Pete Seeger (lyrics, American, bling, member, cover)

swim · 06-20-2007, 08:36 PM

Woody Guthrie may be the most influential and Bob Dylan may be the poster boy but, Pete Seeger is the most worth while artist in American folk. He has a wonderful voice that's smooth and golden, lyrics that are still relevant today which is impressive when considering the amount of poliltical songs he did, musicianship, and an amazing down to earth personal auora about him. I have never seen nor heard anyone play the banjo like this man. I’m not sure that there are too many people who can play a fretless banjo with such ease as him. He had a show in the mid-60s called Rainbow Quest I recommend you watch some of it on youtube. My first encounter with Pete was God Bless the Grass and I can’t think of a more perfect album. Of all the projects he was in (The Weavers, Peter Paul & Mary, Collab with Guthrie and many others) his solo stuff still strikes me the most and I don’t there’s a cover he’s done that isn’t my favorite version that exists with the sole exception of This Land is My Land.

Little Boxes (Malvina Reynolds)

Shenandoah (lost to time)

What Did You Learn In School Today? (Tom Paxton)

Where Have All The Flowers Gone?

He had a very interesting life a good easy read is on wikipedia
Pete Seeger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some people may call slapping a wiki link up here laziness but I don’t see anything wrong with. It’s much better than me paraphrasing or stumbling about the facts that I do know.

sleepy jack · 06-20-2007, 08:42 PM

What Did You Learn In School is amazing, it was really weird for me to hear such powerful political lyrics without screaming. I've only heard like five songs but I already like him better than Dylan and Guthrie. Everyone should check him out.

boo boo · 06-20-2007, 10:23 PM

There's a green one, and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same

sleepy jack · 06-20-2007, 10:47 PM

YouTube - Bring Them Home sogood.

Laces Out Dan! · 06-20-2007, 10:50 PM

Checked out the stuff above, really cool. I like it a lot.

~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ · 06-20-2007, 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boo boo

There's a green one, and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same

What song and by who is this? I hear it every so often and I can never remember.

boo boo · 06-21-2007, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The-Starving-Artless

What song and by who is this?.

Umm... Take a guess.

The song is Little Boxes.

swim · 06-21-2007, 07:10 AM

hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?a0wtgc02cj0
Favorite/Recommended Tracks
God Bless the Grass
The People are Scratching
The Power and Glory
The Faucets are DRipping
70 miles

I'm kind of sorry for the obnoxiously big picture but not really because if you've never seen it before and I posted it small you wouldn't notice little Pete.

...Little Boxes was written Malvina Reynolds and obviously Seeger did a cover. I hear it on tv every so often as well.

adidasss · 06-21-2007, 12:07 PM

Thanks for the upload...

~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ · 06-21-2007, 03:27 PM

Quote:

...Little Boxes was written Malvina Reynolds and obviously Seeger did a cover. I hear it on tv every so often as well.

Yeah, every time I've heard it it was a woman singing, which is why I asked who it was by. Pete isn't a woman's name.

Just to clear that up boo boo.

06-20-2007, 08:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	Pete Seeger Woody Guthrie may be the most influential and Bob Dylan may be the poster boy but, Pete Seeger is the most worth while artist in American folk. He has a wonderful voice that's smooth and golden, lyrics that are still relevant today which is impressive when considering the amount of poliltical songs he did, musicianship, and an amazing down to earth personal auora about him. I have never seen nor heard anyone play the banjo like this man. I’m not sure that there are too many people who can play a fretless banjo with such ease as him. He had a show in the mid-60s called Rainbow Quest I recommend you watch some of it on youtube. My first encounter with Pete was God Bless the Grass and I can’t think of a more perfect album. Of all the projects he was in (The Weavers, Peter Paul & Mary, Collab with Guthrie and many others) his solo stuff still strikes me the most and I don’t there’s a cover he’s done that isn’t my favorite version that exists with the sole exception of This Land is My Land. Little Boxes (Malvina Reynolds) Shenandoah (lost to time) What Did You Learn In School Today? (Tom Paxton) Where Have All The Flowers Gone? He had a very interesting life a good easy read is on wikipedia Pete Seeger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Some people may call slapping a wiki link up here laziness but I don’t see anything wrong with. It’s much better than me paraphrasing or stumbling about the facts that I do know. __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

06-20-2007, 10:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
Laces Out Dan! I love Puck Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,614	Checked out the stuff above, really cool. I like it a lot. __________________ We are entirely smooth, We admit to the truth, We are the best at what we do.

06-21-2007, 07:10 AM	#8 (permalink)
swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?a0wtgc02cj0 Favorite/Recommended Tracks God Bless the Grass The People are Scratching The Power and Glory The Faucets are DRipping 70 miles I'm kind of sorry for the obnoxiously big picture but not really because if you've never seen it before and I posted it small you wouldn't notice little Pete. ...Little Boxes was written Malvina Reynolds and obviously Seeger did a cover. I hear it on tv every so often as well. __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

06-21-2007, 12:07 PM	#9 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Thanks for the upload... __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm