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Dion- Abraham, Martin & John reaction
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[@renoholler5683]

This song was written by my father, Dick Holler, in 1968 in response to the Bobby Kennedy assassination. While he is proud to have written it, he is sad at the events that lead to its creation. He is grateful for the Reaction.

[@catherinechurko4041]

Such... so deeply poignant lyrics that your dad wrote for these unbelievably tragic, and horrific events. At least he gave a deep witness lyrically to how we (most of us) felt in the '60s when all these beyond unfortunate events happened. We still appreciate it all these decades later.

[@jamesdrynan]

Your father created a lasting tribute to some great men. I was there for everyone except Lincoln.

[@JackF99]

My goodness your father will forever have a hallowed place in the American Songbook.

[@fuzzyduck3316]

Thanks to your dad for composing a great and meaningful song. The song holds up over 60 years later.

[@BRuane-pw6xq]

Absolutely fantastic song. One of my favorites of all time. I lived through the 3 60 s Assassinations. This song resonates in a unique way.

[@flubblert]

This one hits a lot harder if you're a boomer. We witnessed the murder of both Kennedys and King. Each one having a devastating impact on the country.

[@bdesaw]

One of my first memories (I was 3) was when my Mom borrowed a little black and white TV (we did not own one) and we watched JFKs funeral in 1963. I remember that it seemed the whole world was crying - and I remember JFK junior saluting his father's funeral procession (on his 3rd birthday) and I remember connecting with that kid who was my age. I hope younger folks keep the spirit of Lincoln, JFK, MLK, RFK and never lose the lessons learned.

[@christinekelly8766]

Yes I was 7 and had to comfort my mom. First time I saw her cry. I'll never forget

[@43cjd]

@@bdesaw The whole world was crying, seriously the whole world. All four of these men were doing great things for our country and were shot down in their prime. President Lincoln was a bit older but all four assassinations were devastating for our country. Still so very sad to this day.

[@lindasilva6377]

Yes, I am a Boomer, and yes, I lived through it, and I am so THANKFUL for all of them!

[@43cjd]

Speaking as a boomer it seems we all lost a little piece of our hearts and souls. It was a very sad time for our nation yet when you look back you realize how alive and happy you felt. At least that is true for me.

[@conniesloan921]

This is a song that has a great meaning to this day everyone should hear 🌟🌟🌟🌟🤗🤗

[@karenward267]

So very true. All the greatest songs are timeless.

[@pamelajordan5948]

I'll never forget when president Kennedy died never saw my dad cry before

[@shirleycarr5387]

Makes u cry .bobby was running for president when he got assassinated. He would have won.

[@Thinkmacflythink]

Exactly. That's why he was taken out.

[@MyrnaMinkoff-yy4qd]

You beat me to it. No question he would have been elected. The whole country was a tidal wave for Bobby. Nixon didn't have a prayer. Bobby's speech on MLK assassination. kzbin.info/www/bejne/faCuq3acm52NmNU

[@ricotheepic840]

Yeah...

[@ricotheepic840]

@@MyrnaMinkoff-yy4qd A very beautiful speech!

[@beatleschick]

Almost seemed at the time like he knew he'd be assassinated if he won, but it was simply the risk he knew he had to take.

[@williamkeck7378]

I'm a 73 year old white boy that lived through the assassinations of John, Martin and Bobby. Dion did a fantastic job on this tribute song to them. I cry every time I hear it. God bless all 4 of them.

[@ronsmith5572]

I was watching Robert Kennedy on live T.V. with my mom when he was shot . I remember my mom crying out OMG NOooooooo . I was 9 yrs. old then and I have never forgotten that day seeing someone killed on live T.V. and my mom burst out crying when it happened .

[@jamarrhubbard7426]

I remember the sadness so well.

[@HowardRichter]

I just started to become politically aware, along with some of my friends. And was staying up late, to hear his speech on the radio. When I head the news. I could not go to school for a week. I was so depressed. It did cause me to become, a little bit politically active and I did march/protest at the democratic and republican conventions in 1972. By the way pepper spray hurts.

[@bkm2797]

I was in third grade and in class when the principal came over the loud speaker for us to all calmly go to the parking lot, our parents were there to pick us up. Mrs. Ross was crying so deeply, so I went and ask her if she was OK. I was too young to really understand what was going on, but when Bobby Kennedy was murdered, I was devastated!

