"....how people used to sing, they actually sang." I was four years old when i heard Barbra's voice for the first time, with the song, "People", and even at that young age i realized that not even people who regularly sang back then sounded like her. It was not just her voice. She puts every fiber of her being into "being" her songs. Just think, when she was your age, she instinctively knew what worked for her, from songs to stage lighting. So much so that even decades-long theater veterans and musicians stood back in amazement. Barbra has always been a force of nature, definitely a gift from God!
Brilliant young Barbra! Her voice and vocals were superb! Pure and unbridled! She was sheer Magic! Breathtaking ,extraordinary talent! I love her early work because I find it less controlled. It's raw, unmanicured and exquisite. She looses herself, gives over to the music. She really is an an amazing actress when she sings. Stunning to watch.The voice always fabulous, but this is the young Barbra who was a shooting comet and set the world on fire with that voice! How could she not?
Wow. This is from her Color Me Barbra tv special of March 30, 1966, meaning she was not yet 24. Wrap your head around that. And can we talk about gorgeous! Her unconventional beauty made all the ordinarily pretty girls of the day seem, well ... ordinary.
I absolutely wanted to look like her, at the time. She was beautiful then and I think more so now: as I view her youthful, dynamic beauty and presence on the stage.
My Mom loved Barbra and was super excited about this TV show. I was just a kid, but I watched it and fell in love with this tremendously talented woman. It's been a lifelong affair.
This song is from the Broadway show "Sweet Charity," which starred Gwen Verdon in the mid-1960s. Verdon is a Broadway legend - an incredible dancer and a deft comedienne, but singing was never her forte. When she sang this song, she more or less "spoke/sang" it. It was a perfectly fine version but certainly not a showstopper. And then Barbra's version debuted - first on TV, followed by the LP. "Sweet Charity" was still playing on Broadway. And Gwen promptly axed the song from the show, and NEVER sang it again!
NOT an easy song to sing. No wonder Gwen Verdon didn’t want to do it in “Sweet Charity” after having heard Barbara’s recording of it before the show opened.
I've always loved this! A wonderful song, but I do have to agree that the drums and background are drowning her out and you can tell she is not happy with it by the end.
Yes, true. Although it was a great arrangement, and the band was fantastic, they were a bit too loud. Also, she seemed somewhat away from the mic. I wonder if she had adjusted the mic higher she would've been louder and that would've solved the problem??
@@kevinrussell6530 That would have helped, for it looks like she is slouching over that mike; but, when she has to scream over the instruments, her voice gets screechy, this happened in Live Concert at the Forum when she sang Sing/Make Your Own Kind of Music. Remember?
@danielwelsh7774/ it's not just the drums but something was off as far as the sound equalization on most of the entire show. It's noticeable on the the soundtrack album as well. I think what happened had something to do with the fact that some of the vocals are pre-recorded and some are live and to get them all to sound like they're coming from the same place proved a touch too daunting. On this song the equalization between the band and Barbra was way off and the result was that her vocals are submerged beneath the orchestratiions. They produced these specials in a very short amount of time and so many of the technical things were simply figured out on the go so to speak.
Love this song, and Barbara's singing is amazing. The arrangement is great, but it's overpowering even Streisand's voice! Maybe if they had only turned her mic up a bit!
Great song, but I must say I am surprised she did not insist on redoing this performance. The orchestra overwhelms her at times, and some of her high notes (every bit as rich as her mid-range at this point in her career) sound a bit reedy and forced here because she's competing with the orchestra. I'm guessing there wasn't time to redo it. And at any rate, Barbra on her worst day is worlds beyond most other singers on their best day.
While this is brilliant, Shirley Maclaine's performance on the Sweet Charity soundtrack is profoundly sad and conveys the desperation of the lyric far more. To this day, having known it since being a child and associating it with my sister who 'lost her way year after year', this song is one of the most painful for me.
I’m 25 and just discovered this. I can’t believe how people used to sing, they actually sang. I’m speechless. This woman is amazing.
"....how people used to sing, they actually sang." I was four years old when i heard Barbra's voice for the first time, with the song, "People", and even at that young age i realized that not even people who regularly sang back then sounded like her. It was not just her voice. She puts every fiber of her being into "being" her songs. Just think, when she was your age, she instinctively knew what worked for her, from songs to stage lighting. So much so that even decades-long theater veterans and musicians stood back in amazement. Barbra has always been a force of nature, definitely a gift from God!
YEP!!! That's why we are so frustrated with the stuff they play today...
@@geoffreysonnen3482 Exactly. Without any lessons. This talent is truly out of this world.
Brilliant young Barbra! Her voice and vocals were superb! Pure and unbridled! She was sheer Magic! Breathtaking ,extraordinary talent! I love her early work because I find it less controlled. It's raw, unmanicured and exquisite. She looses herself, gives over to the music. She really is an an amazing actress when she sings. Stunning to watch.The voice always fabulous, but this is the young Barbra who was a shooting comet and set the world on fire with that voice! How could she not?
Ditto all you said!
Double Ditto!!
My mother told me "she was a sensation" - in the 1960's use of that word. She was right.
Perhaps the most prolific singer in modern history.
Wow. This is from her Color Me Barbra tv special of March 30, 1966, meaning she was not yet 24. Wrap your head around that. And can we talk about gorgeous! Her unconventional beauty made all the ordinarily pretty girls of the day seem, well ... ordinary.
I absolutely wanted to look like her, at the time. She was beautiful then and I think more so now: as I view her youthful, dynamic beauty and presence on the stage.
