EVA CASSIDY - "OVER THE RAINBOW" - REACTION VIDEO...BRING KLEENEX!

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  • @janegreene2838
    @janegreene2838 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    It's almost as if she had a hint of what was coming in her life and was contemplating heaven and dying. Watch her eyes as she sings the phrases... and her guitar sings too. Takes my breath away.

    • @jeffreyjacobs390
      @jeffreyjacobs390 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes, Mam ! Well said. She was unbeknown to her (two years after her departing) singing my new born son to sleep at night ! Such a wonderful, powerful, sweet, complete and hypnotizing vocal talent !!! GBjj

  • @blastingweevil2968
    @blastingweevil2968 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    remember this was recorded live in a bar.... not a studio and she sounds this good.

    • @BirdYoumans
      @BirdYoumans 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      And her voice is so stunning we sometimes overlook that perfect guitar part that she plays while she's singing this. More would have been less.

  • @vittoriolancia5365
    @vittoriolancia5365 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I'm 82. Do I dare say this is the most beautiful piece of music I have EVER heard?

  • @williambrennan8197
    @williambrennan8197 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    People are falling in love with Eva 27 years later. She takes us on a journey with her singing. Truly one of the best voices ever.

  • @susanwenner8738
    @susanwenner8738 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Brings me to tears every time. The guitar work is just as amazing as her vocals. It’s like magic.

    • @wilburfinnigan2142
      @wilburfinnigan2142 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Susan suggest you watch Lucy Thomas's tribute version to Eva and hear fantastic guitar by James Franklin and be REALLY impressed on how it should be sung !!!

    • @ericsicard910
      @ericsicard910 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@wilburfinnigan2142sorry IMHO Lucy is amazing but even not close from Eva in terms of purity of voice and channeling of emotions. Not talking about the creativity of making a song yours and bringing your soul into it.

  • @johnrWyatt
    @johnrWyatt 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    If your eyes do not rain tears , your soul can have no rainbow ( Native American wisdom ). This is more than a song , it was Eva's prayer. Rest in peace Eva.

  • @kayhay6848
    @kayhay6848 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    It is the most Beautiful arrangement ever!! No one can top that.

  • @abney416
    @abney416 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    After hearing her sing this song, I have no need to ever hear anyone else do it. Her voice and her guitar are totally captivating. In my opinion, she set the bar too high for anyone else to follow. Now, I am off to search for more by Eva Cassidy!

  • @debbiecollins6517
    @debbiecollins6517 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    She became huge in the U.K., after her death, before most had ever heard of her here in the U.S. She was from Maryland. She died in 1996 from melanoma at the age of 33, several months after making this video. I learned of her music about 15 years ago from a friend who lives in Wales, U.K.!! I was stunned by her voice just as you were!!! She never wanted fame and fortune and turned down record deals because they wanted a "different" sound from her. She told them she wanted to sing HER music the way it was intended and didn't "sell out". She loved singing in coffee shops and cafe's because that's where she started. She has such a mesmerizing and haunting voice! Such a loss to the music world!!

    • @alnorwood134
      @alnorwood134 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I concur!

    • @fionamaddock3984
      @fionamaddock3984 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We have to thank Terry Wogan over here in the UK for introducing Eva to us! I believe he was the first person to play Eva’s songs on radio. Also Whispering Bob Harris started to play them also on radio 2 late at night. I fell in love with her voice after hearing this and her version of Time After Time! This version of Over The Rainbow moves me to tears every single time!

  • @sharcrum
    @sharcrum 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    That guitar solo alone can bring total silence over a huge arena and leave them all with tears.

    • @scotty2307
      @scotty2307 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What is amazing about that is that she had only been playing for a year or so. She normally sang with a band backing her. And finger style guitar is not a simple style.

  • @terrisalser7721
    @terrisalser7721 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    So melancholy. This was recorded in January and she died in November of melanoma.

  • @billmorrison8292
    @billmorrison8292 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Eva Cassidy was only known locally in the USA until discovered by 2 BBC radio DJ's in the UK. Mike Harding and Terry Wogan on BBC Radio 2 started playing her music and she became so popular in the UK she went to the top of the album charts. Finally she was recognised in the US and became a hit there. All this happened years after her death from cancer. She had been offered record deals in the US but they wanted to change her and she refused.

