How Can I Ease the Pain - Lisa Fisher at the 2023 NMW Foundation Holiday Jam 

The vocal on the original song is one of the best ever. It can go toe to toe with whitney or mariah. The problem is Lisa didn't have any more hit songs. For such an amazing voice, I wish she had at least one more great song.

The Rolling Stones had her on retainer. They paid her handsomely!

@@moltenpros ..She. wanted. a. career. Not. Hits. And. Fame. She has been working at what she loves since she came on the scene. That in itself is a success! Stop diminishing people's success by Hollywood superficial measurements.

No Doubt.. Vastly Underated.. Facts.

@@septemberjanuary4636 You don't know her so you don't know what she wants. Every star wants hit songs because that is how they make money to feed their family and how they make their legacy. If it wasn't for that one hit song nobody would know about her. I actually love this song and it's in my all time top 10 R&B song. The performance at the apolo is one of the greatest ever. I have the song and video in my home collection and play it often so I have supported her more than most people. I just wish she made more hit songs and I am sure she also wished she made more hit songs.

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Very different vocals! I must find that documentary about background singers.

@@msthang536620 FEET FROM STARDOM.

Nothing like live, original track great but this has way more feeling she’s a grown ass woman she’s lived so the vocals would’ve matured and her tone would naturally be heavier than 30 years ago.

​@@msthang5366​​It's called "20 Feet From Stardom" & it is real good 🎶

Brilliantly said!

And she done it so perfectly.. perfection ❤❤

I never paid attention to what this song meant because I was so taken away by her voice, like manna from heaven. But, with this interpretation I get it. Lovely, love her.🙏🏿💯💕

Me too❤

That whole crew was FASCINATING with the TRUEST OF TALENT EVER‼️🏆🏆🏆🏆‼️💜

That’s because he was a legendary background vocalist like them in his early days …

Was there any doubt?

My thoughts exactly. ❤

She was touring with Prince before his death

I LOVE IT

Not entirely true. Patti LaBelle has a magnificent whistle that she hardly ever uses. She used it at almost 80 to sing tribute to Mariah Carey. It was flawless. Lisa was a beast at her whistle back in the day.

@@justtubing767A female voice does deepen as they age and after pregnancy. All women’s voices deepen slightly once she becomes pregnant. All voices get richer as we age. As for Patti her tone isn’t as bright as it was when she was in her 20s and 30s it is what it is.

No vocal machines required❤❤❤❤❤

😂❤

Lol😅😅😅

Okay! 😂 🙌🏾

Hahaha picturing that cracked me up, but I know that's right! She still sounds flawless ❤

Im saying ... 👏👏👏👏👏

This comment should have more 👍🏽

She stopped doing that a long time ago. Her fans have been watching her. As you age, you can lose your range and she's probably protecting her voice

"I definitely wuz but I guess to much wine & cigarettes... couldn't crank it out no more"🤷🏾‍♂️

@@babiearm_1 Lisa does not smoke cigarettes. This song was recorded almost 30 years ago.

We ar blessed to experience her talent.

Baby that is not her she was white the real Lisa

​@@TeeFearlessthinking of lisa stanfield lol

Lisa was my teenage crush- Lovely vocals

true, she still has the power, technic, tone etc great vocalist!

I loved that documentary

Yep and Chaka Khan too 🥰

Damn, she sound better if that possible. Love❤

I had the delight to see Ms. Hyman at Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA approximately 6 mos before she passed. She had the voice of an angel.

She sounds nothing like hyman stop it

@@anthonytaylor7928 I didn’t say she sounded like Phyllis. Learn to read and comprehend. I said she reminds me of Phyllis in her later years meaning aesthetically. The hat and attire.

Yessss Lisa..sang!

I concur, like seriously though , I shit my eyes tight like doctor was about to give me a shot, THE WHOLE TIME

I was definitely watching with a tore up face all 3 times

I'm just ugly with my face baby😂😂. Let me tell something here Damn😂😂❤

@TruthTalker Everyone has their own beauty!

I listen to the original at least twice

Same

played my cassette til it popped!😂

@@katkellz7398 Respect!😁

Yes the original is epic!! I can never play it just once.

Can’t agree with you more. Lisa is a phenomenal talent. Seen her perform while on tour with Luther Vandross many times. The power of her voice is unbelievable

Totally agree.

One of my favorite records that has remained on my playlist for a number of years since my childhood

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ beautifully said. Much respect

I remember that well..those were the days of sensational vocalists…OKAYYY!!

Girl! Then went and won a Grammy and went back to Luther. Sis said “yall can be the star, let me get back here and sing my part”.

@@GirlWhat74 Yes indeed Sis. She was phenomenal wearing both hats. What a powerhouse of a voice, performer, and song interpreter. 👑

She also sang background and toured with Tina Turner.

Also mick jagger and Tina turner

There has only recently been ONE person to do this song justice and that is none other than Tamar Braxton! 🥰

Best line

@@robynrob9471 that hook line says it all.

Yes it does…

Amen. There is no one in modern popular music of any genre that can remotely sing at her level.

