Glen Campbell Wichita Lineman
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2019
- Magic moments with the great Glen Campbell singing to an audience of all star country music greats. Dedicated to the memory of Glen and all my faithful subscribers. Enjoy!
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Merle Haggard once said "If there was ever a case of God putting too much talent in one individual, it was Glen Campbell."
Looks and talent. Merle said Glenn went through the lines more than once
Possibly the most beautiful song ever composed. Here on 2024
Here in March 24. What talent and genius!!
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@@maralynfarber2068 april25
Agreed ❤
Yep
Do any of you realize the powerhouse people sitting with Glen??
These are the elite of the elite in country music, starting with Kris Kristofferson.
Glen Campbell is a legend, playing for the Beach Boys and other bands.
He is truly unappreciated!
There will never be another Glenn Cambell.
“And I need you more than want you and I want you for all time” might be the greatest line in any song EVER!!
Why?
I really like the composition of that verse. He establishes that his need is greater than what he wants but then says that his want is basically limitless. In my opinion he is saying that his want of her and his need of her is immeasurable!
Music stars today can’t hold a candle to performers like Glen Campbell. Not a chance.
Oh it’s not even close…..not even in the same dimension….Glen Campbell is almost without peer in his talent and variety and skill. I feel so blessed to have been able to see and hear his talent.
Exactly !
I hate to admit it, but I didn't appreciate Glen as much as I should have back in the day - he was sooo good
I know, me too. He was a prodigy on the guitar. He could play anything on his guitar by the time he was 8 years old.
At least now Mary we can appreciate all that he’s accomplished. 🙂❤️
“Wichita Lineman is a song about an ordinary man thinking about about extraordinary things.” - Billy Joel
As a Lineman for 38 yrs , in Florida & the Pacfic Northwest....very personal for me and my family....thanks Glen !
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Who but Jimmy Webb could write a simple country song and make it sound like Shakespeare?? This is pure poetry.
True, he was driving west and saw these guys up there, the song came to him, incredible.
Great song written by Jimmy Webb. That Glen Campbell killed it.
“Giants”of their time appreciating one of their own. Don’t recognize all the faces but I love the look Ms Crystal Gayle is wearing. Lost in the beauty of the moment.
best rendition of this he ever did in my opinion. Kris Kristoferson sitting right there. man. Thank you Lord for saving Glen. Seeing Kris enjoying this makes the song really seem special.
Amen. Glen Campbell's making music in heaven!
And thank you Lord for saving Kris; his testimony on this very show was incredible
oh? I must see more of the show.@@PoubelleKansas
What a privilege we have to watch this video of the great Glen Campbell perform this iconic song; and in a room full of the greats of country music.
Thought in for Kris, heard he had some health😑 issues
Holy cow! One of the greatest songwriters ever sitting next to one of the greatest guitar players ever with my teenage crush, Crystal Gayle sitting behind them. Wow!
The look on KK face when the line "I need you more than want you" is priceless
@@jayrhodes2097 it definitely is a great line. Such a simple yet, deep statement.
kris was the best
Kris is in the zone 🎼 🎶🎶
This song makes me cry every time I hear it. I saw him in his farewell tour and his voice was still perfection. Thank you, Glen Campbell. The music lives forever. ❤
@Tracey Whitney you're one lucky lady! it must have been a great experience seeing him perform😊i wish, I wish I could have seen him live as well, but I discovered Glen's music only after he passed away😢
I wanted to see his farewell tour. He and his wife came to Galveston and I live in Houston. It just didn't work out.
A haunting piece of Americana that pulls on the heart strings still 50 years later!
One of the greatest songs ever written
Yes, that's why I find it hard to hear, more so to watch the great Glen play and sing. Glad to know I am not the only only who feels this song remembering it coming out the old radio in our house, as a kid, knowing something quite haunting is accurate. The Ameriana part too, an era, a time, we will never see again, so I get sad.
When Kris closed his eyes he knew he was listening to a genius. A measure of the best respect
Eddie Van Halen is famously known for asking, “you think I can get a guitar lesson from Glen Campbell?”
This song reminds of when I was a front line teenage grunt Marine Rifleman in Vietnam 1968. It was playing all the time on armed forces radio, it gave me much comfort to hear this song over & over again. At the time I had doubts if I’d ever make it back home alive.
