As a mindblown 17-year-old I saw Eartha in the legendary Cave Theatre Restaurant of Vancouver, 1968. She sang it lying on her belly on the edge of the raised stage so that she was closer to the face level of the seated diners, pretty well as among them as possible. Such relaxed mastery of styling and intimacy of performance . . . man oh man, that was an initiation into that calibre of nightlife. Ah, Eartha, you brought us so much! Thank you! All these many years later it's still a clear memory, her lying there and warmly purring "I want to be evil, I want to be bad" to a captivated, entranced audience.
What I wouldn't have given, to see her in person! She's such a hero to me! Reading about her life, she saw so much, accomplished so much...and her whole life, life was against her! She achieved so, so much...when she could have ended up a forgotten, abused little half-black girl where she wasn't wanted. Instead, she made a career off the waves of hate - and rode that wave to Europe, only to come back to tell America she was disappointed in how poorly they treated people like her - black people. And I love her not just for her talent with song, but her passion for the little guy. The under dog. I love how she told us to love ourSELVES first, before you let any man in. She was so powerful, and driven, and talented! The world is a sadder, sorrier place without her in it.
@tyvek05 Interesting! I was referring to the set of mannerism and accents they have though. People in general have different styles and mannerisms today. Culture appears to change quickly.
She says it like koreans. Koreans having a lil' hard time with saying the letter "r" thay say it like "l" and its cute for some people like me. There is a korean letter that can be read as "r" and "l". Its this letter: "ㄹ".
Eartha was one of the very 1st African American artists to break through the color-barrier i n the early 50's. What an incredible talent and trail-blazing artist she was! Thank you for posting this great vid!
@Imani Alexander Mixed isn't a race stop the bull! 🙄 we're literally all mixed because of our ancestors but everyone keeps forgetting. 😂 If you have black in you, you're black periodt. She looks black anyways so white people will still see her as black!! So what's your point?
@@spongebob8157 If you have white in you, you're white period. See how easy that sounds? She's mixed, her dna comes from generations of her ancestors getting it on with those of drastically different genetic sequences. It's science, buckaroo. But regardless, whatever race she more identified with socially is less important that the fact that she was a beautiful and immensely talented star that transcended generations. Loved her as Vexus in My Life as A Teenage Robot.
She never classed herself as black, black people spat at her for being “Yella” and her white side came from her mother (part Native American) being raped
Madam Zeroni I literally watched holes 4 days ago then watched the new Batman movie then wondered was cat woman played by many black women? And it brought me to eartha kitt then I realised I’d seen her in holes and as Yzma, love learning new things she seemed great and talented as heck
@@duckdickerson9494 I think its more of "back when food wasn't to turn 10 year olds into 20 just incase the government needs them to be superhuman for a war."
@@j.clementec.m.1558 you must not live in America. Girls who are 12 will literally have full figures. Not fat they will just be fully developed and there was a guy in my class who had a really deep voice in like the 4th grade and he was probably the youngest one. The foods do make kids mature faster and it has nothing to do with physical activity.
I understand what you meant. Earth it is incredibe and Billy is incredible. It's that outside of the box thinking and presentation is what I believe you were referring to. So you can compare styles and singers and attitudes.. no matter what you say, someone's not gonna like it. But they'll get over it. You just keep commenting as you say. I always enjoy hearing other peoples interpretations of the music.
When my wife was in journalism school, somewhere around 2000, she had an assignment to do “person-on-the-street” iterviews in New York City. One of the passers-by she stopped and talked to was a beautiful 70-something woman. Asked to identify herself, the lady said, “I’m Eartha Kitt.” And indeed, it really was her. She was very gracious and, as always, made intelligent comments. Ms. Kitt has been gone for years now. Life is short, but art is long. Her art is immortal.
Her musical interpretation was astonishingly artful even when she was young. There will never be another voice like hers. Everything about this majestic woman was formidable.
Didn't change as she got older. I was lucky enough to see her live on my 26th birthday. She was fuckin doing the tango and shit like that on the stage and was in her 70's at the time I believe, but you coulda fooled everyone in that theatre with how animated she was. A one of a lifetime show
I love this concept she was in. To appear as the cute, girl next door but then her voice comes out powerful and very unique. She was truly an original.
Join the club mon ami. Letting youtube do its thing going from Fallout Radio songs has led me too many a delightful song my gran listened too in her childhood. Few better ways too join the generations than such wondrous songs as this.
paulatredies WOAH! Happy Appi radio has brought me far! Judy/Liza live in London, Eartha Kitt, the Nicholas Brothers tap dancing galore, and countless offshoots as well! It’s funny to think that if the algorithm were any smarter, it might not even show these things to us given the context. Being brought here from looking for songs I have heard dozens of times in FO is kinda strange! Honestly, until I seen your comment I never even connected the dots as to why I was suddenly lost down a rabbit hole of black and white music videos!
