This is a perfect example of a singer who has obviously taken great care of her instrument. She sounds almost exactly the same as she did 22 years ago.....just a little bit of a deepness and weight that one would naturally gain throughout the years. She is doing it here in the original key, and still sounds so perfect it's unbelievable. I had to opportunity to see her cabaret show at 54 Below a few years back, and her voice was as magical as ever.
@@Ihdc1 I think that was some phlegm rattling around because she was pressing just a little too hard on the high note - a crack would have been more noticeable.
OMG I'm agreeing with you so hard on this one. She really knows how to translate the emotion and nuance of the song into a performance. Her version might not pitch perfect, but it delivers the feelings effectively
@@mimimicamica oh, wow. It can have varying explanations but the message is always the same. Personally, for me it speaks of the arrogance of mankind believing they can own the Earth but know absolutely nothing about how it works.
@@mimimicamica I believe so. *The* Earth and earth implies you can own the whole world(Earth) but you'll own nothing but dirt(earth) until you can appreciate and value it in all its nature and beauty.
@@johnpaulonato3569 I also love Lea, but they are two completely different performers, and Lea has indeed won a Tony while Judy, who created some truly remarkable Broadway roles hasn't, which imo is a crime
Pocahontas is not my favorite Disney musical, but "Colors of the Wind" is possibly my favorite song from the entire canon. An exquisite creation, so brilliantly interpreted by Judy Kuhn.
@@normandodelossantos3259 Yes and Lea's version is my absolute favorite version. For all those who love Judy's version, I'm not saying Lea's is better. I think at a point it comes down to personal taste.
@@normandodelossantos3259 yeah and it’s my favorite version. I am not saying better than other versions, just my favorite. This is to make the Judy & Venessa Williams fans calm down. I also love Regine Velasquez’s version a lot.
Almost 60 years old and still has the most beautiful, most effortless vibrato and resonance I have ever heard. Seriously one of the greats. All my love and respect to one of the best voices of our time.
Judy Kuhn is my spirit animal. She once accidentally hugged me after a performance of Fun Home and when we both realized she hugged even deeper. She is the voice.
The words of this song...this is sucha important message for today. Too bad Disney don't have balls it had in 90's cause there's no chance they would do new Pocahontas like they refreshing all other movies.
it's not about balls lmao it's the fact that the movie is historically inaccurate and extremely disrespectful to the memory of the real pocahontas. one of disney's most embarrassing flops.
Every time Judy sings a song, she *feels* it. She considers the emotion in every phrase. Her humanity balances the obvious technical precision that she also harnesses. A master of her craft.
She has the same "eternal voice" syndrome as most women who voice Disney princesses (Paige O'Hara sadly excluded). She sounds more mature, but the essential qualities that she possessed 30 years ago are still present today. What an absolute gem - God love her.
Why am I crying? It's beautiful, she sang with her heart, I got goosepumps whatching her face expressing every single verse, her eyes are magical. I love when people dive into things with love. I'm gonna with sleep a smile on my face.
Recently watching THAT Disney film. I've been going down the rabbit hole of finding other singers of this song, all the others (Including Vanessa Williams who I adore) over sell it. But Judy's original version moves me beyond belief. There is a deepness in her voice, it's almost as if the pain and anger is real. She is so amazing.
I love Judy’s original take because I get a sense of she’s unhappy with John because of how he thinks but instead of telling him to go away she takes time to try her best to teach him
I need to say this. You are one part of my childhood. You changed my life. Encourage me to learn English. I watched Pocahontas when I was 6. The song is too pure than my understandings that day. Now I got it and feel content every time I think about life. THANK YOU!
Tell me about it. Im literally listening to it once everyday, to tease my partner in his car and he didn’t know she was an elderly woman already. Now he’s gobsmacking. Inlove. ❤
Blinking away the tears. I have always and will always love this song and her voice. Thank you Alan Menken and Judy Kuhn for creating something so perfect.
