I am an absolute fan of this legendary man. He could sing ANYTHING. MY LORD WAS HE GREAT. God rest his soul. I visited his gravesite in Inglewood California…. I was in awe even at his gravesite.
Ray Charles on Jacques Brel's "If You Go Away" (Ne me quitte pas) “It takes a very warm person to say the things that this song says. And, you know, it’s plain; it’s not difficult. You don’t have to be a scholar to understand it.”
The suffering you hear comes from a life, a life so hard you could hardly imagine surviving but to come out the other end like this makes him a human phenomenon.
Дорогой наш Рэй, ты первыйоткрыл мне эту песню, как и многие другие твои шедевры, помню как сидела слушала и рыдала по несколько часовСпасибо тебеза то, что дарил нам такую красивую музыку, которая достает до души и сердца, бередит наши заскорузлые глубоко спрятанные эмоции и чувства! Вечная тебе память в наших сердцах!
The Genius doing what he did like no one else,giving his special interpretation of a song that gives him "ownership" of the song. So much feeling and emotion in his reading!
hidden deep in his voice was his little boys voice. that's where the innocence comes from. this is a great piece of music and deserves your attention. brel did it but there are some flourishes here that only ray could lay on. his voice cries out to us with sublime feeling and love.
Why always comparing? Jacques Brel was unique and Ray Charles was unique! I am a Dutchman living in France. The Dutch version by Liesbeth List is also very beautiful. Ne me quitte pas - If you go away - Verlaat mij niet. Best wishes!
Eterno Ray Charles, o amor circulava ao som da sua música. If you go way então quebra tudo. Amo, já curti muito. Parabens para lembro e postou, eu já só agora a noite 4 vezes. Obrigado amiga pels sugesta. Boa noite
Rosalind Kover Thats the time you can reflex, thank God if you believe in him or curse him if you don't, but its just you loving you . So laugh and be happy, you are still alive. So there is hope
Because it's pure romance... romantic thoughts.... dreams.... although everything didn't work out, the thoughts get stuck in your mind. "For what good is love - without loving you" - a neverending love, a whole life dedicated to love one person.....
An Opera would return to this theme throughout. A profound hymn with lyrics that tear the heart out of other songs and say here I am and implant this as your last, your dieing words. And then there's Ray who forces it down deep into the human psyche.
"Могу ли я сказать вам сейчас, как вы поворачиваете идти, Я буду медленно умирать до следующего "привет", Если ты уйдешь, детка, если ты уйдёшь.... Если ты уйдешь, я знаю, что ты должен, Там не будет ничего, чему бы осталось в этом мире доверять, Просто пустая комната, полная пустого пространства, Как и пустой взгляд я вижу на вашем лице..." Как точно ты подобрал именно его исполнение...
Close to the end, and more PROFOUND with barely a voice than most singers in full command of their youthful talent.........Transcendentasl, my OLD MAN!!!!....Bless your soul!!!!.......
хочеться написать много а в итоге пишу коротко Рей великий человек и музыкант который придумал современную музыку и оставил наследия на века наверно он все же был пришельцем на земле не возможно в 3 года начинать играть и всю жизнь продолжать удивлять своим творчеством всю планету Слава тебе Чарлз
This is a goodbye to someone so loved you can't admit it should be in the past tense. That is, the person so loved, has already gone. This is a dirge from the soul.
5:10 - "I'd have been the shadow of your dog if I thought it might have kept me here by your side woman." Deep. The Genius does it again. Thanks for a lifetime of great music Ray. Today's musician's and artists need to study you. If so, today's music can be great again. Rest in Peace my friend.
