Close To You: The Story of The Carpenters (2002 BBC Doc Pt1)

Great documentary that aired in 2002 from BBC. LOTS of rare footage, including Karen walking down the aisle at her wedding!
Interviews from Dionne Warwick, Petula Clark, Kim Gordon, Tony Peluso, Paul Williams, Frank Pooler, Herb Alpert, John Bettis, Mark Radcliffe, Badly Drawn Boy, Joe Osborne, Gary Sims.

To watch part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFfZn9NqQO0

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

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[TheSami1973]

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.

[MrMZaccone]

Karen Carpenter, the most honest singing voice in history.

[blunderboy1964]

@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

[DougPatton1]

Alltime hot Carpenters 'uncool?' says more about 1970s sad suckas, than about Carpenters' constant class.

[primogennaio]

They were the best.

[rudyxrudy]

even Hendrix and other heavies said she had the perfect voice

[redbutterfly36]

only idiot who doesn't love karen's music.......she's really a big loss to the industry

[crazyflamingoc]

"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]

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.

[therealjoebloggs]

@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.

[analavig]

Angel voice! So sweet!!!