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Vocal Coach reacts to reaction to analyses analyzes analysis of breaks down Eva Cassidy - Somewhere Over The Rainbow
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Eva Marie Cassidy was an American singer and guitarist known for her interpretations of jazz, folk, and blues music, sung with a powerful, emotive soprano voice.
"Over the Rainbow" is a ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. It was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, in which it was sung by actress Judy Garland in her starring role as Dorothy Gale. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and became Garland's signature song.
Composer(s) Harold Arlen
Lyricist(s) E.Y. Harburg
Performed by Eva Cassidy - Vocals and Guitar
Genres: Jazz, folk, Blues
Origin: Washington D.C. U.S
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I'd be willing to wager a fair sum that those 'breaks' in her sustain were due to the rather astonishing fact that SHE HAD A COLD when she did this performance.
Think about that for a moment.
Simply incredible.
I’ve never been able to make it through this song and several others of hers without crying. She does an amazing version of Sting’s “Fields of Gold”. The first time Sting heard her version was when a journalist played it for him, during an interview and he was brought to tears. Eva had the extraordinary ability to convey so much emotion with her voice.
@shreveportjoe it’s nice to see a local her. Lol
Yes, her version of Fields of Gold...is so wonderful! Luv it!
By the time she hits the 4th guitar note, I am releasing joyful tears of anticipation of being moved to a sacred place of worship. If I try to listen to this more than 3 times in a row, my entire being has been drained of every drop of moisture it can hold. This incredible performer should have been a household name on everyone's list since back in 1996 where she did this live very shortly before she died of cancer at the young age of 33. It is almost as if she sang her heart to death as a last gift to the World! How is it even possible that so many of us are just receiving the gift. Thankyou UA-cam Reaction videos for bringing this Eternally Joyful gift to a World that can be deaf to true talent, AMEN and AMEN
She went to my high school and graduated with my older brother. She sang at our school coffeehouse when she was a senior and I was a sophomore. When her song ended, you could have heard a pin drop, and then the place erupted! My brother saw her last concert done locally near our home. She was so weak she could hardly walk on stage, but she didn't want to stop singing 😢
You have just witnessed what I consider to be the finest rendition of this song ever recorded. There are a few good ones but I don't think anything beats this. She has quite a few other recordings on her UA-cam channel that are worth viewing. There's nothing more I can say. Wonderful reaction.
I got my Mom into Eva Cassidy and she passed it on to the rest of the family. She's a hidden gem that people discover and are blown away by her. Amazing.
Her guitar playing is flawless.
This performance was basically a cover band in a bar in Washington, DC. I've been in alot of those kind of bars, both as a drinker and as a musician/singer. It's always a din of noise; usually no one pays attention to the "background music". But for this entire hour-long performance you could hear a pin drop in the audience. And thank God! Can you imagine if this performance had been lost because of poor recording conditions?! Eva is a gif to humankind.
I cannot imagine what it must have been like to BE THERE, at Blues Alley, on January 3, 1996, when all these unbelievable hit covers were recorded. Would LOVE to hear from anyone who was there, because I consider this to be the greatest single night of vocals in all of human history. I would give the last year of my life to be transported back to that night, to hear it live.
I always lover her "Fields of Gold"
It was on a Cancer Research advert in the UK back in the days my grandad had cancer, when I was super young.
I always link it back to that now, and it destroys me.
Still love the song, it’s gorgeous
Beth, in the late 1990's I was watching a news show, and they had a segment in Eva. I was totally mesmerized by her voice and her story, and I must admit, I shed a few tears. The next day, I went out and bought several of her CD's and I fell in love with her amazing voice. Just now, watching you listening to her sing, I shed a few more tears...tears of joy, that we both are so lucky to have discovered Eva Cassidy's magic. Thank you for featuring her on this video.
When the Eva Cassidy phenomenon broke, I remember reading an article that told the story of a guy playing this over the phone for his parents. His dad had often given the guy a hard time for liking softer, folky, touchy-feely music because the dad was more into straight macho rock. So the guy played the song and then asked what the parents thought. Mom loved it. The guy asked, "Dad?" And Mom said, "He's crying."
Beth, one of the many things that make Eva so great here is her guitar accompaniment. I have never heard a solo artist accompany herself in such a flowing yet changing way that allowed room for the varying emotions she was feeling. And yet, the guitar often seamlessly emphasized her emotions without getting in the way.
