@@MaskedMan66 Iv heard her several times claim to be 15. Perhaps the movie was released at 16, but Iv seen countless Judy docs where she claimed to be 15 when the movie was filmed.
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Her talented daughter Liza Minelli refused to sing it, out respect for her mother. I don't think any other vocalists attempted it - they knew they cold not compare with Judy. I doubt if any performer has been so strongly identified with a song.
@@girlinblack8643 she had a hard life right when she was born when she started her career her mom got her on drugs to keep her slim the industry has had on her and that's all I heard about her
I love how she belts this one a bit more - but love how somber and understated her performance was in the actual movie. Keeping the movie version so much more yearning and longing and reflective rather than bombastic is what made it last a century. But that's why I like that there is this version too. It glorious getting to here her cut loose on it a bit!
@@gsimon123 There are too many singers who turn it into an overblown "diva" piece. Two wonderfully understated covers in recent years have been done by Ai Kago and P!nk.
I doubt anyone ever called her "ugly." She did not fit the movie studio's very narrow ideals of beauty, at least before she blossomed, so she was seen as imperfect.
Beauty is the eyes of the beholder. In today’s standards, she’s considered adorable imho. But back then, unfortunately that’s not the case. Sad but there’s a lot of those even going around to this very day
@@jonathannocon Movie studios and modeling agencies in those days had rather rigid standards of beauty, according to which, Judy's forehead was too big, her eyes were too wide apart, her nose was too button, and she had a gap in her teeth. The teeth were an easy fix; in fact, Mervyn LeRoy paid for the procedure out of his own pocket. As for the rest, audiences thought Judy was lovely, and MGM make-up artists learned to work with her features as they were. There are tales like that of all sorts; Rita Hayworth, for instance, had what was considered too low a hairline, so she had it shaved back.
I saw Judy’s early Oz makeup before director Victor Fleming made changes to then Judy’s makeup to what we would all come to know it as in the final cut, and she definitely had the looks department there also. Too much so that they had to dumb it down to make her look “younger & poorer” to suite Dorothy’s back story accordingly. Judy was a young, very talented and had all the trademarks of a super star that there were no doubt ppl in that field that were threatened by her rather quick success. Hence calling her ‘not pretty enough’ and so forth to subtlety stab her in her back which I’d imagine is the norm socialite(s) behaviour(s) & high society Hollywood at that era. Especially in the entertainment biz afaik.
It's not correct to say that 'vibrato is powerful'. Technically it's not correct to describe vibrato in this way. What you mean is you like her vibrato, the consistency, its speed and the fact that it may be punchy, etc, but it is not correct to say 'powerful'. You can describe her voice, chest voice, etc as powerful.
@@organisationxiv2927 yeah but to the average person it sounds powerful, no offence I doubt the person who wrote the original comment cares what the exact right terms are but it’s those technical terms that you mentioned that makes it powerful. This is coming from from somebody who is training in drama school and has voice lessons and singing lessons daily. It’s perfectly acceptable to say someone’s vibrato is powerful… you just have gone in to minute detail about why it’s powerful
Hi, I noticed that she looked towards someone i believe to give her courage maybe? How beautiful it was to see her proud of herself at the end , what a beautiful woman, she probably ran fast to another gig for money, makes me so angry, her own mother basically and the studio's pimped her out
No, but she would be the first person to say that anyone who loves the song is perfectly welcome to sing it. And there have been many excellent renditions of it; two that spring to mind are by Ai Kago and P!nk.
@@QV33N1 Buffalo girls won't you come out tonight and dance by the light of the moon what did you wish for when you threw that rock!😂😂😂😂😂🌕🌕🌕🌛🌛🌈🥳👯♀️👯♀️
As we watch the great Judy Garland we can't help but wish, as her rescuers wish to warn her of what the directed John Huston said of of Norma Gene: "Life is short, in our dreams we're still vulnerable, and even dolls can die".
This is my second-favorite rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" -- second only to the original movie version Judy sang in 1939's Wizard of Oz. Other artists have covered this song, but even the best of them can't surpass Judy when it comes to this song. In the movie version, Judy gave a softer, sweeter, more idealistic wistful performance with a comparatively muted delivery. In this video of Judy as a young adult entertaining for the WW II troops on a radio broadcast, she looks troubled as if something in her life is bothering her ... yet like a pro, she belts out a full-throated, no-holds-barred and more "dramatic" performance than in the movie, and she shows off the easy POWER of her voice. I'm glad both versions are preserved on film -- especially after her hard life wrecked her voice and she died far too young.
Watch her eyes. Holy shit she looks miserable. But then at the last line, she kills it like an opera singer, and for a moment, she's happy, because she knows exactly how damn good she is. Nobody can take that away from her.
that's the tragedy: they used and abused her. they popped her full of drugs and then act surprised when she burnt out so quick. no one will ever pay for those crimes.
