Sissel Kyrkjebo, 1991, Imagine (from John Lennon)

[1000copenhagen]

que voz wao

[Donlakyounomoah]

So effortless.

[jwilliam2255]

Sissel is beauty and loveliness incarnate.

[gtecfutshow]

Fantastic...Fantastic Sissel...

[Lafftom]

Sissel,

you are an Angel, we cannot see your wings, because they are ethereal.

May the happiness you give be with you forever.

Greetings from Argentina

Tomas Laffaye

[mmxbow]

Очень чистый, прозрачный голос! Спела так, что вышибла скупую мужскую слезу. И очень искренне на сцене выглядит. Класс!!

[Kali1050]

What an amazing talent this woman has got.

[ethalinia]

So much talent in such a young girl (she was what, 20 here?)... and god, how beautiful she is...

[jwkeenan2011]

WOW !

Even better than the original Mr. Lennon. I am sad it took this long to discover this incredible talent. Norway should be very proud to have such a classy, eloquent beauty with a voice to match.

[bluez56]

It's so nice that people put up old videos of Sissel. She was only 21 or 22 when this was recorded. This is wonderful, and now she is much better. She is just a great musician and always have been. When listening to this I'm proud to be norwegian :)

[VidForE]

Now we know who is the 2nd God.... GOD!! We give you Justin Bieber and you give us John Lennon !!!!

[kociol1975]

I like women :)

[EmilGH11]

woooouwwww Perfect!!!

[AmandaJuliette]

Amazing!

[PernilleBorup]

Honestly, I don't believe in God, but this song is beautiful. I've had it up to here with people telling me what to believe or who to believe in...Guess you can say religion drove me to have no religion at all. How's that for irony?

[karimmatlin]

i'm Muslim....although Lennon lyrics not suitable for our's

but i like Sissel beautifull voice

[chilliooo]

Lennon must be proud of her.

[ethalinia]

perfection :)

[Imala54]

She is the BEST I love her voice ^^

[davidbenjeshua]

This is a Deceiving song.

But God is Good.

So now this lovely voice is singing "Hark the Herald Angels sing" and "Joy to the World".

There is a God and his name is YAHWEH, who came to earth in the person of JESUS of Nazareth, lived a righteous and holy life, but died the death of a criminal,instead of you and for me, then rose again and shall JUDGE the living and the dead.If you repent of your sins and TURN to Him, He will forgive you and save your soul. Blessed be the name of The Lord Jesus.

[ronharrelljr]

@davidbenjeshua are you a nut job or what?? You spew evil and hate in every word you say -- I can't believe you ever had the courage to come online like this, especially on a site like this -- yeah there is a god and he probably wants to kick you in the ass right now !!!!

[ronharrelljr]

@davidbenjeshua are you a nut job or what?? You spew evil and hate in every word you say -- I can't believe you ever had the courage to come online like this, especially on a site like this -- yeah there is a God and he probably wants to kick you in the ass right now !!!!

[ronharrelljr]

@davidbenjeshua are you a nut job or what -- you spew evil and hate in every word you say in the name of Jesus?? My God -- you are sick -- and to do it on a site like this??? Maybe some one should take away your computer

[narmolania]

@davidbenjeshua /watch?v=HkXPyY9Wo_A I do believe that Aurelio Voltaire Hernández sang my oppinnion about you. I know that God thinks your a waist of flesh.

[winxclubfan1000]

this version is not nice the real version is better

buth she sing this good

[jadaseneidase]

She really looks like Tone Damli Aaberge here!!

[artistdeluxe09]

Simply wonderful version of an immortal song.

[Jumomik]

The voice of an angel.

[richardrmartineau]

Belle voix, très belle voix même, mais une chanson convenue et naïve.

[pattycrowe]

Does anyone know the name of the song she is singing at the end of this video? (Starting at about 4:00)

[wysose]

@pattycrowe

The song is "Soria Moria". Surprisingly, Sissel's live peformance of this song is better than the one in her album.

[Olgafans]

I love this song and aslo Sissel. I think that she has the most beautiful voice in the world...sissel's voice is very versatily and so good.

[MsJoeymoey]

AWESOME!

[blondemax]

OMG shes amazing

[normanvonputz]

ticket to norway, 99 euros, ticket for the sissel concert, 59 euros, hearing an angel sing, priceles. what a voice. greets from germany.

[MissChrissyKissy]

Now thats what i call amazing.

[MissChrissyKissy]

Now thats what i call amazing.

[skrivervik]

I think she looses personality by performing this song, since everything else she sings is often about Jesus and the christian religion.

As a christian girl i think it's a highly self-contradiction to sing "imagine no religions".

