you can see how sick she is and can hear the low rasp of her voice. And even thorugh that pain of addiction she pushed through and delivered a stunning perfromance. You were amazing Billie.
Despite how bad and sad she apparently was feeling with the demons of addiction taking her, she smiled, she stood up, she listened, she was alert and with no hesitation she sang that song with class, clarity, poise, passion, eye contact, beauty and was enchanting.
they?? do...explain!! so she was given drugs to build her weird brand of singing and performing from 'the beginning,' then to death once her controllers were through with her? sounds bluesy alright
Let's hope God let her into heaven; we love who we love and Billie was ideal until drugs took her. I'm a heterosexual musician & love Billie. Racism sucks. Yes, I'm white, race to me means nothing.
Been viewing performances by Billie chronologically, and although her body seems to weaken drastically, her voice and nuance seems to get better every year; she is truly one of a kind
I was born in the 1962 but I wish I was born sooner to Lady Day perform at her best and worse. She was so beautiful, her facial expressions when she sang were so full of love and some pain. She left a wonderful legacy behind for many generations of people like me to treasure. She is special angel in a special place and I hope she knows how loved she is. Rest in peace Ms. Holiday 😢
I was five then. We had an all male choir at St Margarets in Queens, NY when I first leaned to love classical music. Never underestimate what children are capable of. 'Careful what you say, children will listen (and learn)" both good and bad but always formative.
I was just listening to Mahalia Jackson another of my mother's favorite singers and I thought it was to that you referred. Danny Boy if you want to hear her great voice.
@@akrenwinkle I do and it drives me nuts. The illiteracy is scary. Who really knows though? Maybe Billie did literally haunt some people through her vocals.
Every drop of pain I feel inside mixed with love past and present she sings it, like she see's inside of me and is pulling it out, I don't think I ever connected with a singer like that except Lady Day, the gift of empathy and expression she had in song is amazingly out of this world.
Lynn - yes, and Nina Simone. And thru it all, she came up shinin;. On nights like this one, New Year's Eve, 2022, all alone, I hear her pain, and think, if she could do that, I can do this. Stay in your rest, Lady Day.
Could she have, at that very moment, while singing this song, could she have imagined that people would be listening and watching her so so many years later?
GREAT SINGER FOR ALL TIMES ....BUT CANT DENY SHE WAS A TORTURED SOUL, WITH LOTS OF DEMONS INSIDE...SHE WAS SO PURE INTERPRETING SAD AND MELLOW SONGS OF LIFE....PEOPLE SAY SHE DIED AS SHE LIVED. REST IN PEACE LADY DAY
+Laura Almonte Art is both a beauty and a beast. That's the way it is. What is human life? Birth, some love and happines, much more sadness and pain, death. Art describes this short path from cradle to grave the best possible way. Billie wasn't an artist, she was art herself.
authentic - Ms Billie Holiday - sings @ the most important thing in the world LOVE - so her voice is a reflection of life - real human experiences - dedicated to her music which gives her a vehicle for her to express her feelings of love - the universally meaningful positive, realness of human interaction - - thanks to the film makers who knew what the treasure Lady Day was to the human race...
The demons of addiction. She was dying around this time, there was nothing Doctors could Do. Heroin and Alcohol will do it. She died the following year after this performance.
She lived as better as she could and she left us ... her beautiful soulful music! We all have demons inside us and fighting ... but what will we leave after our end?
The way she intreprets her songs with her phrasing is the most unique and haunting ever. She would pass away a year after this and all her amazing qualities still shone through with added fragility.
OK ... This song here is one of my all time favorite numbers point blank. I like her delivery here and the way she didn't try to make it an exact copy of her recording. I see the the musicians are in "aww" around her. She was truly one of the best jazz singers of all time.Thanks for uploading this!
One of my favourite song by Billie Holiday. She was the first artist I truly fell in love with, her voice was raw and real, and sometimes haunting. She sings with so much emotions.
That very last "Don't Explain." So powerful! To understand all of the greats of the golden era of Jazz, one would have to understand the social/racial climate of that time. They quite literally suffered to make their art. The only truly original American art form - Jazz.
