Absolutely AMAZING! It's no wonder in 2019 you can hear and see announcements all over the place for this woman's concert coming to Washington, DC. She is the REAL DEAL! No one can touch ANITA BAKER!!!
I was in the mountains of North Carolina when this TV "SPECIAL" honoring the "VIETNAM VETS" COMING HOME! You have to UNDERSTAND, that we (Vietnam Vets) had been "HOME" for anywhere from "22 to 14 years"! I have been BACK nearly 17 years and had ABANDONED any mentioning of my SACRIFICES and SERVICES in Vietnam. So when I saw this "SPECIAL" with several artists of the '80s, including Creedence Clearwater Revival, whose lead singer, John Fogerty, served in the Vietnam War. In 1966; I was in a hotel room with a lady I'd been dating and was on vacation.
Perhaps, inspired by his experiences in Vietnam, Fogerty (and two other members of the group known as CCR, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford, who had also served in Vietnam) had penned a song that was sort of one of the theme songs and that I would hear often times when the airborne unit next to our base camp in Chu Lai was going out on a "mission", "BAD MOON RISING"...we knew that was possibly a "BAD SIGN" that some of those guys would NOT be coming back (alive). But my memory of Anita Baker, BACKED BY THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY CHOIR (hear me Akil Wingate?) was ETCHED IN MY MIND, because until THAT MOMENT and THIS CONCERT, "NO ONE, FRIEND OR RELATIVE" had said "WELCOME HOME or WE CARE". I became so emotional after viewing this concert that I could NOT DRIVE BACK DOWN THE MOUNTAIN (HIGHWAYS). The lady I was dating, had to take over the drive back, because I cried most of the way back as Anita singing "I wanna KNOW WHAT LOVE IS..." kept ringing in my head. And I couldn't shake the images and feelings that even though "WE" (those Vietnam Vets who had made it back) were spit on, cursed, ridiculed, and treated as "VILLAINS" and UNWORTHY of THE RIGHTS and FREEDOM, that WE 17-24-year-olds (over 70% of the U.S. soldiers who DIED in Vietnam were in that age bracket) THOUGHT we were fighting for, where somehow "UNWORTHY" of receiving upon our return. So much so, that when people would ask me, "Ted, where have you been the last year or so...", I'd tell them that "I'd been in jail for Breaking and Entering (B&E); BUT I'd learned my lesson and moving forward"...but don't mention Vietnam. So to hear Anita and the Howard University choir put so much SOUL into saying/singing "WELCOME HOME", it was like hearing the song that cost Freda Payne her career, "Bring The Boys Home," which we played while I was in Vietnam. I had an emotional reaction that had been pinned up inside for over a DECADE and A HALF. And at times, even though I was not driving (couldn't drive), my date would have to pull over on the shoulders of the highway and just give me a HUG to calm me down. I guess I LOST IT. But decades later, I would "SEARCH" for this recording and until now, I had not seen it. And once again, today, I am having an emotional reaction. Thank you, Anita, Howard University and CCR.
Absolutely AMAZING! It's no wonder in 2019 you can hear and see announcements all over the place for this woman's concert coming to Washington, DC. She is the REAL DEAL! No one can touch ANITA BAKER!!!
Omg I don't think if I've ever seen this before. What in the 🌎! Cmon Anita
My God baby you can sing I love you so much my entire life since I was a little girl I've loved you 💋♥️
Chilling Anita just chilling.
I have been looking for this version of anita baker😊
A true GREAT, a TRUE ORIGINAL, Ms. Anita Baker
The sea parts when she sings.
YaSSSSSS!!!!
I was in the mountains of North Carolina when this TV "SPECIAL" honoring the "VIETNAM VETS" COMING HOME! You have to UNDERSTAND, that we (Vietnam Vets) had been "HOME" for anywhere from "22 to 14 years"! I have been BACK nearly 17 years and had ABANDONED any mentioning of my SACRIFICES and SERVICES in Vietnam.
So when I saw this "SPECIAL" with several artists of the '80s, including Creedence Clearwater Revival, whose lead singer, John Fogerty, served in the Vietnam War. In 1966; I was in a hotel room with a lady I'd been dating and was on vacation.
Perhaps, inspired by his experiences in Vietnam, Fogerty (and two other members of the group known as CCR, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford, who had also served in Vietnam) had penned a song that was sort of one of the theme songs and that I would hear often times when the airborne unit next to our base camp in Chu Lai was going out on a "mission", "BAD MOON RISING"...we knew that was possibly a "BAD SIGN" that some of those guys would NOT be coming back (alive).
But my memory of Anita Baker, BACKED BY THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY CHOIR (hear me Akil Wingate?) was ETCHED IN MY MIND, because until THAT MOMENT and THIS CONCERT, "NO ONE, FRIEND OR RELATIVE" had said "WELCOME HOME or WE CARE". I became so emotional after viewing this concert that I could NOT DRIVE BACK DOWN THE MOUNTAIN (HIGHWAYS). The lady I was dating, had to take over the drive back, because I cried most of the way back as Anita singing "I wanna KNOW WHAT LOVE IS..." kept ringing in my head.
And I couldn't shake the images and feelings that even though "WE" (those Vietnam Vets who had made it back) were spit on, cursed, ridiculed, and treated as "VILLAINS" and UNWORTHY of THE RIGHTS and FREEDOM, that WE 17-24-year-olds (over 70% of the U.S. soldiers who DIED in Vietnam were in that age bracket) THOUGHT we were fighting for, where somehow "UNWORTHY" of receiving upon our return. So much so, that when people would ask me, "Ted, where have you been the last year or so...", I'd tell them that "I'd been in jail for Breaking and Entering (B&E); BUT I'd learned my lesson and moving forward"...but don't mention Vietnam.
So to hear Anita and the Howard University choir put so much SOUL into saying/singing "WELCOME HOME", it was like hearing the song that cost Freda Payne her career, "Bring The Boys Home," which we played while I was in Vietnam. I had an emotional reaction that had been pinned up inside for over a DECADE and A HALF. And at times, even though I was not driving (couldn't drive), my date would have to pull over on the shoulders of the highway and just give me a HUG to calm me down. I guess I LOST IT.
But decades later, I would "SEARCH" for this recording and until now, I had not seen it. And once again, today, I am having an emotional reaction. Thank you, Anita, Howard University and CCR.
One of my favorite oldies !
An amazing performance. I remember when this first aired on HBO. I love Anita Baker!!!
I seen her sing this difficult song before she also honored Lou gramm before singing this beautiful song. This lady had class!!!
I have been in love since the first time I saw her, then heard her sing
Love to see her rare performances‼️
Hvnt heard of her cover of this song! Like it!
GOAT
Anything diffrent is nice
I can’t believe you forgot who I am. 🤦🏾♂️ 😆
Damn! Sang ‘Nita! 🎶 ❤️
Divine.
Bravo
Did I say, she should have married me, not you, "me".
Peace and God Bless,
Morgan
Revisiting this again in 2022! This is just phenomenal x