It was such an honor and a privilege to be able to perform with miss VESTA WILLIAMS!!!! I was playing the bass in this clip... We were honored to be blessed by such a great talent! This is only one out of 7 songs we performed that night and Vesta performed for about 50 people as if it was 50,000! During sound check she was one of the most professional, stern, yet kind and good humored artists I've ever worked with. Her music touched millions and this experience will stay with me for the rest of
Vesta Williams actually Died from an unknown Enlarged Heart and No Drugs in her system, I know some people were wondering. She had a voice larger than life. Miss her live performances and personality, I was a big fan...
Rite, she sure did. They were wondering if she overdosed. Did you know that the song was about her an actor Bruce willis?..he married Demi moore.broke her heart. Loved Vesta too.
Marlo, I watched ''Unsung' featuring Vesta Williams which was done just a months before her death, Vesta talked how she and Producer Tena Clark was put into a room to write songs and tena who had produced Vesta in the past has the one word in her head ''Congratulations'' and together they wrote that song together... if you ever get the chance to see Unsung It will give you the whole insight on Vesta including a glimpse into her personal circle of friends, her daughter and more...
RIP Ms Vesta, the fondest memory I have is when she was on BET back in the day and gave Donny Simpson a fit, flirting on the show. Lots of laughs! She will be missed, she had an amazing voice. Somebody missed this lotto ticket........
I'm in love with Ms. Vesta Williams!!! I hate she passed away way to soon!!! What a True talent!!!! CONGRATULATIONS to you Vesta for making it to Heaven my love!!!
She looks so good in this performance, but u can tell that she was going through something, kinda like her soul was troubled. I really am sad that this has happened. I grew up listening to this womans beautiful voice. Love you Vesta
This performance so pristine ! so devine ! so perfect. shows that vesta williams was one of the greatest singers that ever lived the highest the most underrated. Rip. Ms Vesta Williams 😢
Truly one of our generations underrated voices...she never got the exposure that she should have gotten for such an amazing voice and for being an awesome entertainer...Love you Vesta..R.I.P.
And that is the benediction to a beautiful lady and a beautiful life. She knew the Friend Who Sticks Closer Than a Brother, and she is with Him right now in Heaven, rejoicing. I love you Vesta. Rest in peace Sister.
I just read I shared the same bday with Vesta Dec.1st so I'll always remember her.. Imma eat a slice of yellow cake with buttercreme icing in her memory sounds good as her voice..
How she got through this performance god only knows you can see the pain n hurt as she sang this song i know the pain and have never been able to get through this song with out crying but i have moved on and hope he is as happy as i am now life does go on and RIP MISS VESTA U R TRULY ONE OF THE BEST AND NEVER GOT THE CREDIT YOU TRULY DESERVED
RIP Vesta. What a beautiful, talented, classy, elegant, sophisticated woman. She was so underrated. Her voice was pure magic. I will miss you Ms. Vesta.
RIP SISTER...THIS SONG WILL FORVER LIVE ON....WERE LOSING OUR GREATS BACK TO BACK....CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF VESTA WILLIAMS....OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY....
To her credit as a performer, this is the ONLY time she EVER came off this unsure onstage. I remember my cousin calling me after this performance and saying "Something is wrong with Vesta. I just saw her perform and she was off and she's NEVER off". I really thought noting of it until the next week when she died. Then I pulled this up. After I watched it, I was shocked that a louder alarm wasn't sounded after this. Now, five years later, it's even more eerie than the year it happened. Despite the testimony at the end, this entire performance has a cloud over it. I never saw her this off-kilter in her whole career. That alone should have raised a HUGE red flag that something (be it physical, emotional or spiritual) was definitely NOT right.
@@juiceynorris9587 That is the sad part. I think she knew about her heart condition and never told anyone how serious it had gotten. They reported the situation as if she never knew, but she clearly knew something. You can feel it. LOVED Vesta! Still do!
Oh. My heart is hurting! How could this be? How could I not found out about this until now, when I happened to be looking up Ms. Vesta---wanting to know what she was up to now and bracing myself to hear that voice wash all over my soul during this challenging time. Congratulations Ms.Vesta. You blazed through our lives and touched my heart with your voice, your humor and your beauty. RIP and I will always remember your Spirit-filled. True Song...RIP forever.
wow i just heard about vesta... wow! i was browsing through youtube and this song was just done on sept 17th! wow gone too soon! another unsung hero gone. very underated artist. but i loved her
So sad seeing videos of Teena Marie, Vesta, etc performing before they passed. They looked so healthy and vibrant and then they were taken away too soon!
Man this is so sad....days before her death and she looks so very happy and healthy. Just goes to show how we should live our life to the fullest,.. doing what we love to do. You just never know how long you have to live on earth. R.I P Vesta..."congraulationsts" will always have a special place in my music collection.*Heart*
Rest In Peace So many memories come to me when I hear Vesta's songs...she was somewhat a comedian, or at least she'd have Donnie Simpson cracking up on Video Soul. True talent gone.
my life. We dont know when our time is near. This experience opend my eyes to not be afraid of telling the ones you love how you feel about them. Be kind to people you dont know. Even though we may feel like we are in complete controll of our own lives we have to realize that life is to short and fragile to be walking around holding petty grudes against one another... We love you VESTA and the words "thank you" just dont seem like enough for you trusting in us for this opportunity.
