Joan Baez - Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer

[teva0886]

Joan Baez was my Mums favorite Singers (now one of mine too) This song will always remind me of my Mother's passing away this past summer (6 months ago) Her Memory is a Blessing...

[ZetteBones22]

I had know idea that Joan Baez sang this legendary song. I love it. Steve Wonder was my fav, but now I have another great,,,,

[cnnyldrm]

i think this is an answer for 'baby im gonna leave you'

[lavida569]

Beautiful!



[commonthread2]

this just tears at my heart u have no idea i know its suppose to be liken to a love song but it reminds me when my Mom died I cried so hard Mom and I were good friends and she saw me thru so much shit in my life

Now I feel like I lost my best friend and because she is dead and with God I cant always find her so easily

she passed in the summer

[folkmusicgirl]

@commonthread2

Sorry for the loss of your mother - I lost my Mother many years ago now - it is so hard to lose your parents, especially if you were really close like you & your mom were.

Perhaps you can start a journal of sorts - write down on paper your thoughts each day - or if not every day - just when you feel like it. Write of memories that hit you at different times as you think about her - good memories/sad memories. It can be so hard to let go - but she will live on in your heart...

[vanislefan1]

This is appropriate as it gives the song the perspective of a woman. You have the right to suffer just like us.

[daverow49]

Detractors begone. Go back to your electronica for you will never know what music is. This is absolutely beautiful. I love Stevie's original and Joan's version as well.

[MrBDino]

This hits me HARD.

[BF703]

@nigel2210001 who asked you nigel? who??

[BF703]

Lame..period shes trying to hard leave stevies shit alone

[The1Katarina1]

*****U N I Q U E *****

[Tokis7]

I'm sorry...

[writergrrrl48]

I love this song. 

[zamusicza]

Think about though. Heartache is always easier to take in the winter.

[MetrazolElectricity]

@zamusicza You're right... I remember hours of deafness with moments of sheer despair when she left me last summer. The sun smiled but I just wanted to put on my sunglasses and gulp down jack daniels

[MissNJFan92]

Word .. wow!! <33

[oinegueotama]

CHE BRIVIDI IL MOTIVO DI QUESTO BRANO! PRESTO MI VEDRA' PROTAGONISTA.........GRANDE STEVIE .

[themassofmen]

Tearful with lost love.

[themassofmen]

I am a huge Stevie fan, but this version is fantastic with a wealth of emotion and interpretation.

[msembery1980]

@themassofmen If you believe that this version has more "wealth of emotion" than Stevie Wonder's ORIGINAL version. I feel bad for you because you don't have a clue what "Real" emotions are!

[BRILTUCK]

beautiful like the lady 

[alabrams27]

i like Joan but this version is horrible. This is truly Stevie's song

[dieunous]

This terrible for Joan Baez. Stevie Wonder's version is so much better.

[bigman9099]

Outstanding

[Swinton3]

Both versions are beautiful. That's what a good song does for us. Two wonderful artist expressing their version of a classic and beautiful song.

[jllpmusicman]

Beautiful, thanks for posting . . .

[chinkgtbloom]

so i absolutely loved this song from MJs funeral. then i found out joan baez sung this whom i absolutley love... n shes actually my bff's cousin lol

[PeaceLoveAndSKs]

this is such a wonderful classic done by her...1960 something. awesome.

[oltreMacondo]

Thanks for post it, Bobby !

[oltreMacondo]

Per Dovic...

Per chi vuole lui...

Per me...

[smokelean]

this is more to my liking than stevie wonders version beacause her voice is soul

[cravven1]

she can not touch stevie she should of left it where it was with stevie.it is still a moving song no matter who trys to sing it,but let this be alesson to all of u thinking of following suit. u gotta have soul to sing stevie...

[Baez971]

I've been told that they lived a love affair together, is that true?

[gabrielleshockey1969]

i actually grew up to this song and have to listen to it every night to be able to sleep as thats all i heard as a child, my kids hate me... lol

[me103052]

Saw Baez perform this on the old Midnight Special tv show back in the early 70's. The late Hampton Hawes played piano on the program. I was surprised even then that this song from Stevie's Where I'm Coming From album had such broad appeal, though I loved the song & the album.

[BajanBamboo1]

Three Dog Night has an awesome version of this song too. Check it out.

[BrandoPacino]

Great rendition, though I prefer Stevie Wonder's much more.....

[nourakenson5]

@Lynda. All my sympathies to you and your family.

Joan's singing of this Stevie Wonder classic touches the heart deeply, and even more so after your post.

[rabio84]

@lynda. Sympathies..Couldn't imagine losing the love of my life.

[joannemcarolum]

Fabulosa canción de Joan la descubrí con Steve Wonder en el funeral de Michael Jackson ,esta version es mucho mejor

[lyndalenell]

This is by far my favorite version. She has always been a favorite. My sweet husband died on June 18. He was a Continental Captain bringing in flight 61 from Brussels to Newark and this wonderful song makes me think of him. He was on his way home that summer day.

