'Memory' Elaine Paige | Cats The Musical - Royal Albert Hall Celebration

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  • @TheShowsMustGoOn
    @TheShowsMustGoOn  3 роки тому +89

    Make sure you join us for a special 40th anniversary streaming of Cats this Friday right here - ua-cam.com/video/EX0PVPqmIDs/v-deo.html

  • @HiddenDarkHM
    @HiddenDarkHM Рік тому +186

    It's amazing how in a completely different space, none of the makeup, none of the costuming, all on her own, she still absolutely embodies the character. That isn't just a top tier singer, that is a top tier actress.

    • @Kureemy
      @Kureemy Рік тому +10

      Yeah, it seemed to me that the soul of Grizabella just possessed her or something.

  • @mauriciorodrigues822
    @mauriciorodrigues822 Рік тому +69

    That "touch me" really touches our soul!

  • @TH-kd1ju
    @TH-kd1ju Рік тому +134

    I can watch Elaine sing over and over and never tire, her ability to convey emotion is unparalleled

  • @Astronomicalfacts
    @Astronomicalfacts 3 роки тому +625

    You really feel what Grizabella is feeling when the songs starts. Without Elaine, there would never have been Memory

    • @JoelBrewton
      @JoelBrewton 3 роки тому +19

      At the risk of sounding incredibly snooty... Without Elaine; we would have gotten Judy Dench singing Memory since she was originally cast in the role, but she dropped out due to an injury she sustained during rehearsal. It's one of the reasons she was cast as Old Deuteronomy in the film.

    • @Astronomicalfacts
      @Astronomicalfacts 3 роки тому +5

      @@JoelBrewton I know

    • @monicasegovia6176
      @monicasegovia6176 3 роки тому +15

      @@JoelBrewton wouldn't compare. Elaine is absolutely perfect

    • @Astronomicalfacts
      @Astronomicalfacts 3 роки тому +6

      @@monicasegovia6176 I agree

    • @acupcake90
      @acupcake90 3 роки тому +9

      I still don’t understand why they cast Judy Dench in the first place. Don’t get me wrong. I do like Judy Dench. But her singing is just ok, not great.

  • @amidala904
    @amidala904 3 роки тому +98

    Her eyes are so expressive

  • @brianmatthews1736
    @brianmatthews1736 10 місяців тому +13

    Elaine is just a UK national treasure! I get so tired of people trying to compare other female vocalist to her, and judging her by the voice alone. First of all, Elaine has a beautiful voice, and powerful when she wants to be...what makes her not only the original, but the best at this song is how she connects ALL of her being to this song, and commits to it. Voice, body, soul...she sings, and PERFORMS the emotions as well. Elaine OWNS this song forever! Same as Dame Judy Dench OWNS "Send in the Clowns"...yes, others sing that song better, but same as Elaine, Judy PERFORMS the song with voice, body, soul, and DICTION...the give the writer EXACTLY what he wanted the songs to represent. THEY OWN these songs forever!!!!

    • @EddieHodge-c3k
      @EddieHodge-c3k Місяць тому

      Elaine is the measuring stick to which all the others strive to be.

  • @BoogsieClarke
    @BoogsieClarke Рік тому +95

    I'm a hairy chested Australian Aboriginal man with callous on my knuckle busting from the many counters in my drinking days gone. But yet, this beautiful lady still brings me to tears with this song. Thank you Miss Paige!

    • @havehope646
      @havehope646 Рік тому +5

      God bless you ❤❤

    • @ThornyRoseV
      @ThornyRoseV Рік тому +7

      Blablabla what I hear is toxic masculinity and im tired of it. Men in competition on youtube about who has more hair on their chest and what not because apparantly you have to state your manhood first in order to admit that you appreciate a song 🤦‍♀️

    • @ОльгаНиколаевна-с7ф
      @ОльгаНиколаевна-с7ф 11 місяців тому +2

      😂😂😂👍👍👍

    • @pertwee9376
      @pertwee9376 10 місяців тому +1

      Whatever you do pal, don't listen to young Lucy Thomas singing it. She'll break your heart and you'll never stop crying. I used to think Elaine Paige's version couldn't be beat till I heard her.

