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  • the first photo confirms that the 'Celtic Woman from Ireland' singing Scarborough Fare on you tube is in fact our very own Hayley! What a gem :-)

  • ok i'll be the first to say it..."Boats n Hoes!"

  • This song will always mark this era in history when the old world will be forgotten forever and the one world family of love finally can be born and thrive.

  • @ HayleyDeeWestenraCW

    I still think the version of Mirusia Louwerse is the best

  • I don't anyone can even match Sara Brightman's version but this is lovely and she is a fine singer and a very pretty woman as well.

  • And finally, thank you so much for uploading this thoventrazonbee1756.

  • On Easter, 2011. 

  • This is the song that led me to Miss Evancho.

  • Guess who is saying goodbye to whom ? This is from a spiritual perspective. It is Lucifer saying goodbye to evil for the last time. Because God created Lucifer to raise up His children, and never condemned him for his initiating the destruction of mankind's relationship with their true parents (God), He can now atone for the unforgivable, through his final obedience, to finish that job. Lucifer will finally live down an otherwise unbearable sentence before the messiah in this way.

  • Dear people:

    Please stop bickering and enjoy the music. This isn't a debate, congress, or a battleground. Just a video. I think it's a lovely version. But if you have nothing nice to say, don't say it at all. My simple and humble opinion.

    Thank you.

  • @bamahornplayer Hear hear!

  • i think there are a few too any music snobs heere really.music is subjective.to get everybodt to agree is impossible.and people that say oh tghis isnt as good as that is useually pompous and pretentious.i consider i know a helluva lot about all genres of music.but my advice is just enjoy rejoice and to some of you shut the fuck up or dont listen.youre not impressing people with youre attitudes.jjust saying.

  • @MrDrummerpony and by the way my keyboard is small haha i can spell really.....R,,,E.....A....L..L­...Y...

  • I find Hayley has some stunning work, but at the same time some of her music is so pop-classical. I find it hard to say how I really feel about her music overall. I love her Coventry Carol for example where she creates a perfect atmosphere and an original rendition of the piece. She is subtle and calming. However with something like this the piece is so overplayed that I loose interest; I have heard it all, the song and style, before. I am not criticizing, I just cant tell what "side" she is on.

  • ThePoke, you could sing an aria too, but it wouldn't make you an opera singer. Sarah Brightman has a very pretty, musical voice. And she's an interesting entertainer, and she can sing opera arias with a microphone. REAL opera singers, do not need microphones, except to sing in stadiums (like at baseball games, The Proms, etc.). Ms. Brightman, cannot sing an opera, beginning to end, without a microphone. She may be the world's best selling soprano, but that doesn't make her an opera singer.

  • they both are not an opera singers

  • Again, Sarah Brightman is NOT an opera singer. She couldn't sing an entire opera without a microphone to save her life. If you need a microphone to cover perform, you are not an opera singer. Opera singers require a very specific technique. A little bit of vibrato and some head voice do not an opera singer make. Call them "classical cross-over" artists, if you want, but calling them opera singers (especially Ms. Brightman, who I don't dislike in HER genre) is ludicrous.

  • @Phaedragon Sarah is everything. She sings arias which make up an opera like any other opera singer and unlike an opera singer, the majority of people actually like it. She can sing whatever she likes and make it available to the public, and thanks to that many more people now are more aware of classical music. For every silly person that dislikes her there are pleanty that love her. "The World's Biggest Selling Soprano of All TIme" for a reason.

  • Ah, classical singing. I'm glad to know what type of singing this is called. I love it!

  • omg she has that echo angelis like voice that you cant help but fall in love with :3 <3

  • beautiful!! love it <3 xxxx

  • Ah, This is very enjoyable. Can't even remember where and when I first heard this song, but it made an impression and It has surfaced again. Love Hayley's version.

  • Correction: Sarah Brightman is a "Pop-era" singer, and not a very good one. Neither are particularly good "classical" singers. But them I'm purest. They're entertainer, but take away their microphones and they could NOT sing REAL opera, even the light stuff. Sarah is a very talented and musical, but she's not an opera singer.

    Please...

    Josh Grobane is also NOT an opera singer. He's a crooner, and he sings lovely ballads, but he also cannot sing opera.

  • @Phaedragon They are all classical cross-over singers... it's the official genre. Actually Sarah started the genre and now there are so many stinkin' classical cross-over singers, it's crazy. Personally, I prefer the lighter arias and light lyric sorano voices like Sarah's, and like most of the human population I don't like full opera as much. All of these factors have currently made Sarah "The Biggest Selling Soprano of All Time" wich is pretty amazing since sopranos aren't really very popular.

