Sharlene, I had the same reaction the first time I heard this amazingly gorgeous rendition of a truly timeless classic. I drove trucks and worked in the oilfield for over 40 years. I was also a biker. I had tears rolling down my cheeks before she finished the second verse. By the end of the song, I was a wreck! One of the most beautiful, emotional performances I’ve ever witnessed. Her versions of Autumn Leaves, Danny Boy, Fields Of Gold and Cyndi Lauper’s Time After Time are equally exquisite!
@@byzinski Eva's death is another proof there is no almighty god. Because why would an almighty god have 1. created cancer and 2. take Eva away from us? So stop that 'Amen'-bull. It is offensive to everyone's intelligence.
My first introduction to Eva Cassidy was through this song. I was walking through my living room with a basket full of laundry and I heard this beautiful, clear vocals coming from the Tv (I think it was 60 minutes doing a feature on Eva Cassidy)...it stopped me right in my tracks. I was mesmerized by this person singing a song I thought I knew; but I did not know...I have never heard it sung with so much melancholy, wistfulness, and soul...there was this sadness to her. So much talent, gone too soon. Thanks for reacting to her and this amazing rendition.
Thank you for appreciating Eva. I always feel compelled to point out what a fine guitarist she was as well. There's some intricate playing going on here. And, yes, she makes you hear the lyrics as if for the first time. A great loss, but, oh, what she left us.
I'm 82. I've heard this song sung many times. I alway thought it was a nice song. But this version brings out the very best of the song. It's at a much greater level. The lyrics are given full meaning and emotional intensity with such gentleness and impeccable artistry. I like listening to this version with people's reaction because this a version to share and feel together. Everyone seems to melt when they hear this and I feel better because I also cry listening to this version.
Eva is the greatest vocalist/musician whoever graced our world. Pick anything you choose from her library but Autumn Leaves from this same gig is life changing. Enjoy the journey. She is amazing🎺
She was truly one of a kind in the land of fantastic music. The best of the best, not to be controlled by the big record companies. Her voice is a treasure. Her loss a tough one to comprehend, passing away at just 33.
She slowed it down, rearranged it putting emphasis on key words, filled it with so much emotion and dreamy. I love this song to my favorite movie of all time. Eva did an exceptional cover. Great reaction Sharlene
There is no better example than this cover for the belief that "words convey thoughts, music conveys emotion". Eva's cover is emotion that drives EVERYONE to tears, whether they admit it or no.
She interprets and phrases the lyrics in a way that I hear them a new way. Tears most every time I hear her sing this. Her blues and jazz is worth a listen as well.
Beautiful reaction. It’s quite easy to get caught up emotionally in Eva’s version. It’s her natural emotive quality that brings me back to this version every time. Truly a stunning vocalist and guitarist.
Thank you Sharlene to your heratfelt reaction to Eva's cover of "Over the rainbow". If any reactor doesn't get goose bumps from this performance, they need to get their goose bump machine fixed! I have listened to this performance numerous times and it gets me every single time. I loved your reaction and have subscribed in the hope of you reacting to the incredible Eva Cassidy once more. Phil in Scotland.
Same 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 if you haven’t gotten a chance to, I highly recommend diving into her other recordings, like Danny Boy, Fields of Gold, Songbird… so many great ones to choose from ❤ she took such ownership of songs she sang/recorded and showed a whole new, beautiful side of them.
Its nice to know someone found out about the singer frist before listening to this song. Its the best have heard of this song .you just driff away to another place listening to eva
Beautiful reaction, Sharlene. Judy Garland is forever associated with the song (and rightly so), but Eva's interpretation makes it anew and deeply moving, touching your very soul. On his show, Stephen Colbert often asks 15 questions to his guests and one is "If you had to pick one song to hear for the rest of your life, what would it be?" Eva's Rainbow is the one for me.
Eva refused to be categorised and hence was never signed up by a record company. She had a cold the evening that was recorded! If you want some background to this live performance, check out "Eva Cassidy - One night that changed everything". czcams.com/video/XEqzTlZdfSo/video.html&ab_channel=EvaCassidy Another video worth looking at is the "Nightline Profile" czcams.com/video/tKowGakjJQI/video.html&ab_channel=sthrnguy RIP Eva. Sadly missed. Incidentally, your expression very much reflects my reaction when I first heard Eva over 20 years ago on BBC radio - yes the one mentioned in the Nightline Profile!
