John Lennon's Imagine @ London 2012 Olympics - Children's Choir Performance | Music Monday
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- The children's choir perform John Lennon's Imagine at the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The Ceremony featured performances from such acts as Take That, Spice Girls, Queen and Jessie J.
Every two years, the world's finest athletes gather at the Olympic Games - a spectacular celebration of sporting excellence that captures the attention of billions of people around the world. However, the Games are about much more than just sport. They bring the Olympic values to life and provide a global arena for a unique combination of sport, culture, education and ceremonies.
At the Olympic Games in London 2012, about 10,500 athletes from 204 countries compete in 26 different sports, comprising 302 medal events. Whether athletes win a medal or not, they can forever call themselves Olympians. The sporting competitions are undoubtedly the central focus of the Olympic Games and participating in the Games is the ultimate goal for most athletes.
Every edition has its own story to tell and will be remembered for some truly remarkable performances from sporting legends such as Jesse Owens, Abebe Bikila, Jean-Claude Killy, Nadia Comaneci, Katarina Witt, Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt, to name just a few.
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The Beatles aren't just a British treasure.
It is a worldwide treasure. Artists that will never exist again...
I wish I could have lived to see them.
Agree !! I'm from India and I love Beatles ❤
Lennon is my favourite artist ever butI think there are still great artists still out there e.g. Sheeran, Eminem, Coldplay etc
Blackpink ?
@@thechaperone9770 Are u kidding me ? :)))
John Lennon and Freddie Mercury will never die in people's mind. It was great that they were remembered in the ceremony.They are legend
Two great frontman of 2 legendary bands
@@marclapuz5753well the Beatles had multiple frontman
@@marclapuz5753Nobody Close to freddie 👍🏻
@@realme-os7zx not seen led zep and the who then come on wake up
@@realme-os7zx the beatles are better then queen by miles
파리 올림픽 비치 발리볼 결승에서 과열된 선수들끼리의 언쟁 속에서 이 노래가 흘러나오자 다시 선수들이 웃으면서 경기 임했던거 생각하면 세대를 문화를 초월하는 명곡이 분명합니다. 감사합니다 존 레논 언제나 행복하세요
This is one of the most emotional moments i've ever seen on tv. I always come back once in a while
Yo también vuelvo de vez en cuando, tenía 17 años cuando vi esto en vivo y lloré, y sigo llorando todavía cuando lo veo de nuevo.
Yes me too
Я тоже каждый раз смотрю.
Same here
Heart touching definitely
When John came out I couldn’t hold my tears...
Same here
Same here
Same
Yup.
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Got Goosebumps when John's vocals came on. Legitimate goosebumps that only people like he and Freddie Mercury could induce. Simply Amazing.
Exactly
Paul McCartney
David Bowie
Rajith Maligaspe true
John Lennon was an ICON and Legend long before Bowie, Mercury or anybody else.
Tears started flowing slightly when John appeared and the crowed roared for him. God bless mr. Lennon my biggest idol of music
I bursted into tears too and I haven't cried for a long time. This is genuinely magical. :')
Amen bro
The way John Lennon’s face comes in from a dark screen as people cheer when they recognize him….the choir and all those workers putting John’s face back together….
Truly the greatest thing i’ve seen in a while.
Watched the performance on my tv and started crying, watched it every once in a while until now and still crying. Not only because John is not here anymore to encourage us to love one another, but because the dream of the world he describes is everytime harder and harder to get.
If someone is reading this, I appreciate you for being a dreamer and believe on this incredible man.
Anna r, wow what a great comment. It's amazing how one man could change a world through music, not just this song but also All You Need Is Love. It's been tough in recent times about the world we live in and it's hard not to get emotional through this performance. It was great they did this at the Closing ceremony. His music will live on forever.
You're not alone. I wish... I truly wish... that we as a species would live up to this dream.
We can but try. Maybe a few of us can Imagine.
anna r I bet that had John Lennon been still with us,the organisers would have asked him to sing live. I note the inclusion of Paul McCartney at the end of the openinng ceremony which hints at this.
