JUDY GARLAND: 'COME RAIN OR COME SHINE'. WAS SHE LIKE THIS AT CARNEGIE HALL?

[wilmapri]

First time I heard this song in Portuguese (beauty version ) with the title "CHOVA OU FAÇA SOL " - eu vou te amar - with the wonderful Brazilian singer PEDRO STEFANI.As beautiful songs are immortal and beautiful in any language because the sensitivity of the soul are especiails people.I love this song. Wonderful !

[sarakat76]

wow amazing!!!!

[thenighthowler1]

StAR! none like her.

[Jayee123]

Great description of this number. I believe she says "Oh my goodness" at the end.

[tomtv1]

Outstanding performance. She was one of the best!

[deanersch1]

Was she like this at CH?

Of course she was!!!!!!!

[rainemeralds]

Judy was my first love at 6 years old. I'm now 34 and she's still the biggest inspiration I've ever known. No performer can, or will, touch her. She has graced my life and will do so until my dying day. My only regret is that I never got to witness her live performance. I can only inadequately imagine the thrill of it. The way she stealthy grabs this number by the throat and attacks it is nothing short of breathtaking. Shocking. Divine.

[veganswines]

sends chills down my spine how sweet she sings

[lotsandlotsofbubbles]

she is absolutely mesmerizing....watching her, you cannot bear to tear your eyes away from the screen

[celluloidcity]

terrifyingly brilliant

[BrochtrupBean]

The first punk rock artist. Period.

[gvt2u]

@BrochtrupBean That's exactly what I thought!! A true great in her time and yet way ahead of her time.

[hirchik]

@gvt2u I agree totally :)

[hirchik]

@BrochtrupBean Wow, spot on.. I think the likes of Mick Jagger were (albeit subconsciously) influenced by Judy .. now there's a thought..

[jeh500]

There are some terrific talents out there - past & present. But Judy stands alone. This is one take, no gimmicks, in front of a live audience - on television. She breezes through a very complicated arrangement & equals the miracle she created at Carnegie Hall. Judy & her ilk are the reason I am not impressed with so many super-stars who take forever to film a video of one song & years to release a single album. We were lucky to have Judy Garland - & her like.

[hirchik]

@jeh500 Totally agree

[joeyT108]

Too bad no one thought to make a proper video for the whole concert at Carnegie Hall. No one thought of this? Unbelievable. This other video is sad in a way because Judy is so thin taking so many diet pills and whatever else. This poor lady's life could have been saved. Didn't they have rehab in those days - Judy thought she had to remain so thin as the "label" told her she had to. Judy, so talented, but for me, the feeling is that "I am looking at a dead woman sing" years before Janis Joplin.

[ddylla85]

Most stunning and entertaining version of this song! I've spent the last 30 min or so looking at/ listening to the other artists on YouTube. While they're still great, this tiny little lady with a voice out of this world, once again went over and beyond. The ending.....100% FABULOUS! ! ! ! ! ** really really hope the Carnegie Doc. makes it to theaters next year**

[vintagefan92]

Holy crap. Very few singers can sing a definitive version of a song then outdo themselves but she did it......regularly. I think it's funny how she amazed herself!

[gvt2u]

I think that she was in much better shape in the Carnegie Hall concert. This is a few years later, and she's physically deteriorated. As great as she is in this clip, she likely displayed even more energy at Carnegie Hall.

[hirchik]

@gvt2u All Judy's performances are open to subjective interpretation. She was subjected to criticism all her life, and today everyone, as they should, will have a take on Judy's artistic legacy. However, one cannot deny that every performance (latterly) of Judy's she sang as if it was going to be her last. On reflection, she gave away too much too soon; belting out until she literally collapsed with exhaustion. I say respect what she left behind: we at least owe her that much.

[mrparke007]

I don't even know how many times I've watched this, but THANK YOU for posting it. This song is just so inspiring and just... wonderful. It captures every aspect of Judy's singing so perfectly. So again, thank you!

[pijalu3]

Absolutely amazing! No singer today can even hold a candle to Judy!

[revskip1223]

Absolutely extraordinary. I've been a singer all my life-church choirs, etc. Judy's artistry with a song is never better demonstrated than in this piece. The rhythm, the modulations-jaw dropping!

[xxxyorks]

WOW!



[Stefanie0621]

If there is a person I wish I had met and a place I wish I had been is Judy Garland and her Carnegie Hall Concert in 1961... This is one of my favorite songs and the way she sings it leaves me speechless... I have the Carnegie album and I love every minute of it. I can't imagine what it must feel to have been there that night. Glorious I'm guessing.

[poeticjournalism]

my favorite judy by far. this is what they meant when they said "greatest night in entertainment"

[surscrib91]

To me, I think she's saying "Oh my goodness!" at the end. The end of this video is a great example of how natural her voice, and especially her vibrato, was. It was uncontrollable. Just a natural genius at work.

[Vengeance509]

like the little birds i see every morning, the last two months, outside my kitchen window, here in southern California, as i have my stupid coffee. they are so small, but full of energy and bursts of song. this woman was a bird, or like one. born to sing, my god was she born to sing.

