@@davywiz sadly, I sold that house and moved out of state. The house I live in now was build in 1993 and the most popular song of the year was “Woot, there it is”, by 95 South. Not as romantic.
why must there be comparisons, both Fanny and Barbra are incredible talents. Miss Streisand's portrayal of miss Brice was a tribute , not a caricature ,and it was brilliantly done.
In fact it is a French song performed by Mistinguett, Lyrics by: Albert Willemetz-Jacques Charles-Channing Pollock/Maurice Yvain, first version dates from 1920.
So much emotion in her voice. This is truly a woman who has loved a man that was no good, but she loved him despite the fact. This is real and raw. Love it.
Mmmm, so much misconceptions about what is love. Staying with a man who is no good and beats you up is not love. It's crazy co-dependancy. In order to love anyone, you have to love yourself first. And when you love yourself, you don't accept to be mistreated. And when you love yourself, you instinctly can distinguish people who will be good for you and those who wouldn't. And you're automatically attracted to the ones who will be good for you.
@@Ninafan68 I appreciate your words. I do think you might be misunderstanding what I am saying regarding the emotions behind Fanny's singing this song. I am speaking from my own personal experience (both as a singer and having been in my own abusive relationship) when it comes to conveying emotion through a song that pulls the listener into emotions that you may or may not want to examine. You are absolutely correct, you must learn to love yourself completely if you wish to escape any kind of abuse (familial, relationship, friendship, etc.,) but this song doesn't come from a place not having love of self. I said it is "real and raw". Real because she laid her emotion of loving a bad man bare for all to see and says *I don't care* even though she knows he's bad. Raw because even though he hurt her, she also hurt herself but she was going to accept all that came with loving him, right or wrong. It would be her choice even if she felt trapped or couldn't get the kind of love she sought from this man. Fanny had no misconceptions of who Nick Arnstein was as she states plainly in the lyrics. And yes, you truly can love a person who is bad. Here's the thing about abusers and their victims is that they each suffer from a lack of self love among other emotional issues. My ex not only hated himself, but suffered mental health issues, years of physical and sexual abuse from both parents as a child as well he fought alcoholism and drug addiction. Do I hate what he did, yes. Did I love him, absolutely. The flip side is the seeing the very real human who was suffering and that was years of therapy to not only understand myself, but to also come to a place of forgiveness toward myself and him and to look beyond the monster and see the human.
The dynamics of abuse and psychological manipulation should be required teaching in schools. Even smart people with high self esteem can get caught up in an abusive relationship. Some abusers have extremely sophisticated methods of manipulation so that people outside the relationship, along with the victim, cannot see how the victim is getting played. It's usually a gradual process.
when fanny ssng my man,,,, god it truly sounds like she has a broken heart but while she sings it , it breAks YOUR heart as well. WOW FANNY AFTER ALL LTHESE YEARS you broght TEARS TO MY EYES TOO.
This song is a gut-punch. Brice delivers it with such a poignant and very jewish delivery. It captures the sad truth of many women of the day. I don't think that I had ever heard it before this evening. Much like the songs of Billie Holiday of the same period that provided a strong commentary and criticism of society, I can see why it was so popular.
Of all things, American Idol brought me here. A girl did a rendition and they credited Barbara Streisand. I knew that was not the original, so, I looked it up. This is sheer beauty.
When Barbra walks stage front to do this number, the cinematography is superb. Her makeup,, hair, dress is nothing short of perfection. Her voice is a dramatic tour de force beyond compare.
Wow... to hear the original Fanny sing this song... I definitely hear her strong love and passion for Nicky Arnstien. Very different than Bab's version in Funny Girl. I feel both performed the power of desire for the love of their life. Very different productions of MY MAN, but the SAME LOVE and POWER by both female vocals...
fannys heart is so broken in this song she pours her heart out u can hear it if u cant well,,,,,,,,, she went to the school of hard knocks just like so many of us have. the old saying of it takes one to knowone well never so true ever in life.fanny im with you
Fanny Brice sang in the vibrato of most of the singers in the Borsch Belt, and was wonderful at it. If not, movies about her would never have seen the light of day. Peace.
Two different interpretations. Brice is emotional in a subtle way, Streisand is emotional in an all-stops-out way. Both valid. Fwiw, my grandparents had seen Brice in the theater; they said she was wonderful in every way, but she simply didn't have Streisand's soaring voice. I enjoy hearing both versions.
If she had, she wouldn't be Fanny Brice! If you could have asked her, she most likely would have told you she wouldn't have wanted it. That would be Miss Brice!
There are things to being a great singer other than having a great voice. Would Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, or Bob Marley have been any better if they sang like Caruso?
Wow! Dark version and dark voice full of pathos! Different than I imagined, I like it ! Barbra is more like a naive little girl letting go of first love . This is a woman living in the dark ages, giving up on the world snd love.
fanny could make you cry, especially when she says he beats her and yet she loves him, will come back on her knees, what ever he is , she is his forever. the emotion is there. with Barbara, you get flawless vocals.
