Thank You for making this video and recording. I have this 45 on Motown Records but, it doesn't sound as good as this recording. This song is timeless ....though unfortunately not
Seeing this, the old feelings of loss return. Loss of innocence, for a while hope, uncertainty of our future and grief for our leaders who gave their lives for our ideals. Would our world be as it confused as it is now if those men had lived? I played my 45 of this and cried until the record wore out. Thanks for putting the pictures of those times together with the music. Very touching.
@shane13233 Many thanks for viewing and in the nicest possible way being touched by the emotion of that voice.Agreed - goosebumps and so tender.Peace my friend.
I am a retired teacher and have showed this video at an all school assembly during Black History Week. With some basic info this is very touching to the students in high school.
@gabrielle068 This WAS on the radio. It was created by disc jockey Tom Clay out of CKLW Detroit/Windsor. It was on the air in 1971. Read beneath the video.
@gabrielle068 I am very grateful to your viewing it and I hope the message within is still as meaningful for you today as then...peace and contentment for you. Thank you.
Tears are running down my face...I can only imagine what this world would have been like had these events never happend... This song has always touched my heart and soul. I reflect back to all the things I have seen in my lifetime and I wish we could all be as innocent as that little voice in this song. From the mouths of babes.... No hatred, just innocence and love.... God bless us all!
I have also hunted for this over the years and wondered why i couldnt locate it gives me chills to hear it i was 10yrs old when i first heard it and it never left me thank you :) a must watch video
The first time I heard this was during Vietnam in a mess hall that was serving midnight rations. The noise from silverware, glasses, and talk quickly came to a halt. Other than the song you could have heard a pin drop. It took a while after the song played before the sounds picked up. It was an eerie silence but a reflective one. With all the vitriol now we could use a bit more reflection on what it is doing to this country and the world. Thanks for posting.
I just heard this Sunday night on Casey Kasem's American Top 40: The 70s. It was in the top 40 this week in 1971. I get tears in my eyes when I hear this!
@torkerbmx who killed Kennedy i dont belive it was oswald i belive oliver stone's version,R anthoney summers book when he said D cia and there pawns in D mob conspired to kill kennedy and takeout oswald, Whats your version?
Lastly ... Long live big brother - x factor - american idol - and all the shite that conveniently keeps the masses so mentally constipated, they don't need to give a crap! Just my 2 pence worth ...
How low will things get before people who are so cushy - they can't see beyond their rose tinted lives - can even begin to realize that what the world has been for such a long time is light years away from what it needs to be right now? What a savage unfeeling uncaring selfish self centered species we have become. How many can still FEEL this song? Or are we in an insignificant minority?
Whenever I hear Ted Kennedy's eulogy at the end of the song, I can feel his pain in losing not only a brother but also America's most popular President.
Aye, my parents were in WWII Dad a commando in Borneo, Mum in the airforce. dad was only 19 on demobbing, and brought his war home with him. My immediate timeline goes back to 1921 with the birth of my mum, thus I have have great affinity with 90+ folk. WWII isn't some damned computer game to me ala 'Battlefield1942, it's up close and personal. We must never forget, and it's not about living in the past, we live our history, and if we forget our past....we forget our future.....
This brings back so many memories of my childhood ..... from age 6 when John Kennedy was shot to my teens when Robert Kennedy was killed .... I still can't watch Vietnam movies to this day ..... saw it on the news every night ..... unbelievable looking back what I experienced in this country growing up!!
I find the most potent piece of this is the voice of the chld, stated in utter innocence contra to the sound bite barbarity that follows.....40 years on and have we learned a damned bloody thing?
@MrGweggles007 I would have to say, only in more recent years have "truths" about John's assassination started coming to light. Hopefully more and more younger people are starting to open their eyes, see the things that some of our leaders have lived, fought, and even died for. The things we have been losing, or have slowly started being taken away from us, our rights, liberty.
We live in a fear-driven society, giving up our freedoms in the name of "terrorism" (or anti-terrorism).
@MrGweggles007 I hate to reply too many times to one person, but of all the inspirational and memorable things people have stated in their comments on this video, yours hits me the most. The media (ie. TV) has ruined so much of our society, we are basically trained to be lazy people who don't care. Giving up our own, and ignoring others' rights. I almost wish I wasn't alive in such a technologically advanced time, there's too much depressing information available now.
I had this on a 45 record when I was a freshman in high school. My brothers used all my 45's as target practice with their BB guns and have not heard this song since, but have searched high and low for it. Thank you so much for posting this song!! This has always been one of my favorite songs of all times. I have spoken many times of this song but it seemed no one but me remembered it...now I can refresh their memories as well. It brought back memories and tears..thank you again so much!!!
very telling with the young child at the start we are born into this world knowing nothing about hate or discrimination...but man do we learn fast from those much older and so called wiser... they hear and they see what the grown ups do and they become a product of there in envorinment.. so its up to us all if we want to see more love in this world...ARE YOU PLAYING YOUR PART. ???
It seems just like watching the breaking news of the assassination of these three great individuals who were taken away much to early in life. In a time of hate, discrimination, and war, President Kennedy, Rev. martin Luther King Jr, and Senator Robert Kennedy tried to make this a better place for all of us......
I miss this song, my 5th grade teacher put it on a cd for everyone in our class (I was in 5th grade in '01 so this meant a lot) I've since lost the cd and I'm happy to have found this song, thank you very much.
I still remember watching the TV news the morning the world found out Robert Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles, which followed MLK Jr.'s death by assassin too. 1968 was one heck of a year! I was 10 and knew that this was a very sad day for America and the world! We were living in Turkey when John died in 1963. The 60's may have been about 'peace' and 'love' but there was so much turmoil. Re: Viet Nam: "Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Cared."
I just viewed this video today, May 13, 2011. I must admit it made me shed a few tears. It is so moving and I just hope someday, no news like the news items on this song/video will ever have to be heard again.. THANKS for posting it.
I was looking for something to post since Osama was killed - and everyone was out there celebrating and wanting to kill more - and I thought to myself, what we really need is LOVE not revenge - or this madness will never end - then I found your video.
I love it, its beautiful. It made me cry because mostly, I can't see the world ever coming together and realizing an eye for an eye makes us all blind.
I owned this a long time ago and had lent it to a dj friend whom I have not seen since, and so I have been looking for this track for a long, long time.....and wow! What a supprise to finally find it after 20 years or more of looking and nor remembering the name or artist(lol)! SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, for this truely great blast from the past. I can die a happy man now :)
Wow! I remember the song when it first came out.(I live in the Detroit area).Only today I thought of looking this up on YouTube,..But I had never seen a video of it! Did this video come out when the song did? Powerful stuff!
I have used this song with my 8th grade American History class. I plan on showing them the video this year. To me it's one of the best ways to try to help them understand the 60's, Viet Nam, the Civil Rights movement, and things that my generation lived through. I'm 54 and I still get choked up when I hear Teddy's voice crack as he is talking about Bobby.
