She once said that Nancy Wilson was her idol! Well, when she moved her head while she sung the words, "Wishing you were with me to love the night away", I saw Nancy Wilson!
Its hard to believe that it's been 25 years today since Living All Alone was released. Please take time to remember it. I'm going home to play it from track 1 to the end. But of course, we don't to ever forget about her last studio album, I Refuse to Be Lonely---16 years---It was the best written and the most involved Phyllis had been on any project---if only we could have really known what really was going on. It makes her music all the more special. We Miss U Phyllis!
@nelso53 Ahhh, Melvin Lindsay and the Quiet Storm. What good memories. I am back in the DC area after being away for nearly 30 years and although WHUR and the Quiet Storm are still good, nothing compares to the days of Melvin Lindsay...I had so many cassette tape recordings of his shows back in the day...Switch, Angie Bofill, Patti Austin, Smoke City, Parris, Ronnie Laws...the list goes on and on.
This is my ish right here. Gurrl you know you told the story with this one. We missed this wonderful artist, humanitarian and yes, complex haunted soul.
I had the privilege to see her live... take off her shoes, sit on a stool, and bare her soul... her music came from deep within... and her audience could feel it... it hurt me deeply when she died... I will always love her music... her style... there will NEVER be another like her!
@AleekahTV Yes, I agree she was very sensual. Did you see the breast rub at 2:38 and the little sensual strut at 3:12? She had Sexy on lock. She was so classy.
@marnita826 Oh ok. I figured that was the part you were referring to. In that case, I saw it. She was always elegantly subtle with it unlike so many female vocalists out today who shall remain nameless.
I wish she could know how mad I am at her for taking her life and ripping this gift from us she had. It really sucks whne the best take themselves out. It was very selfish of her but at the same time who could know her pain. Like she said we just don't know. Toward the end of her life Phyllis sang the truth and also gave subliminal messages that we read 2 late. We thought she was singing but she was gone take her life a long time before she did. She was successful the 2nd time, remember?
i fell in love with someone while in the army and this artist, RIP was the epitome of all that i felt, love, deep, desire, longing, passion, comfort and a plethera of other emotions that we associate with love.
too everyone who has ever heard her voice and felt her love, be happy that she moved you to a higher place of feeling!
Love it. Love it. LOVE IT! This transports me back to a wonderful place and time. Listening to her was a soul-full journey with her voice dipping twisting and turning along the way. You just closed your eyes and followed her to wherever -- to joy, through pain and back again. The emotional richness of her voice always lingered long after the song was over and it still does. She. Stopped. Time. Phyllis, Phyllis, YOU just don't know how we are missing you!
@pleezer10 I love Jazmine and she's a great singer,but nobody can do Phyllis's songs like Phyllis(RIP). They would have to dub the singing in a film about her because her vocal performances told her story.
How can someone be so stunning? Phyllis was sooo beautiful, amazing voice, confident... How did she get dropped for Whitney Houston? was it her weight? Phyllis wore it very well; very classy? Screw you CLIVE DAVIS!
@moejazzie She did not get dropped for Whitney it was just she and Clive did not like each other. Had nothing real to do with Whitney. There was room for both divas!
Hey Motown, why must we consistently put down our Nubian queens? We will not progress as a group until we stop disrespecting the gifts of one another. Now, if you would like Beyonce to have a chance to touch the hem of the Late Ms. Hyman's skirt, pray that into existence. I dare you to open your mind to the light of love for us a people & a nation.!
i love her ,she was so graceful and elegant you hardly see that in female artists now , everyone is too busy trying to be alike they need to study real music like this.
Today is June 30, 2010, on this very day fifteen years ago, The Late Great Phyllis Hyman took her own life and it truly broke my heart. I grieved for more than a year. I had to pray, pray and pray over the loss. I couldn't believe it. I had just saw her six months early at the strand in Redondo Beach California and she put on and awesome show. Phyllis asked the audiance "What do you want to hear? and I screamed You know How To Love Me and she said "That's In The Show" I miss you Phyllis RIP
My God how much I miss this woman!! The Beyonce's and the Rhiannas needs to step way back to this woman! Beyonce is coming close but has a bit more to go!
@nickey33 Beyonce will never come close to Phyllis she is a skank and will never be as good as Phyllis, thats insulting to even say she is getting close
Classy, sensual, captivating, alluring, intoxicating, femine, vulumptious, tantilizing, all in one. 3 times a lady had nothing on her. She was much more!
To Phyllis Hyman: Ntozake Shange [“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuff...” Writer, Playwright (1948- )]: “When I die, I will not be guilty of having left a generation of girls behind thinking that anyone can tend to their emotional health other than themselves.”
To Phyllis Hyman: Ntozake Shange [“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuff...” Writer, Playwright (1948- )]: “When I die, I will not be guilty of having left a generation of girls behind thinking that anyone can tend to their emotional health other than themselves.”
If you never got the chance to see her perform live, you truly missed .... I have no words. This LADY was BAD! I LOVE PHYLLIS and miss her dynamic sound. Rest in Peace my sister! Sing on with the angels!
Been a fan since I was 16, she was and will always be a vision of Sexy, Sensuality to me. Her voice is hypnotic, her beauty and style unique and undenialble.
Blee you Phyllis for such a wonderful song such as this one here; and oh how true that this song really is and how much that I can relate to such a song as this one here. You just don't know what I be going through......... thanks for everything and blessing from me to you always. irvinbean
I've been a fan since the very first time I heard her sing a note on the radio. I feel cheated that she left so soon and find it bittersweet now to hear her voice.
Amazin, my absolute favorite artist. Had the great pleasure of meeting her a few times. My 30th birthday had front row center stage tickets and then back stage where I hung out with La Hyman, until she told me I had to go. She had to work some things out with her security people.....sniff, sniff, coke was the issue. She was an amazing artist, totally under utilized. I send her love and know she is at peace.
