I was a young music critic for a regional newspaper in 1988 when this unknown female singer came to a tiny venue for a gig. She was with Island Records, which was interesting, but there had been problems with the album, rejected by the label, producer fired, looked bad. I went to see her anyway, in case there was a story and because that was my job. Wow. I remember clearly when she belted out this song. Her voice is HUGE; you have to see her live to get the full impact. We all just stood there exchanging glances and going, WTF? Doesn't happen often, but from Day One, there was never any doubt she was going to be a big deal. Deserved success.
@kathleenleachman362911 ай бұрын
I saw her in 1989 at the Town and Country Tavern in Kentish Town, London. To this day the best concert I have ever seen. Right there with her as the stage was so close to the audience.
@prosciutto9210 ай бұрын
I’m here again, watching this performance that still takes my breath away. I have to do a double take while I breathe in before my throat closes. She gets me ❤
@ef42rmf11 жыл бұрын
Just one voice, one guitar, a full venue, that's power!!!!!!! Love the Chords!!!!
@JamesSentinel11 жыл бұрын
Hearing it live and only with guitar is UNBELIEVABLE....Melissa has an amazin' voice...
@clintonjones58272 жыл бұрын
I love her voice and delivery. She is indeed the BOMB!
@indianasoul13 жыл бұрын
She rocks. Only performer worth spending money on to see live repeatedly. Like me, most of her fans have been to many of her concerts because she puts on an awesome show..Would have loved to have seen this one and the one from Germany in person. Would love to see her in a small venue. :) Thanks for sharing.
@TheNigelr13 жыл бұрын
I never realised nor appreciated just what a superb talent this lady has until I saw her MTV unplugged performances.......stunning!
@sukimalooki3012 жыл бұрын
She's an absolutely beautiful women inside and out. And this is coming from a straight woman. I like for people who stand up for what they believe in and who also who don't try to hide who they really are just to satisfy other people. Melissa Etheridge is one of those people who is not FAKE. God bless her! I just wish their were more musicians out there, more honest and humble like her.
@nicolechisholm29779 жыл бұрын
Best bloody version of this song!! Melissa totally rocks!!
@christinamatteson96496 жыл бұрын
Nicole Chisholm have you heard the 13 minute version? She rocks it like a Rock Goddess. It's bad ass. It's live too
@azcactusflower17 жыл бұрын
This was during the 90's...I attended several concerts back then. Melissa will rock your world LIVE!
@kathychapman17427 жыл бұрын
I AM BLOWED AWAY, SHE ROCKS THE HELL OUT OF THAT SONG.
@JarGirl6 жыл бұрын
What a voice! She is the greatest! A unique, raw, talent. I love her! The Rock Icon of the millennium!
@savashoustulakis39045 жыл бұрын
She was before the milleniun allready
@sandraherrmann38436 жыл бұрын
Mein absolutes Lieblingslied! Es begleitet mich seit vielen Jahren. Live der Wahnsinn!
@TheKeldogoc11 жыл бұрын
LOVE this video!..She doesn't miss a step of emotion even with guitar change!! Saved as one of my favorites!
@regionalnews44899 жыл бұрын
The best female rock voice !
@marekgogowski43845 жыл бұрын
Well...no. Still intoxicating. Let's not deny it.
@angelinasanane64787 ай бұрын
💯 facts
@jamfreefall9 жыл бұрын
Other than the awesome voice and guitar what I love is how she breaks a string at 4:03, gets the crowd clapping, swaps guitars and doesn't miss a beat. Now that is musicianship!
@angelabariteau7 жыл бұрын
Jeff Hallam agreed!! Am I the only one that could literally watch that a thousand times over?! lol
@rachelbaker32957 жыл бұрын
Its early Saturday morning listening to her wakes me up on ' a good note!:-)
@leeloo837 жыл бұрын
Jeff Hallam: yup, nothing could throw her off when she's in "the zone".. it's a testament to what a talented and confident performer she is.
@bvespertine6 жыл бұрын
Especially because the crowd begins to clap faster but she goes right back into the correct tempo.
@gilroylibbs29474 жыл бұрын
Handled it like a total pro...
@StGeoRUSH6197 жыл бұрын
I remember when this song came out... Gotta love how she stayed focused when her string broke, and used the audience to keep the beat; so pro... this woman has such raw power. Love her
@AO3ALPHA3 жыл бұрын
i was 15
@clintonidol82797 жыл бұрын
She is absolutely amazing and always has been and will always be!!!
@saidstrumpet13 жыл бұрын
This is probably one of my top ten favorite musical performances of anything ever. I am SO happy to have found it again. Thank you uploader!!!
@kathychapman17427 жыл бұрын
DOES SHE STIMULATE, ATTRACT, AND CAPTIVATE YOU. .BAD ASS ONE OF HER BEST. WORE HER 1ST ALBUM OUT.
