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  • Absolutely beautiful sends shivers up my spine she has the voice of an ANGEL!!

  • SUPERBA POSTARE,MULTUMESC !

  • Nana Mouskori deserves to be remembered for all time as the Queen of Traditional Song.

  • I believe this is music for all, regardless of their specific religious tradition.

  • How Hate the 132, people can dislike,?

  • she is the best singer of the eu

  • It's beautiful. I linked my web page - garyhyink(dot)com - to it. Thank you

  • beautiful

  • May God bless u for this song, it is really amazing because the moment i hear this song, i get closer and closer to the throne of mercy

  • Beautiful song. It appears to be an Eastern Christian church. Do you know where it is located?

  • @mindspring57

    I'm almost certain the church is in Greece, I saw Greek letters at some point and it would make sense since the singer is from here, but I can't be entirely certain...

  • this is something...I allways felt that „amazing grace” was catholic-gospel gender of music...but I see that nana mouskouri sing this song in an orthodox church.

    Interesting in a very beautiful way.

  • I try to remove the hateful comments, but they keep coming. Strange how people just can't appreciate the song, its beauty, and message.

  • @sdorr That is because we live in a world of hate , and a love of everything that is dark & vile ..beauty frightens people .. they prefer the dark .. I despair of it

  • @sdorr remember that evil does not like songs like this, just ignor them

  • @sdorr God bless you Greece ! i love this song a lot, she will have a concert next week in Bucharest Romania ! she is just wonderful

  • simply beautiful

  • The West has Nana Mouskouri & the East has Teresa Teng. They both hv gifted singing talent & diversity in languages. On top of Mandarin, Cantonese, Chinese dialects, TT sings in Japanese, English, Indonesian, Vietnamese. Can't agree a word, simply check out 3 of Teresa's English songs:

    You Dont have to say you love me

    Bridge over troubled water

    I've never been to me

    Enjoy the best music!

  • This video brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it.

  • Quel plaisir d'entendre cette chanson par Nana Mouskouri. Merci

  • gänsehaut pur.....

  • Nothing much gets me to tear up. But this is deff. one of them. This the most heavenly version I have ever heard. 1 Million stars!

  • John Newton was the author of Amazing Grace. He became a Christian believer during his stint in the slave trade, and subsequently required that all slaves be treated humanely. He also encouraged prayer on his ship. He later left the slave business and became a wildly popular minister in England. Got this from Google and Wikipedia. No mention of throwing a black baby overboard anywhere.

  • Where are you getting this information? I googled John Newton, the author of Amazing Grace, and could find no such thing. It is true that he was in the slave trade, but back in the day that was a socially acceptable occupation. And he made sure the slaves on his ship were treated humanely and encouraged everyone to pray. He later left the slave trade and became a very popular minister in England. Please provide a reference for your black baby story.

  • I think poke needs to listen to the song. The author was a slave trader who later recanted his wicked ways. We christians, not all bible thumpers, try to live and let live. The song is about the grace God gives us to redem even though we have gone astray. Lighten up Poke.

  • Tee-hee, my name is Grace.

  • Gänsehaut pur - Gooseflesh pure

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  • he wrote the song out of repentance for what he had done....he knew slavery was evil....maybe it was a way of asking God for forgiveness....

  • She has an amazing voice, it's just so universally awesome, as the OP states, it trascends across all religions and the globe. Too bad the actual creator of this song was a naughty man...

  • PREACH IT! I love this comment. :)

  • that amazing grace touched a muslim like me tooooo!!

  • Yes John Newton was involved in the slave trade, until he and everyone else aboard his ship nearly died in a fierce storm at sea. When he realized how helpless they were, it changed him as a person and led to his writing this hymn. If you listen to the lyrics, Newton acknowleges his own shortcomings as a human being and the fact that we are not 100 percent in contol of our destiny. The message behind this hymn is that even for the least of us, redemption is possible.

  • Yes it was true the man who wrote this song was a slave trader, but did you also know he wrote this song after barely surviving a storm at sea that swept many overboard to their deaths? He almost joined them in death, and was utterly helpless to do anything. That was why John Newton wrote this song, and in it he acknowledged his own shortcomings as a human being. That was why Christianity succeed as much as it did, it's message that even the least among us can be redeemed.