You are implying that Streisand delivers flawless vocals with no emotion. Simply not even close to the truth. In fact, her version of "My Man" is one of her most emotional among dozens of songs she has sung. If she didn't combine emotion with her instrument she wouldn't have reached, and stayed at, the peak of her profession.
Streisand sings with INCREDIBLE emotion too, plus a much better voice. And Fanny is an alto so it’s a different sound. Barbra is a mezzo-soprano. I find this kind of dragging..
@@tomtomlinson4826 Absolutely. It seems anonymity and distance give many the wherewithal to say things they might not if face-to-face with the other person. (Wherewithal being everything from bravery to self- confidence.) Civilty and kindness are not valued, but discounted as weaknesses. Calling people names has replaced the intelligence required to explain a viewpoint, as well as the emotional intelligence it takes to manage it when it’s different than one’s own. It’s like The Real Housewives of You Tube sometimes.
ONLY Streisand could have played her...I have never heard this by the original Fanny before...the voices are very different, but the heartfelt emotion portrayed by both is stunning...
"he beats me too." Our family story: My paternal grandfather, Louis, sired six children, leaving and returning to his wife, Katie, in between. Katie remained in almost psychotic despair and rage "consoled" only by semi-continuous playing of a 78 r-p-m copy of this song. Eventually, the oldest "child," my uncle Bernie, grabbed the record off the (victrola?) and smashed it into a million pieces.
If you get a chance, watch the 1936 movie, The Great Ziegfeld, with William Powell and Myrna Loy. Fanny Brice is in the movie and performs this song. It's so wonderful to be able to see her actually perform this piece!
Wow! It's always so interesting how songs change throughout the years. It exemplified the ways of love and life but the heart remains. I truly enjoyed this. It's a treasure. I've loved and sang Barbara's version since I was a young girl. Thank you!
I've heard all the modern versions of this song and never heard the original till now. I'm 46. Yes the moderns were spectacular, but they never sang the actual pain of this starlet..wow. just wow.
Unfortunately, old recordings had such poor quality it's impossible for us to know how they sounded live. Any singer who wowed both Ziegfield and Billy Rose must have had a great voice. As for comparing Brice and Streisand, it's like comparing apples and oranges. They have completely different ranges and styles.
what I hear is bad Transfering probably in the 1970s to 90s if I had the original radio transcription disc I could pull out all the stops and clean it to a degree that it is noiseless then by pulling out the 100 bar graphic equalizer I could remix it for the taste of modern ears these transcription discs were red Vinylite and when mint great of quality but they were recorded quite level in that the studio sound engineer could tweak it for airing for best results because of that these recordings are great for remixing because they basically were recorded for just that. so old recordings don't have bad sound quality just bad editing for later releases think of the many movies soundtracks meant for archiving from the late 30s to the mid-50s stamped on 16-inch vinyl discs many of these discs were chosen to digitally restore a movie above the existing on-film track films like the wizard of oz would not sound as great today if there weren't 16'' vinyl copies of it. this show was recorded on the same 16-inch vinyl format as was most of Brice's later radio work she also made recordings on the same format on records meant for the war effort mostly baby snooks I heard one where she teamed up with spike jones and his city slickers I love to get my hands on that one sadly there's bad info left of these WWII promotional recordings it's great on Vdiscs or us army recordings or military radio transcription discs but on these not so much.
Billie Holiday in her swinging scratchy voice announced : "And now I'd like to sing for you a tune made famous by miss Fanny Brice...titled... My Man".
Fannie Brice was a wonderful entertainer. Love her as Baby Snooks. Having Barbara playing her in Funny Girl was a great cast but love hearing these actual recordings even though the quality is not that great.
Interesting to hear different eras and tastes in music...odd to our ears today, but still beautiful. Barbra's version would have been just as odd if she had sung it back in the day as well...
Streisand's version transformed this pathetically sad song into a defiant and decisive song. Reinterpreting the words to say Screw you world, this is what I want. You can't say what is right for me. Both versions are rich in meaning and shouldn't be compared but rather treasured. Every woman singing this song brings herself to it.
If it had been possible for Fanny Brice to meet and know Barbra Streisand, I'm sure the former would have acknowledged the latter's superior vocal gifts. However, this recording of the classic torch song demonstrates a unique pathos which few of Ms Brice's contemporaries were equipped to convey. She is a true legend and not just as a comedienne.
I remember a part in the movie, "Educating Rita" where student, Julie Walters, writes an essay on "Peer Gynt" saying it should be performed on *radio*; true about this song as well. The added power and gut hit of this song by Fanny, I think, is because we are *listening* to it rather than seeing it performed. When we simply...listen...and are not distracted by visuals, our minds make the movie *for* us. Streisand singing "My Man" in "Funny Girl"--superb. Fanny Brice on record---nothing but TRUTH.