I was in Vietnam in '68-'69. For the longest time I couldn't listen to this song because of the painful memories it brought back of friends lost in a foreign land. But that is a distant past and I've grown older and hopefully wiser. Now I can truly appreciate the song's touching humanity although a tear or two still fall when ever I hear it. May all those who perished in that far away country find peace in the next life.
Sad this still happens. A senator was shot back in Janruary. We in the world do we need guns. They are a quicker way to kill. The only purpose of a gun is to kill so why do we need them? This why we need more gun control. All these people were shot. If the perp had a knife he would not have been able to get close enough to use it in all of these cases!
EXCELLENT video for an excellent song. Only wish there was footage of Edward Kennedy speaking at Robert Kennedy's funeral. GREAT job!!!! Thanks for taking the time to do such a fabulous job.
Great video together with a great audio classic! Back when this recording came out I was a journalism major at Indiana University, struggling in one very important class. For my semester project, I created some original photos and copied others from various publications and put together a slide show to go with a narration I recorded and which included this record. It was my first and only music video. The "A" I received got me a "C" for the semester, making this song special for several reasons
I am not American, but I still remember Kennedy and King being shot. I still get a bit teary from this song- I think it asks more questions than there are answers. I am not going to get involved in all the political blaming and bullshit- these men all died for trying to change the world positively. Hopefully we can learn from their demises but somehow I doubt it. Perhaps if anyone reading my post can do me a big favour? Smile at the next person you see... who knows? It might just work!
I was searching on youtube for what the world needs...just a random search...and Jackie DeShannon's video was the first and only one I viewed...this song is relevant to this day! And then I heard of a Dj Tom Clay mix (this one)...thanks for posting! Yo...this world needs Love, and much much more positive vibration, WE SHALL PREVAIL! God Bless All
i can still remember what I saw on TV in the early 70's on the funeral of Senator Bobby Kennedy, and those lines being spoken by Edward Kennedy. And this song was playing. Man, I was only 10 or so back then. It really made a mark in my mind and heart, so when
I hear this every now and then on the radio, I can't help to be somber. We thank you for being so kind in posting this one. All the wrongs, sufferings, and wars makes us sick. PEACE TO ALL.
@animelover9697 Hey ...many.many thanks for viewing and so pleased this took you down memory lane and prompted sucha positive and hopeful comment.Much appreciated.Peace,love and light.
Being an old hippie I just wonder what happened to all our good intentions. We really did believe we could stop war and change the world. Love to you all
@stepenwolf7 Look at it this way Step ... imagine for a second what the world might be like today if the 60's had wound up a continuation of the conformist 50's ... I submit that we DID change the world, but in order to see it, you need to contemplate just how utterly grim things might be in an alternate today.
With sincere gratitude and a heavy heart, I thank you for your moving video which means more today than it did when I first heard it. The innocence of the children in that clip juxaposed to those we/ve lost in wars, the tragedy in Tucson, and especially the innocent child who lost her life, but lives on in the change she made in the lives of those who received her posthumous gift of organ donation gives me hope that some day our kids will fulfill the hopes and dreams of their legacies.
@vwgreythumper Beautifully sincere comment from someone whose heart and soul are in the right place.Many thanks for viewing and commenting so sensibly and with thought and feeling.Peace,love and light from across the sea.
I will never forget these three terrible days of my youth!!! What could have been....... Loved this song when it first came out, and so glad to find it again!
God how I get sickened the way the Blacks were treated. Just inhumane. I break down in tears non-stop every time I listen and view this video. How could anyone think to treat one class of people so hatefully compared to another? I will never understand. The blacks are the coolest people I know. I love them all. I am white. Two Granchildren bi-racial. I wouldn't want them any other way. They are the two sweetest kids there ever was. None of those people deserved that shit ever.
Thank you so much for posting this! I remembered hearing this many many years ago but didn't know the artist, and could never find it. Really appreciate your sharing it!
Scalpese, thanks so much for posting this song. I bawled this am as I played it over several times. Remember it so well as a kid in the early 70s. Today for some reason my heart was exactly where this song is....(murder in AZ). Anyways, I have not heard this in years and did not even know the title of it but here it is. It has such an awesome message that is here despite all the pain in the song and video and in the years that have passed. Peace and love. We can change the world and still hope.
@vanhattan Wonderfully sincere and poignantly painful memories and especially in light of recent events...many thanks and grateful appreciation that you viewed and it touched you.Peace,love and light my friend.
Sad today over recent USA violence. This music compilation came to mind as the tears today in my morning coffee are much the same as they were when I was a boy. I still continue to dream of things that never were and ask, 'why not'? Know hope for a better world.
these is a beautiful song with a sad message. if you use force,it will cost others lives,if you go the peaceful route it will wind up costing less lives and may take longer,but it will go through....sadly you will most likely not be around to see the fruits of your labor becuase some crazed fool will kill you
This is not the message, the message is that we can learn from our children because we are poissoned. Children are still clean, they play, they love. Children don't know yet the meaning of words like segregation and hatred. It's adult people that created those terms.
I have always admired the Kennedy brothers since childhood..In fact,I had kept black & white Life photos of JFK and RFK ,each walking alone,in solitude...This is one video worth keeping and appreciating for life...i just shared it now with my 3 daughters ,now aged 12,13 and 15..just shared it with the next generation...I'll keep on passing this on to friends..it is a surprise to see Coca Cola having a racist ad before..when it is the same company that invented invented Santa Claus! How ironic!
These events, and the music of my generation at that time, are, in part, a defining moment of history and no less appropriate and meaningful to our present generation, who, but for the sake of people like Tom Clay may never have understood America's darkest hours.
I've heard this several years ago and I was always in tears listening to it.. Knowing what I now know, it's the truth. These man were killed by the American Gouverment, because they wanted peace. Tom Clay is a hero !
its the first clear memory i have: my mother crying and saying: o no, this means another worldwar. she had, like many others, bad memories about 40-45. i was almost 3 years old in november 1963.
I remember as a schoolboy listening to this on radio northsee international, on my little tranny under the blankets at 1am. Lost the song until it turned up on a 60's compilation a few years ago. very poignant images overlaying the song. well done.
Forgot to mention, truly moving tribute, beautifully done - how many times can a 50 year old man cry during one song for so many different, perpetually painful reasons ! Man, you could start a global movement based on nothing more than your impeccably chosen and sensatively assembled images - blows me away. Have a great life.
Many,many thanks for your kind words and comment...so pleased and delighted that the message continues to get through....thank you and peace and contentment wished and prayed for you my friend.
" some men see things as they are and say why , other dream things that never were and say why not" have more beautiful and hopeful words ever been written, I still search I am yet to find them.
@oldredun I must agree, and I'm 24! This one song has captivated me, like few others only can and many 'negative' songs never will..motivated me to do what's right for the world around me..and believe you me, images like these ARE starting global movements, to be in full effect once everybody wakes up and stops giving in to the machine, know what I'm sayin??!!
A perfect six and a half minute history lesson, beautiful and tragic at once. God, why is the human race so incapable of learning from past mistakes . . . . . . .
