Bette Midler - Aids Benefit

[@alicehenderson7983]

You would have to not have a heart to not feel Bette's hurt that night, I cried the first time I saw this, then watched the Peter Allen tribute she did, then that broke me, cried again, she got to me.

[@charmelromero6036]

Thanks RPDR for introducing me to this heart-warming, soul comforting song. My heart is so happy hearing this song. Brava miss bette midler brava👏👏👏

[@gentlemanbmocosplay2635]

I cried when i discovered this last night because of rpdr and cause a year ago aproximately i was diagnosed with hiv and was able to get undetectable in less than a month and i just cried last night thinking about all the people that have died so i can have a new lease on my life again and can grow old and enjoy life.

[@danielmosqueda2462]

@@gentlemanbmocosplay2635 I was very touched as well. Still crying as I type this .

[@danielmosqueda2462]

Bravo for Rupaul for that beautiful moment

[@sufimotiwala13]

Same

[@mateusmelo2375]

@@gentlemanbmocosplay2635 we love you so much!!!!!!!

[@mgmbacklot]

I was in the audience for this. Aids Progect los angeles commitment to life ceremony, in the fall of 1991; Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles. the previous year Madonna was honored, and year following Bette, Streisand was honored.. I was in no less than the 5 row for all performances.. xo Magic..

[@greggmitchell2392]

I was at this show, too, an amazing night

[@fionagallagherapologist5968]

that is beautiful

[@davidmiller8856]

think i saw you, gary. my man did the aids walk that year in oct. god bless.

[@malthusanem]

Thank Ru for teaching me about this one. This is so moving

[@narcisalizardo7261]

I love Bette when she sings she smiles

[@SoldMySoulToYou]

you hear she has a difficult time herself. so touching!!

[@lamusiclover2264]

"In My Life" is a Beatles song that she sang in "For The Boys". "Friends" has been her theme song for years.

[@ursulareeg1171]

Sad and very difficult time for so many. Still miss Richard, Lynn, Jonathan, John, Gary, and so many more

[@jar8425]

The truth is, performance can carry you along on top of your emotions. You can be inches from collapse and the force of performance can hold off the edge. You don't want to disappoint the folks in the audience. You want them to feel your emotions not be drowned by them. So swallow that knot in your throat and keep belting it out.

[@m.leslie5225]

This is what prayer at church should be

[@marcosvalenca]

No one can convey feelings, in a song, better than The Divine Miss M.

[@monique-lp2il]

Did Rupual Deag race send u here?

[@andyjp5]

At the end she was linked arm in arm with Carol Channing and then 30 years later took on the role in Hello Dolly.

[@Asergiobv]

Mama RU always educating the children

[@mailsonsmith]

work, mamma

[@alicehenderson7983]

Bless her heart, I feel so sad for her, I feel so sad for all the ones that she lost, that is hard to lose that many friends.

[@grai]

Bette's one of those people that never fails to amaze you think you know what she does and then she amazes you again

[@erinvander]

That was so moving!!!!!Bette is such an inspiration.I love her!!!

[@abrilvaldez6477]

Thank you RPDR for bringing me to this beautiful song that right now I see more like a feeling a few of us understand

[@cdftaurus]

Bette is a real class act

[@eXtremeMohaz]

this is so touching and emotional. its very hard to pull a song and sing it live when this song is to those people whom you love but already past...but the Divine Ms. M. is truly an artist and she definitely and as always be a legend now and then...

[@sarahtaranaki9058]

Bette Midler, Miss Devine!!...She is a Legend!! she is one of the last apart from Barbara Streisand, ultimate true performer, whom can change a persons mood on a dime!!..Sings with so much feeling, and takes us All on her journey.

[@theresethomas8831]

POW WOW WOW!

[@ccthebrat]

Hales, this video is awesome. I don't know how she made it through the song. Its a really touching performance. Thanks for posting it !

[@alicehenderson7983]

Allison Slowski, I don't either, she began to cry as soon as she began singing, she had lost so many friends, she was so devastated over what was happening to them, she has a heart as big as Texas, bless her heart, I am glad she has so many friends that care about her, me included, I just want her to be happy.

[@TheMeetin]

Aww Is It Just Me Or Was Bette Crying?

[@lamusiclover2264]

Yes she was. Quite a bit.

