I’m a Chinese guy who was born and raised in Shanghai( a city of China currently lol), I first heard her song in a Uber ride while I was traveling in Chicago back in Sep 2016, and that song was Been so long and then it came sweet love, when I searched her album on Chinese music platforms, guess what? I was able to find all of her albums even including her live tour back in 1987! There are so many of her fans there, and it is a country she might be never visited, but we love her music so much just as everyone else here does!
From Hong Kong and found the “city of China currently” interesting. Anyways, been an Anita fan since 2017, her voice and her music are just impeccable. “Lately” is my favorite. Good to know there are some Chinese guys into Anita✌🏼
I'm French and for me Anita is such a fantastic and unique vocalist ! But like so many great voices : Carmel Mc Court , Toni Braxton , Bettye LaVette , she's less in the spotlight ...As we know ,the ladies that are permanently in the spotlights are the ones who dance half naked on stage , acting like sex objects and who have a tendency to say bitch every two words ...Even Madge can't stop saying bitch and cannot stop the porn cheap attitude !! So, classy acts such as Toni Braxton , Bettye LaVette or Anita Baker are less talked about than the over marketed Minaj & co ....
True in a way if you are referring to masses with no brains. I heard that Christina Auguilera popstar try to sing Etta James and she was a total flop trying to emulate her, but that video had over 7 million views with only a few comments that spoke the truth
I was a young professional in my first job in L.A. in the 80's and in walks Anita Baker - nobody knew who she was except me! I had been listening to a radio station, all R&B and knew all her songs from Rapture. I grew up with this genre of music and I knew she was headed for stardom. She was at our building to get some outfits for her upcoming concerts. She had no idea how great she was. It was literally months before her record hit the charts. I got to escort her around a little. She said, "you know my music??". I said I cant believe I am meeting you- they play all your songs on such and such radio station. I knew she was going to be a star. Such a great memory.
When you don't have stage props, back up dancers, insane outfits, stand in one spot the entire concert and captivate the audience...THAT'S when you know you can SANG!!!!!...
They are the Perri sisters. They sang background for Ms. Baker for years. They also had an album in 1990 with the song "Someone Like You." It didn't go far but it was a solid single.
I know I’ve said this before on here but it bears repeating. Her 1986 Rapture album is one of the best albums ever made. Not one bad song on the whole album. It’s the kind of album that you just put it on and press play. You don’t have to fast forward or skip a song. It’s a masterpiece sung by the great Anita Baker.
I appreciate her, and always have - especially since we have a career in common - and I do not mean singing! ("Rapture" - which this was originally from- was one of my travel cassettes.)
I cannot find a single fault in this performance. Sung truly from the heart. Anita Baker is a legend, it's people like her that make me fall in love with soul music.
D3IM2NTEII Absolutely agree, well said! I start each morning, with coffee and a play of this! Legend, as you say, and I have recently fallen in love, and this hits the button.... which is what 'soul' is all about.
I love her voice--it's perfect to me. Her range is great as she can go low and husky and all the way up there..talk about runs. It came out in 1986 on her album Rapture. I bought it. I love how she puts her whole body into this. She's a natural. Every wannabe who thinks high notes are so impressive should study this to see why going low is impressive. Then she adds those little growls. Her vocal control is outstanding. She's 28 years old here.
Perfect pitch control. Graceful looks. Soulful performance. Amazing band. In a nut shell, Anita Baker is super freaking amazing. One of a kind. A legend.
Brings me back to being a child in the 80's. My Mom listening to this with a cigarette and cleaning the kitchen. My Mom passed great taste in music to me!!❤️❤️🙏🏻
Many years ago I was a big fan of Sarah Vaughn. When she passed, I thought there would never be another singer like her....then along came Anita Baker. There will never be another singer like her.....
YOU see something beautiful happening on stage, SHE performs like she's in some other, magical world, and I just can't stop the tears and musical frissons from taking a hold on me. Utterly magnificent!
This lady an amazing singer, I felt like I was in a ride, going up and down , then taking a curve here and there, as she was going thru the notes, I don't n know how to explain it , she's incredible, soulful, and a electrifying performance.