Not quite right. Blue Note's A&R division joined Eva Cassidy to the Jazz band Method Actor, and they tried to make music in 1988: czcams.com/video/F3PQ-e9ZO1M/video.html After all, she did say: "I don't do that Pop crap." Needless to say, this record wasn't a hit, and a great opportunity was missed. Blue Note was wiser when Norah Jones showed up.
To me Eva Cassidy had The most beautiful female singing voice I’ve ever heard along with …Karen Carpenter….Lara Fabian….Aurora …I had to subscribe and save this video 💖 Portland Oregon USA 🇺🇸
@@imjustsharlene Thank you, Sharlene. That song, as playful as it was done originally in the 1930s, has a more permanent meaning when Eva sang it while nursing a cold and passing away just 10 months later. God bless you.
Your reaction was almost identical to mine! Until I heard Eva sing this, I don’t think I ever really paid attention to all the lyrics. The song took on a whole new meaning. It gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it and sometimes it makes me cry. How I wish she could have lived longer and recorded more songs.
Sister: Exactly like you, I'd never realized the power of these lyrics until I heard Eva's version and was swimming around in a bucket of tears, as well. I watch other reactions on the same song (probably because I like watching men come to the reality and swimming in tears, as well). That is good for all of us at times. Doesn't matter your color, sex or any other obstacle. We were all born and we will all die. What we learn in the meantime is what we carry with us. Thank you!
I love Eva so much. Just about every time I hear her, regardless of what song, I have tears in my eyes. Sometimes from the raw emotion in her voice, as in this song and others, like Autumn Leaves. Other times, it's just sadness over the loss of such a talent at such a young age. Besides these quiet, emotion-drenched songs, she also had a voice that could soar and fill the whole world when she unleashed it. Some great examples of that are Blues in the Night and Oh Had I A Golden Thread. I hope you'll give those a try sometime. Subbed and hoping for some Eva (or maybe some from the other singer who touches my heart similarly, Haley Reinhart).
Sorry Sharlene, I got a phone call in the middle of your reaction video. What I was going to comment is that, over the past 3 weeks I have listened to this live performance about 150 times. I can now almost make it to the guitar solo before tears of joy take over my life. I swear the first time she split my soul in half, then proceeded to mend it again. God, who blessed her with this talent, is blessing a troubled World with her interpretation of the song. It is as if His existence outside of time and space as we know it, He was able to Cross reference different dates in time to bless the World with this new revelation of the song. 1939, the song was written for the Wizzard Of Oz movie and sung by the star Judy Garland. 1996, He blessed Eva Cassidy with a special talent to reinterpret the song in a special way, that would be recounted thousands of times in 2023 and 2024 by a World entering a Prophetic End Times Age, and in need of new insiration, and God Blessed Eva for this very purpose. I think her cover is an introduction to the pending Rapture of His Church and the way we will finally fly like the happy bluebirds above the Rainbow to be reunited with Him in the sky
Discovering this song is like finding true treasure 🎶💖🎶 All is well in the universe cradled in the beauty melody & magic ✨ of this song and performance. Thank you for sharing
stunning ! have listened to many reactions to this song and Sharlene you're a brave lady with the camera close up to you! i defy anyone to get through hearing this song without having heartfelt thoughts or tears or both! Congrats on getting through such an immersive song. you are also the only person i know to have mentioned copyright some reaction versions have played the entire song. some Others interrupted the song so much and didn't really know where was a good place to interrupt the song. I complained that they shouldn't have interrupted at all. but I know now maybe they were pausing for copyright. some very technical very qualified people stripped the song from a vocalist view in mind which was fascinating which was probably the longest video. this surely is an amazing song with many artists covering the song. Eva version to me is the best but there other version too which are lovely. have listened to at least 8/9 reactions except for about 1 and i think he/she paused it an awful lot - not sure. Most felt very emotional after playing the track. its amazing what the power of music can do!
