Vanessa Williams - "Colors of the Wind" from "Pocahontas" | LIVE at The Kennedy Center

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  • Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
  • Vanessa Williams performs "Colors of the Wind" LIVE at The Kennedy Center during the annual "Let Freedom Ring" celebration.
    The Kennedy Center and Georgetown University celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with Grammy® and Tony®-nominated performer Vanessa Williams and the Let Freedom Ring Choir led by Music Director Rev. Nolan Williams Jr.
    Part of Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center. January 15, 2018
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Комментарии • 125

  • @ricardoneves7307
    @ricardoneves7307 4 года назад +110

    One of my favourite Disney songs, still meaningful specially now.

    • @nerdguru86
      @nerdguru86 3 года назад +4

      Oh most definitely...

    • @ricardoneves7307
      @ricardoneves7307 3 года назад +4

      @@nerdguru86 I'm glad I'm not alone 😂

  • @petermaz701
    @petermaz701 11 месяцев назад +16

    She is a beautiful, talented woman, and I love her unique voice.

  • @DCJL333
    @DCJL333 Год назад +7

    Brava! One of my favorite songs ever composed. Brings back memories of another lifetime as a native when we were one with nature and honored Mother Earth with all her beauty and empowering energies. Vanessa, your voice is as beautiful as you! Thanks for singing this inspiring song! Love, love, love to all the other musicians who also made this happen.

    • @gagaH78226
      @gagaH78226 5 месяцев назад

      Gorgeous comment. Have a great day and Thank you ☕

  • @tanyachavis2578
    @tanyachavis2578 3 года назад +23

    It’s not about Disney. It’s about the perseverance of one beautiful Woman, Vanessa. She shows up, she delivers and she’s a forever shining example we should never give up on our dreams!

  • @mayemcdonald9111
    @mayemcdonald9111 6 лет назад +102

    Happy to hear Vanessa is still singing publicly. I have always loved her voice. ❤️

  • @JanuitGroningen
    @JanuitGroningen Месяц назад +2

    "Colors of the wind" and "Save the best for last" by Vanessa Williams never get boring. Always a pleasure to listen to. Greetings from the Netherlands

  • @sharonterao9613
    @sharonterao9613 2 месяца назад +4

    Vanessa is so beautiful and what a talent!!!

  • @sergeantmasson3669
    @sergeantmasson3669 3 года назад +13

    25% my of heritage is Penobscot Indian. This song hits home every time that I hear it. We are all just a short-term guest here on mother earth.

  • @qeirhash6825
    @qeirhash6825 4 года назад +166

    She not singing she telling the story

  • @ashalzael1845
    @ashalzael1845 2 года назад +15

    Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I think this performance is so much stronger than her original rendition back in '94 or her performance in '04. She has so much more elegance, grace and is able to sing in a speaking tone - telling a story. I hate to say it, but it's her age that has given her so much more to say with this song.

  • @diabmetry1574
    @diabmetry1574 Год назад +3

    I remember seeing and hearing Miss Williams for the first time at 6 years old and being completely blown away by her beauty and talent. 30 years later she still has that exact same effect.
    😍😍😍

  • @louisviola9763
    @louisviola9763 2 года назад +4

    Miss America 😍🥰😍🥰

  • @otiswilliams3773
    @otiswilliams3773 5 лет назад +14

    Every time Vanessa sings this song it gets better

    • @michaelcollins2030
      @michaelcollins2030 4 года назад +2

      Otis Williams like a fine wine Vanessa gets better with age

  • @arhsapiriumpichannel2310
    @arhsapiriumpichannel2310 2 года назад +6

    Like she lives with that song. What a legend 👍👍

  • @Tristan_KOR
    @Tristan_KOR 9 месяцев назад +1

    Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I think this song should be the anthem for our one and only planet, Earth if there was one. English isn't my first language, so it took a while for me to fully understand the original English lyrics, but now it hits me so hard whenever I listen to this song. Also, I can't stop admiring the true winner of Miss America 1983 for her timeless beauty, talent, strength, and dignity. I hope she never stops kindly stunning us with her charms for a long time

  • @ellaripa3070
    @ellaripa3070 Год назад +2

    Beautiful song.

  • @ariellove5295
    @ariellove5295 6 лет назад +66

    She had a great voice in Desperate House Wives and she has still got it! Love that she did this song, and in her own way to!

