Karen had a voice like no other. As a teen, I listened to her for hours on end. As for the production values, Richard gets the credit for that. The man is a musical genius.

You're wise beyond your age. It's refreshing to see a young man speak with intelligence and appreciation for such talent. I really enjoyed your comments and reaction.

A Song for You is one of my favorite Carpenters songs. There is a version with a sax solo which makes it even better.

Leon Russell knew how to write some damn good songs. The Carpenter's always recognized his talent and built on it.

One of her finest vocal performances (which is saying a lot since there were so many) - the album version is longer because it has a great extended sax solo in the middle - next up try their version of THIS MASQUERADE...really good stuff!

@Jude74

2 жыл бұрын

Amen

Will Never get tired of people discovering and reacting to Karen’s voice and talent. Realize Richard’s genius gets eclipsed a bit but I think he is happy the art they created together and her voice is still floating around the universe making people feel, smile, and cry at times. Love when the mic is so clear it picks up every intonation and phrasing choice of hers. Just wow. Thanks for choosing this and posting.

Pat, if you want to get completely blown away by a Carpenters song, play Solitaire. It might even bring a tear to your eyes.

Thank you for this. Karen reaches into my heart and pulls it out. Every single time. Every song. She is missed on this earth. RIP💜

@okiewade917

2 жыл бұрын

Every. Single. Time.

@louisvaccaro5865

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the likes of karen carpenter, a superstar, in every sense of the word, comes but only once in a lifetime. her voice was like a breath of fresh air, it was absolutely stunning, full of feeling, and emotion, make you feel every note she was singing!. i dont know any other singer that could captivate an audience like karen. karen, we all love you, and miss you terribly, you are sorely missed. love, is a wonderful thing, and love conquers all

@cherierhynes8514

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Karen is a first class act. But her songs are the reflections of a just regular girl .. who happened to open her mouth while playing drums and make magic happen. Nice orchestra and background voices. She was a real beautiful brunette and gorgeous. 👸💙 eyes!!

@dixiehuston4869

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I feel the same every time I listen to the Carpenter's..Thank you

Many people sang the song, deservedly so because it’s a beautiful song. But when she quiets everything down and speaks to us intimately, “I love you in a place where there’s no space and time,” she puts it up there in the firmament forever.

She is my favourite female singer, I tend to sing her songs on karaoke.. Love her I do...

Great reaction! I love Karen too! She really was a one in a million. Thank you!

therapy for the soul was her voice and how she used it in regards to storytelling, interpretation and phrasing...

First sung and written by Lean Russell(1971), then just over one year later Karen did this song. The contrast of their 2 voices couldnt be more, like night and day. Both amazing, but Karen will always be my favorite so I cant judge her against others.

those low notes especially......just so beautiful....she is the best.

I’m one year older than Karen, had such a crush. Her beautiful three octave contralto voice was always soothing. She always said the Money is in the basement. Gone way too soon.

Best female voice ever...ever!

There's an oldies medley on their Now & Then album that includes Skeeter Davis' "End Of The World", which KC ends on a baritone note. Both she and Richard knew her low register was her trump card. Karen's expression was "the money's in the basement"...

This one together with “This Masquerade”, “Two sides” and “I can dream, can’t I?” are the best to enjoy her low register

Another amazing song sung by Karen Carpenter is ORDINARY FOOL, you will tear up. Thank you for sharing these wonderful moments in music. 😊

Definitely the queen of melancholy!! Thanks for choosing this. My favourite. too. But.. I missed the sax solo.

Actually she is perfect pitch. Watch reaction to her voice in studio compared to live... she sang perfect pitch live compared to studio

Angel voice. God bless.

Amazing being around at the time when this song came out well let me tell you this the WORD your looking for is hauntingly angelic. I was alive when it first came out ok now I want to say I love the fact that your trying to listen to the music of my generation an loving an appreciating it her voice will haunt you but in a good way keep on delving into the music from the 60s an 70s you'll just fall in love I'm proud of you young man keep on

Thank you for that lovely review. This performance made me cry. Richard's arrangements are gorgeous. (Karen's voice resonates in a way that's undeniably soothing.)

I absolutely love this song!!

When i hear her voice i feel vulnerable it seems to awaken your soul.

The album version is really long with an unbelievable sax solo. Check this out. You’ll love it. Great reaction!

A Leon Russell song written and recorded by him in 1970. Karen infuses the ballad with dripping emotion with her gorgeous voice. Her lower register is to die for, throbbing and rapturous.

@awordfrompresidentpat1985

2 жыл бұрын

I learned that recently. But, I love that song. It’s gorgeous

Let's take it back to Karen's beginnings as a jazz drummer/soloist. At 16 she already mastered her craft. Full performance Drumming/singing. kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6VnuJR6lqeflcY.html

The word about the feeling when she sings is paralyzed.

Such a sweet and great. reaction to the Angel's lead singer

Great breakdown and analysis of this song and of Karen and Richard's talent. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Nobody could deliver a melancholy love song like KC could.

Loved your thoughts on this beautiful special song

❤❤yes one of my many favorites..