@aro69589 ай бұрын
Always insanely beautiful
@siggiiie67699 жыл бұрын
what a woman with a voiceand this song Melissa EtheridgeI like the way that you sing this song +++1 Fantastic!!!!!!!!
@renekackline23775 жыл бұрын
I could listen to this song over and over! AWESOME!
@rbkpetroleo10 жыл бұрын
Music´s magic ... the complicity of a great voice and a guitar!
@oliviagiles14 жыл бұрын
love this...my man cheated on me when this song came out...it spoke to my pain and after all that everytime I hear this song I feel so strong...got through it! Yeah....went on to much...much better things!!!!!
@Xoletta11 жыл бұрын
An electrifying performance! I cannot watch it without singing the words and feeling all charged up!!! (Some of the best lyrics ever written, too, by the way!)
@Danixx4913 жыл бұрын
This performance is just incredible!!
@myshovel198010 жыл бұрын
seen Melissa at canberra ,was up the front ,had the best time ,shes awesome one of the best entertainers i had the pleasure of seeing live .
@244nat11 жыл бұрын
WOw this is the BOMB She is the BOMB
@johnchipman6316 жыл бұрын
Best thing I watched today...saw Tiger showing Tiger, saw Stanton blast another HR, but this tops everything...I saw Melissa live in 1986 and have never seen since anyone like her (props of course to the likes of Pink, Kelly Clarkson and I am SURE I am forgetting many) but Ms Melissa, you are Janis 2.0 and God Bless you on all trials and tribulations~ Thanks Pina for the post!
@denisemariebensusan61217 жыл бұрын
This is one of the VERY FAVORITE Missy videos ever. She just kicks ass! This is a fucking talented person...........YEAH!
@lcourt1 Жыл бұрын
Love love love this !!! 🥰💕🔥 performance is off the charts , so seductive . Your voice is amazing, fantastic artist. I've lost track of how many times I've watched this specific video, never lost a beat when the string broke. 🥰
@cwbyfandj6 ай бұрын
I was at this show in St. Louis. Up to the minute she took the stage, everything about the night had been bad. And then she took the stage and it was amazing! Saw her again last night (4/5/24) in Thousand Oaks, CA and it was amazing again!
@iseearainbowrising24234 жыл бұрын
Great song, amazing voice and very good performance!!!
@stefandammberg25463 жыл бұрын
Die Hymne der 80er, Danke Melissa!
@cyanure714 жыл бұрын
she is absolutely amazing... a true performer.
@lucys.84672 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs!!! ❤️😊
@MotaMoon42012 жыл бұрын
She is just FREEKIN' AMMAAZZZING!!!
@PM-nw7vq4 жыл бұрын
Loved the radio-version of this song, but after knowing this version it feels just like a teasing from now on
@angelinasanane64787 ай бұрын
This is music ! An outstanding performance from an outstanding artist ❤❤
@Mühli148 жыл бұрын
Great Song, Great Voice... love it
@rmcaudio7041 Жыл бұрын
Incredibly powerful. Stiil, after all these years. Excellent performance and guitarplaying.
@Smurfberlin13 жыл бұрын
Diese Stimme und der Backround...Hammer! ich wünschte solch Stimme zu haben...
@rachelbaker32957 жыл бұрын
I love this track....great live performance . ;-)
@chinarain60311 жыл бұрын
Melissa ROCKS!
@claudiaschumacher29463 жыл бұрын
Beste Rockröhre ever, thankU, Melissa! May your voice live forever!
@nobodyathomeforyou10 жыл бұрын
...one of my favorit songs from my lifetime
@TheSHIZZLE787 жыл бұрын
2017 and im only discovering this song . best thing about you tube .
@victorial903610 ай бұрын
What a performer! Voice, music and stage 🔥 I live in a country where only zeros get to perform on TV.. France 🤷
@SteveSeidel9113 жыл бұрын
Diese Frau ist der Hammer...!!! Die Stimme...unverwechselbar...!!! Geiler Song
@markange7 жыл бұрын
Melissa is AWESOME. None better.
@kimclayton28609 жыл бұрын
I do appreciate any artist that takes just their guitar and voice and makes the song theirs. Great job...not my fav of Ms. Etheridge but well done song.
@michellelange767 жыл бұрын
Kim Clayton I love it!!!!!
@citrine6511 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest rock performers ever! Male or female.
@tammypeele61836 жыл бұрын
Been to see this Beautiful Baby, and OMG what a concert. What a talented thing!!! um... um... feel me?
@MrPete19667 жыл бұрын
LOVE Melissa! Worked for her Australian record company for a while - around the time her self-titled album came out (featuring this song) - and it was one HELL of an awesome ride!
