Carpenters - Now (Karen Carpenter's LAST recording)
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In June 1981, Karen and Richard released their 10th studio album, "Made In America," and made a world tour to promote it with appearances in Brazil and Germany. In November of that year, she and Richard returned home to California. Karen and her husband Tom Burris formally separated that same month. Shortly after Christmas, Karen moved to New York to begin treatment for her anorexia. She sought treatment with psychotherapist Steven Levenkron who was noted for his research into anorexia nervosa and self injury.
In April 1982, she took a two-week vacation from her treatment and returned home to California. She and Richard returned to the studio and recorded several songs, including this song, "Now." At the time of this recording, Karen was heavily anorexic. Richard says she had lost even more weight since the last time he had seen her the year before. Karen returned to New York and stayed there until November 1982. During a two-month stay in a hospital, she was fed intravenously and gained 30 pounds. She returned home for Thanksgiving that year. Although she felt that she was cured, Richard saw that she still didn't look well and he told her so. The additional weight of 30 pounds added back suddenly on a body that had been underweight for so many years further strained her weakened heart, and she died of heart failure on the morning of February 4, 1983. She was just 32 years old, a month shy of her 33rd birthday.
Following Karen's death, Richard returned to the studio and worked on his and Karen's last recordings, including two of the songs she recorded in 1982 as well as other songs from previous recording sessions over the years before. The album, "Voice of the Heart" was released in October 1983, eight months after Karen's death.
"Now" was a work lead, recorded in one take, and was intended to familiarize the musicians with the song as well as Richard's arrangement of it. After a complete music track had been recorded, Karen would have then returned to the studio and recorded new vocals for the song. But as it was, the work lead turned out to be the last song Karen ever recorded.
There's an old legend about the swan's song - how the Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) which is completely mute during its lifetime until the moment just before it dies, is said to sing one beautiful song. Over the years, listeners have commented on the lyrics of the song and knowing what we know now, wonder if perhaps Karen had had a premonition of what was to come. Indeed, "Now" can be said to have been Karen's "swan song."
Now
Now,
Now when it rains, I don't feel cold.
Now that I have your hand to hold,
The winds might blow through me
but I don't care.
There's no harm in thunder if you are there.
And now,
now when we touch, my feelings fly.
Now when I'm smiling, I know why.
You light up my world like the morning sun.
You're so deep within me, we're almost one.
And now all the fears that I had start to fade.
I was always afraid love might forget me,
love might let me down.
Then look who I found.
The winds might blow through me
but I don't care.
There's no harm in thunder if you are there.
And now, now,
now when I wake, there's someone home.
I'll never face the nights alone.
You gave me the courage I need to win,
to open my heart and to let you in.
And I never really knew how, until now,
Until now.
No, I never really knew how,
until now
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Her last song. Even dying, she still sang like an angel.
@jennyneame1003
9 ай бұрын
One of my favourite songs. Beautiful voice. R. I. P. Karen ❤️❤️❤️
@stevenburger7158
8 ай бұрын
CARPENTERS> ANOINTED & ORDAINED by God to impact USA during Dark Turmoil of division > They Shot Up like a METEOR by God's Hand (16 Mega Hits & 20+M Sales in just 1st 4 yrs.) a 'Consecutive Hits' Record still today 2021 > now 150+M Sales incl. '1M' Solo album by Karen (1980) released '1996'.
@stevenburger7158
5 ай бұрын
ANGELS NEVER DIE > KAREN IS IN HEAVEN & HAPPIER THAN ANY TIME IN HER EARTHLY LIFE! We who are left behind are Sad & Miss > 'CARPENTERS'
There will never be another female singer in history that will ever sound like this again.❤️
@dinahanderson
Ай бұрын
So true
I'm a metal head but Karen's voice has a deep place in my heart. There's no shame in being a Carpenter's fan.
@mikeforte7585
Жыл бұрын
I love ac/dc...but ur exactly right there will always be a special place in my heart for the Carpenters....
@GeneRoberts1961
Жыл бұрын
Not one bit.
@marlenegraham-oi3fv
Жыл бұрын
Hi babe zco
@bsky2051
Жыл бұрын
Agreed my two favorite vocalists are Bruce Dickinson and Karen Carpenter
@silnot8235
11 ай бұрын
Because there is no genre in heavenly music.