[@christinekelly8766]

That was the first time I saw my mom cry. I never knew she could

[@sylviafarese8837]

I remember that too. I was but 8.

[@mrheem44]

At the end that's Robert Kennedy, not John. Also shot dead two months after MLK. "Anybody here seen my old friend BobbY?............thought I saw him walkin up over the hill with A,M& J. Great song.......

[@turdferguson400]

mrheem44 And sadly, both MLK and RFK’s wives were pregnant at the time. So sad.

[@susansabatka5318]

God I loved Bobby!! His speech after MLK'S a assassination was so amazing. How are we still doing this 😪😪😪

[@turdferguson400]

susan sabatka I so agree with you. I still listen to that speech on KZbin sometimes. Stunning. He would have made a great President. 😥

[@turdferguson400]

@mrheem44 What do you reckon about requesting Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday? Apropos for the times? 😥

[@mrheem44]

@@turdferguson400 sounds right. nice call or Sam Cooke "A Change is Gonna Come" maybe

[@bewholenow]

Well, this had me sobbing from the first word. The man surrounded by African-American children was actually Robert Kennedy, the brother of President John F. Kennedy. Robert Kennedy was the Senator from New York and was running for President in the 1968 election, when he, too, was assassinated, just after winning the California Primary Election. It has been said that the triple losses of JFK in 1963, and both RFK and MLK in 1968, left an emotional scarring on an entire generation. I remember the grief that enveloped the nation. Beautiful tribute by Dion. Thanks, Jovaughn, for marking this day with such an appropriate song.

[@AlBarzUK]

Had a big effect over here across the pond in England, too. Bobby Kennedy I think was the most devastating to me following after Martin And JFK. Youth and Hope were suddenly drained from the western world. Some people are too mad and dangerous to ever be allowed to hold a gun and the NRA look like a scourge on USA political power from over here.

[@mitch4527]

I weep every time I hear this song.

[@timward3116]

I was just a kid at the time the two Kennedys and Dr. King were killed. I remember those days so clearly. Bobby was shot just after midnight on the last day of my fifth-grade school year. Around 7 a.m., my brother woke me up to get ready for school. As I wiped the sleep from my eyes, my brother told me that Bobby had been shot. In the kitchen, we slurped our cereal and listened to the news coverage on the radio. My mother, who was experiencing great personal turmoil in her life at the time, nonetheless let down a tear for Bobby. For weeks after, I created a scrapbook of pictures and articles about Bobby Kennedy.

[@ianrobinson4200]

"I just looked around and he's gone" always makes me emotional this song, especially if you think of others in your life who have passed on too early as well

[@darlenebattle2713]

Young man, I truly honor you and your opinion of this song. So many youngbloods out there would never had gotten the message or cared. It was always my favorite song-- I was in grade school when Dion first recorded it. In 1961 he headlined a group called the Belmonts. They sang Doo wop on Belmont avenue in the Bronx, NY. So thank you for picking such a lovely song to review.

[@ilianacatspawn8848]

I remember when this came out and my father had to explain the history and the meaning behind it. Thanks for introducing it to those who have never heard it. Great reaction.

[@jamarrhubbard7426]

I was 8 and it was my introduction to racial differences and equality! Painful lesson to learn. I'm glad Dion honored those individuals who lost their lives for to try and bring justice & equality to all.

[@hudsonsteele1674]

First time my Mother heard an epithet that I had acquired from a neighbor, she stooped down to my level and explained racism. She was my teacher, though there were many racists on both sides of my family that I would later have to contend with. The biggest obstacle was my friends who were ALL raised in racist families. That was only a few years before this song came out.

[@DancinChuck]

Had to have someone explain it to me too, was happy to see this song get a react

[@joycecalvitti6964]

Crying here too Jayvee... been alive for all these... everytime we thought things were gonna change, the bullets got in the way. Thx for playing this one and keeping it real... your reaction speaks for so many ~

[@Timoeltejano]

Same story. Heard it really young in the arly seventies. My dad tried hard to explain it But I was too young to understand. Wasn't until a few years later when ROOTS came on TV that I got it. Even then I cried watching it and couldn't believe those things really happened. Since then I tear up everytime this song comes on.