2:10...awesome. After having to suffer through Mariah Careys vocal decline in her later years, I was already cringing to see whether or not Judy Kuhn would still be able to belt out those high notes and Im so relieved she did. The annoying staccato piano accompaniment aside, I can easily imagine a more seasoned Pocahontas singing this song to a group of children, teaching them not to take nature for granted. This song is totally Judys. Not even Lea Salonga can match her performance, and she tried.
I WAS THINKING THIS EXACT THOUGHT. Watching Mariah's nodules slowly consume her lustrous belting range to where she basically lost a half octave, this was like a reminder of what dedication to your instrument will get you.
Judy Kuhn is a FANTASTIC singer! She is an interpreter of lyrics. Close your eyes and listen to her bring out all the emotions of the song. AMAZING TALENT!
Even after all these years, you can still see the emotion & passion in her eyes, & hear it in her voice as well. I will always love this song, & Judy Kuhn for doing an amazing job conveying these beautiful lyrics 🖤
This is just such a strong song! Just hits you right to your core. Conserve and preserve, appreciate life, appreciate and care for all things in this Earth, for what Mother Nature has made is more beautiful than anything man will ever make in any lifetime.
OMG!!! that made me cry.... I'm 37 this year and that performance brought me back to when I was young. All these memories that came flooding in. Overwhelming. Wonderful performance.
What a beautiful singer and song that gives a powerful message about equality and about getting to know people before making a preconception about them!!! And about taking care of our home 🌍
beautiful art peace She sings it the best She feels the emotions and that’s contagious It’s pure and innocent I wish I could have the gift she has ( btw it’s 2019 here and I’m still listening to this )
This song is so beautiful. I have a Disney playlist on Spotify and I never tire of hearing this song. You can also tell this song means a lot to her. ♥️♥️
Age, time, and experience made her singing of this song mature like the wine or fine cheese when tempered by the harvests. A divestment of self. Beauty through pain.
This is so beautiful and pure and all of the songs from Pocahontas have such amazing messages. I sang this song for my talent show and I couldn’t help but cry while singing. I loved it and it’s just wow. It’s so beautiful. She’s amazing.
Yessss Judy! This is my favorite song from my favorite Disney movie. The message has always resonated with me - especially now in these difficult times
Seeing the real person who sings the Pocahontas songs brings a tear to my eye watching her really sing the movie I grew up on was born in 1987 am 34 now
homegirl almost 60 and she's killin' it
She must have a happy and healthy life!!!
I want to be so healthy and young looking at this age🧡🙏
Women's voices get better as they order.
This is a perfect example of a singer who has obviously taken great care of her instrument. She sounds almost exactly the same as she did 22 years ago.....just a little bit of a deepness and weight that one would naturally gain throughout the years. She is doing it here in the original key, and still sounds so perfect it's unbelievable. I had to opportunity to see her cabaret show at 54 Below a few years back, and her voice was as magical as ever.
She did crack a bit on the first “ever” though.
she and the german singer aswell make me cry.... sooo much emotion and beautiful song and... this has to be played at my burial
@@Ihdc1 I think that was some phlegm rattling around because she was pressing just a little too hard on the high note - a crack would have been more noticeable.
OMG I'm agreeing with you so hard on this one. She really knows how to translate the emotion and nuance of the song into a performance. Her version might not pitch perfect, but it delivers the feelings effectively
LUCKY!
I always tear up with “You can own the Earth and still all you’ll own is earth until...” 😭
Eddie Spageddie - same here. It’s because those words couldn’t be more true.
the second earth is meant to be lowercase? english is not my first language so I'm trying to understand the meaning lol
@@mimimicamica oh, wow. It can have varying explanations but the message is always the same. Personally, for me it speaks of the arrogance of mankind believing they can own the Earth but know absolutely nothing about how it works.
@@mimimicamica I believe so. *The* Earth and earth implies you can own the whole world(Earth) but you'll own nothing but dirt(earth) until you can appreciate and value it in all its nature and beauty.
