This is the night we shake this house down.
With songs from Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone,
Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye,
this is the soundtrack to the fight for change.
This is Soul Revolution at the Proms.
Let's go.
So, I'm backstage,
we're minutes before the performance starts.
We've got some incredible singers.
THEY REHEARSE HARMONIES
Brilliant singers like Jacob Lusk!
I'm here with Mr Trevor Nelson.
He's one of the singers that's incredible.
When you see his performance, it's outstanding.
I'm backstage, the Royal Albert Hall,
we're getting busy.
Remember, we are celebrating music that took risks,
that soundtracked history,
that pled for freedom.
It's going to be like no other gig I've been to before.
It's going to be amazing.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# I was born
# By the river
# In a little tent
# Oh
# And just like that little river I've been
# Running ever since
# It's been a long
# Long time coming
# But I know
# Change gon' come
# Oh, yes it will
# It's been too hard living
# But I'm afraid to die
# Cos I don't know what's up there
# Way beyond the sky
# It's been a long
# Long time coming
# But I know
# A change gon' come
# Oh, yes it will
# Yes it will
# I go to the movies
# And I go downtown
# Somebody keep telling me, yes
# "Don't hang around"
# It's been a long
# Long time coming
# But I know
# A change gon' come
# Whoa, yes it will
# Yes it will
# So I go
# To my brother
# And I say to him, "Brother man,
# "Brother man, won't you help me, please?
# "Help me, please?"
# But, oh, he keeps on
# Keeps on winding me up
# Till I find I'm back down
# Back down
# On my knees
# There were times
# Where I thought I
# I couldn't last for long
# But somehow
# Somewhere
# I don't know but somehow I found the strength
# To carry on
# It's been a long
# Time coming
# But I know, I know, I know, I know
# Change gon' come
# Oh, yes it will
# Yeah. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Wow.
I got chills, I got chills listening to that.
Beverley Knight, A Change Is Gonna Come. What a tune.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
That is...
..the best opening line of any song, ever.
And that's just the start tonight.
Welcome to Soul Revolution, everybody!
CHEERING
Tonight, we track the musical path
that accompanied the African-American pursuit of freedom,
from spirituals through gospel to soul.
The music tonight is so meaningful,
means so much to so many people up here,
and people watching, people listening.
Our exceptional line-up of performers
will pay tribute to the pioneers of soul,
who started in the church and carried that passion
through to a new style of music
And boy, when you see these performers
and hear these performances,
they're all going to be incredibly memorable.
I feel quite moved already.
This sound and these lyrics call for freedom
at a pivotal time in history -
the height of the US Civil Rights Movement.
Together with the BBC Concert Orchestra,
who I'm very friendly with by now.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
We all know them.
At the back there, the LJ Singers.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Who you're going to see a lot of.
And musical direction of Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Let us get on with the show and welcome Jacob Lusk.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Think, think
