Sheryl Crow - The water is wide (live)

[juliekstroup]

Sheryl Crow is a commercial artist and not such a great one

[burpo]

@juliekstroup I don't know about that. l see her as a hard-working craftsperson, plying her trade. She's no earth-shattering visionary, but she gets on stage and makes people feel good. She also writes a mean radio-friendly pop hook.

[vamoalla9]

@juliekstroup That's dumb. If this voice singing this version of this song were being presented by some ugly pathetic woman leading an obscure and unremarkable life, you would be crying your eyes out over her performance and would be one of the first in line to buy her debut cd.

[ooccllbb]

this was Amazing! love sheryl crow And Her feeling

[trythisoneforsize]

Another fabulous performance from a truly talented artist. Go Sheryl!

[barnesgeorge3]

ham fisted piano and drowning, strangled voice that really plumbs the depths.

[fretkillrlives]

I love Sheryl's talent and music but this song is best done straight and pure without the blues riffing. This is how many singers ruin the "The Star-Spangled Banner".

[O0Salmon0O]

James Taylor's version seems more emotional and envisioned even though it is rather quiet and there have been many versions performed by people with beautiful voices (Crow here, Sarah MacLachlan, Karla Bonoff, Eva Cassidy, Jewel, etc. James Taylor seems to understand what he is singing about as though he is telling a story of something he knows rather than just singing the words.

[mattyswift]

average -James Taylor's version is on another planet

[DaveTAM]

don't jazz up a folk song, it sucks

[dtpercy]

I think she does a wonderful job on this song - love her version!

[hemeteer]

very disappointed in cheryl's rendition... such a fabulous song, poorly presented.

[EnyaFan210]

Not my favorite version (my favorite is Orla Fallon's version. Beautiful!!!) but it was done fairly well. Not my style, but still good.

[Evelyn2ish]

While I like the versions of Karla Bonoff, Eva Cassidy and Dusty, I don't think she "

murdered" this...

[brileyvernon125]

I sang this in my chorus concert!

[TheSteveclark]

silly person youve never heard the original its an old english song fromearly times this isnot my favourite version but i like it

[1010Hawkfire0101]

Ugh. I agree with zxyangel08. SHE MURDERED THE SONG! I love the ORIGINAL!

[britdanielxoxo]

sucks.



[gilliser]

yeah eh, so talented.

[babykay19961]

im singing this in choir!!

[poopsienoremac]

mediocre when compared to Eva Cassidy or Dusty Springfield

[charles43110]

this comment section is filled with pompous and distasteful creeps

[elenikiroy]

Dull, uninspiring performance. What an overrated singer.

[reachhigh10]

I love this song...it's a spiritual song in it's deeper meaning,Sheryl Crow does a good job...I like Karla Bonoff's version somewhat better...and even Charlotte Church's slightly sugary version!

[fiddleosophy9]

...Mary Hopkins...

[TheRealBoroNut]

If wonder if the delighful Miss Crow has considered that if this is your normal bog-standard couple we are talking about, with a bloke on one oar and a dozy bird on the other, then the inevitable outcome is going to be spinning in a tight circle? She is hardly likely to be an eperienced oarswoman is she? Have you seen them? They aren't likely to be fallen in love with. So this is hardly the best way to tackle open water is it?. It sounds tidal to me.

[TheRealBoroNut]

Another thing. Don't forget to alert someone of your travel plans before you set out. Then they can alert the authorities if you don't arrive promptly. It wouldn't have hurt to include an additional verse to this effect - ie - dial 999 and ask for the coastguard Petunia.

PS - If you only have one other loved one, then perhaps it's best not to have both rowing after all. They'd be better served standing by the phone just in case.

[TheRealBoroNut]

This is a very misleading song. Not all waters are wide, and it's a shame this isn't mentioned anywhere in the lyrics. Also, a boat that can carry at least four would be more suitable, as it would be much more stable, even for only two people, especially over long distances, which is clearly implied. Unless she's lying about how wide it is. It's a shame it's not actualy quantified. Then we could be the judges of its relative width, based on our own abilities.

[sizoda1]

@TheRealBoroNut sheesh, you're a moron--and not a poet.

[TheRealBoroNut]

@sizoda1

I may be a moron, and am certainly no poet. But at least I have absolutely no fucking sense of humour whatsoever.

Oh wait. It's U.

[sizoda1]

@TheRealBoroNut More cleverness. Keep trying!

