John L loved Stevie Wonder. And anyone who knew John Lennon loved him with his call for peace and unity. I still miss him after all this time. What an unspeakable loss to the world.
Well spoken, heart felt, lost it on "living for today". The crowd helping Stevie out. I'm a train wreck watching this but in a good way. No color, no hate, I hope some day you'll join us and the world will live as one. Thanks for sharing Harri!!!
I was in the kitchen with my mum doing the dishes 10 year's old and the song on the radio stopped and the dj announced that John Lennon had been shot and died behind me i heard my mum scream and hit the floor I'll never forget that moment in time and this song brings tears every time for me WHEN ARE HUMANS GOING TO WAKE UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING FOR EACH OTHER AND THE PLANET
Your comment about Stevie playing "guitar" via his keyboard brought to mind how much of a trailblazer he was with synthesizers, in a great part due to his producer and synth designer Malcolm Cecil. Heralded as a creative and engineering genius, Cecil created a synthesizer which was the first of its kind, and which caught Stevie Wonder's attention, who then used it on some of his most iconic albums.
I saw a video with New Order's 'drummer' talking about how in the early 1980's he saw Stevie playing drums on a new fangled device, a 'drum machine' and how they got one and he's been pushing buttons ever since. Seems if Stevie uses your tech then you're bound to get a lot of sales just because of it. I can SEE why. Tried finding that vid but failed. smdh. (I have the memory of a rock)
There are so many sad songs that artists sing and I always wonder how they can get through them without crying. It's clear that some of them are beyond even the most talented of artists. This was very touching in that he meant to bring that spirit of hope in John's words, but Stevie's pain is so raw it hurts.
This isn't a sad song, it's inspirational and aspirational. He's cry because the generations since have failed so miserably to build on this legacy. Yours and mine. We made him cry, not the song.
I remember growing up in Shepard's Bush in the early eighties, the Irish and Caribbean parents partying and kids playing together, Bob Marley and John Lennon playing everywhere
I heard Elton John singing Empty Garden his self written tribute to John Lennon.LIVE in Liverpool. The response was tremendous from the crowd. Elton does not sing it very often as it upsets him but he HAD to sing it for John in Liverpool . Elton partnered John Lennon on the hit song Whatever gets you through the night and is Sean Lennons godfather. What a shock it must have bern for Elton also
@@personalcheeses8073 Elton writes the tunes, Bernie the Lyruc of course, as per normal. Every Elton John fan knows Elton does not write his own words.He did the melody, though
@@stephenqualtrough7322 Believe you me there are millions of people who don’t know who Bernie is. And think it’s all Reg’s own work. And it galls me because the melodies are pretty but the lyrics are sublime.
First time I've seen this Stevie Wonder clip. Very moving. It hit us all hard. I first found out when I woke up at 7am to go to work and I turned to the radio for a few minutes before I got up. Imagine was playing and I could never explain it but I knew something bad had happened. When the DJ came back and he said what had happened I was shook to the core , I couldn't believe it. I shed a few tears that day. His music was all over the radio for days.I was 24 when he died. John Lennons music had been a major part of my life. He still is, his legacy to music will never diminish.
Just so pleased you managed to get to watch this Harri. So well put 'the man feels what we all cannot see', so spot on. For me I saw one beautiful heart, John Lennon, speaking to another, Stevie Wonder who went on to speak to yet another beautiful heart, yours. If enough people got it, we'd be in a hell of a better place by now. This song is not about wishful thinking, Stevie Wonder understood that.
Wow, such a hard vedio to watch. STEVIE, you are the greatest. Thank you, for heartfelt song, IMAGINE, by john Lennon. So beautiful, john is smiling down from heaven. RIP - JOHN.
I think more people listen to you than you think Harri. Stevie is such a trail blazer. He developed so much of the technology used today. Wonderful tribute.
OMG! This is one of my absolute favorite songs, ever! But I’ve never seen this video of Stevie covering it. The chills and goosebumps-thank you so much for this! ❤
There were so many artists in the 60s 70s and 80s that were ahead of their time because they understood that the only relationships that ever matter between each one of us and our creator that's the most important relationship if we've got that one right all other relationships can become better. I can see Stevie choking up while singing that song as a tribute to John Lennon because trust me even when Lennon would sing it when he was alive with no thought of anything like a tribute I found it very hard to keep from choking up just listening to it so I get it it tell such a perfect tail of the reality of what our relationships should be and where we we should be looking instead of where we look. A beautiful song sang by one of my all-time favorite R&B artists Master Stevie Wonder and I pray that he has many more years ahead of him.
Yes that did happen, he had to tell his audience poor guy. Thanks Harri. What an awful weekend that was. He was friends with John. RIP to Meatloaf Marvin Lee Aday & Comedian Louie Anderson.xx
Yes. very emotional day and these John Lennon references and Stevie's spirituality are so deep. Strange I watched a few interviews with Julian Lennon today. It came on my TH-cam feed before these reactions dropped.
These videos are really hard for me to watch. John Lennon’s murder wrecked me more than any other single event in my life. I have never lost a child, which is the only other thing I could imagine coming close. I would love to see you react to “Empty Garden” 🌺✌️
John Lennon will never die, for John Lennon will outlive us all and FOREVER! a BIG LOVE goes out to ya! Stevie Wonderlove,and to you HarriBest.Signed, Greg the Egg
IMAGINE by John "Lennon was inspired by several poems from wife Yoko Ono's 1964 book Grapefruit... Lennon later explained that the song "should be credited as a Lennon/Ono song. A lot of it - the lyric and the concept - came from Yoko, but in those days I was a bit more selfish, a bit more macho, and I sort of omitted her contribution, but it was right out of Grapefruit." "Lennon composed the song one morning in early 1971. It was written on a Steinway piano, in a bedroom at his Tittenhurst Park home in Ascot. Yoko Ono watched on as he composed the melody, chords and most of the lyrics, and nearly completed the whole song in one short writing session." Taken from "The Story of... 'Imagine' by John Lennon" by Tom Eames (October 2020).
Talking about songs bringing people together. I recommend The Seekers "I Am Australian" it reflects how the majority of Aussies View People. Most of Us will say "Hello!" and stop to talk with anybody, no matter where they're from. Don't worry about not being an Aussie, We'll be happy to Adopt Your Family as Honorary Australians. Plenty of My Fellow Aussies say it should be Our New National Anthem. But I don't think anyone could Sing it like Judith Durham. An American Couple recently did a Reaction Video to "I Am Australian" and clearly Loved it. It was one of their first New Songs when They Regrouped in the 90's. It was a Big Hit in Australia and Will Never Die in Our Country at least. If someone Says or Does Anything Offensive in Australia They Won't Get Away With It! I remember an Openly Racist Politician tried running for office. A News Crew turned up at His home and interviewed Him for National TV. They Gave Him Enough Rope and He Hung Himself. He lost the Election.
My daughter was born on John's birthday and John was killed on mine. For the next decade I couldn't turn on the radio on either day without hearing tributes and having to relive that pain of loss. Today I can smile because he lived. What a gift he was to us all.
Wow! That day is coming Stevie & John when we share our possessions and live as one. Wait till you all find out what has been going on. In the meantime, ya'll get right with your Creator!
Stevie has always been an angel sent from heaven to earth - his voice is pure light and beauty. To see him so distraught during the song is so heartbreaking (as it was to hear of John's death live on the radio that night).
Heart felt emotions from Stevie wanting to preform it but all too much for him , it’s even difficult to watch , but a beautiful loving tribute to the great John Lennon , cheers for sharing 👍
Stevie Wonder and John Lennon might as well say they are twins from another mother. They both sing, believe in equality, peace on Earth, they both fought against war, and have an understanding of faith. Beautiful re-action.
I have never seen this and love Stevie and John. Nothing I can say will add to how beautiful this is. John and Stevie are not the only ones. I want a world where we all live as one.
I remember that I was watching Monday Night Football, Howard Cosell announcing it and a good friend just showing up at my house on their way to an impromptu memorial gathering. It was on the grounds of the Seattle Center at a place still known as the International Fountain. It was built for the 1962 World's Fair so, given the theme of the "Century 21 Exposition", it was only too appropriate. Many years later a different group of mourners would gather at the same place at the news of Kurt Cobain's death.
There's something very very special about john lennon. I can't describe it...but I've had it since I was 9 years old. I'm 55 and I still have it. He's just special
Utmost respect to the legend Stevie Wonder. He still sounds great. I felt so sorry for him trying to sing this, but he tried. He must have had respect for John Lennon.
Never seen Stevie so broken. The gulf between what man might be, and what he actually is, is starker than ever.
John Lennon was a spirit filled song writer and so is Stevie Wonder....They are kindred spirits.
Saw Stevie do this tribute to John Lennon live in concert. Hardly a dry eye in the place by the end. But what an ovation!!
A brotherhood of man! If only!
Stevie wonder wasn’t the only one in tears after this video thank you
John L loved Stevie Wonder. And anyone who knew John Lennon loved him with his call for peace and unity. I still miss him after all this time. What an unspeakable loss to the world.
