Folks, we won't hear the likes of this singing again in our lifetime. This is one of my favorite Streisand songs, but really there are too many to list. She is the greatest star, no doubt, with that God-given voice. We are blessed to hear it.
Folks, “MusicToMyEars”, is sucking it up BIG TIME. “We won’t hear the likes of this singing again in our lifetime.” Okay, we get it, you love her singing but she’s one of many great singers.
I know, right? Something about this gets me in my essential gayness. I honestly cannot imagine any str8 guy liking this. I can just barely see a str8 woman liking this. "You can spare me the blues, I don't sing in that keeeeey..."
one of my favorite moments in the song is when she sings, "life's a bed of roses swirling perfume on me" and the horns "spritz her", then, "you can spare me the blues" and the orchestra hits it with a blues type burst, then, "I don't sing in that key", and the orchestra & her switch up the key. it's really a remarkable piece of music both orchestra & vocalist
"What's your secret, Gorgeous?!! Just lucky, I guess!!" Not only a great vocal, but a stunning piece of theater. The entire performance erupts from the emotion of the character. It starts from a record- and small bits of business of humming along and even singing in counterpart- but then a rush of anger and frustration brings on a new reprise of the song by the time Fanny has come to the empty stage. Shades of "Don't Rain On My Parade." Had the clip continued for a few more seconds, you would've seen the dejected James Caan overhearing everything. A wonderful clip of "Funny Lady."'
Yuge. Just Googled this, it was written for this movie, I only wanted to know the authors because I thought it was Amerikuhn songbook classic. It is, but a more recent 1 that this lady inspired.
Barbra has the most beautiful hands. Beautiful nails. She really is such a 'once in a lifetime' beautiful woman. Has been a part of my life since the 1970's. I hate her politics but I feel so privileged to be alive in a time to have seen such talent. I mean she's just incredible.
the trick whether you think you do or don't agree with someone's politics is to take the time & effort to find out what actually motivates their views. streisand has made it pretty darn clear over the years that extreme compassion & thought & research inform her opinions, and she doesn't just express them she acts on them in the most honest & mindful of ways
Totally Agree..I have seen her in concert 5x... Her performances get in my soul....Just Fabulous...this song is great great...FYI....just finished her book....Almost 1,000 pages..I read it in 4 nights...I couldn't put it down...She was so candid my heart leapt!!!!
I thank the stars that my life took place at the same time as Ms Streisand. She has been a constsnt source of joy (except for the rarety of her live performances, and the insane ticket prices that made attending her concerts impossible) And as someone else stated THAT DRESS!!!!
This song! That Voice! THAT DRESS!!! In 1975 "Funny Lady" was not a critical success. It did become a commercial success but, I digress. I was 15 years old in 1975; No VHS, No DVD, No streaming video. From the first screening I saw of this film back in the day I was hooked. I cannot remember how many times I managed to go back to see it but, I do remember it changed my life and I became the ardent Barbra Fan I am today.
I was born in 77... The first time I saw this I was in my teens... I saw funny girl second... (oddly enough)... I watched this movie over and over!!! I fanatically love this song and movie
Actually this was a favorite of the critics--they were so happy to see her in a musical again after five years. The exception was Pauline Kael who wrote a scathing lengthy review that managed to insult Barbra and her fans.
Considering it's been FINALLY been green lit, we're going to find out! Word on the street is Gaga is playing Louise and Travolta is playing her love interest Herbie. Last I heard, they're talking a Christmas 2017 release. I was never into Gypsy but being a Streisand vehicle, I'm in!
True that. Oh well, I'd would prefer to see her in a remake of Sunset Blvd. (the movie version)anyway ... with a little of the musical thrown in. Tom Cruise to play cocky "Joe". She's old enough now.
In terms of plot, this song and “I’m the Greatest Star” are show stopping songs where the audience is supposed to embrace Fanny. This is the moment Funny Girl works and Funny Lady falters. Streisand is the toughest of A list actresses, but she is best at being vulnerable …and off putting when playing tough. Bette Davis was opposite. So interesting.
