Odetta Live in concert 2005, "House of the Rising Sun"

[dukdukguus]

Saw the beautiful Odetta five years ago. I had thought she was performing with that guy from the Police, so after the show I asked, "Odetta, where is thy Sting?"

[philjit1]

GREAT....

[JYleung22]

shes is the Queen Of The Folk thumbs up if you agree

[riorita65]

אני מעריצה של אודטה עוד משנות ה-60. היא מהזמרות האהובות ביותר עלי!

[mandalore4077]

Any one ever hear the animals version?

[vujicicpetar]

A house new Orleans, the rising sun... missing some words -.-

[abracadaverous]

No matter how much talent you have, it's impossible for a young person to sing this song with quite this much world-weariness and wisdom. This is breathtaking, and to my ears it blows all other versions out of the water. Maybe if I live another thirty years I can be almost half this good.

[danthewineman1]

saw here live once. will remember her always.

[TheWiipon]

Three years without you. In love memory.

[MrHadley2011]

OMG..... This is GREAT..... I LOVE IT CANT GET ENUFF OF this kind of

MUSIC>>

[guitarlawyer75]

This is my favorite song in the universe.ANd I'm crying now.This song drives me to tears

[FlamingFairy]

What's so fantastic about this is the way she uses her voice like an instrument. She's not just singing the song, she's interpreting it, she's living it and she's using all the various textures and tones of her voice to do so. It's an amazing piece of work.

[net60man]

Så skön, om nån lyssnar så njut av en underbar sångerska.

[cpthornman]

This is the purest form of music. It tells a story and she does it perfectly. You can really feel the emotion of the story. If you aren't moved by this performance then you literally have no soul. Stunning performance.

[cruzylo]

:')



[teddyqueen]

this is the true singer.

respect x 99999

[aussiechickdiana]

Magnificent...

[naditales]

fuerte maravilla



[rhodz1015]

Wow omg she is great

[ANEpting000]

This is epic... even more epic then muse and I am a big muse fan

[TheJasonNations]

This is truely special.

[ellenbish]

Very different than most versions of this! I heard her this AM sing just a little on a episode of Have Gun Will Travel and it took me all day to find out it was she, she was transfixing,, she was a very good actress to!

[MitaAmira]

Odetta rendition of this soung touches the soul, this is what singing should be . Thanks a million for the upload.

[MsPantadeusz]

beautyfull

[FromHundredAcreWood]

i first saw her in bob dylan's no direction home, and i fell in love with her. her voice is so beautiful.

[net60man]

Klart  jag älskar Odetta och jag tycker hon blev bättre och bättre ju äldre hon blev.

[CatOnTheCeiling]

@net60man Ja, hon sjunger med henne hjärtat, och henne hjärta är skön.

[louisianawoman888]

She was awesome in the 60's when I heard her perform live in New Orleans. Like a fine wine, she has mellowed and improved with age.

[Leo1903able]

This has got to be the most sorrowful version of this song ever.

"Sixteen pretty maidens to carry my coffin.

Sixteen pretty maidens, sing me a song.

Bunches of roses over my coffin...so I'll look pretty as I ride along."

Her life is finished but she still clings to a fleeing charm that is in a state of decay. The delivery and lyrics truly express the tragedy. Odettas burst of: SHUN THAT HOUSE! ...could not have been summarized it any more powerfully.

[metyuewb]

she's a parody of herself

[ringozstarr]

Without comparison the best version I've heard. Beautiful. And she focuses on the text, the story, and makes you feel it. God, how great!

[trickknee6874]

Anakuwa Mzuri sana kabissa! Sante Sana...

[daviesbluz]

This version is every bit as beautifull as any other.

[guitard777]

After hearing this version, I think all the other singers singing this song, including Joan Baez and Sinead O'Connor, were just faking it. Odetta put CENTURIES of power into that song and it became her own.

[marydwyer14119]

Wow

[aaronhrosenberg]

Beautiful. Also "Motherless Child" and the trio with her, Janis Ian, and the recently deceased Phoebe Snow on Ian's "Hymn."

[summersstorms]

totally, soulfully, awesome!!!

[keylemtp]

Wow that is beautiful!

[gigags0212]

it is Easter and Odetta is making me feel more spirit than my church ever will.

God bless you Odetta, i wish you were here with us today.

[piandey]

merveilleuse Odetta, pureté,grace ,emotion,talent .

[net60man]

like you if they let me.

[giaisbomb]

I read Janis Joplin was greatly influenced by this great singer.......

[kalikalimai1]

thank you for sharing this. miss odetta i love, miss your physical presence, your spirit is in our hearts

[worldgymrank]

This is absolutely stunning. Thank you for sharing.

[MsHatetheworld]

real music

[delora33]

Another of God's children blessed with a voice to touch our souls. I am so greatful to have heard this lady  'Thank you Bon Ami..