I think Jimmy wrote “Galveston” for you. Thank you for your service.
Welcome back....In that year I was 8 years old and wondering about ya'll overseas...
While you listened to it in Vietnam I heard it as a small child curled up in and out of sleep in the back seat of the car on long drives.
Welcome home, God Bless you and thanks for serving our Great nation.
Thanks also for sharing your experience. It may not have been much easier coming home at that time than it was being there. As a service man myself, I salute you!
Thank you for your service David….. God Bless for keeping us safe…
Glad you made it home. From Ireland 🇮🇪
Comment from another video of this song: "My Dad was a lineman in the Midwest for 35 years.
He walked in 5 minutes late to work one morning and his boss asked him why he was late.
He explained that Wichita Lineman came on the radio as he was pulling in.
The whole crew nodded approvingly and his boss said it was an acceptable excuse.
Glen Campbell was such a legend."
That is an awesome story.
That’s bloody brilliant
Wonder story
So so great!
Cool that his life was in the song. I love it.
This song still gives me chills. Amazing guitar break
The guests there realize they're hearing something uniquely beautiful.
I love how Kris Kristofferson puts his head back and closes his eyes when Glen sings the line "And I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time." He's probably heard it a thousand times but theres something about the song and that line that really digs at your soul. RIP Glen Campbell your songs will live forever in so many hearts.
Since I first saw this clip I was struck by the same reaction from Kris. I always imagined him to be saying to himself " I wish I would have wrote that line."
Looks to me that he doesn't know the words tbh ,?
I heard Chris say many years ago in an interview that "I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time" is one of the greatest song lyrics ever written. I'm sure that's what he's reacting to.
Yeah this song never gets old and that line "I need you more than want you " is timeless. It reminds me of a lost love.
I cry every time. 😢
I remember his show on TV as a kid in the 70's . My mom was a big fan. I also remember John Hartford playing with him. Those where the days with only Four channels to watch but they where great! He was a Supreme talent a virtuoso on the guitar! R.I.P. Glen. 🎸
I never get sick of this . Thx Jimmy Webb ❤
As talented as they are, the others know that they are in the presence of greatness.
You can tell they respect him and give him props
He is the most talented artist and musician in that room.
Growing up in the 60's and 70"s, I didn't realize how lucky I was. What a great song, great performer, and great person Glen Campbell was.
I hear you loud and clear. We had the best musicians,actors and entertainers in the history of mankind. 😊 1960-1999. We were blessed.❤
@@eddiehaskell5578 Hard getting older, but would never have missed those incredible times of the 60s and yes to about 99.. If I had to pick a single year of the best music, esp American made, I would pick 1969 and 1970. Some of the songs make me sad and nostalgic.
The woman singing harmony behind Glen was the icing on the cake for me, and that Gm chord! It's interesting how the staccato throughout is an imitation of electricity running through the wires.
Janie frickie
Cheers for that.@@1962egl
I do not think that most people knew what a GREAT guitarist Mr. Campbell was!
Check that effortless little flourish at 1:15
I wish i’d be American to fully feel the sense of pride of having all his music for the rest of times…
God bless Glen Campbell
Maybe it’s my age, but Jimmy Webb’s writing and Glens singing is pure bliss . . . Love Kris Kristoffersons reaction. . . “I need you more than want you “ best line ever!
That’s where it’s at. Spot on
I have a book "The Wichita Lineman" by Dylan Jones-the entire book is about why that line is one of the best song lyrics every written
Glen Campbell's guitar playing is excellent too. He's one of my favourites
Yep
but the next line "..and I want you for all time."
So his need for her is beyond all time. That always hits me.
I posted this comment on someone else's channel who featured something or other about Glen Campbell. Someone may find it interesting.
I grew up listening to the labors of The Wrecking Crew. And I can remember when Glen Campbell broke out in his solo career. Try to imagine that back then there was the British invasion going on. Every week there seemed to be something new, something moving goal posts. Too, that most of us only heard this stuff on pocket transistor radios, crappy tabletop and alarm clock radios and car radios that were barely better but diminished by all of the sounds of driving. So, when Glen went off on his solo career, to me at least, it was just OK.
One day in 1967 my oldest brother came back to the states for a visit. He is a captain merchant seaman. He gave dad a 2 track sound-on-sound stereo reel to reel tape machine.
