I’m a 72 year old woman and I listened to this beautiful, talented woman when I was in my twenties. I’m listening to her again tonight. She’s magnificent. Thank you beautiful girl.
@@kourtneydouthard-becker1501 Because true Soul/R&B records and artists used to be required that. They had to have a great voice and know how to sing above all.
It's so sad that no matter how much fame and money you have it can't make your bipolar depression go away...She was suffering inside and took her life at the height of her singing career...She will always be remembered as one of the greatest and talented legends that ever lived...I l💖ve her music and I still listen to her songs till this day...R.I.H...🙏🎶😥...!!!
Back in that day and times people did not ask for help even today if you talk about its out there the best help we are not alone love is out there with help From pastor, doctors, me,you, can get help from God
Unfortunately there was no "fame" because "crossover" queens became the rage across the country, even with black people. And there was no $$$ either. Trust me, I know this and knew Phyllis personally. I remember asking after a show "Where's your sax player and back-up singers?". Her reply? "I can't afford them". What was left out of the snippet of her suicide note was "and the IRS can kiss my a**". I know this too.
This song showcases Phyllis Hyman talent as one of the most beautiful talented artist that ever existed. R.I.P to the one and only Ms. Phyllis Hyman, who is gone but will never be forgotten. ❤❤❤
I'm 50. I used to love her when I was in my teens or younger. I was waiting to watch her on Showtime at the Apollo, but she didn't make it. That's how I found out she was gone. 💔😢
I can tell she was deeply hurt, I’m a man when she sits at that piano and music starts it brings tears to my 👀 eyes, it almost as if she telling a story of heartbreak and is in need of help.
I'm here listening to meet me on the moon and I tell you you most CERTAINLY can feel her pain. Her loneliness. She KNEW she couldn't CONTROL the world n those in it. Yet she could DO something bout NOT feeling that PAIN anymore.This sister is very VERY DEEP. On a level MANY can not relate or can but don't want to confess their truth. Bout vulnerabilities bout NOT being understood and many claim they can relate and do Nothing except make u feel invisible. & yet once again ALONE.
I have seen her in Philly, Now as I still listen to her music. She was asking for help but they were making so much money off of her no one cared. RIH sweet Phyllis
You can be Rich , Poor when pain hits you mind, you become a different person. The music is painful no what no one says or have been there you don't know what she was feeling I think she was asking for help. Why would her assistant leave her alone knowing she's sick and in pain. We will never no. Peace to all of her Listener's.
One of, if not the most underrated song from that era. Girl. Ms. Hyman aint never been Unsung just Unmatched; point blank puuuuuuurriiodT. Thank you for paying homage, where its actually due!
@@dlw1221 It wasn't underrated because it got to #12 on the Billboard single chart. Plus, both the album and Anita Baker's "Rapture" album were considered the 2 best R&B albums of 1986...
why is it that the most beautiful women seem to suffer the most pain, have the rockiest romances, and hook up with such abusive men? So sad, so young, so talented, so very beautiful.
@@ashleysmith8402 no it was opposite she suffered from bipolar illness depression that's one of the reasons why she took her own life there's a book about her called strength of a woman tells you everything about what she's gone through
I just heard this song for the first time last week from a video of Rachelle Ferrell performing it at the Capital Jazz Fest. Now, I can't get enough of it! It's been on repeat for a couple of hours! Wow!
Welcome brother…I regard it as one of the greatest songs of all time. Masterful production from Dexter Wansel coupled with the musical brilliance of the iconic and incomparable Phyllis Hyman
I can LITERALLY feel her pain in her music. Not fair that she was dealt the hand she was in life... she deserved way more. Will always be PHENOMENAL in my eyes even in my last days. Rest easy QUEEN 👑
I discovered Phyllis in 1987 when I was attending Robert Morris College. I remember watching BET as a young white Pittsburgh suburban gay male, and saw this video on Video Soul with Donnie Simpson. My love for 80's & 90's R & B/Soul started then. All those great songs kept my morning bus ride into the city for class a time I fondly remember. I fell in love with her voice. Little did I know years later that Phyllis grew up Pittsburgh. So sad that she had so much pain. A voice like that spoke to so many people. RIP beautiful Phyllis! Thank you for helping my young gay white soul to emerge and learn about such wonderful music.