[TheNetkoDrugi]

@Vengeance509 nicely put. greetings from Europe. :)

[RobertEllis2010]

This song is honestly her most difficult, and she nails it. I dare say she possessed more pure vocal power than any other singer in history. Absolutely sensational!

[rkve2000]

What a pretty face, sigh.

[rkve2000]

What a pretty face.

[bellini7verdi]

es la unica cantante...que yo sepa.....que en el escenario.....era mas que una artista...era como si estuviera en su casa....el escenario era su casa....cuando para los demas artistas el ecenario es solo un escenario........

[BrochtrupBean]

This is a person, an artist, being a genius. Painful, difficult to watch, brilliant, far ahead of her time, enjoyable, inexplicable, jarring, beautiful. None of it makes sense, but all of it makes sense.

[susandonb]

and.... check out her dress! They dont make fashions like that anymore either.

[faeydra]

This woman was an utter DELIGHT!

Watch her at the end..... there is no way anyone can avoid falling for her.

[TheDaguerreotypist]

yet another perfect example of judy garland's amazing talent... taking a mediocre song like "come rain or come shine" and turning into something amazing... nobody has ever done this song even half as well, and i don't think anyone ever will...

[thomasstanners1967]

Holy smoke that's what's called TOTAL EXPRESSION.

[littleurchin28]

According to the book about the Judy Garland Show, "Rainbow's End," Episode three was Judy's best of the series. There was a lot of excitement going on during that week of recording. That little "bump" at 3:04 is quoted to be Judy startling herself and realizing her true vocal power and stage persona. She realized her explosion of perfection and it was recorded on tape. Amazing!

[greatbydesign33]

wonderful!

[jasonlesliestevens]

I think the drugs kicked right in around.2.20. You go girl!!!

[hirchik]

@jasonlesliestevens I feel sad for people who make comments like yours. Particularly, when they haven't a clue what they're talking about. Oh, I'm sure you've read the books, seen the biography channel programme, heard the rumours. Judy's talent was, as boring as you may find it, absolute talent. Her dependency on medication was personal to her; nobody else's business, especially youtube 'morbid freaks'.

[jasonlesliestevens]

@hirchik Sorry, but you don't know what you are talking about. Judy was who she was BECAUSE of her drug habit (and it was more than just a rumour dear, it's a well known and oft publicised fact). I'm not for a second saying that's ALL she was or even that the addiction was her fault (blame Lois B). Yes, she was a powerhouse performer but many of her performances were influenced by her drug addiction. I take umbrage at being called a "morbid freak" BTW.

[poffy8888]

At first, I thought it was: "O my god". Then with headphones on, i examined it to be: "O I'm good !" I'm pretty sure thats what she said, at the end.........John Melb. Australia

[susandonb]

what happened to the performing world that there are no talents like this anymore? I just dont understand it? I loved when I was young my parents turning on tv and we all sit around the tv to watch these kind of shows. Yeah, now they think foul language, blood, and sex is entertaining, what happened? All I can say is thank goodness for You Tube

[Jayee123]

@susandonb I could not agree with you more.

[happiihoneii]

You don't get talent like this any more. People today think just after one hit e.g Justin Bieber they are a gift from God. Judy Garland was a gift fro God. RIP Judy xxxxxxx

[GIRiscute200]

:D god, this woman is AMAZING!!!!! i wish that there were singers like her today, knock some culture into my generation...

[Vengeance509]

bitch could SING. To hell with today's fakes.

Straight to hell.

This woman knew how to wrap her voice around a tune.

[NFitalianGuy]

This Ladies and Gentlemen IS what REAL Singing is! Anyone who tries to copy from her only sets themselves up for failure. You cannot compete with the Original! Rmember once you have the Original all the rest are mere copies. JUDY GARLAND is the original I dont worry about people being better than her because In the 41 yrs since her Death Not one has come close. They are All pretenders to the Throne.

[RynXR]

holy fuck

[Vengeance509]

I can totally see why people paid big money to go and see this woman perform. No forty fuckin swishy back-up dancers and fog machines or shit. Just this woman and the sounds she made, and her charisma.

That, people, is fuckin talent. Watch it and weep, because it doesn't exist anymore. No one touches this kind of singular giftedness.

Wow.

[turandot82]

PHENOMENAL! Best arrangement of this song ever and Judy just kills it! Love this video!

[JUSTSANG71]

This arrangment is SICK and Ms. Garland attacks it with such ease. WOW!

[Spramped1]

Just look at the shear determination in her face at 3:05 She was channeling something deep, very deep to be able to finish the song as she did. I absolutely love the look of shock in her face as she says "oh my goodness" as if she were watching it, in awe, along with us. Never has there been anyone better and there never will.

[waif55]

@Spramped1 I think this is Judy's greatest performance of this song. That last note is a killer and she rarely nailed it. Even on the Carnegie Hall allbum. This time she flew right through it.

[like8you]

oh my!

my chest dropped at 2:22

i love it!