♡
I remember very well crying when Lennon appeared.
same here...
+Junior Nuso Me too!!
+Junior Nuso I did too the first few times.
+Junior Nuso eu também
choro porque é uma musica que pede paz
não vivo paz aqui no Brasil e ninguém vive em nenhum lugar....
+Rute Ane Lopes Seja no Brasil ou em qualquer lugar do mundo, muitas pessoas sonham com a paz!
We were robbed of a true genius when John was cruelly taken from us. I watched this live and like back then i tear up when his face appears whenever i watch this. Imagine has to be the most iconic song of the modern day world. RIP John, you deserved a far better fate.
何回見ても鳥肌が立つ素晴らしい演出
僕も同じ気持ちです!その気持ち、分かりますよ!
神だよな
I hate it when you're watching UA-cam videos and someone starts cutting onions near you..
Departed Productions ikr :'(
It's all explaindd
Departed Productions is that correct or not?
Departed Productions I was actually preparing Italian food while watching this, and I got tears in my tarramassue and Linguini.
It means we are both cried 😭
Note that when Lennon's face came on, everyone started clapping. Imagine the reaction if he was still alive.
RIP John Lennon
Sarah Zhao Es precioso cuando aparece la cara de John. 💕💏
А он жив ребята в наших сердцах
彼はいつまでも生きている
개막식에 폴 매카트니가 라이브를 하고 폐막식에 존 레논이 생전 모습으로 나오는 걸 봐도 영국이 얼마나 비틀즈를 사랑하는지 알듯
비틀즈는 전세계가 사랑함
영국만 비틀즈를 사랑하는것이 아닙니다 온 세계 모든 국민들이 모두 비틀즈를 사랑하지요
진짜 어떻게 이런노래를 만들었지... 너무 아름답다....
"존 레논"
죽엇으니까 명곡이 된거지 지금껏 살아있엇으면 사고 졸라게 치고 다녔을 양반이라
올림픽에 저렇게 나오지도 못햇을거임
존레논은 세계평화를 외치고 다녔지만 정작 가까이 있는 원래 부인에게는 씻을 수 없는 상처를 주고 버림
@@user-vr6mh1zf2z 존 레논이 살아있었을때 존 레논의 음악이 냉전과 베트남 전쟁의 종전에 얼마나 큰 영향을 줬는지 알고 얘기하는 거임? 존 레논의 광범위한 음악적 영향력은 그의 생사와 상관없음.
또한 욕먹을 짓 많이 하고 다녔던 사람 맞지만 그만큼 자기 혐오와 후회를 거듭하며 계속 성장하려고 노력했던 사람이었던건 그의 노래들로도 알 수 있음. 존 레논이 계속 살아있었다면 물론 자기 의견을 숨기는걸 못하는 양반이니 여전히 좌충우돌을 겪을 것 같긴 하지만 적어도 세간에서 기대하는 악마적인 모습은 아닐거라고 생각함.
@@vivi-zc1jw사고쳤다해도 노래가 넘사급이라서 올림픽 무대는 당연히 했을듯요 ㅋㅋㅋ
cried when i saw it, crying again in 2016.
same
Same x2
beautiful
Me
I think it is puke!
Some people only come once in a lifetime. John Lennon, Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury and so many others who contributed to music, film, art, literature and other areas, they'll never come again. Some of us are lucky enough to appreciate having lived in a time where these great people walked the Earth because they are irreplaceable. I mean, there might come a great songwriter in the future, but there can only be one John Lennon.
It's just unfortunate that there's nobody really nowadays in the music industry that is up there with the likes of Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain and Freddie Mercury, among others.
*****
Meh, in the rap genre I guess.
*****
I freaking love Nirvana
And only one Bob Dylan.
Kytota exactly!!!! Kings only
Moments like these make one realise what a visionary John Lennon was. Had he lived longer, he would have played a crucial role in changing the thinking of countless people across the globe. Songs like imagine make us question the reason behind all the unnecessary hatred that still exists in today's world.