[boitapower]

Shame that Pavarotti, with all his stupid ugly uselless pop duets, never thought to do one with this mighty woman....

She'd have killed his pompous voice...

[delora33]

@boitapower Please, if you can't say something nice about Pavarotti, don't say anything at all.

[boitapower]

@delora33 Yes,I can say something "nice" about pavarotty: he was a great tenor.

He just should have avoided trying to pull $ with those artistically senseless and awful pop (I rather say plop) duettos with people like mighty James Brown or rednecks charts toppers like michael bolton and rubbish like Zucchero and alike.

A great opera artist knows when time for retirement comes. Pavarotti didn't.

Probably due to his demanding young new wife.

Pavarotti is and will always be a great tenor singer.

[delora33]

@boitapower Thank you, he was a great singer. Oh, by the way, you have a great channel.  I enjoyed visiting it. Thanks.

[AmyAllisonLivesHere]

where is the love button?

[Teonareine]

Wonderful voice !

[123must]

Stupendo!

[GeneralG1810]

Who done this song originally, was it The Animals?

[adjmptw0]

@GeneralG1810 It's unclear, it's a very old song (probably long before The Animals were born)

[mightycujo]

@GeneralG1810 This is an old traditional folk song. I played piano for Odetta in the early 70's and we did that song then. The Animals covered it.

[loran1212]

@GeneralG1810 it is a traditional folk song. no one knows who made it.

[raedhead]

@loran1212 by britsh band the animals

[MNWreckingCrew]

@raedhead This song predates The Animals by, at a minimum 30 years. The earliest known recording is from 1933 and the gentleman that recorded it claims to have learned it from his Grandfather. Some music historians claim it is based off a 16th century English folk song about a brothel in Soho and that it was brought to the U.S by settlers

[lacosadelsotano]

exelenteeee!!!!!!!!!!!  EXELENTE

[sherylh895]

What an amazingly gifted singer. I wish I had as much talent she has in her little finger. I'll not be able to listen to any  other version of this song without hearing her in my head.

[chengsanren]

it really catches every piece of your thoughts into her songs.

[ziglet53]

Excellent rendition. Full of heart and soul.

[Jazsngr]

She's one of my top favorites. There's no one like her.......Absolutely adore her!!

[princessadekunbi1]

I cant stop listening to her, this is the best.

[perennialsiren]

Definitive version of this song, sorry Animals. 

[capecodterp]

I would love to re-live an old memory. I'm searching for Odetta's stunning rendition of Ain't No Grave Can Hold This Body Down. Can anyone help with the name of the album?

[msm2you]

@capecodterp LIkely you mean "the Essential Odetta" which was a live album originally released in 1973. I met Miss Odetta at what I believe was her last Toronto concert, held in Hugh's Room.

[4torigirl]

Haunting rendition. but that's the spin Odetta could put on a song. Her face gives as much as her voice. A true connection.

[Zokambaa]

Wow... very interesting version of the song... but follows the feeling of the traditional more than many... albeit more depressing...

[87567404]

muito bom!!!!!!!!!!!!

[marijuanahero101]

I understand...

[xinort33]

I love it when I hear music and it gives me the chills...It's as though the singer has reached in and tickled my soul.

[CoreyKoehlerMusic]

@xinort33 you aren't kidding!

[tania38513]

@xinort33 ami tambn me pasa jajajajajaja super...no?

[ronbond2]

I have heard many versions of this song and this is the only one that brought tears to my eyes. you can hear and feel the pain and regret in her voice. it really is sad what passes for good music these days. i would challenge any of todays so called music superstars to evoke the level of emotion in one of there songs as she did with this one. truly beautiful.

[Cerpth]

@ronbond2 Wait a second. You can hear the pain in her voice? She's rich and famous, so what the hell? I hate when somebody takes the great piece, and try to make it touching. Nobody should ever touch it except Bob Dylan and The Animals.

[88flowerchild88]

@Cerpth You do know that this song is much older than Bob Dylan or the Animals, right? And it was traditionally sang by a woman, since the original song was about a prostitute in New Orleans. Odetta's version is beautiful and she did add pain into her voice because that is what the song called for. The Animals and Bob did good but don't trash her version

[Cerpth]

@88flowerchild88 Ofcourse it's much olden than Bob Dylan, Clarence Ashley recorded it as the first.

[bballano31]

@Cerpth No one should touch it except for Bob Dylan and The Animals?

[Cerpth]

@bballano31 Noone younger than them.

[bballano31]

@Cerpth No one younger than them or no version newer than theirs?

[Cerpth]

@bballano31 I know you think that someone can make better version than them, but you're wrong.

