The best music I heard at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival was Paul (Noel) Stookey, all by himself, doing the mike check before the PPM set. He was doing this song. It was the absolute coolest.
Wow -- Mary Travers is the freak'in "mom" mtRNA|DNA to Gisel Bündchen, among the recent decade's mega-top-dollar-paid fashions models ever...whereas, many contemporaneous critics et al narrow thinkers, discounted Mary's "strong looks" as, at best, a cruder version of the "Julie Christie school of peroxide-locks"; whereas, in retrospect--at least for newer generations--review of the ubber-graphical stagings, w/high-key lighting, proves my salient point. Not my type, but lookers all the same!
these may be the songs from your childhood, but i'm 28 and these are the songs from my childhood too. mum and dad used to play these songs and sing them every weekend from as far back as i can remember :)
@jeeinocca *Why do people say,"back in the day" ? Back in What day? Their day? Your day? Or the old days? Is it that they just don't remember when? Version's ? There are many,this is simply,....Theirs.I was listening to them in 1961,I was fifteen,loved them then,and now.
@SoftSailz *Your comment was also a statement,and "your" view,and a matter of taste.Yours does NOT bother me.I just think it's wrong.I prefer Peter,Paul and Mary.You were VERY definite about your feeling,as am I.There will be "both" camps on this issue,so why bother to compare ?All of this was clear in my LAST comment.You seem to be the one that is "bothered" here.
@billy1212ist truthfully i dont even remember what my comment was. thats how much i really care and am bothered about it all lol. peter, paul, and mary are great vocalists and performers but there is no real emotion in this song. it is monotone and dull. they should have played it in a higher key and used more vocal talent. there's a statement for ya.
@SoftSailz Well your view,is just that,"YOUR VIEW".Meanwhile MILLIONS OF PEOPLE,thought otherwise,and without YOUR ADVICE. Your inability to remember,is also a statement,as to the mental ability,or lack there of.I am through talking to you.
I really like this version, even more than Gordon Lightfoot's (the author).
However, neither Paul nor Peter has the range or the raw power of Ian Tyson, who did (in my book) the finest job ever.
Those of us who were lucky enough to see Ian & Sylvia live, in the 60s/70s, especially in a small venue like D.C.'s old Cellar Door, heard this sung with a raw power (and a range Peter/Paul don't have) that blew us away. Look for an EARLY version, tho, not the later concert stuff.
What beautiful voices, what a quality of singing - accompanied only by two guitars and a string bass - always to remember what music can be. Peter, Paul & Mary will always be remembered as great folksingers!
Every time I revisit this posting, I am not only moved by P.P. & M. 's hauntingly beautiful rendition of this song, but I am often moved to tears by the love expressed in so many of the comments. .. Thank you, all.
Great song, great singers... We used to hear this song when we lived in Oklahoma (Stillwater) with our 2-yr old daughter back in 78...great days also!!!
I love this song, but look at the poor sob playing stand up bass...he's not even cool enough to have a light on him. Now nobody will believe that he played with Peter Paul and Mary!
@Mjollnir50 Who was he? And how come they never gave Mary her own mic? She's always leaning over his shoulder and barely missing getting clocked in the face by a guitar!
@missmisty42 Richard Kniss. And they always worked with 2 mics b/c P&P had to have eye contact, even though the "choreography" was variable. You should see how bluegrassers worked in that era, 4 or 5 musicians dancing around ONE mic. I'm guessing the main reason was that Mary, having much more vocal power, didn't need to be close miked the way the guys did.
oh my goodness .....wow......They werent underground like so many preferred folk music then. They were so commercial but geez......this is a favorite song of mine and they did it so beautifully. I had an album of theirs as a kid. I sang along and it was so much fun ....I miss that innocence. I miss...just singing....and not feeling and reality can be cold and harsh. Man they really did warm ya. Thank you for this. Had no idea they could be this awesome. xx Peace
@dahorn07 LOLzzz, I don't think affordability was an issue. In those days 'Stereophonic' was the 'IN' thing. It's my guess that the lead singer's voice came from both the speakers while the male and female chorus voices came from L/R loud speakers. It was a novelty then.
My girlfriend of mine has always been a big folk music fan, and PP&M were her favorite group. She saw them live on stage. When Mary passed, my friend said, "I feel like I've lost a part of my youth."
I was on the flight line in England sending our jets loaded with what ever they needed for there daily mission.. Stationed at RAF Welford sister base to Greenham Common loved our traveling fast pitch team. Our base slow pitch was one of the best, all we did was drink beer and wopp up on everybody.
Asides the fact that Mary should of been provided her own Mic),this performance is a grim reminder of how much many of us would love to bail out of a 1982 Delorian upon the arrival of 1966!
@MrFilmmaker92 Yes, & nicely dressed, too, as opposed to Joe Jonas performing in an undershirt on Leno last nite! This is so beautifully melodic - I thought the point of music was to create something beautiful. Over a million hits - gratifying to see the respect & admiration of this classic!Come stop by my tribute channel to a century of music - my 20,000 favorites on 800 playlists for artists, genres, & every year since 1900. The link below could get you started. chuck
@markje4 As odd as it may sounds, it's also the music of my childhood. I'm am turning 18 and my parents made me listen to Peter, Paul and Mary when I was little. I can say that I was well raised :)
Well Dave, thays the sixties for you...The Beatles used 2 mics and 3 amps in that time. But I agree...Mary must have felt uncomfortable in that position.