I was at that concert on an incredible date with my son Bruce. I kissed him goodnight when he took me home. Some ladies from work saw us, said isn’t he a little young for you? 😍. He had his arm around me. I wore her albums out!! He is gone but the sweet memory of his sweet love lives on
I grew up listening to Hendrix, Clapton, Doors, etc. But the first time I heard Anita Baker, the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. What a voice !! "Sweet Love" made me shed a tear too. Thank you, Anita !!!!!!
Introduced this song/album to my then boyfriend, high school sweetheart, and now husband. Thirty-three years later, he still says that I mesmerized him with the music 😂❤
Legend. The way her growls and crescendos and swells blend into each other is so unique to her that you can't mistake that voice for anyone else's. It's like a hearing a master horn player completely in their element.
If you're reading this, please pray for my friend Annie. She is a homeless, recovering addict. She has been through every type of pain you could imagine a person could go through. She has experienced loss, abuse, suicide attempts... And yet with Jesus, she has such a loving, strong heart. I have never met a woman like her. Please pray God will bring miracles into her life, and turn her situation around. I ask in Jesus name, Amen.
What a good friend you are. The world is a better place because of people like you. God Richly Bless You. Hope Annie is doing well and in a better shape today. Sending love and prayers from Ghana❤
I’m a Hong Kong 🇭🇰 born Chinese boy , I waked infront of the stage for her Toronto gig and gave my tie to Anita and said I love you Anita at least 3 times and ask her to sing Been So Long acapella 🫶 that was 1989
Look at this amazing raw talent in vocal performance, she's not juggling, stripping, or going for the shock factor, she is simply singing what she knows. I'm 30 and heard her albums back to back as a kid, I kind of feel like that's why my expectations for Rhythm blues and soul are so high these days. I miss this.
I am so happy that am not the only one that thinks she's amazing.This performance takes my breath away even after so many years. She's just in a class of her own!
Film & Video have given us a window into the highest aspirations of the human spirit which these recordings of Anita's songs give us goosebumps, makes us tingle and our hair stand on end, transport us into heavenly realms.
Mom mom loved her music she would play this and start dancing to it when I was a kid ... Whenever I listen to this song it beings back memories of my mother .... RIP terry Blanco.
Thank u so for mentioning her dance. It is quite clearly a reflection of her soul it is sensuous, sassy, jazzy and contemporary and classical, it light and airy and there's a morning star shinning in there!
I remember hearing her songs in the 80’s as a little girl . Her music video , and my grandma playing her songs . And I was so in love with her music even as a child . Still listening to her till this day ❤️❤️
When I was a child I would play the radio and I would sing to this song in my living room, I lived in the projects; I would sing so loud! I still listen and sing! I am a man but love to imitate her sultry low voice! Anita Baker has such a beautiful voice! ❤💜🤍
That is what you call a singer. Harmony, power, stage presence. No skinny dress or dancers everywhere. She makes it look so easy and fun. I miss her songs, her voice. Love u Anita.
I see where Toni Braxton got here style from. ANITA BAKER ruled the mid 80s and beyond. Hands down my favorite female singer. Her lyrics and singing style is like no other
+Debonair 1 Toni Braxton's song "Love Shoulda Brought You Home" was originally written for Anita Baker and Toni sang the demo vocals to emulate Anita's as closely as possible. Anita was pregnant at the time and couldn't record it, so she told Babyface to Toni record the song instead
I listened to this amazing Anita Baker way back when she sang this song. Now here in 2024 she is still such a fabulous singer and 1) no racy outfit 2) no 10 backup dancers 3) no screen or big light show. JUST a beautiful lady with a SENSATIONAL and lovely voice
Are you kidding me? This song written by Baker and Sax player Bias is a total celebration of a love song sung beautifully by its originator. It doesn't get any better than this. Performer/singer extraordinaire
Nothing else can compare the great voice of Anita Baker & her song is a soul fascinating...I heard her song when I ride on a bus waiting the bus to start all passengers just listen and feel the complete tranquility while waiting
Her voice, the backing vocals, the chorus guitar, the piano, the slap Bass, the drums, all this are so freaking amazing, what a Band, what an artist, Anita Baker is in another level.