  • @randyg.1836
    @randyg.1836 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    One of the things to remember is that she died from cancer less than a year after this video.... thank you Eva for your light..😔🙏😔

  • @markmurphy9280
    @markmurphy9280 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    possibly the most enchanting female singer of all time.

  • @beefonweckeastside3323
    @beefonweckeastside3323 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I'm 75 years of age and have watched this performance over a 100 times and every time my reaction is the same as yours. I think this should be a test. Of a person's heart if someone does not like this song. They shouldn't be considered a friend

  • @HDThoreau_
    @HDThoreau_ ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I can always tell when a reactors heart is pure when they react to performances like this. You are one of them.

    • @Owen_S.
      @Owen_S. ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Truth. Angelina Jordan, who is my favorite female singer these days, can provoke that same level of emotion, seemingly at will. And it is easy to see who really feels it, and who is just "reacting." Debbie really gets it, with both Eva (RIP) and Angelina.

    • @kenneth1767
      @kenneth1767 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed.

  • @techbutterflymaps9873
    @techbutterflymaps9873 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Nice reaction! This recording was done in January 1996. In June of that year Eva was diagnosed with metastasized melanoma and she died in November. She was really only known in the Washington DC area when she passed. Her first solo album, Songbird, was released after her death. It wasn't until two years later, when a couple of DJs in England played her recordings of Over the Rainbow and Fields of Gold on the radio and TV, that she really began to be noticed. Since then, her albums have sold over 10 million copies. I first learned of her in 2000, when NPR included her version of Over the Rainbow in a list of the top 100 recordings of the 20th century. I have loved her ever since. It was only last year that I learned that a friend of hers had recorded this performance at Blues Alley on the night they were recording her live album. As far as I know, the 13 songs on that video are the only full videos we have of her performing live. I am so grateful to get to see her perform.
    By the way, Eva's voice could go from razor thin whisper to sky-piercing belt in a second. For some great examples of that, check out Blues in the Night, or Oh, Had I a Golden Thread.
    Thanks for reacting to this! This recording brings me to tears every single time I hear it.

  • @cynthiabustamante2884
    @cynthiabustamante2884 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    When I first heard Eva on the radio. I had to stop what I was doing and give her my full attention. Then when I heard this rendition of Somewhere over the Rainbow. I cried and cried. Eva Cassidy has a way of not just having us hear her sing. We can feel it.

    • @terribanks8633
      @terribanks8633 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same here. I was in a small independent record store (1998), heard this voice, and asked "who is that?" The store owner told me about Eva and I immediately bought the cd.

  • @gregcobb4066
    @gregcobb4066 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Greatest female singer of our lifetime...there's nothing more that l love than seeing people finding Eva for the first time...l got to show this to my mom...same reaction

  • @clivematthews5296
    @clivematthews5296 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Eva had such a pure beautiful voice, gone too soon. RIP.

  • @GenXJoker
    @GenXJoker ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Eva Cassidy gives a completely new listening experience to any song she performs.
    #RestInPeaceQueen

    • @071949
      @071949 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi GenXJoker, Agreed! Listening to Eva Cassidy cover a familiar song is like hearing it again for the first time.

  • @celestelittek7360
    @celestelittek7360 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Eva sang with her heart and soul and she touched others hearts and souls...such a gift ❤

  • @troyanstone65
    @troyanstone65 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Eva goes straight to your soul.

  • @marlow1231000
    @marlow1231000 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    There are no words that capture this performance. It’s the emotion it provokes that is the most important and you saw that.

  • @keithrichardson6836
    @keithrichardson6836 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    A master class in how to sing this song outstanding performance greatly missed. 🌟🙏

  • @andywalker8064
    @andywalker8064 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Her singing is amazing... but the guitar work is equally spectacular. Her passing was such a tragedy for her loved ones first, but for the world, too.

  • @Ctkare4k9
    @Ctkare4k9 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Like many,I had been familiar with the iconic Judy Garland version. But the very first time I heard Eva sing her version,I actually HEARD the words for the first time,and my heart broke. I listen to her songs regularly and always with a mixture of joy and sadness,if that makes any sense. She was magic!