I think the song is brilliant and Sissel is singing it beautiful. But it looses its sole when it's performed by someone who don't really mean what he/she sings.

[butterbluemchen1961]

Very , very beautiful voice

@skrivervik

close- minded and intolerant . What do you know what Sissels believes, or if she is a christian girl, who is only allowed to sing christian songs??

manny old, classic songs are about religion or god.

Unfortunatly Lennons dream of a world without bigoted religions would remain a dream.

[skrivervik]

Officially she is Christian, but ofcourse i've got no clue what she personaly believes, så yeah, I agree i'm a bit intolerant in my statement below.

But get this, i'm not saying people are not allowed to sing whatever they want, they should.

I just feel a little provoked when i see this song performed at religious places by religious people.

Ofcourse they are allowed to. If the church(other religions as well) wants to join Lennon's way of thinking that would benefit for us all!

[mistieyes1]

@skrivervik How do you know she doesnt really feel what she is singing Imagine? The lyric words, I hope you will join us and the world will be as one in this song is related to her faith. Think about it. :-)

[Cumpleano]

amazing.... goosebumps all over

[Formosa200]

angelic voice and breath taking beautiful choir

[SuperLoverHero]

F A N T A S T I C ! ! !

[XfactorDK1]

What do you mean? These lyrics are the best

[XfactorDK1]

hehe, i think You're the one who needs help :)

[beadsstitcher]

WOW!!!!!! this is absolutely unique. i love itttttt. john lennon would be very proud of her. well done sissel.

[patitocuacuac]

great interpretation

[FredHavn]

Greetings to the people of FØROYAR.

En God Jul til dere alle.

[FuckFace2407]

Færøyene? Hvorfor? Hun er norsk.

Men god jul!

[SadronAphaderuiondur]

She was so young! And yet so talented!

[Lecio1]

Esta apresentação é maravilhosa, enche os ouvidos e lava a alma.

Gracie, bela, gratissimo.

Lecio

[ybubwit04]

she is beautiful and a great singer.

[PrometheusX9]

nice 1 tnx john lennon and sissel k;)

[karimmatlin]

norwegian may proud have sissel

[Zulugutt1]

@karimmatlin

Be sure we all Norwegians are :)

Always peace to find when listening to her, even just when she speaks - you can feeeeeeel it.

[rakuuulll]

hon syngur mega gott, men dámi ikki kórið aftanfyri :(

[Roseburg93]

I love her interaction with the choir during the 'dreamer' bits

[1102299]

Nice  celebration of music ! Thanks!

[goodstyle87]

Rly like the text to this song.. And Sissel is just sooo wonderful<3<3<3

[lussam]

MI EPIDERMIS DESGASTADA POR TANTAS BATALLAS PERDIDAS MIS NEURONAS HABITADAS POR TANTO CONOCIMIENTO INUTIL Y SUBVERSIVO Y MI ALMA ICONOCLASTA PROCLAMAN SOLEMNEMENTE; QUERERTE SIN AMBIGUEDADES, SIN CODIGOS SECRETOS, SIN NOSTALGIAS; Y SIN CLAUSULAS OCULTAS. ES UNA DECLARACION INGENUA, TRANSPARENTE , Y SIMPLE TE QUIERO jed

[gerryrains]

Her voice is wonderful, she could certainly do without the choir.

[PernilleBorup]

She'll always 'just' be Ariel to me. <3

I love Sissel

[martajupiter]

Hun lignet litt på Tone Damli Aaberge her :P

[oldebutgoode2]

An amazing performance sung with such enthusiasm and innocence. The following song beginning at 3:35 or so is 'Soria Moria' posted by Sisselfan on YouTube. It's an awesome song you have to hear in its entirety. No translation is needed to be moved by her haunting voice on Soria Moria.

[flowerowl]

She is just unbelieveale!

[Chris1Joyce]

(0)

Imaging there's one heaven

a guide for how to strive

Your hell far below us

Above supporting sky

Struggle all the commies

Living for domain

[Chris1Joyce]

(1) Imagine there's no countries No thinking as a group Something to kill and die for Excellence within a reach Imagine all the people Lifting to ones prime You may say that I'm deaner To all your legalized theft I hope someday you quit to rub us And your crooked world left to die

[Chris1Joyce]

(2) Imagine your main possessions A wonder in your soul No Progression if no Greed or hunger An individual amoung individuals Imagine all the people You own result of your work You may say that I'm deaner To all your legalized theft I hope someday you quit to rub us And your crooked world left to die

[stjarthalbajs]

haha your stupid cunt! She is a fucking world famous singer fuckhead

[peteblade21]

she should have learned the lyrics correctly. She repeated "it's easy if you try" in the second verse when she should have said "it isn't hard to do"...which rhymes with "and no religion too"

[taterfrog]

Dear "peteblade21" - have you always polevaulted over mouseturds or do you sometimes show normal behavior?

