She got me - EVA CASSIDY OVER THE RAINBOW REACTION
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- Eva Cassidy Over the rainbow reaction.The American singer song writer has a voice that makes the strongest men melt.
She really got to me with this song.Over the rainbow has been done many times,but this was unique.
Sadly Cassidy is no more as she passed on at a very early age.
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Recorded live in a small Washington DC club. No second takes. No overdubs. Just an incredible live performance. God rest your soul, Eva.
*recorded "Live at Blues Alley". You're right - it's incredible, as is the entire CD.
What a gift
ON A CAMCORDER NO LESS IN 1996! WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THAT!
Mick Fleetwood's club
Just days before she died, she sang "what a wonderful world" in a live performance. She was so weak they had to help her on stage - and that was the song she chose. What a beautiful soul!
Which video is it? On youtube?
@@genevieveferrantino3781 I don't think that version is available, but there's another one of her singing it earlier. Just search here on youtube.
The Bayou in D.C. Not a dry eye in the house....
Pretty sure this is from the same performance.
@@kianpa1 Yep. Blues Alley. Live.
And it'll hit you the same way after listening for the 100th time.
So true
Sure does
I cry every time I listen to Eva. The beauty of her voice and her inflections go right to my core. Gets me every time but its food for the soul.
I went down an Eva rabbit hole one night and she had me crying like a baby.
@@steverichard1740 me too...
Every. Single. Time.
If there's ever been a perfect voice, regardless of the genre she tackled, it was/is hers.
I first became aware of Eva when I stumbled on her cover of Sting's "Fields of Gold". It completely knocked me over!
Like so many others, I was deeply saddened to learn that she'd passed away many years before I ever knew of her. I'm really glad for all of the (far too few) recordings that remain to let the rest us of hear what an angel sounds like.
Yes!! songbird makes me cry every time
Same x
She took an iconic song and made it her own. Mick Fleetwood was trying to help her get recorded (because at this time she didn’t have a record deal yet: it was her friends, family, and fans created what music was recorded). She wasn’t going to take the first record deal because the record companies tried to slot her into a category, which she felt confined. She wanted to play songs that she pour her heart and soul in it, so she defied category: Mick Fleetwood admired her integrity. Then she got cancer and died shortly after, with no record deal. Can you imagine what she would sound like in a professional studio, allowed to play her songs her way, and what more songs she could’ve covered? An angel voice, and a guitar playing to match that voice.
She did a really good, great, terrific version, but she can never ever own this song. Here's proof...Judy Garland in 1955 singing it live th-cam.com/video/ss49euDqwHA/w-d-xo.html This song was, is, and ever will be "owned" as you say, by Judy Garland.
@@georgegwoolston1730 open your ears old timer THIS IS Now EVA'S SONG
@@georgegwoolston1730 @Gary Morgan You're both wrong. There are at least 3 people who equally own their own unique versions of "Over the Rainbow": Judy Garland, Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole, & Eva Cassidy (all of whom died way too young; what's that about?). For all we know, there may be even more.
@@garymorgan1356 @George G Woolston You're both wrong. There are at least 3 people who equally own their own unique versions of "Over the Rainbow": Judy Garland, Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole, & Eva Cassidy (all of whom died way too young; what's that about?). For all we know, there may be even more.
Great points...I can only dream.
I reacted the same way. I saw this just last week and I stared open mouthed at the tv. I couldn't believe what I was hearing and why I had never heard of Eva before. I can't imagine a more perfect accompaniment than her own beautiful and sensitive guitar. Eva was truly a largely undiscovered gift. Gone way too soon. May her soul sing forever
You need to listen to "Fields of Gold" another amazing and emotional cover by Eva....RIP Beautiful Lady 💔💔
I second that choice‼️
Add my vote to field of gold also. Just atunning
And also Time after Time
Yes Yes Yes! "Fields of Gold" is a reaction must! Even Sting himself was taken by her cover!
Her cover of Fields of Gold makes me blubber.
I'm 58yr old man, played this at my sisters funeral. I cry every time I hear it. I have tears rolling down my face now 🙏❤️
this was played at my sister's funeral also. It slays me every time. I'm so sorry for your loss.