How in the world do you see her as looking "miserable?" You're superimposing the ridiculous notion too many people have of Judy being tragically miserable 24/7 over a simple performance of a song that she loved. She may look intense, but that's just the kind of performer she was. "Miserable" indeed. Yeesh!
No Computers, No high tunes, Not special microphones, Just pure raw, sophisticated, Natural Talent, perfect song, perfect singer, the genius of Judy Garland forever, No one has came close to HER, is 2017 and she still the Greatest❤❤❤
That little smile as she ends HER song with absolute perfection is so heart warming, it makes me believe that her artistry and talent gave her great joy, in spite of all the hardships she experienced. She was obviously in a hurry, but she still took a moment to acknowledge the Conductor and the orchestra as she always did. I’ve seen hundreds of her performances on video, and she NEVER failed to acknowledge the orchestra, or pianist who accompanied her. What a classy star! RIP the best that ever was!
THANK YOU! YOU get it! There are so many people here who think she was "suffering" and left in a hurry because she "couldn't take it" and garbage like that. People don't understand that Judy's real troubles began after "Wizard."
Even here you can tell she's damaged, they stole her soul. Only 21yo here and I could tell she's not happy, she's damaged. They killed her ultimately not the drug addiction.
i disagree, this is judy at her best, the fact that she's invoking melancholy and hope through the melody is just her skill, she's not damaged in this video she's skilled.
Lea Conway - You clearly don’t know her story. She was definitely damaged already. She had been on drugs since she was a teenager and was forced to diet and do drugs during the filming of The Wizard of Oz and was forced to smoke cigarettes and take antidepressants on top of the other drugs they were giving her and she was only 16 or 17 years old. She was already damaged as a child too because of her mother. So you clearly have no idea what you’re talking about.
this is my favorite movie and song. I'm 53 & this song always makes me cry. I can relate to Dorothy being so sad and wanting to go somewhere else where she can be happy.
I'm pushin' 61 & we watched this film on TV every year as a family. Judy singing this song still gets me every time. It is a song of struggle, trying, yearning, trying...& never quite getting there. always barely out of reach. The end of the song says it all...as if the writer took a cue from Baum's life when he wrote it.
I would like to no more about your wisdom on Baum. I am very curious about what you wrote stating "like a cue from Baum's life." I actually saw 1 of the 3 pair of ruby slippers left in 2001 in Washington, D.C. absolutely amazing. even had a huge blow up photo of the scene w/the pelican on the lawn when they meet the wicked witch and the tin man. no one believes me on this, but, it is there. go look?
Baum had many set-backs in his life in the 19th century world he was born into. He was actually scared by a scarecrow he happened upon while playing as a boy near the home in the middle of NY State. It obviously stuck with him. He wrote & produced plays in play houses his father financed, which eventually went bust. He married Maud Gauge against her mother's wishes in the 1880's, then moved to Aberdeen, Dakota territory. His stories reflected life around him. Droughts & all. Many farmers there went bust during the industrial age's beginning by the time he got there though. He opened a store selling luxury goods anyway. They were in hock for everything they owned. The store was forced to close in the 1890's. He then bought & renamed a local newspaper that he illustrated. He wrote about a tornado that picked up a house & dropped it 2 miles away. So here you can see Dorothy's house winding up in Oz. Dorothy was based on the women of the high plains he'd known & see struggling to survive in the Dakota territory. Many people left the Aberdeen area from mortgage losses & an Indian uprising that never happened. His newspaper then slowly failed. His health began to fail from all the travel & working at so many things to, " make it". He then was basically forced to turn to writing. His many stories of Oz tried to show that dreams can come true. But, in life, they surely didn't.
thank you for all that info. lots of stuff I never knew. but, don't forget to look 4 the pelican! dreams do come true but sometimes you have to go thru a tornado OR 2 to get there. I'm living proof, clinically dead 5 times & survived an abduction w/intent 2 murder. God bless you
Glad you found it interesting. He had many adventures in his life with Maud. But the only one that seemed to work at all were his Oz stories. The name came from a filing cabinet, named O to Z.
...I completely agree with you !!This was my absolute favorite film 👍🥰 when I was a little girl...and from this time on this song has been one of my favorites !! Nice greetings from Austria !
My dad was in love with Judy. As a private in the army, he danced with her for 60 seconds at the Hollywood Canteen during WWII, which were the best sixty of his 86 years on the planet. Judy touched a lot of souls with her presence.
I still get chills when I hear this song. My mom loved this song as she was raised in Kansas. We played this song by Judy at my mom's wake and funeral....miss you mom!
