soul power! LABELLE - TIME IS LIFE (1970 Live Reaction)

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[@rashidabdul-salaam9090]

When you hear “You Turn Me On” you will be blown away again. It may even be from the same album.

[@GStrongRAW]

Many of those Black soul singers approach to singing is rooted in gospel. Ray Charles, the originator of soul music, is the one that merged r&b with gospel, to form soul music. Many of the early soul hits, were gospel melodies that switched the lyrics around to fit secular sounds. The intensity, grit, power, spiritual feel is how we praise on Sundays.

[@timmoytsinclair395]

I think Patti sang this so good that people are so mesmerized by her voice and miss the amazing lyrics! Time is an ever changing thing A cycle, that knows no end Oh many times, many times, oh Lord Time’s an enemy But sometimes, time is a friend Oh oh Time, brought you, brought you yes, to me Now time is taking you away In time I hope, I hope it won't hurt as much As much as it's hurting me today But I remember Those walks in rain, oooh yeah Those picnics in the park Those lazy Sunday days (Don't take my love life, don't take my love life) Not even time can take these memories from me I guess it would be better if it would But time will let me, go own loving you And I'm content that, yes I am, that it should Sometimes time oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh Sometimes, oh Lord, time, yes Time brought you to me yes Aaaaah Now Time is taking you away Sometimes time's an enemy, Sometimes it's a friend, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahow Time, from you, from you, yeah, to me, ooh yeah Time is taking you away...

[@thecounselingcouch68]

Patti's tribute to Aretha Franklin 1993 "Ain't No Way". Absolutely phenomenal.

[@JinnMay]

Lmao u reminded me if when Aretha paid Patti dust and didn’t greet her during that honor they made for her. 😂

[@mmmmshux]

Labelle consisted of Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx, and Sarah Dash. They began recording as The Blue Belles (later Patti LaBelle and the Blue Belles) in the early 1960s with a fourth member, Cindy Birdsong. Cindy jumped ship in 1967 to join a more popular girl group, The Supremes, who would soon be renamed Diana Ross & The Supremes. Patti, Nona and Sarah carried on as a trio. By the early '70s the trio had rechristened themselves "Labelle". Along with a new name came a radical change of image (eventually becoming known for wearing wild space suits, feathers, and studded costumes) and musical style (rock n' roll meets soul). Labelle disbanded in 1976. Patti, Nona and Sarah all went on to have successful solo careers. Labelle reunited in 2005 and released a final studio album in 2008. Sarah Dash passed away in 2021 at the age of 76. "Moonshadow", "Miss Otis Regrets", and "Goin' On A Holiday" are a few of my favorite Labelle recordings.

[@mikeygee16]

You absolutely must react to Patti’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” particularly the live version from the MLK tribute. Also “You’ll Never Walk Alone” live from the Apollo Theater. Also Mariah’s tribute to Patti. (She is her chosen Godmother) 😊

[@mikeygee16]

@@got2bjosh Gotcha, I didn’t remember if he reacted to it already.

[@bridgethegapreactions]

Oh I'll try Patti's one! As I said in the reaction to Mariahs one, if she had had 6 minutes to do it in, it might have made more sense to me, but i think it was only two and a half minutes long - it just felt rushed and like she hadn't really built to what she was doing. I'm not sure if I either don't like Mariah's one or didn't understand it. Could be either!

[@beingmoi]

@@bridgethegapreactionsYou MUST react to Patti’s “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” performance at the MLK memorial. Her vocal talents and emotive prowess are simply second to none.

[@bridgethegapreactions]

Links get deleted automatically, unfortunately. If you post the title if it's on youtube, I can search it that way maybe?

[@hinderless5811]

@@bridgethegapreactionsYes, I think I Requested Patti’s Martin Luther King tribute of Somewhere Over The Rainbow sometime back. It’s a must I think.

[@artgroupie]

Yayyy Patti. My top 5 vocalist of all time

[@bridgethegapreactions]

She's pretty good!!

