Cathy Berberian | Ticket to ride | The Beatles

[@altaroxllc3184]

Steely Dan brought me here. Who knew this rabbit hole existed. Love it.

[@garryallen4155]

Lol... me too. I think I'd prefer to have found a clip of the roulade that she can't sing!

[@paulpadillo4591]

Cathy once again proving why there was no one else like her. God, I loved this woman!

[@robinbugs6019]

this woman is too powerful, everything abt this is too much, i bow down

[@amaot2593]

I really don't know how it is possible not to love Cathy Berberian.

[@susaedu368]

How this is not the best video ever...Miss Berberian has been an amazing artist

[@SmurfetteDoesntBEeP]

how is this not a viral video

[@Alessandro-tk2ll]

Grande Caty. Un omaggio riverente ad una grande artista che ricordo con affetto e stima sincera.

[@joeyrider]

Berberian was the epitome of avant-garde music Berio, Cage and Maderna composed pieces expressively for her. She was a composer herself, on top she was also one of the greatest interpreter of baroque music. Her interpretation of L’incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi is a stronghold of modern baroque music. The Beatles rendition came in that spirit. Love for genuine contemporary pop music, her love for baroque music, love for avant-garde performance and sheer fun. The Beatles were great because artist as different as Sinatra, Ray Charles, Cathy Barberian, Nina Simone, Jeff Beck and Siouxsie Sioux made their own music through their compositions.

[@jjpopnfresh6822]

"Even Cathy Berberian knows there's one roulade she can't sing" - Donald

[@scillyautomatic]

LOL. That is there very line that brought me here.

[@teena6051]

A truly beautiful version of the song!!!!!

[@natehans1832]

Bravo! Bravo!

[@4EyedAnimation]

I know of Cathy Berberian via Steely Dan

[@jzannieri]

She's a hell of a singer! This performance is not kosher and it's not halal, either. It's 100% pure ham. Great accompanist.

[@gefriolsaeme]

Superb... for so many reasons!

[@johanneslindemmann1660]

Beatles at its best

[@0FedeGNR0]

This cover is hilarious, but it's really amazing !

[@ignacioGNR]

FedeGNR no mentira callate

[@1969SL]

Brilliant,brilliant,brilliant!

[@jimmytee4868]

Is nobody else here because of the line in the lyrics of Your Gold Teeth by Steely Dan? "Even Cathy Berberian knows There's one roulade she can't sing"

[@tedschroeders5289]

one roulade, Brendon, only one roulade.

[@katygrischy1642]

That's why I'm here - I'll follow Donald and Walter anywhere they lead...

[@tenorette2003]

Cathy Berberian: Genius!!!!

[@kristenmastromarchi14]

She's absolutely fantastic!

[@annaritaranalli1791]

She was so talented and what a shame she died so young...she had a beautiful speaking voice also when she didn't sing

[@whack47]

Wow I thought IGUDESMAN & JOO came up with the comedic arrangement of this song by themselves, but it's obvious now that it was Andriessen

[@dana33185]

I discovered Cathy Berberian through Tim Buckley, and I can definitely hear her influence on his music. Odd phrasing, elongated phrasing, etc., 2 artists not afraid to experiment.

[@davidmorrisonmusic]

"Even Cathy Berberian knows / There's one roulade she can't sing."

[@mtroy0620]

haha yup!

[@ksrmk]

Yep. Thank you, Steely Dan, for introducing me to her.

[@seamusfallon516]

Coffee they grow in Peking

[@katygrischy1642]

@@seamusfallon516" Tobacco they grow in Peking/Inthe year of the locust you'll see a sad thing/even Cathy Berberian knows there's one roulade she can't sing/ Dumb luck, my friend, won't suck me in again..."

[@keithwaites9991]

She should have sang the Dan song. Now that would have been coooool

[@yogayantra]

what a voice!

[@tedybear335]

I love that!!

[@stefanoc.930]

Hawsome! Like her so much...

[@Lemak1969]

Talent!!!

[@klangschatten5610]

Absolutely amazing!

[@PerPassione]

Fantastic!! Makes me smile :-)

[@Sunflowers159]

I love this! There have been several musicians who have had fun with music: Anna Russell and Victor Borge are just two I can think of. It takes a lot more skill to do things deliberately badly than to do them "straight".

[@AmberAlley]

Brilliant. And I'd like one of those ostrich feather rings, please.

[@rickrisi]

thank you for posting this video!!!

[@THECLARENCES]

Totally tubular to the max! xoxo The Clarences

[@saramazzoni844]

This is soooooo good!

[@LAUANGIU]

Incantevole ! 👏

[@smileyfacesgirl]

I guy at my school compared the Beatles to one direction! I was like " what the hell are you talking about, do you even know who the Beatles are?!" I hate it when people compare people who have only been around for a few years to legends like the Beatles!

[@companynothrills]

phantastisch!!!

[@marcialcaceres5090]

wonderfull

[@fostercathead]

That was fantastic!

[@hanearlpark]

Awesome.

[@HungryJ111]

Lennon would have loved it.

[@pabloricardodetarragon2649]

He loved it. That was made in 1977. Before Lennon's death. The arrangement in baroque style was made in 1967 if I'm not mistaken.

[@annaritaranalli1791]

Thanks

[@CylindricalWhistle]

This is utterly hilarious.