I got chills the way they all stood up the second they realized what song was being played. That feeling of your favorite song coming on. It doesn’t get much better than that. ❤️
Unapologetically one of the greatest female vocalist of all times!
I agree😊
The Queen is Ms Ella's then Whitney...Aretha is actually after Ms Baker cuzz Anita is a better vocalist then Aretha
100 percent ❤❤
Top 3 of ALL TIMES
@@VictorSantiago-l4lsounds weird but i put Amy Winehouse in top 5. When Tony Bennet says that she was a great jazz singer, nobody can say a word.
This was effing live. Her voice is unbelievable.
Ela faz oqui quer com a voz
Absolutely brilliant 👏
No shit! Amazing talent hands down!
I had no idea she was this great live.
I’m a Chinese guy who was born and raised in Shanghai( a city of China currently lol), I first heard her song in a Uber ride while I was traveling in Chicago back in Sep 2016, and that song was Been so long and then it came sweet love, when I searched her album on Chinese music platforms, guess what? I was able to find all of her albums even including her live tour back in 1987! There are so many of her fans there, and it is a country she might be never visited, but we love her music so much just as everyone else here does!
您好 我台北人
@@WOLF-xo2xg hello , 您好
💕💕
From Hong Kong and found the “city of China currently” interesting. Anyways, been an Anita fan since 2017, her voice and her music are just impeccable. “Lately” is my favorite. Good to know there are some Chinese guys into Anita✌🏼
@@heretobullshit7144 oh yes there are quite a lot Chinese fans of Anita out there. And yes, sooner or later SH will be SH, no CN anymore.
Timeless! Beautiful Anita Baker tones lavished on her classic song from my youth :) Thanks you Anita. Brava! Vale!
This is what you call grown folks music every.single.day. and twice on Sunday!❤
Está mujer es increíble que buena voz gran dominio escénico
Good Lord, even in 2023 Anita Baker singing this song still the Best!!! We Love you Anita Baker❤️ She's definitely 1 of a kind!!!
This woman is completely unappreciated today. One of the best vocalist, just purely unique.
I wouldn't say she's unappreciated. Many just haven't heard her and if they did, they'd fall in love with her voice and singing right away
I'm French and for me Anita is such a fantastic and unique vocalist ! But like so many great voices : Carmel Mc Court , Toni Braxton , Bettye LaVette , she's less in the spotlight ...As we know ,the ladies that are permanently in the spotlights are the ones who dance half naked on stage , acting like sex objects and who have a tendency to say bitch every two words ...Even Madge can't stop saying bitch and cannot stop the porn cheap attitude !! So, classy acts such as Toni Braxton , Bettye LaVette or Anita Baker are less talked about than the over marketed Minaj & co ....
True in a way if you are referring to masses with no brains. I heard that Christina Auguilera popstar try to sing Etta James and she was a total flop trying to emulate her, but that video had over 7 million views with only a few comments that spoke the truth
TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU
Asher Priddy eu dezembro 2019
I was a young professional in my first job in L.A. in the 80's and in walks Anita Baker - nobody knew who she was except me! I had been listening to a radio station, all R&B and knew all her songs from Rapture. I grew up with this genre of music and I knew she was headed for stardom. She was at our building to get some outfits for her upcoming concerts. She had no idea how great she was. It was literally months before her record hit the charts. I got to escort her around a little. She said, "you know my music??". I said I cant believe I am meeting you- they play all your songs on such and such radio station. I knew she was going to be a star. Such a great memory.
@@FreshGrey-pm4vw, Fantastic!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
When you don't have stage props, back up dancers, insane outfits, stand in one spot the entire concert and captivate the audience...THAT'S when you know you can SANG!!!!!...
You are so right
+Zahmi Boyd (Fabulous Z) I agree, Just Anita a few background singers and that's it!! By the way, the girls in the back are fierce too!!!
Your So True You Nailed With Ur Words , A Llittle Wine An Dim Thy Lights ....
They are the Perri sisters. They sang background for Ms. Baker for years. They also had an album in 1990 with the song "Someone Like You." It didn't go far but it was a solid single.
so if someone does have all that, then they can’t sing?