Same, and also at "The rainstorm and the river are my brothers; the heron and the otter are my friends"
How she has never won a Tony baffles me. She's the real deal, incredible singer and actress.
Lea Salonga is the best.
WHAT?! She hasn’t???? Omg 😱
@@johnpaulonato3569 I also love Lea, but they are two completely different performers, and Lea has indeed won a Tony while Judy, who created some truly remarkable Broadway roles hasn't, which imo is a crime
@@johnpaulonato3569 Lol no need to turn it into a competition. I personally love Lea, but let Judy Kuhn who is equally amazing have the spotlight :)
Les Mis, Chess, etc etc etc...
I need to stop watching Judy Kuhn. Every time she sings this, I cry. Amazing.
frak that, just let those tears roll. i will :)
SAME !!!
She is still n will always be the best Pocahontas.
why they choose Vanessa over this i will never understand.
I've been wondering the same question. :/ I could barely feel anything from Vanessa' performance.
Amen!
I mean, sure. Or the real one probably.
I think Lea Salonga is better. Just my opinion.
Pocahontas is not my favorite Disney musical, but "Colors of the Wind" is possibly my favorite song from the entire canon. An exquisite creation, so brilliantly interpreted by Judy Kuhn.
I am indirectly descended from the actual historical female Native American of the same name. It is through English-American marriages.
so say we all
@@abeverly85 Wow!
Sad how this was ‘95 and yet the words are more relevant now
Nobody, NOBODY could ever sing this song better than Judy Khun. EVER.
Have you heard Lea Salonga sing it?
@@normandodelossantos3259 Yes and Lea's version is my absolute favorite version. For all those who love Judy's version, I'm not saying Lea's is better. I think at a point it comes down to personal taste.
@@normandodelossantos3259 yeah and it’s my favorite version. I am not saying better than other versions, just my favorite. This is to make the Judy & Venessa Williams fans calm down. I also love Regine Velasquez’s version a lot.
Almost 60 years old and still has the most beautiful, most effortless vibrato and resonance I have ever heard. Seriously one of the greats. All my love and respect to one of the best voices of our time.
Beautiful. So much emotion in her voice and in her eyes.
Judy is simply the best and only version if it was up to me!
im sobbing
Judy Kuhn is my spirit animal. She once accidentally hugged me after a performance of Fun Home and when we both realized she hugged even deeper. She is the voice.
Still sounds just as emotional powerful and magical as she did in the film 😢
The words of this song...this is sucha important message for today. Too bad Disney don't have balls it had in 90's cause there's no chance they would do new Pocahontas like they refreshing all other movies.
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it's not about balls lmao it's the fact that the movie is historically inaccurate and extremely disrespectful to the memory of the real pocahontas. one of disney's most embarrassing flops.
Her voice is like a gentle breeze that builds up to powerful gusts
This will forever be my favorite Disney song. The lyricist Stephen Schwartz was so absolutely terrific. This song is like mother nature singing to me.
I agree. 👌🏻
“For whether we are white or copper skin” always gets me...this is a song to love thy neighbor and the earth you were fighting over! ✨
Exactly 👍
Every time Judy sings a song, she *feels* it. She considers the emotion in every phrase. Her humanity balances the obvious technical precision that she also harnesses. A master of her craft.
imagine a 60 years old Pocahontas sing this song to her grand children as she reminisce her younger days and her adventure.
Princess Xzc she sadly didn’t live long enough to see her grandchildren 😞
Also she married a different John so it would be more historically correct
Now I'm crying
I would watch that !!
My eyes are peeing
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 mine too!
My eyes were about to until i read your comment
Sarai Ashby I thought I was alone 😂
HAHA GASPING!! 😂
How do I love this comment? Lol.
This song needs to be played over every loud speaker in the world. Twice.
She has the same "eternal voice" syndrome as most women who voice Disney princesses (Paige O'Hara sadly excluded). She sounds more mature, but the essential qualities that she possessed 30 years ago are still present today. What an absolute gem - God love her.
