Sorry for the Watermark guys😅😅

@godbluffvdgg

9 ай бұрын

Bro, you don't have to be sorry for ANYTHING..As a fan of the carpenters for half a century, it's so awesome to see footage I haven't seen...I've seen Karen's drum solos on youtube a bunch of times but; this is a GREAT upload! Thanks so much and Good health and happiness to you and yours!

@babyjuggernaught8203

9 ай бұрын

Same, this is cool to see. Thankyou

@roaddog3096

9 ай бұрын

She was an Angel, they usually have a rough time on earth….

@gumersindoreguera4757

9 ай бұрын

Naaaaa!!! Muy dulce para cantar...pero que quiso hacer?

@johnnydodgecountry9508

9 ай бұрын

NP...nice to see and remember one of the greatest singers of all time. Love Karen.

I’m a drummer and I tell you Karen was right in there with all the great jazz and rock drummers of her day! I loved that she played traditional grip with the left stick on the snare and the hand speed she demonstrated around the kit! Of course most know her for her outstanding alto vocals but don’t be fooled because Karen was also a marvelous drummer! I learned a lot by watching her performances! Hats off to Karen Carpenter: drummer and singer 🎤🥁extraordinaire!

@user-hi4vo1cn7r

9 ай бұрын

As a drummer I agree

@fablenewsnetwork7223

9 ай бұрын

Absolutely 🥁🥁🥁

@JulieSkinner777

9 ай бұрын

Karen WAS a fantastic drummer and gorgeous singer!

@michaelmaggi7637

9 ай бұрын

Up there with other jazz drummers, maybe. But up there with rock drummers like John Bonham, Keith Moon or Mitch Mitchell? No.

@Jason-dm7nu

9 ай бұрын

As a drummer myself Karen was highly underrated.

I think maybe when Buddy Rich said she was his favorite drummer he may not have been kidding. No wonder she didn’t want to come out front. Crisp, accurate, tasteful, and that speed shows real stamina, particularly with that light a touch. She was a truly gifted singer but on this her drumming is better. So Buddy Rich said she was his favorite drummer (when asked who his favorite drummer was) and John Lennon told her she had a beautiful voice. That’s quite a pair of endorsements.

@reginaldquigby8867

9 ай бұрын

Karen Carpenter was a drummer first. In fact, she only learned to sing once she had already enrolled as a music major at California State University, Long Beach. She got in thanks to her monster chops as a drummer and percussionist, only joining the choir at the behest of her brother.

@erzug

9 ай бұрын

You can definitely see the Buddy Rich influence with the drum setup (low hi-hat, position of the 2 crash cymbals) and the over and under crossovers.

@garyfoster3854

9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@OlesonMD

9 ай бұрын

@@erzug That is a buddy Rich drum set!

@danielmconnolly7

9 ай бұрын

When Keith Moon was 5 years old, he saw this. The rest is history... 🤔😅

Holy smokes. Sings like a bird and plays drum like a beast. So underrated. Too bad she passed way too young

@ridleyroid9060

4 ай бұрын

How young?

@andybrownleeACDC

4 ай бұрын

​@@ridleyroid9060she was 32, heart attack after struggling with anorexia

@MyteeBumbleBee

3 ай бұрын

Yes, she truly left us too soon.

I’ve known who Karen Carpenter was for decades. I’ve heard her beautiful voice for decades. How am I today years old and just finding out that she was a freakin’ magician on the drums?!? Incredible.

@kromerm

5 ай бұрын

She was a drummer before she was a singer

@hugejohnson5011

5 ай бұрын

Unbelievable talent. Had I not just seen and heard this I wouldn't have understood.

@hughjass1044

5 ай бұрын

You're not alone. I never knew she even held a drumstick until a couple years ago. Never paid that much attention to that kind of music nor the people playing it in those days and never actually saw any footage of her playing drums until very recently.