I know I’ve said this before on here but it bears repeating. Her 1986 Rapture album is one of the best albums ever made. Not one bad song on the whole album. It’s the kind of album that you just put it on and press play. You don’t have to fast forward or skip a song. It’s a masterpiece sung by the great Anita Baker.
my stable album in the deck or on the phonograph along with Sade of course
@@michaelfontanella963 one time i was talking about Sade with a friend and then i went to a restaurant and A wax record of sade was playing
Pp
@@anaclaudiabarbosacerqueira2028 peepee 😇
I appreciate her, and always have - especially since we have a career in common - and I do not mean singing! ("Rapture" - which this was originally from- was one of my travel cassettes.)
I cannot find a single fault in this performance. Sung truly from the heart. Anita Baker is a legend, it's people like her that make me fall in love with soul music.
D3IM2NTEII Absolutely agree, well said! I start each morning, with coffee and a play of this! Legend, as you say, and I have recently fallen in love, and this hits the button.... which is what 'soul' is all about.
To this day She is still my favorite Female singer.
She is a mile ahead of the rest, unbelievable talent
Não me canso de ouvir adoro todas as musicas de Anita Baker 👏👏👏👏
D3IM2NTEII agreed
Who is here and listens to this beautiful song for 2024
Me, so what?
Sodano, in Brasil, Belo Horizonte. Love this song and the singer...
Who's Still Here Grooving To Big Bad Al Green In 2024 ??!!
Yes. I love Anita 💞
Eu!!!@@IrisMartinez-gu6uf
When the Lord was handing out talent. He spared no expense on this beautiful lady!
Stephen McDonald: totally agreed
No she was. Defo on the front row
Oi Anita vc é muito linda love
Truth.
Well said
I love her voice--it's perfect to me. Her range is great as she can go low and husky and all the way up there..talk about runs. It came out in 1986 on her album Rapture. I bought it. I love how she puts her whole body into this. She's a natural. Every wannabe who thinks high notes are so impressive should study this to see why going low is impressive. Then she adds those little growls. Her vocal control is outstanding. She's 28 years old here.
Her voice is so smooth, hello Grendel how are you
Wow...that last line got to me. still a baby!! her voice is just....so....god given. loved your comment. 💜💜💜
Perfect pitch control.
Graceful looks.
Soulful performance.
Amazing band.
In a nut shell, Anita Baker is super freaking amazing. One of a kind. A legend.
Anita Baker, Chaka Khan, Taylor Dayne.. 80s-90s songs were truly masterpiece 😄
🌹🥀🌹🥀🌹🥀🌹🥀🌹🥀🌹🌹
2:43 @@haninditabudhi6574
❤🎉😊👍🎇💯💐🌹🌹🌹🌹🌷🌌
One of the very best singers of all time. Voice is unbelievable. Extremely expressive. I love this lady.
I love the way she moves everytime she sings! She's so soulful and unique!
She feels the music. 😍🥰
Yup.Nothing compares.ShEs one of the very best.
Couldn't have said it any better; you're seeing her on stage, but [most of the time] she's in a different place.@@cmck2021
I'm Mexican born and raised in California , Anita Baker is my favorite 🎉
Listen to that voice... Lord have mercyyyyyy...The Queen Of Soul!!!!!
On god
Her powerful movements too! Just.... DAMN.
I agree with you for sure
I agree!!!
Queen of Quiet Storm
After all the years this gal has the best voice in the business. What emotion she puts into her music.
In 1986 we were prisoners in our country, the GDR. I heard Anita on Radio Luxemburg with this song. It has become an everlasting love.
This woman is so into her own music she makes you feel it! Pure class and beautiful..Love it!!!!!
Canta muitoo
Yes. I love how she moves to her music.
She was in love for real when she sang this
This was me and my fiancée's song. When we walked into the club, the DJ would put "our song" on. Rest in Paradise, Clifford.
I love me some Anita Baker. Seriously, her voice and style speak to me.