This song just goes to show that women still pine and cry over men, even those who, like her husband Nicky Arnstein, steal, lie to, cheat on, and generally take advantage of them. But then, as someone once said, love is the most irrational emotion of all!
To enjoy this song watch Fanny Brice recreate her original Follies version in the Great Ziegfeld in the 1930's, then Alice Fay in Rose of Washington Square, and finally Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl. I saw Funny Girl on Broadway in 1964 and have become fascinated with the song. With DVDs we can now see all three. I think that for pathos, Fanny was the best but the other two do a fantastic job.
She doesn't reach the magnificent Pathos of Billie Holiday, but she gives a subtle melancholy performance that suits this song beautifully. Thank you for posting.
I have her Victor discs of this, and she's in one of the MGM Ziegfeld movies where you can see her acting as well as singing. This is so incredibly more moving. I 'bout broke down some time into it. Not like just watching or listening to a performer. Realize this is years after her Follies days. It's after Nicky and Billy Rose and all; when she had to go back to work instead of enjoying fruits of her earlier success; playing maids in MGM musicals with Judy Garland and Allan Jones. THEN, she got her chance at a new career playing Baby Snooks. Listen to her changing, I think, the words to "Oh, my God, I love him so..." This was radio, and most anybody else would probably have created a furor for that back then. Of course, it was live, so what could they do. Well, they could blacklist you so you got no more radio exposure... Kind of like a very few that Lorne Michaels will never have back on SNL!
Funny Girl With Barbra Streisand is based on this most wonderful of comedians, another Jewish Comedian who could laugh at herself as we do! and Oy can she sing!
Jacques Charles, Channing Pollock, Albert Willemetz and Maurice Yvain. What a beautiful song in word and music. From French to English the emotion is there. I first heard it from Billie Holiday, every artist has added their stamp to it. Fannie Brice...lovely.
Wow, i didn't know that the original son was American. In spanish a lady from Spain around the sixties sang this song and was a hit in LATAM. Her name was Sara Montiel and the song's title was "Es Mi Hombre" I am glad that I am living in the internet era and I can learn whatever I wanted.
I don't want to make comparisons but if you like this song you have to hear Billie Holiday's version. It's incredibly convincing, maybe because she was in a relationship not unlike the one in the song.
This is incredibly heartbreaking and moving, especially as she begins the song following the initial verse, and the bittersweet soft ending. This depicts a truly masochistic kind of love. Barbra was never going to sing "he beats me, too," especially since the film does not actually tell the true story. In the film, the dressing room scene precedes this song, where Barbra's Fanny expresses gratitude to Arnstein for giving her a marble egg, and for making her feel beautiful. So, I interpret Barbra's more extroverted version as an acknowledgment that, although it didn't work out, she doesn't regret having loved and lost. The announcer describes Fanny as having depicted a woman dressed in tatters. In the film, we know that Fanny has been very successful, so that her version comes from a strong woman who's very much a survivor. Jule Styne wanted the film to end with "Don't Rain On My Parade," but the opposing argument was that Barbra would sing the song from a feeling of strength. We know that the real Fanny did eventually move on from Arnstein, while maintaining a special place for him in her heart. But in the way Fanny Brice sings this here, we have the feeling that this tattered Parisian woman she's portraying is never moving on. So these are two different approaches, but equally valid to these two unique artists, in two very different contexts.
If the song rendition of Fanny Brice was not good that era, no other lady chanteauses would have sung it and added their unique style of singing it. For me, Barbra's version tops them all
Se souvenir toujours que cette chanson , en Français appartient pour l' éternité à MISTINGUETT ! "MON HOMME " etait devenu , grâce à elle ,un succès mondial, c'est pourquoi on enfit une version Anglaise , immortalisée par Fanny Brice, prodigieuse ,aussi bien dans le comique le plus le plus extravagant , que dans l' émotion poignante .C'est la légende de celle-ci qui offrit à la sublime Barbra le rôle de sa vie ! Les Américains ont de la mémoire ,,et savent admirer longtemps. On attend toujours en France un biopic sur Chevalier et MISTINGUETT !!
Never heard this before - and was absolutely blown by its dark and heart breaking lyrics. Like: I don't why I should He isn't good He isn't true He beats me, too What can I do? And the performance. Felt like it came directly from a wounded heart. (Had to check out the Streisand version. Was it this dark in the movie? Of course it wasn’t. They’d never dare to put in such lyrics in that kind of film. Streisand only sings a couple of lines from the song, but over and over again. )
This exactly is why Beanie was the wrong choice. Fanny was always a singer first. “Your not a chorus girl, your a singer and a comic”. Beanie was nepotism at its most glorious.
