En Vogue | "Don't Let Go (Love)" Live
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- En Vogue kicked off the 11th Annual Soul Train Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. This performance took place on March 7, 1997, only 3 months before the release of 'EV3' and just 13 days before the 'EV3' album cover photo shoot (March 20-21, 1997). One has to wonder: at the time of this performance, was it already common knowledge within the group that Dawn had chosen to depart from En Vogue, and they simply decided to perform together one last time and have this performance serve as a farewell appearance? Or was the announcement of Dawn's departure yet to come, catching the group by surprise?
If Maxine, Cindy and Terry were already aware of Dawn's departure during the Soul Train Music Awards performance, they would have had just a few weeks to re-record the songs on EV3 that originally featured Dawn's vocals.
Also, during the announcement of the artists making an appearance, the music played includes En Vogue's "Hold On" and "You're All I Need." It's worth noting that the latter track, "You're All I Need," is the original recording featuring Dawn's vocals still leading the song. How about that?!
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This could have been a James Bond song. It has all the elements from the intro, powerful vocals, and hook.
....it's from the soundtrack of the movie..SET IT OFF...
I know, BUT.... It could have been also used for a Bond move (in another world).@@CuirPhotodotNet
@BallparkHunter. Or The Bodyguard... b/c Whitney was trying to get serious with her bodyguard.
@@deborahyisrael5258Nah, movie was too old in 1996. Half of it was filmed in '91.
@@jmin8400 I'm just speaking to the theme... Whitney was trying to get serious with the Bodyguard (trying not to let go, losing control) while he was trying to keep things business. I don't care what year the movie was filmed. Highly irrelevant. Simply stating there's parallels to the "theme".
Thats when you know you can sing,when you sound just like the album live!
I miss the original version of En Vogue, really wish all 4 would reunite. This performance was amazing!
So do I.
They already reunited for a few performances
Their live performance sounds like their recorded tracks. That's how good they sing.
The harmony and voices separately are all incredible.
These women were no joke. Amazing!
Anybody else notice how much 90’s r&b singers love the fans blowing on stage 🤣
Back in the days most places did not have the up to date air condition systems like they have today. Without fans singers would had been drenched in sweat.
@@MsSapphire9800this is true, Janet live in Hawaii she was drowning in sweat by the 2nd song it was so hot and she was inside
My goodness, they looked incredible
4:21 Sisqo sitting with Dru hill in the audience thinking, “I’m about to go solo and I wanna look like that guy”
😂
I swear he was like 🤔💡
Terry's outro is a masterclass in vocal control with all the dynamics intact, *WOW*!!
This is one of those groups where I can’t pick one over the other. Dawn’s eyes, the slim one’s eyes, the shortest one’s big vocal presence, the tallest one is a combo of the previous three
How about actually LEARNING THE GODDAMN NAMES! So lazy. So tired.
Loved when the big stars used to show up to the Soul Train & BET Awards
Now bird a bunch of IG ppl. The biggest names don’t show up.
So glad this is back up. I hope a deluxe reissue of EV3 can happen and it includes the original tracks with Dawn's leads and the "Video Version" of Don't Let Go with Terry's ad-libs in the end. I would buy that up so quick.
As for the performance. As I've said before this bittersweet to me but they all looked amazing. I wonder if it was this performance that inspired The Muses look for Hercules
Given that the film “Hercules” was released in 1997, it’s highly unlikely. Character design and development are typically in the beginning stages, before animation, which means approximately 2-3 years prior to the release. But I’m sure EV was an influence regardless 💗
@@benfoldsfiveforeverYou're correct, because the Muses were in a preview video from 1996 of Hercules behind the scenes development.
I believe Hercules is a project again in 1993 and recording began in 1994-95. Majority of singing was done in 1996, some of it as early as late 1995
Even for Lion King, it was mostly recorded in 1992.
You're All I Need was recorded sometime in 1996 IIRC, which isn't shocking with how it was ready for reveal in this performance.
Oh how I miss the 90s music. This is real music and I love it!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Cindy is a goddess.... WOW.
Love how raw and real this is. I mean even the interviews are damn near in the parking lot!
Thanks for the re-upload. It's good to finally hear just a glimpse of the original version of "You're All I Need" with Dawn's vocals. Bittersweet performance of "Don't Let Go" I wish they at least could've finished the EV3 era as a quartet smh.
