Bette Midler - Chatanooga Choo Choo

[mzmiller52]

well, she has succeeded in becoming the homogenized, pasteurized, disneyized vanilla performer she used to mock. so sad.

[stphncrmr]

@mzmiller52 puh leeze... she only became more fabulous

[EarthBoundBaby]

@mzmiller52

Jeez! Someone hand me some boots! The jealousy's gettin' THICK in here, tonight, boys!

[madonalove7845]

Where can i get her singing chattaanooga Choo Choo song, its so good

[alexicon89]

i would like to meet her even tho i'm not a fan.

i would like to meet her to see if my guesses towards her personality are correct :p

[JennelleBelle]

shes not that pretty but her face makes me feel happy.

[kitt75]

Funny, we never want Bette to retire, but Madonna, well...

[EricandDish]

Johnny Carson and Ahmet Ergeron: Two people the human race will never, ever see again (and I think Barry Manilow is getting there). Jim Forbes (the announcer for "Behind the Music") made two mistakes in that piece: First, the date from Bette's first Tonight Show appearance was November 1972 (not July 1970) and he should of called Johnny Carson "The King of Television". Because that's what I think he was.

[StoneyEnd444]

bette is so freakin cute when she smiles 00:30

[BrainiacN5]

I'd really like to see her complete performance, but I could never find it anywhere

[ruthiemanilow]

Barry is the most cutest piano player!!!!

[clovis57]

That was actually from the Johnny Carson Show of November 17, 1972. Does anyone have this episode since it exists?

[madigandesu]

Lol, didn't she do Georgette in Oliver and Company?

[AlexaBabyy5]

yerpp

[JonahPasion]

WICKED TXS

[tiggs95]

I was lucky enough to see this live in 1970 her first time on TV..

[maleficentdiva]

I always think of the witch she played in Hocus Pocus, Winifred Sanderson, she was so good in that part! I wish Bette would go back to being a redhead, she looks so good with red hair!

[piergi517]

Bette Midler is brave and very sympathic!

[sunnytsofiya]

Bette is so cool, she reminds me Regina Spektor nowadays

[fengfipe]

I love her then - and I love her now!!!

Good, better, Bette!!!!!

[HotShotRuksy]

i put a spell on you

lol

[thebrujaisbackagain]

lol every time i see her i think "its winifred sanderson!"

[sommy38]

phenomenon.......x

[franfan2]

what is the second song she sings before red?

[yieldyieldyield]

Uptown.

[jetskie1234]

i am sorry to ask but what was the last song she sings? xx jetskie1234

[tuffy2342]

The Song is Red From her Broken Blossom Album

[XX00Ghost00XX]

Bette Midler is such a great performer!!

[LuanaGM]

i like when carmen miranda sings that one!

[pauletaloca]

love her

[pekoe]

this was TOO Coola rare find-- iwish we had the whole Johnny clip---rock on people--an shake it baby--toke up on some Manilow

[unclebobunclebob]

toke up on some Manilow? Can those words even co-exist in the same sentence?

[pekoe]

wow Johnny Genuinely lovd her -- this was Magic...

[glassdragonfly]

Bette is my absolute hero. Her life has been extraordinary.

[StoneyEnd444]

wow, someone was a badass. still is. id fuck her.

[grai]

Barry Manilow was so Jewish at the end 'have you ever heard of anything like this?'

[Mazartz]

There really is only 1 Bette Midler and thank goodnes for that! SUCH a unique talent. Loved her for 30 years now and will love her for the next 30.

[drtpur16]

I love this song. She is so cute.

[robertsmiff]

i need this song for my mum! i can't get it anywhere, not even itunes! any ideas? was it on any cds?

[pekoe]

russian mp3 site has everything-- like 2 cents a song

[paul51]

I loved this Bette Midler . . . not so much now . . . sorry to say.

[stphncrmr]

I'm curious: why not?

[paul51]

Cuz back then Bette was "raunchy, crude, salty, etc." She's too "proper" now . . . sorry to say.

[earthmother]

proper? guess you haven't seen any of her stage shows.

either way, Bette is the Ballz

[paul51]

You're right, I haven't.

[drewqq]

@stphncrmr I went to see Midler in Las Vegas. I was always a big fan, but I was a little disappointed in the show. I know she's a lot older now, but she used to be edgy and now she's very safe and conservative. She's still a beautiful singer though. Just not the sassy upstart she made a career out of being.

[missmluva]

i know i'm gona be murdered for this but yes "that" bette midler was much better! this one.. not so much! but this bette is better than no bette at all lol!

[mrmoony]

I'm with you missmluva. I fell in love with Bette's early work when I was a kid...TOTALLY respect her now but LOVE her early stuff.

[xhappyaccidentx]

I dunno, I love her just the same.

I absolutely ADORE her early stuff,

But her newer stuff as well, is really great.

Bette is an all-around star, I'll tell you that.

(:

[punkylynnbrewster]

@paul51 bette midler will be great until the day she dies. just so you know..

[paul51]

@punkylynnbrewster . . . let's see if you can understand my comment: I simply stated that, TO ME, I loved the "old" Bette . . . I did not state she wasn't great now . . . get it, got it, good.

[MarilynMonroe6]

@paul51 you're entitled to your opinion, but you gotta realize you can't always go around screaming about being a big whore with big tits all of your life, she's still bette, but a refined bette

[AtomicUs5000]

Adding 50 votes for Bette Midler!

[helow98]

brilliant!

[Liam9993]

What's that song that she's singing at the very end?

[stphncrmr]

The song is called "Red" and it's from her 1977 album, Broken Blossom

[punkylynnbrewster]

@stphncrmr red red i want red! ahhhhhhh i love her...

[lovebettemidler]

She's soo good!!! love Bette <3 It's amazing how she can sing and dance like that at the same time!

[erinvander]

This is amazing got any more?????

[express510]

Please!!!

[grai]

please please!!!

[missmluva]

ooh and johnny carson was absolutely right about her!

[fosse101]

This gives me chill bumps! I love her so much!

[missmluva]

divine!! :):) <3 thanks for posting!

[divinegrace01]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this bit of sheer genius.