Brings me back to being a child in the 80's. My Mom listening to this with a cigarette and cleaning the kitchen. My Mom passed great taste in music to me!!❤️❤️🙏🏻
TOPPPPPPPP
Many years ago I was a big fan of Sarah Vaughn. When she passed, I thought there would never be another singer like her....then along came Anita Baker. There will never be another singer like her.....
I can't believe folks sat through this song! The best
True . I'm like this is not a performance you sit through; your body just moves you from the depths of your soul.
YOU see something beautiful happening on stage, SHE performs like she's in some other, magical world, and I just can't stop the tears and musical frissons from taking a hold on me.
Utterly magnificent!
This lady an amazing singer, I felt like I was in a ride, going up and down , then taking a curve here and there, as she was going thru the notes, I don't n know how to explain it , she's incredible, soulful, and a electrifying performance.
You do know exactly how to explain that you did a wonderful explanation job
I was at that concert on an incredible date with my son Bruce. I kissed him goodnight when he took me home. Some ladies from work saw us, said isn’t he a little young for you? 😍. He had his arm around me. I wore her albums out!! He is gone but the sweet memory of his sweet love lives on
I grew up listening to Hendrix, Clapton, Doors, etc. But the first time I heard Anita Baker, the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. What a voice !! "Sweet Love" made me shed a tear too. Thank you, Anita !!!!!!
Que música maravilhosa bons tempos 😉😃
Me too, she's amazing
Me too, thank you. I love it. Amen
She's singing the hell out of that song! 😍😍😍
Tyra Reed that she did!!!!! She did play around with it either.
Introduced this song/album to my then boyfriend, high school sweetheart, and now husband. Thirty-three years later, he still says that I mesmerized him with the music 😂❤
I love your sweet love😂❤
This woman has it all....looks. talent...class....personality...the total package
Sublime grace----she takes you so high----she growls her passion---she floats like the embodiment of silk----unbelievable, one of a kind--Anita!
I checked through your profile, And i can see alot about your life. I see there's a transit period on your way but you are not perfectly positioned 😁
This live performance is even more impressive than the recording. Love her energy and the way she improvises on stage 😍
Exactly the way I felt/feel also when I watched/continue to watch this performance - sheer power and talent.
Legend. The way her growls and crescendos and swells blend into each other is so unique to her that you can't mistake that voice for anyone else's. It's like a hearing a master horn player completely in their element.
I love her swayy, and when she bends left to right. She's digging deep to bring alot of soul into her performance. Love it!
If you're reading this, please pray for my friend Annie. She is a homeless, recovering addict. She has been through every type of pain you could imagine a person could go through. She has experienced loss, abuse, suicide attempts... And yet with Jesus, she has such a loving, strong heart. I have never met a woman like her. Please pray God will bring miracles into her life, and turn her situation around. I ask in Jesus name, Amen.
What a good friend you are. The world is a better place because of people like you.
God Richly Bless You.
Hope Annie is doing well and in a better shape today. Sending love and prayers from Ghana❤
Amém 🙌
Prayers always.
Great I will interseed for this person in Jesus name .
I've been in love with Anita Baker for the moment I Heard a voice
I’m a Hong Kong 🇭🇰 born Chinese boy , I waked infront of the stage for her Toronto gig and gave my tie to Anita and said I love you Anita at least 3 times and ask her to sing Been So Long acapella 🫶 that was 1989
Look at this amazing raw talent in vocal performance, she's not juggling, stripping, or going for the shock factor, she is simply singing what she knows. I'm 30 and heard her albums back to back as a kid, I kind of feel like that's why my expectations for Rhythm blues and soul are so high these days. I miss this.
What's not to love?
You can’t help but fall in love with a woman that sings like this.
She absolutely murdered this shit, goose bumps the whole the fuckkng time watching this, jesus christ
Many many years ago l introduced my new friend to the music of Anita Baker.
He became a fan. A walk down memory lane.🥰
I'll give anything to see this beautiful woman live😭😭😭although time has really gone
Brings back memories of a 6yr old boy in his mom's hair shop in lagos nigeria; i remember this when it comes on radio lol
of course especially english african countries.
Now this is what music is supposed to sound like!!!
The best secret ...I'm 72.....this women peerless astonishing.......pure emotion pure sensuality pure gold
They don't make it like this no more 😭 Priceless!