I understand what you are saying about that 3rd mike for Mary, but she has a very powerful voice and is meant to be the back-up voice. Because this song is meant for a male lead, I think they did this on purpose.
I just watched "Cruel War" and Mary was center on Mic - I wonder if the person who has lead vocals gets the mic and the 3rd vocalist is really background., Just an observation.
Back in the mid 60's, Peter, Paul, and Mary stopped off at my friends parents dinner, Peter & Pauls in Weymouth, Massachusetts. I believe they had just finnished doing a purformance at the Weymouth fairgrounds.
Peter or Paul aked the question..."Where's Mary?"
My friends mother repiled..."She's in the back".
As it was, my friends sister was also named Mary.
I would have love to see the expression on this wonderful groups faces when they got this reply from their question.
Excellent performance, and the only band PPM used was Dick Kniss on Bass, Kudo's to Gordon Lightfoot for an excellent song. No third mike back then for a "back-up" singer. That said, the way women were treated in music back then sucks. It was live: PPM was just that good.
@Omeiwise65 .... yes I agree, and so does blue. That's why he feels free to say what he said. Mrblue just calls it as it is. We are brothers and sisters but we are still different and its cool we can acknowledge it and he proves in both statements that humans are "evolving" ... bless..
@mrblue2011 I'm a total apple pie in my mouth white chick...and I think your statement was very indicative of you being totally cool with whatever race a person is. I m from an extremely diverse part of the country and I find u refreshing. Like this song. It is nice and calming. "They" don't produce soft sweet music that touches the soul so deeply, these days........ bless..
@Omiewise65 Sorry, It was not meant to be negative....Just a perception that Music is truly universal and I would rather listen to great stuff like this...Thanks for the comments :)
We used to listen to this song when I was stationed overseas in the Middle East as a UN Peacekeeper in 1974. It was the song that truly expressed how we felt, standing at the airfield in Ismailia with our pockets full of sand watching those silver birds flying away. Sadly 12 of my buddies never did make it home. RIP boys, you're not forgotten, and in some ways I don't think any of us really made it home. S Coy 73rd Svc Bttn CCUNEFME
@buckwheataa Thank-you, that means a lot to me. Unlike today there was no-one to greet us when we returned and most people are still unaware of how many Canadians were killed or wounded "In the Service Of Peace" (which is written on the reverse of our UN medals). Our dead and wounded came home quietly, no ceremony, no recogniztion, for what they gave up and went through. Sad really .. but it is what it is which is why your comments are so meaningful. So again Thank-you for caring!
@Gaz2588 I was servicing and supplying the jets out of Ramstein Air Force Base during the Vietnam War as a member of the U. S. Air Force about the same time as you were part of the Peacekeeper force. I know what you mean. Lana L. SLC, UT
@Gaz2588 I learned this song in 1966, when the album first came out. Same emotions, same feelings, except I was in the central highlands of S. VN and the silver wings were 60 km away, at Nha Trang. But in our minds we could see them, as we counted down the days.
@Mjollnir50 I remember the count down of the days and listening to this song. We had the months written on our off duty hats and kept turning the hat to show where you were in the countdown. A bit of a badge of pride that you had that much time in or that little time left and it showed who was a PINKIE (Poor Innocent New Keeper in Egypt). Bro I can only imagine what you went through in the Central Highlands of SVN. BZ and thank-you for your service!
I've seen several vids now with this same setup, except Mary's usually in the middle... I'm not sure it was a matter of trying to deny her a mic as much as it was a matter of acoustics. Mary has such a strong voice that it may have sounded better with just two mics; she may have overpowered Peter and Paul and messed up the balance of their perfectly-crafted harmonies otherwise.
@shadowfan36 Microphone sharing was commonplace among fledgling groups in the sixties. In general they were struggling to get a foot on the ladder and times weren't easy. It's not sexism, just economics. When they could finally afford one she got it!
@shadowfan36 Shadow, I had to come back in just one more time because, having watched several more PPM videos, it appears I've made a big mistake. Clearly they were well established in the music industry by the time they were doing these performances and the shared microphone seems to be an expression of intimacy and simplicity, not poverty as I supposed. Apologies, bard.
All this talk of whose version is better by fans of other Artist !! Of course PPM'S version is better...They had a heartthrob in Lovely Mary RIP, plus a harmony up there with the Beach Boys :) Gordon's version is second but good
i surely love the early morning rain. great folk performance i wonder how much infinitely better it could have been if mary had a separate mic. oh jesus! peter, paul share justly.
My biggest problem with this performance is the fact that they obviously used the very best cameras to film it but yet couldn't spare a 3rd mic for Mary!...i'll never get it! but asides all that,great folk performance!
A 3rd mic wasn't needed. With the power of Mary's vocals she could be heard with out it... Many of their performances were done with 2 mics.. Watch them switch positions during different songs...
