HEART - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN in HD - The Kennedy Center Honors LED ZEPPELIN, 2012.
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- Опубліковано 27 гру 2012
- On Dec. 26 the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors was aired on national television for the first time on CBS. During the event, which took place at the Kennedy Center Opera House, Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson of Heart performed Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" with Jason Bonham on drums.
The honor is given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture and in 2012 the surviving members of Led Zeppelin (John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant) were among those honored. During their segment, the Foo Fighters performed "Rock and Roll," Lenny Kravitz performed "Whole Lotta Love," and Kid Rock performed both "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" and "Ramble On".
The performance of "Stairway to Heaven" began with Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart performing the song with a backing band, which included Jason Bonham on drums. He is the son of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, who passed away in 1980. As the song progressed, back-up singers, a string section, and the Joyce Garrett Youth Choir came on stage to help perform "Stairway to Heaven".
The choir members and Jason Bonham were wearing bowler hats, which was a tribute to the band's late drummer John Bonham. Throughout the performance lead vocalist Robert Plant was noticeably moved, and towards the end of the song he had tears in his eyes.
Jason Bonham loved the fact that Led Zeppelin didn't know he'd be drumming on Stairway To Heaven at their Kennedy Center tribute night, hosted by US President Barack Obama. Bonham performed with Heart and an all-star band -- and the first Plant, Page and Jones knew of it was when they saw him walk on stage.
He said: "It was so incredible to see their faces, sat there next to the president. The guys knew who was playing -- but they didn't know I would be on drums. Their faces lit up, and the smiles and tears... It was fantastic. What a way to close the show!"
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Always will love Heart♥️
Still, Three very Handsome men . And Rock God's.
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The number of times i've watched this is unhealthy
Me too
Me too!
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Seeing Robert Plant brought to tears while watching his legacy unfold was extremely moving
Can you imagine having created this in your youth, then sitting 50 years later to watch it recreated like this in honor of you?
If He exists, this might be the closest I can relate any "glory to god" must feel like
No way! I’d be sobbing on the floor
Omg. Can you imagine being Ann n Nancy being asked to perform this??? So amazing.
I have watched this probable 50+ times and thinking the same thing. To see a song you created that is one of the most recognized rock song of all time being played as an honor, yes a feeling of that can't be explained.
My thoughts exactly. Wish I was in the room that night, that was pure magic like them.
I love how jimmy keeps looking over at Robert like “dude this is so awesome!” and Robert’s just sitting there trying not to cry.
It was incredible, they were so excited and me watching my idols cry !!!
❤️❤️❤️❤️ Led Zeppelin,los amó!!!
Trying but they are all pretty much crying cause they feel the music in their soul!! Beautiful job!!
One of the best music Legends still a live enjoying their own music "AWESOME" to see this, Thank you U-Tube.
I loved that too
If you were alive during Led Zeppelin’s era and this didn’t choke you up, you’re not human.
How many from our era had at least one high school prom with a "Stairway to Heaven" theme?
I have always been a Moody Blues fan. The pioneered the use of the Mellotron. It is nice to hear them use the mellotron flute keyboard sound.
Hello person scrolling through the comment section, you have a great taste in music!
Have a wonderful day!
When Robert Plant's boy died, John Bonham was to grieve with him. When John Bonham died, Robert Plant looked after Jason Bonham looked grieved with and looked after him all through his childhood and still does. Heart was a Led Zeppelin cover band playing at The Pipeline and the Aquarius in Seattle. Lots of history in this glorious performance.
Wish I had such friends. Thank you for sharing. 🌿🙏
This is the coolest fact ever ,,
No Finer cover ever DONE! 💥 That woman is a POWERhouse!! If you don't get CHILLS as Ann climbs up the steps progressively with THIS song you don't get music!! Even Robert Plant said 'we're not worthy' Xxo
I've never heard her before. She's really _really_ good.
I feel like Heart is generally underrated. Esp. Ann Wilson as a singer. I mean, she is one of THE BEST female singers ever.
She and Robert should be married.
You know a cover of stairway to heaven is fucking awesome when it makes Robert Plant and Jimmy Paige cry!