K M twerk how bout dat. LMAO
The music industry is diseased with no talent buy Sade and Beyonce
the voice control at 2:53 and with every second she was extraordinary
Right on!!!! "Big time!!! 🙏🙏🙏
All we have today is manufactured rubbish.
Lord have mercy on this generation who missed out on this music 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Simplesmente excelente, essa canta mesmo!
I am so happy that am not the only one that thinks she's amazing.This performance takes my breath away even after so many years. She's just in a class of her own!
Essa performance de A. BAKER é de arrepiar. Belíssima! Belíssima! Sente profundamente a música enquanto a interpreta. Que voz! Que mulher!
Hello Sheilla🌹🌹🌹
@@davidfoskey3007 hi david
Yes, Whitney Houston
Sheila Resende concordo plenamente com vc. Uma perfeição. Minha preferida.
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Film & Video have given us a window into the highest aspirations of the human spirit which these recordings of Anita's songs give us goosebumps, makes us tingle and our hair stand on end, transport us into heavenly realms.
I just love everything about this lady's voice. It's just so beautiful from top too bottom. Excellent performance.
A very classy underappreciated entertainer..she didn't fall out of her dress she just sang a beautiful song.
💯
Essa sim é Anita que sabe cantar.e em cantar.
When you know, you know. Saw her twice in the UK and once with our late great Luther. unforgettable and unique voices both
Well she never fell out the dress from passion at 4:43 😂
LOOOOOL
future generations will look for this performance to know greatness of our times.
the way she ends this song, brings me to a higher place. The performance is a great treasure
Mom mom loved her music she would play this and start dancing to it when I was a kid ... Whenever I listen to this song it beings back memories of my mother .... RIP terry Blanco.
Elizabeth Blanco 🌺💝
same here
Elizabeth Blanco R.I. P🙏🏽❤❤❤
💙💙💙
I had goosebumps towards the end of the song.........especially when she started to dance.....so pure and she was really in the moment 🌸🌺🌸🌺
Thank u so for mentioning her dance. It is quite clearly a reflection of her soul it is sensuous, sassy, jazzy and contemporary and classical, it light and airy and there's a morning star shinning in there!
Show ❤
this lady actually lifts my spirits to the upmost...I can zone off of her music!!! I cook,clean,work.....AND MAKE LOVE to her music !!!!
I remember hearing her songs in the 80’s as a little girl . Her music video , and my grandma playing her songs . And I was so in love with her music even as a child . Still listening to her till this day ❤️❤️
Anita Baker. Fell in love with her back in junior high. Every songs she sings you can tell she's feeling it in her soul!
Where other singers saw straight lines, Ms. Baker saw the stars and the valleys to glide upon and take us with her...a National Treasure
I had every album this talented lady produced. What a talent!
When I was a child I would play the radio and I would sing to this song in my living room, I lived in the projects; I would sing so loud! I still listen and sing! I am a man but love to imitate her sultry low voice! Anita Baker has such a beautiful voice! ❤💜🤍
I was so blessed to attend this wonderful concert. I remember it like it was yesterday
The ending was perfect. She's amazing and beautiful
Anita is flawless. Beautiful music from a beautiful soul.
One of my favorite female artist of all time.
She really has a one of a kind voice and range
Anita Baker um talento absurdo e grandioso no mundo do Show Biz, essa diva merece todo respeito mundo da música internacional, parabéns!
Very eclectic song
A performer who can command the stage without shaking her ass, or being half naked. I love Anita and all her classiness.
👌🏿
Isn’t this the 80s
@@AbigmacRidingADodgeBeepBeep my bad I misread your comment completely smh. 🤦🏾♀️ Yes, it’s the mid or late 80’s.
Yes
Lovely ❤️ Lady❤️❤️🥰❤️🥰🙏🙌🙏🔥👗🤲🙌🙌🙏👗🔥🙏 God Bless Her , Always !❤️🙌🥰❤️🤲🥰
Simply breathtakingly stunning. Utter class from the very first note until the last. She is my favourite female singer without a shadow of a doubt.
