i know it sounds cruel and evil, but this song reminds me of the place i grew up, Detroit is not what i remember it. judy has one of those voices that help guide you on your own personal voyages, beautiful yet haunting song
A friend of mine was a flight attendant for United. Judy Collins was on the plane, and my friend told her that she was a fan. Judy asked her if she wanted to see her in concert in San Francisco, where the plane was to land. At 7:45 PM, my friend knocked on the side, alley, door of the auditorium, and Judy was there to let her in. She took her to a chair in the wings behind the curtain, and let her watch her performance from the stage.
Ms, Collins' greatest conribution was facilitating Leonard Cohen's introduction to the North American public. AND THAT IS A LEGACY ONE SHOULD HONOR. Aside from that, the rest is palaver. And what does her Highness want to eat tonight? And is it properly prepared? (Those who have been with her will understand).
@Elriaen - no ripping because it's just a matter of taste. But KM's breathy, note-sliding, semi-jazz vocals don't equal genuine emotion; it's just the way the record companies have convinced today's mass audience that songs convey feeling. Collins and her generation of singers allow the lyric to create the emotion, making the song the central point of attention - not the singer, as Melua and that type of singer do.
@Elriaen - Nicely said! I just wanted to offer you another way of looking at it. And to think that people say that you can't have a civil conversation/disagreement on YouTube! :)
@sensei48 Judy was/is so good at emotional readings of songs like this. It was her original song, Randy recorded it later. Bette Midler used it in Beaches, but it got overshadowed by the other Randy Newman hit "Wind Beneath My Wings". Poignant lyrics and haunting melody need no acrobatics to get the message across. This was a time when the music was allowed to speak for itself. Judy's stature and presentation enhance the desolation of the lyric. Beautiful.
Too showbiz, too clear, too perfect. I've got nothing against reinterpretation in principle, but I really think that this tune calls for a numb, exhausted, mumbled vocal delivery, y'know? It's a foggy, miserable sulk of a song, and it can be the saddest thing you've ever heard when performed right, but it seems like the effect is ruined by turning it into an anthemic declaration from the mountaintops. I think.
Judy wouldn't fit into today's mix of incredible shallowness. There's not another Judy Collins visible on the music scene today . . . fortunately this great woman is still alive and still contributing. THank you Judy Collins.
Was looking @ some of the postings here -gee, everybody has their own problems/issues, but can't you appreciate this great woman for her talent & artistry..? I don't care to hear about whether she was alcoholic, etc.. I just want to hear her wonderful voice!
@2old2Rock oh you're the OP!!!!! First off, thanks........glad you said it, saved me a few keystrokes......common sense, people!!!!!!!! I don't have your ears, you don't have mine!!!!!! Personally, I haven't heard a bad version of this song yet, and my buddy just posted a live RN version.....I know that song from BEACHES!!!!! Bette covered that!!!!! So I just did a YTube search.......wow, so many!!!!!!
How vulgar society has become. A lovely song by a lovely woman and people have, for their own sick and toxic reasons, make comments that have no place anywhere. Beautiful music with such a powerful message.
@gnamp one of the most talented, creative, understated and pure spirited people ever. take note.....'twenty five years to grow a tree, one hour to chop it down'.....hope this helps.
@SpamWarrior3000 First off, nobody said she's dead. She may be perfectly nice now, but she wasn't. I didn't want to have to point this out but. She certainly 'was' a raging, self-obsessed alcoholic who drove her son to suicide. But boy, what a voice.
@gnamp The 'was' confused me a little there, sorry. She did used to be an alcoholic (and then a bulimic), but her son committed suicide long after she'd sobered up--he was clinically depressed, as was her father, I believe.
@gnamp Whoa, whoa, I'm not trying to argue with you. I'm just saying what I've read from her and other people who've known her. She's never denied her alcoholism or her bulimia, and more people than just her knew her son was clinically depressed. I'm not trying to say she's a saint or anything.
@gnamp She definitely pulled her share of screw-ups as a young woman, but her contemporaries all have nothing but nice things to say about her, and she's still friends with all the ones who are still alive. (Granted, they all sort of had a screw-up club going on for a while in the late 60's, but hey. Musicians. They're famous for it.) :)
what an amazing talent, i cant believe this is almost 43 years ago, judy is so beautiful, i must say reading the other text's , bette midlers version is amazing as well, i enjoy both...thats the beauty of music and art, you can enjoy it all and cherish what it brings into your life.. human kindness is overflowing-what an amazing line, peace to everyone
2old2Rock you are dead on. I am only 24 but I grew up listening to Judy Collin's version. The way she makes a song her own is truly unique and should not be forgotten. I love Bette Middler and Judy Collins equally but when it comes to versions of the song Judy takes the cake. Bette Middler is an amazing artist and her version is very good as well. I still have to go with Judy. Thank you I enjoyed this video.
- There were no reports of girls beating each other.