    • @wilburfinnigan2142
      @wilburfinnigan2142 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try Lucy Thomas's version and you HEAR every word sung !!! A stunning version as a tribute to EVA !!!

  • @curtisduncanmusic7645
    @curtisduncanmusic7645 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Someone made this interesting observation: Judy Garland's version was sung with hope. Eva's version is filled with longing. She was -- and still is -- the best ever.

  • @roncypert8255
    @roncypert8255 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I’ve listened to this version of Over The Rainbow so m many times. Watching reactors become emotional brings out mine every time. Never fear, we were tearing up right along with you. Eva has a catalog of music that is nothing but amazing.
    One of my favorites is her cover of Cyndi Lauper’s Time After Time from the same gig she did this video at. You should watch it.

  • @briankilpatrick6014
    @briankilpatrick6014 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Crying again in Scotland. Man her voice just slays me every time. Truly an angel returned home.😭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @scotty2307
    @scotty2307 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This performance was filmed at Blues Alley for the Washington Area Musicians Awards in Washington DC in 1996, I believe. It was actually about a year after this performance that she passed away from melanoma. She was sick from some bug during this show, and was feeling pretty miserable. And was still able to do this!

    • @scotty2307
      @scotty2307 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      By the way, these performances were not broadcasted. Someone filmed these on a camcorder. They were brought to the attention of some radio DJ who then played a few during his show. If not for this fortunate circumstance, we wouldn't ever have heard of Eva Cassidy.

  • @mojorider8455
    @mojorider8455 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    She is the best all around female vocalist I've ever heard. So hauntingly beautiful and full of emotional impact. She could do it all: blues, jazz, gospel, folk. Eva grew up in the county next to mine but sadly, I only discovered her when she was ill and never saw her perform. Gone way too soon---all the music she had to give to the world was cut short. And we are all diminished by it when the world is robbed of such beauty. Please do more Eva reactions!

  • @scottlaurenson3390
    @scottlaurenson3390 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fields of Gold is another stunning cover by Eva. Bridge over troubled water broke me she emotes every word she sings ✌️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @jeffstevens4262
    @jeffstevens4262 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is so beautiful. I believe that if Judy Garland herself had heard this beautiful version of her song, she'd absolutely love it too. God rest and bless them both. So sad that both ladies died way too young. 💔 💔

  • @RobertDeMartin
    @RobertDeMartin 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Came back for another visit. This was GREATNESS, greatness in every way!

  • @derekking7319
    @derekking7319 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Her talent was her melodic interplay with her effortless guitar playing. Seamless, timeless and angelic! Taken from us before her time. Love her!❤️

  • @firemedic5100
    @firemedic5100 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I fell in love with Eva, the first time I heard this masterpiece. Don't worry about the water works. Mine start every time I listen to this performance. I have every cd that was released in the US years after her death. You might be surprised to learn, Eva was battling a cold and wasn't sure she was going to be able to perform that night. It is a shame that she was taken from us too soon, but she will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as yourself, that appreciate her talent and voice.

  • @dgp9627
    @dgp9627 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I ugly cried the first time I heard this. My mom had just died, and Eva was her favorite artist. We were going through her songs looking for one or two for Mom's memorial service and we came across this. Gut-punched. Needless to say, we added this to the play list. (This and How Can I Keep From Singing.) I'm so, so glad you're reacting to Eva!! Keep in mind, this is live. So many truly incredible performances by Eva. She didn't just sing, she felt every note and we felt it with her. Stormy Monday, I Know You By Heart, You've Changed, Songbird, I Need Your Love So Bad, Had I A Golden Thread, Autumn Leaves, Fields Of Gold...omg and so many more. I feel you, lol. ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @unbroadcastnet
    @unbroadcastnet ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Every Eva’s song is gold…how many times have I heard this performance…and gotten through my youth…thanks

  • @donstrasbaugh663
    @donstrasbaugh663 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Eva is the greatest voice to ever bless this world. Enjoy the journey for everything she does is the best you’ve ever experienced. Thank you Eva! Thank you so much.

