Just makes me think what did Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight and many other Black Women singers had to endure after there music moved from the Black Church to main street music. I Love the Black Church and the Grandson of a Reverend. My Granddad was very strict Black Air Force High up sergeant and old school. I miss him but in them Days they where really ugly towards New things becoming new. LOL SMH but true.
Hey, you're in good company with "multitudes" who feel the same sentiments. We can relate, identify, and empathize with the strong emotions being conveyed by this superb and powerful performance.
ever since she came back to that little town she had been trying to get her daddy to see her, acknowledge her, daddy couldn't forgive her for what life she had led. When the choir started singing that song he was trying to send her a message through God, but it was God who sent a message to him to learn to forgive her for her past and see her really see her.
Beautiful and Anointing Song!!! I cry or I jump. Speak to Me, Lord. I Love Gospel and Black Churches. Are the Best. I' m White but I love Black People. God knows why they are here. We are One colour but we have The Same God who created us and His Son The King of Kings, Jesús who died for us in Calvary and He'll come back soon
Speilberg was robbed by the Academy in 1985. This is one of the most beautifully made films ever. This scene is pure perfection. Alice Walker's amazing work brilliantly brought to life.
When this movie came out I was a freshman at Tuskegee.... it was Institute then. Nonetheless, l got married, had two daughters, had, a separation... so on and so forth. I never saw it coming, but me and my children separated and stopped communicating for several years. A minister told me that they would be back. Out of the blue.. my youngest invited to treat me to lunch and my oldest comes around. When l saw that scene with the father holding his daughter the tears flowed. I tried to be hard and stern as a man, but for a father who actually cares you're only fooling yourself when you try to dismiss things.
I will never understand why "The Color Purple" and "Malcolm X" didn't win an Oscar. Two of the best produced and acted films ever and there's no way they shouldn't have won.
Deborah Sparks you know why. I saw Malcolm X in Tower City Theatre in Cleveland Ohio and let me tell you, 12 screens in that theatre were Malcolm X. Sold out for weeks. Had to usher in people with flash lights just to find a seat. they printed the tickets up with other movie names on them. Not just in Cleveland but around the country. That took away the credit, made ticket sales for Malcolm X low. Str8 up cheat. Same thing with Color Purple. Steven Spielberg not getting an award for that phenomenal movie, y'all know that was jive. That's Hollywierd for you.
@@xanderluv & Rosa Evangelista: I bet you Don't Know the real answer. I know what you're implying--Oscars Too White, but that ain't it. Not at all. This movie is one of my utmost favorites. I had to go find an answer I posted on this movie from a couple of years ago when we had this discussion. **So...Do you know why?! Because there were many protests all along about making this movie. The NAACP was the most vocal about the way black people were being portrayed, in particular the black man, mostly in the form of Mister. Personally I think Danny Glover was fantastic in the role. The flip side was Harpo. There was the treatment of Sophia, espec. with Miss Mellie. Then there was the questionable relationship betw. Shug & Celie. With all the noise & protest the Academy chose to overlook it. Very sad because Steven Spielberg brought to life a story presented by an exceptional cast. Alice Walker knew exactly what she was writing about. The book is great too.** Oscars weren't too white, black folk did themselves in. Please know the facts before implying. When I had my previous discussion one man in it was just about to lose his mind about Mister, and he was hating Ms. Walker for making that character.
In many ways we know even then there is nothing so special as to be loved by our parents. The embrace that we always hope is there. As a mother now to be loved by our children. As a soul...to be loved and forgiven and embraced by God that makes us both. Im tearing up even now.
Gonna be honest with God...gonna speak the truth...gonna rise UP with Holy Boldness & declare that if God brings my chosen lady into my life between now & Christmas 2018...then Heaven & Earth as my Eternal Witnesses...I shall be a happily married gentleman before Christmas 2019!!! Yea and Amen!!! P.S.~ God knows I've held on through ALL the "No's"...NOW it's time for my "Yeses"!!! {{smiling through my tears}}
Underrated because the person that played Shug Avery’s character should have gotten recognition. I’m 40 and I’ve been singing this song in my mind for weeks, just listening today and seeing how the character didn’t care anymore and went to her father with that song to let him know God was telling Him something. That blew my mind and I couldn’t help but cry. We are ALL HUMAN BEINGS WE WILL NOT ALWAYS MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS BUT CAN BE FORGIVEN. AND BE YOURSELF DONT BE WHAT SOMEONE ELSE WANTS YOU TO BE. Especially if you are a nice person, that will help drive depression and anxiety out!
For sure they all got cheated but Whoopi is an EGOT Oprah is Oprah & everyone else pretty much became superstars so they did alright even though the academy didn't acknowledge this film like it should have
1985 was a huge year for great films and they got wiped out by Out Of Africa. Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Cocoon, and Pritzi’s Honor were also splitting the vote to prevent a Win for Color Purple. The Trip to Bountiful was my personal sentimental favorite that year.
When she heard her song.....The spirit of Christ hit her like a hammer....What a powerful scene....The Holy Spirit filled her and she was compelled to go to the house of the Lord.
I love that not only was it Shug’s favorite gospel song that she tried to mention to her father when he shunned her at the church. She stopped everything because that was her daughter singing it. Poetic.
Her father was preaching about the prodigal son parable and suddenly, she rushed in the door, that is why he accepted her back. Wow what a powerful scene.
@LaQuetta Jones But it was told in the book and in the movie, when she went to church the first time and she started talking to him, yet he refused her, once again, when she was talking to Celie, crying, she told her about it.
@@desraesoutae9516 blessing to you and yours. And you don't have to be BLACK. Music is something that we all should enjoy recallest of the color of a skin
I hope all is well again for you! God is always speaking and sometimes we may not be ready to hear what He’s trying to tell us. Sometimes we just have to sit still for a moment or listen to the wind blowing. Sometimes we can be going through something or have questions about something and at some point you may see a commercial or newspaper article where the text is what you needed to see. I love it when I can walk down the street and hear part of a conversation from some random people, and that part of the conversation is exactly what I needed to hear. I stop and smile up to the sky and say, I hear you! God is always speaking to us in ways He knows we will better hear him or receive the message intended for us!