Well spoken, heart felt, lost it on "living for today". The crowd helping Stevie out. I'm a train wreck watching this but in a good way. No color, no hate, I hope some day you'll join us and the world will live as one. Thanks for sharing Harri!!!
God Bless Stevie Wonder!! What a great tribute to my favorite artist- John Lennon
Wow. Stevie is a deeply spiritual man. Beautiful and emotional.
When I hear this song, my heart breaks for the world & our country (USA) today.
I was in the kitchen with my mum doing the dishes 10 year's old and the song on the radio stopped and the dj announced that John Lennon had been shot and died behind me i heard my mum scream and hit the floor I'll never forget that moment in time and this song brings tears every time for me WHEN ARE HUMANS GOING TO WAKE UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING FOR EACH OTHER AND THE PLANET
He literally said "no country's"
I am a true beatlemaniac and I also think that Stevie wonder is all music in one person
Awe bright tears to my eye for sure..poor Stevie
Your comment about Stevie playing "guitar" via his keyboard brought to mind how much of a trailblazer he was with synthesizers, in a great part due to his producer and synth designer Malcolm Cecil. Heralded as a creative and engineering genius, Cecil created a synthesizer which was the first of its kind, and which caught Stevie Wonder's attention, who then used it on some of his most iconic albums.
I saw a video with New Order's 'drummer' talking about how in the early 1980's he saw Stevie playing drums on a new fangled device, a 'drum machine' and how they got one and he's been pushing buttons ever since.
Seems if Stevie uses your tech then you're bound to get a lot of sales just because of it. I can SEE why.
Tried finding that vid but failed. smdh. (I have the memory of a rock)
This is a very powerful song sang by an artist of great heart & emotion. Stevie Wonder has always displayed true emotions in his songs.
Stevie, what a beautiful soul
Stevie sang for John & all the broken💔‘S. Thanks for this Harri, it helps one heal & not be so sad. I still grieve for John Lennon 😔
There are so many sad songs that artists sing and I always wonder how they can get through them without crying. It's clear that some of them are beyond even the most talented of artists. This was very touching in that he meant to bring that spirit of hope in John's words, but Stevie's pain is so raw it hurts.
This isn't a sad song, it's inspirational and aspirational. He's cry because the generations since have failed so miserably to build on this legacy. Yours and mine. We made him cry, not the song.
OMG! I wanna hug him!
I remember growing up in Shepard's Bush in the early eighties, the Irish and Caribbean parents partying and kids playing together, Bob Marley and John Lennon playing everywhere
Beautiful.
John Lennon was my hero. I miss him.
I heard Elton John singing Empty Garden his self written tribute to John Lennon.LIVE
in Liverpool. The response was tremendous from the crowd. Elton does not sing it very often as it upsets him but he HAD to sing it for John in Liverpool . Elton partnered John Lennon on the hit song Whatever gets you through the night and is Sean Lennons godfather. What a shock it must have bern for Elton also
Elton John sang it. As per the norm Bernie Taupin wrote the song
@@personalcheeses8073 Elton writes the tunes, Bernie the Lyruc of course, as per normal. Every Elton John fan knows Elton does not write his own words.He did the melody, though
@@stephenqualtrough7322 Believe you me there are millions of people who don’t know who Bernie is. And think it’s all Reg’s own work. And it galls me because the melodies are pretty but the lyrics are sublime.
First time I've seen this Stevie Wonder clip. Very moving. It hit us all hard. I first found out when I woke up at 7am to go to work and I turned to the radio for a few minutes before I got up. Imagine was playing and I could never explain it but I knew something bad had happened. When the DJ came back and he said what had happened I was shook to the core , I couldn't believe it. I shed a few tears that day. His music was all over the radio for days.I was 24 when he died. John Lennons music had been a major part of my life. He still is, his legacy to music will never diminish.
Wow! That got to me too. Love you so much Stevie.❤️👍🏾
This song always makes me cry anyway, let alone listening to it with Stevie in tears. Thank you for this reaction.
Absolutely beautiful…human…etc
Just so pleased you managed to get to watch this Harri. So well put 'the man feels what we all cannot see', so spot on. For me I saw one beautiful heart, John Lennon, speaking to another, Stevie Wonder who went on to speak to yet another beautiful heart, yours. If enough people got it, we'd be in a hell of a better place by now. This song is not about wishful thinking, Stevie Wonder understood that.