@hugejohnson5011

5 ай бұрын

@@hughjass1044 Same. When I was a child in the 70s, I even remember the ads on television for Carpenters' records, and making fun of them, because they weren't rock and roll. But digging into more of how they came about, gave me an appreciation of Karen's beautiful singing voice, and then to dig into how she played the drums, absolutely floored me. Cheers.

@halewich

5 ай бұрын

Not loving the tempo of this. And the keyboard and bass solos are gratuitous.

An absolute BEAST on the drums - Superb playing & while singing, NOT easily done. Can see that playing them brought her JOY!

@morbidmanmusic

9 ай бұрын

no, shes not a beast on the drums. My god, the ignorant comments are a distraction from the actual talent she has.

@renoraider9817

9 ай бұрын

That chick had some crazy chops.

@silvercrowflysilver1662

9 ай бұрын

Noy easy даже по отдельности если петь или играть на барабанах. А тут всё чётко.

@recordguy4321

9 ай бұрын

yeah she beat out Buddy Rich one year in the early 70's in the Playboy Jazz Poll GET REAL!! LOL.. She was a good AVERAGE pro drummer who has a great voice. PERIOD!!

@hankscorpion

9 ай бұрын

you ever listen to fanny? that drummer is unbelievable

As a bass player, i must give respect to the bassist. Great chops, very tastefully played! No taking away from Karen or Richard, they are great in their own right.

@igor2301

9 ай бұрын

Anybody know who he is?

@toddgittins5692

9 ай бұрын

​@@igor2301some beatnik

@recordguy4321

9 ай бұрын

@@toddgittins5692 HA HA it aint Mynard G. Krebs

@kevinreilly7091

9 ай бұрын

Bill Sissoyev@@igor2301

@carystorm1863

9 ай бұрын

@@igor2301 Entwistles nephew

Karen was the real deal on drums and had an amazing voice.

@coolernie65

9 ай бұрын

One of my favorite singers of time.

@kurikokaleidoscope

9 ай бұрын

Absolutely ❤❤❤

@lorenzomagazzeni5425

Ай бұрын

lol, and the brother was the best pianist on the planet

She was an absolute SHREDDER on the drums!

@jerrywallop5647

9 ай бұрын

Not really…..quite average really , but it is a skill to sing & drum together…..

@dirkdarwin2571

9 ай бұрын

@@jerrywallop5647 "Quite average"... Ohhhh, look at Buddy Rich over here....

@jerrywallop5647

9 ай бұрын

@@dirkdarwin2571 your valid point….? …….

@jerrywallop5647

9 ай бұрын

@@dirkdarwin2571 your obviously not a skilled musician….

@dirkdarwin2571

9 ай бұрын

@@jerrywallop5647 Don't you mean "YOU'RE" ? Maybe learn to spell before you try any more drumming buddy!

Karen Carpenter absolutely killed it with her drumming! To be so fast, crisp & precise all while doing lead vocals is really damn hard at any age and experience level, let alone at the tender age of EIGHTEEN (as she was in this performance)!!! A truly exceptional talent ❤

@molh394

4 ай бұрын

what the fuck

@macdoctor145

4 ай бұрын

Yup, and undoubtedly she was a musical genius

I feel confident that had Karen been allowed to keep on being 'a drummer who sang' (clearly in her element sitting behind a drum kit) the world would have been a better place - and Karen would have continued to enthrall us to this day. When first I discovered her drumming (only recently) I fell in love with her music all over again, 53 year after the first time! Since being a 10 year old - I had no idea that Karen also played drums on 'Close to You'! The first 'pop' song that inspired my imagination! What a huge talent, what a huge loss to the world. So young. I could cry..

@drtimoshea4087

6 ай бұрын

Karen wasn't just a good drummer - she was a great drummer But she never played drums on any of their albums. Why not? Well when you walk into the studio and Hal Blaine is sitting there, well that kind of ends that conversation, right?

@jimf.9822

5 ай бұрын

I'm with you except I do cry.

@russellhltn1396

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I think Hal Blaine did the recordings. You can hear about it in the interviews with The Wrecking Crew. While Karen is good, studio drumming is different from stage performance. Hal was the master at doing it in the studio.

@hugejohnson5011

5 ай бұрын

​@@jimf.9822 Me too....,,

@beeflat4287

5 ай бұрын

Same. Admire her voice since my childhood. Touched my inner beeing, pure healing to me.

I miss Karen Carpenter she was great. Died too young, a tragedy.

@ruskinyruskiny1611

5 ай бұрын

With those we have loved who have gone it is best to remember them when they were heathly doing what they did best and this is surely what we are seeing here. I am pretty sure our Souls go marching (singing, dancing, drumming, loving) on. Thanks to the Carpenters for all their great music.

Wow she is 18 here and clearly killing it. What a talent she was. But the price she paid for being forced into the spotlight was sadly her life. Very sad.

@recordguy4321

9 ай бұрын

Huh , she didn't eat, she wasn't forced into any spotlight and yes there are pressures once you hit the big time.

@gutgolf74

9 ай бұрын

@@recordguy4321 That's a nice, empathic statement, right there.

@recordguy4321

9 ай бұрын

@@gutgolf74 thank you, likewise

@gutgolf74

9 ай бұрын

@@recordguy4321 Yeah, go love yourself and pray you'll never have to endure what Karen had to go through.

@haroldgranger4888

9 ай бұрын

@@gutgolf74🤓

She’s the reason I started playing drums at 8. My dad took us to see them at the Greek theater when I was 8. She was amazing.

@funlo.vingco

5 ай бұрын

🙏🏻♥️😞

The drum company Ludwig made custom drums for only 2 drummers in those days. The 1st was Ringo Starr and the other was Karen Carpenter.

I can’t tell you how hard it is to drum that well WITHOUT singing too! Karen was such a talent. Great keyboards from her brother Richard Carpenter as well.

@DanieltheTruebadour

5 ай бұрын

Richard Carpenter was a hella arranger, too.

When she was 18, Karen Carpenter was voted at the Playboy Jazz Festival the best drummer alive. You kids have no idea what you're missing with her nuclear talent.

@adhocrat1

5 ай бұрын

what nonsense. She was a virtual unknown in 1968

@katewallis6103

5 ай бұрын

Yep. John Bonham of Led Zeppellin was voted 2nd. He wasn't pleased!

@CorePathway

5 ай бұрын

Popularity contest. She better than some cat who been doing it longer than she’s been holding sticks?

@HudsonValleyVHS

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, that definetly sounds like a popularity contest, not a test of ability. They were both great drummers, but neither of them were The best drummer in 1968. They were no where near Billy Cobham, Art Blakey, Buddy Rich, Greg Errico, Jimmy Carl Black, John Mayhew, Jimmy Cobb, John Stephen French, Buddy Deppenschmidt, Tony Williams,Hal Blaine, Mickey Roker, Bill Bruford, and plenty of others. I'm talking strictly about Technical ability not album sales, fame or their impact on culture et cetera. Carpenter was a great vocalist and an underrated drum to boot, she made my second favorite Christmas album ever. John Bonham influenced many great drummers, likely more than the majority of my list, but like I said I'm only judging straight drumming ability.

@scarabrelated7376

5 ай бұрын

I love that John Bonham pitched a fit when he learned that she beat him in the Playboy Music Readers' Poll!

It may have been called the Dick Carpenter Trio early but it was easy to see that Karen was the star.

@magneto7930

9 ай бұрын

Nobody could touch her vocally and she was an incredible drummer, but Richard was a highly-skilled keyboardist as well.