[@MrVato53]

The person was "Has anybody seen my old friend Bobby" Robert F Kennedy. That was him towards the end with the children. I think the 60s were some of the most turbulent years in the USA.

[@juanitaduval9856]

I agree with sir . So many losses for our country ... and they were our hope

[@43cjd]

Speaking as someone who was alive during the 60's and 70's I can now say without any trepidation that the era that we now live in is so much worse. It not only frightens me, but it scares me to the very marrow of my soul. This song is hauntingly beautiful.

[@TryingToBeKind]

Tears me up every time! Oh how different our country might be if the could have continued their work! 😢😢😢😢😢 ❤️✌🏻✌🏻❤️

[@magalindababy]

This song was a gift by a wonderful singer. So beautiful.

[@dabludaze2192]

Memories and tears .

[@gregsteele806]

‘Judge a man by the content of his character, not the color of his skin’. ~Martin Luther King. This was MLK’s great hope. Now we live in a world mired in division and identity politics. A world where those seeking social justice will fire a teacher for reading MLK’s words to young students. A world where people seek not understanding about our differences, and celebration of our common ground, but acrimony and division. People who seek not to unite, but to sew division in a mad grasp for worldly power. I hope Reverend King can forgive us all.

[@turdferguson400]

Greg Steele Beautifully said. 💙

[@thetruthfrommyperspective6688]

Your comment made me cry. I couldn't agree more.

[@jamarrhubbard7426]

I must say that brought back real historic memories for me! When I was 4 years old, I attended the funeral procession of President JFK. When I was 8 years old MLK was assassinated and I watched Washington, DC explode!!! Later that year I remember my mother telling me Kennedy was shot and killed! I was so confused because I was too young to know the difference. Needless to say this song validates my witness to history and Jovaughn again you showed pure emotional reaction. Thank you!

[@beatleschick]

When JFK was assassinated, that was the first time I saw my mother cry. She sat me down with her to watch MLK's "I have a dream" speech. Then suddenly MLK then Bobby are killed within months of each other and it felt like the end of the world. Sometimes if I think about it now, it still feels the same, like being stabbed in the heart.

[@trishaurvan9439]

Abraham, John, Martin, Bobby, and even Ghandi...great men who were all cut down by cowards

[@frannibarr116]

My husband and I were mulling over all the history we've seen in our 72 yrs. I had a hard time.I knew Dr King and worked voter registration in the south. I finally said to him. As hard as it's been (long story) there were two events that brought me to my knees. The day Kennedy was assassinated and the day Dr, King died. I love this song.

[@davidpost428]

After Abrahm and Matin and John they killed John's brother Bobby who was running for President like his brother before him. He is the Fourth man Dion is singing about. This song used to bring tears...it was hard to esperience the deaths of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, Jr. and they weighed like an anchor on us. May they all rest in eternal peace. Thank you listening to the viewers and for playing this right after you heard about it. You're a good man.

[@phoenixdoglover9403]

So, for those of us alive at the time, we all remember where we were when John F. Kennedy was shot. I was 9 years old. I remember, too, where I was when Lee Harvey Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby live on TV. MLK was shot on April 4, 1968 by a racist with a rifle. Then I remember coming out to the kitchen one morning a few months later, and my Dad put breakfast on the table. Our small TV was on reporting the assassination of Bobby Kennedy, and we didn't say anything. Because it seemed at that time something was very wrong in America. I will leave it to you to judge for yourself, but I don't think that feeling was misplaced. This song captures the grief and the dread.

[@cynthiaahern9081]

I remember all those too. It left a life long impact. As it did for a lot of people who remember JFK's assassination and haved lived through the others.

[@snuffleufagus9771]

Same here, I was 8 and I remember it like it was yesterday. Now the song just brings out all of this emotion out of me.

[@nancy9478]

There is so much more to these assasinations, I pray we have the answers one day soon. They wanted us silent, want it still.

[@laurab4685]

I was 4 when jfk was killed. I remember it well. I remember them all 😪 I grew up in the middle of the civil rights movement in the south. Dallas. I knew the grassy knoll where Kennedy died..we drove thru there often..I remember desegregation at my Dallas elementary school. It was a terrible & turbulent time. There are those that could learn from our experiences..but very few would listen, I fear..the message music of the 60s & civil unrest made me the person that I became..