[@CuirPhotodotNet]

@@bridgethegapreactions ....are you SURE....you want to enter.....the LABELLE DIMENSION....SHE....is ...another DIMENSION OF SOUL....a state of MIND....you may NEVER LEAVE....LABELLE...is AFRICAN TRIBAL RITUAL....i have seen her 5 times...OTHERWORLDLY VOCALS....UNINHIBITED STAGECRAFT....and THE COSTUMES and CLOTHES....the ENERGY....and she and they are GAY ICONS...and BLACK ICONS....the two CULTURES....EXIST in the SAME VENUE...and SHE....and SARAH ....AND NONA...would FEED off of the ENERGY...and SERVE IT EVEN HARDER....the GAYS....would go BERSERK....and the BLACK PEOPLE would be AMAZED....and PATTI....would just give herself OVER and PROJECT EVEN MORE......it's just....OVERNESS INCARNATE....

[@jonquinnorr5946]

Patti labelle is my favorite singer I’m glad you’re enjoying her and labelle’s music.

[@davidbarnes1113]

Omg. You don’t see many reactions to LaBelle on KZbin! Thank you. Please you must give a listen to their song “Phoenix “.

[@bridgethegapreactions]

My mariah fans have been telling me to do Patti for ages! She didn't disappoint!

[@stormewebber835]

& their cover of "Wild Horses". All their performances on "Soul", streaming free.

[@senitralane9187]

Patti's a great singer she has tons of good music to listen to my favorite is Somebody loves you baby ... you should definitely check that out

[@bridgethegapreactions]

Excellent, thanks!

[@kitheartist]

​@@bridgethegapreactions yes please do "Somebody Loves You Baby"

[@tlobrown5381]

The legendary Ms Patti LaBelle. Her vocals are second to none. Must see more Patti!!

[@thecodetalker5742]

I just went to her concert... She sounds the same, even at 79 years old

[@WW-tg5pu]

Patti & the Bluebelles used to sing at the Apollog with James Brown. They used to go on before James and when Patti used to go church on a song....and whip the crowd into a frenzy....James would have the curtain brought down to remove them off the stage as he was the star! lol!

[@patgorden5002]

You are telling the actual 100% truth

[@dwainwilder7337]

Patti Labelle had three stages of her singing career. The first was with Patti Labelle and the blue bells, throughout the 60s. The next was with Labelle in the throughout the 70s (with the same two back up singers from The first group, they just changed the name of the group). So they have been together for a long time before this recording. Nona Hendrix and Sarah Dash were her back up singer that both had solo careers in the 80s. The third and current part of Patti’s career is her solo career, which has been fantastic!

[@rebel5813]

Patti's Live aid performances of Forever Young and Somewhere over the rainbow. Incredible performances

[@MrDLOC11]

I saw Patti in concert in March of this year -- Best concert of 2023!!❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[@MikeB39648]

All I will say is Ms Labelle career only goes up from here. More Patti ❤❤ her catalog is massive. Just a few are If You Ask Me To, Own My Own, New Attitude, Somebody Loves You Baby, Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Her Apollo performances are legendary as well.

[@dwainwilder7337]

I am a new subscriber. This is my first time experiencing your reactions. Another song you may enjoy by Labelle is; “Isn’t It A Shame”. A great song with a great story. I hope you enjoy it, if you hadn’t done it already.

[@brendalenawilliams87]

Isn't it a shame LaBelle the same group. You won't be disapointed

[@norenore9944]

One of the best voices of ALL time!! She’s a country singer ..fun fact

[@richerprior5961]

No she not

[@limonesycafe8898]

Wonderful review! Labelle was a fantastic group with a wonderful catalog. My favorite song from them is "Phoenix (The Amazing Flight of a Lone Star)." It was written by member, Nona Hendryx, and magnificently captures the group's essence. If you ever get a chance, give it a listen. I promise you will not be disappointed.

[@lambchop3805]

Thank you for reacting to my request. I’m so happy you loved it. Patti has an immaculate vocal technique. She’s so confident in her technique that she can completely let loose an embody the song. Every time she performs she gives it her all. Never the same twice. I’m completely obsessed with her. Especially her performances from the 70s and 80s. Completely mind blowing. Concerning the Aretha comparison, she says that Aretha is her idol.