Happy Birthday Miss Brice! I wish I had seen you perform. I really do! Streisand is Streisand! You are Fanny Brice! Unfortutely everyone thinks she is you because of that movie! I think if you had seen the film you would have said "such baloney"!
Finding someone to play and do justice to the singing of Fannie was made possible because we had Barbra. The difficulty will be, if needed, someone to do the same.... singing for Barbra.
Thanks for posting the original version of this great song. Actually, this is not really the original version---it was originally done in French several years before this (as Mon Homme).
I agree about Barbra and Fanny; if the folks in Hollywood wanted to cut out the song "The Music That Makes Me Dance" and have Barbra sing "My Man" instead, it seems to me it would have been more "accurate" to have her sing the song the way Fanny Brice did and not belt it out Streisand style. If they wanted to let Barbra sing her own way, they should have left "The Music..." song in the show so then it wouldn't have seemed out of context in a story about Fanny Brice's life to have someone singing a Fanny Brice song in a non-Fanny Brice manner.
Then i suggest you stear clear from hearing the Glee version with Lea Michelle, at least Barbara can sing. But to be fair, for a song to beatiful, it not always has to be sung the same way, this is awesome and I love Barbara's version too.
Points well taken. When I stop to focus on it, Doris Day didn't perform the songs in "Love Me Or Leave Me" in Ruth Etting style, but they were enjoyable nonetheless.
Barbra Streisand is perfection,,,,,,,,,simply perfection. Her tone, her range, her emotion, her power, her elocution, her softness,,,,,,,she has it all.
@Nemesis7293 I don't watch "Broadway Empire" nor would I pay to get HBO service. I just happen to love Regina's work. She has no boundaries in music ... from classical to rock, to pop, to punk, to folk, to jazz, to country, to Broadway tunes. Not many artists can do that so well. You don't have to agree with it, but that was my point.
So, my house was built in 1922. So I wondered what type
of music was played in here when it was new. I played this today. I hope my house liked it.
This is so cute
Ok this is actually so wholesome
What a wonderful comment, for I am sitting out on the balcony of my 1920 house and was thinking the exact same thing!
@@davywiz sadly, I sold that house and moved out of state. The house I live in now was build in 1993 and the most popular song of the year was “Woot, there it is”, by 95 South. Not as romantic.
@@motoknivesandgunsbyjt Ha! Well Fanny's recordings will always be there to play.😊
why must there be comparisons, both Fanny and Barbra are incredible talents. Miss Streisand's portrayal of miss Brice was a tribute , not a caricature ,and it was brilliantly done.
Yes you are right. She did a great job
Funny Girl was a fiction. the real story was, "Rose of Washington Square."
Well said. Both performances are fantastic in their own ways, both performances were of their time. I love them both.
Well said, thank you!
i agree Barbara Streisand did an amazing job portraying fanny brice
Ms. Brice was one of a kind, thoroughly steeped in Yiddish theatre while simultaneously looking forward. What a great talent!!
It is thrilling to hear the original song sung by the original singer!
Not the original singer...Mistinguett.
Original singer was French Mistinguette
In fact it is a French song performed by Mistinguett, Lyrics by: Albert Willemetz-Jacques Charles-Channing Pollock/Maurice Yvain, first version dates from 1920.
*original English version?
@@wachamcaulid yes!
So much emotion in her voice. This is truly a woman who has loved a man that was no good, but she loved him despite the fact. This is real and raw. Love it.
@@barbaramilone2800 that's amazing and it does matter. YOU matter. How wonderful to be able to sing the songs from a great songstress.
Mmmm, so much misconceptions about what is love. Staying with a man who is no good and beats you up is not love. It's crazy co-dependancy. In order to love anyone, you have to love yourself first. And when you love yourself, you don't accept to be mistreated. And when you love yourself, you instinctly can distinguish people who will be good for you and those who wouldn't. And you're automatically attracted to the ones who will be good for you.
@@Ninafan68 I appreciate your words. I do think you might be misunderstanding what I am saying regarding the emotions behind Fanny's singing this song. I am speaking from my own personal experience (both as a singer and having been in my own abusive relationship) when it comes to conveying emotion through a song that pulls the listener into emotions that you may or may not want to examine. You are absolutely correct, you must learn to love yourself completely if you wish to escape any kind of abuse (familial, relationship, friendship, etc.,) but this song doesn't come from a place not having love of self. I said it is "real and raw". Real because she laid her emotion of loving a bad man bare for all to see and says *I don't care* even though she knows he's bad. Raw because even though he hurt her, she also hurt herself but she was going to accept all that came with loving him, right or wrong. It would be her choice even if she felt trapped or couldn't get the kind of love she sought from this man. Fanny had no misconceptions of who Nick Arnstein was as she states plainly in the lyrics. And yes, you truly can love a person who is bad. Here's the thing about abusers and their victims is that they each suffer from a lack of self love among other emotional issues. My ex not only hated himself, but suffered mental health issues, years of physical and sexual abuse from both parents as a child as well he fought alcoholism and drug addiction. Do I hate what he did, yes. Did I love him, absolutely. The flip side is the seeing the very real human who was suffering and that was years of therapy to not only understand myself, but to also come to a place of forgiveness toward myself and him and to look beyond the monster and see the human.
