Karen had one of the most beautiful voices ever. She was also a pretty wicked drummer!

@CJ-Fischer

Жыл бұрын

Gonna say the same thing but you beat me to it. Karen was an incredible drummer….beautiful person and amazing talent! RIP Karen

@billcope9476

Жыл бұрын

@@CJ-Fischer me too

@SpaceCattttt

Жыл бұрын

These people don't care about that...

@paulk9985

Жыл бұрын

@@SpaceCattttt They're in shock. This is the first time they have heard a real singer.

@AllieinCali

Жыл бұрын

Karen Carpenter had the most beautiful, pure voice. I hope you listen to more of their songs. This song was probably number one in wedding songs in the 70's. "White lace and promises, a kiss for luck and we're on our way"... a newly married couple full of hopes and dreams.

This song was written by Paul Williams. Paraphrasing a quote I once read from Paul, "I was a struggling songwriter just trying to get any band to record one of my songs and it be anywhere on their album. Then, one day, an angel sang my song, and changed my life forever." That angel was Karen Carpenter.

@thomasmacdiarmid8251

Жыл бұрын

He was also asked about the Carpenters "Isn't their music very vanilla?" His reply was perfect "Isn't vanilla a wonderful flavor?"

@leighsaldivar4439

Жыл бұрын

@@thomasmacdiarmid8251 that was back when people were more vanilla. They didn’t curse and weren’t crude. I miss those days. Todays music is horrible

@RobertLindabury

Жыл бұрын

@@thomasmacdiarmid8251 The world would suck without vanilla. Just think of everything that has vanilla in it. My favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla and I also like it with bits of other stuff in it! My coffee creamer is French vanilla! There is absolutely nothing wrong with vanilla. I don't know why it gets such a negative rap. 😋

@frankiebowie6174

Жыл бұрын

@@leighsaldivar4439 People cursed in those days too, just not on the airwaves.

@1BobsYourUncle

Жыл бұрын

@@frankiebowie6174 Not nearly as much as they do now, now days it’s f this and f that while out in public. I rarely heard that back in those days.

The story is, not long after their first hit, Richard Carpenter was watching TV and the first verse was in a bank commercial (about a couple starting out). He got the rights to record it. It went to #1 and exploded the Carpenters career. This was absolutely the biggest wedding song for a decade.

@incensejunkie7516

Жыл бұрын

Yep, I was at a lot of weddings in the 70s and it was always played. Her voice was absolute perfection.

@markadolph8715

Жыл бұрын

Humans lack the technology to count the number of weddings that have used this song.

@karnsfan

Жыл бұрын

Richard guessed that Paul Williams sang in the commercial (Paul was also a co-writer of it with Roger Nichols) and Paul was also under contract with A&M Records. Richard stopped him in the hall one day and asked if there were any other verses and a bridge, Paul told him there was, that he had the full song. The rest is history.

@beedeegee9374

Жыл бұрын

@@incensejunkie7516 A friend sang it during our wedding.

@carytakagawa2760

Жыл бұрын

@@karnsfan Interesting tidbit is that according to Williams, when Richard asked him if there were additional verses, he lied when he said 'yes'. But he didn't want Richard to lose interest in the song so he couldn't say 'nope, that's it so far'. They agreed to meet and Williams said he wrote the rest of the song in the backseat of the car on the way over! The rest is history.

I'll say it again, voices like this prove there is no need for autotune.

@Eowyn187

Жыл бұрын

Yo if someone needs auto-tune, they shouldn't be singing.

@christineobrien7707

Жыл бұрын

And a voice like Karen's comes once in a lifetime 👍

@frankiebowie6174

Жыл бұрын

@@Eowyn187 Sheesh, with autotuning, I could have been the next Englebert Humperdinck.

This was my Mom and Dad's first dance at their wedding in 1978. It always makes me smile because here they are 44 years later and never once even separated, still solid as a rock.

@surlechapeau

Жыл бұрын

aww! this was definitely the wedding song of the 70s!

@leighsaldivar4439

Жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@CheleBoxy

Жыл бұрын

💖💖

@michaelasay8587

Жыл бұрын

One of the very few in this terrible World.

I'm not a huge Carpenters fan, but there's zero doubt Karen had one of the greatest voices in modern history. Such a shame we lost her so early.

