One Person Decided to sing after they were passed a note which gave them the choice of sing or else somewhere in the crowd a hidden sniper would draw a bead on them.
@@ggrtpgg2517 All the people up top on the side and the middle Come together lets all form and swamp just a little Just let it gradually build from the front to the back All you can see is a sea of people some white and some black Don't matter what color, all that matters we gathered together To celebrate for the same cause don't matter the weather
I want to be apart of something like this one day. Just a random situation where a huge crowd starts singing. You're body is covered in chills because you've just witnessed the greatness of humanity.
I can't remember ever seeing this before, or even hearing about this. But this video says so much, no matter what life throws at us, we can cope. These amazing people banded together and sang , all people from all races, cultures joined together , it shows that more people in this world cares for one another more than we're all lead to believe. It's videos like this that gives us hope.
@@Loguigi You might not have been alive yet to understand just how deep it was. There were thousands of people that had tickets to go see Barack Obama get sworn in as president in 2009, but were denied entry because there were over 1.8 million people in attendance. The secret service held them in that tunnel because all the roads were closed.
My sister and I were in that tunnel and took part in singing that song. It kept on going long after this video stops. We all used it to keep our spirits up, to keep up hope that we'd get out of the tunnel, and it helped to warm everybody up. Definitely one of my favorite memories of that day.
@@Rosepriest23 it was for Obama’s inauguration back in 09. I was living in northern Virginia then. All these people had tickets to see his inauguration but the police messed up and sent them the wrong way into the tunnel and they never made it to the inauguration. They call it purple tunnel because the tickets were separated by color and theirs were purple.
@@oomphlagwumpla650 for real! I had to make sure no one hears what im listening, theres onetime i was listening to fireworks by Katy perry, mind you im a dude in highschool, when i remove my headphones it plays on my speaker instead and everyone hears it.
This video should be seen by everyone. There was no fighting, swearing or hate. Just a large group of people singing a song that we all need in our hearts in these times if need. Thank you RUclips for this great inspirational video. ❤️😭👏👍
Im in tears, it’s things like this that make me realize how much I miss humanity. People coming together to celebrate and lean on each other, the power of a large group of people who all believe in something, this base level of humanity that reminds us we’re not alone. I miss other people, and hugs, and singing like this with hundreds of other people.
same. we need to come together like this nowadays, and just realize that we are all human no matter who we love and what color you are. and that we are all going to get through this together.
For context: The people in this tunnel were waiting to see President Obama get inaugurated for the first time. The atmosphere was very hopeful and energetic because he was the first black president in American history and it truly felt like times were changing.
Really? I asked BC I was trying to figure out why they were in there like that and the stupid description says ppl waiting on purple tunnel hoping to come out to a purple gate to pass through with a purple ticket. And I'm like wtf...surely not no one would do that..then I flashed back to the Qanon or whatever it was that ppl though trump was or whatever where they believe some really crazy off wall shit and it makes me think well if they can believe that nonsense so these ppl thought maybe a purple gate was out there isnt so unbelievable...lol...
@@heatherking4151 it was just a joke - a 2009 meme title and description. People were big into cutesy type “doom” and rAnDoM jokes back then. More like Invader Zim than Qanon haha
Maybe you could try adding some context to this video, this was a tunnel underneath the national Mall that people gathered prior to getting shuffled into a viewing area to see the first Barack Obama inauguration 2009, Washington DC.
I was wondering what the Purple People/Tunnel was all about. Thank you. In Cincinnati there is a Purple People Bridge that crosses the Ohio river. It was a bridge designated unsafe for the weight of vehicle traffic so it was repainted and designed for foot traffic only. The riverfront on both sides is very active and fun so it made perfect sense. So when I saw "Purple Tunnel" I thought hmmmmm. Thanks again for clearing my confusion. Merry Christmas to all.
Something about mass people putting aside Beliefs, Political, religion and skin color aside all come together and sing a song we all love almost makes a grown man cry.
@@lunasanti1946 yeah, there are a number of comments here about the power of music to bring people together, trying to make it apolitical, and like... I'm pretty sure at the time it was very specifically about the joy and wonder of having a Black President in a country that had ended the most brutal era of slavery humanity has ever seen a little over a century and half before (not to mention all the many forms of racism that ensued in the intervening years). It wasn't even really about Obama as a person, it was about all the possibility of that moment. A door opened that can never be closed again.
I wish we could keep it like this but without the virus or the blm rioting over a someone whom does not deserve to be alive at all for what he has done (p3d0) I mean I wouldn't want to go back to that in the video lol being herded like sheep lol
@@benjaminmellingen5340 I don’t need any chance. It’s a free world you can think about me whatever you’d like. Someone’s perspective of me doesn’t mean it’s who I am, it’s who I’m projected to be by others
@@benjaminmellingen5340 but yeah I’m crazy... the programming I’m talking about is the fact you think it’s weird seeing a large gathering of people. Just a year ago we would have never taken a second thought about the portion of people who are in an area at once. Who knows how long we’ll look at large gatherings as a negative, scary and weird thing, hopefully not much longer. I get it there’s a global pandemic going on everywhere in the world except for China but also large gatherings are pretty normal in China.