I agree
She was my favorite as a kid and still is. Forever.. she is beautiful too
I hope to be even 1% as talented as her by the time I’m 23… she’s absolutely incredible. And extremely beautiful.
Well said!
Her cinematographer said she needed almost nothing to light her, her skin was so luminous.
This is MY favorite song from SWEET CHARITY.
Mine too! 💙
My Mom loved Barbra and was super excited about this TV show. I was just a kid, but I watched it and fell in love with this tremendously talented woman. It's been a lifelong affair.
Absolutely mesmerizing! I never get sick of watching this video of Barbra. I just love it so much.
Right to the top is where you're going!
Amazing fantastic fabulous!!!! Gifted and beyond! Her own beauty! And that voice!!!
A magnificent musical instrument
Early Barbra is the very best musically and interpretively. ❤
...The Gay Man in the audience screaming, "..BRAVO!.." still gets me! (2:26) ...ha-HAAA!!
So men who appreciate good singing are automatically gay? WTAF
Must have watched this dozens of times...goosebumps every time...she's amazing!
I learned this song when I was about seven or eight.... not realizing that it would later apply to my life.......❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
i love this song !!!!!!!!!
Me too
The best achievements of mankind were embodied in the flight to the moon and in the video recording of the best people.
so gorgeous
This song is from the Broadway show "Sweet Charity," which starred Gwen Verdon in the mid-1960s. Verdon is a Broadway legend - an incredible dancer and a deft comedienne, but singing was never her forte. When she sang this song, she more or less "spoke/sang" it. It was a perfectly fine version but certainly not a showstopper. And then Barbra's version debuted - first on TV, followed by the LP. "Sweet Charity" was still playing on Broadway. And Gwen promptly axed the song from the show, and NEVER sang it again!
This is right on up there with Harry Caray’s “Take me out to the ballgame”. They both leave me a bit verklempt.
Git it Babs!
yesss
my fave barbra song
Just perfection ❤
NOT an easy song to sing. No wonder Gwen Verdon didn’t want to do it in “Sweet Charity” after having heard Barbara’s recording of it before the show opened.
no difficult
Lovely and lovelier still: no nose job ... love her forever.
La plus grande ❤❤❤
MeVILLOSA
😍😍😍 SUPERB 😍😍😍
🌞Streisand will be elegant eighty in a few weeks!
BRAVAA-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A, Streisand!!!!!
She is simply the greatest singer of this this kind of material, [I usually say IMO]. I state this here as something that I absolutely believe.
Well, you are hardly alone in your beliefs!
... intuitive: as she was so young!
WOW! ❤❤❤
Memories :
Tks.
...Barbra maravilhosa 🎶..
I've always loved this! A wonderful song, but I do have to agree that the drums and background are drowning her out and you can tell she is not happy with it by the end.
Yes, true. Although it was a great arrangement, and the band was fantastic, they were a bit too loud. Also, she seemed somewhat away from the mic. I wonder if she had adjusted the mic higher she would've been louder and that would've solved the problem??
@@kevinrussell6530 That would have helped, for it looks like she is slouching over that mike; but, when she has to scream over the instruments, her voice gets screechy, this happened in Live Concert at the Forum when she sang Sing/Make Your Own Kind of Music. Remember?
@danielwelsh7774/ it's not just the drums but something was off as far as the sound equalization on most of the entire show. It's noticeable on the the soundtrack album as well. I think what happened had something to do with the fact that some of the vocals are pre-recorded and some are live and to get them all to sound like they're coming from the same place proved a touch too daunting. On this song the equalization between the band and Barbra was way off and the result was that her vocals are submerged beneath the orchestratiions. They produced these specials in a very short amount of time and so many of the technical things were simply figured out on the go so to speak.
Goddess
Nobody belts anymore
Linda Eder has an amazing voice.
From the bway show Sweet Charity
Love this song, and Barbara's singing is amazing. The arrangement is great, but it's overpowering even Streisand's voice! Maybe if they had only turned her mic up a bit!
Do u hve the whole concert? If so please upload. Thanks ❤️
Andrey Shantin thank you!! Happy new year
Great song, but I must say I am surprised she did not insist on redoing this performance. The orchestra overwhelms her at times, and some of her high notes (every bit as rich as her mid-range at this point in her career) sound a bit reedy and forced here because she's competing with the orchestra. I'm guessing there wasn't time to redo it. And at any rate, Barbra on her worst day is worlds beyond most other singers on their best day.
Drummer needs to ease off. There are times when he sounds like he's lost his place.
On the album this song comes together as it should. Compare.
Also the brass is way too hot. Sounds like Barbra is competing and that's never a good sound. Yes, the recorded version is much more balanced.
Music is too loud 😮
Mic is a bit too low but no matter shes got it. Take note singers of today that swallow the mic....WRONG.
She looks like Jennifer Lawrence.
You mean jennifer Lawrence looks like her...
Sounds like a future bio pic in the works. Start those singing lessons Jen
Second best:
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While this is brilliant, Shirley Maclaine's performance on the Sweet Charity soundtrack is profoundly sad and conveys the desperation of the lyric far more. To this day, having known it since being a child and associating it with my sister who 'lost her way year after year', this song is one of the most painful for me.
This version is nothing like sweet charity's, this arrangement was made to fit the color me barbra album
I much prefer the arrangement and orchestration of Dusty Springfield version. Dusty also has the pipes.
@David S. Why don't you listen to Dusty's version and compare the two.
Just listened to the Dusty Springfield version. In my opinion she is not in the same class as our Barbra.
Crap
I bet you're a fan of the orange man...same vocabulary.
Get lost.