Amen to the Kennedy's, MLK and all those who really wanted this Country and world of ours to be united as one.
I was also 7 years old and in the first grade, I still remember Sister Celeste coming in and giving Sister Joseph the news, Sister Joseph buried her face in her hands...we knew it was not good news. I don't believe I remember anything before or after that moment. I get choked up just thinking and writing about it. Thank you for posting.
My heartfelt gratitude and thanks for viewing and listening....so good to feel there are people out there who really do understand the message contained within...brought alive by fine examples of humanity with determination to make change for the good of the world and ulitmately regardless of the price they paid.Great men...and on this side of the 'pond' the effect of these great men won't ever be forgotten or the peaceful paths they trod be diminished.Peace my friend and thank you. Speak out!
God bless the children. Man.....we could learn so much if we really listened to their "ignorance". Their ignorance to hatred, segregation, racism. They know nothing about it TILL THEIR TAUGHT!!! That kid at the very end, sums it up best, I don't know what hatred is......I THINK ITS WHEN YOU'RE SICK !!!!!!!!!! He's exactly right!!!
40 years after this beautiful track was made its hard to believe that the likes of christine o'donnel and sarah palin are being elected and people like glen beck and rush limbaugh rule the airwaves...all of whom are the heirs to the bigoted john birch society
I was 7 years old when JFK was shot. I was too young to understand, but I knew something was not right! My mom is German and JFK was big to german people, they loved him. I remember my mom crying over the news! My eyes get watered up each time I listen to this. This is one of the most intense recordings that I have ever listened to. Also, I was too young to go to Viet Nam, BUT, I hold all the respect that could possibly be to you vets of ALL wars, past AND current.
Many thanks for viewing and finding this song ...amazing how a song such as this always stirs memories,feelings and emotions which last and stay a lifetime with us for so many reasons....peace and contentment wished in all you do my friend.
I too have been looking for this song for ages and couldnn't think of the title i agree with rosss1959 and thankyou very moving song cheers tenterfield man australia
Fantastic! Truthfully, I didn't expect to find this here. Among my circle of friends, only two of us remembered it - myself, and a best friend who just passed away - on June 6th, no less - the same day which Bobby Kennedy died. Once I received a surprise package from her, in the snail mail. It was a decoupage, with 2 doves flying in front of the sun. It says on it, "Some men see things as they are and say why - I dream things that never were and say why not..." Robert F. Kennedy
I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS .....FOR YEARS .......... THANK YOU ...THANK YOU ...... I have asked SO MANY people about this version that I used to listen to as a child. No one I asked had ever heard of it. So many years have passed that I started thinking that maybe I just imagined it. This one goes straight to my FAVORITES and I hope that YT never takes this down. Oh man this one really makes my day.
This track was on Motown TMG 801 Also A LP full of talking song tracks on import I bought mine in Manchester for 25 p The single sold in the US but here it did'nt sell at all. Motown collectors bought it for the number . Check out the album
I echo skeeterVT's comments, I also remember this, I had the vinyl that someone got me from the states, Album got lost along the way but I have NEVER forgotten this, and thanks to you tube I never will. x
I remember this on WOHO or WTTO not sure maybe CKLW the"Voice of Detroit".
Also remember watchin' WTOL evening news to get the "body count", and wondering if someone I knew was getting their life cut short. Then the gold star going up in the window of Mr. and Mrs. King's house across the street.
the song is on Tamla Motown Big Hits and Hard to Find Classics Vol. 2 - CD Spectrum Music 2000. I was so excited when I found it in our local supermarket!
I don't know how anyone could watch this and not be moved. I still get a lump in my throat, especially when Bobby Kennedy says "my thanks to all of you... on to Chicago andl et's win there." His last words to his supporters and the end of an era. Thanks so much for posting.
Scalpsie you've assembled a most amazing montage of pictures & video. Your timing of speechifying to spoken word is spot on. Though I'm now fifty, your creation enables me to relive the emotion of being a young adolescent.
It's been a long time since I've heard this song, lost in the memories of my mind until a few days ago when Barry Scott, a Boston radio dee jay, included it in the May 30th broadcast anthology of songs with a message. I'm appreciating how his show brought me to your video.
Scalpsie, you've assembled a most amazing montage of pictures & video. Your timing of speechifying to spoken word is spot on. Though I'm now fifty, your creation enables me to relive the emotion of being a young adolescent.
It's been a long time since I've heard this song. Lost in the memories of my mind until a few days ago when Barry Scott, a Boston radio dee jay, included it in the May 30th broadcast anthology of songs with a message. I'm appreciating how his show brought me to your video.
I remeber hearing this one many times on Radio Caroline during the 70s and had the honour of playing it on that station during my 2am to 6am. Why do the good die so young?
I remember hearing this one many times on radio caroline during the seventies and had the honour of playing it myself on the same station. Why do the good die young.
the speech at the end is the eulogy for Bobby Kennedy by Edward (Teddy) Kennedy...worth looking up...great sentiment....some men see things as they are and say why...i dream of things that never were and say "Why Not"
It was during the turbulent 60s that America lost 3 of it's boys and that brings a total of 4 that died in the hands of an assassin's bullets. This song pays tribute to them all and they will always be remembered til the end of time. Thank you for posting and sharing and helping keep their memories alive in such a poetic way!!
This song has stuck with me since 1971. It was chilling then and all the more chilling today inlight of the non-stop hatred that has run amuck in this world. Thank you for posting this. I, too, had the 45rpm of this song.
This brought a tear to my eye. I felt very emotional watching the video and can recall all these things happening like yesterday. I live in New Zealand. Very well done to the person who compiled this.
religion creates segregation intolernce and hate, in my view love will come from understanding diversity not creating division! Freedom of speech which was a virtue of these great men is suppressed by religion, Your beliefs should not separate you from others but join us! Not hate a man for being homosexual or atheist or cathollic. Love is the only thing in my life that helps me to appreciate beauty respect difference diversity and just how beautiful this small planet is we ALL call home.
@bullfrog11758 Don't talk such rubbish! The bible premotes slavery genocide racist ideals sexism muder intolerance among other things. Only in a free secular society will man be free! Religion has no answers it only wants to relieve you of your money brainwash you and control you. Its childish and evil and in todays modern world it should have no place or power in the public sector!
@rrkunz To love your fellow human beings and not separate us it will only happen when muslims christians jews and whatever you are stop creating division intolerance and hate! If there was no god humans might see that to worship your family your wife and others that show you love is much more rewarding, worshipping god is a rather a one-way relationship! Life is short stop thinking about the next life and make our life on earth better for all men women and children.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for bringing this song to YouTube! I had a copy of the 45 rpm vinyl single of Tom Clay's creation way back in 1977 and lost it. I've never been able to find a replacement copy. Having lived through the turbulent '60s, hearing this piece again for the first time in more than 30 years brought tears to my eyes.
@SkeeterVT same here for everything you said i am 60 have looked and looked i am so glad to have found this. found it from another place on you tube and the comments were childish cracks on obama which makes no sense.