Music.. Genuinely one of the most powerful things in the world.. Almost any song has the power to transport you instantly to a different stage of your life.
When? Sure, there have been periods of peace in areas throughout human history, not many, if any, endured forever though. Until humanity learns to control it's irrationalities, we aren't ever going to reach that perfect eutopia of peace and progression. 0.7 on the Kardashev scale, we are a child race, with so much potential.
“Purple Tunnel of Doom was the name ascribed to the I-395 Third Street tunnel in downtown Washington, D.C., where thousands of holders of purple tickets lined up to witness the first inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009. Ticket colors corresponded to assigned viewing areas.” Wikipedia
That tunnel seems pretty white to me, but I guess it's another way to say brown person. All the brown people who's "not" brown are purple in cartoons anyway. Typical Americanaculture
This gives me nostalgia. In High school, I used to be in marching band, and one time at a band festival there was a bad storm that had rolled in half way through the day during the field shows. Everyone had to go below the stadium seats under the concrete structure, so there were probably 1,000 kids with some adults scattered around, all stuck together during a bad storm. Eventually, we all just started singing songs we all knew, and this video pretty much sums up wat it looked like. Easily my favorite childhood memory.
We did the exact same thing when I was in highschool 😂 I play saxophone and for some reason our saxophone section decided it was a good time to sing a bunch of songs that we had played on the bus while going to this competition. Then put low brass heard us and joined in and then some other random kids from 8 other bands joined in and then the rest of their bands had joined In and it was all just a lot of fun. It was about the same for us about 100-150 kids per band and parents included. The money i would pay to go back to those days. I just realized I’m really being a saxophone player by over explaining everything 🤣
@@SugarSkullSmile harmonization is kinda the opposite... you would hear a lot of different voices different tones and different pitch... soprano, alto, tenor, etc... but i guess its hard to do that in a crowd this big
I forgot for a second that there was a time when people didn’t have to wear a mask so when I first saw this video I was wondering where everyone’s mask was
My chorus teacher in 4th grade had us sing the song before spring break and there was a part where she was just like "now your turn!😀" and pointed at the crowd/parents..nobody sang anything besides some 3 to 5 parents 💀
*I find it amazing that one may not be gifted with pleasant vocal cords, but when singing in sync with a large group it sounds like a perfect harmony - also, where is this and what are they doing?*
@@azra-ik4op Incredible that a nation who voted in Obama and gave everyone hope could then also vote in a total clown like Trump and have millions not even recognise what a total arsewipe the bloke is. This Trump actually congratulated Putin on his invasion of Ukraine......Can you imagine how fcuked up this world would be today if that clown was still President of the USA? 🙄
Ultimately this is a characterisation of randomness. Everyone tries to hit a certain node with random deviation from it. The flaws cancel out and what stays is the correct intonation.
Yeah same as what Rollmops explained. Even if we say only 50% of them are singing in tune, the other 50% are all out of tune but hitting different random other notes, so the melody prevails as it has the highest number of people singing those specific notes
just seeing the people having a good time and singing just makes my heart warm ❤. even the people who dont know the song are clapping which is so wholesome, a crowd of people singing is just so cool and great
2009: what the hell is wrong with these dumb people, I’d never want to be there!!!! To many people in one small space!!! 2020: I wish I can go back in time, I really want to be there.
Imagine for a moment every single person in the world coming together in this way for 1 day ... the power we all hold is immeasurable when we stand together ❤
I would love for a single day. I bet if we did a single day long enough. We would end up with a whole year just like this. God said thou shall not hate.
Wow, ... That crowed but all of them singing did help them. A moment they don't need "somebody to lean on" but need they need to sing. God bless you all.
Imagine: Somebody has crowd anxiety, and the way they calm themselves down is by singing this song, and all of a sudden everybody in the tunnel is supporting them, and nobody even knows it.
@@DEMONIKMINION i don’t know, but we need to come together like this and realize that we are all human, despite your skin color or the people that you love. i think that it would really help us
I first watched this about two years ago and it touched my heart then and it still touches my heart now. Just want to send love and hope out to everybody suffering for any reason right now, including the pandemic. Stay safe!!!
You just need a single person panicking and you have literally a national tragedy on your hands. But this was 2 years before the Love parade disaster. Something like that wouldn't be allowed anymore.