[@Teresia12]

I am 63 and remember the tears streaming down the faces of my entire family. I have always been ashamed that Martin Luther King, Jr was killed in my home state.

[@catcassetta]

I love this song. It gives me the chills and makes me cry 🧡✌ 🇺🇸 That was John Kennedys brother, Robert "Bobby" with the kids. He was also assassinated.

[@moodyblues108]

We have to keep fighting until we are one family of love. I love you all land take care of yourself and the children of the future.

[@jamarrhubbard7426]

Much love to you too MoodyBlues108!

[@Jonni1027]

Yes Dion STILL has that great voice

[@cynthiachamberlain2508]

My heart breaks everytime. Miss these men so much. Just terrible. We will never forget them. I salute you.!!!🇺🇸♥️🇺🇸♥️🇺🇸♥️🇺🇸♥️🇺🇸♥️🇺🇸♥️🇺🇸♥️🤗💙😊💕💖

[@zebulon8819]

John's brother Robert would have done even more for civil rights but that wasn't to be 😭♥️rip to all who have left us unjustly

[@christinewilliams1233]

Marvin Gate's version was so much better. You need to hear it.

[@jmrx12]

@@christinewilliams1233 sorry, I like Marvin Gaye, but to me this is the definitive version.

[@kennethkauzlaric8948]

This brought tears to my eyes. I haven't heard this song in quite awhile. Great song for the times we are in. Let's not forget these men.

[@NativeNYerChicHK]

This is an American Classic for sure! So appropriate for today ❤️🇺🇸💔😢 We will always march towards progress together, even though we know we will always meet resistance along the way, it can’t stop us. We are stronger together, love will always be more powerful than hate. This serves as a reminder to not let their deaths be in vain. EQUALITY NOW ❤️✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻❤️

[@catcassetta]

YES!!! 🧡

[@ericn1450]

Excellent post. Twelve years ago I thought we had gotten over the hump. How naive I was.

[@jamarrhubbard7426]

@Doug JohnsonI agree. It won't be long!

[@exeterpeg4809]

I'm 70 years old now and this song still makes me cry! I can still remember the moment I heard about John, Abraham and Bobby. None like them since

[@nancy9478]

Still making me tear up today. I loved it when they released it, love it still. It sums up everything we felt then.

[@aw072]

Such a beautiful, monumental tribute to some of the bravest and wisest men this world has ever seen. ❤️

[@angelajakem366]

What a great song especially for today! I had not heard this song for such a long time! So nice to hear!

[@alanblack306]

This song is such a punch in the gut for those of us who came of age in the 60s. Impossible to hear without big tears splashing down my face.

[@hollyfrostpointers7926]

Oh this song so deep! When music meant something! We can stand together for a better country, just as these great men did

[@827dusty]

This song is about the assassinations' of "Abraham Lincoln," " Martin Luther KIng Jr". and "John F. Kennedy." His Brother Bobby Kennedy was also shot dead in Los Angles in 1968. A great song, but very sad. All in the 1960s, except for Abe Lincoln.

[@jaymeade7456]

827dusty And yet that evil, heinous, lying coward remains protected in the WH! It seems a lot of people just die young and old, because of his total ineptitude and inability to look after Americans and America.

[@jaymeade7456]

atomic3939 Hi Troll doll! Leave the bleach alone but keep taking your medication.😂🤣😂🤣

[@elaines5750]

Lincoln was in the '60's, too. 1860's.

[@aussiefarmer4955]

​@@jaymeade7456 Don't talk politics here , this song is a great song for reflection, don't ruin it.

[@jaymeade7456]

Toey Toe You cannot truly understand what happened in the 60s, which forms the basis of this song. In a year that seemed determined to shake Americans’ confidence in the foundations of their society, Kennedy’s death, was one of the biggest inflection points. Sirhan Sirhan’s bullets not only demolished the hope for a savior candidate who would unite a party so fractured that its incumbent, President Lyndon B. Johnson, had decided not to seek re-election. Coming just two months after the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., they also fueled a general sense - not entirely unfamiliar today - that the nation had gone mad; that the normal rules and constants of politics could no longer be counted on. You cannot separate the politics of that era from this awesome song, no matter how shameful they were.