[bballano31]

@Cerpth How can an opinion be wrong? I've heard other people sing the song and sing it well after the Animals and Bob Dylan covered it. This version by Odetta in particular. She's obviously the better singer and It has a despair that neither the Animals or Bob could match. They sound like they're telling a story while she sounds like she's telling her story. My point is, The Animals and Bob Dylan aren't the end all for covering this song. It's possible for someone to do it better and they have.

[Cerpth]

@bballano31 Just listen to Dylan's version. I doubt someone could do it better.

[bballano31]

@Cerpth That's your opinion. I've listened to Dylan's version. And this version by Odetta trumps that one. My opinion. It sounds like he's telling someone else's story while she's telling her own which is more personal and haunting and that's what puts hers over Dylan's.

[raedhead]

@Cerpth have respect to her voice at least RESPECT

[Cerpth]

@ronbond2 And I'm sure she would turn "sining in the rain" into fucking funeral march.

[PHJimY]

@Cerpth I've never heard her do "Sining In The Rain", but her singing and guitar playing on "Odetta~ Gallows Pole" is anything but a "fucking funeral march" even though it's about a hanging. Give it a listen.

[Cerpth]

@PHJimY I liked it very much.

[KiMonostereo]

@ronbond2 bullseye

[Audrenbdb]

Can some one gimme the chords of this piano music please ?

[clementinofilho]

sensacional..................

[anthonynewsome]

real music - Odetta is supreme -

[AxeMoose]

Brought me to tears as I felt the tragedy of this very old song. What a powerful version.

[bldgblocks]

@AxeMoose : I've been listening to different versions of this song and this one had tears rolling down my cheek. I agree this is such a powerful version of this song.

[pitchthedevil]

I can't believe I'd never heard this! I always voted for Nina's as the best versions, but the Big O comes out on top. For Sure.

[don1carter]

@pitchthedevil Nina, Odetta...a few other greats...Put them all on the top shelf.  To try to distinguish further among the greats makes no sense. They all deserve to be on that top shelf, where genius resides.

[YitzchokFreed]

too bad she sings it more like the Animals than Leadbelly...

[gilsonb12]

The great!!! I love it....

[Karamel2233]

Oh noooooo that made me very sad = ( I still have to give it to the High Priestess of Soul for giving the best version of this song but Odetta's has just become a top favorite of mine. Powerful, very Powerful + )

[ghelgaingadottir]

Beautiful expression of the House of the rising sun

[zmadecm]

My Odetta, tears and tears, my love

[detweilcny]

words fail me. oh my. oh my.

[marhomist]

Unbelievably Soulful!

[Daizumi]

Where can the DVD that's mentioned in the description be found?

[BenniJonquil]

@Daizumi Is anyone going to answer this question?

[mmazur1o5]

@BenniJonquil We never received funding to actually publish the DVD. The whole concert is just sitting on my hard drive. It is very unfortunate.

[officernikos]

I feel so small compared to these people

[bellaballerina21]

Brorsan här lånar bara lite..

Won't do what not to do, but will do everything else..

<<mr. leinonen

[grillany]

R.I.P :(

[1000wrongdecisions]

wow

[mittyb1]

you hear Odetta sing this song and every other version you ever heard just falls by the wayside. What a voice ! What a woman ! What an artist !

[ozricstormbringer]

coming from the heart and not to get on the radio :~) i love it nina simone does a version all slow like this with as much heart

[Repentia0289]

Thank you for posting such a powerful video. I regret I hadn't heard of Odetta before she passed away, but after this I am going to immerse myself in her work. It has been a long time since I have been so moved by a performance like this. Her passing is a terrible loss.

[hefnicity]

@TarantinoFan What a stupid thing to say. Not everyone has to like this song smart ass. I think anyone who likes tarantino will never feel a damn thing.

[yantarosama]

...

Wow.

[butfulmuzik]

Miss Odetta, you were an inspiration for me when I sang my music. I would come to see you in the East Village with that big-assed guitar you played like fire, and I would just sit there in awe. Rest in peace, sweet darlin', and know you left a legacy of musical treasures in your time on earth. You still live in many hearts!

[andyzweb]

so dynamic...

[OpakeArawra2]

brilliant. only word that fits, imo.

[kingcymbeline]

The raw emotion and power makes this the best version of the song I've heard. This is probably the closest to the original versions sung in the Old South.

[Backatwon]

@kingcymbeline exactly !!!!!

[forzaajuve]

WoWwOwWoWwOwWoWwOw

[ryanjaprice]

Wow. What a woman. What a performance.

[Jacaranda5833]

This makes me melt every time. Thank you for sharing.

[AkasaWolfSong]

Elder and Wise Woman Odetta!

I honor you...

[Imhisfan]

She's really something! What a lady!

[coffeescup]

yes. i love you, lady.

[blackaset]

When will the DVD go on sale? Also, will a CD be sold?