I just got home from the wizard of oz at Granville island playhouse. Absolutely incredible. But of course your left craving this. Impeccable. ❤ rest in peace
I wanted to save Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz and I wish I could have saved Judy Garland in real life. She was a special one amongst even the most special. Once in a lifetime talent.
She said the hardest thing she ever had to do was be Judy Garland - Hollywood destroyed another beautiful girl/soul - but it does not take away from her beauty, grandeur and wonder. And I still have not got the feeling of awe from any other movie than I did when I watched the Wizard of Oz for the first time: especially when she started singing this song. Rest in peace, sweetheart.
It's bittersweet to watch these early performances of her. Just knowing she was walking back into her dressing room of horrors most of the time. So tragic.
They need to put this video in color. Judy was very beautiful and her voice only made her more beautiful. Its too bad no one (including herself) ever loved her the way she needed to be besides her children.
Judy garland may be gone for many years now but thanks to our technology we will alway have video's like this to enjoy and remember her God bless you judy and may you rest in peace ❤
Men at war used to listen to Judy and this song as a sign of hope for a better future and to be able to return home to their loved ones...nothing more to be said.
In a Jack Paar Show in 1962 she sang a duet with Roubert Goulet. Amazing her voice even at this stage was nearly as big as his. A treat to hear them sing.
There’s a melancholy feeling and realization to this song and the symbiotic connection with this amazing gift and soul. Few songs move me to tears and emotions, this one does both and more.
Doncha know that the Star 💫 that burns the brightest, lasts the shortest. How lovely a women was the late Judy Garland. Forever in our hearts, least us never forget her in our minds.
It's really noticeable how much she'd worked on and developed her voice by the time of this performance. A grown woman compared to the little girl that sang it on the Oz set only a few years before.
To be sure! In 1950 she played Dorothy again on the Lux Radio Theater's adaptation of _The Wizard of Oz._ It's really interesting to listen to; when she speaks, she sounds just like she did in the movie, but when she sings, her voice is fuller and richer. 🙂
I was born in 1957. I’ve been a fan of hers for literally decades, ever since I first saw The Wizard of Oz. She died way too young. Only 46. Those drugs they put her on before they ever knew of the dangers of uppers and downers took their toll over the decades. It still saddens me so much. She is one of my top five favorite singers of all time. In fact, I’d put her at the very top. She was my very first favorite. I mean, WHAT A VOICE. I loved singing this song in the shower when I was younger. I can sing, too. But not like she did. But then again, she’s one-of-a-kind in my book.
OMG. Age 21. Just 21, and so very deep with emotion. So completely masterful of her craft. Unbelievably talented. No entertainer that age can compare today.
Becky C...I think that Judy was certainly one of the very top female singers of her era, no doubt. And yes, Hollywood SHOULD be ashamed with how they destroyed Judy Garland; as well as many, many other great talents, but to be ashamed requires a conscience and Hollywood does not have one.
@@MaskedMan66 yeah when she was 17 filming Oz she was forced to take drugs for not sleeping and be able to resist 18 h of filming, diet with cigarettes and coffee.. and after the movie finish she was already addicted
She deserved better than what this world gave her....and she was absolutely devastated while singing this, her eyes say so many things. Such a beautiful woman torn to pieces....
Judy Garland was so pretty and yet she never felt as pretty as she was and her singing voice, of course, has never been matched in its strength or beauty.
"Hollywood is a place, where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss but fifty cents for your soul" Marilyn Monroe"
Well said
OMG, you made sense of it all.
"TRUTH"!!!!" Rest In Heavenly Peace Marilyn and Judy💔💘💓
Elvis Quinn Hollywood is evil
I think all work places have their sense of evil about them
21 years old and her voice was like this? JUDY GARLAND WAS TRULY A GIFT!
Well, when she sang it in the film she was only 15.
Her singing still gives chills. What a beautiful woman. ♥️
@@theoriginalsurferbob Sixteen.
@@MaskedMan66 Iv heard her several times claim to be 15. Perhaps the movie was released at 16, but Iv seen countless Judy docs where she claimed to be 15 when the movie was filmed.
@@theoriginalsurferbob She was born in 1922. She began working on the movie in 1938. 38 - 22 = 16. And she turned 17 during post-production.
Nobody, but nobody sings "Over The Rainbow" better than JUDY GARLAND.
thats not TRUE Can singer it liké you will never hear it ever l am mc Tortilla Jackson Martinez de la Cabronada..l did l live version that will bring you to tears for a minimum OF 2 w WEEKS straight Spécial appearance ...by thé UNDOCUMENTED AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SUPER WINO ALCOHOLICS AND ILLEGAL DRUG DISTRIBUTION ORCHESTRA HEAVY METAL
earance .