I'm up in here at 2020 HUNNI...with tears in my eyes!! This part right here...this part right here nicca....if it don't bring you to your knees...then idk what to tell you...BUT MAYBE GOD IS TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING!!🙏🙏🙏🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Ugly cry 😭 That scene always gets me. I love when Shug says, “See Daddy sinners have soul too”, then he hugs her and she finally has that love from her father she wanted so badly. Then Albert finally does right by Celie, the whole scene is beautiful glimpse at redemption and forgiveness.
Now that's the power of the Holy Ghost. She was singing her song, then overheard her favorite gospel song. Afterwards it lead her to the church. That goes to show you that no matter what you're doing at any given time, God will bring you in. By any means. This scene is powerful.
All she ever wanted was her daddy’s love and approval...damn I’m 55 and I’m tearing up like a big fat baby....maybe just maybe god is trying to tell me something too....
Like Drake said you don't need an award to have recognition real art still being recognized today when you see Whoopi Goldberg you know her for who she is when you see Danny Glover you remembered his art and what he carried
@@reginaldturner3570 I'm not either, but I see our time is almost up and I really have to make some changes. I've always liked this scene and its really hitting home now...I'll pray for you and know that the Lord has your front and back! 🙌🏽💛
I said the same thing!!! They could not keep up with her and she brought a following with her too...Let the church say Amen🙏🏾. She said enough was enough🕯💫
Thing for me is when Shug met her dad at his church alone, she couldnt get out the words too this song. Then too delivery it the way she did ALWAYS bring me too tears..
Such a beautiful movie; and this was such a powerful scene. I'm always struck by two things in this scene. First, the lyrics in the song where you can't sleep at night, start to wonder why; maybe God is trying to tell you something. Just immensely powerful words. Can't you just picture God trying to get a message to us, but we're too "busy" in our waking hours to listen. So, God is like, well, I'll have to use another way to get their attention. The middle of the night sounds about right. I'm also struck by the restoration of Shug's Avery's relationship with her father, then the camera zooms in on Celie, who is clearly longing for the children she lost so many years ago. What an amazing movie. 💕
This woman can sing!! Honestly just saying that isn’t good enough! My fav singing in any movie! I just cry minute she starts. Honey she makes me feel it through the screen!! This movie should had won every award made! Every actor was superb!! Woooo Lord have mercy !!
Ive ran so far from home yet my father keeps calling me and calling me to come home. Each time ive sinned hes called me home when i lose my faith he calls me home 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
This was one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking yet perfect scenes in film history. The sinners at the river. The sinners in church. Pastor giving sermon about the prodigal son. His daughter is prodigal. The way Shug looks at her musician without words, the knowing. She leads them to the house of God. Her dad sees his daughter, the gorgeous face of the main choir singer, as she a knowledge the other voices and the daughter. Then her dad holds her reluctantly. Then he embraces her. Then Shug cries that most painful cry that some tears can't come out as pain is too deep. EVER TIME I SEE THIS SCENE IT GETS ME.
I’ve been binge watching all my favorite musical scenes and swore I wasn’t gonna cry… yet here I am. 😭 No matter how many times I see it, this still makes me feel a way and I can’t fight the tears.
This scene brings tears to my eyes every time. Shug is finally accepted by her father and Albert finally does the right thing and takes steps to reunite Celie with Nettie.
omg Shug was like a hundred yards away from the church and the girl singing could hear her all the way from there. I'm a grown man and this scene still makes me cry....unbelievable!
I think the symbolism underlying that scene is that God was lending her his voice; He wanted this relationship fixed so he gave Shug the courage - and the voice - to reach her father. I mean, the song is "God is Tryin'a Tell You Something. :)
God knows this movie still Needs to be Honored, and if you Try to rEmAke this MAKE Damn sUre it's at it's BeSt. TE COLOR PURPLE WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIES EVER!!! BLESSINGS TO THE WHOLE PRODUCTION TEAM. VERY APPRECIATED💯 MERCY
How every Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Book Keeper, Trombone Player, Horse, Insect and Wooden Fence didn't win an oscar in this movie is FUCKING beyond me! This is truly one of the greats.
Say that 2 times! It's the middle of the night in Cali right now and I've been drinking. I played the song and it brought me to tears just like it has when I was out with my gay friend who blasted it like a rap song in the 90's and this morning when I explained to my husband what it all meant. I waited for the tears because I would expect nothing less. This is a tragic story of heartache turned to triumph/joyousness. Everyone came to see her as she truly was and that's how we came to understand her to be. This scene is so moving...so touching...so emotional that, if you told me you didn't feel it I would question if you even watched the same scene. It is definitely one of the scenes that solidified this movie's home in the land of classic movies that will always evoke a specific feeling. It's up there with Imitation of Life but not yet. If you don't cry when you watch it you're not a human. This is the SHI+!
It's 9pm here in the UK, and this song always brings me to tears whether I've been drinking or not. (I have but that's not the point). This film moves me so much and especially this scene where estranged relatives can find their way back to one another. I live for this scene. Maybe God IS trying to tell me something.
I CAN RELATE TO THIS! I SONG WITH A BLUES BAND THAT WAS CALLED BIG GEORGE BROCK AND THE NEW HOUSEROCKERS FOR 21 YEARS AND NOW I'M BACK INTO CHURCH USING MY VOICE FOR THE LORD❤🙂🙏 AND GOD WAS TRYING TO TELL ME SOMETHING TOO! I HEARD AND I LISTENED!❤
Songs breaks me down me and my grandma use to always watch this movie so this song just speaks volumes to me seriously RIP STEPHANIE SMITH thank you for showing me the power of Jesus!!!!!!!
