Barbra Streisand - Free Again

[voidforpurpose]

Nancy Wilson's take on "Lus Life" is a little less over the top.

Wish it were online for comparison.

[ajah007]

Violetta Villas did it much better, even tho I love both of them

[MizOoO2070]

awsome



[MultiOldmama]

oh, yes!



[magicmysterytour]

Barbra is always great but I have to confess I like Vicky Leandros' version of this song more. Better intonation and emotion, makes me feel she really means it.

[hesia5]

Kocham obydwa głosy. Zależnie od nastroju - VV miała więcej ekspresji i... powodów o marzeniu o wolności.

[paszko1982]

 Maybe Barbra is a master but Violetta Villas is PRIMADONNA ASSOLUTA...

[maxsimotos]

Violetta Villas zdecydowanie lepiej to śpiewała...



[KrysteQ1997]

Villas vs Barbra... Villas win. :)

[eldiran2]

@KrysteQ1997 We must all assume that those of you who prefer Violetta's version are joking...or you are polish nationalists...because, truthfully, she is dreadful. Maybe as a Las Vegas showgirl, but serious contender to Streisand...?? Sorry, no.

[anija45]

violetta villas did it better

[jofpinto]

Fantastic

[JoycetheVoice01]

WHAT AN ARTIST REALLY ENVY HER VOICE SHE SING'S THE SONGS I LIKE TO SING BUT I'LL NEVER BE AS GOOD AS HER BUT I TRY !

[Northshoreman1]

Whats very odd is here shes doing a french album right? and here she does an english version of this song,But yet a few years earlier she introduced this very song on Color Me Barbra in french??? go figure! Maybe thats why is album wasnt as big a seller as alot of her earlier records were

[niny44]

this is an italian song by M° Canfora

[Evanescence140]

This is really a good one, but Violetta Villas just makes her look like a 4 year old.

[eldiran2]

@Evanescence140 We all assume you are joking, of course. Streisand wasn't declared THE female voice of the century without good reason. Great reason, in fact. Nobody comes close........

[7antoosah]

TOWERING FEELING

[miguelucho20008]

to me, it is better than the original French one -'Non, c'est rien!'

[angelballs1]

This always reminds me of an old boyfriend when things were going wrong. This song was just out of Barbra's album (yes, that long ago)! It became a song a played a great deal when I was alone, crying with my new freedom! It still brings my back to that time.

[Duck8107]

Barbra's take on this song slays me every single time. Still get chills when I hear it. Outstanding.

[agfsete]

Here now hearding Barbra's voice I'm feel really free again...

[maguitajofre123]

¡¡MARAVILLOSA Y EXCEPCIONAL BARBRA STREISAND, TU VOZ ME ARROBA EL ALMA!!

[alekx77]

Remarkable rendition

[poldiddy]

Piercing, perfectly controlled and the best voice ever recorded.

[NewRamzi]

Violetta Villas was better then B. Streisand

[eldiran2]

I agree that this is the better version....precisely because she sings it as if she is supposed to mean when there is a dark undercurrent of irony. Streisand did this superbly--in her dark rendition of a usually goofy "Happy Days Are Here Again", in the "Funny Lady" song written for her, "How Lucky Can You Get?, and here, I think, the best of the lot. It is brilliantly sarcastic.

[nancyfloressantos]

Remembering wonderful moments of 1966..........

[wilhelmlds]

I`m really proud to know thi music!!!

I love Barbra!!!

[monicatov]

To the Psychotronic weapon who seized me, my sacred dream (not secret though, there are no secret between us) :

Free Again

Back to being free again

Back to being me again

With all my precious freedom, my precious, precious freedom

On my own

Back to being on my own

Back to live the life I'd known

Before I ever knew it, before I ever knew it

[GotDaBlue]

Yes, comparisons are odious but, keying off the reference to Scott Walker I eagerly clicked on his version - Barbra's version is head and shoulders above that in subtleties, emotional content, nuance, complexities. This rates close to Nessum Dorma in the tear-jerk factor and I'm happily married.

[CheckMate657879]

The consummate - -

superb -

one woman show!

[odoanna1]

Wonderful, powerful and utterly, utterly sincere. Though I love Scott to bits and pieces and beyond, this is a woman's version and it's just as poignant and true, though so very different from Scott's, who himself -let's agree here -has never been afraid of doing 'over the top'.. .Sorry to disagree with you, Janicead ;)

[wieslawaify]

Let's watch this song Violetta Villas....

[janicead]

I'm sorry, I've been a Barbra fan for a long time, but Scott Walker's version far trumps this. Scott is subtler and more touching. His voice catches the irony much better than Barbra's typical over-the-top rendition.

[butch1146]

Sorry for my spelling of 'Non C'est Rien'. I never was good in the French language.

[butch1146]

Yes it is the same song as" Non Ces't Rien". I remember them both very well. I was so young and so innocent then. When I just turned 21 I used to go to an obscure little gay bar, the only gay bar in my area. I would spend all my money playing the juke box , listening to Barbara sing both versions and sit in the corner booth with tears in my eyes, a lonely innocent little boy . You know what, I am the same little boy I was then, 44 years ago, but with the scars of life . I Love You Barbara.

[tyjeffries]

but is this the same song as 'Non C'est rien?' from colour me Barbra... but translated?

It must be . huh...

[lauraioanal]

Is sad to be... free again.