That is a very challenging song to sing and she is still amazing
Why am I crying? It's beautiful, she sang with her heart, I got goosepumps whatching her face expressing every single verse, her eyes are magical. I love when people dive into things with love. I'm gonna with sleep a smile on my face.
Recently watching THAT Disney film. I've been going down the rabbit hole of finding other singers of this song, all the others (Including Vanessa Williams who I adore) over sell it. But Judy's original version moves me beyond belief. There is a deepness in her voice, it's almost as if the pain and anger is real. She is so amazing.
the german singer is good too :) Alexandra Wilcke
Mika Doi (the Japanese voice) is also great as well bringing a operatic, yet earthy and mature vibe that is a solid fit for Pocahontas.
Lea salonga's version is pretty good too.
I love Judy’s original take because I get a sense of she’s unhappy with John because of how he thinks but instead of telling him to go away she takes time to try her best to teach him
@@danvharnojara6385 Lea's version is my favorite.
My favorite Disney song ever! (and the best sung one in my opinion)
I need to say this. You are one part of my childhood. You changed my life. Encourage me to learn English. I watched Pocahontas when I was 6. The song is too pure than my understandings that day. Now I got it and feel content every time I think about life. THANK YOU!
I'm just cryin' over here. Oh my gosh. Her emotion here is just. Wow. Crying.
She’s 60 years old and still beautiful, definitely one of my favorite female singers.
One of my favorite songs and the fact she’s still singing it with the same power and passion ❤
Tell me about it. Im literally listening to it once everyday, to tease my partner in his car and he didn’t know she was an elderly woman already. Now he’s gobsmacking. Inlove. ❤
Her voice is so good that you want the piano guy to chill the fuck out.
Her voice fulfills the entire song like she was the only one meant to sing this song!!! Beautiful!!!
Blinking away the tears. I have always and will always love this song and her voice. Thank you Alan Menken and Judy Kuhn for creating something so perfect.
Crazy how these lyrics are still relevant today
Her version is still the best. But the combination of voice talent, composition, and lyrics is what really makes this song so impactful.
How she got teary eyed especially on 2:36 really brings me to tears
2020 still get emotional every time watching this master singing.
2:10...awesome. After having to suffer through Mariah Careys vocal decline in her later years, I was already cringing to see whether or not Judy Kuhn would still be able to belt out those high notes and Im so relieved she did. The annoying staccato piano accompaniment aside, I can easily imagine a more seasoned Pocahontas singing this song to a group of children, teaching them not to take nature for granted.
This song is totally Judys. Not even Lea Salonga can match her performance, and she tried.
kadejito1 What’s more impressive is that Judy is about a decade older than Mariah.
I WAS THINKING THIS EXACT THOUGHT. Watching Mariah's nodules slowly consume her lustrous belting range to where she basically lost a half octave, this was like a reminder of what dedication to your instrument will get you.
Agreed. That was her best note. Very clean and strong
Most underrated Disney singer!!
Judy Kuhn's voice never fails to make me smile, she practically made my childhood ❤
my eyes are all watery.. .. never gets old this.
best voice and pronounciation and original music sheet in youtube as of now, this version
Thank you for making my childhood so special. This song will be with me until my last day.
The one and only version of "Colors of the Wind" that will forever be in my heart
Listening now, I'm just crying 😂 it's beautiful and honest ❤
My fave Disney solo❤❤❤ love Judy Kuhn’s voice!
Tears in my eyes. Thank you.
I watch this video nearly everyday...
Still weep every time.
I-
best Disney song, she did amazingly
Judy Kuhn is a FANTASTIC singer! She is an interpreter of lyrics. Close your eyes and listen to her bring out all the emotions of the song. AMAZING TALENT!
I remember seeing Judy Kuhn in les Miserables so many years ago. For me she has the most effortlessly beautiful voice. Really hasn't changed at all.
