The Music That Makes Me Dance (Rare - Barbra's last Broadway performance)
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- This is a very rare recording of Barbra performing "The Music That Makes Me Dance" during her last Broadway performance of FUNNY GIRL. Enjoy...
Who’s still listening to this masterpiece in 2020!!
me
listening....Jan 2021
Me too. Never get tired of that voice
June 2021
@@Elphaba88 Hello gorgeous 😃
How can you not love this - the definitive version - of THE MUSIC THAT MAKES ME DANCE? Barbra is in full voice, full of confidence, in charge of her power, and she portrays the simplistic honesty of the song while knocking it out of the solar system. This performance (along with the others in FUNNY GIRL and before) are the reason people fell in love with her. A preternatural talent which only comes along once in a generation...IF you're lucky.
I agree 100%.
Always made me sad that the best song in the show was dropped for the movie :(
same eeling here........ This one stands out and Works perfectly as a radio friendly-single kind of song.
Yes. the best song in the show!
I agree! 😮
Still listening in 2022! I saw her on Broadway. Most exciting night of my life nearly 60 years later.
You are so fortunate to have seen her in Broadway! I love love love love Barbra. I saw her three times in concert. The first time was with my Mom, it was historical. Best 3 nights of my whole life, I get it!!!!
I never tire of hearing this; the young queen of song and Broadway--supremely confident and emoting for the ages. I am forever blessed because as a teenager, I saw Barbra's performance in Funny Girl. For this number, she stood in front of the curtain and produced goose bumps for an entire theatre audience!
It was my first Broadway show at age 12 or 13, how could I help becoming a musical junkie? i saw it 3 times, from 3rd row center to standing room. Nothing has ever topped it
@@lisaroberts7266 Wow. Green here. I was only three, and living in Ohio, when this was on Broadway. Oh, to have witnessed it! :)
What a talent she was. She forever claims a spot in my heart. She was fierce, original and fearless. She was a true star.
Was?
Jean Stapleton said she was " brave and strong in the snakepit " of FG out of town and in trouble.
Get your act together how can you say was Barbra Streisand is still alive your comment should read she is not she was. It is disgraceful to all Barbra Streisand fans and I’m sure it’s disgraceful to Barbra herself
What a Super Brilliant talent! No one can touch her. Yes, new talents today. But that magic is hers alone!!!
Oh if only I'd been old enough in 1964 to see this show on Broadway...I would have been one of those kids hanging out at the stage door...this was a moment in time that was thrilling beyond belief!
God this is one of my favorites from the stage version. Just so lovely
During the run she said she felt was trapped having to go to the theater and perform the show night after night. But the fact is she never got lazy and did the show by rote. Every performance was different and even on the last night she was giving a thousand percent. But it was clear she would never do another Broadway show. And her portrayal of Fannie Brice in the stage production and in the film were significantly different.
@jean-pierre huot Nonsense. She has merely always been a mercurial person. For God's sake, she performed FUNNY GIRL and WHOLESALE over 1,400 times btw Broadway & London's West End. Think of how many other interesting things she went on to do, instead of doing endless revivals of Broadway shows like a workhorse showgirl. That was her true belief in herself, not the mere chutzpah of the (admittedly wonderful song) I'M THE GREATEST STAR...
That was her stepping stone.
Read her book, her co-star was incredibly cruel to her and she hated being on stage with him.
This was from Barbra's closing night in "Funny Girl". The entire show was tape recorded including Barbra's encore of "My Man". She broke down crying on stage during her rendition of "People" that night ..
I thought My Man was never included in the Broadway score?
@@williamgardiner2010 yeah, but she sang My Man at curtain call on the final night of the show as a tribute to Fanny Brice. You should listen to the performance on Just For the Record!
@@maroontunesag8488 whenever i listen to that performance i start shaking
This song is such an overlook the gem At the beginning of the song when that saxophone comes in all my God after all these years it still makes the hair stand up on my neck now this song has been recorded by quite a few artists that no one can sing it like the original one herself
Struggling to find words to describe my response to this that won’t make me sound like a dithering idiot. But I don’t know if I’ll succeed! Gah! Wow, I, whew, good God almighty! I’ve heard amazing singers belt the hell out of this song. But no one who plays the song like a virtuoso jazz/blues musician. I mean, she doesn’t sing the song, she plays it. Like the song is her instrument, and she is in full control of it. So full of nuance, depth, subtly and power. Truly, no one comes close. Amazing.