Love love Neil diamonds version also Barbra Streisand and Edith piafs Celine dions is very good and Jacque Brel is even better yeah Shirley bassey is beautiful also
If you go away on this summer day, Then you might as well take the sun away; All the birds that flew in the summer sky, When our love was new and our hearts were high; When the day was young and the night was long, And the moon stood still for the night bird's song. If you go away, if you go away, if you go away. If you go, as i know you will, you must tell the world to stop turning Till you return again, if you ever do, for what good is love Without loving you, Can i tell you now, as you turn to go, i'll be dying slowly till the next hello, If you go away, if you go away, if you go away. But if you stay, i'll make you a night Like no night has been, or will be again. I'll sail on your smile, i'll ride on your touch, I'll talk to your eyes that i love such. But if you go, go, i won't cry, Though the good is gone from the word goodbye, If you go away, if you go away, if you go away. If you go away, as i know you must, There'll be nothing left in the world to trust, Just an empty room, full of empty space, Like the empty look i see on your face. I'd have been the shadow of your dog If i thought it might have kept me by your side. If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
@John F. Kennedy I love ray Charles and Shirley Bassey too, but English language is to poor for this song. The original version is the best and Jacques Brel was an incredible performer. But you must speak french for understand. :)
Impressionante! Maravilhoso! Tudo! Arranjo, Som, e, essa Voz , parece uma Alma cantando! Com essa emoção, so o próprio autor dessa Obra Prima, o Belga Jacques Brel! "Isso é coisa de Deus"!!
Nancy Antram I think Barbe Kaye is referring to Rod McKuen who I believe recorded a version in the 60s and may be accredited with the English lyric. Mr. R. 😀🎶
absoiutly..Ray is very great, with this version....but, what a pity, with this text...I know it could be very difficult to translate the true meaning, emotion.. but this text is just flat
french text, first, and english translation after. Ne Me Quitte Pas Ne me quitte pas Il faut oublier Tout peut s'oublier Qui s'enfuit deja Oublier le temps Des malentendus Et le temps perdu A savoir comment Oublier ces heures Qui tuaient parfois A coups de pourquoi Le coeur du bonheure Ne me quitte pas (4 fois) Moi je t'offrirai Des perles du pluie Venues de pays Ou il ne pleut pas Je creuserai la terre Jusqu'apres ma mort Pour couvrir ton corps D'or et de lumiere Je ferai un domaine Ou l'amour sera roi Ou l'amour sera loi Ou tu seras reine Ne me quitte pas (4 fois) Ne me quitte pas Je t'inventerai Des mots insensés Que tu comprendras Je te parlerai De ces amants là Qui ont vu deux fois Leurs coeurs s'embraser Je te racont'rai L'histoire de ce roi Mort de n'avoir pas Pu te rencontrer Ne me quitte pas (4 fois) On a vu souvent Rejaillir le feu De l'ancien volcan Qu'on croyait trop vieux Il est paraît-il Des terres brûlées Donnant plus de blé Qu'un meilleur avril Et quand vient le soir Pour qu'un ciel flamboie Le rouge et le noir Ne s'épousent-ils pas Ne me quitte pas (4 fois) Ne me quitte pas Je ne veux plus pleurer Je ne veux plus parler Je me cacherai là A te regarder Danser et sourire Et à t'écouter Chanter et puis rire Laisse-moi devenir L'ombre de ton ombre L'ombre de ta main L'ombre de ton chien Ne me quitte pas (4 fois)
Victor Raul Espitiawas , maybe , the traductor, thank him. Dont' leave me You have to forget Everything can be forgotten That is flying away already Forget the time The misunderstandings And the time that was lost Trying to understand how These hours can be forgotten Those that are killing sometimes With whys that hurt like punches The heart of happiness Don't leave me Don't leave me Don't leave me Don't leave me I will get pearls of rain From countries Where it never rains I will work the earth Until I die To cover your body With gold and light I will create a kingdom for you Where love will be the king Where love will be the law Where you will be the queen Don't leave me Don't leave me Don't leave me Don't leave me I will invent for you Meaningless words That you will understand I will speak to you Of these lovers That we've seen twice Their hearts igniting each other I will tell you The story of this king Who died of not being able To get to know you Don't leave me Don't leave me Don't leave me Don't leave me We have often seen Fire flowing again From an ancient vulcano That we considered to be too old It seems like Burned earth Produces more wheat Than a warm month of april And when the night comes And the sky is on fire The black and the red Won't go together Don't leave me Don't leave me Don't leave me Don't leave me Don't leave me I won't cry anymore I won't speak anymore I will hide right there To see you Dancing ad smiling And to listen to you Sing and then laugh Let me become The shadow of yor shadow The shadowof you hand The shadow of your dog Don't leave me Don't leave me Don't leave me Don't leave me
Obra de Deus, essa alma, esse coração que canta! Ray Charles, é uma "Entidade" no palco..é incrível a força, a energia e a LUZ de sua presença! CoisaDeDeus, certamente!