Listen to her everyday! I’m 82 now, and still enjoy ALL HER SONGS!!❤️
@chrisb8655
2 жыл бұрын
God bless you. Glad you've enjoyed such a long life.
@ndakhotmail
10 ай бұрын
So good to know you still after all these years appreciate what must on balance be the greatest musical act in living memory at least.
@January.
7 ай бұрын
*every day
@ashashcat
3 ай бұрын
So do I.
@user-qs2pw8gk4k
2 ай бұрын
Ich bin 83 geboren und höre sie auch täglich ❤sie verbindet uns alle 😊Liebe auf all deinen Wegen!
This may sound crazy but i just turned 63 & i still can't get over the loss of this wonderful lady & her amazing voice.
@georgevallillee9199
4 жыл бұрын
Not crazy! She was that good!
@redparrot53
4 жыл бұрын
I'm 66, and I feel the same way!!!!
@goterosoca
4 жыл бұрын
Not crazy at all - I still think the same - I’m 54 and The Carpenters made a huge impact on me (I’m South American) I didn’t understand much English then - but it did not matter - her voice was magical ...
@hwu2195
4 жыл бұрын
same
@TheGlenda4748
4 жыл бұрын
I just love her still.
No autotune, pure talent. No female artist today compares to her. Clear words, holding notes and no waffling of a note. She draws one into the song/story she singing.
@toddhamo4763
3 жыл бұрын
Not a bad description. Listening to her voice is -- well, addictive.
@TheMorganMonroeShow
3 жыл бұрын
Cheryl Cowden they wouldn’t know what to do with her now exactly the same as they didn’t know what to do with her then. If they would’ve only let her be herself and let her do what she did. Then we could’ve had it all.
@donaldthomas7070
3 жыл бұрын
Show biz has sucked the life out of a lot of talented young people, including Karen.
@jeffreyknight3884
2 жыл бұрын
Just like SELENA, THE QUEEN OF CUMBIA. BOTH WOMEN WERE TRUE PERFORMERS.
@wayneparr745
2 жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more! Her voice was so crisp and clear you actually understood every word she sang with no effort. Oh how I long to hear a singer these days that understands the importance of enunciation.
When I was in Vietnam, I wrote her on a bet I wouldn't hear from her. I did, and we corresponded with each other over the next year, I was 17 and in love with her. Not just her music and her voice but the girl behind the mask, I was devastated by her death. I have been married for over 44 years and neither my wife nor my children know I have her letters because they are my private memories and when I pass away they will be buried with me.
@ourtravelingzoo3740
3 жыл бұрын
How can they be buried with you if you never let anyone know they exist?
@gvicj05
3 жыл бұрын
How beautiful and fortunate you were. But Karen was a genuine & wonderful person. Her passing was such a tragedy.
@FrCharlesButler
3 жыл бұрын
I loved her too. I understand, brother.
@katiejo6066
3 жыл бұрын
Awww.....I think personally that’s amazing and still amazing in all honesty. I have no other words.
@Steve-rv1ql
3 жыл бұрын
What an amazing story, you are so fortunate. Says something about the real person that she took the time. Certainly share your pain at her passing, I was sat in my car listening to the news when I heard that she had died. I can remember the time and place like it was yesterday, sat there and and just cried, her voice and songs really do rest deeply in your soul. I’m 62 now, if one of her songs comes on the radio I still feel the emotional impact of that loss, no other artist past or present makes me feel like this. Understand completely why you have not shared the letters, if your anything like me, it shows a very vulnerable and sensitive side which you my not wish the reveal. Just imagine if your wife ‘got it’ and shared the feelings you have, could be a magical moment of understanding between you. My partner would never understand......
The crazy part is that despite her anorexia-related health problems, NONE of them affected her voice. She delivered at the top of her game no matter what she sang. There were times she looked gaunt and sickly, but that voice stayed rich and healthy. And her brother claims she did this one in ONE TAKE. THAT is awesome!
@mickygabriela8165
11 ай бұрын
I can hear health problems...aus reflux, thinner voice, no power for high notes...her ultra beautiful Tone, her musicality, high intelligente, taste and Perfektionismus compensated this
@lesleydoughty3895
10 ай бұрын
She sang so beautifully. I miss that voice. Xxxx
@workboresme1
10 ай бұрын
The sad part is, I've aspired to have her voice, and Ana is slowly killing me
@jennymacdownunder
9 ай бұрын
@@workboresme1 get help, get help now.