Celie’s face always gets to me at the end 😔 she looked like she was happy for Shug but so tired and sad that she hasn’t been reunited with her fam....little did she know God was making a way and turning Mr’s heart at that very moment. Makes me think back and see that even know I may be sad or crying about something rn..God is making a way. ❤️
She didn't overpower her. Watch the clip again the choir singer completely stopped singing and started to look around to see where the other voice was coming from.
One of the most powerful moment in the movie I never forgot when it first came out. I felt her pain when she was like.. "See Daddy sinners have Soul too!" instant tears!
This song makes me cry every time I see this scene, if you don't feel it, you don't have a heart periodt. Still one of my all time favorite classic movie
A powerful scene from the best movie of all time. The Color Purple was not awarded even one Oscar, and for that, I will never watch the Academy Awards again.
It jad alot to do with the NAACP protesting the movie.When Whoppi Goldberg received the award from them she told them they almost cost them careers. Due to them not wanting to admit that in black families there is incest and abuse.
@@neicylove769 Spielberg was also criticized, both for being a white director and for cutting out stuff from the book like the lesbian scenes. The Awards are all about politics.
First of all, this whole film is a great masterpiece, this scene taken from this wonderful film, is the representation of what a son does when he returns home and reunites with loved ones (the prodigal son); initially Shug Avery was the daughter of the parish priest. she left her family to find her own personal and musical identity in the urban world, then every time she returned home, she tried to go back to her father, but her father refused any kind of contact; with the years and experiences, lovers and adventures, Shug returns home and while singing in his stepson's room the call of the Gospel song attracts, like a compass needle, the singer's attention, who responds to the ancestral call of his great Soul and reunites with the church, the choir, the father, singing with all his soul towards that church that years ago he abandoned and walking towards it, the choir in the church did not sing with the soloist who sang a few steps away from the choir, but he sang answering the superhuman song of Shug Avery who was returning home and finally reunited with the Father saying: "Dad ... see also sinners have a soul!" Whenever I see this scene I cry liters and liters of tears ... Blessed be Mrs Margaret Avery, blessed Mrs Whoopy Golberg, Mr Quincy Jones, Mr Steven Spielberg.
One sad thing I noticed about this is right after she stops singing and she's just standing there panting and desperately looking at the reverend its like she's saying, "This is it daddy. This is all I have left. Please accept me."
Or she could be saying I may sing at the Juke Joint but I haven't forgotten about God and how you raised and taught me Daddy. Please accept me. I absolutely agree with you👍
+Duck Schyuler no racism here but we are commenting on a post where there are black actors and black singers. Get out of your feelings and put your race card back in your pockets. Ain't da Oscars or some shit on??? Damn!
This song makes me cry and on the brink of crying. I have failed God so many times and sinned and yet He still loves me no matter what. Even the times when I wanted to give up on myself and life, He kept telling me in my spirit don't give up. I wanted to die but He still never gave up on me. Why should I give up on Him by giving up? The battle is not mine because I am not strong enough to fight it. It is God's. I love you all and I want to say that we are truly living in our last days. Let's just please give our life over to Jesus before it is too late.
Just thought about that, in reality that wouldn't have happened until she got right outside the door. No one sings that loud. They were in the country but come on! 😂😂 I never thought about the acoustics the million times I saw this before, but we all know the meaning of this scene.
One of the reasons her voice carried so far was that Shug was next to water (the Juke Joint was on the river), the path they walked was next to the river, and water can reflect sound and carry it.
2022…..and as if this songs has touched my heart for the first time all over again. We sin, we struggle, we are not always at our best. Through it all we must continue to give each other unconditional LOVE.
Who else gets chills when she starts singing and the people could hear her inside the church
I get chills everytime !! Amen
me too
me!!! every time
I do sister I don't care what god u praise u can hear god in both of there voices the power of our spiritual essence is Divine
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Who loves being black🙋🏾♂️🖐🏾?
Poem Lord why did you make me Black
I wouldn't trade it for the world ❤✊
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Me, all day & every day
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The way Shug said „see daddy, sinners have soul too“ just brings me to tears. She’ll always be a child of God no matter where life took her
Just makes me think what did Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight and many other Black Women singers had to endure after there music moved from the Black Church to main street music. I Love the Black Church and the Grandson of a Reverend. My Granddad was very strict Black Air Force High up sergeant and old school. I miss him but in them Days they where really ugly towards New things becoming new. LOL SMH but true.
Indeed
Every time
AS A GROWN MAN OF 50 YEARS OF AGE IN 2022, THIS PART OF THE MOVIE STILL BREAKS ME DOWN AND I BEGIN TO CRY!! SUCH A POWERFUL MOMENT OF HUMILITY!!
Hey, you're in good company with "multitudes" who feel the same sentiments. We can relate, identify, and empathize with the strong emotions being conveyed by this superb and powerful performance.
Yes I cry every time also
The same for me!! Every time, all THE time!! She was singing as if it were her last day on Earth and she knew it.
I'm a 45 year old man, and I'm crying now like Im at a loved ones funeral, there is so much power in the message. God bless you!
I'm 43 and it wrecks me too!
ever since she came back to that little town she had been trying to get her daddy to see her, acknowledge her, daddy couldn't forgive her for what life she had led. When the choir started singing that song he was trying to send her a message through God, but it was God who sent a message to him to learn to forgive her for her past and see her really see her.
yes dammit YEASSSS YAAAAASSS DAt shit is si powerful
PREACH IT!
I wish I could like that statement a thousand times!
Yes!!! Amen
stridergal AMEN!
Is it just me or do anyone else cry during this scene 🙏🏾
Yes. A sinner has found her way back to God, it’s beautiful. He is waiting with open arms.
