The Funk Brothers - I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Joan Osborne

The Funk Brothers - Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival 2004 The Life time Achievement award winning studio band from Motown Records 1959-1971

[@coporal4]

Its always good to see a Kentucky girl with good vocals. Her rendition of of the Broken Hearted is beautiful

[@stevenmatheson4857]

Holy crap what a voice and talk about a. Tight Band unbelievable and I'm 70 years old.

[@tyronemarcucci8395]

Joan does not need fancy costumes or a huge group as backup, She stands and delivers.

[@DoodleBugLisa]

Yes, she does. No one is so great they don’t need to dress for the job. She looks like a soccer mom. Yuck.

[@nezihesal6915]

Absolutely ❤

[@javadude54]

While she never got the public recognition she deserves, history will remember Joan Osborn as one of the very best singers of her era, and this concert as one of the finest displays of musicianship and soul ever recorded. The way she can turn the grit on and off when needed rips my heart out.

[@barrynangmalik4880]

She's just one of us

[@tmalloy9]

@@barrynangmalik4880 perfection

[@tmalloy9]

Joan got precisely what she wanted on her own terms. My love and admiration, from the first moment I dove into her reality at the Met Cafe in Providence, RI in the 90’s, when I witnessed purest joy, to whenever I can find her today, is unalloyed.

[@scottieehopkins9857]

I agree! Her voice is phenomenal!

[@jimfladwood4393]

TRUE talent for sure!❤

[@jimfladwood4393]

Joan Osborn has always been in music FOR the music no more no less!❤☮️👀

[@mikeinlutz]

Funk brothers and the wrecking crew belong in the rock and roll Hall of fame.

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

My God - her voice is still incredible.

[@PearlDrummaster]

When Joan Osborne took the stage during the filming of In The Shadows Of Motown and began singing to me she was the best one of all the others that sang on that program. Her heart and soul was in each rendition of the original songs . The Funk Brothers along with The Wrecking Crew out of Los Angeles will never be duplicated again. Both had the best of the best playing. Thank you Barry Gordy.

[@sandraweinhardt9203]

What a kind comment! You are a real Gentleman.

[@VCT3333]

Stax house band and the Muscle Shoals house band were also wonderful. They're my top Four.

[@simonrichmond4935]

Perfectly put.

[@liliignon2204]

The bassist is the incomparable Bob Babbitt, who just recently passed. He needs no "heyron" to be one of the baddest bassists of all time. RIP, Bob.

[@hhight100]

When ever I play Joan's songs. I am overcome with a level of bliss saved for the angels.

[@billpettigrew4500]

Funk Brothers are "The" Motown Sound period end of discussion!

[@chillywillie6283]

Thank goodness for KZbin and what can be found on it. I soaking up all the Funk Brothers I can as their time on earth gets shorter. A national treasure we will never witness again.

[@robertgenda3024]

Joan is not only very beautiful but also exceptionally talented the girl got serious soul

[@JamesSullivan-fq9bw]

She nailed this Hit by Marvin Gaye. She has heart and soul. Makes me want to get up and dance!

[@danielcarlin1619]

Loved Standing in the Shadows of Motown. Became a huge Joan Osbourne fan after seeing her rendition of What Becomes of a Broken Heart. Great rendition here as well

[@dasonheath5652]

how refreshing to see a SINGER who can be herself and get us all hooked on her she does not give a damn about the skimpy clothes rot of the brainwashed or being so skinny one looks like a dress on a coathanger she is proud to be a real woman and I love her can watch and listen to her for ages.

[@valeriewatsonz197]

This girl can really singgggggggh !!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheYellowdogcafe]

I just doesn't get any better than this!

[@austinteutsch]

The Funk Brothers and The Wrecking Crew are what studio musicians are all about. Oh, and those cats out of Philly! Oh, and those dudes out of Muscle Sholes and Nashville and Memphis. Without them, it would be hard to live without their talent and input.

[@ClaudeChaney]

She did a fabulous job on "Heat Wave" and "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted" in the movie Standing In The Shadows of Motown.

[@censusgary]

This couldn’t possibly be any better. It is sublime.

[@deokidokiza]

She is not only one of the best singers there is right now, she is a sexy beast, and the fact that she is not aware of that mekes her more interesting. Love her

[@aladent]

100%. If you haven't seen her with Melissa Etheridge doing this song, check it out. It made me sweat a little. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHWnkpV9ba2BfLM

[@trussell8510]

What a performance - she give that song the emotional soul it needs and deserves.

[@suetullgren4564]

I just love this ! Way to go Joan and Funk Brothers

[@Sharonlyn]

Joan Osborne is an incredible presence. Period.

[@Walker-ld3dn]

Sorry....no respect, but....Osborne is fine. BUT, she is entirely residual to the history and music behind this glorious music. The ONLY reason she is fronting this great band is her skin color. Her renditions, while OK I guess, carry none of the blood and rhythm of the hundred of singers who could do a much better job except for their skin color. Go Funk Brothers, but cool it with Joan Osborne.

