Beatrice Arthur's phrasing is fabulous, she could recite the telephone directory and you'd be fascinated . Saw her at The Savoy Theatre in London, sang this, and many other songs - and it was a wonderful evening, such a kind and dignified woman, and hilarious, a STAR in every sense of the word. I'm astounded no star on the walk of fame, better start a petition for that. Thank you for posting this recording.
I saw Bea do this in her one-woman show here in Toronto in 2002. What a fucking legend!!!! She can get inside a ballad like no-one's business and this one (along with "Fun to be Fooled") leave me awash in tears every time. And then after you see her in all these assertive roles on TV she does this and you realize that Bea was a BIG romantic... just like so many of us. I miss her so much.
What a heartbreaking performance - THIS is a true actress. You hear and see worlds collide in her voice and expressions. The subtle crack of pain in her voice at the end is truthful and beautiful. I miss her so. Thanks for sharing. 🎶👏🏼🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟❤️😭
So many singers in the world and here i am 24 listening to this giant.....after 3 years of my mom being gone and dad being gone for a year now ... ....living from post to post....this performance reaches volumes to me.❤
This is a fabulous song, with truly deeply felt lyrics. Bea Arthur conveys the meaning of every line with such feeling that just a singer rarely reaches. This is why Sondheim has always said that he prefers actors who can sing, over singers who can act.
I love her rendition of this song. Every performance of this song she’s done she’s sung with so much emotion. It makes me wonder if it resonated with her given how her second marriage ended.
Same thoughts here. I find in one of her interviews that she didn’t want to get divorced from Gene Saks but their careers got in the way. She was so successful in California while Gene’s muse was in New York. So she had to let go. She never remarried while Gene did two years after their divorce. After 28 years of marriage he obviously was the love of her life and this song being in her playlist was definitely dedicated to him or at least their marriage.
Exactly... Where Do you start ?.. My first time hearing this song and I'm glad it was Bea bringing it.. This song speaks volumes to endings and beginnings in our lives ...So moving and performed by one of America's Greats ! Gonna watch and listen again... Where's that damn Kleenex !?
I Love Broadway Theater Musical And Acting It's Such A Big Passion Of Mine. In Bea Author Had A Beautiful Voice It Just Tells A Story May She Continue To Rest In Complete Harmony In GOD Loving Arms 🕊️🕊️🕊️
Bea Arthur is a true interpreter. She sings as an art and not as a sport. The majority have been trained to look for vocal acrobatics and crazy range to determine a singer's ability; Bea Arthur sings to create a soul and transport you to where and what she's singing about.
I was so fortunate so hear Bea Arthur sing this in person in Tampa, FL. I am happily partnered, but this song takes me back to the days when I really wanted and needed someone in my life. Bea's timing and delivery of this lovely sing still moves me to tears for so many reasons. Thank you so very much for posting it. :)
Ich verstehe wenig Englisch..aber es ist wunderschön..es berührt mich...Wunderbar...ich habe einfach keine Worte...ich schaue mir immer wieder das Video an und bin jedes Mal aufs Neue ...mitgenommen....Bravissima Bea..bin zu spät ein Fan von dir geworden!
Whoah, extraordinary emotional nuances in her vocals......amazing! BTW who is the accompanist he did a superb job... followed her every move! Bea seemed very pleased by him
Billy Goldenberg was her longtime friend and pianist but this gentleman looks quite a bit younger than Mr. Goldenberg. Not sure ... but he’s phenomenal!
@@cshockley10: I was thinking that the pianist looks like the same guy who played the pianist on that episode of the Golden Girls when she sang "What'll I Do?".
@@cshockley10: Ohh, OK. Yeah, we'll never know if it was "dubbed" or not. Just like the scene where Rose plays the "Miami" theme song - I've always wondered if she was really playing. It's not as easy to tell if someone is really playing, a piano, as it is with a guitar.
I have very few regret’s in life and one of them is my failure to catch a live performance of Ms Bea Arthur. Luckily, I got to see Francis Albert Sinatra with Sammy Davis and Liza Minelli at The Greek Theater.
