Uploaded by KayCeeHarter on Jan 8, 2009
Bettye LaVette's stunning take on The Who classic, "Love Reign O'er Me" at the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors. Music and arrangement by Rob Mathes.
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Good singer, but the original is better.
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@bogartleeblues Agreed. This is the best rendition of this incredible Who song that I have ever heard.
4 weeks ago 2
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OMG! That broke my heart. AMAZING!
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... 2) Throughout, Daltrey and Townshend, and Streisand, seated beside them, nodded and shook their heads, as if listening to a galvanizing preacher. When LaVette finished, Streisand turned to Townshend and said, "Fantastic!" Later, she asked if he had really written the song." (The New Yorker - January 15, 2011)
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1) "Standing in a circle of light, LaVette began in a confiding tone, and ended in a raspy, full-throated cry. The gestures she made - rolling her hands as if to gather momentum, letting her shoulders go slack in submission, slapping her hip as if to urge herself on, and raising her hands above her head to plead - were arresting, and her performance seemed startlingly authentic. ...
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@vivatorria I am sad for you. Really. Without compalining, Without judging. Always respecting your right to have your opinion and to express it. But I do feel sad for you...
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@vivatorria Nothing, that's what...
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@vivatorria more than you'll ever know..
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@vivatorria you are sick
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@vivatorria you are sick
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There are no words that can adequately encapsulate the magic and the majesty of a performance of this caliber!
NothingMaster 5 months ago 39
She poured all of her life and and all of her years into that song. Beautiful tribute.
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