What a gift to the world! 🙏
Phoebe Snow playing Poetry Man is the same for me.
In the Netherlands we have Maaike Ouboter fullfilling that role with the song "Dat ik je mis".😉 (Which is her own song).
You genuinely think you can write, don't you? Bless!
@@SRPM-yk9xw I'm not sure what you meant by that comment, but I do know that listening to great music like this has made it easier for me to express what I feel about it.
Bless you as well!
@@BarrySowder Good for you! Just try not to inflict it on the rest of us.
Eva had the most beautiful voice.ive never heard a woman with a more beautiful voice thank you for putting this on your u tube people needs to know what a talent she has.golden needle one of my favorites.😊
Brings tears to my eyes too, if this performance doesn’t move you, you have no soul.
Around the the turn of the century a friend gave me her album 'Songbird'. By the time I got to this song, the last on that exquisite CD, I had already nearly fallen out my chair several times. It was a few days later I found out she had passed away years prior. I was saddened to say the least. Eva remains one of the truly greatest singers of all time. Thanks so much for the thoughtful reaction.
Eva voice so captivating.haunting. When you hear her beautiful voice you know it's her singing.😂😂❤
I'm crying...and if you keep playing Eva Cassidy I won't stop. What a tragic loss. Her voice is so pure and beautiful. I have all her music and I treasure it...always.
"If happy little bluebirds fly above the rainbow, why, oh why, can't I?" What a marvelous ending to a song.
This performance was recorded only 7 or 8 months before she passed. In this song. when you look at it now and hear her singing it, it sounds as her farewell song. as if she already knew she would not not be here for a long time anymore. It will give me chills ans goosebumps forever. This is the ultimate version of the song. Eva, forever in our hearts. ❤
From what I have heard from those who knew her, she didn't have her diagnosis of melanoma yet.
@@snkeptz Thank you... That's what exactly what I want to know... ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Eva is one of the most amazing vocalists and song interpreters of all time, IMO. Her crystal clear soprano combines with a pitch perfect delivery to deliver all the feels (as the kids say). She covered all the genres with equal perfection. Another fantastic cover by her is Sting's "Fields Of Gold". Sting himself said it was the best version of his song he had heard. My third favourite is her rendition of "Songbird".
My absolute favourite version. Love it.
Each time I watch this performance I can’t get through it without tears in my eyes. Her voice is spectacular, yet so controlled. The guitar playing is just perfect! What breaks me every time is knowing she would pass away just a short 9 months later. Eva died from melanoma which had metastasized and eventually was in her lungs. Such a loss💔💔. Thanks your this review!
That album Songbird is a absolute gem. A classic that will stand the test of time, a legacy left by a amazing artist who died much too soon afterwards.
I discovered Eva Cassidy thanks to my dad. Such wonder and beautiful music. Hoping she's somewhere over a beautiful rainbow.
And she sang with a cold. Truly one of the greatest voices ever recorded.
@seanbarry7378 : Thanks for pointing out that Eva's head cold prevented her from being 100% that evening and which surely would have got her "Irish up!" at not being able to perform to what she considered to be her usual standards. Regardless, she was absolutely magnificent.
It is important to point out that Eva was fighting a cold that night.
Even in a bad night, Eva was amazing.
I bought one of her records a few years ago without having listening to any of her songs, just from what I had read. I was blown away by how she communicates with her voice. Love your videos, and your emotional reactions make them even more authentic :)
Just the phrasing alone is genius, And the rest. Power, tenderness, yearning, regret, hope, it's all there. A unique and very special achievement. Thanks for bringing this remarkable performance and magnificent work of art back to us, Beth. Eva was such a loss.
Pure, honest, heartfelt, exquisite.
Played this song for my Father on his Death bed and again at his Funeral. I like to think her angelic voice escorted him on his way. RIP Dad. I miss you.
If you watch her doing 'Autumn Leaves' and don't bawl your eyes out, you're not human.
She is so amazing.
Thanks for the reaction.
Fall never comes that I don't think of her "Autumn Leaves" it hangs around me like a mantle till Winter comes.
She was a true artist in every sense, I ave her album on Vinyl and sounds so amazing.
Thanks Beth, great reaction. Except that your reaction made me cry once more for this cover.
I have watched I don't know how many reaction videos of Ava, I believe yours is the best I've ever seen or heard. The insight, enjoyment, respect that you expressed is amazing and greatly appreciated. Thank you so much.
there is a documentary with her bandmates here on youtube about this session.