I had the pleasure of seeing this amazingly talented lady in concert during her heyday..Incredible!! God Bless Miss Baker!! She's Back!!
My whole body is covered with goose bumps.
If I could have one person to sing at my wedding it would be Anita Baker. I love her so much❤❤❤❤❤
That is what you call a singer. Harmony, power, stage presence. No skinny dress or dancers everywhere. She makes it look so easy and fun. I miss her songs, her voice. Love u Anita.
Classy
👏👏👏
Yes, no theatrics needed and she's on the top! Perfectly pure beauty- excellent voice/music/presentation!!!
Fell in love with Anita when I was 6. Its so rare to say.... but this album was a perfect album. Her vocals perfection and that band...gold!
Saw her in '87; not @ this show in DC but on the Commons in Boston in the summer. Her performance still stands all these years later.
I see where Toni Braxton got here style from. ANITA BAKER ruled the mid 80s and beyond. Hands down my favorite female singer. Her lyrics and singing style is like no other
Man, that's crazy! I never put the two together before your comment; but, it's SO obvious now. Thanks for providing me my fact of the day.
+Debonair 1 ☆
Anita didn't rule the 80's Whitney Houston did lol, best selling female artist of the 80's. But that doesn't take away from Anita's voice, amazing
+Ken Whitney was my girl but she was a Pop artist. I should've stated she ruled R&B
+Debonair 1 Toni Braxton's song "Love Shoulda Brought You Home" was originally written for Anita Baker and Toni sang the demo vocals to emulate Anita's as closely as possible. Anita was pregnant at the time and couldn't record it, so she told Babyface to Toni record the song instead
I watched this video whilst eating a excellent turkey dinner. Damn what a performance. My life is now complete.
What a voice, i got chills on this performance. I loved this song from day one when i heard on the radio.
I get shivers. Not many songs do that to me. I was there!!
+neofunkyman1 when was this?
You are a very lucky person :)
Norma Di Pardo what year is this?
327 728 Ouuu i don't know.
Maybe 1985 😄
Norma Di Pardo 1987
So sweet dancing from Anita too !! She is not into music; music is in her.
So much heart and soul put into one performance.......Where has it all gone to?
I listened to this amazing Anita Baker way back when she sang this song. Now here in 2024 she is still such a fabulous singer and 1) no racy outfit 2) no 10 backup dancers 3) no screen or big light show. JUST a beautiful lady with a SENSATIONAL and lovely voice
One of the best singers to have ever been born! God Bless you Anita!
Peter Fuchs she's still alive you mean to ever live
her voice is timeless
Are you kidding me? This song written by Baker and Sax player Bias is a total celebration of a love song sung beautifully by its originator. It doesn't get any better than this. Performer/singer extraordinaire
Nothing else can compare the great voice of Anita Baker & her song is a soul fascinating...I heard her song when I ride on a bus waiting the bus to start all passengers just listen and feel the complete tranquility while waiting
The most incredible voice , have all her albums ......love me some Anita Baker !
No one ever acknowledges her, or publicly recognizes her contribution to some of the finest music ever!
That drummer is the truth! With Anita's voice...perfection!!❤️❤️❤️
Her voice, the backing vocals, the chorus guitar, the piano, the slap Bass, the drums, all this are so freaking amazing, what a Band, what an artist, Anita Baker is in another level.
Rediscovered this today. 5 ft of soul, power & grace. ANITA!!!!
Amazing ...... She has so much range and power, we have been truly blessed for her to have shared her talents with us ...
Peace -
TC ~
This live version is better than the studio release
Think you're right!
I will miss your song i wish i was there for ypu.
Rev. John c. Hughes son. You my fever.
I agree.
Totally agree! Just shows how versatile Anita really is!
So fantabulous.. the voice, the presence, the performance.....5 stars!
I love Anita Baker. Talent extraordinaire!
I got chills the way they all stood up the second they realized what song was being played. That feeling of your favorite song coming on. It doesn’t get much better than that. ❤️
Amazing Ms. Anita Baker, an intense, electrifying and sensual voice. She really keeps impacting me
Beautiful music from back in the days,when love was real and these tunes captured that, soooooo magical