184. Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram (Traditional Hindi)

[varunfail]

Sir no comments just one word Awesome

[Chomuno]

I didn't know nor expect you to sing in Hindi, Raymond. It's a very nice song, and you're excellent at it! Congrats!

[raymondcrooke]

@Chomuno Thanks, Chomuno. I have another one in Hindi too - and a few in Chinese!

[Sidrockism]

Good job Sir! could you post the chords that you played?

[raymondcrooke]

@Sidrockism Chords of all my songs are on my website. (See link in the information panel above.) You'll find this under Songs From Around the World.

[a4acharya]

Great song, you did great job friend.

[raymondcrooke]

@a4acharya Thank you.

[MerlePsyA]

I first heard this chant on a Weavers album many years ago. Thank you for your lively, heartfelt version. Last weekend I attended a Krishna Das kirtan in NYC. I wish he would use this chant in his kirtans, and I am so grateful for your eclectic taste and choice in performance. You are a solid soulful musician.

[raymondcrooke]

@MerlePsyA The Weavers did a great job in introducing us to songs from other cultures.

[guitarkarthik1]

Hi am karthik indian you are excellent

[raymondcrooke]

@guitarkarthik1 Thanks for watching.

[angadbir1989]

I want you to try singing a Sikh Spiritual Song. For reference, search for videos of "Snatam Kaur" on google. She sings SIKH Spiritual songs and she and her songs are gaining popularity not only in India, but also in Canada. I am a sikh. For any help in pronounciation or meaning of a particular sikh song, feel free to contact me. '

Regards

Angad.

[angadbir1989]

You're great. Today is 2nd october ' 2011, Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday. I was searching for Raghu Pati Raghav song on youtube and suddenly i came across this video. It surprised me. I suddenly posted this video on my facebook wall and received many many LIKES. Many of my friends posted this video on their wall too. Music is a medium through which one can connect with others easily. Your performance has touched my heart. Many Indians are watching you and you are a Music STAR in India now.

[raymondcrooke]

@angadbir1989 Thank you for your kind words. I have made many friends through music. In fact I have just been staying with a wonderful Italian singer in Rome who I met on YouTube. I love to sing music from other cultures as it is, as you say, a good way to connect with people. Especially when I can learn to sing great songs like this one, an appropriate song for Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday.

[jhalakstube]

awesome man! Keep up the good work. Thanks

[raymondcrooke]

@jhalakstube You're welcome. I'll try.

[raymondcrooke]

@jhalakstube You're welcome. I'll try.

[jaanmeindum]

very well done..good job..

[raymondcrooke]

@jaanmeindum Thank you.

[gambletster]

fantastic...... u gave the song a rightful tune in western style Thanks Uncle

[raymondcrooke]

@gambletster You are welcome. It's a great song.

[sgk1200]

nice to hear

[Reshma8692]

i love this man singing

so nice to hear with the guitar instrument

very talented man

nice :]

[raymondcrooke]

@Reshma8692 Thanks for watching.

[YoyoFlamingo]

Is this the same song as this one ? /watch?v=01Eu5itGVws

[raymondcrooke]

@YoyoFlamingo It certainly sounds like it. It's a very popular tune, so I'm sure it would appear in many variations.

[Ronsuri]

wow sir amazing!

[raymondcrooke]

@Ronsuri Thanks for watching.

[krishjoti]

dude that is a very very good job. Top effort mate

[raymondcrooke]

@krishjoti Thanks for watching.

[charlieking100]

Great chords mate.. and great strumming and rhythm u got there... You are really blessed one!! I wish we could both play together some day :) It would be an honor.

[raymondcrooke]

@charlieking100 Thanks for your kind words.

[swaps08]

Very nice..!!



[raymondcrooke]

@swaps08 Thank you.

[TheDevansh03]

excellent!!!



[raymondcrooke]

@TheDevansh03 Thank you.

[reshanrawks]

Bro, I love it, awesome! full of devition, God Bless!

[raymondcrooke]

@reshanrawks Thank you.

[emailelizabeth]

NICE. I love Ananda's version too but you have inspired me to try to lean it myself great to hear it with a 6 string.

[raymondcrooke]

@emailelizabeth Thanks for subscribing.

[kmcrocks1]

superb seriously mind blowing

[raymondcrooke]

@kmcrocks1 I'm glad you liked it.

[aryan49]

Just one Word for U >> *AWESOME*

[raymondcrooke]

@aryan49 Thanks for watching.

[KingKairo]

अपनी माँ को एक अंधे गाय है

[KingKairo]

तुम घुटने में भाड़ में

[mattstifler007]

great work sir :)

amazing ...

[maxpaine120]

great job sir,i also like to play guitar,i have played this song but u r more better...thx 4 playing this touching song

[raymondcrooke]

@maxpaine120 You're welcome. I always enjoy Indian music, but I only sing two songs.

[9sturtzby77]

germanic odin bows his knee to the true aryan lord...RAMA...jai ram!

[1234ondrag]

brilliant!!!!

[sammyjny]

great music and rendering, voice, emotion and knowledge of the epic bhajan!!