[@2cindilu440]

This song still makes me cry. They weren't perfect but they laid it all on the line for all of us. RIP you didn't get to see it but you changed the world.

[@thomascanfield9165]

The simplicity of the lyrics are so effective for reaching inside anyone, even an 11 year old. It really made me ponder what is death and assassination.

[@dunismith3045]

Thank you for reacting to this beautiful and timely song. I missed Lincoln’s assassination by a few years but clearly recall the other 3! JFK’s work on civil rights was continued after his death by his successor Johnson, who fought all odds to get the bill passed. He also deserves a tip of the hat today. Great reaction!

[@jamarrhubbard7426]

Yes...me too!

[@elainecresie7913]

Same here.

[@HappyValleyDreamin]

Oh my gosh, I nearly forgot about this incredible song😢💕😢💕😢

[@johnliddy2583]

Amazingly Dion is still going strong, still does live shows now and again (in normal times). He is a treasure from the original days of rock n roll. Love your reactions. Runaround Sue is a really fun song; it'd be great to see your reaction on that one.

[@mdunn4555]

This is a very appropriate song for our times and today. Thank you who ever requested this golden song.

[@dedehe7582]

It’s so great to see the younger ones enjoying this song, I lived it!!! The song brings tears to my eyes every time... I thought I saw them walking on over the hill.

[@moodyblues108]

I grew up in the 70s. It was sad and a strange time. We felt a little lost. Luckily there was so much great music.

[@jamarrhubbard7426]

Yes!!! The music saved us all!!!

[@foreveryoung7180]

I remember both the Kennedys on live TV being shot , it has stuck with me all my life, good song never heard it before, it stands today as when it was recorded , great one Jay 🤔.

[@fpeterlaskey332]

I was 10 years old when we lost Bobby Kennedy and I too remember sitting with my parents watching him speak and afterwards the calamity as he was shot. I remember the killing of Martin Luther King and though 5 years old when John Kennedy was killed I can still see my parents shock and my dad sitting with his head in his hands and my mother crying. It's a great song and Dion sings it great but the version that will bring to tears is hearing the great Moms Mabley singing it. The emotion in her voice is what gets me

[@stevereager9515]

I shed tears the day I first heard this on the radio, I've shed tears since, and hearing this today, I cried, reminded how far we haven't come. Please keep doing what your doing. I pray someday this nightmare will end. before I leave this world, and I'll "just turn around, and it's gone." ✌️♥️

[@shelleyUSATX]

This makes me cry. Breaks my heart. Wonder what this country would have been like if these good men weren't taken away? God bless these men, and to Dion for bringing it out!

[@ryrify]

THIS is the song for today, America’s Birthday, and all days. We had leaders who believed we could be a truly great country; they knew how much work it had taken to get to a place where we could advocate to push forward, and they fought for it. Such simple, honest lyrics, beautiful voice and uncomplicated music, as relevant now as it ever was. Although they died young and before their time, we remember them today because they stood up and spoke for so many of us. I hope we, as a country, can find a way to honor their legacy, and find a way to make this experiment in democracy a place for everyone. Thank you for sharing this song, I hadn’t heard it on so long. Love your channel xoxo

[@pamking357]

This is such a powerful song, though I was a little girl when it came out it always made me cry, just like tonight. My heart breaks to see the things happening today, we need some men like these again, but most of all we need Jesus ❤️

[@darlenebattle2713]

Amen, sis!!

[@lindamorrison9755]

Amen and so it is.

[@8ofwands300]

Me too. 😔😔

[@dagnelpaula1]

I really appreciate you playing these old ones, Jovaughn. I remember this on the radio when I was a child. Back then, I didn't know who the names were, or what the song meant. Now, it's so sad to hear it, and think about the lives lost needlessly. Great reaction.

[@RayRay-zt7bj]

Wow!! I haven't heard this song in such a long time. I never really paid attention to the lyrics until now. I didn't even know it was sung by Dion. Now I know.✌

[@ayseclark-carter8744]

Almost forgot happy 4th of July to all in the USA much respect to you all. 💖💖

[@snuffleufagus9771]

Awwwwww, now you got me crying. Every. Darn. Time. Soooooooooo relevant today!