@lenajoseph8300
9 ай бұрын
😢
Done in one take. There will never be another Karen Carpenter.
@trevorglasper2084
3 жыл бұрын
a voice to make a bad day better
@stevewright4092
3 жыл бұрын
No one can fill Karen shoes she had most beautiful voice.I like to share a voice to check out.Her name Lucy Thomas she on KZread.you be glad you did.she girl voice so amazing thank me later.check out her song Somewhere
@vincentlussier8264
3 жыл бұрын
Never ever!
@kathyjurenko3160
3 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful girl...
@lj036226
3 жыл бұрын
Never.
The most beautiful & hypnotic voice ever recorded. 😢
Everytime I see a Karen Carpenter video I have to watch and listen to that voice and then I cry.
I’m a veteran I’m 83 years old and every time I listen to Karen and her brother I get big tears in my eyes. They will never be another female singer like her. God bless her I hope I get to see her in heaven
@patcorvello9798
Жыл бұрын
Bless You donald ... I think a LOT of people feel the same way! Every nite I remember my "forever partner" who died at 33 and Karen with a prayer .... and look forward to meeting again in Heaven 🥀 🥀 💫
@geschoonover
11 ай бұрын
I’m 71 and have loved Karen Carpenter since their first charted hit. Like you, I get misty when I even think of her passing. Their music is comparable to watching a train wreck. You can’t not listen, to any of it, to all of it! I listen and I weep, but I continue to listen even though I weep. If I could wish her back, she would never have left.
"I just want to tell you love, that I think you've got a fabulous voice " - John Lennon to Karen Carpenter
@mikewrasman5103
3 жыл бұрын
To get a compliment like that from John Lennon is amazing. Greatness speaking to greatness. Karen was astounded that John Lennon would compliment her.
@mikedickison244
3 жыл бұрын
"You gave me the courage I need to win" until now. After all the years she still has that voice that tells us that love wins
@jacqueline8559
2 ай бұрын
She told her band " he probably doesn't mean it"😢 Such a low self esteem,. How tragic, that her short life was such a struggle and filled with sadness. That's the deep sadness, that I think we all carry, even now 40 years after her death. The waste of such a beautiful girl , with the voice of an Angel. I love listening to her songs, but can still be moved to tears , by the fact that she suffered so much. And died so young. May she know only joy and peace, singing in Heaven. How ironic that this was her last recording
I can't fathom how I've never heard this song before today, Wed., January 11th, 2023, at 09:40 a.m. Her voice was unlike any other. Yet, *one thing which I think never gets credited enough is that the musicianship was as perfect as her voice was.* And not just her brother, but all their musicians. The music always complimented her voice So Perfectly, in such a heart-tugging way. I think it's absolutely fitting that they scrolled the musician's names at the end of the video. It's a perfect tribute to them for everything they always were for her -- & to us. 09:44 - 09:49
Pure , simple and beautiful just like she is . I'm 70 now and I still get Goosebumps when I hear her voice ! WHY KAREN ??!! You're so missed !! 🥺💔
When I was a teenager I would sit in front of the record player for hrs with her singing all of her beautiful songs . I cried and cried when she left this world. Hands down first favorite female artist ever . RIP 🙏
@nelsonanthony995
3 жыл бұрын
Hello how are you doing
@mikedickison244
3 жыл бұрын
@@nelsonanthony995 I am awe struck by her pure talent. Mine own issues don't amount to an anthills worth of climbing. A grown 67 yo country hick and still my heart beats faster with my first music in-love.
@tigergreg8
3 жыл бұрын
Nicely said Peggy. 🙂
@ellenswift8598
3 жыл бұрын
I did the same thing too.💕💕💕💕
@crystalthomashKC
3 жыл бұрын
Me too. Loved her.
It's true what they say: the truly great voices you don't just hear with your ears, but feel in your heart. And that was certainly the case with Karen's voice.
@peterscott759
4 жыл бұрын
I have learnt a great deal from listening to Karen. I sing Jazz and ballads mostly at home,have a baritone and write a lot of lyrics. Even after all this time She sounds as though She could have recorded this just Yesterday. Peter Scott
@normadesmond6017
4 жыл бұрын
@@peterscott759 I totally agree with that, Peter. She haf one of the greatest female voices of the 20th century. And it is timeless.