If you look at their other clips it seems that they generally did just have two mics between the three of them: I presume that this was deliberate so that they could balance their vocals themselves whilst performing. And boy did they do that to perfection.
@Davesnyder100 You probably will 'never get it.' Mary didn't need a separate 'mic' for her positive contribution to this classic by Peter, Paul and Mary!
Mary never got her own mic unless she was singing solo. She sang way louder than the other two. When I saw them live (twice), she was always positioned in back between Peter and Paul and still out-projected them.
I've said before but I'll say it again, these three individuals always stood their ground in the belief that right was right, wrong was wrong and though you could fool yourself & stand on both ~ the truth was ~ you couldn't. Peace & civil rights were noble causes and PP&M did it well. I was heartbroken when Mary passed away in '09. A Kentucky girl who could have been a major player in 60's music but made the decision to state her beliefs in a magical musical way. R.I.P. Mary Travers......
Here's where I made my mistake. Came back from Vietnam in November '70 and went to work for Japan Air Lines in April '71. Made great money and flew my brains out ~ 34 countries, 50 states. Fiji Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, England, France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and on and on and on. 1,800,000 nautical miles over many years but I forgot to find someone while I was young and alive. Don't do that folks, I understand now; it's not where your at ~ it's who your with.
@beybarys Dylan thought they were Stooges, he talks about how they were invented as a group in his book Chronicles. Didn't seem to have very much respect for the whole deal.
@MrTmblweed They just helped cover many of his best songs and did better versions than he did. Although I think the greatest folk singer of that time was Joan Baez. I guess Dylan was the best songwriter and Phil Ochs #2. However, it was the Canadian Eric Bogle who wrote the greatest anti-war song ever, "The Green Fields of France".
@RPenta Eric Bogle Canadian??? Nah he's a Scotsman - but we in Adelaide South Australia have adopted him (or did he adopt us?) - He now lives here when not touring round the world
One of the most emotional versions of this song ever recorded by one. You can really feel the music by PP&M! Mary, we miss you, but know you are with God! Thank you for all of your music!
i love pp&m i have to thank myself for discovering the "classics" by getting my dads records at 4 and the first record i got into was actually a pp&m and i was like daddy "who des?" and i smiled all cute just holding it up to him and he played it for me and i was dancing i only remember it because he got the video camera and recorded it lol
i love pp&m i have to thank myself for discovering the "classics" by getting my dads records at 4 and the first record i got into was actually a dylan and i was like daddy "who des?" and i smiled all cute just holding it up to him and he played it for me and i was dancing i only remember it because he got the video camera and recorded it lol
@Superjudge007 Gordon Lightfoot didn't "give um" this song.He was paid very well. Peter,Paul & Mary were already established stars at this time and should be given credit for giving relatively unknown singer/songwriters their big break by recording their material. Writers like Lightfoot,Bob Dylan,John Denver all got their first big breaks because PP&M brought their music to large audiences,radio,and television. It was PP&M who talked Bob Dylan into recording his own songs.
@Superjudge007 I wasn't offended in the least fine sir. Most people don't know that PP&M were insturmental in starting the careers of many artists. I just happened to read a very interesting article on them years ago. I didn't realize the ONLY number one song they ever had was "Leaving on a Jet Plane", written by a then unknown singer/songwriter... John Denver. By the way... I'm a huge Gordon Lightfoot fan.
Another great Gordon Lightfoot composition.
HawksVox 1 day ago
Magnificent !
Really does not get much better than this.
zebratangozebra 1 day ago
I'm only 31 years old and a rock drummer but I love playing the acoustic guitar because of PP&M!
jmcalabig 1 week ago
The best music I heard at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival was Paul (Noel) Stookey, all by himself, doing the mike check before the PPM set. He was doing this song. It was the absolute coolest.
motamanx6 1 week ago
I will never forget, when I got out of the Army, pretty messed up from Nam and suicidal, jamming with them in Detroit. Mary saved my life
fredjackamikoons 1 week ago
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welcome home bro
jimtraner 2 days ago in playlist Liked videos
I turned 60 last year in October and they sound better now than they did when I was young, and I liked them then,
Dancinstan1 1 week ago
A very pretty song about- hopelessness and despair! :-) One of my favorites.
axecalibore 2 weeks ago 2
back once again third time todday can't seen to get enough of this song it's early (only monday) but this is the song of the week
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Wow -- Mary Travers is the freak'in "mom" mtRNA|DNA to Gisel Bündchen, among the recent decade's mega-top-dollar-paid fashions models ever...whereas, many contemporaneous critics et al narrow thinkers, discounted Mary's "strong looks" as, at best, a cruder version of the "Julie Christie school of peroxide-locks"; whereas, in retrospect--at least for newer generations--review of the ubber-graphical stagings, w/high-key lighting, proves my salient point. Not my type, but lookers all the same!
CarCriticAssessor 2 weeks ago
懐かしい！！ フォーク世代 ６３歳 仙台在住
tadasawa2326 2 weeks ago
damn she's so HOT
thanksforthemessdick 3 weeks ago 2
Viet Nam. Waiting for a plane back home-Viet Nam
That's what this will forever remind me of.
pioneerpatrick 3 weeks ago
Beautiful version of this song.