[Blowingupthesun]

no shit

its a woman dumb fuck

[roeltiesmoeltie]

hey, this is my birthyear XD

she's awesome!!!! I simply love her!

[YT102008]

Beautiful then as she is today.

[limbride]

Not to spoil your parade iriwigle, but if Jesus ever tries to judge me I'll cut him. Isn't it time for you to get over the fairy tale of jesus christ and the incoherent bunch of homos that followed him.

[Chris1Joyce]

murphyclm, I totally agree with you. Lennon's lyrics were plain moronic. Ironically he was killed by a guy which proves we need wars to get rid of crazy ppl. All though Lennon does not deserve Sissel to sing his songs, lets be happy about the melody and voice and try to forget the stupidity inside the lyrics.

[justabrit]

Oh so you think you are right and lennon is wrong..we all have our opinions..why do you think yours is the right one ..are you in a narrow minded religous group ?...

[Sopranelsker]

justabrit, yes, I do think I'm right, and so it seams Chris do too, and we are both greatly supported by the evidence. In fact, there is not a single evidence to support we do not need wars. The fact that you obviously believe the oposite without any reason to support it, takes your crap about Chris being member of a religious group and throw it right back in your face.

Where does Govt produce all these morons?

[justabrit]

cant even reply on your site...Sooo every one to their own opinion..She sings this sooo good...

[Sopranelsker]

Exactly. I have closed down reply function on my site to prevent morons from pollute what is mine.

BTW, what is who's opinion is not relevant in a subject where objectivity is both disireable and achievable.

[oldfool666]

What did you think were moronic about them?

[justabrit]

that was solitaire..not imagine...sorry..

[justabrit]

i like her song imagine ..with neil sedaka..she is really good in that one ...

[justabrit]

Yeah she is ,,,

[pintordecisnes2]

IS SHE AMAZING ALWAYS OR WHAT !!!??

[iriswigle]

Sissel was very hurt and let down by God between 1966-1970 but godly people kept pulling her back into their churches even if she was disfellowshiped by Jehovah's witnesses for letting important JW's torture her. I don't believe in the Morman way of thought but I found them to be very kind.

[Zirolia]

"Sissel was very hurt and let down by God between 1966-1970 but godly people kept pulling her back into their churches even if she was disfellowshiped by Jehovah's witnesses for letting important JW's torture her. I don't believe in the Morman way of thought but I found them to be very kind. "

You must be a very disturbed person. Sissel was born in 1969...

[iriswigle]

The pesona Sissel as born in 1969 not the musician that composed songs under various alias names. Rock Hudson was not a birth name nor was his Hollywood wife his real wife. Sissel was copyrighted in 1967 along with blood sample and fingerprints.

[JockStewart3rd]

pretty funny, she's singing in a church, about there being no god and religion hehe :)

[iriswigle]

One can believe in no religion and still believe in a God. Jesus said there were two commandments, love God with your whole heart (& one will not do evil) and your neighbour as yourself. Jesus took away the need for churches when the Heavens became the spiritual temple. No religion is no churches. No candles. No way of getting on God's good side by doing rituals. Organized religion where we are taught to be close to God we must go within four walls.

[iriswigle]

Sissel is mirror twin of Janis Joplin. 1 is hopeful. The other completely, devastingly hopeless. Sissel started singing before Mary Hopkins & Janis Joplin just before the birth of ABBA 1966-1967. My favourite is Janis She is more truthful She is what you see before you. Sissel can do what Janis can not do. Sharon Tandy can do what Sally Fields will never be able to do. 1 can't beat Sis. She was shot after this program and went over to Europe to do Dana Winner on stage with blood still dripping

[iriswigle]

It wasn't after THIS program. That was 1966-1970 time period. It's after the Titanic/ Pia Jesu program & Sissel reappeared as Dana Winner to fill in for another singer in a charity concert held in Europe. The conductor and musicians couldn't stop the bleeding from about 4-6 bullet holes which had already been burnt to closure so they dressed Dana in white plastic then black plastic then blue plastic. The bleeding was thought to have stopped but the rose kept growing in Put on your White Sombreo

[iriswigle]

A step up from Mary Hopkins

[justabrit]

Yeah a very big step...Mary never got anywhere near as good as this ...

[mewcat95662]

She has THE most beautiful voice...

[dinastein44]

A great classic song, beautifully sung. Thanks Penny for sharing!

