Eva passed away from cancer, way too soon as you say at age 33. TY to Terry Wogan, (BBC) for discovering Eva's talent and sharing it with the world to everyone to enjoy. Her sweet parents are still devastated by losing their beautiful daughter. Eva is extraordinary, and her talent is unmatched. She FEELS the music, she does not just sing songs. Everything Eva did was so much better than the original. Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton both wanted to help her but by the time they discovered her, it was too late. She had just passed away!
Not only her voice but as a guitarist her playing is next level. Anyone who could do what she did here could sell out every venue they play. Rare, rare, rare.
Such a loss to the World, WITHOUT RIVAL !!! She was a LIVING MASTERPIECE !!! Eva was diagnosed, months after this recording, with cancer, that took her life shortly after, A TRUE TRAGEDY !!!
I've heard this dozens of time and yet, it still get's the rain a fallin'. Yes, tears that can't be controlled. Simply beautiful, extraordinary and moving. What a treasure the world has lost.
Eva's version is the most beautiful version ever, we chose to have her version played at my baby's funeral. She had an amazing and most beautiful voice. This song means so much to me
Diddy, Eva's passing at 33 years of age is IMO one of the biggest artistic tragedies in modern time. She died from skin cancer which developed. Her voice was EXTREMELY beautiful. And she emotes just like you know who :-) I have been listening to what I could find from her for 20 years now. She is just one of those artists that you HAVE to listen to again and again. Nice that you finally got to her :-) Take care !
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee Eric…I see your point. But I don’t think we would have gotten this performance if she had been coerced into a corporate way of being a pop star. But I do know that she was offered a contract with Blue Note, but when she and the producer could not agree on the wide variety of styles she wanted to do she said no thank you. She was working on a album when she died and this performance was only nine or ten months before she did. A few years after she passed a British DJ played this and thousands of phone calls wanting to know who she was came in. Then there was a a feature on the national news here in America and ultimately it worked its way onto UA-cam.
I love to hear Eva doing this. I nearly always cry but that’s ok. I always play this when I have to put one of my fur babies to sleep & I just hold them and watch them leave here and go home, where I know they’ll meet me at the edge of the Rainbow Bridge when I go home. You are so tender hearted and that’s nice to see in a man. Bless you! ❤
You’re not alone my friend.. I can’t listen to this without the waterworks.. You were clearly moved. Loved your comment “It’s definitely the most beautiful version of Over The Rainbow I’ve ever heard.. It was like no other version because…. Yeah, She didn’t sing Over The Rainbow, she WAS Over the rainbow. For me this will be…. (pause). I don’t think you can do this any better than this.” Best reaction ever.. You nailed it..
Her voice could turn the hardest person to complete mush, it was her superpower. The first time I heard this cover I was driving on the highway and actually had to pull over, I was sobbing and couldn’t see the road. There are some fantastic documentaries about Eva on UA-cam, it gives you a glimpse of the beautiful soul she was and will make you appreciate her even more. There is a book about her as well called Songbird, it is a great read. She was a fantastic painter, the book contains photographs of some of her work, I was even able to purchase on of her prints. Some of my favorite songs of hers are Songbird, Cheek to Cheek, Time After Time, Ain’t No Sunshine and Stormy Monday (my personal favorite). I look forward to seeing you react to more of her catalog 😊
I see you reacted to this a year ago. I only found out about Eva a couple of months ago. I think everyone who hears this is profoundly affected, the majority with tears even if they did not know she had passed on. Her expressive, sweet, and pure vocal and guitar work are spellbinding. She is eternally beautiful in recordings and Spirit. I am so grateful for knowing about her. Each time I listen to one of her covers, my entire being is enriched. Thank you Diddy. If you have not heard her version of Fields Of Gold, you simply must ! 🤗
Yes. Maybe the most beautiful of Eva's performances. It's....devastating. The most stunning exposition of what love lost feels like perhaps ever recorded.
Thank you for adding Ms. Eva to your heart! I will never forget the evening I first heard her song play on my car radio as I was on my way home from work. My car had an amazing sound system and at times I would feel like I was in a Sound Studio listening to someone live. From the moment her song began my whole being was on high alert and it felt like I had been transported to the studio right in front of her. Her gift of tone and guitar skill as well as her interpretation and delivery left me trying to drive while tears poured out of my entire I openings, not just the little ducts in the corners! This was the fall of 2000 and I have yet to be moved by another musician in the same way, not even close! So very sad that her life was snuffed out at such a young age, we are all less because of it. Thank you again, for playing her song and introducing her to many more people. ❤
It's a great story, but it's not true. This concert was recorded in January, 1996. While she had been diagnosed and treated before for melanoma, she was in remission and considered herself "cured", so she neglected follow up appointments. Unfortunately, the cancer returned a few months after this performance. Her actual last performance was a fundraiser for her treatment that occurred in October, 1996. The last song she ever sang was "What a Wonderful World". She died a few weeks later in November.
