Watched an interview with Chris Jackson and he said it was emotional enough with George Washington's portrait right there and the timing of it being the end of Obama's second term but he said when Obama looked him in the eye and thanked him for teaching him how to say goodbye, Chris lost it and just dug his head into an ensemble member's shoulder for a few minutes until he could compose himself.
@@chileanyways-593 No it wasn't. They performed this almost a year before his last day in the White House. This is from March 2016, and he left on January 20 2017.
It was his final year, not his last day, but he and his staff and family and supporters were already coming to terms with the fact that his time was almost up. So this song hit a huge emotional punch at the time.
I watched an interview with Daveed Diggs (Jefferson/Lafayette) and he said that he worked with Lin before and was given a message from him saying something like "Im working on this play about the first secretary of Treasury wanna join" he said he thought it might sound boring but agreed but now he met the President and was nominated for an award
@Kage Luke Lin: so I’m working on thIs play about Alexander Hamilton. You in? Daveed: mmmm sure but I feel like this is gonna flop Lin: we’ll see then Later Lin: “is that to your satisfaction?!” Daveed: “My God” Them probably
Not even talking from a political standpoint, and more on a personal/characteristic one ... could you even imagine something like this in today's White House? An evening celebrating the arts and culture, sophistication and the finer things in life? Under Trump? With him sitting there in awe and genuine admiration and appreciation for what happens on stage?
I still cry when I see this even after seeing it many time. Chris Jackson’s voice is woke! And to have President Obama about to leave...a black man playing the first President for the first black president. Wow.
You should hear the version from the Hamilton Mixtape that FEATURES Barack Obama, first time I heard I ugly cried so hard in my office people thought I was dying or something. It’s so amazing!
well, i have just crossed the line from crying over hamilton songs to WATCHING other people cry over them. Chris Jackson takes us there every dang time. He's crying, I'm crying, YOU'RE CRYING! that is art.
Chris Jackson could sing the ABC's and I'd still cry. I saw this and I legit bawled for 15 minutes. Man, I WISH both Daveed and Chris could've gotten that Tony because they both equally deserved it.
It was from his Farewell Address that both Madison and Hamilton wrote. (I believe Madison wrote a first draft, and then Hamilton revised/rewrote, though historians can pick out the parts that Hamilton kept from Madison's version.)
The fact that the whole cast sang this show at the white house for Obama is so historically meta it's actually insane. This song perhaps most of all given the circumstances.
Without George Washington laying that very important foundation, America wouldn't have learned how to say goodbye. Chris Jackson's performance makes me cry every single timeeee..
I've listened to this song dozens of times for about 3 years and it is so powerful that it still hits as hard as it did when I heard it for the first time. Chis Jackson has the most incredible voice and we are so lucky to be able to hear him pour his heart out on these songs. I hope you guys react to the Disney+ Hamilton movie. I just saw it and it was amazing. Perfect for us folks who can't get to see it live but have fallen in love with the story and music.
Putting it in the context of Obama's term coming to an end makes this even more poignant. I was in tears from the beginning for that alone, then Chris Jackson just knocks it out of the park. What a voice!
I've yet to listen to this without crying yet. Chris Jackson is amazing and moving, and all I could think about was President Obama and how I just didn't want him to go...😔😔😔
I used to watch this on and off every few months, but I remember when I first saw it, it was after the election but before Obama passed the white house on to his successor and I hardcore BAWLED watching it. Everyone in that room knew the implications of those words and it was just flat-out impossible not to be moved by it. Thanks for letting me see other people as moved by this as I was!
I wish you guys would react to In the Heights too, it's also a musical by Lin Manuel Miranda and the actor who plays George Washington is on it too and so is Lin
@@spree5895 oh that's true 😢🤦♀️ I don't think we have all the animatics... I have seen the opening number and the No me diga animatics but I don't know about the others...
I cry every time I watch this. i looked up George Washington's final speech and this song was taken from this and a few things like the fig tree from another speech. Made it all real for me.
I will say this. As an American, seeing this always gets me. I understand why we have term limits and why we have to have new presidents. But just like George Washington at the time, I know a lot of people weren't ready to say good-bye to Obama. Hell, if we knew then what would happen, the tears might have happened before the song. But all of this is part of the process. It's part of why our country can endure. I seriously believe had Washington stayed and died in office, we wouldn't have lasted long as a democracy and instead we would have fell apart right away.