@chrisfry436
3 жыл бұрын
@@normadesmond6017 such ease and perfection and no auto tune or added stuff to make you sound better, she simply put it....just sang.
@normadesmond6017
3 жыл бұрын
@@chrisfry436 in the days when there were true talents who are still admired and loved decades after their passings. And you can listen to Karen Carpenter no matter when you'r born or what taste in music you have. You can never deny the fact that she had a unique voice.
@lindasarda3656
3 жыл бұрын
Even the comments are poetry
Rest In Peace Karen - the undoubted finest female vocalist EVER !!
The greatest singing voice! Rest In Peace Karen.
Here I am at 63 and all these years later I miss this wonderful Lady. I come and listen to her music when I need comfort. I will never forget her. I mourn for her. She and her voice was so pure. RIP sweet Lady ♥️
Simply astounding - even ill and emaciated, her voice never left her, and still had that otherworldly quality to it we still revere ❤️! Miss you, Karen, always 💔!
The loss of Karen Carpenter still affects me today. So miss her beautiful soul ❤️🦋
@jenniferoldiges9934
5 ай бұрын
Me too.....my 27 year old niece died of the same thing. She had a pace maker because of a heart murmur....since she was 5. 3 days after the COVID-19 shot.....she passed. But she did have anorexia😢
I am now a 67 year old man, just listening to Karen still melts my heart after all these years - the voice of an angel, bless you ❤
And she was very sick at this time. We were lucky to have her to begin with.
@meredithvorrathan7671
3 жыл бұрын
It was such a sad and unfortunate loss. I don’t think she was truly aware of how much she was loved 🥰
@markmarion5620
3 жыл бұрын
Yes we were lucky to have her as long as we did, I posted on other songs saying I was the luckiest kid in the world, my mother cleaned there beautiful home out in downey, ca. I sat down with my mom and us 6 including mom and dad several times a month for dinner. It also was my saddest day when we all lost her to that nervous disease when you're telling your body your ugly and fat, and she basicly starved herself from eating. Up close the voice would make my man hair raise up like a cats.
@pamelajordan2890
3 жыл бұрын
She's somewhere saving the beast and the children 😃 ee
@pamelajordan2890
3 жыл бұрын
I know she was sick at this time..😫😫❤️ she's somewhere healing the animals and the children 😃.
@sandrawilkins4017
3 жыл бұрын
she is a l beautiful soul..I am crying😪
THE VOICE. The world is never the same without her.
@nelsonanthony995
3 жыл бұрын
Hello how are you doing
@mikebowman8680
Жыл бұрын
The voice. Pretty much says it all. Nobody today can even come close to Karen Carpenter. I get chills every time I hear her perfect voice. Would love to hear her today. She is missed.
What a beautiful tribute to one of the finest female vocalist ever to have lived Listening to this Karen's voice never wavered or faltered.Quite remarkable since she was do ill by this time❤❤❤
No one will ever match Karen's singing, just pure class.
I'm 57 and all these years I haven't found any finer voice than hers. When the musicians I listened to for years die, a little of me does too. I miss het
Karen Carpenter's voice makes my babies sleep. Its so soothing, like they are being held with most gentle and softest blanket
Everyone in the world can agree that this was truly a voice of an angle.
@that70sgirl90
4 жыл бұрын
Duane Theimer... I agree... truly the voice of an 'Angel.'
@greebo7857
4 жыл бұрын
Or even an Angel.
@laurastrait7439
3 жыл бұрын
SHE IS THE BEST EVER... 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@wendylynch1443
3 жыл бұрын
Angel 😇
@winstonking417
3 жыл бұрын
Piss off grammar cops .... We get the pint 🙄
She had the voice of an angel. I was lucky enough to see them live, and i fell head over heels in love with not just her voice but the person aswell!
I AM IN THE LATE WINTER OF MY LIFE, AT 81 YEARS OLD, AND I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE AND HEAR KAREN CARPENTER AGAIN ,SOME TIME OVER THE RAINBOW, SO SAD. STILL A LITTLE TEAR IN MY EYES. RIP MY LOVE. BOBBY ~!~
Oh, Karen, Karen, Karen, what a beautiful voice, God bless you.
