Glen Campbell & Jimmy Webb - Wichita Lineman (2000)

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  • Опубликовано: 20 авг 2015
  • Glen Campbell & Jimmy Webb performing Wichita Lineman on the Early Show in New York City. Check out the Glen Campbell discussion forum at www.glencampbellforums.com.
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  • @johnsmith-bk4ps
    @johnsmith-bk4ps 2 года назад +127

    Jimmie Webb may be one of the biggest unsung heroes of music. Epic

  • @kevinwaters5872
    @kevinwaters5872 Год назад +1

    Jimmy Webb is such a great song writer. His lyrics create real pictures of real people’s real emotions. Him and Glen are in synch like bacon and eggs.

  • @dpeatebc7265
    @dpeatebc7265 3 года назад +217

    Wow. Webb is a fabulous pianist. His songs are filled with complex chords and that is part of what makes them great. Glen Campbell knows how to sing complex chord arrangements which makes him great. Add to that Webb's poetic lyrics that always tell a complete story of the human condition and Cambell's virtuoso guitar playing and you get musical magnificence. Very moving.

    • @jimhowaniec
      @jimhowaniec 2 года назад +15

      Well said. This is a masterpiece.

    • @lindaquist1666
      @lindaquist1666 2 года назад +7

      Love YOU BOTH THANK YOU 🙏 LOVE IT ❤️

    • @willettej7988
      @willettej7988 Год назад +11

      You gotta watch Jimmy’s concert in McArthur Park. His playing is absolutely incredible, especially on that song. Two legends.

    • @pabloperez4063
      @pabloperez4063 Год назад

      They are USA CREAM

    • @maralynfarber2068
      @maralynfarber2068 10 месяцев назад +1

      Together they are perfection.❤️🎹

  • @jamesbean7560
    @jamesbean7560 11 месяцев назад +12

    Glen is gone, sadly, but his wonderful singing lives on.

  • @Ragnar-Viking
    @Ragnar-Viking Год назад +13

    Webb is a freaking genius on that piano..absolutely beautiful

  • @jeffrey3498
    @jeffrey3498 7 лет назад +130

    As a truck driver, every time I drive by Wichita I look for the Wichita lineman. The town has a mystique to me because of that great song.

    • @jeffrey3498
      @jeffrey3498 3 года назад +6

      @@Leveraction-xr4uz Oh cool, thanks for sharing that. God bless!

    • @jeffrey3498
      @jeffrey3498 2 года назад +4

      @Forrest Cain No kidding! That's hilarious. 🤣 Here I was all these years, etc. 😂

    • @jeffrey3498
      @jeffrey3498 2 года назад +1

      @Forrest Cain Just wondering how you knew I meant Kansas, but indeed I did. Thanks for setting the record straight. There's nothing worse than having information you think is correct but isn't. That can lead to an embarrassing situation. Thanks again Sir!
      😃👍

    • @benwheeler4223
      @benwheeler4223 Год назад +1

      @Forrest Cain it’s nice to read a respectful and polite conversation between two strangers. We need more of it. And what a fabulous song, writer. Can’t ever get enough of Glen’s voice and guitar playing.

    • @wagner9050
      @wagner9050 Год назад +1

      J.: Thanks 4 the job you do & may GOD Bless you!!!

  • @MyFlippinValentine
    @MyFlippinValentine 7 лет назад +38

    There will never be another Glen Campbell, or another partnership like this one.

  • @maryc6091
    @maryc6091 11 месяцев назад +11

    Jimmy Webb gave birth to this song and Glen Campbell gives it life.

  • @2bequia
    @2bequia 8 лет назад +94

    Jimmy Webb underappreciated 20th. century composer.

    • @jimquantic
      @jimquantic 6 лет назад +6

      as a singer too, just heard him recently, very good.

    • @2300Kenzie
      @2300Kenzie 6 лет назад +10

      I caught him in Cincinnati. Best performance I've ever attended. Small, interpersonal and engaging. The stories were so revealing about the history of modern music and were as captivating as his melodies. Jimmy later headed to NY for an Alzheimer's benefit event. God bless him & Glenn.

    • @bluehornet6752
      @bluehornet6752 6 лет назад +7

      He's an *incredible* pianist too. His phrasings are next-level.

    • @christheother9088
      @christheother9088 Год назад +2

      Not by me.

  • @lindadavis3728
    @lindadavis3728 2 года назад +13

    There is something about good music that tells you it is good to be alive. That is some good music with two artist that know what they are doing.