[@aferdix]

*She's great. The Band, is great. Thanks Uploader.*

[@rosewind52]

I'd rather see someone who is plain in dress but with such a powerful voice than some of the over-hyped performers of today. Besides, no one would be saying this if it was a guy in a T-shirt, torn jeans and a pair of beat up Reeboks singing (Thinking Steve Tyler). But since it's a woman performer, she has to be criticized for how she dresses and looks? It's the voice that counts and on that, she delivers and she's not one who has to mask her natural beauty in a ton of schmaltz and glam.

[@olly8]

Thats Joan Osborne. Remember the song- What If God Was One of Us-? Thats her. She got soul down to her toes! ❤❤❤

[@leesagrrl]

Ouch< Friggin' JOAN< Hips and some serious pipes... What more could anyone ask for? damn

[@jerrysterling7023]

Wow you are a hip shaking mama beautiful woman thank God for the punk Brothers fabulous group with some great entertainers out of this world music thank you so much Jerry Metairie Louisiana

[@scottyboettcher8191]

Joan Osborne has a truck load of soul. I love this woman. One of the greatest singers of our time.

[@martinchapman1127]

WOW JOAN OSBORNE IS ROCKING THIS SONG JUST GREAT AND THE BAND IS AWESOME AS WELL ....!!!

[@kaycee7945]

Marvin would be PROUD to hear Joan...Throaty and full of FEELING and mostly...SOUL! AWESOME!!!

[@djbassey2]

I WAS THERE... and it was an amazing show !

[@craigcole2886]

Joan, you're the one and only!! No one and I mean , no one can make me feel like I'm feeling it with you...thank you, darling..m

[@My6stringer]

Back in the day when singing was for real, now it's just plain vocal gymnastics..going all over the place...runs and falsetto. Todays singers should listen to this stuff and hear how it should be done. Joan was one one the greatest female vocalists of all time and very under-rated too.

[@michaelwinn2508]

Not all true. Look in to Grace Potter, Leon Russel, Nathanael Radecliff, St. Paul and the Broken Bones. They can bring it.

[@suprchickn7745]

@@michaelwinn2508 I discovered Grace Potter recently and I wholeheartedly agree.

[@thathawaiiandude787]

Michael Winn Isn’t Leon Russell old school. Or are you referring to another?

[@melissasweeney1487]

Melisma and acrobatics have destroyed some perfectly good songs. This girl just sings the damn thing.

[@sheajohnson923]

Good lord Whatta voice

[@cynthiamarshall13]

I grew up on Motown & Soul back in St. Louis, Mo. in the 1960s/70s. It left a big impression on my brain and I can't ever forget or get over it. I am 66 now from the Class of '66! *S*

[@michellatendresse1700]

I was there in the audience that night;. One of the most memorable concert i've been to.

[@douglascollins3335]

Joan Osborne has a truck load of soul.

[@sporkfist]

i wish i was that baby. i'd love to spend my first 9 months surrounded by this kind of greatness

[@ofcbob6391]

Be sure to check out her: What Becomes of the Broken Hearted..OMG..if you appreciate MoTown (real music) you'll love her rendition of that ol classic. It'll take you back to a simpler time and place.

[@paulrobilotti9294]

Ofc Bob, you are so right about her What Becomes of the Broken Hearted. was a teenager during that simpler time and place you speak of

[@thathawaiiandude787]

I thought she was sweet in all. But, for me, HEAT WAVE, was the one that zapped my soul 😁 She always oozed sexy vocals. Love Joan. I never thought anyone would come close to Martha or Linda in doing this song (Heat Wave). Linda’s was my ultimate fav.

[@beachlover7268]

Watched it!! Seen the movie 4 times!!

[@tmalloy9]

I got to see Joan Osborne at The Met Cafe in Providence, RI in the 1990’s. She was a comet burning up that dark little dive. She was absolutely pure Joan and loving it. First time I heard her and her songs and I was lifted up and floored and beyond thrilled and deeply grateful that she brought that there. Then the business tried to take her, paint her up and make her a star. Stars stay where they’re put. A comet has places to go. I consider her as having made a lucky escape.

[@VCT3333]

@@thathawaiiandude787 for me it's her singing Right Hand Man. She said she wanted to have a woman's version of a Oozing Sex Rolling Stones kinda song ... and she nailed it.

[@stephenwhitters8219]

miss Osbourne and the funk brothers were made for each other

[@PatriciaHendry-rk3qd]

Fantastic track great dancers🤗

[@ronmoore4372]

I was at this show. They had these gigantic screens set up on adjoining streets so the overflow of people could see as well as hear the show. It was tremendous. A good time was had by all. Memorable night.Can't beat Montreal festivals in the summer...

[@joeantolich3477]

Great voice, great collaboration with the Funk brothers, and for those commenting on her weight she was pregnant in 2004 when the video was recorded .

[@TheRedsoxCeltics]

Wonderful! she is absolutely amazing!

[@laurieashworth1305]

Saw her at Red Rocks with the Dead. Such a presence. She could fill the amphitheater. 4 nights of bliss.