I think that is why that one absolute legend started singing, to cheer the crowd up. People like this are so important because of situations like these. Cant have only the negative thinkers and pessimists
You can gradually hear how the singing starts way up front and then comes down the line like sunlight. This might be the best video on RUclips. I’m talking too much. I should have just said “I love this.”
now days, its just looting, burning down businesses , beating up strangers who does not subscribe to the Antifa ideals, pretending that toppling a statue and changing names will change people's sick values and culture,,,,,,,,,,,,,
@@mannyechaluce3814 we get it, you are biased. so is everybody else. that's why you and yours have been killing me and mine, as me and mine have been killing you and yours. what's new? what's the point of acting like your perspective is better and truer than everyone else's? why do you insist on being a frog at the bottom of a well, telling everyone that the sky is only 2ft wide and saying anyone who disagrees is morally incompetent? open your eyes. accept that the world isn't black and white like you want it to be. it will damage your ego severely, but it'll be better afterwards. you won't be plagued by hatred spawned by a superiority complex anymore. life will be better. maybe you'll even live long enough to teach others how to exist without demonizing everything. perhaps you'll live long enough to step into someone else's shoes, and realize that you used to be too quick to label and decide.
Yeah. When naive fools used to sing for their warmonger that would start another 7 wars and drone strike tens of thousands of innocent lives including Americans. Now the prices of shot are burning buildings,murdering people and looting. Wish that tunnel would’ve caved in.
@@brianrich7828 funny. I’ve seen at least 10 comments saying word for word almost the exact same thing using the same exact words.. smells like a bot to me. And If not, show me the proof of all of these terrible things.. both sides are not perfect by any means but don’t spread misinformation or generalize people.
Why does everyone keep talking about masks and social distancing? It would be so nice to NOT get reminded of that for at least one f*cking day. Just enjoy the video for godness sake
![Green Day Crowd Singing Bohemian Rhapsody [Live in Hyde Park 2017]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/cZnBNuqqz5g/mqdefault.jpg)
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That horrible moment when you’re there and don’t know the words 😞
RuMac Music.
Hum along and just sing lean on mean slightly off tempo, you'll be fine.
How would you not know the lyrics tho I mean I think everyone knows this song
@@babyyoda2190 bruh, what's this song?
@@jamesmantovani8620 Lean on me
@@babyyoda2190 oh okay thanks, didn't know what song it was
One person decided to sing in a miserable situation and the music swept through everyone.
video description in the comments xD
One Person Decided to sing after they were passed a note which gave them the choice of sing or else somewhere in the crowd a hidden sniper would draw a bead on them.
Yeah Obama was about to be president lol. Comment is accurate.
Better than a huge Riot or fight.
Obama is a piece of shit.
there’s just something about whole crowds of strangers uniting to make musical melodies that makes my heart smile
same
I'm always brought to tears when I see unity in song like this.
Music is a language that everyone some how knows, it just makes sense to us and it doesnt even have to be something you grew up with
Because humans are meant to love one another
@@scaregameing9022 yes!!!
I love when a massive group of people start singing like this... Really goes to show that music unites people! :)
Music is the true universal language!
government hates that, they want you separated, divided and conquered.
and they still say musicals are unrealistic bc people don't just start singing together out of nowhere
Lol, not with harmonies atleast
In my life at the same place, but different times it has happened twice.
i would die for a moment like that
there needs to be a musical about someone who goes around busting this notion by starting random singalongs in epic places.
lol
Whoever started this must have felt like a G.
Get delivery like a G
@DriftProYTSF I deliver my comments like a G , The quiet generation gotta eat, chicken wings to the crib
Some people felt a little G# or a little Gb
@@friendlyfriends5046 some comments hidden deep in replies are so underrated.
@@friendlyfriends5046 LMAOOOOOOOooo
2009: "Lean on me friend"
2020: "excuse me 6ft distance"
Lean away from me please, it's 2020! 🤣
Yeah its a gd travesty!!!!!!
@@LIBqueen 😂😂😂
Hahahaha😂
No it really doesn't matter
"My lord! They've... started to sing."
Finally. They took their time. (POTC 3)
Call for backup,.We need bass.
Listening them while read your comment...gave me chills :D cause i have a very vivid imagination !
@@lorinvtb9762 damn you beat me to it.
HOIST THE PURPLE.. COLOURS!
Anyone else getting this recommended after 12 years
Yep
Lol I thought that said 11 months
No
Ok
me
This is what my school hallways look like just without the singing
That's untrue, all dem bitches be singing vagina by CupcaKke and boss a$$ bitch by ptaf in the halls yaow
Deadass ass bro them hallways are crowded as hell
And without the cheering
And a lot less vapes
You can actually hear the sound "growing" from the front to the back
yeah. it’s really cool
Eminem - mosh reference?
@@DontTakeThisSeriously616 why would what
@@jklaas4987 what line do you mean?
@@ggrtpgg2517 All the people up top on the side and the middle
Come together lets all form and swamp just a little
Just let it gradually build from the front to the back
All you can see is a sea of people some white and some black
Don't matter what color, all that matters we gathered together
To celebrate for the same cause don't matter the weather
I love how the song starts softly. As people hear others singing, they pick up the melody. Until everyone is singing along.
"They've started to sing... sire."
"Finally."
Yo ho all together
Hoist the colors high
Heave ho, thieves and beggars
Never shall we die 🏴☠️
Excellent post!
Yo ho steht zusammen
Hisst die Flagge zeigt sie,
Soll'n sie uns verdammen,
Doch wir sterben nie.
