Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald- On My Own live (1986)

[@davidmatthews5070]

My friend and I road tripped to LA from Ohio in 1986. We decided to go to the Tonight show and were blessed to see this performance

[@chedylady3752]

They recorded the song separately and they filmed the music video separately. This was their first time performing the song together.

[@jml-rj5re]

Despite the crappy audio quality of an old VHS tape, the emotion, feel, and masterful performance shine through.

[@neiltaylor1524]

No wy mate, that's live...and more soul than you'll ever know

[@7Limousine]

Written by the late great BURT BACHARACH and his then wife CAROLE BAYER SAGER. Amazing song this is!

[@haveagreatday2823]

I've never seen Patti sing while sitting!! My favorite duet of all time...these two are SO incredible!!

[@idondon]

you're in for a treat she performed an entire song on her back. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIuvi5iVqJ2irqM

[@alexanderpytko5394]

Patti and Michael do make a great team!

[@ccceeejay]

I HOPE you’ve seen the clips of her singing while laying down

[@branon6565]

Wow, her ability to flex her pipes and crescendo in an instant was and is incredible, and Mr. Blue Eyed Soul had and has one of the smoothest, most soulful voices ever recorded....they're both extraordinary....

[@gloriaking9131]

Yes l love his voice❤

[@smurf902]

The more I have heard music and studied over the past 47 years, the more I am AMAZED at Patti's abilities. She was phenomenal

[@Boinky1967]

Damn his voice is so great he made her look like she was on GHB rofl

[@MM-cy1tc]

In her prime, she was, and is, one of the GREATEST SINGERS OF ALL TIME! PATTI LABELLE THERE WILL BE NO OTHER.

[@gerekbraden2983]

I agree! I'm glad you enjoyed this!

[@willmartinez5496]

Definitely one of the greatest and my Favorite.

[@reggaefan2700]

Yep. Patti Labelle.

[@SDSFG45]

one of the better duets, produced in the last 40 yrs or so...I mean, how the Hell can you go wrong with these two singing these lyrics. Both legends..

[@comeagyn]

She said this was their first time meeting...I mean they really know how to sell it

[@cici8850]

Ooooop !!! That little kiss at the end was everything. 😍❤ True adoration for each other. 😁

[@reggaefan2700]

I preferred Patti holding that extended note right before it.

[@tonyhughes110]

The two of them in their vocal primes, my goodness. One of the best duets you will ever hear.

[@smurf902]

Song is so nostalgic for those of us who were around when it premiered on the radio waves.

[@sandrafrazier7006]

i never get tired of listening to this song by these two marvelous singers

[@MistaAmazin]

I've NEVER heard this song so DOPE! The Bass Guitar does it for me! 💯🎸🙌🏾

[@vitodelorto1796]

Patti is so fucking bad ass. I have cried watching her perfom thos with Michael😂

[@EDH1712]

They have so much chemistry as duet singers. By the end I wanted them reconciled and married.

[@gerekbraden2983]

Awww thats sweet!! They're amazing together, so much chemistry

[@gloriaking9131]

I love that song, especially Michael.. were they ever a couple?

[@aj25055]

@@gloriaking9131 no

[@comeagyn]

This performance was their first time meeting...so dope

[@cindipossidento5688]

My lord have mercy !!!!!!! Wow 2 powerhouses going toe to toe !!!!!! PHENOMENAL !!!!! Love u both !!! 😘😘💥

[@jml-rj5re]

That was something, wasn't it? Fantastic find!

[@justgidz]

3:42 will always be my favourite 🥹❤️

[@1990christmas]

You guys even rocked it live in 2001.

[@JeremyThompson1978]

I've been looking for this after happening across it a few years ago. For some reason, it wouldn't pop up until now. I kept having dreams about that bass guitar. That bass "bottom" feels so good to my ears and heart. Of course, Ms. Patti and Mr. McDonald did the damn thang too!

[@gerekbraden2983]

I'm glad you were able to finally find this performance! Everything about it is amazing!