Lfdjake91 3 weeks ago
I bet a dollar to a hole in a donut, that Gordon likes this version.
Just a guess.
thetruthwillsetufree 3 weeks ago
Oh my! what a feeling! lovely song , btw the frond man guitarist gaze look like Jesus!:P love n respect
delafuga1 3 weeks ago
Thanks.
elperritopiloto 4 weeks ago
these may be the songs from your childhood, but i'm 28 and these are the songs from my childhood too. mum and dad used to play these songs and sing them every weekend from as far back as i can remember :)
JumpJumpJumpJumpJump 4 weeks ago
Back in the day, coffee houses, PPM music. Golly. Nice video.
jeeinocca 1 month ago
@jeeinocca *Why do people say,"back in the day" ? Back in What day? Their day? Your day? Or the old days? Is it that they just don't remember when? Version's ? There are many,this is simply,....Theirs.I was listening to them in 1961,I was fifteen,loved them then,and now.
billy1212ist 3 weeks ago
@gear6911,That was before women's lib
51rooster 1 month ago
@51rooster *There was Always,"women's Lib",ask any Sicilian Female.
billy1212ist 3 weeks ago
Great pick Tony Thanx
51rooster 1 month ago
Doesnt compare to Lightfoot's version...
SoftSailz 1 month ago
@SoftSailz * Why compare "oil" and "water" ? They are just different,you prefer Lightfoot's,others do not,so what ?
billy1212ist 3 weeks ago
@billy1212ist why even comment on my comment if it bothers you so much?
SoftSailz 3 weeks ago
@SoftSailz *Your comment was also a statement,and "your" view,and a matter of taste.Yours does NOT bother me.I just think it's wrong.I prefer Peter,Paul and Mary.You were VERY definite about your feeling,as am I.There will be "both" camps on this issue,so why bother to compare ?All of this was clear in my LAST comment.You seem to be the one that is "bothered" here.
billy1212ist 3 weeks ago
@billy1212ist truthfully i dont even remember what my comment was. thats how much i really care and am bothered about it all lol. peter, paul, and mary are great vocalists and performers but there is no real emotion in this song. it is monotone and dull. they should have played it in a higher key and used more vocal talent. there's a statement for ya.
SoftSailz 3 weeks ago
@SoftSailz Well your view,is just that,"YOUR VIEW".Meanwhile MILLIONS OF PEOPLE,thought otherwise,and without YOUR ADVICE. Your inability to remember,is also a statement,as to the mental ability,or lack there of.I am through talking to you.
billy1212ist 3 weeks ago
@billy1212ist you should have never spoken to me in the first place. Keep on trolling tho!
SoftSailz 3 weeks ago
im obsessed with this
maddddddy28 1 month ago
I don't know what it is but when I watch them sing on these videos I get goosebumps like no other songs I've seen before
RadioCarino 1 month ago
I really like this version, even more than Gordon Lightfoot's (the author).
However, neither Paul nor Peter has the range or the raw power of Ian Tyson, who did (in my book) the finest job ever.
Those of us who were lucky enough to see Ian & Sylvia live, in the 60s/70s, especially in a small venue like D.C.'s old Cellar Door, heard this sung with a raw power (and a range Peter/Paul don't have) that blew us away. Look for an EARLY version, tho, not the later concert stuff.
BlazingFerret 1 month ago
Peter, Paul, and Mary, my favorite 60s trio.
How I miss Mary, she was so young and beautiful
back then, and very thin. This is such a wonderful
song, In the Early Morning Rain, I identify with it
even though I don't drink.
VincentL7 1 month ago
What beautiful voices, what a quality of singing - accompanied only by two guitars and a string bass - always to remember what music can be. Peter, Paul & Mary will always be remembered as great folksingers!
fuzz451 1 month ago
懐かしいです。
tadasawa2326 1 month ago
懐かしいです。
tadasawa2326 1 month ago
I never knew nicholis cage was in a band
008maguire 1 month ago
With due respect to all other versions, this is by far the best.
sonofasaylor 1 month ago 2
Every time I revisit this posting, I am not only moved by P.P. & M. 's hauntingly beautiful rendition of this song, but I am often moved to tears by the love expressed in so many of the comments. .. Thank you, all.
Josquinquin 1 month ago
One of my all time greats love there harmony and guitar playing
chester777ful 1 month ago
Great song, great singers... We used to hear this song when we lived in Oklahoma (Stillwater) with our 2-yr old daughter back in 78...great days also!!!
MegaJuliov 1 month ago
my respcts and admiration plus thankfulness to those that dd not come back
for them am free may G=D bless them .
Arielinseattle29 2 months ago
I love this song, but look at the poor sob playing stand up bass...he's not even cool enough to have a light on him. Now nobody will believe that he played with Peter Paul and Mary!
missmisty42 2 months ago
@missmisty42 We bass players know who he was. ;-)
Mjollnir50 1 month ago 6
@Mjollnir50 Who was he? And how come they never gave Mary her own mic? She's always leaning over his shoulder and barely missing getting clocked in the face by a guitar!
missmisty42 1 month ago
@missmisty42 Richard Kniss. And they always worked with 2 mics b/c P&P had to have eye contact, even though the "choreography" was variable. You should see how bluegrassers worked in that era, 4 or 5 musicians dancing around ONE mic. I'm guessing the main reason was that Mary, having much more vocal power, didn't need to be close miked the way the guys did.