Her talented daughter Liza Minelli refused to sing it, out respect for her mother. I don't think any other vocalists attempted it - they knew they cold not compare with Judy. I doubt if any performer has been so strongly identified with a song.
@@LaurenceDay-d2p What are you talking about? *Tons* of people have covered it!
@@MaskedMan66 Name three.
@@LaurenceDay-d2p Ai Kago, P!nk, and Israel Kamakawiwoʻole.
Judy Garland was a 1 of 1
There are stars, superstars and generational stars. Then there's a Judy Garland, who only comes along once in a lifetime.
So, so true.
God that was well said❤️
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Absolutely, well said
Also Liza, only comes along once in a lifetime
To know how sad she must have been during this performance is heartbreaking. She left that stage so fast. Hollywood killed her hope
i know and she didn't bother looking at the audience or anyone while leaving :(
Why did she left the stage that fast? What happened to her that time?
@@girlinblack8643 she had a hard life right when she was born when she started her career her mom got her on drugs to keep her slim the industry has had on her and that's all I heard about her
I wish I could run right up to her and give her a big hug
That's why Hollywood should burn to the grounds for ruining so many lives.
I wanna go back in the time she's alone and hug her and tell her that everything's gonna be alright
Blackvelvet in your Area - beautiful comment, God bless your kind heart.
Ya'll want to sing with me when we see her over the rainbow? ❤🌈 I love her!
sadly enough, though, it never really was 😢😢😢
I agree 100 percent to the first comment.
She’s not alone I saw people in the beginning with their instruments
100 years ago today, June 10th 1922, Judy was born. Happy Birthday Judy.
Rest in Peace Judy Garland.
Happy birthday Judy 🎁🎁
She can't read this because she's dead
omg shes Gemini
When she hits that last note, you can see the relief and joy and realization of her vocal power all at once. Amazing.
Chezzarai sings this song on RUclips, just posted today
Oh, she was fully aware of her power! 🙂
I love how she belts this one a bit more - but love how somber and understated her performance was in the actual movie. Keeping the movie version so much more yearning and longing and reflective rather than bombastic is what made it last a century. But that's why I like that there is this version too. It glorious getting to here her cut loose on it a bit!
@@gsimon123 There are too many singers who turn it into an overblown "diva" piece. Two wonderfully understated covers in recent years have been done by Ai Kago and P!nk.
Yea! ikr! Each and every note has a strong resonance
I will never understand how anyone could called her ugly she was so pretty
I doubt anyone ever called her "ugly." She did not fit the movie studio's very narrow ideals of beauty, at least before she blossomed, so she was seen as imperfect.
Beauty is the eyes of the beholder.
In today’s standards, she’s considered adorable imho. But back then, unfortunately that’s not the case. Sad but there’s a lot of those even going around to this very day
@@jonathannocon Movie studios and modeling agencies in those days had rather rigid standards of beauty, according to which, Judy's forehead was too big, her eyes were too wide apart, her nose was too button, and she had a gap in her teeth. The teeth were an easy fix; in fact, Mervyn LeRoy paid for the procedure out of his own pocket. As for the rest, audiences thought Judy was lovely, and MGM make-up artists learned to work with her features as they were.
There are tales like that of all sorts; Rita Hayworth, for instance, had what was considered too low a hairline, so she had it shaved back.
@@jonathannocon I agree with you, though, that she was adorable!
I saw Judy’s early Oz makeup before director Victor Fleming made changes to then Judy’s makeup to what we would all come to know it as in the final cut, and she definitely had the looks department there also. Too much so that they had to dumb it down to make her look “younger & poorer” to suite Dorothy’s back story accordingly.
Judy was a young, very talented and had all the trademarks of a super star that there were no doubt ppl in that field that were threatened by her rather quick success. Hence calling her ‘not pretty enough’ and so forth to subtlety stab her in her back which I’d imagine is the norm socialite(s) behaviour(s) & high society Hollywood at that era. Especially in the entertainment biz afaik.
i love her vibrato in this. so powerful
Yeah!!! And so emotional. It's almost like you could touch the notes, so consistent. Judy was a beast.
It's not correct to say that 'vibrato is powerful'. Technically it's not correct to describe vibrato in this way. What you mean is you like her vibrato, the consistency, its speed and the fact that it may be punchy, etc, but it is not correct to say 'powerful'. You can describe her voice, chest voice, etc as powerful.
@@jotasier7098 she was an amazing singer
@@organisationxiv2927 Coming from Judy, it's powerful!
