Say something nice about Bette Midler's rendition of "The Wind Beneath My Wings"

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which is currently emanating from a nearby set of speakers.

― amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I am unable to meet this challenge.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)

At least Phil Collins didn't sing this song instead?

― Larcole (Nicole), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Or Steven Bishop or Michael Bolton or...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:19 (twenty-two years ago)

This is one of those songs that Sarah and I always end up singing in dramatic diva voices when on long car trips. The other fave for this activity is "I've Had the Time of my Life" from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack.

― NA (Nick A.), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:21 (twenty-two years ago)

She gets a nice ring going in her voice on the "FLYYYYYYYYYYYYY, FLYYYYYYYYYYY, FLYYYYYYYYYYYY Away..." part.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

It's on the Beaches soundtrack, along with that song about the over-the-shoulder boulder holders.

― NA (Nick A.), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

It does end eventually

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)

we had to sing it at our eighth grade graduation. if you think that bette's rendition is bad, imagine it as sung by 44 preteen girls!

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Andrew Lloyd Webber makes no money off of it.

― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:53 (twenty-two years ago)

KISS has never tried to whore it out for money...

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Monday, 28 July 2003 19:12 (twenty-two years ago)

its always funny to nonchalantly quote the chorus to your friend on walks.

― chaki (chaki), Monday, 28 July 2003 19:15 (twenty-two years ago)

its hilarious

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 28 July 2003 19:16 (twenty-two years ago)

ditto to chaki's post

― Felcher (Felcher), Monday, 28 July 2003 19:24 (twenty-two years ago)

It's sweet, but I prefer Kelly Osbourne's "More Than Life Itself" which shares a similar sentiment but is less poised about it.

Also, I always liked that KITH skit where Bruce McCullough recommends you let alcohol be the wind beneath your wings.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 28 July 2003 19:45 (twenty-two years ago)

its always funny to nonchalantly quote the chorus to your friend on walks.

I usually opt for the 'did you ever know that you're my hero' line.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 28 July 2003 20:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Oops, that's the beginning of the chorus!

― Captain Butter Underpants (Dan Perry), Monday, 28 July 2003 20:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Aside from theswooping "fly..." part that Dan inexplicably complimented above, it's Midler's tuneless, meandering interpolations at the end ("Thank you, thank God for you...") that are uniquely terrible. I've heard very few more egregious examples of a singer straying so far beyond her talents.

― amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 28 July 2003 20:56 (twenty-two years ago)

For some reason I feel no shame in not knowing that, Dan.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 28 July 2003 20:58 (twenty-two years ago)

some say love
it is a river...

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 28 July 2003 20:59 (twenty-two years ago)

(i have a bette midler backstage laminate pass/sticker on the back of one of my guitars to prevent copious scratching from belt buckles/fly buttons. she's striking an 'outrageous' pose with her mouth agape and her arms outstretched and skyward.)

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 28 July 2003 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)

no.

― Savin All My Love 4 u (Savin 4ll my (heart) 4u), Monday, 28 July 2003 23:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Brian Potter - Phoenix Nights
'You are the Wind Beneath my Wheels'
Say no more....

― actionjackson, Tuesday, 29 July 2003 08:43 (twenty-two years ago)

It makes 12-CD people cry.

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)

What are you talking about? I mean, okay, that line is terrible and meandering, but it isn't tuneless. Also, a half-step glissando is harder to do than it sounds (pacing that small of a pitch change over several beats of music = good job, Bette).

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

[set-up] what's the difference between 10-cd and 12-cd people?

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

GOD DAMMIT THIS THREAD JUST MADE ME DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO "Wind Beneath My Wings" NOTHING BUT HATE FOR YOU ALL

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:30 (twenty-two years ago)

four years pass...

this

is something else.

― Surmounter, Friday, 4 July 2008 02:01 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.moonbattery.com/bette-midler.jpg

― Surmounter, Friday, 4 July 2008 02:03 (seventeen years ago)

sixteen years pass...

every once in a while I go back to this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFtFs0-Cz3w

― corrs unplugged, Monday, 19 August 2024 17:05 (one year ago)

fly
flyyyyy
FLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 August 2024 17:41 (one year ago)

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