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  • Awesome! DON'T YOU BRING ME NO BAD NEWS:)

  • I just love this movie. Mable king's part is the best!!!!!!!

  • @Extrem3lysft26 At least get her name right, MABEL KING.

  • Whoever wrote the original "Wizard of Oz" turns in their grave once for every view...

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  • You Gotta Love The Gospel Flavor Of This Song!

  • Sidney Lumet is one of the greatest directors ever

    however, he just isn't suited for a musical

    if they had a director more familiar with the genre (or at least one that was black) the film probably would've been better received

  • @painlessissuicide Completely ignorant comment, THE COLOR PURPLE is the best movie about the black experience, and it did not need a "BLACK" director for it to be more than the masterpiece it already is.

    THE WIZ is proof that some things are made way ahead of their time, and it also had the huge obstacle of being compared to one of the most BELOVED films of all time, so the scrutiny was going to be harsh and plentiful.

  • @jojo34209 look at the cinematography -- there is none!

    he just leaves the camera rolling, either stationary shots, on tracking shots, or that awful "pan really far back" shot

    the man just wasn't meant to direct musicals

    dialogue based dramas are what he does

  • @painlessissuicide LOL, do your research. The cinematographers at the Academy sure thought the cinematography by OSWALD MORRIS, not SIDNEY LUMET, was worthy of an Oscar nomination.

    It was a well known cinematographer that shot THE WIZ (who won an Oscar for a musical, Fiddler on the Roof, and was nominated for OLIVER!, another great musical, and shot MOULIN ROUGE (1952), another great movie about a music establishment), so quit embarrassing yourself with your pointlessness.

  • I once had a boss with exactly the attitude the witch expressed in this song. It was not fun working for that man.

  • Oh great i have to sing this -.-

  • @KimCullen10 same here gotta do it for black history month in school for performance

  • @Christale471 Lol cool i have no idea what that is... lol My school are showing off against a performing arts school cuz we're a sports collage and we picked the wiz to do

  • i played her back in 5th grade and sung this song. it was halarious

  • She terrified me though the first time I watched this lo

  • @jojo34209 at last someone who feels my exact sentiments! Why doest the whole world love this movie?

  • That bitch is scary.

  • @joya91 keep some water around

  • typical saturday afternoon for me.

  • i totally love the flying monkeys in this movie

    

  • Evilene is my daughters nickname wen she has a tantrums......lol...one of the best movies!!!!!

  • she is creepy looking!

  • @traetv27 Creepy indeed, great make-up work, totally worth of an Oscar; too bad the Academy did not give out that Oscar in 1979, then again, the movie deserved more Oscar nominations and at least the Oscar for Song score, the music adaptation is phenomenal, one of the best ever.

  • @jojo34209 ..Yes! and Diana Ross (nomatter how people may judge her) though she may not be my favorite person, she is a very good actress and she really showcased a strong side of her vocals in this movie than she has ever did in her own recordings or with The Supremes.

  • @traetv27 You are absolutely right; her version of HOME is impeccable, probably her most heartfelt rendition, just like IS THIS WHAT FEELING GETS, the one song from THE WIZ soundtrack that sadly and mind-bogglingly did not make it to the movie.

  • @jojo34209 It's funny how some of the best songs never make the cut. All in all the movie did good urbanly i must say but globally it wasn't highly spoken of, people were not very happy with Mrs. Ross as Dorothy being as though Dorothy was supposed to be a young girl and it's clear Diana even without make-up couldn't look the age, Michael is what gave the movie it's buz believe it or not. And he most likeley only took the role so he could work with Diana Ross.

  • @traetv27 The movie was a financial flop in the US alone, and Diana Ross was never set to play a young girl like Judy Garland did, but instead Dorothy in this film became a single woman with no direction in her life, and that is the main problem the movie had, ignorant people expecting the same adaptation as in The Wizard of Oz, which was never what Sidney Lumet intended. And Michael took the role not only to work with Diana, but part of his agreements with music producer Quincy Jones.

  • @traetv27 Michael was notorious for his own short movies via music videos, besides that i believe The Wiz was his only acting job besides his music videos. Nevertheless he was an outstanding actor ( If you ask me that is).

  • @traetv27 Diana Ross has always been a skilled, expressive , but way under appreciated singer. And I think most of that is due to political jealousy. I mean what hell? She has no Grammy.

