"Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012, 11:34 am
For Barbra's most loyal fans first, here's the world premiere of "Try To Win A Friend" from her new album Release Me, available everywhere on vinyl September 25 and on CD October 9. The song was one of Barbra's favorites to play as she practiced her new guitar skills for the filming of A Star Is Born; however, the scenes she was practicing for unfortunately didn't make the final film.
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Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
From the time I was a young girl I was a fan of Barbra Streisand, movies and music. She has an incrediable voice! I am still a fan. I have only been to New York once. Hope to beable to return for a visit, see more sites. With the greatest wish of meeting Barbra Sreisand, visiting & possibly even seeing her perform. Is kind of funny, but often wished to be her younger sister. With no clue her size really, but even thought how fun it'd be to even have her handme downs ... When in 6th & 7th grade I was able to achieve honor chorus, helping the school to recieve plaques and one for myself. I thank Barbra for that, she was an inspiration, a hero even at times.
Thank you Barbra,
Always,
Leslie ~
P.S. I don't sing much any more, had cervical surgery, they went in through the front, now my voice cracks & I can't seem to hold notes, nor reach the Saprano 1 & Saprano 2 I use to sing. (My son is a natural born musican, though he only plays for himself)
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
I have been a fan forever! As always, Barbra is beautiful in voice, body, and spirit/soul. May she sing forever more.
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
What a beautiful track. Don't want to wish my life away, but can't wait for October 9th when CD is released, already have mine on order.
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
Beautiful as ever. Colin, Essex, England
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
Beautifull, when can we hear you live in Holland?
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
wow i really love to hear the song over and over. very soulful. it reaches every part of me. i wonder why it has never been recorded. but i am excited to have it available here in my country. love you barbra and your voice.
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
God bless this unbelievable voice
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
I just watched Barbra on Katy. I was so impressed by her candor and honesty. Thank you Barbra for enlightening so many of us on the research and work being done to honor women and their plight with heart disease.
I also just listened to Try to Win a Friend. The story of my life with my wonderful (former) husband and the bond of friendship we have created and sustained for many years.
I so wish I could afford to see you live for the release of the new album.
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I have been a loyal fan since I was 8 years old, in the 60's. It got me some teasing in Jr High and High school, but I didn't care. I have waited 45 years to get a chance to see Barbra in person and finally will see her in Brooklyn. "YES"
This song is wonderful, as expected. Can't wait to hear the rest of the album.
Judi
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
LOVE this song! I can't wait to see Barbra in Philadelphia. I'm so excited!!!
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
Thank You!
I love your new work, and for years I have said to friends that you must have a treasure trove of music in storage. I know that for every album there must be 20 or 30 tracks recorded and only 10 to 12 used. That means with more than 50 albums there must be at least 500 new songs there.
The first two previews of this album have been outstanding and I can't wait for the release.
Hey Barbra, why not create a few box sets of the remaining treasures and direct the funds to the foundation or to Cedars Sinai? The fans would love it and you could save even more lives!
See you in Vancouver in October, I'm in Row 5!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
Thank You!
I love your new work, and for years I have said to friends that you must have a treasure trove of music in storage. I know that for every album there must be 20 or 30 tracks recorded and only 10 to 12 used. That means with more than 50 albums there must be at least 500 new songs there.
The first two previews of this album have been outstanding and I can't wait for the release.
Hey Barbra, why not create a few box sets of the remaining treasures and direct the funds to the foundation or to Cedars Sinai? The fans would love it and you could save even more lives!
See you in Vancouver in October, I'm in Row 5!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
Barbra's voice is so clear and soothing. I could hear her voice all day and I truly love her music.When I heard this song it made me feel calm and made me think of when I was younger how life was so much simplier. Thank you for this terrific song, the rest of the album will truly be remarkable.
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Thrills, chills, tears, so much emotion following Barbra's Voice along this wonderful Ballad and lyrics...33 years after hearing Barbra singing for the first time, I'm still and always captivated. Miss Streisand Art of Singing and Her Natural Singing Voice continues to reach a very special place in my heart, a very intimate spring of Emotion . Impossible to explain it correctly because my english is weak....But I feel it so deeply. Yes, for me, listening to Barbra Streisand when she sings is like Diving into unknow places in my heart and soul and reach these places...Many many thanks and best wishes, from a french fan.
André.
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Spine tingling! Oh the sound of Barbra's voice on this track is just so thrilling! I am one of the luckiest people because Barbra has been lighting up my life for 43 years and I'm forever grateful to her. Gotta go listen to that track again! I'm hooked!
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Barbra, first time through, how can we not cry? A true delivery. Antonia
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Always perfect! i live in Portugal and for me you are the best singer in the world. Thanks for inspiring my life.
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
Wow, That voice, that control and boy did I get the tingles! MAGIC
Ian Fairbairn (from London)
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Everytime I hear Barbra I am inexplicably drawn to her performance, and nothing else matters.
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I was so blessed to see Barbra in concert on the 30th of June, 2007 in Berlin Germany. I hold that night in my heart forever. The stars shining above the beautiful and talented Barbra Streisand. This is a memory I have to cherish for the rest of my days
Thank you Barbra for sharing your beautiful voice with us, and letting us experience a small part of what heaven must sound like!!
