Wanting Memories by Sweet Honey in the Rock

[@seanieboy6165]

I created this video in honor of my mother to share with my friends on Facebook years ago. The beautiful lyrics and strong message spoke to me after her passing. The fact that this one little video has been viewed over 96,000 times just goes to show you what a wonderful song this is! Thank you Sweet Honey in the Rock for your strength and boundless talent!! I am grateful for your gift!

[@janehalteman2550]

+Sean Kessler And now, another year later, views are greater than 142,342…I watch this regularly in memory of early losses and have sent the link to others processing grief. Many thanks...

[@carolynesky9506]

I first heard this song while at work...late in the night as I was getting ready to head down to be with my mother who was just beginning to face her illness. Thank you so much for the video. I think of her all the time, with even more appreciation when I hear this song.

[@zynzelay]

What a lovely tribute and gift to share. Give thx. Bless your lives thru which her spirit lives🙏🏽💝

[@RPleo95]

Beautiful message man didn't think this song could get any more beautiful but your comment just did

[@daliodada5]

@@janehalteman2550 Thank you.

[@piranalu]

I have known this song for many years.......Thank-you- Sean Kessler ! It reminds me of my "Grampy" who loved me so, as a child- when no one else did. and he is always with me still.He died in 1970... He even brought me to buy "Boys Black high top sneakers" when I was 7 years old my big wish. I'm 56 yrs old now, and all grown up now ! But I loved my Grampy more than anyone else in the world........he had no "mirrors in his house".

[@FutureChiefEsabella]

Every year our graduating Seniors sings this song as a final good bye to each other

[@DOLPHINLADYFOXandPUP]

my mom was my very best friend, i have always loved Sweet Honey since the 70s, i used to cry while listening to this song way before my mom died...thus when my mom was taking her last horrible breathes i had the nurses pull up this song on the computer in the room & i sang it to her as she took her very last breath...i miss her so much, she was the very best! she now shows me heart shaped clouds almost everyday...

[@evonza4858]

#1 bless your Mom's soul🙏🏾😘 and blessings and strength to you as well 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾ps your Mom had good taste especially in music 😉

[@dipbukpanchal70]

My sister, best friend, and mentor passed away almost a year ago. Se ignited the energy of social justice activism and compassion in me. I miss her dearly. I really miss her. This helps.

[@choclinda]

I have loved Sweet Honey in the Rock since I first heard them in NYC in the mid 1970's. This was during the uprising of the Lesbian Feminist Movement and it was truly a wonderful time.

[@sherismith9029]

My heart exploded when I heard this

[@melissamelnickgonzalez9182]

I listened to this song for the first time the night my 22-year-old son was reported missing in the Mississippi River last spring and while I waited for them to find him. It's one of very few songs I can listen to now, months later. Thank you for sharing it.

[@JKBJenn]

(holding you in my heart, Melissa...how are you doing?)

[@jeanmason4395]

I am so sorry! I pray the Lord comforts you, my Sister!

[@zarranova]

I am so sorry for the loss of your son. Seems like the best we can do is to live and love in the moment...

[@meghalita]

I am just seeing this many years later. May SPIRIT bless you and keep you and the soul of your son.

[@melissamelnickgonzalez9182]

@@JKBJenn thank you, Jennifer I am seeing this response four years later. I am still wanting sweet memories as I walk day by day in love and hope.

[@richardchin2662]

In the difficult spring of 2020 in the streets of North America, thank you for this. Now.

[@mamboyeye999]

The older I get the deeper this song hits.

[@copytechful]

Sweet honey in the rock are very underrated

[@mamboyeye999]

I think of this song when thinking of the transition of my sun knowing that my nother holds him with love in the land beyond the physical thank you for such a beautiful gift that not many people understand to explain with such a beautiful Rythmatic divinity

[@heleng.caddie-larcenia9139]

From the moment I first heard Sweet Honey in the Rock..I have loved and been so moved by their music, their dedication to social justice and freedom, their messages, their acknowledgement of our Ancestors and spirituality...... and just their musical blend of voices and harmony.

[@lazettejackson8570]

You have articulated my thoughts exactly! 💜☺️

[@ParisCouture]

🙌🏽💖✨💞😪😥😪💞✨💖🙌🏽 Blessed Father and Mother in Heaven. So very very moving...

[@ettajames2luv]

Love, Love, Love these ladies. I make sure I see them every time they come to town.

