Cass Elliot - Alone Again (Naturally) (The Julie Andrews Hour, 01.11.1972)

Cass Elliot performing "Alone Again (Naturally)" on British TV show "The Julie Andrews Hour" in November 1972.
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[@Pattysreal]

No histrionics, no embellishments, no vocal acrobatics, just pure voice and melody of this great song flowing from this beautiful woman's mouth and heart. She was one of a kind. Love you Cass, rest in peace dear. And thanks for all of the joy that your singing provided.

[@ohmissbeliever2015]

Really SO tired of vocal acrobatics, you’re so right

[@JOHNROBERTCRUZ]

Agreed...We have long reached the time where, so many indulge in, " Vocal Gymnastics, " that singing a song, " SIMPLY, " is refreshingly simply beautiful... Mama Cass Elliott...Wonderful singer, and pretty beautiful in her own way...May GOD rest her in peace...❤

[@UFCtrumpsboxing]

NO AUTO TUNE

[@auntvesuvi3872]

I've always loved this song, but never heard Ms. Elliot's rendition 'til today. Her voice gives it quite the impact. 🌺

[@kevinbush4300]

Yeah… never realised Cass sang this. Beautiful!

[@auntvesuvi3872]

@@kevinbush4300 I'm glad you enjoyed it, too, Kevin. 🌱

[@margaretconnery7422]

Brilliant version of Gilbert O'sullivan's hit, fabulous voice.

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

He had a great voice too!

[@marcosgarcia2643]

Her talent is being recognized by the new generations.

[@PaulKapow]

Yes!

[@Tropicalpisces]

Old souls will always seek out their kind. 👏👏🥰

[@BiG-JuPO1O1]

I love Elliot Cass music, I'm one of the few with an old soul I guess, because most people in my generation is into rap.

[@truthoverfacts9254]

I only 4, but started listening to her music when I was just 3. Me thinky her music is bestest!

[@cat_enjoyer420]

@@truthoverfacts9254 ???? 😭😭😭 be fr

[@supbilly07]

"when she passed away, I cried and cried all day" - that line gets me every single time

[@VW613]

I miss my mom so much..

[@abcd1042]

Me too-have me crying my eyes out

[@danielaguilera2806]

She was a great voice

[@groverbaker6404]

Love you Cass . Forever

[@stevecrutchley3616]

So did I, her voice is beautiful and I still miss her.

[@Jesus-kc5is]

She is one of the most underrated artists

[@peteminers236]

Yes she deserved to have no. 1s in the 60s or something 🤔

[@RobJDoran]

My God, Cass was CLASS. That voice came from an old soul. How lucky we are to have recordings and videos.

[@shalaremcurrambo-music]

How I love Mama Cass Elliot, even though I heard her music after she passed away because I was not even born.

[@davemattia]

This is the true definition of a songbird. Just awesome.

[@catherinemoore9534]

🎯

[@geoffreycat1763]

Well said.

[@kevinjay5908]

She shares her experience and makes it universal. Such honesty. A true artist.

[@Nadeshiroo]

She had one of the best voices I think. Very beautiful and talented lady.

[@AtlantaGymFan]

She had the perfect voice for any song -

[@robertacevedo3502]

Yeah, except for this one.

[@cjtaylor6487]

@@robertacevedo3502 So why are you even here then?

[@robertacevedo3502]

@@cjtaylor6487 Good question. Just a fan of the song and wanted to check out her version.

[@13palomaseraficast.61]

@@robertacevedo3502 wha-...?

[@nigelwilliams9307]

Not for this one..only Gilbert can sing this properly.

[@masondashgarcia1535]

She felt it.....

[@camouflagejumpsuit]

F yeah

[@evmikewilliams9021]

😢

[@steveguzman6141]

Something was gonn happen 😪

[@northernbohemianrealist1412]

Not a month goes by without me thinking of Cass Elliot. I was 13 when she died, and I knew even then that we lost the greatest voice in all of popular music. I imagine all the wonderful songs we didn't get because of her death.

