Ashford & Simpson - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Live 1989)

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  • Опубліковано 16 сер 2014
  • Words & Music by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson (1966)

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  • @martyemmons8692
    @martyemmons8692 3 роки тому +71

    When I was in Manhattan one morning, and walking down the street. I happened to see Nick Ashford. I was on the opposite side of the street. I waved good morning to him and he waved back. That is one of my most cherished memories.

  • @catmother4214
    @catmother4214 Місяць тому +1

    I just love them. RIP Nicholas Ashford. 🩷🩷🩷

  • @athorpe630
    @athorpe630 4 місяці тому +9

    Rip Ashford your missed!!!❤❤❤
    They were an amazing team!!

  • @cynthiaparsley3511
    @cynthiaparsley3511 11 місяців тому +5

    It’s August 2023 at 9pm in Detroit and I just re-introduced my neighbors to Ashford & Simpson. They still move it 👍🏾💕

  • @joannehines7806
    @joannehines7806 Рік тому +7

    The original songwriters of this great masterpiece!! 💘 🎶 💃 😍 🎼 👗👡

  • @maggieedwards3951
    @maggieedwards3951 3 роки тому +13

    22 Gold and platinum records sheer genius 🌹🌹😒💥r.i.p Nick Simpson .

  • @Marty4650
    @Marty4650 Місяць тому +2

    WOW... just wow! What an amazing and talented couple. They were a major force in making Motown so great.

  • @sandralofton7986
    @sandralofton7986 Рік тому +14

    Awesome! RIP my sweet Ashford!

  • @BG-xn5ni
    @BG-xn5ni 10 місяців тому +3

    every band member is smiling and applauding A&S’s performance. Respect.

  • @ezekielmajor5511
    @ezekielmajor5511 6 років тому +26

    Valerie always had that beautiful body.

  • @olijadu
    @olijadu 3 роки тому +17

    love it. they blended the two versions of the song. this writing duo are probably the most underappreciated. they wrote some of the great classics of all time.

  • @hugosanchez7599
    @hugosanchez7599 Рік тому +7

    You have to be a pop genius to write the bridge and the key change of this song. Simply amazing

  • @imalwaysright
    @imalwaysright 2 роки тому +7

    Imagine writing a legendary song like this ugh the talent

  • @danielrobinson9270
    @danielrobinson9270 8 років тому +41

    Simply the best. Ashford and Simpson. I love you both.

  • @mikkih5809
    @mikkih5809 2 роки тому +3

    That looks like another favorite of mine on sax Mr. David Sanborn!!!!!!!!

  • @VintageJunker
    @VintageJunker 5 років тому +8

    This Amazing song Changed the whole world by Gods Grace. Thank you for posting

  • @joannehines7806
    @joannehines7806 Рік тому +2

    Love these two!! Greatest love story!

  • @karykares
    @karykares 3 роки тому +5

    I love this song. That sax 🎷 was off the chain!

  • @anastasiapezzuoli2007
    @anastasiapezzuoli2007 5 років тому +29

    They look so good together and talent like no others ♥️

    • @sandraatkins2539
      @sandraatkins2539 3 роки тому +2

      Yes they are absolutely gorgeous. In the next life, I would like to marry that fiiiiiine Nick Ashford. I thank this couple for the music. LOL, BLESSINGS ❤❤🙏🙏🙏

  • @thelmaburrell1765
    @thelmaburrell1765 4 роки тому +3

    Both Beautiful
    Lots Of Talent
    Love The Way
    They Look At Each
    Other.You Can
    See The Love
    In Their Eyes.

  • @kerryeberrie6587
    @kerryeberrie6587 4 місяці тому +2

    Ashford and Simpson forever❤

  • @shirleywarner2967
    @shirleywarner2967 4 роки тому +3

    Beautiful Talented couple. Precious historical memories....

  • @v.a.993
    @v.a.993 5 років тому +11

    Pure talent. Beautiful in every way!

  • @TheMsDebbra
    @TheMsDebbra 7 років тому +26

    THIS is clearly what good live music is..... fantastic !!

  • @carlosbright9615
    @carlosbright9615 6 років тому +15

    I love them both and their music. RIP Nick!

  • @Hulk2k6
    @Hulk2k6 2 роки тому +5

    This is THEIR song!
    You know you BAD when you and your significant other Kill it with a song you wrote for someone else!

  • @duncandacunha7771
    @duncandacunha7771 2 роки тому +4

    Two LEGENDS!!!!!

  • @davidbabcock2947
    @davidbabcock2947 7 років тому +27

    No words!!! Love you guys. RIP Nick.

  • @charleswilliams8248
    @charleswilliams8248 2 роки тому +1

    Ashford and Simpson really great song writers, they were simply awesome!

  • @BG-xn5ni
    @BG-xn5ni 10 місяців тому

    We saw them in San Diego, CA approximately 1979-80 and they were amazing and had the audience hooked every second of the show.

