This person makes me happy even on a video. His work that I have researches is a gold mine of creative originality unlike I have rarely seen. If there was ever a genius in the field of creative arts, Shel Silvertein would have to be way up there in history books of 20th century.....no doubt in my mind about that.
@Twilightail AAAHHH SHUT YOUR TRAP! WHEN I WORKED WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO'S DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER SERVICES, I'VE BEEN CALLING SHELLIE RIEDLE a.k.a. SHELLIE SILVERSTEIN-RIEDLE FOR AT LEAST ONE-YEAR.
I flipping love this song. We watched this video in my children's lit class at college and I fell in love with it. I read a lot of his stories and poems growing up so he's always had a spot in my heart.
There was one book I read when I was a kid in school. And that book was "Where the sidewalk ends by Shell Silverstein." Me and a classmate both loved the book, and would memorize alot of poems and say them out loud to the class. That one book really captured my imagination as a kid. I just started searching for him again because I remembered the name, and it was a sad moment to hear he had died.
@abargle Must have been amazing - I only discovered Cash in a big way a few weeks ago. Great singer and storyteller too. I don't think we'll hear songs of the like again.
This was back when musicians like Cash had integrity and gave credit where it was due. How many today talk about the REAL artists that write their songs behind the scenes?
Yep he can't sing, but what a gifted lyricist. Dr Hook have a lot to thank him for. Daddy What if towards the end has some parts of the Wonderful Soup Stone there.
@psichomiko I have no idea. There's just a lot of unhappy people in the world. But this is still America and people with whom we disagree have a right to voice their opinion. Look at it this way: 8 dislikes out of 150,000+ views is not bad at all! Plus, we know they are sadly mistaken, and that's enough for me. I hope those poor 8 people get the help they need.
@psichomiko Honestly, their helmet probably fell off and they accidentally clicked the mouse when trying to synchronize the motor skills necessary to pick it up.
@psichomiko I always ask myself that question when I see someone dislike something I think should be liked by all. And I tell myself it's gotta be because they thought the quality of the video was bad, or something that absolutely COULDN'T have anything to do with the content.
Im just so glad to see one of my favorite artists live to be so happy just hearing sing makes me love my dad 10 times as more than i do. I justvwish everyone in this world could at least experience the bond between father and son. R.I.P. Uncle Shelby!
For some reason, I started getting teary-eyed in the last verse of the song when he sang "Yeah but Daddy, what if I stopped loving you, what would happen then?" and then when he answered the question in the next verse, I started to cry because I remembered the loving relationship with my father, and I wouldn't trade it for the world.
This man is purely wonderful, he's made my life all more beautiful.
I enjoyed a lot of Shel Silverstein's poems and songs when I was a kid but I have to say, and I might catch heat for this (but I don't care), that I've lost respect for him and am frankly, disgusted after hearing "Father of a Boy Named Sue". What a twisted, sick ending that was.
Shel Silverstein's poems and stories repeatedly return to themes of overcoming self doubt. I re-discovered his work as an adult, and he was able to take me back to the important decisions of childhood without panic or "instructions." Just for the record, I think he was an uncommon children's poet and author, and should be remembered and reprinted
@SamuraiPirate88 I can't fathom why either, but some miserable people will hate on anything and everything. Their loss - we're the ones havinf fun!!!!
I just listened to a remembering Johnny Cash program on NPR, they mentioned "Sue" was written by Shel. I didn't know that, and was great to see this video out here, thanks for posting it!
Shel's been one of my heroes for years. This is the first time I've gotten to see him perform. Thank-you!! I'M SO GOOD THAT I DON"T HAVE TO BRAG is a favorite among many of Shel's great performances.
@toshirodragon I knew back then that Shel wrote "Sue" and later that he drew for Playboy. Later when I married a schoolteacher, I found he did poetry and childrens books too. A very multi talented guy. She has a book of his poetry called "Where the Sidewalk Ends". Very cool poems and illustrations too.
@toshirodragon Shel Silverstein wrote A Boys Named Sue about his born again bisexual love interest Charles Nelson Riley,who Silverstein used to call "Sue" whenever he would go over his house for a buttphuck.
The title might also have been inspired by the male attorney Sue K. Hicks of Madisonville, Tennessee, a friend of John Scopes who agreed to be a prosecutor in what was to become known as the Scopes Trial. Sue was named after his mother who died after giving birth to him google it
Han er fantastisk, - shel Silverstein synge "Daddy, What If." - jeg så en tv udsendelse engang i halvfjerdserne, med den mand. Filmet i hans husbåd i NYC, jeg blev bjergtaget af ham og hans personlighed. Han har forøvrigt skrevet tekster til mange berømtheder..