  • my fav. movie..... besides SPARKLE

  • @missblueberry24 ..I love Sparkle especially the song "what can i do, with this feeling"...did you know they were going to redo Sparkle and had Aaliyah still been living she would have played her?

  • @missblueberry24 One of my all-time favorites, and without a doubt the most undeservedly UNDERRATED and UNDER-APPRECIATED movie EVER!!!!!!!!!!

  • This song embodies my mother lol

  • who ever was playin the bass IS A MEAN SOB you better play my friend.

  • My favorite song in the movie.

  • i have to sing the solo for this song o.o

  • @Hadewayx meee tooo i have a realy soft voice and im basically shouting for this song xx

  • love this song.....no bad news..

  • i just got the solo for this song 0_o

  • I just got a part in a play called The Monster Bash, and the character I'm playing is nasty, bitter Evilene! It will be fun, but God help me.....

  • this is st.louis mo theme song

  • @lamontrulz so true. As a fellow st louisian.

  • @tmoore74 hey stl lookin it up!!!

  • i love this song

  • Hear the Godfather reference?

  • Definetly my fav song from the movie

  • Cabot.

  • She killin this song! Dang this movie was amazing

  • great movie and woderful singers

  • NO BAD NEWS!!!!

  • this is my mood for the day!

    

  • that is cogic at the end!!

  • Man, what a voice...

  • no body bring me no bad news to

  • Favorite song

  • IF YOUR GONNA BRING ME SOMETHING...BRING ME SOMETHING I CAN USE"...I HEAR THAT!!!

  • The 70s just had better music than today, didn't it?

  • @warlaker Well, let's see: Barbra's EVERGREEN and THE WAY WE WERE and ENOUGH IS ENOUGH with Donna Summer, who also had LAST DANCE and HOT STUFF and BAD GIRLS; Melissa Manchester's LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE; Olivia's HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU; Debbie Boone's YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE; The Bee Gees' HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE; Natalie Cole's EVERLASTING LOVE; Diana Ross' HOME; Frank Sinatra's NEW YORK NEW YORK; Abba's DANCING QUEEN; Carly Simon's NOBODY DOES IT BETTER; GEEZ, YOU ARE SOOOO RIGHT.

  • @warlaker Oh my goodness, and what about THE CARPENTERS: WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN, FOR ALL WE KNOW, I NEED TO BE IN LOVE, CLOSE TO YOU, BLESS THE BEAST AND THE CHILDREN, ALL YOU GET FROM LOVE IS A LOVE SONG, ONLY YESTERDAY, PLEASE MR. POSTMAN, SOLITAIRE.

    YES YES, THE 70'S WERE SOOOOOOOOO GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • That heffa was a mess! She meant that shit too!  LOL!!!

  • my skool's just done this as our production and the audience loved it :3

  • heard her sing :Into The Garden

    And If the floor open up we all going to Heaven

  • I had a stupid woman ask me once if THE WIZ is that "CARTOON" movie with Michael Jackson. I wanted so much to punch her teeth in, but I realized she is such an ignorant goon, why bother with her idiocy.

    THE WIZ IS THE MOST UNDERRATED AND UNAPPRECIATED MOVIE OF ALL TIME. A TRUE CLASSIC INDEED.

  • @jojo34209 its because it a cast of afroamericans lol didnt you know that if it was a cast of beautiful white american or white skinned people it would have been rated off the charts.. oh already there is one the wizard of oz how forgetful of me.lol i love the wiz and the wizard of oz just the same regardless of what the cast is

  • @Shuqi78 LOL, whose and what question are you answering?

  • @jojo34209 sorry i probably made a mistake and hit the replay over yours i was probably above or under your comment my bad lol

  • @jojo34209 I agree with you with all my heart. This movie is one of the greatest musical/movie I have ever seen. just remember stupid people always make your want to suit up for the ring, but remember there are to many of them.

  • @veggiete Yes, it is one of the best movie-musicals out there, and the most underrated of all time.

  • all my god  she could sing her butt off

  • omg love this, but this always makes it awkward to talk to my mom

  • THIS IS MY FAVOURITE MUSICAL!

  • They was about to shout church song

  • He used to scare me when I was younger

  • I can't believe I sang this in 4th grade for a springtime recital

  • What are they making? Is it swet? i dont remember.