@@AZ-nr1id ugly cry! 😂
@@omegadaniel2896 yes!! ❤️
I’m not even religious and I choke up. It doesn’t matter who you are, gospel can bring anyone together.
WHEN I SEEN THIS IN THE MOVIE I STARTED UNCONTROLLABLY SHAKING AND CRYING MY EYES OUT,,A BOUY LODING MY BREATH
I get chills when she belts out the first "Speak to me..."
Beautiful and Anointing Song!!! I cry or I jump. Speak to Me, Lord. I Love Gospel and Black Churches. Are the Best. I' m White but I love Black People. God knows why they are here. We are One colour but we have The Same God who created us and His Son The King of Kings, Jesús who died for us in Calvary and He'll come back soon
2022 and this scene still makes me tear up
Wow
@@ignaciobolbaran6323 🤗 Amen🙏🏽Sister, In The Name Christ Jesus🎚❤💜
😭😭😭😭🙏
Speilberg was robbed by the Academy in 1985. This is one of the most beautifully made films ever. This scene is pure perfection. Alice Walker's amazing work brilliantly brought to life.
Absolutely correct 💯
absolutely absurd movie did more to hurt the black community than Brewster's Place.
YESSSSS
@@christopherfranklin4677 .........
Peace on to you PREACH ON YOU GOT IT TIGHT
"Speak Lord Speak to Me" tears come to my eyes everytime. Who here's in 2019? STILL HERE 12/2021!!STILL HERE 10/2022!!🤗
When this movie came out I was a freshman at Tuskegee.... it was Institute then. Nonetheless, l got married, had two daughters, had, a separation... so on and so forth. I never saw it coming, but me and my children separated and stopped communicating for several years. A minister told me that they would be back. Out of the blue.. my youngest invited to treat me to lunch and my oldest comes around. When l saw that scene with the father holding his daughter the tears flowed. I tried to be hard and stern as a man, but for a father who actually cares you're only fooling yourself when you try to dismiss things.
5/13/19
She's the preacher's daughter 🤫🤫😇😇🙏🙏🙏🤗🤗🤗💖💖😘
God's trying to tell us something
Did the "lip quivering" cry 😢😭
🎶speak to me🎶
I will never understand why "The Color Purple" and "Malcolm X" didn't win an Oscar. Two of the best produced and acted films ever and there's no way they shouldn't have won.
Deborah Sparks you know why. I saw Malcolm X in Tower City Theatre in Cleveland Ohio and let me tell you, 12 screens in that theatre were Malcolm X. Sold out for weeks. Had to usher in people with flash lights just to find a seat. they printed the tickets up with other movie names on them. Not just in Cleveland but around the country. That took away the credit, made ticket sales for Malcolm X low. Str8 up cheat. Same thing with Color Purple. Steven Spielberg not getting an award for that phenomenal movie, y'all know that was jive. That's Hollywierd for you.
Deborah...Dont be stupid...you know damn well why they didnt win oscars
@@xanderluv & Rosa Evangelista: I bet you Don't Know the real answer. I know what you're implying--Oscars Too White, but that ain't it. Not at all. This movie is one of my utmost favorites. I had to go find an answer I posted on this movie from a couple of years ago when we had this discussion.
**So...Do you know why?! Because there were many protests all along about making this movie. The NAACP was the most vocal about the way black people were being portrayed, in particular the black man, mostly in the form of Mister. Personally I think Danny Glover was fantastic in the role. The flip side was Harpo. There was the treatment of Sophia, espec. with Miss Mellie. Then there was the questionable relationship betw. Shug & Celie. With all the noise & protest the Academy chose to overlook it. Very sad because Steven Spielberg brought to life a story presented by an exceptional cast.
Alice Walker knew exactly what she was writing about. The book is great too.**
Oscars weren't too white, black folk did themselves in. Please know the facts before implying. When I had my previous discussion one man in it was just about to lose his mind about Mister, and he was hating Ms. Walker for making that character.
@@nyrockchicxx my mama and her friends are still mad at Danny Glover 30+ years later. 😁
Hollywood loves to promote movies like Friday, Brady Boy, Paid in Full
I can watch this scene a million times and feel it just like the first time I hear it. 😍 Sing Shug Avery!
She's not the real singer
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Who is it? The original artist?
Yes, still in 2021!!
@@jackiegoodspeed1849 Tata Vega
Absolutely!!
I grew up watching this and have seen it 100 times and I am bawling. Even as a child I knew its importance
Right..I don't know if that makes us really mature as a child...but even as a child this scene resonated with me...
In many ways we know even then there is nothing so special as to be loved by our parents. The embrace that we always hope is there. As a mother now to be loved by our children. As a soul...to be loved and forgiven and embraced by God that makes us both. Im tearing up even now.
Its significant to note he takes his glasses off to see. The miracles of God are not in a book...they are infront of us in the people we love.
My grandma watch almost everyday bless her soul
Most underrated scene in the history of black cinema I love this black women with strength and dignity and courage
Gonna be honest with God...gonna speak the truth...gonna rise UP with Holy Boldness & declare that if God brings my chosen lady into my life between now & Christmas 2018...then Heaven & Earth as my Eternal Witnesses...I shall be a happily married gentleman before Christmas 2019!!! Yea and Amen!!! P.S.~ God knows I've held on through ALL the "No's"...NOW it's time for my "Yeses"!!! {{smiling through my tears}}
I agree! Hold hardly!✌🏽🙏🏾🙏🏾
@@benjamintielking5893 I pray God hear and answers that peayer for you in Jesus name. God bless. He will give us the desire of our heart.