[@rogersargent6453]

I was about the same age. I turned about 20 years old the year Cass died. Had been a fan of her and the M&P since they came in 1966. Have loved her since she started. Looking forward to meet her one of these days in the hear after!!

[@bennyrobles9194]

I was 11 when she died. Wasn’t it Gilbert O’Sulivan that sang shis same song too.?

[@toomuchinformation]

@@bennyrobles9194Yes it is.

[@Jotage1950]

What the hell?? I was watching videos of surfers taming incredible waves and I was literally falling asleep until ... I collided with this jewel, I never knew that the great Cass Elliot had covered this song I was moved to tears, what a voice! what an expression !! a very emotional interpretation, I just have to thank you for everything you left us before leaving.-

[@EasyAce1955]

She made this song hers. She sang every lonely word as if the song was written just for her and her own inner loneliness. I'll never be able to hear anyone else sing it again.

[@Teri_Berk]

It's one of those rare cases where the cover artist sings better than the original singer.

[@ryanwilliams4561]

Y’all niggas tripping. Gilbert will always sing this classic the best.

[@liamconnolly9233]

@@Teri_Berk Nonsense, the original is the definitive version. Cass does a wonderful job by adding her own very sad experiences.

[@frankmachin5438]

Yes Teri, I’m afraid you’re Berking up the wrong tree! Gilbert’s version the original and the best!

[@sharksport01]

Thanks Cass for not singing it through your nose like Gilbert did, but it's still agonizing. Maybe that's the point.

[@mary5827]

Her singing was effortless! ❤

[@jeffkahl]

She was such a fabulous talent

[@returnofthebrotha]

Hmmm...

[@nigelwilliams9307]

For eating meat pies..

[@jeffkahl]

@@nigelwilliams9307 what an incredibly ignorant comment

[@Nullybk]

@@nigelwilliams9307 why are you people so negative

[@nigelwilliams9307]

@@Nullybk Sorry..but I am prejudiced against morbidly obese people.

[@reapthewhirlwind4166]

Losing Mama Cass and Jim Croce were both very difficult times for me

[@acharlesamenttjr]

A wonderful voice with amazing range. She is sorely missed. RIP, Cass.

[@Ethericrose]

Such a beautiful spirit. I met you as a child, my farther played you often on his turn table, then through KZbin I was given the chance to learn more about you and hear you precious, precious voice. I love you Cass, eternally.

[@markrichards6863]

She wasn't just a great singer, she also had tremendous presence, a quality that's authentic, can't be learned or faked.

[@1958RBS]

Cass singing Gilbert is magical.

[@herasmarket]

Hey Cass is in the rock and roll heaven! Great song -- and she nailed it! So glad I had the opportunity to live through those great times baby boomers will always be forever young!

[@margaretlumley1648]

Such a stunning voice. Thank you, Mama Cass. You will never be forgotten ❤

[@jrios662]

In the end when she says that her mom passed away and she looks into the camera is where I realize how absolutely beautiful this woman was. Wow.. everything about this woman is absolutely sexy beautiful....♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@dunhillpeace]

Beautful rendition by the immortal Cass.... wishing you a happy birthday and hope you know up there that we still adore you as always xxxx

[@dinhtrunghieu]

today is her birthday ^^

[@felipegallegos2244]

Whar a beautiful voice and song ..rip for one of the best singers Cass elliot

[@jonthomas8569]

I’ve never heard her version of this before! And yet it makes perfect sense that Cass Elliot would do it so beautifully.

[@dcbornmike]

..Just loved Cass Elliot!

[@bronzesnake7004]

To dispel a popular, rediculous rumor, Cass did NOT die choking on a ham sandwich. She died in her sleep from a massive heart attack brought on by a series of dangerous "diets" which caused her body to consume itself, including her heart. Awesome young woman, fantastic singer and highly intelligent. She is sadly missed. Jack ~'()'~ Canada

[@petercsigo9935]

Thanks for your kind words to remember her.