[justabrit]

who's penny??

[dinastein44]

Penny is a utube friend who sent me this beautiful video. And I fully agree with you, justabrit, Mary Hopkin is a very overrated singer with whom Paul McCartney became bored after producing one hit with her.

[iriswigle]

Penny, whoever she is, DID NOT send you this video. This video was placed by Sissel after removing it from a studio vault that she owned. This video is from 1967 with a Mormon Church after Sissel had been tortured by some JW's in Montreal and I won't take what I ams aying back. The truth is the truth. The Mormon church may not always think like Sissel but they were very KIND to her and nurtured a wrongly disfellowshiped JW. We are so close to Jesus that soon he will be the final judge. Penny?

[puggykisses]

simply beautiful!!

[Najidal]

What a voice! wow! she is great. thanks penny for sharing.5/5

[willy350z]

Wow she's gorgeous, and what a voice!, and thanks penny for the share..10/10*!!

[HermanHanauer]

Sissel,what a beautiful voice.Thank you Penny,for this

[NehaSpice]

WOW she was as beautiful then as she is!!

[juand8t]

it is my imagination, or she did change a verse?

[kallemydia]

awesome

[rtupin1956]

...and John applauded!!!

[Najmods]

Wonderful vocal....this is the first time I heard her voice, someone recommend her to me

[kirsp58]

The song is recorded in The Faroe Islands.?

[jakupkris]

yes

[DinaxD]

Can anyone make a karaoke version of this? Please! I want to fandub this!

[Gerri0081]

what a waste of talent!

[georgielund07]

Oh, so cute she was back then. Now she´s "just" beautiful. *smile* What voice she has...

[taterfrog]

I guess I have heard a lot of versions of this song over the past 37 years ( 1971) - and I only came across this recently. But, I can truthfully say this is the one I will compare all others to. I think it is the BEST.

[evilazn]

She is the best singer in the world!

[bjjcyou05]

She is so beautiful, natural beauty.

[puspanter]

jeg synes begge sangene er bra! jeg har vert i alle stedene vi så på bilde fra Bergen. XD det er kjempe fint i Bergen.

og Sissel har en kjempe fin stemme! jeg er stålt av å vere norsk :D XD

[HeinMinistock]

Jeg lurer på om du heller er STOLT av å VÆRE norsk:)

[eatsomedog]

Jeg elsker deg fra Virginia.

[Anatomy83]

She has an amazing voice..

[NitroxideHS]

ok bergen sry hmm sutch a faroese like name anyhow. :3

[NitroxideHS]

She is from the Faroe islands. :P

[yalejomo]

Even the early, i.e., young, Sissel is outrageous, fantastic, marvellous, simply indescribable. Chapeau! Hilsen fra Norge, Sissel.

[slagelse77]

On English: I love her. She sings fantastic, like an angel..

Jeg er virkelig stolt av å være Norsk, vi har en fantastisk verdensklassesangerinne. Hun er en av verdens beste vokalister, og hun synger så nydelig at man gjerne tar til tårene helt frivillig.

[amymint5]

soo gifted.

[pennymusicMAma]

I had the honour of hearing Sissel in Concert

@ the Minneapolis Pantages Theatre, a gift from my son, after we saw'Northern Lights' on PBS. Her voice was crystalline! Premiere songstress of Norway & home-Bergen like the

great classical composer,Edvard Grieg. We were

in Norway 2000 on music performing tour. Sang

in Roeros Cathedral where'Northern Lights'was

recorded. Beautiful country! I've loved Sissel

for years,recommend all CD's!-Penny Enggrav

[YoSoyTheStalion]

One of the most beautiful songs ever written. Sissel makes it come alive.

She is a angel. We are watching a piece of heaven here, folks !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[godessceline]

wow, she was so pretty back then!

[kroeg11]

I thinks she's much prettier today, more style, more class...

[MoreEvilThanNorman]

I REALLY LOVE SISSEL!! one of the most underrated singers in the world... oh my gosh, she's gorgeous too!!

[murphyclm]

I love Sissel's voice but always thought Lennon's lyrics were just plain stupid. Her beautiful voice is wasted on this one.

[havfruen72]

'nothing to kill or die for...living life in peace'

Jesus, yeah, how bloody stupid is that!

[zaakennjuu]

You are right.

But her voice is human.

[havfruen72]

Hi there.

It seems like you're the only one that understood that I was being sarcastic in response to murphyclm.

Cheers!

[zaakennjuu]

Truely you are right.

that is truely Quaerens me,sedisti lassus;

[EngelNr666]

thanks for sissel :)

[miracleromano]

thank you for sharing this... =)

[nighthawk006]

Ditto :)