Eva, in my opinion, is also a brilliant actor. Her ability to make others feel deep emotion is about as good as it gets. Wonderful performance, and wonderful reaction. (If you would like to hear Eva perform on the opposite end of the mood spectrum, try her ''Blues In the Night'' - don't worry, it will also knock your socks off - have seen only one other reaction video)
@D22, I think that you are mistaking acting for a complete connection emotionally to the song. She hits the highs and lows, but in her range and dynamics. Then you can hear her voice crack a couple times, particularly at the end. This isn’t a reflection of her singing quietly at that point but a reflection of how her emotions drive that slight stoppage in her vocal folds. She is a wonderfully emotive singer. One of the best in that regard. But you’re right in that it draws you in 100%.
@@louf1025 ''...a complete connection emotionally to the song.'' Change the word ''song'' to ''role'', and you have a pretty good definition of acting in the Stanislavski philosophy/technique. Legendary acting teachers Uta Haden and William Hickey added the objective of using your emotional connection to compel others to deeply feel that emotion... or strongly react to it.
@@jedislap8726 No. The art of the thing is to use your true emotions within the role you assume. Not easy to do. Only the best achieve. it. Do you contend that Eva had a loved one named Danny Boy? Or, had a moving experience in a golden field of barley? Eva took her own life experiences and emotions and endowed the characters in her songs with them.
@@DWilliams-ce8nb A song evoking an emotion in HERSELF is different to ACTING an emotion no matter what experience you draw upon. One is a natural response that often comes unbidden, the other is a conscious effort to find something that will aid in a performance.
I was looking for performances of "Over The Rainbow" on the Interweb, when I ran into the Eva Cassidy web site. Her version of this classic Standard is/was unique. I went off to the local indie comics/music/CD store and bought "Live At Blues Alley" (1996) and was amazed at how she "made each song her own." A wonderful musical odyssey followed, as I collected Blix Street Eva Cassidy CDs over the years. Her "just another cover girl" ended when "Somewhere" (2008) arrived, with an Eva Cassidy original song. Support your local Busker!
Eva was on the verge of greatness. The Vice President of Verve records was going to sign her, but they wanted to make her more " marketable" . She refused, because she wanted to sing the songs that she loved. He signed Norah Jones as she was more marketable, and had a famous father. Eva worked at her family nursery always. He later admitted it was biggest mistake he ever made. Rest in peace Eva, we didn't deserve a voice like yours. We were lucky to have you for a little while. I know the angels in heaven are glad to have you.
I don't know how to describe it.... The way this song was performed... It's deeply sad and yet hopeful of what is to come. It somehow evokes the impossibility of our dreams (that we dare to dream) coming true here and now, of being free from troubles...but somewhere over the rainbow, we will find real "blue skies" and "troubles melting like lemon drops."
I think you hear the lyrics now because Eva deconstructed the song with different phrasing that forces you to listen to every word. Eva is a tremendous artist.
If your eyes do not rain tears, your soul can have no rainbow. ( Native American wisdom ) More than a song,this was Eva's prayer. Rest in peace Eva, God bless
One of my favorite songs is “You’re Still a Young Man” by Tower of Power at the 40th Anniversary concert. Larry Braggs is the singer. He is one of the world’s best.
I think Eva Cassidy and Angelina Jordan are sister angels, sent to Earth to soothe our souls. God leant us Eva for far too short a time; let's pray Angelina is with us for a long, long time.
Knowledge of Eva Cassidy's premature death lends added poignancy to to this performance. She had already been treated for melanoma once, resulting in her employer loosing health insurance coverage for all of its employees. Having no health insurance, she started missing follow-up appointments. She knew that she was at high risk and, in fact, died within a year of this performance. I think she, like many cancer patients, knew. She sang it as if she knew. Judy Garland sang this song about home. Eva Cassidy sang this song about Heaven.
I have a suggestion: There are many people that search with the word 'Reaction' for these kind of video's. So I would advise you to put that word in every description. Good luck.
Yes dear, I believe God gave her this talent specifically to emphasize a deeper fuller meaning to the song. The sign God gave us in the Sky that he would never destroy mankind again was the Rainbow. Now that we are very close to the return of Jesus to bring an End to the Age and usher in Eternity, that that Eternity will be SOMEWHERE OVER THAT VERY RAINBOW and he blessed Eva to help us understand that very deep meaning. The first time I heard this a few weeks ago, she literally broke my Soul in two and I believe it wad part of God's plan back in 1996 to use the talent He gave her for this very purpose. AMEN and AMEN
You should look at the time left on the song. Sorry, but less than 4 seconds from the end pained me. Sorry, your response was very heartfelt and you got that this is a song about longing. Most singers think this is an exercise in vocal gymnastics and lose the meaning of their runs. This is a sad song.
