This still brings tears to my eyes.over the moon voice. Sen. Kennedy never stopped trying to make the world a better place...one in a billion

Thank you. That was just... perfect. RIP Sen. Kennedy.

This is one of the most amazing and passionate performances I've ever seen in my life. Bravo Brian Stoke Mitchell. Your passion for this song reminds me of the passion Ted Kennedy had in the senate.

From 2:40 I am awash in tears and goosebumps with the truth of it, every single time I watch~ Ted truly did strive with the last ounce of everything he had, to the very end, to accomplish his quest. What a tribute! ~AGAiN, *****!

@Mr1candyman1

3 жыл бұрын

Me too and I’m 70

I’m at a particularly low point right now. This song reminds me of how perfect life can be. Onward.

@ohthebill

Жыл бұрын

I hope you're doing better and I'm sure Brian Stokes Mitchel would love to hear how his version of this song inspired you. I feel really down sometimes and music has the ability to transform me as well. To feel the sublime"ness" of the beauty of it. I'm constantly awed by how moving music and how transformative it is.

BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL! BSM has an incredibly beautiful and powerful moving voice. He is a well-known leading man on Broadway and has performed in many great Broadway performances. It was ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE that this song was sung for Sen. Ted Kennedy. The senator fought his heart out for many great causes-many of which seemed impossible. The senator had great courage and I admired him and still do. May God bless Ted Kennedy!

BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL! This song by the great baritone singer BSM was totally appropriate for Senator Edward Kennedy. Kennedy fought for decades for causes that matter to Americans. As to Brian Stokes Mitchell, his voice is beautiful, powerful, and beyond compare. He is a leading man and star on Broadway. Personally, he is my favorite singer. May God Bless Senator Kennedy!!

I had the honor and the purest of joys, to hear Stokes sing this song nightly, when I did Man of La Mancha with him on Broadway in 2003. Touching!

@barrys4922

Жыл бұрын

I saw two of those performances. I think it was at the Beck Theater. I had to see it twice because at the first one, a couple of guys seated near me were sobbing almost every time he sung this. Fantastic performance.

Death itself is almost price worth paying to have Brian Stokes Mitchell sing this in your memorial.

@Mr1candyman1

3 жыл бұрын

Crying like a 3/year old here.....

Holy freaking hell. Stokes outdid himself. He's always wonderful, but it's been a while since I've this level of passion and technical mastery from him. What a beautiful tribute to Teddy.

I feel sorry for whoever has to go onstage after that performance. Magnificent.

I loved the way he sung the last note. He went higher than he normally sings when he performs this song.

The most beautiful, and perfect tribute to the Honorable Sen. Ted Kennedy, of the whole ceremony. Thank you so much for uploading!*****:)

this is a beutiful son and he sang it beautifully it is so fitting the kennedy's have fought for all the people when he sings of righting the unrightable wrong, when i am laid to my rest his living was not in vain love you teddy RIP

a perfect song for the senator. no one could sing it better.

How apt for this tribute to be made to the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. He reached for the star, which was the common man....scorned, yes., courage yes....Bless him in his eternal rest. Well done good and faithful servant. Mary

Mr. Mitchell, I thank you so very sincerely with all that I am for this tribute. I come and play this when I am happy or sad, discouraged or optimistic. I miss Senator Kennedy daily, and think how Washington needs his leadership now more than ever. But most of all, I celebrate this performance and how it fills my soul with joy. Thank you Sir.

@toomanypvcs1

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't that fantastic! Here I am, many yrs later & it remains the best performance of 'The Impossible Dream that I ever heard! But I'm replying to @Kelly Maloney because I find your partial sentence..."Washington needs his leadership now more than ever" has me curious what YOU may think of it now, meaning Washington DC's political scene.!? IMO, we could ALSO use perhaps the last decent & honorable GOP Senator John McCain, and others.... but now, getting Congress to level-the-playing-field, of some basic aspects of American life these days, does sometimes feel like an 'Impossible Dream'

Great choice of music for the memorial service.

I can't stop playing it. Amazing peformance for an amazing individual. RIP Ted.

BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL! BSM sang this song at Senator Edward Kennedy's Funeral brilliantly. The song fit! Senator Kennedy fought with great courage for many causes that benefit all of America!

Amazing service for Amazing Man

Incredible performance for an incredible person. Thank you.

Brian is the best!! What a tribute!!!

I had forgotten how amazing this performance was...and so appropriate. Thank you, Brian.

ONG, wow. Brian Stokes Mitchell’s voice is peerless.

Wow, that was "Jackpot" from "Trapper John MD"! I didn't know he could sing! The PERFECT song to describe Teddy.

Holy Smokes! This guy is just a brilliant singer. He only gets better with age. INCREDIBLE!

This song, is always beautifully sung by Brian Stokes Mitchell. It saddens me all the time.

Possibly the greatest vocal talent of the century. He gives me chills whenever he sings.

🙌🙌🙌 RIP Seantor Kennedy ❤️

I love this song and it was so very appropriate for this occasion. It fit Ted Kennedy to a "t"! I have always held the Kennedeys in high esteem. This Memorial Service was so awesome!