@@organisationxiv2927 yeah but to the average person it sounds powerful, no offence I doubt the person who wrote the original comment cares what the exact right terms are but it’s those technical terms that you mentioned that makes it powerful. This is coming from from somebody who is training in drama school and has voice lessons and singing lessons daily. It’s perfectly acceptable to say someone’s vibrato is powerful… you just have gone in to minute detail about why it’s powerful
i feel like she really wanted to fly. just away, over the rainbow. :( and gosh she was so beautiful.
Hi, I noticed that she looked towards someone i believe to give her courage maybe? How beautiful it was to see her proud of herself at the end , what a beautiful woman, she probably ran fast to another gig for money, makes me so angry, her own mother basically and the studio's pimped her out
😢
this is judy's song, it will always be judy's song no matter how many others attempt it. it will never have the magic that is judy garland.
No, but she would be the first person to say that anyone who loves the song is perfectly welcome to sing it. And there have been many excellent renditions of it; two that spring to mind are by Ai Kago and P!nk.
It will always be Judys song 🎵
Try Patti LaBelle
@@brandonthomas5563 I didn't know she'd done a cover! That's gotta be good.
@@MaskedMan66 yes take a listen it's wonderful
Many other performers of various genres have covered this tune, but after 85? Years, Judy still owns it and always will!!
HERS FOREVER...THE ONE AND ONLY...
She is so pretty here :)
She looks like the mother in The It's a wonderful life!
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Aw, she’s so beautiful. 🥺
Cool Steez yes she’s legal here.
But she's hurting in her soul, very sad but true
As we watch the great Judy Garland we can't help but wish, as her rescuers wish to warn her of what the directed John Huston said of of Norma Gene:
"Life is short, in our dreams we're still vulnerable, and even dolls can die".
This is my second-favorite rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" -- second only to the original movie version Judy sang in 1939's Wizard of Oz. Other artists have covered this song, but even the best of them can't surpass Judy when it comes to this song. In the movie version, Judy gave a softer, sweeter, more idealistic wistful performance with a comparatively muted delivery. In this video of Judy as a young adult entertaining for the WW II troops on a radio broadcast, she looks troubled as if something in her life is bothering her ... yet like a pro, she belts out a full-throated, no-holds-barred and more "dramatic" performance than in the movie, and she shows off the easy POWER of her voice. I'm glad both versions are preserved on film -- especially after her hard life wrecked her voice and she died far too young.
This angel that Hollywood destroyed
She had a hand in that as well.
This special angel is over the rainbow up in heaven,❤️
Watch her eyes. Holy shit she looks miserable. But then at the last line, she kills it like an opera singer, and for a moment, she's happy, because she knows exactly how damn good she is. Nobody can take that away from her.
that's the tragedy: they used and abused her. they popped her full of drugs and then act surprised when she burnt out so quick. no one will ever pay for those crimes.
Drugs
How in the world do you see her as looking "miserable?" You're superimposing the ridiculous notion too many people have of Judy being tragically miserable 24/7 over a simple performance of a song that she loved. She may look intense, but that's just the kind of performer she was.
"Miserable" indeed. Yeesh!
@@BigDaddyDracula Who's "they?" What "drugs?" Make sure you know what you're talking about before you pop off.
@@sav7568 Specify. And make sure you know what you're talking about.
The greatest of all time. No one except Judy Garland could reduce grown men to tears.
Alphie Prager Even the meanest and toughest men.
@themeatyouworkwith even football players can be reduce to tears.
Any grown up for that matter.
Alphie Prager
You said it. She was a star from Heaven itself.
Michael Jackson could. Go watch Man in the Mirror live at Bucharest.
That look in those beautiful eyes at 2:35 when she realizes she nailed it is *priceless* !!
She looked so happy❤
My opinion: her eyes were one of the most beautiful things about her.
It is the genuine smile she gives, really sweet.
@@DisWldFrk90 I think you mean *two* of the most beautiful things about her! ;-)
@MaskedMan66 Haha, yes. She had two beautiful eyes. I don't think I've seen a more perfect eye to eyebrows combination than on her.
No Computers, No high tunes, Not special microphones, Just pure raw, sophisticated, Natural Talent, perfect song, perfect singer, the genius of Judy Garland forever, No one has came close to HER, is 2017 and she still the Greatest❤❤❤
i am at 76 year old englishman and i cannot help but wonder at the talent this lady had
math analysis I’m 20 and I wander the same about her haha
I mean u cant say there aren't still talented people because they use tech...but yes judy was insanely talented and I love her
Mate, she'll always be the greatest no doubt about it!
mari69 Diaz Best female singer on earth 🌎🌈✨
The the late Judy garland's voice was quite distinctive you knew it was her with your eyes closed that voice was golden
Has there ever been a better song
She is now somewhere over the rainbow. Somewhere were she is at peace and is not struggling with depression.
My goodness she was beautiful. Her looks, expressions . Her voice.