Don't sware
@@supermomoshiki ***Swear
I cried too...
Plant teared up because Jason came on stage. He tells the story in an interview with Howard Stern, about how he had just told Page that Jason and his family should have been invited, and then he came out to play the drums. You can see Jason point at them, because no one in the band knew he would be playing.
I cried too...
If you are a musician and Robert Plant is crying with Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones jamming to your performance....yeah, you made it
This is the tribute of the generation!
@@robert.m4676 what a big son of a bitch that you are!
@@robert.m4676 Oh shut up
I believe Plant was crying because of Jason Bonham on the drums.
@@robert.m4676 No, but I believe a person who represented the country as the last great American president was.
You know Anne Wilson nailed it when you see Robert Plant having a hard time hold back his tears and Jimmy Page wanting to go on stage and jam
When Led Zeppelin is thoroughly enjoying their own song being performed by other artists, you know they did it really well. This was incredibly done.
Heart was the perfect choice for this cover. Was in tears the entire show. Just wow!
they must be a male artist not female
@@efrendelapena2592 why? they did amazing!!
@@bryanlocy7389 They did an amazing job..Expression in the faces of Plant,Page and Jones tells everything . They were thrilled with Heart 's show. It was magnificent... Nancy and Ann Wilson 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Absolutely...The sisters were outstanding.
5:37 WOW says Jimmy too
It's not music it's magic.
your right sonny
Exactly
Vagina
Yes just yes
@@davey3765 are you?
My favorite is 4:23 when all three surviving members react to the choir reveal. That hits me right in the feels all at once. They were already witnessing a great performance of their most famous song, and that is the icing on the cake! This entire performance is amazing. Those that give this a thumbs-down are dead inside (or trolls...same thing).
Me too. I watch that part over and over
Absolute masterpiece !
Spiritually moving to the soul .
Amen ...🙏
Well said Patrick Bennett! I get chills when the camera closes in on their faces. So telling-I bet their memories of writing and performing this epic song are rushing back at that very moment. I never tire of watching this. It’s musical magic.
I agree to give this a thumbs down you have to be dead inside
Cool story. The whole show is just magic but the appearing choir is just badass
Whoever arranged and rehearsed this needs to be commended. The coordination of choral, orchestral, and rock musicians was superb, and Ann Wilson's singing was a masterpiece of control, build, and intensity.
Yeah, in the down left corner of the screen, you can see him briefly giving some cues and a cut-off to the choir and orchestra players.
That would be Rob Mathes
2021 and I still come back to watch it, incredible.
Before Mariah and Christina and all the others, there was Ann Wilson.
And to think they only had time to rehearse it only twice..wow......
I love Jason Bonham's tribute to his Dad. That was awesome.
Wonderful
....his Dad could be proud!
it was awesome
Growing up in 60/70s I’m thankful to have experienced best friggin music ever!!!!
It’s awesome to see Robert plant react emotionally to his own music in the same way his fans do
There is a story behind this. In the early 70's Led zeppelin were playing a concert in Vancouver. After the show they wanted to go to a local club. Their manager told them there was a local band that did an amazing cover of Stairway to Heaven & that they should check it out. They decided to go. The name of the local band was Heart.
My dad just turned 68 and he used to tell me all about this. I forget the name of the club, but he and his buddy would go there every single weekend and watch Heart perform. He told me that the minute he saw them play, he knew they were going to be big. Apparently, they use to close EVERY show with Stairway to Heaven. They had come up from Seattle with their boyfriends (who were dodging the Vietnam draft), otherwise, I might have had one of them as my mother (or so my dad claims LOL)!
@@brandonruggles816 Your dad...cracking me up.
I defy anyone with a “Heart” to watch this and not be moved by Robert Plant’s reaction in general but in particular to Jason Bonham!🥰
@@marcustait79 Just saw Jason Bonham's interview with Howard Stern. He says they didn't know he would be there, let alone play. One of those moments......
Omg i love this
No pressure really. Playing that solo in front of Jimmy Page, Yo Yo Ma and the President of the United States.
I watch this once a week and while I’m not an envious person by nature, I envy every person in the audience who had the honor of watching this live.
