FIRST TIME HEARING Lisa Stansfield - Been Around The World (Live) Reaction

[@ldybozz]

That Apollo audience was no joke. Back then that audience could make or break an artist or group.

[@theDavidChannel1]

Yea they either loved you or hated you and let u know it!

[@FunkSwaggMusiK]

man you know how many dudes would be up outta here if Apollo was still around 🤣

[@limolnar]

They were looking to BREAK every single performer too. Waiting for a single screw up. 'Miss that kind of show!

[@clockwork9825]

I remember being sad as a kid thinking that she was actually looking for somebody😂😂😂

[@elisageorge1798]

🤗 Awh....Cute!

[@monolithic87]

This was one of the biggest songs of 1989. I specifically wanted you to see the live version to show exactly how big it was. A white girl from the UK went to the Apollo Theater in NYC and turned it out to the point that damn near everyone was on their feet jammin' to her song. Great reaction!

[@wakeupstopsleeping6300]

Yes Lisa is a bad girl yes this was plating everywhere this a good one❤️❤️❤️

[@ldybozz]

True! The Apollo isn't an easy crowd to please. Back then that audience could make or break an artist. Lisa won them, the world over when they heard her on the radio & seen the video. Too bad this was her only big hit. She had a great voice.

[@monolithic87]

@@ldybozz The audience would boo you until they rang the alarm and brought out the Sandman to dance your ass off the stage. The Apollo was RUTHLESS!! Haha... I half agree with that last statement tho. She had a few more hits but nothing on this level. That was a very hard song to top tho.

[@ldybozz]

@@monolithic87 I remember how the audience was. That's why I said they were no joke. It was funny when they did boo the act on stage tho! Especially the acts that tried too hard to be like the one & only Sexy One of Jehovah's Witnesses. Prince 💜

[@monolithic87]

@@wakeupstopsleeping6300 Indeed! Glad you like it! 😎

[@markojenko6360]

Amazing. Period. Her VOICE. The wonderful crowd. It's a miracle video.

[@vinnytesla9731]

Lisa and Soul II Soul brought the Briish soul sound to America that year .... they owned this era

[@ScottPothan]

She’s huge in UK and this was a dance club classic- she writes her own music and you should check her out singing this track in a duet with Barry White. It’s incredibly touching

[@MizzNee796]

You drinking all that water keeps your brain going strong! Keep it up! She was awesome!

[@clockwork9825]

She’s huge in the UK?

[@MizzNee796]

@@clockwork9825 ummm...she’s from there isn’t she?

[@clockwork9825]

@@MizzNee796 don’t be an a**. I only know the lady from this one song. I honestly didn’t know her celebrity status

[@MizzNee796]

@@clockwork9825 what about my comment implies ME being an a**hole? I swear that YOU ARE PROJECTING AND THAT *YOU* in fact are the a**hole! I swear some people should not have access to the internet!!!

[@tonydarks2312]

I'm impressed you remember some obscure Alyiah song, I never heard that, I thought you would have heard the Biggie and Mase song.

[@evelynne2846]

The audience was chanting "Go Lisa! Go Lisa! Always loved this song.

[@louissimmonds5509]

To this day I rock this for the last I dont know how many years. Cant get enough of this.

[@monolithic87]

The chorus of this song was also used by Puff Daddy & The Family featuring Mase and Biggie for 'Been Around The World'. 😉

[@makingmnz7564]

The chorus is repeated a lot in the live version because it is about connecting to the audience, and everybody with a radio knew this song and the chorus, in 1989. Lisa has had an amazing career, even though she wasn't interested in going solo. She released 4 singles from 1981 to 1984, with moderated success. Then the focus was on playing gigs as a trio, at which point someone took notice. The other members, including her soon-to-be husband, became part of the writing and producing team. The big hit with Coldcut gave her the confidence to move forward. Lisa's most memorable songs include Change (Drizabone vocal + Misty dub), Never Never Gonna Give You Up (Original + Classic Morning Mix), The Line, People Hold On, You Can't Deny It, Live Together, All Woman, Set Your Loving Free, and Sweet Memories.

[@FunkSwaggMusiK]

That damn chorus makes my heart melt.

[@Joy-qw3wm]

Brilliant Lisa Stansfield ,this was definitely my number 1 song of the late 80`s. If you`ve not seen it yet ,she sings this with Barry WHite too ,and i`m sure it`s here on KZbin.Definitely worth a watch!!