Thank you, loved your reaction. Every time I hear this I get teary eyed, it's as if she knew how to touch your soul with her music.
Sometimes in our lives if we are lucky enough someone comes along that makes us rethink everything we thought we new. This is the perfect example of that. Wow is all one can muster.
@BethRoars As I recall reading long ago she was just recovering from an illness (flu/cold) and that last break in her voice was the result of that. She remarked she was afraid her voice could not make it through the recording session at the pub that night. Hope I have that right.
Was about to mention this but thought it sensible to check in case someone had done so already. Thank you.
Insightful comments on this performance, 100% agree.
Exquisite voice and masterful musicianship and her arrangement of the song is perfection.
My favorite female singer of all time! You need to react to her singing Autumn Leaves...amazing!!!
Never liked this song until I heard her version. Masterful and hard to imagine anyone improving on this interpretation. Such a beautiful voice.
my thoughts exactly.....never really cared for the song (bruddah IZ 's version was good), but hearing her performance reduced me to an emotional wreck.....what a stunningly beautiful song, and what an exquisite artist she was. Her untimely passing was a terrible loss for the world.......for she was one those beings who brought light to the world......her talent and her beautiful soul were so luminuous that they shine just as brightly all these years later....
Yup, the song is all grown up and adult.... best version so far
Such fragility and vulnerability in her performance. Her crystal clear voice delivers so much emotions, I can't help but tear up every time I see this...gone too soon.
I feel like I should give you a hug after seeing how much the song has affected you. I really love how you wear your heart on your sleeve!
I've been waiting for this!!!!
Eva sings this with such feeling, honesty, and intensity in her voice and facial gestures that it seems that, while she's singing "Over the Rainbow," she's actually using it to express something from her own life story; I think that's why it feels so real and original.
She found and expressed the truth of the song. It is in my opinion one of the best ever written.
I'm so glad you finally got to Eva. She was amazing. I first heard of her when several of us - a bunch of guys in their late forties who had spent their lives playing mainly rock and blues - got together for a practice. One of us had picked up her Songbird album and said "You've got to hear this." No practice that evening. We listened to the entire album, mostly not speaking at all, then spent the rest of the evening talking about it.
And I cry evey damn time listening this song and Autumn Leaves, most of all if I think in her story. Heartbreaking.
I can remember exactly where I was when I heard this for the first time, she left such an impression on me. The entire Live at Blues Alley album is a masterpiece, especially her rendition of Cheek to Cheek and Stormy Monday. In addition to her gorgeous vocals and guitar playing, she was also a very talented artist. I bought one of her pieces about 15 years ago and it’s a prized possession of mine.
For me, this could never be 'twee' or too 'cutesy', it's just right where it needs to be. I think she was one of the true musicians who instinctly knew when to pull it in and keep it quieter and also when to add volume, power and emotion. The balance between the two probably also came naturally and through practice. It comes across that she truly loved playing music for the right reasons, not for fame or fortune or any other reason. Just an amazing musician unfortunately gone too soon. RIP Eva.
Yep... I'd be very suspicious of anyone that didn't weep, knowing her story and then hearing this. Gets me every single time!
I'm a grizzly old 69-year-old gray-haired old guy and I'm crying right along with you. Thank you, Beth, for YOUR honesty.
Eva, the Songbird. RIP beautiful lady.
this performance is in a bar.....setting.... her guitar is impeccable the production value for the times is remarkable ....the current times are lacking exalting images ....it kills the soul
Her version of "Danny Boy" is extremely touching, too. Makes me weep every time.
Beth, I had the very same reaction to this performance the first time I witnessed it. It can still bring tears to my eyes.
I also love her cover of Cyndi Lauper’s Time After Time.
Eva died 10 months after this concert, she sang from heart to our hearts ❤
Eva had the perfect combination of awesome control, tone, style and phrasing and when you add in her incredible arrangements and guitar playing, it makes her music magical and mesmerizing. This song in particular always makes me tear up. It's a huge tragedy that she died just a few months after this was recorded from metastatic melanoma.
My favorite is Cause I Know You By Heart. I heard it shortly after my husband died and whenever I hear her sing this song the tears flow and I silently thank her for this connection. She just doesn’t “sing” a song, she tells a story. ❤
It is such an iconic version of this song. It’s almost like she’s singing a lullaby, perhaps to herself.