@ProNorden10 жыл бұрын
1 voice + 1 guitar. Wow. Such a moving singer, and the best right hand in guitar playing.
@daphnelewan80869 жыл бұрын
... I love this song!
@terriwronker54444 жыл бұрын
Sweet Melissa always Rocks Hard and oh so well!
@marjobosch52537 жыл бұрын
Lekker ruig, de tekst is super, ze heeft een zeer mooie uitstraling. En de wijze waarop ze deze song brengt is door niemand te evenaren. Liefs marjo.
@Bl4ck0ut1313 жыл бұрын
some need a big band or even an orchestra ... melissa just needs her guitar to rock a whole concert hall! :D
@thewiz8014 жыл бұрын
i have just realized that is only her voice and the guitar... she totally owns the song.
@cat-helen12 жыл бұрын
She could ROCK me! And I am a straight woman. I have been madly in love with her since the late 80's.
@nessajax13 жыл бұрын
i thought without bass the song would be boring, but omfg shes amazing
@TomTheophilopoulos-ef9ze4 ай бұрын
She’s was such a powerful fucken talent!!! Missing her.
@angelabariteau8 жыл бұрын
It's so funny! In this performance, and the one I saw her live in at the Z, I was right up leaning on the stage and she broke a guitar string at the same part in the same song and the fans clapped her through just like they did here and she didn't miss a beat. AMAZING!
@monikasamkova62794 жыл бұрын
Milujem jej hlas...❤️😍👊👊👊👌
@ejkaczmarek2363 Жыл бұрын
I'm almost 33 yrs old and grew up on Melissas music damn that woman can sing her voice has that sexy ass growl thing omg lol
@renekackline23775 жыл бұрын
Man, she is working that stage!
@nadinomusic3 жыл бұрын
Ohhh it breaks my heart to see this live concert in 2021😭 miss it soo much! This Song is still one of my favourites *of all time* !!🎸❤ Melissa's voice and attitude is soo perfect for the song💪🏻 Last week a little dream came true and i got the possibility to make my own little cover of it, maybe someone likes to check it out😊 it was my biggest Challenge so far! Greetings from germany☺
@eundahl201111 жыл бұрын
I only wish I could sing like her... Raw power... I love it!
@frankarmand33788 жыл бұрын
Amazing performance!!!
@karrieann36575 жыл бұрын
Wild Performance! !!💖💖💖💖💖
@danaglenn78794 жыл бұрын
'Lissa thank you for all you've done for us, sistahs, over the decades!
@mandiitje13 жыл бұрын
aaaaaah goosebumbs!!
@mrjoopify8 ай бұрын
Powerwomannn💪🙏🙏🙏
@MissMelissaJean14 жыл бұрын
I love her music, Even when I was a little girl.she truly has talent! You go Melissa!!
@OLDLELE6715 жыл бұрын
This is the best performance I have seen from her!!
@13punk8314 жыл бұрын
one of the best stoff i´ve ever heard!!!!! emazing!!!!
@dperassi13 жыл бұрын
The only woman who makes me love music more than love itself ... and she obviously
@LadyPhoenixia12 жыл бұрын
love her voice
@kurtstephan627710 жыл бұрын
Simply great, this solo performance. I've stepped by at this video when searching for one the song versions with band as an humble amateuer bass player for an (otherwise globally not very important) upcoming local live music event in Berlin, Germany.
@1981bloempje13 жыл бұрын
This is a great song !
@StacyLHatfield12 жыл бұрын
That just rocked!!!
@snoopyw28112 жыл бұрын
wow und das immer noch nach all den Jahren hammer song
@dangrub70Ай бұрын
I think it was 1988 and I was driving to Toronto on the 401 & heard this magic,I knew she was gay & did not give a shit! I adore her & have seen Melissa 2 times & is in the top 4 of all time for me!
@aggeloslampadaris3791 Жыл бұрын
Απλά number 1perfect
@jazminnew774610 жыл бұрын
Awsome song absolutely breath taking ;)
@sarahrigsby87317 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad that I'm not the only person that is obsessed with another
@alvessteph212 жыл бұрын
awesomely amazing!! phenomenal
@roxannehumphrrys25328 жыл бұрын
O... I don"t know "bout that Missy girl ! I have always loved you thats for sure !!
@Lucky-jf2ox9 жыл бұрын
Die kanns halt!! Hammer Auftritt !!!
@stefaniejost15458 жыл бұрын
jep :)
@hollynorton41126 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal. The best performer I've ever seen in concert, and that includes Heart, Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, Chrissie Hynde, Blondie, and U2. I catch her every time she comes to Ohio.
@myelfenohr13 жыл бұрын
Das Hammerlied zum Abtanzen von Herzschmerz und Liebeskummer!!
@attilalako80905 жыл бұрын
Thats what I call pure talent !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!