    • @lindadavis3728
      @lindadavis3728 2 года назад

      @Bobby Klein I appreciate talented artist that use music to tell stories that are relatable. Jimmy Webb's understanding of music coupled with Glen Campbells sincerity in telling and selling the story masterfully.

  • @paulhewitt5198
    @paulhewitt5198 4 года назад +18

    Privileged to see two "Greats" playing together. Nuff said.

  • @catanlorca
    @catanlorca Год назад +3

    Jimmy Webb is a genius and the great Glen Campbell was the best protagonist of Jimmy's songs.

  • @4549tinter
    @4549tinter 2 года назад +4

    I cried when he died.
    God bless Glen Campbell

  • @Theo-hc5ob
    @Theo-hc5ob 8 лет назад +163

    This has to be the best version of this song. Jimmy Webb is a fabulous pianist. As my grandfather would say "He plays all of the keyboard." Not to mention a powerhouse of a writer. Glen Campbell has always been a breathtaking guitar player.

    • @RFXLR
      @RFXLR 4 года назад

      I disagree. Jimmy’s version on Ten Easy Pieces is so intimate. It’s probably the best I’ve ever heard.

    • @lizjones4485
      @lizjones4485 2 года назад +2

      You are so correct!

    • @MeMeDaVinci
      @MeMeDaVinci 2 года назад +2

      Well said!

    • @uddielad
      @uddielad 2 года назад +9

      I love the mutual admiration. Fabulous songwriter and diamond performer.

    • @GaryFox11000
      @GaryFox11000 Год назад +4

      Wished I could have been there .
      Glen Campbell - Virtuoso guitarist ,
      Incredible singer ; Jimmy Webb one of the grratest writer's .
      Excellent pianist !!
      " Wichita Linemen " -
      "By the time I get to Pboenix "
      Fabulous entertainers ....
      Bravo 🏆👏
      🙋‍♂️👍😃

  • @RacerPaul3
    @RacerPaul3 6 месяцев назад +1

    Whoooooooa!!! 🤯Glen’s solo, Jimmy’s swirling soaring chords….. 2 🐐

  • @lindabaer4086
    @lindabaer4086 7 лет назад +62

    Two legends, and one tragic loss for American music. May Glen Campbell's memory be for a blessing.

  • @arkantika6881
    @arkantika6881 5 лет назад +16

    No one can touch Jimmy and Glenn. Impeccable

  • @edwardsieferman1205
    @edwardsieferman1205 4 месяца назад +4

    "I need you more than want you,
    And I want you for all time"
    might be one of THE single-most romantic lyrics EVER written in the history of the American Popular Songbook.

  • @Ant008
    @Ant008 2 года назад +18

    The best song ever written sung by the best performer, superb, sublime and beautiful

  • @phd2007
    @phd2007 2 года назад +14

    Christ, that's beautiful. Webb is just masterful at the piano. Stunning and sublime.

  • @southernmonkey64
    @southernmonkey64 8 лет назад +172

    One of the bestsongs ever written! Everytime I hear it ..Iam taken away into another dimension ....thank you Glenn,and thank you Jimmy!

    • @bambibrown6664
      @bambibrown6664 8 лет назад +5

      Agreed!!! I heard a critic call this the 1st (and only?) existential country song. Perfect description.

    • @bambibrown6664
      @bambibrown6664 8 лет назад +3

      bb lang......another song that "takes me away" is Beginnings by Chicago. Your thoughts?

    • @southernmonkey64
      @southernmonkey64 8 лет назад +6

      +Bambi Brown Yes! Its One of those Great Songs that instantly brings back so many memories!
      In my Life is another one for me! Whats your thoughts on that one? Friend

    • @frithst
      @frithst 8 лет назад +6

      Wow you two have got great taste! In my Life, Beginnings (esp Astrud Gilberto's version for me) and Wichita Lineman - all utterly timeless beauties.

    • @bertinsydney8710
      @bertinsydney8710 5 лет назад +2

      another dimension I am in, indeed ! Haunting and melancholic too.

  • @JojoJojo-hd3xp
    @JojoJojo-hd3xp 4 года назад +5

    It doesn't get any better than this..... Jimmy and Glen

  • @robertappel9589
    @robertappel9589 6 дней назад

    I remember hearing this song for the first time on AM radio riding in my grandmother's car. Brings back so many memories.

  • @bobmohr4952
    @bobmohr4952 2 года назад +40

    Absolutely magical song that when I hear it today takes me back to my 17 year old youth. What great memories of an innocent time. Then I enlisted and went to Vietnam which changed everything for me. But the innocent times still resonate with me and I’m so glad I lived them.