[@bronzesnake7004]

@@petercsigo9935 Hey Peter. Anyone who would spend just a few minutes watching and listening to Cass in interviews would very quickly find out this was a very intelligent young woman and one of those very rare special people who would change the atmosphere in a room the moment she walked in. She had natural charisma and was a free spirit who knew exactly what she wanted and went out and took it! She was so confident, and never let her weight dictate or limit her dreams and goals. What a voice! Cass was the kind of person you wanted to be around as much as possible! Take care brother Jack ~'()'~ Canada

[@BiG-JuPO1O1]

I'm glad someone help revealing the truth.

[@invisibleman1028]

Great singer but her being overweight was a problem.

[@slobodantatomir6487]

Ovakav glas umiruje,opušta...❤

[@cindimills6696]

I used to wish she was my actual Mother. Heaven gained an Angel👼

[@pamcornelius9122]

I lost my husband of 41 years in August. This song brings me to tears every time I hear it.

[@MarJo333]

I'm so sorrh❤

[@presley007]

God bless!!

[@gumusluk05]

I feel your pain ❤️

[@dlavin6285]

❤❤❤

[@ricrestrepo5983]

That voice, and such beauty.

[@lazlomattachine8334]

What a beautiful interpretation of a wonderful song. Cass Elliot is one of the greats of the 20th century

[@oiooi6460]

What a voice. Extraordinary

[@fiercest_calm]

I love Cass' voice, but damn! This is the first time I really listened to the lyrics of this song and OMG, you can't get more depressing than those words!

[@BiG-JuPO1O1]

Really is 😢

[@slobodantatomir6487]

Kako je lepa❤😊...još kad bi neko preveo pesmu da i mi koji ne znamo engleski čujemo o čemu govori pesma😊

[@billericaysteve]

Pop music is "popular" because it can reach us emotionally - the happy and the sad.

[@raphaelrau1728]

Mama Cass nails this classic song! Her version is amazing! Cass thought about the words and how to convey the song properly! Pure quality! Cass Eliot could have sang the phone book beautifully! Truly missed and never to be forgotten! RIP Mama Cass. You are loved!

[@madslater01]

Amazing, and we are all alone in the end, aren't we ?❤

[@jrios662]

Wow....this woman is absolutely gorgeous... Those have to be a pair of the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen in my life... So sad that this goddess died at such a young age... I can only find comfort of a life lost so early in the fact that goddesses belong next to God.... Beautiful woman beautiful voice I can only imagine the great music she would have kept giving us...😢

[@mabella3437]

well said !! Thank you and God bless you and all the viewers !!

[@margotblanchette3767]

Singing Gilbert O'Sullivan song with Feeling, love this lady.💐

[@colibri1]

A beautiful rendition of this song. You can tell she really feels the lyrics. This song was such a big hit for Gilbert O'Sullivan in 1972; hard to believe now.

[@jamesperretta]

What a stunning talent.

[@voltairebanquirigo1119]

Our generation was lucky to have her in our lives as a 2:36 wonderful singer and artist and was greatly sadden by her untimely passing truly we have lost an icon

[@Tropicalpisces]

I am proud to be a Cass. 👍 She embraced the beauty of sadness, she echoed a gorgeous, warm, somber sound. The haunting of how she made certain chords come alive will always make me feel satiated, if allbeit, empty, simultaneously.

[@Swampzoid]

Iconic artist. Classic song.

[@ThitiCE]

Beautiful... 💗

[@BlueBlazer47]

Brilliant version. Loved the key-change for the last verse. She was super-talented.

[@krm3345]

Atomic voice.

[@lxx5045]

She sounds amazing on this beautiful song , such an emotional voice.

[@brittsaunders4621]

So pure, so simple, so beautiful...oh, Cass...I believe every word.

