Alicia Keys 911 - Someday We'll All Be Free BEST QUALITY EVER

Alicia Keys - Someday We'll All Be Free BEST QUALITY (Live A Tribute To Heroes 911 9/11)

[@lorenzocintorino1079]

I remember when Alicia Keys did this right after 9/11 as a tribute to the fallen and it still tears my heart out to this day. This was one of the most magnificent and poignant performances by anyone, ever. God bless.

[@AlliCanThinkAbout]

this girl is so talented. That piano is amazing.

[@angeljohnson6665]

HornyJlZZPotato she was a young woman here 18

[@darkcadence938]

@@angeljohnson6665 20 she was born in 1981,this was in 01

[@lorenzocintorino1079]

After this 9/11 once in a lifetime performance, I fell in love with Alicia Keys. Brava.

[@itsmickeybitch5353]

Sasha you'll be missed. Goes to show how much people care for television show characters especially Sasha, Abraham and Glenn.

[@freddygarciafeliz3631]

It's mickey Bitch yeah we will miss sasha character for ever.

[@georgiale777]

Yeah I discovered Donny Hathaway through the walking dead miss Sasha so much. Almost brings me to tears tbh

[@vblake530530]

Beautiful song. Written in 1969 or 70. By Donny Hathaway. Interestingly he committed suicide, like “Sasha”. He struggled with mental illness . Was an amazing talent. Still miss him to this day. But we do have Laila Hathaway, his daughter who is an amazing singer like her dad. RIP Donny.

[@philosophicalactions9376]

Truth

[@mimimi230]

Alicia always looks ''cool'' and very natural in all of her performances in a special way. she remain always modest. she remind me to the old performer in music industrie who all ''were remain modest''.

[@MikeTheMusicJudge]

wow to think she was only 20. what a voice

[@WrestleManiaMan1000]

Michael Judge Me being a 20 year old Musician, she was more than capable of accomplishing all that she did!

[@angeljohnson6665]

She was 17 here i thought?

[@Anastasia-jv5iq]

@@angeljohnson6665 no she was born on January 1981. This performance was recorded on September 2001 so she was 20 years old.

[@angeljohnson6665]

S O oh ok i love queen alicia glad she's still around!!! My favorite of hers is unbreakable!!!

[@SophiaZoe]

mind-bloing performance by an incredibly talented artist singing a super meaningful song

[@StevenFeinstein]

I'll never forget watching that live. What a moment. Hadn't heard of her and it just totally nailed down that whole night for me.

[@Tubaman71]

Just listened to this again after a few years, and this time noticed the influence of Michael Jackson's "The Lady In My Life" on some of the chord progression choices and on her vocal improv toward the end. Such an incredible performance of Donny's incredible song.

[@susanh8685]

First time I ever saw her was this. I fell in love with her tone. It was so very moving.

[@cathylopez1345]

That was a very sad time and this performance of Donny Hathaway's song was very touching... and Alicia Key well ... wonderful!

[@Sooobinxz]

hermosa canción,bella interpretación

[@deankyle08]

incredible performance, at any age, but the circumstances, and her being 20 yrs. old is astounding!

[@danfromnorcal]

Wow. Hearing this again for the first time in so many years made me weep.

[@dlhsr73]

Love this song and Ms Alicia Keys sung it very well

[@Crystal-wv9rg]

Can't believe this only has 20K views - spectacular and sad at the same time. Thank you so much jykayy for posting this - the quality is fantastic. I saw it live - I had barely heard of Alicia Keys at the time and will never forget it.

[@missrightnow89]

We will never ever forget...

[@stretchgilbert]

It Gets Me Everytime Alicia;From One NYer 2 Another....Thank You....

[@markosclark]

I cry every single time I hear this song.

[@ThePianoguy89]

She sounds amazing!

[@chriskeys972]

Magnifique! Alicia

[@vangoghmatisse1]

So beautiful A KEYS!

[@user-et6zs3cd7t]

素晴らしい❗

[@georgiale777]

This did donny justice

[@mjbkrbamp]

"just Dont let the spin get ya down,MMMMhhhmmmm things are moving soooo fast"...

[@GeGirardi]

r.i.p Sasha walking dead

[@danielgooding1498]

Astounding

[@angeljohnson6665]

Daniel Gooding i didnt know alicia was around during 9/11 i thought she came out in 2002 or 2003

[@majone1231]

She changed the wording. Manly pride to womanly pride.