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"hold fast!" (1Thess.5 :21)
I want it played at mine too.
Eva Cassidy and Karen Carpenter.....special, special women with iconic, timeless voices.
My thoughts exactly!
Karen Carpenter had a strong beautiful voice, and she deserved a lot more accolades than she received, but she wasn’t a soulful jazz singer. And, as I know, she never even attempted a jazz arrangement. If Eva would have lived longer, she would have been on the list of best female vocalists ever, with Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sara Vaughan, Nina Simone, and the rest.
Check out Angelina Jordan.
Yes, both truly distinct voices and a artistry that which puts them head and shoulders over others. This song always gives me goosebumps.
@@jeffstumpf9129 Yes, but a lot of that is Richard. He held tight reins on The Carpenters' sound and to some degree, Karen. She made a breakout album when he was hospitalized at some point. When he got out of the hospital and heard it, he hated it and refused to allow it to be released. It was her first attempt to do something on her own and experiment with other sounds and styles. If she had lived longer, who knows what else she would have done besides The Carpenters. He finally allowed it to be released after she died. I, personally, would have loved to hear her do an album of standards. Btw, I read the Ella Fitzgerald loved Karen's voice, had all The Carpenters' albums and even sang with Karen on at least one occasion.
I agree that Eva Cassidy would have been up there with the great female voices, though not all of the best female vocalists have to be soulful jazz singers. Judy Garland was one of the greatest female voices and she wasn't a jazz singer, same for Patti LaPone,, Whitney Houston and a lot of others.
Eva Cassidy's songs are emotional hugs for your soul. Each and every one.
I loveeee this comment!!!
@@cynthiabustamante2884 Me tooo ..!
What a beautiful way to describe Eva's impact.
Thank you for acknowledging her guitar work immediately along with her vocals. For me, they are almost inseparable, and indicative of how her *entire being* was dedicated to interpreting these songs. She was truly remarkable.
100% remarkable.
I agree and well put. She was a talented player with an ability to play and sing something the way she heard it in her head but seemingly effortless for her.
Eva was self taught on playing the guitar
No one, but no one, sings this song any better.
RIP Eva.
Its like she took a piece of the tin man, made strings from him and played the heart he thought he never had. Powerful
very powerful words, yours...
Beautifully expressed.
YES!!!
I'm 57 years old, and I'm not ashamed to say......I've probably heard this song a couple of dozens times.......each time, I say to myself, I won't cry this time. Eva's voice gets into my very soul. A rare beautiful singer, who died way too young.Im so grateful, for the incredible impact, she had in me, and millions of other
Spot on!
Thank you for recognizing it's a duet with her guitar...her voice and guitar are just extensions of each other, and both are a voice 💓🥰 Eva breaks us all 😭
Exactly so
Yes... this.
Right? Amazing guitarist.
Harold Arlen wrote this song in 1939, the beginning of the Great Depression, in America. The song reflects the sadness and hard times with the hope of happiness and better times to come. I have never heard anyone sing this song with such emotion, tenderness and beauty. What a GREAT talent lost to soon. We are so fortunate to have this video.
1939 was virtually the end of the Great Depression; within a year the US was on a war footing and within two years it was at war. 1929 is generally considered to be the beginning of the Depression.
Eva didn't actually want to do this recording because she was still
getting over a cold and was worried her voice wouldn't stand up.
You can actually hear a slight break off at the end of a few lines
BUT she had THE most perfect voice in my opinion, with perfect control.
perfect pitch, beautiful vibrato and an emotional connection with
the song that reached out and grabbed listeners hearts like no
one else was capable of . Sadly, sadly missed by millions. The world
would be a much better place if she was still around!
And a beautiful guitar player :)
What just crushes me is that she knew she was dying when she sang this...
No, she had no idea she any form of cancer at the time of the recording
Elton John said that the 3 best female singers ever were Eva Cassidy, Judith Durham (of The Seekers) and Karen Carpenter...nothing to argue with there...
I think he's right. Both Karen and Eva died far too young.
I hadn't heard that quote before but it's great to hear the acknowledgement of Judith Durham's beautiful voice in the same company as those other greats.
I'd add Barbara Streisand to that list .