So what's going to happen once all you reactors finish listening to the same standards that we folk blues singers have been playing for years already?? Will the World implode on itself?
Sharlene, I had the same reaction the first time I heard this amazingly gorgeous rendition of a truly timeless classic.
I drove trucks and worked in the oilfield for over 40 years. I was also a biker. I had tears rolling down my cheeks before she finished the second verse. By the end of the song, I was a wreck!
One of the most beautiful, emotional performances I’ve ever witnessed.
Her versions of Autumn Leaves, Danny Boy, Fields Of Gold and Cyndi Lauper’s Time After Time are equally exquisite!
🙏🏾 Amen
@@byzinski Eva's death is another proof there is no almighty god. Because why would an almighty god have 1. created cancer and 2. take Eva away from us? So stop that 'Amen'-bull. It is offensive to everyone's intelligence.
My first introduction to Eva Cassidy was through this song. I was walking through my living room with a basket full of laundry and I heard this beautiful, clear vocals coming from the Tv (I think it was 60 minutes doing a feature on Eva Cassidy)...it stopped me right in my tracks. I was mesmerized by this person singing a song I thought I knew; but I did not know...I have never heard it sung with so much melancholy, wistfulness, and soul...there was this sadness to her. So much talent, gone too soon. Thanks for reacting to her and this amazing rendition.
Thank you for appreciating Eva. I always feel compelled to point out what a fine guitarist she was as well. There's some intricate playing going on here. And, yes, she makes you hear the lyrics as if for the first time. A great loss, but, oh, what she left us.
I'm 82. I've heard this song sung many times. I alway thought it was a nice song. But this version brings out the very best of the song. It's at a much greater level. The lyrics are given full meaning and emotional intensity with such gentleness and impeccable artistry. I like listening to this version with people's reaction because this a version to share and feel together. Everyone seems to melt when they hear this and I feel better because I also cry listening to this version.
Eva is the greatest vocalist/musician whoever graced our world. Pick anything you choose from her library but Autumn Leaves from this same gig is life changing. Enjoy the journey. She is amazing🎺
She was truly one of a kind in the land of fantastic music. The best of the best, not to be controlled by the big record companies. Her voice is a treasure. Her loss a tough one to comprehend, passing away at just 33.
She slowed it down, rearranged it putting emphasis on key words, filled it with so much emotion and dreamy. I love this song to my favorite movie of all time. Eva did an exceptional cover. Great reaction Sharlene
Eva was a very rare artist that opens your soul.
There is no better example than this cover for the belief that "words convey thoughts, music conveys emotion". Eva's cover is emotion that drives EVERYONE to tears, whether they admit it or no.
Quiet tears. There was absolute silence in the Blues Alley when she sang Over The Rainbow. Try to get that at ANY bar...
@@wagonmaster1974 Thank you for this comment wagon. I'm sure you could have heard a pin drop. Her voice, arrangements and guitar are THAT stunning!
She interprets and phrases the lyrics in a way that I hear them a new way. Tears most every time I hear her sing this. Her blues and jazz is worth a listen as well.
Eva was such an amazing singer. She makes you feel every word. RIP taken too soon.
So very true!
I'm so happy, and so sad. Every reaction is beautiful. Yes.... She was something else.. So much lovable to hear than everyone else.. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Beautiful reaction. It’s quite easy to get caught up emotionally in Eva’s version. It’s her natural emotive quality that brings me back to this version every time. Truly a stunning vocalist and guitarist.
I cry every time I hear Eva sing this.
Such beauty and sadness. RIP Eva you wonderful angel.
Thank you Sharlene to your heratfelt reaction to Eva's cover of "Over the rainbow". If any reactor doesn't get goose bumps from this performance, they need to get their goose bump machine fixed!
I have listened to this performance numerous times and it gets me every single time. I loved your reaction and have subscribed in the hope of you reacting to the incredible Eva Cassidy once more.
