Bright Eyes by Hayley Westenra

[ldhhsv]

This is the only song Hayley Westenra sings that I think is done better by someone else. (Garfunkel). But not by much.

[tonettevalle]

cute bunny... love it! and what a wonderful song and her voice is just amazing!

[loveswolves92]

I loved that movie, have to read the book.

[mcole24121983]

this is a nice loveley power ballard i love it

[PitifulSweetheart]

THE BUNNY IS SOOO CUTEEEEE

[furusatori]

cute rabbit

beautiful song

[paulgeoffreybrown1]

I find it frankly weird that a song with a lyrics like "following a river of death downstream", "nobody seems to know where you go", and "There's a high wind in the trees / a cold sound in the air / and nobody ever knows when you go / and where do you start / oh, into the dark" is imagined as a cute bunny washing their face.

The same song, the same lyrics, might as well be associated with the hardest US Marine Sargeant on some spec of rock in the mountains of Afghanistan.

[phantasma616]

@paulgeoffreybrown1 It's because this song was originally written for "Watership Down", a movie about rabbits. This song accompanies a rabbit as he dies and his spirit joins their spiritual deity in the sky. Ergo, a bunny.

[nsctcs]

I like Hayley Westenra, but for Bright Eyes I want Garfunkel!

[MrAckieuk]

art garfunkel has never sounded so good , simply beautiful . ohh and the rabbits cute too lol .

[BlueFireTigerLion]

i think i like hayley's version better than the original. it's a great song, and i love the pic of the bunny

[Stephspirit08]

This song was in Lovely Bones!!!!!!!! I love that movie!!! And Hayley Westenra!!!! Thankyou.

[rosesinbloom333]

oh my gosh so sad! cute bunny

[hunnol]

Hayley y su angelical voz, esa es una cancion de simon y garfunkel si no me ekivoco, ella la canta hermosamente, Hayley tiene un espiritu muy especial ke lo lleva a sus canciones....el conejito es muy lindo, tan chikito y tierno

[lilsaprano123]

Does anyone know if i can get this for a backing track ?

[lilsaprano123]

This is beautiful

[ButterflyLila]

So cute, reminds me of my pet bunny : )

[giselitapp4]

por fin la encontre esta cancion es preciosa y ella la interpreta muy bien adoro su voz ella y sarah brightman son mis favoritas adoro sus voces aunque cada una con su estilo verdad :)

[giselitapp4]

me encanta esta cancion quisiera bajarla pero en ares viene cantada por un hombre nimodo ·_·

[LittleCuteAngel5]

Bunny = So Cute <3

Her Voice= So Wow .. <3

[sharkboy214]

nicely sang very nice lovely voice

[starshine147]

wow that is high

[Yurica0104]

I found this video about 1 month ago

and since then ive listened to it everyday

thank you:)

[always4HIM8D]

i know this is a little besides the point but that picture is adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love haley tooo! perfect combo

[kimkules]

i love her voice so peacefull :)

[carinha40]

Her vocal skills are great (say different and you better be a teacher).

Does anyone know if she has sung classical music?

[Kimbil23]

Our old music teacher at school, coached her :) shes a brilliant singer. Go hayley!

[penguinfox529]

@Kimbil23 you are so kidding me! it would be a high honor to coach her~ i <3 hayley!

[MrMusicman1983]

@carinha40 just keep looking through you tube, she has sang with andrea bocelli im sure, has also sang with "celtic woman", an irish group, absolutely fantastic, you will also find them on you tube

[WolfLover995]

Beautiful song and it is sung nicely, but I believe that Art Garfunkel did better with making the song have more emotion. Hayley is a great singer, but this doesn't seem to be as good as Art's version.

[austy1989]

she was 12 years old when she sang this!

[renehans20]

Well Art did not make that song, it was made by his good friend Mr. Mike Batt and then sunged by Art.

But Mike did sing himself too.

[crazytignor]

OMG. That Bunny is soooo cute! <3 <3

[Pook365]

No emotion...and parts of it are simply to fast for her style...shame her cover of Wutherring height is rather good,..

[TuriTiago]

OMG!!! what a voice, picture!

I'm in looooove!!!

Its make me thankfu... Thank you!