One thing I realised that it's not actually an old sound this was their accent and it sticks with you till you die, but as each generation comes along our accent changes that's why when we see old videos on young people but they sound elderly we get confused
As a young teenager in the mid 1950s I discovered Eartha. Wow. She was a knockout. That was in London. Subsequently saw her perform live in Sydney at the Chevron Hilton. Again a knockout.
Well, it was really the Hollywood blacklisting and the CIA accusing her of being a sexual deviant that hurt her career. And all because she said American's were upset about the war in Vietnam.
God Eartha Kitt was so beautiful. I remember seeing her as Catwoman in the old Batman show when I was a kid and being enamored by her beauty. And when I heard her sing Santa Baby for the first time I was hooked. It's one of my favorite Christmas songs and hers is the only version I truly like.
I used to think she said "I want a Spit Tax" instead of "I want to Spit Tacks", but the former is just so ridiculously petty that I think it fits the songs nature even better anyway.
@@norsktoolmaker88 yes, _so and so was spitting tacks_ is still a somewhat current (well, among us old timers) way of saying they were extremely annoyed and rather communicative about it.
@@DrWhom My uncles could be colorful, more favorites. "Squeals like a pig under a gate" "Doesn't have the sense that God gave geese" "Don't amount to doodle squat" I'll be 68 in July, I'm the old timer now."
After finishing that video, I looked up the actor. Because, frankly, that mastery of emoting is amazing. And it turned out that she's dead. The same year as that video was posted. All I knew about her is that she voiced Izma, and this performance, and I actually cried. Damn.
@@JesusChristSaves. the comment said she "scared the hell out of white America." She didn't. She was very successful. The comment said nothing about Hollywood.
That would have been nice if she did. However Yzma did sing in either Kronks New Groove or Emporers New School. Idk which one but it was one of the two. Its called Snuff Out The light.
@@artisticalex1206 it's originally from Kingdom of the Sun, which was the predecessor to new groove that got canned. If it showed up in anything since idk but that would be pretty neat.
I've posed for pictures with Iv'ry Soap I've petted stray dogs, and shied clear of dope My smile is brilliant, my glance is tender But I'm noted most for my unspoiled gender I've been made Miss Reingold, though I never touch beer And I'm the person to whom they say, "You're sweet, my dear, " The only etchings I've seen have been behind glass And the closest I've been to a bar is at ballet class Prim and proper, the girl who's never been cased I'm tired of being pure and not chased Like something that seeks it's level I want to go to the devil I want to be evil, I want to spit tacks I want to be evil and cheat at jacks I want to be wicked, I want to tell lies I want to be mean and throw mud pies I want to wake up in the morning With that dark brown taste I want to see some dissipation in my face I want to be evil, I want to be mad But more than that, I want to be bad I want to be evil and trump an ace Just to see my partner's face I want to be nasty, I want to be cruel I want to be daring, I want to shoot pool And in the theater, I want to change my seat Just so I can step on everybody's feet I want to be evil, I want to hurt flies I want to sing songs like the guy who cries I want to be horrid, I want to drink booze And whatever I've got, I'm eager to lose I want to be evil, little evil me Just as mean and evil as I can be!
I don’t know what you mean by “sampled”, but in season 4 or 5 of “Lucifer”, the actress who plays Maze did a song similar, so I assume it was a tribute to Eartha Kitt
Jamila Brown Marlon Brando found his own daughter attractive, enough that he molested her. Having the pervert fancy you isn’t high praise. Let’s leave that poor excuse for a father and a person (let it be known that he violated an actress on camera, with the director knowing and using it as an act of ‘surprise.’) out of this.
Racism not only reduces people to their race - they sometimes erase parts of it. Eartha Kitt was also part Cherokee and part White. As a matter of fact, her mother's second husband - a Black man - refused to accept Eartha because she was too pale.
Rip Eartha. You may be gone, but you'll never be forgotten. I love you, my dear. You're amazing and I shall treasure your songs and career. Rip Eartha Kitt.
I got to meet her not long before she passed away. She was amazing! She gave me a bottle of champagne, her autograph, and permitted me to kiss her on the cheek!! I’ll never forget her!!
I think the idea of this song is that she's so innocent and pure, her mind simply isn't capable of thinking truly evil thoughts, no matter how badly she wants to. Thus, her idea of heinous depravity consists of silly things like throwing mud pies, shooting pool, and stepping on people's feet deliberately.
@@waltonsimons12 oh come on, any villain knows you've gotta take pleasure in the little horrible things you do. You need a little flair to spice up your plans for world domination, really keep in touch with the energy of it all.
When Eartha started singing my cat immediately jumped on my desk and put his face towards a speaker. Looked up at the monitor smiling. As soon as the applause started he jumped away.
The first time I ever heard this song was on the radio when I was in a particularly bad mood driving around running errands. It Channeled all that frustration straight into a goofy grin
This is such a killer song and performance. It says so much more than the character in it realizes. But I'm sure Eartha Kitt knew exactly what it was about.