Shocked? She had the same superpower as Angelina Jordan. When Angelina covered "Fields of Gold", she took Eva's version. Sting passed the rights over to Eva. And "Over The Rainbow" is her song now and forever. Eva Cassidy is one of my forever favourites... So sad, she passed away so early, but she will be immortal...
She moves me exactly the same way. In these types of covers she takes you on an emotional journey that you simply can't separate yourself from. She was, and is, just so gifted and gone much too soon and leaves us wondering what might have been but also has left us with this beautiful, and moving, legacy of her music. Thank you for your comments.
Your reaction was as perfect as can be. Eva, with her outstanding arrangement of an already beautiful and classic song, took it to another level .RIP Eva.
I grew up in the DC area and got to hear Eva a lot, a group of DC area artists gave a benefit for her at the "Bayou' in Georgetown and at the end of the night she was helped onto the stage and she sang "What a Wonderful World" a few weeks later she was gone
Though I've heard it many times before by Eva, when I played it on your channel and others, tears just came into my eyes, such was the effect of her wonderful interpretation. Everyone who reacts or listens is like yourself, instantly hit by emotion.
@@philpiper I did listen this morning the review mase by Fil from Wings of Pegasus YT channel and learned many things on the context of this song and the recording that night. If you haven’t yet, I suggest you to check that react, you may learn quite a few things. Just one example: Eva did perform 31 songs that night (!!!) and they only recorded 13 for a live album 😱
The way she sings this song, it cuts right to the core, to the inner part of our nature that craves redemption, the making aright of all things. Our souls weep for that.
When I first saw this video a couple of years ago, I looked like I had been in a rain storm by the end of the song because I couldn’t control my tear ducts. All respect to the original singer and legend, Judy Garland, but this is the greatest version of the song I have ever heard. I believe Eva Cassidy was as close to a “perfect” singer as you can get due to her incredible control, beautiful tone and her fantastic, heartfelt phrasing that was packed with emotion and when you add her incredibly creative arrangements and acoustic guitar playing, you had the “total package”. When I heard that she had died at 33 y/o from metastatic melanoma several months after this was filmed, and prior to her music going “viral” around the world, I felt a combination of sadness and anger that a once-in-a-generation talent like her could be taken at such a young age while many murderers, rapists and other filth of society will live to ripe old ages………
We should also be thankful that someone was there to capture this indescribably beautiful version of a classic song. If you can listen to this and not be moved, check your pulse.
Only 80 comments on what has to be among the deepest AND most intelligent reactions on UA-cam. This is what a human response to an artistic Beauty that approaches a sort of transcendence looks like and feels like. So thank you too. Your response is now also mine.
I lost my bright and beautiful daughter Jessica to a rare form of cancer 8 months after her 25th birthday. I don't know if she could hear me, but in the last hour of her life as I sat by her bed I told her it was O.K. to let go, that she didn't have to try to hold on for me. A social worker from the hospice had dropped by to sit and talk w/ me and as we were talking Jessie's rapid breathing suddenly stopped, and her earthly life came to an end. The day of the memorial service was one of gusty wind and heavy rain, but about an hour after I got home the sky cleared, and in the East was a perfect, unbroken rainbow, and in the West an orange sunset. It may have been a coincidence, but I took it as a sign that after an often difficult life that my "little girl" had reached a safe harbor.
G'day Didy. Another attempt to slow it down! Sadly Eva had a career cut short by melanoma. Eva was known in the US, but only achieved recognition in the UK two years after that. Lovely expressive voice and well known for this song, solo with a guitar. Appreciate your expressive reaction.
Such beauty. She's an angel. I'm a sixty year old man and she brings tears to my eyes every time I watch this. If she doesn't move you to tears, you're not human. RIP Eva you beautiful and wonderful soul. The world is a lesser place without you in it.
I’m a fan of Eva Cassidy. Her voice is pure & angelic. She puts a lot of emotion interpreting the music & lyrics of the songs she sings. My favourite song by Eva is “Autumn Leaves”. Her rendition of this song is amazing- I cry every time I listen to it. Many singers who sang this song (including Nat King Cole), have misinterpreted the music & lyrics. RIP Eva, God bless you & keep you.