I wanna know the reference, i know i'm dumb but please tell me !
@@captainpock6217 pirate of the carribean
12 years and 10 days later, and this still gives me chills.
Math says no
@@danaj7725 I thought the same thing, but this was actually recorded on the 20th
I’ve never been a person who likes big crowds but right now this is what I want most in my life
Same man
I feel left out because I dont know any other lyrics to that song besides "we all need somebody to lean on".
I want to be apart of something like this one day. Just a random situation where a huge crowd starts singing. You're body is covered in chills because you've just witnessed the greatness of humanity.
That's the power of hope & common purpose my friend. It's as close to heaven on earth as I know of.
i will probably be too shy to sing along
It's amazing, trust me.
Too bad humanity’s not great- as you can see from 2020 and 2021..
you are body lmao
This: *was 12 years ago*
My brain: why aren’t they social distancing?
Yeah, I feel like when this virus goes by, I’ll still find myself keeping distance from others and keep wanting to put a mask on
@@adriangonzalez3yearsago927I mean I guess a good thing about the pandemic is that everyone knows what personal space is lol
@@cannedcoffee8270 Ha ha ha!
The plandemic is a scam to take away all your constitutional rights. Stop believing total nonsence and start using your brain.
@@AntiAtheismIsUnstoppable your actually brain dead
12 Years Ago: Some people sing in a tunnel.
RUclips today: "Hey man, check this out "
same xD
It's true, but it hits really hard rn.
@@Wild_Dice for sure.
RUclips knows best
RUclipss just like: "hey man, it sucks right now but watch this"
People on the titanic waiting for a life boat be like...
Bruh the image of this is actually heart wrenching
👎
In choking
XDDDD THATS FUNNY
*3 hours later*
😵
I wonder who started it
Me
I am guessing a family might of, and told people around them- so it continued.
Thought i was the only one thinking about that😂
I’m guessing the dude in the black jacket
@@isidroocampo1552 ME
I can't remember ever seeing this before, or even hearing about this. But this video says so much, no matter what life throws at us, we can cope. These amazing people banded together and sang , all people from all races, cultures joined together , it shows that more people in this world cares for one another more than we're all lead to believe. It's videos like this that gives us hope.
Its not that deep bro they were singing a song💀💀💀
@@Loguigi Yeah it's true ,they were just singing, but I guess it means more than that to others. Which is fine whatever we all think.
Yes I remember this is what it was mostly like before the pandemic and before trump.
@@Loguigi You might not have been alive yet to understand just how deep it was. There were thousands of people that had tickets to go see Barack Obama get sworn in as president in 2009, but were denied entry because there were over 1.8 million people in attendance. The secret service held them in that tunnel because all the roads were closed.
This was 15 years ago! People hate other people nowadays!
My sister and I were in that tunnel and took part in singing that song. It kept on going long after this video stops. We all used it to keep our spirits up, to keep up hope that we'd get out of the tunnel, and it helped to warm everybody up. Definitely one of my favorite memories of that day.
Why were u there i mean why were u stuck wt happened
Why was everyone in there that's what I don't understand
@@Rosepriest23 it was for Obama’s inauguration back in 09. I was living in northern Virginia then. All these people had tickets to see his inauguration but the police messed up and sent them the wrong way into the tunnel and they never made it to the inauguration. They call it purple tunnel because the tickets were separated by color and theirs were purple.
Where is this tunnel located?
@@parabellum1002 that seems like a pretty significant safety violation to have so many people in such a confined space
The world before covid.... miss it already.
The sad thing it will be never the same ..
i love it now
@@dabsmakemeparanoid yes it will bro. Just not for a very very long time
@@dylanhumphrey2479 You don't know shit mate so don't pretend like you do
@@JackeyBoyyy lol. Do you think everything will be the same ? Corona won’t disappear
guy: "Ah, my jam! I'll make sure to sing quietly so that no one hears me."
- removes headphones -
1:20
That’s my anxiety in nutshell
@@oomphlagwumpla650 for real! I had to make sure no one hears what im listening, theres onetime i was listening to fireworks by Katy perry, mind you im a dude in highschool, when i remove my headphones it plays on my speaker instead and everyone hears it.
This video should be seen by everyone. There was no fighting, swearing or hate. Just a large group of people singing a song that we all need in our hearts in these times if need. Thank you RUclips for this great inspirational video. ❤️😭👏👍
COVID Child: What is this?
Me: It’s ...called a social gathering...
Jesus Christ I just realized that the little guys born this year will be referred to as (the COVID kids) or as you said (COVID children)
@@Popilishis kind of funny and sad at the same time
So fucking tired of these stupid comments
@@Nantosuelta calm down boy
@@Popilishis the zoomers
Im in tears, it’s things like this that make me realize how much I miss humanity. People coming together to celebrate and lean on each other, the power of a large group of people who all believe in something, this base level of humanity that reminds us we’re not alone. I miss other people, and hugs, and singing like this with hundreds of other people.