    • @michaellicavoli3921
      @michaellicavoli3921 10 місяців тому +2

      I’m a 82 year old Texan and I’m with you !

  • @justinrad5073
    @justinrad5073 Рік тому +23

    Elaine Paige is the queen of memory

    • @rhh3582
      @rhh3582 5 місяців тому

      Have you heard the version of Memory sung by American Betty Buckley - equal or better perhaps - personal opinions are what matter.

  • @cola_table2204
    @cola_table2204 3 роки тому +162

    Love that this channel has basically been taken over by cats for this week 😆

  • @trevorcoppock5621
    @trevorcoppock5621 10 днів тому +2

    Wonderful! For me, no-one does this song better. My near 97 yr old Mum, in a home with severe dementia, lights up when she hears this version.

  • @FD-dh8sx
    @FD-dh8sx 8 місяців тому +28

    Nobody does it better than Elaine.

    • @jebediahkerman3946
      @jebediahkerman3946 4 місяці тому +1

      Streisand did.

    • @ylc4571
      @ylc4571 2 місяці тому +2

      @@jebediahkerman3946 Elaine sings much better

    • @duke2651
      @duke2651 Місяць тому

      Lucy Thomas actually does!

  • @darknezfire
    @darknezfire 3 роки тому +229

    This woman is so awesome! Beautiful song and incredible performance

    • @poofighter3741
      @poofighter3741 2 роки тому +2

      You forgot to mention Beautiful Woman.

  • @robertwilson123
    @robertwilson123 Рік тому +13

    I looked out of my darkened house the other night at 3am, and down on the pavement under the street lamp was my dear local fox Violet looking back...
    God bless her.
    I put on this recording of Elaine Page in my darkend house, what a touching perfect match..... And what a great performance.

  • @loulie1997
    @loulie1997 Рік тому +47

    Everything, the dress, the hair, the vocal beats, and the the soul behind the performance are just perfection! 👌

  • @runthenumbers9698
    @runthenumbers9698 2 роки тому +17

    Confirmed. She doesn't need the costome to make me cry. She's still got it.

  • @vickihshallenberger3644
    @vickihshallenberger3644 3 роки тому +178

    Every time I hear that song I get chills and I start crying. And Elaine is the only one I will listen to (singing that song)and have that kind of reaction. She is such a great talent!❤

    • @svetlanaantonova5668
      @svetlanaantonova5668 Рік тому +5

      Definitely the best performance ever!

    • @jalyc
      @jalyc Рік тому +2

      Sad that you have never listened to Susan Boyle. Elaine is ALMOST as good as Susan. I loved listening to them sing together a little while ago.

    • @wilburfinnigan2142
      @wilburfinnigan2142 Рік тому +2

      You obviously have not heard Lucy Thomas SING this song !!! She crushes it !!

    • @wilburfinnigan2142
      @wilburfinnigan2142 Рік тому +1

      @@jalyc And you have not heard Lucy Thomas sing it have you ???

    • @frankbosch3638
      @frankbosch3638 Рік тому +1

      @@wilburfinnigan2142 Correct, Lucy sings it perfectly but Elaine gives the song real emotion, which i prefer.

  • @rebootnut
    @rebootnut 2 роки тому +34

    She could step right back into the role of Grizabella right now and still command the role. Absolutely timeless, she is.

    • @michaelgiaquinto3092
      @michaelgiaquinto3092 Рік тому +2

      I’m pretty pissed the movie Elaine would of been an absolute legend too return

  • @raygrout6437
    @raygrout6437 Рік тому +4

    me again Elaine i'm 71 so i've sort have grown up with you ,you are such a wonderful singer Elaine and i admire you so much , have a happy ,long life and thank you for the joy that you have given too so many people ,lovely woman God bless you darling xx

  • @primeval0atom
    @primeval0atom 7 місяців тому +9

    Nobody can top her rendition of this song.

