Ladies and gentlemen, that is a real singer. No bullshit, shooting off unnecessary notes. All the notes, each one she sings, are each, very intentional. Technically an amazing singer, especially seeing her perform - pure, emotion - k d lang thank Christ I saw her twice ~
man, woman, angel . . . skirts, pants, . . .no matter. She has mastered her art to the highest level and stayed true to herself. She is blessed and wonderful.
Her voice is a miraculous thing. There’s just no other way to describe it. I was in junior high when I happened upon this Johnny Carson episode...and it CHANGED MY LIFE. I could NOT believe that somebody could have a voice like that. I couldn’t remember her name, and was unable to find her again for a few years when I went in to a record store in San Diego...and said, “I will not leave this story until I find her”. I didn’t know how I was going to do it, but I started on one side of the store and went rack by rack, going through all the CDs until I found her face. This must’ve been 1989.
If people want to be completely blown away, K.D. Lang's tribute to Johnny Carson on the Jay Leno show should be watched on UA-cam. It was right after Carson's death, and the song is called "Simple". You have GOT TO WATCH this song. Off the earth plane, heavenly, like a prayer. Just positive grace. So amazing. Angelic and soulful. Brilliant.
HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING HER IN EDMONTON,ALBERTA,,,,MANY MANY TIMES,,,SHE WAS FABULOUS,,,,BEFORE SHE HIT IT BIG,,SHE PLAYED THE SIDETRACK CAFE, GREAT MEMORIES,,,SHE WAS GREAT IN PERSON,,,I ALWAYS KNEW SHE WOULD HIT THE BIG TIMES.
I actually saw this the night it aired on NBC. Her amazing talent raised the hairs on the back of my neck and Johnny’s spontaneous reaction confirmed that I had seen an immense talent’s breaking on the world stage, live. (which was rare back in those days in small town British Columbia.) Thank you K.D. for sharing your gift.
There are other versions of Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray on UA-cam where K.D. holds that note a LOT longer. Still, you have to hand it to her . . . nobody can touch her voice. So expressive. So pure. So exceedingly fine. So little of perfection in this world, but this woman comes as close as a person can. And she is exceedingly modest, of course. What a fantastic template for a human being.
A video from Australia she holds that so long the hold audio system was resonating to that note. Was amazing, last I check it still on UA-cam. By the way, Patsy Cline original reordered this song.
Carson was not exactly forthcoming with the compliments (he didn't buttkiss as so many hosts do now) so him saying what he said about k.d. actually means something.
Pete Fountain is the best ever clarinet player. Johnny had him on the show one night and ended up giving Pete all the time and rescheduled the guests for another night. That's how good Pete was because Johnny never did that for any one else. KD is in the same class. No one in the world will ever sing 3 cigarettes like she did. The emotion poured out on every note of the song. More than just the ability to belt out the notes. KD brings life to the notes of this song. Amazing talent!
Her version of '3 Cigarettes in an Ashtray' makes my heart ache in the best way. One of my favorite songs of all time and her rendition is so friggin' good. What a voice
amazing!! I've heard critics say that k.d. has the most pitch perfect, and most control over her instrument (her voice) of any singer of our time. talented does not even come close to what I am trying to express. here it is in 2014, and sure, life all of us she's grown older, but that voice, that voice remains as strong and pure as it was way back in the beginning; and I've been an enormous fan from the "get go." presently my favorite song is, love is everything, from hymns of the 49th parallel. watch the "max sessions" selection. absolutely, bring tears to your eyes, beautiful. just keep singing, k.d.! hoping you'll record a new record, and go on tour...PLEASE!!
I love the Max Sessions. I watch each song individually on youtube. I wish there were a dvd of them but I guess I will have to make my own, which is fine.
The Max sessions are one of my favorites too, Anne. In 2005 then she was at her best as far as calm, poised and her voice was unbelievably awesome! Now, in 2019, she not only sings even better but is so handsomely beautiful in concerts I can't take my eyes off her. No matter what she sings, her eyes and reddish high cheek bones flatter her face, along with such a sincere and lovable smile. I could go on forever...