Not to mention the musicians who were on stage!!!
You can see the memories behind the eyes of those men as they listen to THEIR song coming alive!
Your comment is right on!!
It's amazing how much Jason looks like his dad. That great smile they exchanged was heartfelt because John and Robert were mates from a previous band before Zeppelin.
I couldn't word it better, 10 points Nichole Barrett
I swear that it's my exact thought: behind those eyes and tears we can feel what they lived preparing the song, singing it, and performing it on stages all over the world. In addition to the year when they have sung it, they eman by those eyes and tears that time flies and memories remain.
Agree!
This is BY FAR the best tribute I have ever seen. I can't even imagine how fucking proud I would be if I made a song, and nearly half a century later people would still listen to it and even go as far as make a tribute. Absolutely amazing. Robert was in tears. I'm shocked why anyone would dislike this.
Chris Lee Good Day, NO, would never forget.
Chris Lee You're right in every sense of the word. I can't imagine that there's a better tribute on this planet, anywhere. And that song!!!!!!!!
Chris Lee Over 98% say like - there's always going to be dickheads who press the dislike button! They are, of course, dickheads though.....
Chris Lee you are absurdly right!
Chris Lee 250 dislikes is astonishing. I'd guess about half of them are Zeppelin purists that didn't like the changes. But could they have chosen a better female singer for this? No. Better drummer? No.
This make anyone else cry. No? Just me?
That's like a religious experience. Beautiful. Made me cry.
😮 I laughed seeing the one lady in the audience with her hands up like she was at church!
I’m hoping to have this version played at my funeral I’ve loved this song since it first came out I’ve always said I wanted this played ❤❤😢😊
What's funny is that Ann and Nancy will soon be sitting in those very same seats listening to their well deserved tribute.
The problem is there is no band amazing enough to do a tribute to Heart that is half as good as they one they did for Led Zep.
@@bonniepega2592 Foo Fighters might, just MIGHT be good enough. Their RUSH tribute was amazing.
I'm a guy in his 50's now and I gotta say, Heart was one of my favorite concerts ever! Saw them at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas back in the early 90's and they just ROCKED THE HOUSE! They were amazing here too!
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Yeah, Barracuda is actually a tribute to Achilles Last Stand if you play them back to back, Achilles first.
to be honest it's not funny to me (no offence) but rather sad we have to say goodbye to all the good musians
Led by 62 y/o Ann Fucking Wilson, the most awesome goddess of rock!!!
Aammennn
Im speechless !!! OMG!!!!
Ann Wilson made Page and Plant cry. Jason had also tears in his eyes most probably thought about his dad.
What a show! wordy of these three legends..
I can only imagine how powerful that sounded..
Jo-jo Ma having the absolute time of his life
He is playing too?
When Jimmy Page cries over his own song, you know its THE TRIBUTE. Damn goosebumps :)
Heart making Led Zeppelin cry is awesome 🤘❤️🤘
Anyone else think Zeppelin will stand the test of time? Brilliant rendition
In 80 years from now,..they still will be relevant.. remember,most stuff coming out now will be forgotten that easy,but this band,this age of music..never will be
I believe without Zeppelin most rock bands wouldn't be here today
This version brought a smile to my father's face, cutting through severe alzheimers.
They don’t make music like this anymore. Probably never will aging
Jimmy Page's "Wow" in the end and Robert Plant's watery eyes are the greatest validation of Heart's impeccable rendition of "Stairway to Heaven"
O Thongsrinoon he later said he was crying because of being proud of Jason Bonham playing his dad’s song. Not because Heart pretentiously sung it.
Robert didn't know Jason was going to be there and Jason surprised him. And yes I imagine he saw his best friend " John " when he heard and watched Jason playing.
@@LoveYou-xi1mh They did an awesome job singing though, there is no need to claim they pretentiously sung it.
Great to see his son and the choir wearing Bowler hats as a tribute to John Bonham!
@Revit UpNow ARRR not really, LZ met HEART back stage in the 70s after a Heart concert and are well known to each other
This is as good as it can get.
Who ever choose Heart to perform this, deserves the highest award possible.
