Long time passing, yes? I agree with you and am so amazed to see videos that were unheard of at the time for my age. Folk was and still is honest and true and pure and unsurpassibly beautiful!!
This song brings tears into my eyes. Those were the days, when my head was full of dreams and I hoped, the world would become a better place. These Dreams are gone now. But I´m still alive. What happened to all these Dreams? Broken down by a harsh life and it´s not over yet.
Timeless music. Music of thought, of beauty, of love and sometimes of regret, but timeless. And three very beutiful women, Judy, Mary and Joni Mitchell
What memories-------------P., P., & M had perfect counterpoint harmony. ------------RIP, gorgeous Mary.----------------Loved Judy Collins , & had a mad crush on Joan. -------------WolfSky9
Still living -- with sand in my pocket. Yes, life is like that! FREEDOM ... Is just, "Nothing else ... To lose. JANNIS JOPLIN. Mary Travers, A sweet heart.
Note, Peter Yarrow u8sually has his own mic., & Paul & Mary usually, though not always, shared the 2nd mic.The primary reason for this, as anyone who has attempted close harmony, especially counter -harmony knows, the middle voice has the most demanding task of staying on key . Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys, once spoke about this as he was usually in the middle harmony , & he noted how hard it is to concentrate, & stay on key. Now, in addition, Peter was THE lead guitarist, because by his own admission, Paul barely played at all, when the trio formed, so again, in deference to Peter's far more demanding role, he USUALLY ----not always, had his own microphone. Mary sometimes went to the middle especially in songs where her voice was to be dominant, as in " If I Had A Hammer ", & " 500 Miles. " -----------------------WolfSky9, 73 y/o
I was in the Army and had a couple of nights in DC. While there I had the pleasure of seeing Gordon Lightfoot open for PP&M at Wolf trap in DC. It was a great show. It was also the last time for PP&M would play. for a while after an unfortunate decision in a hotel room. Still, it was a great night with some great music.
They say history repeats itself. Also they say that fads, and popularity cycles. If this is really true; I can’t wait until good music like these would become popular again. I can’t find any music radio stations I can bear to listen to now a days. Thank god they have music apps and RU-vid to listen to.
The time had bad faults-for example, ignored what was happening to old buildings and couldnt much care BUT the time was much more tolerant and youth was much more idealistic and almost everyone more hopeful about the future.
I read Joan Baez's autobiography, and the only thing i recall from it is some of her travels, and her love of benzos..i wasn't in the best place, mentally, so that might account for the lapse in memory....
kopadenieve no, i'm not, nor have I ever been; but at least I know enough to spell "schizophrenic" before accusing someone of having the condition! Thanks for your concern for my mental health, though, dummy....
They wrote relatively few songs together, one that's been covered a number of times was "The French Girl." Ian's most covered songs were "Four Strong Winds," "Summer Wages," and "Someday Soon," a couple of which have sometimes erroneously attributed to the pair of Tysons, for instance in the handwritten notes on the back of Judy Collins's _Living_, though the LP itself credited only Ian, I recall ("Four Strong Winds"). I don't think any of Ian's later solo songs, such as "Navajo Rug," have been covered as much, but I might just be out of touch with the likely singers. When Crispian St. Peters first covered and released his hit cover of "You Were On My MInd" he credited himself, apparently thinking that it was a traditional song, and like others he felt he could copyright his arrangement. Actually, he should have credited the We Five as "his" arrangement followed theirs so closely. Ian & Sylvia were quite startled to hear the unexpected cover on the radio, and Sylvia's agents had to contact St. Peters & his record company to get the credits corrected. (He also pretty much lifted a Jim & Jean arrangement of another song, it might have been Phil Ochs's "Changes," which is downright weird. That is, he does something like overdub Jean's vocals in falsetto--it's very odd).
Jack Marti: I have a vivid memory of being in my early teens, already labelled a beatnik in high school and rejected by my best friend because I wore black turtlenecks and had “gone beat”. Lol Was in the Riverboat Coffeehouse in Yorkville, Toronto - a very exciting place for a teenager to be at that time bc the culture had so much meaning for so many of our generation. Joni was very young too. (She was born four years before I was.) I’ll never forget those words, combined with the harmonies and rhythms in the guitar accompaniment - “and the sun poured in like butterscotch, and stuck to all my senses!” I came from a musical family but had never heard music like that! It was *our* music and I’m still so grateful for it.
that lived during these singers time saw the ladies as weak coffee shop tampon users.udy Collins,Joan Baez & Joni Mitchell were one hit wonders. They were more involved in their personal female anti-male beliefs.
+James Sandwitch Obviously you were not around then. I have LP's from all these artists and have transferred them first to tape and now CD. One hit wonders indeed! I never considered myself weak. And, what do you mean criticising tampon wearing? Lucky you that you never needed to rely on them. More than 50% of the population do.