Mjollnir50 1 month ago
@Mjollnir50 ... behind the curtains?
lafave3 1 month ago
@lafave3 ...here, there and everywhere ;)
Mjollnir50 1 month ago
love this song!!
summer12ify 2 months ago
HEY!! does anyone know where i can get a copy of this performance...?
startrekkin1701 2 months ago
oh my goodness .....wow......They werent underground like so many preferred folk music then. They were so commercial but geez......this is a favorite song of mine and they did it so beautifully. I had an album of theirs as a kid. I sang along and it was so much fun ....I miss that innocence. I miss...just singing....and not feeling and reality can be cold and harsh. Man they really did warm ya. Thank you for this. Had no idea they could be this awesome. xx Peace
NoRosesForMe 2 months ago 2
Couldn't afford that third mic....
dahorn07 2 months ago
@dahorn07 LOLzzz, I don't think affordability was an issue. In those days 'Stereophonic' was the 'IN' thing. It's my guess that the lead singer's voice came from both the speakers while the male and female chorus voices came from L/R loud speakers. It was a novelty then.
shahzadeshtiak 2 months ago in playlist Easy Listening 2
@dahorn07 It's about the balance for their harmonies, thus no 3rd mic.
gear6911 1 month ago
anyone seen nicolas cage?
nihilas1988 2 months ago
I cry every rime I watch this.
Josquinquin 2 months ago
My girlfriend of mine has always been a big folk music fan, and PP&M were her favorite group. She saw them live on stage. When Mary passed, my friend said, "I feel like I've lost a part of my youth."
kangadillo 2 months ago
I was part of the un force and loved this on forces radio
navy816 2 months ago
Boy ! I love this track !!!
breffnipark 2 months ago
I was on the flight line in England sending our jets loaded with what ever they needed for there daily mission.. Stationed at RAF Welford sister base to Greenham Common loved our traveling fast pitch team. Our base slow pitch was one of the best, all we did was drink beer and wopp up on everybody.
buddyeight2000 2 months ago
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Asides the fact that Mary should of been provided her own Mic),this performance is a grim reminder of how much many of us would love to bail out of a 1982 Delorian upon the arrival of 1966!
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Davesnyder100 2 months ago
i like how clean-cut they are
MrFilmmaker92 2 months ago
@MrFilmmaker92 Yes, & nicely dressed, too, as opposed to Joe Jonas performing in an undershirt on Leno last nite! This is so beautifully melodic - I thought the point of music was to create something beautiful. Over a million hits - gratifying to see the respect & admiration of this classic!Come stop by my tribute channel to a century of music - my 20,000 favorites on 800 playlists for artists, genres, & every year since 1900. The link below could get you started. chuck
chkjns 2 months ago in playlist chkjns 30 Songs Pop Favorites
I want her dress so much.
equinegirl84321 2 months ago
The best thing about turning 60 next year is that this was the music of my youth. There never was, and never will be, a sound to match them.
markje4 2 months ago 14
@markje4 As odd as it may sounds, it's also the music of my childhood. I'm am turning 18 and my parents made me listen to Peter, Paul and Mary when I was little. I can say that I was well raised :)
Iammejustthatone 3 weeks ago
@markje4 i agree 100 percent that rap shit they got is a joke if u call that music im a Nuclear Physicist
shoeboot55 4 days ago
Well Dave, thays the sixties for you...The Beatles used 2 mics and 3 amps in that time. But I agree...Mary must have felt uncomfortable in that position.
wvrsteeler 2 months ago
great music
mcdavey105 3 months ago
I understand what you are saying about that 3rd mike for Mary, but she has a very powerful voice and is meant to be the back-up voice. Because this song is meant for a male lead, I think they did this on purpose.
dumonceauxable 3 months ago 2
Their music is still great.
buddyeight2000 3 months ago in playlist More videos from vinylsolution 2
Ha ha i realize that Britney mentioned about Peter Paul and Mary in her song - 3
ongtrumdmc 3 months ago
I just watched "Cruel War" and Mary was center on Mic - I wonder if the person who has lead vocals gets the mic and the 3rd vocalist is really background., Just an observation.
Beck9476 3 months ago
Although Gordon Lightfoot's rendition of this song is more uptempo, I love them both.
southernrockdrummer 3 months ago
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Does anyone know this song was written by gordon lightfoot?
radiowwww 2 months ago
@radiowwww No, he only did a cover of it. The original was written by Peter, Paul and Mary
southernrockdrummer 2 months ago
@southernrockdrummer It was written by Lightfoot.
nathanalext 2 months ago
Back in the mid 60's, Peter, Paul, and Mary stopped off at my friends parents dinner, Peter & Pauls in Weymouth, Massachusetts. I believe they had just finnished doing a purformance at the Weymouth fairgrounds.
Peter or Paul aked the question..."Where's Mary?"
My friends mother repiled..."She's in the back".
As it was, my friends sister was also named Mary.