Her music has a way of taking you back to your greatest loves. The ones you lost. The ones that lost you. That's why I think even Johnny couldn't help but remember a lot of stuff. So that's what makes it so great.
You know what Sister Xavier (her piano/song-teacher) said about her? "She can hold the tone till the cows come home". And more I'll say!...AND, she is a beautiful person - in all thinkable ways.
My jaws have forever dropped and can't pick it up to its place. Today is a special day..for the first time I came across this number.. Watching KD Lang do that spontaneous jig... And 3 cigaretts just blew me away
Her performance on the Smother's Brothers show was all that I saw back then, but that was enough to make me buy her album. Her voice is amazing, and she knows how to use it. There can't be many that are her equal.
Thanks so much for posting this! I saw her in Calgary at the Jack Singer Concert Hall back in the 80's and she was wearing similar clothing to what she wore in the first video. The funny thing was that the price tags were still hanging off the sleeve, and her boots too I think : ) Anyway, it was all part of her early days schtick and made for an even more entertaining show than what her incredible singing already provided. I was also fortunate enough to see her again at the Jubilee Theatre (Calgary) not long after Roy Orbison passed away. Of course she sang Crying, which was the recently released (at the time) duet that she had done with Roy. It was a stunningly beautiful, poignant and emotionally charged performance. Unforgettable!!!
She STILL blows my mind !!!! To think she had so much time with a fellow Texan, Roy Orbison.. I'm so jealous !!!!. Thank you K. Diddy for keeping his music alive. (An old Texas Boy).
7:06 Wow! That's legendary composer and actor, Jester Hairston, next to Johnny (and then Carl Reiner). Jester was an expert in black spirituals and choral music. His best known composition is the song, "Amen", that was featured in the Sidney Poitier film, "Lilies of the Field". Jester actually sang the song and Poitier lip synched it for the movie. He is a guest because he also starred in the 80's comedy, "Amen", with Sherman Hemsley. THIS was a beautiful man.
3 cigarettes in an ashtray. Ie never heard it before. Coming from a church background (where no cigarettes were allowed, of course 🙄🤣) , that song is hymnic! The music ad the passion with which she sang made me immediately think of the style of hymns! Beautiful music is beautiful music! Amazing!
The two gentlemen sitting with Johnny at the end of this clip are Carl Reiner and Jester Hairston. This would be Johnny's show episode #26.87 broadcast June 24, 1987.
I love k d's fun loving personality as much as her singing. Leaving Consort Alberta and entering life's experiences of how cruel the "world" can be so young hurts me. Her music is NOT about her life choices. A successful musician is asked to perform even at intimate gatherings. Not many can survive that hurt. Yes she can sing like no other but don't overlook her love of live.
+karrezza I doubt whether KD ever wore anything or did anything she didn't want to do at any time. She has always been unique and did anything she wanted. She wore a dress at that time because she wanted to. I don't think anyone could boss her around. Ever.
+karrezza The outfits are hard to look at without wincing, but they were part of an over-the-top country-swing schtick that she had going at the time. Note the black top and slacks for the second number.
@@joanpletschet-carlson6975 I agree, Joan. Also, her male identity was not even out to her yet then...she had some male attributes but was also outwardly feminine, as well.
@@jadezee6316 Not so! k d constantly reinvents herself to suit the occasion. She's an artist who knows how to present herself to please the audience, along being a hard worker.