  • Fantastic italian pronounce :D

  • Is this in Japanese?

  • @ImYinSoo Italian

  • @shizukanishitekudasa Thanks ^^

  • Превосходно!(fine)

  • A Jamieson Smile: Hayley's TradeMark: a warm, bright and loving timbre. The Voice of a bright, young lady, a woman of posture and poise.

    With loving eyes & heart,

    Jamieson (Peter)

  • An angel has come down to sing for us all , what grace & beauty.

  • she's so beautifuk & talented! i agree the best version if this song ever! <3 xxxx <3 xxxx

  • lol, gubbai.

  • far superior to sarah brightman

  • HERMOSA HAYLEY MARAVILLOSA LA VOZ, LA CANCION, LA ORQUESTA, TODO DESDE JUJUY- ARGENTINA LA AMO DE VERDAD.

  • @RomanticBob59 - thank you for the share

    This song has been a favorite of mine for quite awhile.

    stars and thumbs up

    Thank you for the upload

  • Hayley is one of the angels sent by God to sing to us.

  • Hayley has to be the best

  • Her last note almost sounds like a flute because it's so clear and pure. Love her!

  • I love both, that makes me the winner.

  • I am in love with her and her voice, so pure and beautiful...

  • So beautiful and talented! The best version of this song ever!

  • Incredible </3 !!

    Adore This SONGGGGGGGGGGG!

  • This song is so beautiful, Louie Armstrong could sing it and it would sound good. lol

  • I love how they put Russell Watson as the artist!

  • BEAUTIFUL!!!

  • both different both incredible! no need to compare

  • I really don't understand why everyone is commenting about Sarah Brightman? She's an OPERA singer, Hayley is a Classical signer. They are different genres, lets keep them separate and stop comparing?!

  • @FireflyFanatic3 You have it confused. Actually, Sarah Brightman isn't an Opera singer. She is a Classical-crossover ("Popera") singer. The same goes for Hayley. She is a Classical-crossover singer. The only reason people think they are Opera singers is because they have a higher range and can sing high notes. That doesn't define an Opera singer. They are the same genres, with different singing styles. Hayley's voice is more "pure" sounding.

  • @TheKimmieykimkim I'm not that ignorant. I'm fully aware that being able to hit high notes does not make you an opera singer, thank you very much. I would definitely say that SB is an opera singer, because to me most of the songs she sings are very opera-like in style, and in no way is she pop-classical ... really really not. What remotely pop-like songs does she sing?? The style she sings with sounds like she's been opera trained as well. Hayley sounds different, more classical like.

  • @FireflyFanatic3 Lady, I wasn't trying to be rude, or say you were ignorant. I know for a fact she is not an opera singer. She has never sung any serious opera roles (mainly musicals which are NOT operas - Phantom of the Opera doesn't count), so there is another reason (alongside that she always uses a microphone) that she is NOT an opera singer. Plus that she lacks the exact opera singing techniques. If someone sings an opera aria every now and then, it does not make him/her an opera singer.

  • @FireflyFanatic3 She is a classically trained singer, yes, but not all trained singers are opera singers. In Opera it really does matter what your mama gave you. Or at least Mama Nature. Even she knows u need a certain type of voice, or why else would she be singing in her "best opera-style voice'. "Opera-style: kind of says it all.

  • @FireflyFanatic3 If she isn't singing a purely pop version of a classical aria, which she usually is, shes working really HARD at getting as big a sound as she possibly can--which she still doesn't manage to accomplish even with microphones to amplify her voice.

    SO. They are BOTH classical-crossover singers.Even on her wikipedia page it says "Operatic pop/classical-crossover. No where does it say "Opera singer".

  • @FireflyFanatic3 well said :)

  • @FireflyFanatic3 Actually, they are both classical cross-over singers, which is probably the first reason why they are comparing them on this song, and the second is that because of Sarah this song was brought to the public. No one really knew who Andrea Bocelli was so the song was ignored until Sarah asked Andrea to do a duet so this is considered Sarah Brightman's song... so that's the other main reason why everyone is comparing... yep..

  • @ThePokegaga well if you want to consider them the same genre, fine, but I seriously disagree.

  • @FireflyFanatic3 Lol they are in the same Genre... Classical Cross-Over. It's for light opera singers.. you know like light lyric sopranos that sing arias and other popular music that they feel like singing. Also, a genre that Sarah created and now Classical Cross-Over singers like Hayley are trying to follow in their foot steps and call her their rolemodle.