I’m from Pittsburgh and let me tell you she is a beloved legend. She is missed and remembered. I’m so happy you were able to discover this beautiful soul in your life ❤️
The voice of a generation. Never fully appreciated, but industry insiders know she was the real deal. Her music is timeless. Still stands up. Rest In Peace Phyllis.
I am utterly thrilled for Phyllis and yet completely appalled that it would take this long for them to create a proper VEVO account for her! That way the Hyman estate can collect its much deserved compensation! You mean to tell me these teenie boppers get to reap the benefits of RU-vid while it takes this long for them to upload her official videos?!? We have much work to do Hyman fans!!! We gotta share the heck outta this stuff!!! We will never forget you Phyllis!!! May her music and legacy live on forever!!! 🖤
😢 sometimes it's best to be alone than to continually fighting with a man that doesn't give a damn anymore love is something else when you're in it by yourself
Everyone would ask why do I listen to your music because its depressing. I could just relate. The emotion I felt when listening to your music spoke to me. Rest peacefully beautiful. Thank you for your gift
I had the good fortune of seeing Ms. Hyman perform in concert about two months before her passing. What a beautifully talented singer! I was taken aback by her weight gain, and looking back, I can sense her pain. I hope she has found peace.
You truly feel the pain in her beautiful voice...Who would have ever known that she was dealing with real pain so bad that she would take her own life! I cry just for that reason every time I hear this song R.I.P Phyllis 2018
She was an artistic genius and many of them live tragic lives ...but.. I'm not one to drive sad feelings from good songs. Everyone can relate to this song it was masterfully written and song and I would listen to it sad or happy
I mean, she was absolutely breathtaking! I am fascinated by her. Seeing someone so talented, so beautiful, you'd think she had it all. She had everything but happiness.
Based on the views and subscribers to this video and VEVO channel, it seems as if she is still SO underrated. This is sadly how she felt when she was still physically here. Such an amazing talent !!!
To be fair, they just made this channel earlier this year. But you're right, it's a shame she doesn't get enough recognition. There's really nothing about her story that is positive :\ When she was alive, she wasn't appreciated like the queen she was, and 23 years later it's still the same.
She said in an interview that the industry takes a "cute, petite girl" off the streets who has the look they can market but can't sing a lick, has no talent but she blows up. (I'm paraphrasing) much hasn't changed.
Happy 69th B-Day 2 Ms. Phyllis Hyman!!! She Was A Beautiful Woman Tho, & Didn't Know She Was Loved!! When She Passed Away N 1995, It Was Heartbreaking!!!
Patrick Ewing...she was madly in love with him....was in New York when I woke early to hear on the news she was dead...4 hours later....so was my mother. Still miss both! Phyllis Hyman had such power in her VOICE..
This song reminds me of my sister I lost in December 2022… she was soooooooo troubled … and i couldn’t see it until she passed …. BE KIND to people because everyone is NOT strong and depression IS REAL… if they tell you BELIEVE THEM😢😢😢😢😢 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
I was so in love with this woman, she said I was way too young for her, yeah I was a kid but I was going to grow up eventually! Rest in Paradise and I still love you!
The heartache I felt when I heard Ms. Hyman took her own life. I'm so sad that she felt so alone and unhappy. Ms.Hyman I pray that your soul is at peace and truly grateful that you are no longer in pain. Your music will live on forever. Thank you for gracing us with your amazing talent.
....... I was angry with you....❤❤❤♾️ I know realize that I had toget grown and go through somethings to understand your pain 😢. May GOD have mercy on you. Thanks for the impeccable catalog ‼️💯👑💎♾️💃💃💃
This song hit me when I heard it back in 2004. I was flipping through the stations and I stopped on the old school r&b station and there was this song. I was going through some personal issues and I sat there and listened to the lyrics and I just broke down. You could feel the pain Phyllis was singing about.