Incredibly unique! No one else can compare to the clarity and beauty of Karen’s voice!
40 years since the loss of this beautiful soul. "Nobody else sings like Karen". Nobody ever will
Thank you KZread for providing us with Karen Carpenter. The greatest singer ever. NOW, one of the best songs ever composed.
RIP beautiful angel. There will never ever be another voice like hers.
@robertandrew3601
4 жыл бұрын
You look Beautiful
Lord it hurts to hear her again-- I loved her so much in the 70s and clearly remember the day she died, like kick in the gut-- it was too painful to listen to her music for many years and I just found out it still hurts some 35 years later. She was such a gift to humanity and I always found it incredible that she didn't think she could sing in the beginning and wanted to stick to playing the drums. But her voice was meant to be heard and no matter what people think of Richard, he made that happen. Tragic that they were so driven to be perfect-- he could handle that, but she was a wistful, gentle soul and only wanted to please people-- she gave her life to that effort. Such a short time on this earth, but look how many lives on which she had such a profound and moving effect-- very very few people can do that. Her life burned so bright that it had to burn out early. God bless, Karen, and thank you for touching my soul.
I loved Karen Carpenter, I was devastated by her passing and mourn her still. Such a beautiful soul with the voice of an angel
40 yrs today you passed away 😢.I just want too say thank you for the music 🎶 and the memories. R.I.P beautiful lady so sadly missed by many 😢😢😢😢💛💛
thank God her music is preserved forever
@jeffreygranger6913
6 жыл бұрын
Gary Murphy Their music.
Growing up in Memphis, Tennessee in the 50s-60s I was used to Rock and Roll, Hillbilly, Country, Jazz, and Blues. But when I heard that voice for the first time there was nothing for me but the Carpenters. I would've loved to have heard how that voice would have mellowed with age. You are SO missed.
@jacqueline8559
2 ай бұрын
She always will be. She had a deep, profound effect on all of us who heard her sing. She never knew how very loved she was
There will never be a voice like Karen Carpenters.
@user-qs2pw8gk4k
2 ай бұрын
Ich fürchte das leider auch❤doch haben wir die ihre😊
One take Karen. Best female vocalist of all time!
@rocco...
2 жыл бұрын
Or male!
@texasgirl6000
2 жыл бұрын
I'd say best male vocalist...is .Elvis presley and Karen carpenter for best female vocalist.
@Inquisitor6321
Жыл бұрын
@@texasgirl6000 I think Freddie Mercury blows Elvis away!
@texasgirl6000
Жыл бұрын
@@Inquisitor6321, 🤣 whatever floats your boat but Elvis's accomplishments say otherwise.
@texasgirl6000
Жыл бұрын
@@Inquisitor6321, btw you're right about one thing Freddie like to blow mens👉 🥒.
That voice, that voice.
@JackieG8991
6 жыл бұрын
antij1 Your profile picture is literally me rn
@conceicaoferraz1785
4 жыл бұрын
Yes,the Voice
@stevewright4092
4 жыл бұрын
Karen voice put lot tears in my eyes.when listen Karen beautiful voice.she left us so young.i Miss her so much.what so sad this was her last song.
There has never been and never will be again a voice like Karen Carpenter's. I think what touches people is the depth of her vocal quality. Tonally deep, crystal clear and so genuine, Karen's voice penetrates your soul. Her death at the young age of 32 was one of the music industry's greatest tragedies. Though she was certainly successful, she had much untapped potential which is evident in some of her lesser known songs like "I Can Dream, Can't I" and "Ordinary Fool." She will forever remain in the top ranks of female vocalists.
@regjohn3058
2 жыл бұрын
Have a look at Sonia Dawn on KZread... Can't tell the difference... kzread.info/dash/bejne/eXdh07aNccKcgqw.html
This may sound even funnier but I just turned 65 and I too can not get over the loss of Karen , she has the voice of an angel! Todays date is 4/9/2021 Hearing her sing puts me on another level! I hope she still singing in the afterlife!
Her voice immortalized her and her voice lives on and that soft & soulful sound resonates marrow deep; you almost touch her in a way as she reaches & touches a tender part of us all. She was special, beyond words really😔🙏🏻.
No One Had a voice like Karen Carpenter. She had a voice as clear as the wind on a winter morning.
