From "Tim Rice: A Life In Song", recorded on July 8, 2014, first shown on BBC Two on December 25, 2014.
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@wickedphant0m8 жыл бұрын
Somebody call Seth Rudetsky, cuz I'm OBSESSED.
@unidan822 жыл бұрын
No-one is perfect… but I swear Cynthia Erivo is damn near close. She’s incredible.
@peterdeeclark8 жыл бұрын
as the theater manager at RADA and usually when I was stressed..this beautiful being would casually drop in, sit herself down and make me laugh with her recent shopping escapades, Cynthia you are and were a tonic..and clearly a talent which is now being catapulted to the stratosphere ..and rightly so!! thank you for making me laugh when i needed it!! x x
@dreamofmzjeanie8 жыл бұрын
I LOVE THIS POST!! I love her!!! This made me very happy that you shared it!!! If you need a laugh....www.tixlady.com I sell theatre tix in NYC Broadway. I sing, too....but NOT like Cynthia!! xoxoxo
@PedalSteeler8 жыл бұрын
This song will always show who can sing and who can not. It is decpetively simple, yet demands ALL of the singer to make it believable.
@Gleem13133 жыл бұрын
No joke. I am working on this song now, and dangit, if it isn’t so difficult. I crack all over the place. :(
@interpretermom2 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@kaylasmusic6 ай бұрын
Ive done this song! I loovvee it!! The only thing with me was since im a soprano it’s quite low for me but i still have done it anyway :)
@kaylasmusic6 ай бұрын
@@Gleem1313 What’s your range?
@ariazhu95895 жыл бұрын
Wig has been through the roof and on mars for almost 5 years now and it still hasn’t come back
@markellameiller Жыл бұрын
THE WAY THE CONDUCTOR LOOKED AT HER WHEN SHE BELTED AHHHH oh my god I love her singing this song!! The emotion was so moving, I could listen to this song over and over again:)))))))
@jobaker8842 ай бұрын
This has to be my flat out favourite performance of this song. Cynthia Erivo is amazing. The emotion in this performance is just beautiful.
@LadyHawke783 жыл бұрын
Ok. I’ve been singing this song since I was 19-20yrs old (just turned 42...) and HOLY HELL. THIS WOMAN’S PERFORMANCE IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING I’VE HEARD. Oh My WOW. Seriously. 🤭🤭
@Annicamdw4 жыл бұрын
I love how she messed up and nobody knew cause she's such a queen
@WackenaPlayer4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if she realized she sang the wrong line? Took me two run-throughs to pick it up but Cynthia was so smooth and flowed so well. I think everyone was captivated by her voice it went undetected.
@TribleButz3 жыл бұрын
She knew, otherwise she wouldn't have gotten back on track (with the lyrics) so quickly. But seriously when you sound that amazing wtf cares! I know I don't ❤️
@windyjohan27822 жыл бұрын
I know since I know the song.
@andygranick2 жыл бұрын
I caught it but didn't care.
@MikeSmith-pe4slАй бұрын
It’s like Beethoven said. “To play a wrong note is insignificant. To play without passion is unforgivable. “
@sophiad.58204 жыл бұрын
This is a song that's not super well known, but all the greats have sung it. Awesome! Beautiful song!
@HeroShades Жыл бұрын
This is incredible! Best version of this song I have ever heard honestly. This is how it's supposed to be sung.
@sergeiparajanov3 жыл бұрын
Written for the incredible Judy Kuhn, when they brought CHESS to Broadway, this is one of the finest, purest melodies in musical theatre. As the poster below me says, it's deceptively simple. The big leaps up and down the scale make it challenging to keep the smooth legato line the song demands.
@germanshepherd5314 Жыл бұрын
Judy Kuhn's Florence is the only Florence to ding this before many of the rewrites Chess was subjected to gave it to Svetlana. Doesn't make sense since the song is Florence coming to grips with her feelings/situation with The American/Freddy.
@Macrogue65 Жыл бұрын
I'd really love to hear Cynthia sing this now. More years experience, more life, more a way in life. This would be a different story.
@kimtuzon67672 жыл бұрын
2022 and still mesmerized by her voice
@discogareth5 жыл бұрын
Her ‘Go now!’ is probably the most heartfelt and heartbreaking I’ve heard. ❤️
@kateburns90113 жыл бұрын
Cynthia is maybe the best actress i know. ah, she is SO TALENTED
@MotleytheKitty2 жыл бұрын
So excited to see her as Elphaba 😍
@joereda56687 жыл бұрын
I'm not crazy about the slight cry in her voice ... but by hell, does she ever put the emotion into it that this song truly demands!! She made me believe that this was HER story!