@robertlongwill8856

9 ай бұрын

That is very true but Richard knew that her Talent was off-the-charts. So he stepped back and allow her to be in the spotlight and rightly so one of the best singers and obviously a monster drummer she was a beautiful woman unfortunately she didn't think so because of a snide remark by her mother I believe started all this

@thegreathistoricalbum

9 ай бұрын

@@robertlongwill8856Her mom was way worse, it wasn’t just a snide remark that caused her anorexia, it was a mixture of her overbearing parents preferring her brother Richard over her, her mother possibly forcing her to diet from her high school years well until she moved out of their house in the early 70s, but of course it got worse when she was in the spotlight of being a leading singer and away from the safety of her drums.

@stephenstone8480

6 ай бұрын

When he tours now it's The Carpenter...

@hugejohnson5011

2 ай бұрын

​@@stephenstone8480Or, just "The Dick"!

What a talent Karen Carpenter was. She had such an angelic voice and she could really bang on those drums as well. She was so happy behind her drum kit until she had to come out to the front. A very sad end to Karen's life in the end. One of the most beautiful voices in music.

@jimd6641

9 ай бұрын

I am SO glad she came out from behind the drums!

@owenbruce4120

9 ай бұрын

Endings may appear sad...but she LIVED the rest of her gig...trooper 🎶✌

@Marc-lq2qf

9 ай бұрын

Wow! Awesome! I knew Karen for her voice so sweet and nice, but not for her super drumming! And she seems to take such pleasure in making both, with her smile and such apparent relaxation! The man on keyboards and the bassist are very good too. I heard Karen sometimes but I saw her very rarely, so thanks much for this video. RIP Karen (gone much too soon)

There will NEVER be another Karen Carpenter. What a talent!!!! Thankfully, her brother knew that. 🎉🎉🎉

imagine being this good at 18? Perfect vocals insane drumming

So painfully sad, that she is gone. Terrific voice, amazing on drums

@kolrodrick

8 ай бұрын

😢

This woman was a legendary talent in every single sense of the word. Even when she would sing, the birds sang as well. Talent like this is once in a lifetime.

@craigrheberling

9 ай бұрын

her voice really lit up a radio in a car- so sweet!

@gary.h.turner

9 ай бұрын

Why do birds suddenly appear every time she is near? 😅

@roccosophie6498

9 ай бұрын

☺@@gary.h.turner

@bunchypea

9 ай бұрын

She was phenomenal. Such a loss.

@David-iv6je

9 ай бұрын

What astonishes me is the sensitivity of her touch on the drums while singing at the same time. It's unearthly.

I’m with @garylagstrom3864. I never realised how great a drummer Karen was. It makes it even more cruel that they took it away from her. She felt powerful and in control when she was playing, and there’s no doubt that it didn’t detract from her ability to command attention when she sang. I’m so glad female musicians don’t have as much pressure on them to be the pretty singer at the front of the stage. These days, her drumming would be celebrated, and she’d be featured on other artists’ songs.

@jasonallen6081

5 ай бұрын

Who took what away from her ? Are you trying to make her out to be a victim ? She concentrated on her legendary singing and still played the drums when she fancied.

@susannpatton2893

5 ай бұрын

Men cannot handle strong women, especially if she has a great talent that a normally a man's profession

@susannpatton2893

5 ай бұрын

​@jasonallen6081 women were not encouraged to do men dominant things. And she was bullied by many and the media. They called her chubby and it sparked her eating disorder and early death. No skirting the issue. Facts are facts

@jasonallen6081

5 ай бұрын

@susannpatton2893 Bullied by who ? Universally adored and feted as one of the greatest voices of her generation .You forget that bit. Her problem came from the pressure of fame . Elvis also had an eating disorder for the same reason. She could have had a drink or drug problem, but she fixated on her weight. You say, "They called her chubby," but they also said she was beautiful. You have to think about what it's like to have everybody look at you. I don't think she'd have it any other way. People with great talent don't usually have long, happy lives, and though she died so young, she's also achieved a kind of immortality. Don't make her into a victim.

@chasbee

5 ай бұрын

Just watched another vid called Carpenters in concert - 1976 where she is flexing her drum talent fiercely. I don't think it was taken away from her.