The dynamics of abuse and psychological manipulation should be required teaching in schools.
Even smart people with high self esteem can get caught up in an abusive relationship.
Some abusers have extremely sophisticated methods of manipulation so that people outside the relationship, along with the victim, cannot see how the victim is getting played. It's usually a gradual process.
so very true. the love of her life was a small time no good gangster-Nicky Arnstein
this... coming from the same throat that voiced baby snooks!!! she was an unmatched talent who should be better known in this era!
I absolutely Love Fanny Brice , she is the Original Ziegfeld Star ! Barbra Streisand did a Wonderful Job playing Fanny in the 1968 Movie
Funny Girl !
I’m scared of baby snooks😂
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Both Fannie and Barbara are wonderful performers
The desperation in her voice is heart breaking.
when fanny ssng my man,,,, god it truly sounds like she has a broken heart but while she sings it , it breAks YOUR heart as well. WOW FANNY AFTER ALL LTHESE YEARS you broght TEARS TO MY EYES TOO.
This song is a gut-punch. Brice delivers it with such a poignant and very jewish delivery. It captures the sad truth of many women of the day. I don't think that I had ever heard it before this evening. Much like the songs of Billie Holiday of the same period that provided a strong commentary and criticism of society, I can see why it was so popular.
What’s that mean, a Jewish delivery? What are you trying to say?
Of all things, American Idol brought me here. A girl did a rendition and they credited Barbara Streisand. I knew that was not the original, so, I looked it up.
This is sheer beauty.
A wonderful rendition. She brings back memories of love.
When Barbra walks stage front to do this number, the cinematography is superb. Her makeup,, hair, dress is nothing short of perfection. Her voice is a dramatic tour de force beyond compare.
Should we assume you like it and are unbiased in evaluating the merits of her performance.
@@johnpickford4222 LMAO
Wow... to hear the original Fanny sing this song... I definitely hear her strong love and passion for Nicky Arnstien. Very different than Bab's version in Funny Girl. I feel both performed the power of desire for the love of their life. Very different productions of MY MAN, but the SAME LOVE and POWER by both female vocals...
watch "Rose of Washington Square" which muchn closer to real Fanny Brice story
thank you... will do@@Bruce947
fannys heart is so broken in this song she pours her heart out u can hear it if u cant well,,,,,,,,, she went to the school of hard knocks just like so many of us have. the old saying of it takes one to knowone well never so true ever in life.fanny im with you
Fanny Brice sang in the vibrato of most of the singers in the Borsch Belt, and was wonderful at it. If not, movies about her would never have seen the light of day. Peace.
Two different interpretations. Brice is emotional in a subtle way, Streisand is emotional in an all-stops-out way. Both valid.
Fwiw, my grandparents had seen Brice in the theater; they said she was wonderful in every way, but she simply didn't have Streisand's soaring voice.
I enjoy hearing both versions.
Who does? (maybe Celine)
Her voice is more powerful to me than Barbra's though. She just doesn't have the range or belting ability .
If she had, she wouldn't be Fanny Brice! If you could have asked her, she most likely would have told you she wouldn't have wanted it. That would be Miss Brice!
she was a comedic stage performer
There are things to being a great singer other than having a great voice. Would Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, or Bob Marley have been any better if they sang like Caruso?
Wow! Dark version and dark voice full of pathos! Different than I imagined, I like it ! Barbra is more like a naive little girl letting go of first love . This is a woman living in the dark ages, giving up on the world snd love.
fanny could make you cry, especially when she says he beats her and yet she loves him, will come back on her knees, what ever he is , she is his forever. the emotion is there. with Barbara, you get flawless vocals.
+samuel keliihoomalu Barbra, not Barbara
+samuel keliihoomalu true
You are implying that Streisand delivers flawless vocals with no emotion. Simply not even close to the truth. In fact, her version of "My Man" is one of her most emotional among dozens of songs she has sung. If she didn't combine emotion with her instrument she wouldn't have reached, and stayed at, the peak of her profession.
Streisand sings with INCREDIBLE emotion too, plus a much better voice. And Fanny is an alto so it’s a different sound. Barbra is a mezzo-soprano. I find this kind of dragging..
RUclips comments really are the darkest parts of the Internet.
Ain't that the truth
@@tomtomlinson4826 Absolutely. It seems anonymity and distance give many the wherewithal to say things they might not if face-to-face with the other person. (Wherewithal being everything from bravery to self- confidence.) Civilty and kindness are not valued, but discounted as weaknesses. Calling people names has replaced the intelligence required to explain a viewpoint, as well as the emotional intelligence it takes to manage it when it’s different than one’s own. It’s like The Real Housewives of You Tube sometimes.
