@@GilbertGTV I do. She went on a TV show to do promotion with the composer and had to be begged to hmmm a few melodies. This is the same person who never sang her biggest hit live, despite people asking her to sing "A Woman in Love". It's only recently that she had opened up about her previous ways.
You can tell Barbra was petrified and tried to get out of doing it, but she ended up sounding lovely anyway despite not knowing the words. That is sheer talent.
Just finished reading her autobiography. She dealt a lot with self-doubt which is why she didn't like to sing in public. She handled herself pretty well here, considering.❤❤
She once said in an interview "I wish I could be like Liza Minnelli and spontaneously get up at a party and stand by the piano and sing. I can't. It scares me too much." She was scared to death I think. Do I understand it? No. (Edit; only because if I could sing like that you'd never shut me up!) But most of us have fears that, at one time or another, might seem irrational to others. But they're real to the person who has them. Is a praying mantis crawling up your leg going to hurt you? No. But very few of us could honestly say we wouldn't freak out if we didn't feel a tickle and look down and see one of those things on our shin. This is obviously to promote "Yentl" (that's Michel Legrand with her) so it's well before overcoming her fear of public performance--thanks to teleprompters and Paxil she has said. I've seen her live twice, and many times on cable, DVD, talk shows, etc. since overcoming that fear. Today she would get up and do it and laugh at herself for forgetting the words.
Yes,it's that why he asked her to sing...it was the first ( and only time) she was on french tv and it was the biggest show at that time...i was 14 and was so happy to hear her magical voice!!..listen to the applause at the end...it was a great moment for the public and the wiexers of the show...
A lot of artists need to prepare their voice and their minds to perform especially a pro like Barbara they are lucky she complied I know she has always suffered with severe stage fright😳🥺😍
Oh no!..i was 14 during this show...so happy to have the opportunity to ear her sing in french tv...listen the applause when they said she was going to sing...she was such a superstar at that moment!...
Streisand’s voice is always beautiful. I think she was caught off-guard, but sang the haunting melody nonetheless. Legrand should have chosen a lower key to accommodate their voices.
I love Streisand and I feel sad for her, you can truly see she had some problems here, anxiety and true self doubt! Crazy that probably the most talented woman in the world would suffer for just a small thing.
"The pianist" happens to be Michel Legrand. He was an Oscar winning legend. Singer, composer and musical arranger. He worked with Barbra in her "Je m'apelle Barbra" album and in the "Yentl" soundtrack.
I can understand it might be awkward in some ways, but it's Barbara Streisand and I'm sure it's not the first time people wanted her to sing without notice. Don't know why rehearsal or thinking of a song was so important. They just wanted to hear her voice and I think any song would have worked. Let her sing something out of the phone book, i'll be happy with that . I think she handled it kinda well, looked a little frustrated but her voice was still stunning .
Rehearsal is important for many artists. People like Barbra are perfectionists and they want to sound good. Plus she is well known for having stage fright so putting her on the spot like that wasn’t cool. It’s also not cool to demand a performance from someone.
as a singer, I hate beyond anything when someone asks me to sing spontaneously. most of the time when you do something as your craft or passion you are a perfectionist in it. no warm-up, and no mental preparation makes your voice (at least to you) sound absolutely awful.
Yes She said that she would have severe stage fright, why her concerts were so few and interviews rare, just for this reason. It was fortunate that she came out at a time when modern day film musicals were still popular. It show cased her voice, talent, a quirky personality that was able to shine thru all her characters. It was a perfect genre for her and made her a Super Star!
Thank you, CelineOracle, for sharing this spontaneous moment of Ms. Streisand, which was so enjoyable. Barbra originally sang this song in the key of F#m on the official album of The Way We Were. But, at this event, Michel Legrand happened to play in the key of A-minor, which is supposed to be for a male voice. Barbra did it so smoothly and effortlessly, though. Love it. Thank you again.
Just my take, Like Superman, she has a kryptonite in her system. A certain flaw. Probably her short term long term memory. In which she needed to practice to polish a performance. Having that flaw creates that stage fright or uneasiness especially impromptu . But her voice is pure and legit. She is the first singer that I encountered having such, almost all the singers would sing even a few lines like what we do as ordinary people.
Talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place. She really wasn't prepared, and I can tell from her facial expression that she didn't want to do it. The guy really didn't need to sing with her; he messed it up! However, as always, with partly singing the words and humming too, she sang it beautifully.
Reminds me of the scene in A Star is Born where John Norman Howard (Kris Kristofferson) is listening to "Esther" singing for the first time and the aggressive/obnoxious fan orders him to get up and sing. I think Barbra felt like a trained seal here as well. #LifeImitatesArt
@CelineOracle wow she looks to be in her early 50s here, but yeah she had been "singing" over 30 years at this point and still couldn't perform 1 full song live lol 😆
Well what happened was that the instant this segment was completed and Barbra realized that she'd been tricked into something against her formidable will, she flew into quite the rage and started smashing things left and right. I heard she threw a baccarat crystal vase at Le Grande missing his left eye by a fraction of an inch. She then pitched black ethane gas paint all over the wall before storming out! Barbra proceeded straight to a good French restaurant and stuffed herself with every kind of delicacy imaginable.
I just don’t get it… She came on this show to promote “Yentl” in France and since she sings in the film, it only makes sense to perform at least one of those songs on the show.
Poor Barbra. I don't like to see her cornered like this. But still, at least she was game enough to give it a try. She looked totally at a loss for any song to try. But, it occured to me, how could she be so far removed from her early days around 1962, and 1963, making her living by performing in clubs. Only a few decades later, she is absolutely stumped for any song. But, in my heart, I am on her side. She is always more enjoyable when she is prepared and in the right mood. Aren't we all?
Barbra did what many do early-on. She learned the basics of speaking French and Italian. She was never proficient (as obvious in this video) in French. When she did speak French, she spoke it (nearly) sans accent.
Oh, I think she was fine, considering that she was caught off-guard and hadn’t rehearsed. If she’d known, I’m sure she would’ve practiced a hundred times before she stepped on the stage. The only problem is that Legrand chose a key that was too high. She hit all the notes, but it wasn’t the most beautiful part of her voice.
@@meadow9441 Michel LeGrand is a world famous composer, He wrote the song they were singing - he also wrote Windmills of Your Mind, A Piece of Sky and many others
How can people be so uncultured!!??...the "pianist" is the composer michel legrand who made the music of yentl among others many legendary musics!!!...
Just Curious Have you heard of singers like Lara Fabian , Diana Krall , Diana Ross , Aretha Franklin, Etta James , Ella Fitzgerald , Jennifer Holiday , Jennifer Hudson , Toni Braxton , Leona Lewis ,Judy Garland , Peggy Lee , Shirley Bassey , Julie Andrews ,Anita Baker , Deborah Cox ,Katherine McPhee Tamia ,Fantasia , The Carpenters , Dionne Warwick , Josh Groban , Stevie Wonder ,Laura Brangian , Cher Michael Bolton , Michael Buble , Smokey Robinson , Natalie Cole , Norah Jones , Anita O Day ,Billie Holiday Barry Manilow and so on I highly recommend them they're music is simliar to Barbara , Celine , Adele and Whitney
Barbra really does take all the fun out of it , doesn't she? She has mentioned this "forgetting the words" before , in various interviews throughout her career. Newsflash for Barbra--no one would complain about you forgetting the words. "Forgetting the words " implies a momentary lapse in memory. Most performers laugh it off and make an anecdote of it. Here , Barbra acts as if she's never heard the words before. Very uncomfortable.
I understand why they would do that is it Barbra in french is a heavenly compassion but forcing her is not right! I feel bad for her this turned out a hot mess they should've let her sing in English this was very awkward Is it just me that didn't hear much french just "da da da dee"
What happened? 😲😧 She forgot the lyrics or did they want her to sing it in french? I don't know? 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷💞🐥🐿️🐦🐦⬛🌿 STREISAND'S GREAT! Her Huming alone is outstanding. She's definitely a SoooongBird. 💞💞🩷🌷🐥🐿️🐦🐦⬛🩷🩷🩷🩷 That Happens to me when I'm trying to sing opera and don't have the lyrics so I have to improvise and hum or make up my own lyrics - it terrible - not knowing the lyrics. She probably didn't want to give the audience a half ass performance not remembering all the lyrics. WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE 🌷🐕 🩷🩷🩷🩷 I don't know how her & SHIRLEY get around so fast
How do you think Barbra handled herself in this situation???
How insufferable can a person be?
@@KemuelValdes you believe Barbra to be insufferable?
@@GilbertGTV I do. She went on a TV show to do promotion with the composer and had to be begged to hmmm a few melodies. This is the same person who never sang her biggest hit live, despite people asking her to sing "A Woman in Love". It's only recently that she had opened up about her previous ways.