Wow, such a hard vedio to watch. STEVIE, you are the greatest. Thank you, for heartfelt song, IMAGINE, by john Lennon. So beautiful, john is smiling down from heaven. RIP - JOHN.
Stevie is an amazing artist...Ty Harri for sharing
Excellent Harri !! What a great find. Gave me chills, I cried with him. Thanks so much to you for this. 🙏👏
STEVIE Has such a beautiful outlook on everything!! Love him ❤
Love Stevie Wonder & even better singing Lennon’s IMAGINE! OMG!
Queen sang Imagine live in concert a week after Lennon was murdered. 😭
I think more people listen to you than you think Harri. Stevie is such a trail blazer. He developed so much of the technology used today. Wonderful tribute.
What a powerful performance! Harri, you should check out the Pentatonix' version of Imagine as it is also very powerful, but in a different way.
Thanks for sharing this Harri. Very emotional moment that still brings tears.
John Lennon = ✌️
Stevie Wonder = ❤️⭐️
OMG! This is one of my absolute favorite songs, ever! But I’ve never seen this video of Stevie covering it. The chills and goosebumps-thank you so much for this! ❤
There were so many artists in the 60s 70s and 80s that were ahead of their time because they understood that the only relationships that ever matter between each one of us and our creator that's the most important relationship if we've got that one right all other relationships can become better. I can see Stevie choking up while singing that song as a tribute to John Lennon because trust me even when Lennon would sing it when he was alive with no thought of anything like a tribute I found it very hard to keep from choking up just listening to it so I get it it tell such a perfect tail of the reality of what our relationships should be and where we we should be looking instead of where we look. A beautiful song sang by one of my all-time favorite R&B artists Master Stevie Wonder and I pray that he has many more years ahead of him.
Yes that did happen, he had to tell his audience poor guy. Thanks Harri. What an awful weekend that was. He was friends with John. RIP to Meatloaf Marvin Lee Aday & Comedian Louie Anderson.xx
Yes. very emotional day and these John Lennon references and Stevie's spirituality are so deep. Strange I watched a few interviews with Julian Lennon today. It came on my TH-cam feed before these reactions dropped.
Thanks for this, Harri. Peace and love, brother
I’ve never seen this before. So powerful
A song full of truth and a singer full of truth. You need to cry.
Thank you Harri for this, didn't know it existed.......I'm sure John was smiling ,where ever he is ...............................
Made me cry 😢✌️🙏♥️
I never saw this video, thanks for sharing.
That skinny, talented, little kid that sang "fingertips", look at how far he's come....awesome
Stevie Wonder isn't blind, we are !!
Harri Stevie wonder made me tear up very emotional 😢
These videos are really hard for me to watch. John Lennon’s murder wrecked me more than any other single event in my life. I have never lost a child, which is the only other thing I could imagine coming close. I would love to see you react to “Empty Garden” 🌺✌️
John Lennon will never die, for John Lennon will outlive us all and FOREVER! a BIG LOVE goes out to ya! Stevie Wonderlove,and to you HarriBest.Signed, Greg the Egg
Stevie we love you You are vulnerable and beautiful Thank you for shedding the tears for so many of us!
Stevie is such an incredible artist, and a beautiful soul
Thanks for posting this, Harri. Very moving. Indeed Stevie has a special affinity for John Lennon and a deep respect.
IMAGINE by John "Lennon was inspired by several poems from wife Yoko Ono's 1964 book Grapefruit... Lennon later explained that the song "should be credited as a Lennon/Ono song. A lot of it - the lyric and the concept - came from Yoko, but in those days I was a bit more selfish, a bit more macho, and I sort of omitted her contribution, but it was right out of Grapefruit."
"Lennon composed the song one morning in early 1971. It was written on a Steinway piano, in a bedroom at his Tittenhurst Park home in Ascot. Yoko Ono watched on as he composed the melody, chords and most of the lyrics, and nearly completed the whole song in one short writing session."
Taken from "The Story of... 'Imagine' by John Lennon" by Tom Eames (October 2020).
Stevie is such a great musician. Rock on Harry, you are my brother.
Very touchy made me cry to love John Lennon and he did a great job singing his song
Love is the way forward people, children of love, light, and spirit. We are all one.😉💖💖💖
Talking about songs bringing people together. I recommend The Seekers "I Am Australian" it reflects how the majority of Aussies View People. Most of Us will say "Hello!" and stop to talk with anybody, no matter where they're from. Don't worry about not being an Aussie, We'll be happy to Adopt Your Family as Honorary Australians. Plenty of My Fellow Aussies say it should be Our New National Anthem. But I don't think anyone could Sing it like Judith Durham. An American Couple recently did a Reaction Video to "I Am Australian" and clearly Loved it. It was one of their first New Songs when They Regrouped in the 90's. It was a Big Hit in Australia and Will Never Die in Our Country at least. If someone Says or Does Anything Offensive in Australia They Won't Get Away With It! I remember an Openly Racist Politician tried running for office. A News Crew turned up at His home and interviewed Him for National TV. They Gave Him Enough Rope and He Hung Himself. He lost the Election.
