This is the song, this is the woman... Her voice has it all, sadness, anger, hardness, softness, kindness, happiness, love, hate, presence, hope. When she sings this i hear, feel and connect. I preffer listening to this version and not the recorded one... I dont think you know what I feel... Thank you for this gift to us.
My husband and I had just finished our last divorce counseling session after 17 years of marriage. As I watched him drive away I heard Why for the first time. After 20 years I still cry
You are human with passion and it is quite understandable. You still have your LIFE to live so heal your heart and MOVE on. You are worth LOVE in your life.
Thanks God we still having a good singers and musicians like Annie Lennox, today almost 75% of music is a completely waste, nothing new and original, hope one day teenagers realized music is a language to feel and cry, and have the courage to keep walking and standing strong
Ameer Sephora No dear, and I apologize for any confusion. It was about my 3rd or 4th year working in London after university(I am from Chicago), for Lloyd’s of London. I was in Tower Records off Piccadilly Circus and wept with every word she sang.The incomparable Ms. Lennox’s song allowed me to find the exact lyrics I needed to validate the sorrow in my heart. Sorry but I don’t have a happy ending. Thirty years later I still cannot revive my heart.
@@kellyanneshereck1421 None of us can revive our own heart. Almighty GOD is real and knows your every thought feeling and your deepest need..which is to come to the SON JESUS with a seeking humble heart saying "please let me know you..as your word says is possible" HE will reveal HIMSELF REAL to the sincere seeking heart that is willing to turn from all the emptiness and disappointment you expressed which comes from focusing on self thoughts and emotions which come out of our fallen nature. HE offers HIS NEW NATURE and HIS HOLY shed blood to wash away our defilement to those who are repentant.. those who would like to be free from the dread of our sinful condition which is what makes us sooo broken. CALL ON JESUS CONTINUALLY WITHOUT GIVING UP - TIME IS SHORT ruclips.net/video/E5ICQZ_8XOY/видео.html
I've been returning to this for years now, its still possibly the best thing I've seen on RUclips, it give me goose bumps, it moves me, every time. Absolutely superb!
So simple: a piano, a stage, a microphone and a voice but it is her soul and her conviction to the lyrics that put her in her own category and make this particular performance remarkable!
I hear this as a single person / a self-dialogue ..... the argument in our own head between why we do what we do, or did... the holding back, the regrets, the self blaming and hating and all the excuses we make to our own selves. The part about going down to the river edge ... casting away our doubts could mean drowning/suicide, or it could mean allowing the water to wash away the problems ........ it’s a meaningful poem set to beautiful music, and (this time) performed with gut-wrenching clarity.
i love this song so much,memories of painting in a cramped flat with just annie lennox music floating in the air the whole day,still as amazing and breathtaking as ever!!!!
This is what I love about the "pop stars" from the 80s - these people are real performers with developed talent. They are solid instrumentalists, great singers, everything. Annie is so dang good. Her records are awesome and her live performances are great, even when stripped down like this to just piano and voice. Bravo!
she´s so unbelievable talented. It´s amazing...she´s sitting there on her piano on the stage...alone.. and she is able to give everyone goosbumps with her magival voice and presence...pure talent doesn´t need background singers and dancers. :)
This song is one of the most moving pieces of music I've ever heard & without question this performance is my favorite. I thank You Tube for existing (I'm not sure I would have ever found it otherwise), Cudos to the original poster from a few years ago + you James West for this higher quality version and of course Annie for being one of the most brilliant artists of our time.
I believe shes speaking what she holds inside....just expressing her inner glow, what she feels, how she shuts, feelings...all in one.The lyrics speak for themselves.Her voice? TOPS EVERY LITTLE THING .No doubt about it.Yes, the song hurts, Yes, we have all felt same way.All.
What a powerful song, it really gets to me when ever I hear it. Anne never fails to deliver on a performance, she pours so much emotion and feeling into each performance. I'm just staggered there are two dislikes.
I always liked her music, growing up in the 80’s & 90’s but now as an adult I’m brought to tears by the emotion in her voice & lyrics..Absolutely Beautiful ❤️
this was so beautiful i am sitting here crying. annie lennox is the most soulful singer!!! she is truly amazing. no one could ever sing this song better than her.
This is the one I was listening for. I watched thus live go when it was a tribute to Arista or one of the music things and she just got up there and nailed it. And I was weeping
Just piano, beautiful voice, amazing presenter and pure talent. Nothing more needed... That melody and the voice and the way Annie uses the voice to represent the lyrics in that performance just makes magic. Magic of music.
A perfect example of how some woman are like fine wine 🍷and get even better with age, with profound taste, rich aroma and a sexy touch of classe, which only gentleman with more sophisticated taste buds recognize and appreciate.....😘
Whatever Luigi, you are a disgusting misogynist pig. The women who tell you they like that kind of crap are just coddling your disgusting ego. Annie Lennox would wipe the floor with you.
YEP. weird how its soo personal right? Like she wrote is JUST for your situation. Sad and BEAUTIFUL all at once. In my lifetime I would die to write ONE song like this, she writes dozens... AMAZING... A VERY SPECIAL LADY
I love this video it proves that if you work hard to learn your instrument you can make beautiful and vulnerable music well done Annie the vocalist of today could learn to quit doing vocal arobics and just sing clear and with your feelings not to mention the lyrics are the best I cried when I heard them the first time
To all of the talented young women of today. Scratch that. To all of the talented young performers of this generation. If you ever have a bad day or performance, just come back to this clip and be reminded how to Nail Shit!
Finally someone who sings live, plays an instrument and deliver an epic performance without being half naked.....
I think its so personal X
I would highly recommend Tedeshchi Trucks band.
looks lip syncd to me
@@grahambarker2186 you sir are a dope .
I think it’s called “talent”.
She pumped her fist in the air at the end because she knew she had just performed her best, most epic version of Why, never to be repeated again.
This is the song, this is the woman... Her voice has it all, sadness, anger, hardness, softness, kindness, happiness, love, hate, presence, hope. When she sings this i hear, feel and connect. I preffer listening to this version and not the recorded one... I dont think you know what I feel... Thank you for this gift to us.
ghhgjjuo
Mejja Ahlström beautifully said.... I felt the same way listening to “Cold”.🙋🏼♀️
Everyone with a heartbeat knows what you mean ♥️
My husband and I had just finished our last divorce counseling session after 17 years of marriage. As I watched him drive away I heard Why for the first time. After 20 years I still cry
You are human with passion and it is quite understandable. You still have your LIFE to live so heal your heart and MOVE on. You are worth LOVE in your life.
Sorry that you had to go through that pain 💕
I hear he’s gay now
are you guys still together?
So sorry @ kate myers but...just means, you're alive. And surviving the sh*t. Peace to u.
keep returning to this video, its a masterpiece.
Me too ...
Me three!
Same here
Annie Lennox war ein Geschenk für jeden Musikfan. Das ist ein Meisterwerk für die Ewigkeit.
Thanks God we still having a good singers and musicians like Annie Lennox, today almost 75% of music is a completely waste, nothing new and original, hope one day teenagers realized music is a language to feel and cry, and have the courage to keep walking and standing strong
London , 1993, I finally found the beauty and pain of my heart in one song. Forever grateful.
R u saying that 93 is the date of this performance? Your words r not clearly stated
Ameer Sephora No dear, and I apologize for any confusion. It was about my 3rd or 4th year working in London after university(I am from Chicago), for Lloyd’s of London. I was in Tower Records off Piccadilly Circus and wept with every word she sang.The incomparable Ms. Lennox’s song allowed me to find the exact lyrics I needed to validate the sorrow in my heart. Sorry but I don’t have a happy ending. Thirty years later I still cannot revive my heart.
@@kellyanneshereck1421
None of us can revive our own heart.
Almighty GOD is real and knows your every thought feeling and your deepest need..which is to come to the SON JESUS with a seeking humble heart saying "please let me know you..as your word says is possible" HE will reveal HIMSELF REAL to the sincere seeking heart that is willing to turn from all the emptiness and disappointment you expressed which comes from focusing on self thoughts and emotions which come out of our fallen nature.
HE offers HIS NEW NATURE and HIS HOLY shed blood to wash away our defilement to those who are repentant.. those who would like to be free from the dread of our sinful condition which is what makes us sooo broken.
CALL ON JESUS CONTINUALLY WITHOUT GIVING UP - TIME IS SHORT
ruclips.net/video/E5ICQZ_8XOY/видео.html
I've been returning to this for years now, its still possibly the best thing I've seen on RUclips, it give me goose bumps, it moves me, every time. Absolutely superb!
Same
3:41 This always make me break down and cry. Such an emotional piece of art.
same
Me too💞
I just have to raise my hand to this performance. You go, girl!
You are so right.....Annie is amazing!