Like an idiot. Sing the damn song. Be grateful.
you know she could of walked out...
You can tell Barbra was petrified and tried to get out of doing it, but she ended up sounding lovely anyway despite not knowing the words. That is sheer talent.
It was terrible experience, i guess.
Just finished reading her autobiography. She dealt a lot with self-doubt which is why she didn't like to sing in public. She handled herself pretty well here, considering.❤❤
Did she mention Celine in it? From what I saw it was one very brief mention...
Even her humming is angelic
I agree!
Totally agree! She could sing the phone book and I would cry.
She once said in an interview "I wish I could be like Liza Minnelli and spontaneously get up at a party and stand by the piano and sing. I can't. It scares me too much." She was scared to death I think. Do I understand it? No. (Edit; only because if I could sing like that you'd never shut me up!) But most of us have fears that, at one time or another, might seem irrational to others. But they're real to the person who has them. Is a praying mantis crawling up your leg going to hurt you? No. But very few of us could honestly say we wouldn't freak out if we didn't feel a tickle and look down and see one of those things on our shin.
This is obviously to promote "Yentl" (that's Michel Legrand with her) so it's well before overcoming her fear of public performance--thanks to teleprompters and Paxil she has said. I've seen her live twice, and many times on cable, DVD, talk shows, etc. since overcoming that fear. Today she would get up and do it and laugh at herself for forgetting the words.
That was her interview with Jonathan Ross, right?
Yes. She said she hates performing and singing. @@CelineOracle
wow her voice was so effortless and pure....it just poured out of her so easily when she was young....beautiful!!
Yes,it's that why he asked her to sing...it was the first ( and only time) she was on french tv and it was the biggest show at that time...i was 14 and was so happy to hear her magical voice!!..listen to the applause at the end...it was a great moment for the public and the wiexers of the show...
I thought at first this was a set up.
But she really was unprepared, and still pulled it off.
stage fright is real...
A lot of artists need to prepare their voice and their minds to perform especially a pro like Barbara they are lucky she complied I know she has always suffered with severe stage fright😳🥺😍
A pessimist would say her name is misspelled half the time. But an optimist would say her name is spelled correctly half the time.
One of the greatest talents of all time!
that was so so unfair to do that to her.
Oh no!..i was 14 during this show...so happy to have the opportunity to ear her sing in french tv...listen the applause when they said she was going to sing...she was such a superstar at that moment!...
It was disgusting moment for her. It's awful how society thinks that it's not challenging to be on the stage.
Streisand’s voice is always beautiful. I think she was caught off-guard, but sang the haunting melody nonetheless. Legrand should have chosen a lower key to accommodate their voices.
LeGrande shouldn't have sung at all.
And they sounded so bad next to that beautiful 😍 Stradivarius. Her voice is perfection. Streisand is in a league by her self.
I love Streisand and I feel sad for her, you can truly see she had some problems here, anxiety and true self doubt! Crazy that probably the most talented woman in the world would suffer for just a small thing.
I’ll take a few bars of humming from Barbra over a song from any other singer around today.
Absolutely!!!dadadadum
Amen to that!!!
Barbra's voice is cute even if she hums.
Wonderful
Cute?! Definitely not the word. Beautiful, angelic, etc. cute would be for a 10-year-old.
She sounds great!
She's still so good even when unprepared.
Meme sans paroles, Barbra est une phenomene superbe!.
She did it for Michel Legrand. Good sport.This was during the release of Yentl. Voice still gorgeous then.
They are thrilled to even hear that
I wish the pianist didn't sing with her, other than that, I understand why she was anxious, but of course her voice is enchanting.. 😍
"The pianist" happens to be Michel Legrand. He was an Oscar winning legend. Singer, composer and musical arranger. He worked with Barbra in her "Je m'apelle Barbra" album and in the "Yentl" soundtrack.
he sang because she did not know the words!
Pure magic❤❤
sung like an angel
Great artist !!!!!
I can understand it might be awkward in some ways, but it's Barbara Streisand and I'm sure it's not the first time people wanted her to sing without notice. Don't know why rehearsal or thinking of a song was so important. They just wanted to hear her voice and I think any song would have worked. Let her sing something out of the phone book, i'll be happy with that . I think she handled it kinda well, looked a little frustrated but her voice was still stunning .