The amount of talent & giant balls it took for these two women to take this on is both staggering and disturbing. Glad they went big as there is no other way to cover what is arguable the greatest rock song of all time. And nothing but respect that they included Jason. He deserved to be there for his dad.
What an unbelievable performance… Of course, Heart is the only- and OBVIOUS choice- to cover a Led Zeppelin song… They’d been doing it for years… probably the only band able to pull THIS song off…❤☮️🎸
This isn't a song; this is perfection.
+Jack Epstein You said it
Never been so moved at a tribute in my life. Bawled like a little girl. Every. Single. Time. With Bonham's son, the best vocalist on the planet, Ann Wilson, truly, let this be one tribute that goes down with our generation's time capsule. It moved music legends. If we left anything worthy, spiritually, this was it.
Nice words. My exact, same thinking.
Same. I've watched this 10 times in the past two days and same reaction.every.single.time.
Best vocalist of Rock
Well said
Lordy , couldn’t have said it any better, only time I’ve been envious of Obama
I don’t know who the guitarist was performing, but he absolutely nailed jimmy page’s guitar solo, that solo is a legit work of art, one of the best ever
can you imagine... the phone call. "So.. hey man.. Heart is playing Stairway..... for Led Zeppelin.. and they want you on lead guitar"
Every musician who played spent 18 hours a day practicing and asking their friends if they thought it was ok...
Shane Fontayne is his stage name.
Sheldon Cooper.
the brilliant Shayne Fontayne
I was recently teaching my granddaughter how to play her electric guitar, and of course found myself picking out the intro to Stairway to Heaven. My grand-kid then spoke up, "Oh, I know that song. I like it." I then continued playing up to the loud and dramatic ending, and for a second, grandpa became a star. This is just one example what these guys have given us. I am so grateful for their gift...
Boy does she still have the pipes!
Ann Wilson could sing the phone book and make people cry. That woman is AMAZING!
Jimmy Page is counting every single chord played. How proud they are; what pressure to be playing this anthem in front of these rock GODS. WOW
LOL, I thought I was the only one that noticed him counting! :D
@@MChantal76 Nope! After watching this a kajillion times, I finally noticed it as well.
It was great, but it wasn't played like the original. Some guitar parts were left out.
Absolutely no one else in the world but Annie Wilson could pull this off. You freaking go girl!!
I think Adam Lambert could do it, but probably not too many others.
Robert plant was like a mythical being in his youth. ❤
Jimmy Page was out if this world.
They all grew in such sophistication and class. They still look incredible.
I've watched this a hundred times and my eyes haven't remained dry yet. Jones, Plant, and Page personify humility and grace.... not bad musicians either. Page's spontaneous excitement and Plant's tears make this an incomparable moment in music history... and of course, Heart, Bonham, et al is nothing short of spectacular.
Guitar soloist Shane Fontayne is also brilliant 🎶! He's pretty much underutilized touring with graham nash.
Watching Jason play in his daddy’s place always gives me goose bumps.
They must have worked VERY HARD rehearsing for this song. Hat's off to Ann and Nancy, the band, orchestra and the choir! Mostly thanks to Led Zepp for the creation of this awesome and fearless music! This is one of my favorite videos on UA-cam no doubt!
It makes me wonder - if they were thinking "we did this with 4 people, and it's taking them almost 2 dozen people to recreate our song"?
I never liked the song until Heart did it.
@@maggymusic You are in the good company of Mr Robert Plant.
Heart has been hugely influenced by LZ forever. They always do a Led Zeppelin song in their concerts. Being a huge fan of both, I can say it's a real treat!
@@billferguson6175 they would have been thinking they created the song in a small room somewhere, now it's being sung by a whole orchestra
I couldn’t imagine a more beautiful tribute from one legend to another
There are no other words to describe this but WOW! Ann Wilson one of the great female vocalists of all time and sorry but for all those thumbs downs oh hell what do they no!