    • @karenscigliano9787
      @karenscigliano9787 2 года назад +5

      Bless your heart💔

    • @davidcastelli7893
      @davidcastelli7893 Год назад

      God Bless you my man

    • @terencehernandez9646
      @terencehernandez9646 Год назад +2

      God bless you and thank you for your service Mr. Mohr!

    • @saprwl68
      @saprwl68 Год назад +2

      Vietnam changed everything for so many who went and the people who loved them!! Thank you for your service sir!! You are not forgotten!! 😍

    • @anthonyblalock1790
      @anthonyblalock1790 Год назад +2

      Amen brother but the innocence is really good to remember

  • @LisaMarieMJ
    @LisaMarieMJ 2 года назад +36

    Thank you Jimmy, for an amazing song that brings me to tears every time. I was born in 69, so this song has been around my whole life. Rest in Love, Glen. Thank you for the music. 💜

  • @michaelangelus7355
    @michaelangelus7355 6 лет назад +6

    Jimmy Webb did write some great songs and had a sophisticated style. I did not appreciate Glen so much when I was a young rock and roller but later I came to like his work. He was a studio guitarist in L.A. for years before he became a star in his own right.

    • @c.j.rogers2422
      @c.j.rogers2422 6 лет назад +1

      Michael Angelus He was one of the most sought after studio guitarists in the biz. He's all over Beach Boys recordings, and many others.

  • @charlottecole5281
    @charlottecole5281 7 лет назад +20

    Hard to believe this song is 50 next year so timeless

  • @johnhughes3963
    @johnhughes3963 2 года назад +10

    Wow!!! Jimmy Webb..fits like a glove.. beautiful ❤️

  • @azcrim
    @azcrim 9 лет назад +59

    And I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time. Best lyric ever.

    • @jimhacker9899
      @jimhacker9899 8 лет назад +2

      +azcrim I agree. I think this may be the best version ever as well.

    • @uncleharry5758
      @uncleharry5758 8 лет назад +1

      +Jim Hacker At the Cabaret Show they I got to attend, (Feinstein's) they did a killer version of "Lightning In A Bottle" as well!!:-)

    • @arthurkurtz2448
      @arthurkurtz2448 4 года назад

      So very true.

  • @tntamusements
    @tntamusements 7 лет назад +35

    Two true Genius artists at work here...we are watching incredibly beautiful history---

  • @kimokeokeahi8526
    @kimokeokeahi8526 6 лет назад +8

    Jimmy Webb. Incredibly prolific song weaver.

  • @ann-mariefrank644
    @ann-mariefrank644 3 года назад +50

    This is perfection. Webb's songwriting and marvelous piano playing with Glen's one-of-a-kind voice and guitar. Still a beautiful song.

  • @theresultof777
    @theresultof777 2 года назад +3

    Incomparable beauty.

  • @rainstein3680
    @rainstein3680 Год назад +18

    What an amazing performance all these many years later!! RIP GLEN

  • @stevenfisher5969
    @stevenfisher5969 8 лет назад +31

    I'm humbled by the talent of these two. Just wow.

  • @rickmag321
    @rickmag321 5 лет назад +36

    Absolutely the best version I’ve seen so far. Beautiful and haunting. These two should have been a duo. Fantastic song writing and playing by Mr Webb, and of course Mr Campbell. What a treat. Billy Joel said it best, only the good die young.

  • @elatomico7791
    @elatomico7791 6 лет назад +17

    What a wonderful performance!

  • @oliviaedralin1436
    @oliviaedralin1436 Год назад +4

    Love this song. A classic!

  • @SneaksBL
    @SneaksBL 4 года назад +19

    Wow this rendition is absolutely gorgeous

  • @brucewilson1958
    @brucewilson1958 2 года назад +2

    I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time....One of the great song lyrics of the 20th Century. Want to write great songs...study Jimmy Webb's.

    • @turdferguson3475
      @turdferguson3475 Год назад

      "I hear you singing through the wire" is the one that always gets me. Brilliant.

  • @barbjohnson6268
    @barbjohnson6268 2 года назад +4

    Beautiful.

  • @MyFlippinValentine
    @MyFlippinValentine 7 лет назад +22

    So many beautiful elements in this performance, but I particularly like Glenn's guitar phrasing at 3:38. Magical.