This is right around the time she recorded the Lady In Satin album. She was only 43 but obviously sounded and looked much older. That album was my first exposure to her music and I didn't fully appreciate it until later on.
Listened to Billie frequently with my father growing up ..she had a way of filing my soul with her voice that has left a lasting feeling..Love you Billie always..
I'm 66 years old. I love Biily Holiday songs. She is in a class of her own. Her style and grace makes her stand out amongst other female artist. The story of her life ending was so sad. She is entertaining her fans from heaven. Her memory lives on through her songs.
Another one of my favorite tunes by Billie; this live performance was when she was close to the end. Billie had a way of phrasing her words that would make you pay attention because you could relate to the experiences she was singing about. Truly Lady Day Forever One Of My Favorite Female Vocalist Even After 60 Years She's One Of The Best Of All Time. Love, Honor & Respect You Lady Day Continue To Rest In Peace; Although You're Gone You Will Never Be Forgotten. Love You Lady
Love this her life was full of pain and misery...she is all I had to listen to...during my first livin man...who was terrible...Lady Day gave me a reason to awake back then...I read everything I could about her...and somehow assimilated my existence to her’s...I’m Grateful that I was able to lift Myself and get away from the TERRIBLENESS and Live again...Thank You Lady Day🌷
What an amazing command of phrasing here. Billie Holiday was truly a natural genius. The ravages of drugs and alcohol, did not take away her sharp interpretation of this haunting song "Don't Explain", is how she lived her life, and how she died. We are graced with the music she left us to navigate our own pain in life. Love you Billie Holiday, and feel your pain in my own life struggles
I like the simplicity of this song in terms of what musical instruments are present. They are behind her vocals and compliment her vocals in a way that allows them to shine.
Just love her love this song it’s my favorite Billie is deep GOD rest her precious soul. Billie your voice touches my soul. Thank you GOD for making such a beautiful soul. ❤️
What a beautiful woman, she stood for what was right, despite what people have said, or what they did to this wonderful soul, her strength out lasted them. We are still in the strange fruit times.. I love you RIP.
I love Billie Holiday (Sarah Vaughan is almost in a tie with her). I sometimes feel that I was alive back then because I'm so captivated by the music and sensitive about the social fabric then. Maybe I was a G.I., but back to Lady Day....so very sorry about her slow demise over time. Though the quality changed, she never lost her style and timing. R.i.p.
Every once in a while the world is gifted with an artist that captures the human condition be it with a song a painting a poem a movie etc etc Lady Day was one of those artists She was and still is the embodiment of our human condition I often see in the comments section here on TH-cam criticism of her lifestyle choices but let us not forget that she was human and made mistakes like all of us Her music is still very relevant She lived loved and laughed and is worth keeping her music and her memory alive
So sad she’s not doing well here. Beautiful soul. Her music is a big part of my life’s soundtrack. Wonder how she would feel if she knew her legacy lasted so many year, and will continue to do do
watchin' Lady Day close up like that gives me the chills and actually felt a tear,! Wow what amazing footage, a treasure to pass on, powerful stage presence even at this time in her life (1958) captivating #LadyDay
Rest in peace and birthday wishes to Billie Holiday This year marks the 50th anniversary of Lady Sings the blues 💙 we cannot forget you your voice taught us about pain
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Let's honour her memory. She is one of the greatest singers of all time. No one could interpret songs the way she did.
thank God, there's still someone who can....
She sounds like a cat hit by a car and crying for help. Awful!
Wasn't exactly an interpretation. She co-wrote it with Warner Herzog.
Dian did her justice in the movie however nothing does compare to that honey coated voice.
Diana Ross did amazing singing Billy's songs
you can see how sick she is and can hear the low rasp of her voice. And even thorugh that pain of addiction she pushed through and delivered a stunning perfromance. You were amazing Billie.
The dope got her😢
@@user-nq6oc6tn9m The alcohol actually did more damage. She had cirrhosis of the liver. Oh, and she smoked, too.
Billie is just too loaded here.