@MarkJohnson-zy4fd
3 жыл бұрын
This is true, but it is worth pausing to thank her brother Richard for showcasing the perfect voice with perfect production.
@keithrich8373
3 жыл бұрын
So true a lovely description.Her voice was pristine
That's a voice that all the auto-tune in the word could never create.
My favourite artist. Karen hope you are singing wherever you are. You are beautiful.
@user-qs2pw8gk4k
2 ай бұрын
❤The most beautiful 😊der hellste Stern am Himmel!
Unrivaled on any stage. Such a beautiful voice that will live on till the end of time. :)
I can't put into words how much I miss Karen! Her voice did something to me as a little boy in the 70's, just as it does to me now in my 50's. The sound of her voice takes me to another place...a place of complete peace and serenity! Karen, thank you for bringing The sounds of Heaven down here to earth for a too short of a time. I wish we could have had much more time with you. Rest peacefully beautiful lady!
@janezabs8003
4 жыл бұрын
Loved her music til now and I recorded one of her song me ssinging... kzread.info/dash/bejne/hX18sryohLOrnNo.html ... A lot of people told me that I sounded like her too, I don't know how true it is but i will be honored if i do.
@tomschmitz5745
4 жыл бұрын
me too, rob, me too...
@gregmclemore5600
4 жыл бұрын
Being in my 50's too! I still love her as much now as them. It is like I grew up with her. She was my dream girl.
@cmmarsden
4 жыл бұрын
Rob Scott Me too Rob. I get great comfort from her songs during these very difficult times.
@edmundpower1250
4 жыл бұрын
@@cmmarsden me too George
I've been on a Karen Carpenter You Tube marathon. How can you not fall in love with her?
It is 37 years she already passed away..but NO one can replace her..We will always miss her..RIP..
I discovered this song for the first time today. Life will never be the same again.
@MsCocopuffy
Жыл бұрын
Same for me
RIP Karen Carpenter, this was your Swan Song. I wish I would have paid more attention to your songs, and to your incredible Alto voice. I wish you would have gotten the help that you needed much sooner. I hope you know that you were loved and people like myself still get a very warm feeling when we listen to your voice. Wish I could give you a hug. XX OO.
So Sad... yet so beautiful... What a voice, one of the greatest female vocalist ever....
Her voice was pitch-perfect. What a gift! I listened to her all the time when I was in school. I would go to the library and listen to her records...I knew every word to every song. I was devastated when I heard the news that she passed away. It still makes me cry! I wrote to her fan club and I was sent a postcard after she passed and it just made me cry and cry. Such a waste. I pray I'll get to hear her in heaven someday.
I grew up listening 🎶 to the carpenters whose still listening 🎶 in 2022 ...I sure am ❤❤❤❤
@rover8783
Жыл бұрын
8/15/2022 - Me (after coming out from under rock after 39 years)!
One of the best female vocalists ever, if not the best, period. Miss you.
With a perfectly pitched, velvet voice that made both young men and the angels weep, Karen Carpenter (in my opinion) was the best female voice of the 20th century.... bar none!
@thomasschmitz9894
7 жыл бұрын
agreed! the most beautiful, rich, intimate, moving voice i have ever heard.. her voice is and always will be romance and love, love both looked for, found and lost.... and it wasn't just the sound of her voice, but how she used it.. her phrasing and emoting, her absolute perfect diction and enunciation for every syllable for every word for every song she ever sang (that in itself makes her stand out from nearly everyone!), how she told and acted out the story of the song.. THEE epitome of the singer who sang TO the listener NOT AT the listener!...
@guardhouse754
7 жыл бұрын
Yes, well Typed.......
@jeffschueler1182
6 жыл бұрын
Fred Higgenbottom your opinion is shared by millions of others, myself included. She was the ONE and only.
@scottalbers2518
5 жыл бұрын
I know of no other female voice of such incomparable beauty. Really, nobody.
@fanitsme59
5 жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more!
Karen Carpenter had such a beautiful voice 💐💐, an outstanding drama 🥁🥁💐💐 and she was such a beautiful person 💛💛💛💛💛!!! I hope that Karen Carpenter is in Heaven has found peace. I pray to God that Karen Carpenter has found love with a man in Heaven and that God loves them both🙏🙏💛💛💛💛💛!!!
My favorite all time singer. Simply the best ever.