Neil Peart got an award for being voted the best rock drummer in the world in the 70's. When asked how it felt to be the best rock drummer in the world he replied.............dunno best go ask Karen Carpenter

@aronmeren8558

4 ай бұрын

And John Bonham went moaning to destroy yet another hotel room

Karen loved to play the drums and it broke her heart when they told her she had to come out from behind them. She was truly a jazz musician and was not at all comfortable with her voice but she loved playing the drums. I think Buddy Rich worked with her teaching and mentoring.

@garyfoster3854

9 ай бұрын

Uh, no he didn’t.

@JasonNation72

9 ай бұрын

Uh...no. although that would be a cool story. However, someone asked Buddy in 1974 if there were any pop drummers he liked on the scene. Without hesitation, he said Karen Carpenter. This was a rather loud statement considering Buddy was notorious for hating every drummer on the music scene.

@travisgibson2960

9 ай бұрын

I was familiar with the Carpenters. Never knew she had those chops. 😮

Lovely, an actual live performance from the 60s. All three are very talented.

@MedusalObligation

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, all the lipsync stuff got old very quickly when I used to watch TV. They were from an era where most musicians actually were musicians and could do their stuff live. You just couldn't do "Studio Magic" because the effects and pedals hadn't been invented yet.

Probably the most elegantly dressed drummer I've ever seen :)

She was a ONE OF A KIND. No female singer--TO THIS DAY, sounds anything like her; cannot compare.

@louisskulnik7390

5 ай бұрын

The recording did her no service. I don’t know if this is a copy of a copy? I know they had better equipment back then.

@humantacos9800

5 ай бұрын

She’s no Tay Swift

@ashleypg1708

5 ай бұрын

​@@humantacos9800I hope that's sarcasm.

@M00N.L1GHT

5 ай бұрын

True, no female singer sounds anything like her. And all due respect to Ms. Carpenter, but plenty can compare, and even outshine.

@humantacos9800

5 ай бұрын

@@ashleypg1708 lol

I grew up listening to the Carpenters in the early 70s. I knew Karen played drums but I had no idea how skilled she was. I'm blown away.

I was a very little kid when I saw this on television and I instantly wanted to become a drummer! I sure do miss you Karen! ❤

It's one thing to be able to play a jazz motif on the drums like that at that speed. For Karen also being able to sing while doing the rest is absolutely incredible, and something that no matter how hard I've tried to do it in the past, I just can't do. I have a hard time with the four-way limb independence needed to play drums at all!

Wow she was a shredder!! my first wife is from Downey calif and she lived on the same block with Karen and her brother and they went to high school together and were life long friends with my ex wife!! she attended our wedding with her brother and family in 1971 when they were becoming well known!! sadly we divorced 3 years later!! but we were blessed with twin girls and she was the God mother to our little ones and it was sad when she killed herself with that dreaded disease. Very humble about their success...

@peacefuldaizy5717

4 ай бұрын

That's fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

@nancypone5854

4 ай бұрын

Wow. I'm so sorry for your loss. She was beautiful and amazing...I never even knew she played drums- and singing while drumming is impossible.! ...at least for me. She smashed it!

@peggyfrakes2394

4 ай бұрын

I’d say her creep brother and manager were responsible for her anorexia. They were relentless about it, and both were jealous of her talent.

@annihilation777

4 ай бұрын

Which highschool did they go to in Downey?

@quester09

4 ай бұрын

​​@@peggyfrakes2394their mother fed Richard extravagantly, but restricted Karen's food. so there's that.

"I feel like I'm disappearing Getting smaller every day But when I open my mouth to sing I'm bigger in every way" Rest in peace, Karen

Wow! I had no idea they could be this jazzy. Or that she was this good on the drums. Outstanding

@m.a.g.3920

5 ай бұрын

There was so many good musicians at that time that they didn't "outstand" that much... Imagine that 😅

Ok the drums are amazing but my guy on the keyboard *killed it* with his solo, I could listen to that all day

@drwalker9093

7 ай бұрын

Quoting "The Shadow of Your Smile" in his solo....