How important do you have to be for this to happen 40 years after you die? Rest easy John
At the time it was 32
0:50 😢
Reaction of the crowd when John appeared😭
John: I hear something down there
God: they're singing imagine
John: oh can I go down just for a minute
John in 0:50
It's just wholesome
Oh! 😭 Esto merece un like!
Oh, I don't think that he's in heaven, 'cause he was atheist, but where is his soul? I don't know.
@@yakotako717 Maybe in the place that he describe in this song :)
@@fauzanaslamkusumah3439 he could just be up there in the cosmos.
Who's here after Paris 2024?
me
Me
And will be in 2028,2032
Me
Yep the communist love that imagine song
This is called the power of music. You are from a country where English is not your language. Where you were born in the year when these great singers died. But as soon as John Lennon comes your eyes fill with tears. Dear Beatles, Thank you for the music.
London was by far the best ever olympic games. this is how the world should follow. meaningful and heart felt.
Great Britain you are Great x
Goosebumps when his face appeared on screen, crowd cheering to him. RIP legend. One of the greats, will always be remembered.
И всякий раз мурашки и слёзы... Спасибо Лондону за неофициальный гимн всех олимпиад
Всех последующих!!!
3 world anthems : "Hey Jude, Imagine .... We are the champion. " ----- Paul spoke to Julian
No matter how many years pass since John's death, the impact of losing such a brilliant mind and beautiful soul still stings as much now as it did then. I wish I could've had even five minutes to sit with John and talk. Hearing John's singing mixed in with modern covers always brings goosebumps to my skin because, although I know it's a simple dubbing of his recording over the singers, it's almost as if he's brought back to us for that tiny period of time. I don't like the Olymics, but I love John's work (just as I love Paul McCartney's, George Harrison's, and Ringo Starr's work). This really touched me, and I had to leave a short commemorative word for John.
hplbbi
+instrumentals61 absolutely agreed! 1,000% per cent! He was a very very special person. God Bless him and george too!
Hahahah shut up he made okay music but he was a horrible, hypocritical, abusive human being.
haha another idiot! also show me any songs that are a lot better than John's okay music.
He was hippy during those years, hypocritical and abusive human being. Even describing his child so horribly, he even mock Jesus. I'm not saying I don't like him, I like his songs.
John Lennon, what a legend. Taken away so brutally. He's what makes me proud to be British. You will live on in my heart.
Though he departed from us decades ago, John Lennon continues to live on in his songs.
Thank you for your beautiful music, John.
Thank you! His song is eternity!
John Lennon is arguably the greatest musician of all time and the greatest English musician of all time
He's Not even close to freddie 👍🏻
@@realme-os7zx hope that's a joke mate, beatles are the greatest band of all time, changed the landscape of music forever and what it means to create a concept album
@@realme-os7zxbro?? 😂 what are talking about? In what sense was Freddy superior to John? Not even the mustache.
@@Gleronik ghis mustache is above all the beatles 👌🏻
@@dylantheevillain his mustache is above of tge beatles ✋🏻
This was the best Olympics opening ever. Hands down.
John Lennon = Freddie Mercury = Michael Jackson = David Bowie
It actually says closing ceremony
It was the closing ceremony but yeah sure anyway
The Olympics is such a beautiful symbol of peace and togetherness, ruined by greed as all things eventually are.
Olympics are greed in itself, braindead.
Carson Tipps
Many poor people, I am sad to see How spend money
Mar Martinez You clearly don’t understand how this stuff works
Imagine Paris organization watching this! Missing an Olympic Games Opening Ceremony like this! Miss you London!!!
Cried tears of joy to see John back for one night only.
We missed you.
RIP. John Lennon was too young to die it's so sad.
OutrageousGamer/Livestreams, Gaming vids and More he'll be in our hearts forever : ) 💙💙
He would've probably realized that his ideals were all wrong.
@@peteaxe2067 Peace isn't unrealistic..it's natural...
