![]() Karen’s vocal was praised for its intensity and emotional nature. The Carpenters’s treatment of the song underscored the deep loneliness and sense of loss intended in the lyric, and established the song as a standard for years to come. The Carpenters’ version of the lyric, “And I can hardly wait to be with you again” is “And I can hardly wait to sleep with you again” in the original version. This is a live version from the Carpenters’ BBC concert (1971), which, like many BBC music shows, was great (you can see the whole thing here).Ī line in the second verse was considered too lyrically risqué at the time, and was changed by Richard Carpenter to better fit the duo’s image. There is no voice that sounds anything like it no voice more beautiful. Within one or two words after she begins singing, you instantly recognize the voice as hers. Released in 1971, this song went to #2 on the American charts, and, despite the existence of covers by others (e.g., Sonic Youth, Cher), this is by far the best version.Īfter listening to a bit of the Carpenters recently, I decided that Karen had the best voice of any woman pop singer of our time (Barbra Streisand was second). ![]() When Bette Midler performed this on the Tonight Show, Richard Carpenter heard it, arranged it, and the rest was history. ![]() This song was written in 1969 by Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlett, and first recorded by Delaney & Bonnie. But the definitive version was by Karen Carpenter, and so I’ll show this as a second tribute to Leon Russell, who died exactly a year ago after a heart attack. ![]()
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