  • @u2phreak
    @u2phreak 3 місяці тому +10

    Elaine's version is the best and always will be. ❤💖💖

  • @peterwhitaker4038
    @peterwhitaker4038 Рік тому +4

    awesome is not the word for this , there must be another word invented surely. i sit back, listen, and think of my cats who have gone out at night and not come in until morning......then you understand this from the 'Old' cat's point of view. wonderful.

  • @DJLUK094
    @DJLUK094 9 місяців тому +2

    God I remember seeing this as a kid. On my primary school trip to London. We saw Cats and starlight express. She was incredible and I just remember my whole body got goosebumps. This song was my favourite….. I was only young but it gave me the feels.

  • @thundercat8601
    @thundercat8601 3 роки тому +137

    That moment at 4:00 when she sees the sunrise gets me every time...

    • @maestrolynn12
      @maestrolynn12 3 роки тому +6

      TRUTH! I love this rendition.

    • @CJ-hg9cs
      @CJ-hg9cs 2 роки тому +5

      Same. Just chills!!

  • @anikaghost8381
    @anikaghost8381 3 роки тому +70

    Her voice has always been unique and beautiful I remember watching cats for the first time it gave me chills and made me happy and I went too see it live in my country I was so happy and just stood on a balcony tho it wasn't her singing tho it was still beautiful and I have this on film..me and my grandmother would always watch this everytime at her house..

  • @leviathania
    @leviathania Рік тому +6

    Omg.... I am speechless and in tears. That was emotionally and technically incredible.

  • @olivia_vermast
    @olivia_vermast 3 роки тому +76

    For anyone who wants to sing along😊:
    Midnight, not a sound from the pavement.
    Has the moon lost her memory? She is smiling alone.
    In the lamp light the whithered leaves collect at my feet,
    and the wind, begins to moan.
    Memory, all alone in the moonlight.
    I can dream of the old days, life was beautiful then.
    I remember, the time I knew what happiness was.
    Let the memory live again.
    Every street lamp seems to beat, a fatalistic warning.
    Someone mutters and a street lamp gutters, and soon it will be morning.
    Daylight, I must wait for the sun rise,
    I must think of a new night, and I mustn’t give in.
    When the dawn comes, tonight will be a memory too,
    And a new day will begin.
    Burnt out ends of smoky days, the stale cold smell of morning.
    A street lamp dies, another night is over, another day is dawning.
    Touch me, its so easy to leave me
    All alone with the memory, of my days in the sun.
    If you touch me, you'll understand what happiness is.
    Look, a new day has begun.

  • @karenlittlefield
    @karenlittlefield 3 роки тому +12

    Nobody sings this like Elaine. Her voice is so beautiful.

  • @sharondrury5676
    @sharondrury5676 3 роки тому +41

    My goodness. What a treat this week has been for this 76 year old lady! I had my 6 & 9 year old grandchildren watch it with me. I needed to explain the story but they were fascinated by the dancing. They already love “Joseph” and know the words. They’ve seen parts of “Jesus Christ Superstar”. They are lifetime fans of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

  • @edujavigopi
    @edujavigopi 3 роки тому +71

    No, I'm not crying, the rain is pouring. I love Elaine's performance, so much feeling in her voice. 💓

  • @alpe1987
    @alpe1987 3 роки тому +53

    I know we have opinions on who sang MEMORY the best and without a doubt Elaine Paige SANG the life of this song. Now back to regular programming

  • @maryannstout7600
    @maryannstout7600 7 місяців тому +4

    Every time she sings this I get goosebumps. She is such a marvelous singer and actress.

  • @robertwilson123
    @robertwilson123 Рік тому +8

    Ain't nobody sings that as good as Elaine!

  • @patsmith5947
    @patsmith5947 2 роки тому +8

    I love her dress, her hairstyle and of course her performance is priceless! It gives me cold chills and what is that dampness in my eyes.