My dad used to play guitar. I remember, as a little shaver, him singing "You Are My Sunshine" to me while I sat on his knee. Man, did I soak up those lyrics that my dad sang just for me.
Anyways, my dad disappeared that night. No one knew where he was. About an hour later he shows up with all this stuff. Two 8 inch cabinet speakers, two microphones, headphones, an empty reel and two reel to reel prerecorded albums. One of Glen Campbell's 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix' and the other Herb Alpert an the Tijuana Brass' 'Whipped Cream And Other Things.' He put it all together and cued up Campbell.
Oh... My... god. The first song being 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix.' The first thing that blew my mind was the true dead sound. Non sound that emanated from nothingness. No clicks, pops, hiss, fading in and out, channel bleed over, hum or some jerk jockey talking over the song. Nothing. Just glorious dead sound that really isn't sound. It must have been the same feeling that guy got when he discovered the number "zero." Discovering that to which all things come after. That, to which, will change the world.
Then, the dynamics of the sound itself. It is a true thrill to hear studio recorded stereo in analog on a reel to reel analog stereo for the first time. And that song was presented as intended. Which, all things considered, was the best song I ever heard. Oh, and when I put on the headphones IT WAS EVEN BETTER!
Of course, it ruined my appreciation for all music except for what was on those two tapes. I often thought how different those popular songs, and some I didn't like, that were murdered on AM radio and the junk sold to us so we could listen, would sound on reel to reel. I knew how much I was missing and there was nothing I could do about it.
Naturally I told my friends how great Glen Campbell's new album was. They all thought I was square and crazy. And I told them how great 'Whipped Cream And Other Things' was. From then on, I think they let me hang out with them out of pity - for old times sake. But I knew better... I became a musician because of Glen Campbell and 'You Are My Sunshine.'
Oh, how I miss my dad. 'Everything I own' By Bread.
So, there's a story that can be added to Glen Campbell's legacy. As insignificant it is to everyone. Except, of course, to me.
one of the greatest songs ever written ❤️
Every single one of those amazing performers was in awe of the best of the bunch
Just watching Kristoferson taking it in is amazing. All the songs that guy wrote and performed and hes so into Campbell's performance. That kinda gets me.
@ :50 Glen tunes a flat D string without missing a beat! Now that's talent!
The Jimmy Webb songs completely transcended musical boundaries. It was beyond being merely a “country” or a “pop” song. It is an American song.
He wrote some great songs with memorable lyrics.
So much respect from his peers. A song like that, and a Glen Campbell, only comes around once in a million years.
I agree 100%
Totally agree
1000% you listen to that and it brings back so many memories of a long time ago
Well said Tim,
I concur a million percent…..Glen was on a level that I certainly can’t comprehend. To him it’s easy - phenomenal musicality, technique and tone in voice and guitar.
Glen Campbell never failed to stop me in my tracks. A genius voice and musician combined, a one man orchestra. ❤ Missed
This song still steals my heart every single time I hear it!❤
He really was so very special.
He is truly special ❤❤❤
So beautiful and haunting. And here in January 2024 we've had several Lineman kinds of days. Many thanks for Glen's performance, Jimmy Webb's song, and this upload.
My dad loved Glen Campbell and now I do. This song always makes me think of my dad. Beautiful song x
my Dad also. I miss him a lot sometimes.
If there is such a thing as perfection in art, this is it.
Glenn was a totally under-rated guitar player and singer. You know it's classic song when everyone on stage is mouthing the words or singing along in harmony.
To see clearly the instant transformation of famous professional musicians at Glenn Campbell's huge, subtle talents speaks volumes of respect. It starts on the first note and they're not just listening, but absorbing the beauty of the best guitar player in a room full of very high talent.
There, as many such world famous guitarists and songwriters have said, is one of the top five guitarists there has been. Such as typically highly acclaimed guitarists like Eddie Van Halen, Willy Nelson, Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Paul McCartney, James Taylor and Steve Walsh. They understand.
That our last two generations of youth don't know Campbell is beyond their thinking. That children elevate pop stars higher is a tragedy.
Glen Campbell, probably one of the best singers, guitar players and song writers of all time, and I mean ALL time.
No doubt.,pound for pound, our greatest entertainer
No doubt.
