Oh, I miss this fabulous singer/composer. I was 3 when he came to our house and I sat on his knee. Changed the course of my life. I have been singing/teaching traditional folk music since childhood. Now I am 83 & still singing/teaching. I appreciate your posting this great song. Thank you.
Thank you for that! Pete Seeger was my Mom's favourite folk singer, i grew up with his music, and The Weavers, of course. They contributed immeasurably to our culture.
My grandfather was born in the Rhymney Valley in 1862 and went down in the mines when he was 12 years old, leading the pit ponies to the coal face. Bone and blood are the price of coal.
As a Welsh woman living here in Wales this song is awesome, especially when I think it's been heard all over the world and sung by so many. Thanks Mr Seeger. X
This song is a poem titled, XV, written by injured Welsh miner, Idris Davies, and published in a book of poetry in 1938 titled, Gwalia Deserta. Thank you Pete for putting it to music.
He took ownership, copyrighted it, like he did Turn Turn Turn, and like he Guantanamera , and Lion Sleeps.. The communist copyrighted the way to the capitalist bank. $ $ $ $
@@marksisto900 Perhaps ... but reading recently if my memory serves me correctly I believe he did ask Mrs Davies (Idris' widow) for permission to use the poem to write the song. If I'm wrong here, then please correct me.
Just checked in his "Bells of Rhymney" songbook:- Words by Idris Davies, Music by Pete Seeger Copyright 1959 by Ludlow Music Inc. Used by permission Also the authors and composers of Guantanamera are credited together with Used by permission For Turn, Turn, Turn the words are from the Book of Ecclesiastes with music by Pete Seeger Copyright 1962 by Melody Trails Inc. Used by permission. No information on Lion Sleeps (Although of course both 'Inc' companies could have been owned by Pete at the time ...)
@@Potemkin0 Why did the person above want to believe the worst of a left wing person? Is it out of a reflexive hatred of the left? Why assume Seegar would not have used the words with permission without even bothering to check? Marianne from Abergavenny near Merthyr using Roger's computer with permission.
@@rogerdavies8586 For an definitive answer to your question Marianne from Aber, you must ask Mark, but personally, I think he's got an axe to grind. My attempt to vocalize 'Rhymney' derives from listening to the Cardiffians who would put pronounce the 'h' after the 'R' to sound posher than folks from the Valleys!
Grew up listening to a recording of one of his children’s concerts. He’s such a talent and a wonderful performer. I wish I could’ve seen him live. Music and storytelling is so important to a culture. It keeps history alive.
A REAL HERO, if there is a statue of Pete, great! Let me know where it is, he was a citizen of ALL nations. If there isn't somebody, carve, sculpt, make one, you artists who recycle, make something worthy, proud but not hubristic, transform the mundane and erect a statue to the Great Pete Seeger. Namaste,Z.
This was always one of my favorite songs that The Alarm sung and had no idea then of its history (I was 18, so there’s that) but I’m so glad I came across this. While The Alarm’s version is moving, Seeger’s version is nothing short of stirring.
I have never seen this video, or heard this live version of this classic song. But glad I have now. It made shivers go down my spine. I lived the song, not just played it. Must have been magical to have been in that venue. 11 out of 10.
Without Pete Seeger and his amazing instruction manuals on Guitar , 12-string Guitar , and banjo I would never have made the progress I did years ago,and all my life his shadw is always there! Thanks Pete!!!!
That was beautiful. Id love to see the whole show. He did a fine job on that 12 string. The byrds took this up a couple of notches, but Mr.Seeger was the source of this song and did it just fine. A great man, always cared for other musicians. Had a show on TV in the 60s and had guest musicians. Donovan was one. They did a tune together. He also introduced Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964. RIP Pete Seeger.
I found this song through the Byrds and put a piano/vocal cover on my RU-vid channel. But WOW, to hear this song from the Source - this is a fantastic performance. Pete Seeger plays and sings with undeniable conviction and moves me powerfully. I am also grateful to him for giving us"Turn! Turn! Turn!"
Me too, meaning we heard the Byrds' Mr. Tamborine Man and a few others on the radio and I was intrigued if not entranced and bought the album. This song always got to me. . Now your cover there v=cWzx2AA1ITE is pretty darn good. What I like most in your videos is how you just barge ahead as if "who cares if it sounds perfect, it's love." Lindsey Sterling has a video somewhere about this, involving her very 1st video which she considers to be pretty ridiculous but it show people to go ahead and sing and dance. The problem is not in being vulnerable out there, but in holding back, hanging back too much.
What would do without people like Pete Seeger and Idris Davies? I l lived in the Rhymney Valley for many years and put my fathers ashes in the river behind Bedwas rugby club near where he was born within sight of Caerphilli Castle.
This song was mentioned a couple times in the film "Echo in the Canyon" (about the folk-rock movement in southern California's Laurel Canyon in the mid-60s). It influenced 60s musicians (including The Beatles) on both sides of the Atlantic.
I saw Pete live many times. Nothing can beat that 12-string guitar for generating a full guitar sound. This song is the pinnacle of his genre, I think. Perfect! Coal mining, however, is a planetary disaster. Isn't it awful that such a beautiful song was generated by such a foul substance?
Pete and his famous Baritone 12 string acoustic Guitar. A Baritone Guitar is usually anywhere from 26 to 28 inches scale length from the nut to the bridge of the Guitar. Tuned CFBEGC as opposed to standard EADGBE. Still sound in harmony when played together. Yet the Baritone projects much more sound and power. May need to mic the standard slightly to compensate. Pete loved this Guitar and played it right to the end of life.
Idris Davies poem/song. If if if if say the Bells of Cardiff 75 years before the Welsh Senate and 500 years from the closure of the Machynlleth Senate.
@@jacobperry3857 Not talking about the Newport Folk Fest., but the Byrds "Turn Turn Turn". Although I always loved Peter's "If I Had A Hammer and a Sickle".
I like his Game of thrones folk accent lol :) It's a Welsh poem with a semi Scottish accent. But this would never have been a song without Pete digging it out of an old Welsh poetry book, and I understand that Accents in the old countries can be tricky on the ear for the young country.
His pronunciation of 'Rhymney' (emphasising the first 'y') jars a bit as the Welshies when I lived there said it as "Rumnee" but his overall performance is without doubt a 'tour de force' (as the Frenchies would say)
I had never seen this or heard this from anyone else but The Byrds but now knowing Pete Seeger was the composer then its not hard to see why The Byrds redid it. Whistling at the end must've been very hard doing this Live.
The Byrds came nowhere near it though. They sounded like a bunch of stoned assholes in comparison not that they weren't talented people. It's sad when we hear this though to think his message came out stoned.
My most unforgettqble memory of the first Obama inauguration is of Pete Seeger standing tall on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial singing "This Land is Your Land" with all the forbidden verses. To me, that is the high point of American history in the 21st Century.
I ordinarily like best the original version of most songs, but John covered it and knocked it out of the park compared to Pete’s original. m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zHZgIlYSgiA.html
@@andrewgreene4167 Oh, is there some law against me comparing the two? It so happens that I loved the Byrds version when it came out and used to walk around singing it. It's beautiful, okay? But then I heard Seeger's version and found it more compelling and deeper in emotional content. So yeah, I'm comparing the two, and if you don't like that, too bad.
@tradewins take a chill pill man; one version was folk rock/electric and the other was pure folk; the song was the same but the style was so different, sort of like apples and oranges. To get offended by my comment when so many more important things are happening around us is sad