One of my favorite Barbra songs...and how great to hear this live one. I've always loved the soundtrack version, and to hear this is just as spectacular. Thanks so much for sharing it.
imagining witnessing this live and being transfixed to that voice....marvel!
Yes. I'm forever grateful that as a teenager, in June of 1965, I was there...unforgettable.
To think she did this live for two whole years! I saw her in January 1964 in the pre-Broadway run. At the time, while Barbra was singing this song, they were showing slides on the sides of the proscenium of newspaper front pages saying "Nick Arnstein Arrested". This was dropped for Broadway but it was dramatically impressive. I can see it and hear it as if it were yesterday. But then again, Barbra is timeless, isn't she?
ActingAsaBusiness Yeah, when she showed up, anyway. Even then, Beezer was notoriously lazy, and would either not come to the Winter Garden, or give lackluster performances when she wasn't in the mood.
No.
Rafael Storm Where did you get this information from? I would love to know, and it was no secret Barbra didn't like doing 8 shows a week she was probably sick of it
Dancer21 I read similar accounts from a couple of bios I read of her life on the mid to late 80s. Apparently she became bored with the routine and had a lot of off performances or would improvise to the point of throwing the orchestra off. I couldn’t tell you the name of those books because I read them so long ago but they sort of magical other accounts I have heard since then. Obviously they are hearsay and may or may not be true but even Streisand her self admitted that the routine routine 8 shows a week was not really her thing. She enjoyed funny girl the most when she was in the rehearsal. And the troublesome try out. We’re songs came and go with the quickness and the ending was rehearsing change many times. She like the edginess and felt more creative.
Russell Wright do you think its true that she got pregnant just to not have to keep doing funny girl?
I put this song in a similar category to The Way He Makes Me Feel. So amazing and overlooked by other songs in the same production.
I saw Streisand in Funny Girl on Broadway more than a year after it opened, after listening to the cast album many, many times. But she was clearly not enjoying performing the same show night after night. For most of the musical, she was going through the motions, but there was no magic. Then, for this one song, she came to life, and it was as though a million bright lights suddenly lit up on stage. When she turned on the charisma, she was stunning. I have never forgotten that performance.
I have watched this movie so many times. It’s classic brilliance
This song was cut from the film version.
I was too young. What I would give to have a time machine. There are many things I would like to do if I had one. This is at the top of the list.
Carol Channing was truly iconic in Hello Dolly! but Barbra Streisand was robbed of the Tony!
Agreed.
Impossible choice. Two different performers in iconic roles.
Funny Girl was not as good a show as Hello, Dolly! which probably helped Channing and hurt Streisand.
to be so in touch with your talent at such a young age. to carry a show...8 times a week...demanding vocally and emotionally...that's why she's the artist of her generation.
The irony here is that this recording only exists because someone smuggled a tape recorder into the Winter Garden Theatre to record it and had he been found out, he would have been thrown out of the theater and probably criminally prosecuted. I can only imagine that Streisand is happy today that this didn't happen. But for this man, this record of her great performance on stage would not exist.
Actually, this recording exists because of Barbra herself. She had the show recorded every night, then would listen to it for ways she could improve her performance. As she listened, she would make notes, then reuse the same tape the next night. It just so happens that this was her last night, so it never got erased.
Actually no. The practice of reproducing and distributing bootleg recordings from broadway shows was still decades in the future. There wasn't the easy means of replicating and distributing copies that there is now. So there wasn't the same vigilance around it. Also, decent recording equipment was cumbersome and not easily hidden in coats or bags, as it can be now. So this was more likely recorded backstage, with the full knowledge of the cast, as the comment above suggests.
@@Nacho-Mamma Well, so much for rumors. When she released "My Man" from her last performance of Funny Girl on Just For The Record, she claimed it was recorded by someone in the audience. Who knew?
I'm listening in 2021 and always will.
It's clear B. was adverse to a routine approach to this wonderful number--she plays with it, but never to its detriment. Quite the opposite. A rare and thrilling treat.
talk about being on fire! amazing
Tears, tears, and yet, more tears.
I've been burned.
I think she took liberties with this song and her incomparable musical instincts allowed her to take this song wherever she wanted to go only to bring it home to its incomprehensible end.
It's a phenomenal song but My Man is without question the right ending for the film.
I’d have to agree. I just would’ve loved to seen an alternate ending with this
They could have used both songs. I would have cut "Swan Lake" and replace it with this song. And, at the end, she would stil sing "My Man". Maybe it would have been redundant but it would have been better than "Swan Lake". It's better to have 2 great similar numbers than one great number and a not-so-great one.
The story goes the rights to "My Man" were not available to the Broadway production so this song was created in its stead.