It's so sad -- and unbelievable -- that k.d. was ostracized by Nashville and the CMA for years because she didn't fit the mold of the pretty, feminine female country music singer and because of the rumors (at the time) that she was a lesbian. Most C&W radio stations wouldn't play her music. And the biggest shame of all is that her first love was Country Music. She even named her band the Reclines after her idol Patsy Cline ("Re-Clines"),and her signature song back then, Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray was a cover of the old Patsy Cline song. K.d. should have been a Country Music superstar in the late 80's. Instead she was rejected, shunned and shut out, so she ended up turning to other genres where the fans weren't so stupidly prejudiced. As Roy Orbison put it, k.d. lang has "the best pipes in the business." She did, and does, have a truly remarkable, unique voice. The power, the tone of her voice, the timbre, the range, her incredible entertainment instincts. The world has changed so much in the past 30 years since she first came on the music scene in America. It's too bad the hate and the biases prevented her from reaching the heights she should have rightfully attained back then. She should have been the queen of country music and the blues. Nobody else even came close to her ability.
omg. Fantastic. k.d. lang does Three Cigarettes better than Patsy's performance of it. Leann Rimes might do as well with the number, too. Almost always, if Patsy performs a song, nobody else has a performance of it that can match Patsy's. And there are some mighty fine country singers who come close to matching Patsy. IMHO, Emmylou Harris and LeAnn Rimes are Patsy's peers. But this performance of Three Cigarettes is better than Patsy's.
Is this woman diverse or what. Wow. She is a unique life force. And the band is wonderful. WOW. I run out of superlatives. She is a massive talent.
Ladies and gentlemen, that is a real singer. No bullshit, shooting off unnecessary notes. All the notes, each one she sings, are each, very intentional.
Technically an amazing singer, especially seeing her perform - pure, emotion - k d lang
thank Christ I saw her twice ~
Positively fantastic! I saw K.D. do this at the Olympics and was blown away!!
man, woman, angel . . . skirts, pants, . . .no matter. She has mastered her art to the highest level and stayed true to herself. She is blessed and wonderful.
One of the great voices in popular music. Brilliant technically, brilliant emotionally.
Her voice is a miraculous thing. There’s just no other way to describe it. I was in junior high when I happened upon this Johnny Carson episode...and it CHANGED MY LIFE. I could NOT believe that somebody could have a voice like that. I couldn’t remember her name, and was unable to find her again for a few years when I went in to a record store in San Diego...and said, “I will not leave this story until I find her”. I didn’t know how I was going to do it, but I started on one side of the store and went rack by rack, going through all the CDs until I found her face. This must’ve been 1989.
You were so lucky I didn't find out about her till a few years ago I regret it so much
YESSSSS I CAUGHT THIS FROM LA SAME HAHAHA!!!!!!
Happily married when I first saw this on tv. . . I shoulda recognized the crush when it came. Still got it.
Aint that the truth.
She's such a versatile performer. She went from a fast, dancing number to a beautiful slow tune and didn't miss a beat. What a talent k.d. is.
If people want to be completely blown away, K.D. Lang's tribute to Johnny Carson on the Jay Leno show should be watched on UA-cam. It was right after Carson's death, and the song is called "Simple". You have GOT TO WATCH this song. Off the earth plane, heavenly, like a prayer. Just positive grace. So amazing. Angelic and soulful. Brilliant.
Thanks - will check this out.
Johnny wiped a tear away towards the end of the clip. Just showed what an outstanding singer kd is to move Johnny Carson to tears!
He was a heavy smoker.
No it was emotion at kds singing he loved her
She reminded him of his youth….🥰🤘
HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING HER IN EDMONTON,ALBERTA,,,,MANY MANY TIMES,,,SHE WAS FABULOUS,,,,BEFORE SHE HIT IT BIG,,SHE PLAYED THE SIDETRACK CAFE, GREAT MEMORIES,,,SHE WAS GREAT IN PERSON,,,I ALWAYS KNEW SHE WOULD HIT THE BIG TIMES.
I actually saw this the night it aired on NBC. Her amazing talent raised the hairs on the back of my neck and Johnny’s spontaneous reaction confirmed that I had seen an immense talent’s breaking on the world stage, live. (which was rare back in those days in small town British Columbia.) Thank you K.D. for sharing your gift.