  • @SarahH1953
    @SarahH1953 11 місяців тому +3

    Absolutely beautiful. I got chills, tears, and goosebumps. ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @tomheinle1049
    @tomheinle1049 2 роки тому +7

    She is the gold standard by which to judge the rest. Even performing on stage outside of the full show sans Grizabella costume she still embodies the character.

  • @けい-q4q
    @けい-q4q 3 роки тому +11

    The way Elaine Paige sings Memory is always fantastic and hits very differently

  • @gabefuller5212
    @gabefuller5212 2 роки тому +8

    This is hands down the greatest performance of this song. I'll never get over it.

  • @GeorgeHall-l3p
    @GeorgeHall-l3p 2 місяці тому +2

    I saw the stage play in person in London. Full costumes. She is the best. What an honor.

  • @graciehadlich
    @graciehadlich 3 роки тому +40

    This woman has left me… speechless. I can’t even… she is… wow. ❤️❤️❤️

  • @kathrynmanning737
    @kathrynmanning737 3 роки тому +16

    Beautiful just beautiful, one of the best songs from the musical by far such a tear-jerker, I love it and the original singer is the best version of this song, Elanie is such a talent and really brings us the emotion that Grizabella's feeling in the moment, wow just wow.

  • @raygrout6437
    @raygrout6437 Рік тому +2

    Just lovely Elaine nobody has ever done it better xx

  • @bluejay9638
    @bluejay9638 2 місяці тому +4

    I'm still very much not convinced this woman is in her 70's. There's absolutely no way 😭

  • @elizabethlaws7526
    @elizabethlaws7526 3 дні тому

    What does she mean she was beautiful then? She's beautiful always at any time! That voice is lovely and she was truly amazing in the theater special. 🎉She was so awesome 😂and riveting lovely and emotionally captivating she was truly the best! 🎉❤

  • @PaulaWordCrafts
    @PaulaWordCrafts 11 місяців тому +1

    There are no words to adequately express how beautiful this performance was!

  • @dianemartinez3
    @dianemartinez3 Рік тому +2

    What a voice such a talent my mother's favorite song she's gone now 2 years and every time I hear it I'm in tears... Saw a Cat's maybe 3 times on Broadway unbelievable. Talent and cast Bravo!!!

  • @patriziamares6757
    @patriziamares6757 2 роки тому +4

    I've never heard something so beautiful. The voice is stunning and the song us the most amazing ever written

  • @gailcolthart2211
    @gailcolthart2211 2 роки тому +5

    What does age have to do with it? Once you are blessed with a voice of magnitude in singing, it remains with you for a LIFETIME!!
    Kudos Ms. Paige!!
    👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @amangogna68
    @amangogna68 3 роки тому +12

    Very beautiful song from this fantastic play with a great singer !

  • @martins3776
    @martins3776 3 роки тому +11

    Some songs make you cry for both extremes of the emotional spectrum from sadness to joy and all in-between- this is one of them.

  • @ashleycnoble3280
    @ashleycnoble3280 Рік тому +2

    I absolutely love this woman singing

  • @GoVicky1
    @GoVicky1 Рік тому +2

    She pours her heart in this song. Elaine really gives this shabby old cat a new form of life. Absolutely classic and forever the best version!

  • @muffassa6739
    @muffassa6739 3 місяці тому +1

    ❤❤ she's the only one who can bring the songs to life. She's a national treasure ✨

  • @jonreswolfsteller8677
    @jonreswolfsteller8677 5 місяців тому +1

    The best Version of this song - EVER! Love it!

  • @Astronomicalfacts
    @Astronomicalfacts 3 роки тому +22

    Cats is one of my favourite musicals so this week is purr-fect for me!

  • @imy5279
    @imy5279 8 місяців тому +2

    Chills chills chills! What a performance! Thank you Elaine!❤

  • @bdchiaccio
    @bdchiaccio Рік тому +2

    You get entranced by this lovely performance!