In the movie "Funny Girl" Fanny is sweet and innocent and is treated with enormous sympathy. In the follow up "Funny Lady" Fanny has some real edges to her personality. Not anywhere as congenial by any means. Lots of arguments with the other characters in the storyline.
everyone in those day threw there cigarettes on the floor. you could smoke everywhere and you'd see them on the floor in grocery stores and everywhere in between. that was just how it was. we had a grocery store here in Louisville KY "Meltons" I remember my mom smoking and throwing her lit butt down on the floor while shopping and this was the 2000's
Even though Barbra’s voice isn’t as good as it was say 10 years or for that matter 3 or so years ago, we have to consider that the woman was in her 70s here. And yet note perfection, unmistakably unique, she still finds the confidence and vocal strength to pull off singing a ballad. And she never ever lip syncs, which seems to be the habit of a few of her contemporaries, who I feel are cheating the audience.
I remember going to the theatre with my parents and seeing this movie when i was 5 years old! I remember it vividly! My parents were both big fans of Barbara and we saw all her movies. I thought she was so beautiful, funny and classy! I was also obsessed with all the costumes throughout this movie! I also remember thinking Norman has big breasts!! LOL
Incredible! But this video/recording is sped up,,, up by a half step. I know this song well I've seen this song in the movie 100's of times. And the performance is even better at the original speed,,, and her voice is even richer. Videos like this should not be shared unless the original speeds of the recordings can be respected. Otherwise it leaves everything sounding distorted
The first film imo had far more egregious anachronisms as far as wardrobe and especially hair. The movie and it’s sequel have always been a Barbara vehicle
Nobody ever claimed it was a documentary. Fanny Brice never sang I'm The Greatest Star or Don't Rain On My Parade either. (Actually the real Fanny couldn't have hit half those notes.). But she'd be almost entirely forgotten today if it wasn't for Funny Girl and Funny Lady. And, for what it's wroth, FL tells a story much closer to the truth than the earlier film. And Streisand's characterisation is also much closer to the real Brice than in FG).
Yes Ms. Streisand in the past, like the 1970s. You will FREAK OUT. The "Clifton Webbs" of the 21st century are so afraid of "breasts" on tv that we put Oklahoma on with the underwear and everything to F with them. Love, Don xoxo (Oh and Room 222 -it's that bizarre!)
Hey. It's Don. I'm sorry I'm bitchong at the 11th hour. It's just I've got the Hots for Tad and the Good Hire HR guys brain is back and I'm thinking -- this is a test from our future earths to see if we can do something better than repeat exactly the same life EON after Ron. Poor Jesus is all I can say.
The problem with the movie (which really isn't bad) was how unrealistic it felt for sweet innocent Fanny to become a barely recognizable rude and arrogant bitch in such a short time span. In Funny Girl, we rooted for Fanny, but in Funny Lady, we rooted for Billy Rose (whom Fanny treated like sh*).
Yeah but it was fun! There is a supposedly a quote/ story that Fanny was walking with her friend in New York, looked up at one of the buildings and told her friend "Up there is the office if the most evil man I ever met." She was talking about Billy Rose.
Really? Was Fanny really that sweet and innocent in Funny Girl? She was already ruthlessly determined to be a star, to do things her way, to go after what she wanted. It's not a big leap from that to someone who, with more money and success, is more controlling and determined not to lose the position and power that they've fought for. Also, while the story of Funny Lady is about as far from the truth as the story of Funny Girl, the character of Fanny is much, much closer to the real Fanny Brice. It was one of the things that finally persuaded Streisand to do the film. It gave her a new acting challenge: to play something much closer to the real Fanny Brice. And those aspects included her somewhat cynical & world-weary attitude (hardly surprising after what she went through with Arnstein), her sardonic sense of humour, her fastidious sense of style, even the way she called people "kid" because she didn't or couldn't be bothered remembering names. There's also more of an attempt to have Streisand look as Brice did in those years.
At 250 a year and a young trophy husband at home, ai knew I might be zonked after we watched porn til Sunday morning. But my ass was in bed Sunday night with Seroquel or Nightquil so I could Sparkle Nelly Sparkle on Monday To me, that meant sober and tired. A joke on Valley of the Dolls.
Goodnight Aladdin Jr. Love you. Don Neuhauser, Jr. xoxo (Oh, want to ask the CIA after 1978. Here's my Social Security # 316 (John 3:16, I become a Christian when I'm 16 - Hmm) 68 (Year of my sister's birth, the third child to Adam and Eve, the Set, Christy. 0047 - Israel becomes a state when? 1948? Hmm. Love you. Don xoxo (May 14, 1948 - When were you born?) Weird world. Love, Don xoxo
Folks, we won't hear the likes of this singing again in our lifetime. This is one of my favorite Streisand songs, but really there are too many to list. She is the greatest star, no doubt, with that God-given voice. We are blessed to hear it.
Folks, “MusicToMyEars”, is sucking it up BIG TIME. “We won’t hear the likes of this singing again in our lifetime.” Okay, we get it, you love her singing but she’s one of many great singers.
@@johnpickford4222-- Lots of good singers around, but no one yet as good as Barbra. Just a God-given talent. But thanks for your thoughts.
I agree with you personally. She's the best. But yes there's also other great singers. There's other great singers. And then there's Barbra.
@@johnpickford4222Nope! In that style , she is the ONE.
This is why im happy to be a gay man.
I know, right? Something about this gets me in my essential gayness. I honestly cannot imagine any str8 guy liking this. I can just barely see a str8 woman liking this. "You can spare me the blues, I don't sing in that keeeeey..."
Love every moment of this. Those vocals, the look, the emotion, and how she looks in that dress….perfect
I think it's Bob Mackie-at his finest!
one of my favorite moments in the song is when she sings, "life's a bed of roses swirling perfume on me" and the horns "spritz her", then, "you can spare me the blues" and the orchestra hits it with a blues type burst, then, "I don't sing in that key", and the orchestra & her switch up the key.
it's really a remarkable piece of music both orchestra & vocalist
That voice! She never fails to blow me away and she looks absolutely stunning ❤
Her voice and unique personality
"What's your secret, Gorgeous?!! Just lucky, I guess!!"
Not only a great vocal, but a stunning piece of theater. The entire performance erupts from the emotion of the character. It starts from a record- and small bits of business of humming along and even singing in counterpart- but then a rush of anger and frustration brings on a new reprise of the song by the time Fanny has come to the empty stage. Shades of "Don't Rain On My Parade." Had the clip continued for a few more seconds, you would've seen the dejected James Caan overhearing everything. A wonderful clip of "Funny Lady."'
That's my favorite part of the song. The high note is like diamonds passing across the eardrums
Her gowns in this movie were amazing
Bob Mackie all the way..........................
In the non-singing moments one can really appraciate what an effective actress she is.
True!!!
How lucky did WE get?
Very
Lucky to have Barbra ❤
@@edithcarter3554& we get to read about it soon, in her own words.
Yuge. Just Googled this, it was written for this movie, I only wanted to know the authors because I thought it was Amerikuhn songbook classic. It is, but a more recent 1 that this lady inspired.
Barbra has the most beautiful hands. Beautiful nails. She really is such a 'once in a lifetime' beautiful woman. Has been a part of my life since the 1970's. I hate her politics but I feel so
privileged to be alive in a time to have seen such talent. I mean she's just incredible.
Does anyone really care about your opinion of Barbra's politics?