This song came on the radio one night when I was up for days plowing snow in a blizzard. I was exhausted having not slept in days. This song really hit home that night.
I know those moments. When you just are worn to hell, and this kind of medicine comes along. pure relief.
When a song moves both Crystal and Kris, you know you're "rock'n it"! I love that Glen gave us boomers some really heartfelt songs as kids growing up (60/70's), wasn't half bad in True Grit either. RIP Glen, singing with the, Heavenly Choir now.
Speechless! Could watch this all day every day.
a lot of VERY talented folks in that group who are in awe
Mr Christopherson is the epitomy of honor and respect to Mr Campbell .....and that lady singing along .... sends me back to a better time ........ God rest that man's soul
The harmony singing evokes goosebumps.
Who was she? She added a beautiful layer of color.@@tomfisher9191
when my mom was alive this was her favorite... as a 62 year old ex guitarist of rock and roll this is probably the best guitarist i have ever heard....
Wow, this is what music and talent is all about!!!
Well said!
I am secure in my manhood to allow the tears to flow from my eyes during this absolutely beautiful song...thank you Glen for this...
Ghey.....
Jk 😅
mezmerized the entire room of already talented folks in their own right
Absolutely loved Glenn Campbell. An angels voice 😊😊
I was fifteen when this song came out and that lyric.." I need you more than want you and I want you for alltime" blew me away...still the greatest lyric ever written..Jimmy Webb..
Genius
I hope nobody is counting but I have seen this video seven times in the last month just love it to death.
And one of the best songwriters who ever lived sitting back, shaking his head, and wondering at the beauty of that line "And I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time"
One of the greatest love songs ever written.
So much talent. Brings tears knowing he's gone now.
what took him from us?
@@dabneyoffermein595 Parkinsons.
Glen left a hole that will never be filled. Truly missed.
Glen Campbell was of another level ; watch his peers all great musician's in their own right almost as though they can't believe his God given talent . Such a guitarist that alone blows me away along with his vocals . I never get tired of listening to him . RIP Glen , you made the world a better place .
Exactly, exactly, exactly! You can see it in their eyes and almost brings them to tears or utter amazement.
How about that dude over his shoulder at 1:15 when Glen plays that lick. He's not surprised but still amazed to the point he looks to be laughing a little.
Bob Dylan once said this was the greatest song ever written! But when its performed by Glen Campbell it is indeed!
It was such a wonderful and beautiful time in life when we had true musicians like this. The songs they wrote, their performances, their talent, and it was on the radio. Songs that pulled emotions and created memories.
Jimmy Webb is in the top 3 best popular song writers in our lifetimes. His work is genius. On my bucket list to meet him.
And that children is called music. Pure raw talent making songs.
This song, Campbell's delivery, just breaks me. Its more than a song but a transcendent experience.
easily the most talented of them all.
one of mankind's most beautiful pieces of music
Still listening here in Ireland ☘️ 2023. A classic.
Two best lines in history.., and I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time..
Let the emotions roll. This is what happens when a man gets aligned with Devine energy.
Glen’s resume is STACKED!! Between The Wrecking Crew, The Beach Boys, and his own catalog and TV show, he’s truly one of kind!
PS- he also did the voice to a cartoon from when I was a kid called Rock-a-doodle-doo.
Amazing that he was so highly respected among the top tier musicians known as the "Wrecking Crew". Musicians that could sightread & play pretty much any type of music. Most came from the jazz and big band era. Gives you a measure of his talent that they all recognized. Glen couldn't read music but played from his heart.
Glen Campbell is a Gift to the World!
he sure is missed. gl;ad we have these videos.
Bob Dylan has said it's the best written song of all time.
Glen is one of the things that makes you love the US
Just incredible. I love how these pros stand back to let another sing, and come in when they can. Such a group....and many now gone. God bless all of you. Thank for sharing these treasures.
Mr. Campbell is the reason I started playing the guitar in 1968 and still play to this day.
