Rare Barbra Streisand - Funky Type Thang (1970's NYC)

[outinsider]

I love Barbra funky, I love Barbra smooth, I love Barbra calm, I love Barbra energetic. I just love her.

[JhonathanFree]

@Rachrazza Just be yourself. who cares what other people think? BE THE BEST YOU THERE IS!

[ENACODNOM]

It's a left over for/from the 1974 album BUTTERFLY.

[pictureisup1]

Barbara singing like Carol King

[trdigital]

She was very beautiful.

[RRydnew]

good effort by Babs but she sounds like she would be better suited for gospel than funk.

[alexanuchid]

look at those cars, funny !!!

[midnitesquirldog]

@alexanuchid you mean the best cars ever made in history !

[erinbc1]

Man now this I LOVE it is so soulful and FUNKY wish she did more of this but i'm still a huge fan of all of her work music and movies. she's wonderful : )

[hubbsllc]

This is interesting...a better-realized song seems called for but as a demo it has promise. It makes me think a little bit of something Janis Joplin might have done but also the Yes song "Does It Really Happen?"

[lucy1fanwholovesbabs]

I like this...its groovy:D

[eldiran2]

During her "trying to be funky" period, when she was trying to get out of being (as one critic said ) "age 26 going on 50" (she sang all old standards as a young woman). Nice try, but, really she is far too good for such mediocre material.

[bwork66]

I now miss the 70's even though I hated it so much as a child from 2nd grade '73 to 8th grade '79,Great shot of Queens Blvd. with all of those SLECo's @2:35...Street Light Electric Company a.k.a. Deskeys as afore mentioned

[noahf67]

Earliest sights and sounds of my life.

Unforgettable. If nothing else, the city

was real. It wasn't trying desperately to be

something else.

[FunnyJanuka]

I looooove this song!!! and the pictures are great! the 70s rock!! =)

[trainluvr]

Good combo of song and stills. The pics all appear to date from 1966 to 1974, but mostly around '72 - '73. Great shot of Queens Blvd in Woodside with Deskey Light poles at the end.

[sanfrancisco89]

The 70s were so gritty. I miss it. Great video.

[elphabaglindawicked]

hey i was wondering if you can send me the pics in the beginning and at the end.

[rohanb2]

wow i was born in the 90's but hell, 70's-80's nyc is just cool...90's too

[Mangano75]

amazing slide show!

[babsdude]

This is a rehearsal recording and the song was never released. Kinda not fair to judge it, since it was never intended for public consumption. If anything, listen to it as a "work in progress" and listen to how Streisand works on a song -- a song, ultimately, that she didn't release.

[bettelane]

love the photo at the end.

[socalguy77]

This was a track intended for the Butterfly Album in 1974 but never made it on the finished record. And she recorded all those tracks in LA, not NY.

[MissKige]

Who says this was recorded in New York?..

[guygraham101]

she dosen't have a clue how to sing fast

[sssteve]

what was she thinking???

[crystal66631]

cool!awesome!love the pics, sick seventies beat, and you gotta love barbra's attitude and voice! very different than most of the stuff she has done. click the thumbs up icon if u agree with me.

[ioriorioriorio]

@crystal66631  because she was black back then....not sure 'bout now

[aristo50]

Not bad at all. I like it! After all, it's obviously a rehearsal recording. Very 'seventies'.

[GoodBoys79]

AWESOME NYC photos! Thanks for sharing.

I was never in NYC in the 70s, but I find that period to be very intriguing for some reason.

Thanks again!