[@briandubois-gilbert8182]

Patti LaBelle in the 70s led a trio called Labelle. They collaborated with the late, great Laura Nyro (died 1997 age 49) as back up singers in Nyro’s all-covers album-Gonna Take A Miracle-of soul and R&B standards. NYC born Nyro had a short, spectacular career during which she wrote hit songs like: Stoned Soul Picnic, Stoney End, Save the Country, And When I Die, Wedding Bell Blues, He’s A Runner, others that were recorded by artists like The 5th Dimension, Barbara Streisand, Blood/Sweat & Tears, Peter/Paul & Mary, others. She could have made more money and fame but she shunned celebrity culture/lifestyle, turning down many invitations for guest tv appearances. She influenced many artists who idolized her including Elton John. She has a haunting, soulful style of singing. From that Gonna Take A Miracle album were some outstanding hits with Labelle like the album title, The Bells, Walk On By, Jimmy Mack, O-o-h Child, Up On The Roof, other hits. You can view on KZbin her only live TV appearance at the Kraft Music Hall-January 15, 1969 where she sang two of her original hits. Nyro was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Check it out, specially Laura Nyro’s music and artistry.

[@bridgethegapreactions]

Ah man, I love Laura Nyro! I know I've heard a bit of that album but didn't know it was Labelle on there too

[@briandubois-gilbert8182]

@@bridgethegapreactions she has a shy, reclusive persona and was best known as a songwriter than a performer. As a performer, her cover of Up On The Roof was the only one that made it to the Billboard top 100 hits. Her original songs recorded by other artists were wildly popular and made it to the charts. She has a small devoted fan base of soul, R&B purists. In a way, her artistic persona as a performer is like Bob Dylan’s…gotta either love or hate it but there’s the realization that you’re listening to an artist who is a creative, songwriting genius.

[@bridgethegapreactions]

Absolutely. I went through a big Laura Nyro phase in my late 20s - I was obsessed with the album 'Eli and the Thirteenth Confession' and heard a few other albums by her too. I prefer her originals to any of the more famous covers, but she did have a talent for writing such solid songs that anyone could do them

[@terrancemoore496]

Yeah Patti/ Labelle has alot of recognizable songs. She is up there with Whitney, Mariah, and Aretha. I never heard this song from Labelle either. It's beautiful. I recommend you check out another song from Labelle called isn't it a shame. The vocal on that is tight too.

[@DonDon-fo8gr]

Just went to church ⛪️ with that one. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾✝️

[@dm3889]

Oh yes you will really like Patti labelle. She’s a legend. Her and Aretha I would say had a umm… tense relationship lol. Patti has a bunch of incredible performances but I think you would like her performance at live aid forever young for the aids concert in the 80s.

[@nesq4104]

I would never say Patti and Aretha had a tense relationship. If anything the public creates their own narrative as if the relationship was tense and pit their voices against each other as the top female vocal performer. Aretha did ask Patti to perform at her funeral however Patti already had a contractual commitment she couldn't break.

[@peteh4122]

Great reaction Johnny and you are so darn handsome too

[@bridgethegapreactions]

Thanks and thanks!

[@peteh4122]

Anytime gorgeous 🤩

[@mish4830]

This is great! Soul Power indeed....the belts. Please react to If You Asked Me To. Celine Dion did a cover for this song in the 90s as well. Such a good one. And Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Patti tends to be a bit extra sometimes, but its part of her charming performance.

[@lecuyerdooley1084]