[@alicehenderson7983]

@@lamusiclover2264 yes this makes her cry quite a bit, this breaks her heart

[@lamusiclover2264]

@@alicehenderson7983 I know. I was at the show that night.

[@alicehenderson7983]

@@lamusiclover2264 it breaks my heart so much to see her cry, she pulls at my heart, she is so tender hearted

[@QueenOfWonders]

This is just so beautiful!!! She's just GREAT!!!!

[@lisaf335]

Beautifully sung and meaningful

[@webuster]

Amazing!!!! Love your Bette vids I'm a huge fan. And Carol Channing standing beside her at the end?! There's a duet that should happen lol

[@mzmiller52]

The best I ever saw Bette midler was 1972 at the capital theater in Passaic, nj. That's when she was still born in Paterson, nj, just over the mountain from Passaic. And Melissa Manchester was the lead harlette, trashing it up with the divine miss m. A shamed they both abandoned these personalities and becam vanilla and mainstream.

[@harvey1954]

You should put "In My Life" in the title of this video. This is a tune she's never put on record.

[@alicehenderson7983]

harvey1954, yes it is on her Greatest hits CD, & I know it is on another CD, I have heard her sing it on her CD's which are all on KZbin, she sung it live on a few shows too.

[@tommymarx391]

It's on the "For the Boys" soundtrack. That's a really good soundtrack.

[@mzmiller52]

What year is this? Saw her at an AIDS benefit at Lincoln center, she was younger and very sincere saying that she had seen too much death. And did "I'll be seeing you" unbelievable. The east coast still has a rawness and sincerity that is missing in la.

[@xenorasmusson2462]

1991

[@misty861]

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@natalieinge]

@YoyoMammogram no she does not. she started out singing cabaret at the continental bathhouse in NY, got the nickname "Bathhouse Betty" and was a big hit on the gay scene, and obviously being in showbiz had a lot of gay friends. she did a lot of aids benefits and charity work. she has said that the people she started out with are nearly ALL dead from aids now and its a cause close to her heart.

[@alicehenderson7983]

Natalie Inge, yes you are completely right, she has lost now over 50 friends to it, it was hard for her to sing at that bennifit, she was crying

[@DivineGraceQueen]

THANK YOU for this. Girl is a diva...fantastical!

[@devinemissn1991]

aww ithought she was going to cry .great video hayley xxxx

[@alicehenderson7983]

Natalie Sharon, she was crying, just you have to listen to her emotions, she just didn't burst into tears, cried a little while singing

[@rodgermikhaiel507]

Love this!!

[@neiljulian6711]

3:13

[@drtpur16]

lovely vid hayley! luv amanda

[@redouanhezbollah5085]

02:25

[@drtpur16]

I think she was crying. Its hard to tell if Bette is crying. You can see in the video that at one point she wipes under her eye after people start clapping I think.

[@alicehenderson7983]

drtpur16, yes she was crying, quite a bit, you can hear it in her voice, she was trying to sing, but the friends she had lost was just too much.

[@sweeney60]

@natalieinge if that doesnt make you want to cry theres something wrong with the world

[@alicehenderson7983]

Troy, you got that right, if Bette's tears don't stir your emotions, & make you cry, their is definitely something wrong, it really takes someone without a conscience or empathy that can't cry when they see her cry.

for the boys, please

[@dinoolover]

who is the person beside Bette? last to leave stage.

[@mgmbacklot]

Carol Channing

[@fakerating]

Carol Channing

[@BIGTODD250]

The LEGENDARY Carol Channing!!!!!!

[@ZHerman1129]

To Britney Spears, Madonna, Ashlee Simpson and Avril Lavigne: Take note, Miss M has more talent in her pinky toe than any of you have in your own body. This woman is THE consumate entertainer. You MUST see her live in concert. She will take you from laughing hysterically to sobbing your eyes out within a second. Bette truly is the last of the true entertainers. May she live forever.

[@JakeHegelArt]

Someone make an NFT of this comment lmao the date and the singers mentioned is an internet pop culture time capsule

[@ShesMongolianASMR]

You can tell this comment was written 14 years ago lol. Ashlee Simpson and Avril Lavigne are long forgotten about

[@erinvander]

Wasn't that Melissa Manchester???

[@lamusiclover2264]

Yes...She was an original Harlette

[@Marklinsf]

It’s AIDS to AIDS 🙄

[@ports10r]

zshe needs all the aid she can get.