Oy the emotion of her voice! 76 years ago!
ONLY Streisand could have played her...I have never heard this by the original Fanny before...the voices are very different, but the heartfelt emotion portrayed by both is stunning...
Alice Faye in the real bio was far superior, Rose of Washington Square
She was one talented lady.
Great funny, see
Her story, Funny
Girl, great film.
"he beats me too." Our family story: My paternal grandfather, Louis, sired six children, leaving and returning to his wife, Katie, in between. Katie remained in almost psychotic despair and rage "consoled" only by semi-continuous playing of a 78 r-p-m copy of this song. Eventually, the oldest "child," my uncle Bernie, grabbed the record off the (victrola?) and smashed it into a million pieces.
If you get a chance, watch the 1936 movie, The Great Ziegfeld, with William Powell and Myrna Loy. Fanny Brice is in the movie and performs this song. It's so wonderful to be able to see her actually perform this piece!
Incomparable and legendary performance. No one has surpassed it.
Fanny Brice, you were the greatest. Love all your music.
what an artiste! Definitive version - she acts and sings this song to perfection
Wow! It's always so interesting how songs change throughout the years. It exemplified the ways of love and life but the heart remains. I truly enjoyed this. It's a treasure. I've loved and sang Barbara's version since I was a young girl. Thank you!
Absolutely brilliant Fannie Brice. Life story is a must watch. Funny Girl.
RIP Miss Brice Xxx
Fictional. watch Rose of Washington Square for a more accurate depiction
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Thank you
I've heard all the modern versions of this song and never heard the original till now. I'm 46. Yes the moderns were spectacular, but they never sang the actual pain of this starlet..wow. just wow.
Unfortunately, old recordings had such poor quality it's impossible for us to know how they sounded live. Any singer who wowed both Ziegfield and Billy Rose must have had a great voice. As for comparing Brice and Streisand, it's like comparing apples and oranges. They have completely different ranges and styles.
what I hear is bad Transfering probably in the 1970s to 90s if I had the original radio transcription disc I could pull out all the stops and clean it to a degree that it is noiseless then by pulling out the 100 bar graphic equalizer I could remix it for the taste of modern ears these transcription discs were red Vinylite and when mint great of quality but they were recorded quite level in that the studio sound engineer could tweak it for airing for best results because of that these recordings are great for remixing because they basically were recorded for just that.
so old recordings don't have bad sound quality just bad editing for later releases think of the many movies soundtracks meant for archiving from the late 30s to the mid-50s stamped on 16-inch vinyl discs many of these discs were chosen to digitally restore a movie above the existing on-film track films like the wizard of oz would not sound as great today if there weren't 16'' vinyl copies of it.
this show was recorded on the same 16-inch vinyl format as was most of Brice's later radio work she also made recordings on the same format on records meant for the war effort mostly baby snooks I heard one where she teamed up with spike jones and his city slickers I love to get my hands on that one sadly there's bad info left of these WWII promotional recordings it's great on Vdiscs or us army recordings or military radio transcription discs but on these not so much.
But even so,
“Old recordings…poor quality…” if you are able to hear and feel it, you know it’s
“Bright! All Right!”
This is so real and genuine. Long gone from songs these days which are merely repetitive.
Thank you so much for posting this. It's so wonderful to hear the incomparable Fanny Brice!
It is, but Barbra's voice is so much better
Billie Holiday in her swinging scratchy voice announced : "And now I'd like to sing for you a tune made famous by miss Fanny Brice...titled... My Man".
Fannie Brice was a wonderful entertainer. Love her as Baby Snooks. Having Barbara playing her in Funny Girl was a great cast but love hearing these actual recordings even though the quality is not that great.
Interesting to hear different eras and tastes in music...odd to our ears today, but still beautiful. Barbra's version would have been just as odd if she had sung it back in the day as well...
Both brilliant singer with beautiful talents when they sing xx
Streisand's version transformed this pathetically sad song into a defiant and decisive song.
Reinterpreting the words to say Screw you world, this is what I want. You can't say what is right for me.
Both versions are rich in meaning and shouldn't be compared but rather treasured. Every woman singing this song brings herself to it.
SO well said, marknspromo!
WHAT, WOKE Crap......LoL...
@@anthonyochocki6535 i don’t think you understand what that word means lmao
Thank you for putting this out here for me to find, just loved it!
Beautiful if sad song - Fanny put just the right amount of pathos into it....Would love to have seen her sing it live on stage......
❤❤first time I've heard this sung by Fanny Brice.
This was a favorite of mine decades before Streisand sang it. No comparison!
Streisand first sang it in 1965. If you were a fan of this version decades before Barbra sang it, how the hell old are you?