[@itallia666]

🇬🇧 Lisa was vastly underrated! Her voice is purely jazzy blues & the few times i saw her perform in the past she sang some BRILLIANT Jazz songs In the vein of Aretha Franklin & The great Ella Fitzgerald! The record moguls of the past wanted poppy drivel that would climb the charts, make them boatloads of money Lisa had total class & style & was her own woman, she didnt sell out! She still sings around Britain & abroad, shes got a big fan base in Holland & Germany She's never got herself involved in drugs or booze, Shes too smart for that! As far as i know she still lives in Lancashire in the down to earth working class roots where she was born & raised! The songs on her albums are superb! Great timing & technique One of my favourite female singers along with the recently Departed Irish singer Sinèad O' Connor, Adele & also the departed singer Amy Winehouse. Thank you for your critique on Lisa Peace 🇬🇧👧

[@chrisgaines6369]

Such a masterpiece of a song and she is such an amazing artist. I love how the crowd just keeps shouting go Lisa go Lisa. Brilliant performance and brilliant crowd. Seriously, her performance combined with the crowd...legendary!!! So glad we have this on film. The crowds excitement it's just next level and this just shows you that a good song breaks down all race barriers. I am a skinny 5 ft 6 white kid who was five years old when Thriller came out. I don't even think I thought about his skin color until I was in junior high. The only thing I knew as a little white kid was that the music was amazing and I couldn't get enough. The two times I was fortunate enough to see Prince live there were people of all ages and all Races and all genders in that crowd. One of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in my life. The power of music and a great performance. Sorry for rambling I just love beautiful experiences like this. Thank you so much for reacting to this performance.

[@onyx06191987]

Lisa Stansfield is a phenomenal songstress live and with her videos. Her song “All Women” is a multi- cultural anthem for many women.

[@cathyk9302]

I remember when this was released and hit big, nobody thought she was actually singing it; she has a great voice.

[@FunkSwaggMusiK]

They thought she was Milli Vanilli the whole performance but the Black Community can spot bullshit and this performance was most certainly not that

[@limolnar]

Same with Mariah Carrey at first. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

[@ggsworld8762]

This song was big in the late 80’s , another classic gem❤️

[@cmalc8]

That song, Lisa's voice, there's no other word than 'miracle'.

[@polyprinz]

That was a huge #1 hit for Lisa. That is the toughest crowd to please. But they really loved Lisa, and made her feel welcome. Of course it helped that she was quite talented, and that voice...well...LEGENDARY!!!

[@bigneon_glitter]

This track was _the_ song of '89/'90 and this particular moment was legendary back in the day. The Manchester girl who loved Soul & spent a decade singing without success before '89, loved up at the Apollo. An underrated career, more hits: - Never, Never Gonna Give You Up (Barry White cover) - Never Gonna Fail - Live Together - This Is The Right Time - I Will Be Waiting

[@petemarshy1677]

Ya cant beat Manc girls, even though she's from Rochdale. We claim her as a manc 😂

[@lukeemhanton2591]

Classic! That chorus has been quoted so many times in songs thereafter this song. Lisa is a true student of song and a true vocalist. Her song “All Woman” is a perfect 10.

[@kaylad4486]

One of my favorite songs of all time.

[@michellegriffith4200]

The Apollo that night said she arrived...go Lisa.

[@angeleyes2cuwith759]

I'm so glad you reacted to this! thank you! Probably my favorite Apollo moment for me ..gave me chills seeing the love the Apollo audience gave her, which says a lot as they know when something is good and not good... this song will always remind be of being in high school ceramics class where we would have the radio on and this song was heavily played, she also did a duet with Barry White of this song, funny you mention that you hear house influence in the beat because on the cd singe I purchased when this album came out there was in fact a house version, she has many good songs you should check out like 'you can't deny it' 'This is the right time' 'Live together' 'Set your lovin free' 'Change' 'All woman' and her song with Cold Cut' People hold on'

[@vanitysmirror]

Another memorable moment at the Apollo was when the new kids on the block performed and the audience was chanting "go white boys" I swear the new kids said they cried backstage because they won over the Apollo audience.

[@MsPhylie]

"This Is the Right Time" is my jam & it's underrated!!

[@angeleyes2cuwith759]

@@MsPhylie I totally agree!

[@Ovan61]

👍📺👀 I love the energy the audience members were giving Stephanie Mill's live performance of "There's something in the way (you make me feel)" at the Apollo Theater.

