"Living Famously - Karen Carpenter" BBC Documentary (Pt 2)

Go here for Pt 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq7MqlITUB0

Excellent Documentary produced by BBC.

Some great clips and concert footage, as well as interviews by Caroline Corr, Herb Alpert, Burt Bacharach, Jerry Moss, John Bettis, Phil Ramone, Frank Pooler, Mike Curb, Randy Schmidt, and others.

Go here for Pt 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2Z8Gz1gAw0

Visit http://www.GoCarpenters.com to help induct the Carpenters into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

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• '70s
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[mka800]

Purity and perfection. There will never be another Karen. Thanks so much for this documentary.

[eventidesj]

Karen was the greatest female vocalist of all time. I miss her so much. A star on earth, a star in Heaven.

[PeaceWithTheseEyes]

With green energy and an enlightened attitude, humanity can really live an easy and comfortable life. Courage and intelligence will let us evolve into something greater. You would enjoy the story of WITH THESE EYES.

[itsstillfriday]

1:25 "BUT" FIRE I'll TAKE YOU TO BURN!!

[susanbcork]

for those music enthusiasts there is a great doc (2 hours or so) on freddie mercury.

[ritter89]

@Mattyuk1 Yes but all those bands you mentioned are from Europe, which is what I said in my previous post. I was talking about the 80s as a low point for American fashion and music. Also, I grew up during the 80s, not the 70s--also mentioned in previous post. I like lots of groups from the 80s but most of them are from Europe, not the states. The Smiths are one of my favorites

[Mattyuk1]

@ritter89 The jam, the cure, the police, the smiths are just a few bands that were not electro. As for the synths...they were much warmer and fatter than what the 70's tried to produce. The 70's was gay glam rock man, nothing special.

You'll say the 70's probs because you grew up in them. I grew up in the 60's but prefer 80's :/

[ritter89]

@Mattyuk1 You must be joking. The 80s produced some of the most garish American fashion statements of the 20th century. I grew up during the 80s so I speak from experience. Overproduced studio albums featuring drum machines, soulless synthesizers and generic voice treatments ruined many otherwise decent songs. Mullets and neon colors may have been high points for trailer park residents but for designers and musicians they were artistic cul-de-sacs. Most of the good stuff came from Europe

[AORMETALGORE]

at around 07:45 a great truth is said

[seilogramp]

5:25 - Accepting the Grammy for "Close To You." Karen was so damn cute! I remember watching this live when I was 13. I was in love. I still am. It pains me to think of what could have been.