For me it's Billie Holiday, but I absolutely love this one of course and Streisand. All sincere performances.
If it had been possible for Fanny Brice to meet and know Barbra Streisand, I'm sure the former would have acknowledged the latter's superior vocal gifts. However, this recording of the classic torch song demonstrates a unique pathos which few of Ms Brice's contemporaries were equipped to convey. She is a true legend and not just as a comedienne.
I remember a part in the movie, "Educating Rita" where student, Julie Walters, writes an essay on "Peer Gynt" saying it should be performed on *radio*; true about this song as well. The added power and gut hit of this song by Fanny, I think, is because we are *listening* to it rather than seeing it performed. When we simply...listen...and are not distracted by visuals, our minds make the movie *for* us. Streisand singing "My Man" in "Funny Girl"--superb. Fanny Brice on record---nothing but TRUTH.
This song just goes to show that women still pine and cry over men, even those who, like her husband Nicky Arnstein, steal, lie to, cheat on, and generally take advantage of them. But then, as someone once said, love is the most irrational emotion of all!
To enjoy this song watch Fanny Brice recreate her original Follies version in the Great Ziegfeld in the 1930's, then Alice Fay in Rose of Washington Square, and finally Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl. I saw Funny Girl on Broadway in 1964 and have become fascinated with the song. With DVDs we can now see all three. I think that for pathos, Fanny was the best but the other two do a fantastic job.
I was 12 years old
Ken1926 wow! You were born in 1926? My favourite birth year!
Are you still going? Heres hoping.
Hi Ken, the original is just as great.
Barbra sung it.
Fannie felt it, deeply.
She doesn't reach the magnificent Pathos of Billie Holiday, but she gives a subtle melancholy performance that suits this song beautifully. Thank you for posting.
wonderful rendition of this very difficult song
omg i'm crying.........fanny's version is so emotional!
Beautiful vibrato…Great style!
I have her Victor discs of this, and she's in one of the MGM Ziegfeld movies where you can see her acting as well as singing. This is so incredibly more moving. I 'bout broke down some time into it. Not like just watching or listening to a performer.
Realize this is years after her Follies days. It's after Nicky and Billy Rose and all; when she had to go back to work instead of enjoying fruits of her earlier success; playing maids in MGM musicals with Judy Garland and Allan Jones. THEN, she got her chance at a new career playing Baby Snooks. Listen to her changing, I think, the words to "Oh, my God, I love him so..." This was radio, and most anybody else would probably have created a furor for that back then. Of course, it was live, so what could they do. Well, they could blacklist you so you got no more radio exposure... Kind of like a very few that Lorne Michaels will never have back on SNL!
this is beautiful. so tragic.
the original is Mon Homme by the way.
Wirklich?
just wonderful - a directly transmitted emotion -- the bond.
Funny Girl With Barbra Streisand is based on this most wonderful of comedians, another Jewish Comedian who could laugh at herself as we do! and Oy can she sing!
Love this... thank you for sharing this classic. 💕
omg i knew this song in Glee and fell in love with it. Now I find out it is from 1936
It's originally from 1920 called Mon Homme, Fanny first sang it in 1922. It was originally faster than this
MASTERPIECE !!!!
She lived this.
Listen to Piaf singing it and you'll instantly forget any other interpretation!
Henriette this was your fav....it will always remind me of you my girl...
Jacques Charles, Channing Pollock, Albert Willemetz and Maurice Yvain. What a beautiful song in word and music. From French to English the emotion is there. I first heard it from Billie Holiday, every artist has added their stamp to it. Fannie Brice...lovely.
Bless you for posting this. I agree with what robeekay commented; they put it perfectly.
Nice thanks for sharing!
Wow, i didn't know that the original son was American. In spanish a lady from Spain around the sixties sang this song and was a hit in LATAM. Her name was Sara Montiel and the song's title was "Es Mi Hombre"
I am glad that I am living in the internet era and I can learn whatever I wanted.
I don't want to make comparisons but if you like this song you have to hear Billie Holiday's version. It's incredibly convincing, maybe because she was in a relationship not unlike the one in the song.
As did Fanny Brice.
i once heard this in a very old b/w movie, i was shocked by how modern it sounds, the next time i heard it was on the 70s hits album by streisand
This is incredibly heartbreaking and moving, especially as she begins the song following the initial verse, and the bittersweet soft ending. This depicts a truly masochistic kind of love. Barbra was never going to sing "he beats me, too," especially since the film does not actually tell the true story. In the film, the dressing room scene precedes this song, where Barbra's Fanny expresses gratitude to Arnstein for giving her a marble egg, and for making her feel beautiful. So, I interpret Barbra's more extroverted version as an acknowledgment that, although it didn't work out, she doesn't regret having loved and lost.