Absolutely sublime flawless brilliant!!! A rare faberge egg!!!!
when I hear Karen's voice I wonder that's what heaven must be like. I miss her...
A most beautiful song. Sung by such a beautiful lady. :)
40th anniversary of the loss of an angel. Earth's loss, heavens gain . I hope to hear that beautiful voice again out there somewhere . Thank you Karen ! We still miss you .
Karen's voice was Beautiful and she would put today's female singers to shame. So sad this was her last ever recording 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖Rip Karen
My all time favorite female vocalist.
@thomasschmitz9894
7 жыл бұрын
mine too... while i love countless other female and male singers and music from pretty much every era and almost every genre... no one, no one touches my heart, my soul like karen.....THEE greatest epitome of the singer who sang TO YOU and NOT AT YOU... the most beautiful, rich, moving, intimate, clear voice i have ever heard and will ever hear...
@johnkopacka5420
5 жыл бұрын
me too Robert!...i was at her funeral..i just happened to be in California when she died...i was only about a 20 min drive from her service
@conceicaoferraz1785
4 жыл бұрын
Me too
@derekhaywood1844
4 жыл бұрын
Robert Northrup Ditto.
@ayukmartin9204
4 жыл бұрын
Same🇵🇭
I fell in love with Karen's voice in the early 70's as a teenager. I owned every Carpenter's record. When I heard she had died on the radio I stayed home from work for 3 days crying, drinking, crying and playing her records.
@mikewrasman5103
2 жыл бұрын
So did I. Thanks, Mrs. Agnes Carpenter for criticizing dear sweet Karen's weight.
@dizzylizzy6571
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jim Doyle. I'm Liz. I was born in 1960 and how I miss those years! How I miss my childhood which Karen Carpenter enriched with her angelic voice and beautiful soul!
The One and Only Karen Carpenter is truly a Star in Heaven.
@user-qs2pw8gk4k
2 ай бұрын
Absolut ❤der hellste Stern am Himmel 😊
Beautiful song. What a voice....
When one looks up the phrase "voice of an angel" in any source...the definition should be Karen Carpenter.....beautiful.
I can't say enough about this phenominal lady and her God-given heavenly voice. When I first heard the Carpenters, I was hooked and fell in love with Karen's voice and the musical richness that accompanied her. All were gifted musicians. At that time I decided to make music my career. I retired and I still listen to the Carpenters almost every day. Their music is eternal!!!
@angelsbreath56
Жыл бұрын
same here.,
So beautiful and flawless perfect voice, so sad she left this world too soon 😢💕
One of the BEST voices in the music industry. Clean, pleasant, pretty, crystal, sweet. Loved and missed.
Stunning! Through all her health and personal problems, her voice never faded. A perfect blend of technical skill and pure heart.
@genekristofer7288
5 жыл бұрын
They let her consume herself so deeply saddening, dying of self starvation while living under her parents roof and care .
@Freedom-tg7dk
5 жыл бұрын
She's one of my favourite singer though I was very young before I first heard her voice
@paulobtuble
4 жыл бұрын
A voice gift from GOD. She NOW sings for The Lord. Amen
@nirmalsuki
4 жыл бұрын
Just like Freddy Mercury.. Never a wrong note, even in a live performance. As different as they were in style and substance, their voices were always great, not matter what they were going through. Karen, to me, is the top female voice of all time.... She can sing the telephone directory and I would start crying...
I was a young student when Karen left us. I cried for days. And "until now" she is the most unforgotten singer I ever heard. Her songs ment so much to me, for every situation there was a song. I still miss her.
One of the most beautiful songs ever💙
Post Script. Despite how sick she was, she never lost that gorgeous voice.
@sherryblatt4459
4 жыл бұрын
Incredible!
@janinealvia1848
4 жыл бұрын
Totally agree! She was truly gifted & was an incredible gift to us. Love & miss you, Karen. 😪😢😥
@Joao_Batista17
4 жыл бұрын
It is true Rebecca C. She is simply a singer with a wonderful voice.
@michaelbarlow6610
4 жыл бұрын
@ Rebecca C. I would respectfully disagree that Karen Carpenter's voice was never adversely affected by her illness. You can clearly hear on her last recording of the great song, "Now" that her voice had lost some degree of its' beautifully deep richness from her bulimia. As Richard Carpenter accurately pointed out, the worst thing a singer can do to her vocal cords is wretching. I disagree with Richard Carpenter when he told a caller on Larry King's radio show in 1986 that Karen Carpenter was not bulimic. I also disagree with him that Karen's beautiful voice was never affected by her illness.