There are other versions of Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray on UA-cam where K.D. holds that note a LOT longer. Still, you have to hand it to her . . . nobody can touch her voice. So expressive. So pure. So exceedingly fine. So little of perfection in this world, but this woman comes as close as a person can. And she is exceedingly modest, of course. What a fantastic template for a human being.
Your post is near perfection!
That post was for Bruce Sager.
Bruce, I counted a note she held for 19 seconds but at the moment can't remember which song and another for 17. Amazing!
A video from Australia she holds that so long the hold audio system was resonating to that note. Was amazing, last I check it still on UA-cam. By the way, Patsy Cline original reordered this song.
VOICE OF AN ANGEL 😇
Carson was not exactly forthcoming with the compliments (he didn't buttkiss as so many hosts do now) so him saying what he said about k.d. actually means something.
she's not only a great singer but also a very cool and exciting performer!
Johnny knew talent! imagine how many people he saw over the years and then listen to how impressed he was with KD and the band.
She looks so beautiful here, just radiant!
No one compares to k.d.lang.
Pete Fountain is the best ever clarinet player. Johnny had him on the show one night and ended up giving Pete all the time and rescheduled the guests for another night. That's how good Pete was because Johnny never did that for any one else. KD is in the same class. No one in the world will ever sing 3 cigarettes like she did. The emotion poured out on every note of the song. More than just the ability to belt out the notes. KD brings life to the notes of this song. Amazing talent!
johnnyrocksable very well said!
I love the way Johnny Carson talks about k.d. Great man
Her version of '3 Cigarettes in an Ashtray' makes my heart ache in the best way. One of my favorite songs of all time and her rendition is so friggin' good. What a voice
I never, never, ever get tired of this!!
amazing!! I've heard critics say that k.d. has the most pitch perfect, and most control over her instrument (her voice) of any singer of our time. talented does not even come close to what I am trying to express. here it is in 2014, and sure, life all of us she's grown older, but that voice, that voice remains as strong and pure as it was way back in the beginning; and I've been an enormous fan from the "get go." presently my favorite song is, love is everything, from hymns of the 49th parallel. watch the "max sessions" selection. absolutely, bring tears to your eyes, beautiful. just keep singing, k.d.! hoping you'll record a new record, and go on tour...PLEASE!!
Anne Mooney Perfect words.... Amazing singer....
Hymns of the 49th parallel is one of the best album....
As you put it "over her instrument (her voice)" All instruments are created to imitate one thing, the voice.
I love the Max Sessions. I watch each song individually on youtube. I wish there were a dvd of them but I guess I will have to make my own, which is fine.
The Max sessions are one of my favorites too, Anne. In 2005 then she was at her best as far as calm, poised and her voice was unbelievably awesome! Now, in 2019, she not only sings even better but is so handsomely beautiful in concerts I can't take my eyes off her. No matter what she sings, her eyes and reddish high cheek bones flatter her face, along with such a sincere and lovable smile. I could go on forever...
Her voice can not be ignored.
Her music has a way of taking you back to your greatest loves. The ones you lost. The ones that lost you. That's why I think even Johnny couldn't help but remember a lot of stuff. So that's what makes it so great.
I could listen to this over and over. Love her voice. Incredible.
I do 😊
I do too!
Best version! All you contestants on the Voice, take notes!! All you so-called coaches, too!
You know what Sister Xavier (her piano/song-teacher) said about her? "She can hold the tone till the cows come home". And more I'll say!...AND, she is a beautiful person - in all thinkable ways.
My jaws have forever dropped and can't pick it up to its place.
Today is a special day..for the first time I came across this number..
Watching KD Lang do that spontaneous jig...
And 3 cigaretts just blew me away
Her performance on the Smother's Brothers show was all that I saw back then, but that was enough to make me buy her album. Her voice is amazing, and she knows how to use it. There can't be many that are her equal.
My favourite voice in the world and, by far, the best version of this song by kd Lang. Thank you so much for posting this video.