if you go away by Ray Charles this is the best song I heard for the first time he really done a good job with all the songs and albums he did and he gotten rewords for them too this song is so special to my heart Ray Charles will be missed but not forgotten I have some of his albums in my cd case I like and love me some Ray Charles your fan stevinskie😎😎😎😎
ראיתי את ריי צ'ארלס בחיפה בקולנוע ארמון (שלא קיים יותר)מתי שהוא בשנות ה 60 אולי 70 לא זוכר בדיוק.קולנוע ארמון היה ההה בית קולנוע בחיפה עם גג נפתח ויציע מרשים.
Beyond beautiful rendition from a genius . . . 💙🙏 x
This is the only musician I have ever really missed. He was unique.
There is another one: Jacques Brel, the writer, composer and interpreter of the original French version...
I am an absolute fan of this legendary man. He could sing ANYTHING. MY LORD WAS HE GREAT. God rest his soul. I visited his gravesite in Inglewood California…. I was in awe even at his gravesite.
I am crying loud!!!!! O,my Lord! How its posible to deliver music and feelings like that!!!!!💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Ray Charles on Jacques Brel's "If You Go Away" (Ne me quitte pas)
“It takes a very warm person to say the things that this song says. And, you know, it’s plain; it’s not difficult. You don’t have to be a scholar to understand it.”
What a beautiful rendition. So authentic. This is a cry from a man's heart. I'm sure Jacques Brel would gulp back a few swallows.
The suffering you hear comes from a life, a life so hard you could hardly imagine surviving but to come out the other end like this makes him a human phenomenon.
Deux mots....Admirable.!! Magnifique.!! Merci Mr Ray Charles. Pierre.
Дорогой наш Рэй, ты первыйоткрыл мне эту песню, как и многие другие твои шедевры, помню как сидела слушала и рыдала по несколько часовСпасибо тебеза то, что дарил нам такую красивую музыку, которая достает до души и сердца, бередит наши заскорузлые глубоко спрятанные эмоции и чувства! Вечная тебе память в наших сердцах!
The Genius doing what he did like no one else,giving his special interpretation of a song that gives him "ownership" of the song. So much feeling and emotion in his reading!
Il y a une certaine beauté dans la tristesse. Je ne sais comment l'expliquer, 2024 est un nouvel horizon 😢❤.
Who's still listening in 2020? Great song
Vivi R me. From France..
I am! Loving this!
I am...Wonderful song by an amazing artist.
Holland here, Charles the real Wonder! Also with Dee Dee B. Prescious Girl!
2021!
Rest in peace to the greatest. The incomparable. The genius Ray Charles 👑
Shattering. Absolutely shattering. I have heard untold number of versions of this song in at least four languages. Ray's is the best.
Beautifully sung by Ray Charles ... with so much feelings
you know it's not a ray charles's song?
hidden deep in his voice was his little boys voice. that's where the innocence comes from. this is a great piece of music and deserves your attention. brel did it but there are some flourishes here that only ray could lay on. his voice cries out to us with sublime feeling and love.
Why always comparing? Jacques Brel was unique and Ray Charles was unique! I am a Dutchman living in France. The Dutch version by Liesbeth List is also very beautiful. Ne me quitte pas - If you go away - Verlaat mij niet. Best wishes!
you are right, i love your comment so much, brel is great but ray charles made this song greatest...or maybe sadest
again really happy to ready that comment, make me feel like there is hope on this planet
@@alimobarki9546 Thank you Ali, it's what he gives us.
Damn. Heartbreakingly beautiful.
Perfect song what a voice lol😊
Absolutely incredible ❤
We all have a purpose in life like Ray Charles and Mozart, just look inside yourself without thought and let the genius come through.
Linda canção e com o nosso príncipe Rei Charles ficou perfeita.. todo sentimento...
what a singing! Thank u for came on earth, Sir.