@SkeeterVT I echo your comments, I also remember this, I had the vinyl that someone got me from the states, Album got lost along the way but I have NEVER forgotten this, and thanks to you tube I never will. x
If you ever need proof that the US is controlled by a hidden government, then these events prove it ..
Before world war 2, The USA was a beacon and during the 2nd world war they were at their finest, but they learned from the British empire,
since the end of the 2nd World war, the united states has been falling further into the abyss
of corruption and secret government. you know it, I know it. president Eisenhower knew it, and said so when he left office. (true see his leaving office speech)
Thank You for making this video and recording. I have this 45 on Motown Records but, it doesn't sound as good as this recording. This song is timeless ....though unfortunately not
played on the radio anymore. Peace!
bidlakbks 1 week ago
@bidlakbks Many thanks for viewing and commenting positively.Thank you.Peace and best wishes my friend.
scalpsie 1 week ago
Seeing this, the old feelings of loss return. Loss of innocence, for a while hope, uncertainty of our future and grief for our leaders who gave their lives for our ideals. Would our world be as it confused as it is now if those men had lived? I played my 45 of this and cried until the record wore out. Thanks for putting the pictures of those times together with the music. Very touching.
rosemary702001 1 week ago
@rosemary702001 Many thanks for viewing and taking time to comment so sincerely. Much appreciated,Paece,love and light.
scalpsie 1 week ago
At 4:40 , it`s really breathtaking.
Bobby Kennedy talks about John Fitzgerald i suppose.
This is really a tremendous song, with goosebumps all over the place.
shane13233 1 week ago
@shane13233 Many thanks for viewing and in the nicest possible way being touched by the emotion of that voice.Agreed - goosebumps and so tender.Peace my friend.
scalpsie 1 week ago
I am a retired teacher and have showed this video at an all school assembly during Black History Week. With some basic info this is very touching to the students in high school.
blckhawk1234 1 week ago
@blckhawk1234 Many thanks for viewing and sharing amongst the young of today ...the message is still out there for us all.Peace my friend.
scalpsie 1 week ago
What the world needs, is another Kennedy Dynasty, all gone now, RIP
CRAZYCARL60 1 week ago
Never fails to move me...
TheNightowl001 1 week ago
dont let the kennedys know about this cause they will get rid of it to bad it cant be played on the radio
gabrielle068 2 weeks ago
@gabrielle068 It WAS played on the radio. CKLW Detroit played it in 1971. That's where it was recorded.
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@gabrielle068 This WAS on the radio. It was created by disc jockey Tom Clay out of CKLW Detroit/Windsor. It was on the air in 1971. Read beneath the video.
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Carl Sagen's Blue Dot = this= ????
kemwhareaitu 2 weeks ago
i been looking for this for 40years i finelly found itfew years ago on here i cried 40 years ago
gabrielle068 3 weeks ago
@gabrielle068 I am very grateful to your viewing it and I hope the message within is still as meaningful for you today as then...peace and contentment for you. Thank you.
scalpsie 3 weeks ago
VERY POWERFUL video/song
PeopleNeed2LoveMore 1 month ago
As if this video has so little views..
stylishlyyours17 1 month ago
Tears are running down my face...I can only imagine what this world would have been like had these events never happend... This song has always touched my heart and soul. I reflect back to all the things I have seen in my lifetime and I wish we could all be as innocent as that little voice in this song. From the mouths of babes.... No hatred, just innocence and love.... God bless us all!
irishmcme 2 months ago
I have also hunted for this over the years and wondered why i couldnt locate it gives me chills to hear it i was 10yrs old when i first heard it and it never left me thank you :) a must watch video
spoconut 2 months ago
What an appropriate tribute. I loved them. Hope you do too.
They are my heros then and now.
tspeirs100 3 months ago
the best all times thanks
suziebuseochoa 3 months ago
peace love and brotherhood to all...
mrkkerekes 3 months ago
I still remember the first time I heard this. It was breathtaking and it made me cry. THANK YOU for posting this.
adsvx 3 months ago
I can't watch this and not cry for this nation!
luvmytat2z6588 3 months ago
The first time I heard this was during Vietnam in a mess hall that was serving midnight rations. The noise from silverware, glasses, and talk quickly came to a halt. Other than the song you could have heard a pin drop. It took a while after the song played before the sounds picked up. It was an eerie silence but a reflective one. With all the vitriol now we could use a bit more reflection on what it is doing to this country and the world. Thanks for posting.
coronet72 4 months ago
I just heard this Sunday night on Casey Kasem's American Top 40: The 70s. It was in the top 40 this week in 1971. I get tears in my eyes when I hear this!
SellawEvets 4 months ago
People say children are our hope for the future,then why do we fuck them up right from the start
ghylltarvoke 4 months ago
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torkerbmx 5 months ago
@torkerbmx who killed Kennedy i dont belive it was oswald i belive oliver stone's version,R anthoney summers book when he said D cia and there pawns in D mob conspired to kill kennedy and takeout oswald, Whats your version?
mara66M 3 months ago
Who ever has lived through this could not cry. Im a veteran and it breaks my heart every time I watch it.
1crankyvet 5 months ago
Lastly ... Long live big brother - x factor - american idol - and all the shite that conveniently keeps the masses so mentally constipated, they don't need to give a crap! Just my 2 pence worth ...
heavenlymedia 5 months ago
How low will things get before people who are so cushy - they can't see beyond their rose tinted lives - can even begin to realize that what the world has been for such a long time is light years away from what it needs to be right now? What a savage unfeeling uncaring selfish self centered species we have become. How many can still FEEL this song? Or are we in an insignificant minority?
heavenlymedia 5 months ago
How times have changed the world .... how the world has changed times (sigh)
heavenlymedia 5 months ago
Thanks to the editor of this great video. This rendition of this classic song will forever be remembered for the message it still delivers today!
heavenlymedia 5 months ago
Whenever I hear Ted Kennedy's eulogy at the end of the song, I can feel his pain in losing not only a brother but also America's most popular President.
jiminy911 6 months ago
What is bigotry?
I don't know what biggery is
Well, you know when you all make fun of that weird kid in your kindergarten who looks so different from you?
Yeah?
Well, there you have it.
palbook 6 months ago
@palbook Now tell us about buggery.
Alikah1 6 months ago
Aye, my parents were in WWII Dad a commando in Borneo, Mum in the airforce. dad was only 19 on demobbing, and brought his war home with him. My immediate timeline goes back to 1921 with the birth of my mum, thus I have have great affinity with 90+ folk. WWII isn't some damned computer game to me ala 'Battlefield1942, it's up close and personal. We must never forget, and it's not about living in the past, we live our history, and if we forget our past....we forget our future.....
MrGweggles007 6 months ago
This brings back so many memories of my childhood ..... from age 6 when John Kennedy was shot to my teens when Robert Kennedy was killed .... I still can't watch Vietnam movies to this day ..... saw it on the news every night ..... unbelievable looking back what I experienced in this country growing up!!