I remember watching this when it first aired. Don't know the exact year, but I remember being completely blown away by her voice. Pure talent.
This would have been 1985. Saw it live on the air too. Mind-blowing when she ended that second song.
You dance and sing with such energy and hold those notes amazing you hold my heart..oooxxx ❤
She's so beautiful ❤
Love kd. She really nailed it, didn't she? Unbelievable. And to thin there was so much more to come from her! Thanks for the post.
I was in my mid twenties when this came out. Everyone was blown away!!
How often does a voice like this come along????😍😍😍
Once per universe.
She is a great singer. Her voice just grabs your heart
ONCE IN A LIFE TIME!!!💔
Once in a pasty cline
Never. Only kd's.
This video just saved my life
OMG when i first saw the enigma K.D. LANG i was in awe bought her cassette the next day !!!!!!! SHE ,
omg
In a class of her own!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks so much for posting this! I saw her in Calgary at the Jack Singer Concert Hall back in the 80's and she was wearing similar clothing to what she wore in the first video. The funny thing was that the price tags were still hanging off the sleeve, and her boots too I think : ) Anyway, it was all part of her early days schtick and made for an even more entertaining show than what her incredible singing already provided. I was also fortunate enough to see her again at the Jubilee Theatre (Calgary) not long after Roy Orbison passed away. Of course she sang Crying, which was the recently released (at the time) duet that she had done with Roy. It was a stunningly beautiful, poignant and emotionally charged performance. Unforgettable!!!
Declan...these videos are great! Where have they been hiding. Thanks!!!
Un distillato di energia!❤
Everything about this is awesome! The altfit, songs, dancing!!! So great love love love it
Never gets old! Thank You for sharing!!!
Jonny loved her and rightly so.
She's extraordinary.
A fun video to watch! Cant sit still for this one! 😄 what a voice she has!! Can listen to her sing everyday❤
She STILL blows my mind !!!! To think she had so much time with a fellow Texan, Roy Orbison.. I'm so jealous !!!!. Thank you K. Diddy for keeping his music alive. (An old Texas Boy).
Absolutely an amazing and excitingly talented woman!
I couldn't BELIEVE IT!!!!
The journey she takes me on with just the last three words of Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray. All Stops Pulled.
Seen her a few times in Santa Barbara in the '90s and 2000's, great always!
One of my favourite kd songs! amazing lady! pitch perfect! love u kd!!! x
the song bird of the century and more-
I've listened to 3 cigarettes a few times and I get goosebumps over and over.
7:06 Wow! That's legendary composer and actor, Jester Hairston, next to Johnny (and then Carl Reiner). Jester was an expert in black spirituals and choral music. His best known composition is the song, "Amen", that was featured in the Sidney Poitier film, "Lilies of the Field". Jester actually sang the song and Poitier lip synched it for the movie.
He is a guest because he also starred in the 80's comedy, "Amen", with Sherman Hemsley.
THIS was a beautiful man.
This was my intro to kd. Bought record the next day and have been a fan since.
Incredible how she can dance and belt at the same time!
The Voice❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Ok Lordy. The dress. Whoa. But the talent is there. And that's what really counted. Very interesting. I have not seen this in a long long time
Yeah that dress 1987. I was 31 openly gay, never worn a dress. Talented beyond gift is KDL.
She makes me smile 😊😊😊
Wow.....ya got some lungs....I loved that song even though the gist of it was sad.
PERFECTION.
Amazing Talent KD ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Goosebumps every time
3 cigarettes in an ashtray. Ie never heard it before. Coming from a church background (where no cigarettes were allowed, of course 🙄🤣) , that song is hymnic! The music ad the passion with which she sang made me immediately think of the style of hymns! Beautiful music is beautiful music! Amazing!
k.d. you leave me crying. I don't know how to respond. We are of an age, either of us might be dead in the course of one or two or a few years.
She owns the notes she sings.
What range!
stunning
She sang this at the closing ceremony for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary!
