Did u tell her to eat or kill her.?.

Amen, totally agree.

Twat shut it

Nothing tames a man than the sound of a woman's sweet voice like Karen's😃😁😎

British by any chance?

Truly...

I agree with you Chris. Although I think that Karen and Judith Durham ( The Seekers ) both had the best female voices even to this day. I’m 68 years old and when I married my wife in 1973, our wedding song was “ We’ve Only Just Begun “. There were so many wonderful female vocalists back then. I miss them but will never forget them or their song.

I am 55. In to madness. But she was an amazing singer Best ever ❤

​@Real3R Phone books in some areas (including mine in Canada) were yellow, therefore 'the Yellow Pages'

sometimes I feel that she was simply too beautiful for this world.

No better words could said, shouted or put on billboards.

Si tan Querida ..como Evita por quien fue inspirada esta Maravillosa melodia

So true

That's So TRUE unfortunately the industry couldn't see her True Beauty. Her Most Beautiful Unforgettable Voice

I'm 64 and still miss her voice. RIP we love you

I'm 75 and I am joining you. We never should have lost her.

You are still on my heart.

Koala... don't even go there... A 60-yr old here , discombobulated, broken into pieces... Karen Carpenter, too soon, too soon.

Hormones and feelings of your past, regrets, life is slipping from our grasp. It will only get harder to keep the macho after 70 +++

Absolutely! Love her voice!

Here in Buenos Aires .....unforgetable Karen !!!!!!!!!

Napoleon Bongco I love the Carpenters,i grew up listening to them,my dad always had them playing,I have just lost my father and going to play some of these beautiful songs at the service as a tribute to him.

Most of the days.

Yes !!!!

Hope you have had a wonderful life 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Amazing post.

Wow

You go for it! 😊

Brilliant.

I agree, although they have always done it...

If she only knew

@@mus374lectures8 Yep! If only...

Song to draem by.

@@mus374lectures8 - So true. 😔

Gorgeous.

Never could Karen Carpenter’s voice be duplicated. One of a kind. I only wish that Karen had known before she passed just how special and worthy of love and admiration she really was.

True!

Not even Lucy Thomas or Benedetta Carreta?

Anorexia nervous is a terrible disease in young women like Karen Carpenter. Ira Lee Ph.D.

Why would anyone want to? Her voice is its own musical instrument.

101% agree❤

I'm 60 also. I grew up listening to Karen Carpenter.

My sentimentd exactly 😢

do you know if she recorded this to try to be cast as Evita in the film? I heard that story long ago. She would have been great in the film.

@@Neilthor Karen was long, long gone by the time Madonna came on the scent. NO, the film wasn't in the cards for two decades.

Wow,one take,that's awesome,heard this on the radio for the first time when I was about 10....41 years ago,my dad loved the Carpenters,alot of memories attached to their music!

@@dwightstjohn6927 It could have been for the play which debuted in 1978? I've seen the play a couple of times in the past. and I've heard this song countless times but I don't think I ever remember this version from Karen

Karen could have made a career covering other's song and absolutely killing each and every one...such a voice...such a talent!

Please edit.

karen possesed the most beautiful voice, ever bestowed on a woman.so much feeling, and emotion, tugging at your heart strings, almost wanna make you cry. it hurt so bad when she passed away,she was loved by many all over the world.when we lost karen we lost a bright star. karen, thank you so much, for all the love you gave us, god bless you, i know you are happy now in heaven,singing with all the angels. all the best Louie Vaccaro tenor, las vegas.

*Second to Julie Covington.

@@W42PZ thanks for your reply, dont know julie covington?, what songs did she sing.

@@louisvaccaro5865 Julie Covington was the first artist to record this song. She was less known for her records than as a star of the 1970s British tv series "Rock Follies." She recorded and released the song before the stage play, and it broke all of the rules for a song of this type. She was a virtual unknown by the mainstream, but the song rocketed to the top of worldwide charts in 1977. Therefore, it was an unknown song by an unknown singer from an unknown stage musical. The fact there was also no video clip means it should not have been a hit. It is worth a listen because Julie's version is hauntingly beautiful.

Madonna would come in second.

Yes of course, such talent is all retrospective today, sadly, nothing today really compares with the talent and passion 60'sto 70's

david in brmingham

Yes, absolutely. She was talented beyond words.

Of course! And I was only born in 1981.

Until i die :)

Yes I agree ……so happy I found her singing this beautiful song….unbelievable 💕💕💕💕💕

*Karen Carpenter.

