Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Neil Diamond - Be

Clips from "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" (1973) (Hall Bartlett)
Music by Neil Diamond and Lee Holdridge.

[@barrydewhurst6345]

I am dying, my time is short. But this song and the music, makes me realise just how beautiful life is. Take care people, live a full life. Full of fun, love and happiness.

[@francecusson8972]

so so sad 🙏❤️

[@eileenmiller7078]

Years ago, I was a young nurse working the evening shift in a hospital Pediatric unit. I would get home - usually after midnight - some of those shifts were very long - and, exhausted, I'd lay down on the sofa and put this record on the turntable. It was so exhilarating and yet calming at the same time. I would soon forget all the problems and difficulties I had just been through and would enter the peaceful place this music took me. I have never forgotten it. Such a long time ago by earthly standards - nearly 50 years ago now. But I know now that God is "BE", God is "LOVE". That is what this music and Neil's words taught me.

[@TELETOURISME]

So true

[@zenonlopezwallace568]

Dear Eileen...God bless you for your work and caring...

[@laurapolacchini8843]

Qualcuno sa cos'è 1a Nde e sa che Bach la ebbe?

[@eisvogel8099]

I'll have to leave this body behind soon and I'm looking forward to it. This piece of music told me that all of what we experience is not it. I'm confident that where I (my real "I") is going home. Thank you so much for your comment

[@lucindasloane5667]

So Beautiful ❤️ AMEN 🙏❤️

[@FatChanceTheCouchDog]

When I was a child, younger than 5, my mother had this song on a cassette tape along with a bunch of other nursery type songs to get children to go to sleep and take a nap. Yesterday my wife is playing a random playlist for the same purpose and this song pops into my head along with a few childhood memories that I've not thought about since they happened originally. Music is magic.

[@enderaxe7754]

This was played at my Dads funeral and will always be special to me. Love the whole Jonathan Livingston Seagull album xx

[@rondeneef]

f o ever this. neal made a sung

[@JosetteDegrotte]

The most beautiful film I've seen in my life, thank you for your wonderful songs and unforgettable music.

[@MrHDSH1949]

Saw Neil Diamond in concert in Stuttgart Germany Back in the '80s. What a fantastic Lazer show. Had the seagull flying around while he was singing. - Over 30 plus years and still think about it.

[@mrdarcy9379]

So beautiful 47 year's later in 2023. Simply magical ❤

[@appleThai1957]

Me too ,2024 ❤

[@samtapia5616]

Such a beautiful song. All of us are that one seagull. We all seek peace in the end.

[@robertross3026]

One of Neil’s masterpieces.

[@patriciajansen3002]

Fifty years ago I bought this beatiful album. I still love it. Very special and moving.

[@henrywilloughby8333]

Me to patricia

[@mattosullivan9687]

I did too 60 now and actually weeping

[@CanvasCanary]

❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏😃🥰

[@henrywilloughby8333]

For me this was Neil diamonds best album

[@keithsymons5708]

Don't know about that but certainly his most profound ?

[@siras2]

Pure poetry - Genius.

[@nethahill3177]

Almost every time I see a seagull, I think of this song and it makes my heart soar as with this birds flight.

[@rolhei1]

and every time I see a seagull I call it Jonathan...... What a beautiful song and lyrics. A master piece. Just sit still and immerse myself into the Neil Diamonds voice.. Just magic.

[@curtisbarger7020]

My friends and I were camping and scuba diving south of Big Sur in the '70s and listened to this on a night with a full moon, with the fog moving up the surrounding canyons and arroyos! The ocean was silver and flat as glass.It was awesome! Of course we were enjoying some excellent Maui bud and Mateus wine. Was my lady's favorite song and mine also, good memories!

[@paulsmith6695]

For me ,

[@emiliechaussidiere]

What A Song... The Mix of Voice + Lyrics + Musicians is Pure Perfection. The Sense of Poetry and Great Vulgarization of the Jonathan Livingston the Seagull...