No shame in shedding a tear with this version of the song champ.. In fact ya not human if this has no effect on the heart.. Such a beautiful rendition that has some many layers of brilliance.. RIP Eva you left your legacy for us all & we thank you for not bowing down to the record labels because if she did we would not have this amazing version.. This came from saying no to them..
Eva took songs no matter how famous and because she loved them so much, made them totally her own. She causes an emotional reaction in all who listen even the originators. Every time and always Eva.
Fields of Gold (a Sting song) and Autumn Leaves are 2 great songs that showcase her immense talent. Continue watching the Live at Blues Alley versions to hear her at her best. The whole show is available on UA-cam.
Didy, when I first recommended it, I knew this would be one for you. It's emotional for a few reasons. The clarity of her pitch and tone is mesmerizing. Watching her face express the emotion of the song is stunning. And in this particular song, where she has changed the tone to melancholy, knowing that she will pass away within 10 months of the performance hits you in the gut. It is just something that overcomes you so don't feel badly. Just a note is that evidently Eva was as much of a Master guitarist as a vocalist. This particular performance which was done in black and white is the only live video performance of her ever captured. There are 12 songs in this performance including the one you just listened to. She has others that are audio only on her UA-cam channel. Eva also does a legendary version of Fields of Gold by Sting. So does Angelina Jordan! There is a mashup Duo of the two of them singing the song together. The timing is not always perfect, but considering it is very good. It is absolutely beautiful hearing Eva's voice and Angelina's voice in the same song. The video is well done also. After that, Eva has some very popular solo performances including Time after Time, Bridge over troubled Water, songbird, people get ready, Stormy Monday, and many more. Bridge over troubled Water is my next favorite solo. Be well and be safe and looking forward to the next one.
A person may have heard this hundreds of times, but never really feels it til they listen to Eva's rendition. No other is more heartfelt, evocative and poignant.
Ok Didy, ive been watching your reactions awhile now...Dimash, Angelina, etc. and have enjoyed them alot. I only discovered Eva not thru a reaction but simply searching Over the Rainbow a few weeks ago and have progressed on to her other recordings. Highly suggest u search her thru extended Wikipedia as her backstory is truly amazing. She suffered from stage fright, never seemed to be satisfied with her performances, sold early copies cds with included this performance from the trunk of her car. She didnt approve of her performance of this and the cd tracks as she had a very bad cold January 1996 when recorded (months before her death). She reached tops of charts in UK and other European charts after her death. She died of melanoma cancer that spread to her bones and lungs. In the summer of 1996 she was diagnosed and passed in November of the same year. Truly amazing performance here. Agree...best performance of this song I've ever heard. Im 62 yo. U got me with this reaction. Subscribed. I suggest Nightbird next from Eva. Many blessings to you and your channel. (Mark / USA)
Didy, I reacted just like you when I heard Eva for the first time. And every time since - hundreds of listens. If the whole world could hear this, perhaps we could end all wars and separation.
I had the privilege and pleasure to see and hear Eva many times, I spoke with her a few times and told her she had a special gift, she shyly smiled with reserve but so very kind and sweet, no need to pile on the accolades, I feel her spirit and emotions every time I hear her sing, thanks for the magic that I can't comprehend but love so deeply.
Eva gave a stunning performance. I only barely stayed dry eyed because I've herd it before. Art and culture are gifts we give to ourselves and to one another, and sometimes an artist creating it transcends the frail human form their art comes from. May it be that Eva Cassidy rests in peace
I found her song several weeks ago and now search to see other reactions to it. I agree with and love your heartfelt reaction. Her version of this song is just out of this world. And whoever might try to belt it out in decades to come, beating out Eva with her emotional phrasing, gorgeous guitar work and beautiful tender and slightly husky voice just will never be surpassed. She made this more than a song, She made this an arrow to our soul.
EVA "OWNS" THIS SONG...SHE CAN MAKE U CRY....HER VIBRATO,FEEL,CONTROL ARE IMPECCABLE.. HER GUITAR PLAYING IS SO PERFECT FOR THIS SONG...WHAT FEEL ...EMOTION!!