I've posed for pictures with Iv'ry Soap I've petted stray dogs, and shied clear of dope My smile is brilliant, my glance is tender But I'm noted most for my unspoiled agenda I've been made Miss Reingold, though I never touch beer And I'm the person to whom they say, "You're sweet, my dear" The only etchings I've seen have been behind glass And the closest I've been to a bar was at ballet class Prim and proper, the girl who's never been kissed I'm tired of being pure and not chased Like something that seeks it's level I wanna go to the devil I wanna be evil, I wanna spit tacks I wanna be evil and cheat at jacks I wanna be wicked, I wanna tell lies I wanna be mean and throw mud pies I want to wake up in the morning With that dark brown taste I wanna see some dissipation in my face I wanna be evil, I wanna be mad But more than that, I wanna be bad I wanna be evil and trump an ace Just to see my partner's face I wanna be nasty, I wanna be cruel I wanna be daring, I wanna shoot pool And in the theatre, I want to change my seat Just so I can step on everybody's feet I wanna be evil, I wanna hurt flies I wanna sing songs like the guy who cries I wanna be horrid, I wanna drink booze And whatever I've got, I am eager to lose I wanna be evil, little evil me Just as mean and evil as I can be
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Whichever lever Kronk pulled to get me here, it was the right lever.
It’s kinda funny how she looks like Yzma
❤
That’s exactly what I thought!!
HHAHAHAH
Brilliant comment 😂
me when i decide to change my entire aesthetic at 2am
LMAO
Mood
IF THIS AIN'T ME LOL
RUBY
MEEEE
"Eartha Kitt is imitating a cat" that's hilarious, we in the cat world know that cats have been imitating Eartha Kitt for thousands of years
She was the BEST Catwoman of all times.
Yes the clans tell tales of her
Love this
If you look into her life's history you'll discover that she was literally thrown to the cats as a child...love her!!!
This right here. Yes.
As a mindblown 17-year-old I saw Eartha in the legendary Cave Theatre Restaurant of Vancouver, 1968. She sang it lying on her belly on the edge of the raised stage so that she was closer to the face level of the seated diners, pretty well as among them as possible. Such relaxed mastery of styling and intimacy of performance . . . man oh man, that was an initiation into that calibre of nightlife. Ah, Eartha, you brought us so much! Thank you! All these many years later it's still a clear memory, her lying there and warmly purring "I want to be evil, I want to be bad" to a captivated, entranced audience.
oh wow, that's an amazing memory.
SO MUCH FUCKING ENVYYYYYYY DAM YOU
What I wouldn't have given, to see her in person! She's such a hero to me! Reading about her life, she saw so much, accomplished so much...and her whole life, life was against her! She achieved so, so much...when she could have ended up a forgotten, abused little half-black girl where she wasn't wanted. Instead, she made a career off the waves of hate - and rode that wave to Europe, only to come back to tell America she was disappointed in how poorly they treated people like her - black people. And I love her not just for her talent with song, but her passion for the little guy. The under dog. I love how she told us to love ourSELVES first, before you let any man in. She was so powerful, and driven, and talented! The world is a sadder, sorrier place without her in it.
I swear she was a cat in her past life
same
Eartha Katt
Kita Lorraine She Is true to her art
Well, she did play Catwoman...
Kita Lorraine Especially since she's saying she wants to be evil 😂
Have you ever had a crush on a celebrity from an entirely different time period?
Yes, Rick James, in his prime, that is. he did in 2004 when I was just 7.
Billie Holiday
Doris Day, Eartha Kitt, and Maleficent's actress come to mind for me.
Does Frida count??
David Bowie...as the goblin king. Although he wasn't dead lol
Canadians when they don’t hold the door open for people
Weird Guy 😂😂😂😂
LMAOOOOOOOOO
Canadians when they don’t apologize excessively
Lmao💀
I am dying
it took me so long to realize shes laying on a glass table
Omg
OH
Lol same
WHAT? So we’re looking at her under a table? Oh wow, I was confused how she was able to touch the screen like that at the end 🤣
@@kiks4757 lol I didn’t even notice that
It's weird seeing her as a young woman.... Her voice epitomizes a mature sophisticated older woman.
Probably just because the way of talking was popular for the generation of women from that era so you associate it with older women
@tyvek05 Interesting! I was referring to the set of mannerism and accents they have though. People in general have different styles and mannerisms today. Culture appears to change quickly.
I lowkey love it she looks so fun and like she’s having a good ol time lol
Isn't it interesting that she was in her mid 30s here, but it's really hard to tell as she seems almost ageless.
tyvek05 damn I didn’t know that!
Is it just me or whenever she says “evil” she looks really cute
Gosh, you are beautiful chigirl
chigirl yes with the pig tails she’s so adorable
u damn straight girl
She says it like koreans. Koreans having a lil' hard time with saying the letter "r" thay say it like "l" and its cute for some people like me. There is a korean letter that can be read as "r" and "l". Its this letter: "ㄹ".
I think that's the point. People call her cute and think she's sweet, however, she doesn't want to be sweet, she wants to be BAD!😄
Eartha was one of the very 1st African American artists to break through the color-barrier i n the early 50's. What an incredible talent and trail-blazing artist she was! Thank you for posting this great vid!
@Imani Alexander Mixed isn't a race stop the bull! 🙄 we're literally all mixed because of our ancestors but everyone keeps forgetting. 😂 If you have black in you, you're black periodt. She looks black anyways so white people will still see her as black!! So what's your point?
@@spongebob8157 If you have white in you, you're white period. See how easy that sounds? She's mixed, her dna comes from generations of her ancestors getting it on with those of drastically different genetic sequences. It's science, buckaroo. But regardless, whatever race she more identified with socially is less important that the fact that she was a beautiful and immensely talented star that transcended generations. Loved her as Vexus in My Life as A Teenage Robot.
@Spongebob
Now how does that make any sense? If she's not white when she's mixed, she wouldn't be black either.
She never classed herself as black, black people spat at her for being “Yella” and her white side came from her mother (part Native American) being raped
Spongebob so she has white in her too, does that make her white or naw dumb ass?
I love how distinct her voice is. Also, I can hear Yzma, the actual character singing this.
I put this on for my best friend who loves Emperor's New Groove and immediately imagined a younger Yzma singing this
Madam Zeroni I literally watched holes 4 days ago then watched the new Batman movie then wondered was cat woman played by many black women? And it brought me to eartha kitt then I realised I’d seen her in holes and as Yzma, love learning new things she seemed great and talented as heck
This is definitely an Yzma origin story.
Pull the lever Kronk…. Not THAT lever!! 🤣. Omg loved her character in the Emperors New Groove. #LamaFace
@@fullervisiondotnet "Snuff the Light" is Yzma's origin story
She would be a baddie in 2019
Ikr
For sure. way ahead of the game😍😍😍
a sophisticated, intelligent evil lady, i presume?
Did you forget about her attempts to eliminate Kuzco?
Well considering the fact she played Catwoman 60s I would say she was kind of a baddie back then
her voice was so distinct and amazing
"The closest I've been too a bar... was at ballet class."
Immaculate!
STRAIGHT BARS
spacebase00 this line ✍️✍️
Why is this my truth
@@nevaehlogan9674 🤣🤣🤣
She sounds like a kid and an older woman at the same time
Yea, I'm not sure how it's possible, but it's weird because she looks like a teen.
@@yeemawheaver1387 back when food wasn't made to be as addicted as drugs, staying slim was easy
@@duckdickerson9494 I think its more of "back when food wasn't to turn 10 year olds into 20 just incase the government needs them to be superhuman for a war."
@@yeemawheaver1387 you mean food with the antibiotics bud, which btw wouldn't be so bad if kids ran more and did more exercise
@@j.clementec.m.1558 you must not live in America. Girls who are 12 will literally have full figures. Not fat they will just be fully developed and there was a guy in my class who had a really deep voice in like the 4th grade and he was probably the youngest one. The foods do make kids mature faster and it has nothing to do with physical activity.
Before "bad guy" by Billie Eilish, there was this.
Alex Yorim nothing compare to this
@@bira6195 tho they have a lot to compare (lyric wise). They're both about being bad girls.
Comparing that girl to Eartha Kitt? I don't even know what to say. But I think I got what you were trying to say tho.
Not even an original song
I understand what you meant. Earth it is incredibe and Billy is incredible. It's that outside of the box thinking and presentation is what I believe you were referring to. So you can compare styles and singers and attitudes.. no matter what you say, someone's not gonna like it. But they'll get over it. You just keep commenting as you say. I always enjoy hearing other peoples interpretations of the music.
She got Rhianna on the whole good girl gone bad thing by 50 years..
jetjet360 Rihanna* learn to spell someone's name especially if you're trying to diss them.
jet jet switched the h and the i : this is a simple and very common linguistic phenomenon called metathesis, happens all the time, get used to it.
jetjet360 or she was rihannas inspiration
How is this a diss????
KamiSekai how was that a diss? Emotional fickle bitch
She really looks like a kitten
preppywasp awwwww she does :”)
preppywasp “is that my voice? *coughs* IS THAT.... my voice!?”
Purrrrfectly so...
yep - I suppose that's why they picked her to play the cat woman on batman!
When my wife was in journalism school, somewhere around 2000, she had an assignment to do “person-on-the-street” iterviews in New York City. One of the passers-by she stopped and talked to was a beautiful 70-something woman. Asked to identify herself, the lady said, “I’m Eartha Kitt.” And indeed, it really was her. She was very gracious and, as always, made intelligent comments.
Ms. Kitt has been gone for years now. Life is short, but art is long. Her art is immortal.
this song embodies "Are you tired of being nice? dont you just wanna go ape shitt"
Beyoncé and Jay Z: 👀
Maybe that's why it's one of my favorite songs, haha.