The announcer describes Fanny as having depicted a woman dressed in tatters. In the film, we know that Fanny has been very successful, so that her version comes from a strong woman who's very much a survivor. Jule Styne wanted the film to end with "Don't Rain On My Parade," but the opposing argument was that Barbra would sing the song from a feeling of strength.
We know that the real Fanny did eventually move on from Arnstein, while maintaining a special place for him in her heart. But in the way Fanny Brice sings this here, we have the feeling that this tattered Parisian woman she's portraying is never moving on. So these are two different approaches, but equally valid to these two unique artists, in two very different contexts.
If the song rendition of Fanny Brice was not good that era, no other lady chanteauses would have sung it and added their unique style of singing it. For me, Barbra's version tops them all
Se souvenir toujours que cette chanson , en Français appartient pour l' éternité à MISTINGUETT !
"MON HOMME " etait devenu , grâce à elle ,un succès mondial, c'est pourquoi on enfit une version Anglaise , immortalisée par Fanny Brice, prodigieuse ,aussi bien dans le comique le plus le plus extravagant , que dans l' émotion poignante .C'est la légende de celle-ci qui offrit à la sublime Barbra le rôle de sa vie !
Les Américains ont de la mémoire ,,et savent admirer longtemps. On attend toujours en France un biopic sur Chevalier et MISTINGUETT !!
Some words in this song is some true theres why i like it.Nothing else from me.
Never heard this before - and was absolutely blown by its dark and heart breaking lyrics.
Like:
I don't why I should
He isn't good
He isn't true
He beats me, too
What can I do?
And the performance. Felt like it came directly from a wounded heart.
(Had to check out the Streisand version. Was it this dark in the movie? Of course it wasn’t. They’d never dare to put in such lyrics in that kind of film. Streisand only sings a couple of lines from the song, but over and over again. )
the original is ofcourse called Mon Homme by Mistinguett!
can we just let the two performances be different? i mean they are completely different songs and performances of the song
Except it’s not two different songs. It’s the same song. Comparisons are inevitable.
This exactly is why Beanie was the wrong choice. Fanny was always a singer first. “Your not a chorus girl, your a singer and a comic”. Beanie was nepotism at its most glorious.
this version is heartbreaking
This was beautiful. Only wish you had the film to go with the song.
Fanny was just beautiful and had a beautiful voice, still love Barbra too
Cool, adoring facial posture. Very lovely!
I recognize the voice of the host, it's Robert Taylor, who was a big MGM star for about 20 years at least.
Happy Birthday Miss Brice! I wish I had seen you perform. I really do! Streisand is Streisand! You are Fanny Brice! Unfortutely everyone thinks she is you because of that movie! I think if you had seen the film you would have said "such baloney"!
fantastic!!
Finding someone to play and do justice to the singing of Fannie was made possible because we had Barbra. The difficulty will be, if needed, someone to do the same.... singing for Barbra.
Thanks for posting the original version of this great song. Actually, this is not really the original version---it was originally done in French several years before this (as Mon Homme).
Alice Faye does this song too and it is hauntingly beautiful. I cant find it here on you tube though but I got it off of I tunes a few months ago.
@marknsprmo Thanks for this thought. I've never seen Funny Lady all the way through. But this encourages me to search it out.
I agree about Barbra and Fanny; if the folks in Hollywood wanted to cut out the song "The Music That Makes Me Dance" and have Barbra sing "My Man" instead, it seems to me it would have been more "accurate" to have her sing the song the way Fanny Brice did and not belt it out Streisand style. If they wanted to let Barbra sing her own way, they should have left "The Music..." song in the show so then it wouldn't have seemed out of context in a story about Fanny Brice's life to have someone singing a Fanny Brice song in a non-Fanny Brice manner.
Then i suggest you stear clear from hearing the Glee version with Lea Michelle, at least Barbara can sing.
But to be fair, for a song to beatiful, it not always has to be sung the same way, this is awesome and I love Barbara's version too.
Points well taken. When I stop to focus on it, Doris Day didn't perform the songs in "Love Me Or Leave Me" in Ruth Etting style, but they were enjoyable nonetheless.
Barbra Streisand is perfection,,,,,,,,,simply perfection. Her tone, her range, her emotion, her power, her elocution, her softness,,,,,,,she has it all.
Super excellent
I love em both for who they were and are
Is this version of the song free to use and public domain?
@Nemesis7293 I don't watch "Broadway Empire" nor would I pay to get HBO service. I just happen to love Regina's work. She has no boundaries in music ... from classical to rock, to pop, to punk, to folk, to jazz, to country, to Broadway tunes. Not many artists can do that so well. You don't have to agree with it, but that was my point.
Wow, what restraint and pain. Interesting how in the updated version the lyrics have been emended and the restraint is replaced by a belt or two.
In a nice world this would be my woman
Love this
as the saying goes . "nobody does it better"
with Robert Taylor as the announcer
Thank you for this information, I didn't knew this. :)