@greggclaussen

7 ай бұрын

Yea, the guy on the keyboard being her brother, of course.

Wow I’m in my 60’s and I had no idea Karen was such a fantastic drummer.

Not so much in this song but Karen Carpenter had one of the most Beautiful voices that I’ve ever heard ❤❤️❤️

@BrutoIII

5 ай бұрын

although this song wasn't a great showcase of her voice, it was live. No studio filters or multiple voice tracks to enhance her singing. Despite this she sang on key and drummed and made it look effortless/

@Andoroid

5 ай бұрын

Her drumming is also so underrated, she was great, and it shows in this song

Wow.. her fills are inventive and seemingly effortless.

We know what the future holds for Karen Carpenter. The Carpenters probably wouldn't have achieved worldwide success had Karen not left the drum set and taken to the front of the stage as a vocalist. However, I think she was happiest when she was sitting at the drum set.

@steverakes6182

3 ай бұрын

Well said.

Pffff, that was amazing.... all 3 performed very well, they definitely were not 'just playing some chords'... and that drum solo showed her incredible talent...

I never ever had a clue that Richard Carpenter could render perfectly such furious keyboard lines!!!

i wish this one in particular was on spotify bc it's my favorite recording of the song ever

@monkedonke96

Жыл бұрын

I totally agree

@gromk2071

9 ай бұрын

Just use KZread music

@Redspeciality

9 ай бұрын

I prefer Van Halen’s version

@rootbeer_666

9 ай бұрын

@@Redspecialityhow about Mick Jagger + David Bowie, but without the backing music?

What a performance! At a time when women who played drums could count on the fingers of one hand, Karen Carpenter was a real fireworks. By making her mark, thanks to her immense talent, we can say that Karen has opened the doors to many female artists, both vocal and percussion. We immediately feel such a passion, such joy overflowing with energy when she plays that we can only let ourselves be contaminated, for our greatest pleasure. And, in this recording, her brother Richard, on electric piano, and the bass player really do not give their place either. When we know the tragic end of this gifted woman debt, at only 32 years old, in 1983, and the battle she had to fight for years against a terrible illness that was little known at the time, anorexia nervosa, we look at this video with pleasure, of course, but also with a twinge of sorrow. Rest in peace, Karen. Even forty years after your untimely death, your audience, young and old, do not forget you.

I was today years old when I found out Karen Carpenter was a bad ass drummer

She was as beautiful as her voice ❤

@user-qr9uh1fd8g

9 ай бұрын

So beautiful and very blessed, her and her brother Richard. I love to see her happy.

@snap403

9 ай бұрын

born in 1970 and she was one of my first crushes. RIP Ms Carpenter.

@user-qr9uh1fd8g

9 ай бұрын

@@snap403 * Rest in Peace "

Wow! I had no idea Karen Carpenter played drums. She did it well.

Omg she is so beautiful. So sad she passed.

I had no idea she was SO GOOD on the kit! Damn!!!

The drums sounded like three people playing, and Karen was so young! Unbeleivable and thank you for posting!

Awesome. She was such an accomplished jazz drummer.

Wow! amazing Jazz drumming skills and yet that ability to sing at the same time. Phenomenal!

Just watching this video makes me appreciate The Carpenters even more! They could have stayed in this jazzy pop area and possibly have become some of the greatest jazz musicians of their generation. However, they all realized that Karen’s is too special of a gift to share and changed their style to support that. Karen Carpenter influenced and empowered a whole generation of female singers and even some male singers. While many may not like them, their influence is unquestionable! In my opinion, they should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

@homespace1268

4 күн бұрын

Absolutely 💯

Love the drum solo! A cool performance from no other musician like her.

Wow Wow Wow! I had read that she always wanted to just go back and be a drummer, but this is the first time I’ve seen how good she was. Thanks for that one.