@markdodds1399
4 жыл бұрын
@@michaelbarlow6610 Agreed ... she lost some of the timber in her voice
Very bittersweet. Rest in peace, Karen. There'll never be another voice like hers....
@TheSilverGate
5 жыл бұрын
Bittersweet is the best word to describe it.
@ewkalt4770
4 жыл бұрын
If you like Karen's voice you might wanna check out the original singer of this song, Mariya Takeuchi. Her voice is actually kinda similar.
Hi there.. a life's story in a song. An emotional song! A beautiful song! Pure magic!!.. her final curtain.. Saved her best song until last..
This is my favorite Carpenter’s song of all time!
The most perfect singing voice ever. If I am wrong don't comment.
@melvinnixon2378
3 жыл бұрын
You're exactly correct.
@janjones690
3 жыл бұрын
You are so right !!
@chrisfry436
3 жыл бұрын
I still hear songs now days and wonder what it would have sounded like with Karen singing them!
@TheLarryBrown
3 жыл бұрын
You're wrong. She's also the best drummer.
@denisebrashears1552
3 жыл бұрын
She was a songbird...
she had the "IT" people talk about ,she really did.
Perfection is the word for this song sung by the most melodic pitch perfect voice that ever was yes it is a tear jerker her voice gets you the is karen carpenter.
Crystal clear voice... unmatched....she will always be my favorite female artist ❤️
I have always loved her voice and songs! What a heavenly gift she was to all of us!
Her voice was from heaven! RIP Karen!
When she is sick, her voice still sounds amazing. Even MORE amazing than usual. The way she sang those tune is like she having you wrap in the softest velvet blanket and then lifing you up in the room with all of lavender-scent wind blowing.
@dizzylizzy6571
Жыл бұрын
YES JEREMY. MY FEELINGS EXACTLY!
An awesome singer and a beautiful person. I love singing and miss it a lot
One of the purest voices and angelic tones in the history of vocal recordings. She was just an absolute joy to listen to..... The industry suffered a major loss in her passing so young, I was blessed to grow up with such amazing songs to enjoy. I still play the Carpenters to this day... on my presstine vinyl..... Thanks for the amazing memories Karen.. I pray you are singing with GODS Angels...
@darrylswrinkledmarineshoes752
2 жыл бұрын
She is
To this day I cannot watch the film about her life without crying
The most beautiful voice ever. We will always love you Karen.
I've never heard this sound before but her voice is as gorgeous as it ever was.
Karen was the single greatest female singing voice of my lifetime. I was merely a child when she left us and, I have yet to hear another voice that could compare to hers. We still morn you, Karen. :-)
@TEKKENKING-gk6wl
3 жыл бұрын
i am from new Zealand so sad to see USA only talk bad about trump . and not get on to work on the country . there was a time when we all loved one other .. and i say make the { world great again } buy using love .. thank you you tube ...you will know what i am talking about .this world needs love . talk nice not bad . goods words heals ... thank you . poor american just fighting with one another .so sad to see . ......will use ever see what yous are doing to one other . fighting makes enemies ,where love creates friends and friends gives love in time of hurt .. thank you .. you tube
@poetmistress2009
3 жыл бұрын
I was 11 when Karen died... I agree with everything stated💚
@SandyCOfficial
3 жыл бұрын
She got married
@puffchick4197
3 жыл бұрын
I was a child when she passed and I’ve never heard a voice this beautiful
As the years fly by, I recall when my kids were 5 and under, when Mom was out for the evening, I would put Karen's record on the stereo, gather the kids on my lap on the rocking chair and rock them to sleep with her singing. I give thanks every day that I had the sense to do that. What better pure love than my 3 kids in my arms and Karen singing. I love you Karen.
I heard this song for the first time today Dec 29th 2020. The lyrics spoke to me. I had no idea this powerful song existed. Someday I hope to find someone who this song describes in my own life. Karen lives on in her music. Thank you so much for sharing your talent to the world.
I listen to the Carpenters all the time and I’m not even 20yrs old. My stepmom tells me that I’m an old soul...this music soothes me.