[@MrHitler232]

Well , I was introduced to the group way back when my martial arts instructor married one of the ladies in the group. I have come to appreciate them tremendously and they are a living part of me. Wanting Memories is a beautiful and meaningful song ....but if it is the only song that youve heard from Sweet Honey , you are cheating yourself in the cruelest kind of way. Get to know some of their songs- make them an intricate part of your soul.. They are no less than delicate pearls of some deep deep messages of the soul.

[@kr7kr]

Do you have a recipe for king pow chicken? Something that incorporates marble almond chocolate snake IG de? Or wooden roof tiles,

[@EmpresswarriorC5]

Bless your heart beloved love is all that truly matters in the end nothing else can dim all the beautiful memories we create within our life

[@seanieboy6165]

I really appreciate all the comments on this video. I love these ladies. This song spoke to me clearly after my mother passed away. They put into words what I felt in my heart. I am truly thankful that you enjoy listening to this. I hope it speaks comfort to you as it does to me.

[@goosebump801]

My mom just passed away a few days ago. This music is comforting me, just as you intended. Many, many thanks 💐

[@piranalu]

Such a beautiful song----- just makes me think about my friend Gabriel, who died as a motherless child..... He was un "upfull" man.......

[@Jojo8080daisy]

Bernice - thanks for the beautiful and soulful vibes - “Peace Out!”

[@getrealbutthead]

Many years ago I heard Sweet Honey in the Rock at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival. I sat on the grass in front of the open-air concert stage and listened to this song for the first time. I decided then and there, It will be one of the songs played at my funeral, when that comes.....hopefully not for a long time. That's how much this song and especially this performance mean to me.

[@velmamcglothen8790]

I love this song. I have very fond memories of family members and friends. Life ! Thank you for sharing.

[@no1caresanymore]

I was just laying in bed, ready to fall asleep, when I remembered that my college choir sang a song a couple of years ago that I liked. I couldn't remember anything about it except that it was from Africa and the lady in the background singing the "dm dm"s. I really wanted to remember what it was so I could listen to it. I have the memory of a goldfish, but somehow I fished out a single line from the song and googled it. Now here I am, relieved and ready to sleep peacefully. This song is beautiful, and was definitely worth stressing over to try and remember it.

[@gotmypearls]

+Lindsey Myers Just as an FYI these women are African-American, the group is based out of Washington DC. Bernice Johnson Reagon, the group's founder is from Albany GA and was one of the original Freedom Singers.

[@901mtwnshawty]

Lindsey Myers That just happened to me. I'm listening with my 8 year old son.

[@KatieProbst]

My husband and I sang this at my father's funeral in 1995. He would have had his birthday today. It brought back a flood of emotions. Such a beautiful, beautiful song!

[@anniehassett9370]

Touches my heart

[@willchang6930]

Mahalo for this transforming song by these beautiful voices. I first heard it from Keali'i Reichel and I loved it then and today I decided that I had to learn the lyrics and so went on to Google and discovered this original version sung by angels.

[@davidhubbard6778]

The most incredible music is from Sweet Honey. Saw them in Berkeley in 1990 and their music still lives in my heart. I know a please, a thank you, and a smile will take me far I know that I am you and you are me and we are one I know that who I am is numbered in each grain of sand I know that I've been blessed Again And over again! Dr. Ysaye Barnwell has the most beautiful spirit. Thank you.

[@janehalteman2550]

Beautiful piece by which to remember moms and dads who are gone and all others who have left us too soon...

[@nitsamarcandonatou9147]

Thank you… A most beautiful and moving song❤

[@DennisBreedlove]

I have loved this group as far back as my childhood...amazing sound amazing voice

[@bluedotradio1]

#RIP #KimberlyRaeBoyd, my wife, friend, lover. Your song baby.

[@dennischapman2289]

I first listened to this song soon after my father died, and it had a tremendous impact on me. I especially remember the line '... and now you are gone...', but also the hopeful conclusion at the end '...but you are with me...'. I loved listening to it, because it lifted me up. As the years have passed, I keep coming back to it -- to experience my acute sense of loss at that time, and also the wonderful feeling by the end of it. Thank you for this song !!

[@thunderousapplause]

been listening to these ladies since mid 70s in college. This song is about my Nana, who was the one w loved me when my mother couldnt. It still makes me cry- w gratitude- 30 years later.

[@robindickey8988]

I cannot stop listening to this beauty song. Thank you Sweet Honey in the Rock. The whole of this song in compasses the whole of grief. I know that I've been blessed over and again.