Phil in Scotland.
I too have subscribed. Your reaction is just like mine every single time i hear this angelic voice. ❤😢❤
I’m crying along with you!
Same 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 if you haven’t gotten a chance to, I highly recommend diving into her other recordings, like Danny Boy, Fields of Gold, Songbird… so many great ones to choose from ❤ she took such ownership of songs she sang/recorded and showed a whole new, beautiful side of them.
Its nice to know someone found out about the singer frist before listening to this song. Its the best have heard of this song .you just driff away to another place listening to eva
Beautiful reaction, Sharlene. Judy Garland is forever associated with the song (and rightly so), but Eva's interpretation makes it anew and deeply moving, touching your very soul. On his show, Stephen Colbert often asks 15 questions to his guests and one is "If you had to pick one song to hear for the rest of your life, what would it be?" Eva's Rainbow is the one for me.
Beautiful reaction. thank you so much! The cafe she is playing at is called Blues Alley.
R.I.P Ms. Cassidy...thank you for making the most beautiful song ever written more beautiful!
Eva refused to be categorised and hence was never signed up by a record company. She had a cold the evening that was recorded! If you want some background to this live performance, check out "Eva Cassidy - One night that changed everything". czcams.com/video/XEqzTlZdfSo/video.html&ab_channel=EvaCassidy
Another video worth looking at is the "Nightline Profile" czcams.com/video/tKowGakjJQI/video.html&ab_channel=sthrnguy
RIP Eva. Sadly missed.
Incidentally, your expression very much reflects my reaction when I first heard Eva over 20 years ago on BBC radio - yes the one mentioned in the Nightline Profile!
Not quite right. Blue Note's A&R division joined Eva Cassidy to the Jazz band Method Actor, and they tried to make music in 1988: czcams.com/video/F3PQ-e9ZO1M/video.html After all, she did say: "I don't do that Pop crap." Needless to say, this record wasn't a hit, and a great opportunity was missed. Blue Note was wiser when Norah Jones showed up.
To me Eva Cassidy had The most beautiful female singing voice I’ve ever heard along with …Karen Carpenter….Lara Fabian….Aurora …I had to subscribe and save this video 💖
Portland Oregon USA 🇺🇸
Thank you Brandon! So kind.
@@imjustsharlene Thank you, Sharlene. That song, as playful as it was done originally in the 1930s, has a more permanent meaning when Eva sang it while nursing a cold and passing away just 10 months later. God bless you.
Feel embraced. Emotions are something we all have in common.👍
When I hear Eva sing this. I cry and cry. You don't just hear Eva Cassidy sing. You feel it.
Your reaction was almost identical to mine! Until I heard Eva sing this, I don’t think I ever really paid attention to all the lyrics. The song took on a whole new meaning. It gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it and sometimes it makes me cry. How I wish she could have lived longer and recorded more songs.
To me it sounded like a plea for her life as she died not long after. God bless you Eva.
IMHO the most emotional and beautiful version. Eva had a raw natural talent matched by few.
For real!
Sister: Exactly like you, I'd never realized the power of these lyrics until I heard Eva's version and was swimming around in a bucket of tears, as well.
I watch other reactions on the same song (probably because I like watching men come to the reality and swimming in tears, as well). That is good for all of us at times. Doesn't matter your color, sex or any other obstacle. We were all born and we will all die. What we learn in the meantime is what we carry with us.
Thank you!
I love Eva so much. Just about every time I hear her, regardless of what song, I have tears in my eyes. Sometimes from the raw emotion in her voice, as in this song and others, like Autumn Leaves. Other times, it's just sadness over the loss of such a talent at such a young age. Besides these quiet, emotion-drenched songs, she also had a voice that could soar and fill the whole world when she unleashed it. Some great examples of that are Blues in the Night and Oh Had I A Golden Thread. I hope you'll give those a try sometime. Subbed and hoping for some Eva (or maybe some from the other singer who touches my heart similarly, Haley Reinhart).
Sorry Sharlene, I got a phone call in the middle of your reaction video. What I was going to comment is that, over the past 3 weeks I have listened to this live performance about 150 times. I can now almost make it to the guitar solo before tears of joy take over my life.