I think demanding an artist sing right away with no preparation might make them feel like a zoo animal
Rehearsal is important for many artists. People like Barbra are perfectionists and they want to sound good. Plus she is well known for having stage fright so putting her on the spot like that wasn’t cool. It’s also not cool to demand a performance from someone.
as a singer, I hate beyond anything when someone asks me to sing spontaneously. most of the time when you do something as your craft or passion you are a perfectionist in it. no warm-up, and no mental preparation makes your voice (at least to you) sound absolutely awful.
She held it together but wasn't happy. When you have a voice like Barbra im sure she's pressured constantly by this. Nonetheless it was beautiful
Very rude to put her in that situation
Yes She said that she would have severe stage fright, why her concerts were so few and interviews rare, just for this reason. It was fortunate that she came out at a time when modern day film musicals were still popular. It show cased her voice, talent, a quirky personality that was able to shine thru all her characters. It was a perfect genre for her and made her a Super Star!
Thank you, CelineOracle, for sharing this spontaneous moment of Ms. Streisand, which was so enjoyable. Barbra originally sang this song in the key of F#m on the official album of The Way We Were. But, at this event, Michel Legrand happened to play in the key of A-minor, which is supposed to be for a male voice.
Barbra did it so smoothly and effortlessly, though. Love it.
Thank you again.
Thanks for watching!
She's a genius, how did not know those lyrics? That's song is iconic and her vocal of it. But just her humming is gorgeous!
Her voice sounds so beautiful
Just my take, Like Superman, she has a kryptonite in her system. A certain flaw. Probably her short term long term memory. In which she needed to practice to polish a performance. Having that flaw creates that stage fright or uneasiness especially impromptu . But her voice is pure and legit. She is the first singer that I encountered having such, almost all the singers would sing even a few lines like what we do as ordinary people.
Our queen is not amused
Barbra is Unique
Talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place. She really wasn't prepared, and I can tell from her facial expression that she didn't want to do it. The guy really didn't need to sing with her; he messed it up! However, as always, with partly singing the words and humming too, she sang it beautifully.
Barbra was a good sport 👌 here!
LOVE
Formidable..💕
But she sounded great regardless.
Was great
I thought that she sounded beautiful!
Pushy Frenchies!!!LOL Barbra & Rosyln are very nice ladies from Brooklyn, NY!!!
Barbra really doesn't like to be ordered around and she's damn right 😜
What a Diva ❤ But she is furious 😄 (classy but furious)
Oh she did not like that. But still was flawless! 💖
She sounded like a bird. Very beautiful.
I'm surprised she didn't beat somebody with the microphone
Reminds me of the scene in A Star is Born where John Norman Howard (Kris Kristofferson) is listening to "Esther" singing for the first time and the aggressive/obnoxious fan orders him to get up and sing. I think Barbra felt like a trained seal here as well. #LifeImitatesArt
and that host never saw her again!😀
Ol Barb had been "singing" for like 40+ years at this point but was still unable to perform 1 full song live.
She was around 40 years old here, so she could not have been singing for 40+ years lol
@CelineOracle wow she looks to be in her early 50s here, but yeah she had been "singing" over 30 years at this point and still couldn't perform 1 full song live lol 😆
After this segment she went back to her dressing room and smashed all the furniture before ripping the door off its hinges.
Well what happened was that the instant this segment was completed and Barbra realized that she'd been tricked into something against her formidable will, she flew into quite the rage and started smashing things left and right. I heard she threw a baccarat crystal vase at Le Grande missing his left eye by a fraction of an inch. She then pitched black ethane gas paint all over the wall before storming out! Barbra proceeded straight to a good French restaurant and stuffed herself with every kind of delicacy imaginable.
@@peterdavino4408 Wow, seems like the worst part of her rampage went unreported. No wonder she doesn't sing in French anymore.
Barbara is a trouper.
I just don’t get it… She came on this show to promote “Yentl” in France and since she sings in the film, it only makes sense to perform at least one of those songs on the show.
What a pro….
How stupid! Even though she really made the best of the situation.
Someone got an earful after that!
If you read her book, then you know how deeply uncomfortable she was here
Poor Barbra. I don't like to see her cornered like this. But still, at least she was game enough to give it a try.
She looked totally at a loss for any song to try. But, it occured to me, how could she be so far removed from her early days around 1962, and 1963, making her living by performing in clubs. Only a few decades later, she is absolutely stumped for any song.
But, in my heart, I am on her side. She is always more enjoyable when she is prepared and in the right mood. Aren't we all?
I think she was made quite nervous by the whole thing. And I guess the stage fright had really taken hold.