  • @ThePokegaga you know what, think that if you want, I seriously can't be bothered to argue, but I seriously disagree.

  • @FireflyFanatic3 I don't consider Sarah Brightman an opera singer or Hayley Westenra a classical singer. But I'm curious, just what do you think is the difference between an opera singer and a classical singer?

  • @Arishtat I know that opera is a sub-genre of classical, but by Classical I mean Hayley's songs and her style. When I say opera I mean musical theatre and opera songs, arias, (lyrical) music from periods like Baroque and Classical and Romantic. I don't know of there are two defined sperate genres, but I hear a huge difference. Hayley just sings with a crystal clear voice and good distinction etc. Opera singers normally use LOADS of vibrato, which I can't stand ...lol

  • @FireflyFanatic3 Everybody hates excessive vibrato. But here's an interesting comparison. Search YouTube for 'O mio babbino caro', an aria from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, by Hayley, Sarah Brightman (awful), Anna Netrebko (typically Russian, no like), Montserrat Caballé (naah), Kiri Te Kanawa (now we're getting there), Maria Callas (oh yes), and, my favorite, Angela Gheorghiu. Listen to the timbre of their voices. Hayley is certainly up there with the best.

  • Stop the quarrel about who is best, you can purchase both CD and hear them, why so much comparison?

  • She's very pretty... and such a beautiful singer... I'm so jealous right now....

  • @starholder5 lol and i'm jealous of her boyfriend ;P

  • i agree with you. 2 ladies voices are different. just i say both of them i really really love .

    heyley sings like a beautiful bird.

    thank you for up this movie

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  • the one who found Whitney Houston to release the voice from heaven. while she's not able to carry on, he found Lin Yu Chun continue to sing .

  • The voice of this song is different from that of scarborough fair.

  • She is a bit staccato in her verse. That;'s my only opinion.

  • The girl can flat out sing. It's like she is on loan from Heaven. This kind of talent is rare. I absolutely love Hayley Westenra. What refreshment for the soul.

  • both are voice from God

  • @richardliou What's God?

  • voice from God

  • fantastic 

  • beautiful

  • Que extraordinaria voz,esta artista tiene un gran futuro por delante.

  • Fantastic performance by Hayley, If you love this song try OKSANA LEPSKA's rendition, a young soprano and STAR of the future!!!

  • Love Brightman but prefer Hayley, so crisp and soothing after a bad day. Lovely rendition.

  • Hayley 10 April 1987

    Sarah Brightman 14 August 1960

    End of story. :DD

  • Sarah Brightman has a more sophisticated sound and a wider vocal range. You can't help comparing the two they sang the same song.

  • hfayley, sarah, andrea. fuck one kill one marry one.

  • @shimanchunutakara Can I marry AND fuck Andrea?

  • she looks like jennifer aniston at 1:35 haha

  • @4everhis7

    Lol, you're right!

  • bellisimo

    

  • Haley`s voice is much stronger then Sarah`s it is just a matter of taste though if you like a strong voice or a light pitch voice either way they are both great

  • @tomsargereb u r totally wrong, go to check out sarah' songs of la luna , eden, and time to say goodbye albums, and u will know which is stronger!!! hayley is nice , but do not make up news!!!

  • @niwoda I have heard those suggestions that you made, I still say the same Sarah`s voice is to light for my taste really , Haley`s voice is so much deeper and i get goose bumps when i hear her sing , I don`t get that from Sarah.

  • crisp yes most of all effortless

  • This is... wow ~ just wow !!!

  • She hath the grace of the Swan out oer the water.... an nearly has goodlukin .. areckin.

  • I love both versions of Sarah and Hayley. Hayley's version is more like optimistic, while Sarah's version is more persistent. Both interpret the song so well, and their voice is absolutely terrific.

  • con te partiro, but not until this song is over because this is a wonderful rendition.

  • i hate the fact that everytime i type "Hayley W" the name of "Hayley Williams" comes first and not "Hayley Westenra" -.- i mean Westenra has way more talent than Williams, how is it that she is more popular/famous?

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  • @davlor86 I personally love both Hayley Williams and Hayley Westenra, I simply love a very wide range of music, and the only explanation I can offer for why Williams is more famous is that American pop/rock/punk is a far bigger industry than the classical industry. That's simply it. Youth culture dictates what is popular music-wise. Hayley also featured on B.O.B's Airplanes and rap/hip hop is also a huge industry somewhat bigger than rock as the UK top 40 is always dominated by this genre.