    • @donstrasbaugh663
      @donstrasbaugh663 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The heart is perfect. Eva has a way of touching one’s heart even when she’s blowing the roof off of the joint. It’s just indescribable!

    • @wilburfinnigan2142
      @wilburfinnigan2142 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not even close !!! Lucy Thomas sung her song and blew her away, crushed the song and owns it !! !

  • @kenhall5551
    @kenhall5551 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you for this reaction. The first time I heard Eva do this it broke me. I've listened to this performance many times since. Even now, it makes me tear up.

  • @dagmar.6954
    @dagmar.6954 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    That was such a beautiful rendition of this song. So sad that she is no longer with us. She died at only 33 years of age. I also love the version by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole. Sadly he also died young at 38 years of age. At least we have their music left as a legacy.

    • @bazkeen
      @bazkeen ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I second IZ's version as well 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

    • @stpetie7686
      @stpetie7686 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The 2 best versions ever. I know one of them is my very favorite but I'm not quite sure which one.

    • @melodyannherringmcneely7842
      @melodyannherringmcneely7842 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I get emotional every time I hear Eva Cassidy sing this song,, she has since passed from skin cancer at the age of 33. You should get sing : Fields of Gold, Autumn Leaves, Time After Time, And Songbird. And she is very skilled on the acoustic guitar also. I can't believe she didn't really know how good she was. Our loss is heaven's gain.

    • @bazkeen
      @bazkeen ปีที่แล้ว

      @@melodyannherringmcneely7842 So true 😔

    • @wilburfinnigan2142
      @wilburfinnigan2142 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is a better version done by Lucy Thomas as a TRIBUTE to EVA that will blow you mind !!! The song is still very much alive and very well done !! !

  • @markuss7249
    @markuss7249 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is Eva's song forever. R.I.P angel! She died about 9 months later of cancer. Make this quite more heartbreaking. As if she knew...

  • @BirdYoumans
    @BirdYoumans 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There is no way to be prepared for this. The first time I heard her years ago I could not believe what I was hearing. Every song she does is instantly hers alone from then on. I love to watch people hear this for the first time because after the first verse you already know it's so special, but you still have no idea that "you ain't heard nothin' yet" til she does that ending and then ......... I've heard it dozens if not hundreds of times by now some 20 or so years after the first time and I still get moist eyes and a lump in my throat. A shimmering light that so delicately pierces the darkness and commands your full attention from beginning to end. No stack of 100 watt Marshalls can do that.

  • @justlookin11
    @justlookin11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Music opens up our emotions. GREAT music provides us with more and more intense emotions. No one has done it better than Eva Cassidy and gives new meaning to this timeless classic. We lost her much too soon.

  • @dopeymark
    @dopeymark 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I've been living in DC 33 years now. I can't hear her version of this song without crying. That's just the way it is.

  • @DavidTateVA
    @DavidTateVA ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We loved her and we lost her, and she was a jewel among gems. Thank you for getting it.

  • @danstockemer6488
    @danstockemer6488 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Tears come every time I hear her...I love Eva Cassidy. My favorite musical artist of all time. All her songs are captivating.

  • @TheLastSongbird124
    @TheLastSongbird124 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This planet and it's people lost one of the most beautiful voices & guitar players
    that there's ever been, the day Eva died.
    She was still getting over a cold/flu and has said she felt it best not to do this gig
    but the small venue & all the recording gear had been set up so she did it.
    You can hear a couple of times when her voice broke off a little at the end of a line,
    but it was no fault in her singing, it was the cold.

  • @jamestorrance4664
    @jamestorrance4664 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Discovered this amazing person many, many years ago and have shed tears on numerous occasions, just incredible and a terrible loss 😢❤❤

  • @victoriabriscoe8460
    @victoriabriscoe8460 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hands down the greatest version ever of this song. She reaches into your soul and pulls your heart out to take you with her. Amazing.