@@kaykendall9269 I didn't ask you Liberal!
the trick whether you think you do or don't agree with someone's politics is to take the time & effort to find out what actually motivates their views. streisand has made it pretty darn clear over the years that extreme compassion & thought & research inform her opinions, and she doesn't just express them she acts on them in the most honest & mindful of ways
Wow, Barbra looks like a million dollars in that dress ❤
Totally Agree..I have seen her in concert 5x... Her performances get in my soul....Just Fabulous...this song is great great...FYI....just finished her book....Almost 1,000 pages..I read it in 4 nights...I couldn't put it down...She was so candid my heart leapt!!!!
I listened to all 48 hours then missed her the day after I finished it.
That moment at the 1:55 mark when suddenly it's like watching a film noir musical. BRILLIANT.
In a career comprised of stunning costumes this might be her sexiest dress ever. Omg, the full length necklace!
I thank the stars that my life took place at the same time as Ms Streisand. She has been a constsnt source of joy (except for the rarety of her live performances, and the insane ticket prices that made attending her concerts impossible)
And as someone else stated THAT DRESS!!!!
Wow I just love her voice.❤❤❤
Stunning the first time I saw and heard it, today, its still superbly stunning. A true actress and songstress!
This song! That Voice! THAT DRESS!!!
In 1975 "Funny Lady" was not a critical success. It did become a commercial success but, I digress. I was 15 years old in 1975; No VHS, No DVD, No streaming video. From the first screening I saw of this film back in the day I was hooked. I cannot remember how many times I managed to go back to see it but, I do remember it changed my life and I became the ardent Barbra Fan I am today.
Raymond Maurer I would have loved to see this on this and funny girl on a big screen 😔
Um, I saw it on the 'big screen' countless times. At what point in my post did you stop reading?
I was born in 77... The first time I saw this I was in my teens... I saw funny girl second... (oddly enough)... I watched this movie over and over!!! I fanatically love this song and movie
and might I add... What a fox she is in this number...
Actually this was a favorite of the critics--they were so happy to see her in a musical again after five years. The exception was Pauline Kael who wrote a scathing lengthy review that managed to insult Barbra and her fans.
I have always loved this performance and she is like butter …. Thank you always Ms. Streisand…..
In this song she defines diva, and tells us why!
In my opinion, this was the best directed-staged song in the film. Very complicated lighting and camera work.
Good morning Barbara Streisand. Love You. Don xoxo. Hang in there
Goodness gracious, Barbra, you are beyond anything and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it! Love the dress, too!!
THE BEST TO EVER DO IT! I always say, I love her like a gay man loves her… OBSESSED!!! ❤❤❤
Holy shit! This lady can saaang!
Up there with Judy Garland and Ethel Merman buy can they deliver a song, we are running out of great and true stars.
She knocks it out of the ball park every time.
Wow,Barbra is sooo hot!
"Rose's Turn" (from "Gypsy"), reimagined for "Funny Lady". Superb!!!
Yes the voice , but can we also say gee we wow that dress
This gives you a taste of what her "Rose's Turn" might have been....sigh....
Considering it's been FINALLY been green lit, we're going to find out! Word on the street is Gaga is playing Louise and Travolta is playing her love interest Herbie. Last I heard, they're talking a Christmas 2017 release. I was never into Gypsy but being a Streisand vehicle, I'm in!
Gypsy is dead.It isn't happening this year or next year or the year after that.
True that. Oh well, I'd would prefer to see her in a remake of Sunset Blvd. (the movie version)anyway ... with a little of the musical thrown in. Tom Cruise to play cocky "Joe". She's old enough now.
Sunset Blvd would be a better choice.
That doesn't thrill me at all. Crap score next to GYPSY.
Another favorite Streisand performance. Dang!
Merveilleuse actrice, Une Grande Dame
I think she's FANTASTIC!
She hates this show. But come on...every performance she does in this movie is astounding!
Hate is a strong word. Read her book; she explains.
you wanna know what is really like? FAAAAANNNNTASSSSTIC!
she's an actress
who can SING...
My favourite part of ye movie--she looks stunning!
Absolutely amazing the voice, the dress everything❤❤❤❤❤
oh god I love this so much
How lucky can you get !
Isn’t it a shame they don’t make stuff like this?