Wow, just wow. I knew she played drums but never saw it before. What a legend

She could rattle them drums like. She could sing, what a talented lady

Really great drums by Karen,she was a very good player and singer. An inspiration to men and women alike ! Thank you Karen 💖

Never thought I'd be hearing Karen Carpenter play what sounds like the precursor to Drum and Bass!

I never forget the Karen Carpenter story on TV in 1989. 😮

I absolutely love Karen! She was such a talented musician! She still, in my opinion, does not get the recognition that she deserves. She lives on!😍

To blast this out at this level, live and perfectly, she was brutal. Just, wow!

Holy smokes, she could tear it up on the drums. I didn't realize she was that good.

My dad bought me an 8 piece Pearl drumset in 1980 for my 13th birthday. Gorgeous Blue metal flake, 7 ply wood fiberglass with Zildjian cymbals and hi-hat. She's playing with two floor Toms, her solo is effortless speed personified, just wish she had another Tom, a large Tom next to the small one attached to the bass. She would bring down the house even more. Like all the Ludwig Jazz sets back then, two Tom's like my set wasn't a thing yet. But makes you wonder, what if she played on a set like Neil did for Rush, probably make everyone's head spin just thinking about it. What a talent..to play like that and sing at the same time. Playing with the traditional grip is just icing on the cake, but I doubt she used Promark 2B with the nylon tips, too large for her smaller hands, but one can wonder. Videos like this are what makes You Tube incredible for me, I will always appreciate gems 💎 like this.

Love and miss you, beautiful Karen ❤️ R.I.P. dear lady 😘 !

She was irreplaceable. Amazing. Love Karen Carpenter

So talented. She was an amazing soul.

just wow! i didn't know Karen Carpenter was such a talented drummer, playing jazz on a kit no less, singing well at the same time in go go boots and very pretty as well.

The Carpenters were 70's giants. Beautiful song arrangements! Karen's voice sends shivers and such an amazing drummer!! Richard's keyboard work was brilliant. They don't make em like this Anymore ❤

@jlvjazz

7 ай бұрын

Oh yes they do.... Esperanza Spalding, Camille Thurman........

@tonyspada2744

7 ай бұрын

@@jlvjazz yes Spaulding and Thurman are great as well as many others. The difference is that many don't have the genre diversity that the Carpenters had to launch them into huge commercial success !🎼

@jlvjazz

7 ай бұрын

​@@tonyspada2744commercial, yes. Talent and ability, I beg to differ. They still make 'em!!!

Karen & Richard were so talented in more ways than even their fans realize! What an unnecessary loss when she died! So sad to this day.

Coordinating 5 separate activities in synchrony is a super power.

My mom loved the Carpenters and I grew up listening to that in the '70s and I had no idea anything like this existed. This is fantastic. I'm going to enjoy exploring her music.

Female version of Animal in the solo

@13jorino

4 ай бұрын

Anamal!

@WR3ND

4 ай бұрын

Animalia

This is exciting! I’m a lady, in my 30s and learning the drums. It’s been such a wonderful experience. Love seeing female drummers, it continues to pump me with more excitement for this wonderful instrument.

@ralorpa

5 ай бұрын

Then I guess you will love Alice on drums here (Fanny). 1971. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hZqoyadqpsndks4.html

Now this is real drummin! Modern drum nerds, take notes!

Holy cow, it's like she's 2 different people, one singing magically all composed and another just rocking the hell out of that very basic drum kit. I had never actually seen her play the drums, but, dang, she's got the beat!!! Awesome

I was so smitten with her voice as a teenager and had no idea she could play drums like that 😱 but so sad she left us so young 😥

What a shame she died so young, she was so talented

Amazing talent to be able to drum and sing, and remain in step and in tune the whole time. My brain would explode!