  • @bendoyle7180
    @bendoyle7180 7 лет назад +15

    How can anyone not like this song,

  • @bgbstrm2352
    @bgbstrm2352 2 года назад +6

    Wow, best version of this song. Amazing!!! 🙏💯🎶🎵

  • @quentincrisp6933
    @quentincrisp6933 9 месяцев назад +1

    This song will ever be part of the American fabric! Beautiful & heart wrenching!

  • @maryannarep
    @maryannarep 5 месяцев назад

    And I need you more than want you are the best lyrics ever written! Thanks Jimmy and Glen.

  • @sartainja
    @sartainja 3 года назад +16

    This video is reason why Glen has always been one of my musical heroes. RIP Glen. You are missed.
    Glen is playing one of his Ovation guitars.

  • @gordonvolkert2304
    @gordonvolkert2304 Год назад +2

    One of the best versions ever. Webb smokes that piano, a genius.

  • @robinbaldwin3125
    @robinbaldwin3125 Год назад +3

    It doesn’t get better than this !

  • @ToeIn2194
    @ToeIn2194 7 лет назад +20

    Stunning,soulful and total Americana in the most pure sense.

  • @58icarus
    @58icarus 7 лет назад +15

    "What a great song, Jimmy." 'Nuf said, right there.

  • @richardengnath6273
    @richardengnath6273 9 лет назад +19

    "Need this Song More than Want It -- and I Want It for All Time...!!"

  • @123yeahyeahno
    @123yeahyeahno 7 лет назад +22

    As beautiful and haunting a melody as has ever been recorded. Thanks, Glen and Jimmy.

  • @dennismurillodennis3079
    @dennismurillodennis3079 Год назад +4

    It doesn't get any better than this. This is great.

  • @batphink2655
    @batphink2655 Год назад +2

    The nearly 'good Old Days' even back then things were a bit more sane not perfect but better, I wanna go back in time and stay there! Beautiful song! RIP Glen! Jimmy had a nice voice for a songwriter!

  • @jeffk8247
    @jeffk8247 Год назад +8

    Great combination of two extremely talented guys.

  • @brianlandrum3545
    @brianlandrum3545 4 года назад +8

    As happy as the songs Jimmy Webb wrote and Glen performed make me happy, I get equally sad as they fade out and end. I long for more of the story of each one, but they leave me wanting more.

  • @annehackett2383
    @annehackett2383 2 года назад +2

    Two of the best in all time!👍

  • @frankjurgensen9550
    @frankjurgensen9550 Год назад +2

    Der Song hat's insich, sowohl Komposition wie auch Text.
    Mann o' mann.......for all time

  • @curiousnomad
    @curiousnomad Год назад +2

    I hope the people sitting right there realized they were witnessing the greatness to which they’d never be that close to again. My jaw would have been on the floor.

  • @rdubay01
    @rdubay01 Месяц назад

    Love the ovation. My dad always played ovation like his hero Chick corea

  • @jeddyhi
    @jeddyhi 7 лет назад +17

    Every time I hear Glenn's voice lately, it brings me to tears. So beautiful

  • @limeyspicegirl8241
    @limeyspicegirl8241 8 лет назад +15

    Wow his voice is awesome!! He's still got it.

  • @FriendM2010
    @FriendM2010 2 года назад +3

    Legends!

  • @kupsingh
    @kupsingh 2 года назад +17

    This is an incredible rendition of Witchita Lineman. Both Jimmy and Glen are virtuosos on their respective instruments, and you can see the amazing interplay between the two of them. I always liked the original (never a big fan of the orchestration,) but this is absolutely sublime and on a whole other level. Amazing!

  • @jillsalkin7389
    @jillsalkin7389 3 года назад +9

    Gorgeous. I have found many versions of this song. It haunts me.

  • @hasake8873
    @hasake8873 Год назад +3

    Much respect for these two musicians.

  • @markfrancis5751
    @markfrancis5751 Год назад +2

    OhMYGod. That brings a tear to my eye. Two of the greatest of all time.

  • @MarttiSuomivuori
    @MarttiSuomivuori Год назад +2

    the brightest stars from the time when my body still was young

  • @owenhanrahan8541
    @owenhanrahan8541 8 лет назад +18

    Two legends. No doubt about it

  • @d.neilmckay7709
    @d.neilmckay7709 Год назад +2

    This was not the first time Glen and Jimmy performed together. In 1988, they recorded a program for the Canadian series *In Session*, which was filmed at CHCH-TV studios in Hamilton, Ontario. It was released as a DVD later.