[raymondcrooke]

@sammyjny Thank you.

[manishgreener1]

@raymondcrooke

good sung by you dear with great zeal........

[bharatmisr]

for an indian like me, its really heartening to see you play this song. beautiful.

[emperor28jan]

great man......so impressive.............

[Karan40a]

Oh! great you are a great musician, I like it.Today is 2nd October , Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi and a International Day of Non-Violence also , we Remember him..... Jai Hind!

[designbar1]

I am missing my Mahatma Gandhi.... India is hijacked by Nathurams.

[charlieking100]

@designbar1 I agree, but "Sanmathi" will be there for everyone sooner or later... don't worry mate... Mahatma Gandhi still has followers! and Growing!! cheers!

[kushwahapradeep]

Wonderful..!! Great Job :)

[phantomphani]

Awesome :)

[biggnikk33]

Am a musician from India... Am so impressed with you work ... Loved the last part !!

Jai ram !!

[raymondcrooke]

@biggnikk33 Thanks for your comment.

[charlieking100]

Go dude!

Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram ... Pathita Pavan Sitra Ram!

[sagarx69gmailcom]

hats off to u buddy never thought this great song can sound so great on guitar.great emotions :D

can u plzz send me the chords for it if possible..:)

[raymondcrooke]

@sagarx69gmailcom Chords of all my songs are on my website. (See the link in the information panel above.) Click on "My Folk Songs", then "Songs From Around the World" and you should find it.

[sagarx69gmailcom]

@raymondcrooke thnks alot will now try it out myself a great song indeed thnks a lot one more time :)

[arunmn77]

Great Job mate!!! Hari OM!!!

[liwaste]

wow !! you are amazing 

[1234566294]

रघु पति रागवा राधा राम !

हामीले गर्न नसकेको गरयो ब्रितिशले काम!!

गरयो काम हरी राख्यो नाम!!!

हिन्दुलाई ब्रितिसले पारयो काम तमाम !!!! 

[america1nepal]

nice try; i mean u sing good

[TheYoungIndian]

Great Job.Respect and love from INDIA

[raymondcrooke]

@TheYoungIndian Thank you. It's a great song.

[Viandanterosso]

Hahaha! Hilarious! How to totally destroy a great devotional song....

[arunmn77]

@Viandanterosso

music is the language of god, god is love so when someone tries something good, please try to appreciate it than ridicule it. god definetely would have loved his performance

[jksharma7]

very well done my friend.

[raymondcrooke]

@jksharma7 Thank you.

[amitstube123]

Really appreciate your effort !!

[90abcde]

its good to see someone respecting a religion. god will bless u

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you. We should respect all religions.

[90abcde]

@raymondcrooke btw,where did u get the chords. my whole class sing it even though we r chinese.

[raymondcrooke]

@90abcde Not surer where I got the chords. I learned this song a long time ago. It's great that Chinese people are also singing an Indian song. Music can cross all cultures.

[90abcde]

@90abcde and do u noe that ananda shankar sang it? HE ROX!!

[raymondcrooke]

@indidesidude Thank you.

[chaosmage99]

OMFG WTF !!!! LMAO THIS IS EPIC !!!!

[avi39b]

Jai Hanuman!

[Fkuc0Yu]

This song is not BY NO MEANS something to be made fun of... directly or indirectly. Its OFFENDING. NOT FUNNY douchebag.

[hitesh05]

very nice..........

[smile116610]

Beautiful...Thanks very pleasing to ears :)

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks. Glad you liked it.

[tarunagnihotri29]

best of best ... hi im tarun frm india , im also plzy guitar bt just bigner ..by ct

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for subscribing.

[iluvshehnai]

how sweet!!! :-)

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you.

[flutterlily]

GOOD JOB! Sing more bhajans of this kind!!  it's very nice hear u sing this way!! u inspired us!!! thx for this song

[raymondcrooke]

This is the only bhajan I know unfortunately! Probably the best known one in the west.

[flanj1]

BRILLIANT

[arunarali144]

EXCELLENT.

[anirudhgupta169]

Heartening to hear the devotion and passion you have and express so eloquently through this piece. Thank you so much for uploading this.

[raymondcrooke]

You are welcome. It's a great song.

[bolywoodsmile]

Mate...again...this is great. Keep it up.

Hope to hear more bhajans from you soon!

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for watching.

[saburmi]

well just respect .. and respect .. for you ... from bottom of my heart...

[EJM0091]

This was very nice, you indeed put in a lot of effort and very pleased to see that someone totally alien sang this with so much gusto and meaning. Rama Rama :)

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for your comment.

[viru19c]

gud one ^

[Ronsuri]

nice i loved it!

[raj1905]

nice effort sir...appreciate it :)

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you.

[darlapudisatry1975]

Good to listen from you sir, I dont know who are you but I feel shamed of myself being an Indian I do not even know the tune, and lyrics. I learnt from you.

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks. I'm sure there are some Australian songs I've learnt from non-Australian singers!

[ramasum]

Thank you. My daughter enjoyed this so much!

Jai Shri Ram!

[raymondcrooke]

I'm pleased to hear it.