[@bibraseal4505]

My brother choose this for his funeral. I cried all the way though it and listened to to everyday for a a month. I had then mourned completely

[@andybetz.9978]

Hi Bibra💐💐

[@keekeemyfirstcat8410]

This song/movie will always be close to my heart.

[@sa65cn1]

More than stands the test of time. Neil’s voice is so soothing.

[@CanvasCanary]

...And powerful -- but not in any kind of a scary way. Only in a reassuring, uplifting way!

[@breglad45]

"To the Jonathan Livingston Seagull in each of us."

[@mesoseph]

May we ,one-day,gather ,and share what's goods "mean" . i sed !

[@miladydewinter7770]

Reminds me of someone I loved very dearly who left us a few days ago.

[@sheilamarcus6320]

I was very touched by the song, the seagulls, Neil Diamond, the words, and the video. Somewhere out there is my brother, and I cried.

[@cnvlpost]

+Sheila Marcus I was a projectionist when I first saw the film and was in private and I cried through most of the film....I was later to find out why but at the time I did not know what caused me to cry....

[@Chezwoman]

Thanks Mum...she played this to me in the crib...still gives me chills at 50...what a wonderful seed to plant in my mind

[@CanvasCanary]

Amen!

[@margaretrameshwar1799]

Just looked at this video again and cannot help but think what an enchanting voice Neil possess it is very soothing and makes me love him even more what a blessed man

[@RoseMarieRaccioppi]

Such beauty, such tenderness, such be these words to bring our Spirit to Soar, to know the glory to BE...Bravo!! Nail Diamond... a treasure of grace.

[@blue-sea8901]

The movie’s beautiful.

[@murraymcinnes6073]

SO SAD WE WILL SEE/HEAR THIS BEAUTIFUL VOICE AGAIN

[@tidnid1869]

You forgot the never

[@857pgsny98]

My favorite rendition. Very well put together. Free and full of Knowing, Truth, love, light , flight....Holy!

[@albertopecorella7774]

Amo questo libro!!! Ho anche il film in DVD ...colonna sonora stupenda, specialmente quando cacciato dallo storno affronta l' inverno in solitudine!!!!

[@mydoglayla5045]

I just love Neil Diamond.

[@sabinevandaele4175]

becoming so emotional because it's a bit my life , bad childhood , 39 brain tumor and suvived that , meeting a friend again and became so much more , knew him from i was 23 , 37 later standing after me in a shop single until now 59 , coincidence meeting same person two times in a lifetime , no , ment to be, tears of happiness hearing this song

[@lorenapasquetti8627]

Grande film, stupenda colonna sonora 🌺👍💞💟

[@RoseMarieRaccioppi]

PERFECT for the Sunday Mood I am in ... spirit, creation, in reverent celebration...

[@andybetz.9978]

Hi Rose💐💐

[@olivia4363]

IT'S A MAGNIFICENT MASTERPIECE & THE BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL VIDEO!

[@ginaunger2399]

How much do I love this soundtrack? I tearded up even now. I hope Niel new how much his music affected people in a such a god way

[@andybetz.9978]

Hi Gina💐💐

[@CanvasCanary]

Amen....!!!

[@michelletaylor9596]

Beautiful footage, sublime music and lyrics sung by ND...

[@auroramatheussonco8071]

OH MY.GOD THIS AWESOME MELODY IS SWEET TOO SWEET.THANK YOU NEIL DIAMOND.

[@edmundnavratil4173]

Das war meine Hochzeitsmelodie !!!!!!!!

[@aolie-vandenberg6418]

I heard this music by my brother Peter and I liked it very much we have a lot of Seagull's here in the sky.