[goldenrod2]

taddyd1, shut the fuck up you wannabe musician!

[taddyd1]

He always sings sharp as opposed to flat like most off-key singers.

[CallMeCharlie11]

@goldenrod2 Thank you! taddyd1 should just respect his talent and shut up, Stevie wrote the song and that is how he wanted it to be!

[SAXYRIC359]

I could do without the heavy vibrato throughout the song,but I did love her voice.

[caliner1905]

such a wonderful song....

[kjwkathleen]

I have always loved Joan Baez....she does this song so well....best version I have ever heard, including Stevie's .

[dmmjsm]

beautiful song. I love the Stevie Wonder version, and this one too. My lifelong best friend died last month, and I hear this and cry thinking of her.

[1alexoswald]

The beauty of this lady's treatment of the song by Stevie's truest love. If you don't get it shame on you. Wonderful is the only description I can give it. Stevie is the greatest but there are others who can lend as much to a song as he can, and that demands respect for them.

[etcapela]

If you like this, listen to Joan singing Jesse from the same album...beautiful stuff...and I am a great Stevie Wonder fan...there is room for both in this world thank heavens!!

[NaturVita]

She has a great voice but I prefer Stevie Wonder, he puts more heart into it IMO.

[betsea55]

My Daddy died last summer and, while I have always loved this song by her, it now has special poignancy ($5 dollar word).I have loved Joan Baez for over 40 years now and she still can move me to tears, even hardened me. I miss you my Daddy and my kitty who died the same week. Thanks for uploading this and thank you Joan for keeping on keeping on. Becky

[huskersRback]

just saw Joan Baez in Santa Monica last night, and had to leave before....she sang this song--"Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer"--if she sang it....

[blare37]

My wife left me and took my daughter away from me one year ago. Promised she'd come back, but never did. So this is the saddest heartbreak song I've ever heard.

[bartlemi5]

her voice is so clear, crystal.

[Twolous65]

this is my favourite version of the song, RIP Michael xxxxxx I think my heart is broken I cant stop crying you were a beautiful person and will be missed for ever. Loveeeeeeee you more. xxx

[irt1959]

Lots of people checking this version after today's memorial for Michael. Stevie was so moving but I will always love Joan Baez singing this - she is so amazing. So poignant and so appropriate today.

[mjaneb02]

Stevie is great but Joan Baez hits it out of the park--her voice is so clear and clean, so full of feeling. Michael--how could you leave in summer??

[shtboxexpose]

Hi there, "mjaneb02"

Joan Baez doesn't even come close to Stevie Wonder!

Sorry if i sound rude.

[taddyd1]

Joan's version (recorded in one take) is the definitive version- though more intorspective than the original. Stevie, unfortunately sings off key throughout his entire recording-very irritating to a musician. Too bad the co-composer, the magical Syreeta never released a version.

[GeminiSpaceship]

Stevie Wonder sings off key? Get outta here!

[taddyd1]

Have you ever noticed that you can't really sing along with Stevie and make it sound right? That is if you have a proper sense of pitch. He always sings sharp. So does John Denver. Most singers go off pitch by singing flat, so singing sharp is strange.

It's like Stevie's own wierd but magnificent voice tuning.

[meltzerboy]

I never noticed that John Denver sings sharp or flat; I'll have to listen again. I haven't heard enough of Stevie Wonder's singing to judge. Interestingly, certain great German coloratura sopranos were known to sing sharp, including Frieda Hempel and Maria Ivogun.

[9Melomane]

Just because some great sopranos sang sharp doesn't make it ok though!

Thankfully Joan Baez always sings beautifully in tune - even when singing completely a cappella.

[taddyd1]

@9Melomane

Stevie usually sings sharp as does John Denver.

[nosajj123]

Stevie's performance of this song at today's memorial was amazing. The Jackson family and the folks at AEG did an amazing job putting this together in such a short span of time. It was a very moving and memorable event. Well, I guess this is it. Life goes on without Michael Jackson. It will take some getting used to. RIP MJ...they have finally left you alone. :)

[wisesatyr72]

Like Dr Martin Luther King says, I hear trumpets blaring and the voice of a angel. Lets have another Joan..

[Marcia5Norf]

I love stevie version.

[mauvetys]

From her splendid album "diamonds and rust". Beautiful sing!

[Kaacee71]

WOW....amazing ... such a beautiful version of this amazing song.

[smokelean]

her purity is astounding

[taddyd1]

one of the most moving ballads ever recorded.

She shows what killer chops she had for pop music had she chosen that route.

[NaturVita]

I'm glad she didn't go that route, she has a great voice, far to good for pop culture. MJ was the exception for me in pop music.