  • Pokemongo1, I know what you mean.Skin color is only a different package that we were wrapped in, inside we all have love, soul, respect ,emotions, and then some do not, but i love this rendition of this song.I do hope the man who threw that baby away, has to atone for it, that`s just horrible.How could he?makes me very sad. Deanne Costello Indiana USA

  • amazing voice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! from romania

  • Great Nana. Also, i find on Youtube a painting 'Richard Germain, a tribute to Nana Mouskouri'. Look at this, it's wonderful. Bye

  • amasing you are an amsing grace ;you are what you sing

  • This is just beautiful!

  • That was before he was born again and became a Christian. The born again experience has transformed many lives, mine included.

  • yh but thats what the song is about grace changed the man to become good and leave the life of a slave trader behind

    you obviously rnt livin in God's grace so you cant see this

    oh well

  • Dude, what the hell is your problem? The lady who sings it is amazing. And for the record, I'm gay and I actually happen to like this song. Chill

  • you ignore that he changed his ways after having written the song and even stood up for the abolishment of slavery later on

  • If you like this song, check out BZN. This dutch band covered thid song also very beautifull. On youtube: BZN Amazing Grace.

  • If you like this song, check out BZN. This dutch band covered this song also very beautifull. On youtube: BZN Lily Marlene

  • He was not black hating he was the main drive in england to stop the slaveing and because of that worte this by the way the black man in he's counrty went and found others then sold them to the white man because if the white man went in to the deep parts of there he would have end up dead or dinner mate god bless

  • And John Newton spent his remaining days repenting, should he have committed suicide? Would that make you happy? Christianity has varied contexts, but forgivness is foremost...a Man who changed mankind forever...and nothing you say or do will change that...

  • take it easy dude, i'm a non believer, but this song is trully divine....not exactly the right context to start such a critical debate

  • where do you get your info from, back up those words,

  • I agree! Thanks for posting this...Now I know...I am not against religion...They all give hope, nurture and guide humans...I am grateful that there are MANY religions...YES PEOPLE there exist other religions...Please be open minded and know that we are all sisters and brothers regardless of our differences. Do not shunn the opinion of others they are entitles to it....yes she does have a lovely voice. Peace to you

  • Rubbish!

    The song was inspired by his faith, and by his life at see.

    During a violent storm, Newton changed places with a colleague on deck, who was swept to see by a wave. Newton realized has he not changed places, he would have been the one to die. That is what the song is about, nothing more, and nothing less. None of that garbage of the throwing of black babies at sea, by black hating whites. Rubbish.

  • A chosen voice for this song.

  • well the writer had stop being a slave trader and took vows of priesthood before writing this song.

  • i love plaing my guitar along 2 this

  • this is awesome

  • From all versions of this very nice song, I´ve ever heard on youtube and elsewhere, this one is by far the best. What a voice to sing such a song ?

    Godlike !!!

    With nice greeetings from Germany.

    P.S. At the time she was popular in Germany (70ies), I couldn´t understand what my parents found so outstanding...... now I know !!!

  • Pokemongo,

    Yes, John Newton who composed Amazing Grace was a drunkard who worked on slave ships. He was marooned by the captain and himself became a slave. But he had a complete conversion experience. He became a minister, taught himself Greek and Latin, and when he asked himself what was it that led to his turnaround, he realized it was the grace of God. Hence, the hymn. Get your story straight before you go around like a fool bashing Christians.

  • I had no idea who wrote this song or what he did but that it is a beautiful song, wonderful words there is no doubt - maybe the song writer had a change of heart later in his life - we will never know what goes on in the minds of others - but if we hate people for what they did or their beliefs and refuse to forgive then we are no better - to make the world truly a better place we must be better and do better - I have faith in us - we can leave the ugly past of predijuce and hate behind us

  • Nope, I was not aware.... am not very Christian myself...my religion is another of the Abrahamic 3....the song is widely admired by large numbers of all three faiths, of course -- good music esp has a tendency to transcend its creator's nastiness/inhumanity...strange how that works....... Wagner is regularly played by the Israel PHO - though it took awhile!

  • John Newton was indeed a slave trader. Until one day he was utterly helpless in a storm that nearly sank his ship. He acknowled in this hymn his own shortcomings as a human being. The message to this hymn is even those who go down the wrong paths in life could still be redeemed through God's love, if they choose to be saved. His near death experience at sea changed him profoundly, and that lead him to write this hymn.

  • 真很好听

  • Such a pure tone.

  • wow

  • beautiful voice

  • geia su Ellinida kai oxi elinara!