-Karen- (Alabama)
luvbeingirish 6 months ago
I find the most potent piece of this is the voice of the chld, stated in utter innocence contra to the sound bite barbarity that follows.....40 years on and have we learned a damned bloody thing?
MrGweggles007 6 months ago
@MrGweggles007 I would have to say, only in more recent years have "truths" about John's assassination started coming to light. Hopefully more and more younger people are starting to open their eyes, see the things that some of our leaders have lived, fought, and even died for. The things we have been losing, or have slowly started being taken away from us, our rights, liberty.
We live in a fear-driven society, giving up our freedoms in the name of "terrorism" (or anti-terrorism).
xKillerClownx 6 months ago
@MrGweggles007 I hate to reply too many times to one person, but of all the inspirational and memorable things people have stated in their comments on this video, yours hits me the most. The media (ie. TV) has ruined so much of our society, we are basically trained to be lazy people who don't care. Giving up our own, and ignoring others' rights. I almost wish I wasn't alive in such a technologically advanced time, there's too much depressing information available now.
xKillerClownx 6 months ago
I had this on a 45 record when I was a freshman in high school. My brothers used all my 45's as target practice with their BB guns and have not heard this song since, but have searched high and low for it. Thank you so much for posting this song!! This has always been one of my favorite songs of all times. I have spoken many times of this song but it seemed no one but me remembered it...now I can refresh their memories as well. It brought back memories and tears..thank you again so much!!!
sadie0608 6 months ago
very telling with the young child at the start we are born into this world knowing nothing about hate or discrimination...but man do we learn fast from those much older and so called wiser... they hear and they see what the grown ups do and they become a product of there in envorinment.. so its up to us all if we want to see more love in this world...ARE YOU PLAYING YOUR PART. ???
zelotalot 6 months ago 15
It seems just like watching the breaking news of the assassination of these three great individuals who were taken away much to early in life. In a time of hate, discrimination, and war, President Kennedy, Rev. martin Luther King Jr, and Senator Robert Kennedy tried to make this a better place for all of us......
pimpy6073 6 months ago
Last time I heard this, I was a boy in middle school. A friend who hosts an on line music show played this last night - it brought me to ears...
Compudoc 6 months ago
Thank you so much for posting this video. This is one of my favorite songs of all time.
nenagirl56 6 months ago
I miss this song, my 5th grade teacher put it on a cd for everyone in our class (I was in 5th grade in '01 so this meant a lot) I've since lost the cd and I'm happy to have found this song, thank you very much.
toadette64 7 months ago
I still remember watching the TV news the morning the world found out Robert Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles, which followed MLK Jr.'s death by assassin too. 1968 was one heck of a year! I was 10 and knew that this was a very sad day for America and the world! We were living in Turkey when John died in 1963. The 60's may have been about 'peace' and 'love' but there was so much turmoil. Re: Viet Nam: "Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Cared."
ynotD 8 months ago
I remember hearing this version of the song in my Art Class in Middle School. Made me tear up then -- and still does today!
Compudoc 8 months ago
I just viewed this video today, May 13, 2011. I must admit it made me shed a few tears. It is so moving and I just hope someday, no news like the news items on this song/video will ever have to be heard again.. THANKS for posting it.
dawnvannay 8 months ago
I was looking for something to post since Osama was killed - and everyone was out there celebrating and wanting to kill more - and I thought to myself, what we really need is LOVE not revenge - or this madness will never end - then I found your video.
I love it, its beautiful. It made me cry because mostly, I can't see the world ever coming together and realizing an eye for an eye makes us all blind.
Love is where it's at. Thanks for making this.
SilverZmoons 8 months ago 3
I still have my LP. Thanks for the video.
bearron 8 months ago
I owned this a long time ago and had lent it to a dj friend whom I have not seen since, and so I have been looking for this track for a long, long time.....and wow! What a supprise to finally find it after 20 years or more of looking and nor remembering the name or artist(lol)! SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, for this truely great blast from the past. I can die a happy man now :)
DocMartinPortWenn 9 months ago
Wow! I remember the song when it first came out.(I live in the Detroit area).Only today I thought of looking this up on YouTube,..But I had never seen a video of it! Did this video come out when the song did? Powerful stuff!
geebeeman1 9 months ago
I have used this song with my 8th grade American History class. I plan on showing them the video this year. To me it's one of the best ways to try to help them understand the 60's, Viet Nam, the Civil Rights movement, and things that my generation lived through. I'm 54 and I still get choked up when I hear Teddy's voice crack as he is talking about Bobby.
pellacan56 9 months ago
Thank you!
Shitkoolie 9 months ago
I was in Vietnam in '68-'69. For the longest time I couldn't listen to this song because of the painful memories it brought back of friends lost in a foreign land. But that is a distant past and I've grown older and hopefully wiser. Now I can truly appreciate the song's touching humanity although a tear or two still fall when ever I hear it. May all those who perished in that far away country find peace in the next life.
tigernclaw 10 months ago 3
Sad this still happens. A senator was shot back in Janruary. We in the world do we need guns. They are a quicker way to kill. The only purpose of a gun is to kill so why do we need them? This why we need more gun control. All these people were shot. If the perp had a knife he would not have been able to get close enough to use it in all of these cases!
InspiredMuse74 10 months ago
Wow. I grew up in the San Fernando Valley and I remember watching Bobby get slain on LIVE TV (KTLA Channel 5) . I could'nt believe my eyes. Horrible!
code2high 10 months ago
EXCELLENT video for an excellent song. Only wish there was footage of Edward Kennedy speaking at Robert Kennedy's funeral. GREAT job!!!! Thanks for taking the time to do such a fabulous job.
Parmenides320 10 months ago
omg i search for this for yrs....feel like crying...thanks
TheRoxie08 10 months ago 14
@TheRoxie08 So pleased that you've found it and obviously love the message therein...Peace and contentment in all you do. Thank you for viewing.
scalpsie 10 months ago
@TheRoxie08 me to wat a song wat a vid thanks
MrPhilcity 7 months ago
@TheRoxie08 So did I!!
forzawimmos 6 months ago
Thank you so much for posting this... I have been looking for this for ages... I can't help being moved by this...
this has to be one of the most beuatiful works of art I have ever seen and/or heard...
rudedanny 10 months ago 4
@rudedanny Many thanks for viewing and delighted this has started your day off well.Keep happy,peace and contentment
scalpsie 10 months ago
@rudedanny So well said. You took the words out of my heart.......
frank19593 8 months ago
Love this one! Used to have his album with this on in! Thanks!