  • I love the part when she tries to step on the worker, it looks like improv.

  • Love it! Keep the Wiz alive!

  • we could use her in our public school systems ... could you imagine how much better it would be ... lol ... that voice alone commands attention alone

  • OMG this mah mommy's favorite song lol

  • This song always cheers me up.

  • that dress looks incredibly heavy.

  • Have to sing the dutch version in my schoolmusical tomorrow. Damn, I wish I had that voice!

  • She reminds me of my mother...whip and all.

  • I Love all the songs in this movie.

  • NO BAD NEWS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Watching this video now makes me wanna cry--and go to my grandparent's house to watch the full movie... RIP Michael..

  • @PotentialFashionista And also RIP everyone from the main cast that has passed away before their time. Thank heavens we have Miss Ross around for all the memories.

  • My favorite all time movie!!!

  • See this is when you actually had to know how to sing

  • @Dablkwid0w2008

    You better say that!!!!

  • This is actually my favourite song and dance from The Wiz and the great Mabel King was admirable awesume!!! in her role she really was a real treat in this movie RIP Mabel King I will always remember you as one of the greats

  • She's like a classic Power Ranger villan!

    I'd like to see them fight a bunch of weird dancers like thease!

  • uqqhhh shee soo uqly !!

  • we are doing this at my schoool and the witch is so awesome !\

  • Yesssss!! I finally found this. I love this song, AND Mabel King!

  • i have this part in the play our play is may 6, 2011

  • This is my favorite song from this movie!!

    I just asked my neighbor's kid if he had ever seen The Wiz, and he was like "Wiz Khalifa??"

    WTF?! It should be considered child abuse for your kids not to see this. It's a must-see!

  • @KuntryButNotDum I Know!!! Why on earth is it T.V.14? i LOVE this moive

  • @KuntryButNotDum ROFL@ "Wiz Khalifah"!!! What do you expect from today's mindless youth?

  • @coccinelle80 hey i am part of todays mindless youth!! and i have seen both of them.

  • @ErinViews1 Sorry kiddo, I shouldn't have generalized. You're one of the few smart ones around today.

  • @KuntryButNotDum WOW!Mine too!

  • @KuntryButNotDum lmmfao

  • @KuntryButNotDum I swear I say the samethin to people when they say they have never seen the Wiz, I just tell them they had deprived childhood!

  • @KuntryButNotDum Wiz Khalifa a damn shame lol...

  • @KuntryButNotDum Sad thing is none of my friends like this. Of course, we're only in high school....

  • @iamserperior , Well you have plenty of company. This movie was a huge financial failure and many people didn't like the film, but loved the music.

  • MABEL KING WAS SO GOOD IN THIS PART !

  • im in a production of the wiz right now (possibly best ever lol)...and Evilene is a dude in drag :D

  • No Bad News!!

  • 4 people brought her bad news

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  • like the color purple on acid!

  • Great song, I'm trying out for the witch for the wiz!

  • wow...4 people missed the like button

  • I'm LOVIN the Whip!!!!----She don't play!

  • Thank you for posting this...I LOVE this & Ease on Down the Road. I think Mabel would want us to appreciate her work rather than LAMENT her death.....We're all going to end up there, right? It's what you do while you're here that counts!

  • I decided to check this out to prepare to audition for a production of this show not too long from now. I notice the music is awesome, as is the set and costume design, but there's a lot lacking in the choreography in the songs. The songs are long, which is fine as long as you can make it interesting, but they kind of dropped the ball there. But I realize they probably didn't have a big enough budget to make everything as awesome as the music is.

  • Sadly, the only main actor still alive is Diana Ross........

  • @pierced05 OMG i just realized that!!!!!! that is just SMH awful

  • @pierced05 AND Stanley Greene, the actor who played Uncle Henry is still alive! Do you know that he actually has born in Harlem, the place where this movie is located?

  • OMG!!!lmao....she reminds me of a classic big mama on her bad days....ready to whip some ass....and preach to you at the same time....LOL!!

  • Dont ya ever bring me bring me bring me,, no bad news! She Churched it up for real! Yall!

  • This song has that Gospel feeling in it. I like this song.

  • @littlefingers yeah, she was breakin it down at the end, wasnt she? LOL bring me bring me bring me !! 