Ikr no more social gatherings though. Now when people are together they are just rioting and killing others and robbing stores. So sad
The media will only show you the negatives. Humanity still exists
same. we need to come together like this nowadays, and just realize that we are all human no matter who we love and what color you are. and that we are all going to get through this together.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'm lonely too.
For context: The people in this tunnel were waiting to see President Obama get inaugurated for the first time. The atmosphere was very hopeful and energetic because he was the first black president in American history and it truly felt like times were changing.
Woah that’s beautiful!! I miss it
Thanks!
Snap back to reality
Whoops there goes gravity
Really? I asked BC I was trying to figure out why they were in there like that and the stupid description says ppl waiting on purple tunnel hoping to come out to a purple gate to pass through with a purple ticket. And I'm like wtf...surely not no one would do that..then I flashed back to the Qanon or whatever it was that ppl though trump was or whatever where they believe some really crazy off wall shit and it makes me think well if they can believe that nonsense so these ppl thought maybe a purple gate was out there isnt so unbelievable...lol...
@@heatherking4151 it was just a joke - a 2009 meme title and description. People were big into cutesy type “doom” and rAnDoM jokes back then. More like Invader Zim than Qanon haha
Music seems to bring people together all the time no matter what culture and it's a beautiful thing to see.
Maybe you could try adding some context to this video, this was a tunnel underneath the national Mall that people gathered prior to getting shuffled into a viewing area to see the first Barack Obama inauguration 2009, Washington DC.
Thank you I was so confused
This is the comment I was searching for. Thank you so much.
Explains why the dumbasses were all there at least.
Because than the title "tunnel of doom" would not sound so horrible.
I was wondering what the Purple People/Tunnel was all about. Thank you. In Cincinnati there is a Purple People Bridge that crosses the Ohio river. It was a bridge designated unsafe for the weight of vehicle traffic so it was repainted and designed for foot traffic only. The riverfront on both sides is very active and fun so it made perfect sense. So when I saw "Purple Tunnel" I thought hmmmmm. Thanks again for clearing my confusion. Merry Christmas to all.
Oh no they started to sing, now the zombies will surely hear them.
Question why are they in a tunnel
Plot twist, they are the zombies
They’re toast
They’re not wearing masks tsk tsk 😌
LMAO
Nobody:
RUclips: let me recommend you a video that remind you of times where social distancing was an unknown term.
Damn you relatable as shizzle omh
they recommended it because its about to be the anniversary of it...
Don't worry it will be forgotten fast.
Something about mass people putting aside Beliefs, Political, religion and skin color aside all come together and sing a song we all love almost makes a grown man cry.
considering that the context behind this video is that these people were all on their way to watch obama be inaugurated, that’s not entirely true lol
@@lunasanti1946 yeah, there are a number of comments here about the power of music to bring people together, trying to make it apolitical, and like... I'm pretty sure at the time it was very specifically about the joy and wonder of having a Black President in a country that had ended the most brutal era of slavery humanity has ever seen a little over a century and half before (not to mention all the many forms of racism that ensued in the intervening years). It wasn't even really about Obama as a person, it was about all the possibility of that moment. A door opened that can never be closed again.
Obama’s Inauguration Day.
they were there for obama... "putting politics aside" lmfao...
@@DutyRSPS Yep! DC was overrun that day for his inauguration.
I completely forgot that this was our life before the pandemic
I wish we could keep it like this but without the virus or the blm rioting over a someone whom does not deserve to be alive at all for what he has done (p3d0) I mean I wouldn't want to go back to that in the video lol being herded like sheep lol
What? Hanging out in the tunnels? I don't know about you but i haven't done this before
@@thisguy9042 Of course not specifically in the tunnels, what I meant is by us wearing no masks and no social distancing
@@braintyp8959 i live in deep countryside, work from home and order everything online so that is not a problem for me
@@thisguy9042
Good for you. Actual humans need real social interaction, though.
And the guy who started this ascended into the heavens that very moment lol
it's seems so weird now to see a large group of people together in one place
The special programming is working
@@dondechello What are you on about? (I think I understand, but I'll give you a chance to prove you haven't lost your mind)
@@benjaminmellingen5340 I don’t need any chance. It’s a free world you can think about me whatever you’d like. Someone’s perspective of me doesn’t mean it’s who I am, it’s who I’m projected to be by others
@@benjaminmellingen5340 but yeah I’m crazy... the programming I’m talking about is the fact you think it’s weird seeing a large gathering of people. Just a year ago we would have never taken a second thought about the portion of people who are in an area at once. Who knows how long we’ll look at large gatherings as a negative, scary and weird thing, hopefully not much longer. I get it there’s a global pandemic going on everywhere in the world except for China but also large gatherings are pretty normal in China.
@@dondechello how is that programming?
I've never had a panic attack, but I can imagine having one there.
I am having one right now!
Music.. Genuinely one of the most powerful things in the world.. Almost any song has the power to transport you instantly to a different stage of your life.
