I agree but Barbra can belt very big too. Listen to the last note of "Before the parade passes by", you can't belt bigger than that. The thing is : she does it when it's called for. Barbra can sing loud, soft and every nuances in between. No one control the dynamics as she does, with no breaks or change in the voice.
After 40 years, I heard this song again and my knees buckled. It had so much emotion it brought me immediately back to my first real love. 40 years in the moment of this gorgeous song and singer...
I absolutely hear you. I feel the same about my now ex....how I miss him and wish...well you know. However my present day partner is very very good to me Jane I hope you keep smiling even though!!
My grandmother introduced me to the beautiful Barbra Streisand with hello dolly the movie and I have never looked back. I'm 48 now and I feel like if I'm having a bad day she lifts me up or if I'm feeling romantic she soothes my soul. She is unique and versatile so talented in her work with music but also acting. Long live Barbra she's a gift that keeps on giving xx
The audio here is sped up just a tad. Listen to it on her YT channel and you'll hear what I mean. I've listened to this song countless times since 1975. I'm absolutely sure of it.
@@sharonsparks900 omg - celine dion's voice is nowhere as near as pure and beautiful as streisand's. dion can wail higher and does more r&b but her tone is awful.
[Fanny:] I often wonder why he came to me Brought such a flame to me Then let it die And if another love should find my heart It will remind my heart of your goodbye With every new love You'll come back to me In other eyes it's you I see If I love again Though it's someone new If I love again It will still be you In someone else's firm embrace I close my eyes but see your face If I love again I'll find another charms But I'll make believe You are in my arms And though my lips whisper "love me!" My heart will not be true I'll be loving you Every time I love again...
The lyric is so perfectly wedded to the melody. It's practically a perfect song. Barbra of course the best - goes without saying. I love Barbra, always have, always will. I wish she would call me.
Nice edit with removing the beginning and ending movie dialog which are a distraction for this beautiful song. The film version is the only one with the short string orchestration at the end. Plus it is an alternate version since most of it was filmed LIVE on the studio soundstage for the film - then it changes to a studio/orchestration ending (while she's walking with Omar Sharif). The original studio recorded versions are on the LP and CD is just with the piano. There is also alternate vocal and piano version on the Quad LP that was released in 1975.
I often wonder why he came to me Brought such a flame to me Then let it die And if another love should find my heart It will remind my heart of your goodbye With every new love You'll come back to me In other eyes it's you I see If I love again Though it's someone new If I love again It will still be you In someone else's firm embrace I close my eyes but see your face If I love again I'll find another charms But I'll make believe You are in my arms And though my lips whisper "love me!" My heart will not be true I'll be loving you Every time i love again...
I LOVE this! My favorite version has always been the one directly from the movie, with the full orchestra at the end, and you managed to do this beautifully without the dialogue! Excellent
This is very nice indeed. Anybody out there know the 1956 version by Clifford Brown and Max Roach from "Study In Brown"? And now for something completely different!
Kym Kantaris Same here. My heart was SO devoted to my sadistic Narcissistic tormentor with a mask that mesmerizes and the silver tongue of the Devil. 💔 👹
Personally I love the version on the CD/album. I think the phrasing is better and more tender. Maybe it's because she is angry when filmed - as you mention this Jeff. It's also one of the few tracks Barbra has recorded with only piano. Barbra if you can hear me... how about a collection of just you and the piano. Sigh. That would be perfection with a cherry on top!!
She originally recorded this live but Herbie Ross, as Barbra liked to call him, did another take because the camera movement was making noise. So they did it again so she could lip sync.
You are the only one who noticed Joe, I love it!!! Cause I didn't want to just put the film clip there, I didn't want the dialogue-which I know by heart by the way lol so I used the soundtrack version, for the beginning and the end. The editing could have been better though. It's not bad, but definitely not perfect.
How come Funny Lady is on Arista and not on her home label Columbia? Is it because Columbia thought Funny Lady was too old fashioned and wanted Barbra to be associated with rock?
My take has always been that Clive Davis somehow finagled Barbra and Columbia into allowing her to be on his new label after being fired as head of CBS Records (Columbia's parent). Arista was launched as a label associated with Columbia Pictures, which was also a subsidiary of the then all-important, giant CBS Network. So it was sort of an all-in-the-family, you-scratch-mine/let's-play-nice type of in-house arrangement. That's my take at least.
Inan Raeder I love Tony Bennet's live 1964 "If I ruled the world." I wish Barbra would sing it too. Saw her in Vegas....still amazing. And wish she had done this my favorite. Thanks cousin for getting the tickets.