Didy, no one could ever prepare themselves to listen to this and not react to Eva's version the way you did. Truly, a MASTERPIECE production. What an arrangement and she was quite the guitarist, wasn't she? I wonder, if someone decided to make a movie of her life, whoever portrays Eva would have to be someone very special, indeed. And, Didy, thank you so much for not interrupting the performance. Andy Schnell's comment offered you a link to a video which you might want to listen to. A 'Fields of Gold' mashup featuring Eva Cassidy and Angelina Jordan. Two wonderful artists and you get a chance to see the difference in their deliveries to the listening audience.
I heard an interview with two musicians and Eva Cassidy was very sick with ovarian cancer when she performed and recorded Over the Rainbow. I always loved the Ju dy Garland version of this song. But Eva's version has just taken it's place!
Enjoyed your reaction very much. I first reacted to this song while in a hospital, hearing it on a radio. I was so moved by it I asked the nurse if she new the song and artist. That was about 15 years ago and I've heard it so many times, plus I've watched a few different reactions on UA-cam. Listening to it in your channel though helped me finally notice the clever way she played the bass string on her steel string guitar, filling out the sound with the higher pitched strings and of course her beautiful voice.
Starting to lose it one minute in tells us you are human! Every time I hear her version of Over the Rainbow I’m an emotional mess, but I will listen to it over and over again as long as I am able! There have been many suggestions as to what else to listen to by Eva, and they are all good. Want to be sure to include her version of Autumn Leaves. So, so beautiful!
She will do that to you! She has this great ability to evoke all these emotions and make you react. She grew up in the same area as me but unfortunately, I discovered her too late. She is the best female vocalist I've ever heard---she can do it all, almost every genre. She is a legend in the DC area
Any body who attempts to listen to Eva Cassidy singing over the rainbow for the first time on UA-cam as a reaction video is a brave dude in my eyes. I've watched a good few reaction videos to this song and you sir did amazingly well. Anybody with musical interest and completely having no knowledge of this song i feel will be affected by this song. musically stunning and artistry with guitar, this a complete awesome song. congrats!
It’s like listening to an angel sing
She can make a grown man cry.
Eva passed away from cancer, way too soon as you say at age 33. TY to Terry Wogan, (BBC) for discovering Eva's talent and sharing it with the world to everyone to enjoy. Her sweet parents are still devastated by losing their beautiful daughter. Eva is extraordinary, and her talent is unmatched. She FEELS the music, she does not just sing songs. Everything Eva did was so much better than the original. Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton both wanted to help her but by the time they discovered her, it was too late. She had just passed away!
Not only her voice but as a guitarist her playing is next level. Anyone who could do what she did here could sell out every venue they play. Rare, rare, rare.
Eva's version of Over The Rainbow is liquid gold, untouchable.
The first time I heard Eva sing this. I cried and cried. You don't just hear Eva singing. You feel it. Love her music.
I cry every time I hear her sing this.. What a beautiful soul she was. RIP Eva
Such a loss to the World, WITHOUT RIVAL !!! She was a LIVING MASTERPIECE !!! Eva was diagnosed, months after this recording, with cancer, that took her life shortly after, A TRUE TRAGEDY !!!
I've heard this dozens of time and yet, it still get's the rain a fallin'. Yes, tears that can't be controlled. Simply beautiful, extraordinary and moving. What a treasure the world has lost.
Eva's version is the most beautiful version ever, we chose to have her version played at my baby's funeral.
She had an amazing and most beautiful voice.
This song means so much to me
Diddy, Eva's passing at 33 years of age is IMO one of the biggest artistic tragedies in modern time. She died from skin cancer which developed. Her voice was EXTREMELY beautiful. And she emotes just like you know who :-) I have been listening to what I could find from her for 20 years now. She is just one of those artists that you HAVE to listen to again and again. Nice that you finally got to her :-) Take care !
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee Eric…I see your point. But I don’t think we would have gotten this performance if she had been coerced into a corporate way of being a pop star. But I do know that she was offered a contract with Blue Note, but when she and the producer could not agree on the wide variety of styles she wanted to do she said no thank you. She was working on a album when she died and this performance was only nine or ten months before she did. A few years after she passed a British DJ played this and thousands of phone calls wanting to know who she was came in. Then there was a a feature on the national news here in America and ultimately it worked its way onto UA-cam.
Dude. 😭💔❤️
I love to hear Eva doing this. I nearly always cry but that’s ok. I always play this when I have to put one of my fur babies to sleep & I just hold them and watch them leave here and go home, where I know they’ll meet me at the edge of the Rainbow Bridge when I go home. You are so tender hearted and that’s nice to see in a man. Bless you! ❤
Eva reinvented this song.