# Think
# Think, think, think
# Think
# You better think # Think
# Think about what you're trying to do to me
# Think # Think, think
# Let your mind go and let yourself be free
# Let's go back, let's go back
# Let's go on way back, way back when
# I didn't even know you
# You couldn't have been too much more than ten
# Just a child
# I ain't no psychiatrist, I ain't no doctor with degree
# But it don't take too much IQ
# To see what you're doing to me
# You better think # Think
# Think about what you're trying to do to me
# Think # Think, think
# Let your mind go and let yourself be free
# Get yourself freedom
# Freedom
# Hey, yeah, freedom # Freedom
# Right now, freedom
# Freedom
# Hey, freedom # Freedom
# Hey, think about it
# You, think about it
# There ain't nothing you can ask
# I could answer you but don't # I won't
# But I was gonna change but I'm not
# If you keep doing things I don't
# You better think # Think
# Think about what you're trying to do to me
# Hey, hey! # What you're trying to do to me
# Let your mind go and let yourself be free
# People walking 'round everyday
# Playing games and taking scores
# Trying to make other people lose their mind
# But be careful you don't lose yours
# Oh, think # Think
# Think about what you're trying to do to me
# Yeah, think # Think, think
# Let your mind go and let yourself be free
# You need me # Need me
# And I need you # Don't you know?
# Without each other
# There ain't nothing people can do
# Oh, yeah
# Think about it, baby # What you're trying to do to me
# Oh, baby
# Think about it right now
# Hey, yeah
# Freedom
# Hey, freedom # Freedom
# Whoa, now, freedom
# Freedom
# Hey, freedom # Freedom
# Hey, think about it
# You, think about it
# There ain't nothing you could ask I could answer you but don't
# I won't
# Well, I was gonna change but I'm not
# If you keep doing things I don't
# You better think
# Think about what you're trying to do to me
# Hey, yeah! # What you're trying to do to me
# Let your mind go and let yourself be free
# Yeah
# Me # Need me
# And I need you # Don't you know?
# Without each other
# There ain't nothing people can do
# Oh, yeah
# Think about it right now # What you're trying to do to me
# Think, baby
# Think about it right now
# Hey, think # Think about
# Hey, think about # Forgiveness
# Think about # Think about forgiveness
# Think about # Think about
# Oh, baby # Forgiveness
# Oh, think about # Think about
# Forgiveness # Forgiveness
# Think about forgiveness # Think about forgiveness
# Think about # Think about
# Forgiveness # Forgiveness
# Think about # Think about
# Hey, yeah
# Hey, yeah, baby, yeah
# Yeah, yeah
# Yeah, yeah, yeah
# Yeah, yeah
# Think about forgiveness # Think about
# Think about forgiveness
# Think about, baby
# Hey, think about
# Hey-ey-ey
# But never stop and think about it
# Think! #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
MUSIC: Superfly by Curtis Mayfield
Royal Albert Hall.
SOME CHEERS
BBC Proms!