  • @wagonmaster1974
    @wagonmaster1974 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Eva's audience was silent while she sang. She sang on a very personal level - it was as if her song was sung just for you. She reached inside herself and poured her heart out while she sang and played.
    I played this for a USMC buddy. I've known him for 50 years. I saw him cry once, when his sister died. That changed when Eva sang.
    It is ok to get emotional and it is ok to cry. It is cleansing for the soul.
    While it is a horrible tragedy she left us so soon, her music has left an indelible mark on her following. No other person occupies the space where Eva sang. It is hers, alone.
    Her music is an emotional hug for each of her listeners. Thank you for your pure response.

  • @emersonmota5798
    @emersonmota5798 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Genuine artistic expression is a means granted by God for a sensitive soul to capture and send to its fellow beings fractions of ethereal and subtle emanations that could not be perceived in the limited dimension in which we vibrate. Thus, there are singers and there are interpreters, the latter being the rare embodied souls who manage to capture and materialize through sounds, the essence and beauty of indefinable and intangible expressions of the Creator, transmitting to other souls a glimpse of things that they can only feel and express it through a smile or a tear. From the depths of my soul, when I managed to capture the grandeur of this performance, tears expressed the ecstasy I felt listening to this song. A big hug Eva, immense gratitude that doesn't fit in my chest!!!

  • @hanshaag2224
    @hanshaag2224 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Very honest Reaction, as always.❤.Eva was an singing Angel, send from Heaven to give us back real Feelings and Emotion. My Favorit is " Autumn Leaves"

  • @Northumbergull
    @Northumbergull 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Rest in sweet, sweet peace, Eva 💔 🙏

  • @garyfallows1123
    @garyfallows1123 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Written by Harold Arlen,
    Sung by Judy Garland,
    Owned By Eva Cassidy,
    I cannot listen to this without tearing up, no words can describe how beautiful her voice is, taken too soon, but not forgotten RIP ❤

  • @jimmytakayesu2987
    @jimmytakayesu2987 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You came to the Party late but never too late!!! I only got here too only this year but have already listened to her Masterpiece 100s of time! Get my Daily Dose !!!

  • @gabrielnieves6347
    @gabrielnieves6347 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I dont know how long before her death this rendition of over the rainbow was recorded, but I would assume it gave her the inspiration to make this song her own. She left this life early but also left behind something to always remember her by. Rest in peace

  • @valnauffts9965
    @valnauffts9965 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Touches my heart ,tears and chills ,simply beautiful !

  • @rx7dude2006
    @rx7dude2006 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Been a fan since her first album came out, she was just outstanding, all of her songs are magic.

  • @charlescooler5680
    @charlescooler5680 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If there is a heaven Eva is singing there .

  • @KenChawkin
    @KenChawkin ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Glad you discovered this angelic voice, Debbie. Truly the most beautiful rendition of this classic song! Eva Cassidy's gift to the world keeps on giving!!! Since you are also a fan of Angelina Jordan, when Heidi Klum hit the Golden Buzzer after Angelina's unique performance of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, you can hear Eva Cassidy's voice in the background singing this song, that dreams really do come true. They did that night for Angelina. Now listen to Eva sing Sting's Fields of Gold. It blew him away when he heard it.

  • @ToRFlow
    @ToRFlow 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I like these genuine reactions. Unlike some other so-called reactors who, will remain nameless, love to stare at the camera and bang their head around off-beat and stare at the camera, pretending to be moved by the music.

  • @sitycent
    @sitycent ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I listen to " How Can I Keep From Singing" every day.

  • @russellgrove7261
    @russellgrove7261 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Those guitar parts she was playing are not that simple to play and shes singing like that while playing intricate guitar at the same time is equality impressive

  • @timchambers8230
    @timchambers8230 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hers is the only female voice who I feel shades Floors. That’s how great she is..

  • @MrYeomanski
    @MrYeomanski 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tears fall as soon as she sings ,it's like the sweetest thing you have ever or will ever hear,an angel on earth to show us all how beautiful music is and takes you to a better place,no one will ever sing this and play this with do much emotion,it touches every part of my being.i love all types of music but if anyone asks me what do I want playing at my funeral look no further my friends,love this song, love Ava Cassidy please be still singing in heaven x

  • @williambill5172
    @williambill5172 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Rest in peace, sweet girl.