Kholee Marie 🤣 why you say it’s underrated?? When we see all of what it is. 🤷🏾♀️
Underrated because the person that played Shug Avery’s character should have gotten recognition. I’m 40 and I’ve been singing this song in my mind for weeks, just listening today and seeing how the character didn’t care anymore and went to her father with that song to let him know God was telling Him something. That blew my mind and I couldn’t help but cry. We are ALL HUMAN BEINGS WE WILL NOT ALWAYS MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS BUT CAN BE FORGIVEN. AND BE YOURSELF DONT BE WHAT SOMEONE ELSE WANTS YOU TO BE. Especially if you are a nice person, that will help drive depression and anxiety out!
The Academy cheated them. Best picture that year.
For sure they all got cheated but Whoopi is an EGOT Oprah is Oprah & everyone else pretty much became superstars so they did alright even though the academy didn't acknowledge this film like it should have
1985 was a huge year for great films and they got wiped out by Out Of Africa. Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Cocoon, and Pritzi’s Honor were also splitting the vote to prevent a Win for Color Purple. The Trip to Bountiful was my personal sentimental favorite that year.
When they didn’t win do you know I NEVER watched again
Aaaaaaaamen!!!!!!
Agreed. I remember. Out of Africa got it. And Spielberg didn't get nominated.
When she heard her song.....The spirit of Christ hit her like a hammer....What a powerful scene....The Holy Spirit filled her and she was compelled to go to the house of the Lord.
I love that not only was it Shug’s favorite gospel song that she tried to mention to her father when he shunned her at the church. She stopped everything because that was her daughter singing it. Poetic.
Her father was preaching about the prodigal son parable and suddenly, she rushed in the door, that is why he accepted her back. Wow what a powerful scene.
@LaQuetta Jones But it was told in the book and in the movie, when she went to church the first time and she started talking to him, yet he refused her, once again, when she was talking to Celie, crying, she told her about it.
@@martinpty8635 that’s how them Baptist be
Whoa. Did not know it was her daughter
@Keisha Few me too but they said the book mentioned it🤷🏿♀️
This quote always gets to me, “ see daddy sinners have souls too”
Just be mindful of where that “Soul” ends up because of sin. Judgement day comes for all of us.
@@marcusthompson168 Yes, but the point of this scene is that she is asking for her father's love anyway.
I always thought she said "sinners have song too". Lol!
Me too
Love when ole Girl in the choir realized she had to let that song go!! Lol...
Who else loves being black? 🙌🏾
Edit: thanks for all the likes and comments. I didn’t even realize until now.
All the days of my life.
I'm Hispanic but I like your comment. God Bless
100%all day every day
I'm not black. But I love Soul music. It's just so Spiritually uplifting. God bless, from Australia. 30 December , 2019.
@@desraesoutae9516 blessing to you and yours. And you don't have to be BLACK. Music is something that we all should enjoy recallest of the color of a skin
I've been shut down completely withdrawn into myself for a solid year, and yesterday I finally heard Him. Speak to me, Lord! Amen 🙏
Amen! Congratulations momma!!!
God bless you.
Amen! Continue speaking Lord! 🙌🏽🙏🏽🙌🏽
I hope all is well again for you! God is always speaking and sometimes we may not be ready to hear what He’s trying to tell us. Sometimes we just have to sit still for a moment or listen to the wind blowing. Sometimes we can be going through something or have questions about something and at some point you may see a commercial or newspaper article where the text is what you needed to see. I love it when I can walk down the street and hear part of a conversation from some random people, and that part of the conversation is exactly what I needed to hear. I stop and smile up to the sky and say, I hear you! God is always speaking to us in ways He knows we will better hear him or receive the message intended for us!
AMEN!!!
It goes to show you God can touch the hard hearted as well as a lost soul. Amen
See sinners have soul too!
Who's here in 2020🙏 "God's trynna tell you something
Amen
Here.
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AMEN🙏
I'm up in here at 2020 HUNNI...with tears in my eyes!! This part right here...this part right here nicca....if it don't bring you to your knees...then idk what to tell you...BUT MAYBE GOD IS TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING!!🙏🙏🙏🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Ugly cry 😭 That scene always gets me. I love when Shug says, “See Daddy sinners have soul too”, then he hugs her and she finally has that love from her father she wanted so badly. Then Albert finally does right by Celie, the whole scene is beautiful glimpse at redemption and forgiveness.
Everyone gets their happy ending. I hear you sista.
Very true.
Me too.
Mama.. Mama boneen
@@cindyrolle4714: 😂
When Shug hears her daughter and joined her in a duet from across the bayou, I immediately start crying
Never knew that was her daughter
@@mstalkbox1019 I think that’s more a theory than anything confirmed.
I always assumed that was her daughter
I assumed it was her little sister
@@valeriephillips7644 that's what I said
I was 9 years old when this movie came out in 1985. When Shug burst through those doors singing I got chills and I still get them now!!!!
Amen!!!
Me toooo Definitely one of My Favorites 76 was a Great Year
@@torialynch2609 Yes 1976 was an awesome year!!
"See daddy?"" sinner's have a soul too....My heart melts...gets me every time
Morgan Black It gets me too 😢
Me too
Yes same
God is trying to tell us something listen up👏👏👏👏
AMEN!!!
Now that's the power of the Holy Ghost. She was singing her song, then overheard her favorite gospel song. Afterwards it lead her to the church. That goes to show you that no matter what you're doing at any given time, God will bring you in. By any means. This scene is powerful.
Yes
Amen !!!
Facts!
Her sister called her home.
Yes !
"See, Daddy? Sinners have soul, too." This scene always brings me to tears.
SHUG: sings two words "SPEAK LORD!"
ME: *Breaks into tears*
All she ever wanted was her daddy’s love and approval...damn I’m 55 and I’m tearing up like a big fat baby....maybe just maybe god is trying to tell me something too....
Heyyyy... Thats deep.. Nuff said...
He always has something for you 💖
Kelly Leathers Thats all.
Kelly Leathers This part always make me tear up and now that my dad is gone..oh
35 and did the same...he definitely is telling us something
This film was robbed of the Oscar. The best most beautiful film ever.