  • @anthonypagano1716
    @anthonypagano1716 Год назад +2

    They are the best!

  • @collick100
    @collick100 Год назад +2

    Iconic song.

  • @THUNDERWORX
    @THUNDERWORX 4 года назад +8

    So much talent in that small room!!! I'm sure those present understood what an amazing privilege it was to be there.

  • @StaciArdmore
    @StaciArdmore 2 года назад +2

    This m ay have been the FIRST time they played together, but it certainly wouldn't be the last! I am on a mission to see every performance they ever played together!

  • @tz125r
    @tz125r 5 месяцев назад

    Virtuoso songwriter performs with virtuoso guitarist/ singer ! I’m in a world of sheer bliss ❤

  • @m1tanker43
    @m1tanker43 Год назад +2

    Just perfect. Rest in Peace.

  • @karenscigliano9787
    @karenscigliano9787 2 года назад +6

    What a treat this is! I always loved this song...but this live version with Webb is outstanding,,,and so beautiful ❤️ Those are some lucky ladies standing on the sidelines😘

  • @derek-press
    @derek-press 9 месяцев назад +1

    the eye to eye contact between them during the song just shows that both of them were brilliant,this was literally a gig

  • @anthonydavis4829
    @anthonydavis4829 7 лет назад +21

    Please teach todays artists how to write songs, Mr. Webb. I'll miss you Glen and thanks for the great music. R.I.P.

    • @Tunz909
      @Tunz909 4 года назад +1

      He put his heart out and told all in his book "Tunesmith"....I've read Billy Joel reads it all the time!!

    • @miltonyannis3719
      @miltonyannis3719 3 года назад

      @@Tunz909 Very good book. I love Jimmy's principle of the "Violation of Expectations". In order to grab the listener, somewhere in a great song there needs to be the element of surprise, violating the brain's expectation of what is to come. And speaking of Billy Joel, he is an absolute master of this principle.

  • @talrplr
    @talrplr 7 лет назад +9

    ...Man oh man...those lines that Jimmy is playing, starting at 4:05, are GOLDEN !!!

  • @carlrosendorf5210
    @carlrosendorf5210 Год назад +2

    Simply magnificent
    ✌️ 2023

  • @Trollbot007
    @Trollbot007 2 года назад +1

    Glenn was most proud of this song…he will always talk about the plays it got

  • @rdubay01
    @rdubay01 6 лет назад +3

    Best version of the song I've ever heard

  • @notmuchwear
    @notmuchwear Год назад +1

    Just so beautiful. Both of them!

  • @turdferguson3475
    @turdferguson3475 Год назад +2

    Glenn is an example of someone who doesn't have a great voice but is a great singer.

  • @dougm5697
    @dougm5697 7 лет назад +12

    So beautiful!! I have no words. Just incredible to see them together

  • @pac401
    @pac401 6 лет назад +20

    I love this version better than the original. So much more intimate and two really great musicians perfectly blended together.

  • @GoldenClays1
    @GoldenClays1 Год назад +1

    Damn this is a great version. After all the passing years. This song is still magic.

  • @christie210
    @christie210 7 лет назад +4

    wonderful video, thank you Glenn Campbell and Jimmy Webb.

  • @davidtapp3950
    @davidtapp3950 Год назад +2

    Still sublimely beautiful after all these years!

  • @luckyharrington6475
    @luckyharrington6475 7 лет назад +3

    I will misshim. RIP Glen. Good song

  • @MeMeDaVinci
    @MeMeDaVinci 2 года назад +2

    The people in that small audience are VERY lucky....whew!

  • @Trollbot007
    @Trollbot007 2 года назад +2

    They bland so well..true birds of a feather

  • @rolfejones7445
    @rolfejones7445 5 лет назад +11

    Just so fantastic - love to see the singer of the definitive version and
    the song writer perform together - an emotive moment for sure!

  • @cjm8172
    @cjm8172 Год назад +1

    Cry every time so good

  • @annettesjoy
    @annettesjoy 3 года назад +12

    We love Glen, we love the lyrics but the music is excellent in this song.
    Love you Glen, your music lives on. 🎵💕

  • @SmoothEdward
    @SmoothEdward Год назад +1

    Wonderful song and excellent musicianship and vocals. Haunting song.

  • @beckyknight1219
    @beckyknight1219 2 года назад +7

    It's nice to hear someone play who are in their element. Both so beautifully expressed.

  • @mccoy2mccoy
    @mccoy2mccoy 6 лет назад +5

    Awesome