[@hifrommike2120]

I wish she had been able to record this exquisite rendering of a great song. I love Cass. 🙂🙃

[@brianmgrim]

Kudos to the fantastic arrangement, and especially orchestration which accompanied her voice and phrasing so well.

[@kaujacklima6423]

Maravilhosa!

[@jaquelinebys]

Verdade. Pena que se foi tão cedo...

[@raubertpinheiro2987]

Cantava muito!!! Além de linda,iluminava tudo.

[@eb_vicente]

Linda! Super bem humorada

[@henryscott6333]

Demais

[@juliocesarcaetanodealmeida7630]

Diva da voz,The Mamas and the Papas não foram mais os mesmos sem ela!

[@neilknight8044]

Very happily to have found this version, wish elvis did it too! It has me in bits everytime

[@henrique5292]

Beautiful Cass!!!

[@cassandraharper1632]

She has one of the best voices I have ever heard. She is just stellar

[@jennip8585]

This was recorded exactly 2 years after my brother died at 5 months old.

[@angieruggles962]

My mom was 1 month pregnant with me when this aired. Love the song and love Cass. MY 16 year old listened to the lesson and she adores her story too. Think if we had all the fashion we have now back then for plus size girls. No more starving to fit in. Love u, Cass!

[@billk9856]

Such a wonderfully crafted song.

[@selah7779]

Just Beautiful. 🌟 Thought she was going to start crying with such emotion. Jeez- I broke down crying for her pain, my pain, everyone's pain. If you can do all that- it's called the greatest of talent 👏

[@alexhortua]

In a little while from now If I'm not feeling any less sour I promise myself to treat myself And visit a nearby tower And climbing to the top Will throw myself off In an effort to Make it clear to whoever Wants to know what it's like when you're shattered Left standing in the lurch at a church Were people saying, My God, that's tough She stood him up No point in us remaining We may as well go home As I did on my own Alone again, naturally To think that only yesterday I was cheerful, bright and gay Looking forward to who wouldn't do The role I was about to play But as if to knock me down Reality came around And without so much as a mere touch Cut me into little pieces Leaving me to doubt Talk about, God in His mercy Oh, if he really does exist Why did he desert me In my hour of need I truly am indeed Alone again, naturally It seems to me that There are more hearts broken in the world That can't be mended Left unattended What do we do What do we do Alone again, naturally Looking back over the years And whatever else that appears I remember I cried when my father died Never wishing to hide the tears And at sixty-five years old My mother, God rest her soul Couldn't understand why the only man She had ever loved had been taken Leaving her to start With a heart so badly broken Despite encouragement from me No words were ever spoken And when she passed away I cried and cried all day Alone again, naturally Alone again, naturally

[@johnflanagan3661]

Beautiful.

[@spencersmith2798]

Great voice…clear with perfect diction

[@lemonhead162]

She had such a beautiful voice!!!!

[@danbo99]

Lipsynch but beautifully interpreted! Wow! 50 years from that recording ! The sound is so so but great performance !

[@eb_vicente]

Wonderful Cass! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@MichaelHoare-vr7mo]

Lovely cover of Gilbert O'Sullivan's song.

[@lindaaitken7679]

He has always been underrated in my opinion

[@champagnesocialist3716]

Beautiful 💝

[@dennisleporte2327]

Lost my best friend of 35 yrs 9 months ago today would've been her 55 th birthday. This song just popped up. I dunno do things REALLY ever get better ?

[@saphire196]

I'm sorry for your loss. I'm sure your best friend would want you to keep fighting the good fight...that is living. Hang in there.

[@aguz2211]

My dear lady! Thank you Rich!

[@totallyfrozen]

1) The person who wrote this song understood genuine, deep pain and loneliness. THAT is great songwriting. 2) This beautiful soul was a trailblazer who paved the way for some of today’s stars. Being obese in Cass’s day was frowned upon and there was no “body positive” agenda going. Without Cass, we wouldn’t have Adele (or Lizzo). The music world lost a true leader of the arts the night she passed away.