One of my favorite female vocalists...her voice is one of a kind. I had the opportunity to see her in concert several times, she really put on a good show. She would kick off her shoes and wihistle. Her whistle abilities were so keen, she sounded like an instrument. She is truly a loss to pure talent. RIP.
Got to see Phyllis around this time & experience seeing this incredible Diva sublime& memorable...Living All Alone is classic & this clip gorgeous...Bravo Phyllis and we miss you!
I wish I could have seen @ least one of her concerts but I am her in the struggle of a good personal life I feel all her songs it describes the hurt I understand. RIP Phyllis frm Lady D in Houston,Tx.
Phyllis, I miss you so much.............I remember when you were practicing this song, before the concert................. I never forget our long talks./
phyllis was a beautiful sista with a great voice. I love to hear her sing . when I feel down she makes it a little bareble . I wish her life could have been happier.
She was so gorgeous and her voice AMAZING. My dad was in LOVE with her and it brings tears to his eyes whenever he hears her. Its so sad how depressed and lonely she was....it definitely reflects in her music which certainly makes it better but I wish she was still here...
well akaziaj and pleezer10, I'm a straight female, and I must say I'm the type of person that pays attention to detail and I noticed everything she did in this video. From the way she looked, how she moved and even when she did the touching thing @ 3:29. I must say that this is my fav P.H. video to watch because you get so many different sides and parts of her. Its like she's exposed. Did you all also notice that moment @ 3:35-36 where it seemed as though she channeled in on some kinda emotion?
She was definitely all into the tune and channeled all kinds of energy especially sexual to bring power to the song. You get a visual of a wonderful union will an old love. LOL.
You are too funny. True story: a male cousin of mine met Phyllis Hyman back in the late 80s when he was working at the hotel that she was staying in. He was only 19 years old at the time. He told me that he had never seen any woman that tall and big and that fine!! He said when he saw her he was totally speechless!!
We all miss Phyllis. She was so talented and so beautiful!!
That woman was so smooth & so sick with her music until I never noticed that she said "tears I've cried" twice. I've watched this video many of times and never caught it until I was half asleep. lol It's around 0:42.
She was so fine. She helped me cope with a failed marriage attempt back in 86. Not too much to do in Tulsa at that time. I must have played her cassette until my player would not have it anymore. So beautiful and sexy. After I caught my fiance , I went back and played Living All Alone a million times over. It had just came out. So every time I hear this album it reminds me of the hurt and embarrassment that I went through at that time. I became a better man thanks to "L.G."
I think Paula Patton would be an even better candiate. She's tall, she's beautiful, and elegant. I can see her playing Phyllis if there was a biopic on her life. There's other actresses out there as well but their not mainstream.
Hey Jo! :0) Paula Patton was in Idlewild, her character was the phony singer. She was also in Deja Vu and she played opposite of Denzil Washington. She's a good actress. If anything she is the only one who is gonna come close as far as looks when compared to Phyllis. Like I said she is tall, beautiful, and elegant. She may not have the full lips that Phyllis had, or the big dreamy eyes, but in my opinion I think she would play Phyllis character well.
Okay let me recant that...Paula Patton is not tall shes only 5'4 I looked up her profile on movie website imdb. But...I do think she would be closet in protraying Phyllis.
People... the only one that can play Phyllis is Kimora Lee Simmons. There are so many pictures where they look like mother and daughter. As i recall both are 1/2 black and something else, both are tall and beautiful. Nuff said
at first i said debbie morgan b/c she has the face and acting skills but i forgot she's short lol. but debbbie has phyllis's eyes and mouth.if she was taller shed be perfect
Hey you got a point and I guess you and I and so many others are Phyllis's greatest critics, because we know how great she was. I know I'd like to see someone who could do a close job acting because as of this date there is noone alive who could come close to her voicals unless we just haven't hear her.
Okay I think I kind of figured it out....Living All Alone album was put out in 1986 but that leaves a gap because on these videos Phyllis is singing songs from her Prime of My Life album like Meet Me On the Moon which the Prime of My Life Album came out in 1991 so this video had to be around 1991 to 1992 right....
Amen to that! I miss the true talent of singing all together. these artists out here I'm afraid don't posess the natural gift of singing that requires very little instrumental accompanyment but does need tons of REVERB!
Phyliss is so amazing, that goes without saying. You are so amazing for posting these live concerts of her to those of us who were fortunate to see her in concert and for sharing with those who never will. I lived her music. Play on playa.
The Neanderthal Man that I am, I never really noticed that much of a weight change. I mean, I've seen Ms. Hyman more times than I can count, and she always looked Gorgeous! Love You Forever, Phyllis. Peace.
I said this before...It would have been an adventure to be with her....SO MUCH PASSION..but I think being in a relationship with her would have been emotionally draining.
I wish people in general would be more overstanding. people like Phyllis Hyman and Donny Hathaway left too soon. I really wish "REAL" music would make a "comefront"(Comeback). Do anyone here agree? Plase let me know.
Oh yeah, I completely agree with you! "REAL" music deserves to stand out because its conveyance and the environment within music is such a breath of fresh. We should really toss those "trix are for kids" music to the back burner, if you catch my drift. Soulja Boy and lil Wayne are so infantile but people don't know that they have ticks up their sleeves.
aw this is my 2nd favorite song ever. i like this arrangement. phyllis was just so cool with it. i only wish she had let loose during the end like she did on the studio track. but she looked terrific. lol she was not a bit afraid 2 show her figure.
I just wish that someone had kept more of a close eye on her, due to them knowing her mental stastis, people who have these disorders like LEGEND SINGER DONNY HATHAWAY WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SCHZOPHANIA did the same thing supposely. So someone needs to just care enough to keep and eye on these wonderful people.
It was suicide, she had spoken with a friend of hers just days before, telling him of her plans and not to try and talk her out of it. She had also tried twice before but they interceded in time. She bolted her door from the inside, sent her assistants on bogus errands, giving her time to carry out her plan.
Being beautiful doesn't stop someone from being lonely. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and chose not to take medication. She tried to cope with drugs and alcohol. She grew tired like many people who suffer from depression and mental disease. Not to mention as both a person and artist she was misunderstood.
I am curious,what could have compelled Phyllis to take her own life?Since as she have been through so much already. It called "Experience"! I am hurt and sadden as we speak. Why,Why. I watch her tapes an her interviews and she keep saying I am lonely. A beautiful woman as Phyllis Hyman ???
rememeber she was bipolar and this is a real MENTAL DISORDER very real for the person that's going through it. She was just putting her feelings into a music form, trying to tell someone and anyone listening the pain she was feeling. No matter how much it did'nt make sense to a normal person.
Phyliis family were know as the one of the nicest families in our community growing up. her mother was a gem, they were a big family and beautiful all of them.
This Incredible Woman Killed Herself On My Birthday.. One Of My Wishes Was To See Her Live.. To Meet Her And Just To Tell Her How Important She Was To My Sense Of Music.. And The Ideal Of Love.. This Hurts! In A Good Way.. Thank U
As someone who did have the honor of seeing her live, I can tell you: She gave so much in her performances. It is rare at a concert that you feel that you are sitting on the edge of a stage and she is singing to you only. From as far back as I was sitting, that was a very profound feeling.
Phyllis Hyman was my beloved, best friend, lover, wife, and mother of our beautiful Daughter,...well at she was in my many dreams I had of us. well I tell you one thing, had Phillis Hyman met me , we would have married, and had beautiful children. I love you forever my beloved. cfw a.k.a. Popawolf69
For a person I've never met, she will always hold a special place in my heart. Her tenderness and sensitivity was obvious to anyone who cared to look. That Letterman interview when he talked about her shoe size and the fact that she could whistle more than anything else was an insult to her beauty and talent. I hope (if reincarnation is true) that she is appreciated and loved in the next life the way she wasn't in this one. Keep loving her. I love her, too.
I first heard Phyllis with Michael Henderson. I went looking for her album. I fell hard. I loved her so much it was stupid. I was in my teens at the time. Years later, in Philly I met her walking down South Street with a friend of hers. I was dam married, to another vocalist. I can't tell you how my poor heart suffered. I still love her. I have to play her just to remember I'm still human. I don't know where all the soul went for black people.
I wish she would have held out a little longer. The real singers are coming back. This was a voice that should have never been silent. I love me some Phillys Hyman.
song-sung with the sort of genuine, almost impromptu style as if she's thinking of the words as he arrives. The arrangement in understated, showcasing her lush voice and
She was reak and aproachable. This world is cruel to large beautiful women. IT is a fact they live a pain others do not know. They get bored and tired of the little people and all thier bullshit and they leave. Small world after all. Small minded people. The small penis frear factor and all that shit that goes alond with it.
Jesus I hope you were drunk when you wrote this. She's one of the greatest soul voices male or female, large or small lady, large or small penis. Try not to let the world get to you so much
i cry everytime i think of the gifted talent we lost in her untimely death. she was a true soul singer because the simple fact she touched me so deeply with her music and never knew me speaks volumes for her and her craft.... god now has a true angel as his side.
we love her soulful smooth calming voice..so deep and meaningful..I don't think there are any comparisons...she is the best...I wish she was here so we could tell her..God knows all the tears she cried and how she felt...RIP eternal rest to you Miss Hyman..Thank you for your gifted voice
I will add my 'Thank you' to all the others here...a very classy singer-a singer lost to the worlds music public who never got to hear one of the best singers to ever grace our plant-she is 'our' Phyllis & will always share a special place in our hearts!
I want to say THANK YOU! to the person that posted these live video of Ms.Hyman. I had the opportunity once to meet this gorgeous lady and I will always love her!
Such a phenomenal talent I wish that whatever it was that was causing that much pain for her was soothed with her passing R.I.P you Ssophisticated Lady
no one knows what was going through her head at the time of her death obviously she was dealing with something that was too much for her and something no one knew about.if you listen to the songs she was in pain and it was in her voice. she is missed and she was a true talent R.I.P phyllis
Phyllis did not commit suicide because of no man. She was addicted to anti-depressants i.e. prozac. Anyone familiar with that drug will know that it can cause people to either harm themselves or others. I would place a bet that most of those people on shooting sprees in America were on that drug, or something like it. That's what makes me so sad that anyone would prescribe such an awful drug to her. What a Gem!!!!!!!!!!!!
To be honest, Phyllis committed suicide because she was bipolar and she refused to take the lithium. She had all types of addictions, particularly cocaine and alcohol. She had attempted suicide twice before the third (and final time). It's pretty hard to place the blame her suicide on a drug in particular, it's safe to say that her untreated bipolar illness made her problems a lot worse than what they really were.
By the way, I encourage all of you Phyllis fans to pick up her biography by Jason Michael. It allowed me to view Phyllis in a TOTALLY different light.
She once said that Nancy Wilson was her idol! Well, when she moved her head while she sung the words, "Wishing you were with me to love the night away", I saw Nancy Wilson!
celestialpathway 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
This is my jam right here. Yes indeed Pepper had the sexy sultry diva on full lock down. No one could touch her.
akaziaj 3 months ago
Its hard to believe that it's been 25 years today since Living All Alone was released. Please take time to remember it. I'm going home to play it from track 1 to the end. But of course, we don't to ever forget about her last studio album, I Refuse to Be Lonely---16 years---It was the best written and the most involved Phyllis had been on any project---if only we could have really known what really was going on. It makes her music all the more special. We Miss U Phyllis!
CharliGirl868 5 months ago 4
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Yes the original "Quiet Storm" with Melvin LIndsay placed Phyllis on a pedestal for all to see. Good point!
nelso53 5 months ago
Yes the original "Quiet Strom" with Melvin LIndsay placed Phyllis on a pedestal for all to see. Good point!
nelso53 5 months ago 4
@nelso53 Ahhh, Melvin Lindsay and the Quiet Storm. What good memories. I am back in the DC area after being away for nearly 30 years and although WHUR and the Quiet Storm are still good, nothing compares to the days of Melvin Lindsay...I had so many cassette tape recordings of his shows back in the day...Switch, Angie Bofill, Patti Austin, Smoke City, Parris, Ronnie Laws...the list goes on and on.
slanum35 1 month ago
im still looking for a songstress to fill the void left by the passing of this wonderful talent. DIVA = PHYLLIS HYMAN
mrjustjim 6 months ago 3
Her voice is so good it's like better than you thought it would be sex GIRL I LOVE YOU RIP
cumberland19132 6 months ago
This is my ish right here. Gurrl you know you told the story with this one. We missed this wonderful artist, humanitarian and yes, complex haunted soul.
akaziaj 7 months ago
i have had this on repeat since i heard it last night whooo and i thought i loved living in confusion mama was baddddd #sangIt
camille3322 8 months ago
I had the privilege to see her live... take off her shoes, sit on a stool, and bare her soul... her music came from deep within... and her audience could feel it... it hurt me deeply when she died... I will always love her music... her style... there will NEVER be another like her!
MsAyanna57 9 months ago
@MsAyanna57 I did too In Chicago. Awesome songtress! You could feel her pain when she would sing.
TheTravlindiva 9 months ago
She really let all the sensuality out in this video didn't she? Man, too bad I was born in the early 90s. I would've loved to have seen her perform.
AleekahTV 10 months ago
@AleekahTV Yes, I agree she was very sensual. Did you see the breast rub at 2:38 and the little sensual strut at 3:12? She had Sexy on lock. She was so classy.
marnita826 6 months ago
@marnita826 No, I didn't quite catch the 2:38 gesture. LOL still didn't when I replayed it, but I'm not surprised
AleekahTV 6 months ago
@AleekahTV Ops! Sorry actually it was at 1:37.
marnita826 6 months ago
@marnita826 Oh ok. I figured that was the part you were referring to. In that case, I saw it. She was always elegantly subtle with it unlike so many female vocalists out today who shall remain nameless.
AleekahTV 6 months ago
I wish she could know how mad I am at her for taking her life and ripping this gift from us she had. It really sucks whne the best take themselves out. It was very selfish of her but at the same time who could know her pain. Like she said we just don't know. Toward the end of her life Phyllis sang the truth and also gave subliminal messages that we read 2 late. We thought she was singing but she was gone take her life a long time before she did. She was successful the 2nd time, remember?
beye1holy 10 months ago
i fell in love with someone while in the army and this artist, RIP was the epitome of all that i felt, love, deep, desire, longing, passion, comfort and a plethera of other emotions that we associate with love.
too everyone who has ever heard her voice and felt her love, be happy that she moved you to a higher place of feeling!
aj92507 10 months ago
THIS MAKES ME SAD I MISS HER
brandini5000 11 months ago
One of the pureist voices I've ever heard. She is sorely missed. Damn...
dvera311 11 months ago 3
Love it. Love it. LOVE IT! This transports me back to a wonderful place and time. Listening to her was a soul-full journey with her voice dipping twisting and turning along the way. You just closed your eyes and followed her to wherever -- to joy, through pain and back again. The emotional richness of her voice always lingered long after the song was over and it still does. She. Stopped. Time. Phyllis, Phyllis, YOU just don't know how we are missing you!
Thryeris 11 months ago
IVE BEEN A FAN FOR SO LONG ONE OF THE GREATEST EVER TO EVER DO IT,,,,,GONE TOO SOON,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,LOVE WATCHIN HER VIDEOS,,,,SUCH A CLASSY WOMAN
JADNJALEN 1 year ago
she was a great lost, omg, and so beautiful i saw here in houston , tx she was a angel now singing for god.
437rayray 1 year ago
If they ever did a movie of her life, I think Jazmine Sullivan should play Phylis.
There's a resemblance there and definitely vocal talent.
pleezer10 1 year ago
@pleezer10 I love Jazmine and she's a great singer,but nobody can do Phyllis's songs like Phyllis(RIP). They would have to dub the singing in a film about her because her vocal performances told her story.
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MrMinetoo 1 year ago
She was so very beautiful. Makes a girl wonder what chance I have if men couldn't appreciate her. Dang!
peodigy 1 year ago
Jeez!
Even without the singing talent, Phyllis was insanely sexy.
Add on that beautiful voice of hers,
& her level of gorgeousness rises to that of a true goddess.
Just amazing.
themightycelestial 1 year ago 3
Phyllis Hyman traveled Tokyo touring Wow she really was internatonal force. So elegant and beautiful. I miss her music for sure and the women!
kmaur21 1 year ago
How can someone be so stunning? Phyllis was sooo beautiful, amazing voice, confident... How did she get dropped for Whitney Houston? was it her weight? Phyllis wore it very well; very classy? Screw you CLIVE DAVIS!
RIP MZ. Phyllis. We love and miss you much!
moejazzie 1 year ago 2
@moejazzie She did not get dropped for Whitney it was just she and Clive did not like each other. Had nothing real to do with Whitney. There was room for both divas!
kmaur21 1 year ago
@kmaur21 Agreed,Clive and Phyllis never got along and it had nothing to do with Whitney.
DaxShaw 1 year ago
She reminds me so much of Billie Holiday! Wonderful, powerful voice.
WattyzSweetback 1 year ago
I love her sing. I grew up listening to her. I was so sad she killed herself.
virgingirl26 1 year ago
I was so sad to find out she committed suicide I'm so sorry :(
Mssabrinaf 1 year ago
Hey Motown, why must we consistently put down our Nubian queens? We will not progress as a group until we stop disrespecting the gifts of one another. Now, if you would like Beyonce to have a chance to touch the hem of the Late Ms. Hyman's skirt, pray that into existence. I dare you to open your mind to the light of love for us a people & a nation.!
Be blessed!
BootJazz2004 1 year ago
Awesome!
brnangl315 1 year ago
LIVING ALL ALONE was a Premier ALBUM, ALL HER PIR was awesome, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff did a Great job
TheDefjams 1 year ago
i love her ,she was so graceful and elegant you hardly see that in female artists now , everyone is too busy trying to be alike they need to study real music like this.
anaimoni12 1 year ago 5
What's with these four goofs who disliked this?
kendawg1111 1 year ago 8
RIP Phyllis you are still missed to this day 15 years after you decided to leave us
MotownMaster 1 year ago 2
Today is June 30, 2010, on this very day fifteen years ago, The Late Great Phyllis Hyman took her own life and it truly broke my heart. I grieved for more than a year. I had to pray, pray and pray over the loss. I couldn't believe it. I had just saw her six months early at the strand in Redondo Beach California and she put on and awesome show. Phyllis asked the audiance "What do you want to hear? and I screamed You know How To Love Me and she said "That's In The Show" I miss you Phyllis RIP
IMissMyMichael 1 year ago
My God how much I miss this woman!! The Beyonce's and the Rhiannas needs to step way back to this woman! Beyonce is coming close but has a bit more to go!
nickey33 1 year ago
@nickey33 Beyonce will never come close to Phyllis she is a skank and will never be as good as Phyllis, thats insulting to even say she is getting close
MotownMaster 1 year ago 5
It is so tragic she left us and the world was robbed of this voice and beautiful spirit. May she rest in peace
DaxShaw 1 year ago
Classy, sensual, captivating, alluring, intoxicating, femine, vulumptious, tantilizing, all in one. 3 times a lady had nothing on her. She was much more!
rickames 1 year ago 4
To Phyllis Hyman: Ntozake Shange [“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuff...” Writer, Playwright (1948- )]: “When I die, I will not be guilty of having left a generation of girls behind thinking that anyone can tend to their emotional health other than themselves.”
N2itv2 1 year ago 3
To Phyllis Hyman: Ntozake Shange [“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuff...” Writer, Playwright (1948- )]: “When I die, I will not be guilty of having left a generation of girls behind thinking that anyone can tend to their emotional health other than themselves.”
N2itv2 1 year ago
terrific!!!!
Cmymoneyworks 1 year ago
The Uber Sexy Phyllis Hyman. I true GoddessDiva of the love ballad.
akaziaj 1 year ago
If you never got the chance to see her perform live, you truly missed .... I have no words. This LADY was BAD! I LOVE PHYLLIS and miss her dynamic sound. Rest in Peace my sister! Sing on with the angels!
Oldskugurl1960 1 year ago 2
wooooooooooow lg minou
schneewittchen148 1 year ago
She looks so exotic and beautiful...How I love this song and LIVE, ahhh what a dream! Miss you lady
GeorgiaPeach87 1 year ago 3
Wow! Simply beautiful. I sure do miss her.
LadiUneek 1 year ago
It's so amazing how a woman of such GREAT beauty AND talent never found worthiness in her own life.
Phyllis, I'm not mad at you. You did what you felt you had to do. But I miss you. What I wouldn't do now for a brand new Phyllis Hyman cd.
May your soul forever rest in peace!!
VirgoDar 2 years ago
Been a fan since I was 16, she was and will always be a vision of Sexy, Sensuality to me. Her voice is hypnotic, her beauty and style unique and undenialble.
knightfall79 2 years ago
I love this woman, i keep typing the same thing under each of her videos. So so talented. Not to mention very beautiful.
buttlikewat 2 years ago
This is a one of a kind singer and gorgeous beauty. Her time was short but she will forever remain in my heart as one of the greatest of her time.
LadeeKoko 2 years ago
Blee you Phyllis for such a wonderful song such as this one here; and oh how true that this song really is and how much that I can relate to such a song as this one here. You just don't know what I be going through......... thanks for everything and blessing from me to you always. irvinbean
irvinbean 2 years ago
I've been a fan since the very first time I heard her sing a note on the radio. I feel cheated that she left so soon and find it bittersweet now to hear her voice.
wamcalif5 2 years ago 15
@wamcalif5 That woman is so skillful with using that mic. Pro singer!
kmaur21 1 year ago
OMG I LOVE THIS SISTA RIP SHE IS MISSED
mrtlc666 2 years ago
Amazin, my absolute favorite artist. Had the great pleasure of meeting her a few times. My 30th birthday had front row center stage tickets and then back stage where I hung out with La Hyman, until she told me I had to go. She had to work some things out with her security people.....sniff, sniff, coke was the issue. She was an amazing artist, totally under utilized. I send her love and know she is at peace.
pajiallan 2 years ago
RIP sistah
farronx 2 years ago
I love her voice!
LadyTai7 2 years ago
GREATTTT POSTTTT OMG TY FOR THIS!
lilmissleilanimya 2 years ago
One of my favorite female vocalists...her voice is one of a kind. I had the opportunity to see her in concert several times, she really put on a good show. She would kick off her shoes and wihistle. Her whistle abilities were so keen, she sounded like an instrument. She is truly a loss to pure talent. RIP.
sassie313 2 years ago 3
Got to see Phyllis around this time & experience seeing this incredible Diva sublime& memorable...Living All Alone is classic & this clip gorgeous...Bravo Phyllis and we miss you!
bradly2007 2 years ago
Thank you, the video keep her alive for me and so many others............... Especially me., her Spiritual mom Joyce Kamara
The1Heavensangels 2 years ago
I wish I could have seen @ least one of her concerts but I am her in the struggle of a good personal life I feel all her songs it describes the hurt I understand. RIP Phyllis frm Lady D in Houston,Tx.
deborahraj 2 years ago
Phyllis, I miss you so much.............I remember when you were practicing this song, before the concert................. I never forget our long talks./
love u Babygirl
Spiritual mom Joyce Kamara
The1Heavensangels 2 years ago
wow
nsjmurray 2 years ago
I loved EVERYTHING this women sang!!!! I become speechless when I hear this music. I regret I never had the opportunity to see her perform live
avventura3 2 years ago 17
@avventura3 Her stage presence reminds me of Minnie Ripperton so effortless on stage!
kmaur21 1 year ago
MY MY MY! Simply beautiful!
thsongstress 2 years ago 2
Amazing! Absolutely, undoubtedly AMAZING!
SmllBizCoach 2 years ago 2
phyllis was a beautiful sista with a great voice. I love to hear her sing . when I feel down she makes it a little bareble . I wish her life could have been happier.
redrum829 2 years ago 4
i totally agree!!!!
sexy2lvrn 2 years ago
she's incredible...timeless music
lookatyvonne 2 years ago 4
Love that look @ 3:12
ohsovintage10 2 years ago 4
This is my Jam!!!
~Dawson & Denise
DawsonDenise 2 years ago
She was so gorgeous and her voice AMAZING. My dad was in LOVE with her and it brings tears to his eyes whenever he hears her. Its so sad how depressed and lonely she was....it definitely reflects in her music which certainly makes it better but I wish she was still here...
Dimples216 2 years ago
well akaziaj and pleezer10, I'm a straight female, and I must say I'm the type of person that pays attention to detail and I noticed everything she did in this video. From the way she looked, how she moved and even when she did the touching thing @ 3:29. I must say that this is my fav P.H. video to watch because you get so many different sides and parts of her. Its like she's exposed. Did you all also notice that moment @ 3:35-36 where it seemed as though she channeled in on some kinda emotion?
seh7911 2 years ago 3
She was definitely all into the tune and channeled all kinds of energy especially sexual to bring power to the song. You get a visual of a wonderful union will an old love. LOL.
akaziaj 2 years ago 4
i agree with u sister she was hot what a loose to music industry.
MegaAndile 2 years ago
Girl don't caress yourself like that. You're turning me on and I'm straight. LOL.
Seriously, one of the greatest vocal talents of the 20th century.
akaziaj 2 years ago 4
Yeah, sure!!! hahaha
Well, I'm straight and she doesn't turn me
on but, one question. Did anyone else notice that rack? G'lawd!!!! Lol
She's truly missed!
pleezer10 2 years ago 4
pleezer10,
You are too funny. True story: a male cousin of mine met Phyllis Hyman back in the late 80s when he was working at the hotel that she was staying in. He was only 19 years old at the time. He told me that he had never seen any woman that tall and big and that fine!! He said when he saw her he was totally speechless!!
We all miss Phyllis. She was so talented and so beautiful!!
JazzMaestra 2 years ago 3
her misery brought her much success. such a wonderfully talented woman
kiwi856 2 years ago
Phyllis got me through so many heartbreaks and lonely nights. They don't make singers like this anymore.
michaelj8991 2 years ago 3
Phillis Hymen really inspires me...a true GOD given talent.
4realsinger 2 years ago
That woman was so smooth & so sick with her music until I never noticed that she said "tears I've cried" twice. I've watched this video many of times and never caught it until I was half asleep. lol It's around 0:42.
amadah3 2 years ago
Chile, you'd have to go through some stuff to sing this with feeling.
Phyllis cuts up. Especially towards the end.
alcoholharmony 2 years ago 4
Phyllis Hyman is the cats meow !!!! I miss u !!!!!
iotaman4 2 years ago
She really had her own style!
SeveralMimi 2 years ago
She was so fine. She helped me cope with a failed marriage attempt back in 86. Not too much to do in Tulsa at that time. I must have played her cassette until my player would not have it anymore. So beautiful and sexy. After I caught my fiance , I went back and played Living All Alone a million times over. It had just came out. So every time I hear this album it reminds me of the hurt and embarrassment that I went through at that time. I became a better man thanks to "L.G."
jd7779311 2 years ago
your from oklahoma? me too, okie phyllis hyman fans
MissBabyJoker 2 years ago
im a SOUTH AFRICAN in south africa im also a fan.
MegaAndile 2 years ago 2
OMG...this woman was so talented
singingdabluez 2 years ago 3
Leila Ali would be a likely candiate to play Phyllis she' beauitful, tall and can act. Any takers out there hit me back.
jo22338601 2 years ago 3
I think Paula Patton would be an even better candiate. She's tall, she's beautiful, and elegant. I can see her playing Phyllis if there was a biopic on her life. There's other actresses out there as well but their not mainstream.
Cleopatra1985 2 years ago
Hey Cleopatra who is Paula Patton I guess she has gotten pass me.Holla at a sister I sure who like to check her out.
jo22338601 2 years ago
Hey Jo! :0) Paula Patton was in Idlewild, her character was the phony singer. She was also in Deja Vu and she played opposite of Denzil Washington. She's a good actress. If anything she is the only one who is gonna come close as far as looks when compared to Phyllis. Like I said she is tall, beautiful, and elegant. She may not have the full lips that Phyllis had, or the big dreamy eyes, but in my opinion I think she would play Phyllis character well.
Cleopatra1985 2 years ago
Hey Cleo you're right on point I agree Paula would be a good match,but she wasn't the one that played with Denzel?
jo22338601 2 years ago
Yeah she was in the movie Deja Vu....remember? They both were in that movie. Remember.....
Cleopatra1985 2 years ago
Okay let me recant that...Paula Patton is not tall shes only 5'4 I looked up her profile on movie website imdb. But...I do think she would be closet in protraying Phyllis.
Cleopatra1985 2 years ago
People... the only one that can play Phyllis is Kimora Lee Simmons. There are so many pictures where they look like mother and daughter. As i recall both are 1/2 black and something else, both are tall and beautiful. Nuff said
porican 2 years ago
at first i said debbie morgan b/c she has the face and acting skills but i forgot she's short lol. but debbbie has phyllis's eyes and mouth.if she was taller shed be perfect
getmegot18 2 years ago
Hey you got a point and I guess you and I and so many others are Phyllis's greatest critics, because we know how great she was. I know I'd like to see someone who could do a close job acting because as of this date there is noone alive who could come close to her voicals unless we just haven't hear her.
jo22338601 2 years ago
Phyllis hyman is a legendary storytelling, songstress in her own right!
pwr2ple 2 years ago
i hop see founded her peace.
HOODHONEYS 2 years ago
Stunning
largeroomnolight 3 years ago
was there ever a live album of hers?
senyum76 3 years ago
Great video! What year was it made?
Cleopatra1985 3 years ago
Okay I think I kind of figured it out....Living All Alone album was put out in 1986 but that leaves a gap because on these videos Phyllis is singing songs from her Prime of My Life album like Meet Me On the Moon which the Prime of My Life Album came out in 1991 so this video had to be around 1991 to 1992 right....
Cleopatra1985 3 years ago
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Taraji P. Henson should play her.
Snoopfluff 3 years ago
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i think debbie morgan should play her
getmegot18 3 years ago
This is the kind of singing that I miss. I cannot even deal with what is on the radio now.
BeviePoo 3 years ago 4
Amen to that! I miss the true talent of singing all together. these artists out here I'm afraid don't posess the natural gift of singing that requires very little instrumental accompanyment but does need tons of REVERB!
pwr2ple 2 years ago
Phyliss is so amazing, that goes without saying. You are so amazing for posting these live concerts of her to those of us who were fortunate to see her in concert and for sharing with those who never will. I lived her music. Play on playa.
Meisha Moore
DADIVAH 3 years ago 2
The Neanderthal Man that I am, I never really noticed that much of a weight change. I mean, I've seen Ms. Hyman more times than I can count, and she always looked Gorgeous! Love You Forever, Phyllis. Peace.
robleejay 3 years ago 2
I said this before...It would have been an adventure to be with her....SO MUCH PASSION..but I think being in a relationship with her would have been emotionally draining.
Snoopfluff 3 years ago
Cute dimple and SEXY AS HELL!!!
Snoopfluff 3 years ago
so gorgeous and sexy
myowntyme 3 years ago
she was so pretty and talented...
tlauren0915 3 years ago
oops again, lol! "tricks up their sleeves."
misstiklyrique 3 years ago
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she could have lost the weight and stop drinking and took her medicine consistently
tonyskins19 3 years ago
I wish people in general would be more overstanding. people like Phyllis Hyman and Donny Hathaway left too soon. I really wish "REAL" music would make a "comefront"(Comeback). Do anyone here agree? Plase let me know.
jahlove426 3 years ago
Oh yeah, I completely agree with you! "REAL" music deserves to stand out because its conveyance and the environment within music is such a breath of fresh. We should really toss those "trix are for kids" music to the back burner, if you catch my drift. Soulja Boy and lil Wayne are so infantile but people don't know that they have ticks up their sleeves.
misstiklyrique 3 years ago
aw this is my 2nd favorite song ever. i like this arrangement. phyllis was just so cool with it. i only wish she had let loose during the end like she did on the studio track. but she looked terrific. lol she was not a bit afraid 2 show her figure.
GloveGirl 3 years ago
I just wish that someone had kept more of a close eye on her, due to them knowing her mental stastis, people who have these disorders like LEGEND SINGER DONNY HATHAWAY WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SCHZOPHANIA did the same thing supposely. So someone needs to just care enough to keep and eye on these wonderful people.
ohreally4u 3 years ago 3
A beautiful singer!
Palomablanca2008 3 years ago
They say it was suicide but it could have been accidental. She had done it before and said she didn't want to die. Love you Phyllis!
jln195399 3 years ago
But she left a note saying she was tired of living and saying to my loved ones god bless you.
EBWASH89 3 years ago
It was suicide, she had spoken with a friend of hers just days before, telling him of her plans and not to try and talk her out of it. She had also tried twice before but they interceded in time. She bolted her door from the inside, sent her assistants on bogus errands, giving her time to carry out her plan.
Tjmama5 3 years ago 2
Being beautiful doesn't stop someone from being lonely. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and chose not to take medication. She tried to cope with drugs and alcohol. She grew tired like many people who suffer from depression and mental disease. Not to mention as both a person and artist she was misunderstood.
stillrose15 3 years ago 4
I am curious,what could have compelled Phyllis to take her own life?Since as she have been through so much already. It called "Experience"! I am hurt and sadden as we speak. Why,Why. I watch her tapes an her interviews and she keep saying I am lonely. A beautiful woman as Phyllis Hyman ???
Vahannyt 3 years ago
rememeber she was bipolar and this is a real MENTAL DISORDER very real for the person that's going through it. She was just putting her feelings into a music form, trying to tell someone and anyone listening the pain she was feeling. No matter how much it did'nt make sense to a normal person.
ohreally4u 3 years ago 2
Phyliis family were know as the one of the nicest families in our community growing up. her mother was a gem, they were a big family and beautiful all of them.
yimheretoday 3 years ago
my heart breaks knowing she s gone forever because of a broken heart if only she knew that god loved her mabybe she would still be here
nijasway 3 years ago 3
This Incredible Woman Killed Herself On My Birthday.. One Of My Wishes Was To See Her Live.. To Meet Her And Just To Tell Her How Important She Was To My Sense Of Music.. And The Ideal Of Love.. This Hurts! In A Good Way.. Thank U
jthegeek 3 years ago
As someone who did have the honor of seeing her live, I can tell you: She gave so much in her performances. It is rare at a concert that you feel that you are sitting on the edge of a stage and she is singing to you only. From as far back as I was sitting, that was a very profound feeling.
dompy1 3 years ago
ALLTIMEEEEEEEEEEEEE FAVORITEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE SONG BY MS. HYMAN!!!!!!!!! EXCELLENT POST! Thanks again! L
lvn4life 3 years ago 2
Phyllis Hyman was my beloved, best friend, lover, wife, and mother of our beautiful Daughter,...well at she was in my many dreams I had of us. well I tell you one thing, had Phillis Hyman met me , we would have married, and had beautiful children. I love you forever my beloved. cfw a.k.a. Popawolf69
POPAWOLF69 3 years ago 2
For a person I've never met, she will always hold a special place in my heart. Her tenderness and sensitivity was obvious to anyone who cared to look. That Letterman interview when he talked about her shoe size and the fact that she could whistle more than anything else was an insult to her beauty and talent. I hope (if reincarnation is true) that she is appreciated and loved in the next life the way she wasn't in this one. Keep loving her. I love her, too.
wikedandwild 3 years ago 2
I first heard Phyllis with Michael Henderson. I went looking for her album. I fell hard. I loved her so much it was stupid. I was in my teens at the time. Years later, in Philly I met her walking down South Street with a friend of hers. I was dam married, to another vocalist. I can't tell you how my poor heart suffered. I still love her. I have to play her just to remember I'm still human. I don't know where all the soul went for black people.
KKoje 3 years ago 2
Honey, depression is a bitch.
You can see, hear and view she was a very somber soul.
We live in such a sad world when people have to hurt one another to make themselves feel better.
nataliesson 3 years ago
I wish she would have held out a little longer. The real singers are coming back. This was a voice that should have never been silent. I love me some Phillys Hyman.
curtis2750 3 years ago 7
This is a superior example of a 'well crafted'
song-sung with the sort of genuine, almost impromptu style as if she's thinking of the words as he arrives. The arrangement in understated, showcasing her lush voice and
almost painfully personal singing style.
I can't think of anyone who could do this song
justice. WHY is she gone?
wikedandwild 3 years ago 3
She was reak and aproachable. This world is cruel to large beautiful women. IT is a fact they live a pain others do not know. They get bored and tired of the little people and all thier bullshit and they leave. Small world after all. Small minded people. The small penis frear factor and all that shit that goes alond with it.
RocknRollhoochiecoo1 3 years ago
Jesus I hope you were drunk when you wrote this. She's one of the greatest soul voices male or female, large or small lady, large or small penis. Try not to let the world get to you so much
Lewphil 3 years ago
i cry everytime i think of the gifted talent we lost in her untimely death. she was a true soul singer because the simple fact she touched me so deeply with her music and never knew me speaks volumes for her and her craft.... god now has a true angel as his side.
neokid0213 3 years ago
we love her soulful smooth calming voice..so deep and meaningful..I don't think there are any comparisons...she is the best...I wish she was here so we could tell her..God knows all the tears she cried and how she felt...RIP eternal rest to you Miss Hyman..Thank you for your gifted voice
nana6154 3 years ago 4
I LOVE PHILLIS HYMEN RECORDS
Chris2Danger 3 years ago
She was a great singer. I had the pleasure of meeting her in Detroit at a rite aid store a few hours before her show. She was really down to earth.
valentinelv 3 years ago
I will add my 'Thank you' to all the others here...a very classy singer-a singer lost to the worlds music public who never got to hear one of the best singers to ever grace our plant-she is 'our' Phyllis & will always share a special place in our hearts!
MICHAELSHERRY 3 years ago
Thanks for sharing these old tapes. Now the world can remember her. Again, thanks
rare9x6 3 years ago
my darling forever!
FUNKSEVEN 3 years ago
i think it was love...when its good theres nothing in the world like it...but..when it goes wrong its the worst thing in the world..r.i.p..england
lukeydoeslikey 3 years ago
What's $155? I hope you're not talking about the book.
MEdwards24 3 years ago
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL, She looks like a East African Queen with that Khemetic Crown, minus the western trimmings of course.
davisismail1comcast 3 years ago 2
Brilliant artist, brilliant Tune.
nurvrax 3 years ago
God knows that I will miss Phyllis for the rest of my life. So Smooth, So Beautiful and So Loved.
KountrySyde 3 years ago
I know! She stayed decked out! Look at that suite she is killing it and the jewelry is huge you can see it from a mile away. Classy
MrSexxxy20 3 years ago
I want to say THANK YOU! to the person that posted these live video of Ms.Hyman. I had the opportunity once to meet this gorgeous lady and I will always love her!
CiaLee2000 3 years ago 2
phyllis had a stage presance that can never be matched. beauty,a talented voice,and character of utmost sophistication.
lizfrench4 3 years ago
Such a phenomenal talent I wish that whatever it was that was causing that much pain for her was soothed with her passing R.I.P you Ssophisticated Lady
BlazinSaddles 4 years ago
no one knows what was going through her head at the time of her death obviously she was dealing with something that was too much for her and something no one knew about.if you listen to the songs she was in pain and it was in her voice. she is missed and she was a true talent R.I.P phyllis
mediabumm 4 years ago 3
Phillis is one of those raw talents to touch the soul of many people...I'm one of them!
tourdogg 4 years ago
For me this was my favorite album,she was royality.
jo22338601 4 years ago
I swear... her voice is so hauntingly beautiful. May her soul rest in peace her voice be carried on in the hearts of her fans.
mzladywoods2007 4 years ago 3
Phyllis did not commit suicide because of no man. She was addicted to anti-depressants i.e. prozac. Anyone familiar with that drug will know that it can cause people to either harm themselves or others. I would place a bet that most of those people on shooting sprees in America were on that drug, or something like it. That's what makes me so sad that anyone would prescribe such an awful drug to her. What a Gem!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sapphire369369369 4 years ago
To be honest, Phyllis committed suicide because she was bipolar and she refused to take the lithium. She had all types of addictions, particularly cocaine and alcohol. She had attempted suicide twice before the third (and final time). It's pretty hard to place the blame her suicide on a drug in particular, it's safe to say that her untreated bipolar illness made her problems a lot worse than what they really were.
MEdwards24 4 years ago
By the way, I encourage all of you Phyllis fans to pick up her biography by Jason Michael. It allowed me to view Phyllis in a TOTALLY different light.
MEdwards24 4 years ago