Jason Warren I know. It breaks my heart that MGM told her she wasn’t. She was one of the most gorgeous women of all time.
Elliott Kunerth o
@@elliottkunerth8648 MGM was populated and run by idiots.
@@faithfulforever6331 peds
@@faithfulforever6331 Hollywood was, and always will be corrupt
That little smile as she ends HER song with absolute perfection is so heart warming, it makes me believe that her artistry and talent gave her great joy, in spite of all the hardships she experienced. She was obviously in a hurry, but she still took a moment to acknowledge the Conductor and the orchestra as she always did. I’ve seen hundreds of her performances on video, and she NEVER failed to acknowledge the orchestra, or pianist who accompanied her. What a classy star! RIP the best that ever was!
THANK YOU! YOU get it! There are so many people here who think she was "suffering" and left in a hurry because she "couldn't take it" and garbage like that. People don't understand that Judy's real troubles began after "Wizard."
@@MaskedMan66 you need to watch the judy garlen movie. itll show you more info about her
@@12cyberninja Which Judy GARLAND movie? She made dozens.
@@MaskedMan66 rofl sorry I'm dying, I meant the documentary too young to die
@@12cyberninja Who made it? I like to check sources.
Aside from her pitch perfect tone, her breath control from start to finish is astonishing.
That was so beautiful. She was so beautiful. The song was so beautiful. Somehow they are all also so sad.
She truly owns this song.... others sing it.... but Judy owns it!
Judy plays in heaven now....with her angel voice!!!!
or most likely is burning in hell
Well you're not sure
@@minos121 What do you mean "most likely?" You don't know where she stood with God when she died, so don't act a fool.
@@MaskedMan66 i dont but everybody assumes shes is in heaven
@@minos121 It's more of a hope that she is. And it's pretty likely, given she was raised a Christian.
Even here you can tell she's damaged, they stole her soul. Only 21yo here and I could tell she's not happy, she's damaged. They killed her ultimately not the drug addiction.
i disagree, this is judy at her best, the fact that she's invoking melancholy and hope through the melody is just her skill, she's not damaged in this video she's skilled.
She looks like a robot singing for her supper. She looks unhappy. So I agree with the first poster.
@@billymccollum2897 me too
Lea Conway - You clearly don’t know her story. She was definitely damaged already. She had been on drugs since she was a teenager and was forced to diet and do drugs during the filming of The Wizard of Oz and was forced to smoke cigarettes and take antidepressants on top of the other drugs they were giving her and she was only 16 or 17 years old. She was already damaged as a child too because of her mother. So you clearly have no idea what you’re talking about.
@@billymccollum2897 thank you.
this is my favorite movie and song. I'm 53 & this song always makes me cry. I can relate to Dorothy being so sad and wanting to go somewhere else where she can be happy.
I'm pushin' 61 & we watched this film on TV every year as a family. Judy singing this song still gets me every time. It is a song of struggle, trying, yearning, trying...& never quite getting there. always barely out of reach. The end of the song says it all...as if the writer took a cue from Baum's life when he wrote it.
I would like to no more about your wisdom on Baum. I am very curious about what you wrote stating "like a cue from Baum's life." I actually saw 1 of the 3 pair of ruby slippers left in 2001 in Washington, D.C. absolutely amazing. even had a huge blow up photo of the scene w/the pelican on the lawn when they meet the wicked witch and the tin man. no one believes me on this, but, it is there. go look?
Baum had many set-backs in his life in the 19th century world he was born into. He was actually scared by a scarecrow he happened upon while playing as a boy near the home in the middle of NY State. It obviously stuck with him. He wrote & produced plays in play houses his father financed, which eventually went bust. He married Maud Gauge against her mother's wishes in the 1880's, then moved to Aberdeen, Dakota territory. His stories reflected life around him. Droughts & all. Many farmers there went bust during the industrial age's beginning by the time he got there though. He opened a store selling luxury goods anyway. They were in hock for everything they owned. The store was forced to close in the 1890's. He then bought & renamed a local newspaper that he illustrated. He wrote about a tornado that picked up a house & dropped it 2 miles away. So here you can see Dorothy's house winding up in Oz. Dorothy was based on the women of the high plains he'd known & see struggling to survive in the Dakota territory. Many people left the Aberdeen area from mortgage losses & an Indian uprising that never happened. His newspaper then slowly failed. His health began to fail from all the travel & working at so many things to, " make it". He then was basically forced to turn to writing. His many stories of Oz tried to show that dreams can come true. But, in life, they surely didn't.
thank you for all that info. lots of stuff I never knew. but, don't forget to look 4 the pelican! dreams do come true but sometimes you have to go thru a tornado OR 2 to get there. I'm living proof, clinically dead 5 times & survived an abduction w/intent 2 murder. God bless you
Glad you found it interesting. He had many adventures in his life with Maud. But the only one that seemed to work at all were his Oz stories. The name came from a filing cabinet, named O to Z.