Hardly any songs*
This was to usher in a warmonger. Beautiful isn’t it?
@@brianrich7828 More so than his predecessor? Genuine question, not trying to be confrontational.
Yeah, look up Harlem shake. It's so moving!
@@ricardoangel9440 yeah therea actually a lot of songs like this lmao
Im a tell my kids one day, " Yes son, people did get along at one point "
As if they do less now than they used to lmao what
Guess you aren't much of a student of history. I still understand your sentiment though
One loud bang and that crowd would turn on each other and be a huge human crush event. Unity is a mirage and it's temporary.
When?
Sure, there have been periods of peace in areas throughout human history, not many, if any, endured forever though.
Until humanity learns to control it's irrationalities, we aren't ever going to reach that perfect eutopia of peace and progression.
0.7 on the Kardashev scale, we are a child race, with so much potential.
@@WhoThisMonkey I mean the Kardashev scale has very, very little to do with human sociological progression.
People who don’t know the song: 😕
They can still hum or clap hands haha
Think everybody of a certain age has a few lines if this stuck in their heads. Wouldn't be surprised if most Americans know this song.
I say Back to the jungle with those who have never heard this song
@@hambobsquarepants6402 LMFAO
I bet many youngsters don't know that it is a movie starring Morgan Freeman telling the fat kid to jump off the building cause he smokes crack.
With how things have been in the world. Seeing people sing and come together has me in tears.
“Purple Tunnel of Doom was the name ascribed to the I-395 Third Street tunnel in downtown Washington, D.C., where thousands of holders of purple tickets lined up to witness the first inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009. Ticket colors corresponded to assigned viewing areas.”
Wikipedia
That tunnel seems pretty white to me, but I guess it's another way to say brown person. All the brown people who's "not" brown are purple in cartoons anyway. Typical Americanaculture
@@jiggling86 it’s because of the ticket color not race or tunnel color
Thank you captain, now fly away... wait... sorri wrong site.
@@paytontowle8305 what? So brown people got yellow tickets?
@@jiggling86 Everyone in the tunnel had purple tickets
This is proof that one person can make a difference. A chemical reaction.
Yup one voice can become many , if only people realised that
That's how Nazism was made
For good! Look up Jetson ...rest of name escapes me.
and that the song is really popular 😂
nah, this is proof that we are sheep and that we will ultimately cause our own doom.
This reminds me of one of the zombie film scenes where everyone's rejoicing. Then the zombies hear it and rain on their parade, quite literally.
World war z when they’re in Israel
What's the name??
@@chuuyanakahara9855 World War z
@@owenbrowne5174 tysmmm! :D
@@athena2000 Nobody knew back then that zeeks were attracted towards sound
We need more of this in the world today... music brings everyone together...
This gives me nostalgia. In High school, I used to be in marching band, and one time at a band festival there was a bad storm that had rolled in half way through the day during the field shows. Everyone had to go below the stadium seats under the concrete structure, so there were probably 1,000 kids with some adults scattered around, all stuck together during a bad storm. Eventually, we all just started singing songs we all knew, and this video pretty much sums up wat it looked like. Easily my favorite childhood memory.
I’d do anything to live a day like that
We did the exact same thing when I was in highschool 😂 I play saxophone and for some reason our saxophone section decided it was a good time to sing a bunch of songs that we had played on the bus while going to this competition. Then put low brass heard us and joined in and then some other random kids from 8 other bands joined in and then the rest of their bands had joined In and it was all just a lot of fun. It was about the same for us about 100-150 kids per band and parents included. The money i would pay to go back to those days. I just realized I’m really being a saxophone player by over explaining everything 🤣
Lucky you...
rain or shine I had to march and carry my giant ass Baritone Sax, in uniform, out on the field for the national anthem.
What an awesome memory! Your story brought a smile to my face. ❤️
This 1 time, at band camp... 😁
Mans shoe falls off
Man: I need to fix my shoe, can I lean on you?
Other man: LEAN ON ME!
Tunnel people:
Tunnel People lol
🤣🤣🤣
Its weird when people sing all together it sounded like 1 person singing
Harmonization
@@SugarSkullSmile harmonization is kinda the opposite... you would hear a lot of different voices different tones and different pitch... soprano, alto, tenor, etc... but i guess its hard to do that in a crowd this big
Actually singing in tune for once
Trick of the mind.
It didn’t.
Amazing! For just a few moments, strangers singing together as one! That warms my heart ❤️
I forgot for a second that there was a time when people didn’t have to wear a mask so when I first saw this video I was wondering where everyone’s mask was
That's ganna be a thing for years to come
I've gotten nervous about no masks while watching MOVIES produced in the damn 90s lol
Then I go oh damn I'm an idiot
@@ariwoodward same! I keep saying this but our generation is scared in this way
Only if you let it and only if you make it the topic for conversation
I was like why are they so close together! LOL. I got worried before realizing this was many years ago😂
One of those rare moments when everyone realizes we’re all in this together. This could be a scene from a movie
What my music teacher thought the audience was gonna be doing when we were doing our Christmas play:
My chorus teacher in 4th grade had us sing the song before spring break and there was a part where she was just like "now your turn!😀" and pointed at the crowd/parents..nobody sang anything besides some 3 to 5 parents 💀
@@zumiii_ rip lmao
😂😂
There's a special kind of beauty in seeing moments like these candidly.
