BETTE MIDLER - Empty Bed Blues (Live at the Roxy LA 1977)

[MineralsMate]

Best version of this song. Period.

[jmichaelbruno]

OHHH MY GAY GOD .. I was THERE!!!

[TheSouthernDaddy]

Man...I gotta say...BETTE IS INCREDIBLE! She was incredible in the 70's...and she is STILL incredible TODAY!

[TheVineyarder]

I remember seeing this particular show..Bette did a tour of smaller venues..I got to see her in Boston at the Paradise and at the Copacabana in NYC..wow that seems ages ago..the super duper show was 2 yrs before at the Minskoff in new York,called Clams on the Half Shell

[sln526]

@TheVineyarder 2 yrs after Minskoff

[tamarahyoung]

Now THIS is the Bette Midler I fell in love with all those years ago....there was no one else like her....

[sweetsilenthought]

HAH priceless... the beginning is the best.

[pauletaloca]

I love this song, and I love her!

[barbra1942streisand]

i just love her

[aliciastef]

Classic Bette, loved it !!!!!!!

Thanks for posting it !!!!!!!

Hugs, Stephanie

[grai]

what was the Roxy?

[msmcis]

The Roxy is a performance club on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. It still exists!

[grai]

great

sounds fantastic!

I want to go back to the 70's and see Bette live before she was famous and a National Treasure

[msmcis]

Actually, I was lucky enough to see her live when I was 18 years old in 1975. She was absolutely amazing! I saw her again in 1984 and her show was spectacular. I also love her movies. Wish I could take you back to the 70's. They were incredible years. The world has changed so much since those days, and I am not sure if it is for the better. Life was much more simple then and we had less problems to deal with.

[grai]

my cousin somehow got her first album sent from the US and lent it to me in 1974 when I was 15

Skylark and Drinking Again

I was like "I need to borrow this..."

Imagine in the North of England how it blew me away

No-one knew who she was or even what I saw in her singing

but I "got" her immediately

One of my big regrets is not seeing her live

[grai]

I'm SOOOOH jealous you saw her live when you were 18!!!!

Just owning all of her albums changed my life!

[msmcis]

How could I forget! I saw her in Florida in 2004. She was as energetic as ever.

It is not too late, you may still get a chance to see her. She might perform in London. I love her first album (1972). I still listen to it. Skylark and Drinking Again are also two of my favourites. Did you ever hear her sing "Yellow Beach Umbrella" and "Old Cape Cod"? Great songs!

[grai]

yes

from Songs For The New Depression

and Broken Blossoms

I love tragedy from sftnd and the disco version of Strangers In The Night!!

The art work for Depression was amazing - a beautiful Amsell drawing of her on the inner sleeve...

I repeat I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SEVENTIES!!!!!

[davidneilmetherell]

@grai me too although some years later and in Cumbria lol.

[BonitaJinxed]

danke!

in dem club hat sie doch ihren ehemann kennen gelernt...

[MamaMidler]

This is fabulous. Thanks so much for all you give to us Betteheads!

Love,

MamaMidler

[Mazartz]

There really is only ONE Divine Miss M!! Sooo cool!

[natatata88]

Wow!i like it!!thanks

[loenrac]

Thank you so so much for this !