[@annaritaranalli1791]

But beautiful performance at the same time

[@robertkincaid]

i heard this to day on Graham Norton Radio 2 , i have never heard of her.

[@geocham]

Hey, is there any possible way I can get hold of this programme in full? I have always been in awe of Cathy and her incredible voice! George

[@otterhouse]

Gaaf dat je dit openbaar gemaakt hebt!

[@sophiestick3369]

I'm totaly fond of Cathy Berberian

[@muhammadfarhannaufal9358]

Music old memory 2020 greetings from indonesia

[@olivrob2535]

grande voie très éclectique un ovni dans la musique classique comme il y en a très peut .

[@jaxortjackie05]

Absolutely hilarious.

[@ronnieevers5115]

she reminds me of Mrs. Miller,,,,look her up if you are not familiar with her music please pull her up on youtube,,,,,she also sings a few Beatles songs. I promise you won't regret it or forget it,,,

[@sophiedefontenay7618]

génial

[@tonysilver1918]

So execrable it achieves a sort of magnificence.

[@gregoryjuliettesauvage2484]

wow😄

[@alexandercampbell9178]

Here because of Haley Blais.

[@silkworm._jpeg]

+Alexander Campbell SAME

[@talvela100]

wow :))

[@elkinsinboxinc]

I can't believe this actually exists. I'm at the weird part of KZbin again.

[@isabelladestegonzaga5529]

it´s rock-ok-o :D

[@williamwiegard]

Louis Andriessen, pay attention :-)

[@donutopo22]

2:42 muy graciosa! la amo!

[@billfletcher7602]

'Even Cathy Berberian knows, there's one roulade she can't sing' Fagen-Becker

[@pierofg]

try it on sunday morning.

[@zoelafleur5938]

géniale !merci

[@pennyanderson760]

👍👍👍🇳🇿

[@marioncorreard7332]

🎉

[@jackhillty]

she must have been a riot

[@MrmelodyUs]

when the Beatles were BAROQUE!

[@nevinovatajaja]

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[@frankmaxdalessandro7761]

finally, I figures out the One roulade she can't sing, rather shouldn't have sung.

[@yukieriol]

I don't understand... Who is her favorite dutch composer?

[@MickieLynn1900]

yukieriol Louis Andriessen, she asked him to arrange this in a style that was more classical so she could perform it

[@annaritaranalli1791]

🎹 player was good too

[@cfr939]

Bizarre!!!

[@campyoldie]

Here because of Steely Dan.

[@bluevlilac09]

interesting...

[@torquemonster290]

what... did I........ umm....... just watch? Talented, yet extremely hilarious, even though like many on here knew, that she was dead serious..... but the histrionics she delivered made it difficult for me to keep a solid face.

[@pboots]

Whoa, my stomach aches from laughing

[@123JanaK123]

I think the real title of this is MagnifiCathy.

[@gregoryjuliettesauvage2484]

The Beatles

[@carlobigiotti6977]

Here because of Il Sabbatico.

[@musgrave6886]

even cathy berberian knew the beatles...

[@yl9698]

wonder what john and paul thought/think of this...does she realize what a travesty she's made of their genius?

[@AllenJones-w3p]

Ghastly!

[@JoshFreilich]

I'm here because of Igudesman and Joo.

[@minouminouche4647]

lol....surealiste 😀😀

[@quoththeraven929]

I like her bow. It makes me think of Umbridge from Harry Potter...

[@hugothebear]

Do some people really not realise this is parody ?

[@MickieLynn1900]

gregory gyllenship actually it's not a parody, this singer thought that The Beatles were like the pinnacle of great music at the time and she wanted to perform their music but she didn't think that she could perform the songs exactly like The Beatles could. So then she went to a composer and asked him to arrange several Beatles songs in different, more classical styles and this is what he came up with. Berberian is being completely serious in her performance of this arrangement of the piece.

[@webrarian]

Listen to what she says: "As it might be sung by a Handel oratorio singer in the Provinces." She is sending up (parodying) classical English performance styles outside London in the 1960s. She's not parodying the music - the composer has done that already. She is parodying the performance style.

[@VoxVeritatisOne]

Well then...

[@justinjones6213]

i can't tell if she's in on the joke or not. . .

[@nickdryad]

But why?

[@tedybear335]

Paul McCartney after the chirurgical operation!

[@smileyraw]

this is mad lol

[@smileyfacesgirl]

*a

[@kimchatterley7415]

More Gilbert & Sullivan than Handel

[@fosbury68]

Too bad she never got to be accompanied by Hans Groiner.

[@jerseytomato100]

John Lennon is turning in his grave.

[@Burntshmallow]

Igudesman and Joo's performance is better.

[@quieroirmeanarnia]

Thank you soooo very much!! I didnt know em and Ive been laughing my goats out with' m so much hahaha And they're so talented!!!!

[@heppolo]

but Cathy was there first

[@TheSchmatto]

She can sing, but this is totally bizarre, it reminds me of Dudley Moore doing Beethoven doing Tom Jones' Delilah. Is she serious?

[@MickieLynn1900]

TheSchmatto yes, she is completely serious. She LOVED The Beatles and wanted to perform their music in a style she was capable of

[@CasaresPianoPlayer]

Igudesman & Joo version is 10000000 times better

[@IgnacioClerici-mp5cy]

This arrangment is fucking disgusting