So much potetial, gospel, jazz, R&B, dance, disco, techno...she honestly could have done IT ALL. Im areal music lover and Im thinking long and hard...theres NO OTHER female singer, young or old that has or had her POWER and FIRE. When I see and hear her...she's CHAKA, PHYLLIS, JEAN CARNE, ARETHA, CELINE,JENNIFER (both) and many more rolled into one beautiful package. SAD,SAD,SAD!!!!
I did not know Ms.Williams personally. Looking through a glass door at a person cannot compare to having a relationship with the individual but she never SEEMED false. Her vibes were genuine, witty, smart..... It is STILL heart wrenching to see some of her performances and interviews and to hear reports of her private sadness. Did someone hurt her so deeply? I wonder at the lyrics of ' Congratulations '. Don't know who wrote it but she co-produced it.
Roger Porther she always talked about how she felt lonely but she really was devastated with how her life and career went in a total different direction... Her Love And Passion Besides Being A Mother,Sister, And Daughter Was Singing And It Really hurt her that the industry basically snatched her entire career from her on top of ppl taking her money... that’s enough to send you into depression especially giving up a home you had for 18yrs Going Through Boyfriends... I’m Just happy she’s at peace Now
Some time people are asking for help and no one can't see it. This was a silent message. I wish th8she had a companion on earth bc she is reaching out in this song. As she is telling him I grateful to have you ❤ bc he loves me always
Damn, was this really just a week ago???? She looked FAB and tore this song down bad audio and all - she had not lost her gift! May she rest in peace!!!
@ladymuziklover The autopsy report is back. My V died of hypertension and heart disease. V had been off drugs many many years. We went to the same church, she truly loved Jesus and had totally turned her life over to him. Rumors are terrible. Dont believe them if you dont hear from the horses mouth.
I think she lost the weight in 93 I remember her in the Mc Donald's commercial singing jazz with that guy. I was young and I didn't know who she was but she could sing. I had just learn about her on unsung and she died a couple days after she did the interview. RIP Vesta!
What a performance of this classic song. With every nuance in every note, every expression, Vesta captured the essence of this song *perfectly.* Thebooneagency, I so thank you for sharing Vesta's final(?) performance. I know the audience members are so grateful to have been with her on that night. How I wish I could've been there as well. Her performance from 4:29 on ... my goodness. "As long as I can walk this earth and make you laugh .. cry ..." Chilling. We sorely miss & love you
saddened by the passing of Vesta. She was my next generation Phyllis Hyman. RIP Vesta I hope you have now found your happiness and are singing for the angels.
I can't believe It!!....I think Vesta was in so much pain and turmoil....May she find Solace & Comfort in the arms of the Lord!! She will always be a LEGEND in my book.....~RIP
This IS Phyllis Hyman all over again, an aging beautiful talented singer whose career was the promised that was NOT kept, seeing classless newcommers like Rhianna sell out arenas & making millions. Worst still ,THIS is a classic example of not having a top mgmt team guiding her (like Whitney Houston and Clive Davis) ! She also had the misfortune of comming on the scene the same time as Anita Baker, Whitney Houston, Angela Winbush, Nickki Howard, & Janet Jackson her label mate at A&M records !
Bless this woman's soul. As a kid I liked it, tho this jam was sad. I knew great jams, tho! This performance if you notice, she change the words to emphasize the realization of the pain and realization of re living this song with each break up, or deal not gone gone through,etc. Vesta put in work and deserved a lot more credit and management/PR. Her timing in the game was split between Anita, Sade, Patti, Toni Braxton, budgets going to New Jack Swing, etc.... This performance especially @ 40 and lived a lil bit, is, to me saying "I'm tired y'all. A lotta shyt I've been congratulatory on, got passed up, from music, men and the headache of those 2 Entangled!" She was tired, the heart breaks, and music fk,the giving and not getting. Bless her and her liniage. She was tired of all the bull shit, and she signed out hella real as shown♥️
@abaide73 we were all her facebook friends and twitter followers and kept up with her even thought she didnt have a current hit record by going to all the shows she gave here in Cali...My heart is still broke..I feel like I lost my family member...I cry everyday and I have to ask how did God allow this to happen.. She loved the Lord and she didnt do anything to anybody...I just cant understand why V. Smh I am sad forever
Yes she was an amazing person and singer one of the women who knew her best on 'Unsung' episode said she heard Ms. Vesta hit notes that made the hairs stand on your head!❤🎶🎤🌹
Rest in Peace Ms. Vesta. I wish I could upload the video of her on the Monique show which was broadcast on 8-11-2011, with her and 3 other diva singers. She was phenomenal.
