This performance is the most heartbreaking of all those I've seen. The assassinations were still fresh in our minds and hearts when Moms Madley sang this and clearly she was feeling it deeply. It didn't just bring tears to my eyes, it made them roll down my cheeks.
Absolutely, this interpretation is special. Even though Moms singing quality isn't anything to write home about, but it's the emotional quality that hits home. It's genuine and it's sincere. It comes from the heart. I give her my upmost respect. 1968 was a terrible time. And hearing this performance, I too had tears rolling down my face.
I got something in my eyes now...😿 I lived through those days (except for Lincoln of course) but her face expresses all the sorrow we felt. God bless her soul. 😔🌹
In 2022 I'm 36 years old but I remember our past and this song brought me to tears I've seen so many videos on those assassinated and I feel like I was there even though it's before my time. Moms Mabley truly a legend in her own right.
Ive loved this song from the first time my 4th grade teacher told usc1 day to close our eyes, put our heads down on our desks and told us to just listen to the words. I must've been 9 or 10. Thank you mrs. Desmond! This version for some reason makes me think of all the ppl I've lost.
Moms was a comedian. I saw her sing this live on TV when I was 17. Loving then and now is hard to explain but her performance from head to toe is raw and pure. I remember a common feeling was we have to fight! But what next … as the Vietnam war deepened.
That took real chutzpah for her as a performer. She was known exclusively for pretty broad comedy so to step in front of an audience with a completely serious performance out of her comfort zone had to be a challenge.
As a black, female and lesbian, she brilliantly celebrates the lives of those who strived to improve the world. Change comes slowly and those who came after Moms Mabley stand to benefit from the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to legalizing gay marriage. Moms was ahead of her time. In 2024 with democracy on the line, we need Moms and perhaps Kamala Harris might carry on the fight that Moms believed in. Freedom isn't free. Abraham, Martin, John and Bobby paid the ultimate price to make America a better place to live in.
i have never heard her sing this version!! wonderfully done with so much emotion. 11.21.2021 thanks for posting for us to hear. betty gordon, ames, iowa
I'll never forget the first time I saw this performance. I can't think of a more powerful representation of the lament shared among the black community, civil rights supporters, and just about anyone that has a soul in the wake of the assassinations. If this doesn't move you, you need to check your pulse.
🎼🎶💕 Does anyone remember the Momms Mabley’s 1970s Good Ship Lollipop version??? 🍭🎶 I heard Momms Mabley’s Jazzy&crazy version of the Shirley Temple-Black 1940s classic song on 89.7FM Jazz in Maryland years ago & been surfin' through RU-vid Music lookin’ for Mommozita’s crazy version. 🎼🎶🍭💕,....oh well,..Many Blessings To Ev’rryone!!!!
Where's my friend 🧡 Abraham Lincoln Martin Luther King Jr John Kennedy Gonne God CAMERON BRINK Gone now those 3 trying to get Home CAMERON BRINK Sweetheart Sunnyside ❤❤❤❤
HAS ANYONE HERE SEEN MY OLD FRIEND GEORGE MICHAEL CAN YOU TELL ME WHER HE HAS GONE YOU KNOW HE HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE BUT IT SEEMS THE GOOD DIE YOUNG HE WAS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ORTHOCOX FENCE-HE DIED YOUNG.