*I find it amazing that one may not be gifted with pleasant vocal cords, but when singing in sync with a large group it sounds like a perfect harmony - also, where is this and what are they doing?*
this is in washington dc!!! it was everyone lining up to try and watch obamas inauguration lol :))!
@@azra-ik4op Incredible that a nation who voted in Obama and gave everyone hope could then also vote in a total clown like Trump and have millions not even recognise what a total arsewipe the bloke is. This Trump actually congratulated Putin on his invasion of Ukraine......Can you imagine how fcuked up this world would be today if that clown was still President of the USA? 🙄
Harmonized sustains are what get me. No backing track and everyone just knows
Ultimately this is a characterisation of randomness. Everyone tries to hit a certain node with random deviation from it. The flaws cancel out and what stays is the correct intonation.
Yeah same as what Rollmops explained. Even if we say only 50% of them are singing in tune, the other 50% are all out of tune but hitting different random other notes, so the melody prevails as it has the highest number of people singing those specific notes
Watching this in the middle of a pandemic... made me burst out in tears instantly seeing so many people singing together!!
I can’t even start a round of applause at church, it’s like people purposely don’t clap when I ask them to
Lol
it's funerals for me...
Oh you're that guy
@@Dankbeard91 what kind of guy are you talking about, I clap if I agree with the pastor, it’s common at my church
@@dfunkfatsack4512 that guy. Lol. The exact guy you just explained. :)
just seeing the people having a good time and singing just makes my heart warm ❤. even the people who dont know the song are clapping which is so wholesome, a crowd of people singing is just so cool and great
2009: what the hell is wrong with these dumb people, I’d never want to be there!!!! To many people in one small space!!!
2020: I wish I can go back in time, I really want to be there.
Nah fam im good
no
.... yeah I’d probably have a panic attack but I really really need human interaction like that again.
@@luckymoonjoy1278 So go out and get it. Do not be deterred. You are a free and powerful individual regardless where in the world you may reside.
@@luckymoonjoy1278 ... pigs like mud.. now enjoy corona, interaction lover
Finally, something I found without seeing on Reddit first.
i know this is 5 years old, but i just want to say that i found it funny
Fuck reddit lol
Why is this still so relevant ? Lol
I'm here at the comment 6 years later...
Do you even have a life outside reddit?
reads the description:
looks at the tunnel:
me: what if it was purple?
🤔
And why were they stuck?
I ALWAYS COME BACK TO THIS I LOVE IT 😭
FRR THIS GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS EVERY FKING TIME
Imagine for a moment every single person in the world coming together in this way for 1 day ... the power we all hold is immeasurable when we stand together ❤
I would love for a single day. I bet if we did a single day long enough. We would end up with a whole year just like this. God said thou shall not hate.
Truer words were never spoken my friend!! Best comment by far!!
Need more of this right about now.
TB Productions and right now
Now
Actually right now
And next year
Not now tho
No one
RUclips: let's recommend it after 12 years!
Right
Even if 1000 people who cant sing(terrible sounding). When done together it blends and sounds amazing. Magical stuff.
The algorythm has brought us united again, my friends
Hope seeing y'all on the next sellection
Stay hard
Rest In Peace Bill Withers
The G.O.A.T
Who is Bill Withers
@@jazmineshockley7478 the guy who wrote/sang the song
Me in 2020: “This doesn’t look very covid safe”🤔
Every time travelers conundrum, trying to explain social distancing to people in the past. 🕰🔋☢️
Dude I hate it, our minds got so used to covid that everytime we see people together we think of that...
Shush
And I know and I hate that I’m thinking that way that’s what they want you to think
Brainwashing at its finest
Wow, ... That crowed but all of them singing did help them. A moment they don't need "somebody to lean on" but need they need to sing. God bless you all.
When this many people could get stuck in a tunnel back in the day
Imagine:
Somebody has crowd anxiety, and the way they calm themselves down is by singing this song, and all of a sudden everybody in the tunnel is supporting them, and nobody even knows it.
As someone who doesnt do crowds, take my like. Have a nice day.
I got goose pumps. It was beautiful.
Now I picture a goose with high heels. Thank you.
@@Teun_Jac lmao
🦆
👠👠
@@Teun_Jac if I were that goose I'd ensure that everyone else's foot got stomped; after I've glued a knife to the heel of the pumps
This gave me chills we need this today
I can't imagine what kind of news story this would be if this happened in 2020.
BREAKING NEWS! COVID OUTBREAK HAS REACHED ITS PEAK WITH OVER 500 THOUSAND NEW CASES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES!
it’s been 12 years and i still come back to this occasionally. this video is truly amazing. we need to come together like this nowadays.
