The Three Degrees - 'If and When' [Live] - Europe 1974
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- Опубликовано: 9 ноя 2020
- 'If and When’ a true soul classic from the peerless Three Degrees
The Three Degrees line-up: Sheila Ferguson, Valerie Holiday, Fayette Pinkney
Lyrics:
Through these eyes
I can see loneliness heading my way
The light of love has gone out
Now your shadow's gone away
You took away the sound
The touch, the smell, my sight
To see your smile
Oh, if and when
You're headed back this way
Where love was found
Want you to know this girl
Will be around (still be around)
If you decide to mend a heart
That you broke in pieces
You told me when we first met
That you'd soon being going away
Because there is somebody else
Demanding all your time
She took away the sound
The touch, the smell, my sight
To see your smile
Oh, if and when
You're headed back this way
Where love was found
Want you to know this girl
Will be around (still gonna be around)
If you decide to mend a heart
That you broke in pieces, oh, baby
Loneliness, loneliness
Come on, come on back to me
I need your love,
If and when (oh, baby)
You're headed back this way where love was found
Ooh, I need you
Want you to know this girl will still be around
If and when
You're back this way again
Come on back to me
If and when
You're headed back this way where love was found
Please, please, please
Want you to know this girl will still be around
If and when
Come on back to me again
You're headed back this way where love was found
Want you to know this girl will still be around
If and when
You're back this way again
If and when
Songwriters: B. Sigler / J.B. Jefferson / Lenny Pakula 
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The Dresses. The Hair. The Nails. The Harmonies. The Drama Of It All. It Just Doesn’t Get Any Better.
You are so right! The groups today don't put in the same effort! Of course there are a few.
Their UNISONS were electronic!
I loved the polyphonic sections.
I discovered them on instagram today and they been on repeat ever since .. ❤❤❤
Same! Sent a message to my parents asking how I didn’t know about them.
Same!!!
omg same
Riiiighttt. I knew about them, but THIS SONG!!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Same
Imagine catching this on TV Live in 74 and not being able to replay it over and over and over. Then you buy the record, and although it's still a great song, you'd always know in the back of your head that this perfect live masterpiece version exists out there. Then one day in 2021 someone uploads it to RUclips. I hope these people have found it again.
Agreed. The recording is fine but this live performance blows it out of the water.
I've listened to it about 100 times since it popped up on youtube
Wooooooow!
That's how I feel about everything from my era (80's) & is now found/ uploaded to RUclips. It's amazing!
🤍
Who else is here because Instagram!!!!
What a powerful song...
🙋🏿♀️
I wholeheartedly agree ❤
Facebook*
Definitely me!!!
Meeeeee 🙌🏾
The mics were on. The rent was due!! This was pure soul and emotion. @4:09 The way valerie crecendo into still be around ! They did what needed to be done. These harmonies alone will put you in a trance.
Hell to the yeah, those mic were HOT!!!!
That’s my favorite part!❤
Man WHAT!! I Felt That 😭
Goosebumps listening to that part ❤
The musicality of their voices. Extremely soulful and emotionally charging, whew!
The fact you can hear all 3 clearly is amazing. Real talent and skill here.
No one is trying to out shine or over sing anyone.
That's why we're able to appreciate their talents individually and even as a group.
I honestly cannot get over this performance. ❤
Me either! Amazing how it all just came together like that
Facts ❤❤❤
Honestly no one had to out sang each other because they were all on the same level
I'm hooked and addicted
Exactly its such a rarity to let everyone such live in their authenticity and SANG!
Notice how soon as they sing heart broken into pieces they sing individually as if broken apart 2:48
I caught that!!!!!!! Flawless!!!
Real artistry
Wow that's a good catch!!
Polyphony is what it’s called 😊
Valerie's "Looooonelineeeeeeess, loneliNEEEEEESSSSS" was so perfect. 😢
Sent chills through me
I love this comment ❤
Yes!
Yesss it made me cry chile!!
Goosebumps everytime
I can't stop listening to this.. Beautiful 2024
Here!!!
I can't stop either
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤on repeat!