By het afscheid van een dierbaaren perfecte tekst dank je Ray
Many years ago we saw the concert at Apollo in London. Jacque would be proud of this cover.
Ef you..❤
До чего же проникновенно, аж сердце защемило ...
Eterno Ray Charles, o amor circulava ao som da sua música. If you go way então quebra tudo. Amo, já curti muito. Parabens para lembro e postou, eu já só agora a noite 4 vezes. Obrigado amiga pels sugesta. Boa noite
Great rendition of this song!
Het mooiste gestelde verdriet by het gedwongen afscheid dank
so very sad...why is there so much beauty in sadness?
Rosalind Kover Thats the time you can reflex, thank God if you believe in him or curse him if you don't, but its just you loving you . So laugh and be happy, you are still alive. So there is hope
Because it's pure romance... romantic thoughts.... dreams.... although everything didn't work out, the thoughts get stuck in your mind. "For what good is love - without loving you" - a neverending love, a whole life dedicated to love one person.....
Rosalind Kover because grief is the price we pay for love ❤️!
It’s in the voice - RC at his best with orchestra extraordiinare
Something is to be said about the song composition too
All perfectly done
america is intoxicated with fake happy songs and love songs thats why life is superficial down there they refuse sadness and melancholy
discovered late ~ but~ savoured forever! wonderful rendition ~ thank you!
Thankyou Ray Charles 💕unforgetable...
An Opera would return to this theme throughout. A profound hymn with lyrics that tear the heart out of other songs and say here I am and implant this as your last, your dieing words. And then there's Ray who forces it down deep into the human psyche.
So good ray
Wondering..soo real.
I can sure feel it😮😅😅😅😅😅
"Могу ли я сказать вам сейчас, как вы поворачиваете идти,
Я буду медленно умирать до следующего "привет",
Если ты уйдешь, детка, если ты уйдёшь....
Если ты уйдешь, я знаю, что ты должен,
Там не будет ничего, чему бы осталось в этом мире доверять,
Просто пустая комната, полная пустого пространства,
Как и пустой взгляд я вижу на вашем лице..."
Как точно ты подобрал именно его исполнение...
The Kurzweil solo at 3.50 from Ray is off the planet
Close to the end, and more PROFOUND with barely a voice than most singers in full command of their youthful talent.........Transcendentasl, my OLD MAN!!!!....Bless your soul!!!!.......
I'm from 2021. I'm discovering this wonderful performer and the incomparable sound of Mr. Brel's song for orchestra
Ray as good as always .
хочеться написать много а в итоге пишу коротко Рей великий человек и музыкант который придумал современную музыку и оставил наследия на века наверно он все же был пришельцем на земле не возможно в 3 года начинать играть и всю жизнь продолжать удивлять своим творчеством всю планету Слава тебе Чарлз
Great song - Great singer !
Jo in UK in 2021
Que cadencia. Solo el puede cantar y tocar asi. Unico. Grande!!! Te quiero. Graciassss!!
Has there ever been a better live performance? And yes, tribute to composer.
Yes Julio Iglesias did a live performance too and it's good.
I love you forever ray. Dear charles!!
Do not forget that 1/3 million went away this year who needn't. Think of that and multiply it by all those who's lives were touched.
What a song to close the day with the great Ray Charles thanks to facebook for suggesting these great numbers.
G O O D 1
The Great Ray Charles at his beat!!!!!
Greatest live performance ever! Ever!!!
Veuillez écouter la version d'Angelina "mignonne" Jordan.
This is a goodbye to someone so loved you can't admit it should be in the past tense. That is, the person so loved, has already gone. This is a dirge from the soul.
Lágrimas na garganta...assim é Ray Charles...
Simply beautiful x
5:10 - "I'd have been the shadow of your dog if I thought it might have kept me here by your side woman." Deep. The Genius does it again. Thanks for a lifetime of great music Ray. Today's musician's and artists need to study you. If so, today's music can be great again. Rest in Peace my friend.
