The Brothers Four is a folk singing group founded in 1957. Their biggest hit was "Greenfields" in 1960. Some of their other songs are "The Green Leaves Of Summer", "Try To Remember", "I Am A Roving Gambler" etc.
Thank you for great pick. One of my favorite songs done by several groups but this was my favorite. The group was big in the early 60's and had several hits. Another good one is "The Green Leaves Of Summer". It's from John Wayne's "The Alamo movie, not an accurate description of that sad event but this was the theme song. They sing a lot of tear jerkers. Great choice as usual.
This song came out in 1959, and the group is still performing. There have been some changes but Bob Flick has been the leader the whole time. They were fraternity brothers at the University of Washington.
Always love The Brothers Four, good choice Harri! Please react to the songs by The Kingston Trio:Tom Dooley, Greenback Dollar, Where Have All The Flowers Gone(There's a Brothers Four version),........ Thank you very much!
Geez, Louise!! I'd have been 9 yo when this was released (1959). And i remember it. These guys had several hits. I immediately associate this with the music of The Kingston Trio, whom i believe emerged slightly later. We were coming into the Folk Music era. This might just about have been the time of Joan Baez. The Beat generation (beatniks) was was making itself felt - a renaissance of art and literature, poetry, and song. This was transcontinental: Greenwich Village in NYC and Paris, France were epicenters. What a flashback !!!
@@bgallagher8129 Right - The Four Lads was another. There were a number of trio's and quartets in that strip of time. Heavy emphasis on vocals/harmonies and really plain, simple instrumentation. Listen to this song for an example: a lone guitar being strummed and a very subtle upright bass. Just the chord structure played very simply. No frills. Nothing to grab your attention.
The four members met at The University of Washington and were members of the same fraternity hence the Brother's Four name. So beautiful and the harmonies spot on. A great memory. Thanks Harri and Craig. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Know the song, never knew the title. I'm a little kid again hearing this on the radio when my dad was listening to an easy listening station while driving late at night or on a Sunday morning when he'd listen to the radio while cooking us brunch. Taking me back to my youth, Craig - thanks for the classy selection.
This song was released in 1959. The song talks about going back home of the greenfields. Ganesha and his brother Kartikeya was once given a challenge to see who could go round the world and coe back to the parents Shiva and Parvarti first. While Kartikeya zooms off, Ganesha circles round the parents and sits down next to them. Shiva asks him the meaning of this. Ganesha said that he loves them more than anyone else in the world. So his action is symbolic of the fact there is no where he would rather be than to be near his parents. That is why whereever he may be travelling around the world, he would quickly come back to the parents. Shiva was pleased with his answer.
Very pretty melody and lovely singing, but I found myself thinking, Man! Those lyrics are manipulating and creepy! "I'll wait until you learn (????) you can't be happy (run away! run away!) without the green fields and ME! OOOH NO! I'm never going back! NONONO! 😳😬
It is very interedting how you interpret the Greenfields concept where once there was greenery and now the river runs dry. In Hinduism kusu grass is used to worship Ganesha. Ganesha is the elephant God and kusu grass is used to worship. He is the God thst helps to remove obstacles and kusu grass is the hope that the greenfield would be perennial. In one of your past lives, you must have a strong connection with Vedic culture.