  • great greek singer!

  • Praise Jesus!

  • Nice thing about this song is, that its so good, it transcends religious differences, esp when sung by Nana M....

  • she sounded so angelic ...

  • tres belle chanson je l'adore

  • Listeners should have their tissues at the ready.

  • she is not the best sry but there are better ones

  • deslumbrante esta canção

  • Amazing grace, amazing performance... Nana in Athens...

  • nice music,

    I am getting ready to write music encyclopedia which in greatest musicians from every country will be existed.

    Can you help me about Greek musicians please, Can you write me top legendary 5 Greek musicians of all-times?

    ( I need an expert opinion, please answer if you think you are capable of to decide it)

  • Please tell me your native language, and I may be

    able to provide further info.

  • chills, beautiful, absolutely, Bless her for blessing us.

  • Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, lob ihn, o Seele, vereint mit den himmlischen Chören. Kommet zuhauf, Psalter und harfe, wacht auf, lasset den Lobgesang hören.

  • Милосердный Боже, благодарю Тебя за то, что я русский и православный! Великое счастье славить Тебя так, как это заповедовали Твои апостолы. Господи, Слава Тебе в Веках! Спаси народ Твой православный и всех верных Тебе! Господи, спасибо, что Ты есть!

  • I prefer more to listen this great song in her great

    voice.

    (smile)

  • Very beautiful indeed!

  • Her singing of this hymn brought tears to my eyes......what a lovely voice she has.

  • As Nana will be with us forever, some others are trying to perform for the time being. As I was watching your videos I did think to send you a record from someone who has being hiding for long enough. Hope you enjoy him as I did when I did see him singing

  • As Nana will be with us forever, some others are trying to perform for the time being. As I was watching your videos I did think to send you a record from someone who has being hiding for long enough. Hope you enjoy him as I did when I did see him singing

  • Nana has never failed to do justice to traditional music

  • Zawsze kojarzyła mi się ta pieśń z czarnymi niewolnikami Ameryki Północnej

    Wspaniałe wykonanie .

    Dzięki

  • amazing voice

  • love this song

  • unbelievable...tears ran through my eyes

  • World's so beautiful!

  • Beautiful!! I would like to hear Susan Boyle sing it., wouldn' t you?

  • Nana for ever !!!!!!!

  • On my travels i have heard many people sing this song but this one takes some beating and i can feel a lump in my throat....Awesome!

  • her voice is not from this earth, or?

  • What a beautiful voice.

  • Where is her scarf?

  • Praise the Lord

  • Praise me then

  • What cd could I find this exact version of amazing grace on!?

    Does anybody know for certain ?

    It is divine.

  • je coné par coeur

  • To contemporary Greek "musicologists" (especially SimonoKaraïtes) = do you think there is "tradition" in your FALTSO rendering of music, or is Mouskouri worthy of IMITATION?

    To sing the song the way she does, one has to have BATHED in old musical tradition and ETHOS, such as the Hellenic culture she has been bred by (Crete, Greece).

    Backround shows Christian Greek orthodox iconography of a "troulos".

    Her singing is more befitting than the DECADENT singing heard today in our churches.

  • Too much vibrato.

  • bril nana

  • Fenomenal,excelent,super !!!!!

  • 5+++ rating , What a wonderful voice she has .

    A real legend .....

  • We Greeks are so proud of her!

  • A beautiful voice in both clarity and tone!

  • fantastic and had repeatedly played the song.

  • she must be an angel sent striaght down from heavan

  • wonderful song

    just love it

  • Hermoso!!

  • All I can say is BEAUTIFUL. What other adjective is better to describe this wonderful voice? To my favorites, for sure. To be shared for sure .

  • the most amazing voice ive ever heard

  • Just amazingly beutiful

  • sehr schön

  • One of the finest performances I have ever heard. A story of the creator becoming man and willingly dying for sinners, to save them from the wrath to come. what more can we ask of Gos?

  • Athens is the most beautiful and wonderful and amazing city in the whole freakin world! Love that Nana is singin there in the video! :)

  • Pretty sure its Jerusalem where she's singingf..

  • Athens.......:)

  • ....looks like Jerusalem -- could be Athens

  • its athens

  • it is athens:-p mouskouri is great...!

  • her boice is lke a angel

  • Try ..."her voice is like an angel".