I swear the first time she split my soul in half, then proceeded to mend it again. God, who blessed her with this talent, is blessing a troubled World with her interpretation of the song. It is as if His existence outside of time and space as we know it, He was able to Cross reference different dates in time to bless the World with this new revelation of the song.
1939, the song was written for the Wizzard Of Oz movie and sung by the star Judy Garland.
1996, He blessed Eva Cassidy with a special talent to reinterpret the song in a special way, that would be recounted thousands of times in 2023 and 2024 by a World entering a Prophetic End Times Age, and in need of new insiration, and God Blessed Eva for this very purpose. I think her cover is an introduction to the pending Rapture of His Church and the way we will finally fly like the happy bluebirds above the Rainbow to be reunited with Him in the sky
Discovering this song is like finding true treasure
🎶💖🎶 All is well in the universe
cradled in the beauty melody & magic ✨ of this song and performance. Thank you for sharing
So beautiful. 10 months later she was gone too soon.😢
Eva brought heaven to earth and then she returned there. Just angelic. I sob every time. Listen to her Autumn Leaves.
Beautiful reaction!
Yeah, I cry every time too. Bless you for keeping her glorious memory alive.
I just love your heart❤️
Transendent. She was a GREAT artist.
By far the best vocalist and musician I've heard, I cry every time, Just beautiful
stunning ! have listened to many reactions to this song and Sharlene you're a brave lady with the camera close up to you! i defy anyone to get through hearing this song without having heartfelt thoughts or tears or both! Congrats on getting through such an immersive song. you are also the only person i know to have mentioned copyright some reaction versions have played the entire song. some Others interrupted the song so much and didn't really know where was a good place to interrupt the song. I complained that they shouldn't have interrupted at all. but I know now maybe they were pausing for copyright. some very technical very qualified people stripped the song from a vocalist view in mind which was fascinating which was probably the longest video.
this surely is an amazing song with many artists covering the song. Eva version to me is the best but there other version too which are lovely.
have listened to at least 8/9 reactions except for about 1 and i think he/she paused it an awful lot - not sure. Most felt very emotional after playing the track. its amazing what the power of music can do!
I am a 67-year-old man and the first time I heard her version of this, I wept.
Yeah…it was always beautiful but she made it a masterpiece.
Eva, in my opinion, is also a brilliant actor. Her ability to make others feel deep emotion is about as good as it gets. Wonderful performance, and wonderful reaction. (If you would like to hear Eva perform on the opposite end of the mood spectrum, try her ''Blues In the Night'' - don't worry, it will also knock your socks off - have seen only one other reaction video)
@D22, I think that you are mistaking acting for a complete connection emotionally to the song. She hits the highs and lows, but in her range and dynamics. Then you can hear her voice crack a couple times, particularly at the end. This isn’t a reflection of her singing quietly at that point but a reflection of how her emotions drive that slight stoppage in her vocal folds. She is a wonderfully emotive singer. One of the best in that regard. But you’re right in that it draws you in 100%.
@@louf1025 ''...a complete connection emotionally to the song.'' Change the word ''song'' to ''role'', and you have a pretty good definition of acting in the Stanislavski philosophy/technique. Legendary acting teachers Uta Haden and William Hickey added the objective of using your emotional connection to compel others to deeply feel that emotion... or strongly react to it.
@@DWilliams-ce8nb But that would be creating a false emotion, one that you don't necessarily feel yourself but only using to convince others.
@@jedislap8726 No. The art of the thing is to use your true emotions within the role you assume. Not easy to do. Only the best achieve. it. Do you contend that Eva had a loved one named Danny Boy? Or, had a moving experience in a golden field of barley? Eva took her own life experiences and emotions and endowed the characters in her songs with them.
@@DWilliams-ce8nb A song evoking an emotion in HERSELF is different to ACTING an emotion no matter what experience you draw upon. One is a natural response that often comes unbidden, the other is a conscious effort to find something that will aid in a performance.
Beautiful reaction to a beautiful song, sung by a beautiful person.