I would have love to see the expression on this wonderful groups faces when they got this reply from their question.
jimmyratz 3 months ago in playlist jimmyratz's favorites
Mary always leaned in to sing. Didn't need a mic.
chrisclhobo 3 months ago
Last time I saw Peter Paul and Mary was in Albuquerque, I believe in 1999. I could close my eyes, and be back in 1968. No one can compare.
robertsmtn 3 months ago
2011, 45 years later and people are still listening to this. I was born in 95 and love this song and band.
5620103893 3 months ago 3
Excellent performance, and the only band PPM used was Dick Kniss on Bass, Kudo's to Gordon Lightfoot for an excellent song. No third mike back then for a "back-up" singer. That said, the way women were treated in music back then sucks. It was live: PPM was just that good.
twoolf 3 months ago
Is this really live?? The blend is so fine, it baffles me!
tayloreh 3 months ago
love this song so dearly... thanks for posting.....
apriline88 3 months ago
this is music.
MUFFIN0FD00M 3 months ago 2
PPMで一番大好きな曲です。４３年前が懐かしい！！
フォーク世代 ６３歳
tadatoshi2326 3 months ago
Among PPM's world hit songs, I love The Early Morining Rain best. I am so happy to share my good memorie of 1960s with their music.
kiitosmatsuzaki 3 months ago
ur argument is invalid... too much awesomeness.
no more words.
Floydflander 3 months ago in playlist Floydflander's favorites
Quel groupe talentueux. Pour moi, ils représentent l'excellence.
716Tryphon 3 months ago
Doesn't get much better, a classic.
brandyspal 3 months ago
my mum always cry when she listen that...:-(
mavra1910 3 months ago
What a classy song- and performed beautifully
ZJ1351 3 months ago 18
@ZJ1351 thanks to Gordon Lightfoot who wrote and originally sang this. Peter, Paul and Mary do a beautiful rendition!
poltallach 1 month ago
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@Omeiwise65 .... yes I agree, and so does blue. That's why he feels free to say what he said. Mrblue just calls it as it is. We are brothers and sisters but we are still different and its cool we can acknowledge it and he proves in both statements that humans are "evolving" ... bless..
kariwattsup 3 months ago
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@mrblue2011 I'm a total apple pie in my mouth white chick...and I think your statement was very indicative of you being totally cool with whatever race a person is. I m from an extremely diverse part of the country and I find u refreshing. Like this song. It is nice and calming. "They" don't produce soft sweet music that touches the soul so deeply, these days........ bless..
kariwattsup 3 months ago
I am a Black guy and I love PPM....lord !!!! the calm and peacefulness..I miss these times :(........on the other hand :)
mrblue2011 3 months ago 3
@mrblue2011 Who cares if you're ' a black guy' , bro ? We're all brothers and sisters , aren't we ?
Don't you talk like that ! Love and peace , Michael
Omiewise65 3 months ago 2
@Omiewise65 Sorry, It was not meant to be negative....Just a perception that Music is truly universal and I would rather listen to great stuff like this...Thanks for the comments :)
mrblue2011 3 months ago
We used to listen to this song when I was stationed overseas in the Middle East as a UN Peacekeeper in 1974. It was the song that truly expressed how we felt, standing at the airfield in Ismailia with our pockets full of sand watching those silver birds flying away. Sadly 12 of my buddies never did make it home. RIP boys, you're not forgotten, and in some ways I don't think any of us really made it home. S Coy 73rd Svc Bttn CCUNEFME
Gaz2588 4 months ago 48
@Gaz2588 Thank you for your service , your friends and all your commrades are in my prayers.
buckwheataa 3 months ago
@buckwheataa Thank-you, that means a lot to me. Unlike today there was no-one to greet us when we returned and most people are still unaware of how many Canadians were killed or wounded "In the Service Of Peace" (which is written on the reverse of our UN medals). Our dead and wounded came home quietly, no ceremony, no recogniztion, for what they gave up and went through. Sad really .. but it is what it is which is why your comments are so meaningful. So again Thank-you for caring!
Gaz2588 1 month ago 2
@Gaz2588 nice words to a wonderful song
shadow3pne 2 months ago
@Gaz2588 I was servicing and supplying the jets out of Ramstein Air Force Base during the Vietnam War as a member of the U. S. Air Force about the same time as you were part of the Peacekeeper force. I know what you mean. Lana L. SLC, UT
lanalorenzen 2 months ago
@Gaz2588 I learned this song in 1966, when the album first came out. Same emotions, same feelings, except I was in the central highlands of S. VN and the silver wings were 60 km away, at Nha Trang. But in our minds we could see them, as we counted down the days.
Mjollnir50 1 month ago
@Mjollnir50 I remember the count down of the days and listening to this song. We had the months written on our off duty hats and kept turning the hat to show where you were in the countdown. A bit of a badge of pride that you had that much time in or that little time left and it showed who was a PINKIE (Poor Innocent New Keeper in Egypt). Bro I can only imagine what you went through in the Central Highlands of SVN. BZ and thank-you for your service!
Gaz2588 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
I was there. It was innocent. I miss it.
sgtmajtom06 4 months ago
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Poor little bass player, nobody ever gets to see you, nobody knows your name...
