Billie Holiday - I'll Never Be the Same

[sucarela]

Can't believe there's people actually arguing right on this video. You're supposed to be falling in love or at least be thinking of someone/something good, it's freaking Billie Holiday, it's romance. Honestly ¬¬

[fmarquesTV]

Momento especial da bela Lady Day...and night...

[bkrharold]

I'm with direfranchement. Since Ebdan88 is having trouble understanding, I will explain. This country was built on the backs of black people. They enslaved 40-60 million of them over the course of 400 years. Their lives were stolen, to built the wealth of a few greedy people, who then used it to finance the industrial expansion in the north. The descendants of these same greedy people are controlling the country today. They are small in number, but they control all 3 branches of government.

[jahlaune]

No one sings this more meaningful than Lady, Not sarah, Not Ella, when lady sings this you really believe that you will never be the damn same! Just amazing

[Genevaave]

Ella could shatter glass, Sarah could sing anything, but Billie was the greatest jazz vocalist to ever walk the face of this earth....true feelings and emotions in every note she sang

[inari00000]

This is one of the most Beautiful Black women that ever lived..

[MrQuis1]

I love you Billie Baby! *Rest In Peace* ma sista ;)

[bobon47]

How pretty!

[detroitos]

Why all the deep analytical comments about now and then, atrocity's committed, I'm right you're wrong...? How about just enjoying this lovely song by the beautiful and wonderful Billie Holiday.

[PonderingPig]

Billie and Teddy Wilson together - that's as good as it gets, people.

[Chloesmom28]

How can anyone listen to this beautiful voice and talk crap to each other?

[Sysia8686]

Shut up Boyyyzzzzzzzz and listen please ;)))

[direfranchement]

@rouzbehazshab

Where did I call anyone crazy? I asked the individual IF he/she is crazy, I did not state that the individual IS crazy. There is a difference, please note it.

[BluesElement]

When I was a kid, in the 70's & 80's, I wouldn't even think about listening to a jazz song. I thought it was "old people" music and miles away from what we now call classic rock. Then, when I was 24 I heard Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday and I was instantly transformed into a Lady Bird fan. That expanded into Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young and so on and so on...

[bolder2009]

I love Teddy's playing, and the anticipation of Billie's horn like phrasing making its entrance and presence felt like only she could.

[bryleyballs]

she lives on. brilliant. thank you

[push555push]

Goes down like smooth wine.

[jzctop]

shes one of the best

[Ebdan88]

The Black people were the Hart and Soul of America, and the Whites without Harts used them and used them and........:-( But today we know that Most of it were Designed by the Most Evil empire and their Satanic Illuminati secret society's!! Human Dignity is paper thin!!? and until men are so Petatic and weak that they would do anything for a pice of paper in which they own the printing mashines too, Nothing gets better in this blady Creasy world of theres!!?

[direfranchement]

@Ebdan88

Um...so, are you like a crazy person?

[Ebdan88]

@direfranchement We have a saying in Persian, and that says the best anwer to ignorence is silence...

so my answer to you Brother is...........

[empathic11]

@direfranchement a crazy person who likes Billie Holiday. A lot of the early Django fans had "theories of the world," too.

[DBHAYES82]

@direfranchement LOL. My thoughts exactly. WTF??

[skengin]

@direfranchement Care more! He/she obviously speaks a different dialect. It's obvious his first language is similar to jamaican or thereabouts. So...and if you're a real human being you'd appreciate this, put a little more thought into your criticism and don't make it so obvious how thoughtless you are and how you obviously are just one of the "sheeple" who fall for propaganda with no real brain of your own. Pls grow and mature and don't be a part of the sad wasteland that keeps us down.

[direfranchement]

@skengin

You've got to be kidding me. I'm supposed to take seriously some declaration of a "Satanic Illuminati secret society"? Hahahahah! Whatever language barriers there may be aside, Ebdan's comment, like yours, is clearly the product of a disturbed mind with an unfortunate world view. Get a life!

[ImproviseNow]

@direfranchement so ya Billies pretty good huh?

[secretoardilla]

@Ebdan88

*heart

*pathetic

*piece

*machines

*(blady)?

*crazy

*theirs

If you're going to ramble crazily, at least pay attention to the laws of spelling and grammar.

[4114224]

@secretoardilla *bloody. It would seem the rant was written by a Brit. However, the misspellings add to the harrowing aura of craziness!

[MrChEcKeReDKiD]

@Ebdan88 maybe if u made some sense in ur statement it might have been worth reading... but you dont make one bit of sense...

