I'm 62 and I share your thoughts, a very touching song in my life and the things that were happening. Family deaths where I was going in life!! Ms T Ellis
I'll confess that at the time of its release this song did nothing for me... but as I aged and I slowly grew to understand the lyrics it began to inhabit me. Today at 67 it hits me right in the chest. God Bless the Hollies.
Dishonest having my people on the sun is heavy very heavy can you feel how heavy it really is yes you can cuz you my brothers and sisters together we stand divided we fall Wanda one Love in the name of the father son and the holy spirit amen
I agree with you as I drove older and hopefully wiser at age 54 that song it's to my core when I think about friends I have now The brotherhood is real and very important and this song even before I knew it has great meaning
AMEN, absolutely beautiful live performance, sounds as great or better, when he was a younger man. Still a beautiful song, and I agree this song brings tears to your eyes.
Die Hollis eine super Band, und dieser Hit wurde auf Wunsch hin zur Beisetzung meines Mannes, der an Krebs 2021 starb, gespielt. Es war unsere Zeit und ist immernoch wundervoll dieser Song 👍👍👏‼️
My dad introduced me to The Hollies, one of the best things he did. I grew up with them, I am 51 now, and love them just as much now as I did back then.
Incredibly beautiful and so touching, I feel it, clear down from my teary eyes to the depths of my soul! Thank you for this beautiful song, so beautifully performed by the Hollies!
@@Ian-ee8fsHe's not lip syncing off of the original track. This is a completely different arrangement and it's in a lower key. So time did take a toll on his vocal range but still sounds great.
This song has been my favorite since it originally was recorded in 1969, the year I graduated from high school. My oldest brother was 2 yrs younger. We were very close our whole lives. He passed away in June. Till we meet again, he ain't heavy he's my brother. Blessed be.💜🙏💜
This song reminds me of my grandson’s, their both Marines, the oldest is now a county sheriff in NC his brother is still in active duty, my oldest grandson told me about how during boot camp they would have to put a Marine on their backs and take them to the designated safe place, he said it’s true grandma, no brother or sister left behind
I too did not understand the meaning of this song back in 69 but as I spent more and more time in my 20 year Air Force career, the meaning became as clear as a bell. Whether you are in the military, police force, a firefighter or just have fought for justice where tyranny needs to be overcome, you bond with others in a common cause to the point where you become that close, as close as brothers. When you are in the middle of a bad situation and you have a wounded member, you have no problem carrying your brother to safety. You'll do anything for your brothers and that's what this song means to me.
This song absolutely is for my brother. He is what anyone would like for his brother to be like. I'm so so proud and blessed to have him and I thank God for him. Alan Clark and Tony Hicks are amazing and to me they don't get much better than the Hollies ❤😊
This one song from the Hollies is still my #1song still yet from the first time I had heard it in the early 70's this song I will never get tired of it. The Hollies had great songs this one was the best one for me. At the time I was only 14 when I had heard He Ain't Heavy.
As I just told another poster, I think this is my favourite recording of all, since their very first. Beautiful. And Alan is so dashing with that wonderful long wrapped mane at his back. Legendary!
This is a timeless masterpiece and I love it even more now as I get older. The meaning in this classic is for the age’s and the harmonies of the Hollies give me chills❤🎶
When I was young getting to "there" was quite different and mostly short sighted. Now that I'm older and have realized what "there" really means, the responsibility we all have to each other in this life becomes truly necessary. Thanks to Allan Clarke and the Hollies for such a beautiful soul wrenching message.
If that's Allan Clarke, I think it's fair to say he's better looking at this point than at any point before. The dark suit, pony-tail and brooding looks suit him.
He's going for the Sean Connery. He looked pretty normal for the periods he sang in. His weird crop in the 60s was pretty standard, his 70s perm was pretty standard too lol. Just looks weird to us now.
@@dawnjenniferclark4464 Pete Hogarth is very close to Alan Clarke as a singer take it from an ex pro musician ,but it's your opinion and you're entitled to it lol :)
@@charltonross2347 Hope it was a typo ....Peter Howarth ! Regardless, Peter is an excellent singer and has a tremendous ability.....but following the original is always a big ask.
I have loved this song and its message since I first heard it in 1969. I taught it to my third graders at Holy Ghost Catholic School in Albuquerque for the 1992 Christmas program, and as we were leaving the front of the church, the parish priest took me aside and told it was his very favorite song. I'll be 78 this November, and "He Ain't Heavy" is still on my rather long list of favorite songs.
Yeah I feel the same way had a great time growing up in the 60s 70s and music we're very lucky to be living in living now enjoy every minute of it God bless you
-------- ELE NÃO É UM PESO, POIS É MEU IRMÃOZINHO --------- O percurso é longo com muitos altos e baixos, Que nos leva para onde ninguém sabe , Ninguém sabe ! ? Porém, sou ...FORTE !!! Forte o bastante para carregá-lo comigo, Pois ele não é um peso, pois ele é meu irmãozinho !!!! Assim a gente segue o percurso, E o meu cuidado é com o bem-estar dele, Não há fardo nenhum a suportar , Pois chegaremos ao nosso destino, Pois sei muito bem que ele não seria uma pedra, para mim, Pois ele não é um peso, pois ele é meu irmãozinho !!! Se eu estiver completamente sobrecarregado, Se eu estiver sobrecarregado com tristezas, E que no coração de ninguém Não estivesse pleno de alegrias De amor um pelo outro!!! É um percurso, bem , bem extenso Do qual não tem volta, Enquanto estivermos a caminho para alcançá-lo, Por que não compartilharmos ? E a carga não vai ser, de jeito nenhum, um peso para mim, Pois ele não é um peso, pois ele é meu irmãozinho, ------- ------- Ele é meu irmãozinho, Ele não é um peso, Ele é meu irmãozinho, Ele não é um ...PESO !!!!!!! XXXX THE BEST LYRICS OF XX CENTURY XXXXX
Every single night from the time this song came out and all the way through high school this was the last thing I listened to as I went to sleep. Now in the winter of life, it means even more.
I love this song everyday of my life cause, it was so popular during the Vietnam War and I live Vietnam every seconds of my life. I was to young to volunteer
Wow. That was very smooth. Still fabulous voice and voices. There has been nothing lost in the years up to ‘93. This has to be one of my too 5 favorite songs on this earth.
I don't think Judi Spiers could contain herself, introducing them! I would've been the same. Love the Hollies, specially when Allan was the lead singer.
I was thinking the very same thing about that magnificent ponytail of his. I think this is my favourite performance of all, since their first one, of this beautiful, legendary song. LOVE Alan!
