John Lennon's Imagine @ London 2012 Olympics - Children's Choir Performance | Music Monday
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- Опубликовано: 11 авг 2012
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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
Born and raised in Liverpool. My home. Can't tell you how proud I am of that
Blackpink ?
When John came out I couldn’t hold my tears...
Same here
Same here
Same
Yup.
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
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
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
I hate it when you're watching RUclips 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 😭
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.
♡
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. :')
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
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.
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!
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.
John Lennon is arguably the greatest musician of all time and the greatest English musician of all time
cried when i saw it, crying again in 2016.
same
Same x2
beautiful
Me
I think it is puke!
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
3 world anthems : "Hey Jude, Imagine .... We are the champion. " ----- Paul spoke to Julian
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
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
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
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.
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!
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
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 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 ☮️
In the opennig Hey Jude with Paul McCartney and in the close was John Lennon. Its great. Thanks London.
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
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
진짜 어떻게 이런노래를 만들었지... 너무 아름답다....
"존 레논"
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
Those kids had no idea what they were representing and how much it meant to the world at that moment.
The Best games and the best opening ceremony of any Olympic games
Well im dumb.
you wish. try barcelona sweetheart ^__^
Yeah, this really showed off the greatness of our country. It also showed other countries that we produced some awesome songs
Dated is something that sucks.
Timeless is a more appropriate term.
*****
That 's because most music round the world is now bimbo pop that all sounds the same or rap crap that has been around for 30 years.
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
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!
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
И всякий раз мурашки и слёзы... Спасибо Лондону за неофициальный гимн всех олимпиад
Всех последующих!!!
0:50 😢
Reaction of the crowd when John appeared😭
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
The greatest songwriter of all-time with the greatest lyrical song ever written!
Taylor Swift???
@@curtishunter926Who?
@@curtishunter926who taylor swift?
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.
No other artists can have his soul. Greatest artist of all time
한국인 ㅎㅇ
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
It's difficult to watch this without crying... I remember watching this live in 2012 with my dad, such an emotional performance.
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.
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
That cheer from the crowd when john appears a sign that how much we people miss him.
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
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
Commentators gotta kill it when they speak in the middle of the song.
Manuel E.g.manuelacacares, I know right, it was very disrespectful of the commentators to interrupt a tribute to such an amazing man who left our world too soon.
A country have it's own National anthem...but this is our world anthem..❤️❤️
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.
i started sobbing like a baby when john came up 😥😭💔
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.
So, they performed this song in both, London Olympics, and Tokyo Olympics...very powerful song.
That was a very surprising and historic moment of the closing ceremony.. will stay in our memories forever
Goosebumps when his face appeared on screen, crowd cheering to him. RIP legend. One of the greats, will always be remembered.
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
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.
You can feel John staring into your heart.
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
0:55 I always get goosebumps. we miss you, Johnny. Rest in Peace :')
i got goose bumps too! :'(
Cerys Pearce that's right
Imagine is best song for Olympic's purpose Peace🕊
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❤️
Both the closing and opening ceremonies were amazing. This and the Freddie Mercury bit had me crying. And I dont cry haha.
Ashley Burn
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.
La Gran Bretagna ha dato alla musica più di tutti i Paesi del mondo messi insieme.🇬🇧❤️
I think your spot on with this coment!
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.
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.
I was crying ... He was there. In the stadium. In the heart ♥️
Imagine if he was alive and performing this in front of the whole world 🥹 you are still here John ❤️
For peace... From all over the world, that's what Lennon would have wanted. 😭💔🥺🇨🇴❤️🇬🇧
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...
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
@@agoodpitch2780 🤡🤡
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!
One of the greatest song have ever written & sang by the great John Lennon.
Cried tears of joy to see John back for one night only.
We missed you.
my skin hurts from the goosebumps.i think it was incredible live
Naamah Nyx this was amazing absolutely fenominal
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!
World National Anthem.
Absolutely.
True
John Lennon was such a huge loss... I wasn't even alive and yet his music still inspires alot of people
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.
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.
*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 got chills when they played the video of Lennon playing on the piano.
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!!!
I’ve never thought I can listen Imagine in Tokyo Olympic opening ceremony again
2021... tears in my eyes with the best song for humanity.
Still today, i cry
Stunning. Proud to be British
Ireland1984 and your username is?
Oisin Mcguigan prolly a troubles reference.
Nationalism FTW
Racist
Man just joking. Living in Germany and im polish
London Olympics is never complete without The Beatles 😍 teary-eyed seeing John Lennon and his post-Beatle award winning song ❤️
We weren't ready for this surprising performance.
This song makes me feel how beautiful earth is... And a little hope in mankind.
This song is going out to my father R.I.P. rest in peace.
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
13 years ago and look how different our World is now . Take me back to 2012 any time 🙏🏻
0.52 spine chilling moment, a moment in history for people who watch this in years to come
John Lennon - He doesn't need the queen's permission to be a Sir . Respect from Vietnam , sir . And Rest In Peace
Nah, he's not a sir material
After all he's gonna reject that title anyway
i would be crying if i sat there hearing this song.
Esto habla de lo grande que fue el señor.
Que pena que no viviera para ver este momento.
Estaría cantando con ellos
Olympics London 2012 know how to Host Olympics with such many Epic Performances
This was was my favorite Olympics love coming from the USA :)
Mia Moore yay
US UK relations are the best in the world ;)
Mia thanks, same to the people of the USA, from a very proud Englishman.
UK cultural power is enormous.