@dreamofmzjeanie8 жыл бұрын
She was brilliant in THE COLOR PURPLE 2016!! Brava!! She is amazingly talented. But my absolute favorite...was when she held up the TONY and said..."Mummy!!" Love her.
@QueenDiva8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful...I am just now finding out about her! Wow! #CynthiaErivoURock
@jakeesmeralda53187 жыл бұрын
after watching this video for at least 20 times ( coz i love Cynthia's version of this song) I JUST REALIZED SHE DID A MISTAKE! ,IF YOU KNOW THE SONG BY HEAR YOU WILL KNOW IN 1:15 SHE SUNG IT AS " IN SOMEONE ELSE'S STORY IN SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE AS TAKING PART AT ALL( she sung it like the bridge part ) IT SHOULD BE " SOMEONE ELSE'S STORY ,I DONT SEE MY SELF AS TAKING PART AT ALL" she knew she did a mistake BUT with confidence and superb talent NO-ONE NOTICE IT. BRAVO CYNTHIA ERIVO!
@pingnixon-hermansen50465 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah she did But she didn’t let it show
@paulonperez3 жыл бұрын
I noticed when I first watched this video (just today) and I searched the comments section for someone who noticed, too, and found yours. Haha! I ignored the mistake anyway, and just continued listening to her beautiful rendition.
@jazzlover13178 жыл бұрын
I love Cynthia's voice. I could listen to her all day. Thank you Scott Alan for introducing this talented young lady to us. Bravo sister!!!
@jo-annvaleroso90814 жыл бұрын
Long ago In someone else's lifetime Someone with my name Who looked a lot like me Came to know A man and made a promise He only had to say And that's where she would be Lately Although the feelings run just as deep The promise she made has grown impossible to keep And yet I wish it wasn't so Will he miss me if I go? In a way It's someone else's story I don't see myself As taking part at all Yesterday A girl that I was fond of Finally could see The writing on the wall Sadly She realized she'd left him behind And sadder than that she knew he wouldn't even mind And though there's nothing left to say Would he listen if I stay? It's all very well to say you fool it's now or never I could be choosing No choices whatsoever. I could be In someone else's story In someone else's life And he could be in mine I don't see A reason to be lonely I could take my chances Further down the line And if That girl I knew should ask my advice Oh I wouldn't hesitate she needn't ask me twice Go now! I'd tell her that for free Trouble is, the girl is me The story is, the girl is me.
@leticiadeleon53 жыл бұрын
V
@frederickmiller54928 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs from the newer Broadway version of Chess. This makes me so incredibly happy. :)
@rachellyons18103 жыл бұрын
Dude- She covered her little lyrics mistake like a boss! No one probably noticed. I had to rewind to double check it
@billyflynn28 жыл бұрын
Just found this beautiful, amazing singer. Stunning presence and a voice to die for...
@PerpetuallyPerturbedPenguin8 жыл бұрын
Such an incredibly beautiful voice. What amazing talent. Cynthia Erivo moves my heart.
@billyflynn23 жыл бұрын
If you want to hear/see pure talent then here she is. She has so much more on here to be amazed by. x
@trevorkrueger2165 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fabulous, what a beautiful voice and amazing talent. I loved that!
@johnrowland21213 ай бұрын
Perfection
@DesireDivine939 жыл бұрын
She sound like a singer from Disney 😍
@Gleem13133 жыл бұрын
She should be a Disney princess someday.
@Gleem13133 жыл бұрын
@Itsjust Xy Is she really? That is so awesome!
@xinlai48406 жыл бұрын
The best version.
@CHGOES4 жыл бұрын
Cynthia is gorgeous ❤🙌🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@alinereis56234 жыл бұрын
It makes me cry every time I listen to it Congratulations Cynthia
@priscillac74106 жыл бұрын
cynthia erivo is a goddess
@Thexavieralexander977 жыл бұрын
She is truly one of my TOP influences for singing
@davis20209 жыл бұрын
Oh how I love this lady. Her voice smh.... very well done
@RITAC13108 жыл бұрын
She Has A Gift, Love Her!!!!!
@liable46423 жыл бұрын
omg the lyrics that was so smooth the like wow okay respect that was great
@clezambri13 жыл бұрын
Fantastic interpretation of this beautiful theme. You have an extraordinary and beautiful voice. Congratulations. From Seville, Spain.
@Thexavieralexander974 жыл бұрын
This still hits me
@muscleboi4use9 жыл бұрын
Oh wow! She's incredible!