[@Taliessa26]

Having lived through this it still brings tears to my eyes and chills down my spine. Thank you for bringing back my childhood.

[@GC-sf7kx]

Great song that never really made it across the pond until it was covered by the great Marvin Gaye in 1970.

[@sharonkay8638]

In my opinion, a much better version. Marvin gave it soul and with the great orchestration the subjects deserved. In my top 20 all time favourites.

[@sheri4c2]

He had already finished the song when Bobby Kennedy was assasinated so he added him . I remember watching Dion singing this on the Smother's Brothers for the first time with my friends and we all just cried for hours...

[@josephcote6120]

It's been a long time since I've heard this song. Had me wiping some tears by the end of it.

[@mbenoit77]

New song for me - thanks for sharing! Especially appropriate in these times.

[@43cjd]

Such a beautiful, but sad song. People of the 60's will never forget. Seeing what is going on today, makes me wish for my childhood again, if even for a day.

[@jeanrocque-rr4ec]

I was 8 when John was cut down and it still resonates. Martin & Bobby were going to save us from ourselves. I am 69yrs old and it can still make me cry when I see these tributes.

[@dennispfeifer7788]

I was 8 also...those damn lone nut assassins need to be stopped...disarm American and get rid of the 2nd Amendment...NOT! It's all a lie what we have been told to believe.

[@richardbrewer3078]

This has been one of my favorite slow songs for years because it does tell a very true story without getting political. It 's kind of odd to see a couple "thumbs down" though on such a benign and innocuous song!

[@flon57]

I remember when this came out, loved it, such a powerful meaning when it came out, I have goose bumps just listening to it now. It came out in '68, at the height on Viet Nam, civil rights in the US. I was 11 and so aware of what was happening in the US

[@sheryljones5207]

Wonderful.song and Dion sang it so well. And what a beautiful.meaning.

[@timebandito4278]

That song brought tears to my eyes, literally. Thanks for keeping it together for me. Lol. I haven't heard this in a long time, but I have always loved it, and yes, Dion is amazing. My favorite of his is "I Wonder Why" that he did with the Belmonts. Check out the live version they did from '58 -- It's crazy to see the kids in that era.

[@Timoeltejano]

Good Lawd! Heard this song a million times and chokes me up still. I think Dion's understated delivery spoke loudly.

[@famat161]

When the song was released it struck many as unusual since Dion had been absent from the music scene for a while. A N.Y. DJ from an FM station introduced it with little fanfare. He plays it, makes some offhand comments then breaks for commercials. During the break a listener calls in telling the switchboard who Abraham, Martin, and John were. When the DJ cones back, it was like he was stunned. The songs message had completely bypassed him. He was practically crying with emotion. He then went on to play it continuously for the next hour. He had to get the message out there, it was that important.

[@catherinechurko4041]

Wow as a NYC'r who listened to rock (first AM, then FM) radio back then I wonder who that was!

[@davidmonroe6942]

I can only reason that the DJ was too numb from these real world events to put it all together. Still, what a miss!

[@catherinechurko4041]

@@davidmonroe6942 Could be. I mean I lived through all that at 10 yrs old for JFK so I knew it was bad, but really didn't understand what we lost till later. But w Dr King and RFK bc I started following politiics at 12-13, and Civil Rights soon after - I •knew• what we had lost with their assassinations.

[@ElusvOptmst1]

Makes me cry all the time. Extremely sad times.

[@georgeferko2921]

Thanks for your post. I was finishing up 8th grade in Bridgeport, CT when Dion's "AMJ" came out. Everyone immediately loved it and moved by it

[@kellywingard7624]

So first off I realize I’m watching this well over a year from when you posted this but my oldest son has that shirt!! Yes Dions voice is amazing!! I have always loved this song, I always ugly cry when I listen to this song!! These men stood up for freedom for us all, so we could all be created equal. I admire them so much!!! They stood up and it cost them their lives!! They were taken out to silence them but their message was only spoken louder for so many generations. These amazing men are historical not only are they sang about but discussed in history class!! They were amazing,beautiful people/beautiful souls!!! 🥰 I know they are all in heaven smiling down because I’m an 80’s baby and their message is timeless, it’s beautiful. I play this song to my 14 and 10 year old. Then of course we always discuss it afterwards(mainly due to my ugly crying)!! We discuss what these men stood for and how important it is to stand up for what’s right!!! 🥰