@@catharbin6259 Good Morning Buddy I was listening to her music the other night & watched Unsung & I just broke down 🥺🥺😭😭 . Ppl don’t really understand the whole concept of Mental illness it’s no joke but at the end of the day I tell ppl I’m not my struggles. I am more than my Clinical Depression/Anxiety
The pain expression on her face is amazing but yet very real. I saw some of her interviews that made me sad. Her struggle to be loved and accepted. Never knew who she was until Unsung. Such a injustice story. Rest In Power, Queen! 😊💅👑💄🎤🎶📽📺
No. I'm sick of all these bogus biopic that don't do artist justice and filled with lies for entertainment purposes. She lives on through her music. Not a biopic.
I'm a man and I can relate to the pain felt in this song I just wished that she was able to find happiness because I believe that everyone deserves happiness. R.I.P. Ms Phillis Hyman.
True enough Phyllis hyman is gone but can never be forgotten!! Her music 🎶 lives on!! But I pray 🙏 for u also!! U have so many reasons to continue living in this world 🌎 just pray 🙏 to God he and he alone can only answer prayers!!!! Much 💘 to u and God bless!!!! 🙏
Miss Phyllis Hyman was a beautiful person when I met her in the old Penn Station in NY with all her Louis Vuitton luggage she sign autographs but she never gave the slightest thought she was depressed she was a happy person so sad she not here no more maybe this song explains it
I still listen to your music. You was so talented. And very beautiful. Wishing you had gotten help. I can hear your pain in your songs. Rip beautiful lady.
In life today you have to have God‘s grace and mercy to be able to stand alone but with the spirit of Christ Jesus and I can see through Christ Jesus that’s what I’m doing 🙏 and it can be for the best and the only way you will really realize and comprehend and be content is to stay in God‘s authority the holy Bible amen🙏
I Was in disbelief when they said that she was dead I had tickets to see her It saddens me to know she was a Awesome Under rated Artist The Industry was brutal to her and plus her personal life was rough I pray for her Soul 😢😢😢 Rest In Peace And Love Queen Phyllis🙏🙏🙏❤
Be careful of how you treat others!!! Please don’t hurt somebody that loves you and if you don’t feel the same please let them know that before you break their heart 🙏🙏🙏🙏 rip Phyllis
When she sings that part "no, I don´t want to be alone"......The PAIN in her eyes is I N S A N E....! Such a beautiful woman gone so tragic way too soon....I can´t stop to listen to Phyllis´ music.
Rip angel I miss you and I’ll never forget you thanks sweetie for all your beautiful music enjoy your beautiful home in heaven 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
When you talk about a story of someones life.........and feeling the emotion of a song......nothing like it.shed tears everytime i hear it. R.I.P Phyllis Hyman.
Phyllis had such a phenomenal talent, I'm happy that she shared her gift in her short life. I can't imagine never having heard her ever..ever..ever ... RIP. ❤️ old friend welcome back into my life again 🎶❤️ living all alone 💔
Beautiful women have a hard time finding and sustaining Love, and men have a hard time cultivating, and sustaining beautiful women. It's a gift and a curse. "Do not awaken nor stir up Love until it pleases"! 🙏🏽
It takes someone who truly loves deeply to not just sing a song, but to feel the words and express them in a way that you feel every emotion that they sing. My skin still tingles to this day listening to her songs. And if you love that deeply, it means that you risk being hurt that deeply. I hate that she fought demons that she couldn't win and sought comfort or peace in alcohol and drugs. She was oh so talented, and never really recognized in the music world the way she should have been. Maybe because of how she suffered. Mental health issues weren't dealt with the same in that era as they are now, and there is still so much negative stigma in the black community about mental health. I'm so glad her music has found it's way to streaming platforms. I remember when I first heard "Meet Me On The Moon". I said if I ever get married, it will be the song I walk down the aisle to.