AUDIENCE CLAP ALONG
# Dark is the night
# With the moon shining bright
# There's a set going strong
# A lotta things go
# The man of the hour has an air of great power
# The dudes have envied him for so long
# Ooh, superfly
# You're gonna make your fortune by and by
# But if you lose, don't ask no questions why
# The only game you know is do or die
# Ha-ha-ha
# Hard to understand
# What a hell of a man
# This cat of the slum
# Had a mind that wasn't dumb
# But a weakness was shown
# Cos his hustle was wrong
# His mind was his own
# But the man lived all alone
# Ooh, superfly
# You're gonna make your fortune by and by
# But if you lose, don't ask no questions why
# The only game you know is do or die
# Ha-ha-ha
# The game he plays, he plays for keeps
# Hustlin' times and ghetto streets
# Tryin' to get over
# That's what he's trying to do, y'all
# Oh, oh, oh, oh
# Gambling with the odds of fate
# Trying to take whatever he can take
# Trying to get over
# He's trying to get over
# Trying to get over
# Oh-oh
# Superfly
# You're gonna make your fortune by and by
# But if you lose, don't ask no questions why
# The only game you know is do or die
# Ha-ha-ha
# The aim of his ways
# Was to move a lot of blow
# Ask him his dream
# What does it mean? He wouldn't know
# "Can't be like the rest"
# That's the most he'll confess
# But time is running out
# And there's no happiness
# Ooh, superfly
# You're gonna make your fortune by and by
# But if you lose, don't ask no questions why
# The only game you know is do or die
# Ha-ha-ha
# Come on, superfly
# Put those hands together, yeah
# Superfly
# Whoo-ooh
# Superfly
# Yeah, superfly
# Listen!
# He's tryin' to get over
# Tryin' to get over
# He's tryin' to get over
# Tryin' to get over
# He's tryin' to get over. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
MUSIC: Hard Times by Curtis Mayfield
# Cold, cold eyes
# Upon me they stare
# People all around
# They're all in fear
# They don't seem to want me
# But they won't admit
# I must be some kind of creature
# Up here having fits
# I want a body house
# I'm afraid to come outside
# Although I'm filled with love
# I'm afraid they'll hurt my pride
# So I play the part I knew they wanted me
# And I leave my shades up high to stop them seein' me
# I'm havin' a hard time
# In this crazy town
# Havin' a hard time
# There's no love to be found
# Havin' a ha-a-a-a-ard
# Time
# There's no love to be found
# No love, no love, no love, no love
# Familiar face of creed and race, a brother
# But to my surprise I found a man corrupt
# Although he be my brother
# He wants to hold me up
# I'm havin' a hard time
# In this crazy town
# Oh, I'm havin' a hard time
# There's no love, no love to be found
# I'm havin' a hard time
# In this crazy town, Lord have mercy
# I'm havin' a hard time
# Ow!
# Two years ago
# I was buskin' on the street
# In Edinburgh
# Surviving on tips
# But tonight
# Live at the Royal Albert Hall
# I'm havin' a hard time
# People
# I'm havin' a hard time
# There's no love
# No love to be found
# Ow!
# Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy
# Havin' a hard time
# There's no love to be found
# No love, no love
# No love
# Ow! No love
# Havin' a hard time
# There's no love to be found
# No love to be found!
# Hard time! #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Were you there
# When they crucified my Lord?
# Were you there
# When they crucified my Lord?
# Oh-h-h-h
# Sometimes
# It causes me to tremble
# Tremble
# Were you there
# When they crucified my Lord?
# Were you there
# When they laid Him in the tomb?
# Were you there
# When they laid Him in the tomb?
# Oh-oh-oh, ooh
# Oh-oh
# Sometimes
# It causes me to tremble
# Tremble
# Were you there
# When they laid Him in the tomb?
# Were you there
# When they rolled the stone away?
# Were you there
# When they rolled the stone away?
# Oh, oh, oh
# Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
# Oh, oh, oh
# Sometimes
# It causes me to tremble
# Tremble, tremble
# Were you there
# When they rolled the stone away?
# Were you there
# When they crucified my Lord?
# Oh, oh-oh, oh-h-h-h
# Oh-oh, oh-h-h-h
# Oh, oh-oh-ooh
# Oh, when they crucified
# My Lord. #
LOUD CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Ooh
# Has anybody seen
# My old friend Abraham?
# Can you tell me
# Where he's gone?
# He freed a lot of people
# But the good die young
# I just looked around
# And he is gone
# Has anybody here
# Seen my old friend John?
# Can you tell me
# Where he's gone?
# He's freed a lot of people
# But the good, they say they die young
# I just looked around
# And he is gone
# Ooh, ooh-ooh
# Has anybody here
# Seen my old friend Martin?
# Can you tell me
# Where he's gone?
# He freed a lot of people
# But the good
# You see, they die young
# Oh, I just
# Looked around
# And he was gone
# Ooh
# Ooh-ooh
# Ooh
# Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
# Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-h-h-h, ooh
# Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh
# Ooh
# Oh
# Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-h-h
# Has anybody seen
# My old friend Bobby?
# Can you tell me
# Where he's gone?
# You know he freed a lot of people
# But the good, they die young
# Oh, I just looked around
# And he's gone
# Ooh, ooh, ooh
# Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
# Ooh-ooh
# Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
# I
# Just looked around
# And he's gone
# Ooh
# Ooh-ooh. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
LOUD CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
My word, where's the tissues?
AUDIENCE LAUGH
Honestly, it's going to be one of those nights, it's so emotional.
This music means so much and to hear it performed on this stage,
having heard these records all my life, is incredibly emotional.
Please give it up for Reginald Mobley.
And before that, James Emmanuel. APPLAUSE
And Tony Momrelle.
APPLAUSE CONTINUES
# When you're down
# And troubled
# And you need some loving care
# And nothing
# No, nothing
# Is going right
# Oh-oh-oh
# Close your eyes
# And soon he will be there
# God can brighten up
# He can brighten up
# Your darkest hour
# Precious Lord
# Take my hand Take my hand
# Lead me on Lead me on
# Let me stand Let me stand
# I am tired I get tired
# I am weak And I am weak
# I am worn I am worn
# Oh-oh-oh
# Through the storm Through the storm
# Through the night And through the night
# Lead me on Lead me on
# To the light To the light
# Take my hand Take my hand
# Precious Lord Precious Lord
# Heed my prayer Oh-oh-oh
# Through the storm Precious Lord
# Through the day Take my hand
# And you know Lead me on
# Wherever you are And let me stand
# We will be there
# I get tired, I get weak and I get worn
# To see you again And I'm so worn
# Oh-oh-oh
# Through the storm and through the night
# Lead me on to the light
# And you will be there
# Oh-oh-oh
# You got a friend You've got a friend in Jesus, yeah
# You've got a friend
that's just constant, yeah, yeah
# You've got a friend, you've got a friend, yeah
# You've got a friend, yeah, yeah You've got a friend
# What a friend we have in Jesus
# You've got a friend
# If your heart is hurting, go ahead and call him
# You've got a friend
# If you don't know what to do, go ahead and call him
# Yeah, yeah, yeah
# Call him, he will answer Jesus
# Call him, he will answer You got a friend
# Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
# In Jesus
# Jesus! #
CHEERING
# Girl, try to remember
# When we didn't have no shoes
# When we stuck together, just me and you
# Now, it took a long time to get what we have today
# Now you wanna give it all up for some other guy
# But, baby, I'm tellin' you
# Don't let the green grass fool ya
# No, don't let it change your mind
# It's gonna be hard for me
# Baby, to build it all over
# Cos you've got the love
# The love I need Yes, you do
# Cos if you leave me
# Oh, this way, baby You know what?
# I may not live to see a brand-new day
# Whoa-oh
# Don't let the green grass fool ya
# Whoa-oh
# Don't let it change your mind
# Cos it may be greener on the other side, yeah
# But right in my arms is where you belong
# Ooh, ooh-ooh
# Oh, don't let the green grass fool ya
# Come on, put those hands together
# Don't let it change your mind
# Cos it may be greener on the other side, baby
# Oh, but right in my arms is where you belong
# You belong, you belong
# Don't let the green grass fool ya
# Oh, don't let it change your mind
# Cos it may be greener on the other side
# But right in my arms is where you belong. #
CHEERING
Good evening, London!
CHEERING
Welcome to Soul Revolution.
My name is Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser.
So grateful and happy to be here at the Royal Albert Hall
to be your conductor this evening,
with this incredible orchestra, incredible cast, and great music.
CHEERING
Yeah.