Yeah. I think I'll watch it again.
she knew something was happening here. this will be heard for centuries
So simple: a piano, a stage, a microphone and a voice but it is her soul and her conviction to the lyrics that put her in her own category and make this particular performance remarkable!
+dino king My sentiments exactly.
I hear this as a single person / a self-dialogue ..... the argument in our own head between why we do what we do, or did... the holding back, the regrets, the self blaming and hating and all the excuses we make to our own selves.
The part about going down to the river edge ... casting away our doubts could mean drowning/suicide, or it could mean allowing the water to wash away the problems ........ it’s a meaningful poem set to beautiful music, and (this time) performed with gut-wrenching clarity.
I felt that. Also could relate the lyrics to a dying relationship where you’re either looking back or struggling to move forward Bc of it
Annie is one of those few that sounds MUCH BETTER ON STAGE than on the tune so a magical voice....and omg playing the piano FOR REAL!!!
probably the best performance of any song ever for me. its just incredible, the power and beauty of her voice, you can feel that shit in your soul.
Best Live performance ever... Beautiful !!!
This is the best and most heartfelt I have ever heard Annie sing this......Superb.
i think this could possibly be the best live performance ever
One of the best performances of this gorgeous song.
Oh my heart....
The right voice has a way of piercing through so many layers straight to your core. Annie has such a voice.
There is only one ANNIE LENNOX... I saw her live in 2007, she was even better in person. An angel on earth...
How can so much talent be so underrated? What a fabulous performance! ❤
Actually she is very highly rated and is world famous super star..I hear her songs on tv in movies….remakes the radio….every week.
Oh my GOD, she is so amazing! No back up except for her piano and it sounds just stunning.
I remember this performance as if it were yesterday. She brought the house down with that one!
Fifty years from now provided that I'm alive
This shall forever be a Badass Performance
i love this song so much,memories of painting in a cramped flat with just annie lennox music floating in the air the whole day,still as amazing and breathtaking as ever!!!!
THERE ARE NO WORDS.. This is simply …. BRAVO 👏
i didnt appreciate her the first time around - but with age, i have learned!!
Grandiose ! One of those moments you are suspended by a powerful force.
gisela rocha ForLife superb!
Still listening in 2019!
2020
2020
wonderful singer, marvellous and emotional presentation!
This is what I love about the "pop stars" from the 80s - these people are real performers with developed talent. They are solid instrumentalists, great singers, everything. Annie is so dang good. Her records are awesome and her live performances are great, even when stripped down like this to just piano and voice. Bravo!
Imádom ezt a nőt! Csodás előadó művészet!
This woman is pure talent! What a performance! ❤️
I get choked up every time I watch this absolutely INCREDIBLE performance. Annie's not just singing this song; she's living it!
Ela hipnotiza porque é realmente uma artista de primeira grandeza.
What a performance!! One of the most beutiful songs ever written!!!
Shane Shiyoji YesI agree and done with great harmony........
+Shane Shiyoji Totally agree! The performance captured what it's like to loose someone to divorce especially and the gap, often bitter it leaves.
I am not a big fan of this genre but that gave me the chills- beautiful emotional version.
Do you what I feel? Yes wishing I could have been there live to see this beautiful rendition.
she´s so unbelievable talented. It´s amazing...she´s sitting there on her piano on the stage...alone.. and she is able to give everyone goosbumps with her magival voice and presence...pure talent doesn´t need background singers and dancers. :)
This song is one of the most moving pieces of music I've ever heard & without question this performance is my favorite. I thank You Tube for existing (I'm not sure I would have ever found it otherwise), Cudos to the original poster from a few years ago + you James West for this higher quality version and of course Annie for being one of the most brilliant artists of our time.
Einfach, grandios,leidenschaftlich....eine wunderbare Performance ! Danke Annie Lennox!
The best version of a classic so much passion ... just striking ... massive performance 👏
This is ART..fantastic
queen annie blows the walls outa that place
I can't cry. But if I could... this is about the only thing that could make me. Euphoric.
Annie Lennox is on another level.
Eine Wahnsinns-Stimme! Super, einfach nur GENIAL !!!
One of her BEST F'n' performances Well Done
I believe shes speaking what she holds inside....just expressing her inner glow, what she feels, how she shuts, feelings...all in one.The lyrics speak for themselves.Her voice? TOPS EVERY LITTLE THING .No doubt about it.Yes, the song hurts, Yes, we have all felt same way.All.
Only a very few singers can deliver a live better than the studio version. Annie Lennox is one of them.
AMAZING!!! SUCH A BEAUTY... This version struck my heart in a beautiful way...