[shekarmama]

amazing... well done Raymond

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you.

[varunbhuta]

that was amazing raymond...cant really express in words what I'm feeling after viewing this video...I guess awestruck should describe it...thanks a lot....

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks. I'm glad you liked it.

[at2778]

God has no boundary....all are in His name...I hope we all understands each other...I really appreciate your efforts and wish you best in spreading peace !

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you for your comment. Peace and understanding are indeed the essence of this song.

[suresh1005]

its really hats off to you. its nice .....

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for watching.

[citoyenjoseph]

beautiful! god bless!!

[Marshano100]

DAMN!

[harshme1980]

Very beautiful.... I really liked it.

It was really nice to listen this "bhajan" on guitar. A different exprience but worth listening to.

Keep up the good work.

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[sampath1111]

I appreciate your effort. But for me, your version of this beautiful song was depressing. With a little more effort, I think you could have sang the song with much better diction and simpler strumming of the guitar, which would have been closer to the original song.

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for your advice.

[shivam00n]

wat u did was simply outta words......being a hindu myself i never gave this mantra such a good rythm.....u rock my friend.........nd sammpath plz encourage him coz he is simply amazin.....namaste raymond ur majestic...

[honeyamania]

WOW.... Simply amazing.... May lord Rama bless you with infinite peace. Respect!

Please come to India and we will treat you like a brother.

Subscribed.

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you for subscribing. I have been to India and enjoyed it very much.

[kinram007]

very nice, you play great and you sing great! I love this version!

बहुत अच्छा है तुम खेलने के महान है और तुम गाना बहुत अच्छा! मैं इस संस्करण को प्यार करता हूँ

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for your kind words.

[sunand007]

excellent

[parizaful]

hey u rock dude....jai shree ram!!!!!sabko sanmati de bhagwan..(may god bless every living being)

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for listening. This is a great song.

[misthysingh]

Omg...I am impressed

[tallvishal]

thanks . i see and feel the emotions with which you are singing. that makes it beautiful :)

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you. It's such a great song.

[gauravmitm18]

simply gr8!!!!

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks.

[sixtolojunior]

Liberty City Stories?

[bharathreddy74]

wow u r great

[trinikid2k2]

sorry to be a dick, but i cant stop laughing when i hear you sing this, lol ...

[ajaesharma]

good attempt mate..!!

[derrickflyhigh]

very good effort!

[jismith1989]

Well done for learning that, assuming especially that you don't speak Hindi. It's beautiful. I was originally looking for Ananda Shankar's Raghupati from his eponymous album, but I'm glad that I found this.

I like the eclecticism of some of the other things you've done, having looked at your profile page, so I'm going to have a flicker through your videos now...

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks. I hope you'll find some other songs you like.

[rishnasophie]

wauw respect! very good

[vispande]

i donno who you are ...but just lost myself....to this stream.....dont really have words to appreciate........

[raymondcrooke]

That's okay. I don't know who I am either...

[vispande]

i am speechless......wanted to listen this again n again......

[sd167]

Good job.

[gerritje68]

Big fan of you!!

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you.

[patelravi65]

i love to here this song

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks. I love to sing it.

[hephoton]

well done...

[bennii12]

Don't leave your job.. YET, u might find it hard to survive,,, however, good job=D

[jaydesh9]

Appreciate your try. !!!

[glitchfree]

Raymond - Shabash!!! (Well Done Bravo)

[patelravi65]

give respect man

[Topazo110]

First of all i convey my heartiest greetings to youtube authority for providing very nice an effective video of all kinds.Guys having different interest can fulfill here their own demand.Thanks to those noble hearted guys who are uploading videos here after sparing their valuable time and money.Regards,topazo110

[raymondcrooke]

Yes, we have a lot to thank YouTube for.

[Lowpostdefence]

Mesmerizing!!

[16219944]

hey dude, good work ..keep it up... u should have join india idol ... wht say??

[raymondcrooke]

Maybe in my next life!

[parthivpatel]

Well Sung Man. Awesome.

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you. You've found the only two Indian songs I do!

[jasrajshintre]

Fabulus sir!...

I am also trying to play it on my guitar...

Its not so easy to put this kinda song on 4/4 meter :-)

really nice work!...

Could you please upload more Indian songs with yr amazing way of singing and strumming?

thank u once again!

[raymondcrooke]

I don't know many Indian songs - only the two I have already put on YouTube.

[AMAR4200]

This is Sanskrit not Hindu.

[nrgodse]

@AMAR4200: this is hindi idiot! i am a native hindi speaker. and 1 billion Indians understand this. this is HINDI!

@raymondcrooke: really good job!

[inter248]

AMAR4200 .........u r so stupid, u being an indian saying that this is sanskrit and not hindi. have u rever heard snaskrit and hindi and look where are noindians now with knowledge of ur culture........Shame on u amar.

By the way VERY NICE job Raymond

[eselangovan]

thats brilliant work gentleman.nice to hear.

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for your kind words.

[RJPATEL786]

very nice great work

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you.

[TomD701]

steven hawkings does not approve

[emporerofindia]

Well executed mate. cookie points