  • @ronraskind
    @ronraskind ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Deb, I was going to request this song from you shortly but somebody beat me to it. It doesn't matter as long as you have experienced it. I describe it as hauntingly beautiful. Eva passed approximately 10 months after this performance at the age of 33 from melanoma, in 1996. Her TH-cam page has quite a number of performances chronicled but not that many with video. This performance is considered to be one of the finest ever recorded of over the rainbow.
    On another note, Eva recorded the legendary Fields of Gold by Sting. Angelina Jordan also recorded Fields of Gold. There is a stellar virtual mashup of the two singing together, compiled by BigAngieFan. You must experience that one as well when you are ready. Peace out

  • @navrozelalkaka8457
    @navrozelalkaka8457 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of the greatest pieces of music I have ever had the privilege to hear

  • @kingstumble
    @kingstumble ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I never really liked this song till I saw this video about 20 years ago when it was shown on BBC TV. I recorded it on my VHS recorder and still have it somewhere. It's her unusual phrasing which sets it apart.

  • @ORWELL_USA
    @ORWELL_USA 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    8 months ago
    Nice reaction! This recording was done in January 1996. In June of that year Eva was diagnosed with metastasized melanoma and she died in November. She was really only known in the Washington DC area when she passed. Her first solo album, Songbird, was released after her death. It wasn't until two years later, when a couple of DJs in England played her recordings of Over the Rainbow and Fields of Gold on the radio and TV, that she really began to be noticed. Since then, her albums have sold over 10 million copies. I first learned of her in 2000, when NPR included her version of Over the Rainbow in a list of the top 100 recordings of the 20th century. I have loved her ever since. It was only last year that I learned that a friend of hers had recorded this performance at Blues Alley on the night they were recording her live album. As far as I know, the 13 songs on that video are the only full videos we have of her performing live. I am so grateful to get to see her perform.

  • @buddystewart2020
    @buddystewart2020 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can't listen to her version without breaking down. I'm a hot mess when I hear this. So beautiful, so heartfelt, so forlorn. This is the best version of this song I've ever heard, period.

  • @anthonyriley7517
    @anthonyriley7517 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Phenomenal performance by one of the greatest vocalists of all time,rest in piece Eva ❤

  • @grootweare9650
    @grootweare9650 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So nice to see you've discovered Eva Cassidy. She was my favorite before I found Morissette. I hope you'll also react to her Autumn Leaves

  • @DavidNWalker
    @DavidNWalker 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was recorded live at the Blues Alley nightclub in January 1996. Eva died of cancer less than 10 months later on 2 November 1996.

  • @umustbebornagain
    @umustbebornagain หลายเดือนก่อน

    A Gift from Heaven to Bless Our Days on Earth!🙏

  • @stevenm.6886
    @stevenm.6886 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s even sadder than you realized at this moment. But anyway the voice but also her playing. Top notch

  • @rodneyrtennis1279
    @rodneyrtennis1279 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Seriously, I came here just to look at the Mesmerizingly Beautiful reactor, but I vehemently became completely focused on the breathtaking performance Eva Cassidy was singing. Only the death of my Mother has established more emotions in my heart.😭

  • @YouMe-ru6wi
    @YouMe-ru6wi ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Eva Cassidy was so incredible what a voice and talent. It was such a tragedy and loss to the world when she died of cancer at only 33 years old in 1996, but her music will forever live on. Some other recommendations are Danny Boy, Time After Time, Fields Of Gold, Autumn Leaves, What A Wonderful World, Songbird. Thank you for your wonderful great reaction.

  • @SuperLiorr
    @SuperLiorr ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Now that you know Eva and Angelina Jordan I can't wait to see your reaction to them both together in a virtual rendition of Sting's song "fileds of gold" 🦶🦶👑🗣🎙🎷

  • @robhoover495
    @robhoover495 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for that reaction! Your expressions, I think, were exactly like mine. Your vulnerability and honesty are a real blessing to me.

  • @poolhallshark
    @poolhallshark ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for a very beautiful reaction to one of my favorite performances by any artist, regardless of genre. Utterly beautiful. Love from Norway ♥♥♥♥♥

  • @tgriffin8179
    @tgriffin8179 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Such a beautiful rendition of the song… thank you for your transparency…great reaction.