The meaning of them performing this song was so emotional. Having a cast full of people of color perform this in front of the first black president at the end of his 2nd term... I still cry every time I see this performance.
I got so emotional the first time I saw this because it was at the end of President Obama's term and I knew we were getting that other guy. It two years before I could watch it without crying.
I can’t imagine what it’s like for a black man to watch a black man singing to a black president on his last day in office with such a powerful song. Even though we have miles and miles to go racially in this country I imagine it must have been a brief moment of catharsis to see some of the progress that’s been made.
They were already look like they’ve been bawling at the start of the video. I guess it took multiple takes. I would think first reaction would be best or at least wait until your eyes aren’t red and moist but what do I know.
hi! first time watcher and wanted to let you know there’s a version of this song WITH obama! he sings the speech part and it’s just as moving as this one! i criiied
There's a special reason I love this song: So my 8th grade Social Studies teacher played this song in class to teach us about Washington's farewell address. I started listening to it while doing homework. I found out that Hamilton was on Disney+, and here I am now
Not only Chris voice, but just feeling like I went through a time machine n saw George Washington deliver this speech as he stepped away from his title to his very last moment breathing... it's very emotional.. I don't know George Washington personally, but if I did.. I would cry !!He did so much.. and was in my opinion an example of what makes America... America! I'm crying now 😭😃 #GodblessAmerica
The moment that always amuses me in this is how the first person to his feet - the only one ahead of Obama - is Oskar Eustis (the white guy with the beard). You're not supposed to do that in the White House - the President should be the first to stand and the first to sit - but he knew what was coming... He's the Artistic Director of the Public Theater, where Hamilton's Off-Broadway production appeared, so he's probably heard the song hundreds of times on stage, and so knew exactly when the ending was coming.
Great reaction! I hope you had a chance to see the touring company perform before the coronavirus outbreak. Chris Jackson who played George Washington is amazing.
I always wondered why only Obama and a few of the women in the audience physically vibe to the music, while almost all the men are just stone-faced or frozen (or in Timothy Geitner's case, randomly glancing at the camera or around the room). At first, I thought it was because it they didn't enjoy what they were watching, but after finally watching Hamilton myself and ALSO finding myself frozen at rapt attention, I understood why we reacted that way: we were simply doing everything in our power not to break into tears (or in Tim's case, searching for a camera so that he'll know which way not to look if he starts crying).
Yeah, I'll never forget this performance. Everybody knew it was almost time to say goodbye to Obama and having them perform this song in this setting was just such a moving moment.
I am glad I am not the only one that cries when I hear this. The emotion of Christopher Jackson not to mention that voice! The writing of LMM and that it was timed with Obama leaving. No matter what any one says about him he was a damn good president. That emotion you saw speaks testament to what Obama brought to this nation. I miss him as president everyday and I don't think I have still learned how to say goodbye!
I think I read that Obama walked up to Washingtons Actor (Chris Jackson) and thanked him for teaching him how to say goodbye, and then Chris proceeded to cry on Alex Lacamoires shoulder for 45 minutes
If you get a chance watch Hamilton’s America, you can see the fact that those performance is right underneath the portrait of George Washington. It’s so emotional.
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Chris Jackson’s voice gets everyone in tears everytime.
Ain’t that the truth stay safe prism anime
he twists my heart everytime
Watched an interview with Chris Jackson and he said it was emotional enough with George Washington's portrait right there and the timing of it being the end of Obama's second term but he said when Obama looked him in the eye and thanked him for teaching him how to say goodbye, Chris lost it and just dug his head into an ensemble member's shoulder for a few minutes until he could compose himself.
I want to be that ensemble member ngl
really?! i did not know that! could you tell me the interview, please?! thank you in advance :)
@@lindseysquire8417 I wanna be in the room where it happens kdkdkd
@@cristiansp7947
I wanna be the room where it happened lmao
Could you give the link for the interview?
I like how Obama’s low key bopping to this lol
I like how Lin wears jeans at the whitehouse 😂😂😂
Artzy Creature but seriously, whyyy??
I forgot who but I think someone wore sneakers to the Whitehouse
better than what justin bieber wore to meet the prime minister of canada
@@exoticcats6119 Anthony was wearing sneakers with his suit the day they did these performances.