Instead the likes of this beautiful & gentle woman was more liberation and self-realization than all the feminist shouting and demanding achieved.
Such a loss to women, who were sold a false bill of goods with the promise their lives would be great if they could just have more money or a position at a company. Lost has been the true power that comes with loving, kindness and grace as once known..
I've just rediscovered this song after a 42 year gap.......saw it on TV in the 60's, never knew who sang it, or what the song was.....I've had Judy's voice in my head all this time and joy of joys, found it by chance this morning..........a gorgeous song indeed!
@nhoverhaulinfan2 It reminds me of a sad sad love affair at the point when you know its over as you stand alone reflecting...love is kind, love is cruel, love is blind
I am familiar with Randy Newman's songwriting career. It was my impression that you thought somebody else recorded the song before Judy, like Bette Midler, who did decades after Judy. Thanks for writing back. These old Judy videos are amazing. She was a frequent guest on The Smothers Brothers Show.
It's true that Judy was the first to record this song, but it was written, arranged, and composed by Randy Newman! I did look it up! Randy Newman was a song composer for others before he started recording his own songs! By the way Judy's version is much better than Randy's ha!!
Randy released his version on his first LP on Reprise, which I bought as a remainder and treasure to this day. It is a poignant, moving rendition-every bit as good as Judy's cover.
What a sad, tragic moment in our national life! Meanless war in Vietham, wasting a geneartion for nothing. People had to grow up fast and either do what their governemt told them to do or stand and be outlaws. No matter what you did, it was tragic.
I grew up then. To be honest, I have always considered a phrase like "wasting a generation" to be WAY over the top. Especially if you use it in referance to the war. I am willing to bet that an equal or greater number lives were fucked up forever at that time from drug use. Look at it like this, ihn a 10 year period it is likely tens of thousands of young people will die in traffic accidents. Odd, i never hear "a wasted generation" used for that.
This is the wrong place for this but I can't resist. Your handle says it all. If there were a Jesus, he certainly wouldn't hate Obama. Smallminded people like you hate, I don't even hate Bush even though I think he was badly misguided. As for Judy's voice, are you tone deaf?
Oh wilytone, don't let JHO affect you. I've visited his/her page ... it's all hate for everyone. He/she doesn't know Jesus.
"Beloved let us love one another. For love is of God and everyone that loveth is born of God and knoweth God. He that loveth not, knoweth not God, for God is Love." 1 John 4:7-8
I know that God loves Obama. And he must love me and you. He led us to this site to enjoy such simple loveliness.
This album ( In My Life) made such an impression on me , I think I was 15 ! My friends brother sent a real to real tape home from Vietnam ,we would listen to it everyday after school !
It's really a church hymn (chorale) with a disenchanted lyric that is very appealing to teenagers. I know it worked for me in 1968. Makes a lovely bookend with Donovan's "Sunny Goodge Street" (also on her album "In My Life").
I think she has one of the most naturally beautiful voices I've ever heard. No need to overlay it with "interpretation". She lets the music speak for itsefl - and that's a true artist!
It just makes me sick that this type of artist isn't being promoted these days. Instead, we get no talent Jessica Simpson, the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, etc.
@stillwaterguy04 Take some comfort in the fact that you can still find her stuff at any decent store, especially the album "Wildfowers". And a hundred years from now people will STILL know who she was. The no talent ones you listed at the end of your comment will not even be a footnote in the history of great music.
You've hit the nail on the head. Naturally beautiful voice. Unforced, no need to interpret. Native intelligence and sensitivity pour out when she opens her mouth. A truly gifted musician.
Dusty's version is my personal favorite, though this is also great. Still have questions about the actual meaning of the lyrics. It's still a bit of a mystery to me...
Given the oeuvre of Randy Newman (the composer) the lyrics are less puzzling than you may imagine. Newman's work is dripping irony. Each stanza begins with a painful image, portrayed at varying levels of ambiguity: then the punch line, also ambiguous. No syrup. Strictly no syrup. A sentimentality free zone layered with, yes, sentiment but not with even a jot of sentimentality. What 'signs implore me' to do can be patronizing. Hear the irony? I think it's going to rain today.
Again, a tune that was pretty much meant for Judy to sing. I'd say this is the equal of what she recorded on "In My Life". Shocking to realize the LP came out 42 yrs ago, come November....
in the 60's WBAI (alternative music radio station in NYC, wee hours of the morning) played this song...ok... then it played it again...ok.... and again....over 20 times in succession....then it was stopped, abruptly, in the middle....the DJ said he was gonna play it until someone called the station and told him to stop playing it.... as a nightcap, when the show signed off, the DJ played it, 3 more times!! what a hoot!
With Randy Newman singing his own song, peacefullycaffeinate has posted the definitive version of this miniature masterpiece of a song. Still, I really like Judy's covers, and this is easier to listen to--not as much pathos. If you like it (and I do), Judy's voice is a tough habit to break (so I won't break it).