  • @waynelukemire6320
    @waynelukemire6320 9 місяців тому +1

    She is just amazing ❤

  • @patrickvanrinsvelt4466
    @patrickvanrinsvelt4466 5 місяців тому +3

    Still the best version. Her tone and shaping is just heartbreaking.

  • @patmartens4751
    @patmartens4751 2 роки тому +9

    Thank you to Andrew Lloyd Webber too for lovely music ❤️

  • @The_Weissman
    @The_Weissman Рік тому +8

    My life can be described as (1) before I saw this performance, and (2) after. Talk about leaving it all out there on the stage. What just hit me?

  • @raygrout6437
    @raygrout6437 Рік тому

    what a darling you are i'm seventy and i've been there all through your career your just wonderful Elaine ,Love you to bits ,have many more happy years Elaine and god bless you xx what a singer you are .just beautiful x

  • @meemurthelemur4811
    @meemurthelemur4811 3 роки тому +49

    This gave me chills.😻😻😻

  • @CARNIVOREROB
    @CARNIVOREROB Рік тому +2

    Just...."wow " phenomenal and powerful

  • @chrisw8389
    @chrisw8389 2 роки тому +9

    The only actress who has sung this song to give me goose bumps, that is how powerful a singer she is. All the emotions grisabella felt pass through you like you are experiencing the moment with her. Truly an amazing singer and actresse.🤩🤩🤩

  • @LuizBatista-yl5co
    @LuizBatista-yl5co Рік тому +2

    Sra. Elaine canta com a boca, com os olhos e com o coração. Belíssima interpretação.

  • @michaelgoldschmidt5221
    @michaelgoldschmidt5221 2 місяці тому +1

    Goosebumps at the skin and tears in my eyes

  • @joelsherrod2547
    @joelsherrod2547 7 місяців тому

    Simply the best! The West End theaters in London were blessed to have Ms. Paige. That voice! Wow!

  • @peterlittlehorse
    @peterlittlehorse 3 місяці тому +1

    so incredible , no props, just a voice ❤

  • @金城眞弘
    @金城眞弘 2 роки тому +10

    The song of Cats memory is traveling time and space.

  • @MichelrobbertVer-in2yk
    @MichelrobbertVer-in2yk 5 місяців тому

    Who ever someone come up whit Miss Paige is the X Factor. To me no one can make me feel enjoying the song like she does. Amazingly beautifull to me, and not to compare whit all the other beautifull voices they have sang the song.

  • @johndouglaswilson7504
    @johndouglaswilson7504 2 роки тому +3

    I remember this, she did a fantastic performance, her singing was great.

  • @mikenekozukin1405
    @mikenekozukin1405 8 місяців тому

    I am now in tears, having witnessed something so wonderful.

  • @brianfuller757
    @brianfuller757 Рік тому +1

    This is still an amazing song. And Elaine Paige is a queen

  • @賴淳淳-d7y
    @賴淳淳-d7y 2 роки тому +3

    I saw that show "Cats" with my daughter in Social Education Hall Taipei a few years ago. Incredible!

  • @abjolute
    @abjolute Рік тому +13

    The emotions you can feel through the screen

  • @rgwilkes
    @rgwilkes Рік тому +12

    An utterly sublime performance of a deeply moving song!

  • @liamodriscoll3739
    @liamodriscoll3739 9 місяців тому

    A BEAUTIFUL RENDITION OF A BEAUTIFUL SONG BY A FANTASTIC SINGER BRAVO ❤

  • @raygrout6437
    @raygrout6437 Рік тому

    Elaine i supose i could say i grew up with you ! what a wonderful singer youv'e been all through my life xx

  • @TinaLouise73
    @TinaLouise73 Рік тому +2

    This song gives me propa chills!

  • @ivandrimal5783
    @ivandrimal5783 11 місяців тому

    Bravo! Amazing and beautiful. I admire you very much, beautiful voice and excellent performance of the song. Good luck to you.