[@nickybreed8268]

Love this song. Michael is so gorgeous 😍

[@MontrealNorth]

Please jesus if only i could go back just Once just only once. Lord have mercy. I was only a kid. In 1985. So many beautiful people.We have lost so many people that we love so so Much. When this record was released it was completely and utterly The epitome of everything In these eighties years we had the best t t v the best Clothes i've ever seen in my life time I will love that spliced video for the rest of my life Patti❤ labelle and michael mcdonald when It was recorded.She was in one place and he was in another. To make it this brilliant❤ I never wanted a lot of money to be rich. I can pretty much sing every note. Of a lot of songs with that talent But if you become famous, you can never go back to being you. The day before you became famous. And everybody knows this is true. Being able to sing and perform like this is a miracle. And a special blessing When all you had in the 80s were tvs and radios. And stereos, you could teach yourself, so follow along and learn how to sing these beautiful songs and if you had a gift you were in there. But being famous is not what I want. But I think I love every group and every performer from the 1970s and 80s.Everybody there's not one I don't think I don't like It's a whole lot of love. But I have love patty labelle so long and michael mcdonald Hallelujah's❤

[@MarkMclennon]

love this song

[@markdezii]

WOW WOW. Unreal. Pure magic!!

[@gerekbraden2983]

Its really a wonderful and rare performance!

[@cilla-themusiclover]

Thank you for uploading this performance with Patti and Michael . I remember this Patti LaBelle special. DYNAMIC!!!! Perfection from both artists.

[@gerekbraden2983]

It really is a wonderful performance! So glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@debbysanden7249]

The kiss ❤

[@thedessertarchitect8680]

This is spine tinglingly beautiful!!!!

[@kctaylorsings]

I can't believe this is their first time performing this song together live and singing it in the sane room, wow. Microphones on! 🔥🔥🔥

[@ThatGuyyZeus]

2:50... that RUN

[@frenifan9061]

Wow. Adore Patti but just got chills when Michael sang too. Fab backing singers. Thank-you for uploading this! ❤

[@gerekbraden2983]

He does sound amazing. Everything about this performance is top notch! I'm so glad glad you enjoyed it!

[@tonyhughes110]

They are equals, in terms of vocal talent. That said, not every duet where you match two extraordinary talents sounds as good as this one. This one is just pure magic.

[@vitodelorto1796]

Both absolutely epic.

[@dianekoopmann171]

Wow. that was awesome.

[@dabeage]

Consummate performers. Simply amazing. Great song, great match, great performance. Wish I had been there.

[@nadiamadeira7465]

Que cantores maravilhosos.

[@brendatherrell4576]

Great singer and cook! Love Patti

[@livinginthedmv1500]

Soooo good 😊

[@jojojr1679]

This!!!! Patti & Michael!!!!! Love it

[@daiamichaels5238]

Excellent.

[@luciusjohnson384]

Sing!

[@MM-cy1tc]

THAT WAS AMAZING!

[@livinginthedmv1500]

So 😮. Good 👍🏾

[@joannburkhartt8399]

Amazing!

[@steview4654]

Beautiful

[@Longrunthefox]

Top Class...

[@raimundaoliveira5098]

Que sortuda! Ainda ganhou um selinho dele!❤

[@xaviermonje4976]

Super 👍🏽😎

[@RBS_]

...I wonder if this is the 1986 "Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" performance, when they actually MET for the first time, to sing the Song....Patti & Michael's voices were 'spliced' on the original track, but, when the tune hit #1, June, 1986, they met IN PERSON for the 1st time to sing the tune! ...it looks like his set.....

[@gerekbraden2983]

I really think that you are correct! It was they're first meeting and they did phenomenal!

[@CuirPhotodotNet]

@@gerekbraden2983 ....i think this it....wonderful......

[@philmarquez8707]

Wow i didnt know this song was that old. Guess im on my own

[@leosmith27]

Timeless! Thank you!

[@gerekbraden2983]

You're welcome!!

[@goteburgigram]

They both didn’t want to break up. I just lost my lover. She felt the same but it’s over. Going to see her today first time in months. She’s Canadian (BC) I’m in Seattle. Covid border closure did us in. I’m bitter forever. We have new partners.

[@osvaldoboscobentesnogueira9687]

Música linda , fica mais bonita com essa dupla, se sensacional !

[@franciscorodriguesmoreira2769]

No yes

[@parul7466]

They don't make duets like this anymore.