The best movies usually are especially black ones imo
I agree. I love this movie. It's so good
Like Drake said you don't need an award to have recognition real art still being recognized today when you see Whoopi Goldberg you know her for who she is when you see Danny Glover you remembered his art and what he carried
From a white man , one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen, when she meets her kids I just cried!
God put this here for me. His timing is perfect. I’m going to church today first time in years
The amount of chills I get every time I watch this part😭👏🏾👏🏾
Why am I crying? I'm not living right!! 😭😢
Every time I get chills
her reaction to him hugging her was so authentic. I always cry.
Hi
Yes!!!!🙌🏾
Everytime. It never gets old.
I felt that so hard cause my dad and I don’t have a strong relationship. Him accepting her put such relief in her eyes, like she was home again.
That and when Miss Celie meets her kids at the end! THAT makes me cry every time as well!
After all these years, this part still gets me all choked up ... 😔
Me too
Tear up ere time...
Me too
Every freaking TIME!!!
Yes indeed
Who doesn't cry when they hear this song...amazing
God is sooooooooooooooo good!!! Crying in happiness 🙌🏽🙌🏽
Me too I repent everytime I watch! I know I'm not living right! 😐😭😭😟
@@reginaldturner3570 I'm not either, but I see our time is almost up and I really have to make some changes. I've always liked this scene and its really hitting home now...I'll pray for you and know that the Lord has your front and back! 🙌🏽💛
@@PrettyBrwEyes88 thanks same to you!!
Shug, over sang the whole choir walking down there to the church. Lol
Damn right she did.
I said the same thing!!! They could not keep up with her and she brought a following with her too...Let the church say Amen🙏🏾. She said enough was enough🕯💫
This
Thing for me is when Shug met her dad at his church alone, she couldnt get out the words too this song. Then too delivery it the way she did ALWAYS bring me too tears..
Yes😍🤣💯💯💯!
When His spirit calls you, if you have a connection to him as his child..you NEVER forgot his voice!!!
Ok
Devona Calhoun beautifully put
I wanna kiss that little baby
So true
John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me
Such a beautiful movie; and this was such a powerful scene. I'm always struck by two things in this scene. First, the lyrics in the song where you can't sleep at night, start to wonder why; maybe God is trying to tell you something. Just immensely powerful words. Can't you just picture God trying to get a message to us, but we're too "busy" in our waking hours to listen. So, God is like, well, I'll have to use another way to get their attention. The middle of the night sounds about right.
I'm also struck by the restoration of Shug's Avery's relationship with her father, then the camera zooms in on Celie, who is clearly longing for the children she lost so many years ago.
What an amazing movie. 💕
this is my go-to when my insomnia can't be tamed; I will sleep tonight!
This woman can sing!! Honestly just saying that isn’t good enough! My fav singing in any movie! I just cry minute she starts. Honey she makes me feel it through the screen!! This movie should had won every award made! Every actor was superb!! Woooo Lord have mercy !!
I agree
@@kodymelancon2440that voice belongs to Tata Vega
One of the greatest most powerful and spiritual scenes in cinematic history.
Amen. Brings tears to my eyes because that was me. Try looking at the scene from the Five Heartbeats, I Feel Like Going On. It is just as inspiring.
It sure IS!!!!!!!
family situation ...
Teresa B ? Please clarify. Family situation?
Teresa B i so agree
I don't care how far you run that calling is undeniable. 🌱🌻When he has humbled you. #StillGrowing
So true.
Amen
Amen
Ive ran so far from home yet my father keeps calling me and calling me to come home. Each time ive sinned hes called me home when i lose my faith he calls me home 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
@@mecafuller7861 go home, thr Holy Spirit may be prompting your Father to call you. Go.
This was one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking yet perfect scenes in film history. The sinners at the river. The sinners in church. Pastor giving sermon about the prodigal son. His daughter is prodigal. The way Shug looks at her musician without words, the knowing. She leads them to the house of God. Her dad sees his daughter, the gorgeous face of the main choir singer, as she a knowledge the other voices and the daughter. Then her dad holds her reluctantly. Then he embraces her. Then Shug cries that most painful cry that some tears can't come out as pain is too deep. EVER TIME I SEE THIS SCENE IT GETS ME.
I’ve been binge watching all my favorite musical scenes and swore I wasn’t gonna cry… yet here I am. 😭 No matter how many times I see it, this still makes me feel a way and I can’t fight the tears.
The fact that her voice was heard that far away.
Bless
Pure Gospel can be heard from miles away.
Not gonna entertain you with a argument.
Smh its a movie no one heard her singing miles away like that.
Lol well it's a movie and the people on here is all caught up in the music that they lost logic like William Pruitt
This scene brings tears to my eyes every time. Shug is finally accepted by her father and Albert finally does the right thing and takes steps to reunite Celie with Nettie.
yes!
Cry every time....100 xs in 30 years..I cry everytime.
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me to
Amen
One of my favorite movies EVER!!!! such a powerful scene. Praise you Lord!
Hallelujah ❤️
Amazing movie and scene. She sang from her soul from looks like a huge distance,no microphone coming in over everyone in the church.
omg Shug was like a hundred yards away from the church and the girl singing could hear her all the way from there. I'm a grown man and this scene still makes me cry....unbelievable!
nalii74 I'm going to praise ur name
...AND changed the tempo.
SANG SHUG🙏🙏
An she was far away to an the girl heard her singing louder then her she stop
I cry on this part
I think the symbolism underlying that scene is that God was lending her his voice; He wanted this relationship fixed so he gave Shug the courage - and the voice - to reach her father. I mean, the song is "God is Tryin'a Tell You Something. :)
This will forever be one of the greatest movies (and scene) ever made.
yes it will the struggle was real wasn't it
I would put Eddie kane scene "i feel like going on" from the five heartbeats above it
"father can you hear me" is probably the closest i've seen in a move.
