OlderSat, 08 December 2007 at 1:26 pm
Beyonce - “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
During last night’s Movies Rock, Beyonce (in Elie Saab) opened up the show and sang a rousing rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” most famously performed by Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale in the 1939 musical fantasy film The Wizard of Oz.
Naturally, Beyonce received a standing ovation after her spectacular performance.
Watch the video below! Be sure to check out more performance pictures and Beyonce on the red carpet of Movies Rock!
Beyonce - “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”@ 2007 Movies Rock!
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amazing! i love her 1st
This hair color isn’t working for her, she looks better when her hair color is close to her skin color
That was absolutely terrible. .She butchered the song.
mm good but
katherine mcphee sing that song much better
Judi Garland did it better
Her rendition of this song is annoying.
Her dress, obviously from her House of Diarrhea, is bu** ugly, as is everything she wears.
I liked it.
She forces her voice, and there is no heartfelt emotion, that is why her rendition sounds like that of an amateur. Judy Garland was subtle, and knew how to use her voice, in addition to feeling the piece, which is why her’s if is far better.
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Agree with Jake, the color of her hair is beautiful but it isn’t working on her. Also, her facial expressions are pretty weird, especially at the very end of the song.. She looks psychotic.
What’s up the ugly, idiotic-looking dress?
I lol’d at 3:29, that should be added on her infamous Beyonceisms. LOL.
She is so over-rated and totally OVER-EXPOSED!!! She doesn’t know how to bow out for a year or two to take things easy and grow as an artist. She is so afraid that someone else will take her place.
As for her performance, why must she force every line in a song? There is no grace in her voice..she does in every song is over sings it.
This is another butcher job on a great song. The original version was outstanding. Beyonce’s version was fair to bad.
GREAT!!!!!!!!!!
Leona Lewis does a great rendition too
She did a great job.
Beyonce please stop over-singing songs! You have a good voice so please stop with the vocal dramatics. I think she looks beautiful as always though :-)
*Yawn* Not as good as Judy. In fact, no one can do it better than Ms. Garland. That’s truth right there.
haha she messed up the lyrics. you’d think that would be one song nobody would do that on!
Sucked. Judy Garland was like 15 and managed to sing with emotion. Beyonce still hasn’t learned.
She really, truly needs to go away for a while. She is overexposed.
She did a great job, she and Carrie had the best performances
wat r y’all talkin bout she was forcing???? she sounds better on songs on her cd then she does here. Heck she sounded better when she did the national anthem. This was one of the cases were u just sing the song and pay honor to the singer without out shining them. AND Y ON YOUTUBE PEOPLE R THINKIN THIS IS PATTI LABELLE’S SONG WHEN IT IS NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did anyone see her and her mom’s House of D collection on Oprah???!!! Its no wonder this ***** never wears her own line…ok..maybe once or twice..otherwise she only wears other designers clothes.. Can’t stand someone without a conscience…wearing fur coats, fur lashes…SADISTIC *****!!!!!!!!!
I used to like the way she sang but now i think it is very BORING always the same thing same style blah blah blah boring that’s what she is now try something new girl she is not intersting anymore to me,next.
She’s perfect …
The best performance !
# 6 johhnythecarzymothafucka
can somebody shut this ***** up? she can sing, but her voice is annoying as hell , she looks like **** as well.
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umm ..then why listen?.. idiot- racist.
why are you on her thread and listening to her sing?..you say you hate her so much, you sound ignorant yourself. youv’e already said she looks like a monkey,,,and you called another poster ‘a bitter black woman”.you are the one who has issues, I’d say ..racist and stupid that’s you. your name says it all..dummy..
no one beats Katharine McPhee’s version. i agree with the comments that say beyonce forces it too much.
Bey rocked- it- go womannnnnnnnnnn!!!
Love BK’s voice.
I thought it was great.
Kather M. sounds awful,jmo.
Kather M. sounds awful,jmo.
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Haha! You Beyoncé fans have to insult others (others meaning people who sang it better) to make Beyonce look better, well it’s not working!
Absolutely wonderful! It gave me chills. What a truly incredible artist! I love her music.
You must mean folks have to insult Beyonce to make themselves feel better!LOL
# 32 Helena @ 12/08/2007 at 6:01 pm Kather M. sounds awful,jmo.
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Haha! You Beyoncé fans have to insult others (others meaning people who sang it better) to make Beyonce look better, well it’s not working!
omg - leona lewis’ version on you tube is a mlllion times better - beyonce butchered it but the arrangement was a bit strange which isn’t rlly her fault.
Beautiful song, beautiful lady and what a lovely voice.
Yes, Judy Garland DEFINITELY did it better. I’m glad she didn’t start dancing! Phew!
Sounds good to me
Not feeling the dress the dress tho
catherine macohee cant sing as well as bey,christina, mimi..puleese,, she should stick to what she does best..umm..what is that.. bey did well.
LEONA LEWIS’ WAS A MILLION TIMES BETTER. CHECK HER ON YOUTUBE.COM! LEONA IS A BILLION TIMES BETTER THAN BEYONCE. LEONA SINGS WITH EMOTION, BEYONCE DOES NOT!!
The dress is an Elie Saab, and is not from her own line.
I’m proud of her, she stuck to her lower register- one she rarely sings in, didn’t oversing/overbelt the song-instead letting it build to a nice clear finish, and she didn’t try to sing it like Patti LaBelle does it, OR like Judy did it, instead she did her thing and made it her own. I’ve got no complaints! Good stuff.