[BadLeaders]

I think it's amazing that a woman's water breaks during her pregnancy and she's able to sing about it! 

[SCID2008]

I grew up singing this song, her arrangement is completely different but I love it. She put herself in the song and didn't just give a well rehearsed performance cold and icy. She poured herself into it.

[therealamazing]

this is a great song

watch joe gets a time out 2006 the girls are so cute

[UndercoverCracker]

I LOVE Sheryl Crow but this can't compare to Orla Fallon's version.

[macylightfoot]

I love Sheryl, but this version is terrible. Maura O'Connell does the very best version of this.

[UndercoverCracker]

@macylightfoot Orla Fallon does!

[Timestrider1]

I taped this version at the time of the Katrina hurricane relief. It was on VHS and I played the tape so much it wore out! It is not quite the best version I have heard, but it is the most moving. Soulful voice and piano.

[MarijaSkocibusic]

One Song 1000 Emotions!

[happybanjo1]

search "Jackie McCracken the water is wide" and wait for the 2nd song!

[ItsuroKashiwagi]

Great! Check out this version as well: youtube.com/watch?v=K-deA4jb-p­E

[kongo286]

well if you dont hit the keys hard the piano is not loud I play the piano so I know

[kongo286]

this is not like the one we sing in choir

[skullamus]

dont hit the keys so hard lady

[kongo286]

@skullamus she has to hit the keys some what hard or you wont beable to hear it

[IkutoTwo]

i like this version! i have to sing this song to get into this really BIG chorus made up of schools all over maine... i hope i get in! it only i knew these lyrics better :/

[Randypan74]

Good version,but i prefer Shione Yukawa's version. Search for it here on Youtube! Do it! :)

[Denisa1962]

What a message of hope!

[bigbangbigband]

this is a terrible version. she has nice hair, though. that's about it.

[70076NUD]

@bigbangbigband Y'know I must agree. I don't at all like the gospel version of this song. It is out of place. Just the thing for a Public Broadcasting membership drive show!! i much prefer the INDIGO Girls with Jewel and Sarah McLachlan.  It is sublime and just my favorite that's all. I have listened now to about one dozen different entries of The Water Is Wide. This is my least favorite! Sheryl is O.K. by me, just not my taste,

[PandaStoleMyBrother]

I sang this as a solo and got a 1 :D

[rexcaliburn]

normally i love sheryl crow and this is a great song but man she just butchered it,

[mchunch]

That's a beautiful melody!

[tuityfruity12aj]

The version I did for voice lessons is SOOO much better.

[HumpaJazz]

Is that neill finn on the guitar???? I know they did some stuff together around this time. "home" being one of them.

anybody ??

gr marko

[prowlers66]

my choris in school is doing this song i want the solo

[Prozac86]

?????????

[YoshiBlaster]

your...really good! i just know your famous. :) i looooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooove this song! i'm on my brothers account btw. my account is ApolloGeorgia :)

[rhotspot]

Wonderful rendition Sheryl (Key of Eb) :) :) :)

[raskoz76]

très belle mélodie sur laquelle renaud a chanté la Ballade nord irlandaise

[YoshiBlaster]

sorry, i couldn't help to notice, what you wrote, what does that mean in english?

[CAHilarious]

we sing this at school!!!:D

[kimurafans]

She seems don't know how to sing properly..... when i heard the first line of lyric, i heard waar instead of wide.. something like that....

[marypoppins81540]

Cette chanson est magnifique .... Merci de l'avoir publiée !!!

[kelly786159]

love it

[bluejayjimmy]

One of the best versions of the song that I have seen performed. Many artists have done this over the years, but this was a very moving piece during a very dire time for our country.

[mssdusty]

@bluejayjimmy THEN YOU HAVENT HEARD DUSTY SPRINGFILD SING THIS

[bluejayjimmy]

I have herd them all, this is the best version in my opinion.

[zxyangel08]

I love this song and she just murdered it!!!!!

[bluago]

@zxyangel08 Songs can't be murdered by their performers. They can be tortured for a few gruesome minutes, but they will always revert back to their purer form.

[Haycroft2]

@bluago a genuine version with theoriginal words and a Scottish singer on Haycroft2

[goodwithguitar]

@zxyangel08 You wouldn't know good music if it hit you over the head!

[pennymusicMAma]

francishout, Thank you for this music video of an extraordinarily talented artist.

Thank you, Sheryl, for all that you do.  This is the American version of an olde English traditional, "Waly,Waly" - "The Water Is Wide".