[MegaRuji]

amazing woman.....i just love her

[allinnaddias]

just amazing :)

[johnabenford]

The greatest jazz record ever made.

[sarana154]

Lady Day

[bluesgirl62]

Just fantastic!!!

[ipingault]

I am 70 years old and I have loved Billie Holiday always My one wish is that I see her personally, foolish I know but who knows about the after life.

[lljtam1960]

@ipingault

Sometimes at bedtime a simple request can allow you to have an experience in the dream state.

[jahlaune]

Folks in those days knew of what they sung

[lesengir]

What a lady!

[blackphoen1x21]

I love this song so much. So true!

[genutbutter1]

Beautiful song, vocal, and one of Teddy's best solos

[TheMarcolfo]

como me gustaria haber nacido en su epoca

[kingboi4756]

SO FANTASTIC. TY JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jigsawzoubir]

You said it Crosswinds, she'll never be forgotten.

[ringbolt9]

her phrasing is so unique and good.

[BuyBenco]

I surprisingly didn't enjoy the original Paul Whiteman/Mildred Bailey that much even though it's my taste

[janhostdk]

right 2 the heart <3

[Ecdysiast96]

men are evil, especially engaged men

[johnabenford]

The best jazz record ever. Absolue perfection. I've been listening to it for 40+ years now and it still brings tears to my eyes.

[musicgia]

diosa total

[Luandapena]

Lindíssima!

[krulicz22]

just amazing woman.

[cheesyDELISH48]

Love her songs!!!

[75andalive]

LADY DAY...

[IntuitSpirit]

Well said, mrlarryb818 & crosswinds22!

"Strange Fruit"?

Forget about it!

[tangogirl100]

Her voice just tears at your soul, yes, she was a beauty & what a voice- was our national treasure.. . my husband turned me on to her - he played the bass & I never forgot her...

[mrlarryb818]

She had an amazing ability to recompose the melody of a song she wanted to sing that was beyond her rather limited range. You'd never know the notes she omitted. A wonderful and orignal artist.

[mitoteman]

Range has never been a very important aspect of jazz singers.

[aerofredywr]

@mrlarryb818 It probably is as you say, but we must not forget that Jazz is - above all - made of feeling, and that sence Billie was (is) one of the greattest.

[JohnRagoon]

Love you Girl!!

[MrTeo622]

cuando billi canta acaricia el oido y el corazon su canto es un corazon inmenso.

[quefarsa]

esta cancion es maravillosa, muchas gracias a Billi, a Teddy y a Lester, dios los bendiga, gragias.

[crosswinds22]

The Queen of Jazz and Mother of Blues

There will never be another Billie Holiday...

She held great courage during a most difficult era and gained respect that continues for centuries beyond us!

She was natural with improv...a gift of poetry flowing with music....

Great Lady and Musical Artist indeed.

Dyxie

[aerofredywr]

You said all I wanted to say. She was the BEST!

[markbob120]

Amen, Dyxie!

[sketcha09]

@crosswinds22 Well, you can't really say that she was the "mother of blues". Bessie Smith was actually.

[MirandaZ2000]

Wow wow wow my favorite Billie Holliday song... and for some reason, not as well known as her others. Thank you for posting this!!

[MusicDoLove]

legendary *****

[oysterpippo]

LADY DAY AND LESTER YOUNG...here together... angels from heaven.

[LovelyLady718]

this song is my breaking heart

[78timothy]

I sing the Sinatra version from the 50's at Karaoke. Always a pleaser. Great song! Ruth Etting premiered it in 1932.

[mssquirrely]

She was so PRETTY

Greatness dies too soon

R.I.P. ~ LADY DAY ~

[nigel1034]

This is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard.

When she repeats the lyric I'll never be the same, you almost believe her.

This should be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame

[buuw01]

Billie Holiday is probably the greatest singer of all time, along with Ella F and Sarah V.

She sang lots of beautiful songs, but this particular song is my favourite. Can't listen to it without tears welling up in my eyes.

Teddy Wilson is masterful in the intro, of course, but listen to Lester; he 'cradles' the song like you would a baby! They don't play like that anymore!

[marcotreskes]

never better.

[sanedra]

A Classic!!! Thanks for posting. I enjoyed this very much.

[paul51]

Excellent!!

[appetancy]

Magic, masterpiece. Every second is sublime but perhaps my favorite moment is Teddy Wilson's run at 1:30, when he demonstrates that the most elegant stylist can still be full of the blues.