@rbmtn4879

Жыл бұрын

Me too. I haven't heard a full song by them since they were on the John Davidson Show. Yeah, I got a time machine, but the setting is stuck on 1970.

Karen Carpenter is one of the best drummers the music industry has seen, she stands tall with the best of them. And she sung like an angel.

Loved her all my life. Used to sing this as a little kid. It was so sad she struggled so. Anorexia is a horrible disease.

@dalenikolitch4627

Жыл бұрын

Ditto....

@michaelasay8587

Жыл бұрын

Me too Leigh...her Mother was partly responsible for her death.

@saintsefo4763

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelasay8587 Her mother's toxicity was wholly responsible for her anorexia IMO.

@nealm6764

Жыл бұрын

@@saintsefo4763 Her goofball brother didn't help much either. Rode her like a $ train right to her grave. made her stop playing drums, and do his Lawrence Welk music etc. She was obviously very unhappy and unhealthy, but as long as he got the checks he didn't care.

@leighsaldivar4439

Жыл бұрын

@@nealm6764 I heard that too. I think it was more her brother than mother

I was so shocked and heartbroken when Karen died from complications of Anorexia in 1983. Her voice will live on forever. Loved your reactions.

@markldavis1

Жыл бұрын

Wow it was 39 years ago, been like yesterday, almost want to say it was 15-20 years ago, but your right on year of her death, life stopped for awhile when she died. This was big for many and I knew something was wrong with her when I saw photos preceding her death. So sad!!!!! Yes, her voice will live forever. Thanks

@andreadeamon6419

Жыл бұрын

Was an easy disease to get. I ended up with it in 87. Took years to get over it. Till this day my stomach is still messed up. I understand what she went through - it's horrible. They made a tv movie about her life. It's really good. I remember the actress first name was Cynthia. The rest escapes me Found it ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

@andreadeamon6419

Жыл бұрын

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@brucemclaughlin7845

Жыл бұрын

Somebody should have bought her a burger.

@andreadeamon6419

Жыл бұрын

@@brucemclaughlin7845 that doesn't make a person with anorexia eat.

That one dude in the group deserves to be in the tambourine hall of fame!

@onefatstratcat

Жыл бұрын

he was a graduate with honors from the Lori Partridge Tambourine Academy :)

@A-whiter-shade-of-pale

Жыл бұрын

He was the clarinet player at the beginning and end of the song. (Sax player in some other songs.)

She had the most beautiful and haunting voice. It captures your soul ❤️

@matthewteague623

Жыл бұрын

If anyone ever doubts that music soothes the savage beast, i point them at the Carpenters.

@vickiroman189

Жыл бұрын

Forever.

Brad's onto it....this was written by Paul Williams for a bank commercial featuring 2 newly weds...the Carpenters (Karen in particular) ran with it and created a gorgeous, unforgettable piece of music

RIP Karen. What an amazing talented lady she was. So sad that happiness eluded her when she brought happiness to so many. I pray she is at rest.

Karen Carpenters voice and drumming skills are outrageously good ...and brother and sister together just harmonize like very few singers ever can.. Totally 😎 and sadly one of musics terrible losses.

@vickiroman189

Жыл бұрын

And they left us so many gifts.

@moonlitegram

Жыл бұрын

Karen was indeed a good drummer. But the drummer on this track is Hal Blaine, one of the most prolific session drummers in history.

@brucemclaughlin7845

Жыл бұрын

She couldn't drum a lick. Let's not get carried away. Average voice.

@friendtostfrancis

Жыл бұрын

Beautiful song by them. ❤

@ingridgonzalez9048

Жыл бұрын

She was a great drumer actually.

karen carpenter had the greatest voice ever in terms of richness, warmth, diction, pitch. More important it was so conversational! She always sounded like she singing directly to you only. So many singers sound like they are singing at you. Karen didn't approach singing like divas. She considered herself a drummer 1st before a singer. This particular song was taken from a Crocker bank commercial where richard carpenter arranged the song after speaking with the songwriters to even see if the commercial was a whole song. It was the wedding song of a generation.

RIP Karen. She had a once-in-a-lifetime voice that moves your soul. No other singer's voice moves me like hers whereby she makes me smile and cry at the same time from the sheer beauty of her voice and the sadness that lingers on its edges.

@pc574

Жыл бұрын

Check out Angelina Jordan, she has the same effect on people

@ingridgonzalez9048

Жыл бұрын

@@pc574 I desagree, I chek out and nothing.