@@LP-hs6yz A lot of the best art was created whilst loaded... just as Stevie nicks, Bob Dylan, Rod stewert etc etc
Me too and it's got me going through hell every morning@@user-nq6oc6tn9m
Despite how bad and sad she apparently was feeling with the demons of addiction taking her, she smiled, she stood up, she listened, she was alert and with no hesitation she sang that song with class, clarity, poise, passion, eye contact, beauty and was enchanting.
It is a shame what drugs can do. A beautiful talent wasted so young
why didn't she get 'em confiscated?
@@wellofcire because they were feeding her Dem demons...#magbittertruth
they?? do...explain!! so she was given drugs to build her weird brand of singing and performing from 'the beginning,' then to death once her controllers were through with her? sounds bluesy alright
That was her job and she was a pro.
So fragile, yet divine, that's Billie.
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Tino~You expressed how I felt so beautifully. Thank you for this insightful comment.
the ravages of her miserable life is evident here. So sad, she should have had another 20 years ahead of her.
tino 09 yes ,so gorgeous , love this song !
@@muffs55mercury61 If only she wasn't sentenced to death by the US Government... Beautiful soul.
she had less than a year to live when this was recorded. how pitiful and how beautiful. thanks billie.
David Coffey that was my question!! I love this version but it's obvious she was toward the end
I am saddened to know how she suffered at the end .Till this day I listen to Billy holiday and Ella Fitzgerald
Wow, indeed!
Let's hope God let her into heaven; we love who we love and Billie was ideal until drugs took her. I'm a heterosexual musician & love Billie. Racism sucks. Yes, I'm white, race to me means nothing.
Hell yea, heres' my vein, shoot me up, ths wrld sks. Death/DoneWithThePain
A Gentleman who took Me under his wing when My own Father walked out...was Ms Holidays drummer during this final era . Honoring his memory as well.
💙💙💙
Woa. You probably have good stories to tell
This performance 63 years ago, and I can still feel the hurt, the pain, her torture, but her genius as well. Wow! Rest in eternal peace Lady Day 🌹
She was only 44 when she passed. I am a fan even though she was way before my time. She held her head high even though I know she knew she was sick
Been viewing performances by Billie chronologically, and although her body seems to weaken drastically, her voice and nuance seems to get better every year; she is truly one of a kind
linkone11 Well said
she was dying of alcohol and heroin. She had a very sad life. That's why she was getting weaker and worse.
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This is what True Art means and nobody understands because not everyone is cut out for Art ! Not your average Joe and Sally !
Her voice was a vessel for pain...
Even going thru addiction and dealing with abusive relationships.Billie was still better than most of today's singers. 💯💯💯💯💯💯
I was born in the 1962 but I wish I was born sooner to Lady Day perform at her best and worse. She was so beautiful, her facial expressions when she sang were so full of love and some pain. She left a wonderful legacy behind for many generations of people like me to treasure. She is special angel in a special place and I hope she knows how loved she is. Rest in peace Ms. Holiday 😢
😥😥😥
THIS is a gift ...no one can explain this as a talent
Absolutely. A timeless artistry.
u cant become this kind of singer, u have to be born this way. she is one of a kind
Amen,💔
No you have to live that way. It’s probably not worth it all in all.
Pain in the heart n soul can be inherited ..so yes she was Born To Sing ..her bad men and her life was her experience.. and she Sang it ..
I first heard her in the mid 40's. The impact on these young ears never left. It led to a lifetime of recognizing the great works.
Do you mean you first heard her sing in the 1940s or in your mid 40s?
I was five then. We had an all male choir at St Margarets in Queens, NY when I first leaned to love classical music. Never underestimate what children are capable of. 'Careful what you say, children will listen (and learn)" both good and bad but always formative.
I was just listening to Mahalia Jackson another of my mother's favorite singers and I thought it was to that you referred. Danny Boy if you want to hear her great voice.
One word: Haunting. She is amazing!
Her vocals are literally haunting, so simple yet so stunning. Wishing you well in the Aether or whatever afterlife you believed in, Lady Day. Ase.