@@knockedoutloaded279 it clearly isn't if you look at history. Humans naturally have been violent and flawed
@@knockedoutloaded279 come on man , that's clearly not true
My heart hurt a little when Lennon popped up. 💔
Ditto, gets me every time
Alana 3
Alana me too
It's alright
It's normal to feel like that
I am a proud Brazilian, and even though I truly loved both ceremonies in Rio 2016, we all have to agree that Britain’s was superb.
Love u 2 🇧🇷
It's difficult to watch this without crying... I remember watching this live in 2012 with my dad, such an emotional performance.
I cried watching this. John...I wish you never left us. I love you so much :'(
same hear why can`t the world be as one , love everyone that will never happen
Those kids had no idea what they were representing and how much it meant to the world at that moment.
I almost cried when I saw John Lennon come on and people cheer for him, he is a true legend and is one of the most important English people in history. Rest in Peace John ☮️
Thank you very much John Lennon for that wonderful and beautiful song “ Imagine “.
0:48 suddenly there wasn't a dry eye in the whole stadium!
Well, that would hurt to have dry eyes. They were probably already *moist* or wet.
SuperiorJustice don’t beg it.
I was crying ... He was there. In the stadium. In the heart ♥️
2012 is the best opening
This was the clossing ceremony.
2014❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
1996 Atlanta was the best opening.
John Lennon was such a huge loss... I wasn't even alive and yet his music still inspires alot of people
I was watching this on telly with my mum and when John came in with that second verse she just burst in to tears and I had this heavy feeling on my heart and I realised how important his voice was in my childhood.
Both the closing and opening ceremonies were amazing. This and the Freddie Mercury bit had me crying. And I dont cry haha.
Ashley Burn
RIP JOHN LENNON
RIP MICHAEL JACKSON (MY IDOL)
RIP FREDDIE MERCURY
RIP ELVIS PRESLEY
The gods of music. Thank you for everything guys.
Love Michael
Michael Jackson
rip john denver
ritchie valens, buddy holly, kurt cobain..
@@jiandog4225 lol i was watching kurt cobain performing in MTV then this pop out
The greatest songwriter of all-time with the greatest lyrical song ever written!
Taylor Swift???
@@curtishunter926Who?
@@curtishunter926who taylor swift?
No other artists can have his soul. Greatest artist of all time
한국인 ㅎㅇ
2 candidat for world anthem;
-imagine
-bohemian rhapsody
top global MLBB I vote imagine
How about "We Didn't Start The Fire" by Billy Joel but with more recent updates?
Hey Jude
Man In The Mirror?
Actually 3 We Will Rock You
After the Paris Olympic Ceremony I am so proud to be British 🇬🇧
London - last traditional and normal Olympics
La Gran Bretagna ha dato alla musica più di tutti i Paesi del mondo messi insieme.🇬🇧❤️
I think your spot on with this coment!
RiP Mr. John Lennon we love you!!!
Indeed RIP
giang nang
Allison Burke bless his soul, may he be in heaven looking down.
IMAGINE is a great atheist anthem so none of the above
Qq9
0:55 I always get goosebumps. we miss you, Johnny. Rest in Peace :')
i got goose bumps too! :'(
Cerys Pearce that's right
10 years ago and I was so proud of what we did. This showed an inclusive, welcoming Britain. How times have changed, but we can "Get Back" to this mentality again. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.
Anybody came from the Tokyo Olympics 2020 ceremony? It has finally played again for the 5th time in the Tokyo Olympic Games.
But I prefer this version much more.
It's, the unofficially Olympic Anthem. Think 2016 it was also played in Rio
I’m here after watching the Tokyo opening ceremony but no one for me could ever come close to Britain 2012
but this one is best
This song just makes me so sad. Thank you Mr Lennon
I felt pain at the moment John's face dispersed.
Me too:( I cried a lot. Even though I born in 2003💔
Me too 💏💕
@@kylexennaedig6111me too i'm born in 2005
i cried....................... i miss Lennon. And The Beatles...
Slytherin Kid me too
Tim怪叔叔 lol called the Beatles for a reason. Just ask John lennons wife
What about little guy georgie.
