that HA-HA-HA!!!!! towards the end really showa you. she was/is human and she was thinking. i'm not doing this tomorrow, lol. she was getting emotional and i loved it!!!!
Now you guys heard what I heard right? And to top it off, it was noted that she was hoarse during her last performance(which was this one) and this is the end product of a hoarse voice! It was almost as if she said, "oh, well since this is my last time singing this song, I'm just slaying everything standing and walking". Also, it was noted that this performance was next best performance that she did since opening night of DreamGirls on broadway. Even Sheryl Lee Ralph was blown away that opening night of DreamGirls of Jennifer's performance. She said that Jennifer sung that song from a place that no one knew where it came from and it left her breathless as she stood in the wings watching Jennifer sing.
She was incredible. When she opens up from the raspy stuff on sustained notes, it's still clean voice, which is just incredible. She's one that I refuse to even try and dissect as far as a voice. It's really much more than singing that she's doing, she's pouring out her entire self. It just comes out as music
This woman's vocal are beyond mind blowing. She is one of the best singers of all time. She is in the top 5, for me, and she is Number one in the group!
i saw the show in 1982.. did not know the score or the story...experienced it as theatre is meant to be... So when it got to the amazing last scene of act one and they started fighting in "motown recitative" I was already gasping and then when it flowered into the unexpected "aria" I was just not prepared for one of the greatest nights of my life. I couldnt believe the power of the story let alone the mind blowing performance. Its great to hear this but that night I experienced all of it new and in real time... that remains one of the high points in my life. It happened in the opera house a few times as well and with Ian McKellan in Richard III.
She sounds so good in here honestly I’m shocked, her vocals are unmatched and what’s weird is that her vocals although less harsh and with way less growling than the TONY awards performance she still manages to convey the emotion and I feel it more in this performance. 6:49 is a standout part because it sounds like she’s going to cry even on the “no no no no way” I admire her as a vocalist so much, almost 40 years have passed since this performance and I have yet to find a singer with this much power, ability to change her tone, able to growl and not sound hoarse etc. She’s a legend and I find it disappointing she never made it huge or released music as iconic as this. A wasted talent that the world will never replicate.
I see your point but she managed to make one of the most famous songs of all time that will never be duplicated. That alone will keep her name on the history books for as long as the world turns. That's legend.
@@igotyourback9175 yeah but too bad she is overshadowed by Jennifer Hudson when people research dreamgirls. Hudson is amazing no doubt but Holliday deserves the recognition.
The emotion of it being her final night, considering the subject matter of the song, makes this performance even more poignant. She sings it a lot more tenderly (for her). And honestly, I think she WAS crying - she didn't even sing all the "love me, love me" climax. And honestly, Jennifer's sound is "too Black" to have crossed over. And possibly, that was for the best - she didn't ever bother changing to appeal to the masses.
THAT LAST "YOU'RE GONNA LUHHHHH-AHHHH-HUH-VUH MAAAAAY!" Now, see. That, children, is what's known as Icon Behavior. The Legend truly came out of Ms. Holiday and we as a nation have never been the same.
. . .and if I were the producer, I would have simply shut the show down: sent the orchestra home and turned off the lights "for ev-vaaa"! Because the show was OVER. IT WAS OVA! Jennifer Holliday set the Imperial Theater on fire with this "last" performance--and she knew it. That is all. The End!
OH. MY. GOD. I thought I had seen every performance of this woman doing this song but I have never seen this one and I can whole heartedly say that I am speechless after this one. Those are not human vocal chords. They just aren't. Jennifer Holliday - you are EVERYTHING!!!
No knocks on the movie, but Jennifer Hudson is kind of annoying. It's like she's impersonating Jennifer Holiday, and Beyonce is the worst Deena. She can't out. The best performance in the movie is Eddie Murphy and he didn't get the Oscar.
I've heard Jennifer Holliday sing the hell out of this song on a number of occasions, but THIS takes the cake. This performance took everything she had in her and then some! I need a cold drink after listening to this!
Chills, tears, and totally amazed! Honey let me get hoarse and tear this song or any song up!!! She was amazing in this show, totally amazing. So much conviction and true personalization and interpretation . LAWD, LAWD, LAWD!!!