@onbe8046 жыл бұрын
She brings tears un thé second part !
@agathiageddie59174 жыл бұрын
I just love her voice. She seems like a beautiful soul very humble.
@daviddavis61716 жыл бұрын
Oh God. Best Version...hands down. Everything about it.
@napturallydd838 жыл бұрын
love love love her!!!!
@heyitsbecca119 жыл бұрын
wow...speechless,beyond the lights brought me here
@carrisaderrico7318 жыл бұрын
her voice is so beautiful good god ! bravo bravo ! chills is what i get when i listen to her voice.
@demetriobautista83824 ай бұрын
The emotion was there first part of the song then she got a little bit detached from the song on the bridge part. Lea Salonga , on the other hand, was able to consistently maintain the emotions all throughout the song. In fact, she even put more emotions on the bridge part until the end. ❤❤
@RITAC13108 жыл бұрын
One Word Amazing!!!!!
@janbartolome52919 жыл бұрын
GOOSEBUMPS!!!!!
@AlanaCrayton9 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@seanlewis10336 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@plains57498 жыл бұрын
absolutely divine
@MegaParkhurst5 жыл бұрын
Awesome and captivating, mesmerising but so natural.
@colintwist26862 жыл бұрын
What a voice 🙌🏻
@charliephxaz Жыл бұрын
OMG this is perfect
@fannyneumann11399 ай бұрын
What a voice❤
@agnusborealis93626 жыл бұрын
Cynthia Erico is really fantastic singer. Saw her on broadway color purple. Moved me to tears!
@anthonyhenrysmith7 жыл бұрын
she is amazing such a warm tone
@user-ob2pe3ri1j Жыл бұрын
she is amazing
@jeffstevens42627 жыл бұрын
What an extraordinary song and sung by an extraordinary and highly talented vocalist. I don't need to hear other versions and I don't give a flying toss if she made an error in the lyrics. She'll do for me. I could listen to her over and many times over again.
@cak8132 Жыл бұрын
Beautifully done!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@bunnymad50497 жыл бұрын
Oh my.
@oliviarivera12495 жыл бұрын
Woah
@billt64527 жыл бұрын
You Had better SING Girl ! Stunning !
@commeraghkid8 жыл бұрын
Just excellent, what a wonderful song , musically and lyrically superb. Sung to perfection by Cynthia, best version of this incredible song from Chess.
@anthonyhenrysmith9 жыл бұрын
prob the most beautifully sung version!
@PaulFagundes Жыл бұрын
Check out Lea Salonga’s
@rashanaking-howell35329 жыл бұрын
Wow
@annakrone59633 жыл бұрын
@2:50 what a great moment! Love it!
@kenettv15613 жыл бұрын
You have to see leah salongas version
@NYCER4LIFE Жыл бұрын
I really like Cynthia’s performance lyric flub and all. But Judy Kuhn is still the definitive performer of this song.
@lachlangmbh89475 жыл бұрын
The best rendition of this song ever!
@meropale4 жыл бұрын
She messes up the lyric, but otherwise she's brilliant. I love it!
@222Vroom3 ай бұрын
This is a great version (other than her getting the lyric wrong) but this song belongs to Helen Sjöholm.
@emolique4 жыл бұрын
Who else is here after seeing the Harriet Tubman movie? 🍿
@dohaperson19 жыл бұрын
Great song wonderfully sung...too bad about the lyric mistake
@onbe8046 жыл бұрын
Beautiful ,sounds very much like Karin version
@seamuswhooley42076 жыл бұрын
OMG there is an empty seat in the front row!!! What a waste!
@kurtissjacobs5618 Жыл бұрын
I prefer this song a little bit faster, but this vocalization is about as good as it gets.
@Zandolie39 жыл бұрын
God I love her voice, can't hear the mistake though. Do you have the song Rob Brydon sings, "It's easy for you"? and the last song (I think it was last) ? I don't know her name or song title it was sung by a blond lady.
@tonywrestles28 жыл бұрын
+Zandolie3 1:11 - the lyric here is "I don't see myself". "In someone else's life" is the third verse.