Many of you have travelled a great distance to be here this evening
for this concert, that sold out in four hours. So...
CHEERING
Yeah, which is huge.
We have a very special person
who's travelled a very long distance for this concert.
All the way from Canada...
WHOOPING
..my mum!
LAUGHTER
Where is she?
Oh, there she is!
CHEERING
DANIEL LAUGHS
As I've been wandering through London the past couple of days,
twice a day I heard one of the pieces of music from this programme.
They're so popular, the music is so catchy and groovy.
But it's not just about the music, right?
It's about the stories.
This is a concert of stories.
Stories that were as relevant back in the day,
when you picked up the newspaper and read the story
and then heard it in a song...
We can pick up a newspaper today - or read it on our devices -
and listen to these same songs, and they have the exact same relevance.
Right? Absolutely.
That's what this music is about.
Stories of people who were looking for rights,
who were looking for equality,
and really just basic respect.
Basic respect.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Yeah!
And if you could have talked about it and nobody listened,
then you shouted about it.
And if you shouted about it and no-one listened,
then you had to sing about it.
So let's invite Beverley Knight to the stage.
CHEERING
Come on!
# What you want, baby, I got it
# What you need, do you know I got it?
# All I'm askin'
# Is for a little respect when you come home
# Just a little bit Hey, baby
# Just a little bit When you get home
# Just a little bit Mister
# Just a little bit
# I ain't gon' do you wrong while you're gone
# Ain't gon' do you wrong cos I don't wanna
# All I'm askin'
# Is for a little respect when you get home
# Just a little bit Baby
# Just a little bit When you get home
# Just a little bit Yeah
# Just a little bit
# I'm about to give you all of my money
# And all I'm askin' in return, honey
# Is to give me my propers when I get home
# Just a, just a, just a, just a Hey, baby
# Just a, just a, just a, just a When I get home
# Just a little bit Now
# Just a little bit Whoo, come on!
# Hey!
# Ooh, your kisses, sweeter than honey
# But guess what? So is my money
# All I want you to do for me
# Is give it to me when you get home
# Re, re, re, re Baby
# Re, re, re, re Whip it to me
# Respect, just a little bit When you get home, now
# Just a little bit
# R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find out what it means to me
# R-E-S-P-E-C-T Take care of T-C-B
# Sock it to me, sock it to me A little respect
# Sock it to me, sock it to me # Oh, yeah
# Just a little bit A little respect
# Just a little bit I get tired
# Just a little bit Keep on tryin'
# Just a little bit You're runnin' out of fools
# Just a little bit And I ain't lyin'
# Just a little bit
# Re, re, re, re Start when you come home
# Re, re, re, respect Or you might walk in
# Just a little bit And find out I'm gone
# Just a little bit I need
# Re, re, re, re I'm owed it
# Re, re, re, respect I deserve it
# Just a little bit Respect
# Just a little bit Gotta have it
# Sock it to me, sock it to me And I need it
# Sock it to me, sock it to me Oh, yeah
# Just a little bit I want it
# Just a little bit Oh, yeah
# Sock it to me, sock it to me Just a little
# Just a little bit Just a little bit
# I'm talking 'bout
# Anybody in here know what I'm talking about?
# Do you know what I'm talking about?
# I'm talking about
# Respe-e-e-e-e-e-ect!
# Hey! #
Hey!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
CHEERING
# Mother, Mother
# There's too many of you crying
# Oh, brother, brother, brother
# There's far too many of you dying
# You know we've got to find a way
# Ooh, ooh, ooh
# To bring some loving here today
# Ah-ah Yeah
# Father, Father
# There's no need to escalate
# You see, war is not the answer
# For only love can conquer hate
# You know we've got to find a way
# Ooh, ooh, ooh
# To bring some loving here today Ah-ah
# Picket lines Brother
# And picket signs Brother
# Don't punish me Brother
# With brutality Brother
# Come on, talk to me Brother
# So you can see Brother
# Oh, what's going on What's going on
# I'll tell you what's going on What's going on
# Oh, baby, what's going on What's going on
# Hey, what's going on What's going on
# Ooh-ooh-ooh
# Ah-ah-ah-ah
# Ah-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya
# Ba-da-ba-ya, ba-da-ba-ya
# Hey
# Mother, Mother
# Everybody thinks we're wrong
# Who are they to judge us
# Simply cos our hair is long?
# You know we've got to find a way Ooh-ooh-ooh
# To bring some understanding here today
# Picket lines Brother
# And picket signs Brother
# Don't punish me Brother
# With brutality Brother
# Come on, talk to me Brother
# So you can see Brother
# What's going on What's going on
# Oh, baby, what's going on What's going on
# Come on, tell me what's going on What's going on
# Hey, what's going on What's going on
# Ooh, ooh, ooh
# Ah-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya
# Ba-da-da-doo, ba-ba-ba-da, ba-ba-ba-da
# Hey, hey-ey-ey, yeah
# Hey, yeah
# Da-doo-doo
# Ba-ba-ba-da, ba-ba-ba-da
# What's going on?
# Oh-oh
# Ohhhhhhh. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Wow, Jacob Lusk. And the LJ Singers!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
That was Marvin's masterpiece - anti-war song, of course.