Even after all these years, you can still see the emotion & passion in her eyes, & hear it in her voice as well. I will always love this song, & Judy Kuhn for doing an amazing job conveying these beautiful lyrics 🖤
Piano guy needs to cut that BUM BUM BUM shit out, kills the beauty of the song
some Guy agreed
Ah think he managed to keep his part subtle...
😅😅😅😅😅
That is how it's played. Listen to the Disney movie version and pay attention to the piano. That's what it is doing.
some Guy 😂😂😂😂
This is just such a strong song! Just hits you right to your core. Conserve and preserve, appreciate life, appreciate and care for all things in this Earth, for what Mother Nature has made is more beautiful than anything man will ever make in any lifetime.
She sings like to tell the story..Deep feeling in every line..
OMG!!! that made me cry.... I'm 37 this year and that performance brought me back to when I was young. All these memories that came flooding in. Overwhelming. Wonderful performance.
Judy seems to always deliver definitive performances of any song she sings. Beautiful lady beautiful voice. So much joy she gives us all.
Brings back childhood memories.. Love It!
Who else got waves of goosebumps throught the entire video? 😭💕
This is my favorite Disney song. So beautiful.
Judy still has it!!! Still my favorite Disney movie & song. First film I ever saw in the Theaters.
My girl still sounding good even after 2 decades
She sang with majestic beauty, such honed Skill, and Pure Emotion. True meaning in this Song's Lyrics.
What a beautiful singer and song that gives a powerful message about equality and about getting to know people before making a preconception about them!!! And about taking care of our home 🌍
beautiful art peace
She sings it the best
She feels the emotions and that’s contagious
It’s pure and innocent
I wish I could have the gift she has
( btw it’s 2019 here and I’m still listening to this )
Judy Kuhn was in my German class in college. Our professor was a real character. We’d have a good laugh everyday. She was very nice.
OMG she almost made me cry
#goosebumps
this is soooooo damn beautifull... makes me cry like a baby...
Love this song and singer!
This song is so beautiful. I have a Disney playlist on Spotify and I never tire of hearing this song. You can also tell this song means a lot to her. ♥️♥️
By far still my favorite Disney movie and Disney song.
2017 and listening to this awesome song
Age, time, and experience made her singing of this song mature like the wine or fine cheese when tempered by the harvests. A divestment of self. Beauty through pain.
This is so beautiful and pure and all of the songs from Pocahontas have such amazing messages. I sang this song for my talent show and I couldn’t help but cry while singing. I loved it and it’s just wow. It’s so beautiful. She’s amazing.
What an incredible gift of God her voice is! My husband & I could listen to her (& this song) over & over.
Oh my she still has that strong voice, dammnn if she wanted to she would be heard for miles with that glorious pitch
Here i am again. This is just so good i need to listen it again... and again.. .. What a woman!
Still the best after all these years..... I always cry when listen to her
2019!
This is so frakkin beautiful..
this is beautiful
I think I have water in my eyes
Yessss Judy! This is my favorite song from my favorite Disney movie. The message has always resonated with me - especially now in these difficult times
So deep, so powerful!! Voice is one of a kind.
I'm hoping to sing like her someday
Oh my god, what a performance!
Powerful song. We can learn from these lyrics.
incredible!!! she's soo good i got chills from this performance
Oh my, you brought me to tears, Judy.
my favorite disney song
Wow this song has so many levels
I don't think she even put concealer around her eyes. she's not afraid to show the years. she's one amazing talented woman!
She is a real singer!
One of the best songs ever written
As a native in Canada luv her, luv her voice
Got the chills...
She exudes so much emotion when she sings.
She still sounds amazing!! And she sings with so much meaning, like she truly believes every word. It's wonderful ♡
Seeing the real person who sings the Pocahontas songs brings a tear to my eye watching her really sing the movie I grew up on was born in 1987 am 34 now
Oh my gosh this is beautiful 🙏
Love this song, always makes me tear up. This was a beautiful cover, but it feels so naked with just drums and a piano.
She's the original singer from the movie so it's not really a cover.
oh she means every word, its so moving...