Her version is so full of hope and longing and melancholy. So beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
I have watched Eva so many times, what a terrible loss to the world and so young. Lady Golden, over the rainbow with you. Born February 2, 1963 Washington, D.C., U.S. Died November 2, 1996 (aged 33) · Bowie, Maryland, U.S.
I was first introduced to EC because of a CBS Sunday Morning bit by Charles Osgood. She had already passed for years when she gained that recognition. She's one of very few who can reliably make me...........emote, whether I want to or not. You said it, tenderness, and her share of pain. I believe she knew she was dying in the clip you showed. She did all the classics, e.g., Autumn Leaves, Wayfaring Stranger, Wonderful World, and the one you referenced, Oh, Had I a Golden Thread. Everything she sang had heart. My favorite happens to be her rendition of Sting's "Fields of Gold". Now I will pull that up, and I shall certainly.......emote. Great post and love what you do!
Eva singing Blues in the Night will have you on your feet!
Her Fields of Gold cover is amazing
100%.
Played it at my dad’s funeral. He was a fan.
And Autumn Leaves
I've rarely heard a voice of such purity" stings quote about Eva's rendition. I love that song and nightbird
Sting said it was the best
You're psychic! I was listening to Eva's cover of Fields of Gold yesterday and I thought, Beth needs to do a reaction to Eva. And here it is! 🤩 Such a tragedy she's no longer with us.
Fields of Gold is my favorite of hers
Eva’s voice is so beautiful and dynamic. Her version of the blues song Stormy Monday from this same concert is quite lively and fun.
Thanks for keeping Eva’s music alive.
Not a shame to cry when listening to Eva Cassidy sing this song. I have a double CD of Eva that I constantly play. The London Symphony Orchestra have been releasing songs that have been paired with Eva Cassidy which they began releasing 5 months ago. They can be found on Eva Cassidy's UA-cam Channel which I am subscribed to.
I love your reaction...so honest!
No matter how many times I have heard her music, I can't get through this song or her version of "Fields of Gold" without getting emotional.
Such talent and it’s sad she died so young and it’s really awful that she never received recognition when she was alive and is now famous since she passed, it’s sorta sounds like she knew she was passing, another great cover she did was Fields of Gold
I grew up in the DC area and saw her perform many times, a lot of musicians got together and gave a benefit concert at a club called "The Bayou" in Georgetown, DC, to raise money for her medical bills, she was in attendance and at the end she was helped out on stage and sang, the song she performed was "What a Wonderful World" a few weeks later she was gone
Lucy Thomas does a great cover of this.
Amazing❤
She went to my high school and graduated with my older brother. He and my sister were at that concert, too, and by the end of the night they were gutted by all the
sadness😢
@@larrywright6214 I love Lucy's cover. It is a tribute to Eva. I think Eva would have appreciated that. Lucy always honors the people she covers. I lived in D.C. when Eva was in the dives there. Never saw her there though. I really regret that. So very sad that she was taken so early. But I am told a large cult following grew up around her in England after her death.
Its become, IMVVVHO a definitive version of the song.
If you want to hear a track of hers that will rip your heart out, listen to her cut of "Autumn Leaves". That is just staggeringly beautiful.
Exquisitely tender. Such an arrangement with a lovely conversation between her voice and guitar. Almost a jazz feel. Your explanation of why it is so heartfelt and honest was also exquisite.
Beth, Lucy Thomas sings this song as a tribute to Eva Cassidy. It is absolutely fantastic.
Oh my goodness. Now that I know her full story and thos being released after her passing in the UK, it makes complete sense that someone decided to put her version of "Songbird" on the "Love Actually" soundtrack. It truly feels like a tribute to her where her music was launched and a bow of respect to the fans who lived her so much. Thanks Terry!
Thank you Beth for telling us the journey of her posthumous fame.💜
I think this makes most "normal" people tear up... or cry outright. It's amazing. I've heard this version many times, and I almost always choke up, or get real tears in my eyes. This is absolutely World Class artistry.... it's light years beyond "a singer singing a song."
It's literally goosebumps in a bottle. Like, I can not think of any other artist or person that guaranteed gives me goosebumps when I listen to them, but it's just automatic with her... I always get them
She had a cold, Beth.
Weeping is what people with access to their feelings do on hearing this.