1973 delivered us one album -
Stevie Wonder's Innervisions.
CHEERING
A musical masterpiece, wouldn't you say, Dan?
I know you're going to get up for this one.
To quote the legendary Ray Charles, "Soul is like electricity -
"we don't really know what it is,
"but it's a force that can light a room."
CHEERING
# A boy is born in hard time Mississippi
# Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty
# His parents give him love and affection
# To keep him strong, moving in the right direction
# Living just enough, just enough for the city
# His father works some days for 14 hours
# And you can bet he barely makes a dollar
# His mother goes to scrub the floors for many
# And you'd best believe, she hardly gets a penny
# Living just enough, just enough for the city
# Da-da-da, da, da, da
# Da-da-da-da, la-la-la
# Da, da, da, da
# Da-da-da-la-la
# Hey
# His sister's black, and she is sho' 'nuff pretty
# Her skirt is short, but, Lord, her legs are sturdy
# To walk to school, she's got to get up early
# Her clothes are old, but never are they dirty
# Living just enough, just enough for the city
# Listen
# Her brother's smart, he's got more sense than many
# His patience's long, but soon he won't have any
# To find a job is like a haystack needle
# Cos where he lives, they won't use coloured people
# Living just enough, just enough for the city
# Hey, hey, hey
# Da-da-da, da, da, da
# Da-da-da-da, la-la-la
# Da, da, da, da
# Da-da-da-la-la
# Hey, come on, now
# Living just enough for the city
# Living for the city, yeah Living just enough for the city
# Living for the city, hey Living just enough
# They're living Living just enough for the city
# Oh, living just enough Living, living, living, living
# Living just enough for the city Just enough to live
# Oh, living just enough Yes, he is, hey, hey
# Living just enough Whoo!
# Da-da-da, da, da, da
# Da-da-da-da, la-la-la
# Da, da, da, da
# Da-da-da-la-la
# One more!
# Da-da-da, da, da, da
# Da-da-da-da, la-la-la
# Da, da, da, da
# Da-da-da-la-la! #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Living!
Come on, my loving heart. Let me see you on your feet.
We gon' have some church tonight. Is that all right?
CHEERING
Come on!
# How I got over How I got over
# You know, my soul looks back and wonders
# How I got over
How I got over
# You know, my soul looks back and wonders
# How I got over
# Well, as soon as I seen Jesus Oh, yes
# The man that made me free Oh, yes
# You know, the man who bled and suffered
# Oh, yes Oh, yes
# And died for you and for me Oh, yes
# I wanna thank you because you brought me
# Oh, yes
# I wanna thank you, Jesus, because you taught me
# Oh, yes Oh, yes
# I wanna thank you, Jesus, because you kept me
# Oh, yes Oh, yes
# I wanna thank you cos you never left me
# Oh, yes
# I'm gonna sing Hallelujah
# I just might shout Troubles over
# I wanna thank him for all he's done for me
# Oh, how I got Over
# Over Over
# My soul looks back Soul looks back and wonders
# How I got over
# Oh, how I got Over
# Over Over
# Oh, my My soul looks back and wonders
# Soul looks back and wonders Soul looks back and wonders
# Hey, hey, hey
# How I got over
# Come on and say thank you Thank you
# Thank you, Jesus Thank you, Lord
# Thank you Thank you
# Thank you, Jesus Thank you, Lord
# For keeping me Thank you
# Thank you, Jesus Thank you, Lord
# For protecting me Thank you
# Thank you, Jesus Thank you, Lord
# For keeping me Thank you
# Thank you, Jesus Thank you, Lord
# Thank you Thank you
# Thank you, Jesus Thank you, Lord
# All day Thank you
# All night Thank you, Lord
# All day Thank you
# All night
# How I got over
How I got over
# You know my soul looks back and wonders
# How I got over
# Whoa, how I got Over
# Over Over
# Oh, no-whoa
# My soul looks back and wonders Soul looks back and wonders
# How I got over
# Oh, how I got over
# Over Over
# Show me how I got
# My soul looks back and wonders So glad I made it over
# My soul looks back and wonders He brought me over it
# My soul looks back and wonders
# How I got over Over
# Hey! #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
CHEERING
Come on, let me see you putting those hands together.
# Mm-mm-mm
# Oh, happy day Oh, happy day... #
Come on, I know you know it.