@pc574

Жыл бұрын

@@ingridgonzalez9048 Then you feel differently than I have ever met. As well as differently than millions of people following her

@scottlaughlin9897

Жыл бұрын

Linda Ronstadt does that for me as well!

@pc574

Жыл бұрын

@@scottlaughlin9897 She is really good as well

That's what I imagine an angel sounds like.

One of the best female vocalist ever.

One of the first angelic voices that was taken away from us too early. She had some major talent.

Lex hit the nail on the head. It became a classic wedding song in the '70s. The song started out as a bank commercial, targeting newlywed couples to open a joint banking account.

@javamama4270

Жыл бұрын

This song was STANDARD at every one of my friends’ weddings in the 1970s.

Richard Carpenter heard a snippet of this song on a TV commercial for Crocker Bank home loans aimed at first time buyers. He recognised the singer was lyricist Paul Williams, better known today as President of ASCAP, who he contacted to find out if it was a whole song. It really wasn't complete but Carpenters were a big deal after the unexpected success of their cover of Bacharach & David's Close to You, so Williams didn't waste any time coming up with something on which Carpenter could again work his magic as an arranger. Coming full circle generations later, Lloyds Bank in the UK were again using a cover of the song in a TV campaign promoting mortgages for first-time house buyers in 2022.

"White lace and promises"; meaning, they just got married. All about learning and growing together.

Karen and Richard Carpenter were brother and sister, the top selling vocal group of the early 1970s, had a fresh, mature, sophisticated and classic pop sound; string of huge hit singles until Karen's death in 1982.

Can't believe song is 50 years old..1972 this was our senior year theme. A bunch of 18 year Olds out to conquer the world. We've Only Just Begun Seems like yesterday...My 50 year reunion this year, I'm sure this will be playing. Along with Zed Zeppelin Stones CCR all the Greats

Karen had one of the cleanest voices in pop music. She and her brother are pure genius.

Listeners were expected to understand that "white lace and promises" refers to a wedding gown and marriage vows, and that flying before the morning sun refers to leaving for a honeymoon. The couple are young, without adult experiences, and thrilled to be part of a lifelong partnership that will make decisions together and discover the world together and build a life and a home together and grow in love together.

Karen has the smoothest voices you will here, you need to do more Carpenters !!!!

This was THE wedding song of the early 1970s and well into the '70s. Karen Carpenter had one of the most beautiful female voices of the 20th century. Such a pleasure to have grown up listening to a lot of really sweet music. And really nice to watch you guys discovering it.

Our Karen. Gifted, shy, fragile.. Godspeed for one of the purest tones to ever grace Pop.

Karen Carpenter's voice was one of the most beautiful ever recorded.

her voice is so rich and smooth. What a talent she was!

I had just turned 24 y/o, & finally, after 6 years, graduated college . My life was all ahead of me. ---------What a time it was. You 2 should have been there. ---------RIP, Karen ; an Angel, among us for far too brief a time. -------------------MJL< 77 y/o

She had the purest voice. What a tragic loss.

Karen Carpenter had the best female voice of all time.

Before auto tune and vocalists had genuinely amazing voices. Angelic Karen Carpenter.

I always felt Karen had the smoothest and best voice in the industry! Loved the Carpenters.

I'm speechless, I didn't think that anyone could follow Heart,But Karen was special, and her life turned out to be tragic, and it makes me so sad to think about her even after all these years.🌹

One of the most beautiful voices to ever draw breath. That said, Check her out playing the drums. Amazing!

Karen Carpenter had a very pure natural voice, makes you feel good just listening to her, very calming. She's a drummer that sings ( her own words) she was petrified to get out from behind her drum kit.

My 8th grade graduation song, I am 62 now and still love her voice. Great song, thank you for the memories

This is about a wedding We only just begun. White lace and promise a kiss for luck. We on are way. Sounds like the couple thinking as they leave the wedding. Definitely a wedding song. Karen Carpenter in my view had the perfect singing voice. You can clearly hear every word and emotions of the song in her voice.

Angelic voice. Classic song. Hey, this woman was an amazing drummer too!

Karen's voice is ICONIC, But what she doesn't get credit for is, She was one of the first women drummers to do it live on TV. I honestly think she was the first.

