The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand Tribute) - Beyonce - 2008 Kennedy Center Honors 

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@@beastyboy3262 enjoy.

Yea, I am w/ you Beyonceis fantasstic

Tú fuiste el .mejor Reloj For me. And I LOVE you Eternity

@@katxuribeiro1054 😇👍

She is garbage. This is 16 years ago when she pretended

KingBlu Blue I was really surprised, Beyoncé did a great job. It’s so hard to fill Barbra’s shoes,

Amazing an incredible version

+Jose Paulo King I know! How cute, I love Beyonce.

Yes so humble, Beyonce is young but you can tell she has an old school spirit, her parents did a great job in raising her

Jose Paulo King Beyonce is anything but humble. And she's far, far from being a great singer.

bill harvell lolol shut up.Judging from that statement you have no knowledge about vocals.Beyoncé has surpassed every singer except Mariah.The only artist that can compete with Beyoncé is Sohyang.They are tied for second behind Mariah in her prime.

Nähwichtel Nähen lol shut up.Beyoncé is humble.Let me tell you story. Beyoncé,Jay Z and Kanye were at a restaurant and they were havimg a good time.Jay Z and Kanye got a little drunk and started being rude towards the waiter.When they were leaving Beyoncé personally apologised for the disturbance by Kanye and Jay to the waiter and gave them $1000 in tip. That is humbleness and respect. She is a humbe woman. What selfish? Lol bitch begone.

You are reaping what you have sowed, sorry about that but it has finally happed. People can only take so much then they have to call a halt to it as effectively as possible, the King had many options to use before he came to what he decided would be good for the .monarchy after all you have done by trying to trash his family and the people who work hard in it. And that was not something you chose to be a part of"

Totally disagree, she did not deliver it at all like Barbara no where near it , to me it was very average

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Even with the hairstyle!!!!

Yes

She was lip syncing

@@ValenciaRose.No she wasn’t hater

You do know she's -paying homage- mimicking Streisand's _My Man_ look from _Funny Girl_ right?

​@snarkyenigma9219 and she looks fabulous. A beautiful and respectful to Barbara. Well done!

@@beckybugh6515 You mean Barbra (just 2 "A's"). The lady herself would kill you for misspelling her name.

@@snarkyenigma9219 🤣yeah, probably. She doesn't like for people to miss pronounce her last name either.

@@beckybugh6515 That's what what I mean! She is so weird about that ... even called the owner of Apple and instructed him to tell SIRI to stop saying StreiZand ... it's StreSAND (like sand on a beach). I guess it pays to know people in high places right🙂.

Yes

That was the same with Elvis he always wanted to do the song over & over again. The thing about Barbara is she could hear the slightest miss even in a orchestra & could point it out.

+Cee Sims I agree, both are so prefectionists.

gfdsaasdfg1 The video is badly edited so the first part is out of sync. There's no way this is lip synced. There are certain places were lip syncing is not allowed, and this ia one of them.

Absolutely lip synced

Luralene Tapahe explain yourself.

+Koonisha Kardashian I agree.

***** No need to tell me that. I've seen her multiple times, recently on the first night of Formation tour in Miami.

***** She sings Halo, 1+1 followed by Prince's 'Beautiful Ones' which I think is the highlight of the show. That's some vocal receipt. The 'Me Myself and I' performance is also outstanding, years after The Beyonce Experience tour, she's still hitting those high notes.

Beyoncé has been releasing non-trap songs since ever. Did you ever listened to 4? Some of the songs of the self entitled album and Lemonade, tho.

BADB0Y Paródias I'm talking about the singles like Formation, Drunk In Love, 7/11, though. I'm well aware that her past 2 albums have beautiful slow to mid tempos that get slept on, sadly. Songs like Jealous, No Angel, Rocket, Sandcastles, Love Drought, deserve justice.

This was the most vocally restrained I've heard Beyonce. And this is beautiful!

Absolutely beautifully done❤

Yes. Agree ! Great comment

@@dantan7881 You haven't watch Dreamgirls then lol

she put quite a few runs, didn't you hear them? 😈

Great interpretation of the performance, I agree.

The voice is ok but nothing special and you certainly cannot even put close to Barbras

+Victor Gherasim stfu

+gfdsaasdfg1 this is live guy

very good she did an excellent job

+daydream I think that this was so well done and such a beautiful tribute to Baabs and Hamlish. Hats off to you Beyoncé...you're a class act!

Hello Elizabeth. How are you doing?

She "killed" it alright. The second she opened her mouth with woo woo woo, Barbra hums that part.

@@scottmartin9499I’m sure you can do better! She sang it beautifully

@@mariciamariani2468 NO ONE can do better than Barbra.

What's difficult about this song? If it were "Somewhere" I'd agree, but the range of this specific song is pretty limited and unchallenging.

@@TheSimArchitect pretty basic look from you on this piece.

She’s lip syncing

@@Alexandra_Indina Pretty unchallenging piece to say it requires range and special abilities. 😂

@@Badgalriri2.0 This song is too easy to require that.

lol

LMFAOOOOOO

❤🐍❤

😂😂😂😂💀⚰️ The accuracy tho.

hahahahahaha

Yeah that was very classy of her to say that at the end

I think she has much admiration for Streisand . You can see it.

Übersetsen

Mmmdonuts ghetto? Lol delusion.

Mmmdonuts get help.

Its lip sang.

@@martindr251 Jealousy.

She copied Barbra’s hairstyle. So great

@@chrismacdonald2251 It’s a tribute.