This song makes me cry every time I see it. I wish John Bonham were here to have witnessed this remarkable performance. He would have been so proud of his son. His son seems like a good guy too. For those who don't know the backstory, on the drums is Jason Bonham, son of Zeppelins one and only drummer John Bonham who died in 1980. John Bonham was known for wearing bowler hats, and it was very cool that the entire choir wore one in tribute as well as his son. But what I think is even cooler is that it looks like that was John Bonhams last drum set! How cool is that! Obviously it makes sense that he would inherit his Dads drums. It is the exact same translucent orange kit with the same bass drum head, drum set up and cymbals his Dad had! I am just guessing but they must be the original drums! I bet they only come out on special occasions. And I have seen Jason in other gigs through the years and he does NOT use that kit nor is that his general set up. The only question left for those drummers out there like me is did Jason go with a single bass drum pedal on this performance like his Dad was famous for. Not that using a single pedal is special in an of itself, just that doing what John Bonham did with just a single pedal is incredible! Very cool! Very cool indeed!
That would explain why he too had tears in his eye. Thank you for the back fill.
Thanks for sharing. Your bits of information made this video even more special
Cool of you to notice that
Thanks for this it’s awesome, some ppl reallly see small details 👌🏽
The remaining members of Zep had no clue Jason was coming to this show. Robert especially was choked up by that.
The only person who could sing this better is Robert Plant himself. Amazing.
My god...this gave me goosebumps!! Easily one of the best tributes I’ve ever seen. I know Plant, Page and JPJ are probably beyond sick of hearing this song, but I can tell they felt that! It was like them experiencing themselves for the first time. Wow! What a performance!!!
Can you imagine the pressure on Ann and Nancy? The absolute rock gods looking down on you whilst performing their signature song
january 2020 and still feel this is best cover - stairway to heaven - led zeppelin by heart.... good job
Absolutely.
Check out the classic rock show's version, even better!
@@haluwazone299 Dude... that was Awesome! But, I do have to admit that in some ways I like Heart's version alittle better ONLY because it was slightly different and her vocals are in their own realm. With that said, yes CRS's version was basically a carbon perfect copy of LZ, but possibly with alittle extra zing. So honestly, I'm not sure I like one more than the other, only Heart's version sticks out as something special in it's own way. But thank you, I am now hooked on CRS.
@@1LegintheGrave don't mention it brother! Always glad to meet people of good taste.
@@1LegintheGrave and do check out CRS's cover of Bohemian Rapsody.
They fucking owned it. To absolute perfection even. It's not Zep, and there will never be another Zep, but outstanding all the same.
Carl Skaggs except the part ' she's buyijing a stair way to heaven'
I did catch that.
I think we all cried listening to this. I grew up with Zep. So many memories. One day we will all be gone. But this masterpiece will live on for many generations.
The greatest female rock voice of all time was 62 when she sang this! As a youngster, Ann Wilson had a studder and turned to music as a coping mechanism and for fulfillment. We are all so lucky that god, or whatever higher power exists, blessed her with the studder.
Greatest Zeppelin cover of all time! Totally blew me away!
57 yr old black guy...I know, I know music is not about race. I have tears in my eyes after this performance. I didn't appreciate Led Zepplin when I was a youth but this rendition just hit my soul in a great way. Thank you Nancy and Ann Wilson. I am not embarrassed to cry. Thank you.
I do every time as well.
I think song absolutely can be about race, or ethnicity, or culture. Only others who've been through your experiences can sing to you in your own language. But this is definitely one of those times that music transcends everything to touch everyone.
The look on roberts face as Ann came out he knew she kill it! And the queen sure did.
if my best friend and i made a great bunch of music together, then my best friend died.. i wouldnt want to play that music very often anymore.
then, 30 years later, that best friends son got on a world stage to play his dads part in reinacting our music in front of me... I would cry my eyes out missing my friend and loving his son.
life is both painfully long and brutally short.
Heart! 110 percent... and anything that can even be said in words. They knocked it out of the park, and Led Zeppelin was loving it. It just could not possibly be done any better, I could not give them any more accolades....110 or percent perfection (if there is such a thing).
I think all 3 million views of this were from my Dad. He would listen to this cover over and over to drown out his anxiety. He suffered from epilepsy, and I would have to call an ambulance really often. I remember our neighbors nickname us "The Ambulance House" Sadly, he lost his battle when he had a giant seizure in his sleep and my mom didn't get there in time. RIP Dad 💜
They said Don Henley was brought to tears!