No tough guy is tough enough to not crumble for this one.
Eva's singing took me to places within my own heart never before explored.
Every time I listen to her sing this, it’s like the first time all over again, and I fall apart.
I love her voice but i have to make a special time and place to sit and be with it.
You’re not alone my friend.. I can’t listen to this without the waterworks.. You were clearly moved. Loved your comment “It’s definitely the most beautiful version of Over The Rainbow I’ve ever heard.. It was like no other version because…. Yeah, She didn’t sing Over The Rainbow, she WAS Over the rainbow. For me this will be…. (pause). I don’t think you can do this any better than this.”
Best reaction ever.. You nailed it..
She was a song interpreter. Made each one her own. Blues, jazz, folk, country, pop...she could do them all. Voice of an angel.
Her voice could turn the hardest person to complete mush, it was her superpower. The first time I heard this cover I was driving on the highway and actually had to pull over, I was sobbing and couldn’t see the road. There are some fantastic documentaries about Eva on UA-cam, it gives you a glimpse of the beautiful soul she was and will make you appreciate her even more. There is a book about her as well called Songbird, it is a great read. She was a fantastic painter, the book contains photographs of some of her work, I was even able to purchase on of her prints. Some of my favorite songs of hers are Songbird, Cheek to Cheek, Time After Time, Ain’t No Sunshine and Stormy Monday (my personal favorite). I look forward to seeing you react to more of her catalog 😊
I see you reacted to this a year ago. I only found out about Eva a couple of months ago. I think everyone who hears this is profoundly affected, the majority with tears even if they did not know she had passed on. Her expressive, sweet, and pure vocal and guitar work are spellbinding. She is eternally beautiful in recordings and Spirit. I am so grateful for knowing about her. Each time I listen to one of her covers, my entire being is enriched. Thank you Diddy. If you have not heard her version of Fields Of Gold, you simply must ! 🤗
You will love her live version of the song Autumn Leaves. It is so beautiful.
Yes, one of her best.
And Danny Boy. OMG.
Yes. Maybe the most beautiful of Eva's performances. It's....devastating. The most stunning exposition of what love lost feels like perhaps ever recorded.
Thank you for adding Ms. Eva to your heart!
I will never forget the evening I first heard her song play on my car radio as I was on my way home from work.
My car had an amazing sound system and at times I would feel like I was in a Sound Studio listening to someone live.
From the moment her song began my whole being was on high alert and it felt like I had been transported to the studio right in front of her.
Her gift of tone and guitar skill as well as her interpretation and delivery left me trying to drive while tears poured out of my entire I openings, not just the little ducts in the corners!
This was the fall of 2000 and I have yet to be moved by another musician in the same way, not even close!
So very sad that her life was snuffed out at such a young age, we are all less because of it.
Thank you again, for playing her song and introducing her to many more people. ❤
I believe this was filmed and recorded Jan of 96. Diagnosed w/ melanoma in June. Gone by November.
God took his angel back to heaven 🙏🏽❤️😢
It is extra heartbreaking since she knew that she was dying of cancer, this was her last show. She passed away three months later. Angel.
It's a great story, but it's not true. This concert was recorded in January, 1996. While she had been diagnosed and treated before for melanoma, she was in remission and considered herself "cured", so she neglected follow up appointments. Unfortunately, the cancer returned a few months after this performance. Her actual last performance was a fundraiser for her treatment that occurred in October, 1996. The last song she ever sang was "What a Wonderful World". She died a few weeks later in November.
I can't listen to any previous version of this song ever again. My favorite of Eva's is "Autumn Leaves".
Eva was an amazing artist. It's just so strange that people "found her" after he passing. Her rendition of Autumn Leaves is perfection.
This was UNMATCHED
Her version tugs at the heart.
Shocked? She had the same superpower as Angelina Jordan. When Angelina covered "Fields of Gold", she took Eva's version. Sting passed the rights over to Eva. And "Over The Rainbow" is her song now and forever. Eva Cassidy is one of my forever favourites... So sad, she passed away so early, but she will be immortal...
Yes, stunning. Her "Autumn Leaves" and "Fields of Gold" are masterpieces. And many more.
She moves me exactly the same way.
In these types of covers she takes you on an emotional journey that you simply can't separate yourself from.
She was, and is, just so gifted and gone much too soon and leaves us wondering what might have been but also has left us with this beautiful, and moving, legacy of her music.
Thank you for your comments.