[@corinaklies681]

Beauty incarnate. Goddesses all of them whoever were part of this group. Tears streaming. Doesn't matter that I have know this song for a few decades - same response.

[@velmamcglothen8790]

What a beautiful song and poem...

[@marleneford2862]

So lovely, even through my own tears this song and the singers give it flight. Thank you. Marlene Ford

[@SCA440]

I first heard and loved the Hawaiian version years ago, but I like this one too...

[@Spiritualevolution2023]

beautiful and powerful Thanks and praise be to the ancestors. and your mother be honored

[@hannastreetmusic]

Everyone should recognize the true talent and beauty these women have :) well done.

[@BarbBrown]

This song really helped me after my mother's death. It really took me through the whole grieving process, just in a song. I would listen to it over and over as the tears flowed and the healing continued. Thanks and Happy Mother's Day.

[@mikeandshayluv1]

I love Sweet Honey in the Rock! I haven't had the pleasure to see them perform live, but I've been a fan of their music since the 90's after my nana introduced me to their music. I would love to go to a concert with her.

[@tonijordan4221]

Makes me tear up every time I hear it.Brings to mind so many fond memories of family and friends who have passed on. Gives me comfort in a sad kind of way. Such a beautiful song!

[@akiraryuu6335]

I sung this for my spring consert a few weeks ago. This is all for you Mrs. Laura Sam, thank you for 29 years of teaching the best chores in North Carolina. Williams High School will never be the same with out you.

[@carolsperry3393]

Touching my soul. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you

[@africaorbust1]

Although I have listen to Sweet Honey in the Rock for years I somehow missed this song. I heard it sung this weekend, I have not stopped listening since, I now know the words and can sing it when I need to be reminded of beauty in song. Thank you

[@alicekukapa7398]

I was listening to this song all day. Even right now and the tears are so overwhelming and I feel all the emotions I have been feeling for a while just flow out of me with my tears. This song is the definition of my life right now.

[@duneece]

The choir I sing with performed this last season. It was after my dear mom passed away. This song will forever bind me to my mom. "I know that I am you and you are me and we are one."

[@funvideofan1625]

Singing: Sweet Honey In The Rock Album: Still On The Journey Track: #5 Year: 1993 Composer Lyricist: Ysaye Maria Barnwell “For My Father, Lriving Frederick Barnwell” - Ysaye Singing: Ysaye Maria Barnwell, Nitanju Bolade Casel, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Aisha Kahlil, Carol Maillard, Shirley Childress Saxton

[@gwynlaree]

This amazing, beautiful and poignant piece can not really be properly described by mere words but is a true and sincere gift for all that have lost one they Loved. Thank you.

[@deaswe3]

Sounds so beautiful

[@baruta07]

Sang this for coastal sound '03 first time we practiced it as a group i broke down and wept. Someone close to me was ill and it just embodied how i felt

[@lexiwolf1201]

This song has been playing in my head for a few days now but all that played was the bass part. Glad I finally remembered the lyrics. Love this song.

[@andrejude]

My daughter's choir did this song. I loved it then and now, I am obsessed with it to the point of finding all versions. A deep and meaningful song that prompts me to tears...†

[@scottbelcher6976]

This is such a wonderful song. I believe it has the power to reach deep to a different place for so many people. The loss of someone that creates a void in our lives....of which we are unsure will ever be filled again.

[@901mtwnshawty]

I've been out high school choir almost 14yrs and this still makes me cry 😢

[@seriela]

Thank you so much for sharing this. I was looking for it on youtube a long while ago. Saw some good versions but nothing as sweet as this.

[@JimmyReefMalone]

Such a beautiful arrangment! Great job.

[@johannaauten7975]

They have such great harmony and blending of their voices.

[@PockASqueeno]

I can’t wait to sing this in heaven with my grandparents. ❤️ RIP

[@JamiJennings]

Such a beautiful song, reminds me of my mom also wonderful harmonies!

[@Cultureboy]

Glorious sound, challenging lyrics and the commitment of women to bringing hope through music to our fragile world. Blessings and thanks to you Sweet Honey in the Rock for the years of song that have fired my passion.

[@BethieeJ]

This song makes me think of my nan because I had to sing it in a concert with my choir shortly after she died and it really brought home that she was gone

[@funvideofan1625]

When my mom and dad got split up on March 30th 2016 and move too different apartments I cry and now 4 years later April 25th 2020 I can feel this song in my soul 😭😭😭😭😭

[@annerunnells3560]

We have done this at our church and everyone just loved it! Congregration and singers alike. Thanks Ysaye Barnwell for the wonderful music!!