Me too. I have it on repeat.
✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️
I love when the beautiful lady on the right hit that soft high note at 4:30 and just hold it.
Yes, I wish they'd given her more camera time cause I wanted to see her singing too to get her performance
@@sincerejones364right… every soft note in the song is her. It make me want to find each time she did it like it’s a puzzle. The camera helps
@@omoyeleRman I’ve watched this about twenty times trying to catch her soft notes.
The comment I was looking for. Fayette hit that beautiful soft falsetto after sanging in the bottom the majority of the song. Beautiful shows beautiful range.
I see why Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) and his friends kept screaming "We Want the Three Degrees" on Sanford & Son 😂🔥🔥🔥🔥. Seriously, this is worth watching over and over!
Lol
I love how Tik tok is putting people on to Music from the 70’s and giving this group the flowers they deserve. Now back to rewatch this for like the 100th time
Completely agree. I can't believe I had never heard of them before
Same! I watch this at least once a day! Unsung Sheroes!
Exactly.
Well said!
1974...The year I graduated H.S., I was 17...today I am 67...seems like I blinked and 50 years has passed...wasn't it only yesterday??..
Life is short I Know what you are talking about trust me.
I LOVE HOW THE AUDIENCE SHUT UP AND ALLOWED EVERY SINGLE VOCAL NUISANCE TO BE HEARD! That is the utmost respect.
The golden age of live recordings.
All 17 of them can sang!!! What?! There's only 3?!?!
I’ve been here for almost an hour just vibing on repeat
Me too😂
Yup
Stoned me here... Literally not looking for something else
Blacknificent!!!! I think the people in the audience were just mesmerized. I can really hear them individually and together. OMG.
One of the most beautiful 3 part harmony I ever heard!🥰🥰🥰
You ain't never lie!!!💯💥👏👏👏👏👏❤❤❤🥰
Forreal
And when that unison hits….🥰
Like for real!
@@aaronmeece8658right! Otherworldly
That "come on back to me" at 04:25 I'm literally in a trance. So enchanting.
❤
3:16!!!
I'm in AWE,😍👑🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯
Sirens in real life they are so magical and beautiful.
I have a problem with how the crowd didn’t appreciate this masterpiece like they should!!!
That’s because you seem to think that everyone responds like gauche, tacky and loud Americans. This was a live recording in another country during another era. It may not have occurred to you that people show gratitude in different ways. Also, I don’t know if anyone has ever brought up the idea of reading a room to you but, the audience here is not the primary demographic of the singers.
This was the era of live recordings.
They were quiet and attentive as they should have been!!!
Unlike these days, people back than were respectful of others audience members and the singers by actually watching the performance. Idk wtf you’re expecting.
ABSOLUTELY 👏🏾👏🏾
2024 why am I just now hearing this phenomenal performance
As much as The Supremes were definitely an inspiration for “Dreamgirls”, there’s no denying that The Three Degrees absolutely were also an influence. I see The Dreams all throughout this performance. The wigs, the make up, the gowns, the voices… my God! Simply perfection… ❤
Opulence in it's purest form. They are so beautiful it's not even fair!
Imagine if Beyonce did a album like this or at least a song
HOW ON EARTH ARE THEY SO BEAUTIFUL???????
Fr!
All my angels!
THIS IS HOW YOU SING DAMNIT. THESE THEM WOMEN !!!!!!
Let me tell you all! I have cried real tears on this day Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 6:47 PM in New Jersey North America United States ! When I tell you all that I have many songs that I do love, but none can compare to what this song has done to me on this day! Sending love and light into the universe to all the beautiful people beautiful souls!🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜❤️🔥💖💝💘💓💗💞💕♥️❣️😘😍🥰🥰😻🏩🏩💒🫀
if I were in that audience I would have fainted out of my seat and never recovered.
I literally just discovered this song today and have already watched this 10 times. Music just don’t hit the same anymore.
It's a beautiful song if and when
Tell me about it...
I did the exact same when I first heard it about 2 years ago!
