@Nemesis7293 I don't watch "Broadway Empire" nor would I pay to get HBO service. I just happen to love Regina's work. She has no boundaries in music ... from classical to rock, to pop, to punk, to folk, to jazz, to country, to Broadway tunes. Not many artists can do that so well. You don't have to agree with it, but that was my point.
Alice Faye and the studio were sued by Fanny Brice and her husband for appropriating her life story for the movie "Rose of Washington Square." The case was settled out of court.
ONLY Streisand could have played her...I have never heard this by the original Fanny before...the voices are very different, but the heartfelt emotion portrayed by both is stunning...
Billie Holiday in her swinging scratchy voice announced : "And now I'd like to sing for you a tune made famous by miss Fanny Brice...titled... My Man".
I wonder what it would have been like if Fanny had sang this song in the Streisand version style. Would the audience have been shocked and walked out of the theater without telling anyone what they had just witnessed? If she had sang this song with Streisand's feelings and in your face everyone, cuz he's My Man attitude, that may have changed the era of music sooner then having to wait for Elvis and the twisting of his hip.
How could one over act Fanny Brice? She was in Yiddish theater, and Vaudville. She worked for Ziggfield and Billy Rose. These were not subtle understated places to work.
Fanny Brice was loud and funny and in your face. And lord overdone. These are not criticisms of her work. For the time and era, she was a star. But to say that Streisand over played Fanny is unfair and incorrect. However she more accurately portrayed Fanny in Funny Lady. In Funny Girl, the character was more like Barbra.
This recording is a treasure...as was Fanny Brice herself. Of course it's now almost impossible not to compare Brice with Streisand. For me, Fanny wins hands down. Barbara Sreisand may just be an acquired taste that I never acquired. In "Funny Girl," Streisand overacts (or was overdirected), and her singing is, like always, so perfect, and yet so hopelessly overdone and self conscious. If we could only have seen Fanny herself on the screen.
@marknsprmo I agree 100%! Defiant is the very first word that came to my mind. I appreciate Brice's version & it may be the original. But, it is not Barbra only one of those.... Simply the Best
Fanny Brice sings this song with beautiful simplicity and pathos. In 1968, Streisand (and the arranger) turned this hauntingly beautiful song into a flashy production, losing a whole lot in the translation. I have a suspicion that one of the reasons for this re-arrangement was to draw attention away from the lyric. Let's face it. The song is about a woman clinging to an abusive relationship with her lover.
@dmnemaine When did Billie Holliday sing it? There's a YouTube post of Holliday singing this live. Takes it to a different level. Hard for most other vocalists to get rid of the camp and sing an honest song. Of course, honest was what Billie Holliday was all about.
OMG!!! This is even sadder and touchy than Barbra's version TT-TT Im on tears!!! Its so fitting for her true story (not the fictional from funny girl but the real real one). Loooooove her voice is sooo deep
This is such a beautiful song...and when hopelessly in love with someone, pride is not an issue. I think you must have high self-esteem to admit to yourself and others how you feel about "your man" and accept it. But, when writing this song I'm certain the songwriter wasn't thinking about alot of our psychobabble words we use today. It's like the blues (smile) or a good country-western song about love.
It was a product of the times back then when divorce was frowned upon and you stayed married no matter what. Also, females were treated like second-class citizens in many instances. Fortunately, some women later on became sick and tired of that and started the "equal rights" movement which really helped change things. And, by the way, I am a male who is very proud to continue my mother and grandmother's legacy in the battle for equal rights for all people. Fanny Brice is great!
Funny Girl finished already and I wanted to know her voice. Barbra Streisand made a precious thing with this music is as so tragical as the real Fanny Brice made. Beautiful, I loved the movie and now I love her, too.
@lor060635 yeh ! I`m only 43 I wish Icould of seen all those actresses `n actors and singers , around that time , the singers now they showt far too loud or r `n`b talkin` music . ach .well time goes on in life music gets direrent all the time ,young todellers will probably say the same about the mucic that`s nout just now
To me, Regina Spektor's interpretation of this song for the HBO series "Broadway Empire" is the very best out of the bunch.
IAintOverYet 1 month ago
@IAintOverYet Cheap, modern, ghetto trash....period.