[@timothyjcrabb190]

A power tune🎶🎵🎶🎵 from a man with a power voice ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@johansterk354]

I was once enrolled on a scientific cruise to the high Arctic Ocean, it was my task to study the distribution of sea-mammals and -birds, such as kittiwakes and the occasional ivory gull. I spotted more than 500 whales, 8 different species plus two dolphin species, during this trip, which was exceptional. The very rare blue whale, my first sighting of the bowhead, ... It's no wonder that this marvellous song often played through my head during those long hours standing on the bridge, it never getting dark on account of the midnight sun ... Halcyon days, melancholy memories ... This man's voice is quite soothing, these lyrics beyond great. Lyrics included. Greetings, y'all. Lost On a painted sky Where the clouds are hung For the poet's eye You may find him If you may find him There On a distant shore By the wings of dreams Through an open door You may know him If you may... Be... As a page that aches for a word Which speaks on a theme That is timeless And the one God will make for your day Sing... As a song in search of a voice That is silent And the sun God will make for your way And we dance To a whispered voice Overheard by the soul Undertook by the heart And you may know it If you may know it While the sand Would become the stone Which begat the spark Turned to living bone Holy, Holy Sanctus, Sanctus... Be As a page that aches for a word Which speaks on a theme That is timeless And the one God will make for your day Sing... As a song in search of a voice That is silent And the sun God will make for your way...

[@chrisstewart1258]

Thank you so much, I grew up with this soundtrack, it means the world to me

[@craigperry3390]

A SONG OF ALL OF OUR LIVES, THE UPS, DOWNS, AND THE JOY OF LIFE'S EXPERIENCES GIVEN TO US BY THE CREATOR

[@RoseMarieRaccioppi]

"... where the clouds are hung for the poet's eye..." all to behold... all to B E ~ Birth Eternal...the beauty perceived...

[@dianepeters8056]

What a beautiful understanding! Thank you so much for sharing. You have a lovely name as well! I am sure God intended that to go with beautiful thoughts! May He bless and prosper you!!

[@hebegabanineves8706]

❤,😂 maravilhoso Neil sempre amoooo

[@elizabethsantos9756]

Neil Diamond!gratidão ❤❤❤

[@ginettebarrette3447]

'Be' is the best....makes my heart fly with you my love

[@andybetz.9978]

Hi Ginette💐💐

[@JOKE485]

My mother made us play this song for her funural after she died when i was 15. Years later when I was 23 i worked at a bar to pay for my studies and a costumer was talking about this song. I only knew the song was from neil, he told me this was from this movie.. my name is jonathan.. i miss my mom very dearly and i only got to know her after she passed away. I miss her, so much. Still.

[@jackabbott3923]

The reason your mom wanted this music to be played at her funeral was not for her but for you , family and friends to experience what she had found in it . Needless to say she wasn't in the coffin but far away , soaring high on the winds of time . Isn't it wonderful to know this same Spirit of God can bring you back together again ? Soar my friend . SOAR !

[@CanvasCanary]

​@@jackabbott3923Yes! (Sympathetic hugs offered, figuratively)

[@monikascharffenberg8668]

Ich liebe diese Song, diese Platte hat mir mein verstorbener Mann geschenkt. Viele Erinnerungen 😍

[@oceanmagazine1]

Weeping beauty. I have a very special friend, Jonathan. He teaches me so much. And gives me joy and love and beauty. Now I see the world as he sees, fearless and full of love, soaring.

[@TheJackmaiden]

J'ai encore des frissons comme la première fois que j'ai vu le film, j'adore cette musique et ces images, c'est sublime.

[@CanvasCanary]

Yes!! (sniffle 🤧!)

[@petradebuyck3404]

Love Jonathan!!!

[@michaelsschultzki2973]

Al leer este libro me encataria que neil viniera a chile y visitara un colegio donde existen muchos salvador gaviota y vivir menos que un momento te hace mas feliz que vivir toda tu vida no haciendo nada ! Te espero neail diamond

[@geminiwednesday16]

Hello,Bob....if you have found this....my love and sympathies in the loss of your very dear friend,Mark. A big hug to you and all those you love. We must cherish life and realise how wonderful it is every day we are privileged simply to..."BE". xxxx Karen

[@craigperry3390]

A SONG OF LIFE, HARDSHIP, AND LOSS IN OUR LIVES VIA JOHNATHON LIVINGSTON SEAGULL, IT GAVE ME INTROSPECTIVE THOUGHT WHEN I SAW THE FILM IN THE 1970'S A WONDERFUL FILM WITH OUTSTANDING SONGS SUNG BY THE SOULFUL VOICE OF NEIL DIAMOND!...A.10 +...