I cannot listen to her version of this song without getting tears in my eyes. It is pure magic, the way she pulls you in. Strength, vulnerability, beauty, longing, she embodies it all. It's like she creates a world where it's just her and you, the listener, and you're having the most intimate and tender moment.
An amazing talent, gone too soon.
This is the one that gets the most attention but for me it is her Autumn Leaves and Fields of Gold that really show off how she can just command attention and make you feel things.
I can't but cry when I hear this.. It is achingly beautiful..
My favourite singer. I heard her music for the first time few months after her passing.. my gf at the time sent me mp3 of her songs.
This song and Autumn Leaves or pretty all the covers she did live via 'Blues Alley Jazz Supper Club' I love listening to.
When this video came out and seeing her play the guitar.. it made appreciate her so much more. Tori Amos with her piano.. Karen C with her drums... and now Eva with her guitar.
RIP - Gordon Lightfoot (glad you did a reaction to this Canadain legend)
I'm always fascinated and amazed how changing the tempo and tone of a song like this can change it from a happy/upbeat song to a sad/melancholic song. Here, it shifts the meaning of the "If happy little bluebirds fly above the rainbow why, oh why, can't I."
Sir Terry Wogan is STILL a big deal in the UK and Ireland. LEGEND
Thankyou - I love this fragile version XXX
So so sad about this amazing lady, who died at 33 (from skin cancer I believe) but my God, what a legacy she left behind for all of us to enjoy for ever. It's an amazing cover of a wonderful Judy Garland classic from Disney's 'Wizard of Oz'. Just superb. Never fails to make me emotional when I hear Eva sing it.
Beth, you should also check out Eva's version of Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready" from the same gig where Eva absolutely nails it with another extraordinary vocal !............and was there something in your eyes while listening/watching this ?
i've listened to this for years now and really appreciated your reaction. she's the first vocalist to really get me to listen to "danny boy" and understand all of the tragedy in it. a terrible shame that she's gone, but one of her albums "i can only be me" has just been paired with the london symphony orchestra and it's magic...
Of all the performances out there, this is the one I've listened to the most often. Despite the dozens of times I've heard this, I find myself in tears once again.
Please Beth reacciona al la canción We Are The World! different voices will make it beautiful❤️ Regards from Mexico
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She's a good singer, what I can hear of her, because UA-cam has to run an advertisement every fucking 2.5 minutes. I am sincerely ready to give up the internet in favor of a Carrington event that resets technology to the year 1800.
Tremendous version of this Chris Isaak classic. I'm often wary when someone rerecords a favorite song by an artist that I love, especially when I think the original is so good as to be the definitive version. Your delicate handling of this is marvelous. I look forward to hearing more of you.
loved it
The entire album “Song Bird” is phenomenal.
Beth, thank you for your sensitive reaction to Eva's masterpiece cover of over the rainbow. May I suggest Eva in jazz mode singing Youve Changed and Cheek to Cheek.
Phil in Scotland
Sad she didn’t get to see her own success 😢
I am so happy that you reacted to this performance! ❤️ I've wished for more people to discover Eva! She truly passed too soon.😢
I've told other's, "its like holding on whale after it surfaces, you know it may dive again soon, so hold on close you, it'll get dark, but it'll get better. It always comes back up, don't let go."
Beautiful ❤❤❤
Thank you for introducing Eva Cassidy to many who missed the brilliant but fleeting shooting star who sang like an angel. I myself was introduced to her music only a few years ago and that was by chance when I heard a trumpet player (Alison Balsom) on UA-cam play Eva Cassidy’s Autumn Leaves. I was so mesmerized by the music, even before I heard Eva Cassidy’s voice, that I had to find out who Eva Cassidy was. Imagine when I heard what I feel is possibly one of the greatest songs ever sung. Your audience needs to hear Autumn Leaves by Eva Cassidy. It is magical!
Thank you for giving Eva her due. You are right “Had I a golden thread” is sonic perfection. Please consider reacting to Judee Sill’s “The Kiss”. Her story is kind of tragic too. Thanks for what you do.
When a great singer is taken from us prematurely it makes them all the more great , Eva,sandy Denny , Janis Joplin,Amy winehouse,mama Cass all had so much more to give and offer and all missed
This was one of the greatest artist's to ever grace the world. However sadly for only a short time. I am in my sixties and a heavy metal fan. This though is quite simply a beautiful performance, so full of emotion.