# Oh, happy day Oh, happy day
# When Jesus washed When Jesus washed
# He washed my sins away Oh, happy day
# Oh, yes, he did
# Oh, happy day
# I said, oh, happy day Oh, happy day
# Oh, happy day, yeah Oh, happy day
# When Jesus washed When Jesus washed
# When, when, when he washed When Jesus washed
# My Jesus, my Jesus washed When Jesus washed
# He washed my sins away, yeah Oh, happy day
# Oh, happy day Oh, happy day... #
Here we go.
# He taught me how He taught me how... #
Come on. They're all recording tonight.
# Oh, he taught me how
# To watch Watch
# Fight and pray Yeah, fight and pray
# Fight and pray
# And he taught me how to live rejoicing
# Yes, he did
# Every, every, every, every day Every day
# Yeah, yeah, yeah
# Every day... #
Here we go.
# Oh, happy day Oh, happy day
# When, when, when, when he washed When Jesus washed
# When he washed When Jesus washed
# My Jesus washed When Jesus washed
# He washed my sins away Oh, happy day
# Yes, he did
# He taught He taught me how
# He taught me how
# To watch, fight and pray To watch
# Fight and pray
# And, and he taught me how
# To fight and pray
# And he taught me how to live rejoicing
# I've learned to be Every day
# Every, every, every day Every day
# Oh, yeah, yeah Every day
# Oh, oh, oh
# Oh, happy day Oh, happy day
# I know it was a happy day Oh, happy day
# Day-y-y-y, yeah
# Oh, happy day
# I know it's a happy day Oh, happy day
# Since Jesus took the pain away Oh, happy day
# Yeah, yeah, yeah
# Oh, happy day I know it's happy
# Yes, it's happy
# Happy, happy day
# Day-y-y-y Yeah. #
CHEERING
# With your bad self
# Say it loud
# I'm black and I'm proud!
# Say it loud
# I'm black and I'm proud!
# Look here
# Some people say we've got a lot of madness
# Some say it's a lot of nerve
# But I say, brother, we won't quit moving
# Until we get what we deserve
# Cos we've been bilked and we've been scorned
# We've been treated bad and talked about, as sure as you were born
# But just as it takes two eyes to make a pair
# Brother, we won't quit until we get our share
# Come on, say it loud
# I'm black and I'm proud!
# Yeah, come on, say it loud, yeah
# I'm black and I'm proud!
# One more time, sing it
# Say it loud, yeah
# I'm black and I'm proud!
# Ha! Listen
# I've worked two jobs on my feet and hands
# But all the work that I ever did was for another man
# Now we demand a chance to do things for ourselves
# We're tired of beating our head against the wall
# And working for someone else
# Come on, say it loud
# I'm black and I'm proud!
# Yeah, yeah, yeah, say it loud
# I'm black and I'm proud! One more time again
# Say it loud
# I'm black and I'm proud!
# Whoa, whoa, whoa
# Say it loud
# I'm black and I'm proud!
# Whoo-ooh, whoa
# Ooh, hey
# You're killing me
# Ugh
# All right
# You're outta sight
# So tough
# You're tough enough
# Ooh-ee
# You're killing me
# Oh, say it loud, yeah
# I'm black and I'm proud!
# Whoa, whoa
# Say it loud
# I'm black and I'm proud!
# Yeah
# Now we demand to do things for ourselves
# We're tired of beating our head against the wall
# And working for someone else
# Look here
# There's something else I need to say
# Right here
# Ooh
# Now, we people
# We're like the birds and the bees
# But we'd rather die on our feet than on our knees
# Come on, say it loud
# I'm black and I'm proud
# Ooh, say it loud
# I'm black and I'm proud
# Yeah, yeah, say it loud
# I'm black and I'm proud
# Yeah, say it loud
# I'm black and I'm proud
# Oh, yeah
# All right now
# You know, yeah
# We can do, yeah
# We can do the Boogaloo
# Ooh
# And we can say
# We do the Funky Broadway
# Now sometimes we dance
# Sometimes we sing
# Sometimes we wanna
# Hey
# I'm black and I'm proud
# Say it again
# Ooh-oh-ayy!
# Yeah-yeah-yeah!
# Uh! #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Young, gifted, and black
# Oh, what a lovely precious dream
# To be young, gifted, and black
# Open your heart to what I mean
# In the whole world, you know
# There's a million boys and girls
# Who are young, gifted, and black
# And that's a fact
# You are young, gifted, and black
# We must begin to tell our young
# "There's a world waiting for you
# "Yours is the quest that's just begun"
# When you're feeling really low
# There's a great truth, that you should know
# When you're young, gifted, and black,
# Your soul's intact
# To be young, gifted, and black
# Oh, how I long to know the truth
# There are times when I look back
# And I am haunted by my youth
# Oh, but my joy of today
# Is that we can all be proud to say
# "To be young, gifted, and black
# "Is where it's at!"
# Is where it's at!
# Is where it's at! #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
You having a good time, everybody?
