The Carpenters A Place to Hideaway Reaction 1.Nice flute at the beginning? 2. Very exposed. That's the way we like it. 3. Of course a bunch of oboe 4. Nice dynamics If you like me please use my amazon affiliate code to support my channel: amzn.to/3qlXdle If you don't like me use my amazon affiliate code to support my channel: amzn.to/3qlXdle

Thank you posting this, my #1 fav song from the Carpenters. There are multiple favorites, more than any other Artists I've listened to. Karen was beyond incredible, this being done in one take! Noone can interpret a piece & sing with so much heart, soul & precision execution as this lovely lady!

Thx! I’ve heard Richard Carpenter give credit and tribute to Randy Sparks for this song! Beautiful melody and arrangement!

This was recorded because it was one of Richard’s favourites, he loved the way the lyrics flowed

Another great one - from the Now & Then album is "I Can't Make Music"

Please do ‘Maybe It’s You’ from the album Close to You, and ‘One More Time’ from the album A Kind of Hush

Have you ever reviewed Road To Ode? Another beautiful one

hey jay.so glad you got around to this song. this should have been a single back then but back in the 70s record companies only released 2-3 singles per albums leaving gems like this unheard of unless a fan bought the lp. there is a "live" version of this from a tv show on you tube so you might want to check it out sometime.

Crystal Lullaby is another good one.

This song is soooo beautiful :)

Another great song. Love it. Karen’s voice is velvet. I love watching your reactions as you are listening to her beautiful voice.

Great reaction! What a lovely voice she had. Sad to think that she was suffering while making these fantastic albums

Consider reacting to, "Make believe it's your first time."

I doubt there was ever a vocal inflection that Karen didn't do on purpose. ;-)

I think that the beginning is actually a clarinet btw

Great reaction Jaybriel. Try to react If I Had You taken from her solo album Lovelines.

Most of Karen's songs has a common thread of sadness. She was singing of her life.

No one has a lower register like Karen's.

Hi Jaybriel, me again. I want to see if you can react to “Robin Gibb C’est la vie au revior”. Please

thats definitely on purpose. ive heard that technique before in other songs

Re your analysis at 7:00, The vocal intro sounds like a “bend” up from the root to the major 3 or 2 whole steps a lot of space to cover in about 1/16 of a second . But in all seriousness it sounds clean to me. There’s a British guy by the name of Fil who runs a popular channel called wings of Pegasus .. he does a lot of analysis the last few months on auto tune pitch correction He uses software to see just how accurate some of the old school singers were in relation to perfect pitch. Needless to say Karen was amongst the most accurate . Even in her vibrato she had a consistent range typically 8 to 10 cents above and below the note but she was always either right on or within a couple of cents. Uncanny actually Excellent job picking g off the merry Xmas darling riff .. absolutely is .. but really … every artist uses riffs over and over in various songs and solos. Every single rock guitarist has 20-30 riffs from a few notes to a few bars they play in multiple songs at different temps in different keys etc. there’s only so many ways to rearrange the notes that are in key with a melody .. but great job picking that one off 👍🏻👍🏻

Karen’s voice was so beyond incredible that she was able to overcome Richard’s over-arranging. I miss her so much.

Great song - tomorrow is the 39th anniversary of Karen's passing. More Karen reactions!!!