[@heatheroorloff8510]

Silent but heard

[@RHM741]

This is a magnificent piece of art work - this song and the dynamic panorama- true to the very essence of BE. The book Jonathan Seagull flipped me into a transcendental experience some 40 years ago. To hear this song today with video so masterfully done resonates the immortal dream of the soul. My sincere thanks to everything and everyone’s dedication for this Y-tube gem. Love from Canada.

[@lucy1771]

... "BE" ... IS A REALLY GREAT TAKING OFF TO "CONSCIOUSNESS" ...

[@lourdesfernandez3530]

Esta era una de las canciones de canciones de cuna de mi hija minusvalida y casi ciega cuando era bebé. Hoy tiene 17 años, y la sigue reconociendo

[@susanmccutcheon3055]

Changed my life and gave me hope and direction as a young person when it came out. It became the lullaby I sang to my children, later putting them on my lap while playing on the piano…. Last week, while visiting my daughter’s Bahama family, I found a copy of the book, given to her now 40 yo husband when he was young! ❤️

[@jjlivingghustling908]

Everybody wants to be an eagle I just want to be a seagull

[@nancykell2635]

You and me both! Not really a fan of eagles or hawks or falcons told my sister that when I leave this earth have me cremated and put my ashes somewhere there's seagulls so when the wind picks up I can fly with the seagulls.

[@sirili1000]

What a great composser. That´s classic MUSIC, not a single pop

[@CanvasCanary]

😊 I seem to remember hearing/reading somewhere, that in order to get the sound he sought, Neil Diamond made sure his orchestra was composed of both Classical _and_ Rock musicians! Marvelous concept, and result!!!

[@tenon57]

Beautiful.

[@karinvanberkom7816]

Beautiful song!👏🔝❗️💛❤️🧡💜

[@margaretrameshwar1799]

Just looked at this video and realised what a fantastic arrangement and The way Neil sings these lyrics made me think of what awaits us in heaven,Tks for posting

[@PortofinoArts]

What a beautiful metaphor for God or finding God and the will to live the fight to live or survive and the endless quest to get near the source or on the transformation into the next life. What ever it is it has so many layers I dont think I can name them all. Masterfull soundtrack and book.

[@PDZ1122]

JLS has nothing whatsoever to do with gods or deities.

[@keithsymons5708]

​@@PDZ1122maybe not but Neil diamonds soundtrack has ?

[@petradebuyck3404]

Be,is life!

[@sentinel8711]

Thank You for posting this bring back memories went to the theater with my Mom watching this when it first came out

[@craigperry3390]

GREAT MOVIE WITH A MATCHING SOUNDTRACK.....

[@sabinekristmann4101]

Ich liebe diesen Sänger ❤️🌹🌹🥰🥰🥀😀

[@rosaalcaide513]

Una música maravillosa!!!.

[@pascalvignier5230]

Magique, magnifique sublime ❤

[@lenmessenger137]

Very good.

[@margaretrameshwar1799]

A very profound rendition by Neil it touches the heart we can only believe that there is indeed a loving God ,would love to see the movie and read the book.tks for posting

[@rhondajohnson6266]

I remember being a kid and watching this in the theaters San Antonio Texas I just remember the music and help beautiful pictures were I still remember this I am 59 years old now this brings beauty and Hardik my soul sad to grow old we all want to be young we all want to fly Johnson’s Livingston Siegel

[@GreatSpiritCreations]

I LOVE Jonathan Livingston Seagull! Thank you for this!