CHEERING
For me it's like reliving my youth as a very young, young boy,
and there are some songs that I remember hearing that were
a little bit strange to me but I knew they were really important
and the next song is one of those tunes.
It's sort of an uncomfortable production
but it was really powerful and it still stands the test of time.
We've got a special guest to perform the song.
I'd like to welcome Yomi Sode to do one of the most powerful
songs ever written.
Welcome him onstage.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Hmm.
# You will not be able to stay home, brother
# You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out
# You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and
# Skip out for beer during commercials
# Because the revolution will not be televised
# The revolution will not be televised
# The revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox
# In four parts without commercial interruption
# The revolution will not be showing pictures of Nixon
# Blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John Mitchell
# General Abrams and Spiro Agnew
# To eat hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary
# The revolution will not be televised
# The revolution will not be brought to you by the
# Schaefer Award Theatre and will not star
# Natalie Woods or Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle or Julia
# The revolution will not make your mouth or give it sex appeal
# The revolution will not get rid of the nubs
# The revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner
# Because the revolution will not be televised, mate
# The revolution won't make you get but it may cause
# Pushing shopping carts down the block on a dead-end run
# Trying to slide that colour TV into a stolen ambulance
# NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8.23
# The reports and reports from 29 districts
# The revolution will not be televised
# There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
# Brothers on instant replay
# There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
# Brothers on instant replay
# There will be no pictures of Whitney Young
# Being run out of Harlem on a rail with a brand-new process
# There will be no slow motion or still lives of Roy Wilkins
# Strolling through Watts in a red, black and green
# Liberation tracksuit that he had been saving
# For proper occasions
# Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville Junction
# Will no longer be so damned relevant
# And women will not care if Dick finally got down with Jane
# On "Search for Tomorrow" because black people
# Will be in the streets looking for brighter days
# The revolution will not be televised
# There will be no highlights on the 11 o'clock news
# And no pictures of hairy armed women liberationists
# Or Jackie Onassis blowing her nose
# The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb
# Or Francis Scott Key, nor Glen Campbell
# Tom Jones, Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdinck or the Rare Earth
# The revolution will not be televised
# The revolution will not be right back
# After a message about white tornados
# White lightning or white people
# You will not have to worry about a dove in your bedroom
# The tiger in your tank
# The giant in your toilet bowl
# The revolution will not go better with Coke
# The revolution will not provide so we will be at that bad breath
# The revolution will put you, my friend, in the driver's seat
# The revolution will not be televised
# Will not be televised, will not be televised
# Will not be televised
# The revolution will be no re-runs
# Brothers, friends, mandem, mate
# Abroad, the revolution
# The revolution
# Will be live. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Where's all my Stevie fans?
CHEERING
Put your...
# People, keep on learning
# Soldiers, they keep on warring
# World, keep on turning
# Cos it won't be too long
# No, no, no, no
# Listen
# Powers, they keep on lying
# While your people, they keep on dying
# World, keep on turning
# Cos it won't be too long
# Ba-ba ba-da
# Well, I'm so darn glad he let me try it again
# Because my last time on Earth, I lived a whole world of sin
# I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
# Gonna keep on trying
# 'Til I reach my highest ground... #
BBC Proms, make some noise!
CHEERING
# Listen
# Teachers, you keep on teaching
# Whoa, yeah
# Preachers, keep on preaching
# Oh, world, you keep on turning
# Cos it won't be too long
# Va-va va-va
# Ba-da da-da-li-li
# Listen
# Oh, lovers, you keep on loving
# Sleepers, just stop sleeping, yeah
# Oh, sleepers, just stop sleeping
# Cos it won't be too long
# Ha-ba-ba-ba
# Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da
# Well, I'm so darn glad he let me try it again
# Cos the last time on Earth, I lived a whole world of sin
# I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
# Gonna keep on trying
# 'Til I reach my higher ground
# Higher ground
# Reach my higher ground
# Higher ground
# No-one's gonna bring me down
# Higher ground
# Oh
# Higher ground
# Reach my higher ground
# Oh-oh-oh! Yeah! #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# We shall not, we shall not be moved
# Like a tree that's planted by the water
# We shall not be moved
# We shall not, we shall not be moved
# Like a tree that's planted by the water
# We shall not be moved
# The union is behind us
# We shall not be moved
# The union is behind us
# We shall not be moved
# Like a tree that's planted by the water
# We shall not be moved
# Fighting for our freedom
# We shall not be moved
# Fighting for our freedom
# We shall not be moved
# Like a tree that's planted by the water
# We shall not be moved
# Fighting for our children
# We shall not be moved
# Fighting for our children
# We shall not be moved
# Like a tree that's planted by the water
# We shall not be moved
# Ooh
# Ooh ooh-ooh
# Ooh-ooh
# Black and white together
# We shall not be moved
# Black and white together
# We shall not be moved
# Like a tree that's planted by the water
# We shall not be moved... #
Sing it with me!