She never sang that in whistle that was head voice on the original she can sing very high in head voice

@@shabrethajennings7291 b s She sang in whistle register. .I said what I said.

@@marvintheatreYou said it, but it was incorrect. She sang above D6 in her head voice (flageolet) and those notes are “whistle notes” but she did not in fact use the whistle register to produce them. We know this in part because her notes from D6-G6 were connected to the rest of her voice and flageolet rarely goes above G6 (A6 in extremely rare instances) whereas whistle register can go up into the 8th octave for some singers.

@@joel2421You are 100 % correct, sir. It’s a pleasure reading a comment from someone with actual knowledge 😊

You better say that!👏🏾👏🏾 Ironically I thought about her about a month ago and started playing this song and had the same realization now as an experienced adult it hit TOTALLY different. Such a beautifully sad song. She is so talented and underrated ❤

I was 13 (45) now when this came out & have always loved it❤

I've been listening to a lot of thar old music and realizing what I missed. I get teary eyed thinking of how beautiful these people could sing . We don't very many that sing like this anymore.

@@revenge4468 you’re right unfortunately. Who would’ve thought it could come to an end 😞

Facts😊

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She has probably lived thru what she is singing....Storytelling. Experience is the best Teacher...for sho ❤️‍🔥🙏🏽❣️

The original is what i love but this live version is hitting!!!

How many times have she sang it??? U better have no choice but to get better....

@@dontreldontrel416 have you watched any of the clips of her singing this in the last ten or so years?? She doesnt sing it anywhere near the way she use to. Its like some lightweight, airy, floaty, really slowed down version of the song. We can easily say she changed it up because she's older and doesnt have the vocal power that she had in her younger days but I dont think thats why. This is the closest I've heard her sing this song to the original version.

Did he write this

@@cecegiles7286: It was co-written by Lisa Fischer and Narada Michael Walden; also, he produced it. They both also co-wrote her hit, "Save Me," which was a HUGE dance floor hit.

She won a Grammy for best vocalist while singing back up for Luther van-dross she is a vocal phoenix she is amazing sang Lisa !!!!!

no she doesn't but her voice is still beautiful. She can't hit the high notes like she did in the past.

@@yakzivz1104that’s your opinion so what now?

@@yakzivz1104 I'm aware she can't hit the high notes, but her new arrangement is still beautiful❤

​@@yakzivz1104 You mean she can't hit the highest notes. She hit and sustained a full-bodied G5 in this performance and has done so much more in her recent shows with Grand Baton with glaring consistency. Most normies just don't understand what a rare feat this is.

@@foreighteen7797 the bottom line is that she does not sound the same as she did when she was in her 20's; however, she will always be an incredible singer. Stop taking my comments as an attack on her because I am actually a fan of hers

Yes

Yes I think she was one of his backup singers

yeah she would have been a SUPERSTAR but the grind and the attention she got she couldn't handle it. She liked being background she sustained a successful career doing that but man this women can move mountains with her voice.

​@@BigCraigDeonStop the nonsense.

Sure doesn't sound like it.

But the tire on her head🤷🏻

Yes she did .. she didn’t hit some notes because she can’t 😢especially the whistle notes

​@@torturingsouls9635 "Especially the whistle notes"? Those are the only notes she did not hit. And those notes happen to be the least important ones in this song. Whistle notes are used for effect and don't hold any lyrical significance. As for the important parts, she hit virtually everything, and even sustained the mixed/belted G5 in the original. In some of her recent renditions of the same song, she ascended to a mixed A5 for effect. When she sang "Feeling Good" twice with Ledisi in 2019, she sustained a full-bodied Bb5 with no visible effort in both performances. Name one other female singer over 60 who has that much freedom and consistency in her upper belting/mix. I seriously can't think of anyone except Patti LaBelle (and maybe Karen Clark Sheard), and I know a ton of veteran singers with well-preserved voices. Also often ignored is how much she gained in the bottom part of her range. She can bring her chest voice down to a baritonal A2 with strength, fullness, and consistency, which is difficult even for some men.

She fucked up dawg ok admit it it’s ok to not sound as good as you once did shit look at Mariah and other singers ITS OK including Lauryn Hill so shut up

Underrated comment, love your attention to detail and musical knowledge. She absolutely is the master of interpretation of the same piece over years, love every version of this song.

It's more like @L.I.S.A.F.I.S.C.H.E.R. is STILL running circles around everybody else, 100%.

YEP👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💜🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🌟

I feel ya! I kept passing the video up until I couldn’t any longer. It took me right back to the place, the day, the season, the Me and Him at the time…sighhhhh❤️🙏🏿

Also, someone said she sounds like later Phyllis, I'd add Chaka too!! Just perfection!

Narada is unsung for sure! Love Lisa!

Lisa has been extraordinary no matter where she’s placed and been emerged from the background ever since hitting the incredible A Night in Tunisia for Chaka Khan back in the 80’s when she first started touring.

Narada is Pure OG ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Talk about "Divine Emotions" (pun intended) 🤟🏾❤👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

Hunh? She has BEEN out of the background! TF?!

Ooh. Wonder if there are reruns of the Alan Thicke show on RU-vid.

Instrument?