Her vibrato is so strong.
Chezzarai sings this on RUclips, just posted today
One of greatest voices of the century. She was overworked, drugged and abused. She deserved so much better.
Born in 1922 Mis Garland s Song is still alive today 102 yrs later
Judy Garland is amazing. Her looks, her voice, her role in the Wizard of Oz, and her personality is just amazing.
...I completely agree with you !!This was my absolute favorite film 👍🥰 when I was a little girl...and from this time on this song has been one of my favorites !! Nice greetings from Austria !
Still nobody who sings this song better!
My dad was in love with Judy. As a private in the army, he danced with her for 60 seconds at the Hollywood Canteen during WWII, which were the best sixty of his 86 years on the planet. Judy touched a lot of souls with her presence.
not to assume but if your dad was in love with judy then what about your mom? dancing at their wedding?
No one has ever sung that song like Judy. That was her signature song.
I still get chills when I hear this song. My mom loved this song as she was raised in Kansas. We played this song by Judy at my mom's wake and funeral....miss you mom!
Rest in peace mom
So sorry to hear this my mom passed and she loved that song as well may she Rest In Peace❤️🙏
Chills when I hear her sing anything!
I’m 74 years old and I believe this video is one of America’s greatest musical treasures.
Beautiful performance! What a generational talent.
"If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow why, oh, why can't I?" makes me feel so many things at once
I just got home from the wizard of oz at Granville island playhouse. Absolutely incredible. But of course your left craving this. Impeccable. ❤ rest in peace
No one can sing this song better than Judy at any time. Judy is forever.
You are wrong, buddy. Doris Day's version is much better.
I believe you are minority, friend.
Gene Vincent (👂)
@@mikevaljean9468 No.
Ariana's version is magical
I wanted to save Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz and I wish I could have saved Judy Garland in real life. She was a special one amongst even the most special. Once in a lifetime talent.
We all wish we could had... :(
@@princesspeachfan100 she was before my time but what a women.
@@jenniferhcsmith-5586 ^^
@@jenniferhcsmith-5586 Woman.
I absolutely love Judy Garland singing this song. She was a legend!
Pure magic, Judy. You will live forever, unlike those who did their best to hurt you.
The ending was utter perfection
She said the hardest thing she ever had to do was be Judy Garland - Hollywood destroyed another beautiful girl/soul - but it does not take away from her beauty, grandeur and wonder. And I still have not got the feeling of awe from any other movie than I did when I watched the Wizard of Oz for the first time: especially when she started singing this song. Rest in peace, sweetheart.
It's bittersweet to watch these early performances of her. Just knowing she was walking back into her dressing room of horrors most of the time. So tragic.
One of the greatest singers ever. Incredible
My goodness. She is exquisitely beautiful here.
Yes Indeed !
She's just so naturally beautiful
They need to put this video in color. Judy was very beautiful and her voice only made her more beautiful. Its too bad no one (including herself) ever loved her the way she needed to be besides her children.
Judy garland may be gone for many years now but thanks to our technology we will alway have video's like this to enjoy and remember her God bless you judy and may you rest in peace ❤
"that's where you'll F~I~ND me" gets me every time.
Nobody has ever duplicated Judy Garland's Heart and Soul!
Bing, Sinatra, Judy. All came from the 30's. They were great for decades to come. Top 3 of all time.
Bing actually got started in the 20's, around the time that Judy was born. 🙂
She was truly beautiful fick you Hollywood
Agree
Today's her birthday! We still love you, Judy! 😢 There will be always a place for you in our hearts.
her beautiful voice puts me in paradise.
When Hollywood hired poeple with talent!😊
It’s amazing how much Liza sounds like here.
Speaking and singing! Have you ever heard Liza as Dorothy in the animated movie _Journey Back to Oz?_
Judy was as beautiful as a rainbow.
Definitely at her best and the most beautiful she ever looked.
Smashing it out for the Troops in 1943
This is the best ballad in history.
That smile @ the end = Flawless Victory! What an absolute gem Judy was.
Men at war used to listen to Judy and this song as a sign of hope for a better future and to be able to return home to their loved ones...nothing more to be said.
What a voice. ❤️
She was very beautiful and a wonderful voice ❤️ ty Judy.
The vocal control is just otherworldly!!
May your soul rest in piece miss garland…..
Happy 100th birthday Judy
You may be gone but your not forgotten.
I like to imagine you reincarnated as all the beautiful blue birds in the world and your flying through every beautiful rainbow you can find.