Agree

I didn't know either, what a voice she had

Wow Harry. Welcome to, like, 1970. Boy do you have some catching up to do.

@@TheLarryBrown - Larry I was born in 1951 - I am 72 years old was listening to great music when you were no doubt just a thought in your parents head. Loved Karen Carpenter - just simply never heard her version of this song.

@@harrytroy685 That makes you 19 years old in 1970, making you too old to become a Carpenters fan. You were probably listening to a bunch of psychedelia and folk, Peter Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Procol Harum. Did I hit any? A lot of guys eschew chick singers, but since you like Karen I'm guessing you might like Joni and Judy. I was just teasing you before, "Argentina" was never on the radio, so unless you were a Carpenters fan and had the album, yeah, you might have missed it. And it wasn't 1970, it was 1977s "Passage" album. By that time The Carpenters had lost their steam. Two lackluster albums (Now&Then, Horizon) had let the wind out of their sail, resulting in disappointing results for "A kind of hush," and it was over. "Passage" was an attempt to explore new territory but it also showed that Richard realized their radio days were over, even if he didn't admit it to himself. All that said, since you like Karen and you appear not to be a collector of their albums, I encourage you to listen in entirety to their two magical albums "Carpenters" and "A Song for You." Those are both blisteringly great albums.

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Me too same age never knew she died so long ago

@@torichill7294Same here as well. I grew up loving her music.

That makes me 2 years older, I was a Navy Diver when she died. I never heard this version, my first time.

great shame

I am ,beautiful voice,what a loss to us all.

I miss her voice. RIP Karen Carpenter.

One one the best ever

Only our God above could create a voice like this

I would challenge you to bend an ears towards Eva Cassidy too.

Hard to compare between different styles of vocalists. But I would definitely put Karen Carpenter right up there with Aretha, Gladys Knight, Sandy Denny (of Fairport Convention), Dusty Springfield, Joni Mitchell, Annie Haslam (of Renaissance), etc. And on top of that, she was one heck of a drummer.

@@russs7574 and Streisand

@@chrishands5670 Don't forget Linda Ronstadt! the GOAT (greatest of all time)

@@mhgaffney I always wondered what GOAT meant. Thanks 👍 (not being sarcastic just an age thing 😆)

Karen left us way toooo early. Was working in LA the day we heard she had passed.. Of course it took many days to get through the news..

I had the exact same thought, Ed! Such a beautiful, pure voice she had. Truly among the best ever.

Ja take -73- nadhera...

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Amen.. I know that she is singing with the Angels in Heaven with George Michael.

Absolutely

I am, and always will. Love and Peace!

Steve Akhurst *** May 02 Wednesday 2018***

***Classy, humble, Lady, that she was, very talented, very gracious***💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

I always will! She perfection!

Still there..

I miss her too!

I miss her so much, her voice will live forever

One take was ever it took for the majority of her recordings. She could stop mid song, and continue on with the same note. Incredible talent. Taken too soon…RIP you beautiful person.

Karen was also an awesome drummer!

She turned everything she sang into pure gold! An amazing, majestic beauty!

God bless you

Lbhunter63~ Wishing you well… and better and better….

I hope your daughter recovers well.

L....I did not know ur Daughter was Anx...! God Bless you all 🤗 Your neighbor Sol GA

Karen Carpenter had the most perfect contralto voice ever. I think of her so often.

Karen had the greatest singing voice of ANY century.

@@michaelbrandt5416 Your so right there.

English Gentleman she was simple the best, my retreat is I never got to see her perform, but I did pick up in New York all her music she sung so I now sing it

I felt bad when Karen died. That is one of my sad days.

AMEN! SUCH A BEAUTIUL VOICE AND PERSON LOST TO AN EATING DISORDER!

@@williammason4809 Makes me think, too, of Mama Cass Elliot. Another transendent voice.

Yes!! Amen!

Look up Suzan Erens version….equally stunning

Listening with tears streaming! Beautiful!

Doris Day too

totalmente de acuerdo

I have to agree. The most beautiful rendition of this song I've ever heard.

No match on singers of this song. Her singing resonates your body and makes the cells happy.

No opera just beauty

She still is something else

@@patharrison4546 They don't make them like that anymore! And we are lucky we have the recordings!

@@PierreaSweedieCat yes we are

@@patharrison4546 A superb version, as is the one by olivia newton john. The original by julie covington cannot be beaten though.

@@chrissymon Patti rules, though.