When you're playing Skyrim and then someone in a town pisses you off so you do a quick save...
@@OfficialSeth or when you accidentally kill a chicken and piss the guard off so you follow through with it and just burn the whole village down
Me in rdr2
Her musical interpretation was astonishingly artful even when she was young. There will never be another voice like hers. Everything about this majestic woman was formidable.
Didn't change as she got older. I was lucky enough to see her live on my 26th birthday. She was fuckin doing the tango and shit like that on the stage and was in her 70's at the time I believe, but you coulda fooled everyone in that theatre with how animated she was. A one of a lifetime show
I love her facial expressions
Me too.
You can FEEL every emotion .
I liked the comment and now it has 666 likes.
I love this concept she was in. To appear as the cute, girl next door but then her voice comes out powerful and very unique. She was truly an original.
Between her voice, fantastic facial expressions, and the way she carried herself on stage she was, is, and always will be a class act :)
LOVED her facial expressions!
The fact that I’m only just discovering this gem of a song is criminal
Britanny Blackmon oh my god I do feel bad for you I'm 29 been listening to her since I was in diapers!
Join the club mon ami. Letting youtube do its thing going from Fallout Radio songs has led me too many a delightful song my gran listened too in her childhood. Few better ways too join the generations than such wondrous songs as this.
paulatredies WOAH! Happy Appi radio has brought me far! Judy/Liza live in London, Eartha Kitt, the Nicholas Brothers tap dancing galore, and countless offshoots as well! It’s funny to think that if the algorithm were any smarter, it might not even show these things to us given the context. Being brought here from looking for songs I have heard dozens of times in FO is kinda strange! Honestly, until I seen your comment I never even connected the dots as to why I was suddenly lost down a rabbit hole of black and white music videos!
@@paulatredies Nice observation, and well put!
"Criminal" lol
She got her wish when she played Yzma in the Emperor's New Groove ;3
She was Catwoman decades before that.
She's was Yzma?! Omg!!!!
@@alishashadows9599 yeah!! Glad you could learn something about her today :)
Omg I can now see / hear the resemblance. I did not know this lol.
@@Victoriai-y2m fun fact: she also reprised her role of Yzma for the TV series The Emperor's New School, which had to be the best part of the show.
2:21
She nails the cartoony poses, good on her!
Well, she IS Yzma (Emperor'sNew Groove). So, there's that.
@@TheRealMirCat Even before that she did Elsa Before Disney did as the Snow Queen in Happily Ever After fairy Tales for Every child
One thing I realised that it's not actually an old sound this was their accent and it sticks with you till you die, but as each generation comes along our accent changes that's why when we see old videos on young people but they sound elderly we get confused
She is pure camp and I love her for it.
So That's when she turned into Yzma...
Safiyya Suhaimi I was thinking the same thing.
oh my god I just laughed way too hard at this
exactly my thoughts
Safiyya Suhaimi My exact thoughts!
Cat woman, and then once stealing from Gotham didn't work out so well, she grew into Yzma
They should put this song in the Batman movie to pay tribute to Eartha like in the background.
this should have been in the credits for the second batman movie with catwoman!!!
DB choobie fucking genius.
So trueeeee
You are a Genius😇
She starred in 1967 as Catwoman, in the third and final season of the television series Batman.
She was born to play Yzma
yes!! I totally agree XD
Oh yeah, that voice!
who is Yzma??
Hulk Smash 24/7 a character off the emperors new groove . cartoon movie 😁
Hulk Smash 24/7 The Emperors New Groove
As a young teenager in the mid 1950s I discovered Eartha. Wow.
She was a knockout. That was in London. Subsequently saw her
perform live in Sydney at the Chevron Hilton. Again a knockout.
Wow! Lucky you! ❤
She was a grand dame, but kicked out of the american society to flee to Paris..... Gay Paris
And that made her bigger and better than before
Yes. Thanks to that TRULY EVIL 'Lady' Bird Johnson!
Well, it was really the Hollywood blacklisting and the CIA accusing her of being a sexual deviant that hurt her career. And all because she said American's were upset about the war in Vietnam.
Hypatia4242 she was punished for being honest
Michael Hecker a man wise in ms.kitt history is a man I'd love to ride 😂😂
Same.
"in the theater i want to change my seat so i can step on everybody's feet. "
I swear i've run into her several times
Damn, she’s always at the same movie theater as me! 😂😂😂
Fr thoo!! 🤣
It's chaotic, and I *love* it
Iconic. Absolutely iconic.
It doesn’t make sense how effortlessly she blended class and sexuality.
absolutely
And sweet and cute!
it does if u dont stigmatize sexuality in women lol
YARAJUKU valid point! Lol
Different time, respectable women take your pick either way she pulls it off with plazazz
God Eartha Kitt was so beautiful. I remember seeing her as Catwoman in the old Batman show when I was a kid and being enamored by her beauty.
And when I heard her sing Santa Baby for the first time I was hooked. It's one of my favorite Christmas songs and hers is the only version I truly like.