    • @isabellertje
      @isabellertje 6 лет назад +5

      She is the actual singer of this song, since the beginning. :) you can find it on the web.

    • @Ihdc1
      @Ihdc1 6 лет назад +5

      Isabelle Brands No she is not. The original singer in the movie was Judy Kuhn.

    • @darreylhenderson8979
      @darreylhenderson8979 6 лет назад +7

      Yes, and Vanessa did the original over the credits version

    • @mrhubertlouis1
      @mrhubertlouis1 5 лет назад +6

      She’s the original singer of the “after-movie” version
      Just like how Demi Lovato sang “Let It Go”

    • @daveheel
      @daveheel 4 года назад +3

      vanessa sang the pop version that was a hit.

  • @rogersnider7136
    @rogersnider7136 5 лет назад +14

    She is getting more Beautiful with age!! And as Always the voice of an Angel@!!!

  • @trupraizerify
    @trupraizerify 6 лет назад +21

    Very tasteful vocal.Good job..I never thought of her as a real singer but she really does fine. Looks beautiful as usual!!

  • @WandaKennell
    @WandaKennell 9 месяцев назад

    Amazing song and touching

  • @RollerDisc88
    @RollerDisc88 5 лет назад +6

    My favorite song by Vanessa Williams

  • @risaandjesus
    @risaandjesus 5 лет назад +9

    Vanessa Williams is one of the beautiful women!!!!

  • @zunizary
    @zunizary 4 года назад +3

    never will to disappoint her fans....still mesmerizing and killing the song as it was

  • @IrfanR83
    @IrfanR83 5 лет назад +5

    Vanessa is still gorgeous!....lots of love from Malaysia..😍😍😍😘😘😘

  • @WandaKennell
    @WandaKennell 5 месяцев назад

    Awesome song and touching

  • @qdog568
    @qdog568 2 года назад +2

    Still a beauty!

  • @talimbeingaverythriftyghor5967
    @talimbeingaverythriftyghor5967 4 года назад +6

    *_Vanessa Williams' voice was so soft as silk right now_*

  • @vegeta9621
    @vegeta9621 4 года назад +6

    This has to be my favorite disney song.

  • @WandaKennell
    @WandaKennell 3 месяца назад

    Special song and touching

  • @kilogone8781
    @kilogone8781 6 лет назад +6

    She’s still doing great😍

  • @GachaAki
    @GachaAki 5 лет назад +24

    She still sounds like Vanessa Williams.

  • @c.greystone9825
    @c.greystone9825 2 года назад

    Wow! The incomparable Vanessa Williams!

  • @kelvinzhengjiaxing5290
    @kelvinzhengjiaxing5290 Год назад

    This one was my favorite Disney songs along with Reflection and How Far I'll go. Funny for the fact, I love this song after Gabby Barrett from American Idol sang it on Idol 2018 back then

  • @ms.jessikafutureeducator.3340
    @ms.jessikafutureeducator.3340 4 года назад +5

    COME THROUGH auntie 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

  • @isabelsummers8017
    @isabelsummers8017 6 лет назад +5

    I'm loving this song

  • @pauldelauro674
    @pauldelauro674 Год назад

    Beautiful song, beautiful woman

  • @kwanele_dev
    @kwanele_dev Год назад

    Never expected that ending. So creative 😭

  • @DavidSmith-qo1se
    @DavidSmith-qo1se 2 года назад

    I'm having chills.

  • @eltarotdedrek
    @eltarotdedrek 5 лет назад +3

    Beauty vanessa!!! Renee!!! 😍❤️

  • @alexandramassey9258
    @alexandramassey9258 4 года назад +3

    A little older, but still beautiful.

  • @chrisvaldes1
    @chrisvaldes1 3 года назад +1

    She still looks so stunning always had a crush on her 😍

  • @anaapontedl
    @anaapontedl 4 года назад +1

    I love this song... ❤️

  • @ryanrivera9627
    @ryanrivera9627 4 года назад +1

    I love her ever since she my only beauty queen 👑🥰💓

  • @TrulyAGhost
    @TrulyAGhost Год назад

    Back when music even child music was worth listening to because it has meaning. Smh

  • @joannnnnnnnnnnn123
    @joannnnnnnnnnnn123 3 года назад +1

    My favorite!!!!
    🍂🍁🌿

  • @luissantos917
    @luissantos917 Год назад +1

    Ex miss América. Essa é nobre.