I'll have e todisagree on Judith. The other two for sure. I dont hear the same tenderness in Judith Durham.
never knew john said this. i humbly add a fourth… virginia patterson cline…
there is one more…
she is still with us…
allison krauss…
This is my absolute favourite version of this song. I remember listening to it on repeat for hours on an international flight once. The tragedy is that music executives didn’t think she deserved to be heard until after she passed. They sure got that wrong.
IMO Eva's best version of this song is on the Songbird album. She has a pretty bad cold on the night she recorded this album (Live at Blues Alley) and she had to reign in her voice a bit to keep it from cracking.
Eva died just several months after this performance at the age of 33. She did not gain the worldwide Fame until after her death, and sold over 10 million records. She was on her way to be coming one of the best female vocalists ever.
She was not seeking worldwide fame, everyone said she was very private and definitely just preferred to do her singing the way she wanted.
Seeking world wide fame? You don’t know Eva
@@cherylq7183 perhaps seeking was the wrong word. What I intended is that she did not achieve worldwide Fame until after her death, whether or not she wanted it
and, she made it!
@@jamesrogers2963 Yes she did James! It's so sad that she didn't live to see it. Eva was definitely one of a kind, with a voice that you could identify while blindfolded.
From this same landmark concert, 'Autumn Leaves' Harri - what a loss to music this lady was, still influencing people and mourned to this day.
Her voice and delivery had me choked up from the first note.
Her cover (live) of Autumn Leaves is absolutely amazing.
That was the song at my grandads funeral, i can’t get through it anymore
100%. I keep flipping back and forth over which of her songs I like the best, "Autumn Leaves" or "Somewhere Over The Rainbow". I rendered it a tie, they are both #1.
Autumn Leaves is the one.
I played both songs for my husband’s memorial !
I intertwined the songs with pictures of our early days together when we were so happy to have found each other - I blubbered like a baby when I was putting the video together both because I was so devastated by losing him and felt so “seen” by Eva’s beautiful rendition of these songs- her singing helped me grieve in the most meaningful way, and in a way I was grieving for both my husband and for Eva at the same time. She made me able to feel, truly, there was and is, a safe place for those we love, somewhere over the rainbow, when autumn leaves do fall. Like others have said, I am crying now, and it’s going on four years since my sweetie left me. Thank you, dear Eva, and Godspeed to your highest heaven ❤
Sorry for your loss. My condolences to you. I can’t even imagine.
Eva Marie Cassidy is an American singer, born February 2, 1963 in Washington and died November 2, 1996 in Bowie, Maryland.... for info: big emotion for me who had known her to see young people again today watching her songs because she also had a sublime voice and was also a great stars .
An object lesson on how to take a well known song and turn it into something magnificently different. Astonishing.
That ending gets me every time, and I've heard this one many times. Her voice is just so magnificent that we often forget that is her playing guitar, and that is all the accompaniment that is going on, and yet, more powerful than any band with drums, bass and 100 watt marshalls! No orchestra needed. Live no less. Now and then God gives us a gift, and we are blessed. I think He called her home early because He wanted to hear her sing too!
What she did in this performance is clear.
She gave the definition of unconditional love with her voice, guitar and physical moves.
That is what all of humanity wants. Real love. Even the most hardened criminal ever wants real love. The kind that loves you for who you are and not what they want you to be. That is what I feel everytime I hear this lady's legacy song. All masterpieces have that. From the best painters, to the best actors to the best dancers. That is why humanity loves Eva. RIP.
Rest in Peace, sweet, beloved Eva as you sing with the angels 'over the rainbow'. She's been my favorite female vocalist ever since I heard her sing many years ago. Her talent was incomparable and her legacy will endure due to her many fans - many, many discovering her gift after her early death.
You're one of the few that really can appreciate what a talent Eva was. Because most people don't know how good she was on guitar. Her subtle accents were spot on! The emotion she evoked between her voice and her guitar was unmatched. Most all of her recordings were live. The first time I ever cried because of a song,was when I heard her play Autumn Leaves. I was speechless.
her dynamic phrasing simultaneously on both guitar and voice - so clean, pure, intense. She emanates waves of emotion - and her controlled crescendo/decrescendo at the song's peak just *breaks* you.