What a VOICE!
k. d. Lang, Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline, Harry Nilsson...can you think of any others with such voices?
K D WAS SO YOUNG HERE❤❤❤
LOVe he dancling on Angel with Malaria!
Holy Moosebumps ‼️🥰🤘🔥🇨🇦
The two gentlemen sitting with Johnny at the end of this clip are Carl Reiner and Jester Hairston. This would be Johnny's show episode #26.87 broadcast June 24, 1987.
Whew she can take your breath away! I love her version better than Patsy Clines.
I love k d's fun loving personality as much as her singing. Leaving Consort Alberta and entering life's experiences of how cruel the "world" can be so young hurts me. Her music is NOT about her life choices. A successful musician is asked to perform even at intimate gatherings. Not many can survive that hurt. Yes she can sing like no other but don't overlook her love of live.
She is the best😊
kd lang sings, and the world listens....
How in the world could 6 people have given this a thumbs down?! SMH.
Hi mom n the fiddle. Love it.
OUTSTANDING
Holy shit
this is so much fun.
Amore! 😀❤️😘
KD Lang right up there with Patsy Cline. She’s singing a Patsy Cline song too
sha mazing
2019 enjoyment
She is such a star. For some reason she reminds me of David Bowie here. That same magnetic presence.
Wow! ❤
I sure miss the Reclines era
Me too. I love kd lang doing country music.
Subscribed for you kd bids, but you have some other treasures I'm excited to see!
Still that silly skirt she had to endure until she was able to come out 100%!! She is awesome!
+karrezza I doubt whether KD ever wore anything or did anything she didn't want to do at any time. She has always been unique and did anything she wanted. She wore a dress at that time because she wanted to. I don't think anyone could boss her around. Ever.
+karrezza The outfits are hard to look at without wincing, but they were part of an over-the-top country-swing schtick that she had going at the time. Note the black top and slacks for the second number.
very true..she must have been going insane trying to please the people telling her she needed to do this junk in order to be accepted
@@joanpletschet-carlson6975 I agree, Joan. Also, her male identity was not even out to her yet then...she had some male attributes but was also outwardly feminine, as well.
@@jadezee6316 Not so! k d constantly reinvents herself to suit the occasion. She's an artist who knows how to present herself to please the audience, along being a hard worker.
It's so sad -- and unbelievable -- that k.d. was ostracized by Nashville and the CMA for years because she didn't fit the mold of the pretty, feminine female country music singer and because of the rumors (at the time) that she was a lesbian. Most C&W radio stations wouldn't play her music. And the biggest shame of all is that her first love was Country Music. She even named her band the Reclines after her idol Patsy Cline ("Re-Clines"),and her signature song back then, Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray was a cover of the old Patsy Cline song.
K.d. should have been a Country Music superstar in the late 80's. Instead she was rejected, shunned and shut out, so she ended up turning to other genres where the fans weren't so stupidly prejudiced.
As Roy Orbison put it, k.d. lang has "the best pipes in the business."
She did, and does, have a truly remarkable, unique voice. The power, the tone of her voice, the timbre, the range, her incredible entertainment instincts.
The world has changed so much in the past 30 years since she first came on the music scene in America. It's too bad the hate and the biases prevented her from reaching the heights she should have rightfully attained back then. She should have been the queen of country music and the blues. Nobody else even came close to her ability.
KD is definitely an interesting character. A great singer too.
this diva
Johnny was pleased as punch
Please listen to her version of Crying.
omg. Fantastic. k.d. lang does Three Cigarettes better than Patsy's performance of it. Leann Rimes might do as well with the number, too. Almost always, if Patsy performs a song, nobody else has a performance of it that can match Patsy's. And there are some mighty fine country singers who come close to matching Patsy. IMHO, Emmylou Harris and LeAnn Rimes are Patsy's peers. But this performance of Three Cigarettes is better than Patsy's.
That what I call singer artist fantastic beautifull