The Carpenters concert on BBC 4

Anyone catch this last night? There were two concerrts.... I can't believe how amazing she sounded live... absolutely perfect.

I saw her in concert when I was a very little girl and don't remember much but god, it's such a tragedy that she died so young....

NOOO!!!  I missed it.  Hmm, Maybe they have it on the BBC download thingy?

I loved the Carpenters, I'm so jealous you got to see them live!

NOOO!!!  I missed it.  Hmm, Maybe they have it on the BBC download thingy?

I loved the Carpenters, I'm so jealous you got to see them live!

It was my first concert...cant remember the year...before you were born, that's for sure! Mid seventies??  She was in a denim pantsuit with Mickey Mouse all over it....bad time for style!  Do try to find it on BBC iplayer thingie...

I watched it... or at least part of it!
It was on between the 2 Big Brother broadcasts, and i dont like 9 Out of 10 Cats, so switched it over and caught this...  i really enjoyed it! 

It was my first concert...cant remember the year...before you were born, that's for sure! Mid seventies??  She was in a denim pantsuit with Mickey Mouse all over it....bad time for style!  Do try to find it on BBC iplayer thingie...

I was born in 1970, well, the very end of it. (thank you for thinking I was younger though)

I watched the documentary last night, I am a Carpenters fan anyway...didn't watch the concerts but she had the most beautiful voice I have ever heard. Rich, soulful, poetic...just a stunning woman. My MIL said that Karen Carpenter saved her life, she was an Anorexic in the 80's and didn't know anything about Anorexia until she saw Karen Carpenter on TV looking spookily as thin as she was at the time.

I always find the Carpenters very tragic, I don't know if its because the music was tragic, or her life was tragic....

Awww. I missed it because I do like 8 Out of 10 Cats!

oh... 8 cats, not 9.
shows what i know! 

oh... 8 cats, not 9.
shows what i know! 

I didn't even catch that in your post! It wasn't that funny last night, so I would happily have missed it if I'd known the Carpenters were on. 

NOOO!!!  I missed it.  Hmm, Maybe they have it on the BBC download thingy?

They do! In fact, there are two Carpenters concerts on BBC iPlayer!

1971 concert: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cjn99
1976 concert: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cjn9c

Yay! 

1971 concert: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cjn99
1976 concert: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cjn9c

Yay! 

Thank you!  I'm so excited.

Has anyone seen the Movie they did about them  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097648/

I was so obsessed by it!  I always loved when she was first in the studio and they got her to lower her voice.

Hey Stacey

They're on again tonight on BBC 4 quite late after midnight... along with a documentary that i've seen before about her life. It's a bit odd as the Mother comes off a bit....hmmmmm. A bit over controlling.


didn't watch the concerts but she had the most beautiful voice I have ever heard. Rich, soulful, poetic...just a stunning woman

If you want to see me sob hysterically, just put on Goodbye to Love and stand back :\\\'(

THANK YOU!!!  All set to record the three programs, yay!

THANK YOU!!!  All set to record the three programs, yay!

Hoorah! It was all fate. I saw it in the telly guide just as we were walking out the door to see Mamma Mia, but it was sold out so I thought i'd pop online and tell you if you were around...  you'll enjoy it and dig those funky maxi skirts...

(ps - you'll be forever 25 to me!  )

Hoorah! It was all fate. I saw it in the telly guide just as we were walking out the door to see Mamma Mia, but it was sold out so I thought i'd pop online and tell you if you were around...  you'll enjoy it and dig those funky maxi skirts...

(ps - you'll be forever 25 to me!  )

Sorry you didnt get to see Mama Mia, but yay me!   (All recorded now!!)