Love the Mills Brorhers .
It is so sad when young people die, especially so talented with a voice of an angel.
I have all of her CDs. She sings directly to your soul.
Breaks my heart every time I listen to her.
There must be a dozen Eva songs that bring me to tears. One in a million talent.
Welcome to the magic of Eva. She was an angel on earth. We miss her greatly, but she left us with the gift of her heart in her music. You can't listen to this and not feel it deeply within your soul and be moved to tears. She speaks love straight to your heart. We understand that we all share the same challenges and pain in the core of our being and hope for love and joy when we sit together and listen to her. She helps us see our humanity, gives us a big angelic hug, and helps us feel the love and connectedness between us.
She also worked in the nursery in my home town and was as sweet and humble as she appears here. And fought the record companies who wanted to change her to get her sign with them. She stood up for what she believed in and ultimately produced her own music. She was ahead of her time in so many ways. She's greatly missed, but lives on in all of us who her music has touched including every famous singer who has come after her. You'll hear Adele say that Eva was one of her biggest inspirations and you can hear a little of Eva in her voice.
Thanks for sharing the magic of Eva with the world.
Live concert in a bar. Not a studio recording. Sitting on a bar stool with only a guitar. Just extraordinary in every way. Her voice always cuts me to the bone.
No matter how rowdy the bar was that she played, she would silence it.
That was very observant and well said: "two voices" - Eva and her guitar. I'd never heard her before. She's very expressive.
I was introduced to Evas work back in 2006, thanks to a dear American friend, who now herself is no longer with us. Thanks Cheryl for bringing Eva into my life.
The saddest part of seeing this video, is she was sick with the early stages of cancer, and didn't know it! I saw an interview with her Mother and Father, and it was heart wrenching when her Mother pushed Eva pretty hard to do those heavy duty Chemo treatments, for a few months. She said Eva got so sick from them, and turned out they didn't help. Eva also 2 or 3 weeks before passing, went to her own party held by all her close friends and family. She came in very frail, with a cane, and still went up and sang 3 or 4 songs. The last song she sang was her personal favorite..."What a Wonderful World" which was made famous by the Great Louis Armstrong.
Actually, this performance was captured in January of 1966 & Eva did not know until June that she has metastatic melanoma. She passed in November of 1966, far too soon. She is healthy and whole in heaven and no doubt sings with the heavenly choirs. ❤🙏🏻😇
@@melodyannherringmcneely7842 Yes, the person wrote she was sick with the early stages of cancer but "didn't know it!". Hopefully I am not missing some insight you want to share.
While Eva got her mole checked out and treated, the doctor's saying the procedure was successful and she should live a long life, made her feel that doing the recommended follow ups was not necessary. Tragic and her family wants people not to make the same mistake!
@@hillsane9262 I actually had a friend who had a mole on her leg removed and her doctor thought that he had removed all that needed to be removed and she would be ok. We had gotten pregnant at the same time and delivered our two bundles of joy very close together. I didn’t have cancer but my sister, at 18, had ovarian cancer. Then, my Mother was diagnosed with breast cancer while I was pregnant & her Drs pressured me to have a hysterectomy and a bilateral mastectomy after I had my baby, to lessen my chances of getting cancer. I refused right then but I soon had a hysterectomy because I had endometriosis. My friend who had gotten her mole removed suddenly had cancer in her blood vessels & died. 13 years later, I had to undergo chemo, surgery, different chemo and radiation to kill the breast cancer I had been diagnosed with at the age of 47. I am BlEsSeD to still be here. But I followed my Drs instructions to the letter. I’m sorry that Eva and my friend Kaye thought they were ok by having their moles removed & chemo therapy. It is really tragic for both of their families. 😢💔🎶😢💔🎶
1966?