@@DEMONIKMINION i don’t know, but we need to come together like this and realize that we are all human, despite your skin color or the people that you love. i think that it would really help us
RIP BILL WITHERS! your tunes shed light in a literal tunnel, long live the legend!
Hands down one of the best collective singing covers ever
I first watched this about two years ago and it touched my heart then and it still touches my heart now. Just want to send love and hope out to everybody suffering for any reason right now, including the pandemic. Stay safe!!!
Bill Withers is just a legend. You can sometimes hear his music somewhere and don't even know its from him. His songs are just wonderful like he was
You just need a single person panicking and you have literally a national tragedy on your hands.
But this was 2 years before the Love parade disaster.
Something like that wouldn't be allowed anymore.
I think that is why that one absolute legend started singing, to cheer the crowd up. People like this are so important because of situations like these. Cant have only the negative thinkers and pessimists
Soooo beautiful!!! Nothing like music to bring people together! ❤️
12 years ago this would’ve been a nightmare, now it’s a dream. Look at all those faces.
I don't mind saying that after the shitty few days I've had, this made me cry in the best way. Thank you for sharing!!
You can gradually hear how the singing starts way up front and then comes down the line like sunlight. This might be the best video on RUclips. I’m talking too much. I should have just said “I love this.”
i love that phrase ‘comes down the line like sunlight’ 🥺🥺
lol ... that was cute ✌❤
The power of music bringing people together. So good.
Honestly, this made me sing along.
Then I had tears down my cheeks...
There is just something about groups of people singing that gives you the chills
No, it's just you
@@AdoreYouInAshXI mk
@@AdoreYouInAshXI 🤥
Imagine someone just switches it up in the middle of the song
“SoMbOdY oNcE tOlD mE”
This is something I hope everyone can see once if their lifetime. This is nothing but positivity and I love it!
I miss what my country used to really sound like.
now days, its just looting, burning down businesses , beating up strangers who does not subscribe to the Antifa ideals, pretending that toppling a statue and changing names will change people's sick values and culture,,,,,,,,,,,,,
@@mannyechaluce3814 we get it, you are biased. so is everybody else. that's why you and yours have been killing me and mine, as me and mine have been killing you and yours. what's new? what's the point of acting like your perspective is better and truer than everyone else's? why do you insist on being a frog at the bottom of a well, telling everyone that the sky is only 2ft wide and saying anyone who disagrees is morally incompetent? open your eyes. accept that the world isn't black and white like you want it to be. it will damage your ego severely, but it'll be better afterwards. you won't be plagued by hatred spawned by a superiority complex anymore. life will be better. maybe you'll even live long enough to teach others how to exist without demonizing everything. perhaps you'll live long enough to step into someone else's shoes, and realize that you used to be too quick to label and decide.
Yeah. When naive fools used to sing for their warmonger that would start another 7 wars and drone strike tens of thousands of innocent lives including Americans. Now the prices of shot are burning buildings,murdering people and looting. Wish that tunnel would’ve caved in.
@@brianrich7828 funny. I’ve seen at least 10 comments saying word for word almost the exact same thing using the same exact words.. smells like a bot to me. And If not, show me the proof of all of these terrible things.. both sides are not perfect by any means but don’t spread misinformation or generalize people.
@@pasteldreams5413 shut up pastel dreams lookin a bruh you support looting and burning buildings tf
First thought when I saw this: “yo ain’t nobody even got a mask on???”
Sees that this was made 12 years ago: “oh yeah”
First thought I had was if there’s Someone panicking there will be a lot of dead people.
Why does everyone keep talking about masks and social distancing? It would be so nice to NOT get reminded of that for at least one f*cking day. Just enjoy the video for godness sake
This is scary. I don't want to be in between these many people. Gives me anxiety.
I bet a lot of people feel the same way.
0:46 The guy in the all orange hoodie to himself: "I truly hate my life...."
Just imagine being the person who started that
You tube really be popping out on us with this 12 years later in the midst of a global pandemic
It’s truly a beautiful thing when people get together and show love.
these are the moments life needs more of
Now i cant imagine myself being in a crowd like that without having an anxiety attack.
Pathetic
Weak
Yeah that’s a huge crowd, don’t worry about the comments above me!
@@acek2016thanks, but i find it funny though, how weak and and pathetic i seem to them haha 😆
Okay but seriously
At first I was like omg they don’t have masks on and then I remembered
As if a mask would help when they're literally touching shoulder to shoulder
@@holben27 i think he was just referring to the fact its become unnatural to see people in public without a mask.
@@holben27 omg they are literally standing next to each other wayy before the pandemic was a thing how dare them be sociable.
First thing I thought was "super spreader"!
@Honk The Viking why would anyone wear paper masks to begin with?
This makes me miss life before Covid more than ever :((
ive played this video a hundred times. i dont know why but makes me feel happy every time i do. god bless america. and im from the uk
but i have to say. purple tunnel of doom..... reminds me of an ex girlfriends snatch....