MTCatman 11 months ago
one of D saddest songs ever recorded wit a Beutiful video its hard 2 listen witout shedding a tear. R.I.P JFK RFK MLK.
mara66M 11 months ago
Great video together with a great audio classic! Back when this recording came out I was a journalism major at Indiana University, struggling in one very important class. For my semester project, I created some original photos and copied others from various publications and put together a slide show to go with a narration I recorded and which included this record. It was my first and only music video. The "A" I received got me a "C" for the semester, making this song special for several reasons
EyesofMarkWick 11 months ago
Thanks For Posting This Stereo version of this song which is very hard to find ,
spazzcat03 11 months ago
I am not American, but I still remember Kennedy and King being shot. I still get a bit teary from this song- I think it asks more questions than there are answers. I am not going to get involved in all the political blaming and bullshit- these men all died for trying to change the world positively. Hopefully we can learn from their demises but somehow I doubt it. Perhaps if anyone reading my post can do me a big favour? Smile at the next person you see... who knows? It might just work!
ozzz2002 11 months ago
I was searching on youtube for what the world needs...just a random search...and Jackie DeShannon's video was the first and only one I viewed...this song is relevant to this day! And then I heard of a Dj Tom Clay mix (this one)...thanks for posting! Yo...this world needs Love, and much much more positive vibration, WE SHALL PREVAIL! God Bless All
canalQuaDuece 11 months ago
From the mouths of children, if we could only retain that spirit. Peace
8moody1 11 months ago
Thanks for uploading! Peace and love to all...
anahaw74 1 year ago
i can still remember what I saw on TV in the early 70's on the funeral of Senator Bobby Kennedy, and those lines being spoken by Edward Kennedy. And this song was playing. Man, I was only 10 or so back then. It really made a mark in my mind and heart, so when
I hear this every now and then on the radio, I can't help to be somber. We thank you for being so kind in posting this one. All the wrongs, sufferings, and wars makes us sick. PEACE TO ALL.
animelover9697 1 year ago 3
@animelover9697 Hey ...many.many thanks for viewing and so pleased this took you down memory lane and prompted sucha positive and hopeful comment.Much appreciated.Peace,love and light.
scalpsie 1 year ago 2
Being an old hippie I just wonder what happened to all our good intentions. We really did believe we could stop war and change the world. Love to you all
stepenwolf7 1 year ago
@stepenwolf7 Look at it this way Step ... imagine for a second what the world might be like today if the 60's had wound up a continuation of the conformist 50's ... I submit that we DID change the world, but in order to see it, you need to contemplate just how utterly grim things might be in an alternate today.
neilyoungwrotemylife 11 months ago
With sincere gratitude and a heavy heart, I thank you for your moving video which means more today than it did when I first heard it. The innocence of the children in that clip juxaposed to those we/ve lost in wars, the tragedy in Tucson, and especially the innocent child who lost her life, but lives on in the change she made in the lives of those who received her posthumous gift of organ donation gives me hope that some day our kids will fulfill the hopes and dreams of their legacies.
vwgreythumper 1 year ago 2
@vwgreythumper Beautifully sincere comment from someone whose heart and soul are in the right place.Many thanks for viewing and commenting so sensibly and with thought and feeling.Peace,love and light from across the sea.
scalpsie 1 year ago
still get goosebumps hearing this, especially Teddy Kennedy's speech
hunkydaboyz 1 year ago
@hunkydaboyz Ditto...know exactly what you mean. Touches the very soul.Many sincere thanks for viewing and commenting ...thank you.Peace my friend.
scalpsie 1 year ago
I was just in Dallas and visited the JFK Museum near the assassination site. Thought about this song during my tour. I am glad to have the video.
mjainil 1 year ago
@mjainil Thank you so much for viewing and pleased that it has meaning for you.Peace,love and light.
scalpsie 1 year ago
I will never forget these three terrible days of my youth!!! What could have been....... Loved this song when it first came out, and so glad to find it again!
BigCspud 1 year ago
@BigCspud So pleased that you have found a gem. Many thanks for viewing and being touched by the message.Peace my friend.
scalpsie 1 year ago
@scalpsie
God how I get sickened the way the Blacks were treated. Just inhumane. I break down in tears non-stop every time I listen and view this video. How could anyone think to treat one class of people so hatefully compared to another? I will never understand. The blacks are the coolest people I know. I love them all. I am white. Two Granchildren bi-racial. I wouldn't want them any other way. They are the two sweetest kids there ever was. None of those people deserved that shit ever.
marseillelangres 9 months ago
Thank you so much for posting this! I remembered hearing this many many years ago but didn't know the artist, and could never find it. Really appreciate your sharing it!
cyncopashn 1 year ago
@cyncopashn Many.many thanks for viewing and finding this gem of a song....delighted it stirred memories and meaning.Peace my friend.
scalpsie 1 year ago
Teddy Kennedy's trembling voice as he eulogizes his brother still makes me sad.
TREEVVV5000 1 year ago 3
@TREEVVV5000 Know exactly how you feel...many thanks for viewing and taking time to share a comment.Peace.
scalpsie 1 year ago
Scalpese, thanks so much for posting this song. I bawled this am as I played it over several times. Remember it so well as a kid in the early 70s. Today for some reason my heart was exactly where this song is....(murder in AZ). Anyways, I have not heard this in years and did not even know the title of it but here it is. It has such an awesome message that is here despite all the pain in the song and video and in the years that have passed. Peace and love. We can change the world and still hope.
vanhattan 1 year ago 3
@vanhattan Wonderfully sincere and poignantly painful memories and especially in light of recent events...many thanks and grateful appreciation that you viewed and it touched you.Peace,love and light my friend.
scalpsie 1 year ago
Sad today over recent USA violence. This music compilation came to mind as the tears today in my morning coffee are much the same as they were when I was a boy. I still continue to dream of things that never were and ask, 'why not'? Know hope for a better world.
vanhattan 1 year ago
@vanhattan Like you I imagine...those haunting words..'Some men ask...'.Peace.
scalpsie 1 year ago
This is just as haunting as the first time I heard it, way back when it was released. I'm glad that someone made a tasteful video of it.
covenstead 1 year ago
@covenstead Much appreciate your kind words and thank you for viewing and commenting so positively.Thank you.Peace my friend.
scalpsie 1 year ago
these is a beautiful song with a sad message. if you use force,it will cost others lives,if you go the peaceful route it will wind up costing less lives and may take longer,but it will go through....sadly you will most likely not be around to see the fruits of your labor becuase some crazed fool will kill you
AigisFan 1 year ago
This is not the message, the message is that we can learn from our children because we are poissoned. Children are still clean, they play, they love. Children don't know yet the meaning of words like segregation and hatred. It's adult people that created those terms.
MaartenTwente1981 1 year ago 2
I have always admired the Kennedy brothers since childhood..In fact,I had kept black & white Life photos of JFK and RFK ,each walking alone,in solitude...This is one video worth keeping and appreciating for life...i just shared it now with my 3 daughters ,now aged 12,13 and 15..just shared it with the next generation...I'll keep on passing this on to friends..it is a surprise to see Coca Cola having a racist ad before..when it is the same company that invented invented Santa Claus! How ironic!
GRIECKA24 1 year ago
These events, and the music of my generation at that time, are, in part, a defining moment of history and no less appropriate and meaningful to our present generation, who, but for the sake of people like Tom Clay may never have understood America's darkest hours.
marinerzulu1 1 year ago
I've heard this several years ago and I was always in tears listening to it.. Knowing what I now know, it's the truth. These man were killed by the American Gouverment, because they wanted peace. Tom Clay is a hero !