Just when I thought I couldn't hear a better version, Jennifer tops herself with this one! Oh my! If I had witnessed this, I probably would've had a seizure as the Holy Ghost moved me with the spirit!
Now that is how you sing to bring the house down! She slayed it like never before! That had to be one of Broadway's most electric nights that had to be seen to be believed. I love Hudson, but she's got nothing on Holliday!
It’s really kinda crazy to think that she was only on Broadway in this role for just one full year. I wonder why she left such a successful production (which she was the star of) in such a short amount of time?
If I remember correctly, it was a super taxing role, both vocally and emotionally for her. Plus the production wasn’t the healthiest experience for her.
Do you know where I can get the full show? She and Loretta were in RARE form during this show. I need it in my life (again)! lol any help would be greatly appreciated
officialmaurice1 There’s a full show version on UA-cam but you have to find it. The “dvd” version is at some New York library but you can’t check it out.
Finding the NYC/LA performances from 81/82 is almost impossible to find. The entire play is on UA-cam, but the quality isn't great ( I appreciate it don't get me wrong) I've looked everywhere for these performances.
This was her last broadway performance. She went on the shows tour in LA. The show would still be on broadway for like 2 more years. And the reason Deena sounds different is because Sheryl Lee Ralph isn't playing her in this show. It's Linda Lelani Brown
@@ABMS721 Linda is no slouch. I like Sherl, Linda, and I believer Terry has played Deena as well. As a 1980 baby, I'm in love with all the Dreams. But we all know Effie was that nigga.
Deena is Linda Leilani Brown. She would go out to LA with Jennifer for the first national tour. The revamped Act II Opening was actually created for her. Her Deena was more “Diana Ross-esque.” And the fact she looked exactly like Diana Ross
Tony Awards performance was way better because she severely hoarse here and it got in the way of those long winded notes Ms Girl is known for and I don’t recall her having to travel in the touring company in LA. I heard she left at the time to go have a SOLO CAREER and the others went or were part of the touring company. But folks have to give her a break, she did it for so many years, so many performances and then some and after awhile your voice just gets tired and shuts down.
If that's screaming, then you should be able to do it just as well and earn a legacy that can't be matched in the process. You just don't have the capacity to understand nor appreciate deep, gut-wrenching soul SANGING!
that HA-HA-HA!!!!! towards the end really showa you. she was/is human and she was thinking. i'm not doing this tomorrow, lol. she was getting emotional and i loved it!!!!
There's a FEW laughs in here actually lol 6:23
Now you guys heard what I heard right? And to top it off, it was noted that she was hoarse during her last performance(which was this one) and this is the end product of a hoarse voice! It was almost as if she said, "oh, well since this is my last time singing this song, I'm just slaying everything standing and walking". Also, it was noted that this performance was next best performance that she did since opening night of DreamGirls on broadway. Even Sheryl Lee Ralph was blown away that opening night of DreamGirls of Jennifer's performance. She said that Jennifer sung that song from a place that no one knew where it came from and it left her breathless as she stood in the wings watching Jennifer sing.
She was incredible. When she opens up from the raspy stuff on sustained notes, it's still clean voice, which is just incredible. She's one that I refuse to even try and dissect as far as a voice. It's really much more than singing that she's doing, she's pouring out her entire self. It just comes out as music
Omg wow that Sheryl’s said that. I would love to hear the opening night performance of AIATY
@@brandonplays702it's on here
Thank You Jesus for UA-cam, it wasn't for it, none of us would not know the vocal talents of this 23-24 yr singer at that time.
DaTruEbonyRayne I know right? UA-cam is the best thing since water.
DaTruEbonyRayne we wouldn’t believe a word of it if somebody was telling us. Umph umph umph
22**
She was 22 here.
Can't stop listening to it. True, those are not human vocal chords!
This woman's vocal are beyond mind blowing. She is one of the best singers of all time. She is in the top 5, for me, and she is Number one in the group!
i saw the show in 1982.. did not know the score or the story...experienced it as theatre is meant to be... So when it got to the amazing last scene of act one and they started fighting in "motown recitative" I was already gasping and then when it flowered into the unexpected "aria" I was just not prepared for one of the greatest nights of my life. I couldnt believe the power of the story let alone the mind blowing performance. Its great to hear this but that night I experienced all of it new and in real time... that remains one of the high points in my life. It happened in the opera house a few times as well and with Ian McKellan in Richard III.