  • ella es mas que un simple angel es una diosa en toda la extension de la palabra

  • If she such an angel, why does she make me horny as hell ;) x

  • she us angel

  • A VOICE OF AN ANGEL AND A FACE OF A star xxxxxxx

  • Haley has a great voice, in fact it is the voice of a young Sarah Brightman. She holds the last note of this song longer than Sarah and to be compared to her is a fantastic feat in itself. Both are very good at what they sing, in fact fantastic. 

  • Listening to Hayley sing make`s me happy ... Have a ( HAPPY HAYLEY DAY ) ... ( I quote ) .

  • @daniel0Naturo you are just jealous.

  • I have travelled to see Hayley in concert lots of times and she always leaves me wanting more of her beautiful voice . I hate it when she says that the concert is coming to its end ( it is the only down part for me ) . I have to confess that i am a Hayley addict , you can keep your other singers , my hearing is perfect .

  • beautheful!

    x

  • amazing singer beatiful voice

  • I just love this song especially hoe Hayley sings it. I also like the the way Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Bightman sing it.

  • So clear and spot-on. Awesome and well done!

  • i like this version than the one from sarah brightman..

  • THE BEST VERSION IS WITH SARA BRIGTHMAN -JACKIE EVANCHO FOR FAR

  • @fdelgadoa Wrong, The best version is with Jackie alone, then Hayley alone.

  • Sarah Brightman will be for ever the best singer for this song. Hayley just made a cover...

  • @daniel0Naruto Yes she will, right behing Jackie and Hayley!!!

  • @daniel0Naruto Hayley doesn't have any passion in her songs?Oh Really

    Then You need to watch her sing Both sides Now,she's holding back her tears in that one.She is dripping passion and love .....

  • She's a wonderful singer. Her italian could be better.

    I still prefer Brightman's interpretation.

  • I totally agree with Romantic Bob, both are different and individual. We as individuals have different tastes and likes. Just like not everyone will agree on certain issues. Admire and like each girl for their individuality and what they do to enrich our musical enjoyment. Amazing how people compare and make neg comments!

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  • It is a not Sarah Brightman. not Andrea Bocelli.

  • 4:00

  • Better than Sarah Brightman version and the best for me on "Time to say good bye"

  • Marvellous!! Hayley is one-off. The Nightingale Rose of Christchurch, New Zealand.

  • We are ALL very lucky to have great women in the world who are willing to share their

    gift! V.

  • Hayley is an amazing singer but....Im not keen on her version of this song. Dont get me wrong her voice is amazing throughout but its not in the same league as the Katherine Jenkins version.

  • Sarah has a more mature voice than Haley, but Haley's voice is crisp and clean unlike any others. They're both breath taking singers though. :)

  • two words....Jackie Evancho!!!! I know she doesn't sing as well at her young age as Hayley or Sarah, but respect it!!!

  • @TxTechRox123 ~~~ I made a comment on one of Jackie's Videos & I watched her sing live that night on America's Got Talent...

    My Comment was I felt she would become her gereration's Sarah Brightman...

    I could pay her no higher compliment then that believe me...

    I been a lifelong Fan of Sarah's & feel she is the "Diva" of my Generation..

    I personally have much respect for All that have a Gift that can give so many Enjoyment & listening pleasure..

    Bob

  • Nice voice... Too bad she can't pronounce better :s

  • @drojas94 she's fine.

  • @NyulaRaeGlamour That's what I ment... But her italian pronounciation could be better (which doesn't have anything to do with her sing... she does great).

  • I wish people would STOP comparing Sarah Bightman & Hayley.

    They have different Voices, different song styling in their interpretation of Songs..

    They are both simply AMAZING..

    You do them both an injustice when you compare them & then say one is "better" then the other.

    It comes down to your own personal preference..leave @ that.

    There's no need to put one down to make the other seem better..

    I've seen Hayley in Concert..Amazing.

    I've seen Sarah In Las Vegas..Incredible & Magnificent.

  • @RomanticBob59 Dear Bob, thanks for sharing this wonderful song, performed by Hayley, with me. Well spoken comment by you. Recently I became a very big fan of Sarah Brightman and I can imagine I will become one of Hayley too. It is like me loving Carreras, Domingo and the late Pavarotti. Different voices and styles. And so there are more examples. Life and music would be boring, if all was the same.

    Have a wonderful sunday, filled with music. All of you. Mannes.