She understood it wasn't about Santa Claus.
@@julietfischer5056 ? What are you talking about? No one said she didn't
@@theredheadwiththread1275- Numerous other performers apparently missed that memo.
Considering Eartha Kitt's extraordinary life and her will to survive I am shocked that she hasn't been the subject of a Hollywood biopic.
Probably comes down to casting. Who else even comes close to looking and sounding like her?
@@steampunker7 An Extreme Method Actress?
Keesha sharp has the attitude down in real life.
Considering we're currently enjoying a Black Women renaissance in cinema right now, Hollywood should jump on her life story PRONTO ! ! ! :D
Let’s not give Hollywood any big fucking ideas to screw up.
She has a really good theatrical voice
I y a n a See her sing "When It Ends" from The Wild Party
I've always adored her voice. So much personality!
Imagine how terrified white suburban evangelists were of this song back when it was released in 1953
Stop projecting your own prejudice onto other people.
@@23daughters I don't think that's what they were doing
they really weren't
What prejudice lmao
And how secretly their husbands were in love with her.
She was just absolutely INCREDIBLE! Nuff said.
i thought y’all were making yzma references because y’all r mean BUT SHE ACTUALLY IS YZMA. how did i just realize this
Yeah, she's also Catwoman, and also the crazy old lady from Ernest Scared Stupid. These are the roles for which I know her best.
she was also Madame Zeroni.
Also, she was Madame Zeroni
Madame Peroni, she also played
She also played Madame Zeroni.
Orson Wells was right, Eartha was the most exciting woman in the world.
You can't, there's nothing in common 🙂
That smile at the end is fantastic.
Steven Ostuni yes it is. 😍😍
Steven Ostuni YES its MARVELOUS
*1953: I wanna be evil*
*2020: I'm a savage*
From "I want" to "I am"
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I used to think she said "I want a Spit Tax" instead of "I want to Spit Tacks", but the former is just so ridiculously petty that I think it fits the songs nature even better anyway.
Could be from a saying I heard my uncle use "Mad enough to chew nails and spit out tacks"
@@norsktoolmaker88 yes, _so and so was spitting tacks_ is still a somewhat current (well, among us old timers) way of saying they were extremely annoyed and rather communicative about it.
@@DrWhom My uncles could be colorful, more favorites. "Squeals like a pig under a gate" "Doesn't have the sense that God gave geese" "Don't amount to doodle squat" I'll be 68 in July, I'm the old timer now."
They don't make 'em like that anymore.
Thank goodness that we have video and audio recordings.
After finishing that video, I looked up the actor. Because, frankly, that mastery of emoting is amazing. And it turned out that she's dead. The same year as that video was posted. All I knew about her is that she voiced Izma, and this performance, and I actually cried. Damn.
Vincent Des Rosiers Catwoman in 60's Batman
Missy T it's the definitive version.
She was just mesmerizing. There will never be anyone quite like her. Beautiful, talented, multilingual, revolutionary. I just love her.
This turned my thermostat to a sensible 74 degrees
Gasp! You've messed with the thermostat!
Mines did too😁
That snatch performance was everything! So on point!
The most expressive face I have ever seen
All I hear is Yzma :P
I freekin love yzma
for some reason I think of Catwoman don't know why...
Batty2kiwii I think she played Catwoman
Batty2kiwii
She was the original Catwoman before Julie Newmar on the 60s TV series. I'm sure there are clips here for you to look up.
Katja Yount No, she was after Julie Newmar, but I think she was better
Going from “I’ve never been kissed” to “I wanna meet with the devil” is my kind of zero to 100.
There is something about her looking mature but still young and making clear she could be evil in a cat like way is so charming.
Is the life she went through that makes her look like that ,what she endure was hard
RUclips recommends this video to me every once in a while. And I have to watch it every time.
It showed up in my recommendations again, so I’m back.
ladydontekno you’re always welcomed back. I’m here every once in a while too
Wow I'm such a lesbian
wow
same tbfh
Big me
@Big_Lenny v1 She was actually a major advocate for LGBT rights
@Big_Lenny v1 she could step on me and I'd thank her
Iconic! This woman scared the hell out of white America in the 1950s
I wondered this, I'm so glad!
Huh? Everyone loved her.
she was born much too early. she's so 21st century...
@@gb5663The audience, yes. The people in Hollywood? no
@@JesusChristSaves. the comment said she "scared the hell out of white America." She didn't. She was very successful. The comment said nothing about Hollywood.
Why didn't Yzma sing this in Emperor's New Groove?
Yeah why
That would have been nice if she did. However Yzma did sing in either Kronks New Groove or Emporers New School. Idk which one but it was one of the two. Its called Snuff Out The light.
Cause she’s already evil
Because she was already evil and came from an already evil family.
@@artisticalex1206 it's originally from Kingdom of the Sun, which was the predecessor to new groove that got canned. If it showed up in anything since idk but that would be pretty neat.