[fethard1]

The arrangement is great and the music is really good but her singing is so damned putrid. God, she really can't sing worth shit!

[Hjaltland2]

Ah...that's hard.... but she reminds me of someone I once knew, and she gets by....!

[fethard1]

Yeah, in hindsight, I think her main problem isn't that she can't sing so much as she can't help but over sing it terribly. Some songs you can do all that extra excess crap with but the melody of this song is just too beautiful to be lost by over singing.

[cutis1000]

I never liked Sheryl much. Saw her live just before she broke big with Tuesday Night Music Club. Never dreamed in a million years she's be as big as she became. And I still don't think she merits the acclaim she's received. But I have to credit where credit is due. She' s got talent. Plays piano, guitar, sings. Hats off to you Sheryl. You're not my favorite performer but I'm happy for you.

[bmc1]

That's a very nice way of stating you opinion Cutis. It would be nice if everyone on YouTube could be as thoughtful when they post something.

My personal favourite version of this song is by a lady called Karla Bonoff.

[jcisbell]

Yes, and my favorite Karla Bonoff song is called, "Ever Near". Do you like that one?

[bmc1]

Sure - Karla is a really fine songwriter. I discovered her through Linda Ronstadt covering a lot of her songs.

[Hannahepower]

its ok... but i like it better the non pop version like the hayley westernra now thats beautiful

[mrssarahgrl]

i have to sing this for my choir concert

[girlfromnd]

yeah i have to sing this song for my all state audition that is going to be recorded and sent to the all state judges and if i get picked then i will be able to go for a whole weekend(3 day) and spend a day with the other ppl who won and we practice and practice for a concert and then perform for a bunch of people!:) totally excited but i gotta get accepted first:( soo wish me luckk.

[IrishDancingRules98]

ok, but differant from what we sing in chior

[77446633]

ho papa!

she owns all my heart!

[ITALIANO59000]

et superbe femme

[ITALIANO59000]

SUPERBE MELODIE SUPER BELLE VIDEO

[MonteFelice]

Beautiful

[PeanutButterPolkaDot]

this is good. i like how she gave it her own little twist

[francishout]

have you ever thought to visit a good oculist?? :D

[thewanksta36]

Dumb.

[shellyratscan]

brilliant piano accp.. not too kean on the singing!!! cant hear the words ....lovely music arangement tho!!!!

[OxfordUniMedic]

Excellent performance.

[ooccllbb]

@OxfordUniMedic YES MAN, LOVE SHERYL CROW !

[gstuart01]

What can't you play Sheryl?

[betterthanthat282009]

"Give me a boat that can carry two..." (mine is sinking!)

[alaskanmal63]

Great Song.. we Love you Sheryl

[PrettyBlackKitty007]

Yikes - what a hideous version.

[mommamia65]

That's a beautiful song

Love it!

[jamattes1]

I agree with holywells. She butchers this song.

[Nicklas4500]

Gorgeous. Worth comparing with Dusty Springfield's live version - quite different but lovely too.

[holywells]

Check out Hayley Westenra's version of this song!!

[Kuramochi0214]

Nice!

Thanks for post this.

Tommy

[77446633]

she also plays perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[77446633]

i didnt know she can also sing in this damn incredible way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[hashachar70]

Beautiful and appropriate...what a concept.

[mikawayanazuki96]

it sounds very nice

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[peacesurpassingall]

*laughing* you likely believe that the Bailout $ will rescue the sinking economy too... and voted for the OBummer.

Over and out

[SnypeDRanged]

I thought he was your golden boy! I am proud and pleased to say I did not vote for the big B.O.

[lightyears2005]

Um...odd forum for a political debate, guys. This is a music video.

[SnypeDRanged]

Couldn't agree more. In fact, I'm gonna shut up now, as I've said my piece.

[lightyears2005]

:D Yay. Trust me I get in tons of political debates on here too. The place is a hotbed for them.

[peacesurpassingall]

Bin Laden is being safely harbored by the BUSH family. They were all a bunch of players in the contrived drama. check out 8 years in 6 minutes by Keith Olbermann.

[SnypeDRanged]

Uh-huh. Sure! And Elvis just flew his flying saucer out of Area 51 to take his buddy Mothman to Scotland to visit Bigfoot and his wife the Loch Ness Monster, who just gave birth to a litter of chupacabras.