  • The Ultimate PMS song!!

  • wow...thats a sad way to leave the world, but know she walks among the Angels.

  • Everyone said this movie was an epic fail. I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!

  • @GForceChipmunks omg- i used to run around the house when i was little singing this. critics and haters say the movie was horrible b/c diana was too old and blah blah blah. WHATEVER! movie is awesome and got alot of great memorable song numbers and not to mention my favorite artist of all time- MICHAEL JACKSON!!!!

  • @NiVeA5678 OMG!!!!!! I love Michael Jackson as well! And you know what, so what if Diana is old, critics? She's pretty, has a great voice, and is making alot more money than those haters!!!!! LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!! :)

  • @GForceChipmunks The powers that be were not ready for it. Plus it had a deep meaning behind it about personal growth. Very spiritual yet FUN movie.

  • @GForceChipmunks Who said this sucked?! they obviously have no taste ):<

  • "When I wake up in the afternoon, which it pleases me to do, don't nobody bring me no bad news." I need that line as a ringtone!

  • I love singing this song when I'm in a rotten mood. I might sing ugly but it keeps me from acting ugly.

  • C-Lo Green on the Grammys....ahhhhhhhhhhh

  • Mabel king sure could sing what a sad end to such a wonderful talent

  • This is what I tell my husband in the morning. DONT NOBODY BRING ME NO BAD NEWS.

  • Only played it four times in a row. LOL Thank You.

  • This is about to be my theme song, because I'm sick of people bringing me bad news.

  • I sang this in my school's chorus! XD

  • @jburnham93 High school? That sounds like it would have been cute.

  • @MsLogjam It was during my sophomore year. Funnest song we ever sang there. I'll never forget it.

  • yyeaaahhh :DDD

  • @bamafarang i feel the same way at my job

  • This is my fav part of the movie

  • the start shouthin dont you bring me dont you bring me dont you bring me

  • This chick really scared me as a kid. Spooky scowl.

  • "ROOGER!!!!!"

  • Love this!!

  • I was privileged to meet the great Ms King....she was gracious and sweet....with a huge heart of compassion for other! She sang Amazing Grace to me in her dressing room before going on stage to perform at a gospel awards show....back in the late 70's...in Detroit! It was an honor to have met such an awesome talent and beautiful woman....heart, mind, and spirit!

  • I'll tell you why it vanished from youtube! It vanished because the rights belong to Universal Studios, and everyone posted it without having the rights to it! So it was deleted by youtube!

  • This is the first movie I saw in the movies. I went with my daycare and to this day it is my favorite movie. My daycare provider looked just like Mabel King!

  • i have to play her in the school play the wiz lol :P

  • Everyone can search Mabel King here on Youtube if you want to hear some of the singles Mabel released in the 1950's.

  • This song has that Gospel feeling in it.

  • Love this :)

  • This was my favorite part when I was little :D and still is.

  • I love Mabel King, especially in What's Happening.

    RIP

  • 0:00 through 0:26 beat(intro) is so ahead of it's times to be a beat made in the 1970's and the song itself is enough.Great song for a great movie.R.I.P. Mabel King

  • i love Mabel King. I had only known her from What's Happening!! and then when I saw this, I recognized her immediately. She did an amazing job on this!! I absolutely love her. God rest her soul. RIP Mabel King

  • Mabel King ROCKS!

  • Mabel King really looks her character

  • :O oh god someone help me. im playing eviliene in my school play. and i have nothing when it comes to this song... :(

  • This Sounds Like a Church Song lol

  • @ChurchBoi17

    I'm so glad, i'm not the only one feels that way!

    I made a video too it with my tambourine! LOL!

  • My four year old loves this movie and especially this song

  • okay so here it is my anthem for the week. Just a side note, is it just me or does she really have a voice VERY similar to Kathy Taylor especially that ending.

  • I love this part of this movie! I love it!

  • This song has that Gospel feeling to it.

  • she used to scare me when i was little. that and the flying monkeys on motorcycles haha

  • @pancakesandramen ditto!!!

  • @DizzyPrincess92 && that part where they r in th subway with the giant red puppets was scary to me too haha

  • I love this movie sooo ;_;

  • This song makes me want to walk through the street with a whip wailing on people and yelling "Don' nobody bring me NO BAD NEWS!!"