@spacefanatic

Жыл бұрын

@Elias Rebollosa There was a female drummer called Honey in the UK band 'The Honeycombs'.

There will never be another voice like Karen Carpenter.

That's what you call vocal/harmony heaven. Sadly missed in most of today's music.

How many people know she was originally the drummer before she stepped out and fronted? She's got skillz! Epic voice and talent, taken way too soon.

Once he gets that tambourine shaking it's over.....you are hooked. Like a fishing line grabbing a hold of your soul. I grew up hearing this on my Dad's turn table. I remember the Carpenters and Abba the most.....some Crystal Gayle. Nice vibe in my home as a kid.

I love that Karen Carpenter was also the drummer. She could keep unbelievable tone even while playing percussion.

Bittersweet listening to Karen. Incredible voice and a heck of a dreamer oddly enough. Her sad decline and death at only 32 gave rise to a greater awareness of eating disorders. RIP Angel.

Her voice was flawless ! Effortless ! Absolutely beautiful

One of the most Beautiful Voices ever! 🤘😎 Carpenters were fabulous

Gone way too soon. Her voice is angelic. Brings tears to my eyes to hear her sing.

Wow, does this take me back. They had hit after hit after hit on the radio in the'70s and Karen's angelic one in a million voice will live on forever.

Definitely about a young married couple ("White lace and promises" at the ceremony). Karen had a voice in a million. So smooth, so effortless.

Beautiful voice. Add to that her drumming. She was amazing. As kid in the 70s Brooklyn my love for this music got me into some fights. Still love it though. She, Marilyn Mccoo, Streisand and Carly Simon were what I enjoyed.

Wow, I've heard this hundreds of time, and this is the first time I got goosebumps as soon as Karen started singing. I always loved her voice, but it hit different today. I recall sitting in my orthodontist's office when I heard she died. I don't remember if the receptionist made a comment or if there was a TV in the waiting room, but I remember feeling so sad that the world lost such a beautiful voice. And, it was truly beautiful.

The voice. Oh my God, that voice.

good tunes never grow old

Her voice is perfect, smooth and warm.

You'll like "Goodbye to Love". It has a wicked guitar solo.

Her voice is waRm, relatable and wonderful!

One of the most beautiful female voices ever recorded!

So haunting. I'm in my early 40s and my parents never played carpenters, but I've always heard of them. Now that im listening now, wow...her voice is like butter.

Man, what an angelic voice Karen had huh. I haven't heard this tune in ages, I'm just mesmerized.

Brad hit the nail on the head with the "starting a family vibe." The first verse of the song literally describes a wedding: White lace and promises A kiss for luck and we're on our way As others have said, the song started out as a bank commercial with the purpsoe of selling mortgages to newlyweds. When Richard Carpenter asked Paul Williams if there was more to the song, there really wasn't, but Paul figured that if Richard was willing to sing the rest of the song, Paul was happy to write it, so he said there was more and that he would get it to him. The rest is history.

You’ve got to react to “Goodbye to love”. It has one of the most emotive guitar solos ever recorded. You will love it Lex.

@jeffmattson5766

Жыл бұрын

Some say it was the first Power Ballad.

We are hearing the most angelic melodic voice of Karen Carpenter. Her brother on the piano & backup vocal....WOW.

Carpenter's are such a soothing sound, vibe

Richard is an excellent music arranger and piano player. His sister Karen played the drums and sang like an angel. RIP, sweet Karen.

@leonardshevlin7260

Жыл бұрын

Richard doesn't get enough credit. Without him, the records -- if they existed at all -- would be less magical.

This song was actually first heard as a commercial for a mortage company in California.

@plaidmoon5642

Жыл бұрын

Actually, it was Crocker Bank in California, but they were pushing loans and mortgages for young people at the time. I heard it back then and thought "Cool commercial." Richard Carpenter heard it and thought "We've got to get into the studio and record this before someone else does!"

Yep, me too, old hippie/metal head has to bow down and respect the utter excellence of the Carpenters. Her amazing voice, at times her stellar drumming as well, plus Richard's multi talents as a musician, arranger and producer, made them the best at what they did. Try Superstar but do the video with 31 million views from 11 years ago, by far the best way to view and hear this excellent tune. Enjoy! 🎵🎤🎹🎶

WHAT A TREASURE HER VOICE IS....It's beauty pierces right through your soul...