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It's SOOOO tempting to compare Barbra Streisand to other artists who have their own unique and magnificent gifts (and there is no shortage of people making YouTube vocal battle videos...YIKES!..The Mariah Carey fans frighten me the most...almost as much as Mariah Carey, herself). But no one has more arrows in their quiver than Barbra Streisand. Her voice is so intimate and friendly sounding, yet can easily expresses power, force, anger...virtually any emotion...and always with an honesty and purity than knocks me out. Such an incredible voice. Such impeccable musicianship. Interpretive skills beyond compare. A unique and singular artistic vision. Always changing yet never losing herself. And ALL of it packaged in such a remarkable physiognomy, as unique, as gorgeous and as magnetic as her voice. There is one Barbra Streisand...beyond compare.
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I first bought back in 1965 and since then you have been one of the USA's greatest exports and truly thier greatest entertainer. As usual this is brilliant looking forward to the whole album
Love
Mike
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I have been a fan of you'ers from the age of 9 years old I'm now 48 and you still have me as a big fan. You take by breath away every time. Your my mom's age and you still have what it takes to make it. "Your the best Yes Your Voice Is A Gift From God". I already pre-order this CD. I will always be a fan of yours even if you never make a song ever again. That's is how much I love you !.Your songs will forever be in my soul alway...
Love Stefanie,
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I am really excited about this release!! Makes me even more excited when I hear this beautiful song like no one else can sing a song! Love u Barbara!
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Brazil loves you, Barbra!
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What a beautiful song, and what a beautiful message!! Once again, you have outdone yourself Barbara. I have your CD set, and when I need a "Friend," I just pop one of your CDs in!! I am also a heart patient at the Barbara Streisand Women's Heart Center and have your very good "Friend," Dr. Noel Bairey Merz as my cardiologist...two classy ladies in their own right!! God Bless....
Cynthia S. Brown
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Hi:) This one.... I have never heard! Lord! If I was Barbra,,,I wouldn't do anything else but.... sit around and listen to myself sing! A bit of country here. What a musical tapestry! Oh....Great song!
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
Just heard try to win a friend. It's fantastic! Can't wait to hear the rest of the album? The count down has begun
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... Unusual for Babs to do CW music, but-STILL-good!?!
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Barbra your the greatest love all your music i have every album that you've ever made
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The best medicine for a healthy heart, is to be in a large room with surround sound speakers and Barbra's voice vibrating the entire space from floor to ceiling, while
wrapped in a tallit! Ha Ha...I love you Barbra! Thank you HaShem! KB
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October 9th is circled on my calendar and I'll be at the store buying "Release Me" to add to my BARBRA collection of CDs, Videos, books, etc.
Six years ago on October 9th, 2006 I was thrilled to be seated in Row B Seat 4 at your concert in Madison Square Garden. That memorable evening ranks right up there with my wedding day, arrival of my kids and birth of two grandkids!
From one fellow ERASMIAN to another, thanks for being YOU!
Leni Hirsch,
Lake Worth, FL
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
It's so beautiful! Barbra's voice sounds better than ever!!
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As always - PERFECT - - - - - what else would Barbra release?
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I've always loved that with ballads such as this Barbra makes no attempt to sell the song. She just shares it at a confidential and person-to-person level. That takes great talent few singers ever even think of and makes the difference between listening and a listening experience.
Wayne Brasler
University of Chicago
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All that I can say is "Wow". This is so exquisite, I can't believe it hasn't been released until now. I love Barbra doing a country song. Can't wait to see you in Philly on October 8th!
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I was stationed in Iwakuni, Japan in 1963; however upon return to the U.S., I have Only Had Eyes/Ears for Barbra. My first chance to see her in concert-live in Chicago, she canceled due to a forth-coming blessed event --- JASON. Then came the premier screening of Funny Girl in Chicago, I attended and was over-whelmed. There was a wax rendition of her in the lobby --- OH so petite! Her voice grasped you with vigor and the vowels and consonants are so clear and easy. BARBRA, I love you!!
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Marvelous voice, nice to hear this song in a magnific CD
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
Simply Barbra, simply superb, sublime, I could go on and on! Oh how I adore you, and your God given gifts. Thank you Barbra, and may God bless you always_____Martin
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
Barbra,s voice is magical perfection at its best. She sets the bar as america,s top female singer. Thank you Barbra for all the wonderful years in sharing your wonderful voice with the world.
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Class - simply class!
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Listening to the lyrics & how she sings this song, makes me think you really can be friends with an ex-love. Never happened in my life, but gives me hope
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What a beautiful rendition of this song! I am looking forward to this new album!
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Beyond, far beyond perfection. Thank you so much for such gem. Love from Brazil.
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
Thanks so much for releasing these wonderful songs. I can't wait for the whole CD. I also can't wait to see you in Philadelphia in October. You are my absolute favorite vocalist, bar none. Thanks again! - Stan Baginski
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Fantastic!! I love the music you put out there so far as portions of this new cd. I can't wait for this to come out. All these great songs when I feel your singing was at it's utmost best!!! Can't wait to see you on Katie next week. I'm so looking forward to seeing this. I'm glad I'll be home from work in time.
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
Wow Barbra sings a countrysong!!! Love it!!!!
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
OMG, this is such an EXQUISITE song and vocal performance by Ms. Streisand! B E A U T I F U L ! ! !
Re: "Try To Win A Friend" from RELEASE ME debuts!
Just beautiful. A relaxed, free, soft-as-an-easy-chair Master Class in singing from a Master. (Master-ess?? LOL) Really looking forward to this album. And Volume 2. Oh, and Volumes 3 - 50.