What does it mean to be literally haunted by vocals?
@@curiousgeorge555 Don't you know? Everybody's under 30 years old and everything's literally.
@@akrenwinkle I do and it drives me nuts. The illiteracy is scary. Who really knows though? Maybe Billie did literally haunt some people through her vocals.
You can hear the pain of addiction and disillusion in her voice.
The pain of a childhood lost, of racism, abuse, ....of being lost...RIP Lady Day
@@deenad3562 🌹
Every drop of pain I feel inside mixed with love past and present she sings it, like she see's inside of me and is pulling it out, I don't think I ever connected with a singer like that except Lady Day, the gift of empathy and expression she had in song is amazingly out of this world.
I feel the same way !
Feel the same!
yup ,i feel the same ,she was so ,can t explain .
Lynn - yes, and Nina Simone. And thru it all, she came up shinin;. On nights like this one, New Year's Eve, 2022, all alone, I hear her pain, and think, if she could do that, I can do this. Stay in your rest, Lady Day.
Yes. Truth. Same for me.
Could she have, at that very moment, while singing this song, could she have imagined that people would be listening and watching her so so many years later?
i'm sure never thought of it& i hope she's smiling down from heaven❤️
GREAT SINGER FOR ALL TIMES ....BUT CANT DENY SHE WAS A TORTURED SOUL, WITH LOTS OF DEMONS INSIDE...SHE WAS SO PURE INTERPRETING SAD AND MELLOW SONGS OF LIFE....PEOPLE SAY SHE DIED AS SHE LIVED.
REST IN PEACE LADY DAY
+Laura Almonte
Art is both a beauty and a beast. That's the way it is. What is human life? Birth, some love and happines, much more sadness and pain, death. Art describes this short path from cradle to grave the best possible way. Billie wasn't an artist, she was art herself.
authentic - Ms Billie Holiday - sings @ the most important thing in the world LOVE - so her voice is a reflection of life - real human experiences - dedicated to her music which gives her a vehicle for her to express her feelings of love - the universally meaningful positive, realness of human interaction - - thanks to the film makers who knew what the treasure Lady Day was to the human race...
The demons of addiction. She was dying around this time, there was nothing Doctors could Do. Heroin and Alcohol will do it. She died the following year after this performance.
She lived as better as she could and she left us ... her beautiful soulful music! We all have demons inside us and fighting ... but what will we leave after our end?
@@naturalkinkycurlymarie7496 how sad and yet so true but she still had that magical voice wow what a LADY rip
Lady said that this song describes her life the best.
Billie Holiday may she never be forgotten! 🙌🏻 The ONE & ONLY LADY DAY! 🌼
Raw, unfiltered rarity.
she is my soul. i love her voice and her words. Its. blues at its raw and finest. i love this time aahh
Penny Garcia it's pure jazz!!!
Penny Garcia best time.
Love it ❤
I always wanted to live these golden years..
Learn english.
Beautiful song. Looking that battered on the outside, one can only imagine how she feels on the inside.
Yes she looks high & tired in this video
The way she intreprets her songs with her phrasing is the most unique and haunting ever. She would pass away a year after this and all her amazing qualities still shone through with added fragility.
Her voice has reached me all the way to Saudi Arabia, been a huge fan for 20 years, what a great woman
I am from Kuwait and truly adore her voice, her voice touch my heart and soul.
OK ... This song here is one of my all time favorite numbers point blank. I like her delivery here and the way she didn't try to make it an exact copy of her recording. I see the the musicians are in "aww" around her. She was truly one of the best jazz singers of all time.Thanks for uploading this!
What's amazing about Ms Holiday is that she never sang a song the same way. She always had a different rendition. How many artist can do that?
@@humble7608 All Jazz artists! That is how many. She isn't a modern day pop/soul/hip hop singer by any stretch of the imagination.
when you listen to Billie in your earphone, you 'll never feel alone...Beautiful Lady Day
Bitter and sweet like life so deep and sad thanks for such good Songs
One note expresses a lifetime of pain, but also celebrates the heart and soul like no other singer can.