  • @RomanticBob59

    I love your comments. You are so right. Just listen to it - we dont care if you dont like it or want another to sing it. Sometimes it is like that the brain we got allows us to be judge on all things and we want the rest of the world to know what we feel in that way. It dosnt change a thing and it is a waist of time which could be spend better on other things like helping yourself or others. I guess we only have this life - spend it well and enjoy that you are alive.

  • @RomanticBob59 both are magnificent

  • @RomanticBob59 On an artistic point of view, it's possible to compare, just because both of them are sopranos.. ;-))

  • @RomanticBob59 That's correct :D Sarah Brightman has a more sophisticated sound, but Haley's is just so crisp, and calming :D

  • @RomanticBob59 your right...but i think sarah brightman seems like she tries to hard sometimes...but your right they're are both very different they put different emotions into the different songs they sing...

  • @RomanticBob59 But =_=' you're kind of doing the same by posting your reviews >> ..Anyway. I agree, although not as great as Sarah, Hayley did really well! =P Yeah I know, I'm not listening to your advised, but only because you also jump it XP LOL Just playing ^^

  • How beautiful this is, she is amazing. and beautiful.

  • with all respect this version is the best one she has so a nice and sweet voice its so beautifull

    the only word i have for it is RESPECT!

  • Better than SB. 8D

  • to those of you that would critisize such abeautiful voice F--K OFF.

  • She has an amazing pure voice. I love it.

  • theres just one thing i dont like about her... she eats the last syllable of some words

    with out that... shes really amazing ^^

    i still preffer srah brightman version :P

  • I'm so sorry, but I'd prefer Sarah Brightman singing this song. I'm not saying that Hayley Westenra sings bad, but Sarah is so much better.

  • @xjpt Sarah Brightman screams :-) Can't bare to watch or listen to SB

  • A perfect voice. After a bad day, I listen to Her World Class Vocals and rejoice in being able to hear a gifted singer. Bravo Hayley, you bring joy

  • i love hayley westerna. i love that you never hear about her in the magazines because she keeps to herself. she wont even give her boyfriends name away. and shes such a sweet person too. my friends parents went to go see her and said she was letting ppl up on stage to meet her and take pics and stuff. I LOVE HER!!!

  • that has to be the purest voice i have ever heard, amazing.

  • She has a clearer and purer voice than most. Maybe just younger voice ? Changing on the scales are definite.

  • Hayley sings that song as good as Sarah.

  • This is my favorite version of this song. I just love it!

  • Boccelli's voice is much more pleasing.

  • I am ready for Christmas. Hang a pair of pantyhose by the chimney with care in hopes that Santa will soon be there and put Hayley in my stocking. :D What a shock for her and for ME.  :D

  • and just an opinion, of course, but she seems to tear Sarah Brightman to shreds on this. Sarah is such a snob and a snot it's hard to enjoy her. I want to see Andrea and Hayley do this together. :)

  • @mimiller8 : actually i found it. :( it's very amzing, but Hayley is dead on-key as always, but Andrea seemed off a little bit. :( He never is. and the skaters get the top billing. a bit disappointing. If Andrea is into it and Hayley is her always wonderful self, I want to see that. :) Just an opinion, of course.

  • Amazing!! Much better than Sarah brightman.

  • how old is Hayley now, does anyone know?

    she's such an inspiration ... I'm 15, only a year younger than her when she released her first album! :P

    the only problem is ... no matter who you are, you always feel very insignificant singing along to her songs, cos no matter how hard you try, she will always be a thousand times better! :P

  • @FireflyFanatic3 Hayley turned 22 in April.

  • @FireflyFanatic3 Correction: Hayley turned 23 in April.

  • @FireflyFanatic3 : I think she is 23 now. And she is becoming famous worldwide. Very well deserved.

  • this is such a beautiful song.. <3

  • i always thought westenra would have made a wonderful christine...she has that "seraphic" quality. thanks for uploading! do you know if she sung any more phantom songs?

  • oops...realized halfway through i never heard this on phantom. confusion of title? D: sorry. still, thanks for uploading :D

  • @chiaxroscuro Harem

  • grass is a pretty good bed to lay on

  • She has one song called 'Time To Say Goodbye' and another called ' Never Say Goodbye.'

    I don't know what to think!

  • Crystaline and pure. Transports you to another place! Beautiful girl, beautiful voice.

  • maravilhoso

  • Мне очень нравится! Превосходно

  • Good, but she still needs to improve her italian.

  • breath taking just takes my breath away bravo