Jeff Schecter
Beautifully stated!
Sheer vocal genius. The best part of all is to hear Jennifer enjoying herself. What a voice.
She sounds so good in here honestly I’m shocked, her vocals are unmatched and what’s weird is that her vocals although less harsh and with way less growling than the TONY awards performance she still manages to convey the emotion and I feel it more in this performance. 6:49 is a standout part because it sounds like she’s going to cry even on the “no no no no way” I admire her as a vocalist so much, almost 40 years have passed since this performance and I have yet to find a singer with this much power, ability to change her tone, able to growl and not sound hoarse etc. She’s a legend and I find it disappointing she never made it huge or released music as iconic as this. A wasted talent that the world will never replicate.
I see your point but she managed to make one of the most famous songs of all time that will never be duplicated. That alone will keep her name on the history books for as long as the world turns. That's legend.
@@igotyourback9175 yeah but too bad she is overshadowed by Jennifer Hudson when people research dreamgirls. Hudson is amazing no doubt but Holliday deserves the recognition.
I love how she sounds like she's crying. Almost a wail. I can't even do that when singing lol
The emotion of it being her final night, considering the subject matter of the song, makes this performance even more poignant. She sings it a lot more tenderly (for her). And honestly, I think she WAS crying - she didn't even sing all the "love me, love me" climax.
And honestly, Jennifer's sound is "too Black" to have crossed over. And possibly, that was for the best - she didn't ever bother changing to appeal to the masses.
She sung this song exactly like it was her last show!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
THAT LAST "YOU'RE GONNA LUHHHHH-AHHHH-HUH-VUH MAAAAAY!" Now, see. That, children, is what's known as Icon Behavior. The Legend truly came out of Ms. Holiday and we as a nation have never been the same.
. . .and if I were the producer, I would have simply shut the show down: sent the orchestra home and turned off the lights "for ev-vaaa"! Because the show was OVER. IT WAS OVA! Jennifer Holliday set the Imperial Theater on fire with this "last" performance--and she knew it. That is all. The End!
lol
You effectively shut it down! Work! I will always be fond of Jennifer Holliday!
hprm33t LOL
Facts
OH. MY. GOD. I thought I had seen every performance of this woman doing this song but I have never seen this one and I can whole heartedly say that I am speechless after this one. Those are not human vocal chords. They just aren't. Jennifer Holliday - you are EVERYTHING!!!
RIGHT!? ErryThanggG!
Jimmy Mcvoy do you have the link of her singing this song circa 1987 with braids and a black or blue outfit?
This a 10 out of 10 rated preformance
More like a 20.
Ms. Holliday is a force of nature. Unmatched.
No knocks on the movie, but Jennifer Hudson is kind of annoying. It's like she's impersonating Jennifer Holiday, and Beyonce is the worst Deena. She can't out. The best performance in the movie is Eddie Murphy and he didn't get the Oscar.
Simply the GREATEST OF ALL TIME!!!!
I've heard Jennifer Holliday sing the hell out of this song on a number of occasions, but THIS takes the cake. This performance took everything she had in her and then some! I need a cold drink after listening to this!
Children. THIS is how you SANG.
Amen
30 plus years later this indelible moment still gives me goosebumps
Chills, tears, and totally amazed! Honey let me get hoarse and tear this song or any song up!!! She was amazing in this show, totally amazing. So much conviction and true personalization and interpretation . LAWD, LAWD, LAWD!!!
She sure put her heart into it.
Just when I thought I couldn't hear a better version, Jennifer tops herself with this one! Oh my! If I had witnessed this, I probably would've had a seizure as the Holy Ghost moved me with the spirit!
SWEET BABY JESUS!!!!! Jennifer SANG that song like there was no tomorrow!!
40 years on and I still tear up hearing her sing that final note!!!
I just threw my shoe at this lap top....My goodness
Quin Gibbs lawd have mercy!!! Umph I just can’t believe she sang like this!
@Robert Lee, Countertenor Does Jennifer Holliday is pentecostal?