[@violet319]

When this song came on in the club everyone was jammin!! Love Lisa Stansfield!! Glad u did this song & this live version. 🙌

[@ChristinaMcF]

You're so awesome that you recognized this.

[@bobby12348]

Right she's 👍🏿❤️💯

[@ingrid8994]

Blue eyed soul! This was a huge hit! ✨💖✨

[@TheFargo116]

I remember this like it was yesterday.....1989 jam.....she was a bad white girl from UK.....as you see from this Apollo performance she is stunned for a moment at audience reaction and love but catches herself and belts out this song.....when she came out everyone thought she was gonna be the new Teena Marie in terms of sounding like a black girl.....but she strayed over to a more pop sound.....her other big r&b hit which i like better was "U Cant Deny It"...... hope someone request that song.....powerful voice but wished she stayed in the r&b lane......great reaction

[@mtj7103]

This was the day Lisa got her plate at the cookout

[@TheFargo116]

Just a sidenote.....you mentioned you loved the energy and vibes of the Apollo.....let me tell you the real deal.....the tv version of the Apollo is nothing like the real Apollo back in the day.....they go way back to like the 1910s.....they use to have amateur nights every weds and the audiences were hardcore and if they didnt like your clothes, your, smile or whatever they would boo you.....they would even boo and run star performers off the stage if they didnt bring their A game.....so what you saw on tv was the watered down version.....if you could get love from a Apollo crowd you could perform anywhere....all it took was one rowdy person in the crowd to get the audience to go off......Apollo is legendary....you can probally google and find old clips going back to the 1930s where some dude similar to sandman is pulling some act off stage with a long cane

[@spicyhot2552]

This was a HUGE hit back in '89 . I think this was her biggest hit .

[@Newfie-zc7ug]

My man you are in for a treat.......she does this song also as a duet with BARRY WHITE..the inter-play is wonderful !

[@louissimmonds5509]

Gotta subscribe to this channel. You really know tour music

[@michaelparmes8931]

Lisa also did a duet to that song with Barry White.

[@dauterkhoshnood688]

Apollo theater is showing the love for a great singer…❤️

[@michaelwiggan7437]

This was Huge when it came out ..Big Big Club Classic!! Everybody loved this Song!!

[@krober147]

This one is still one of my favorites ❤

[@nosivadbor]

Wow. Better late than never. Finally watching this for the first time. 🔥

[@anumbus]

Lisa Stansfield was in heavy rotation on Black Radio. She was what we call " Blue Eyed Soul". It give you House Music vibes because Chicago House Music DJs would go oversea to perform and to snag rare albums over there to remix. House is global genre.

[@robertasirgutz8800]

Super pumped audience. Everyone thought she was black. What happened to her? Such an original. Love Appolo performances, too. You've got to bring it.

[@elisageorge1798]

Nobody does it live like Old School!! Back in the day first hearing this song I thought Tina Marie sung it.

[@wakeupstopsleeping6300]

@ Monathalic ah yes by giving live version ❤️❤️❤️

[@johnneils9084]

Apollo Theater no less! Love her style!

[@wakeupstopsleeping6300]

@@johnneils9084 😁

[@nickhaswell6011]

Yeah this is incredible song an absolute banger

[@KeyahD]

This song was huge and people didn't know she was white nor from the UK lol My first cassette tape with a b side of another hit song,

[@johnneils9084]

Incredible song when it would come on in the clubs, good feelings. What an audience! This was great! Yes the original is super good!☮🕉

[@glenrushing5361]

Love me some Lisa Stansfield

[@JustJammin]

Same!

[@adriancolon8435]

Puffy sampled it with Biggie on a song of the same title. That’s probably where you heard it.

[@ansugib]

Her song 'All woman' is amazing. She is a brilliant singer. I was shocked the first time I heard her talk in a interview. She has a strong Manchester accent which is so different from her singing voice 😂

[@abevillanueva1974]

Lisa!!! One of the best female vocalists ...others similar to her include Basia, Sheena Easton, and Tina Arena!!!! BABEs all around!