WOW such haters here, im pretty sure half of you arent as pretty or cant sing as well as she can…so STOP HATING!
she can’t sing or act, i didn’t care 4 it, neither can that dum umbrella idiot rifake ahhhh.ewwwwwwwwww.
Fantastic! She is just incredible. She is so pretty.
Beautiful!
Yikes… she messed up the lyrics! But hey, if I were on stage in front of hundreds of folks, I am sure I would not hold up half as good as she can. I think she should stick to her usual pop genre… this DOES NOT suit her.
That was unbelievable!
hayden sings better than this has been.
^^Oh God, first we had Zanessa fans invading every thread, and now this “Hayden P.” loser………….
Beyonce is a beautiful woman with an incredible voice. She did great.
Very disappointing performance. Garland did it the best with her clear amazing voice. Beyonce’s dress was hideous.
HATERS MANN HATERS.
beyonce did her thing and you all can suck ass if you think differently.
YOU PROBABLY HATE HER CUS SHE BLACK.
she very talented!
BEYONCE FER EVER.
you say shes over-rated VANESSA HUDGENS is over-rated u all see her daily with pictures and videos its like UHHHH STOP SHOWING HER STOP WITH ZANESSA.
but with beyonce you talk about her.
SHUT UP ******* DOUCHES.
No one will ever beat Katherine McPhee’s version of the song. I don’t even like her that much but the way she sings it is absolutely spectacular.
no one will EVER be better than Judy Garland’s version. it is her song. she put so much emotion into it, she had it simple and understated and let the feelings and the lyrics speak.
Judy’s version has lasted almost 70 years. it’s HER song.
also the song isn’t called “Somewhere over the rainbow”
the title is just “Over the Rainbow”
Love her! She has the most amazing voice! And the dress…gorgeous…clearly ELIE SAAB!! He makes beautiful dresses. Without a doubt my favorite designer!
dis song is so beautiful.^^
Not Barbra Streisand, not Beyonce, not anybody (including Judy Garland herself in her later years) EVER sang it as touching and beautifully as 15 year old Judy Garland in the original movie.
Flawless and emotional! Just WOW!
Absolutely beautiful. And y’all HATERS need to back off.
No one said Beyonce wanna top or beat the original version! Says who? Both totally different version! Beyonce made this song on her own. She add some jazz blues in it that no one can.
Beyonce definitely didn’t over sing here. AT ALL. Y’all need to check your ear seriously. She sang it so beautiful, subtle and smooth. And the note and run of Beyonce’s vocal are absolutely amazing. No one can do it like her.
So shut up, and why bother coming here if you gonna hate on her. Stupid. The standing ovation proves that Beyonce did this fantastic.
I’m not that big stans of Beyonce at all. But no one can deny she did excellent here.
Beyonce did a wonderful job on this. I can’t hate this performance for some reason. She did awesome.
All saying Beyonce’s version isn’t good is closed-minded and young. If you paid attention, you’ d’ realized EVERY song’s version was changed to not sound like the original. Beyonce did a wonderful bluesy rendition and got a standing “o” - well deserved. Any one who wants her to go away - don’t be mad because she’s better than the person you like. She’s #1 and that’s why she opened the show. Not katherine or whomever other version you like. They didn’t get them, they got Beyonce because she can sing in any genre and look good while doing it. She doesn’t try to be seen - she’s followed - it’s a difference haters. Keep looking and sounding beautiful Bey - you’re still killing ‘em.
y’all haters should shut the hell up! she killed this performance. it’s a vulnerable,emotional song,that requires to sang in subtle manner. she preserve the innocence to the song,with right vocal power and control,without oversinging it like patti.the crowd definitely received her well with that standing ovation
To say she butchered it is an understatement. she ******* sucked~
To say she butchered it is an understatement. she ******* sucked~
This performance was bad. I have no idea why people are so in love with this girl - she sings every song the exact same way. Don’t get me wrong, she can sing. But the constant vibrato is so annoying after awhile. She needs to learn how to tone that down and sing smoother. Also, there was no emotion in her voice at all. I know the rendition she did was different from Judy’s but it totally ruined the point of the song. No one can sing this song better than Judy Garland did…ok, maybe Patti LaBelle comes close (her version is chilling). And Katherine McPhee’s was nice, but again, she’s another one that is so caught up in technique that the song loses it’s meaning in the process. Oh well…Beyonce, please fire your stylist ASAP. You’re a pretty girl who looks like sh!t 90% of the time and it makes no sense.
Too each his own, she was lovely and sang the song very well, she did not over do it like J-Hud always do Beyonce sang the song and that was that, that’s why she got a standing ovation cause she deserved it………………….
I guess Matthew made them stand up for her……….
Go buy the Beyonce Experience and then comment……..
she killed it!
get’em B!
i think she did a good idea i get everyone says she over sings but she naturally has a operatic voice she is why she has such a strong vibrato which in my opinion is good because she stands out i guess she needs to find an equal medium
Well i actually think she did a great performance, I love this song, and The wizard of oz. so, i trutly like it
Her voice is ok, but I don’t like the way how she performed it. Judy’s performing I like more, but the most I like is Israel Kamakawiwaole. He sings it with his heart.
im sorry beyonce has heer moments but this is not one she is over dramatic with all that yelling and is so overly played out and exposed this year
beyonce has her moments occasionally but this one is not it she is over dramatic with all that yelling and has been over exposed and way past played out this year
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