Their best album IMO all original material and showcases their greatness as a collective and as individual vocalists. Dawns vocals are still on most songs so she’s really not gone. Only the singles her vocals are removed but the way EV always switches leads, she’s not missed in that regard.
I would love to own this on vinyl and wish they do a deluxe anniversary edition with the all bonus songs from the era. They recorded a lot of good stuff. Hell they could include the 2 good songs off Terry’s album with it 😂
@@badd.lil.ting88 I agree with you that this is their best album as well, I think having different producers involved besides Foster-McElroy was a great choice.
Yeah I think Dawn is on every song on the album except the last 1 but it's not the same cause her voice might've been used way more than we knew. According to Ivan Matias, all the songs he worked on for this album,with all of Dawn's original vocals, don't sound the same as the final versions we hear.
I do wish the ladies would agree to re-release EV3 with Dawn's original vocals. Maybe release a triple disc version: one disc with the final album we got, a 2nd with the original album, and a third with any unreleased (and the other internationally released) songs & bonus features.
@@JamaicanFlavaThanks for the information, appreciate it greatly. Much of the songs on EV3 were definitely recorded in 1996, especially how songs such as Damn I Want To Be Your Lover and Too Gone Too Long have '96 origin dates in their copyright registrations.
Think they actually went back to the studio, before Don't Let Go was even released. Pretty stupid how Sylvia Rhone waited until the very last minute, to force commitment.
Why she didn't demand this commitment early in the EV4 development process and early marketing of Don't Let Go (fall 1996), never made any sense?
Have them record all of that new material for months and then box them in last minute with bad terms, was shady.
@@nwezetx1 You're welcome! Idk most of the songs were registered in '96, thank you for that info. I agree idk why Sylvia would conduct business that way. That era could've been fruitful for everyone if everything was conducted right.
@@JamaicanFlava Yes, a lot of the album was recorded during promotion of Set It Off and Don't Let Go in 1996.
Don't Let Go would've been recorded sometime in the late Spring or Summer of 1996. After seeing the results of the recording, Sylvia pushed them into the studio for an album.
During those months was about the time she shelved Dawn's solo project and Dawn forced herself to just get through the EV4 recording process and backburner her solo record. Organized Noise, Foster & McElroy, Ivan Matias, Babyface recorded with them in 1996.
The album was targeted for February 1997 release, as said in a late 1996 snippet where they hosted some TV special.
By March 1997, it was expected the album would be released in May 1997 and most of the recording completed. The ambush meeting happened and instead of Dawn's plan to be committed through solely the promotion phase of the EV4 album in 1997-98, she saw the 2 year commitment through 1999 as a threat to her autonomy.
I'm guessing Elektra thought the EV4 album would be so big, they'd be releasing singles and touring through early 1999, something Dawn didn't see that way.
I really don't understand if she thought just recording and releasing the album was enough, for her to branch out into a solo project immediately.
If true, that's silly reasoning on her part. A successful album has a shelf life of 1 year on the Hot 100 or even more.
If it was about their 360 deal sucking them dry, well that's a different story...
They are 10s!!!!! My god!!
Wow, they are so beautiful and classy. Beautiful dresses, natural looking body, you know the kind you get from working hard at the gym and eating healthy!
I remember when this aired as a kid and we recorded on VHS. Good times 😊
I did too! So good! What a time to be alive!
Yessssss❤
Dawn would have killed "You're all I need." I hope someone posts that version with her vocals on it..
That was her voice
@@izaiaahjahad7503 Yes she sang lead on a lot of the songs from EV3. They had to scramble and rerecord the songs with her on lead before the release of EV3 in June 1997.
So underrated!!
I remember and miss these days. They're so beautiful ❤
Destinys Child took this song and performance and made Cater 2 U and used elements from this performance for the video and live shows! I saw it.
Gurl group of all time
MY favorite 90s Female (VOCAL) Groups
#1 En Vogue
#2 SWV
#3 Pure Soul
#4 For Real
#5 Jade
#6 Brownstone
#7 Xscape
#8 Total
#9 MoKenStef
#10 Blackgirl
My ranking would go:
En Vogue
Brownstone
Jade
SWV (Coko deserves more)
For Real (just got into them)
😂😂😂 SWV above Brownstone vocally? Coko's the only decent singer of SWV. Maxee, Nicci and Kina are individually strong singers.