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@Nemesis7293 I don't watch "Broadway Empire" nor would I pay to get HBO service. I just happen to love Regina's work. She has no boundaries in music ... from classical to rock, to pop, to punk, to folk, to jazz, to country, to Broadway tunes. Not many artists can do that so well. You don't have to agree with it, but that was my point.
IAintOverYet 3 weeks ago
Personally I enjoy Streisand much better all her song covers sound nicer
dollysbiggestfanCC 1 month ago
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ihatebrice 2 months ago
Interesting to compare to Streisand's version
1963crazycatlady 2 months ago 2
This Woman marks the death of music, if you cannot compare, you are not there. ( "pun" intended )
lovely lady.
MarkushenrikDrolsum 2 months ago
Baby Snooks-Fabulous!
therleyt 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Fanny Brice
Just sensational!Thanks so much for this post!
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TheVideostunad 3 months ago
great
Thorneycroft1937 3 months ago
Alice Faye and the studio were sued by Fanny Brice and her husband for appropriating her life story for the movie "Rose of Washington Square." The case was settled out of court.
beamanact 4 months ago
this is so awesome
briannasmiley 4 months ago
ONLY Streisand could have played her...I have never heard this by the original Fanny before...the voices are very different, but the heartfelt emotion portrayed by both is stunning...
brizpeg47 5 months ago 9
achingly beautiful
Lynettewoodfl 5 months ago
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha....... Fanny
Reddykills 6 months ago
Just watched Barbara Streisand portray Fanny Brice in Movie "funny girl", and thought i'd look up the real deal.
RichLOAguy 7 months ago
Billie Holiday in her swinging scratchy voice announced : "And now I'd like to sing for you a tune made famous by miss Fanny Brice...titled... My Man".
oysterpippo 7 months ago
Alice Faye does this song too and it is hauntingly beautiful. I cant find it here on you tube though but I got it off of I tunes a few months ago.
kimpunkrock 8 months ago 2
@kimpunkrock I have just posted Alice Faye's version of this song it you want to check it out. I added it as a response to this video.
GoldenEraDame 8 months ago 3
you else sang this song?
kimpunkrock 8 months ago
@kimpunkrock Billie Holiday
dedekhris 8 months ago
@kimpunkrock Mistinguett (original singer "Mon Homme") Fanny Brice, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Edith Piaf, and Lea Michele
caliboiblu 6 months ago
@caliboiblu And you can now add Regina Spektor to that list. She covered this song for the "Boardwalk Empire" soundtrack.
IAmPlaysWithSquirrel 6 months ago 3
@IAmPlaysWithSquirrel Yes! And I've already listened to it, it's hauntingly beautiful and I just thought: Fuck yeah, thanks we have Regina.
houseinthesand 6 months ago
Fanny Brice AND Barbra Streisand, I LOVE, L O V E them BOTH each for the uniquely & Genuinely TALENTED, BEAUTIFUL HUMAN SPIRITS THEY ARE !!!
ajmannn 8 months ago
Brice wasn't the first to sing this either. It was originally a French song, 'Mon Homme' and went back to 1916!!!!!
jimdivax 9 months ago
what makes great things great come once never to return.
archie977 1 year ago
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archie977 1 year ago
I love em both for who they were and are
daveisup2it 1 year ago
I wonder what it would have been like if Fanny had sang this song in the Streisand version style. Would the audience have been shocked and walked out of the theater without telling anyone what they had just witnessed? If she had sang this song with Streisand's feelings and in your face everyone, cuz he's My Man attitude, that may have changed the era of music sooner then having to wait for Elvis and the twisting of his hip.
2JamesGregory 1 year ago 3
like the jazzy sound it has ...... i always thought billie holiday did this song first ....
phdseuss 1 year ago
Thank you so much for posting this. It's so wonderful to hear the incomparable Fanny Brice!
jamielynnfox 1 year ago
Incomparable and legendary performance. No one has surpassed it.
carrotjuse 1 year ago
How could one over act Fanny Brice? She was in Yiddish theater, and Vaudville. She worked for Ziggfield and Billy Rose. These were not subtle understated places to work.
