Tommy Körberg - Anthem (Laurence Olivier awards 1987)

[@estranged85]

I'm proud to be Swedish when i hear this phenomenal performance

[@johnholt9399]

Whilst an amazing performance that could apply to any country it is actually about Russia, sung in English and at least a third written by an Englishman so not exclusive to Sweden - to be honest the suffering and pain linked to patriotism is probably more applicable to European nations in recent history who have suffered far more than often neutral Sweden e.g. Russia, Poland, Finland, Norway even the UK.

[@Mintylight]

Why? You didn't perform it.

[@matseriksson8177]

@@Mintylight No man, no madness Though their sad power may prevail Can possess, conquer, my country's heart They rise to fail :)

[@matseriksson8177]

@@johnholt9399 My land's only borders lie around my heart :)

[@pellecarlen]

@@johnholt9399 What are you talking about? This is a song written by two Swedes sung by a Swede.

[@kevinhickey3515]

Love the way he just stands hands by his side and delivers this. He is a great performer and unique......love him....

[@tamaraandersson2532]

His singing is a rare combination of personal style and general perfection... Always makes my hair stand on end. Love you, Tommy.

[@ricardocancino6850]

One hell of a voice!

[@linneasamuelsson7876]

This is probably the best recording of this song. The emotion and power is just so overwhelming and oh so beautiful.

[@WhamBlam99]

Love it! But it’s his second best. The best performance ever of this masterpiece is at Cirkus, Stockholm, 1992. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3PNlGqln9N0l7c

[@simonfrisk3451]

He makes it look so fucking easy.

[@swedishmake-upgeek5650]

Talented people make difficult things look easy

[@MrBjornov]

For 35 years I've been a fant of this fantastic singer👌👌

[@flagcoco69]

I think I've watched about 20 videos of this song tonight to find the best. For so many reasons, this is the best. The singer who originated the song, about as close in time to the debut of the Chess concept album as we'll find on KZbin, and you can watch Mr. Korberg not just sing the song, but act the part. He's young, his singing is powerful, and the lyrics are sung crisply and perfectly. This one is the keeper.

[@magnusjonasson1987]

long wait for an answer :) Its no wonder that you think this is the best version. This song was tailor made for Tommy by two music geniuses. Taking Tommy´s strength´s in consideration and amplifying them into this song. Its not made to be duplicated by others.

[@amycrunch3812]

Wow. It's very good! 😃

[@johnholt9399]

@@magnusjonasson1987 don’t think Mr Rice also contributed he has ‘quite a good’ record as a lyricist.

[@m8852]

I agree. The pacing, the overall tone of the performance... It's all just spectacular.

[@klunsmann]

Helvete vilken grym röst!

[@metteholm4833]

I prefer Tommy Körbergs version over all others.

[@amycrunch3812]

Ofc.

[@KAF128]

He's the absolute boss. Best song ever from musical theatre (2nd: M.Ball, LCE, 3rd:C.Wilkinson,BHH)

[@andersa3448]

Hahaha! Den var bra.

[@eddiewinehosen6665]

Well ofc, he's the original singer. This is just not Anthem, it's HIS Anthem too!

[@MrYberr]

What others? 😄 This is the only one.

[@sandramartinsson9861]

Not strange that no one can do this better when Bjorn and Benny wrote this with Tommy in their mind for Anatoly. You can say this song is made for Tommy Korberg and no one else.

[@tamaraandersson2532]

This is a common misconception. The part (including Anthem) was NOT written specifically for Tommy Korberg. However, once he was onboard, there were creative collaborations between him and the composers.

[@largeposterior08]

What I love about this performance, above and beyond Tommy Körberg's incredible acting and singing, is its inherent simplicity. At awards shows, I'm more used to shows trotting out their "spectacle" number with all the bells and whistles, and there's *nothing* wrong with that, but this one man singing commands just as much attention and respect, if not more.

[@lovemusicissa]

That man. Proud to be swedish!

[@victorkempe5661]

lovemusicissa same here samma här

[@pingisola]

fantastiskt framträfande...superklar röst...tur att detta är bevarat för alla framtid

[@Pappsen5]

Håller med 👌🎶🎵

[@grimTales1]

One of the best performances Tommy did (and he's done many). Amazing.

