Barbra Streisand, Evergreen | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 162^nd edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)” by Barbra Streisand.

“You and I will make each night a first / Everyday a beginning.” The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 162^nd edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2023), we recollect and reflect on 🎵 “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)”, performed by 🎙 Barbra Streisand.

One of the most evergreen 🌲 songs ever is the gorgeous 🎵 “Evergreen”.  Iconic, 🏆 EGOT winner 🎙 Barbra Streisand nails this ballad, best known as the love theme from the 1976 film, 🎦 A Star is Born, which she stars in alongside country musician and actor, 🎙 Kris Kristofferson. “Evergreen” peaked at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, earning Streisand her second of five no. 1 hits.  The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1977. Furthermore, at the 20^th Annual GRAMMY Awards, “Evergreen” was nominated for three awards, winning two of them: Song of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female (it lost Record of the Year).  Safe to say, this is a decorated Babs classic!

What makes “Evergreen” so iconic? Barbra Streisand sounds incredible, blessing our ears with her radiant pipes 💪. Her tone is clear and pure. Initially,  she sings with a cool, calm, and collected approach – more poised. But, Streisand also rises to the occasion, without ever over singing.  She penned this record alongside 🎼 ✍ Paul Williams, superbly capturing the universal, relatable topic of L-O-V-E.  “Love soft as an easy chair / Love fresh as the morning,” Streisand sings early on, continuing, “One love that is shared by two / I have found with you.” Aww 🥰! Of course, the evergreen nature must be confirmed by the utterance of the word, “Love ageless and evergreen / Seldom seen by two,” recurring at the end (“Time won’t change the meaning of one love / Ageless and ever evergreen”). Further confirming the brilliance of 🎵 “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)” is its sound, incorporating a unique harmonic progression, stupendous production (Streisand and 🎛 Phil Ramone), and a fabulous arrangement (🎼 ✍ Ian Freebarin-Smith).  This song right here – truly timeless!

🎙 Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson • 💿 A Star Is Born • 🏷 Sony Music Entertainment • 📅 1976

Barbra Streisand, Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born): Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 162 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sony Music Entertainment; OpenClipart-Vectors, PIRO via  Pixabay]