+krlm2280 yesssss that's a favorite
I agree. this and the scene with Cicely Tyson in The Women of Brewster Place in that scene with her and her daughter, always blows me away.
Am I the only one that gets teary eyed watching this scene?
Best reconciliation scene of a father and child! The part the actress that played Shug gets a hugged back was from her father was everything!
See daddy sinner's have a soul too.
I will my daddy one day
theKarenaShow From Judah to Pastor!! Great actor!
RIP!
Queen Heart i knew it.... you know how many arguments my family had over this line instead of soul my cousins would say song
Queen Heart Powerful
Casimere Totimeh my mother says that too! I always said soul.
"I was SO BLIND, I was SO LOST, until you spoke to me"...
I truly was I promise you I even walk and talk different
Your comment made me 😭 because it’s so true. Thank you for saying exactly what you said. ❤️
YES!!
Gives me chill every time God I love you
This song is so powerful. "Speak Lord, Speak to me, I was so blind, I was so lost." Man that means so much to me.
That pianist is wearing out those piano keys. That church was lit.
What often gets lost in this scene is: Mister having a change of heart, and getting the money and sending for Celie's kids. All around great scene....
and Celie's beloved sister!
True
The book is way better
Not at all... it all blended as one beautiful scene about two people finding their way. The part with Mister always stood out also.. to me
God spoke to him as well. He had to be humbled, and Celie mustering up the strength to leave him and his oppression did it.
This Song, played CONSTANTLY in My head for 18 months, IT brought Me through da STORM, It’s STORMING again, and IM STILL LISTENING❤️🙏🏽🎼
God knows this movie still Needs to be Honored, and if you Try to rEmAke this MAKE Damn sUre it's at it's BeSt. TE COLOR PURPLE WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIES EVER!!! BLESSINGS TO THE WHOLE PRODUCTION TEAM. VERY APPRECIATED💯 MERCY
How every Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Book Keeper, Trombone Player, Horse, Insect and Wooden Fence didn't win an oscar in this movie is FUCKING beyond me! This is truly one of the greats.
I agree
You know why
Lol it's an injustice but not a mystery
Say that 2 times! It's the middle of the night in Cali right now and I've been drinking. I played the song and it brought me to tears just like it has when I was out with my gay friend who blasted it like a rap song in the 90's and this morning when I explained to my husband what it all meant. I waited for the tears because I would expect nothing less. This is a tragic story of heartache turned to triumph/joyousness. Everyone came to see her as she truly was and that's how we came to understand her to be. This scene is so moving...so touching...so emotional that, if you told me you didn't feel it I would question if you even watched the same scene. It is definitely one of the scenes that solidified this movie's home in the land of classic movies that will always evoke a specific feeling. It's up there with Imitation of Life but not yet. If you don't cry when you watch it you're not a human. This is the SHI+!
It's 9pm here in the UK, and this song always brings me to tears whether I've been drinking or not. (I have but that's not the point). This film moves me so much and especially this scene where estranged relatives can find their way back to one another. I live for this scene. Maybe God IS trying to tell me something.
Shug’s reaction when her father hugs her back always gets me. Beautiful scene.
At that particular scene my eyes are just flowing with tears it's so touching especially the expression on her face
I CAN RELATE TO THIS! I SONG WITH A BLUES BAND THAT WAS CALLED BIG GEORGE BROCK AND THE NEW HOUSEROCKERS FOR 21 YEARS AND NOW I'M BACK INTO CHURCH USING MY VOICE FOR THE LORD❤🙂🙏 AND GOD WAS TRYING TO TELL ME SOMETHING TOO! I HEARD AND I LISTENED!❤
Hi there miss Monica I really love this song always makes me cry I really need some healing in my life praise God He loves you and me
She barely has to start sing that song and I'm in tears. Such a great film.
Ole girl was trying to hold on to it, but when she realized it was Shug, she gladly let it go.....
That was her daughter
Johnathan Lewis I never knew that, as many times I’ve watched this.
The piano player is also
@Jean Williams I didn't know that either, was it in the book?
@Phillip Dawkins - ha ha, I know that’s right.
Songs breaks me down me and my grandma use to always watch this movie so this song just speaks volumes to me seriously RIP STEPHANIE SMITH thank you for showing me the power of Jesus!!!!!!!
This movie still makes me cry. No matter what I cry buckets. This movie was very important.
I don't think any movie scene can beat this one right here. Years later and it still touches me
My soul Wonder ever day
Every time...I cry and give God the praise!!!!!
I wonder how it was in the theaters 💞
Yes
Will and Uncle Phil 🥲hits the same
Celie’s face always gets to me at the end 😔 she looked like she was happy for Shug but so tired and sad that she hasn’t been reunited with her fam....little did she know God was making a way and turning Mr’s heart at that very moment. Makes me think back and see that even know I may be sad or crying about something rn..God is making a way. ❤️
This is so POWERFUL FOR TODAY'S TIMES 💪🏿🙏🏿
There should be an honorary Oscar given to this movie for this scene alone
This film should have swept the Oscars just for this scene alone❤
I so agree.
Yup. One of the most powerful moments in a movie by far, on so many levels, ad in so many ways.
Amen
Color Purple was jilted at the Oscars.
Marjorie Dieudonne no seriously!! I will always remember this more than a movie!
Can u imagine the power of her voice? They heard her coming from so far overpowering the lead singer in the choir
Have you read the book? If not, I highly recommend reading. This scene is described in great detail and is far more powerful than the movie.
She didn't overpower her. Watch the clip again the choir singer completely stopped singing and started to look around to see where the other voice was coming from.
Yup she over powered her voice if not she shoulda kept sing..
Even better is how the lead singer fell back into backup singing recognizing the moment wasn't hers but Shug's and her daddy's
That's the power of Tata Vega !!!
One of the most powerful moment in the movie I never forgot when it first came out. I felt her pain when she was like.. "See Daddy sinners have Soul too!" instant tears!
