BETTE MIDLER - Hello in there (Ol´red hair is back) (1977)

BETTE MIDLER - Hello in there (Ol´red hair is back) (1977)

[@teresatorres3760]

My mom was a Nurse back in the 70s and worked in a nursing home and she always told me to say hello to every senior I meet and i did now i am a senior and still say hello sometimes people say hello to me thanks mom i love and miss you.

[@richardmbowman]

One of our America's greatest treasures...THE DEVINE MISS M. There is no one...nothing quite like her. NO ONE....NOTHING!

[@richardmbowman]

John Prine is one of our America's greatest poets...living or dead.

[@lumberjack6c]

THIS IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE, A CLASSIC, AND BETTE AT HER BEST........BETTE CAN MAKE YOU CRY, LAUGH ....TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY A BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY IN EVERY PERFORMANCE !

[@amyray63]

Of course you Love The Divine Miss M. Bette Midler can make you cry one minute and the next thing you know, you're laughing your ass off. She is Absolutely ONE OF A KIND. Thank goodness I have been Lucky enough to have stumbled across The Divine, way back in the '70s. Live At Last was The First and The Best Album I ever bought!

[@wdchefdave56]

I heard this song a long time ago. I now take care of elderly people... the best way I know how to. Let's not forget about our older people, just listen with your heart. And serve the same way. We owe them that. And, if we live long enough maybe someone will care to listen to us. Keeping us in good company.

[@alicehenderson7983]

This is the saddist song, Bette crying at the end, I had tears rolling down my face. She gets me with her tears

[@MADHAUSMARKALLAN]

Thank you so much, Dirk! Any version of her performing this with the Fried Egg story makes me stop to cry for this incredibly thought artist. Vielen. I vielen Dank!’

[@susanlondoner3509]

Just about wiped me out...the world is a better place being gifted by the magnificence of this incredible woman..Love her so

[@alicehenderson7983]

Yes she is such a sweetheart, life would be sad without her.

[@oofahman]

This rendition makes me cry, every time I hear it...so sentimental...Bette is the best

[@mikkibiggs1]

This has always touched me and made me cry. I work with the elderly and it is very true. Thank you for this.

[@BetteTwain]

I read about this in Bette's book ❤ oh how I wish I was alive when Bette was performing 😮

[@scottpigna6354]

One of the most moving performances!

[@davidmaurici4949]

This is one of the best versions of this song. It's so powerful.

[@rr7firefly]

I knew this song from hearing it on an early Bette Midler recording. So it was a pleasant surprise to hear this introductory story about the overweight woman with the fried egg on her forehead. It gives a different slant to the song and to Bette's dramatic live performance. Also, I just discovered John Prine wrote this song. All this talent...

[@Mezzotenor]

Fabulous. Her stuff never gets old. Thanks for posting!

[@darbyzworld]

Two of my favorite people, Bette and Emmett Kelly. Magic.

[@sandyb1950]

Best concerts ever Love Bette

[@rkikimarshall1508]

I just love her...still...today. Especially today. ❤

[@4ar6]

I love this song so much! The "fried egg" introduction is amazing. For me, she's one of the greatest singer ever.

[@badleroybrown8]

Incredible. So moving!

[@vap57]

One of my favourite Bette songs.

[@HOLLYWOODBOY63]

she means we all have some problem that we most of us keep inside..but some people show it on the outside

[@DVCAZ]

Out in the late 70's taking photographs of what I knew would be "Lost San Diego", the downtown areas that are now the spiffy "Gaslight District" and I wandered off...into an old bungalow neighborhood...a very old woman caught my eye so I started taking photos...she had a big paper bag...she was delivering newspapers. I always loved the 'ole wartime remnants of my hometown..but this was different. "Never give up." I would have said, "Hello" but the Lady was busy. I will adore her forever.

[@Murphysluk]

everytime I hear this, it strikes a chord deep within me that I know I will never forget

[@kevinriley8020]

Brb...crying my eyes out. 😓

[@alicehenderson7983]

Yep this song does that to most everyone

[@ajhfrans]

une très belle chanson ......chantée par une femme extraordinaire !

[@notedninafle1692]

nostalgie !

[@mrbusdriversir]

I love you Bette...You are Amazing!

[@freshair3451]

She is God given.

[@grai]

lovely

[@kkroessner]

John Prine, who wrote the song, gets me right in the heart with this one. He's an amazing songwriter and performer. For me, Bette doesn't do it at all. But for those who she touches with her version, that's great too. The message is the same.

[@EverettAlexander]

God ow I love this woman

[@alicehenderson7983]

She is very lovable, kind hearted

[@Victor1930]

@TheatreFan001 It's a metaphor for being wounded or damaged in some way, of knowing that you don't quite belong or fit in. This song intro - if you get it - is beautifully constructed to take you laughing from the rediculous and absurd to the universal pain we all - not just the elderly - experience of being separate and alone. Having seen this live in a concert version, I can tell you that, for me, Midler is a story teller extroardinaire and has a way of grabbing you and puuling you in.

[@macullieparee6699]

sad & very true~

[@freshair3451]

Isn't that the truth? Carry on my friend.

[@joemac6088]

Amazing...the clown is 'Emmet Kelly', better known as 'Weary Willy'... he was widely considered 'The Greatest Clown on Earth!' And he bowed down to her!

[@TheMonkeyPuzzleTree]

Bravo Bette we all have a fried egg to burden us, at some point

[@robertsnyder7014]

Bette Midler And I were Together And She Asked To Sit Next To Me Bette Fans " And then She said and did something in front of my very eyes that I will never ever forget ! !

[@TheOldeturtle]

Divoon!

[@momof3boys924]

I hope I never wake up and wanna put a fried egg on my forehead.

[@ccm800]

in his wildest of dreams

[@weavermuto]

Is that the famous clown Emette kelly? I remember he started making television appearances back then.

[@TheStockwell]

Yes, that's him. By now, the sad clown is a familiar cliche. But, Emmet Kelley introduced the character, at least in America. He was 78 when this was filmed. He passed away two years later.

[@TheStockwell]

About that sad clown: by now, the sad clown is a familiar cliche. But, Emmet Kelley introduced the character, at least in America. He was 78 when this was filmed. He passed away two years later.

[@brunobalog]

Does anyone know if Bette herself wrote the Fried Eggs monologue?

[@davidmaurici4949]

Bruno Balog good question. Its brilliant

[@balinsky214]

emmett kelly ?

[@TheStockwell]

Yes - the original. He passed away two years later at age 80.

[@vazmo14850]

please don't talk about it...

[@fengfipe]

Yeah but Bette is the best - good, better Bette!

[@lwest20]

is she crying ..or it just me

[@alicehenderson7983]

Yeah, she was crying, she was wiping the tears out of her eyes after she finished the song & kissed Emmet

[@carolynnegron4671]

That is the clown Emmett Kelly❤

[@evalynnetorres7802]

I could have done without the 2 hour Intro my Godness SING ALREADY!

[@alicehenderson7983]

That intro told what she was wanted to get across to the audience that everyone has a hurt & some wear it on the inside & some wear it on the outside, she did a beautiful job with it, she was crying too.

[@TheStockwell]

There was a point to her introduction - and it went *way* over your head.

[@DefaultName-rz1vk]

Good lord, fam. This wasn't a TikTok cover song. Let the woman art for a minute.