Lena Horne was amazing. She was of a time when you really had to sing and not just look good while a computer "fixed" your voice for you like so many of today's "artists", if you could call half of them that after seeing this woman at work. Thanks for uploading!
I feel so grateful that I saw this performance of hers on Broadway. This rendition of the song is the best ever. The hair still stands up on the back of my neck when I hear it! Brava Horne!
This was perhaps the greatest show/concert in the history of music. Oh how she will be sadly missed. She was beautiful, brilliant and perfect in a world that was often ugly, ignorant and imperfect.
@Ruffian - I can truly understand how this performance could be frightening for a child to see. Lena sang it with so much emotion and such truth that only a very sensitive, intuitive child would be swamped with these unexplainable feelings and run from them. It was the same way for me when I was a child and heard Billie Holliday sing. It was physically painful to me. Almost excrutiatingly so. I would run to another room or from the house to get away from all that hurt.
It felt as if I were being sliced by razor blades.I didn't realize why I reacted this way to her music until I saw the movie - Lady Sings the Blues. Billie sang with such pain and fear that as a young child, I felt it slice through me too deeply.
I am glad that I was an adult when I heard Lena's rendition of this song. Having had experiences of my own by then, I resonated with the lyrics and marveled at her ability to put the sum of her emotions into this piece. Even listening to it now, I have more goose bumps than I did when I saw her on Broadway
@MsBonesBaby You understand perfectly! I've come to realize that I am what is called a highly sensitive person, that's why I was so affected by Lena's performance of this song. Since you were overwhelmed by the pain in Billie Holliday's singing, you may be an HSP too.
@Ruffian144 _I TOO am such as you described! And I am also a singer! And THIS is how I WANT to sing THIS song! All of the other renditions just never 'did' it for me, until I heard Mamma Horne 'DO IT"! WOW! I won't be her, but this type of approach, and arrangement is what I have always heard of it! I am sooo Moved by HER treatment of it, I am driven to tears......everytime! God Bless Mama Lena, and God Bless YOU!
I remember seeing this broadcast on PBS when I was a kid. It frightened me to learn that people could have good intentions yet repeatedly make poor choices & feel such aching regret in our latter years. Lena's voice & facial expressions while singing this song haunted me for a long time. Viewers who like this will probably also like Patti Labelle's "Somewhere over the rainbow." Look for the version of Patti singing in a red and silver dress, it's her best performance of the song.
The ferocity with which Lena performed this was almost frightening. This was no mere "acting", it's clear that the song resonated with her on a very deep level, and she was putting it all out there for everyone to see. Amazing interpretation that will probably never be topped. Glad I got to see it "live" during her one woman show - because as much as "Stormy Weather" may have been her signature tune, this was The Lady & Her Music's real emotional centerpiece for me.
Lena Horne was amazing. She was of a time when you really had to sing and not just look good while a computer "fixed" your voice for you like so many of today's "artists", if you could call half of them that after seeing this woman at work. Thanks for uploading!
davidanddavidinbali 1 month ago 2
@davidanddavidinbali My pleasure! And I agree with you 100% :)
Butterflyxoxo09 3 weeks ago
Unique and fabulous!
SuperSeahorse22 4 months ago
You can tell she lived every word of this song. Man, Mama Lena didn't "sing" this song: she SANG IT.
cocoamorocco19 4 months ago 4
what a artist
MrShyjohn 6 months ago
sooooo good.
minniedgreat26 7 months ago
great. she was just great. nobody sang a song the way she did...
aurielambert 7 months ago
I feel so grateful that I saw this performance of hers on Broadway. This rendition of the song is the best ever. The hair still stands up on the back of my neck when I hear it! Brava Horne!
hotboyronald28 9 months ago
Love her voice. - Rest in Peace, Lena!
Schillerstahl 10 months ago
This was perhaps the greatest show/concert in the history of music. Oh how she will be sadly missed. She was beautiful, brilliant and perfect in a world that was often ugly, ignorant and imperfect.
bearlaw2 11 months ago 2
@Ruffian - I can truly understand how this performance could be frightening for a child to see. Lena sang it with so much emotion and such truth that only a very sensitive, intuitive child would be swamped with these unexplainable feelings and run from them. It was the same way for me when I was a child and heard Billie Holliday sing. It was physically painful to me. Almost excrutiatingly so. I would run to another room or from the house to get away from all that hurt.
MsBonesBaby 1 year ago 3
It felt as if I were being sliced by razor blades.I didn't realize why I reacted this way to her music until I saw the movie - Lady Sings the Blues. Billie sang with such pain and fear that as a young child, I felt it slice through me too deeply.
MsBonesBaby 1 year ago
I am glad that I was an adult when I heard Lena's rendition of this song. Having had experiences of my own by then, I resonated with the lyrics and marveled at her ability to put the sum of her emotions into this piece. Even listening to it now, I have more goose bumps than I did when I saw her on Broadway
MsBonesBaby 1 year ago
@MsBonesBaby You understand perfectly! I've come to realize that I am what is called a highly sensitive person, that's why I was so affected by Lena's performance of this song. Since you were overwhelmed by the pain in Billie Holliday's singing, you may be an HSP too.
Ruffian144 11 months ago 2
@Ruffian144 _I TOO am such as you described! And I am also a singer! And THIS is how I WANT to sing THIS song! All of the other renditions just never 'did' it for me, until I heard Mamma Horne 'DO IT"! WOW! I won't be her, but this type of approach, and arrangement is what I have always heard of it! I am sooo Moved by HER treatment of it, I am driven to tears......everytime! God Bless Mama Lena, and God Bless YOU!
Much Love to you all, Bro. Carl Jenkins
stage7 11 months ago 2
I remember seeing this broadcast on PBS when I was a kid. It frightened me to learn that people could have good intentions yet repeatedly make poor choices & feel such aching regret in our latter years. Lena's voice & facial expressions while singing this song haunted me for a long time. Viewers who like this will probably also like Patti Labelle's "Somewhere over the rainbow." Look for the version of Patti singing in a red and silver dress, it's her best performance of the song.
Ruffian144 1 year ago
Rest in Peace Lena.
TotallyItalian1 1 year ago
The ferocity with which Lena performed this was almost frightening. This was no mere "acting", it's clear that the song resonated with her on a very deep level, and she was putting it all out there for everyone to see. Amazing interpretation that will probably never be topped. Glad I got to see it "live" during her one woman show - because as much as "Stormy Weather" may have been her signature tune, this was The Lady & Her Music's real emotional centerpiece for me.
losangeleno 1 year ago 6
Lena nails this song amazingly!!! She is the greatest!
j0nih75 1 year ago 2