Barbra singing 'Memories'

[elleng]

in honor of m Hamlisch

[Lint Head]

1. Her voice is perfection!

[elleng]

2. Yes, STILL!

[siligut]

4. It was wonderful to see and hear her

I can't imagine anyone else singing Memories.

[rhett o rick]

27. Her singing that song brought a tear to my eye. nm

[HiPointDem]

33. she sings fabulously for a 70-year-old female, but it wasn't quite perfection.

[kwassa]

3. She is 70!

God, am I old.

[elleng]

5. YOU???

WE, maybe, kwassa, but until my Dad passed on last April, I'd always say, NO, YOU're not old, DAD is! He was 98.

[Lint Head]

6. Age doesn't matter till you die.

[UTUSN]

7. Has the torch been passed from Barbra to Adele? A milestone.

I wondered how she would be presented/introduced. It was very smooth and moving as the tribute to HAMLISCH.

[Kennah]

9. Adele is amazing, but watch this first.

Barbra at the Kennedy Center in 1975. She was 33 at the time. Particularly, watch 3:30 to 3:50. Video quality isn't HD, but the audio is amazing.

[UTUSN]

17. Thanks, but I'll just say that when Richard RODGERS said she was the ultimate, I felt validated.

What I found odd in a recent interview, besides that she GRANTED interviews, was that she made a point of saying she is older and has had a much longer career than Judy GARLAND, which sounded a little irritating.

My point about the "passing the torch" thing was not to say that Adele or whoever is better/whatever, just that (one of my mother's original? insights) "Everything passes from fashion, people too." I can't even imagine I'm saying this about STREISAND. The early stuff was the max for me, the French album next. I tuned out with the standard Broadway remakes and the zany comedies, and continued the tune-out in the '70s, sort of wondered (not too much) about Yentl. But always just the voice, the composure, always an event. A very personal event (to me, not to her). But you know, celebrity - she's had so much of it, when she goes yeah-yeah-I-know-you-adore-me, I'm a little lost sheep.

Bottom line: I forgot to mention I'm *old*.

[Demo_Chris]

30. Wow can she sing! Unreal!

[colorado_ufo]

31. I think she was better tonight - tonight, she touched my heart.

[WinkyDink]

38. In Adele's dreams. First she'd have to star on Broadway and in movies.

[HappyMe]

40. I agree.

Adele is nowhere near The Barbra.

[Kennah]

44. Barbra is an almost EGOT--her Tony was non-competitive

It is amazing the stuff one finds on Wiki.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EGOT#Barbra_Streisand

[Kennah]

8. She's 70, I got chills and goosebumps hearing her sing, and I teared up a little.

[Silver Gaia]

36. Me, too. From the first note to leave her lips, I was in tears.

It caught me totally off-guard... didn't expect to cry. I think, for me, it was a combination of just hearing her voice, and really tuning in to the words of the song, which held a lot deeper meaning for me at my age then they did when I was younger.

[BTennyson]

10. She has

The perfect voice.

[DonRedwood]

12. welcome to du!

[sheshe2]

11. Memories are so sweet

thank you for reminding us, elleng!

[elleng]

13. YVW, she2.

I recall wearing out the tape! (Remember tapes???)

[sheshe2]

15. I plead the 5th!

[elleng]

16. CHICKEN!!!

[sheshe2]

20. Okay okay...

I had a Shirley Temple Doll...she had a blue dress. I think that tells the story!

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[elleng]

21. OK, you're off the hook, she2!

[sheshe2]

24. Ha

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Good to hear! Thanks elleng.

[elleng]

26. GEE the kid's good!!!

THANKS!

[840high]

14. Made me tear up.

[LuvLoogie]

18. I thought it was a little cheeseball.

A little loungey.

[Botany]

19. I never much cared for her but tonight all I could think was ....

.... she was the biggest star in the room. Class and style is what she bought
to the stage tonight.

[glinda]

22. She looked and sounded great.

[kentuck]

23. Fantastic!

She brought Marvin Hamlisch back to life when she did his song, 'Memories"...

[lpbk2713]

25. I halfway expected Redford to come walking out

... even though he doesn't like to do gigs like this.

[xxqqqzme]

28. But you saw Redford

in your mind's eye. I sure did. His image from The Way We Were and The Sting are what I see when I hear his name. Like Costner in Bull Durham & Field of Dreams, Cary Grant in North by Northwest. There are some images frozen for all time.

[leftynyc]

39. I did

In mind's eye - it was at the end when she brushed his hair out of his eyes.

[Glamrock]

29. The Jerk

"I just heard a song that reminded me of the way we were."

"What was it?"

"The way we were."

[donheld]

32. Barbra was singing The Way We Were.

Not Memories. Memories is Andrew Lloyd Webber.

[elleng]

34. Nope.

Streisand added, “I’ll always have those wonderful, wonderful memories,” before launching into the Hamlisch-penned song “Memories” from the 1973 movie, The Way We Were.

http://kearth101.cbslocal.com/2013/02/24/barbra-streisand-honors-marvin-hamlisch-on-oscars/

[orleans]

35. nope. the song is definitely called "the way we were" from the film of the same name

Shannon Carlin, Radio.com
is wrong (the person who wrote the column on the link you gave)

if you look up the song on wiki it shows a pic of the 45 with the song title
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_We_Were_(song)
(just the way i remember it on my turntable!)

"The Way We Were" is the title song to the 1973 movie The Way We Were, starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford.[1] The song was written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) and Marvin Hamlisch (music) and performed by Streisand. It won the Academy Award[1] and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and also made AFI's list of Top 100 Songs from Film; it was ranked number eight.
"The Way We Were" topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week in 1974
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_We_Were_(song)

1973 Winner, Best Original Song – "The Way We Were" from The Way We Were
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Hamlisch

[kentuck]

42. I thought that was the same song?

memories of the way we were??

[donheld]

41. Sorry EllenG the article got it wrong.

Look at the soundtrack

http://www.amazon.com/The-Way-Were-Barbra-Streisand/dp/B0012GN1TS

[reformist2]

37. It struck me that she's part of the old guard now... my, my is time flying!

I can remember years ago when you'd see the old timers like Gregory Peck and Jimmy Stewart at the Oscars, only time you'd see them. Now it's Barbra and Jack Nicholson and Jane Fonda that are in that role. You can't help but wonder about the passage of time, and what it all means.

[Beaverhausen]

43. Streisand didn't get to sing it at the oscars when it was nominsted

They had Peggy Lee sing it instead for some stupid reason. I was glad Barbra finally get her chance.