[@raydavis8049]

She’s “touched” a dash of Donnie a sprinkle of Areatha, a drop of Stevie a dose of Mahalia stirred and mixed with Gods spoon.

[@angeljohnson6665]

Ray Davis oh ok and i didmt know miss alicia was in the buidness when 9/11 happened i thought her first album was 2003?

[@soldier_of_luv]

A national treasure

[@ithajean]

Donnie rests well hearing this one

[@shrimpbisket2728]

Thank you sista! This how ist done marya

[@Nomad-vv1gk]

This song has nothing to do with Black Americans collective fight for Civil Rights in America. Many people think Donny Hathaway wrote the song "Someday We'll All Be Free" about Black Americans and/or the Civil Rights Movement . This isn't true. First, Donny didn't write the lyrics and secondly the song has nothing to do with the Civil Rights Movement or Black Americans in general. It is a song written for and about Donny and what he personally was going through as he fought his demons. On January 13, 1979, Donny Hathaway was found dead on the side walk outside of the Essex House Luxury Hotel in New York City, where he had been living. Since the glass from the window had been carefully removed and there were no signs of struggle, his death was ruled a suicide. The last studio album that he recorded was "Extensions of A Man" in 1973. "Extensions Of A Man" contained the single "Someday We'll All Be Free", which was written by Edward Howard about the mental pain that Hathaway was experiencing. After Hathaway recorded the song, he listened to the play back of the studio cut. Hathaway cried as he listened to the song for the first time. After Hathaway's death, this disclaimer was added to the liner notes of "Extensions of A Man" by Edward Howard: "Donny is no longer here, but the song [Someday We'll All Be Free] gathers momentum as part of his legacy... Donny literally sat in the studio and cried when he heard the playback of his final mix. It's pretty special when an artist can create something that wipes them out." Howard also added: "It was a spiritual thing for me... What was going through my mind at the time was Donny, because Donny was a very troubled person. I hoped that at some point he would be released from all that he was going through. There was nothing I could do but write something that might be encouraging for him.'"

[@abarzuamrl7731]

rip sasha

[@freddygarciafeliz3631]

abarzua mrl yeah ríp sasha

[@9ner4ever34]

🤟🏽❤✊🏽❤ .... we'll be free when Christ the Lord comes back. 😔🕊

[@negralinda805]

Lalalah is daughter should remake this

[@nerdgurl402]

She did

[@ElysianFeilds93]

I wish she would have just done a piano cover. I feel like her vocals are getting in the way of an otherwise perfect performance.

[@angeljohnson6665]

ElysianFeilds93 hater ok

[@missrightnow89]

Words fail me.....

[@timnavarrette2670]

Takes after Aretha Franklin in Malcolm X

[@kevinriley4466]

Sasha😭

[@MC-mm3wz]

# Ferguson

[@alejandroleal22]

Ye Cancelled Song

[@dutchguy7299]

Really dont like her voice, nor the performance despite the beautiful setting, piano, etc.. she just does not have "it". its out of tune, she messes up a major/minor note in the first half minute, the riffs dont go smoothly. This does not reflect how I think about Alicia as a person, but as a performer. Just listen to the Take6 rendition of this song..

[@kelseywillow8110]

Well in her defense this was on 9/11 totally unprepared and just capturing the emotions of the day

[@majone1231]

She changed the wording, " "womanly pride" instead of "manly pride". She should have kept it original.

[@islezeus]

why she shouting though?

[@namduong7509]

She sings out of her own range sometimes.

[@islezeus]

Nam Duong Indeed she does. She's still talented but needs to watch herself sometimes

[@ThePianoguy89]

She usually shouts but she wasn't shouting in this performance. She's belting with better technique here. If she was shouting it would sound blaring and very loud. Her mixed voice here is very light. She's belting with more ease here than she does now.

[@islezeus]

+ThePianoguy89 she's doesn't sound blaring but she still sounds uncomfortable to me

[@snidelywhiplash]

Since this was 15 years ago, it's maybe not surprising that her voice was different then.

[@glow_btch]

I feel hurt. She just really messed up one of my favorite songs from my favorite artist.

[@negralinda805]

Not a fan of this version

[@adaiyah-zerahbahtyahudah7860]

Nope, I don't think so!