I was looking for performances of "Over The Rainbow" on the Interweb, when I ran into the Eva Cassidy web site. Her version of this classic Standard is/was unique. I went off to the local indie comics/music/CD store and bought "Live At Blues Alley" (1996) and was amazed at how she "made each song her own." A wonderful musical odyssey followed, as I collected Blix Street Eva Cassidy CDs over the years. Her "just another cover girl" ended when "Somewhere" (2008) arrived, with an Eva Cassidy original song. Support your local Busker!
Eva was on the verge of greatness. The Vice President of Verve records was going to sign her, but they wanted to make her more " marketable" . She refused, because she wanted to sing the songs that she loved. He signed Norah Jones as she was more marketable, and had a famous father. Eva worked at her family nursery always. He later admitted it was biggest mistake he ever made. Rest in peace Eva, we didn't deserve a voice like yours. We were lucky to have you for a little while. I know the angels in heaven are glad to have you.
I don't know how to describe it.... The way this song was performed... It's deeply sad and yet hopeful of what is to come. It somehow evokes the impossibility of our dreams (that we dare to dream) coming true here and now, of being free from troubles...but somewhere over the rainbow, we will find real "blue skies" and "troubles melting like lemon drops."
I think you hear the lyrics now because Eva deconstructed the song with different phrasing that forces you to listen to every word. Eva is a tremendous artist.
Thank you
If your eyes do not rain tears, your soul can have no rainbow. ( Native American wisdom ) More than a song,this was Eva's prayer. Rest in peace Eva, God bless
Many years ago, I realized this song is about accepting death and hoping for a heaven after death. It is somber but beautiful. Be well, Duke
Amazing
I know right!
God took his Angel back to heaven for himself!🙏🏽
Also check out her studio version.
Didn’t know there was one so thanks for the info! I’ll definitely look for it!
One of my favorite songs is “You’re Still a Young Man” by Tower of Power at the 40th Anniversary concert. Larry Braggs is the singer. He is one of the world’s best.
Nice reaction. Composed by Harold Arlen...
it's not the lyrics it is the presentation and voice that are singing them.....
I think Eva Cassidy and Angelina Jordan are sister angels, sent to Earth to soothe our souls. God leant us Eva for far too short a time; let's pray Angelina is with us for a long, long time.
Knowledge of Eva Cassidy's premature death lends added poignancy to to this performance. She had already been treated for melanoma once, resulting in her employer loosing health insurance coverage for all of its employees. Having no health insurance, she started missing follow-up appointments. She knew that she was at high risk and, in fact, died within a year of this performance. I think she, like many cancer patients, knew. She sang it as if she knew. Judy Garland sang this song about home. Eva Cassidy sang this song about Heaven.
Listen to her version of "Wonderful World".
many people hear music ,few listen to it
I have a suggestion: There are many people that search with the word 'Reaction' for these kind of video's. So I would advise you to put that word in every description. Good luck.
Thank you Louis! I appreciate that so much! Definitely will do!
😂I put that on as my own personal choice loosers x
Hello Sharlene. I have a suggestion: Karla Bonoff 'Falling star'
Yes dear, I believe God gave her this talent specifically to emphasize a deeper fuller meaning to the song.
The sign God gave us in the Sky that he would never destroy mankind again was the Rainbow. Now that we are very close to the return of Jesus to bring an End to the Age and usher in Eternity, that that Eternity will be SOMEWHERE OVER THAT VERY RAINBOW and he blessed Eva to help us understand that very deep meaning. The first time I heard this a few weeks ago, she literally broke my Soul in two and I believe it wad part of God's plan back in 1996 to use the talent He gave her for this very purpose. AMEN and AMEN
🥀🍂 good
You should look at the time left on the song. Sorry, but less than 4 seconds from the end pained me. Sorry, your response was very heartfelt and you got that this is a song about longing. Most singers think this is an exercise in vocal gymnastics and lose the meaning of their runs. This is a sad song.
Soprano ?
Yeah…according to Wikipedia 🤷🏽♀️
how can you take a wonderful standard and change it so it is better then the original, that's not talent that's genius
For real!
So what's going to happen once all you reactors finish listening to the same standards that we folk blues singers have been playing for years already?? Will the World implode on itself?
You cannot listen to Eva and not understand the lyrics!
Man, compared with dozens of others you, DO, pause a lot. Have you been fined?
I pause a lot for real?! Wow!
No, I’ve not been fined but my videos have been blocked and copyrighted.