[@davidkublin4446]

I was attending over night camp. I remember the day she passed. Was on radio,all day.

[@terrymann1341]

Pure talent, God blessed her with a beautiful voice, just a shame he called her home when he did.

[@katherynmaster5684]

Loved her since I was a little girl Beautiful voice

[@EranEdry]

Impossibly beautiful. Impossibly sad. I applaud and urge the channel admins to give us superior versions of the wonderful "I'm Coming to the Best Part of my Life" live, from November 73, and the exceptional "My Turn" from late '69. A song so crushingly heartbreaking should be followed by one of Cass' more life-affirming, anthemic performances, I feel.

[@RandomPlayIist]

I can't find any info on My Turn, is that the right name of the song?

[@ThitiCE]

@@RandomPlayIist search I Am Now Cass Elliot, that's the song Eran is talking about

[@stevehugill865]

She was do beautiful inside and out. I wish I could sit down and talk with her and just give her a big hug and kiss. ❤️❤️

[@luizcarlosbarbaca3094]

Uma das melhores cantoras do século XX. Deixou saudades! Voz inconfundível harmoniosamente linda❤❤❤

[@ailtondossantos69]

Eu nunca tinha ouvido essa versão, só a original. Estou comovido.

[@victortinajero5543]

Such a beautiful melody… and probably the saddest song I’ve ever heard…

[@MarcVanLaere-zr5im]

Great singer, beautiful person, gone to soon. ❤

[@mycat6029]

That voice! Beautiful person, taken much too early.

[@symenandsuebrinksma3670]

A voice of velvet, still sad after so many years.

[@Daisnap]

Wow. So simply and honestly delivered. Nothing fancy. Just the song. Mesmerizing.

[@Donut.79]

Omgoodness im tearing up i never knew she covered this song.

[@sean864]

So cool didnt know she covered this song.

[@rac4437]

Legendary! 😢she could sing ❤RIP Cass Elliot gone too soon 💔

[@davemattia]

Best American singer -- by far!

[@richardswinbusk7787]

Her voice was so pure ,clear and true with a real feeling She is still phenomenal

[@robertoalvespereira9243]

Quanto sentimento em uma só interpretation.obrigado por compartilhar

[@LuisRomero-uq1zw]

Cass Elliott She's Great voice fabolous music 🌻

[@jayemcmac6815]

Absolutely the most beautifully gorgeous woman to ever live. Love you Mumma

[@Luizserra1958]

Mama Cass, the best pop singer of all time!

[@AnaPrado-cp8tv]

I love this song. It was one of musics that I listed and remember in my life.

[@janesawyer1342]

She had the greatest voice. But I think this is the best song I've heard her sing.

[@raulnovoa6098]

Old school. I love it

[@eugeniasyro2551]

She was a gem. Much loved and much missed. God bless you, Cass.

[@grimdeath89032]

Unique voices, that's what I've been craving in music lol. This was amazingly done in comparison to the other covers but more importantly compared to the original.

[@asorrydad8899]

Anyone wanna go halves on a Netflix series’s about her

[@tjfSIM]

Someone needs to write that series, or a film. She was an amazing person with an incredible talent, a fascinating life, and a tragic end.

[@billyriedel6449]

I wonder who could play her?

[@tjfSIM]

Billy Riedel That’s a very good question - will have to have a think about that one 🙂

[@peteb1206]

@@tjfSIM in Australia a wonderful singer, Casey Donovan, played her brilliantly in a stage musical about the Mamas and Papas called flowerchildren.

[@tjfSIM]

@@peteb1206 That's really interesting, I didn't know that! I will have to look that up, thanks :)

[@vivandav67]

I wish she was still with us...sigh..what a talented, life loving, amazing woman..

[@BegToDiffer99]

Just beautiful! Thank you for the post!