[@egroovesoldschoolmusic7171]

I haven’t heard that live version of Lisa Stansfield doing that song and I, love it! Listen to the original version of that song, her voice sounds just like what she’s doing live. That’s rare anymore, but it happens more than people think where an artist sounds just like the CD or cassette tape, with improvisations of course. Terry Dexter is another artist who sounds like you’ve pressed play on cassette because that’s how good she is. Adrian Younge, Damfunk, and Diamond Ortiz are some more. What kills me iz, when people don’t sound like their records at all, or make no effort to give a good live performance, and even their studio work shows you they can’t sang! I think, they must look really cute or people wouldn’t buy their records, or, the fans are so drunk at these concerts that they don’t pay no attention. The general public has proven to me, through all the autotunes, the people who can’t sang, the sampling and coppycatting of all the Oldschool music and the kids thinks it’s new music, that they will fall for anything, because they didn’t do their homework. Thank you Just Jammin, for doing your homework and looking up the good music. I wish more of the newer generation would do that. Real music is still here though and it’s new and not from 1989 and back, the problem iz, it’s on the downlow and you either have to look for it on KZbin, ITunes, or internet radio shows like LOTL Radio, WDKK Radio, Snoop Dogg’s Cadillac Music sometimes, or in some cases, CDBaby. Much love.

[@tonyahoward9140]

You can tell how big this song was by the audience reaction 🙂

[@bobby12348]

My girl can sing soul🎹💯👩🏿‍🦱👏🏿2023

[@adamtoronibyrne1086]

The chants of “Go Lisa” are life giving. They loved her and you can tell. She still sounds like this and I’m a fan, but the music isn’t the same. Her first 4 albums are classics - then Face Up came and gifted us with Ive Got Something Better…. She quieted down after that, but still came through, with her last album release in 2018. She deserves her flowers, a UK artist that loved Barry White so much she did her own spin on sexy 70’s soul, and of course, killed it.

[@cadmaw]

Just like here, the Manchester Apollo in the U..K is an intimate performing & listening experience.. Lisa’s a North of England girl, born just up the road from me. She’s a prolific songwriter and still tours extensively. Her collaborations with Barry White have chemistry.....’the longer we make love’ duet.

[@NWOODS000]

Bruh I was only 4 in 89 and I remember this vividly! The whole album was really good, my mom used to play it a lot and I love listened to it a few times as an adult. That beat was big in club music at the time and European club music was also big in NY so many of those songs became hits in the states as well. Lisa Stansfield is from the UK as well so it all ties together somewhat. I kno it felt really good performing at the Apollo and having everyone up like that, that had to be huge validation as an artist! 89-90 had an interesting vibe, with fashion and music etc. a lot of unsung dopeness from those years IMO. Anyway keep doing your thing Just, great reaction!

[@gailgreet-wheeler933]

She sang this with Barry white

[@mulatanyc865]

Lisa Stansfield has a powerful voice. Loved this song. She so talented.

[@msanchizzle]

Hit the thumbs up during your intro...dang I sure hope you liked the perfomances 🤞🏽😂 ....back to your reaction 🏃🏾‍♀️

[@Discobiscuit372]

This was huge over here in the UK, she had some hits back in the day 👍

[@TheDivayenta]

You like Neo Soul! Classic 90’s soul!

[@jacquelinerhone5950]

Great review!

[@go234ko96ts5]

What beautiful song and great voice

[@jamomathews9890]

I remember dancing to this many a night in the clubs 😅

[@1j007zm]

Great reaction! Love this song!, every time it would play, I'd notice it's hard for people not to move their bodies to this tune, If you get a chance check out Tina Marie's "Out on a limb", amazing vocal ranges! Peace!

[@RWernsing]

Lisa is amazing! She's had a whole bunch of hits. Most recent was 2018

[@trr2152]

She had another hit called ''Change'' which i think you should react to :)

[@lawannalw]

Lisa Stansfield is the truth as my mom would say.

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

I've seen some shows where people bombed at Amatuer Night at the Apollo and that audience can be BRUTAL!! However, if they like you you're as good as gold!! This is a great dance track from the late 80s early 90s and all the clubs were playing it. She also did a duet version with Barry White on this song. I think the video is on KZbin. It sounds very much like a Barry White song so they were both great as a duet.

[@patrickmiller1834]

This is one of the good ones. She didn’t quite hit here big like in her home UK This one crossed over to the Billboard black singles chart but it was a Billboard number two

[@Dabklyn27]

You should watch where she sings it live at Ronnie Scotts. It's from 2002. I remember watching this when it came on TV. It never gets old. 👍🏾❤❤

[@winslow551]

This was a monster hit. The groove is very strong. Along the same lines check out Sybil Don't Make Me Over and Soul II Soul Keep on Movin'. This is an incredible live performance!