I love this song. And of course the lady singing it! [Wish the guys in the background had the respect in the presence of such a legend to shut up but I digress.] Every time i've seen her sing it's always been in a stage/Broadway fashion [meaning she doesn't just go through and sing the song, she takes the time to show emotion and knows just what to do] and I absolutely love it. Anyone could sing but it takes a great person to do what she does :)
Her eyes sometimes looked so sad.. does anyone else see this in Bea?? Even on the Golden Girls her eyes could look so sad, unlike during “Maude“ where she looked happy. She was happy playing Maude! I absolutely love Dorothy and Bea was such a talented unique person.
What a talent! Who cares that she did have the greatest singing voice, when one can give a heartbreaking performance like this? Same applies to Ms. Lansbury and Ms. Stritch. Thank you so much for sharing with us!
jesus christ............i had no idea she was a singer and a broadway star. i just knew from..........you know........TV. AND.....she was a Marine for christ sake. wow, what a life !!!
Gratefulance with lyrics by the in imitable Marilyn and Alan Bergman who coincidentally wrote the lyrics to Bea Arthur’s TV show Maude. Talk About coming full circle ❤️
Bea Arthur never gave herself enough credit--she always said of her singing "I'm not very good". Of course, she wasn't the best judge of her own talent. She was a wonderful singer in the great stage/cabaret tradition. So much character in her voice! I love to hear her singing this.
What a great performance by a great artist! Does anybody know where this took place - I suppose it was on Dutch TV, because I spotted a well-known Dutch TV-host?
I will forever adore this woman ❤
Bea was always underrated as a vocalist. Unique, gifted, real.
Beatrice Arthur's phrasing is fabulous, she could recite the telephone directory and you'd be fascinated . Saw her at The Savoy Theatre in London, sang this, and many other songs - and it was a wonderful evening, such a kind and dignified woman, and hilarious, a STAR in every sense of the word.
I'm astounded no star on the walk of fame, better start a petition for that.
Thank you for posting this recording.
I saw Bea do this in her one-woman show here in Toronto in 2002. What a fucking legend!!!! She can get inside a ballad like no-one's business and this one (along with "Fun to be Fooled") leave me awash in tears every time. And then after you see her in all these assertive roles on TV she does this and you realize that Bea was a BIG romantic... just like so many of us. I miss her so much.
What a heartbreaking performance - THIS is a true actress. You hear and see worlds collide in her voice and expressions. The subtle crack of pain in her voice at the end is truthful and beautiful. I miss her so. Thanks for sharing. 🎶👏🏼🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟❤️😭
So agree💕
So many singers in the world and here i am 24 listening to this giant.....after 3 years of my mom being gone and dad being gone for a year now ... ....living from post to post....this performance reaches volumes to me.❤
First hon iam so sorry you lost your parents I lost my husband 3yrs ago in Sept I will pray for you 🎉🎉🎉🎉
This woman knows how to pull at your heart strings....Sheesh. You are greatly missed Bea🙏🙏🙏
This is a fabulous song, with truly deeply felt lyrics. Bea Arthur conveys the meaning of every line with such feeling that just a singer rarely reaches. This is why Sondheim has always said that he prefers actors who can sing, over singers who can act.
Wow, Thank You, Loved The Golden Girls, esp Bea Arthur. If correct they all now have passed, sadly..
This brought me to tears. She’s so mesmerizing to watch. Rest In Peace to a beautiful icon and incredible talent ❤️
She is the gift that keeps giving. Always grateful for you dearest.
She really made you feel what she was singing. This brought tears to my eyes bc she was so expressive, RIP to an icon
I love her rendition of this song. Every performance of this song she’s done she’s sung with so much emotion. It makes me wonder if it resonated with her given how her second marriage ended.
Same thoughts here. I find in one of her interviews that she didn’t want to get divorced from Gene Saks but their careers got in the way. She was so successful in California while Gene’s muse was in New York. So she had to let go. She never remarried while Gene did two years after their divorce. After 28 years of marriage he obviously was the love of her life and this song being in her playlist was definitely dedicated to him or at least their marriage.
