Before the Parade Passes By

[jonsmith3030]

4 people missed the parade.

[romanticspirit]

this is why Barbra Streisand is #1 Listen to the Power in the last note

[LastChanceLife]

This song hits home for me because the parade is a metaphor for life Who can't relate to the fear of life passing you by while you sit in the sidelines?

[MusicOTNight2096]

I don't know what it is, but this song brings me to tears every time. I think it's how strongly she sings 'I've gotta go again/I've gotta drive again/I've gotta feel my heart coming alive again'...Then again, I think it's just because it's Barbara Streisand :-D

[Happyperson290]

Her long nails gross me out. Cut those babies.

[movienut6158]

This set was a multi-million version of New York and, although very impressive, it was one of the features that took Hello Dolly, and the Studio, to the edge of financial catastrophe. It's a terrific movie, I love it and it was simply not the right musical (were there any?) for 1969.

[NVMtheDARKNESS]

she's fantastic!

[brizpeg47]

America, Hollywood and Streisand at their best....

[fromthevalley]

Total legend! xx

[gurlsingerfan]

Many people don't know that the writer of Hello Dolly and these great classic melodies is still alive....Jerry Herman, having been diagnosed HIV positive in 1985, survived the horrible plague of the 1980's and now 25 years later is still, to use the words of one of his songs 'alive and well and thriving'. His lyrics and wonder melodies are now an iconic part of the world soundscape and world history.

[BarbraILoveYou]

My FAV scene!!!!!!!!

[romanticspirit]

YES!! the GREAT STAR EVER  #1 Love Love LOVE HER!!!

[BristolCircle]

This clip is from the 35MM version of the film, rather than the 70MM Todd-AO version.

[movienut6158]

@BristolCircle Good Call Bristol..............I am impressed that you note the difference between the two formats. It's pretty simple however most that, understandably, don't recognize the diffrence miss a much better picture (if available).

[unclealand]

You can hardly see her eyes.

[benitodes]

My favourite song from the movie, too. And the way she sings it! Goosebumps. Though I still haven't made up my mind to join the human race again, no matter how great she makes it seem.

[universoeterno1]

This is the Streisand that i love to listen to. Thank you for the upload. What a beautiful voice!

[funnyguy52]

Too bad the end of the song is cut off.

BTW, that set was over 1200 feet long, the parade took 5 days to film at a cost of $1M (that would $10M today) and they were having a brutal heat wave (it was Spring of 1968).. The final note (cut off here), is the longest note ever sung in a motion picture!

[ricknkay]

@funnyguy52 If you Google Earth the Twentieth Century Fox studio, you can zoom down to the street level on the long boulevard where this was filmed on the lot. The street runs through the entire lenght of the studio. Apparently, some of the set is still standing, just fragments thought.

[LucidDivinity]

This scene always makes me cry for some reason.

[irvinemuscle]

The best. Great movie...

[JohnGent]

Sure wish I could see a parade half as exciting and beautiful as this one. Ruins every parade for you thereafter. All such disappointments. And Barbra is BRILLIANT.

[silenthillmaster755]

wow she couldnt have been bothered to sing the end and actually hold the note. yes lets watch 2 minutes of the parade and end the act. thats exciting...

[Livvy2493]

@Iyprov I read somewhere that she moves her mouth like that because she has a weak jaw.

[romanticspirit]

the Best Female singer Ever on the Planet!!! #1

[TheEsthefanie]

the visual quality is amazing !

[The1962driftingaway]

@TheEsthefanie Cinematography by Harry Stradling; he shot Streisand's first three films. He won an Oscar for MY FAIR LADY, I believe. He came to Hollywood from England (he was born in France), shot a lot of films for Samuel Goldwyn.

[Sulla2300]

I thinks he sings the song too slow and high pitched. I prefer Carol Channing's version

[pmoguyperson]

@Sulla2300 carol channing sucks

[fobesq]

The greatest singer of any and all time. 

[silenthillmaster755]

Okay its awesome but they could have done the last note way better...

[snakedemon11]

3 people let the parade pass them by.

[a2l4y7]

Such control.......Beautiful.

[EmberQZ912995]

My school's doing Hello, Dolly!, (I got shoved in with the tenors) and I have to say, our Dolly may be good, but she is not as good as Babs.

This song's been in my head for a week, honestly.

[englishmockingbirds]

Love this movie, I could watch it a million times and never get bored! :-)

[esthermlaw]

AUGH! They totally skipped the ending to this sequence! I was eagerly awaiting the climax of the song! GROWL!!!

[BlackVelvetIndustry]

@iyprov All actors lip sync in musicals, even in older ones like this...she's probably just acting.

