"Living Famously - Karen Carpenter" BBC Documentary (Pt 6)

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.

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Entertainment

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• Carpenters
• Karen
• Richard
• Carpenter
• singer
• drummer
• drum
• drums
• drumming
• documentary
• '70s
• retro

[aldrinadams]

I truly wish that Karen was around today. Her voice and musically were gifts from God which will remain gifts to the world! She is greatly missed!!!

[213rich]

I just sat here and watched the entire thing. Loved it! Thanks for taking the time to post it. A very in depth glimpse in to a life we think we already know all about.

[tidbittoo]

Is it just me, but in these live performances Richards voice sucks and he's screwing up the whole song? I caught myself cringing every time he sang live.

[thejohnsmithyetagain]

Got to ask, where did they dig up that therapist? She's terrible.

[crazycatlady68]

@aldrinadams What?? Her voice was pure genetics moron,and yes it was beautiful.If your "God" decided to give her this gift why then would he let her suffer so much?? And dont give me this free will shit.If your "God" gave her this gift then he so would have enabled her to carry on.

[LittleLJ22]

@TheBeee31 Are you kidding? In the grand scheme of life 32 is young and way too early to go.

[Timberextra]

i hit post early...anyway, i enjoyed the music, footage of concerts, but i did NOT like this punk and the others who are riding on the tails of the carpenters all for money. as one person posted, the LOYAL people close to her remain loyal to her memory and music. where were they in the making of this? one more thing. what rock did the national enquirer guy crawl out from?

[Timberextra]

i must be new to this, but who the hell is this randy??? i have been a carpenters fan since i can remember. this is the first i have heard of him and some of the others in this program. who close enough to richard, parents and very close people in their lives would talk to these fools

[rockinrex]

Karen, just like me, they long to be, close to you. I miss you.

[jrat92]

I think there's something inside us singers that we never really share with anyone. I think its a loneliness so deep that it hurts to just mention it. I'm not sure where this loneliness comes from but its always there.

[kkaychoco]

Thanks for posting this. Is it available on DVD anywhere? Please let us know if you get a chance. Really enjoyed it. Although, got incrediblly sad toward the end. So sad she is not here to supply us with more fantastic singing and talent.

[sheepbedamned]

Amazing Karen's resemblance to Mary Louise Parker. She would have been great portraying her at an earlier age.