Kris’s a face and body language at 142 when he deliver s what must be the most epic but simple lines ! Plus anyone notice him time the guitar halfway through a Chris change !! Man was a genius ! His delivery of Jimmy webb’s music , and jimmys songs ! Are perfection😊
I never realized what a great guitarist Glen was. Holy crow....that’s sweet
Yes Glen was a session musician before he became an artist in his own wright, a great guitarist played many lead breaks on hit records.
started at an early age, did some of his own tracks, which is unheard of
I once heard Carol Kaye (original bass player on the recording) say that years after this song was a hit she was shopping and it came on in the store. She said it was so beautiful she broke down in tears. I can see why
I think even Glen gets goosebumps listening to himself sing this song
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Absolutely one of the most beautifully written and performed songs of all time.
I can't stand most "country" music, but always loved Glenn's music, and this song in particular; it's evocative while speaking about desire and pain and human journey, without mentioning Budweiser or pickup trucks even once.
Perfect comment👌
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It is one of those songs that is beautiful beyond words. It chokes me up every time I hear it.
Written by Jimmy Webb and executed so wonderfully by Campbell!
Parents brought us up listening to this and Country in general. I'm from Liverpool UK and he played here about 18 years ago and was lucky enough to get 3 tickets, magical.
Kris can't hardly stand it... its sooo good
Brings back so many memories of that time of my youth when this was regularly played on A.M. radio.
A song is great, when it kind of stops you in your tracks, I was a kid same radio always going, I remember where I was to this day, in the bedroom doorway, looking at it, and just 'feeling' something hearing this song, hard to describe. When this was a hit, there were many on the charts extra amazing to this day.
I don't care what genre music you love you must appreciate the massive hit this was at the time. Such an emotional love song. Brilliantly written and played and sung. Rest in peace brother.
As a lover of music and Glen Campbell, this may be his Greatest Performance of that song! It's flawless both vocally and musically! What an amazing Musician, a gifted Prodigy and his Gifts will be left until the end of time as he now performs with the Greatest Band of all: The Angel Band and what a Band it must Be!!!
Been watching a lot of Glen’s videos lately. I know that people, including myself sometimes forget that this man was the Master!!! Everything he did was pure genius and most definitely one of the best guitarist EVER. Just was him playing these complex scales over the rhythm in these songs is pure perfection. Miss ya brother. You cannot be replaced
I discovered this song through Robbie Williams, it’s one of his two favourite songs of all time. He’s absoluty right!
What a master...glen has influenced all through my life....I am60 years old and still play guitar from even the 80s with the long hair. what a Treasure Glen has been on my mind.
Luck. It is to be alive. Fortune. It is to be enriched. Beauty. It is to behold the works of the hand of god. In my 57 years I am so lucky to have been enriched by Glen Campbell who has given us some of the most beautiful music every laid down by any human being ever. It doesn’t get better than that and so I am at peace.
I grew up listening to Glenn and Neil Diamond on the 70’s and sang their songs into a hairbrush. “I need you more than want you” is still one of the greatest lyrics ever and Glenn’s guitar was so fantastic. The documentary The Wrecking Crew really showed what a great musician Glenn was before he became a superstar. The man didn’t read music and played by ear and that’s amazing.
Yes, the Wrecking Crew is a story of itself. Many involved like the young talented Glen and others who went on to more.
Kristofferson's admiration of this guy is so incredibly visible.
I believe Glen Campbell Is the Greatest Musician Ever….
I believe so too.
What I love best about these country star gatherings is when Glen plays and the others realize this is one fantastic genius on all aspects of his entertaining all of us. He is so perfect on his guitar playing, you see the other guys who play just so happy and mesmerized as to how he can play so perfectly and in detail live, on the spot. He is truly a professional musician and singer, and handsome entertainer.
I heard this song when it first put Glenn on the map when I was a little boy and have heard many versions thereafter. However, this rendition with the back-up band and Janie Fricke's harmonies added to Glenn's flawless enunciation of every syllable (like only Glenn can do) and his fret-work fills on the guitar, may be the best recording ever of this timeless classic.
When some people pass, you realize what the word loss really means. RIP Glen
I'm so glad I was born a "boomer", to witness such talent. GBNF
Oh my so am I. So thankful to have been able to see this masterful musician in his hey day. He was so incredibly gifted and gone forever. This kind of talent will never come around again. Such a deeply rooted piece of Americana. Thank you Glen.
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I’m not a Baby Boomer but my parents were. And I had the privilege of growing up hearing such great, timeless SONGS and MUSIC.
I agree. We have a lot to be blessed with looking back.