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The music of the Beach Boys will be enjoyed by all for a long, long time. This show threw many talented people together to perform the Beach Boy music in a way that they themselves never could. One comment of concern. Why isn't a DVD of this show readily available to purchase by the millions who would do so. I have such a DVD but it took me a year to track it down. In particular, the performances of My Morning Jacket, Beck and Jim James together, Luke Spiller, and Little Big Town took the Beach Boys music to a higher level. Who am I kidding? They all did. The backup singers should be named because they were so good. They were Baraka May, Steve Mackey, and Kara Britz. Finally, one more time, GET THIS SHOW ONTO A DVD FORMAT AND BE PREPARED TO SELL MILLIONS OF COPIES!

If you want to understand just how much better this movie could have been, have a look at Good-Bye To Love The Karen Carpenter Story (2016).

When Karen moved out from behind the drums, she became the real star of the Carpenters for everyone but her own family. For them, her talent was to be only for the use of Richard. He opposed the release of Karen's album not because of its possible failure but because he feared that it might be successful. Karen's talent would no longer be for him alone.

If Agnes Carpenter did not understand the centrality of Karen to her son's success, she got her nose ground into this reality for the rest of her life as Richard effectively went into a 25-year funk following Karen's death, doing minor composing/production/arranging work, releasing a couple of albums and singles which disappeared without a sight.

If you want to find out more about the tragedy of Karen's life, have a look at the following reading list.

Reading list: The Carpenters: The Untold Story: (Ray Coleman)

Yesterday Once More: The Carpenters Reader: (Randy L. Schmidt)

Lead Sister: Lucy O'brien

**Carpenters: Mike Cidoni Lennox and Chris May

**Little Girl Blue: Randy L. Schmidt and Dionne Warwick

**Why Karen Carpenter Matters: Karen Tongson

**Karen Carpenter's Second Life: (Rob Hoerburger, NY Times Article)

The Beauty of Karen's Sorrow: (John Thornton)

The Karen Carpenter Story (1989)

**Starving For Perfection: Randy L. Schmidt

**Close To You, Remembering the Carpenters: DVD - 1997

Karen Carpenter: Goodbye to Love (2016)

** indicates a particularly good read or listen.

I gave this movie 10 out of 10 because it dealt with issues that its predecessor The Karen Carpenter Story (1989) suppressed.

When Karen moved out from behind the drums, she became the real star of the Carpenters for everyone but her own family. For them, her talent was to be only for the use of Richard. He opposed the release of Karen's album not because of its possible failure but because he feared that it might be successful. Karen's talent would no longer be for him alone.

If Agnes Carpenter did not understand the centrality of Karen to her son's success, she got her nose ground into this reality for the rest of her life as Richard effectively went into a 25-year funk following Karen's death, doing minor composing/production/arranging work, releasing a couple of albums and singles which disappeared without a sight.

If you want to find out more about the tragedy of Karen's life, have a look at the following reading list.

Reading list: The Carpenters: The Untold Story: (Ray Coleman) Yesterday Once More: The Carpenters Reader: (Randy L. Schmidt) Lead Sister: Lucy O'brien Carpenters: Mike Cidoni Lennox and Chris May Little Girl Blue: Randy L. Schmidt and Dionne Warwick Why Karen Carpenter Matters: Karen Tongson Karen Carpenter's Second Life: (Rob Hoerburger, NY Times Article) The Beauty of Karen's Sorrow: (John Thornton) The Karen Carpenter Story (1989) Starving For Perfection: Randy L. Schmidt Close To You, Remembering the Carpenters: DVD - 1997 Karen Carpenter: Goodbye to Love (2016) The Karen Carpenter Story (1989)

I thought that Adele Keating was terrific in this movie. Hopefully, she will get more movie work in the future.