@@trischmolina8656 Him also leaving her for much younger woman will also end a marriage 🙁
@@cloudbusting.heights yeah that’s sad😢
Such a beautiful raw and deeply emotional voice and performance. She could get into a song like Angela Lansbury could. Both excellent intrepetators
Great performer, BEA ARTHUR, A LEGEND, REST IN PEACE, MY IDOL.
I am so happy that I found this video. Love you, Bea.
Bea was one of a kind. That's greatness. Wonderfull warm voice.
She had so much talent. Of course, the Golden Girls was my favorite show, but she had a such wonderful voice. May she rest in peace
Exactly... Where Do you start ?.. My first time hearing this song and I'm glad it was Bea bringing it.. This song speaks volumes to endings and beginnings in our lives ...So moving and performed by one of America's Greats ! Gonna watch and listen again... Where's that damn Kleenex !?
I wish i could meet her
I Love Broadway Theater Musical And Acting It's Such A Big Passion Of Mine. In Bea Author Had A Beautiful Voice It Just Tells A Story May She Continue To Rest In Complete Harmony In GOD Loving Arms 🕊️🕊️🕊️
I’ll miss her forever. ❤
Wonderful Beatrice! By the way: She reminds me to the wonderful Alberta Hunter.
She had a unique and beautiful voice. Bea had so many talents. Loved her! RIP!
Wow the best rendition of this song
OMG, I just cried. And those are skills! Respect!
she had a beautiful soul..
She was amazing
Exquisite! So many singers with better voices and so few who emotionally connect with a lyric and tell the story so well.
Bea Arthur is a true interpreter. She sings as an art and not as a sport. The majority have been trained to look for vocal acrobatics and crazy range to determine a singer's ability; Bea Arthur sings to create a soul and transport you to where and what she's singing about.
Her diction was fabulous. And this was a gig. And I think she was already sick Still wonderful. That voice is captivating forever..
I was so fortunate so hear Bea Arthur sing this in person in Tampa, FL. I am happily partnered, but this song takes me back to the days when I really wanted and needed someone in my life. Bea's timing and delivery of this lovely sing still moves me to tears for so many reasons. Thank you so very much for posting it. :)
A major talent on all levels and platforms. Love her.
What a multi talented woman she was! So entertaining, wise and very REAL.
Wish they had her singing this song in a ringtone! For us broken heart's!
"Which tapes and dreams belong to you and which are mine?" Beautiful...
im leaving this comment here, so if someone likes this, ill be reminded of this masterpiece ❤️❤️
many have sung what'll I do but Dorothy made me fall in love with Irving Berlin. Bea you never got the recognition that you so deserved LOVE U
I just stumbled on this song - great! I've looked up other versions but I think I still like Bea's best.
The best rendition of the song ever R.I.P Bea x
Simply beautiful. I love this lady and I adore her voice.
Ich verstehe wenig Englisch..aber es ist wunderschön..es berührt mich...Wunderbar...ich habe einfach keine Worte...ich schaue mir immer wieder das Video an und bin jedes Mal aufs Neue ...mitgenommen....Bravissima Bea..bin zu spät ein Fan von dir geworden!
After 20 comments, I stopped. I love 99 percent of them. I felt it, too.
Watching it again!
Truly a professional performer of the likes we will never see again
Such a versatile performer
My hero for 30 years. I saw the world premiere. Thanks for posting it.
Miss her so much.
I'm a super fan of Bea
I saw her sing this live twice....
Brava! Bea gives heartbreaking rendention of this emotional song. Lovely.
Whoah, extraordinary emotional nuances in her vocals......amazing! BTW who is the accompanist he did a superb job... followed her every move! Bea seemed very pleased by him
Billy Goldenberg was her longtime friend and pianist but this gentleman looks quite a bit younger than Mr. Goldenberg. Not sure ... but he’s phenomenal!
@@cshockley10: I was thinking that the pianist looks like the same guy who played the pianist on that episode of the Golden Girls when she sang "What'll I Do?".
@@janishart5128 Don Mirault was the “piano bar musician” but the piano may have been dubbed.