  • @rahlohmcdonogh9839
    @rahlohmcdonogh9839 7 років тому +72

    Valerie Simpson is the most underrated vocalist of all time.Still get chills at the end of the film Welcome Back Charleston Blue,at her duet with Donny Hathaway.We are God's people!

    • @easytherepilgrim2339
      @easytherepilgrim2339 6 років тому +5

      Agreed. She can 'yell', belt it out....without yelling. The best "whoa oh oh's" ever. But Nick is even more underrated....he has the macho voice combined with the 10-octaves-up a split-second later....but he does it like it's nothing. Like it's 2nd-nature, from the heart.

    • @myratanksley
      @myratanksley 3 роки тому +3

      Yep she is, she is my favorite female vocalist right behind Natalie Cole! Val can saannng with and without her husband!

    • @Hulk2k6
      @Hulk2k6 2 роки тому +3

      They're more known for being hitmakers than hit takers

  • @hozie22
    @hozie22 8 років тому +13

    True musical geniuses.

  • @kathymurray4760
    @kathymurray4760 5 років тому +10

    Be at peace, Nick! Nice!

  • @kimlibera663
    @kimlibera663 5 місяців тому

    This is one of the most splendid top 10 songs of all time.

  • @elik3239
    @elik3239 2 роки тому +7

    Much respect to Marvin and Tammi but Nicholas and Valerie murdered this track beautifully. Like this is my first time hearing this version and I'm like omg this is awesome!! They got me in here doing all kinds of sound effects like oooh, ahhh, geeeeze, I can't even try to spell whatever I was saying lol

  • @murraykins1952
    @murraykins1952 8 років тому +7

    Saw them live in London........AMAZING

    • @toussantlbisso
      @toussantlbisso 5 років тому

      Luuucky duck ! Saw Marley Live ! But frankly....I'd Rather have experienced them Live ! Sorry Marley fans .

  • @powerboost72
    @powerboost72 6 років тому +5

    so wonderful...

  • @britainwhite20
    @britainwhite20 6 років тому +6

    Still jamming to this

  • @ElvarMasson
    @ElvarMasson 2 роки тому +1

    Great version

  • @dominiquedevereux7205
    @dominiquedevereux7205 2 роки тому +1

    I JUST learned they wrote this song🎵 , amongst others 🤯!!

  • @borood1188
    @borood1188 4 роки тому +3

    Evelyn Ashford had such a good voice, she was really underrated.

    • @davebeerman911
      @davebeerman911 3 роки тому +1

      who is evelyn ashford

    • @borood1188
      @borood1188 3 роки тому

      @@davebeerman911 Look it up, you're on internet.

  • @tyronerobinson9239
    @tyronerobinson9239 5 років тому +4

    i enjoyed it

  • @JaniceMarieSingleton
    @JaniceMarieSingleton 6 років тому +4

    Love you so much!

  • @bandizsiros1884
    @bandizsiros1884 6 місяців тому

    great duo who wrote fantastic songs

  • @chroesuschroesus
    @chroesuschroesus 6 років тому +3

    OMG, I love this.

  • @marknorthwest93
    @marknorthwest93 8 років тому +40

    Great to finally hear these wonderful composers finally get to sing their own material. As they performed more, their vocals tightened up a lot more. David Sandborn's sexy sax solo really adds punch to this performance. I can see why Valerie is NOT willing to let their earlier Motown guide vocal masters get released, as she has stated that Nick Ashford hadn't developed his vocal chops to the point that he did later, and she doesn't want to lesson his legacy. I totally respect Valerie's decision. However, this is the beginning of their legacy as singers Thank you so much for sharing!

    • @PaulPaid
      @PaulPaid 8 років тому +3

      +marknorthwest93 Well said sir. I Totally agree with everything .

    • @jakee778
      @jakee778 2 роки тому +3

      I’d love to hear their demo versions of I’m Every Woman and the Boss

  • @suzuyan-komoriya
    @suzuyan-komoriya 4 місяці тому

    トムバーニーの音色が合ってますね

  • @marysalvi242
    @marysalvi242 5 років тому +7

    2019 classics live on and on and ...

  • @victormoses4124
    @victormoses4124 6 років тому +2

    The just Fused effortlessly. Wow! Real music is dead. This is how we felt in love in the 80's...

    • @oholm09
      @oholm09 5 років тому +2

      Victor Moses the real music still here

    • @BixenteFabregas
      @BixenteFabregas 3 роки тому

      @@oholm09 can't agree more : Vulfpeck, Jacob Collier, Pomplamoose, knower, dirty loops, JD Beck and DOMi, pentatonix, Snarky Puppy...

  • @ClauLcrazyclaugt
    @ClauLcrazyclaugt 3 роки тому +1

    Great, love them

  • @goretti-canterburg-rainfor9813
    @goretti-canterburg-rainfor9813 3 роки тому

    Echte talent, zo wonderbaarlijk mooi muziek. ❤️

  • @Queenalika85
    @Queenalika85 7 років тому +7

    they killed this

  • @janebuchanan3684
    @janebuchanan3684 6 років тому +7

    Baby, that's pure love

  • @NaomiIsSoAwesome98
    @NaomiIsSoAwesome98 Рік тому

    I wish they did a remaster on this song from the 80s because it's too iconic! There's more bass and groove than in the '67 version

  • @shaunagidwani3059
    @shaunagidwani3059 3 роки тому

    Beautiful ❤❤

  • @jacobking5924
    @jacobking5924 2 роки тому +2

    The Ross treatment is so iconic everything else pales.......