"Lady Marmalade" is Labelle's most well known song, but "Lady M's" 1974 Nightbirds album was their fourth as a group, and they had plenty of unrecognized gems on the first three. This song, "Time," is from their 1971 self-titled debut and it is one of a handful of songs written or co-written by group members, in this case Patti and her husband, Armstead Edwards (they are also co-writers of one of Patti's signature solo songs, "You Are My Friend" from her debut self-titled 1977 album). One thing to know about Patti: ballads are her absolute favorite. From their Bluebelles days through the Labelle period, she found her greatest inspiration and vocal interest in the ballads, but it began to separate her from the other members, especially Nona Hendryx, who was more musically adventurous and less interested in soulful ballads or soulful interpretations of standards like "You'll Never Walk Alone." As their primary songwriter, Nona explored a variety of musical and lyrical content through her Labelle compositions, from socio-political numbers like "Sunday's News" and "(Can I Speak to You Before You Go to) Hollywood" to sexually adventurous cuts like "Touch Me All Over" and "Going Down Makes Me Shiver." Patti went along with the program but she was never as comfortable singing these songs as she was a ballad like "Time." By the way, Labelle was "born" in your neck of the woods. After years of languishing at the bottom of the heap on the chitlin circuit in the 1960s, Patti and company remembered Vicki Wickham, who was producer for Ready, Steady, Go that had befriended them when they performed on the show as the Bluebelles. They contacted her and asked her to manage them. She's the one that brought them over to the UK and totally reinvented their name, their image, and their sound.

[@Carolereacts]

A Change Gonna Come (Sam Cooke song)by Patti LaBelle

[@chancebrown106]

9:45 a comparison to James Brown is completely warranted! James Brown was dubbed the Godfather of Soul and Patti (albeit lesser known) is known as the Godmother of Soul.

[@strangerthings88]

❤❤❤❤

[@rashidabdul-salaam9090]

You have to do “You Turn Me On”

[@nesq4104]

The two ladies are not backup vocalist and it wasnt all about Patti. It was all about LABELLE and they are Nona Hendryx, Sarah Dash and Patti LaBelle!.

[@zacharymbradleyjr]

Patti has been one of my favorites since the early 90's when I was in my early teens and there is one performance that just touches my soul and it's an award performance from 1995. The title of the soung is "Forever Young." It's a reminder to always remain young at heart no matter how old I am or what is going on in my life. Perhaps you will like it and even do a reaction video. Loving your videos! You seem to be enjoying yourself and that's what keeps me coming back for more. You seem appreciative of the music and that is such an awesome quality to have. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHO8nnSMaMZ3jtksi=e0NIySAWRnqi4hka

[@codywalsh2075]

Chaka Khan has some amazing songs as well you should check out

[@dvus1977]

🥂👏👏👏👏

[@sanyrub]

Mariah knew, her mentors among others: Patti, Aretha, Steve Wonder... and many more because Mariah is many things of course. But these 3... I think I have heard her praising the most throughout the years. With Patti although unbelievable it is clear her sound is not for everybody. The only thing she lacks is that crossover appeal. It happens a little bit with Spanish songtress Monica Naranjo too. Their voices don´t have that universal beauty despite all the impacting things and talents they have.

[@AndreOliveira-im3pm]

Michael Jackson - Behind the Mask (Official Video) react ❤

[@codywalsh2075]

I don't know how you feel about country music? What about Dolly Parton? I don't think alot of people actually realise what a good vocalist she is along with being a songwriter. I grew up on Rock and country 😂

[@markdrinkwater1508]

A unique style and big piercing noise but never a beautiful sound.

[@sxm76]

Thats your opinion. Not factual. All singing is not meant to be pretty.

[@markdrinkwater1508]

@@sxm76 well that's a good job because some voices like Patti's are far from beautiful in sound and have an ugly tone. She was never an Aretha or Whitney - but she is very musical and rhythmic in her animated delivery.

[@patgorden5002]

​@@markdrinkwater1508where there's good evil is always present, you keep proving me right! Bring up Aretha again that tells me all I need to know about you you are so jealous of Patti you know deep down in your ignorant heart that patti is much better than hate Aretha! Aretha was overrated so are you!

[@DROIDX40]

She's not your type of singer. And that's fine. She IS phenomenal in every way. Like it or not. Her voice is very piercing and I love every bit of it. She doesn't need to be Aretha nor Whitney. She's Patti LaBelle.

[@markdrinkwater1508]

@@DROIDX40 Yes - and most of the time her pitchy sharp output has zero musical merit.

[@zoewilson6366]

Can you react to patti labelle singing acid queen nobody has did a reaction video of that yet thanks

[@patgorden5002]

Yes it is I believe it's two reaction videos to Acid Queen