Every one of Eva's songs are like this. Every one. Autumn Leaves, Time After Time, Fields of Gold, and on and on.
There are NO tough guys when this song is playing 😏😏🔥🔥
So far, you're my favorite "reactor" to Eva!!!!
no gimmicks no flashy backinng singers just a beautiful voice and guitar....
Your life is now just a little richer for having listened to Eva, as mine has been for years, for the same reason.
Your reaction was as perfect as can be. Eva, with her outstanding arrangement of an already beautiful and classic song, took it to another level .RIP Eva.
I grew up in the DC area and got to hear Eva a lot, a group of DC area artists gave a benefit for her at the "Bayou' in Georgetown and at the end of the night she was helped onto the stage and she sang "What a Wonderful World" a few weeks later she was gone
Though I've heard it many times before by Eva, when I played it on your channel and others, tears just came into my eyes, such was the effect of her wonderful interpretation. Everyone who reacts or listens is like yourself, instantly hit by emotion.
Her voice was just so pure and ethereal. RIP
Fields of gold will blowyou away
A simply beautiful rendition. Eva may have passed on but she left the world her imprint, this song.
Yes but fortunately not only this one
@@ericsicard910 Nice to have you here Eric. Along with Lara, Eva is on my list of favourite artists.
@@philpiper if I remember well, I owe you this wonderful discovery 😀
@@ericsicard910 you're welcome.
@@philpiper I did listen this morning the review mase by Fil from Wings of Pegasus YT channel and learned many things on the context of this song and the recording that night. If you haven’t yet, I suggest you to check that react, you may learn quite a few things.
Just one example: Eva did perform 31 songs that night (!!!) and they only recorded 13 for a live album 😱
It's a version that goes beyond all imagination, Eva's voice is more precious than any diamond, thanks Didy, right and wonderful reaction
You just hear her once and you miss her and realize what a treasure we've lost.
The way she sings this song, it cuts right to the core, to the inner part of our nature that craves redemption, the making aright of all things. Our souls weep for that.
When I first saw this video a couple of years ago, I looked like I had been in a rain storm by the end of the song because I couldn’t control my tear ducts. All respect to the original singer and legend, Judy Garland, but this is the greatest version of the song I have ever heard. I believe Eva Cassidy was as close to a “perfect” singer as you can get due to her incredible control, beautiful tone and her fantastic, heartfelt phrasing that was packed with emotion and when you add her incredibly creative arrangements and acoustic guitar playing, you had the “total package”. When I heard that she had died at 33 y/o from metastatic melanoma several months after this was filmed, and prior to her music going “viral” around the world, I felt a combination of sadness and anger that a once-in-a-generation talent like her could be taken at such a young age while many murderers, rapists and other filth of society will live to ripe old ages………
To me, it's God gathering his choir and his angels and we shall all get to enjoy if we are Worthy some day.
We should also be thankful that someone was there to capture this indescribably beautiful version of a classic song. If you can listen to this and not be moved, check your pulse.
Its not a weak spot. This heart of yours has ears and love. Nothing stronger than that my Viking friend! Thanks for the candid reaction.
Only 80 comments on what has to be among the deepest AND most intelligent reactions on UA-cam. This is what a human response to an artistic Beauty that approaches a sort of transcendence looks like and feels like. So thank you too. Your response is now also mine.
I lost my bright and beautiful daughter Jessica to a rare form of cancer 8 months after her 25th birthday. I don't know if she could hear me, but in the last hour of her life as I sat by her bed I told her it was O.K. to let go, that she didn't have to try to hold on for me. A social worker from the hospice had dropped by to sit and talk w/ me and as we were talking Jessie's rapid breathing suddenly stopped, and her earthly life came to an end. The day of the memorial service was one of gusty wind and heavy rain, but about an hour after I got home the sky cleared, and in the East was a perfect, unbroken rainbow, and in the West an orange sunset. It may have been a coincidence, but I took it as a sign that after an often difficult life that my "little girl" had reached a safe harbor.
Daer God, blessings to you, Roger.
G'day Didy. Another attempt to slow it down! Sadly Eva had a career cut short by melanoma. Eva was known in the US, but only achieved recognition in the UK two years after that. Lovely expressive voice and well known for this song, solo with a guitar. Appreciate your expressive reaction.
Extraordinary singer and no slouch on the guitar either.
Such beauty. She's an angel. I'm a sixty year old man and she brings tears to my eyes every time I watch this. If she doesn't move you to tears, you're not human. RIP Eva you beautiful and wonderful soul. The world is a lesser place without you in it.