@@Ninafan68 There are least five (5!) songs from the Broadway show that were not in the film (wisely they cut out the 'chorus numbers'), but 'Coronet Man' was better than 'I'd Rather Be Blue' (also an old Brice song), and this was powerful in the play, but NOT the ending--which was a hopeful reprise of 'Don't Rain On My Parade'.
Such a ring of truth and beauty. Thrilling.
I can just feel the emotion coming through these lyrics. I saw the current B’Way fiasco, and Beanie cannot even BEGIN to touch this!!!
This is a classic Barbra song! Thanks for sharing this!
a masterpiece wow .
It's absurd that this fabulous song was dropped, in favor of "My Man," for the movie. This is essential Streisand.
Rafael Storm But this song was written as an imitation of "My Man." Of course they went for the original when they could.
Why "of course"? This is, in fact, a better song.
Hello I prefer this song over "My Man" but I get why they used it in the film version. This recording is amazing not only does she seem actually choked but her improv near the end amazes!
On Broadway, it was implied that Fanny & Nick reunited at the end, that's why this song was written.
In the movie, she is mourning the finality of her marriage to Nick, and that's why My Man was used. And also, the fact that My Man was written for her for the 1921 Ziegfeld Follies, in which she performed it and it became an instant hit. After that, My Man was Fanny's signature song.
One thread is that the film producers thought that this song was so difficult to sing, with the octave jumps, lyrics, etc, that My Man would be a better choice for its simpler melody and easy to remember lyrics. An easier theme song for a movie...if you will.
2021! Awesome!!!💐❤
OMG! What a thrill to hear this! Thanks so very much for posting!
This is the type of song at which she always excelled.
For those of us who have the whole tape- she performs a version of MY MAN from this night- and she says it is closing night- there ya go ole
Oh how I wish I could time travel!!!
Just fantastic. Brilliant talent! Only one B....
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goosebumps. every time. when i played fanny brice a few years back my director kept this song and i was ELATED. i just adore this song and do prefer it over my man, by my man is the quintessential fanny brice, so you really can't blame them for putting it in the film since they couldn't use it for the broadway musical.
This was dropped along with "Who Are You Now?" because they needed at last one original song to be Oscar eligible. Producers always wanted to use "My Man" as the B'way finale but the composers refused. After it was clear the show was a hit and Streisand a star, they relented and it was used for the film.
Always and forever The Best.
i wonder how anybody could have possibly done these bootlegs discreetly back then. "excuse me, sir. is that a microphone in your pants or are you happy to see ms. streisand?" as illegal as the process is (and as a union theater performer, i hate it), it does give us an amazing archive, by way of youtube, of moments like this.
and if this was done from the audience, remember that individual mics didn't start being used on the regular 'til the 90s. talent AND pure power were required back then.
Its a soundboard copy
Funny girl was the first Broadway show that featured personal microphones for the main characters
Professional musician here, also....these bootleg recordings of Bway and opera are priceless now, so I don't mind it. Many performers who never had a recording career but who were brilliant onstage have been recorded for posterity. And more importantly, we get to hear what they did live, rather than in a studio recording where takes are spliced together and pitch corrected. For us theater/opera performers, studying live recordings is much more valuable as you hear what was done in real time with tempi that worked for the theater acoustics.
I've always heard that this was recorded off of a backstage speaker by one of the stage managers. Don't know if thats true, but it would account for getting the entire show, on tape, since the shotguns were broadcast back stage. On the recording I have, you can distinctly hear the wagons rolling during scene changes, which supports the story.
there's a recording of the entire last performance? Sign me up!!
This song exemplifies how Streisand took the emotion of the song and put it front and center. The vocals are of course explosive but they are only there to serve the emotional undercurrent which she is brilliant at conveying. Most other singers are merely performing while she is living in the song and infusing it with her whole being.
For as good a singer as she is, she is an even better actress! And notice they applauded at the end of the song, good old days!
How did she not win the Tony? Shame on them!
Exactly!
They gave the Tony this year to Carol Channing for Hello Dolly also best musical and score.Barbra and Carol were nominated best actresses with Bea Arthur for High spirits and Inga Swenson for 110 in the shade only.four nominations although Barbara Cook should have been nomonated for She Loves Me Florence Henderson for The girl who came to supper and Carol Burnett for Fade Out fade in.Of these artists Barbara was who deserved more for her marveleus Amalia Balash in She loves me and nobody understood why she wasnt nominated. The final choice was between Barbra Streisand and Carol Channing and the later wan.But Barbra received an Oscar for her performance in the Funny Girl movie and.played Carol s role in The Hello Dolly movie .