  • @AlonzoChico
    @AlonzoChico Рік тому

    Reverend Oates sangin' his butt off!!

  • @scotthenn5170
    @scotthenn5170 6 років тому +2

    Rip nick

  • @rochellewarren5008
    @rochellewarren5008 8 місяців тому

    💜☄️

  • @rustyrumble645
    @rustyrumble645 4 роки тому +7

    They did it the only way it should be sung, the Tammi and Marvin way.

  • @judithshalders6560
    @judithshalders6560 2 роки тому +3

    Valerie certainly had the voice,Nic not so much but they complimented each other.

  • @judenny3000
    @judenny3000 5 років тому

    Found and bought a vinyl record at the flee market so I was curious about them ,that's why I'm here lol.pretty good voice by the way.

    • @abey7328
      @abey7328 Рік тому

      You have a vinyl of this Beautiful song and with their voice ?

  • @lindarowsalot
    @lindarowsalot 2 роки тому

    And a very young David Sanborn on the sax.

  • @dehmarie5885
    @dehmarie5885 11 місяців тому

    💖💝💖💝

  • @cwartis
    @cwartis 8 років тому +12

    That was Saturday Night Live!! A young Dave Sandborn on sax

    • @tomd9307
      @tomd9307 5 років тому +4

      No I think it's later with jools Holland

    • @davebeerman911
      @davebeerman911 3 роки тому

      @@tomd9307 later with jools started in 1992

  • @wxb200
    @wxb200 3 роки тому

    I love Karaoke...

  • @AlessioRomaMusic
    @AlessioRomaMusic 5 років тому +1

    🌍❤🎶🎶

  • @communist-hippie
    @communist-hippie 7 років тому

    not as good as mad tv you are the one i love

  • @tamshari9212
    @tamshari9212 4 роки тому

    True....mountains is that bad to obtain...real life

  • @toussantlbisso
    @toussantlbisso 5 років тому

    L'amour noir est plus chaud !

  • @leroygrayjr.2957
    @leroygrayjr.2957 2 роки тому

    David Sanborn.. too

  • @ParacordPalsandHeroes
    @ParacordPalsandHeroes 4 місяці тому

    Honestly yall🤔. I have ALWAYS thought that Nick is what Jesus really looked like, all my life. They just changed his hair and eye color. Really, Memphis, 10

  • @peterle6883
    @peterle6883 4 роки тому +2

    Cepheus and Reesie.

    • @chad77657
      @chad77657 2 роки тому

      that's what I was waiting to see. LOL.

  • @suzuyan-komoriya
    @suzuyan-komoriya 3 місяці тому

    M1を弾いてるの、ジョージ・デューク?

  • @renansillas7591
    @renansillas7591 3 роки тому

    Só os BRs q vieram por causa do carinha que mora logo ali 😂

  • @whoiswatchingyourback
    @whoiswatchingyourback 6 місяців тому

    My goodness, how old is Jools Holland?

  • @marthacmd
    @marthacmd 6 років тому +2

    god gives you a mountain to climb or a cliff to fall over

  • @deshawnwhitehead2539
    @deshawnwhitehead2539 Рік тому

    Who’s playing sax 🎷

  • @monique-uo7bo
    @monique-uo7bo 7 років тому +2

    No disrespect Nick Ashford but I always thought he looked like a lion with that hair style. Love Ashford and Simpson. RIP to Nick!

    • @angelasantiago7426
      @angelasantiago7426 6 років тому +4

      monique 45 I thought he looked nice loved his hair

    • @karykares
      @karykares 5 років тому +2

      I know what you mean but creatives tend to be eccentric and thrive on uniqueness.

    • @janellirving4625
      @janellirving4625 3 роки тому

      He's the tamer version of Julius Carry (Sho Nuff).

    • @sandraatkins2539
      @sandraatkins2539 3 роки тому +2

      Tall, Tan, Mega-talented, Slender, and Fine as exquisite champagne equals my definition of Mr. NICK ASHFORD ♥

  • @nickharris9761
    @nickharris9761 3 роки тому

    No Marcus Miller on that one. I must admit I’ve never heard Marcus play anything old style : James Jamerson / Babbit / Chuck Rainey / Jemmott

  • @heatherhopfinger3942
    @heatherhopfinger3942 4 місяці тому

    the Dutton family Bluegrass group made a version of this song not as good as this one as far as I am concerned this should be the only version why the remakes cannot compare

    • @mrsplanetmaster9
      @mrsplanetmaster9 Місяць тому

      Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell made it before Nick and Val...💃🏻👍🏻

  • @rochellewarren5008
    @rochellewarren5008 10 місяців тому

    💜☄️