Cathy Berberian | Ticket to ride | The Beatles

[sunsdomain]

forgot to mention that her Florence Foster Jenkinsesque version of "Spring Song" is even better... now let's see if it can be found on Youtube...

[sunsdomain]

I heard this way back when and it stuck in my mind as one of the funniest things I'd ever heard, especially the showy trill on "yeah"

[garbageambiguity]

Holy shit. She made the Beatles' music actually listenable!

[HerroPreaseOK]

I'd do her.

[jackhillty]

she must have been a riot

[bluevlilac09]

interesting...

[CasaresPianoPlayer]

Igudesman & Joo version is 10000000 times better

[teena6051]

A truly beautiful version of the song!!!!!



[1969SL]

Brilliant,brilliant,brilliant!­

[jerseytomato100]

John Lennon is turning in his grave.

[pboots]

Whoa, my stomach aches from laughing

[TheSchmatto]

She can sing, but this is totally bizarre, it reminds me of Dudley Moore doing Beethoven doing Tom Jones' Delilah. Is she serious?

[twooffour]

@TheSchmatto

This is the lady behind "is it a bird, is it a plane? it's supermaaaan"... I'll let you do the math ;)

[BeatlesExaminer]

The best thing about this is she was deadly serious.

[twooffour]

@BeatlesExaminer

Or was she??

[sunsdomain]

@BeatlesExaminer  Deadly serious? Have you ever heard the term "parody"?

[BeatlesExaminer]

@sunsdomain Yes, I do. She may have hammed it up for the camera a little here, but the album this originally came from wasn't a joke.

[ThisOneFinally]

can you find sheets for this?

[NINJAWHEE]

What in the world did I just watch.

[smileyraw]

this is mad lol

[leprincebeaumont]

Favolosaaaa!

[otterhouse]

Gaaf dat je dit openbaar gemaakt hebt!

[gittangran]

Strange, absurd and totallu too much of everything - simply love it!

[Bine000]

I thought to it was Igudesman & Jo, but this one is even better!

[faunflynn]

POSTMODERN GOODNESS !!

KUDOS !!

[whack47]

Wow I thought IGUDESMAN & JOO came up with the comedic arrangement of this song by themselves, but it's obvious now that it was Andriessen

[tedybear335]

I love that!!

[tedybear335]

Paul McCartney after the chirurgical operation!

[quoththeraven929]

I like her bow. It makes me think of Umbridge from Harry Potter...

[rumpwrestler]

She loosened up after she got rid of that awful husband, Berio.

[BlueCougar]

@rumpwrestler Yet, she worked with him until her death.

[donutopo22]

2:42 muy graciosa! la amo! 

[THECLARENCES]

Totally tubular to the max!

xoxo

The Clarences

[PerPassione]

Fantastic!! Makes me smile :-)

[Berdjum]

lors des concerts de Cathy Berberian, il arrivait que la salle soit pliée de rires tellement elle était drole .. une femme qui avait été au sommet de l'art lyrique et qui ne se faisait aucune illusion sur l'incapacité du public à comprendre une artiste de son immense calibre. Quant le public acclame autant de cons et de connes ...

[Mynnia]

Awesome singer and awesome sense of humor.

[rickrisi]

thank you for posting this video!!!

[IanM1984]

She looks like Grotbags.

How do I remember her? That was YEARS ago.

[williamwiegard]

Louis Andriessen, pay attention :-)

[yukieriol]

I don't understand... Who is her favorite dutch composer?

[numadori]

Elle est folle. Au meilleur sens du terme.

[Berdjum]

@numadori je crois que vous etes passé à cote de ce que Cathy Berberian éxécute avec cette vidéo. Elle est dans l'humour. Cathy était 'lune des femmes les plus cultivées qui soit. Elle savait qu'à son niveau, de son vivant, elle ne serait comprise que par très peu d'auditeurs. Elle a vecu avec Luciano Berio, un théoricien de la musique. Là, il faut y voir, une satire du monde des cantatrices qui toussent toujours avant d'attaquer, qui tiennent un bouquet de fleurs à la main ... elle est coquine

[numadori]

@Berdjum Cher Berdjum j'avais bien compris dans quel esprit cette merveilleuse cantatrice exécutait ce genre de performances. Et folle est une qualité en l'espèce.

Bien à vous...

[555Gilda]

YEEEEEE!!!!!

[geocham]

Hey, is there any possible way I can get hold of this programme in full? I have always been in awe of Cathy and her incredible voice!

George