[@luciomleite]

Um som com tão sublime sensibilidade como é esta trilha sonora só deve ter sido produzido por um ser especial como NEIL DIAMOND. Adorei o filme. Já perdi o número de vezes que assisti. O meu muito obrigado. LÚCIO DE MOURA LEITE fã incondicional desta artista.

[@CanvasCanary]

Yes!! So beautifully expressed!

[@gonzalogabrielberlingomez5800]

Esto es maravilloso, que cosa más bonita

[@nigellane1882]

So peaceful

[@amandaboyd4215]

The best ever.. My song forever..

[@denondj1977]

Perfect!

[@emilyjack35]

One of my favorite books from Richard Bach, with best film music from Neil Diamond

[@keithsymons5708]

Diamond won an Emmy for it ?

[@jasonleefraser]

Loved this Book and movie and Neil complimented it perfectly

[@blue-sea8901]

Actually, Neil Diamond disliked part of it. Read the Wikipedia, you’ll see.

[@dimitriskerkoulas]

"Be" Lost On a painted sky Where the clouds are hung For the poet's eye You may find him If you may find him There On a distant shore By the wings of dreams Through an open door You may know him If you may Be As a page that aches for a word Which speaks on a theme that is timeless And the one God will make for your day Sing As a song in search of a voice that is silent And the sun God will make for your way And we dance To a whispered voice Overheard by the soul, Undertook by the heart And you may know it If you may know it While the sand would become the stone Which begat the spark Turned to living bone Holy, holy Sanctus, sanctus Be As a page that aches for a word Which speaks on a theme that is timeless While the one God will make for your day Sing As a song in search of a voice that is silent And the one God will make for your way

[@awfelia]

:) Thank you!

[@lorenwerner7347]

Thank's

[@CanvasCanary]

(sniffle). Thank you for Posting this..! 😊

[@geminiwednesday16]

If anything can make a heart ache and a soul wish for the most wonderful things on Earth to ever happen for everyone who truly wants only good things.....................this can make your heart ache and break...xxxx

[@petersiegfriedkrug]

+geminiwednesday16 I never can believe in the word: heart break. What is the meaning? This is only a fiction or lie. A product of mind ... if the release is so hard. Is to hold love? Is it love, something /someone to hold, what is not my possession? What breaks in life are the illusions and the sticking (hold) to what is not ours

[@cnvlpost]

+geminiwednesday16 My soulmate & I were married to this music, we cried throughout the ceremony, we used seagulls in place of rings. God took her far too soon, and gave me wisdom I could only find in this manner..your words are so true

[@geminiwednesday16]

+Kendel Jensen Hello...and what a poignant story. Thank you so much for finding my comment a little bit helpful; you know what.. I can never understand why people find seagulls to be unwelcome when,let's face it any inland activity is through our own habits,leading them to seek food wherever it may be available be it on purpose or by littering! However,personally,to be in the garden on a sun lounger or on a beach,looking up at a cloudless blue sky and seeing silver-white flashes hovering above is simply beautiful,giving a sense of serenity and peace,making me smile every time. Summer is all things lovely and seagulls aloft is one of them without doubt. Can you ever imagine a blue,blue sky without a Jonathan Livingston Seagull?! I so hope your memories of your beloved lady are forever entwined with the beauty of silver and white birds flying high,with maybe beach and sea memories in there too. xxx K

[@allgood6760]

Thank you 👍🎵

[@niranjanamoolenaar7338]

Sooooooooooo beautiful, Magic ❤️❤️❤️

[@blue-sea8901]

Magic

[@feemerode7279]

Une paix intérieure, une zenitude 👌 tant de beauté pour l'âme..... Magnifique

[@awfelia]

Totally mindblowing!! ☆♡☆

[@jonathanlivingstonracek8160]