So Hauntingly Beautiful RIP Billie
She’s a genius when it comes to music in her time. Are you a huge fan of her song ?
One of my favourite song by Billie Holiday. She was the first artist I truly fell in love with, her voice was raw and real, and sometimes haunting. She sings with so much emotions.
Sweet, Beautiful Billie... She looks ethereal here. 😘💗🥰💓💞
That very last "Don't Explain." So powerful! To understand all of the greats of the golden era of Jazz, one would have to understand the social/racial climate of that time. They quite literally suffered to make their art. The only truly original American art form - Jazz.
Devastating on so many levels. She was EXTRAORDINARY !!!
This is right around the time she recorded the Lady In Satin album. She was only 43 but obviously sounded and looked much older. That album was my first exposure to her music and I didn't fully appreciate it until later on.
Lady in Satin is heartbreaking, especially You've Changed.
Lady Day has a legacy that will never die. Hearing her voice on Riverdale has triggered her memory 💙💙 a heart tugging, eye watering; Legacy.
She brings tears to my eyes with her voice
This kind of love many people will never endure never
Much Respect 🙏🏿🙏🏿
Beautiful, sad woman. Thanks for your gift. RIP.
Wow. Her voice still sounded emotional in in tune....
Questa..canzone mi stava chiamando. È entrata nuovamente nella mia testa , ora. Non potevo ignorarla. ❤😁
Lady Day as Billie Holiday was named by peers was the greatest jazz and blues singer that ever graced the earth.
Listened to Billie frequently with my father growing up ..she had a way of filing my soul with her voice that has left a lasting feeling..Love you Billie always..
Awnnn🥺🥺🥺 GONEEE BILLIEEE🥰🥰🥰 we’re rootin for you baby.
I'm 66 years old. I love Biily Holiday songs. She is in a class of her own. Her style and grace makes her stand out amongst other female artist. The story of her life ending was so sad. She is entertaining her fans from heaven. Her memory lives on through her songs.
I'm 22 and her voice is just so beautiful it has a different feeling
Hush now, don't explain
I know you raise cain
I'm glad your back, don't explain
Quiet, don't explain
You're mixed with some dame
Skip that lipstick
Don't explain
You know that I love you
And what love endures
All my thoughts of you
For I'm so completely yours
Cry to hear folks chatter
And I know you cheat
But right and wrong, don't matter
When you're with me, sweet
Hush now, don't explain
You're my joy and pain
My life's yours love
Don't explain
Wow! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Another one of my favorite tunes by Billie; this live performance was when she was close to the end. Billie had a way of phrasing her words that would make you pay attention because you could relate to the experiences she was singing about. Truly Lady Day Forever One Of My Favorite Female Vocalist Even After 60 Years She's One Of The Best Of All Time. Love, Honor & Respect You Lady Day Continue To Rest In Peace; Although You're Gone You Will Never Be Forgotten. Love You Lady
Billie you r one of my all time favorites
Man she was so fucked up. Look at her bones sticking out.
Love this her life was full of pain and misery...she is all I had to listen to...during my first livin man...who was terrible...Lady Day gave me a reason to awake back then...I read everything I could about her...and somehow assimilated my existence to her’s...I’m Grateful that I was able to lift Myself and get away from the TERRIBLENESS and Live again...Thank You Lady Day🌷
WOW beautiful and haunting.RIP Ms.Billie💙💙💙
What a amazing singer her voice is so original. Great stuff.
What an amazing command of phrasing here. Billie Holiday was truly a natural genius. The ravages of drugs and alcohol, did not take away her sharp interpretation of this haunting song "Don't Explain", is how she lived her life, and how she died. We are graced with the music she left us to navigate our own pain in life. Love you Billie Holiday, and feel your pain in my own life struggles
She sang with her soul....not her voice
One of The Giants 🔥
I like the simplicity of this song in terms of what musical instruments are present. They are behind her vocals and compliment her vocals in a way that allows them to shine.
Hauntingly beautiful.