Love love Neil diamonds version also Barbra Streisand and Edith piafs Celine dions is very good and Jacque Brel is even better yeah Shirley bassey is beautiful also
9 years and you deserve deep compliment for the essence of your words. the love.
lyrics are from jaques brelle.. ne me quitte pas
When you close your eyes to this song you can remember the love that went away
جناب آقای ری چارلز ، به پاس یک عمر فعالیت هنری شما درعرصه موسیقی ملل ، سپاس . خدایش بیامرزد .
what a sprout flower outta concrete(I fuckin love this man as an artist better yet he is art)
Ray pour l'éternité !
Fantastisk sang av Ray Charles.
Grief is the price we pay for love!'
Meu Deus! Ray Charles, INEXPLICÁVEL!!!
If you go away on this summer day,
Then you might as well take the sun away;
All the birds that flew in the summer sky,
When our love was new and our hearts were high;
When the day was young and the night was long,
And the moon stood still for the night bird's song.
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
If you go, as i know you will, you must tell the world to stop turning
Till you return again, if you ever do, for what good is love
Without loving you,
Can i tell you now, as you turn to go, i'll be dying slowly till the next hello,
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
But if you stay, i'll make you a night
Like no night has been, or will be again.
I'll sail on your smile, i'll ride on your touch,
I'll talk to your eyes that i love such.
But if you go, go, i won't cry,
Though the good is gone from the word goodbye,
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
If you go away, as i know you must,
There'll be nothing left in the world to trust,
Just an empty room, full of empty space,
Like the empty look i see on your face.
I'd have been the shadow of your dog
If i thought it might have kept me by your side.
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
6ji87uu
I'm French and the original song is from Jacques Brel, the song is "Ne me quitte pas", it was very beautiful in French, go listen this nice song.
I'm Belgian, so was Jacques Brel ;-) ;-)
Spirito De Marseille what about Nina Simone?
This is a beautiful song in any language but Shirley Bassey is by far the best.
@John F. Kennedy I love ray Charles and Shirley Bassey too, but English language is to poor for this song. The original version is the best and Jacques Brel was an incredible performer. But you must speak french for understand. :)
Alas, as you point out if we don't speak French.....it's not understood. No need for you to be insulting about it.
Sweet baby Jesus
Ray Charles will be ray Charles he is a man of all ages
superb!!!!!!
I've enjoyed Jack Jones' singing this, but I'm weeping now!
Impressionante! Maravilhoso! Tudo! Arranjo, Som, e, essa Voz , parece uma Alma cantando! Com essa emoção, so o próprio autor dessa Obra Prima, o Belga Jacques Brel! "Isso é coisa de Deus"!!
Magnífica interpretação
The BEST English version.
love this song so much!
This , wow awesome
Rod you left all of us who loved you. RIP.
Who is Rod?
Nancy Antram I think Barbe Kaye is referring to Rod McKuen who I believe recorded a version in the 60s and may be accredited with the English lyric. Mr. R. 😀🎶
thanks for making a version that does not make me cry like a baby every time I listen to it like I do with the original
absoiutly..Ray is very great, with this version....but, what a pity, with this text...I know it could be very difficult to translate the true meaning, emotion..
but this text is just flat
french text, first, and english translation after.
Ne Me Quitte Pas
Ne me quitte pas
Il faut oublier
Tout peut s'oublier
Qui s'enfuit deja
Oublier le temps
Des malentendus
Et le temps perdu
A savoir comment
Oublier ces heures
Qui tuaient parfois
A coups de pourquoi
Le coeur du bonheure
Ne me quitte pas (4 fois)
Moi je t'offrirai
Des perles du pluie
Venues de pays
Ou il ne pleut pas
Je creuserai la terre
Jusqu'apres ma mort
Pour couvrir ton corps
D'or et de lumiere
Je ferai un domaine
Ou l'amour sera roi
Ou l'amour sera loi
Ou tu seras reine
Ne me quitte pas (4 fois)
Ne me quitte pas
Je t'inventerai
Des mots insensés
Que tu comprendras
Je te parlerai
De ces amants là
Qui ont vu deux fois
Leurs coeurs s'embraser
Je te racont'rai
L'histoire de ce roi
Mort de n'avoir pas
Pu te rencontrer
Ne me quitte pas (4 fois)
On a vu souvent
Rejaillir le feu
De l'ancien volcan
Qu'on croyait trop vieux
Il est paraît-il
Des terres brûlées
Donnant plus de blé
Qu'un meilleur avril
Et quand vient le soir
Pour qu'un ciel flamboie
Le rouge et le noir
Ne s'épousent-ils pas
Ne me quitte pas (4 fois)
Ne me quitte pas
Je ne veux plus pleurer
Je ne veux plus parler
Je me cacherai là
A te regarder
Danser et sourire
Et à t'écouter
Chanter et puis rire
Laisse-moi devenir
L'ombre de ton ombre
L'ombre de ta main
L'ombre de ton chien
Ne me quitte pas (4 fois)
Victor Raul Espitiawas , maybe , the traductor, thank him.