Just Superb!!!
That's it. Have a great day
I wish this song was itunes!
Hi, it’s there..
Damn your black heart, Barbra Streisand! Haha
oh my god its mecha streisand
A Star is Born.... again.
Brilliant scene.
Barbra Streisand Oscar
In terms of plot, this song and “I’m the Greatest Star” are show stopping songs where the audience is supposed to embrace Fanny. This is the moment Funny Girl works and Funny Lady falters. Streisand is the toughest of A list actresses, but she is best at being vulnerable …and off putting when playing tough. Bette Davis was opposite. So interesting.
Essa cena, esse vestido, essa atuação, são perfeitos.
Don't Make Me Close One More Door Little Girl! I Do Not Wanna Hurt Anymore! Love Don xoxo Whitney Houston 1980s
electric!
Still having bad days as your mind comes back to a younger place? Love you. Hang in there. You will recover. Love, Don xoxo January 14, 2024
Kander & Ebb take a turn at Styne & Merrill / Sondheim. I'm always gonna be here for that.
an all time fave moment from her
Barbra was the ORIGINAL J LO DRESS look!
Fantaaaastic!
In the movie "Funny Girl" Fanny is sweet and innocent and is treated with enormous sympathy. In the follow up "Funny Lady" Fanny has some real edges to her personality. Not anywhere as congenial by any means. Lots of arguments with the other characters in the storyline.
"Fanny's Turn"
02:27 Throwing lit cigarettes around may not be the best idea. I hope the theater has good insurance.
She tossed it in the bucket. 🤣😂
everyone in those day threw there cigarettes on the floor. you could smoke everywhere and you'd see them on the floor in grocery stores and everywhere in between. that was just how it was. we had a grocery store here in Louisville KY "Meltons" I remember my mom smoking and throwing her lit butt down on the floor while shopping and this was the 2000's
emotional
Any way, I went off on a tangent. It was good to see Ms Buzzi
Even though Barbra’s voice isn’t as good as it was say 10 years or for that matter 3 or so years ago, we have to consider that the woman was in her 70s here. And yet note perfection, unmistakably unique, she still finds the confidence and vocal strength to pull off singing a ballad. And she never ever lip syncs, which seems to be the habit of a few of her contemporaries, who I feel are cheating the audience.
Barbra was only 33 when this was filmed, not her 70s lol
And she’s lip-synching here. All the Funny Lady numbers were pre- recorded.
👏👏👏👏👏
I remember going to the theatre with my parents and seeing this movie when i was 5 years old! I remember it vividly! My parents were both big fans of Barbara and we saw all her movies. I thought she was so beautiful, funny and classy! I was also obsessed with all the costumes throughout this movie! I also remember thinking Norman has big breasts!! LOL
Faaaaaantastic!
So the "Secret Funny Lady/Girl" story. She kept Nicky Arnsteim from losing Piggly Wiggly and McDonald's
Love, Don xoxo
March 1, 2024. Goodnight all. Signing off. Love, Don xoxo (Will let you know when I'm rescued!)
Add this has some Stella song !
Yentl is my favorite
How are today? Thank you for Candi Stanton, kd Lang you of course and untold others
Great song, but we didn't need to see that much of Bab's milk bags.
Incredible! But this video/recording is sped up,,, up by a half step. I know this song well I've seen this song in the movie 100's of times. And the performance is even better at the original speed,,, and her voice is even richer. Videos like this should not be shared unless the original speeds of the recordings can be respected. Otherwise it leaves everything sounding distorted
Mash-up of "My Man" from "Funny Girl" and "Rose's Turn" from "Gypsy."
♥️
Could you please download a HQ of "Great Day" number...please. (The only one available is bad quality and the 'alternative' version) THANKS.
The channel SamMeads has a good copy
Is Funny Lady the ABC/Fox TV show to Follow Funny Girl, or do you mush them together like "Calvin Coolidge"? Love you. Don xoxo (June 5, 2024)
I have an import of the Funny Lady soundtrack. How can I post it here on UA-cam for everyone to enjoy?