[@mikemillson9572]

I have been watching some of your videos for a few weeks and you always amaze me. This song always has brought tears to my eyes...I am almost 67 years old and well remember all these (except Lincoln of course) and I greatly appreciate your playing this today. I am so heartbroken at the state we find ourselves in at this point in our country. I voted for President Obama twice and would again if I could. I am so ashamed of so much right now in our land and am in great hopes that I will live to see a new order of justice, peace, understanding and patience with each other. THANK YOU for your song today and all the ones I have heard so far. Happy 4th!

[@genemaurillo4162]

Both of the Kennedy's came around regarding civil rights after a fair amount of coercion. They were putting their energy around the Soviet Union and the cold war and especially with Cuba. Lincoln grew in his office regarding freeing the slaves. That also was a considerable journey for him. And of course MLK was a beacon of light. All these men made contributions but of course MLK was the man. Beautiful song regardless of any short-comings of any of these men. Thanks for featuring it and love your reaction. You got it.

[@beatleschick]

Yes, I think MLK had to really work hard to get both Kennedy brothers to pay any attention at all to Civil Rights. Considering JFK's privileged upbringing, it's to his credit the CR movement even got off the ground. JFK even admitted privately to MLK that civil rights was not a thing he had even thought of before MLK got on him about it.

[@mrsnookdeb]

@@beatleschick Yes, Kennedys way overrated (may they rest in peace), hypicrtical rich northeastern liberals

[@chab1rd155]

All 4 were assassinated! Hauntingly beautiful yet sad! 💔

[@JustMe-es9ww]

I wanted to recommend this one, myself, but I couldn't. I was crying too much because I had just listened to it. I defy ANYONE with a decent heart and soul to listen to this song and not cry. It was hard to live through it, but harder still to think what we MIGHT have become, had these gentlemen not been murdered. Dion re-recorded this later in the year, adding Bobby (Kennedy) to the list. Happy 4th...to everyone.

[@TexasRose50]

Oh, it's been so long since I've heard this. Thanks so much for making me cry. Such needless deaths of fine men. I remember all if them well. Except for Lincoln of course. The young people today need to hear this. And maybe it will remind them of just what they are protesting against. Well, maybe not. Anyway, thanks for posting this.

[@granjmy]

Famous quotes by John F Kenndy: "If not us, who? If not now, when?" "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." "Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try." "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest form of appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." "Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly." "Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be stronger men." "Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." "Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met-obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty." "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." "We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or make it the last." "The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds." "Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate." “Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.”

[@phyllisdavies1248]

I'm near to 70yo and an Aussie. The assassinations of the Kennedy brothers and Martin Luther King left a lasting impression on my life too. The Civil Rights movement of the 60s and the surrounding tragedies was on our six o'clock news every night and those images have stayed with me since. This song brings it all back.

[@kdm222]

I am 66 and sadly remember the day this horrific tragedy happened .. we were all in shock and crying - it still hurts today

[@joannparker1977]

I’ve heard this so many times throughout the years, but I had no idea what it was about. What an important song. And it is relevant now, more than ever. Thanks for your review.

[@autumnamber6849]

Brings tears every time I hear this. ave you heard Dion Or Dion and the Belmonts, great songs if you get the4 chance to listen to them. I just remembered, they almost assassinated Reagon too.

[@turdferguson400]

I learned something today too, guys! I didn’t know Dion was Italian! His voice always reminded me of Don McLean. 💖

[@tishjamieson7812]

Still brings tears to my eyes. It was a scary time for a kid (and everyone!) when heroes were being shot down one after the other. The sadness comes also for the loss of promise that such deaths represented then and still do to so today. That feeling of what could have been never leaves you.

[@lisacharlton1813]

"RAYDIO" SONG... YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT !! great song !! smooth voice

[@sonjaashmore2972]

This is a great song for the times we are living in

[@cnatview]

Thanks for your reaction, Jay. I remember back in the days when these assassinations were being carried out (with the exception of Lincoln). It was difficult sitting at the dinner table and talking about another assassination of the politicians the majority of us thought were going to lead the US into peaceful days. This is a good day for us to all remember. Take care and be well.... Peace.