Yes! Haunting and beautiful!!! Thank You!👍🏽
Just love her love this song it’s my favorite Billie is deep GOD rest her precious soul. Billie your voice touches my soul. Thank you GOD for making such a beautiful soul. ❤️
The movie is what drew me here andra day was able to pull this off i love this all the way fr fr
What a beautiful woman, she stood for what was right, despite what people have said, or what they did to this wonderful soul, her strength out lasted them. We are still in the strange fruit times.. I love you RIP.
Beautiful voice. Wish I could of had a chance to enjoy her voice live.
I am 27 yrs old but I love billie holiday music my favorate is I'll been seeing you
Such a privilege to be able to access these artists on my mobile phone through TH-cam wicked street learning
Love this woman ❤❤
what a lovely soul, aching but so beautiful
I wish I was there to watch her sing I love her music ❤
I love Billie Holiday (Sarah Vaughan is almost in a tie with her). I sometimes feel that I was alive back then because I'm so captivated by the music and sensitive about the social fabric then. Maybe I was a G.I., but back to Lady Day....so very sorry about her slow demise over time. Though the quality changed, she never lost her style and timing. R.i.p.
I just don't believe how great this woman, who only got 44, was!! Billie, I will love you 4ever!
Я влюблена в эту прекрасную женщину!эта музыка не во времени,Билли Холидей легенда!до слез красиво!❤️🌹
Pure, absolute artist!
My pops (step father) played this for years could never find it! My finger just slipped and I knew it was it! Rip pops I love you forever and always!
This feels like a rare treasure
This is always so painful to see, but it never fails to be something beautiful to hear.
Jesus 😢 I feel nothing but pain listening to this 😭
a body ravaged with heroin yet the voice still takes all the possible emotion it can
Cette femme est la définition de la passion en amour..
It doesn't matter how many generations follow this extraordinary talent her legacy Will live on
Every once in a while the world is gifted with an artist that captures the human condition be it with a song a painting a poem a movie etc etc
Lady Day was one of those artists
She was and still is the embodiment of our human condition
I often see in the comments section here on TH-cam criticism of her lifestyle choices but let us not forget that she was human and made mistakes like all of us
Her music is still very relevant
She lived loved and laughed and is worth keeping her music and her memory alive
I love this woman, and adore her voice. They way she sings is just amazing.
She was truly gifted; amazingly talented.
Her voice is battered but still beautiful 💖💖
The tragedy of drug addiction. So many artists suffer this plight and still perform.
Ne me quitte pas et no explain pour moi ont été écris dans le même esprit. C'est du grand art.
The guitar player is Mary Osborne. One of the few female jazz guitarists of her time!
I think you fogot to mention that she’s one of the greatest guitarists. ;D
@@michigetdajinza I have to says that she "was" really a great guitarist, regardless of her sex!
Her voice moves me immensely. No other artist can do such a thing.
So sad she’s not doing well here. Beautiful soul. Her music is a big part of my life’s soundtrack. Wonder how she would feel if she knew her legacy lasted so many year, and will continue to do do
When I heard her recording of Fool To Want You, I really felt she was singing to the H.
Billie holiday inolvidable!!!!!!!!
Billie Holiday. The Sound of Jazz.
I was 13 when this video was made. I wish I had been aware of her music then. I love here so much
She has a magic in her voice
watchin' Lady Day close up like that gives me the chills and actually felt a tear,! Wow what amazing footage, a treasure to pass on, powerful stage presence even at this time in her life (1958) captivating #LadyDay
Now I know music is much more than having a great voice
Rest in peace and birthday wishes to Billie Holiday This year marks the 50th anniversary of Lady Sings the blues 💙 we cannot forget you your voice taught us about pain
Profound Deep Intense & Moving ! Loooooooooooooooove Her ...
Love you Billie
Lady at her best..a true icon and a great inspiration to all vocalists.
Diosa...tu voz supera cualquier exceso...gracias por regalarnos tu Don...una admiradora de Santiago de Chile, 2022 y sigo admirandote
LADY DAY!!!! I love this song. Rest In Peace Billie we love you🌺🌹🌸🌺🌸🌹🌹🌹🌹
I remember the movie.. Lady sing the blues...