Me to.
me too
Why do I cry if I was born 21 years after his death I believe it is because I love his music and he was one of the singers that changed my life forever thanks John for your music
That cheer from the crowd when john appears a sign that how much we people miss him.
I want Freddie and John back :(
😩😩😩😥
@DAT BOI he wouldn't have died at 40 still
If John Lennon went to Heaven one day you will see him
@DAT BOI yeah but it's still unfair to have your life cut short by being shot by someone!
And George (2)
I'm not a Beatles' fan but who the crap would want this fellow killed?
+John Wilkinson A fan that didnt get an autograph.
+Anton Gimle-Hjelte Basically, but he had other serious problems as well...
+Anton Gimle-Hjelte
He actually got the autograph. He was crazy and wanted to kill him for fame
+Anton Gimle-Hjelte The sad fact is:that "fan" got his autograph.
i know a guy says his best day in his life when he was murdered i nearly smacked him
The London opening and closing ceremonies were pure class.
The best show time world has ever seen, not been equalled before or after
엘가부터 퀸,비틀즈까지 ........영국은 음악의나라다 .
そして、イエスがヨハネ13:34で命じられたことを実践することは私たちにとって良いことです。
John Lennon was a genius. He knew how to bring people together with music. One of the greatest people in history in my opinion.
Goosebumps @ 0:54!! After 32 years being gone and 42 years after the Beatles had split people still admire John's music and legacy.
So, they performed this song in both, London Olympics, and Tokyo Olympics...very powerful song.
One of the greatest song have ever written & sang by the great John Lennon.
0:49 the day he died is probably one of the saddest days in the history of mankind. Such an influence on everyone and everything. I miss him yet he died 22 years before I was born
@@agoodpitch9 🤡🤡
I remember hearing the news not long after it happened. It was as though the world stopped for a moment.
Duane Schirmer fué muy triste la noticia del asesinato de John, conmocionó a todo el mundo. 40años sin Lennon. ❤️
Oh stop being ridiculous
@@gillianwignall8223 it's ridiculous to you because you're not a fan but let his real fans feel hurt over his death!
The words to this song are even more poignant that when they were written all those years ago...What the hell has happened to this crazy world.
Peace to all..
Ian Robertson All the good ones are gone ..... :(
Ian Robertson we tried the no possessions thing. Never went well tbh
Too much money in the hands of too few people, that is what has happened in this crazy world, It is at the root of all the worlds major man made problems.
Ian it is the egotistical world leaders such as Putin, May et all, not the ordinary peoples who love wars and the power of death over others.
rogerand out, 'm afraid, much afraid, there is actually an awful real big lot of ordinary people who do love war and the power of death. It's not just the big guys who are up to it. Many little people are up to it too. They not only do it to "perfect strangers" but also to their very brothers and sisters from the very same country, langauge, etc. who... well, think differently about some things.
London 2012 was by far the best opening/closing ceremony ever. It’s still the most inclusive Olympics which is a shame considering we’ve had several games that have followed that haven’t been up to par. It featured war, the industrial revolution, the NHS, Literary heritage, music/culture, something that other countries failed to do.
Imagine if he was alive and performing this in front of the whole world 🥹 you are still here John ❤️
Stolen from this world by a very deranged human being.
You are missed every single day John, your legacy lives on forever. One wishes that you were still here with us all.
RIP John Lennon, legends never die!
John is still here today influencing us and bringing us together. On the 9th he has been dead for 35 years, almost as long as he was alive. RIP John, I hope your message one day becomes true.
He died on the 8th
James Ring God, sorry. Typo he was born on the 9th tho.
Such a beautiful few moments in time. Thank you John Lennon ❤
This is why us British are given responsibility of big events like this. The Olympics is an event which brings countries together and respects fair play. The Russians used the Olympic Games to make themselves seem so powerful and great, Britain used the games to promote peace and harmony. Truly wonderful.
Or Rio, which cared more about a summer of fame then feeding their own people.