:D
CvHLJC 4 months ago
Poor little bass player, nobody ever gets to see you, nobody knows your name...
:D
CvHLJC 4 months ago
I bet 90% of us are watching Mary. She is just absolutely GORGEOUS, with a voice to match it.
startrekkin1701 4 months ago
@startrekkin1701 Mary was hot. But the music was "theirs".
alterego55 4 months ago
Mary had a strong voice and would drown the others out.
flight69twa 4 months ago
@flight69twa Beautiful woman, beautiful voice. RIP Mary!
9241937 4 months ago
To those that's don't know he died, I believe it was late 2009 or 2010. I am pretty certain but I could be wrong. Marc
TammieSue1 4 months ago
@TammieSue1
The one of the three that passed away in Mary in 2009. Peter and Noel Paul (as he goes by now) are still performing.
Pennylite 3 months ago
with their previous gig...it is sometimes their set up....mary don't have a mic of her own.....
ragnoevil 4 months ago
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ameliajulius 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Peter, Paul and Mary
@Davesnyder100
I've seen several vids now with this same setup, except Mary's usually in the middle... I'm not sure it was a matter of trying to deny her a mic as much as it was a matter of acoustics. Mary has such a strong voice that it may have sounded better with just two mics; she may have overpowered Peter and Paul and messed up the balance of their perfectly-crafted harmonies otherwise.
ameliajulius 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Peter, Paul and Mary
A Freedom Bird. Nothing else to add.
jimtraner 4 months ago in playlist jimtraner's Favorited Videos
Where, oh where, is Mary Travers' microphone?
shadowfan36 4 months ago
@shadowfan36 Microphone sharing was commonplace among fledgling groups in the sixties. In general they were struggling to get a foot on the ladder and times weren't easy. It's not sexism, just economics. When they could finally afford one she got it!
gordbard52 4 months ago
@gordbard52
Oh that's good! :)
shadowfan36 4 months ago
@shadowfan36 Nice to meet you. Regards, bard.
gordbard52 4 months ago
@shadowfan36 Shadow, I had to come back in just one more time because, having watched several more PPM videos, it appears I've made a big mistake. Clearly they were well established in the music industry by the time they were doing these performances and the shared microphone seems to be an expression of intimacy and simplicity, not poverty as I supposed. Apologies, bard.
gordbard52 4 months ago
if you ( peter and paul ) read these post you guys and Mary, RIP are the best thing that ever happen to music, period.
hdrdking51 4 months ago
just 2 mics- unpluged of the finest-
ealamin 4 months ago
nice lyrics Gordon L.
ThePretzelHead 4 months ago
thank you so much for uploading these videos, fantastic.
NaiveAmoeba 4 months ago
This song was written by Gordon Lightfoot.
larrycom 4 months ago
Thank you Kentucky for produceing a wonderful person like Mary Travers. For this, i will always love Kentucky the state.
themusickey12 4 months ago
jerry reeds is the best i've heard but you know what opinion are like
ceh1237 4 months ago
Beautiful !
wujianzhong 4 months ago
All this talk of whose version is better by fans of other Artist !! Of course PPM'S version is better...They had a heartthrob in Lovely Mary RIP, plus a harmony up there with the Beach Boys :) Gordon's version is second but good
mrblue2011 4 months ago
I swear to god when Mary started in, I teared up like a sentimental fool lost on youtube.
jeddyhi 4 months ago
the tall guy's expression is otherworldly
pikiwiki 4 months ago
great
Lachklaus 4 months ago
i surely love the early morning rain. great folk performance i wonder how much infinitely better it could have been if mary had a separate mic. oh jesus! peter, paul share justly.
ftadili1 4 months ago
My biggest problem with this performance is the fact that they obviously used the very best cameras to film it but yet couldn't spare a 3rd mic for Mary!...i'll never get it! but asides all that,great folk performance!
Davesnyder100 4 months ago 22
@Davesnyder100
A 3rd mic wasn't needed. With the power of Mary's vocals she could be heard with out it... Many of their performances were done with 2 mics.. Watch them switch positions during different songs...
kamui1001 4 months ago
If you look at their other clips it seems that they generally did just have two mics between the three of them: I presume that this was deliberate so that they could balance their vocals themselves whilst performing. And boy did they do that to perfection.
dashboardbudgie 3 months ago
@Davesnyder100 kinda sad, but think its because she is a woman?
DanpachiSama 3 months ago
@Davesnyder100 You probably will 'never get it.' Mary didn't need a separate 'mic' for her positive contribution to this classic by Peter, Paul and Mary!
Regards,
Wiltent
wiltent 3 months ago 3
@Davesnyder100
Mary never got her own mic unless she was singing solo. She sang way louder than the other two. When I saw them live (twice), she was always positioned in back between Peter and Paul and still out-projected them.
washingd 2 months ago
I've said before but I'll say it again, these three individuals always stood their ground in the belief that right was right, wrong was wrong and though you could fool yourself & stand on both ~ the truth was ~ you couldn't. Peace & civil rights were noble causes and PP&M did it well. I was heartbroken when Mary passed away in '09. A Kentucky girl who could have been a major player in 60's music but made the decision to state her beliefs in a magical musical way. R.I.P. Mary Travers......