@beanolabub8 ай бұрын
I'm not a drag queen but if I was this would be in my set lol
@douglaslancet98635 жыл бұрын
She also hits a sharp note right before the lyric flub. I saw her at "Live at Lincoln Center" at the Appel Room a few weeks ago. She took herself super seriously. Had on this bizarre hairpiece that looked like the halo you often see in paintings of Mary and the Baby Jesus in Italian art from from the 17th century. And she didn't even recognize the presence of three other singers on the stage with her - or the band. Giving her the benefit of the doubt, I think she was a little off kilter that night after really beating herself up about her voice cracking (who cares?) at a performance at the Apollo the evening before. She barely moved on stage and seemed totally disconnected for the music she was singing. It was kind of surreal. I saw her first performance in the U.S. at the Jason Robert Brown residency at SubCulture downtown (before she started in THE COLOR PURPLE in the U.S.). Really intimate setting with about 65 people in attendance. She BLEW ME AWAY.
@anthonyhenrysmith7 жыл бұрын
this song was the much needed lift that Chess needed for the role of Svetlana. Some versions give this song to Florence though.
@winters_revolt5 жыл бұрын
American Broadway version was given to Florence originally, but after a while it was given to Svetlana.
@xww68494 жыл бұрын
The song should be Florence’s. Without it, Florence doesn’t have any major song fleshing out her motivations.
@JF-sh2sm3 жыл бұрын
@@xww6849 Nobody’s Side?
@xww68493 жыл бұрын
@@JF-sh2sm That’s not really establishing motivation though. It’s detailing the urgency of the situation and how overwhelmed she feels, but not her inner emotional reality in the way that Nobody’s Side does
@juliasellberg43885 жыл бұрын
I'd like you to listen to Helena Sjoholm singing this, only accompanied by piano. Her version is more fragile and to me extremely trustworthy.
@deniselaing72412 жыл бұрын
I watched Helena version…it was nice..but Cynthia touched the soul….Helena version touched my head and ear…Cynthia touched my heart and soul. She made me feel the song….that was my experience.
@123bigboy789 жыл бұрын
She makes me feel so untalented 😂
@ewilloch7 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful voice, but I regret to say that the performance lacks in terms of emotions and character for my taste. In a direct comparison with Helen Sjöholm's multiple interpretations of the same song, Cynthia Erivo sounds rather sterile and uninspired, though her voice as such probably is even better from a "technical" viewpoint. I really wish I would be more positive and maybe I've even biased, but it's at least my honest opinion. Needless to say, an extremely pleasant video to watch and listen to. Thank you so much for sharing!
@lachlangmbh89474 жыл бұрын
Lol.. stop taking drugs.
@SPIDERMAN_PLAYS Жыл бұрын
Amazing! But I still love Leas version though.
@stephenwarne26802 жыл бұрын
This is nice but the Helen Sjoholm version is the best bar none
@222Vroom3 ай бұрын
Absolutely, Stephen! Especially the Swedish version, Inte Jag.
@StratfordMonster8 жыл бұрын
Such an amazing voice, so brilliant. I really wish she'd work on knowing her lines though! Screws up the lyrics in this, in the I Can Do Better performance at Marie's Crisis... you are better than this Cynthia! Learn your lines! I can sympathize with flubbing up at Marie's Crisis, laid-back venue, seemed like kind of an impromptu thing... but messing up here on a Christmas day lifetime achievement show on the BBC? Not very professional! Although, to take some heat off her, why is there no teleprompter?!?!?!
@jephreeavalon79917 жыл бұрын
She doesn't need notes from the likes of you.
@kennethlacson54544 жыл бұрын
lea salonga brought me here
@johnsmith-jv3ry4 жыл бұрын
almost as good as the lea salonga version...not a knock, check it out
@aldrinhu9714 Жыл бұрын
She couldn’t even be bothered to memorize the correct lines?
@Seiya17411 ай бұрын
I love Cynthia Erivo every time I see her, but to be honest this whole thing was a big EH for me. Orchestra was too slow, Cythia had pitchy moments which never happen with her, and lyrical flubs on top of it. Still great. Not perfect.
@ellaoneill71825 жыл бұрын
Long ago In someone else's lifetime Someone with my name Who looked a lot like me Came to know A man and made a promise He only had to say And that's where she would be Lately Although the feelings run just as deep The promise she made has grown impossible to keep And yet I wish it wasn't so Will he miss me if I go? In a way It's someone else's story I don't see myself As taking part at all Yesterday A girl that I was fond of Finally could see The writing on the wall Sadly She realized she'd left him behind And sadder than that she knew he wouldn't even mind And though there's nothing left to say Would he listen if I stay? It's all very well to say you fool it's now or never I could be choosing No choices whatsoever. I could be In someone else's story In someone else's life And he could be in mine I don't see A reason to be lonely I could take my chances Further down the line And if That girl I knew should ask my advice Oh I wouldn't hesitate she needn't ask me twice Go now! I'd tell her that for free Trouble is, the girl is me The story is, the girl is me.