I never get tired of listening to Eva's vocal gift. A proud daughter of our DC Metro area, Eva lives and lives and lives. #RIP Songbird.✝✝✝
Shame that she passed away.....an angel, his song is something else. Buy cd of her!!!
Eva’s rendition of this song is a masterpiece of singing and guitar playing.
She does not just sing it...she lives it and shares the experience with us.
Love your heart-felt reaction, Eva just can break you like that.
shed a tear just like me
Now we know why God called her home. That song was done like no one has or will ever do it better again, period!
thanks for allowing us to hear the whole piece front to back uninterrupted and see your full raw emotional response and comments on the whole.
You can't help but be entranced. Autumn Leaves gets me every time.
Your reaction is the same as mine every time I hear her performance of this.
Always love seeing someone’s first reaction to her. It is always the same...tears.
It is a masterpiece , so emotional and she put her hart into it. Thanks EVA
I cried the first time I heard her sing this song. It is absolutely beautiful and so melancholy
I’m a fan of Eva Cassidy. Her voice is pure & angelic. She puts a lot of emotion interpreting the music & lyrics of the songs she sings.
My favourite song by Eva is “Autumn Leaves”. Her rendition of this song is amazing- I cry every time I listen to it. Many singers who sang this song (including Nat King Cole), have misinterpreted the music & lyrics.
RIP Eva, God bless you & keep you.
No shame in shedding a tear with this version of the song champ.. In fact ya not human if this has no effect on the heart.. Such a beautiful rendition that has some many layers of brilliance.. RIP Eva you left your legacy for us all & we thank you for not bowing down to the record labels because if she did we would not have this amazing version.. This came from saying no to them..
Aaaaaaaaaahh...magical.💕 My favorite song of all time. Thank you Eva.
Rest well.
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Sue
Eva took songs no matter how famous and because she loved them so much, made them totally her own. She causes an emotional reaction in all who listen even the originators. Every time and always Eva.
Fields of Gold (a Sting song) and Autumn Leaves are 2 great songs that showcase her immense talent. Continue watching the Live at Blues Alley versions to hear her at her best. The whole show is available on UA-cam.
Didy, when I first recommended it, I knew this would be one for you. It's emotional for a few reasons. The clarity of her pitch and tone is mesmerizing. Watching her face express the emotion of the song is stunning. And in this particular song, where she has changed the tone to melancholy, knowing that she will pass away within 10 months of the performance hits you in the gut. It is just something that overcomes you so don't feel badly. Just a note is that evidently Eva was as much of a Master guitarist as a vocalist.
This particular performance which was done in black and white is the only live video performance of her ever captured. There are 12 songs in this performance including the one you just listened to. She has others that are audio only on her UA-cam channel. Eva also does a legendary version of Fields of Gold by Sting. So does Angelina Jordan! There is a mashup Duo of the two of them singing the song together. The timing is not always perfect, but considering it is very good. It is absolutely beautiful hearing Eva's voice and Angelina's voice in the same song. The video is well done also.
After that, Eva has some very popular solo performances including Time after Time, Bridge over troubled Water, songbird, people get ready, Stormy Monday, and many more. Bridge over troubled Water is my next favorite solo.
Be well and be safe and looking forward to the next one.
She made Sting weep with her version of Fields of Gold. Also the composer of Nightbird. That one is my favorite Eva cover.
A person may have heard this hundreds of times, but never really feels it til they listen to Eva's rendition. No other is more heartfelt, evocative and poignant.
Ok Didy, ive been watching your reactions awhile now...Dimash, Angelina, etc. and have enjoyed them alot. I only discovered Eva not thru a reaction but simply searching Over the Rainbow a few weeks ago and have progressed on to her other recordings. Highly suggest u search her thru extended Wikipedia as her backstory is truly amazing. She suffered from stage fright, never seemed to be satisfied with her performances, sold early copies cds with included this performance from the trunk of her car. She didnt approve of her performance of this and the cd tracks as she had a very bad cold January 1996 when recorded (months before her death). She reached tops of charts in UK and other European charts after her death. She died of melanoma cancer that spread to her bones and lungs. In the summer of 1996 she was diagnosed and passed in November of the same year. Truly amazing performance here. Agree...best performance of this song I've ever heard. Im 62 yo. U got me with this reaction. Subscribed. I suggest Nightbird next from Eva. Many blessings to you and your channel. (Mark / USA)
Didy, I reacted just like you when I heard Eva for the first time. And every time since - hundreds of listens. If the whole world could hear this, perhaps we could end all wars and separation.