[@jeanluc1404]

I'm a huge Josh & Jai fan & I enjoy their versions of this classic but somehow Tommy still owns this song. It's like Barbra and 'People'

[@leandrobayonito]

Goosebumps when hearing the music and Tommy's high voices.

[@MarketingigniteThailand]

Classic. What a voice.

[@danieljohanssonfalk4821]

This is absolute perfection….

[@dreasbn]

Unmatched to this very day. No one ever sang this song better than he did.

[@klippcb]

No. and his diverse performances, no one is ever the same, and different levels of the song, the way he puts the tone, no one knows what makes it so brilliant that Tommy does.

[@annabackman3028]

Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson did when they wrote the role for Tommy. Tommy Körberg has been a popular singer in Sweden since the 60s, attended the Eurovision Song Contest in the late 60s with the Swedish title 'Judy min vän'. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIOsZqCwfdSca8k

[@larissabrewington9065]

...this is incredible...

[@zoinksscoob140]

Jag älskar Tommy Körberg

[@75metteholm]

Shivers all over. Tommy hasn´t been surpassed yet!

[@flourchylde]

While this is certainly a fine version, I prefer Julian Ovendon's rendition.

[@Pannkakaize]

Lol Julian was not even Close lol

[@katwil89]

@@Pannkakaize I like Julian Overdon's better as well. And Josh Groban's.

[@irenepage1361]

@@katwil89 I prefer Ramin Karimloos version he has an amazing voice and so much passion he wins hands down over all others.

[@katwil89]

@@irenepage1361 I’ll have to check it out!

[@annsjoholm7310]

He' simply the best

[@fredriksarnblad4441]

Outstanding!

[@emilholst9789]

LYRICS No man, no madness Though their sad power may prevail, Can posses, conquer my country's heart They rise to fail. She is eternal Long before nation's lines were drawn. When no flags flew, when no armies stood, My land was born. And you ask me why I love her Through wars, death and despair. She is the constant, We who don't care. And you wonder, will I leave her - but how? I cross over borders but I'm still there now How can I leave her? Where would I start? Let man's petty nations tear themselves apart. My land's only borders lie around my heart.

[@christellindroos7878]

He's a true gem ! Love him !

[@therosidream]

رائعة بكل المقاييس

[@davidsolomon8203]

Bravo! Bravissimo!

[@MrTRN80]

Wonderful song singing by T K.

[@klippcb]

Tommy was singing this "Anthem" in Marsta Stockholm when i was a child, my father tells me after, he felt shivers in the neck, i think my mother did to.

[@FanofSmartCar]

beyond perfection

[@ttfan3257]

Bravo, Glorious !

[@fairlyvague82]

My God what an audience, if I’d been there I’d have been on my damn feet for a good 2 minutes after that!

[@languageservices8723]

No man, no madness Though their sad power may prevail Can possess, conquer, my country's heart They rise to fail She is eternal Long before nations' lines were drawn When no flags flew, when no armies stood My land was born And you ask me why I love her Through wars, death, and despair She is the constant, we, who don't care And you wonder will I leave her But how? I cross over borders but I'm still there now How can I leave her? Where would I start? Let man's petty nations tear themselves apart My land's only borders lie around my heart

[@klippcb]

Yes, truly, this is very very good!

[@70H4NN4URl34N]

Beautiful.

[@arnehansson471]

Utmärkt!!!!

[@marcelino215]

Världsklass !! 😊👌

[@ovetjkin]

1:45 Jàvlar, ingen sjunger denna sàngen som honom. Tro fan de, den var skriven TILL honom.

[@ttfan3257]

Sandra Martinsson 1 year ago Not strange that no one can do this better when Bjorn and Benny wrote this with Tommy in their mind for Anatoly. You can say this song is made for Tommy Korberg and no one else.

[@amazingyear9042]

powerful.