  • @eileengibson1874
    @eileengibson1874 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Stunning emotional performance by Eva. So sad that she passed away so young. Lucy Thomas has also done a video of this which is simply beautiful. Your reaction is so genuine ❤

  • @johncourtright1632
    @johncourtright1632 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Lovely reaction to an amazing performance.

  • @MrRandyv
    @MrRandyv ปีที่แล้ว +1

    About 6 months, after this show, she left this earth; to the place “over the rainbow”, due to cancer.

  • @stevenbeuchler7921
    @stevenbeuchler7921 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A real artist.

  • @Keno0355
    @Keno0355 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for this honest reaction. I heard Eva for the first time with the song Fields of gold (Sting) and was overwhelmed. this version of over the rainbow is also incomparably beautiful. Eva became one of my favorite singers. and I was blown away by the following mashup of Fields of gold with Angelina Jordan. She is also able to grab everyone's heart accompanied by just a guitar. Past meets future. Eva and Angelina th-cam.com/video/Pczc6OTeNRw/w-d-xo.html

  • @gregcobb4066
    @gregcobb4066 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Keep loving on Eva...best of our lifetime....try Fields of Gold ....better yet Autumn Leaves

  • @robertdestross1979
    @robertdestross1979 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sublime emotionally beautiful!❤

  • @geordietone.2692
    @geordietone.2692 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    eva died of cancer 2 months after the gig. rip eva she knew she had cncer n told no 1, godess of music rip babe

    • @thedarkdefender7780
      @thedarkdefender7780 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      No, not 2 months later. Eva died in November 1996, this performance was from January 1996.

  • @TheSoundOutside
    @TheSoundOutside ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's not just the most beautiful rendition of this song, it's the most beautiful rendition of any song...at least any song I've ever heard. We're just so lucky that someone had the presence of mind to capture this performance so so many people who heard it can so moved.

  • @martyreaves4955
    @martyreaves4955 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I LOVE her version of Autumn Leaves. I had discovered it shortly after my wife passed. I bawled like a baby.

  • @AmirFazadh
    @AmirFazadh 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is what I consider the diamond version of that song. Eva OWNs it, lock, stock, and barrel. How you weren't melted into a complete puddle of tears, I'll never know. This version gets me every. single. time. It completely guts me. Pure evocative emotion. I cry my eyes out every time. She is an angel now, but lucky for us, we got a small sampling of her true talent to hang onto. Check out Fields of Gold next, please...and Autumn Leaves...and the list goes on.

  • @tippiusrex863
    @tippiusrex863 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Nice reaction. You said it for me. Stunning performance, great reaction.

  • @rabrab3
    @rabrab3 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Absolutely beautiful!! Makes me cry every time.

  • @percarlemil
    @percarlemil ปีที่แล้ว +1

    JEP CRYING AGAIN HERE IN DENMARK, SO STRAIT FROM YOUR HEART REACTION LOVE IT

  • @edwardlittle5686
    @edwardlittle5686 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Welcome to the Thunderdome! Eva creates this same response with every song she sings. This one is probably the most unanimous, although by no means the only one. Her voice always transports the listener to a better place. It is supernatural. OMG - to have heard her live must have been like witnessing the moon landing, or the Resurrection. That's how much I love Eva Cassidy. She's a posthumous superstar, and STILL tragically under-appreciated. There's a lot more material here - make sure to discover all of it. Lots of great songs...

  • @douglasheath411
    @douglasheath411 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As much pure emotion was sung out of this song, there will come a time when believers will experience flying above the Rainbow on their way to be with the Lord, who by the way I think blest Eva with that talent specifically to connect the meaning of that song with the experience of flying above the Rainbow on our way to Eternity in Heaven with Him. AMEN and AMEN. We should remember also that it was God who put that sign in the Sky to signify that he would never destroy mankind again, in fact He in His infinite Wisdom will soon return to End the Age and usher in Eternity In Heave with Him. What a glorious picture that paints for us, to be swept up on our way, flying Over That Rainbow He Placed there. I felt every bit of the Emotion she put into that song without having to change a single word.