Karen Carpenter Drum Solo - 1976 First Television Special

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The full clip of Karen's drum solo from the Carpenters 1976 first ever television special.

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Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: March 18, 2007 at 1:10 am
Author: CrescentNoon

Length: 00:05:41
Rating: 4.79
Views: 264358

Tags: Richard Karen Carpenter Carpenters the carpenters John Denver drum drums drumming girl female drummer 1976 music retro marching band

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band Karen_Carpenter_Drum_Solo___1976_First_Television_Special Comments:
justajumpingypsygirl (November 18, 2008 at 12:55 am)
I love it how she enjoys playing it so much.
DrummerMan1966 (November 15, 2008 at 11:09 pm)
Is it just me or did she did a make out with the late John Denver.
zeroleminski (November 15, 2008 at 12:06 am)
at 0:12, when she says "why not", she sounds exactly like monica geller from "friends"
chique69 (November 14, 2008 at 3:57 am)
she's good! i can tell!
cast390 (November 15, 2008 at 4:49 pm)
Shes dead dude!!!
Rollo7 (November 11, 2008 at 7:58 pm)
Bro, you mad me spit my coffee and nearly wet myself with this random, ridiculous comment. I was having the worst day, thank you for the hearty laugh.
Rollo7 (November 11, 2008 at 7:56 pm)
What an incredible player, although the clip has a distintive 'Lawrence Welk" quality to it. Everything is played very 'white', with most accents on the upbeat. I'd like to see her play something with a bit of 'soul' involved in it. Maybe a James Brown medley would be nice.
DizzyJee (November 10, 2008 at 2:38 pm)
Fuck me! im a teenager, girl, and a drummer, and rly rly impressed! cept that stupid grin she wears the whole way through does my head in '-.-
sheplaysajag (November 11, 2008 at 7:47 pm)
Glad to see a teen with some respect but keep in mind, she probably played this same routine 100+ times and was bored with it. As a jazz drummer she could play much more compicated stuff. When you're smiling on the outside and dying on the inside it probably comes out a litte hokey.
Hope you take the time to check out their "Iced Tea" and "Caravan" recordings.

Cheers
P.S. Don't qualify yourself as a "girl" drummer. There aren't "guy" or "girl" drummers, just "good" or "bad" ones.
Drumguy1988 (November 10, 2008 at 12:57 am)
Never realized how good she actually was. She was doing this before a lot of women were playing drums.