I've posed for pictures with Iv'ry Soap
I've petted stray dogs, and shied clear of dope
My smile is brilliant, my glance is tender
But I'm noted most for my unspoiled gender
I've been made Miss Reingold, though I never touch beer
And I'm the person to whom they say, "You're sweet, my dear, "
The only etchings I've seen have been behind glass
And the closest I've been to a bar is at ballet class
Prim and proper, the girl who's never been cased
I'm tired of being pure and not chased
Like something that seeks it's level
I want to go to the devil
I want to be evil, I want to spit tacks
I want to be evil and cheat at jacks
I want to be wicked, I want to tell lies
I want to be mean and throw mud pies
I want to wake up in the morning
With that dark brown taste
I want to see some dissipation in my face
I want to be evil, I want to be mad
But more than that, I want to be bad
I want to be evil and trump an ace
Just to see my partner's face
I want to be nasty, I want to be cruel
I want to be daring, I want to shoot pool
And in the theater, I want to change my seat
Just so I can step on everybody's feet
I want to be evil, I want to hurt flies
I want to sing songs like the guy who cries
I want to be horrid, I want to drink booze
And whatever I've got, I'm eager to lose
I want to be evil, little evil me
Just as mean and evil as I can be!
Diego Garrido *unspoiled agenda
the girl who's never been kissed*
*chaste not chased. She doesn’t want to be pure.
She references seeing etchings. Lol.
The look at 2:53 is so real. so human. so beautiful.
This is so fuckn hard. Why hasnt anyone sampled this?
Funki Porcini has sampled it a bit in His song "Wicked, Cruel, Nasty and Bad"
She is fabulous
the did in Descendants, Evil Like Me, Thank God Kristin Chenoweth was the singer.
I don’t know what you mean by “sampled”, but in season 4 or 5 of “Lucifer”, the actress who plays Maze did a song similar, so I assume it was a tribute to Eartha Kitt
I just found this today and now know why "Shea Soul" sounded so much like her in this one - ruclips.net/video/4iqTtNuHLyg/видео.html
They don’t know how
Eartha: And in the theatre, I wanna change my seat...
Me: Awww cutie.
Eartha: Just so I can step on everybody's feet.
Me: oh...
So this is definitely where Disney got The inspiration for “evil like me” for descendants from.
if thats true than its a disgrace to her memory.
oh 100%
What a badass she was, and what a fantastic performer! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Well, Lucifer brought me here and this is way better than their version. Eartha is feeling it!
I'm not even mad, I'm happy I'm here.
@dorothydreams oftornadoes It makes sense seeing as tho she's Lillith
Wow you people are insufferable 😩
Hey
@@imxel2193 WTF??
I can see why James Dean found her attractive. :)
really i didnt know that! thats so cool
ALIZAYY she had a threesome with him and Paul Newman. Allegedly. 😏
Cough And Marlon Brando Cough cough
Jamila Brown Marlon Brando found his own daughter attractive, enough that he molested her. Having the pervert fancy you isn’t high praise. Let’s leave that poor excuse for a father and a person (let it be known that he violated an actress on camera, with the director knowing and using it as an act of ‘surprise.’) out of this.
I will NEVER get tired of this woman.....
Dude I'm only 19 but this is one of my favorite songs right now! Found it completely by chance and I love it already.
As did I! (love your profile pic btw~)
She has one of those rare voices that you come across once in a lifetime
This song is so underrated. Black women are so powerful and beautiful and strong too bad that they aren't treated that way now and back then.
What the fuck are you talking about? Stop being racist.
FernandaWritesStories your beautiful and yes black women are too thanks mama !!
Not many black women today are as classy as Eartha was in her day.
You people will argue about anything, anywhere. Jesus Christ.
Racism not only reduces people to their race - they sometimes erase parts of it. Eartha Kitt was also part Cherokee and part White. As a matter of fact, her mother's second husband - a Black man - refused to accept Eartha because she was too pale.
She got her smart phone out and doing a vlog in 1950.. this could be today. Timeless! Love Eartha
Omg I’m totally taken by her expressive features
This is fucking brilliant. We are never going to get songs like this anymore. And such a perfect performance. So captivating and beautiful.
Best adaptation of Catwoman’s origin story I’ve ever heard.
Well, she got her wish, she got to play both Catwoman and Yzma!
Always and forever iconic
a teenage Yzma finds her true purpose - to be evil.
way ahead of her time and this song..my God I love this woman, wish I had a chance to see her live performance
ahead of her time how exactly she was completely of this time
A self-made woman in a class all by herself. She didn't let negativism define her.
My partner and I met, dancing to her disco songs in the 1980s. An astonishing performer! RIP Eartha xx
Rip Eartha. You may be gone, but you'll never be forgotten. I love you, my dear. You're amazing and I shall treasure your songs and career. Rip Eartha Kitt.
Her smile at the end!!! Such a gorgeous lady!
Absolutely Magnificent performance. What a great song and what an amazingly unique voice. Bloody wicked Good video..sound quality is superb.