Unreal. The organ solo was unreal also with all the modulations and that run. Her drumming? Let's not even go there. Thx for this video. Subscribed. Just kind of sad it's ony 16k views after a year. But yeah. Lot of people not in my gen. have no idea who these people were.

@monkedonke96

9 ай бұрын

I see my 16k as a win win anyway😅

@mudi2000a

9 ай бұрын

It is not an organ, it is an electric piano …

@amyh9512

9 ай бұрын

Nobody is talking about that amazing organ solo. I didn't realize he was that good.

When a drummer is playing traditional grip, you know they’re pretty damn good at their craft. She must’ve been a Buddy Rich and Max Roach fan. She has a bit of both- the power and speed👍🏾👍🏾❤️❤️

@PeterBrown-mz4nv

9 ай бұрын

And Louis Bellson too.

@DeafeningCha

9 ай бұрын

Traditional grip means nothing towards talent, she was just good.

@jt1929

9 ай бұрын

@@DeafeningCha Traditional grip means she’s had training and all jazz drummers play that way. Jazz drummers are the best at their instruments.

@MrThepopopopo

7 ай бұрын

​@@jt1929I love jazz, went to jazz school. High level jazz musicians are technically masterful, no doubt. However, I think classical musicians are capable of the same level of proficiency or maybe even more. I think the spirit of improv, paired with technical and musical mastery, is really what makes jazz great. I wish classical musicians would improvise like how they used to during the composers lives!

@EdwoodCA

7 ай бұрын

Her idols were Joe Morello and Buddy Rich.

I LOVED her so much!! My heart would melt every time I heard her sing. AND a remarkable drummer 🥁 she was!! So talented, humble and beautiful... and gone far too soon!! LOVE YOU ALWAYS, KAREN!! RIP

She had everything,amazing drummer,amazing singer,beautiful Sadly she had no self worth Man! She is missed!!!

If she'd stayed on the drums maybe she wouldn't have died so young. Way happier it seems than as front woman.

It surprised me to hear the Carpenters perform this rock classic - and do it so well. Let's not forget that Karen was only 18 when this trio made this television appearance.

She's produced some of the GREATEST hits in HISTORY!

never knew she was a drummer much less a world class drummer til I arrived here

She had a perfect technique in playing drums. Formidably.

You say bad ass.....I say Karen Carpenter holds no one's beer 🍺

She's got the full-on drummer's rage look by the end. She's hammering it. Love it.

Both these kids were monsters - absolute prodigies - on their respective instruments. And Karen had one of the most beautiful contralto voices in pop music history.

This is the best recording of that performance *EVER* ! There's nothing even close to it. Thank you so much!

@recordguy4321

9 ай бұрын

HA HA hilarious but i respect your opinion

@davidhess6593

9 ай бұрын

@@recordguy4321 Not opinion, FACT, *of THAT performance* . Sigh.... reading comprehension is becoming a lost art.

@recordguy4321

9 ай бұрын

@@davidhess6593 LMBO whose fact ,Yours? I'm glad you think it's the greatest I dont.

@davidhess6593

9 ай бұрын

@@recordguy4321 I'm not surprised.

I never heard this before. Karen nails the vocals. Not to mention drums.

WOW! I never knew she could play drums, and she is an absolute fantastic drummer!!!!

Richard was killing it with the ott keyboard at times.

This woman/ Lady was extraordinary! She was talented, beautiful, funny and a very sad loss 😢❤

'62 tail end boomer here, male. Amateur drummer, 8 pc db. My heartbeat runs on ' Close To You' Karen remains my feminine ideal- my "Touched by an Angel." Praise GOD!!

@PSA3377

4 ай бұрын

Well ya ol softy you ❤

The coolest Karen there ever was!!

I remember my mom always playing her vinyl every moment of the day when we were at home. Karen was played frequently out of mom's fine collection of artists. I'm proud to be a musician (including drums and percussion) as my mother was and Karen Carpenter was a large contributer to my love and creation for music. R.I.P. Mom and Karen!!

The bass player is so cool!