# We shall not, we shall not be moved
# Like a tree that's planted by the water
# We shall not be moved
# We shall not, we shall not be moved... #
Yeah, yeah!
# We shall not, we shall not be moved
# Like a tree that's planted by the water
# We shall not be moved. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Absolutely beautiful. Put your hands together one more time.
Annahstasia.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Now,
I've got to do a special shout out to Yomi.
He's been waiting in the wings for the whole concert to
do his one track and he absolutely slayed that.
He really did.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
In fact, I want to thank all our incredible performers.
One thing I notice about them all,
they all have unique voices, each and every single one of them.
There was no two voices the same. It was very, very special.
And our most charismatic, amazing conductor,
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser.
Please.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
The LJ Singers, everybody, at the back there.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
And I have to say it's a warm night and they're all wearing black,
so please give them an extra hand, the BBC Concert Orchestra.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Also, the invisible people but they're very special,
our arrangers Kyle Gordon and Scarlet Halton.
APPLAUSE
On a personal note it's been a very, very...
..it's a massive privilege of mine to co-curate this.
These songs are very special, mean a lot to me
and everybody involved. So, thank you for enjoying the music.
To close out tonight we can't leave without this song. Edwin Starr's
signature song got to number one at the peak of the Vietnam War.
It's probably Motown's hardest-hitting-ever song and
the saddest thing about this song - it's relevant today.
That's what make me so sad about it but it's such a powerful piece of
music and it's going to be performed by the one and only James Emmanuel.
Give him a hand.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# What is it good for
# Nothing
# War, huh... #
Everybody, put your hands up. # What is it good for?
# Nothing
# War Huh
# Good God
# What is it good for?
# Absolutely nothing
# Say it again, y'all
# War
# War, I despise
# Cos it means destruction of innocent lives
# War means tears to thousands of mothers out there
# When they all go off to fight
# And lose their lives
# Let me hear you say war
# Huh
# Good God, y'all
# What is it good for?
# Absolutely Nothing
# Argh!
# War, huh
# War
# What is it good for?
# Absolutely nothing, listen to me
# War ain't nothing but a heartbreaker
# Friendly only to the undertaker
# War is an enemy to all mankind
# The thought of war still blows my mind
# War has caused unrest
# Within the younger generation Huh
# What is it good for?
# Nothing
# Say it again
# War, huh
# War, war, war
# War, war, war, war What is it good for?
# War, war, war, war, war, war Nothing
# War... #
I can't hear you sing. Let me hear you sing.
# War
# Argh! Nothing
# War I despise
# War, huh
# Good God, y'all
# What is it good for
# Absolutely nothing
# Say it again, y'all
# War, huh
# Good God, y'all
# What is it good for?
# Absolutely nothing
# Say it again, y'all
# War
# War means nothing but a heartbreaker
# What is
# War
It's friendly only to the undertaker. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Thank you.
Yeah, yeah.
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AUDIENCE CLAPS IN RHYTHM
# Mmm
# Mm-mm-mm
# I wish I knew how it would feel to be free
# I wish I could break all the chains holding me
# I wish I could say all the things that I should say
# Say 'em loud Say 'em loud
# Say 'em clear Say 'em clear
# For the whole round world to hear Whole round world to hear
# I wish I could share I wish I could share
# All the love that's in my heart
# All the love
# Remove all the bars that keep us apart
# I wish you could know what it means to be me
# Then you'd see, and agree
# That ev'ry man should be free
# I wish I could give
# All the longing to give
# I wish I could live like I'm longing to live
# I wish I could do all the things that I could do
# All the things
# And though I'm way overdue
# I'd be starting anew Starting anew
# Well, I wish I could be I could be
# Like a bird in the sky Like a bird
# How sweet it would be How sweet
# If I found I could fly
# I'd soar to the sun To the sun
# And look right down at the sea At the sea
# Then I'd sing cos I know, yep
# I'd sing cos I know Cos I know
# Yep, I'd sing cos I know Cos I know
# How it feels
# I know how it feels Cos I know
# Yes, I know how it feels
# To be free
# To be free, yeah
# To be free
# To be free, free
# To be free Free
# I know it
# I'll show it, I'll feel free
# Yeah
# Believe in me Free
# Believe in me
# Now-ooh!
# Believe
# How it feels
# Now to be changed
# Do anything
# To really risk
# To really think
# To really want it
# Do anything
# To be home
# Do any, anything
# Do any
# Thing... #
CHEERING
# Yeah, yeah, yeah... #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
# Aah-ahh-ahh-I know
# How it feels to be free... # CHEERING
# Free
# Yeah. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE