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  • Sorry but this is truly awful and an offence to original track sang by Aretha... Her voice is like the one of a child and when it gets high it's more like horrible screaming. She obviously can't deal with high notes, this is a real pain to hear. There are better cover of this song, such as Beth Hart in duet with Joe Bonamassa which is awesome. Go listen to a real singer

  • @saucesacla you are kiddin', right?

  • @MsTanjaMarieJane No sorry, I don't like these kind of singers pretending to be mariah carey or else, with all these airs and clichés in her voice and gesture. She is maybe humble in real life, but her singing is way too much mannered. But I respect her talent, she has the voice, but not the style.

  • @saucesacla Well, than we can agree to disagree. Everyone has their own opinion! In my opinion, she is better than Mariah, 'cause her voice sounds more... lived. It may not look that way on this recording, because it is from her "earlier" years, but if you youtube her now, she's phenomenal! But, that's just my vision :)

  • @saucesacla Hmm you're a real hater. :)

  • @MusicallyUbiquitous Not at all. Maybe my first comment was a bit hard, but I love this song so much that I cannot stand hearing a bad cover. I understand that she is maybe a great singer, but her performance does not match. She is just demonstrating her technique (tough I don't really like it) but it lacks the soul that this song requires. Just listen to this recent live from Beth Hart and you'll understand what I mean if you are really honest : watch?v=XWAfI_1br2o

  • How old was she here?

  • @ 3:55 she was having a mariah carey waving hand moment lol

  • @LetsChatwithKV lol we all have those <3

  • i like her voice but why does she talk like a child? annoying.

  • I pooped my pants, cried and got chills all at the same time at 3:25 on

  • @31285bpierre , you are right when people sing they should'nt be trying.... lmfao...

    Shoshana is a seasoned musical theatre vet, and this song is even on her album.. which is a neosoul album....

    Maybe you are trying to hard to be a dick on youtube comments?

  • love her voice!

  • DIS white girl tore my whole room up. LAWD HA MERCY!

  • 3:30 to 3:58 i apologize for replaying you so much!

  • 3:49 She is A6n it!!!!

  • OMG i'm gonna learn how to whitle tone like that one day omg i want to learn sooo bad lol

  • This sounds messy in places bur I still love it :)

  • I don't understand how someone can hear this and think that Christina did a better job. Shoshana may have had some not so clean moments, but she slays Christina's strainfest without mercy.

  • @crazy2hazy Agreed. I mean, listen to how how she belts those notes in ANW, but also quickly transitions from a belt, to mixed (i think...), then into whistle register.

  • @crazy2hazy Haha - "strainfest!" Perfect, PERFECT description.

  • @crazy2hazy Don't you ever diss the vocal ability of X-tina she is prob one of the best singer of our time just hear how much power she poesies i love this singer Shoshanna but she has nothing on X-tina

  • @dragontato1

    "one of the best singers of our time"? Seriously?

    The girl has talent. She has a nice tone. She has good volume. That's where it ends. To me, great singers don't constantly try to hit and sustain notes they know they can't like Xtina does. Great singers don't waste their talent by oversouling a song to death by doing repetitive, musically nonsensical riffs. When you learn what a great singer is you'll see all the ways that Xtina isn't one, and then you can get back to me.

  • @crazy2hazy Oversouling how can u say that she is a soul mama and X-tina can hit those big notes and Shoshanna defentially over does it worse then X-tina and X-tina rifts are completely mind blowing and I have a degree in music and I have study for years and years and i know what a great singer is Shoshanna is but X-tina is defentially better

  • @dragontato1

    Fine, whatever. You like Xtina and think she's better. Those are opinions. But the fact that Shoshana is in key, doesn't sound like she's in pain, doesn't sing with a harsh throaty and stained tone makes her a better singer in my eyes.

    Btw, I highly disbelieve that you have a degree in music. I don't know if it's your preference for Xtina as a vocalist, your bad spelling, or your non-musical argument, but something tells me you really don't have much education in the field.

  • @crazy2hazy Um first of all this is youtube so i don't try to spell well and plus if you heard X-tina's other live performance's you would know what I'm talking about as a whole her live performances are spectacular and amazing she can hold and keep a note like no other im not just talking about this song I'm talking about as a whole and her other stuff and during that high note at the end Shoshana was very sharp at end and she fell off key a bit during the song so nobody is perfect

  • Christina Aguilera is a rank amateur. Every note she sings is either flat, sharp, or in a different key. Her intonation is awful. Shoshana Bean is perfection.

  • @rekupp Are you sure?... Listen to 1:51 and tell me if that's perfection for you. That doesn't mean her performances is not amazing

  • @unparienteasi No one is a perfect technician. If everyone was pitch perfect, then they wouldn't be interesting. The fact of the matter is, she has wonderful technique and placement, something that CA doesn't have.

  • @dragontato1

    No one's perfect, but Shoshana is a hell of a lot better when it comes to staying in tune, even if you take Xtina's performances as a whole. Xtina's sustained notes are usually messy, when they're actually on key they're not close to the center of the pitch.

  • @crazy2hazy everyone has a different opinion and i different strokes for different folks music is subjective which means there is no right or wrong answer

  • @dragontato1

    I understand that. But vocal technique is not subjective. From a technical standpoint, Shoshana is much better vocally.

  • @crazy2hazy If vocal technique isn't subjective, then why do I always get Britney fans claiming that it is? lol

  • @crazy2hazy Christina may have the range, but she has been using a horrendous technique for the last decade, which completely destroyed her voice. I agree with you about her riffs/runs. I don't even know what scale she uses. I think she makes it up in her head, completely unmusical.

  • @rekupp Christina doesn't have this range lol. Not even close.

  • @dragontato1 Oh ya who has a big career and who is singing a cabarets

  • Every time I have heard Aretha sing it she sounded lazy.

  • No one sings it like Aretha.

  • She sang it better than Aretha!!! :D I LOVE YOU SHOSHANA!!!! <3

  • All this Shoshana Bean vs. Christina stuff can be really annoying. They both sang the song really well and they both brought something different to it. Christina brought her raspy soulful vocals and her beautiful head voice, and Shoshana brought her clean pure vocals and powerful whistle register! They both did AMAZING jobs! No need to compare! Every artist has there strengths and weakness. And Every artist is different. By comparing them, you are setting yourself up for an endless debate!

  • why didnt she join American Idol?? damn she would totally win~

  • @RinoPCholo shes too good for american idol!!!

  • @RinoPCholo She's well known in broadway. Don't need no American Idol recognition anymore!

  • O...M...G... *BOWS DOWN* you killed that

  • wow....i am speechless...330 to 400 was amazing...crazy...

  • I think I just broke my replay button! She is MAGNIFICENT! My head/whistle voice is up there but hers is UNBELIEVEABLE! I hope I become as good as her some day.

  • can i please just take her home with me?

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  • life changing. 

  • shoshana can sing CIRCLES around christina...its not personal taste unless you happen to like christinas shouting.

  • AWESOME

  • ok people are clearly sick in the head to say this bitches version is better than christinas grammy performance wtf is up with this bitches belting she sounded like a constipated animal her whistles ill give to her but she was trying too hard and this isnt the first time ive seen her live and sound like that in her upper register i mean CMON!!!

  • @DreamloverLambi I don't understand the need to call her a bitch. She is just another woman singing this song wonderfully. Everyone is allowed to have their own opinions and their own personal favorites. :|

  • @DreamloverLambi the difference maybe is that other people don't talk about "bitche version" when Christina sing and th difference is that Aguilera is a famous singer, it's a common thing for her, here it's a not a star, it's an amateur singer show and I think that's a good version, but I prefer Patti Labelle of course. =) People can be sick but they stay correct, they have some preferences, that's all.

  • @AutumnTheMagic She is not an amateur singer; she has performed on Broadway. She went to CCM - arguably the top Musical Theater/Voice program in the nation. Christina Aguilera is a manufactured pop singer with a nice voice, but shitty technique.

  • Shoshana should be singing the tribute for Aretha instead of strainer off pitch Christina.

  • @primohomme and this chick shosana doesnt strain in this video? please

  • @crazyramus

    Oh yes, she gets rough, but at no point sounds like her larynx is between her eyebrows and choking on her tongue as always happens with Christina, also Shoshana has better intonation than Christina.

  • @primohomme her voice is poor compared to xtina's...

  • @MaggyInTheTown

    That's really up to personal taste, some may like Christina's timbre more...but the objective reality is that Shoshana's intonation is 10 times better than Christina's, and her transition between registers is much smoothly and well coordinated. Overall a better singer from a technical point.

  • ARETHA DID IT BEST! shes trying too hard.

  • @31285bpierre but she has her own style right?

  • @flashbackmusiclexie i guess. just, Aint Nothin Like the Real Thing... you know?

  • Shoshana bean. stop being the most talented singer in the world

  • The best I have ever heard her perform this song!! AMaZinG!!

  • She is kind of so talented that it makes me sick.

    She's just so brilliant it's hard to take.

  • she is my favorite beltress of all time! diva!! (but in a good way!!)

  • @haleylenore

    LMAO! I love the term "Beltress"! Thank you for that.

  • @vintagevoices i've also heard "riff-meistress" used to describe her - that's my fave for her, lol.

  • absolutely phenomenal. this changed my whole perspective on vocal performance. this girl completely and utterly rocks this song. love you Shoshana!

  • WOWWWWWWW......im speechless!!!!!!!!

  • Actually phenomenal.... the amount of energy she has is amazing...Aretha does it good and is of course a legend but Shoshana takes it to a whole other level...Without Exception!!!

  • I come back to this video every few months and just get moved off my feet.

  • WOW I love her!

  • Girl sang her butt off - kudos to her for that. Still, Aretha knows just how to do it just right, if you know what I mean. Also, what this performance is missing are the background vocals. Where are the Sweet Inspirations when you need them?

  • She killed this song when she sang it @ the BET Aretha Franklin tribute. I saved on my DVD for years. Aretha was looking like, "whatever". I know she was impressed.

  • Sounds like her voice was a little tired but she did sound good! No one can do it like Aretha though!

  • nothin like listening to sho hit those high notes to make you feel like an epic fail at being a soprano lol

  • @p3fan09 Tell me about it.

  • she is the perfect person to sing this song

  • I LOVE the little giggle she gives at the end. It's like she sings the hell outta this song then shows us that she's actually human. <3

  • <3333

  • She sang the HELL out this song

  • That note at 3:51 was beautiful!!

  • hater. when u sing as well as her let me know!! Ill take that back

  • sho is the best person in the world.

  • She can truly sing but I've listend to many many versions of this song and Aretha is really the only one that doesn't over do it. It's a soft song of a woman who just wants to love her man and there is no need to scream. Sorry for all the Shoshana fans :P

  • Well doesn't everyone have different interpretations of songs? Right?

  • it's not a soft song its a plea of desperation...there aint nothing soft about this song whether aretha sings it or patti or shoshana...they all exude the same desperation, cry, and plea this song needs from the singer

  • Holy crap. That was good.

  • DAMN SHE CAN SING

  • Jesus! Love her.

  • She caught the holy spirit with that high note!

  • I Think If I Ever Got The Chance To Meet Sho Or Even See Her Live, I Would Definately Just Die!!!!

  • Would you be so happy you could melt? Haha

  • She sounds real good, but you do this song no justice with out that high note being hit in the back round. She rocked it....

  • She sure did, haha. Wow. One of my favorite songs, and she just blew it out of the water. The only version of this song that I've ever heard that even comes close to Aretha's.

  • she caught the ghost after the high note haha

  • :O

    AMAZING IDEA.

    I think Sho and Adam should do a duet,

    theyre INCREDIBLE high notes and soul she so be brought together :P

  • I completely disagree...having seen Shoshana perform in NYC just this past week....she has much more soul than Mariah...and her whistle tone is out of control

  • @Albertojosemusic yeah youre right!

  • this is amazing. but i love the

    lady of soul awards better.

  • I love shoshana bean so much. i can't keep from watching this video! i've practically memorized the way she sings this. this is one of the most amazing performances i've ever heard- minus the extra screaming at the end but she still killed it!

    love ya shosho

  • cutest laugh everrr at the end. she is adorable.

  • hot damn i just creamed myself. that was insane.

  • OMG SHOSHANA SHITS ON MARIAH GET IT

  • hah i love that so much!

    I love the little laugh at the end.

  • Gahh! I love this. When she sings the A her hand waves and it's so funny because I do that all the time to joke when I sing a high note. I love you Sho. :D

  • People this is what you get when a white girls trys to be black lol

  • she's not ... white... lol

  • she's of jewish decent...the second coming of teena marie

  • jewish is a religion

  • i always thought jewish was the people and hebrew was the religion...i don't know...still doesn't take away from the fact that she is awesome.

  • well if "white girls" tryin to be black sounds like this, then i don't see what's the problem. she sounds friggin incredible.

  • What a voice!

  • DAMN! Who knew Shoshana could hit those notes!

  • she is my white black friend...lolzz..this woman is good...her emotions are like amazing...:) :)

  • she did'nt "ruin" it.but she can even stand on the same stage as Aretha!

  • I love Shoshana she is the sweetest person ever

  • Shoshana and Chante has two compelety different voice types so you can't compare they two.

  • Oh wow @ "Who knew Caroyln Franklin wrote" *raises hand slowly* XD. Still, I learned that somewhat recently because I started to get more into Aretha's music. LOL @ "You guys learned something there tonight at the upright cabaret. Hit it Jake!"

  • OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • from 3:00-4:00 is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard...in a good way

  • i completely agree!! incredible!

  • WOOOOOOOOW!

  • SHO'S ALBUM COMES OUT DECEMBER 2ND!

  • ok everyone i shall settle all argumentos about shos voice. technique wise, she has perfect control rdiculous breath support phenominal tone and pretty amazing diction. emotion wise, the emotion and truth that shimmers through in her voice makes up for all (if any) flaws there are. the roughness in parts of the song (which you'd better believe she wants to be there) covers all her supposedly "iffy" vowels. bottom line, no matter how you criticize her, shos the best. and HOT DAMN!that high note!!

  • she can't fuck with Chante Moore!!lol

  • not to be rude but really.....chante probably can't come close to sho! but ill check her out. :]

  • she has a beautful voice, but nowhere near sho!

  • if you say so,dude.lol

  • well technically i do have musical traing xD and i say shoshana=love.

  • upright cabaret, i love you. for things like this =D

  • CHILLS

  • this is rediculously good

  • I would never say she sang this better than Aretha...but parts of this was amazing. The high note was on point though! This has been one of my faves forever and her rendition was praiseworthy.

  • FIERCE!!!

  • She blew this one out of the water! 10 times better than Aretha!

  • you serious???? lmbao what drug you smokin?? cause that shit must be good!!

  • She blew this one out of the water! 10 times better than Aretha!!!

  • you go girl!!!you put a beating on this song!! FABULOUS!!!

  • SING IT GIRL!!! lol sho rocks

  • sing shoa bean !!!!!!!

  • are you kidding me, when she sings this songs the heavans open up/.

  • AMAZING! I LOVE YA, SHO! May the Sho go on and on and on...

  • i love this song so much, mostly becz of sho but come on, how amazing is she!!! unreal!! she desrvs every bit of sucess she has to come!! keep singin!!

    from london england!!

    xxxx

  • little bit to much makeup by the the one who did it.

    but still beautiful song and she did it more than great!

  • omg she is amazingg... like i love her voice and i cant wait for her cd

  • Find the song "never untrue" it is amazing. Sho Bean rocks !!!!!

  • do u no wen the cd is comin out... iv been waiting for mad long

  • late summer

  • Sho is my hero. But what's going on with those bangs?

  • totally!! but shoshana is amazng!! just like christina!!!

  • Douchebags!!! This song was written in 1973, before christina was even born. Like Shoshanna said, it was written by Aretha Franklin's sister. Impossible was written by Alicia Keys and is a blatantly shitty rip-off of "aint no way". Its pathetic that Christina and Mariah are the "voices" of this generation!

  • @nosajlr It was written before that. Lady Soul (the album where the song can be found on) was released in the late 1960s.

  • fucking amahzing i love shoshana bean lol i'm a huge ass fan of her's!!!!!!!!!!!!!