My choir sing this at every ANZAC day memorial. So touching and we all sing it so proudly. I don't recall the politician you're talking about
You should react to Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney singing Ebony and Ivory.
My daughter was born on John's birthday and John was killed on mine. For the next decade I couldn't turn on the radio on either day without hearing tributes and having to relive that pain of loss. Today I can smile because he lived. What a gift he was to us all.
God Bless you Stevie !! AMEN brother .
There is also a video of Paul trying to get through his John tribute song Here Today. He breaks down in a similar way to Stevie. Heartbreaking stuff.
That was Beautiful!!! First time I heard this... Thank you Harri!!
Wow! That day is coming Stevie & John when we share our possessions and live as one. Wait till you all find out what has been going on. In the meantime, ya'll get right with your Creator!
Stevie has always been an angel sent from heaven to earth - his voice is pure light and beauty. To see him so distraught during the song is so heartbreaking (as it was to hear of John's death live on the radio that night).
This is great, never saw it before.. always knew Stevie Wonder would be a dreamer too!
Heart felt emotions from Stevie wanting to preform it but all too much for him , it’s even difficult to watch , but a beautiful loving tribute to the great John Lennon , cheers for sharing 👍
Stevie Wonder and John Lennon might as well say they are twins from another mother. They both sing, believe in equality, peace on Earth, they both fought against war, and have an understanding of faith. Beautiful re-action.
An ICON for an ICON! It just doesn't get any better than this!
There Is no contry for music..love from Italy 🙏😍
Wow, thank you for bringing that to us. One of, if not the most emotional performance I've seen.
Beyond beautiful. I hope John felt the love of the people.
Oh, god I felt that. That's all I can say. Words are not important. Feeling it is. Thanks, man.
I have never seen this and love Stevie and John. Nothing I can say will add to how beautiful this is.
John and Stevie are not the only ones. I want a world where we all live as one.
'I hope one day you'll join us, and the world will be as one'... meaningfully signed, a secular humanist. Bless all of us 🙂
Love from his heart. We are all blessed
Wow that was amazing! Thank you for sharing. I never saw that before.
The audience reaction shows the huge amount of love for Stevie and John.
Omg, this is so emotional! Hard to watch someone break down like that.
I'm a Dreamer too, Stevie. Love you, brotha. xx
Thank you, Harri. Heart felt.
Harri, you are the Best!! Thank you.
I remember that I was watching Monday Night Football, Howard Cosell announcing it and a good friend just showing up at my house on their way to an impromptu memorial gathering. It was on the grounds of the Seattle Center at a place still known as the International Fountain. It was built for the 1962 World's Fair so, given the theme of the "Century 21 Exposition", it was only too appropriate.
Many years later a different group of mourners would gather at the same place at the news of Kurt Cobain's death.
Yeah, I was watching that game too. Howard says that John Lennon was shot, and my dad said "Who Cares. Get back to the game!" Yep, that was my dad.
This was amazing, very emotional. Thank you for introducing me to this
I’m listening Harri. And I hear you. Never saw this and it brings that sad day all back. We all felt that way.
Thanks for sharing this......sad and beautiful is a great summary, thanks again.
Just absolutely wonderful. His reaction speaks volumes about the great character of Stevie Wonder.
Weeping openly for the Love xxxx
Simply beautiful ♥
Beautiful job Stevie ❤️😢
I love your channel!
There's something very very special about john lennon. I can't describe it...but I've had it since I was 9 years old. I'm 55 and I still have it. He's just special
Stevie you're a star like JOHN
Wow! Brother Harri, Ya got me on this one.
I was in tears watching this!
Wow, never heard this thanks 😁👍
This was so beautiful! I was only 9 but I remember when this happened it effected every adult I knew! RIP John
Beautiful. Thank you Mr HB. What is the saddest is that John was not a believer.
No words..tears.
John said Imagine if there's no heaven, not that there's no heaven. This song for me is the ultimate anthem of peace.
Utmost respect to the legend Stevie Wonder. He still sounds great. I felt so sorry for him trying to sing this, but he tried. He must have had respect for John Lennon.