[Vengeance509]

My thought? Itty bitty lady. More talent than God Himself could ever stuff into one human person. Really, who equals her? It's both brilliant and disgusting.

[klavers]

Amazing performance ...!!!!!!!!!!!

[veggiet2009]

I love judy garland... but I like this song better as frankie sang it... or Rose Marie on the Dick Van Dyke show

[AbeNW11]

Wow wow wow wow and wow. This is amazing!!!!!!

[hourlynewscaster]

All these old clips remind me of the day when several nights a week on various networks there were LIVE variety shows. No lip-syncing, just the good stuff. Dennis

[waif55]

She never hit that last note so perfectly, before this or after. Even on Carnegie Hall, she breaks the note. This is THE peak, the best.

[NFitalianGuy]

Judy looked the best she ever did from The Series. Vincente Minnelli was there to watch Liza perform and Judy Knew he was there in the director's booth and she had great affection for Vincente. He made sure she was lit right, her hair & makeup were perfect. He was really the only Director who knew what she needed & how she should be filmed. I read articles from different writers that He Loved her. MMISL proved it. She never knew she was beautiful. She was Beautiful! She gave it her all! Thanks

[mca1218]

Just imagine if the Carnegie Hall concert was recorded full-out on videotape like this. And this arrangement of "Come Rain.." is, at the very least, ambitious: a much faster tempo, aggressive brass and bongos, etc. And Judy doesn't just rise to the occasion, she attacks. By the 3rd minute of the song she's in full bloom: using the arms, stabbing the air for emphasis on certain notes, and on the last "shiiiiine," she surprises even herself. A stunning performance.

[NFitalianGuy]

Well said! :-)

[hairycatdaddy]

WOW! It is like she went to war against the bongo and the brass knowing full well that she was going to beat the hell out of all of them!

[turbankraft]

This song fills me with a sort of melancholy and an inspiring energy at the same time. She was amazing.

[mortygwhiz]

This is a powerful, artistic perfomance. Johnny Mercer fell in love with Judy Garland, much to the chagrin of his wife Ginger Mercer. There was mutual affection.

[SOPHI3333333333333]

she looks and sounds amazing!

[chrissen1]

holy F**K!...seen so many of these (own the shows)...but wow.......PEAKING on all her clinders............sit down merm...take a seat babs.....and just WATCH and enjoy!

[OTRNut]

there is an intense feeling of anticipation throughout the entire performance, due to both the brilliant arrangement and Miss Garland's flawless interpretation, and when she finally hits that last note, all you can do is hold on and let it take you

[geosdgeo]

Astounding!

[OTRNut]

you said it

[lacking556]

This was someone who was 100% on top of her game...and then for this song notched it up to 300%.....I really don't think she thought she would be this good. She nailed that last note....one of those rare occurences where you're already "that good," but your voice just catches that wave and rides to a crescendo that staggers....

[hirchik]

There are a few (minor) hiccups with the lighting, but it doesn't matter: The power in the delivery of this number is palpable. At the end Judy says "Oh, my goodness". I think, sometimes, her vocal prowess surprised even Judy herself! I have personally never seen any other artist perform with such verve and dynamism; Judy translated a song, she didn't just sing out its lyrics, she put feeling into each note and drew the audience into its very essence.

[donnyvango]

Magnificent! She cruises through this difficult arrangement with ease. No-one better!

[Andreamus]

Thank you ..

Even in 2-D I feel the soundwaves and energy from the thunder... Imagining Carnegie Hall is similar to imagining thunder from having seen it on TV. It must have been all the heavens in the motion... We might not have the equipment yet to measure such vibratiions and energy charged phenomenons but it must be in the same leaque as Niagra Falls

Any first hand witnesses here?

[sophiam1234]

Just loooks like she shouts out something meaningless, like a 'horrah' because she got the note. I dont think its an actual word shes saying.

[OTRNut]

looks to me as if she said "Oh, my goodness"

[americansongbook]

She could always sound 'belting' and at the same time sparely elegant. A musical genius, to quote Vincente Minnelli.

[Andreamus]

In the words of Frank Sinatra:

"She will have a mystic survival. She was the greatest. The rest of us will be forgotten - never Judy."

I agree 200 pct. A musical genius and beyond, I might add.. A gift sent from above to spread a little love among Us.

She remains an original and unsurpassed in my opinion.

[chunkylumps]

A Master Class in every way....Looks to me like Judy could be saying "Amen!" at the very end...

[poffy8888]

@chunkylumps No. Its , "O I'm good !" Her show was put ina wrecking yard thanks to assholes running it at the studio. If she had the right people around her, it could have gone on for years.......

[hirchik]

@poffy8888 I doubt Judy would have said that; she was confident (particularly at this time in her career), but not an egoist. It makes sense that she would say "Oh my God" in awe at her own vocal power.

[VideoSam16]

ASTOUNDING! Intense!!

Let's see: "I'm with you all the way" (at 3:02), "Come Rain or Shine" (following at 3:06) . . . .

Maybe she ends with "Come on!" or something?

[Glamouracecollies]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!