Oh my gosh, I also cried the first time I saw it, also thinking it was Obamas last day at the White House when they performed this.
Chanyeol's Guns it was 😔
Me too😭. Seeing Ariana Debose crying while singing and 1st Lady hold her hands together, gets me 90% of the time😭
@@chileanyways-593 No it wasn't. They performed this almost a year before his last day in the White House. This is from March 2016, and he left on January 20 2017.
It wasn't his last day - it was about eleven months before his last day.
It was his final year, not his last day, but he and his staff and family and supporters were already coming to terms with the fact that his time was almost up. So this song hit a huge emotional punch at the time.
I watched an interview with Daveed Diggs (Jefferson/Lafayette) and he said that he worked with Lin before and was given a message from him saying something like "Im working on this play about the first secretary of Treasury wanna join" he said he thought it might sound boring but agreed but now he met the President and was nominated for an award
Daveed won a Tony for Hamilton.
@@jscsassy yes
@Kage Luke
Lin: so I’m working on thIs play about Alexander Hamilton. You in?
Daveed: mmmm sure but I feel like this is gonna flop
Lin: we’ll see then
Later
Lin: “is that to your satisfaction?!”
Daveed: “My God”
Them probably
damn
To see this breaks your heart in 2020. To see where we ended up...
We're in the Trump Administration
listen to the orginal Adam administration lyrics. I think you might find some similarities.
Welcome folks, to the-
@@EgyptianWorker I know. Look forward to Nov 3rd when we can say: Sit down, Trump...You Fat MOTHER******
Not even talking from a political standpoint, and more on a personal/characteristic one ... could you even imagine something like this in today's White House? An evening celebrating the arts and culture, sophistication and the finer things in life? Under Trump? With him sitting there in awe and genuine admiration and appreciation for what happens on stage?
Chris Jackson is the reason Broadway voices were invented.
I still cry when I see this even after seeing it many time. Chris Jackson’s voice is woke! And to have President Obama about to leave...a black man playing the first President for the first black president. Wow.
well, half white and half black in truth.
Chris landed the hell out of that ending. Good LORD!!! He WAILED on that shit!! Love it, Love it, LOVE IT!!! Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmmmeeee!!!!!
Yes it’s so true 😫😫 my soul was transported it was so beautiful
You should hear the version from the Hamilton Mixtape that FEATURES Barack Obama, first time I heard I ugly cried so hard in my office people thought I was dying or something. It’s so amazing!
where do i find that?
myong2206 Spotify. Or any other music app, search for the album Hamilton Mixtape.
The title is “One Last Time 44 Remix”
well, i have just crossed the line from crying over hamilton songs to WATCHING other people cry over them. Chris Jackson takes us there every dang time. He's crying, I'm crying, YOU'RE CRYING! that is art.
I still get teary eyed watching that performance. It's just too good.
Chris Jackson could sing the ABC's and I'd still cry. I saw this and I legit bawled for 15 minutes. Man, I WISH both Daveed and Chris could've gotten that Tony because they both equally deserved it.
The white haired man in front row to left of Obama’s family is the author of the Hamilton biography that inspired Lin Manuel!
No! 😮 Well it seems like he enjoyed it lol
Wait, that's Ron Chernow?!
Notice how Chris Jackson never looks directly towards Obama during the song - I think he knew it would make him lose it.
Oh man the Washington guy is sooo good
Chris Jackson :)
@@hanaeve__ I know
@Alebanj Oh I thought you didn’t, I was just letting you know, my bad.
Chris Jackson’s voice reaches parts other singers cannot reach. So much soul and emotion.
These are the real words from Washingtons last letter
It was from his Farewell Address that both Madison and Hamilton wrote. (I believe Madison wrote a first draft, and then Hamilton revised/rewrote, though historians can pick out the parts that Hamilton kept from Madison's version.)
The fact that the whole cast sang this show at the white house for Obama is so historically meta it's actually insane.
This song perhaps most of all given the circumstances.
I think George Washington's portrait hangs in that room, too, so that is really cool.
And thank you for your raw emotion that means so much♡♡♡ I cry everytime watching this
5:13 TEARS ACTIVATED
I feel like we ALL cried while watching this 😭😂😅
Without George Washington laying that very important foundation, America wouldn't have learned how to say goodbye.
Chris Jackson's performance makes me cry every single timeeee..