Dont' leave me
You have to forget
Everything can be forgotten
That is flying away already
Forget the time
The misunderstandings
And the time that was lost
Trying to understand how
These hours can be forgotten
Those that are killing sometimes
With whys that hurt like punches
The heart of happiness
Don't leave me
Don't leave me
Don't leave me
Don't leave me
I will get pearls of rain
From countries
Where it never rains
I will work the earth
Until I die
To cover your body
With gold and light
I will create a kingdom for you
Where love will be the king
Where love will be the law
Where you will be the queen
Don't leave me
Don't leave me
Don't leave me
Don't leave me
I will invent for you
Meaningless words
That you will understand
I will speak to you
Of these lovers
That we've seen twice
Their hearts igniting each other
I will tell you
The story of this king
Who died of not being able
To get to know you
Don't leave me
Don't leave me
Don't leave me
Don't leave me
We have often seen
Fire flowing again
From an ancient vulcano
That we considered to be too old
It seems like
Burned earth
Produces more wheat
Than a warm month of april
And when the night comes
And the sky is on fire
The black and the red
Won't go together
Don't leave me
Don't leave me
Don't leave me
Don't leave me
Don't leave me
I won't cry anymore
I won't speak anymore
I will hide right there
To see you
Dancing ad smiling
And to listen to you
Sing and then laugh
Let me become
The shadow of yor shadow
The shadowof you hand
The shadow of your dog
Don't leave me
Don't leave me
Don't leave me
Don't leave me
The guy behind Ray is having fun playing with a GENIUS.lol
he is expressing and i would do just as he is showing his love
Love the player behind him. He is all in. Lol.
Ray Charles intramontabile ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
WOW WOW & WOW unbelievably beautiful
Fantastiske Ray Charles,en legende er han.☉🌝🌞
Obra de Deus, essa alma, esse coração que canta! Ray Charles, é uma "Entidade" no palco..é incrível a força, a energia e a LUZ de sua presença! CoisaDeDeus, certamente!
Black genius personified! Oo-la-la. What to say?
Fabulous !
¡NO ME DEJES!
RAY CHARLES MAGNÍFICO. HOY COMO SIEMPRE. I LOVED HIM AND
I LOVE HIM TODAY.
Beautiful
if you go away by Ray Charles this is the best song I heard for the first time he really done a good job with all the songs and albums he did and he gotten rewords for them too this song is so special to my heart Ray Charles will be missed but not forgotten I have some of his albums in my cd case I like and love me some Ray Charles your fan stevinskie😎😎😎😎
The legend
The interpretation of this song prints a book
ראיתי את ריי צ'ארלס בחיפה בקולנוע ארמון (שלא קיים יותר)מתי שהוא בשנות ה 60 אולי 70 לא זוכר בדיוק.קולנוע ארמון היה ההה בית קולנוע בחיפה עם גג נפתח ויציע מרשים.
Love it!
amazingly beautiful !!
Who else is watching after Folie a Deux?
🖤❤️Ray
Awesome, absolutely AWESOME !!!
It kills me listening to this. I hope they didn't go away
Pure class xx
The original song is from Jacques Brel - Ne me quitte pas
Life is a series of saying goodbye.
This song was first written in French by Jacques Brel " Ne me quitte pas " means Do't let me alone.
Actually, It means 'don't leave me'
Don't leave me..
close, but it means, don't leave me.
Когда ты уйдёшь, моя память.
Когда ты уйдёшь...
Eterno !
Mr Ray Charles j'adore!!!!grand chanteur
Masterpiece