  • Wow,...truly a most beautiful voice, Nana Mouskouri, heard this song in english and in cherokee,...at the beginning Ms. Mouskouri sings in english but at the end, is it Greek? 5 stars sdorr thanx for sharin'!=)

  • ¡Precioso, me encanta Nana Mouskoury.10***para ti Sdorr. Gracias Albamaría por compartir. Besos, -Juana-

  • Bellisimo, gracias Albamaria por compartir, un saludo a ambas.

    SOLEDAD

  • That is so beautiful that sent so many chill down my spines nad tears from my eyes,

  • if u really want redemption u surely can find and have it ,jesus went to the coross so u could and that makes this song great.

  • best singer forever

  • anyone who isn't melted by this song has a heart of stone

  • She's awesome... except for those glasses... =P

  • How wonderful! I have never heard anyone sing "Amazing grace" as beautiful as NM does here.

  • this song makes me cry , i just love the text .. andwhat a beautiful voice ..

    and the choir åååh my god !!

  • me encanta esta cancion, es muy bonita

  • How wonderful! I have never heard anyone sing "Amazing grace" as beautiful as

    NM does here.

  • Oh my God... shivering voice...

  • iperoxo videoclip!

  • What an angelic voice! It is truly a gift from God-

  • a very pretty version of this song

  • How wonderful!I have never heard anyone sing this song more beautiful.

  • This must be how angels sing....we are not worthy of hearing such a holy sound

  • I will never find redemption for bad things I did but this song brigs peace to my life every time I hear it...

  • Nana's angel's voice makes me cry,Beautiful.

  • Nana's angel's voice make me cry...beaztiful

  • Very good performance

  • I love Nana's angels voice.Beautiful.

  • this song always brings tears to my eyes. I felt the comfortness within the song itself, such a powerful song really amazing GRACE

  • Wow, At my school we are doing a dance to this song. It's not sung by her though. The lyrics to this song are so good.

  • everytime I hear this song, it always brings tears to my eyes. Such a comforting song.....cannot describe it, Just like my sould been pour with water of life (if i may say)......REALLy AMAZING GRACe INDeeD....

    PRAISE GOD

  • I can't stand this lady's singing. Great voice, but all her songs sound alike to me. No feeling :(

  • this song rocks

  • great voice. im not a christain but i love this song.. it really touch the heart

  • So much feelings. I get a duck skin. Seh is the best. Poli orea

  • what a beautiful song!

  • great song

  • AMAZING....I love this!

  • really the best "Amazing grace",angel's voice.Judy Collins is also good,but not as Nana.Amazing.

  • this song paints a picture for those who have ben redeemed.i love it more each time i hear it.

  • yes, paint it white...wonderful..I love Nana's angels voice.Greetings from Croatia.

  • is a orthodox church if im not wrong

  • Darkened powers are now caressing my mind. In my unveiling, a body of shade. My heart, his infernal tongue. Blasphemous rituals are the way to Lucifer. We all adore the work of the devil. The path to his evil incarnation. He is below and above you. His life is ecstasy in yours. We are under the inverted cross of the lord. Pray to your weak god of infinity. Your shattered prayers are soon forgotten. You are a stranger to our champion. I will lead you to the throne of Old Nick.
  • Approved for now. I think you failed to appreciate the beauty of the song. I wish that

    various religions didn't _divide_ humanity, but art like this I believe helps resists those divisions, and disappoints our lesser angels.

  • dude, I dont' think you understood what I was trying to say...religion has nothing to do with appreciating a song like this but i couldn't find any other way to describe her voice...sorry if I offended anyone...

  • she is amazing!!... i love nana

  • beautiful

  • its nice to get old i can now play nana mouskouri with out the piss took out of me

  • Angel! No human can have a voice like this. I feel that this is the first song we will sing after entering eternety.

  • simply the best!!! No more words.

  • wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhsin das ist einfach genial

  • my gran was amazing grace she lived to be 103 weloved this song brought tears to my eyes god bless you gran and nana

  • what a beautiful, unique voice

  • amazing grece !

  • The greath voice

  • Can someone tell me in which church is she singing? The name of the church and its location?

  • Beautiful Voice

  • Takaahkihtaakwan ooma nikamon taapwe! Mistahi mina e-miyohtaakwahk kaa Nehiyawi nikamotwaaw ayamihaawinihk. Ay hiy, kinanaaskomon Youtubihk kaa astaat sdorr. God bless you!