I've listened to this song dozens of times for about 3 years and it is so powerful that it still hits as hard as it did when I heard it for the first time. Chis Jackson has the most incredible voice and we are so lucky to be able to hear him pour his heart out on these songs. I hope you guys react to the Disney+ Hamilton movie. I just saw it and it was amazing. Perfect for us folks who can't get to see it live but have fallen in love with the story and music.
I made sure I was alone when I watched the Hamilfilm because I was sure to br a mess. And then this part hit and I was struggling to catch my breath
Putting it in the context of Obama's term coming to an end makes this even more poignant. I was in tears from the beginning for that alone, then Chris Jackson just knocks it out of the park. What a voice!
I thought I'd finish the video without getting chills, but 4:39 proved me wrong.
I've yet to listen to this without crying yet. Chris Jackson is amazing and moving, and all I could think about was President Obama and how I just didn't want him to go...😔😔😔
I used to watch this on and off every few months, but I remember when I first saw it, it was after the election but before Obama passed the white house on to his successor and I hardcore BAWLED watching it. Everyone in that room knew the implications of those words and it was just flat-out impossible not to be moved by it. Thanks for letting me see other people as moved by this as I was!
I wish you guys would react to In the Heights too, it's also a musical by Lin Manuel Miranda and the actor who plays George Washington is on it too and so is Lin
I was thinking about requesting this but I wasn't sure if there were animatics or any kind of visual aids for them to see as well
@@spree5895 oh that's true 😢🤦♀️ I don't think we have all the animatics... I have seen the opening number and the No me diga animatics but I don't know about the others...
Ana Coutinho that’s why I wanna try to animate all of them lol
And Anthony Ramos, ya know Luarens and Phillip
This will never NOT make me cry.
Never.
I cry every time I watch this. i looked up George Washington's final speech and this song was taken from this and a few things like the fig tree from another speech. Made it all real for me.
I've seen this video 500 times and I cry my eyes out every single time. Beautifully done.
I will say this. As an American, seeing this always gets me. I understand why we have term limits and why we have to have new presidents. But just like George Washington at the time, I know a lot of people weren't ready to say good-bye to Obama. Hell, if we knew then what would happen, the tears might have happened before the song. But all of this is part of the process. It's part of why our country can endure. I seriously believe had Washington stayed and died in office, we wouldn't have lasted long as a democracy and instead we would have fell apart right away.
When they showed the bullet crying and look over at the Obama’s, that did it for me
This song kills me. Every damn time, just tears. Everywhere.
Lin looks damn good in that light blue jacket. I don't like the color blue but it looks good on him!
Lin " the main singer guy" is actually the writer, creator and producer of Hamilton the musical
The meaning of them performing this song was so emotional. Having a cast full of people of color perform this in front of the first black president at the end of his 2nd term... I still cry every time I see this performance.
Nobody:
Literally nobody:
Lin: wears jeans in the white house
I got so emotional the first time I saw this because it was at the end of President Obama's term and I knew we were getting that other guy. It two years before I could watch it without crying.
Aw man... JV, you can't cry because then I'll cry... this song does it every time.
New subscriber here. Thanks for being you. Christopher jackson IS amazing
I can’t imagine what it’s like for a black man to watch a black man singing to a black president on his last day in office with such a powerful song. Even though we have miles and miles to go racially in this country I imagine it must have been a brief moment of catharsis to see some of the progress that’s been made.
They were already look like they’ve been bawling at the start of the video. I guess it took multiple takes. I would think first reaction would be best or at least wait until your eyes aren’t red and moist but what do I know.
I was in tears the first time I saw this...and it still can get to me...love the reaction. Thank you.
The days that I miss when we had a real leader someone who was for the people..
I’m a Brit but can’t watch this without crying thinking what has happened to the presidency since 😭
This one hits hard!
This song is incredibly executed! Kills me everytime I hear it.
I bawl EVERY time I watch this! Sooooo damn powerful! Thank you for sharing your reaction!
Chris Jackson every time I swear, goosebumps every time he sings
Amazing reaction. I cried with you guys
hi! first time watcher and wanted to let you know there’s a version of this song WITH obama! he sings the speech part and it’s just as moving as this one! i criiied
Now that it's out on Disney+, it's every bit as good as you see here. An incredible performance.
I have listened to this song tons of time and I cry. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
I get chills when I hear this song too! Christopher Jackson is so amazing! Then you add Washington's address to it and it gets me every time!