[jackdoe83]

Nice voice, good acting, and well caried... but I thought that Dolly was supposed to be. a bit somewhat older. 

[esthermlaw]

@jackdoe83 You thought she was older? She was born in 1942. She did this film in 1969 and you're surprized she doesn't look older????

[latieplolo]

@esthermlaw I think they meant that the character was older, and Barbra seemed a little young to be playing her.

[pudgeuncle]

@jackdoe83 The original text of The Matchmaker opens with - DOLLY IS OF THAT UNDEFINABLE AGE, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 28 AND FORTY, WHEN YOU CAN'T TELL EXACTLY HOW OLD A WOMAN IS. Streisand looks MUCH older than Crawford and NOT too young for Matthau. The criticism of her age was unwarrranted given how old she was made to look. And she was not a relic like the miscast women who did the show on Broadway. Time has proven this performance.

[lyprov]

Why does Streisand do that thing when she's singing at the beginning where she shifts her jaw to the right? Does that give her voice some sort of inflection, or is it just a habit she picked up somehow? It almost sounds like it puts a sort of bend on her tremolo, but that could just be because I'm trying to find something.

[LaChrysomeleReveuse]

@lyprov I guess it has more to do with her acting than with her singing.

[slobomotion]

@LaChrysomeleReveuse She was taught that at Hunter College.

[TheMusicscotty]

@LaChrysomeleReveuse jaw tension. Listen close and you can hear it.

[alkabayoest]

@LaChrysomeleReveuse actually she does that when she's singing so it's not the acting

[boboskiwatintatin]

@lyprov she might have had TMJ its a joint disease. i have TMJ and it effects how i open my jaw when i sing

[Baumeposh]

@lyprov I think that's a mannerism, 'cause she always do that thing when she sings.....

[HBRprincess]

@lyprov Barbra does that when she lip sings in her movies. notice in her later ones when she is actually singing (usually the ones she directed such as yentl) she doesnt do that with her jaw

[TheRoxannaNicole]

@lyprov a lot of people do that. i dont think they realize they're doing it. i notice from recordings of some of my performances i have certain clicks like that. when i need to belt i tilt my head to the right. its odd but its just things we do.

[Tracey4Music]

@lyprov its to keep herself in tune..or get the note in tune better

[jamlyngar]

@lyprov It's kinda of a habit. I do it, too. :3

[irvinemuscle]

@lyprov i don't know the answer, but i've always found it attractive and endearing..but also think it has to do with her control of her voice...

[PaddlePopQueen]

@lyprov Inflection in the voice.

[lparsons17]

they dont have the budgets they used to

[esthermlaw]

@lparsons17 They don't have actors or singers like they used to!

[avenueyay]

love this movie. i watched it all day today while i was sick

[jamsey59]

this is great...shows the resurgence of life...people pass, but there is life afterwards..

[berry89]

the best Dolly! that ever was and ever will be!

[keepinlow]

Wasn't this the movie the put that clip in Wall-E?

[whitehorsez13]

@keepinlow lol yeaaa

[lyprov]

@keepinlow Yes. =3

[LaChrysomeleReveuse]

@keepinlow Yes, it was.

[TheTadPringle]

@LaChrysomeleReveuse

No it wasn't!

Put on your sunday clothes was in WALL-e

[LaChrysomeleReveuse]

@TheTadPringle The question referred to the MOVIE, not to the song.

[dickdujourr]

@LaChrysomeleReveuse How could you post this without the jaw-dropping final minute of the song when Barbra Streisand stops in the middle of the street and belts her final note as The Parade passes by? It is the climax to what is considered one of the best performances in the movie...It really defeats the purpose but nice that you posted it anyway : )

[1cathill]

When this film first came out in the UK, I saw it at the Sheffield Gaumont on the 70 feet screen. Absolutely brilliant. Barbra Streisand is fantastic as Dolly.  It is one of the best films ever.

[irvinemuscle]

agreed, this was a wonderful movie, they don't make them anymore, and this was a terrific song by the best singer...

[defyingGravity87]

My favorite song from the movie. Every time I watch it, I am floored by her amazing ending note. I grew up with Barbra so, every single thing she sings is an instant classic for me. I love this movie. Babs was so funny and sweet in it.

[sweeney60]

@defyingGravity87 her entrance at the beginning of the title song is my favorite. she was so stunning.

[rr7firefly]

@defyingGravity87 Well you sure as heck did not get to hear that long last note in this video as it was lopped off well before the parade scene finale.

[StoneyEnd444]

shes soo beautifull.

[romanticspirit]

The Best Singer Ever.. such a long Note at the WEND- Inspirational!!! I Love Her #1 Great Movie!

[billyboylb]

Barbra is the best!