Or the US who did the same thing as Russia
Yeah well, Brits ruled the world with an iron fist for centuries. They started colonization of Africa and South America. Don't paint yourself as the peak of civilization now.
shyamsinh jhala lol seriously a British hater watching opening ceremony on London 2012 ...I'm also 100% confident your Indian and you think the koor ni nor should rightfully be given back to India 😂😂😂
shyamsinh jhala I don't know how the queen is I dont usually have regular meet ups with her lol
But hopefully she is doing well she still a mother grandmother great grandmother end of day , I heard the diamond was given as a gift during the British raj however after watching a UA-cam video on most valuable diamonds in the worlds they was near a hundred Indian saying it was stolen and that India was treated very poorly during the raj I obviously don't know the truth in this
I’m choked up! Tears, just tears! We will always love you and you music John! RIP sir! You and the other three lads started “something” so incredibly amazing! And then you went out on your own and composed fabulous music! You were taken too soon! But you’ve never left us!
Tears all over my cheeks 😭
이게 공연이지 사람들 마음을 울리네
ㄹㅇㅋㅋ
A country have it's own National anthem...but this is our world anthem..❤️❤️
Freddie and John . Great legends!
All the *_'good'_* people are dead.
All the *_'bad'_* people lived long enough to become bad, but will eventually die and be immortalised as good once more.
I think you're right. I think John Cleese said something similar. Mandela, Ali, Lennon, Bowie, Bob Marley, Joe Strummer, the list goes goes on
Add Freddie to that list
MLK, Cobain, Tupac, River Phoenix, Bruce Lee -- In my opinion, all sacrifices
OzzyOscy Dude,your picture really broke it for me,i was crying till the moment i checked your pic😭😭😂😂😂😂
Only the good die young
Get the reference
Only me ok...
One of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century.
Can't imagine to see Paul's respond
The London 2012 Olympics have a special place in my heart. I was really enjoy every second of it, from the opening till closing ceremony. Watching this video alone already brings back some memories. Hopefully next year Olympics will be enjoyable too.
I was the right piece of the cheek puzzle in the John Lennon's head, I still can't quite believe I was there doing this routine, it was immense! The puzzle itself was quite heavy to carry and to manouvre but it looks lush indeed at the end! :D
Wow what an honour!!!
It was awesome. I just hate he was murdered in my country. Shameful.
So fantastic! What a tribute!
+Matthew Wolfe Well, he died where he felt at home at least. I'm sure he would've wanted that.
+Anna Marie Hejnar it was amazing must have took ages to rehearse for it
For peace... From all over the world, that's what Lennon would have wanted. 😭💔🥺🇨🇴❤️🇬🇧
John Lennon is a true legend
i started sobbing like a baby when john came up 😥😭💔
Un genio, que superó la barrera del tiempo, las fronteras, convertido en leyenda por merito propio... Como no admirarlo!!! Un grande, entre los grandes... El maestro LENNON!!!
*1940-1980.*
We will always remember you John. I miss you ever so much, I’m sure the whole world does. You were only hoping for love and peace yet it never happened.
I love you Mr. Lennon.
I remember watching this with my family when it first aired it was a beautiful and touching moment especially when they included John. There were so many great performances that night and so far this closing ceremony is my favorite❤️
London Olympics is never complete without The Beatles 😍 teary-eyed seeing John Lennon and his post-Beatle award winning song ❤️
That was a very surprising and historic moment of the closing ceremony.. will stay in our memories forever
Imagine is best song for Olympic's purpose Peace🕊
John Lennon was, is, and will be the greatest musician in modern History.
I prefer Paul McCartney as better out of two.
John el mejor compositor y una preciosa voz rasposa y Paul el mejor músico, impresionante bajo y un inmenso rango vocal y junto con George un extraordinario guitarrista con una dulce voz, unas preciosas armonizaciones y Ringo muy buen batería y el equilibrio del grupo... maravillosos también en sus carreras en solitario y con otros grupos.
This song should be made an official Olympics Anthem
I want this to be be the whole world's anthem...
@@nsngold I totally agree with you 👍👍👏👏
@@nsngold Yes, I was about to comment the same...
It appears to be becoming that, as it was played at the last one