We're all there with you my dude.
I needed to cry. Thank you.
The next song is “I know him”
I end up sobbing at this... and I've watched it A LOT.
I didn't know you were back doing these. I have watch this many times and I still cry. You should also listen to Lin's Tony acceptance speech.
i cried too the first time i watched it. amazing reaction❤️
I’m not gonna cry this time. You tear up, and there I go.
That song always makes me emotional
The end of a presidency and beginning of terror 😳😢
Man I was in TEARS 😭🤧
Thank you for reacting to the White House performance!!!♡
One last time gets me every time and when you cried you broke my heart❤️
I agree 😭
There's a special reason I love this song: So my 8th grade Social Studies teacher played this song in class to teach us about Washington's farewell address. I started listening to it while doing homework. I found out that Hamilton was on Disney+, and here I am now
Not only Chris voice, but just feeling like I went through a time machine n saw George Washington deliver this speech as he stepped away from his title to his very last moment breathing... it's very emotional.. I don't know George Washington personally, but if I did.. I would cry !!He did so much.. and was in my opinion an example of what makes America... America! I'm crying now 😭😃 #GodblessAmerica
Magical.
The moment that always amuses me in this is how the first person to his feet - the only one ahead of Obama - is Oskar Eustis (the white guy with the beard). You're not supposed to do that in the White House - the President should be the first to stand and the first to sit - but he knew what was coming...
He's the Artistic Director of the Public Theater, where Hamilton's Off-Broadway production appeared, so he's probably heard the song hundreds of times on stage, and so knew exactly when the ending was coming.
Michelle giving hugs down the line at the end. 😭
She is a very classy lady ❤
Washinton's actor's voice is so smooth. He can sing a slow song about bananas and I'd still cry
Great reaction! I hope you had a chance to see the touring company perform before the coronavirus outbreak. Chris Jackson who played George Washington is amazing.
The only 2 people that's voice can make me cry is Leslie's and Chris's I love their voices so much
I bawl every damn time I watch this
This was a beautiful reaction ❤️
I always wondered why only Obama and a few of the women in the audience physically vibe to the music, while almost all the men are just stone-faced or frozen (or in Timothy Geitner's case, randomly glancing at the camera or around the room). At first, I thought it was because it they didn't enjoy what they were watching, but after finally watching Hamilton myself and ALSO finding myself frozen at rapt attention, I understood why we reacted that way: we were simply doing everything in our power not to break into tears (or in Tim's case, searching for a camera so that he'll know which way not to look if he starts crying).
When are you guys gonna post your reaction to Hamilton on Disney plus?
I love this reaction
Yeah, I'll never forget this performance. Everybody knew it was almost time to say goodbye to Obama and having them perform this song in this setting was just such a moving moment.
I am glad I am not the only one that cries when I hear this. The emotion of Christopher Jackson not to mention that voice! The writing of LMM and that it was timed with Obama leaving. No matter what any one says about him he was a damn good president. That emotion you saw speaks testament to what Obama brought to this nation. I miss him as president everyday and I don't think I have still learned how to say goodbye!
Chris put some soul in his voice for this one, wow
One of my very favorite songs from Hamilton. Anything by Chris Jackson, really. He's amazing. And this one gives goosebumps.
And to cap it off, listen to the One Last Time 44 remix
Chris Jackson is amazing and this song is so powerful ❤️❤️❤️
I love Christopher Jackson’s voice! I’d love for you guys to react to the One Last Time 44 remix, it’s absolutely beautiful
Have you guys heard the '44 Remix' of this song - Obama's on that one. It's fantastic!
I think I read that Obama walked up to Washingtons Actor (Chris Jackson) and thanked him for teaching him how to say goodbye, and then Chris proceeded to cry on Alex Lacamoires shoulder for 45 minutes
One last time with Bebe winans has Obama actually saying the speech
Bro, I had the exact same reaction.
Seeing this version again after Obama’s departure, seeing how graceful he was given who he was handing things off to…miss Obama so much.
If you get a chance watch Hamilton’s America, you can see the fact that those performance is right underneath the portrait of George Washington. It’s so emotional.
I cried when you cried.
Chris Jackson must be protected at all costs!
Why is there an EV bar at the bottom of the screen?
If you don't cry at one last time do you even have emotions?