The industry killed her :-(
Her stage mother, who gave her uppers and downers from the time she was a child, contributed more to her death than the industry ever did.
You think is was the illuminati?
Soulaesthete yeah and the music industry encouraged it...
Gary James Amen it did!
Adriana no
Her vibrato and her ability to sustain is so pure. I love her so much
In a Jack Paar Show in 1962 she sang a duet with Roubert Goulet. Amazing her voice even at this stage was nearly as big as his. A treat to hear them sing.
@@JRobbySh Well, she'd been at it a bit longer than him! ;-)
Amazing voice in such a petite woman Thank You Judy Garland for singing this beautiful eternal song
This song was rated #1 in all of movie history. Judy was a prodigy born with immense talent. She was unique.in the world of entertainment. R.I.P.
Breaks my heart to wonder how many people never told this woman “you did a great job.”
It's A Beautiful Song
There’s a melancholy feeling and realization to this song and the symbiotic connection with this amazing gift and soul. Few songs move me to tears and emotions, this one does both and more.
Doncha know that the Star 💫 that burns the brightest, lasts the shortest. How lovely a women was the late Judy Garland. Forever in our hearts, least us never forget her in our minds.
This was a 1943 Christmas performance for our brave troops fighting evil during WW2…..
She looks and sounds beautiful!!!
Our greatest generation ❤
Best live version...accompaniment, her voice, and era's mood...everything makes an harmony in this high fidelity video
It's really noticeable how much she'd worked on and developed her voice by the time of this performance. A grown woman compared to the little girl that sang it on the Oz set only a few years before.
To be sure! In 1950 she played Dorothy again on the Lux Radio Theater's adaptation of _The Wizard of Oz._ It's really interesting to listen to; when she speaks, she sounds just like she did in the movie, but when she sings, her voice is fuller and richer. 🙂
Awesome voice and awesome presence.
I was born in 1957. I’ve been a fan of hers for literally decades, ever since I first saw The Wizard of Oz. She died way too young. Only 46. Those drugs they put her on before they ever knew of the dangers of uppers and downers took their toll over the decades. It still saddens me so much. She is one of my top five favorite singers of all time. In fact, I’d put her at the very top. She was my very first favorite. I mean, WHAT A VOICE. I loved singing this song in the shower when I was younger. I can sing, too. But not like she did. But then again, she’s one-of-a-kind in my book.
That was a killer performance. She nailed that one.
If this beautiful song doesn't take you to a better place, a place of dreams and fantasy then I do not know anything.
I will always love Judy Garland. And be so sorry for the tragedies that she had to endure.
Her life had good times, too. She would want people to remember that.
Iconic voice. Thank you Judy Garland. Chillingly good.
Magical! Delightful to the soul! Only Mz JUDY!
OMG....That was beautiful. I fell in love with Judy Garland when I was kid not realizing OZ was a 35 year old movie....
In the 70’s right?
@@num1Jaysta WIzard of oz is from 1939 lol
OMG. Age 21. Just 21, and so very deep with emotion. So completely masterful of her craft. Unbelievably talented. No entertainer that age can compare today.
Hey, she was always a very on-point, brilliant performer. Consider how she sang this when she was 16!
Michael Jackson ?
@@BD2784KOP yah. He was very talented. To each his own preferences and tastes.
@@BD2784KOP The OP said "today." MJ has sadly been dead for 14 years. Though I have no doubt that if he was still with us, he'd still be brilliant.
And Freddie Mercury if he were here
In my opinion, Judy will be forever the greatest singer in Hollywood! Hollywood should be forever ashamed of what they did to this poor woman!
Becky C...I think that Judy was certainly one of the very top female singers of her era, no doubt.
And yes, Hollywood SHOULD be ashamed with how they destroyed Judy Garland; as well as many, many other great talents, but to be ashamed requires a conscience and Hollywood does not have one.
Judy did a lot to herself, as well as other people in her life; it isn't all on Hollywood.
@@MaskedMan66 because of them she get addicted to drugs😉
@@AnnaF33 More likely because of her mother. But her addictions came later than this performance.
@@MaskedMan66 yeah when she was 17 filming Oz she was forced to take drugs for not sleeping and be able to resist 18 h of filming, diet with cigarettes and coffee.. and after the movie finish she was already addicted
She deserved better than what this world gave her....and she was absolutely devastated while singing this, her eyes say so many things. Such a beautiful woman torn to pieces....
Judy Garland was so pretty and yet she never felt as pretty as she was and her singing voice, of course, has never been matched in its strength or beauty.
She is was one of the most beautiful woman I ever seen. But those fuck hèads always put her down.
That's Judy Garland's Voice...
Five foot lady with a ten foot voice, none better. Ever. Rest peacefully somewhere over that rainbow Judy...