I must've played this song a hundred times or more. Judy Collins was one of my favorite singers as a teen, and her music is still timeless. Thanks for sharing this video. I'd never seen this before.
" I guess music like beauty is in the eye ie or ear of the beholder, in it's simplicity this is most beautiful song, and Miss Collins voice is a gift from God"
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Cotton balls? You've got balls for your comment...anyway, it's true, Judy Collins sounds as one should singing to a group of elemetary kids, like a Sesame Street song...boring!!! Bette Midler puts much more feeling, dynamics, inflection, and spunk...Judy is like a Lawerence Welk back up singer...sorry but it's true...
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Yeah, thank god for that! My mouth would be no where near you!!! You must live a boring life listening to this....sorry and too bad for you!!! Go kick the tin can down the street, while I go listen to Bette in Vegas!! LOL!!!
And you must have some real "issues" if you take some horrendous offense at my statement that I simply prefer Judy Collins' version of this song over Bette Midler's (whom I also happen to like, by the way). On your way to Vegas, stop at your shrink's office and get your meds adjusted. I think you're overdue.
I'm a bit unsure as to what you'd hoped to accomplish by clicking onto a performance, taking a swipe at the artist, and then getting defensive when fans of said performance/artist take issue with your comments. Obviously, 95 percent of those clicking onto this are doing so because they enjoy Judy Collins' recording of this song, so it shouldn't be such a surprise to you that someone would take offense at your remarks.
Well you're offending the human race by just being yourself...I'm over you. Everytime I get an email about your ass, I have to hear this boring version of a great song...(lowering volume...) Just go back to your sad life and listen to "oldies". Please stop the comments, as I am done here....If you spend your time defending Judy, well then more power to ya'! I'm only responding to you because of the cotton ball comment directed to ME...you are obviously fucking with the wrong dude...
Fuck you pussy ass mother fucker!! At least that would mean I get some, not some loner pansy dude with the hots for Judy Collins...LOL...you are fucking pathetic!!! And I don't get it...mthivier..does it stand for "empty HIV-er"???? I guess you infected mother fucker!! Die in hell!!
dvd- can you contribute something aside from insult and instigation? what is your point?? art is subjective anyhow. you prefer another version. i love collins, but love simone's version. so what? i dont think people came here to find out my preferences<<<key word
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JamieAndrewsable 1 month ago
Wow, this is so beautiful. I was looking for the Randy Newman original, but I think I like this one just as much.
NinjaPirate77 1 month ago 2
Why do people feel the need to state their age? -.-
ahhhndy 5 months ago 4
@ahhhndy im 12 and love this music
gramule 3 months ago
@gramule Good for you! :D
ahhhndy 3 months ago
@ahhhndy ta mate. taken in the spirit it was meant to be taken. greetings from across the pond.
gramule 3 months ago
I'm 15 and I think Judy Collins rocks... and she's so beautiful
kittykat4161 5 months ago 7
UB40 did a great version..
bobeagle007 5 months ago
i know it sounds cruel and evil, but this song reminds me of the place i grew up, Detroit is not what i remember it. judy has one of those voices that help guide you on your own personal voyages, beautiful yet haunting song
ks21qi 6 months ago
beautiful voice
shirleywhirly84 6 months ago
I've always loved Judy, I made a clip for another band you may remember called Bread, ' Diary" check it out . youtube.com/watch?v=uhlYY-CxRAM
truthserum2000 8 months ago
A friend of mine was a flight attendant for United. Judy Collins was on the plane, and my friend told her that she was a fan. Judy asked her if she wanted to see her in concert in San Francisco, where the plane was to land. At 7:45 PM, my friend knocked on the side, alley, door of the auditorium, and Judy was there to let her in. She took her to a chair in the wings behind the curtain, and let her watch her performance from the stage.
moseyalong1 8 months ago 5
Ms, Collins' greatest conribution was facilitating Leonard Cohen's introduction to the North American public. AND THAT IS A LEGACY ONE SHOULD HONOR. Aside from that, the rest is palaver. And what does her Highness want to eat tonight? And is it properly prepared? (Those who have been with her will understand).
TheBigDelicious 10 months ago
I may get torn apart for this, but I prefer Katie Melua's version. It seems to be more emotional behind the words.
Elriaen 11 months ago
@Elriaen - no ripping because it's just a matter of taste. But KM's breathy, note-sliding, semi-jazz vocals don't equal genuine emotion; it's just the way the record companies have convinced today's mass audience that songs convey feeling. Collins and her generation of singers allow the lyric to create the emotion, making the song the central point of attention - not the singer, as Melua and that type of singer do.
sensei48 11 months ago 2
@sensei48 Your opinion, expressed brilliantly. I stick to my own, though I am less eloquent. I agree to disagree with you. :)
Elriaen 11 months ago
@Elriaen - Nicely said! I just wanted to offer you another way of looking at it. And to think that people say that you can't have a civil conversation/disagreement on YouTube! :)
sensei48 10 months ago
@sensei48 Judy was/is so good at emotional readings of songs like this. It was her original song, Randy recorded it later. Bette Midler used it in Beaches, but it got overshadowed by the other Randy Newman hit "Wind Beneath My Wings". Poignant lyrics and haunting melody need no acrobatics to get the message across. This was a time when the music was allowed to speak for itself. Judy's stature and presentation enhance the desolation of the lyric. Beautiful.
marchesano 6 months ago
@marchesano - As much as I agree with your sentiments, m. - the song was in fact written by Randy Newman, who holds the copyright.
sensei48 6 months ago
@sensei48 I know it was a Randy Newman song. I was perhaps not clear. But Judy did the first recording.
marchesano 6 months ago
@marchesano Jeff Silbar and Larry Henley wrote "Wind Beneath My Wings"
71morehead 6 months ago
@marchesano also Randy Newman wrote "I Think It's Going To Rain Today", not Judy Colllins
71morehead 6 months ago
She is so beautiful, which somehow enhances the sadness of the song. You're right -- she nails it.
louisa1832 11 months ago
just terrific...thanks for posting. The song's very simplicity makes it both great and a difficult one to sing and she nails it .
blessOTMA 11 months ago
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alexmortland 1 year ago
Too showbiz, too clear, too perfect. I've got nothing against reinterpretation in principle, but I really think that this tune calls for a numb, exhausted, mumbled vocal delivery, y'know? It's a foggy, miserable sulk of a song, and it can be the saddest thing you've ever heard when performed right, but it seems like the effect is ruined by turning it into an anthemic declaration from the mountaintops. I think.
alexmortland 1 year ago
What sincerity and true elegance...I wish there were more artist/singers like her today...Jaya Dixit Nag Peralta
dhyanjayapushpanjali 1 year ago 2
@dhyanjayapushpanjali
well put :)
qyzuf 1 year ago
How I love this song.... so beautiful!
PGursky 1 year ago
She is just pure magic. I'm at a loss for words; this rendition blows Ms. Midler's right out of the water...
isitfunthere1 1 year ago
Suite (Sweet) Judy Blue Eyes - CSNY.
Skyhawkct 1 year ago
Fabulous.....I miss real talent . I actuallly remember seeing her on the Smothers Brothers show....
oldflamingo 1 year ago
My God, the way she sings this song is so telling a story! Wow!
jabohunter 1 year ago
Judy wouldn't fit into today's mix of incredible shallowness. There's not another Judy Collins visible on the music scene today . . . fortunately this great woman is still alive and still contributing. THank you Judy Collins.
briarcliffbaron 1 year ago 3
Was looking @ some of the postings here -gee, everybody has their own problems/issues, but can't you appreciate this great woman for her talent & artistry..? I don't care to hear about whether she was alcoholic, etc.. I just want to hear her wonderful voice!
tomk773 1 year ago
thank you so much for posting this..i love her version of this..truly beautiful..
rjcubby13 1 year ago
JUST HAS SUCH GREAT LOOKING LEGS HERE!!!! AND SHE IS GORGEOUS TOO!!!!!
dannys2222 1 year ago
yes it rained today hahahahaha.
govindrajMR 1 year ago
One of most beautiful female voices EVER. Love Judy.
MattHatter 1 year ago
@2old2Rock oh you're the OP!!!!! First off, thanks........glad you said it, saved me a few keystrokes......common sense, people!!!!!!!! I don't have your ears, you don't have mine!!!!!! Personally, I haven't heard a bad version of this song yet, and my buddy just posted a live RN version.....I know that song from BEACHES!!!!! Bette covered that!!!!! So I just did a YTube search.......wow, so many!!!!!!
pptguru99 1 year ago
It's too bad that we can't have a new trend and be Judy or Bette rolled instead of "RICK ROLLED".
LauraBeachnut 1 year ago
How vulgar society has become. A lovely song by a lovely woman and people have, for their own sick and toxic reasons, make comments that have no place anywhere. Beautiful music with such a powerful message.
DocDocJerry 1 year ago 4
Bwoken vindows.
gnamp 1 year ago
@gnamp yawn
gramule 1 year ago
@gramule gwamule yawwnth
gnamp 1 year ago
@gnamp one of the most talented, creative, understated and pure spirited people ever. take note.....'twenty five years to grow a tree, one hour to chop it down'.....hope this helps.
gramule 1 year ago
@gramule she wasn't a very nice person.
gnamp 1 year ago
@gnamp What, Judy? First off, she's still alive, and second off, she's a sweetheart. She mentors younger singers now.
SpamWarrior3000 1 year ago
@SpamWarrior3000 First off, nobody said she's dead. She may be perfectly nice now, but she wasn't. I didn't want to have to point this out but. She certainly 'was' a raging, self-obsessed alcoholic who drove her son to suicide. But boy, what a voice.
gnamp 1 year ago
@gnamp The 'was' confused me a little there, sorry. She did used to be an alcoholic (and then a bulimic), but her son committed suicide long after she'd sobered up--he was clinically depressed, as was her father, I believe.
SpamWarrior3000 1 year ago
@SpamWarrior3000 I won't argue with you. You clearly know her better than I do.
gnamp 1 year ago
@gnamp Whoa, whoa, I'm not trying to argue with you. I'm just saying what I've read from her and other people who've known her. She's never denied her alcoholism or her bulimia, and more people than just her knew her son was clinically depressed. I'm not trying to say she's a saint or anything.
SpamWarrior3000 1 year ago
@SpamWarrior3000 I think I may have got her all wrong.
gnamp 1 year ago
@gnamp She definitely pulled her share of screw-ups as a young woman, but her contemporaries all have nothing but nice things to say about her, and she's still friends with all the ones who are still alive. (Granted, they all sort of had a screw-up club going on for a while in the late 60's, but hey. Musicians. They're famous for it.) :)
SpamWarrior3000 1 year ago
@gnamp i respect you, your honesty
gramule 1 year ago
@gnamp very, very difficult to believe. proof needed, not just air-headed gossip. hope this helps
gramule 1 year ago
what an amazing talent, i cant believe this is almost 43 years ago, judy is so beautiful, i must say reading the other text's , bette midlers version is amazing as well, i enjoy both...thats the beauty of music and art, you can enjoy it all and cherish what it brings into your life.. human kindness is overflowing-what an amazing line, peace to everyone
nateboytwo 1 year ago
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amazing how UB40 made a reggae miracle out of this boring stuff...
Salaminguana 1 year ago
2old2Rock you are dead on. I am only 24 but I grew up listening to Judy Collin's version. The way she makes a song her own is truly unique and should not be forgotten. I love Bette Middler and Judy Collins equally but when it comes to versions of the song Judy takes the cake. Bette Middler is an amazing artist and her version is very good as well. I still have to go with Judy. Thank you I enjoyed this video.
carlsonf 1 year ago 3
I LOVE THIS SONG !!!
auntsissyrainstorm 1 year ago 2
what dignity...we have lost so much as a culture...let's get it back!
divine1111 1 year ago
It is just another version of a beautyful song. I've just discovered it and I think it is
very sad and very beautyful. Milder is a little bit lighter on that song.
There is only one I really can't stand and thats the one from Katie Melua...just boring. Saw her once on stage and I was sedated after three songs.
pitberlin 1 year ago
Sweet Judy Blue Eyes
angriffeins 1 year ago
Tom Northcott nailed this one.
problem49 1 year ago
Judy Collins is regal.
iw32 1 year ago
You are beautiful and have the voice of an angel.
TrojanCutie 1 year ago
- There were no girls-gone-wild videos.
- There were no reports of girls beating each other.
Instead the likes of this beautiful & gentle woman was more liberation and self-realization than all the feminist shouting and demanding achieved.
Such a loss to women, who were sold a false bill of goods with the promise their lives would be great if they could just have more money or a position at a company. Lost has been the true power that comes with loving, kindness and grace as once known..
AviationDad 1 year ago
Beautiful song. Beautiful singer.
Seattlecarnut 1 year ago
Exquisite, no other word for it. Judy Collins, you are a national treasure!
butfulmuzik 1 year ago 2
Better than most...better than we deserve
hbailen 1 year ago
Love this version. Also love Cass Elliot and Dusty Springfield's takes too.
TRAVISJAMES03 2 years ago
@TRAVISJAMES03 i can't find any mama cass version. if you know where to get it, let me know.
AdamG319 1 year ago
@AdamG319 Same here
andreagiuseppe 1 year ago
I ache from memories. Thank you for this.
ceb2633 2 years ago
I've just rediscovered this song after a 42 year gap.......saw it on TV in the 60's, never knew who sang it, or what the song was.....I've had Judy's voice in my head all this time and joy of joys, found it by chance this morning..........a gorgeous song indeed!
iliketosurfwinki 2 years ago
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i like the UB40 version all these other old people make it down and dreary
badn1ss 2 years ago
I like UB40, so I'll have to check that version out...but in all fairness, she's singing it the way the writer intened it to be.
shnooger 2 years ago
I love Dusty's version, too; I'm listening to it on Rhapsody right now.
ryartiste 2 years ago
great song..doesnt Judy look lovely, she is always able to affect me with that pure sweet voice.
joeygsmom 2 years ago 3
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UB40 version is way better than any of those old people
badn1ss 2 years ago
I love this song, it reminds me of abandoned places like old parks that are now in ruins and how I feel
nhoverhaulinfan2 2 years ago 15
@nhoverhaulinfan2
but then, there's Judy's interpretation of 'Chelsea Morning'. Keep smiling and be sunny.
mkaipo1 1 year ago
@nhoverhaulinfan2 It reminds me of a sad sad love affair at the point when you know its over as you stand alone reflecting...love is kind, love is cruel, love is blind
toemeraldcity 11 months ago
this is great, but i love Dusty Springfield's version!
dkini31907 2 years ago 4
I think Dusty Springfield understood the lyrics of this better than anybody - she said it was her favourite song at one point.
Judy Collins has a great clear, strong voice but she's almost too steely for this song. Dusty Springfield's soft, more vulnerable take does it for me.
jemb2000 2 years ago 3
Hmnm..gotta check that out..
billyscottbrandt 2 years ago
I am familiar with Randy Newman's songwriting career. It was my impression that you thought somebody else recorded the song before Judy, like Bette Midler, who did decades after Judy. Thanks for writing back. These old Judy videos are amazing. She was a frequent guest on The Smothers Brothers Show.
ElRorque 2 years ago
judy was the first to record this song, 1966. In My Life album. You can look it up.
ElRorque 2 years ago
It's true that Judy was the first to record this song, but it was written, arranged, and composed by Randy Newman! I did look it up! Randy Newman was a song composer for others before he started recording his own songs! By the way Judy's version is much better than Randy's ha!!
MountAthos 2 years ago
Randy released his version on his first LP on Reprise, which I bought as a remainder and treasure to this day. It is a poignant, moving rendition-every bit as good as Judy's cover.
problem49 2 years ago
heavenly voice.
swampzoid 2 years ago 3
What a sad, tragic moment in our national life! Meanless war in Vietham, wasting a geneartion for nothing. People had to grow up fast and either do what their governemt told them to do or stand and be outlaws. No matter what you did, it was tragic.
TedMichaelMorgan 2 years ago 36
I grew up then. To be honest, I have always considered a phrase like "wasting a generation" to be WAY over the top. Especially if you use it in referance to the war. I am willing to bet that an equal or greater number lives were fucked up forever at that time from drug use. Look at it like this, ihn a 10 year period it is likely tens of thousands of young people will die in traffic accidents. Odd, i never hear "a wasted generation" used for that.
56Edify 2 years ago 3
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qyzuf 2 years ago
I agree with you, 56Edify.
qyzuf 2 years ago
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:(
so sad ... true.
colinmaharaj 1 year ago
@TedMichaelMorgan
I was in Nam and I had the freakin time of my life
lirumlarum777 10 months ago
@TedMichaelMorgan as if its any differant today? More of the same waste of life almost 50 years later.
hockeyham3 8 months ago
@TedMichaelMorgan meaningless
TedMichaelMorgan 6 months ago
@TedMichaelMorgan meaningless war
TedMichaelMorgan 3 months ago
I like Judy's singing, but I think Norah Jones sings this song better.
MirrorsforEyes 2 years ago
Wasn't this orgianally sing by bette midler? I like bette's better
12lmeganl12 2 years ago
It is a Randy Newman song
zendograilseeker 2 years ago
randy newman
peaceric 2 years ago 2
This is such a beautiful song and Judy is such a beautiful performer ... I'm so glad that I found this.
CottonCountryBoy 2 years ago
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Decent voice, but her face looks likes she's been in a fire.
JesusHatesObama 2 years ago
This is the wrong place for this but I can't resist. Your handle says it all. If there were a Jesus, he certainly wouldn't hate Obama. Smallminded people like you hate, I don't even hate Bush even though I think he was badly misguided. As for Judy's voice, are you tone deaf?
wilytone 2 years ago 4
Oh wilytone, don't let JHO affect you. I've visited his/her page ... it's all hate for everyone. He/she doesn't know Jesus.
"Beloved let us love one another. For love is of God and everyone that loveth is born of God and knoweth God. He that loveth not, knoweth not God, for God is Love." 1 John 4:7-8
I know that God loves Obama. And he must love me and you. He led us to this site to enjoy such simple loveliness.
Peace!
CottonCountryBoy 2 years ago 5
There's nothing simple about this song. It's a religious hymn to loneliness.
bracine1 2 years ago 5
If you can find the album this is from, "In My life" There's not a bad song on it.
stratocruising 2 years ago
true, true, true. sweet memories of our youth. sigh, a heavy sigh.
hobnailrose 2 years ago
Elegant, beautiful and heartfelt. Powerful and without schmaltz.
ncmathsadist 2 years ago 5
I have never heard this Randy Newman tune, beautiful! And it needs to be heard a lot in this time of human conflict. Nice job as always by Judy.
Ermengarde11 2 years ago 3
Don't forget about UB40 version
watch?v=1wZdSYPi9qI
very specific one
dupppie 2 years ago
Randy Newman. Circa 1966. Same year I was born.
dantescratch 2 years ago
Her voice is beautiful and her singing is so unaffected. That's not the case with most of the singers on American Idol.
revacohen 2 years ago
True, simpler times then, simpler styles too. Wonderful message as well.
Ermengarde11 2 years ago 2
Randy Newman wrote this song.
curlysloppy 2 years ago
Didn't Micky Newbury write this?
PassedThrough 3 years ago
Kenrew,
Good, but not as good as Barbara Dickson's
version.
5869074 3 years ago
This album ( In My Life) made such an impression on me , I think I was 15 ! My friends brother sent a real to real tape home from Vietnam ,we would listen to it everyday after school !
diehlcarol 3 years ago 3
It's really a church hymn (chorale) with a disenchanted lyric that is very appealing to teenagers. I know it worked for me in 1968. Makes a lovely bookend with Donovan's "Sunny Goodge Street" (also on her album "In My Life").
baracine 3 years ago 2
No no no! Punk Rock! not satanic metal head noise...Ya know, Ramones etc...
Snotra 3 years ago
I want to do a punk version of this song. Kinda like what Mike Ness did with Ring of fire.
Snotra 3 years ago
Why destroy beauty with the vile satanism of punk
123strauss 3 years ago
Your foolish, SATAN, c'mon.
robzombay 3 years ago
No I'm not foolish at all . Rock music is evil , with punk just another variation of that same evil . You can't see this because you're blind .
123strauss 3 years ago
Or maybe you're just stupid, 123strauss.
VarialKickflipp 2 years ago
Or maybe I'm not , and you probably are .
123strauss 2 years ago
real mature. gosh
ashleyschoen 2 years ago
And yet , so true !
123strauss 2 years ago
how old r u? let me answer that. ur 2.
ashleyschoen 2 years ago
How I wish .
123strauss 2 years ago
Or maybe you are
123strauss 2 years ago
I think she has one of the most naturally beautiful voices I've ever heard. No need to overlay it with "interpretation". She lets the music speak for itsefl - and that's a true artist!
owenboi66 3 years ago 4
It just makes me sick that this type of artist isn't being promoted these days. Instead, we get no talent Jessica Simpson, the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, etc.
stillwaterguy04 3 years ago 51
Norah Jones did a superb version of this song at the Katrina benefit. You can't call her an unknown...
exackerly 2 years ago
And bette midler too! I love her version
galouromane 2 years ago
@stillwaterguy04 Take some comfort in the fact that you can still find her stuff at any decent store, especially the album "Wildfowers". And a hundred years from now people will STILL know who she was. The no talent ones you listed at the end of your comment will not even be a footnote in the history of great music.
56Edify 1 year ago 9
@stillwaterguy04 Oh SOOOOOOOOOOOO Right. Amen brother
jeffpoet 1 year ago
You've hit the nail on the head. Naturally beautiful voice. Unforced, no need to interpret. Native intelligence and sensitivity pour out when she opens her mouth. A truly gifted musician.
caraphyllis 3 years ago 2
1. Randy Newman's original version of this masterpiece as released on his debut album in 1968
2. Newman
3. Ditto
4. Same
5. RN
8. Judy Collins -- she sings it like it means something, she sings it for a reason
9. Every other professional on YouTube -- good to great musicians performing a great song
10. Everyone else on YouTube or in the real world -- people with the good taste to like or love this song
100. People who have never heard this song
999. People who think this is a bad song
Straussian 3 years ago
I saw Judy last night in marin county california with Leo Kotke. She performed an excellent song abut the firemen of 9/11.
eretzsus 3 years ago
wow. i knew her songs, but never her. I'm so glad she's still performing! mesmerizing.
monicasuetannehill 3 years ago 2
Just beautiful, I love this version
DarceyAchin 3 years ago 3
Dusty's version is my personal favorite, though this is also great. Still have questions about the actual meaning of the lyrics. It's still a bit of a mystery to me...
trschaefer 3 years ago
Given the oeuvre of Randy Newman (the composer) the lyrics are less puzzling than you may imagine. Newman's work is dripping irony. Each stanza begins with a painful image, portrayed at varying levels of ambiguity: then the punch line, also ambiguous. No syrup. Strictly no syrup. A sentimentality free zone layered with, yes, sentiment but not with even a jot of sentimentality. What 'signs implore me' to do can be patronizing. Hear the irony? I think it's going to rain today.
jaynecurtsii 3 years ago
Check out Tony Rice' version.
489177 3 years ago
Again, a tune that was pretty much meant for Judy to sing. I'd say this is the equal of what she recorded on "In My Life". Shocking to realize the LP came out 42 yrs ago, come November....
DG19075 3 years ago
Such a beautifully written song, im yet to find a version i dont like! Dusty still remains my favourite though.......
searchingforsoul1 3 years ago
Thank you video poster, Judy and Randy.
There is much beauty in this world, evidenced by this clip and the artistry and voice of Judy Collins. The words are both sad and beautiful.
They sure don't make these variety shows like they used to, do they?
kinddude 3 years ago 2
in the 60's WBAI (alternative music radio station in NYC, wee hours of the morning) played this song...ok... then it played it again...ok.... and again....over 20 times in succession....then it was stopped, abruptly, in the middle....the DJ said he was gonna play it until someone called the station and told him to stop playing it.... as a nightcap, when the show signed off, the DJ played it, 3 more times!! what a hoot!
winkbbaum 3 years ago 2
With Randy Newman singing his own song, peacefullycaffeinate has posted the definitive version of this miniature masterpiece of a song. Still, I really like Judy's covers, and this is easier to listen to--not as much pathos. If you like it (and I do), Judy's voice is a tough habit to break (so I won't break it).
Straussian 3 years ago 2
I must've played this song a hundred times or more. Judy Collins was one of my favorite singers as a teen, and her music is still timeless. Thanks for sharing this video. I'd never seen this before.
Treelvr2 4 years ago
My personal favorite is Val Kilmers version. Its on his myspace and its understated and under rated. Check it out!
williamstdog9 4 years ago
anyone happen to know the year this was?
dmail9 4 years ago
lol.
I like this video.
Anadnerb 4 years ago
Wow - you cool people who can't think up real cusses so just swear - nice one.
manlikepaul 4 years ago 2
Great clip...thanks for posting...
Bearboycub 4 years ago 2
" I guess music like beauty is in the eye ie or ear of the beholder, in it's simplicity this is most beautiful song, and Miss Collins voice is a gift from God"
JordanDurell 4 years ago
Boring interpretation....Bette Midler can sing this and give you goose pimples!!!
dvdtrr 4 years ago
Bette's version is okay, but Judy Collins' reading of this song is astoundingly beautiful.
mthivier 4 years ago 2
That's exactly right!! She sounds like she IS reading it, while Bette's is beautifully sung!!
dvdtrr 4 years ago
I think you'd better take the cotton balls out of your ears.
mthivier 4 years ago 4
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Cotton balls? You've got balls for your comment...anyway, it's true, Judy Collins sounds as one should singing to a group of elemetary kids, like a Sesame Street song...boring!!! Bette Midler puts much more feeling, dynamics, inflection, and spunk...Judy is like a Lawerence Welk back up singer...sorry but it's true...
dvdtrr 4 years ago
The only thing that's true is that all your taste is in your mouth.
mthivier 4 years ago
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Yeah, thank god for that! My mouth would be no where near you!!! You must live a boring life listening to this....sorry and too bad for you!!! Go kick the tin can down the street, while I go listen to Bette in Vegas!! LOL!!!
dvdtrr 4 years ago
And you must have some real "issues" if you take some horrendous offense at my statement that I simply prefer Judy Collins' version of this song over Bette Midler's (whom I also happen to like, by the way). On your way to Vegas, stop at your shrink's office and get your meds adjusted. I think you're overdue.
mthivier 4 years ago
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"I think it's going to rain today..." sorry to have done that on your parade! LOL..."lonely, lonely..." You are one sad bitch!!
dvdtrr 4 years ago
I'm a bit unsure as to what you'd hoped to accomplish by clicking onto a performance, taking a swipe at the artist, and then getting defensive when fans of said performance/artist take issue with your comments. Obviously, 95 percent of those clicking onto this are doing so because they enjoy Judy Collins' recording of this song, so it shouldn't be such a surprise to you that someone would take offense at your remarks.
mthivier 4 years ago
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Well you're offending the human race by just being yourself...I'm over you. Everytime I get an email about your ass, I have to hear this boring version of a great song...(lowering volume...) Just go back to your sad life and listen to "oldies". Please stop the comments, as I am done here....If you spend your time defending Judy, well then more power to ya'! I'm only responding to you because of the cotton ball comment directed to ME...you are obviously fucking with the wrong dude...
dvdtrr 4 years ago
Go fuck yourself up the ass...or better yet, you're probably letting someone else do thar right now.
mthivier 4 years ago
Fuck you pussy ass mother fucker!! At least that would mean I get some, not some loner pansy dude with the hots for Judy Collins...LOL...you are fucking pathetic!!! And I don't get it...mthivier..does it stand for "empty HIV-er"???? I guess you infected mother fucker!! Die in hell!!
dvdtrr 4 years ago
Impressive...I'll bet you stayed up all night thinking of that one.
mthivier 4 years ago
dvd- can you contribute something aside from insult and instigation? what is your point?? art is subjective anyhow. you prefer another version. i love collins, but love simone's version. so what? i dont think people came here to find out my preferences<<<key word
coffeescup 4 years ago
I don't care about your preference...any type!! That's your shit...I was just responding to mthivier who called me out.
dvdtrr 4 years ago
dvd- yeah, that's my point. they don't care about yours either...
coffeescup 4 years ago