[MrWeatherdude1984]

I'll have to admit, besides Art Garfunkel, Hayley version is good in a different way, she has a very pretty voice.

[Shanis84]

I love this, she has a beautiful voice

[ipaythursday]

Hayley didn't have a 'live band' on this recording. She had to use backing tracks, which didn't help matters. Still a good effort on Hayley's part.

[genissage4u]

She's a very good singer but she totally slaughtered this song, in my opinion.

[yaylornicole]

I totaly agree...

[rynerich]

And she was how old? I would hazard a guess you cannot sing it any better and you have been on this earth 1/3rd more time than Hayley was when she recorded this.

[Neanderthalmanny]

This girl has an Awesome voice but I do prefer it sung at lower pitch....basically i'm saying i've yet to hear anyone sing it better than Art Garfunkel

[mali2003bu]

This girl simply has the voice of an angel. To be so young and talented at the same time is just amazing. The purest voice that I have ever heard.

[wkdconverter]

that bunny is too much! I want that for my desktop!

[Hannahepower]

shes got a voice of a angel iv got her album for chirstmas and has the most beautiful voice ever i sometimes sing this song to my bunny lol

P.S THE BUNNY IS SOOO CUTE

[lolliimollii]

i wish the rabbit was singing... i would adopt it =]

[DancingBandGeek]

That is an adorable little bunny. : )

Very nice Hayley, I like it.

[Gliiidter]

BUNNNYYY!!!

[GouAlex]

How can a rabbit sing like that?!

[RastaJack]

I agree to ony551213 ^^

She´s really a Treasure....for all of us...^^

Opininons may decide, k.....

But she sings like an angel, indeed... ^^

[OhuSolider]

beautiful rabbit/hare and song<3 ^^

[YONCOTON]

Beautiful rabbit !!!!!!

[hogalog]

would make a lovely pie!

[YONCOTON]

Ho ! a lovely pie ? ! Probably...But this one is soooo !!! funny to see !!! that's why i don't really want to eat it !! But you will certainly tell me, if it's funny, it will be a better funny pie !! For sure ! Certainly ! But sometimes i don't want to do what i use to do, eat eat eat !!! Don't wanted to be eated too, by others...Well !!! Good pie good lunch !!

[ony551213]

To sisselfan (three weeks ago).

Undoubtly, Sissel has a crystalclear voice and she's very talented, but you may feel it's a voice of an opera singer; there're so many with such voices - see , also, Angela Gheorghiu.

But Hayley Westenra's voice is out of any canon of vocal music. She just sings for nature - she sings any sort of vocal music with an angelic voice, doubled by an angelic complexion. That make her so special.

She's a Pure Treasure.

[Snowflower77]

unique and lovely voice.........amazing!

[xxr4ng3bull3txx]

The most pure voice ive heard in a long time

[Danirocks121]

this song is awsome and its even better now hayley has sung it

[xstayxbeautifulx]

I love Hayley's voice, she's so amazingly talented!!

[DuchessAliana]

Her voice is so beautiful!

[byheavenlyhosts]

Hayley is amazing - God gifted!

[mets2128]

sniffle beautiful tune cute bunny

[danniesanders]

i love this song

[frenchprincess24]

Beautiful. By the way, is this on any of hayley's CDs?

[rynerich]

Hi frfencprtincess24. This song is on Hsyley's first studio album released in 2001 when she was 14 years old. It is simply entitled "Hayley Westenra" and is available on amazon.

[wickedgal27]

im singing this on britains got talent, love emma x

[DuchessAliana]

Good luck!! :) Hope you do well :)

[sophiebabexxxx]

when was your audition? and do you know if you've got through yet? x

[zengenSanji]

Beautiful song and the bunny!

So cute!

The picture was perfect with the music.

[kunya16]

Beautiful song, what made me listen to it was the bunny! Cute little thing!

[Oldie9]

I wish the bunny would dance.

[Gunawana2]

Man I really want that song now... And the bunny too!!

[SakuraAngelina]

The whole time I'm watching this...I'm thinking, that little bunny is so cute^^ lol. But anyway, nice song.

[T3G3NP00L]

Wow beautyfull voice!