@@Moluccan56 that’s what I was thinking 🤔🤔
I understand how you feel. Her singing is a Gift from god. She takes us to a tine and place that is so beautiful
I was doing a little research and apparently this video of her performing this song at the Blues Alley wasn't seen until after her death in 1996. If I'm understanding what I read correctly, it was provided by folk singer, Grace Grffith to Eva's record label after she died. A CD compilation called "Songbird" was put together by the label along with Eva's family. The he CD lingered for 2 years before it was was played on a BBC radio show. Then just before Christmas of 2000, this video of her singing "Over The Rainbow" was aired on Top of The Pops 2 and the CD started to climb eventually reaching the top of the charts. The video became the most requested video ever shown on Top of The Pops 2
Eva had a cold when she performed this, and still crushed it.
Her popularity was great among the people who knew her and the club she performed at. After her death she hit #1 in the UK with Somewhere Over the Rainbow. The couldn’t get enough of her music.
I think I'm right in saying it was the UK DJ Terry Wogan who brought her talents to the UK on his radio 2 show,somebody sent him some recordings and he was completely knocked out,she was and still is massive,much loved and much missed in the UK..her voice is inimitable, I'm a bit of a vocalist and wouldn't know where to begin to emulate that.
Her rendition of Danny Boy gets me every time. She was quite the talent.
I pretty much cry during all of her songs. I adore her.
I feel that way about Nightbird ( reminds me of my Momma) and How Can I Keep From Singing ( Her bravely facing death without fear) and I Know You By Heart (Love that never ends).
A real masterpiece. Her guitar work gets overshadowed by her incredible singing.
an absolute earth angel,she passed away about 8 months or so after this beauriful perforfmance,my mothers favorite song,i played it at my mothers funeral,take care buddy
Heartbreakingly beautiful. God bless you Eva ♥️
Her voice is so clear that it's simply amazing, A sober delivery that cuts right to your soul.
She was a ‘natural child of music!’ And especially now she Rests in Music!
I've listened to this song at least 100 times and I weep each and every time.
And she has a bad cold this night. Imagine her at the top of her game!
That's what I read too. This is not Eva at her best.
Thank you for doing Eva. She had the finest voice I’ve ever heard. And constantly get annoyed that more reactors don’t cover her more. Angelic and so talented
I was sobbing, as I usually do, when I see this
The most meaningful song of my life. Her version will be played at my funeral.
Love your respect for her when you clapped for her. Such a lovely voice she had.sadly missed . RIP Eva cassìdy. Good on you for playing this track.
After listening to Eva's performance, I then heard she had died. I broke down and cried like a baby. I still cry occasionally when I hear her voice.
Has to be one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard
Eva sang every genre. The music companies wanted to pigeon hole her And make her choose one. Listen to her sing, “How Can I Keep From Singing?” It’s a joyful song but still enough to bring you to your knees.
She was a beautiful lady, a gentle sould who could play guitar and sing like an angel. There will never be another like her, a great loss to this planet and a huge gain for heaven. God bless her.
Her voice is angelic. I stumbled upon her work yrs ago. I really think she has the gift of story telling and you can feel her soul come through in her covers and her guitar playing.
‘Songbird’ is my favourite Eva Cassidy song, incredible vocals combined with beautiful words.
Please do more Eva Cassidy.
This is one of my favorite songs in the world and I loved his humanity as he talked about Eva and her performance for all time.
She is a consummate artist!! Not only are her vocals stellar, but her guitar accompaniment is nothing short of perfection! I have never heard so much emotion conveyed in this song. It's a truly personal interpretation -- she makes the song her own -- I forget any other singer's previous version, including Judy Garland's.
I’ve always loved that little break in her voice on that last note💜🧡
Can you imagine being there at Blues Alleey watching her perform this song and so many others? There wasn't a dry eye in the house! Her voice is like a warm comforting hug embracing yoy. I just feel so much peace when I listen to her.
I'm not one who typically gets totally absorbed into music, but this performance enraptured me. Beautiful beyond description.
Oh man I feel the same way!! I get tears in my eyes listening to her sing this song!
I can't listen to Eva's version of Over The Rainbow without having tears stream down my cheeks...it's just that beautiful and emotional.
Thank you for keeping her memory alive,and thank you Britain for giving her a gold album! Peace.
So beautiful, gave me goosebumps, best version EVER!!
I love it when somebody new discovers Eva! I catch emotions every time I listen to her. Her voice is like a soft cloud that's the best way to but it.