I think that Who are you now? and The Music that males me dance shouldnt have been cut in the movie. But they wanted a new song for the movie and Styne composed the song Funny Girl and they used a song Fanny Brice sang My Man in.the end..
My favorite song
Just fabulous, so courages
Superb!
god I love her opt-up on the 1st "dance".
I’m still listening. Brilliant just brilliant. Great presentation, great song, great arrangement. Only Barbra can deliver it. 0:51 William Wyler made a tremendous mistake by leaving this song out of the movie.
Unbelievable
July 2024!
i have this record
Incomparable
WOW
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@MrNmj001 But I take it this is not available to buy? Know what I would love to hear? The recordings Barry Dennen made of her at the time of her early days at The Lion...now, I am assuming (since these tapes were the source of great resentment on Streisand's part because he would not hand them over to her after she had made it big on Broadway) he still has them, and has hopefully digitised them and maybe, one day...well, I live in hope. Thankyou for posting...
alas he has died. she didn't even acknowledge this, nor the tremendous influence he had in shaping her approach to art
Oh, I have the broadway album...I will check it out thankyou for that) ... do you think Barry Dennen will still have the tapes he made of Streisand singing during her short run at The Lion?
This song and Who are you now? are as beautiful as People but only this song is better known and Barbra didnt sing The Music that makes me dance and Who are you now, two great songs who sadly were cut in the movie. Nobody sings People but I heard Mimi Hines Eydie Gorme and Barbara Cook singing Who are you now beautifully and Hines singing The Music that makes me dance. I have the original Broadway cast performance with Barbra in a marveleus performance of both songs.
Wowa...
I love this song. I think they wrote it because they couldn't get the rights to Brice's signature song "My Man". When the movie came along, they were able to get the rights so they put it in place of this one.
In 2021!!
How do you know that this comes from Barbra's "last Broadway performance"?
Streisand told them.
OMG WHERE DID YOU GET THIS??
@MrNmj001 where did you get the tape from?
Sad that it didn't make it into the movie.
The best and most poignant piece from the show… my opinion.
I haven't liked her much since she went to Hollywood, but THIS is the Streisand I once would have died for. Before she became the movie star and stopped growing as an actress, before that voice crystallized into cold perfection and forced, false emoting.
You got beans in your ears?
@unclealand Stopped growing as an actress? She did THE WAY WE WERE, YENTL, NUTS, and THE GUILT TRIP years after this. I hardly think she stopped growing & honing her craft, even if she never did get around to doing Shaw's or Shakespeare's CLEOPATRA. By the same token, Judi Dench and Maggie Smith never got around to doing THE BROADWAY ALBUM or GUILTY or half a dozen of the best time capsules of musical theatre music (i. e. 'specials,' which they absolutely WERE) on television...
Its a beautiful song idk why they dropped it either
so how do we get the tape? and why doesn't streisand release the audio or, better yet, any video of her broadway run. imagine the money she'd make, and how happy she'd make us.
Actually she would not have ‘residual’ rights to either the audio or film from the Broadway show. That would rest with the original producers.
It is better than the current rendition on Broadway. I need more him.
Was this sung in the movie?
Only one,babs
much more mezzo soprano sounding than she would sound later
The comments damn!!!
I much prefer the subtler LP version. Here, she over dramatize the rendition and ad lib too much, to the point that it destroys the melody line. And, I don't know if it's because of the bad recording but she sounds quite strident here. Barbra, when she used to sing loud in her younger years, could become quite strident, like in "Lover come back to me".
Not rare. Found it immediately a few days ago
I love Streisand
she didn't win the tony because carol channing won for 'hello dolly'.
mosshart21 ironic
Maybe not quite "like buttah" just yet, but on her way. Early Streisand is a treasure!
Rare? How? Please, don't answer.
Raw Streisand at her best
Lea Michele did this better - just last week.Streisand's young voice sounds so harsh and strained. She shrieks and growls on the highest notes. Very evident in this performance. Lea has matured and lost her most troublesome vocal tics and obstacles. She's worked very hard on her technique and her vocal production. Her voice is a glory now. More powerful and beautiful than B.S.
Streisand never really liked to sing for people....and it shows.
Lea Michele can hone her vocals as much as she wants, but her performance is completely devoid of emotion.
@@hello_gorgeous_ i am not gonna said one is better then the other because I think they are very different. But to say Lea's version is devoid of emotion is simply false.
Get real
@mzmiller52 Good point!