Barbra did what many do early-on. She learned the basics of speaking French and Italian. She was never proficient (as obvious in this video) in French. When she did speak French, she spoke it (nearly) sans accent.
Oh, I think she was fine, considering that she was caught off-guard and hadn’t rehearsed. If she’d known, I’m sure she would’ve practiced a hundred times before she stepped on the stage. The only problem is that Legrand chose a key that was too high. She hit all the notes, but it wasn’t the most beautiful part of her voice.
Shame on those bastards. If this bit was a surprise, then it wasn't in her contract. I hope she sued.
Who told the pianist he could sing…?! Ouch.
Its Michel Legrand, the composer, which the music for "Yentl" with the Bergmans, and was helping her promote the movie.
@@meadow9441 Michel LeGrand is a world famous composer, He wrote the song they were singing - he also wrote Windmills of Your Mind, A Piece of Sky and many others
How can people be so uncultured!!??...the "pianist" is the composer michel legrand who made the music of yentl among others many legendary musics!!!...
Michele Legrand
Just because you write music doens't mean you can sing
Da da da da da da da hahahahahahaha lol
It's awful when society forces people to be always out, always extra.
mmmmmaaaaadddddd!
Just Curious Have you heard of singers like Lara Fabian , Diana Krall , Diana Ross , Aretha Franklin, Etta James , Ella Fitzgerald , Jennifer Holiday , Jennifer Hudson , Toni Braxton , Leona Lewis ,Judy Garland , Peggy Lee , Shirley Bassey , Julie Andrews ,Anita Baker , Deborah Cox ,Katherine McPhee Tamia ,Fantasia , The Carpenters , Dionne Warwick , Josh Groban , Stevie Wonder ,Laura Brangian , Cher Michael Bolton , Michael Buble , Smokey Robinson , Natalie Cole , Norah Jones , Anita O Day ,Billie Holiday Barry Manilow and so on I highly recommend them they're music is simliar to Barbara , Celine , Adele and Whitney
I guess you haven't watched all of my videos lol.
@@CelineOracle ok tbt I haven't I just wanted to reccomend some artists did I think you would enjoy 😁
Well Babz is the grandmother of divas. She's the Nightingale.
@@j-art0221 huh?
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Ohhh, she didn’t like that...at all!
TOO BAD SHE NEVER DID A TRUE JAZZ ALBUM. SMALL COMBO, SOME SCAT...
True, Diana Ross did a beautiful jazz album in around 1994. It would have been great to hear Streisand singing Jazz.
I feel so bad for her how dare someone mess with the legendary Streisand they obviously just jealous 😒
Trop vulgaire drucker
The host wasn’t being rude. Just French. See Emily in Paris. LOL
Barbra really does take all the fun out of it , doesn't she?
She has mentioned this "forgetting the words" before , in various interviews throughout her career.
Newsflash for Barbra--no one would complain about you forgetting the words.
"Forgetting the words " implies a momentary lapse in memory. Most performers laugh it off and make an anecdote of it.
Here , Barbra acts as if she's never heard the words before. Very uncomfortable.
I understand why they would do that is it Barbra in french is a heavenly compassion but forcing her is not right! I feel bad for her this turned out a hot mess they should've let her sing in English this was very awkward Is it just me that didn't hear much french just "da da da dee"
@@meadow9441 oh my apologies !
they probably didnt know barbra had real stage fright... yes, it is frightening
@@SuperstudentAcademy that's really sad they should have treated her better !
She's a great artist but she's a very mean person in private.
how do you know?
It's because she couldn't lip sync 🤣
You're positively clueless if you think Barbra needs to lip sync.
She has NEVER lip synched a live performance.
Wtf is this comment
Marinadela is everything that is wrong with this generation. LEARN something.
What happened?
😲😧
She forgot the lyrics or did they want her to sing it in french? I don't know?
🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷💞🐥🐿️🐦🐦⬛🌿
STREISAND'S GREAT!
Her Huming alone is outstanding.
She's definitely a SoooongBird.
💞💞🩷🌷🐥🐿️🐦🐦⬛🩷🩷🩷🩷
That Happens to me when I'm trying to sing opera and don't have the lyrics so I have to improvise and hum or make up my own lyrics - it terrible - not knowing the lyrics.
She probably didn't want to give the audience a half ass performance not remembering all the lyrics.
WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE 🌷🐕 🩷🩷🩷🩷
I don't know how her & SHIRLEY get around so fast
How awkward…..