[@mariosiaven2965]

To me this duet can only be compared with Dionne Warwick and Jeffrey Osborne with the song Love Power another masterpiece of the period

[@oohyllab]

Great!! It would've been also nice to have shown the interview after w/ em w/ Johnny.

[@phantpwr]

thanks for sharing this!! Legends!

[@gerekbraden2983]

You're very welcome!!! Yesss they are!!!

[@jonnylawrence3818]

This is a great performance. There is another live performance from the Apollo in 1986 I think, that is probably even better in my opinion. KZbin erased it and I can't find it anywhere

[@gerekbraden2983]

I didn't know that! KZbin is good at erasing wonderful vids.

[@jonnylawrence3818]

@@gerekbraden2983 Yeah I really liked that video.. It was recorded from someone's vcr, and it was great because it had them both on stage plus the background singers and the crowd was right there and really into it. Hopefully it pops up again someday

[@zaneturner4478]

Just watched it on KZbin before watching this version.

[@jamalford6995]

Me too

[@apseudonym]

omfg please link it

[@Pablo-z3u1i]

La mejor canción del genio Burt Bacharach, una melodía maravillosa

[@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole]

In credibly she's doing the Eartha Kitt on this one! I'm beside myself! Patti must have just been channeling that day. Even more ironic is that she looks like Jessye Norman. It's full-circle.

[@SteveEcksteinDouglasDrive]

PERHAPS ANOTHER " GREATEST COMBO(LEAD & BACKING ALTERNATING) IS MS. LABELLE WITH LATE LAURA NYRO (GIVE " THE BELLS", & OTHERS (" UP ON THE ROOF", OOH BABY" A LISTEN. GUARANTEE U WILL BE BLOWN AWAY BY MS. NYRO, MS. LABELLE & THE BLUE BELLES.

[@aminsmith9657]

That guitar getting down

[@mrjones23503]

The sweating flicking with the nails just gives me life🏳️‍🌈

[@コントラメディダ]

someone can remaster this?

[@RBS_]

.....The ORIGINAL footage (owned by Johnny Carson's estate) was damaged in an arson fire; they lost a GREAT deal of the filmed footage of "The Johnny Carson Show" during this period (80's), so THIS will possibly be the ONLY footage ever seen.....

[@EastendofLondon2]

These two should’ve got together after this song seeing how well they connected

[@paulesposito5856]

Listen to real music young bloods

[@glennaulestia]

So she really used to sing the full lyrics of the song!

[@gerekbraden2983]

YESS they did!!!

[@TheEduventura25]

🗣️ Aquele famoso ditado: "Quem sabe faz ao vivo"! Muito melhor que playback 😁.

[@youtubefan754]

M.M. looks good here.

[@youtubefan754]

Look at Patti, sideling up to Michael. She knows he looks cute here.

[@shawnturner2787]

what happened to great music?

[@gerekbraden2983]

I ask myself that every day!

[@trevonmartin4523]

Sometimes I wish Patti would just sing the damn song! All that extra is unnecessary.

[@gerekbraden2983]

Patti is always extra . They're lucky she didn't flip the piano over and sing on top of it 😂

[@Creoprincess1]

She sang it just like the recorded version 😅

[@cici8850]

Nope, give me all the extra stuff Patti, please. Legendary Status from beginning til now. Their voices are moving mountains for us. ❤

[@smurf902]

She didn't do anything that extraneous here that she didn't do on the record itself. Just a little different nuances here and there.

[@Faltor895]

Yes, she distracted from the song.

[@JC-ml9yt]

She let him sing a bit this time. 🙄

[@hinderless5811]

Very more controlled. I wish Labelle always sang like this. Less yelling and more beauty.

[@popland1977]

Definitely one of her better duets

[@patgorden5002]

TAKE HER AS SHE IS, DON'T MAKE HER OVER! YOU AND DEAD ARETHA!

[@hinderless5811]

@@patgorden5002 Refer to Aretha as “Dead Aretha” to Patti and watch what she does to you. Patti would despise you 🤣

[@patgorden5002]

@@hinderless5811 Just like Aretha does not know you! 😂🤣😂

[@hinderless5811]

@@patgorden5002 Patti would never support the way you’ve disrespected Aretha. It’s almost sick. Borderline mentally ill. Patti would not claim you as one of her fans.