@@IjbolynWrdgafstontheir catalog is better than Brownstones
No TLC or Zhane’? Lol
@@mircprincess they said THEIR fav 90s female group. So yes, they did not include TLC or Zhane on THEIR favs list…
They BAD 🔥
Cindy ate! 💙
Thank youuu! I watched this so many times in my room singing along at the top of my lungs! It was spiritual 😂😂This was an incredible night, Keith Sweat, Biggie, (Puff Daddy before he was the DiddIer) Deborah Cox, Tamia, Maxwell, Brian McNight, Monica, 112, Will Smith, SWV, what a time! Not mentioned in this clip but I think Mya was there, Dru Hill, Ma$e, silk, Master P. Whitney and Mariah! I feel lucky to have grown up when I did. I recorded the entire program on VHS but my parents recorded over it with one of my runway shows 😩 I couldn’t be mad, but I for sure cried when I went to watch it and realized it had been recorded over. This was the 90’s. No RUclips, iTunes or Spotify. We had to sit by our radios and wait for our fav songs to come on and then hit record and play at the same time to put a playlist together. Cassettes and VHS were the only way! ❤ I appreciate advancements in technology, but there was just nothing like the late 80’s and early 90’s.
Is there any recorded version of this song with Terry’s ending adlibs or was it only for this performance? Love her ending and greatly prefer it. Haunting!
There sure is! I bought the maxi single back in the day and that version was on it! Still my favourite version
the video
@@kimski4008It's the "Fulton Yard Mix" you're thinking about, the one included on the maxi-single. However, it has a different instrumental.
All of them were bae but Max & Terry were my boos. 😩😩❤️
When talent was a person
Last Performance of The Funky Divas in the 1990's.
......as a quartet.
what a great song this is!
Yeah!
Since I have been doing so much research lately and trying to find out what really happened between them during this time, the description hits differently now. Now, I really wonder what actually happened! Ugh. This is killing me. We need an En Vogue documentary sooooo bad! Like I need to know the truth and what actually happened 😂
Destiny Child who? Lol jk but these are the Muvas of ALL girl groups after them like WTF ..Sanging is an understatement.. They are and still is the epitome of a true girl group where EVERYONE CAN SANG!!!! ❤🔥
These ladies are bad. Loved them.
True Beauty and Class. ❤💋
They had to leave her vocals on the album it was already recorded. By the time the photo shoot came she was out
How windy was that night?😂
🤣😂😅
there’s fans😭😭
WHEN MUSIC MEANT ALOT
YESSSSSSSS ALL BEAUTIFUL, SANG LEAD AND GREAT AT IT!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Beautiful 🤩 #gorgeous
Thanks! The best group!
Dawn😍😍!
When they were hot I always loved Cindy, but they’re all so very beautiful
I love them ❤❤❤❤❤
Holy shit someone needs to edit this video and repost with just the performance and change the definition if possible .. amazing live performance and vocals. Should have millions of views
I love En Vogue. I think they are the best female vocal group of all time. But this performance was too shouty.
Song is a masterpiece each giving there heart and soul to there part what talent!
You kill this jam
I just realized… wasn’t this the night The Notorious BIG was killed?
Yep.
@@EnVogueCrazewow 😢
Biggie died on march 9th
@@EnVogueCraze .....WOW....
We need more of that.
Dawn sounds nervous.
Uh, she knew before this track that she was about to be sacked. Wouldn't you be shaken / not nervous. There's a difference.
@@yurrilennox1388
Lies. She wasn’t sacked.
She quit.
Thank you
Wow😍
Back when you could have “wardrobe malfunctions” and not get cancelled. 😂
I am a big fan of yours
Great
I met them in 2008/2009 on new years!!
Dawn threw that shirt right upside that white boy's head 😂
This was an historical Soul Train Awards weekend. Sadly Biggie passed at the Vibe Afterparty.
Damn they too beautiful got me all messed up and I’m young compared to them lol
Please do some new jams
I went to the Afterparty at House of Blues. Too bad the following night I had to witness horror in Hip-hop history. I missed this show was at home on the phone making sure I was getting into the party.
I think the fan was affecting their breathing.
These are the classy women that men wanted to marry
Isn't that Dennis Rodman
Yep. That's Dennis Rodman acting as a backup dancer for En Vogue. Good eye.
Lawd wen dawn rip that man shirt off
🐗🐗🐗🐗🐗
the intro to the video is completely unnecessary
Your comment is completely unnecessary. What did you think would happen? That after reading your comment, I'd re-edit the video and change the intro just to appease you? Come on now.