[AlyssaElric]

OMG we're learning this in vocals class!! (choir) it's sooo beautiful!!! :)

[peacesurpassingall]

A great song - a great talent. This song is melencholy at best, and the Gulf Hurricane Efforts make this even more poignant. If we had had even half of a man as our president during this time, it could have been so different. Thankfully, such crisis tend to bring out the beautiful (ms Crowe and those that actually did something positive for the cause) as well as the evil (bush) who spent our american tax dollars that belonged to the citizens of the US on killing "terrorist" . SAD.

[MaskedMan66]

What's with the quotation marks? Are you saying that those who murder people by the thousands by flying airplanes into buildings aren't worth calling terrorists?

[peacesurpassingall]

I don't subscibe to a few pictures of raggedy looking men from an mid-eastern country executing what I saw happen. It was controlled demolition that killed the thousands. The planes - took out a few hundred. I fail to believe what the Mainstream media promoted as fact. Why wont they ever answer the real questions - why only four frames from the pentagon.... it is such BS - and Bush should be proscuted for WAR CRIMES.

[SnypeDRanged]

The mainstream media is choock-a-block full of liberals like you, but for those few weeks of sanity back in 2001, even they reported the facts.

The planes took out over 3000. That's a fact. Ask the families of the dead. Bush did not start the war, bin Laden did.

[utubuser10]

Fucking misguided comments. Open your eyes, SnypeDRanged.

[BloodKilla2011]

actually it all goes back to Clinton when that scandal happened he pretty much declared war on the middle east

[SnypeDRanged]

The only thing I got wrong was the number of those murdered; it was fewer than 3000, but only just.

And my eyes are open, sir or madam; what's more, they haven't got blinders either side of them, like the eyes of Obamaniacs. My comments are based on nothing more nor less than cold, hard, facts.

Now, "peacesurpassingall" and I have made our peace, so it would be best if this is the end of the debate you're trying to start.

[robertdegiro]

the water is wide is from 1660 its a popular english or scottish song it is not from bob dylan.

[TheCowardlyLion04]

Not unless he's older than we all think he is.

[robertdegiro]

hehehe

[lunastar47]

Lol! :'D

[avvocatogorgia]

wonderful and powerful version loaded with personality thanks for this video

[ashtheactressxo]

In choir we sing this song and me and my best friend are sopranos and we go really high and we love this song! its amazing. but its really sad.

[pennymusicMAma]

This is a Traditional that dates way back to

olde Gaelic/English music. Originally entitled"Waly,Waly Many versions. This is American version - thanks to Karla Bonoff.

Dylan did Not compose this Traditional. He adapted from English/Gaelic versions. That is okay! However he is NOT the Composer. Listen to Eva Cassidy singing one of the earlier versions,quite different,however accurate.

I do like "The Water Is Wide"/Oh,Waly,Waly.

Olde Gaelic/English/Celtic are difficult for

most to understand.

[lafollealahachette]

Amazing version, Sheryl Crow sings very good Bob Dylan's songs

[valvetrom]

Piano is strong and simple nearly drowning her voice. she doesn't look too happy, but its a sad song of seperation. I 'm not strong enuff to be her man .

[ca3neolsen]

I was truly surprised that this was Dylan's work, he never stops amazing me with what great songs he's behind!

[musik102]

This a traditional song, although Bob Dylan did write a nice set of lyrics for it called " Lay Down Your Weary Tune"

[beatingxheartbaby]

AMAZING version

[pennymusicMAma]

Sheryl's rendition is fantastic & so is Karla

Bonoff, whom most of us 1st heard. The two best, aside from my son's. Check ou "Waly,

Waly, an older English version. There are many

fine dating way back to Olde English & Gaelic of the original, "O Waly,Waly."

[LaurierReglisse]

Lovely version!

I also love Karla Bonoff's version : )

[jantonio111]

really sweet!!!

[BLOXWICHBOY]

she sings this brilliant it was the shelter from the storm concert, hurricane katrina thanks for posting this

[longlists]

I've been waiting for this on youtube forever! Obviously I haven't forgotten this performance.

[MoreSherylCrow]

Great!

[rodozores]

Great Version, Sheryl!!

Bob Dylan with Joan Baez is the best Version and James Taylor's too.

[FeitenFan]

They are good....but I'll go with Fred Neil's and Sandy Denny's version. A great song no matter who sings it.

[rodozores]

Great Version, Sheryl!!

Bob Dylan with Joan Baez is the best Version and James Taylor's too.