[snailbuzz]

i bet she was!

[TheVideodrome10]

This is incredible. Very moving

[HallerSamsa]

How great is that!!!!!??? she is god

[MrDamianek2993]

o my god.. her voice is glorious!

[darinjo999]

very powrefull performance

[Cornishphotos]

My eyes are filled with tears. Odetta was one of the true greats. She will not be forgotten.

[MicrophoneRebel]

Amazing. This and Nina Simone's rendition might be my two favorites.

[zmadecm]

Amazing, chill on my spine

[sethocopia]

This is so beautifully haunting, she was truly a talent that only comes around once in a life time.

[okayhawaii]

she sang some uncommon lyrics within this song; traditional, or she was wandering? in any case, i was and am in thrall. she was an exhalted human being whom the rest of us are blessed to have heard.

[tmcograndcanyon]

@okayhawaii Most people call those uncommon lyrics artistic license. In Odetta's case, it's artistic genius.

[manthega2]

Maneiro...

[lopezmt]

Gives you damn chills... You ain't lying Gilboa...

[sethocopia]

Amazing!

[cocochanelleke]

Wonderful, best version I ever heard, thanks for sharing!

[Tamelanj1]

i've heard this song my whole life. this is the first time it has ever brought me to tears. i feel so blessed to have heard this.

[MsJony1234]

a lady...

[wccymbal]

i think this is the best recorded version

[jufulu]

I've always thought that this song should sung with a lot of pain and regret. Until now I've thought that the Dylan cover was the best I was going to find, but this was just awesome. Finally a female voice that sings the song the way it should be sung (IMHO).

[richeywcassel]

This lady has known misery, you can feel it in her voice. What a blessing that this was recorded before she passed. God rest her lovely soul.

[Ochsenburg]

masterpiece!

[Ivoryticklermama]

wow....I love this.

~Queen Joan~

[LifeIsGoodLydie]

Thank you for all the great references you added on your comments. As a foreigner I appreciate it.

[tokenannie]

bless her she chills my soul

[absofok]

giloagilboa, truer words were never spoken-

[gilboagilboa]

Hearing this version ruins a lot of other music for me. I had nearly forgotten that someone might sing a song as if they actually meant it. Who could bear watching American Idol after this??

[RioEllington]

@gilboagilboa

Oh man...oh man...Rings hella true for me too. Man, I don't even feel like listening to my new Beyonce CD anymore. X_X

[kdb89]

@gilboagilboa Amen!

[Spartan8531]

@gilboagilboa talk about irony lol. This song was sung tonight on American Idol and the girl actually did an INCREDIBLE job on the song in my opinion. It should be up in a few days - you should definitely keep your eyes open for it.  I think she did really well.

[mmazur1o5]

@gilboagilboa Well said sir.

[ggallinelle]

@mmazur1o5 Aint that the truth!

[dwright58]

@mmazur1o5 Yeah. Amen

[9timesnine]

@mmazur1o5 Thatsn what the blues is for. Haha. Youre right though. Peace. -Cody Lee Meece

[ElGoodo]

@gilboagilboa Totally agree with you, I can't comprehend why real, honest and natural music like this is completely disregarded in favor of the catchy but completely meaningless music that makes up the majority of the modern music scene.

[Kevvan795]

@gilboagilboa I agree with mmazur, Very Well said.

[razorboar]

@gilboagilboa there is so much emotion put into this, i agree you cant go back to american idol after this, because none have this kind of understanding.

[dnaisinmybody]

@gilboagilboa American Idol is only good when they're doing audition with dumb people lol!

[Ardalen]

gorgeous.

[b42baritone]

Odetta Holmes is my 3rd favorite black female singers. 1st is Mahalia Jackson  2nd is Aretha Franklin. RIP.

[punkguyrich]

@b42baritone

What about Etta James?!?!

[b42baritone]

She would be in my to 10. Others ahead of her would be, Ella Fritzgerald, Bassie Smith, Billie Holiday.

[b42baritone]

Etta would be in my top 10 favorite. I would put Ethel Waters, Ella Fritzgerald, Billie Holliday ahead of Etta James.

[5a55y5a55]

what about The Great Nina Simone! ??

[5a55y5a55]

oh goodness and Mahalia Jackson! can't forget her. This song was done beautifully by her, moving!

[b42baritone]

Now, thats a tough one! For myself, I always have a hard choise who is my favorite, Nina, Shirley Bassey or Etta.  Bessie Smith would also be in my top 10 favorite singers.

[5a55y5a55]

baritone, can you recommend something by Bessie Smith, I have not heard of her.. thanx.

[KikiSazuki]

Dam Dam....Dam....Why am i just finding out about her? What a wonderful wonderful wonderful talent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shaneshaky1]

r.i.p. odetta! you were a goddess!!!!