[@andyhawkins642]

Great singer, what a classy band, they know just when to drop back like they did at the middle when she came back in.

[@bobbydavro3603]

I love this woman.

[@mercyfald]

+1. Yeah, she's wonderful!

[@cynthiamarshall13]

This Blue Eye Soul Sister is Simply Amazing!

[@MrRob113a]

What an amazing rendition of a classic song.

[@janbriggs3387]

COOL THAT KEYBOARDIST IS THROWING DOWN MUCH COLD JAM !!!!!

[@artsanchez9122]

Saw her a few yrs ago - blue my mind w/her talents and voice quality...became a major fan from then on. Oh yeah, under-rated as well.

[@donnabrownbowles3525]

YOU'RE SO AMAZING 💖💖💖 AMAZING*JOAN! MAKES US ALL MOAN .. 💖

[@aquablue1252]

Wow!!!!

[@davidchavers5881]

Best white soul mama on the planet! I've seen her twice and she rocks...

[@geoffbell1095]

One of the greatest singers of our time.

[@BlueRidgeKat1]

Under rated and over looked.

[@michaelbottcher2876]

Damn .... This is hot music

[@mikeharris130]

That woman has some pipes and can sing!

[@suetullgren4564]

joan your awesome. your one of the best motown singers ive heard

[@CalTxDude]

This is the only song that I love both versions. Marvin's and Gladys'!!

[@johnhatfield6890]

superb voice superb music

[@whatsthebigfndeal]

that's a bad ass girl right there. who else could get away with dropping a marvin gaye song? i've watched "standing in the shadows of motown" about 20 times but had no idea she ever did this show with these guys. pretty damn awesome.

[@victoriawaters8248]

Just saw her with Phil leash and friends! I am now obsessed, love her voice!

[@harbarjr2026]

Can this group really touch this perennially outstanding Marvin Gaye song? in a word: No! Marvin, you may still rest easy! You were the very best!

[@BetterLifeSeminars]

what an incredible voice!

[@mikehawk9592]

I've seen her 3 times. Excellent all the time. I love her Hip Shake song, and she also does a great Son of a Preacher Man just to name a few.

[@jerrysterling7023]

Love watching those videos of you and the funk Brothers it can't get any better than that you belong with the funk Brothers y'all are great I watched the video so many times I just wish they were all still here with you Metairie Louisiana

[@tom7471]

She is, along with Eva Cassidy, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, and a select few more, one of a hand full of my favorite female artists. Iris DeMent, Sara Bareilles, Whitney, and Dido are all up there as well. Ms Osborne brings a lot to the microphone, that is for sure!

[@Madminute1968]

Wow, that was OUTSTANDING!

[@keener99M]

Don't leave Joan. Give us them blues, give us that groove,

[@rosemarymcmahon1179]

So unassuming... Amazing

[@jo-annplamondon579]

Wow, just wow. 💕💕

[@MaryGerdt]

Incredible 🙏🏼❤️

[@Madminute1968]

Wow, Joan, you nailed it.

[@gailcarpenter7647]

she one of the singers i love her voice and her sense of style make her the star she is hard core bad ass performer i love her she's awesome

[@dawnstaymates2415]

WOW AWESOME

[@diesel1344]

She and the Funk Bros were made for each other. This is a great cover, but, I have to say, Broken Hearted is their masterpiece.

[@pluck833]

Awesome talent!!

[@cynthiamarshall13]

Thanks, Carl! What a Kentucky Chickadee!

[@stevereed8786]

Joan is a finely tuned and polished rendition of Janis. She has the Soul of Aretha and the delivery of Ella but she can also split wood with her Janis like voice.

[@archie7186]

now that's soul from within

[@darrenhughes7571]

Agreed entirely.. what a great singer

[@Latz51]

I remember what it was like to go to concerts. Miss it

[@centurion2300]

AWESOME. i LIKE IT A LOT

[@cynthiamarshall13]

She is adorable and doesn't matter what she wears or cares!

[@MiaTerrier]

Cross between Joplin & Etheridge to me. I like her!

[@SGeorgeEvans220955]

Joannie, you're amazing.

[@garydyer9825]

Loved that woman

[@billloraff9132]

You rock Joan.

[@billy54graham]

Oooooooooo what a voice.

[@markspitzok3064]

That gal has soul

[@GuamGrrl]

If you haven't already, check out her The Early Recordings CD. Unbelievable raw, live soul and sass.

[@battleofarmageddon1366]

I would have to say: That is what being saved looks like.

[@djross95]

The sexiest woman in the universe, with a voice to match....

[@cynthiamarshall13]

I secretly think that Joanie is reading our comments and realizes that we love her!

[@soapbxprod]

I WAS THERE! WOO HOO!

[@RalphWigg1]

Count yourself lucky, she still has no plans for the UK!

[@williamtaylor874]

awesome !

[@sirbc]

She crushed that. Love it.

[@pdkippax]

Long live Joan Osborne!!