@@adelaidejane7192 I know? 🙄

Sorry...her voice is oké....but never ever beats streisand

You're so right!

Oh dear what a sad indictment on the current crop of artists if this is the best.

Poptrinkets Beyoncé supports C3-F5-C6. Has very consistent, supported and resonant lows, has great mid belts and supports up to an F5 belt a soprano note, even though she's a mezzo. Her head voice is thick, dark and semi-operatic and keeps that quality up to B5/C6. Has an amazing ear for melody since 2007 and perfectly incorporates melismata into her singing, her agility and complexity in melismata is matched only by higher, naturally more agile singers like Mariah and she still ties with them. Also uses amazing dynamics her, Whitney and Barbra herself being the only 3 to do a messa Di voce outside of opera, the top tier of dynamics. Want to dispute and tell me how she's not? That is if you can give objective facts to why she's not.

That's ok don't feel bad. I'm sure her vocals will improve with age.

Kelly Clarkson too

teeokeefe so pure performance sooooo emotional with no exaggeration.

she starts singing before she raises the mic at the beginning. Its lipped

Mitchell German it’s not. Again the Kennedy Center does not allow lip sync performances. It is the home the DC opera. It is a no no.

Mitchell German no.The audio and video was not in sync.

She lipped it. And there is no rule of no lip syncing at Kennedy Center

dee clem she did not lip it. She was adjusting the mic in her hand. And yes there is a rule at the Kennedy Center.

Barbra doesn't look nervous at all.

The restraint! The respect! Just wow.!

This woman can sing. When she song Listen I knew she had it

She has the same hair as Barbra during the funny girl musical in 1968 Itoo I'm pretty sure

@@tommasofreschi6467 Exactly - Beyonce here is a spot-on homage to Barbara Streisand's last scene in Funny Girl.

how'd you like to climb up onto the stage and sing Barbara's signature song..for her?? holy hell - even for Beyonce that had to give her pause

@@blueboy4244 It definitely took poise, guts, and deep love and respect for the music Barbra created. Great singers study and humble themselves before their predecessors and never lose sight that there's always more to learn. She gave a beautiful tribute and showed us a side of her singing that we'd love to see more of. I'd love to hear what she learned in preparing for that performance.

"They" say the girl can't sing tho lol. She sounded amazing

Your absolutely right

"Pianissimo" Dafuq! I have never seen this word before in my entire life. I already looked it up. Thanks for expanding my vocabulary.

Look up her three performances at the Oscar’s in 06 I believe. Range!

right!!

+KINGGG People's taste will always differ. While you may think she is the greatest, some may not.. My favorite singers are Mariah, Whitney and Celine yet many people told me how they can't stand their voice.

+Cassandra Muzik Stop smoking crack. Beyonslay is the best. If you look to the right you will see some seats, have several of them.😳😳😳

Jonathan whitley Looks like you are the one on crack, Beyhive...Grow up and respect other's preferences.

+Cassandra Muzik "looks like you are the one on crack" blah blah blah. Bitch stfu and sit your dumbass down.

I think you mean performer

Barbra has never had any vocal training. It's not about merit based on work, what counts in the end is the result.

bring it on And on Beyoncé’s behalf, her result is very positive.

But Barbra has skills Beyoncé hasn't so you don't necessarily learn excellence from training

bring it on Which skills??? Beyoncé’s technique is near perfect. Beyoncé is just as good or better than Barbra. She just doesn’t get the same amount of praise as Barbra because she is a performer.

bring it on vocally Barbara isn’t as talented as Beyoncé for one....

She did that song justice. She’s just very talented singer

Gio Michaels Right on

aww

Same here. My respects doubled up a trillion times.

Ricardo H agreed

And Etta James 🥰

This performance was lip synched though. I'm not suggesting that she can't hit that note like that live, but she certainly didn't here.

You know damn well they dont allow lip synching at that place. It's a live band and performance. Are you not American, how come you dont know what?

Kierron M Just so you know : there's no lip sync @ The Kennedy Center Only LIVE PERFORMANCE 100% Stop saying lip sync !!!

I'm inclined to believe that the Kennedy Center wouldn't allow lip synching, but I'd also assume that lip synching wouldn't be allowed at a Presidential Inauguration or the Grammys. And I can't think of any other explanation for what happens at 0:08, when we can hear her 'singing' before her microphone is raised.

It is simply the video that is not working properly that did that. At the Inauguration she was not lip synching but singing WITH a pre-recorded track that did the big vocals while she did the part that didnt require the high notes. It was freezing and it was outside so she did that to protect her voice. Everyone knows that Beyonce can sing.

barbra made her do it over.

Actually Beyonce asked if she could do it over once more herself.. Barbara said this in an Aussie interview. Also clearly Barbara was quite pleased with Beyonce's end product. Stop hating & get a life 🙄

She nails them. Check these ballads by Beyonce out: Save the hero. Scared of lonely Hello Statellite Smash into you Resentment Dreaming Next ex New shoes Forever to bleed Road stop sign Sandcastles Plastic off the sofa All night Rather die young Die with you

I swear I read this comment like 300 times we know that I don't really see the point though

Me too. Gorgeous is not enough to say.❤️

WOWWWWWWW!!!

@@chaideelove1819 jealous maybe?

@@chaideelove1819 Beyonce can sing. Barbara Streisand would agree since she hand picked her for the tribute.

She sings....Yeah....

​​​​@@tcla3854exactly. Attendees and performers are carefully chosen by the Honorees themselves and Kennedy Center

I agree