[@donnajordan4080]

❤️❤️❤️

[@theDavidChannel1]

The soul and vibe of this song caught everyone off guard especially once everyone saw the woman who was singing it was a white woman from England lol. Another song that had a similar effect around the same time was "Don't Wanna Fall in Love" by Jane Child. Check that one out if u haven't already and I recommend the official music video.

[@themajicman745]

She did an awesome duet of this song with Barry White.

[@richardcogbill6791]

Just think if you didn't do this channel you might have never heard the original song and artist that the sample came from. Respect to the original artists.

[@FunkSwaggMusiK]

If you watch any other one of her live shows, the crowd is not hyped like the Black Apollo crowd...and she doesn't go all out like she does in Apollo...I bet if you ask her she would say Apollo is hands down the best crowd. She did one that same year at Billboard awards and they were silent and not even moving

[@leonardshevlin7260]

It's so interesting to hear six times that a reactor hasn't heard a song before.

[@nancybarker3198]

She did a collaboration on this same song with Barry White.

[@dotunn]

you have no idea how famous this song was, lol,. it's so weird hearing you struggle to know the song as it was so popular...this was my entire early 90s childhood, but of course you are younger so i get it. Just showing me how old i am and time has truly gone by hahahaha. Notice the Black audience, the song was really famous with black folks, even in Africa, it was a mega hit.

[@sandramiller6752]

🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯

[@marcat51158]

I LOVE this song 🎵 ❤

[@deepreddawg2510]

Don't be surprised when the studio version sounds the same, minus the audience.😀 At The Apollo, if you didn't sound good live you would get booed, even if you was already an established star. They don't play.😆😆

[@petemarshy1677]

Ha, that surprised you JJ.

[@brianclemmons2157]

I remember me and my crew found out she was white 🤣I was stationed in England about 6 months later and swore I would meet her lol

[@danielswood]

Love our Lisa! She's from North West England (where I'm from) and she grew up in a town called Rochdale where another very popular (and funny) singer, Gracie Fields, was born and raised. Lisa named a recording studio she set up in Rochdale, Gracielands and there's also maybe a nod to 'our Gracie' (as she was affectionately called by the British) in Lisa's hair style in your clip! - check out Gracie's at 4.35 in this tribute video, kzbin.info/www/bejne/aILUmpymfL-Fnq8

[@beatific2c]

Theaters have good acoustics.

[@rouguy1972]

❤

[@worldwidebirthdaycelebrations]

Always wondered why travel companies never used this in their add campaigns! Greatest travel song ever written!

[@lynnieiapichino1121]

☮️💙💙💙🔥

[@xhy20x]

She's alright, but I was pissed that she won the BRIT awards in 1989. Soul ll Soul had massive global success and won Grammys, but didn't get recognised at home by the British music establishment at The 1990 BRIT Awards. Caron Wheeler: "No disrespect to Lisa, but she was rolling off our sound."

[@monolithic87]

Totally understandable and foul that happened. Soul II Soul was dope and 'All Around The World' definitely had 'Keep On Movin'' vibes. Lisa must've been a bigger commercial success because that's one of only things I can see that blind them from giving Soul II Soul their props. Sometimes, all people get hooked on is record sales. Next in line is because Soul II Soul wasn't white. Probably a little of both.

[@BSashaRusso]

I think Puffy (P Diddy) used the hook him n Biggie

[@KenJames9911]

1:26 was sampled in one of Puffy's songs, can't remember which...

[@lanceflx63]

It’s not House music…it’s Soul Music. Lisa is part of the British Soul wave of the 80s…she’s a huge fan of Barry White. She actually does a duet with him on this song and remade his hit “Never Gonna Give You Up”. Again this isn’t House Music; which is just another extension of Soul/R&B music..,House Music is very distinct. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gn2yiIx3r9hsfas

[@damonfisher5984]

I'm suprised you came up with an obscure Aaliyah song that sampled this then the obvious Puffy Biggie and Mase song.

[@rodneyplayer5785]

This song was nice but I preferred the song "People Hold On".

[@smittybenzo4693]

Puff Biggie and Mase used this too. Biggie sang the hook.

[@claudiaariano7894]

Check out her version of this song with Barry White...great duo ❤

[@erablaktv]

If u like Apollo crowd reactions u should check out expose "let me be the one" live at the apollo.it was jamming like this one.

[@msdarknlovely846]

💃💃💃💃🕺🕺

[@grandgnd]

The beat is from Biz Markie - Pickin Boogerz