I only discovered her around 2012 through TH-cam and it was almost like the first time I heard the Beatles. I was angry I had not discovered her sooner. I was a teenager in the 90s.
If there Is a more beautiful, heartfelt, emotional performance .... I've not seen it.
Thank you for your kind words and wishes to your audience.
This was played at my father's funeral service. It is an amazing interpretation of this song. Hopefully my father loved the song. Thanks to Eva for making it happen.
The voice of an angel. And Harri, that was a beautiful reaction.
She always gets me. She got me when I heard her back in the early 2000s. First song was Time After Time, second I heard was Songbird. She was truly an Angel from heaven. She just takes you somewhere special.
Singing a song of hope when she knew there was none for her. Unforgettable. Great reaction
Eva Cassidy cover of Simon and Garfunkel "Kathy's song' makes me cry Everytime. So beautiful. RIP Eva.
I think this performance exemplifies music touching your soul. RIP Eva. Carry on Brother Harri. Peace ✌
Peace. Love..good.
Health...to..everyone.
Goosebumps all over, absolutely beautiful!!
😢 It is one of...if not the most heartfelt and beautifully singing of this song. Her playing as well is just as beautiful...and it squeezes ny heart every time...and always will...
Thank you so much for reacting to Eva! Eva's rendition of Autumn Leaves is incredible. Fields of Gold is often mentioned, and deservedly so because it is beautiful. But for my money Autumn Leaves is on par with Rainbow.
She made every song she covered her own, supremely gifted, a Gem of musical talent. I felt lucky when I first heard her sing and discovered her music., So short a life. Eva may God bless for the sweet emotions you still bring to people's lives and hope many people continue to discover your music.
Her technique is so enthralling -- she comes in at the end of every note. Also, don't know if it's true, but the story is going around that this show was recorded the day her cancer was reported as inoperable. I never saw her, but I've been to that club. Her work with Chuck Brown is basically two souls soaring. Record companies and producers chased her and she said no every time. Just wanted to work her day job and play with Chuck at the local club and sing whatever she wanted however she wanted. Check it out. :-)
One of THE BEST versions!!
I am not worthy of listenening to something so beautiful and perfect.
I live in the area where Eva lived. I had never seen her in concert. But we followed her a lot on the local music scene. One of my friends said let’s go see Eva tonight. I said no we can catch her another time. This was the night of the concert.
A beautiful young lady with only her voice and guitar brings real people to tears, rest in peace.
Have been on this earth for over sixty yrs and came across this lady 25 yrs ago and to this day my thoughts have never changed she was a master of her art and I have never come across a greater artist, thank god she left her mark for so many to hear her artistry,though sadly lost at a young age to cancer . God bless Eva and thank you your music hits the soul . X
Thank you for the reverence you accorded to perhaps one of THE greatest vocalists of our times - for me, no one has elicited such genuinely deep emotions as Eva Cassidy has. "They" say "only the good die young" . . . so true, certainly in Eva's case for sure. SO much pure joy mixed in with SUCH emotion going STRAIGHT to the heart. This is love at its best.
Can we also appreciate her guitar skills and arrangements, she was just so talented..❤❤
Angelic voice. Did you know the recorded version by her was just a “scratch” vocal for the engineer and other musicians. That’s just how good she is by Gods Gift to us, albeit very short. Some of her hits and releases were after her passing. Thank you for FEELING her musical soul.
Hi Harri, this is my first time watching your channel. I am so moved by Eva’s voice and ability to play the guitar….my father died of the same type of cancer as her, in his forties. I could not hold back the tears. Thank you for your respectful reaction.
I am so glad you reacted to Eva. Rare to find someone who reacts and appreciate Such an outstanding talent and her story.
Listening to Eva is like getting an “audio hug”
Breathtakingly impeccable and beautiful.
watched this video many times and I am sitting here with goosebumps. She got a lot of promotion from Terry Wogan on Radio 2 when nobody knew her in UK
She was a master
As great as she was as a voice and interpreter, she was a better person. How is that even possible? Lovely reaction.
Eva Cassidy "Know You by Heart"!!!!!!!
I get chills every time I listen to anything by Eva Cassidy. Great reaction and analysis from you.