  • @luckyvanilla388
    @luckyvanilla388 3 года назад +1

    Never cut off the applause ☝🏼😵

  • @loveregardless2857
    @loveregardless2857 3 года назад

    Timeless piece.

  • @roccosophie6498
    @roccosophie6498 7 месяцев назад +1

    She's a woman. Not black, nor white just, a woman. A very talented, and deserving, woman.😊

    • @lailalala8624
      @lailalala8624 5 месяцев назад

      She a native American, what I mean a red Indian

    • @darellgrant8753
      @darellgrant8753 Месяц назад

      ​@@lailalala8624 what?

  • @andyplayhouse
    @andyplayhouse 4 месяца назад

    The bass player is awesome

  • @samueledouardd.2613
    @samueledouardd.2613 Год назад

    Great voice

  • @grazynakomanschek9812
    @grazynakomanschek9812 2 года назад +1

    Uwielbiam ten utwór "Color Of The Wind "(Kolorowy wiatr)-💞💔😪🎶🎤🎹🌍🌐

  • @Nuvision19
    @Nuvision19 3 года назад

    Timeless

  • @amandopiano4291
    @amandopiano4291 Год назад +2

    Amazing breath vocal. Sometimes the musicians playing the wrong chords, they needs more sfx, reverb and delay with more decay but she is a big artist and better singer. One of the my favorite singers of all the times.

  • @Katrina-cq2tw
    @Katrina-cq2tw 6 месяцев назад

    Because Earth is their heaven the green tree the tree of life and 7 days of creation

  • @keikurooka5105
    @keikurooka5105 2 года назад

    I love this song by Vanessa Williams and Leah Salonga version but i esp the animation of this song

  • @CamilaRodrigues-hq3tf
    @CamilaRodrigues-hq3tf Год назад

    Essa musica é bem bonita. 🇧🇷

  • @CB-hn6ei
    @CB-hn6ei 2 года назад

    Song is still true today. That's sad.

  • @lewisbreland
    @lewisbreland Год назад +1

    Giving Streisand vibes

  • @meltaway520
    @meltaway520 2 года назад

    Why is the pace so fast??

  • @WatcherOfHorror
    @WatcherOfHorror Год назад

    Disney voice singers are no joke

  • @Bnguyen276
    @Bnguyen276 2 года назад +1

    Man I wonder who ever wrote the lyrics were on mushrooms. How can you come up with lyrics like these. So deep like super deep.

  • @joeyoung4726
    @joeyoung4726 4 года назад

    Never heard this before.

  • @demarcobennett9694
    @demarcobennett9694 5 лет назад

  • @sharonzhang870
    @sharonzhang870 3 года назад

    🤗🌴🙏💎

  • @phetbkk
    @phetbkk 2 года назад

    Play it at 0.75 speed ;)

  • @MrMisterChiliPepper88
    @MrMisterChiliPepper88 3 года назад +2

    Tempo of the song sounds too fast then the original

  • @BORISSBORISSBORISS
    @BORISSBORISSBORISS Год назад

    #vanessa

  • @ichigooo7746
    @ichigooo7746 Год назад +1

    You think I'm an ignorant savage
    And you've been so many places
    I guess it must be so
    But still, I cannot see
    If the savage one is me
    How can there be so much that you don't know?
    You don't know
    You think you own whatever land you land on
    The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim
    But I know every rock and tree and creature
    Has a life, has a spirit, has a name
    You think the only people who are people
    Are the people who look and think like you
    But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
    You'll learn things you never knew, you never knew
    Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?
    Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?
    Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?
    Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
    Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
    Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
    Come taste the sun sweet berries of the Earth
    Come roll in all the riches all around you
    And for once, never wonder what they're worth
    The rainstorm and the river are my brothers
    The heron and the otter are my friends
    And we are all connected to each other
    In a circle, in a hoop that never ends
    How high does the sycamore grow?
    If you cut it down, then you'll never know
    And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
    For whether we are white or copper skinned
    We need to sing with all the voices of the mountain
    We need to paint with all the colors of the wind
    You can own the Earth and still
    All you'll own is Earth until
    You can paint with all the colors of the wind

  • @mrgoodlookin320
    @mrgoodlookin320 Год назад

    Sounds nothing like back in the day

  • @rocketman7872
    @rocketman7872 2 года назад

    a bit fast.