She has real class, mad style and talent ..Those assets that badly lack in the majority
of today singers , there are exceptions, praise the lord!
What a powerful song, it really gets to me when ever I hear it. Anne never fails to deliver on a performance, she pours so much emotion and feeling into each performance.
I'm just staggered there are two dislikes.
I can't listen to this without crying. So moving. The heartbreak hurt 25 years ago, and the hollowness is still there today.
I always liked her music, growing up in the 80’s & 90’s but now as an adult I’m brought to tears by the emotion in her voice & lyrics..Absolutely Beautiful ❤️
this was so beautiful i am sitting here crying. annie lennox is the most soulful singer!!! she is truly amazing. no one could ever sing this song better than her.
This is the one I was listening for. I watched thus live go when it was a tribute to Arista or one of the music things and she just got up there and nailed it. And I was weeping
Annie has a world class voice; her world class intellect is carried upon it.
Just piano, beautiful voice, amazing presenter and pure talent. Nothing more needed... That melody and the voice and the way Annie uses the voice to represent the lyrics in that performance just makes magic. Magic of music.
I’m so grateful that I saw you and Sting in concert live.....
Thank you for guiding me to the waters edge where I casted away those doubts. 🤗🤗🤗
2019 anyone? 🙋🏻♀️
One my favorite songs of all times
How about 2020??
grande, grande senhora e magistral interpretação de um tema intemporal
Masterpiece!
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this lady made songs alone and in a band ,super timeless and she says it loud and proud
ICON 🙇🏼♀️🙇🏽🙇🏻♂️
Auch wenn ich mich hier wiederhole: Der Song ist so geil................
Liberec ❤️ ( Česká republika ) Skvěly Není co dodat
This is absolutely spectacular!
30.224 visualizations and no one dislike it... how can you dislike this magic?
A MASTERPIECE. Love her so much ❤💯
Se dicevo che era brava era poco, mi è sempre piaciuta ma qua ha superato se stessa, interpretazione stupenda...grandissima artista!!
A perfect example of how some woman are like fine wine 🍷and get even better with age, with profound taste, rich aroma and a sexy touch of classe, which only gentleman with more sophisticated taste buds recognize and appreciate.....😘
Luigi Piserchia hai perfettamente ragione Annie è come il buon vino
Totally agree.
Whatever Luigi, you are a disgusting misogynist pig. The women who tell you they like that kind of crap are just coddling your disgusting ego. Annie Lennox would wipe the floor with you.
agree
What age is she here? Sounds like u know...i see no date. If u know the date..please tell.
YEP. weird how its soo personal right? Like she wrote is JUST for your situation. Sad and BEAUTIFUL all at once. In my lifetime I would die to write ONE song like this, she writes dozens... AMAZING... A VERY SPECIAL LADY
Overwhelming :)
This is the best ever! Thank You Annie!!!!!!
this got to be the most powerful performance I ever saw of one of the most beautiful song of all time. Wow what a unique lady ...stunning.
Music like this is hard to find theese days....even with Huble
Großartig !!! Diese Frau ist unglaublich
A true artist. And quite possibly her best live performance.
HAPPY 59TH BIRTHDAY ANN ANNIE LENNOX !!!!!!!!!!
Best singer in the whole universe
Powerful ❤️
It must be an angel. Great moment. thankssss for the post.
I've lost Ficken track
That I somehow find myself repeatedly listening to her
The one performance that she TRULY put her soul in the song
Божественно!!!
there is nobody better than "Annie "................ EPIC............. WHY
Simply amazing
ich liebe diese Stimme ....Annie ...!!!!!
tristezza di un amore sofferto...poesia in musica :maestosa
Wow. Made me cry.
All I can say is WOW 👏
I love this video it proves that if you work hard to learn your instrument you can make beautiful and vulnerable music well done Annie the vocalist of today could learn to quit doing vocal arobics and just sing clear and with your feelings not to mention the lyrics are the best I cried when I heard them the first time
She should be in the TOP 10 of ALL TIME!
if this doesn't make you cry or think ... you are dead inside. beautiful words.
SUPER Stimme und Genial gesungen (Gänsehautgarantie)
To all of the talented young women of today. Scratch that. To all of the talented young performers of this generation. If you ever have a bad day or performance, just come back to this clip and be reminded how to Nail Shit!
Anie should tell me what she's been smoking prior to this performance.. Damn this is so dope hands down to this Goddess.
Beautiful performance Ms. Lennox . 👍