  • @BiodanzaMalta
    @BiodanzaMalta 2 роки тому +1

    This woman is simply awesome!!

  • @irenevilla3857
    @irenevilla3857 Рік тому +3

    What a Legend !!!

  • @AngelOfMusic1195
    @AngelOfMusic1195 3 роки тому +5

    Why am I cryingg?!?!?!

  • @marcellodantedealmeidanune9445

    "Memory" é outro caso de uma obra de arte que faz a vida humana valer a pena e a interpretação de Elaine é simplesmente DIVINA.

  • @ronsharp7371
    @ronsharp7371 3 роки тому +6

    It is so moving and such a moment - you don't want the applause to interrupt it. What a moment though!!! 🐱🐱🐱 Elaine Paige owns the song.

  • @SteveEcksteinDouglasDrive
    @SteveEcksteinDouglasDrive Рік тому +1

    SIMPLY PUT: " PERFECTION" IN PERFORMANCE & SONG & LYRICS> IF ONLY MIGHT STILL SUMMON THE WHERE WITH ALL TO COMPOSE/WRITE A WORK OF ART EVEN A FRACTION OF THIS CALIBER> THANK YOU BARON WEBER & MS> PAIGE, FOR YOUR INSPIRING ME TO CARRY ON WHILE BREATHE STILL RESIDES WITHIN>

  • @keithbuckley3220
    @keithbuckley3220 Рік тому +2

    What a voice!

  • @randomcon123
    @randomcon123 Рік тому +2

    No one can sing this song better than she does

  • @onetahammond8202
    @onetahammond8202 3 роки тому +12

    I love Andrew Lloyd Webber and his first Cats Musical, the other Productions of Cats were good, the first Cats theatrical Musical set the pace for all the others.
    I love Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats so much, I have, T.S.Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and the VHS-DVD of the first Cats and the four Snow Globes of Cats and then in April-20-2005 at the Pechanga Theatre in Temecula,Calif.I had the privilege with my family of seeing one of the touring performances of Cats,
    It was a surprise because there was some characters and songs from the first Cats and then there were new characters from T.S.Eliot and new songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
    Wow! I love this performance by Elaine Paige she sang memories just as if it was the first time she sang it,
    So beautifully done and she looks so beautiful. Her performance made me want to cry. Thank you Andrew Lloyd Webber for bringing T.S. Eliot's cats to life.

  • @kevindunbar8675
    @kevindunbar8675 Рік тому +1

    I love this, one of my favourites...

  • @Anon1370
    @Anon1370 3 роки тому +3

    what a beautiful performance from elaine

  • @geoffreyoshea4674
    @geoffreyoshea4674 29 днів тому

    So beautiful and so talented an amazing person.

  • @themistermax
    @themistermax 5 місяців тому

    She is and always was spectacular!

  • @urdigitaldetox0218
    @urdigitaldetox0218 2 роки тому +5

    Breathtaking performance the original cast was amazing and she looks amazing

  • @AlanTopham2237
    @AlanTopham2237 Рік тому +2

    Technically & Physically perfect... ❤❤❤

  • @andreagiambrone7004
    @andreagiambrone7004 3 роки тому

    Bravo!!!! Ms. Paige. Spectacular rendition of this heartbreaking song.

  • @timheavrin2253
    @timheavrin2253 2 роки тому +2

    Absolutely beautiful!

  • @raygrout6437
    @raygrout6437 Рік тому

    Darling you are a simply lovely singer ,and a truly lovely lady ,and over the last few years ,because my barrister ,now judge son is based in London i've seen many really good shows ,but sadly i'm never going to see you live ,and i'm gutted about that ,hope you have a long happy life Elaine God Bless You Darling xx

  • @Хороших
    @Хороших Рік тому +2

    Какая милая и обаятельная женщина ! ТАЛАНТ во всём ! Голос чудесный! Потрясающий тембр голоса ! Браво ! 😍❤❤❤👏👏👏🍀🌷🌹