[@pcallas66]

I remember this song when I was a little boy. It came out in 1968 I believe. I normally don't tell people to look at anybody else's videos, but being this one is up, there's a video clip of a guy named Samuel J. Seymour (I won't post the link), but if you type in his name, he was a contestant on a game show in February of 1956 called I've Got A Secret. He was 96 years old and the panelists had to guess their secret. He was only 5 years old when he went with some family members back in 1865 at the Ford Theater and was the last living eyewitness to the Lincoln assassination. At the time, according to Garry Moore (the host of the show), he said that as a little boy, he didn't actually see the president get shot, but because he didn't understand what happened, he was concerned about the man who fell from the balcony and broke his leg (which was John Wilkes Booth). Thank you for sharing. This really is a moving song.

[@checle4499]

I was 11 when JFK was murdered, in my late teens when they gunned down Martin and Bobby. It was soul crushing - changed my perspective on human govt profoundly, forever. Imagine how devastating Lincoln's assassination was to a war weary nation that desperately needed healing. 620,000 + sons of every family in the nation, including mine, dead - and then the president. Look at the news - will this generation learn anything from the past? PR 22.3

[@laurab4685]

I fear not

[@beatleschick]

Soul crushing. Apt words to describe it. When Bobby was killed it felt like the end of everything.

[@fpanpurrzachariah6290]

No, this generation is destroying history...not learning from it. So sad all around.

[@onlyvistarick3607]

cheri cle I was n 2nd grade when I heard President Kennedy was killed

[@lisac9930]

The video was 4 lives lost. That was Robert F. Kennedy (Bobby), in the end of the video.

[@karenlawson4263]

I am 66 and every time I hear it I get goosebumps and tears , love it !

[@sierraseven3680]

Just yesterday I was listening to this on one of my "Hits of the Sixties" CDs on the way to work and thought, Jayvee should do this one - had to wipe my eyes and pull myself together when I got to work. I swear, we all thought things were changing for good - if you had told me then that we would be right back in the depths of racism and hatred twenty years into the 21st century, I would have said you were crazy. Would you please do "None of Us Are Free", the version by Solomon Burke?

[@marksiracusa8999]

Great choice. This haunting song helped heal the nation. Bravo Dion.

[@josepablotassara8990]

This song means so much to those of us that were younger in those days it talks of people that did not have the chance to fulfill their own lives or the promises that they intoned when talking to us I still remember all of them and the times that we lived in it's great to be alive now but back then we lived.

[@ndotl]

Most sane people will have similar reactions to this song, no matter how long ago you first heard it. What I only recently learned is that this is the same Dion that was a (I believe) a pre-Beatles teenage heartthrob (See "The Wanderer"). It is the same Dion who, because there were not enough seats and because he was raised by parents who struggled to make ends meet, he took the bus and was not on the plane to took Buddy Holly and friends.

[@DG2244]

A true feel of the times. A lot of unrest as depicted by the events in this song. Crazy time to live, a lot going on.

[@BostonIce37]

Dion was asked to do a song about JFK, MLK and Lincoln but he said only if he could include Bobby, who had just been assassinated. This song is as relevant today as it was back in 1968

[@shaunguffey9199]

Dion recorded this song in one take. Gives me chills every time I hear it.

[@susaneyman8585]

This song brings tears to my eyes. What we lost had such an impact on our country.

[@stephenhuber1219]

That was Bobby with the kids

[@tomtaylor7125]

Perfect for the 4th of July my American brother

[@lindasilva6377]

Has anybody here seen my old friend Bobby? The last time I saw him, I was 17. My folks lived in L.A., on a quiet street in Montebello. I heard noise outside, people were cheering. I hurried outside and saw many people happy, waving, as Bobby Kennedy sat on top of the back seat in a convertible slowly going by. He was smiling and waving to us -- I waved at him, and he was gone. But he has always lived in my heart and soul.

[@mariasantos-kf9pe]

I've heard this song many times but never paid attention to lyrics, thank you for reacting. Also never realized this was Dion singing this song.