[rampart331]

very

[ASeasonedWitch]

Achingly bittersweet.

Haven't we all been there?

[Raulrojo1958]

I love this song, its old, but I think is one of the best of Barbra.

[ScottNYC09]

Although this Album just recently went gold, I suggest that delay was the result of poor circulation. Of the Album.

[Cosmapl]

In "Sahara" Barbra sang this song with Violetta Villas. Audience and Eartha Kitt shouted: "Viva Violetta".

[lesny1991]

You listen Free Again - Violetta Villas

[sueintexas]

Anyone know the name of the band from Rochester, NY that covered this. would have been in the late 60's. Thanks.

[Bobbyg49]

Excellent song. I love the irony in it!!

[bundleHastings]

Should be the anthem of womens liberation, if only it didn't sound so sardonic.

[Oldiesbuff925]

Not one of her most popular, but one of my favs by her and much meaning...especially with my near future. Love ya Babs

[somostodosiguales1]

She´s a master!

[paszko1982]

@somostodosiguales1 Maybe Barbra is a master but Violetta Villas is PRIMADONNA ASSOLUTA...

[dunyadayim]

i like it from vicky leandros beter,its warmer!!!

[motowngirl65]

Barbara paved the way for the big nose. If not for Barbara , Celine may never have gotten her break.

[a7fgbd]

"Simple me" ... Much more than simple you, Barbra.

BTW, does anyone knows why half or so of the times, like in this video, by clicking on the "HQ" icon the effect is the reverse? That is, the "normal" version contains enhanced+stereo sound and the HQ version contains poor/mono sound?

[billyboylb]

Violetta's verson has no subtley whatsoever...it's way toooo over the top.

[MANILABOY6631]

Simply the most stunning voice in human history. The REAL SONGBIRD !

[highart2003]

I agree, can't believe this album has managed to slip under my nose.

[lalika53]

nem tudni angol,de ilyen szépen sirni csak ő tudott, hogy szabad lett

[salahhe]

I have listened to almost all the different singers doing this song but only when I found Barbra's I really felt that this is the best expression of my own feelings. She really feels the songs, not just sing them. Violetta Villas is to Barbara what is a movie to the original book.

[Jonas130488]

Coisas maravilhosas como esta canção, eu curti muito na minha juventude!

[khess2010]

Lol, so I'm in vocalmotive and this isn't even the song were doing. We're doing Prisoner by her, just so you guys know :)

[ShiningSea66]

It's funny - I used to have Streisand LPs as a teenager, but now I hear them, and she sounds so cold to me. She was technically perfect, but songs like this all sound like self-absorbed anthems to me now; all I'm hearing is Babs' enormous ego. The Jack Jones version is so sensitive and nuanced by comparison. Now I want to hear the Violetta Vilas cover, seeing these comments.

[Translucent1982]

you can see Violetta's video clip for this song on my channel. Violetta's version is recorded in dual-voice (voice recorded on a voice, so she sounds quite traumatic)

[konradotbu]

this song is good but Violetta Villas- Free again is better

[crystal66631]

this song is so powerful and no matter how many times i listen to it, i still get chills. barbra streisand's version is very soulful and powerful but Violetta villas's version was of course the original version and she has a pretty good voice so you have to give her some credit. great song-can really relate to it esp. if youve been in a bad relationship with your bf,husband,fiance used you/cheated on you. click the thumbs up icon if you agree with me. thanks!:D

[eldiran2]

Sorry, Villas version may be preferred by some (why, I can't possibly fathom...she's like a spanish Dolly Parton)but Stresand has the voice....and the talent, hands down, above most other female singers of her generation and onwards.

[Translucent1982]

but Violetta has a much wider voice scale and puts more emotions in songs, just listen to her "Ave Maria no morro"...

[KarolinaSapinska]

Violetta Villas is the best! :D But I like streisand version of this song too ;P

[ferbechtel]

canción mas hermosa en esa voz tan encantadora, no puede haber...

[LizziE61550]

C'est tragique. Even at her young age, she had a depth and sense of poignant irony. Ageless.

[crystal66631]

wow im speechless i didnt know this album was soooo awesome! barbra is truly magnifete!peace,♥, and babs 4ever.

[koziorozec29]

I prefer Violetta Villas version, it's more emotional, Violetta Villas it's Super Star.

[Translucent1982]

zgadzam się :)

[belia54]

Thank you for this video.

It's a very beautiful song.

[punisher21200]

This song is sooo chilling to listen too! A great song!

[eldiran2]

This is a pure example of what Streisand did so wonderfully and inventively--singing against the grain of the lyrics (more popularly done on "Happy Days Are Here Again"), the words being joyous and the ironic voice being doubtful. Brilliant.

[LuvDustyToo]

Actually, Streisand is not the first to do this. Judy Garland, Peggy Lee, Nancy Wilson all came before her..and many others. I'll admit though that this is my favorite cover of this particular song. This is back when Barbra was still an interesting singer. She became so boring by the 1980s...

[born4couture]

Thank you so much for this video.I can relate.Pathetic huh ???

[Translucent1982]

I prefer Violetta Villas version, it's more emotional...

[susanmudgee]

Yuck, too over the top

[bioflame]

Free Again,. Barbra Streisand....

[susanmudgee]

Fabulous. I've loved this song since 1965 and was wondering if anyone else loved it too

[efrenarzola]

this is my favorite one, I just love this.