I get chills every time I see this part of the movie! So powerful!
"See Daddy, sinners have soul too"
That part....when he finally embraces her I cry at that part every time it gives me chills!!!
Yes they do
@ how was he the sinner ? Not trying to start a arguement just wanna hear why you think that.
@ oh ok ok I see
Lost souls.
Yeh. It kind of broke me up.
This song makes me cry every time I see this scene, if you don't feel it, you don't have a heart periodt. Still one of my all time favorite classic movie
Amen
#AllFacts
Im crying now.
I totally agree i love this song and this movie
Makes me weep every time 😢
When I tell you this hits just hits me to my very soul. I still well up after all these years.
One of Mom's favorite parts...I Love you Rest in Peace!♥️♥️♥️🙏🙏🙏
Me: I’m not gonna do it. Nope, not gonna cry...
Shug: I hear you, Lord!
Me: 😭😭
See he is the reason why my Father Died 😢 to repair broken souls
Rhea P me too 😭😭😭
You and me both
Same!!!!!
Same
A powerful scene from the best movie of all time. The Color Purple was not awarded even one Oscar, and for that, I will never watch the Academy Awards again.
Me neither.
✊🏾
It jad alot to do with the NAACP protesting the movie.When Whoppi Goldberg received the award from them she told them they almost cost them careers. Due to them not wanting to admit that in black families there is incest and abuse.
damn. that's passion.
@@neicylove769
Spielberg was also criticized, both for being a white director and for cutting out stuff from the book like the lesbian scenes. The Awards are all about politics.
Still loving this from childhood til now
First of all, this whole film is a great masterpiece, this scene taken from this wonderful film, is the representation of what a son does when he returns home and reunites with loved ones (the prodigal son); initially Shug Avery was the daughter of the parish priest. she left her family to find her own personal and musical identity in the urban world, then every time she returned home, she tried to go back to her father, but her father refused any kind of contact; with the years and experiences, lovers and adventures, Shug returns home and while singing in his stepson's room the call of the Gospel song attracts, like a compass needle, the singer's attention, who responds to the ancestral call of his great Soul and reunites with the church, the choir, the father, singing with all his soul towards that church that years ago he abandoned and walking towards it, the choir in the church did not sing with the soloist who sang a few steps away from the choir, but he sang answering the superhuman song of Shug Avery who was returning home and finally reunited with the Father saying: "Dad ... see also sinners have a soul!"
Whenever I see this scene I cry liters and liters of tears ... Blessed be Mrs Margaret Avery, blessed Mrs Whoopy Golberg, Mr Quincy Jones, Mr Steven Spielberg.
that was God that stopped Shug dead I her tracks!! she felt the pull!! #speakLord
+Katherina Thompson No mamm, that was "Steven Spielberg" (:D)
The Symbolism is powerful.
+Just be, Write lmao
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Amen
"See daddy... sinners have soul too"
😭😭😭😭😭😭
Times changed! So let me tell you something! If I were I would say ! Speak Lord!
This song is food for your soul!!
girl was gettin in on that piano though.
Right!? 😂😂👏🏾
Wasnt even looking and still jammin
cd
yes she was
she felt the spirit
Decades later I still cry uncontrollably at this scene
Needed this song so much today
This part always brings a tear to my eyes....GOD is good!!!!
One sad thing I noticed about this is right after she stops singing and she's just standing there panting and desperately looking at the reverend its like she's saying, "This is it daddy. This is all I have left. Please accept me."
Or she could be saying I may sing at the Juke Joint but I haven't forgotten about God and how you raised and taught me Daddy. Please accept me. I absolutely agree with you👍
One of my favorite scenes in this movie and I say one of because I have many in this movie.
She was humbling herself. Through our humbleness, we receive His Grace. 🙏🏻
And daddy accepted his daughter, because deep down inside he missed her too. His prayers were answered by God.
You caught THAT too. She had nothing left😭
Black people are born with *soooo* much soul!!
yes we are!
yes. yes we are
+LadySoul502 Are you a racist? White people can sing just as good as black people
+Duck Schyuler When did she say ANYTHING about white people or whether or not they could sing?
+Duck Schyuler no racism here but we are commenting on a post where there are black actors and black singers. Get out of your feelings and put your race card back in your pockets. Ain't da Oscars or some shit on??? Damn!
When he hugs her...gets me every. Single. Time. The sheer joy is everything.
This song is on my daily playlist
Thank you UA-cam for delivering to me a song of freedom from my childhood
This song makes me cry and on the brink of crying. I have failed God so many times and sinned and yet He still loves me no matter what. Even the times when I wanted to give up on myself and life, He kept telling me in my spirit don't give up. I wanted to die but He still never gave up on me. Why should I give up on Him by giving up? The battle is not mine because I am not strong enough to fight it. It is God's. I love you all and I want to say that we are truly living in our last days. Let's just please give our life over to Jesus before it is too late.
+Trey Alston100 this post will bless others
+iveywebb thank you, to God be the glory
May God Continue to bless you......
Kalemeia Jones Thank you, you too
Amen brotha
The fact that they could hear shug singing from so far away and over the music is amazing
Just thought about that, in reality that wouldn't have happened until she got right outside the door. No one sings that loud. They were in the country but come on! 😂😂 I never thought about the acoustics the million times I saw this before, but we all know the meaning of this scene.
Absolutely
It was God who carried her voice
And Hollywood. Ive been to a many services: that could never happen in real life.
One of the reasons her voice carried so far was that Shug was next to water (the Juke Joint was on the river), the path they walked was next to the river, and water can reflect sound and carry it.
2022…..and as if this songs has touched my heart for the first time all over again.
We sin, we struggle, we are not always at our best. Through it all we must continue to give each other unconditional LOVE.
When she sang that song I felt it in your soul the power of the lord had me crying bless us all