Yellow roses
😮
How angry can you get? What did that rose ever do to you? And isn't that dress a little, uh, Cher for Fanny Brice?
Can’t believe they made her smoke in this movie…
Fanny Brice never sang this song, or dressed like this. Most of this film is pure fiction.
Fanny Brice never sang like Streisand either. So what?
The first film imo had far more egregious anachronisms as far as wardrobe and especially hair. The movie and it’s sequel have always been a Barbara vehicle
@@joshdrayton1230 She Stunk as Fanny !
Nobody ever claimed it was a documentary. Fanny Brice never sang I'm The Greatest Star or Don't Rain On My Parade either. (Actually the real Fanny couldn't have hit half those notes.). But she'd be almost entirely forgotten today if it wasn't for Funny Girl and Funny Lady. And, for what it's wroth, FL tells a story much closer to the truth than the earlier film. And Streisand's characterisation is also much closer to the real Brice than in FG).
So, it appears (from 2022) that mankind and womankind are reminded we are not all knowing and that the Lord is real
Was he married? Why isn't he around?
Who made that dress?
Bob Mackie
Yes Ms. Streisand in the past, like the 1970s. You will FREAK OUT. The "Clifton Webbs" of the 21st century are so afraid of "breasts" on tv that we put Oklahoma on with the underwear and everything to F with them. Love, Don xoxo (Oh and Room 222 -it's that bizarre!)
Hey. It's Don. I'm sorry I'm bitchong at the 11th hour. It's just I've got the Hots for Tad and the Good Hire HR guys brain is back and I'm thinking -- this is a test from our future earths to see if we can do something better than repeat exactly the same life EON after Ron. Poor Jesus is all I can say.
The problem with the movie (which really isn't bad) was how unrealistic it felt for sweet innocent Fanny to become a barely recognizable rude and arrogant bitch in such a short time span. In Funny Girl, we rooted for Fanny, but in Funny Lady, we rooted for Billy Rose (whom Fanny treated like sh*).
Yeah but it was fun! There is a supposedly a quote/ story that Fanny was walking with her friend in New York, looked up at one of the buildings and told her friend "Up there is the office if the most evil man I ever met." She was talking about Billy Rose.
Really? Was Fanny really that sweet and innocent in Funny Girl? She was already ruthlessly determined to be a star, to do things her way, to go after what she wanted. It's not a big leap from that to someone who, with more money and success, is more controlling and determined not to lose the position and power that they've fought for. Also, while the story of Funny Lady is about as far from the truth as the story of Funny Girl, the character of Fanny is much, much closer to the real Fanny Brice. It was one of the things that finally persuaded Streisand to do the film. It gave her a new acting challenge: to play something much closer to the real Fanny Brice. And those aspects included her somewhat cynical & world-weary attitude (hardly surprising after what she went through with Arnstein), her sardonic sense of humour, her fastidious sense of style, even the way she called people "kid" because she didn't or couldn't be bothered remembering names. There's also more of an attempt to have Streisand look as Brice did in those years.
At 250 a year and a young trophy husband at home, ai knew I might be zonked after we watched porn til Sunday morning. But my ass was in bed Sunday night with Seroquel or Nightquil so I could Sparkle Nelly Sparkle on Monday
To me, that meant sober and tired. A joke on Valley of the Dolls.
Goodnight Aladdin Jr. Love you. Don Neuhauser, Jr. xoxo (Oh, want to ask the CIA after 1978. Here's my Social Security # 316 (John 3:16, I become a Christian when I'm 16 - Hmm) 68 (Year of my sister's birth, the third child to Adam and Eve, the Set, Christy. 0047 - Israel becomes a state when? 1948?
Hmm. Love you. Don xoxo (May 14, 1948 - When were you born?) Weird world. Love, Don xoxo
Ah, to have Barbara Streisand, as a "personal per", Gee How Lucky Can You Gay!