@@cshockley10: Ohh, OK. Yeah, we'll never know if it was "dubbed" or not. Just like the scene where Rose plays the "Miami" theme song - I've always wondered if she was really playing. It's not as easy to tell if someone is really playing, a piano, as it is with a guitar.
@@janishart5128 … that one was dubbed. Betty White does not play piano.
She is so great and I love the emotion when she sings. This is very nice. Thanks for posting!
How touching! Love her.
Loved the song and the heartfelt, honest presentation.
I have very few regret’s in life and one of them is my failure to catch a live performance of Ms Bea Arthur. Luckily, I got to see Francis Albert Sinatra with Sammy Davis and Liza Minelli at The Greek Theater.
I love this song so much! And I love Bea even more. Thanks for the upload!
this deserves waaaaaaaaaaay more than 841 views
She was amazing that Bea...such a loss :(
Such a heartbreaking song with a story. I feel like she was singing it to me. Thank you for sharing it!💔
She’s amazing!
Bea Arthur TALKS A SONG!!!!
I love her so much....Forever💗🌌🙏💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋
Wow. Just wow. It brought out some suppressed emotions. Loved it. Thank you. ♥️👍
I love this song. And of course the lady singing it! [Wish the guys in the background had the respect in the presence of such a legend to shut up but I digress.] Every time i've seen her sing it's always been in a stage/Broadway fashion [meaning she doesn't just go through and sing the song, she takes the time to show emotion and knows just what to do] and I absolutely love it. Anyone could sing but it takes a great person to do what she does :)
Her eyes sometimes looked so sad.. does anyone else see this in Bea?? Even on the Golden Girls her eyes could look so sad, unlike during “Maude“ where she looked happy. She was happy playing Maude! I absolutely love Dorothy and Bea was such a talented unique person.
Wow. So powerful.
My guess is that she was promoting her show pre-Broadway, which would make this late 2001 or 2002. I saw it twice and LOVED it!!
What a talent!
Who cares that she did have the greatest singing voice, when one can give a heartbreaking performance like this? Same applies to Ms. Lansbury and Ms. Stritch.
Thank you so much for sharing with us!
a truly heart-rending performance ..❤️🤧❤️ rest well Bea.
jesus christ............i had no idea she was a singer and a broadway star. i just knew from..........you know........TV. AND.....she was a Marine for christ sake. wow, what a life !!!
Simply wonderful
Loved this.
Love it. Saw it several times. Thanks for posting it.
This hits me in the feels the same way Bring in the Clowns by Just Dench does...
I wanna cry so bad all of a sudden... 😶🥺😔
Bea Arthur singing makes me emotional. Ugh.
Beautiful Song, Magnificent!
i just miss her....
made me cry
I cried.
Gratefulance with lyrics by the in imitable Marilyn and Alan Bergman who coincidentally wrote the lyrics to Bea Arthur’s TV show Maude. Talk About coming full circle ❤️
***That was great performance -Auto correct strikes again
TEARS
Although completely unimportant in here career I consider this one of her best performances.
Never knew she sang!
Bea Arthur never gave herself enough credit--she always said of her singing "I'm not very good". Of course, she wasn't the best judge of her own talent. She was a wonderful singer in the great stage/cabaret tradition. So much character in her voice! I love to hear her singing this.
What voice!
I don't necessarily like her fast phrasing, but the emotion is completely authentic in this great song.
Excellent.
So awesome
This was over here in The Netherlands.Dutch tv comedy show.
Please everybody, listen to Nancy LaMott's rendition of this song. it's definitive.
I love it!
It was in her one-woman show "Bea Arthur just between friends"
WOW!
tears
@johnmattinson99 If I'm not mistaken, this was recorded around 2002.... But I'm not sure ;-)
LINDA A INTERPRETAÇÃO, PERFEITA
Interesting rendering
*tear*
What a great performance by a great artist!
Does anybody know where this took place -
I suppose it was on Dutch TV, because I spotted a well-known Dutch TV-host?
Whose show is this performance on? I don't recognize the guys listening behind her. Sorry!
*cries*