Ann moving around that stage like a Boss straight up killin'
The look on Robert, Jimmy, and John's faces are just priceless.. To be alive when and to of known how much of an impact you've made on the history of music has to be the most humbling experience imaginable.
Anyone else get all emotional every time they see/hear this version !? It’s so god damn powerful my goodness I love it
Their smiles and almost tears and JPJ smiling. What many dont realize. JPJ and Page played in studio together for a good while. JPJ is a musical genius in his own right, and he did a lot of the engineering on the Zepplin albums
This has to be one of the greatest performances in rock history. So incredibly well done 👏👏👏
It's easy to see why this performance would touch anyone, Ann Wilson is one of the best female vocalists in history.
Done with the integrity the song deserves.
It took every single vocalist on that stage to live up to Robert Plant's vocals on this song. What an incredible rendition.
Watched this at least 15 times. The choir was phenomenal and the bands reaction is spectacular. Every part of my life in the 70's had Led Zeppelins aura around it.
Only the heart sister could have pulled this off ! Standing ovation !!~!
If you can watch this without losing composure you're not human
I’m sorry my brother Louie missed this. We had this played carrying his coffin to be buried 😢. He loved Zeppelin
When Jimmy Page cries over his own song, you know its THE TRIBUTE. Damn goosebumps :)
You can see the memories behind the eyes of those men as they listen to THEIR song coming alive!
Damn. Didn't think I'd cry
+LyrixandLicks302 I did.
+LyrixandLicks302 Yeah! I think it hit me seeing the tears in Plant & Page's eyes.
+Brent Simonds exactly
+LyrixandLicks302 i cried
+LyrixandLicks302 , glad to know I wasn't the only one:=)
Obviously not Zepp, but damn am i happy they got real rock stars to cover this anthem and honor its writers. Ann and Nancy were phenomenal
That choir WHAT A POWER
this song is my companion during the quarantine 2020
me too
An instant classic. Anyone downvoting this is a fool.
They deserve a film like Queen as well...
Yes I think they are worried about how they would arrange it tho. Would it end at Bonhams death? Would it start prior to the Yardbirds? It was much easier to follow 1 member, like Mercury or Buddy Holly, for example. They would need backstories on each of these legends
They are much better than Queen. Mercury was a fan from Robert...
A time will come where Heart will be getting their own tribute.
It’s at this moment that RP realises the heritage that he and his band created, will join the catalogue of giants in classical music
Ann Wilson was absolutely incredible
God. Watching Jason fill his dads seat is a tough lump in the throat to swallow. But then seeing your aging idols shed tears over the same things and much more.. that's a tough bucket of tears to not drown in. Simply spectacular, and a really profound experience to see even here on youtube.
Heart has included this at their shows for years... but the imagine the pressure they must have felt at this venue in front of their rock icons... they blew it out of the water!
I love my country Brazil very much, but I'm sure that musically I was born in the wrong country. What a show! Ooohhh my God. It's Rock
That was the best version of "Stairway to Heaven" other than the original that I have every heard. Absolutely AMAZING!!!!
Robert Plant's not the only one in tears. I've watched this over a dozen times and cry every time. What an amazing and beautiful tribute.
Damn she really does that justice...
Such a daunting task to pull this off in front of the icons that made this song indelible! I believe that Ann and Nancy Wilson are probably the only ones on the planet that could have done this. I grew up on Led Zeppelin and Heart, and I was privileged to see Zeppelin the last time they came to Atlanta! 🎸❤️🎸
Anybody in 2019?
Wow!! ❣️🎶👩🎤
Ask again in 2020! It would be the same!!!
BH presente !
2020 here. I play this on the sound system every other morning.
April 25 2020 I listen to this every month.@@joan22
Ooo God....THIS is the most amazing cover of legendary song I've ever seen !!!
I love this song very much and their performance made my goose bumps start to raise !!! I even saw Robert Plant and Jimmy Page Crying...
That intro, solo and Jason's sound all together are PERFECT match !!!!
I have this video.
Man this is the best performance ever I cried too when I heard this