MrRonnieG 5 months ago
Here's where I made my mistake. Came back from Vietnam in November '70 and went to work for Japan Air Lines in April '71. Made great money and flew my brains out ~ 34 countries, 50 states. Fiji Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, England, France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and on and on and on. 1,800,000 nautical miles over many years but I forgot to find someone while I was young and alive. Don't do that folks, I understand now; it's not where your at ~ it's who your with.
MrRonnieG 5 months ago
Great lyrics, of course.
However, I like Elvis' version better.
beybarys 5 months ago
@beybarys Dylan thought they were Stooges, he talks about how they were invented as a group in his book Chronicles. Didn't seem to have very much respect for the whole deal.
MrTmblweed 4 months ago
@MrTmblweed They just helped cover many of his best songs and did better versions than he did. Although I think the greatest folk singer of that time was Joan Baez. I guess Dylan was the best songwriter and Phil Ochs #2. However, it was the Canadian Eric Bogle who wrote the greatest anti-war song ever, "The Green Fields of France".
RPenta 4 months ago
@RPenta Eric Bogle Canadian??? Nah he's a Scotsman - but we in Adelaide South Australia have adopted him (or did he adopt us?) - He now lives here when not touring round the world
Jalady100 4 months ago
@RPenta Thanks for your opinion, those that didn't like Dylans voice missed the point altogether. He never sang against anything.
MrTmblweed 4 months ago
@MrTmblweed Maybe we just did not like the way he sings.
RPenta 4 months ago
Geeeez, what a beautiful song. I'm puzzled how 20 people could not like this. The music reaches the debths of my soul.
MrRonnieG 5 months ago
hah. might be a black and white video...
But the music really brings out the colour.
Charlytrippo 5 months ago in playlist 50s and 60s 17
Thumbs up if Dr. Goddard sent you here!
halbert05 5 months ago
So good.
chauffeurme 5 months ago
Excelente !!! Muito bom rever gente talentosa.
rogeriofteixeira 5 months ago
I'm a right-wing conservative and I love Peter Paul and Mary!
smitty54017 5 months ago 2
One of the most emotional versions of this song ever recorded by one. You can really feel the music by PP&M! Mary, we miss you, but know you are with God! Thank you for all of your music!
vett62 5 months ago in playlist Peter Paul and Mary
beautiful vocals...
sonofasaylor 5 months ago
amen.
naymelful 5 months ago
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i love pp&m i have to thank myself for discovering the "classics" by getting my dads records at 4 and the first record i got into was actually a pp&m and i was like daddy "who des?" and i smiled all cute just holding it up to him and he played it for me and i was dancing i only remember it because he got the video camera and recorded it lol
GothMetalhead999 5 months ago in playlist Peter Paul and Mary
i love pp&m i have to thank myself for discovering the "classics" by getting my dads records at 4 and the first record i got into was actually a dylan and i was like daddy "who des?" and i smiled all cute just holding it up to him and he played it for me and i was dancing i only remember it because he got the video camera and recorded it lol
GothMetalhead999 5 months ago in playlist Peter Paul and Mary
This video was just added to a music playlist at JustPlay.fm
justplayfm 5 months ago
Why wasn't beautiful Mary given a separate mike? In a lot of these videos she has to crouch over to sing. Pity.
RiaLake 5 months ago
Mary is still the most encaptulating woman I have ever seen that just happen to have the most fantastic voice p+p werent to bad at singing either
johnygail 5 months ago
Well, it's nice that Gordon Lightfoot let um have this.... but he clearly sings it better. These guys remove all life and soul from this song.
Superjudge007 5 months ago
@Superjudge007 I love Lightfoot's version of this song, but I'm happy to say I disagree 100% with your assessment of this performance.
timboytx 5 months ago
@Superjudge007 Gordon Lightfoot didn't "give um" this song.He was paid very well. Peter,Paul & Mary were already established stars at this time and should be given credit for giving relatively unknown singer/songwriters their big break by recording their material. Writers like Lightfoot,Bob Dylan,John Denver all got their first big breaks because PP&M brought their music to large audiences,radio,and television. It was PP&M who talked Bob Dylan into recording his own songs.
nerblebun 5 months ago
@nerblebun oh hey there. Didn't mean to offend you. Sorry about that.
Superjudge007 5 months ago
@Superjudge007 I wasn't offended in the least fine sir. Most people don't know that PP&M were insturmental in starting the careers of many artists. I just happened to read a very interesting article on them years ago. I didn't realize the ONLY number one song they ever had was "Leaving on a Jet Plane", written by a then unknown singer/songwriter... John Denver. By the way... I'm a huge Gordon Lightfoot fan.
nerblebun 5 months ago
Surprisingly her dress style fits perfectly today! What beautiful harmonies.
keyhano69 5 months ago 2
@keyhano69 Actually, today's clothing styles are copying the the styles of the 1960's! But you are so right, the dress would fit in today.
skyline2343 5 months ago
HEARTBREAKING
looknback2340 5 months ago
This song proves that music transcends all .... Their politics were not mine, but I loved their work...especially this fine tune
gto66solstice08 5 months ago