Annelies19532 1 year ago
thanks for the song and video on youtube.
its the first clear memory i have: my mother crying and saying: o no, this means another worldwar. she had, like many others, bad memories about 40-45. i was almost 3 years old in november 1963.
freaktube113 1 year ago
@freaktube113 Thank you for sharing such a sincere.lasting memory...peace my friend.
scalpsie 1 year ago
i use this footage and the song in my Cultural Diversity class where i teach at University in Australia...a very strong message
MrTopender 1 year ago
I remember as a schoolboy listening to this on radio northsee international, on my little tranny under the blankets at 1am. Lost the song until it turned up on a 60's compilation a few years ago. very poignant images overlaying the song. well done.
ThePavlos1 1 year ago
I'm unable to share this video, anyone know why? It pops up as blocked content or spammy in nature.
rrbblea 1 year ago
Thank you for a truely moving tribute
TheCentinal 1 year ago
Forgot to mention, truly moving tribute, beautifully done - how many times can a 50 year old man cry during one song for so many different, perpetually painful reasons ! Man, you could start a global movement based on nothing more than your impeccably chosen and sensatively assembled images - blows me away. Have a great life.
oldredun 1 year ago 9
Many,many thanks for your kind words and comment...so pleased and delighted that the message continues to get through....thank you and peace and contentment wished and prayed for you my friend.
scalpsie 1 year ago
@oldredun
" some men see things as they are and say why , other dream things that never were and say why not" have more beautiful and hopeful words ever been written, I still search I am yet to find them.
aenergex 1 year ago
@oldredun I must agree, and I'm 24! This one song has captivated me, like few others only can and many 'negative' songs never will..motivated me to do what's right for the world around me..and believe you me, images like these ARE starting global movements, to be in full effect once everybody wakes up and stops giving in to the machine, know what I'm sayin??!!
canalQuaDuece 11 months ago
@canalQuaDuece . . . just subbed to your channel . . . . keep up the great work !!! Peace, always.
oldredun 11 months ago
A perfect six and a half minute history lesson, beautiful and tragic at once. God, why is the human race so incapable of learning from past mistakes . . . . . . .
oldredun 1 year ago
Amen to the Kennedy's, MLK and all those who really wanted this Country and world of ours to be united as one.
I was also 7 years old and in the first grade, I still remember Sister Celeste coming in and giving Sister Joseph the news, Sister Joseph buried her face in her hands...we knew it was not good news. I don't believe I remember anything before or after that moment. I get choked up just thinking and writing about it. Thank you for posting.
Mgarguemare 1 year ago 8
My heartfelt gratitude and thanks for viewing and listening....so good to feel there are people out there who really do understand the message contained within...brought alive by fine examples of humanity with determination to make change for the good of the world and ulitmately regardless of the price they paid.Great men...and on this side of the 'pond' the effect of these great men won't ever be forgotten or the peaceful paths they trod be diminished.Peace my friend and thank you. Speak out!
scalpsie 1 year ago
I am listening to it on my IPOD right now, thought I'd look it up. I love it. Teddy's voice always gets to me 4:30 - 5:22 very touching.
Mgarguemare 1 year ago
God bless the children. Man.....we could learn so much if we really listened to their "ignorance". Their ignorance to hatred, segregation, racism. They know nothing about it TILL THEIR TAUGHT!!! That kid at the very end, sums it up best, I don't know what hatred is......I THINK ITS WHEN YOU'RE SICK !!!!!!!!!! He's exactly right!!!
rosss1959 1 year ago
40 years after this beautiful track was made its hard to believe that the likes of christine o'donnel and sarah palin are being elected and people like glen beck and rush limbaugh rule the airwaves...all of whom are the heirs to the bigoted john birch society
davidleigh65 1 year ago
This is one of the very few songs that actually brings a tear to my eye which just shows how increadible it is.
kdhvernon 1 year ago
I'll never get over losing The Kennedys. I still cry.
HeartInThe60s 1 year ago
I was 7 years old when JFK was shot. I was too young to understand, but I knew something was not right! My mom is German and JFK was big to german people, they loved him. I remember my mom crying over the news! My eyes get watered up each time I listen to this. This is one of the most intense recordings that I have ever listened to. Also, I was too young to go to Viet Nam, BUT, I hold all the respect that could possibly be to you vets of ALL wars, past AND current.
yucchhiiowwee 1 year ago 3
Many thanks for viewing and finding this song ...amazing how a song such as this always stirs memories,feelings and emotions which last and stay a lifetime with us for so many reasons....peace and contentment wished in all you do my friend.
scalpsie 1 year ago
@scalpsie The world needs to learn LOVE from this video!!! Exactly what the tiltle says!!! Take Care! I miss the hippie days!!
yucchhiiowwee 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this great song.......Greetz from the Netherlands
edjoman16 1 year ago
Many thanks for viewing and enjoying...peace and contentment in all you do.
scalpsie 1 year ago
I never tire of this. It's just so beautifully done. So powerful and moving. I've shared it with everyone I know. Blessings on you always.
roz805 1 year ago 3
As always will remain how we hooked up...best wishes always...
scalpsie 1 year ago
I've known this version for years know and it still gives me goosebumps... Thanks for that great compilation!
ummagummaray 1 year ago
I too have been looking for this song for ages and couldnn't think of the title i agree with rosss1959 and thankyou very moving song cheers tenterfield man australia
asbay1 1 year ago
@scalpsie. Thank you friend. And the same to you.
rosss1959 1 year ago
Ik zoek deze mooie muziek al 30 jaar,en dan staat het zo maar op youtube. Weer gehuild alles komt weer naar boven van de jaren
musicmiller2008 1 year ago
Fantastic! Truthfully, I didn't expect to find this here. Among my circle of friends, only two of us remembered it - myself, and a best friend who just passed away - on June 6th, no less - the same day which Bobby Kennedy died. Once I received a surprise package from her, in the snail mail. It was a decoupage, with 2 doves flying in front of the sun. It says on it, "Some men see things as they are and say why - I dream things that never were and say why not..." Robert F. Kennedy
covenstead 1 year ago
I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS .....FOR YEARS .......... THANK YOU ...THANK YOU ...... I have asked SO MANY people about this version that I used to listen to as a child. No one I asked had ever heard of it. So many years have passed that I started thinking that maybe I just imagined it. This one goes straight to my FAVORITES and I hope that YT never takes this down. Oh man this one really makes my day.
rosss1959 1 year ago
Delighted that this brightened your day....best wishes and peace and contentment in all you do. My appreciation and thanks to you.
scalpsie 1 year ago
@rosss1959
This track was on Motown TMG 801 Also A LP full of talking song tracks on import I bought mine in Manchester for 25 p The single sold in the US but here it did'nt sell at all. Motown collectors bought it for the number . Check out the album
howard2781 1 year ago
I echo skeeterVT's comments, I also remember this, I had the vinyl that someone got me from the states, Album got lost along the way but I have NEVER forgotten this, and thanks to you tube I never will. x
jinjanjane 1 year ago
I remember this on WOHO or WTTO not sure maybe CKLW the"Voice of Detroit".