Voice of an Angel. I wish Karen n Art Garfunkel would've done a duet before she left us.. ..

When I married in 1978 (yes we’ve been married for 44 years!) this song was sang at our wedding. The Carpenters were amazing brother and sister performers.

I've yet to hear another voice that can reach deep into my soul and touch me, or that can have as much feeling in her singing, as Karen. John Bettis, who wrote 36 of their songs along with Richard, was asked, "What did she sound like when you first heard her." His response was, "She sounded just like you hear her now, and she was 16 years old when I first heard her. She had a God given voice, and she never thought she had a good voice." Amazing. Thank you post posting. Uh, this is also a "Baby making song."

What i love most about this, it doesn't matter that it is soooo corny. It is just undeniably beautiful. ❤️❤️✌️

Karen had an amazing voice - it saddens us all she lost her life from an eating disorder - she weighted less than my dumbbells - I think 34kgs when she died :( Your reaction was solid - it's weird this came up in my feed now - as we had a singer and pianist practice at our house last week - the Karen Carpenter experience (the singer is one of my eldest son's mum) - and she (Lisa Buddin) was spookily good and similar to the original's voice it just blew my mind... What a strange week...

This song was played at a LOT of weddings when I was growing up.

Back in the 70s my oldest sibling got married and this was their wedding song. I was about 7 years old, but I will always remember this song being played.

Her voice was a warm hug that broke your heart.

Love, Love me some Carpenter's. "Rainy Days And Mondays" please, the video with Karen on the drums. ☮️✌️💕👌

Wasn’t that flawless??? They were just soooo professional and awesome! I do wish some of today’s music would have this type of class! Even just a little.

Are my ears decieving me here dear Karen you blessed the lives of us mere mortals who honoured you for your goodness.

She died WAY too soon. I was 12 when she passed away (a few weeks before her 33rd birthday). She was one of my favorite artists because we share the same birthday. You may not know but she started out as the drummer for the group before her brother convinced her to be the lead singer. You should check out her drumming videos. She jammed out!!

“And when the evening comes, we smile So much of life ahead, we'll find a place where there's room to grow”. Haunting lyrics when you consider she died at just 32… RIP Karen 🙏🏻

Karen's "Solitaire" is worth a listen. Her brother was favored by their Mother for his musical talent. She was a tomboy when young, plump, and wanted to play the drums, which she loved and played very well. Her brother formed a band and she played drums, but they found out that she could sing, and it was her voice that made them rich and famous. Still Mom loved her son more, always praising him. Because she was overweight, she had an inferior complex about it; she became anorexic and later died from the condition.

She and her brother were a voice match for any song. He's good but they together were super good.

This became a popular wedding song in the 70's and 80's. I loved The Carpenters from the first time I heard them on the radio! Karen is one of my favourite female vocalists of all time.

With the passing of time I think people have come to appreciate their music more. The record company didn’t know what to do with a brother sister duo. But it’s undeniable that she had a really beautiful voice.

your reactions are as sweet and innocent as this beautiful song... thumbs up kids, you nailed this one!

she was a pretty funky drummer yeah

I was a kid when the Carpenters were on the radio with this song. Even as a kid, Karen's voice just struck me. Decades later, I am still struck by her voice. Can listen to her constantly.😎😎😎😎

purest voice ever, cant even compare her to another voclist, so much power there.....from another world......(a popular wedding song at the time).

Karen, a natural contralto. A voice that just melts you. Try Solitare, Mr. Postman, Rainy Days and Mondays.

Started out as a commercial for a bank--written by Paul Williams. So your comment re: it's about a young couple starting a family is exactly what it was. Richard arranged it and Karen brought it to life perfectly.

You just listened to the most ANGELIC and PUREST voice ever. Karen has only a few that come close to her level of singer, but ALL fall short. Even Frank Sinatra once said " Karen Carpenter, is the ONLY SINGER I WOULD PAY TO SEE SING." FACTS

Those of us who are old enough to remember “The Carpenters” know they were a talented brother & sister act - they were not a married couple.

I saw them in concert in the early 70s and it was one of my favorites.

I am so happy to hear the Carpenters again I would love to hear Rainy days and Monday sometime if y’all can.

Love, love, love them!!! I saw them live many times and they were just as good. You need to react to Karen Carpenter drumming. You will be amazed. ;)