HLEDÁM ČESKÉ A SLOVENSKÉ KRAJANY KDEKOLI NA SVĚTĚ KE SPOLUPRÁCI. Mně se knížka o Jonathanovi velmi líbila a mnoho myšlenek jsem si v ní podtrhal. Kromě poslechu vřele doporučuji přečíst - to Vám dá ještě mnohem víc pro život, než pouhý poslech nebo přečtení textu, které je na jiném místě internetu také možné. Spolupracoval jsem v té době s jednou firmou, která měla siluetu racka ve znaku. Když se po létech nějak nedohodli s Richardem Bachem o dalším užití loga, byl mi Jonathan natolik blízký, že jsem si ho zvolil jako své osobní logo a svůj pseudonym. Ztotožňuji se s ním v jeho myšlenkách pomáhat těm, kteří „by rádi a nevědí, jak“ a ve vyhledávání těch, kteří zatím ještě ani „neví, že by také mohli.“ Pokud máte touhu něco podstatného ve svém životě změnit, ale limitující jsou Vaše finance nebo pokud rádi pomáháte druhým, podívejte se na můj profil. A pak se mi ozvěte. Pomůžeme Vám. Ani netušíte, koho máme v týmu! A jak vysoce postavení lidé Vám budou ochotně pomáhat! To se nedá vypovědět, to se musí zažít!

[@7MAsCaren7]

le plus filme que j'ai vu pendant ma longue vie (80 ans). Der schönste Film den ich je gesehen habe in meinem langen Leben. Mir kommen immer die Tränen wenn ich diese Musik höre. Es sind noch andere gleiche schöne Lieder z.B. Dear father

[@Volker-Hochmuth]

WoW...!!!

[@jackabbott3923]

I was a young man from the south and ventured to the city , a country bumpkin . I didn't even realize it until THIS very moment Johnathon had already taken flight within my soul . After marriage and one child and a boring , never ending job , I read the book Johnathon Livingston Seagull , early 70's . I couldn't function in the norm any longer . My heart and will to succeed had been ignited . I joined the Navy and went to sea with Johnathon overhead and within . After three years on the water and in foreign lands I traded the lust to soar high into the unknown for the presence of God's Holy Spirit that took me high above any physical barrier that Johnathon could ever have imagined . I believe Johnathon's desire for perfection and freedom is a place within us all where flesh can mesh with the Heavenly Spirits and ignites the desire to soar high above and into the heart of God . The book , the movie and the spiritual awakening changed my life forever . Once I had achieved my desire to soar , I realized it was only a precursor to my true calling to happiness and freedom and there He was , " GOD " ! Somewhere in the middle of it all Heaven and earth collided and I am left with this story to share with You . May God bless all His creations and those willing to chase the future encased within His will which is necessary to sustain the flight . Without Him we are just a sitting duck .

[@lotty79pot47]

Il film più bello e illuminante che una persona possa vedere,con una colonna sonora che parla direttamente all'anima delle persone. ❤

[@philippemicheline5880]

Magnifique

[@billanson338]

there is a rare version of this i used to listen to almost 35 years ago, it was narated and had the music. i have looked everyware for it and have never been able to find it

[@henrywilloughby8333]

Bill it’s called Jonathan Livingston seagull by Neil diamond

[@balensos]

quelle belle interprétation, magique ...

[@rangerjaxmaxmay7742]

This, & the books Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, The Messiah & The Tao of Pooh are all we need.

[@rootslovelight6046]

this would be a great book to donate to prison inmates as they have nothing to read and Jonathan could teach them how to fly inside a cage

[@sabineschmidell8733]

wunderschön, wie alle songs von Möwe Jonathan.. Tut der Seele soo gut ..

[@vanGentJeroen]

Beautifull !

[@blue-sea8901]

Just beautiful.

[@mciqleroy3200]

magnifique

[@rosaalcaide513]

Precisa música y película bravo!!! Neildi

[@Ingementenderechmeier]

soooooooo wunderschön

[@ClaudeDelbaere]

cette nuit j'ai rêvé que mon fils chantait pour moi la chanson dear father et dans mon rêve j'étais très ému ,puis soudain je me suis éveillé et le charme était rompu