  • @nagawahyudi
    @nagawahyudi 4 года назад +2

    she talking to a colonis ppl... hohoho

  • @laurensmith7124
    @laurensmith7124 5 лет назад +1

    Background singers are not singing

  • @darkfanfanter3950
    @darkfanfanter3950 3 года назад

    😥😭 c'est moin magique, elle donne moin de fantaisie sur sa chanson. Elle perd beaucoup de charmes c'est dommage 😭😭😭

  • @sergiodario58able
    @sergiodario58able 5 месяцев назад

    It's all well and good, she's pretty, she's talented, she's this and she's that..One thing she is not. She isn't Judy Kunh..Because there's only one Judy Kuhn, and she is the best of the best there is, and no one can touch her with this song. Not even Vanessa Williams...Sorry!

  • @fpegt
    @fpegt 15 часов назад

    She better not sing this.

  • @valfermalino796
    @valfermalino796 2 года назад

    Who’s here after seeing Freckled Fairy in AGT? 🙋‍♂️

  • @kebinchen8585
    @kebinchen8585 2 месяца назад

    She is a one song wonder.

  • @osimeon00
    @osimeon00 Год назад +1

    Not one of her best performances.

  • @juviaplays9923
    @juviaplays9923 5 лет назад +13

    Judy kuhn's Colors of the wind is more far beautiful, classy and better. Vanessa murdered the song with the curls she's making. Judy's voice is full emotion and impact. Just saying.
    Edit: for those who will ask if i can sing, Yes i can sing.

    • @mhbamhba5780
      @mhbamhba5780 4 года назад

      Ok

    • @lisac5202
      @lisac5202 4 года назад +1

      I actually like tori Kellys version of this song much better. Just my opinion - no haters please! In this performance vanessa doesnt seem to be singing properly?

    • @Ihdc1
      @Ihdc1 4 года назад +2

      @Knowledge I First of all, what's with your grammar? Second of all, Judy's version is much more difficult. She sings in a higher key and holds the notes more. On the other hand, Vanessa sings in a lower key with a more speech-like cadence. Judy is classically trained, Vanessa is not. Compare how they sing the "How high does the sycamore grow?" part. Judy's note is much more full and and resonant while Vanessa sounds a bit squeezed. Also compare this to Vanessa when she was younger here: ruclips.net/video/H8UIfeFkdsA/видео.html Her high notes are much shorter than before and she now has more breaks between the notes and phrases whereas she had more legato and sustained notes before. On the other hand, Judy sounds pretty much the same except for her voice having become darker and heavier from age over the years. Lastly, Judy is a few years older than Vanessa. My overall impression is that Vanessa, like most pop singers, sings more to show off her voice while Judy, like the musical theatre legend she is, sings from her heart and emphasizes the meaning behind the words. She sings every word as though she means it and gives the song a different depth. There's reason, most Disney princess singers come from musical theatre backgrounds.

    • @daveheel
      @daveheel 4 года назад +3

      @@Ihdc1 the other singer, judy, sang it in a more broadway fashion and so it fit the movie. however, vanessa sang it with pop and soul and as such became a hit, deservedly.

    • @Ihdc1
      @Ihdc1 4 года назад +1

      @@daveheel I think Judy's version is much more emotional and deep. I always dislike pop versions of Disney songs because the pop singer's runs and riffs break up the phrasing and melodic structure of the song.

  • @socialkiran5457
    @socialkiran5457 3 года назад

    i dont understand hw this got best lyric oscar... when talking about his wrong belief that "the earth is dead thing" , she shud b saying with an "and" before that line...so if it was like "and the earth is dead thing" .. then it wud hv been correct like a complain on his belief... otherwise the meaning is totally getting changed bcz now it looks as if she believes that earth is dead thing... and at the same time she also says the rock has life & spirit...which is contradiction..:))

  • @Shearqueen1964
    @Shearqueen1964 2 года назад

    No emotion

  • @fuse9
    @fuse9 5 лет назад +10

    This sucked

  • @WillowEverlight
    @WillowEverlight 6 месяцев назад

    She butchered this song.

  • @redbutterfly88
    @redbutterfly88 5 лет назад +2

    Legend.