You my man are a Class Act

Hi Pat! Thanks for doing this one. I noticed you noticed when she went low...very sexy and beautiful, her low register! I have a comment on this you may not like, but I'm telling you this from the perspective of someone who has all the Carpenters music on original vinyl LPs, which I listen to through my Stax electrostatic headphones fed by my Sumiko moving-coil cartridge. It's like we're dancing and she's directly into my ear. My point is I'm not a KZread Carpenter's fan; I grew up listening to them, when it was UNcool to like the Carpenters. Please give a listen to the real version of this song. What on earth am I talking about? I mention this because this is one of the two videos by them I really wish no one could access because they're chopped up. The other one is a "Close to You" video in which the end of the song is totally chopped off. In this song (which you said was short...but it really isn't), they totally cut out one of the most beautifully composed sax solos I've ever heard, and I'm a big jazz fanatic. I'm not talking flipping levers and whaling up and down, which is what a lot of mediocre sax players do; I'm talking something that's so well done it sounds like it was composed, not improvised. So good I used it as my transcription assignment for Jazz Class for my music degree. People who don't know this song may roll their eyes, but this link is to the studio-album version, and you'll see why I wanted you to hear it. Just do it on your own; no need to react to it. Bob Messenger's solos were so beautifully put together: "A Song For You" - kzread.info/dash/bejne/pqSZqI-SfMq6pso.html

@A-whiter-shade-of-pale

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I was in my 30s when the Carpenters first got big (what was cool did not bother me as no one trusted anyone over 30 anyway). I belong to several record clubs and when a new record came I played it 2 time once to put in on my everything tape (10 in real to real) and once on a tape of just that performer. The first album I got of theirs was their first album got it as the free album for that month. Still have all my albums and they have only been played once on a teac phonograph. My songs (over 1,000 now) are now on two (one for backup do not want to have to get them from tape to thumb drives again it takes forever to code them so player in my car can sort them) 1 terabyte thumb drives in a WAV format (lossless) and a copy on my computer. I developed a deep platonic love for Karen Carpenter back then and it has not decreased.

Perfection

Thank you for one of your best reactions and performances ever. She was - and you are - brilliant.

This was a shortened version from a Bob hope (I think..?) special. Check out the full album version.

@nicholasriviezzo5925

2 жыл бұрын

correct - album version is very special

Karen pulled our hearts out, thank you for you appreciating the Carpenters. Try the song Desporado by them.

On a different Carpenters video, one of the comments said that listening to Karen sing was like a deep tissue massage for the soul. I agree! When I hear a Carpenters song begin playing on the radio, everything stops and I listen. Great reaction. I have watched quite a few reaction videos of the Carpenters, and for the most part, there is a look in people's eyes that is indescribable. Yours included... ❤

Richard was supposed to be the musical genius in the family (and he is an amazing composer/arranger) but her mother especially was frustrated that Karen was stealing all the thunder because of THAT voice! She was a throw-away in the Carpenter family because she was the star, not Richard. She developed Anorexia Nervosa because of the stigma of being one of the greatest vocalists of the 20th century and died from the disease on February 4, 1983. Her funeral was attended by every music legend of the time. RIP Karen Carpenter; your voice is missed to this day!

One of my favorites. 😍

This man has great taste in music.

Great review and reaction.

Great job, man. Love your production. Thank you…

all of the accolades and the praises are deserved when it comes to Karen. What I need to point out about Karen Carpenter is this. When she sings, you think she is singing to you directly, specifically and intimately.

Beautiful commentary - Thank you!

Actually, I think there’s a longer version of this song. I think it’s one of her best performances. Although, mr. Guder, still crazy are quite lovely, as well.

Donnie Hathaway's version is very good...Karen knocked this out of the park!!!!

The album version of this song is a lot longer - it has a wonderful long saxophone solo. Check it out.

BEAUTIFAL VOICE

I love it. The only thing I don’t like about it is that it was too short, I was just starting to really feel it and vibe with it when it ended. Lol.

Bro love the Carpenters and love your take on music.. you have knowledge and see you feel the music

This was for a TV special but the studio recording with the sax solo is better.

THANK YOU

Donnie Hathaway’s version is my all-time favorite also.

Our beloved Karen left us 40 years ago on February 4, 1983. 💔😢

Carpenters Rainy Days and Mondays

lOL..I love all of themmmmm!!!

This is an edited version of the original album/single hit version which completely cuts out the saxophone solo. You watched a live version video with the edited studio audio version for sound. You should definitely hear the original to hear what you missed. This video does not do the song justice!

Bummer. You played the short version. Still beautiful.

Leon Russell wrote this in 1970

Longer version is audio version. is whit solo

Try Leon Russells version. He wrote the song. Leon Russell A Song For You from the Homewood Sessions

The world lost the greatest singer ever

There’s a longer version of it. And more Karen is better.

This the SHORT VERSION ... LONG VERSION MUCH BETTER !!!

@awordfrompresidentpat1985

2 жыл бұрын

Aww really. I did not realize there was another version. :(

@EJSmith-dk3yg

2 жыл бұрын

@@awordfrompresidentpat1985 Yes, quite a few both LIVE and STUDIO. The song is appox. 4m and 45s long. With the version you played, you missed the sax.

This was not even the whole song. Where's the instrumental bridge and the outro verse?

Sounds impossible to hold those low notes that long

This is not LIVE!

React to: "Trying to Get the Feeling Again" kzread.info/dash/bejne/e4KbtcqNY9CZkqw.html

You were cheated here. This video completely eliminates an incredibly gorgeous saxophone solo. It is integral to the number. Find a different video and get the full recording. You won't be disappointed.

They did a lot of lip synced and syndicated shows