It the emotions for me… My dad loved The Three Degrees and would play their records quite a bit when I was a kid…
I randomly channeled this song today in my psyche and was led to RUclips to hear it… this performance wasn’t just musically beautiful but the energy was powerful and captivating … I miss this in music today…
I did the same thing. I can’t believe i missed this in my youth
This performance is flawless!! their beauty, elegance, stage presence is untouched!!
That was truly better than anything that Diana Ross and The Supremes could have ever done
From a very reliable source… They killed this song every time they performed it live… Every single time!
I’m so captivated by this performance. How have I never come across? I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched it…just pure class, talent and perfection. Period.
Same! Same, Same!
I’m mesmerized by Valerie’s part
Likewise!! Valerie was amazing…. Mesmerizing
Yessss like whoa!! My girl did that!
I come here EVERYDAY to feel good.
Me in 2024 : still underrated and still aint received the flowers!!!! They're the longest performing girl group ever with the recent line-up being Valerie Holiday (1st Gen), Helen Scott (2nd Gen) and Freddie Poole.
Yes, how are they orchestrating such power? They sound like a full choir. Clearly, talent, skill, blessings, divine favor, ancient mysteries....😂 Just exquisite.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
It's definitely giving ancient mysteries! Because why do they sound like beautiful sirens from the stories of old. I wish I could go back in time and dance to this performance 😊❤
The drama is everything 😭❤
The passion , the elegance , the soul produced by these Queens is on a whole another level it's a shame I didn't hear this song till now
Facts✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️
Please my people, let’s get back to this kind of elegance in our musical culture.
Beautiful in every aspect from the appearance to the performance and importantly for the vocals , I've seen a clip of an interview of them they seemed intelligent , elegant , as well as an feminine strength that made you respect them as women
My first time hearing this song in 2024, thanks to Instagram. I wish there was a way to tell them how much I appreciate and love this performance.
THEIR NAILS
I’m 34 in here year 2024 😍😍😍😍 underrated! They are so locked in!!! When that drum double beat came in BABY! They was in it!!!!!! 4:13!!!
I think the audience is captivated, transfixed, mesmerized and hypnotized.
Diana Ross and the Su WHO!?! HOW WERE THESE 3 NOT BIGGER!!! Oh Barry Gordy
Как приятно смотреть на роскошных женщин, с бесподобными голосами, в красивых платья, с прическами.💖 В те времена женщины были похожи на женщин, без уродующих татуировок и пирсинга.
Just one word sums up this Live performance... perfection xx.
I feel like I'm being entranced and serenaded by the most soulful sirens ever. Listening to those harmonies has been a heavenly experience.
Can't believe this song is not well known. It's amazing.
This live version is better than the album version imo
2:07 The ferocity behind that "She..." is just mindbending.
I was in my Sleep last night, hearing this... Got up at 3am just to listen to it again...🙌🏽🙌🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This was in 1974...a year after my birth...AND TODAY IS THE VERY FIRST TIME I'M HEARING THIS SONG...lowkey mad at myself, but hey...better late than never!💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
It's ok , kiddo.
Just watched it forthe first time. Top piece of my skull went off, hit the cealing and made a hole into my neighbors house
I know right
i try my hardest to avoid this song cause i knew if i listen to it i will repeat it atleast 20 times before i finally move on
I found this yesterday and have not been able to STOP it. It's the haunting bassline, the beautiful allure of the main singer, how they play off of each other vocally... The somberness, forlorn. Being too avalaiable because of love... Imploring him to come visit where love was found. A slave to a love that is okay waiting, but doesn't want to. The images and emotions it conjurs within me is on a whole different level.
i remember my grandma playing this while we were driving hours back & forth to see my sick grandpa (r. i . p) 🙏🏿💘 this is a gem
I am so very sorry for your loss, I too lost my grandma in 2023 my grandma put me on to this master piece. I love this song so damn much .❤❤❤❤
🎶Still be around...🎶
Whew ❤❤
And then God made the Three Degrees ❤❤❤
The change that happens from minute 3 to the end is simply mindblowing.
This is just amazing. I am wonderstruck by how they sing three different lyrics harmoniously.