[@CodebladeWielder006]

This performance is actually from the 1987 laurence olivier awards. Either way this is his personal best performance of anthem and the overall best performance of this song in my opinion, just incredible! I wish i could listen to it in better quality though. The only other performance of this song, by him, that is in the same league, is his 1989 skellefteå version, that sadly has been taken down. The choir sounds kinda of key in that version though. I may upload it

[@pc-gpayaming4999]

This is my favorite, som thankfull that you uploaded it, cant found it eny where else

[@faltskog36abba]

Fantastic.

[@peterbedford380]

Some singer great song

[@perjakobsen9198]

Tommy was the one Benny and Bjørn wanted for this one... No onder...!

[@arnehansson5521]

Tom , Mick and the Maniacs. Tommy Körberg är en av Sveriges bästa sångare. Hans arbete tillsammans med Benny Andersson och Björn Ulveus har gjort honom till den han är idag. Tack för all bra musik Tommy.

[@WALES1154]

Faultless performance. One of those moments when you wish you had been there.

[@christellindroos7878]

I'm back, goosebumbs ❤

[@louise578]

This is the best from Sweden. Period.

[@michaelp6483]

.....................and SAAB Draken :-)

[@jetlee8477]

tommy - style:)

[@johanlarsson4249]

Halledumildeda. Jag saknar ord.

[@jorgen_bernle]

My fellow swede with the golden voice!

[@zigadenagabardini]

And according to himself, he nerver sings upp" his voice before a performance.He just sings!

[@MrYberr]

2:24 and forward. Wow..

[@DudemanSwede]

Björn och Benny's samarbete med Körberg, har gjort dem till de musikalkomponister de är idag. ;-)

I found a version of Anthem live with Tommy on an old VHS tape of mine . search : Tommy Körberg performes "Anthem" early 90s tv broadcast and you will find it. :)

[@xtremesenda]

Gösta Hare I saw it, it was truly remarkable! Thank you so much for sharing :)

Hampus Nilsson thanks for watching :)

[@patrikberglund5717]

Epic

[@sarahzachreson]

I prefer this version over Josh Grobin any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

[@sussiohlund9139]

Me to Me to

[@sylviastoddard3601]

me five--this song needs to be acted!

[@pilsner2b]

Yes on sunday´s his brilliant

[@KAF128]

Tell me....on a Sunday?

[@MrYberr]

Who?

[@persallnas5408]

It is clear that Tommys version is not just the original but the ultimate version. Allso how is he not old Tommie B. Who was there before borders where drawn and love some one no matter what? It is the man with the yellow boots and hat!

[@joeytruelove]

@CodebladeWielder006 Yes it surprises me as well. Though I imagine either people get nitpicking with so many splendid versions to choose from, or they're so narrow minded that they only have room in their hearts for one kind of music and shouldn't a particular song resonate with them... well, there you have it.

[@MrSweGibzon]

Den här låten säger till allt krig att dra åt helvete

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Så rätt👏👏

[@audiocancer]

Amen! 🙏

[@johanjacobsen8932]

He’s also fully self-taught which makes this another level of completely ridiculous.

[@klippcb]

@CodebladeWielder006 Maybe the sets of spots / light showing him as sick

[@jespermeisel9799]

you can enjoy new technical wonders. ! you might run around enjoy technical wonders. Now This is a masterpiece written by Benny, and lyrics i guess by the other guy!

[@JohanBulten]

2:27....

[@LongfellowLP]

I knew the best reply to 1. d4 was to break into song :)

[@KAF128]

I have to - not a fan of Queen pawn openings ! HUGE fan of this song - and TK !

[@tamaraandersson2532]

Hats off to you, sir.

[@stege9979]

Of Swedes..only Jussi Björling had a greater voices than this. Mentioning Björling gives a hint of the sincerity in this statement.

[@louiseju]

Marry me, Tommy

[@perjakobsen9198]

Satan, for en fantastisk framførelse!!

[@zigadenagabardini]

And lets make this very clear This Is NOT an Opera .. ok?

[@Thianha]

+zigadena Gabardini I don't think anyone is foolish enough to mistake a musical for an opera. Except for maybe a few delusional ones that get confused by the name "Phantom of the "opera".

[@zigadenagabardini]

oh yes there is ...