I had the privilege and pleasure to see and hear Eva many times, I spoke with her a few times and told her she had a special gift, she shyly smiled with reserve but so very kind and sweet, no need to pile on the accolades, I feel her spirit and emotions every time I hear her sing, thanks for the magic that I can't comprehend but love so deeply.
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Your silent, tearful sense of awe said it all. Happened to me and many many more, as well.
You gave the best review of the 100s I've listened to over several years.
Eva gave a stunning performance. I only barely stayed dry eyed because I've herd it before. Art
and culture are gifts we give to ourselves and to one another, and sometimes an artist creating it
transcends the frail human form their art comes from. May it be that Eva Cassidy rests in peace
I can’t listen to her sing this without getting teary eyed. 😢
I found her song several weeks ago and now search to see other reactions to it. I agree with and love your heartfelt reaction. Her version of this song is just out of this world. And whoever might try to belt it out in decades to come, beating out Eva with her emotional phrasing, gorgeous guitar work and beautiful tender and slightly husky voice just will never be surpassed. She made this more than a song, She made this an arrow to our soul.
you're reaction to her version is so real... just love your heart .. Eva was an angel .
Hopefully you've had a chance to hear Wonderful World. That and Autumn Leaves kills me every time. It's so beautiful and also so heartbreaking.
Eva will always have a place in my heart RIP.. this is a magnificent version.. the best version EVER❤️thanks Didy🇦🇺❤️
EVA "OWNS" THIS SONG...SHE CAN MAKE U CRY....HER VIBRATO,FEEL,CONTROL ARE IMPECCABLE..
HER GUITAR PLAYING IS SO PERFECT FOR THIS SONG...WHAT FEEL ...EMOTION!!
That was a beautiful reaction to a beautiful song, God bless yoy.
Didy, no one could ever prepare themselves to listen to this and not react to Eva's version the way you did. Truly, a MASTERPIECE production. What an arrangement and she was quite the guitarist, wasn't she?
I wonder, if someone decided to make a movie of her life, whoever portrays Eva would have to be someone very special, indeed. And, Didy, thank you so much for not interrupting the performance.
Andy Schnell's comment offered you a link to a video which you might want to listen to. A 'Fields of Gold' mashup featuring Eva Cassidy and Angelina Jordan. Two wonderful artists and you get a chance to see the difference in their deliveries to the listening audience.
100% agree, I cry every time
I did hear that there's a film in the works...
There is a virtual duet of this song by Eva Cassidy and Katie Melua.
I heard an interview with two musicians and Eva Cassidy was very sick with ovarian cancer when she performed and recorded Over the Rainbow. I always loved the Ju
dy Garland version of this song. But Eva's version has just taken it's place!
It was melanoma.
It is not weakness when the heart is moved by what is beautiful and true. Cheers from Canada!
Tough people have soul too and when Eva sings it comes from her heart and soul which touches our souls...❤
The most beautiful reaction I’ve seen. Thank you
❤️ Big fan of hers. This song…
Stunning!
The most beautiful song I have ever heard.
Enjoyed your reaction very much. I first reacted to this song while in a hospital, hearing it on a radio. I was so moved by it I asked the nurse if she new the song and artist. That was about 15 years ago and I've heard it so many times, plus I've watched a few different reactions on UA-cam. Listening to it in your channel though helped me finally notice the clever way she played the bass string on her steel string guitar, filling out the sound with the higher pitched strings and of course her beautiful voice.
It was out of this world!
Bless you, Did.
Starting to lose it one minute in tells us you are human! Every time I hear her version of Over the Rainbow I’m an emotional mess, but I will listen to it over and over again as long as I am able! There have been many suggestions as to what else to listen to by Eva, and they are all good. Want to be sure to include her version of Autumn Leaves. So, so beautiful!
She will do that to you! She has this great ability to evoke all these emotions and make you react. She grew up in the same area as me but unfortunately, I discovered her too late. She is the best female vocalist I've ever heard---she can do it all, almost every genre. She is a legend in the DC area
Any body who attempts to listen to Eva Cassidy singing over the rainbow for the first time on UA-cam as a reaction video is a brave dude in my eyes. I've watched a good few reaction videos to this song and you sir did amazingly well. Anybody with musical interest and completely having no knowledge of this song i feel will be affected by this song. musically stunning and artistry with guitar, this a complete awesome song. congrats!