One of my favourite of her songs. She was a phenomenon.
she did become evil :)
she was Catwoman in the 1960's Batman TV show :D
And Yzma
And Madame Zeroni
Neoxkais From Holes? She was not evil
She's probably the most iconic portrayal of Catwoman. It's a shame DC hasn't acknowledged her much. I wouldn't mind if they racebent Selina
Yes, Eartha Kitt was, without doubt, the best Catwoman. I like Julie Newmar also, but Eartha will always be my favorite.
I didn’t know Eartha Kitt was this cool.
Chance The Rapper looks like her. Like she could be his grandmother. Both Beautiful ppl.
goldmineken dawwww yeah he does
Oh shit I see it.
Oh shit yes
And Rihanna
She looks better than both and has more grace than both.
I got to meet her not long before she passed away. She was amazing! She gave me a bottle of champagne, her autograph, and permitted me to kiss her on the cheek!! I’ll never forget her!!
The definition of evil sure has changed.
How so?
murrfeeling Hurt flies. In the theater change your seat, just to step on everyone's feet.
I think the idea of this song is that she's so innocent and pure, her mind simply isn't capable of thinking truly evil thoughts, no matter how badly she wants to. Thus, her idea of heinous depravity consists of silly things like throwing mud pies, shooting pool, and stepping on people's feet deliberately.
@@waltonsimons12 oh come on, any villain knows you've gotta take pleasure in the little horrible things you do. You need a little flair to spice up your plans for world domination, really keep in touch with the energy of it all.
She really had a unique voice ! So amazing ✨✨
She's beyond cute in this video! :D
When Eartha started singing my cat immediately jumped on my desk and put his face towards a speaker. Looked up at the monitor smiling. As soon as the applause started he jumped away.
I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone cover this, such a good song
youre so right! I think Jostin Biber would nail this... Dont cha think? x
KatKost Yeah, in general, NEVER try to cover Eartha Kitt. Only she can do her songs justice. Madonna tried, and failed miserably, in the eighties.
KatKost She can only do her songs.
No one can cover her. Her songs are that precious to be ruined.
Can’t remake everything
One of the sexiest black women to EVER walk this planet.
+roughy762004 she's half black
***** agreed
I know, good footage of her in earlier years.
Eriq Koontz yep! she killed me in boomerang!!
"Marcus...I'm not wearing any paunties..."
LOL
Check out the video of Eartha Kitt labeled "Lesson in how to play with the camera - Eartha Kitt 1970" !!
The way she plays with the prononciation and texture with her voice! So good! ❤
This is the only version I can find that sees her sing at a much faster tempo, and it is better than all the others for it.
The song, "I Want to be Evil" reminds me of the saying, "Good girls go to heaven and bad girls go everywhere!"
Dan Uscian that’s a meat loaf song :)
That from wanderlust by the weeknd right?
@@missanyone7409 It is indeed a Meat Loaf song and it's also a quote used by Mae West (perhaps originated by her) probably going back to the 1930s.
The first time I ever heard this song was on the radio when I was in a particularly bad mood driving around running errands.
It Channeled all that frustration straight into a goofy grin
I'm in love with this song.....Rest In Peace - Eartha Kitt Aka Catwoman / Yzma
TheKedger Meowsa 🐾🐾 I 2nd that!
Still the best Catwoman ever.
Also madam zorone from the movie holes
This is such a killer song and performance. It says so much more than the character in it realizes. But I'm sure Eartha Kitt knew exactly what it was about.
I've posed for pictures with Iv'ry Soap
I've petted stray dogs, and shied clear of dope
My smile is brilliant, my glance is tender
But I'm noted most for my unspoiled agenda
I've been made Miss Reingold, though I never touch beer
And I'm the person to whom they say, "You're sweet, my dear"
The only etchings I've seen have been behind glass
And the closest I've been to a bar was at ballet class
Prim and proper, the girl who's never been kissed
I'm tired of being pure and not chased
Like something that seeks it's level
I wanna go to the devil
I wanna be evil, I wanna spit tacks
I wanna be evil and cheat at jacks
I wanna be wicked, I wanna tell lies
I wanna be mean and throw mud pies
I want to wake up in the morning
With that dark brown taste
I wanna see some dissipation in my face
I wanna be evil, I wanna be mad
But more than that, I wanna be bad
I wanna be evil and trump an ace
Just to see my partner's face
I wanna be nasty, I wanna be cruel
I wanna be daring, I wanna shoot pool
And in the theatre, I want to change my seat
Just so I can step on everybody's feet
I wanna be evil, I wanna hurt flies
I wanna sing songs like the guy who cries
I wanna be horrid, I wanna drink booze
And whatever I've got, I am eager to lose
I wanna be evil, little evil me
Just as mean and evil as I can be
It's "unspoiled agenda" not gender
@@GreenGlassScarab I don’t know honestly, Im not native, I just copy and pasted from somewhere but I’ll change thanks