You are so right! So many people, including Helen Gurley Brown and the author of "The Fascinating Girl" push the garage that women MUST be thin in order to find love & be beautiful. If I had met either one, I would shove her face in a cake. And skinny people DO get sick, HGB!

Immediately I run to defend her. ❤️❤️❤️

Karen's mother was largely responsible for her lack of self-esteem and related insecurities. And when Karen eventually received public criticism about her physique/weight, it had an almost predictable affect on her self image. A very sad and difficult scenario. Thankfully, her incredible music lives on to inspire future generations.

@@joeshleb743 she apparently had no idea of the thousands of men out there who would have married her at any given moment and devoted themselves to her for life.

The music press vilified them constantly. Bet none of them could sing . . .

A Fathers strength will carry you through

Me either. Saw the play years ago. Andrew Lloyd Webber such a gift to the people. Wonderful composer.

Same here.

Agreed

agree, no one singer comes close after her passing

One must take into account what conditioned Karen to have the disorder from which she died. Indeed heartbreaking.

Without a doubt.

And a phenomenal drummer, too!

And a phenomenal drummer, too!

Yes Royce, human feeling and emotion was something that came easy for Karen. I heard an interview of a man that was in the music industry and he had worked with the Carpenters in the studio when Karen was only sixteen years old. The interviewer asked him if the emotional presentation that Karen always conveyed was something that she developed over time. He emphatically said NO, she was born with it. It was not something she learned.

obviously not trained in this genre

It truly is the best version ever. The first time I heard it I was just floored. It is magnificent.

Karen..irespeçther..because..she..is..so..talented

@Summer Rose Gi cp co

Wow Doc I got back from Nam and if she had been standing there I would have married her. I actually met my wife a few days later.

Well said Fran......well said.

Julie Covington and Karen Carpenter versions are far better then Madonna’s effort.

@@kevinbalsdon4705 and she never had to reinvent herself or use Gimmickry to enhance her true talent.

Its a pleasure listening to you XX

Agreed, she made it look so effortless.

She was reputed to have "perfect pitch"

She is mine, too. And nobody sings this song like her.

She had not to the best of our knowledge put her liffe in the hands of THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. cheers

Did he? Where’s it say that?

@@MrAndrewFarrow google

Karen certainly had a beautiful voice, stunning. He said one of her versions of a Beatles' song was the best version. Some people think that Sarah Vaughan had the best non operatic voice in English speaking world last century. Tony Bennet for instance. But with greats like these two, both are wonderful.

@ST 068 if that's all you have to say STFU... Little person... Whatever he did or didn't do your not a pimple on his ass...

Allan M l

I am 67 years old and I still play Karen’s songs ! Her sudden death at such a young age makes me very sad .

Yes!

@@asa4824 I'm with you all the way asa and at 85 still have not heard it done better

She absolutely owns this song

THIS! I love Elaine Paige, but this is supposed to be melancholy, not loud

NICE TO HEAR THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD LOVES EXCITING MUSIC' . SOUTH AFRICA

She is incredible, her voice her warmth, I allways loved her and her brother they are wonderful. ......👏👏

Annette Sein, it was from the 1977 Carpenter's album "Passage". I think the reason why you probably never heard this version is because it wasn't widely released. It was on the B side of the "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" single.

WOW WOW WOW absolutely stunning

Annette Sein - hopefully if we comply with the government restrictions on Covid19 we won't have to cry!

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Absolutely.

Perhaps Judith Durham of the Seekers was comparable, but definitely not better.

this sort of thing gets said of many but I really only see this apply to Karen Carpenter. Quite unlike any other. Beautifully pure

to the suicide of anexoria..................

@@dwightdodd3734 Well, unfortunately, it took Karen's death to help doctors realize that not only must the physical body be healed due to anorexia but the psychology, too. If one doesn't deal with the underlying issues of why a person is suffering from anorexia, then the body cannot be truly healed due to relapse.

She does truly nail it..!

yvwic50 unchanged melody

I brought my carpenter tape from Safeway Jeddah on the 747 label small world

@Yvwic50 I understand why, and I'm not a Karen Carpenter fan. But song would stop me in my tracks, too. I'd pretend to decides between a can of tomato sauce, and a can of tomato puree -- for 6 minutes -- just not to look odd.

And the saddest thing is that she didn't think she was good enough... She couldn't have been more wrong... If anything she was too good for this mortal plane and the universe claimed her for its own...

She is so beautiful singing

I was shocked decades later that to find she had died so young. Left me gutted.