Also remember watchin' WTOL evening news to get the "body count", and wondering if someone I knew was getting their life cut short. Then the gold star going up in the window of Mr. and Mrs. King's house across the street.
vee41056 1 year ago
the CD version is on Tamla Motown Big Hits and Hard to Find Classics Vol 2
marllo1 1 year ago
the song is on Tamla Motown Big Hits and Hard to Find Classics Vol. 2 - CD Spectrum Music 2000. I was so excited when I found it in our local supermarket!
marllo1 1 year ago
I don't know how anyone could watch this and not be moved. I still get a lump in my throat, especially when Bobby Kennedy says "my thanks to all of you... on to Chicago andl et's win there." His last words to his supporters and the end of an era. Thanks so much for posting.
rod1148 1 year ago
I wish that our world could be as simple as the little boy in the beginning and end...
jamespolk73 1 year ago
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Scalpsie you've assembled a most amazing montage of pictures & video. Your timing of speechifying to spoken word is spot on. Though I'm now fifty, your creation enables me to relive the emotion of being a young adolescent.
It's been a long time since I've heard this song, lost in the memories of my mind until a few days ago when Barry Scott, a Boston radio dee jay, included it in the May 30th broadcast anthology of songs with a message. I'm appreciating how his show brought me to your video.
Richard7PF 1 year ago
Scalpsie, you've assembled a most amazing montage of pictures & video. Your timing of speechifying to spoken word is spot on. Though I'm now fifty, your creation enables me to relive the emotion of being a young adolescent.
It's been a long time since I've heard this song. Lost in the memories of my mind until a few days ago when Barry Scott, a Boston radio dee jay, included it in the May 30th broadcast anthology of songs with a message. I'm appreciating how his show brought me to your video.
Richard7PF 1 year ago
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I remeber hearing this one many times on Radio Caroline during the 70s and had the honour of playing it on that station during my 2am to 6am. Why do the good die so young?
piratedjradio 1 year ago
I remember hearing this one many times on radio caroline during the seventies and had the honour of playing it myself on the same station. Why do the good die young.
piratedjradio 1 year ago
I remember listening to this album over and over again. Thank you for this great post!
Definately a time to resurrect the thought.
see4ward 1 year ago
this song brings back of good times i had when i was very small.
mottball 1 year ago
the speech at the end is the eulogy for Bobby Kennedy by Edward (Teddy) Kennedy...worth looking up...great sentiment....some men see things as they are and say why...i dream of things that never were and say "Why Not"
TomGilfillan69 1 year ago
It was during the turbulent 60s that America lost 3 of it's boys and that brings a total of 4 that died in the hands of an assassin's bullets. This song pays tribute to them all and they will always be remembered til the end of time. Thank you for posting and sharing and helping keep their memories alive in such a poetic way!!
dakotajim11378 1 year ago
This song has stuck with me since 1971. It was chilling then and all the more chilling today inlight of the non-stop hatred that has run amuck in this world. Thank you for posting this. I, too, had the 45rpm of this song.
kmoorebaltimore 1 year ago
Beautiful Tribute! I remember hearing this on the radio in 1971. Tom Clay did an excellent job putting this together.
hollywoodfinch 1 year ago
that must be Burt Bacherach who wrote the brilliant Music. a bit like let me go to HIM
valvetrom 1 year ago
This brought a tear to my eye. I felt very emotional watching the video and can recall all these things happening like yesterday. I live in New Zealand. Very well done to the person who compiled this.
SqueakMr25 1 year ago
"Some people see things as they are and say why...I dream of things that never were and say why not."
Thanks for posting this.
charlehman 1 year ago
This is the kind of pure art we search for on Youtube,,, Thanks 'scalpsie', for this beautiful work.
AncientLunnGadfly 1 year ago 2
ALL-time FAVOURITE Burt B. SONG: LOVE THIS Só.... MUCH !!!
61vanilla 1 year ago
when u hear some people use liberal like it's a bad word, these are the fine american heroes that they choose to insult. shame on you
thrill2020 1 year ago
religion creates segregation intolernce and hate, in my view love will come from understanding diversity not creating division! Freedom of speech which was a virtue of these great men is suppressed by religion, Your beliefs should not separate you from others but join us! Not hate a man for being homosexual or atheist or cathollic. Love is the only thing in my life that helps me to appreciate beauty respect difference diversity and just how beautiful this small planet is we ALL call home.
stagehandbob 1 year ago
Damn fine vid! Brings back great memories.Just a laugh a minute.
whiteknight21returns 1 year ago
@bullfrog11758 Don't talk such rubbish! The bible premotes slavery genocide racist ideals sexism muder intolerance among other things. Only in a free secular society will man be free! Religion has no answers it only wants to relieve you of your money brainwash you and control you. Its childish and evil and in todays modern world it should have no place or power in the public sector!
stagehandbob 1 year ago
@stagehandbob, you're quite the sage there bobster. what place does love have in your worldview?
rrkunz 1 year ago
@rrkunz To love your fellow human beings and not separate us it will only happen when muslims christians jews and whatever you are stop creating division intolerance and hate! If there was no god humans might see that to worship your family your wife and others that show you love is much more rewarding, worshipping god is a rather a one-way relationship! Life is short stop thinking about the next life and make our life on earth better for all men women and children.
stagehandbob 1 year ago
It's so hard no to cry when you hear this ;..(
58Clams 1 year ago
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for bringing this song to YouTube! I had a copy of the 45 rpm vinyl single of Tom Clay's creation way back in 1977 and lost it. I've never been able to find a replacement copy. Having lived through the turbulent '60s, hearing this piece again for the first time in more than 30 years brought tears to my eyes.
Again, THANK YOU!
SkeeterVT 2 years ago 11
@SkeeterVT same here for everything you said i am 60 have looked and looked i am so glad to have found this. found it from another place on you tube and the comments were childish cracks on obama which makes no sense.
rfranklinw1 1 year ago
@SkeeterVT I echo your comments, I also remember this, I had the vinyl that someone got me from the states, Album got lost along the way but I have NEVER forgotten this, and thanks to you tube I never will. x
jinjanjane 1 year ago
I lived through all of these events, very tough time in America back then.
barrierband 2 years ago
what did you do to prevent them. did you ask questions? did you demand answers? No. and history repeats itself...
Dollarbob 1 year ago
If you ever need proof that the US is controlled by a hidden government, then these events prove it ..
Before world war 2, The USA was a beacon and during the 2nd world war they were at their finest, but they learned from the British empire,
since the end of the 2nd World war, the united states has been falling further into the abyss
of corruption and secret government. you know it, I know it. president Eisenhower knew it, and said so when he left office. (true see his leaving office speech)
assa92004 2 years ago
Used to have this album. Love this song, thanks!
MTCatman 2 years ago
Maybe. And, we'll see, maybe. Take care.
LesGovt 2 years ago