What the fuck!! That was offff the chart, crazy saannngin!! when i first saw her('82) i knew there was a god!~
Now that is how you sing to bring the house down! She slayed it like never before! That had to be one of Broadway's most electric nights that had to be seen to be believed. I love Hudson, but she's got nothing on Holliday!
She sang the paint off that mothafuckin wall that night.
You can hear she was already crying mid climax part. Sang Jennifer!
Speechless
She know she showed out! LOL
shit wow.... only she could re-invent it in a way and in riffs i've never heard before... and i've heard EVERY DIVA sing this song
GOOSEBUMPS!!!! Thank you soo soo much
Thank you soooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!
She did this on my birthday😭💜
This is truly unbelievable :o
Theres singing and then theres SINGING. This was definately the latter
Nah, nah. This is SANGIN. An a and no damn g
OMG!!! Glory! Glory! Glory!
GOOSEBUMPS!!!!
She sound hoarse in its all over, and then completely spectacular on and i am telling you. How on earth?
Bless you!!!!
She was hoarse….riiiiiiiiiiiiight….She was just….I have no words. How was this better than the hundred other times she did the song??? Like what??? 😱
Amazing!!! Bravo 👏🏾
I feel Jesus when she sings
OMFG!
It’s really kinda crazy to think that she was only on Broadway in this role for just one full year. I wonder why she left such a successful production (which she was the star of) in such a short amount of time?
If I remember correctly, it was a super taxing role, both vocally and emotionally for her. Plus the production wasn’t the healthiest experience for her.
YESSSSSS Do you have the entire show?
wow. one world wow
Nada como el original ... Jennifer Holliday la Reina
Do you know where I can get the full show? She and Loretta were in RARE form during this show. I need it in my life (again)! lol any help would be greatly appreciated
officialmaurice1 There’s a full show version on UA-cam but you have to find it. The “dvd” version is at some New York library but you can’t check it out.
I hear Auntie Loretta, she said was tired and she meant that.
3:57
And why was this performance "infamous" did she not come back for the rest of the show or what?
Oh my god!!
Why is it the "infamous" matinee?
Where can I bear this whole show?
Do you have the whole show!?!!?!?!?
Finding the NYC/LA performances from 81/82 is almost impossible to find. The entire play is on UA-cam, but the quality isn't great ( I appreciate it don't get me wrong) I've looked everywhere for these performances.
OMG!!!!!!!
is this just audio with no video or am I missing something here :)
Was this “her last” or the “last of the original cast”?? Why does Deena sound different??
This was her last broadway performance. She went on the shows tour in LA. The show would still be on broadway for like 2 more years. And the reason Deena sounds different is because Sheryl Lee Ralph isn't playing her in this show. It's Linda Lelani Brown
@@ABMS721 Linda is no slouch. I like Sherl, Linda, and I believer Terry has played Deena as well. As a 1980 baby, I'm in love with all the Dreams. But we all know Effie was that nigga.
Deena is Linda Leilani Brown. She would go out to LA with Jennifer for the first national tour. The revamped Act II Opening was actually created for her. Her Deena was more “Diana Ross-esque.” And the fact she looked exactly like Diana Ross
SPEECHLESS.
Who's was playing Deena here? She was kinda sorta sangin'.
linda lellani brown
babybluemusic42.7 , thanks!!!!!!
LLB is my favourite deena!
@@louisorange4276 Diana Ross jr
BEST. Of all the Deenas, Linda Leilani Brown was the closest to Diana Ross in looks, voice and temperament. Perfection.
Is that Sheryl Lee Ralph?!?!
No, it's Linda Leilani Brown who temporarily took Sheryl's place as Deena
Tony Awards performance was way better because she severely hoarse here and it got in the way of those long winded notes Ms Girl is known for and I don’t recall her having to travel in the touring company in LA. I heard she left at the time to go have a SOLO CAREER and the others went or were part of the touring company. But folks have to give her a break, she did it for so many years, so many performances and then some and after awhile your voice just gets tired and shuts down.
Yes, JH left the Broadway company to open the sit-down LA production.
Severely hoarse?!
SHE is screaming to much in this performance!
Oh hush. Honestly…
If that's screaming, then you should be able to do it just as well and earn a legacy that can't be matched in the process. You just don't have the capacity to understand nor appreciate deep, gut-wrenching soul SANGING!
You think she's screaming in THIS performance of THIS song?