[@lindakristinekjrlibraten5759]

No, it's a musical. Opera is «stronger» and they sing instead of talking to eachother. I can't understand how you could mix this.....

[@zigadenagabardini]

chess is a musical . so is this ,period .. wiki is yr friend so as i said in first post-its Not an opera

[@lindakristinekjrlibraten5759]

zigadena Gabardini Maybe I misunderstood. I just tried to explain the differences between musical and opera. Some people seem to mix them up. Maybe they were talking about Chess itself and not musical and opera in general as musical cathegories.

[@Grizabella82]

Laddad återhållsamhet....

[@Xushish]

Didn’t he play Phantom in 1995 or?

[@andersmagnusson8844]

Världsklass

[@pgiuser1623]

Every christmas I listen to this version of Holy night. Its the best ever. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3qqdZulm76mmsU

[@erikschorling8730]

Us national anthem 😮

[@erikschorling8730]

Great song and performance by Tommy.

[@erikschorling8730]

Anywho.

[@klippcb]

SÅÅ j*kla bra! Men det är klart, han heter ju Tommy Körberg.

[@ollezimmerman]

Ja ingen gör den bättre än han!!

[@sifridbassoon]

Truthfully, I have never heard a bad "professional" performance (as opposed to amateur or school performance), and I think that is a powerful tribute to the song itself. But my favorite is still Jerry Hadley. Not sure if there is a video of him singing anywhere.

[@paulbernstein9525]

34 years ago not 10

[@flexelsson1625]

Thats the upload date…🤦‍♂️

[@pikeknights]

Wth!

[@Justfilloutthe111111]

SWEDEN FTW!

[@MrMaxenen11]

I Love Tommy Körberg! ''My Lands only bordesr lie around my home!'' summarize Sweden perfectly. What a great time to be alive!

[@TimWil]

The lyric is actually “My land’s only borders lie around my heart”! Körberg is my favorite male singer.

[@NN-zg5bz]

It's an amazing performance and I hope we all feel that about our home countries! This song is of course about russia, Tommy is playing a russian chess player, but it is lovely to think about all our home countries like that. Rulers, wars and borders are unimportant - we love our homes as parts of our hearts.

[@dreammfyre]

Heart you donkey. The whole point of the song is that nationalism sucks.

[@VeraGahm]

Han äger

[@onbe804]

worst performance not only the orkester is pitiful , playing wrong notes and the decorum is disgusting (Barbie's theater ?) but Tommy saves the day !

[@EmmelineSama]

Welcome to the eighties..

[@organboi]

Awful unwelcome elision of consonants to vowels.

[@maeschder]

organboi Elision is natural in speech and theres no objective standard for music in this regard.

[@organboi]

Julian is just as good, if not better. But they are different. I do not like this guy's diction. He seems untrained in several departments.

[@marcushillerstrom25]

organboi Yeah, he's so untrained that Björn and Benny wrote the song for him. He's like so untrained that Frank Sinatra called him the best singer of all time. Like, totally untrained!

[@emmaelliott8649]

It's true. He's mostly self taught. Just pure talent and brilliance.

[@casdeanwinchester483]

Well traind Singer dont put as much hearts as Tommy Do .He do have a amazing voice . They just want to show how brilliant they are and often sound to mechanical .

[@oanastamat7830]

I'm not impressed. Josh Groban gave me the chills. This version lacks passion.

[@carinaejag]

you are not impressed? Then you are an idiot. Groban does it really well but this is and will ever be the best and original version.

[@kopia77]

You don't have to be impressed but without this original "version" there would be no Josh Groban version at all :)

[@mattiaswild1927]

Who is Josh Groban?

[@oanastamat7830]

@@carinaejag Just because it's the original version that doesn't mean I'm obliged to enjoy it more than any cover of it. There's no logic in such a suggestion.

[@oanastamat7830]

@@kopia77 The only reason Josh sang this song is that the song was written in the first place so that someone could perform it. The original version could have been performed by anyone but that doesn't mean it truly is the best version. I'm not the kind of person who enjoys the original just for the sake of it. We should be open minded.