What a time to be alive
My favorite song and performance. Shelia, Fayette and Valerie was PHENOMENAL.
Yes....yes....yes.....no doubt, they were PHENOMENAL!!!
Yes!! PHENOMENAL!!!
Awesome....Bad Soul Sistahs.....My favorite female group of all times!!!🌹👍
Which is which
Them: "How many times have you watched this?"
Me: "Yes."
It is one of the best live vocal performances ever. Beautiful. ❤
I literally just shed tears listening to this!🤎✨🎶 🔥
This is Perfection!
Each and every single minute of this performance is an extraordinary moment.
Stayed on the record player when I was growing up. My daddy always said they weren't fully appreciated. Totally slept on! Well I've never forgotten.These Queens were the best at their craft....THE BEST!
This is so much better than the album version
I’ve had to listen to this more than a dozen times before hearing Valerie’s very subtle “please, please” at the very end. Wow😢
Literally obsessed with this performance , a masterpiece caught in time . Entranced with the live arrangement and the girls flawless vocals and harmonies . ❤ exceptional girl group
Entering 2024 listening to this Magical Song 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. Simply Magic was created here Folks.
When the algorithm finally gets it right ✅️❤❤❤
This is STUNNING 🤩
They are gorgeous.
Looking at them im doing the same arm movements like im the 4th member and swaying my hips n shoulders like im standing on stage 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤
The Three Degrees are seriously slept on. They’re incredible!
10X in a row, im not over it, OMG THIS IS EVERYTHING!!!
They TORE this song UP
At about 3:05 when they all closed their eyes they actually transformed and raised their already great and powerful singing up another level. They are unmatched. Amazing voices, chemistry, movement, just pure class and elegance. God truly blessed them truly.
I just discovered this song and have watched it entirely too many times😂😂 I love pure talent and beauty!!
I haven't been this mesmerized from a vocal performance in ages. Sublime.
I think I have played this almost all day over and over. Can't keep 👀 off the screen.
Black beauty never gets old or changes.
I feel like I’m floating back to them…
And mics was ON!
This classy, glamorous asthetic..🤩 I'm going for this look and feel the next time I get dressed to go out. Bring back elegance. The nails..the hair...the makeup...I love it!
Chile I’m so confused it sounds like 6 people are singing but there is only 3 😂. How are they doing it!
All three have huge voices… wide range and an amazing blend (like sisters or family members…it’s special).
@@johnlyndsay could not have said it better!
Three part harmonies!
All three can be lead singers their voices harmonizes together quite well that's why
Yes, how? Clearly, talent, skill, blessings, divine favor, ancient mysteries....😂 Just exquisite.
One of the best live performances of all time---- the gorgeous looks, the emotions, and the vocals!!!!
ALSO PEEP AND HONOR HER WISTLE NOTES ON THE RIGHT END THERE, I HEAR YOU ON MY SOUNDS BOO
Yaaaassss. I heard it too❤. She ate!!!
I just discovered them today through tiktok, this performance in particular I’m blown TF away❤❤❤
THIS is TALENT! The lady in the middle is gorgeous as they ALL are!! She reminds me of Porsha Williams (Real Housewives of Atlanta). Never knew the Three Degrees was a real group. I remember watching Fred Sanford with my deceased father and him chanting " We want the THREE DEGREES"...Life is BEAUTIFUL. #RIPLAFAYETTE. Thanks for posting.
I said the same thing. Their resemblance is crazy ❤
King Charles III was a big fan of The Three Degrees.
Literally just said the same thing!
I have never heard of this group. Saw a clip on Instagram and had to come here. They sound incredible! Please bring back real singing!
THE SUPREMES COULD NEVER
This was just magical ✨️ 😍
Such a beautiful song ❤
Omg they way they sing this!!!🤩🤩🥰 There voices or heavenly!!!😊😊😇
Sirens honestly
I love this 💝! Especially when they are using the polyphony technique where they're singing different lines and harmonizing at the same. It adds texture to the music. This is beautifully executed! Three degrees are still performing together 😊😊😊.
Yesssss! That was what made it such a vocal masterpiece!!!