[Digitalfairy]

Lovely perfomance, and goes just beautifully. :)

[shae]

aww... what a cute clapping bunny! i wan 1 too!

[SiriusPotterFan]

Awhh...

cute bunny. :)

[VampireWytch]

i was thinking the exact same lol

[pennymusicMAma]

Reply for SiriusPotterFan, Hayley sings this

well. Sorry, the video brings recent & a few years ago, I had 2 pet bunnies who lived in my

'angel garden'. One was killed by 'neighbor's

cat - I tried to save it when heard it's scream, however my 1st died of shock,as I chased the cat away & it dropped it. Too late.

My 2nd little sweet was killed by 'neighbor' &

displayed along with baby squirrel for me to see. Why are people so mean? These innocents

stayed in our'peaceable kingdom' yard.

[leiar1211]

does anyone know who sang this song in the original(from the movie)?

[gerbenseekles]

I believe the original is from Simon and Garfunckel just as another song Hayley sings called Scarborough Fair.

[phantasma616]

yes, it is. though i heard it was only one of them, but definitely at least one from "Watership Down". i actually like that one more.

[wincipoet]

@gerbenseekles It was Art Garfunkel...

[aliga64]

M'AGRADA MOLT

[jea5483]

this song is great and the rabbit is soooo cute

[ARainbowChildx]

omg that BUNNY

^.^

[kamillezg]

that picture makes me feel kind of nostalgic

[whiteangel160756]

it makes my day lisining to it again

[RoadrunnerMZ]

That's because it is based on an amazing book. Maybe one of the 100 most influential novels of all time. Stands in the line with "Alice in Wonderland" or "Gulliver's Travels".

[whiteangel160756]

i love water ship down the film people think im crazzzy

[phantasma616]

i love it too! they don't make kid's films like that anymore.

[knockedoutbymynungas]

It always makes me cry!... Ah, I'm so sad, lol.

xx

[oborozukiyo73]

I'm already streaming tears. It just does that to me, whatever version it is. I read the book but was totally unprepared for the movie.

[phantasma616]

that happens to me with the original, by simon/garfunkel. all the time.

[rubberdu]

@phantasma616 If I don`t remember it wrong it´s just Garfunkel.

No Simon

[phantasma616]

@rubberdu you are correct, Paul Simon was not involved in Bright Eyes ;)

[absjaris]

Me too. Especially the song, namely.

[LiddolFaye]

Tbh I found watership down dead freaky... lol

[whiteangel160756]

i love the rabbit as well

[TanteBrigitte]

I love Räbbits too hähähähä!

[silriadys]

So beautefull!! And this little baby rabbit is so cute. Of course, i love Hayley and the rest on this songs^-^

[hazel66]

I wonder if this song is where the band Bright Eyes got their name?

[ladycestius]

I loved reading Watership Down both books and I enjoyed watching the movie.

[MoviesandBooks]

I love the rabbit. it's so cute

[phantasma616]

me too! lol

[Jouwl]

Soprano, argh, sounds a bit too sharp (not sharp like off pitch) sometimes.

[ShinobiSasukeUchiha]

but Hayley has perfect pitch, so she can't go wrong. :>

[Jouwl]

Like I said, I meant that her sound is sharp, not her tone.

[Jouwl]

And besides, perfect pitch doesn't mean you'll sing with perfect accuracy.

[popinfresh]

oh come on, she was like 14 when she sang this. it sounds great.

[sun24rain]

so soothing

nice one

[Scenerave]

her voice is amazing. I am sooo jealous lol.

[StandardizedTest]

Which of Hayley Westenra's albums is this from????

[phantasma616]

It is from her first album, 'Hayley Westenra' I believe. It is hard to find in some countries, including U.S.

[popinfresh]

yup its from "Hayley Westenra" which was actually her demo album that was given to only family and friends of hers.

[milewalker1]

That is not quite true.  She made a demo album some months before which was called "Walking in the Air". Subsequently, she was signed to a local contract and released "Hayley Westenra" - which contains several of the same songs. It also reached number 1 on the New Zealand pop charts shortly thereafter. I discovered her through a mention of her on the site of another artist, and ordered it. It isnt all that hard to find as an import

[SaturngalA]

i LOVE this singer!!! yay someone else knows who she is!!!!

Amanda