[@Nancy6797]

So wonderful to hear this now as I think about my beautiful Dad.

[@gnomie49]

Thanks for posting this. It is so beautiful and moving.

[@mghall8000]

Our choir sang this on the day of the dead, or All Soul's Day, this past November, and I was missing my mother who passed last year. Thank you for posting.

[@judywilliams210]

Thank you, Margaret. I had forgotten how perfect this piece was for someone who has lost someone. It became clear tonight, because I have a friend in hospice now... not sure when she will pass, but she is fading. I have another friend who is supposed to be entering hospice for her 102nd birthday this week. Thank you, again, for this.

[@marjoriewilkes246]

Thank you, Sean Kessler, for posting this. Our church choir sang it yesterday, and I've been listening to it over and over, remembering loved ones who've crossed to the other side and a dear soul who is leaving her body even as I write these words. This song has comforted me in a way that nothing and no one else has. So much gratitude for Ysaye M. Barnwell and Sweet Honey in the Rock.

[@sexyness3799]

sang this song for chior and i keep listening to it over and over again

[@dandowell8501]

I remeber seeing them on a PBS special doing "Breaths" and I thought they access to different dimensions. They made me curious about everything. I didn't hear this until a good 25 years later. It made me curious if they they still had access to those different dimensions.

[@brettharrell8182]

I sang this song in choir after a really bad breakup with a man I had thought I would marry and really loved me... His loss but still love this song.

[@rnicolej7]

I sang this in choir. Love this song and the choir arrangement!

[@alika207]

This is on "Still on the Journey" from 1993.

[@mooosh1001]

The chorus' rendition was beautiful. You all were splendid!

[@AJMc509]

This song legit calms me down so much. Use it at work to calm me down from quitting my job lol

[@gypiesthatremain]

So beautiful

[@sootlace]

We too sang this many years ago for our show choir competition. We even did a hula dance with it. :) It was a beautiful number.

[@angelawerner9551]

So beautiful!!!!!!! I heard concordia choir's version on Spotify came up on my shuffle I can't believe I haven't heard this before

[@AmanCreatesArt]

This is truly one of the most beautiful songs. I was just at Yale for an event and heard the a capella group Shades do a lovely version of it.

[@ann8846]

First heard it done by an a capella group in Poughkeepsie...this version is nice because different voices take the lead each verse...

[@robertoliver7679]

So beautiful.

[@True_kind_of_love]

I love this song..Singing it in choir

[@cjraga94]

Think of my grandma every time...

[@richellelazaro]

mom's favourite... wish this was our grad song...

[@rhondashotwell7358]

Beautiful ❤

[@rachelejones1731]

This is so beautiful 😢 rip GRANDMA

[@LiveLaughLovee131]

Were singing this in choir now

[@ricardolawrence5704]

I hope that one day I actually get the chance to dance to this song on stage.

[@lilybell4399]

Have you?

[@hannastreetmusic]

I'm singing this in chorus. It's such a gorgeous song :)

[@alacheekymonkey]

@seanieboy6165 - I first heard this song a few years ago and fell in love with it. My father passed away on Jan 3rd and yes, this song speaks to me more than ever as I grieve. I'm sorry about your mom. I wish you peace.

[@TheAnonymousPerson17]

Wonderful!!!!! :')

[@jalto6]

How could anybody dislike this? Their pointer must have slipped. :]

[@Blizzing03]

Amazing!!

[@armegedinox]

oh the sweetest memories

[@poke5999]

awesome song

[@darnellwhitehead6860]

I'm cleaning one of their places now in D.C

[@Amadmaniac1]

wauwatosa west choir sang this for the 2015 graduation today.

[@funvideofan1625]

All Sweet Honey In The Rock Photos: 0:00 Sweet Honey’s Logo (1998) 0:58 Sweet Honey In The Rock Group Photo (2010) 1:58 Sweet Honey In The Rock Album Photo For Experience 101 (2007) 2:57 Sweet Honey In The Rock Live Photo (Late 2006) 3:57 Sweet Honey In The Rock Group Photo (2009)

[@chrisheath777]

Awesome

[@naturallyshawn39]

Yas!!!

[@niccage6375]

The bass line is so hard to memorize.

[@xynthar4432]

OOOH YES IT IS AND THANKFULLY IM IN TENOR XD. Our class tried clapping the rhythm for bass it was really hard...

[@funvideofan1625]

Everyone who watched stampy’s videos now probably think of this song all the time