Fanny Brice was loud and funny and in your face. And lord overdone. These are not criticisms of her work. For the time and era, she was a star. But to say that Streisand over played Fanny is unfair and incorrect. However she more accurately portrayed Fanny in Funny Lady. In Funny Girl, the character was more like Barbra.
marknsprmo 1 year ago 7
@marknsprmo Thanks for this thought. I've never seen Funny Lady all the way through. But this encourages me to search it out.
gjford1951 1 year ago
This recording is a treasure...as was Fanny Brice herself. Of course it's now almost impossible not to compare Brice with Streisand. For me, Fanny wins hands down. Barbara Sreisand may just be an acquired taste that I never acquired. In "Funny Girl," Streisand overacts (or was overdirected), and her singing is, like always, so perfect, and yet so hopelessly overdone and self conscious. If we could only have seen Fanny herself on the screen.
Dannys998877 1 year ago
omg i'm crying.........fanny's version is so emotional!
haleykreeft 1 year ago 3
Streisand's version transformed this pathetically sad song into a defiant and decisive song.
Reinterpreting the words to say Screw you world, this is what I want. You can't say what is right for me.
Both versions are rich in meaning and shouldn't be compared but rather treasured. Every woman singing this song brings herself to it.
marknsprmo 1 year ago 12
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bam624 1 year ago
@marknsprmo I agree 100%! Defiant is the very first word that came to my mind. I appreciate Brice's version & it may be the original. But, it is not Barbra only one of those.... Simply the Best
bam624 1 year ago
wonderful
bobbsyjo72 1 year ago
This is a really interesting version with such a beautiful voice of a very old french song called "mon homme"...
imotep7234 1 year ago
Fanny Brice sings this song with beautiful simplicity and pathos. In 1968, Streisand (and the arranger) turned this hauntingly beautiful song into a flashy production, losing a whole lot in the translation. I have a suspicion that one of the reasons for this re-arrangement was to draw attention away from the lyric. Let's face it. The song is about a woman clinging to an abusive relationship with her lover.
dmnemaine 1 year ago
@dmnemaine When did Billie Holliday sing it? There's a YouTube post of Holliday singing this live. Takes it to a different level. Hard for most other vocalists to get rid of the camp and sing an honest song. Of course, honest was what Billie Holliday was all about.
brelfan 1 year ago
OMG!!! This is even sadder and touchy than Barbra's version TT-TT Im on tears!!! Its so fitting for her true story (not the fictional from funny girl but the real real one). Loooooove her voice is sooo deep
KatherineLupin 1 year ago
Wow, this song made me cry like a little baby. :( It makes her sad story that much more hard-hitting.
ObsTheGreat 2 years ago
Wow, I didn't realize Fanny Brice could sing like that. My grandmother was a big Fanny Brice fan but I never realized just how great she was.
bloodhoundgal 2 years ago
wow, she is awesome
yellow435 2 years ago 2
This is such a beautiful song...and when hopelessly in love with someone, pride is not an issue. I think you must have high self-esteem to admit to yourself and others how you feel about "your man" and accept it. But, when writing this song I'm certain the songwriter wasn't thinking about alot of our psychobabble words we use today. It's like the blues (smile) or a good country-western song about love.
edb081904 2 years ago 10
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wow. low self esteem anthem.
wapa710 2 years ago
It was a product of the times back then when divorce was frowned upon and you stayed married no matter what. Also, females were treated like second-class citizens in many instances. Fortunately, some women later on became sick and tired of that and started the "equal rights" movement which really helped change things. And, by the way, I am a male who is very proud to continue my mother and grandmother's legacy in the battle for equal rights for all people. Fanny Brice is great!
Kind67 2 years ago 8
Bless you for posting this. I agree with what robeekay commented; they put it perfectly.
LesNeiges 2 years ago 3
Funny Girl finished already and I wanted to know her voice. Barbra Streisand made a precious thing with this music is as so tragical as the real Fanny Brice made. Beautiful, I loved the movie and now I love her, too.
rtms1988 2 years ago 5
SHE WAS A TREASURE
lor060635 2 years ago 43
@lor060635 yeh ! I`m only 43 I wish Icould of seen all those actresses `n actors and singers , around that time , the singers now they showt far too loud or r `n`b talkin` music . ach .well time goes on in life music gets direrent all the time ,young todellers will probably say the same about the mucic that`s nout just now
MrGrannynumber1 5 months ago
this is beautiful. so tragic.
machinegunvibrato 2 years ago 7
Thanks for preserving a national treasure.
robeekay 2 years ago 35