different.
wrsawy 3 years ago
Karen WAS the Carpenter sound
Sorry but she was
Kgirl73 3 years ago 3
RC was the architect of "the sound," with KC as the centerpiece.
squooge 3 years ago 2
you are so stupid!
peacklesforever 3 years ago
I know that Karen died, but that doesn't means carpenters sound "died",it's eternal.Their music saved the celestial Karen's voice, so she never died really,she is in my heart.
I think that nobody can imitate well The Carpenters. They are my favorite music band, I love The Carpenters!
peacklesforever 3 years ago 2
Karen was such an amazing singer it was insane. the most beautiful voice that ever existed. no one can ever replace her ever. she was AMAZING. PERIOD.
nmolnar32 3 years ago 8
anglelic was her voice that could have move the world to peace.
technicolorhighway 3 years ago 3
karen is so damn pretty
chriced 3 years ago
Close to you the perfect song for the unique voice.Karen is always in my heart.
denisfov 3 years ago 3
she had a unique voice and no comparison.Karen voice is incomparable, no one out there can sing
like my beautiful Karen. unusual quality voice
and perfect pitched,
richard068 3 years ago 4
You are really Richard Carpenter, it's a question.
peacklesforever 3 years ago
no comparison,karen voice was unique, no one can
duplicate her sound,i don't see anyone out there
had a perfect pitched like karen.
richard068 3 years ago 3
the narrator is very annoying, she sounds like in a fecking commercial for ice cream.
matilda1978 3 years ago
30 something female BBC narrators and producers have very little talent. But they are the flavour of the month.
ivorbigunzz 3 years ago
@ivorbigunzz i was forced to use her by the commissioning editor (it was his bird at the time) and i agree she ain't right
number1pieman 1 year ago
Yeah I hate the narrating....
alleycatmeow2001 3 years ago
Best Voice EVER. End of Story. Richard is a an amazing talent as well. SO much talent in one family. Just down the street from the Beach Boys, too. God, to have been living there in the early sixties.
swensev 3 years ago 2
she was capable of singing every single note perfectly, every damn time.
amazing ability!
pantseeker 3 years ago 2
thanks for these videos CresentNoon
darrenhoopy 4 years ago
Karen's voice was a gift from God, uniquely hers.
mzklover 4 years ago 7
Has anyone else noticed how similar Shania Twain's voice is to Karens?
ceedoubleyou 4 years ago
I appreciate your opinion, but I don't think there's any similarity. Not just in their voices but in their worth and ability to sing in general. Karen is incomparable.
mka800 3 years ago 2
No, not really. Sheryl Crow, however, did a cover of 'Solitaire' on the 'If I Were a Carpenter' album, and while it wasn't similar to Karen's, it was still a decent version.
CrescentNoon 3 years ago
They have completely different styles and I've never heard Shania sing any of Karen's songs, but if you listen to their voices, IMHO they have a very similar sound .
ceedoubleyou 3 years ago
Nothing compares to the sound of Karen Carpenter. It always brings a smile and you always remember where you were in life when you hear her voice.
rmanista 4 years ago 4
one notch above heaven
doowoprichie 4 years ago
aww ... i miss karen
icereis1 4 years ago
I will never forget Karen Carpenter and Richard! Remember Richard played a major part in the role of the excellence of the Carpenters! I still love them and will never forget them!
padude64 4 years ago
Miss you Karen....
skot66 4 years ago 2
This is really awesome!!!!!!!! Karen Carpenter's voice is truly unique and absolutely wonderful. Richard is brilliant.
lildefender16 4 years ago 2
is it ok/normal for a grown man to cry whenever he hears a particular carpenters' song? god, she was sooo great..
elsoda 4 years ago 6