@davegreene8588

2 жыл бұрын

The patriarch, Joe Kennedy SR., was vile - yet, his children were essentially his OPPOSITE, i.e., good people who DID good for others!

This key change at 1:45 is everything

@ohthebill

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to see people are still enjoying this.

Just fantastic - a wonderful song performed impossibly well.

Wow!!

God will judge him as he sees fit that's not our job to say whether he's in heaven or hell. Teddy made a lot of mistakes in his life. But he also did alot of good for alot of people. He stood up for the disabled, minorities, women, homosexuals, childred, the sick and the poor. He gave voice to those that didnt have a voice. Most importantly he served the people. If every government official served the people instead of themselves imagine the world we would be living in.

lovely! I met him 2 years ago in DC when he was being just a tourist in Union Station no on recognized him.. such a nice guy!

One of the most touching renditions I have ever seen. I'm watching this on heavy rotation!

Yes, we should reach the impossible dream,not reach money but reach to true heart

@OhTheBill ~ Thank you for saying it again~ And for this beautiful, powerful moment from Senator Kennedy's Celebratioin of Life service.

Thank You very much for uploading this video. Just Beautiful. Lorraine

Stokes Mitchell is a stud

Amazing... Broadway treasure!!!

absolutely perfect.

Beyond brilliance.

Another unforgettable moment on television.

Amazingly beautiful, it gave me chills.

incredible performance....

a beautiful tribute to kennedy

So beautiful. This gives me chills

@gab1279 When I saw BSM perform this number for the late Senator Kennedy, it ABSOLUTELY FLOORED ME.

Amazing!

Fantastically moving

Outstanding.

He seems to be getting better with age

This is how I want to go out!

He's really cool ;)

♥♥♥

@MisterNifty or perhaps it was just a song sung for a greiving family to give them a temporary solace from the pain of loosing a beloved family member.

You betta sing Coalhouse.

Bravíssimos

music says things that can't be said...i'm sure someone said that somewhere

Oh, how cool! How did he get thru it w/o crying?

MY DADS PLAYING PIANO!!!!! =D

no performance could be more fitting

@puckhiggins I love your comment. Made me laugh in agreement.

Don Quixote was a buffoon and the object of satire of Cervantes' original story. You're right about that. Luckily, this song has nothing to do with Cervantes' original story. It comes from a play that turns the story upside-down and celebrates Don Quixote's delusions. His romantic ideals inspire people to better, more generous, more virtuous, more honest and upstanding and heroic lives. Cervantes and his intentions have nothing to do with this.

two things in this first the piano seemed a bit off & loud & second this is the highest register I have heard mr. stokes sing this.

9/8????

NICE F4 AT THEND

I'm sorry but the person playing piano ruined this song... You can see him wanting to linger on some notes but the piano keeps pressing on...

@liam9307

4 жыл бұрын

Oh I disagree totally. He has such a big voice, the accompanist filled that room up with sound, with one lone instrument laying an exquisite foundation for Mitchell's performance. The pianist was excellent.

This is great and all, but did Senator Kennedy ever read Cervantes' "Don Quijote de la Mancha?" The main idea of both books was to show his disgust towards romantic stories. They weren't about one achieving greatness, but of one being so impractical to the extent that they are the exact opposite as a detriment. Does anyone else see the paradox here? The character of Don Quijote was written in as a buffoon. The fact Senator Kennedy didn't know this shows how poorly he was educated.

Stop whining, rap is for people who likes it, not for people to say there's no "class".

Congratulations to Ted Kennedy on nearly 2 and a half years of sobriety. Keep up the effort, Senator!

@AndrewSmith-ek4nc

7 жыл бұрын

Why are you saying mean things about a person who made minor mistakes?; you better answer me

Huh? The greiving family is also ignorant of Cervantes's intentions regarding creating Don Quijote's protagonist character as a buffoon? The story start off with a book burning because Don Quijote had lost his mind reading romance novels! Hello? Isn't there someone from Princeton who can elaborate on this? And, I'm sorry, Don Quijote would have jumped into water to save a drowning damsel in distress. I think they should have played the song sand by the cowardly lion in the Wizard of Oz.

This is a bit cheesy, yet forgiveable as it was a funeral for a man who did, in the end, display a certain amount of courage to stand alone for the truth. I don't think this singer is the greatest I've ever heard, but fittingly cheesy for the occasion. And I don't think Ted Kennedy loved chaste and from afar. Oh god, has it really been 3 years though? I had forgotten it was that long ago he died.

@barrys4922

4 жыл бұрын

WTF are you rambling on about? Also: define cheesy.

You think it's morally wrong to help the sick, to help minorities, to help the poor, to help women, to help the disabled, to help children? If that's the case you need to take a long hard look in the mirror and re-examine your morals. And while you're at it quit the republican party too.

Honoring Ted Kennedy? What a joke.

@barrys4922

Жыл бұрын

Don't worry: someone some day will write a song honoring your hero. (We all can guess who that is.)

So? Someone took a masterpiece, the worlds very first modern novel, and they twisted its meaning around making it into a cheap animation? The man was a lazy coward. Sing a song about that for cripes sake.

@AndrewSmith-ek4nc

7 жыл бұрын

Why are you saying mean things about a person who made minor mistakes?; you better answer me