My first poetry book as a child was where the sidewalk ends..."there was an old man with a very long beard who never wore no clothes...so he wraps his hair around his bare and down the road he goes" :)
Well abargle: Man i am very chuffed that you posted this, as i am a Johnny Cash Tribute Artist and i don't do things by halves. As you know that if you're gonna' pay Tribute. It's gotta' be dead on, otherwise, don't even think about doing it. We do John proud. Godbless you my friend for Shell and JR
Thanks for this video. Awesome talent Uncle Shelby was. I have a couple of his childrens books from the late 70's and I love them. They have a little bit of a twisted element to them. But great reads none the less.
He doesn't have a beautiful voice, that's for sure, but he has so much character! Regardless of his vocal talents, he was a good song writer and a hilarious man. I could listen to his rendition of Daddy, What If a hundred times, just because it has so much personality. (and Johnny Cash is amazing as always :P)
You're right about his voice. I've always felt that as long as a singer's voice conveys some kind of emotion well, they don't have to be technically "good".
@AfroMan1171 your g-aunt did you a BIG favor. I used to think shel was s"ongs performed by dr. hook" and didn't know about his children's stuff until the dawn of the internet! I was 16 when i first heard shel's work by dr.hook and have loved him ever since!
ive been watching some shel silversteins videos a bit today and it seems like alot of people used to run into him all the time and all said how great of a guy he was
Wow. This is the first time I've ever seen a video of Shel Silverstein. I've been looking for a performance of his poems, because I heard he actually sang (?) a few of them. Anyone know where I can find them?
@Siafu66 Me too. I 'll share with you why I weep (admittedly, sometimes sob) whilst reading this or listening to Shel narrate his story. It's because I morph this beautiful story of love to the love of us parents for our kids, & God's Love for all of us. The SELFISH boy (all of us) & the SELFLESS tree (God) We reach out as best we can for our kids, & God reaches out the best he can without tainting our gift of free will. The Happy Prince & The Selfish Giant (Oscar Wilde) also gets my soul full.
Shel is SO talented! I love "The Unicorn" which he wrote. He wrote all the songs on "OLD DOGS" (Waylon, Jerry Reed, Mel Tillis & Bobby Bare) Hilarious songs. best line..."When you're young, your nose smells and your feet run, when you get old, your nose runs and your feet smell!"
Shel was one of my favorites back in the 70's, few knew he wrote for Dr. and The Medicine Show. He also wrote and illustrated some of the best children's books I've ever seen. He'll be missed for a long time coming, thanks for posting.
Honestly, he kinda looks like someone you would want to keep your kids AWAY from. It just goes to show how decieving apperances can be. Shel was an incredibly insightful man,
Although I just now remembered that he wrote "The Smoke Off", featured on Dr. Demento. So an incredibly insightful, AND with a very bizzare side, and he will always be missed.
I've only ever heard Bobby Bare's version with his son (on the "Lullabies, Legends, and Lies" album), thank you so much for posting this Shel treasure!
My older sister used to read "Listen to the musnt's" to me every night at bedtime. I now read that same poem to my kids every night at bedtime. They adore Shel as much as I did and still do. RIP, Shel.
holy crap, I had no idea he wrote "a boy named sue"! it totally sounds like something shel would write too! R.I.P., one of my greatest inspirations. :)
That's so touching! Det där är så jävvla rörande så man sitter som gammal farsa, och Silversteinälskare, och bara böööölar i sin enslighet. Tack! Thank you! Kiitos! Merci! Ei saa peitä!
This person makes me happy even on a video. His work that I have researches is a gold mine of creative originality unlike I have rarely seen. If there was ever a genius in the field of creative arts, Shel Silvertein would have to be way up there in history books of 20th century.....no doubt in my mind about that.
fredgalist1 1 week ago
:) big smile.
2186431817 2 weeks ago
this was Shel's only t.v. appearance as he thought the whole notion of 'celebrity' was invasive... so watch and treasure this Treasure!
lesliekorshak 1 month ago
You're shitting me! Shel wrote this song?! -mind blows from sheer awesomeness-
Twilightail 1 month ago
@Twilightail AAAHHH SHUT YOUR TRAP! WHEN I WORKED WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO'S DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER SERVICES, I'VE BEEN CALLING SHELLIE RIEDLE a.k.a. SHELLIE SILVERSTEIN-RIEDLE FOR AT LEAST ONE-YEAR.
drrckyee 2 weeks ago
Such. a good guy R.I.P Shell Silvestein
raymondsblogs 1 month ago
Well, consider me thoroughly uncortable...though it was only I that searched for "Uncle" Shelby...
Exupery1976 1 month ago
did Shel smoke marijuana?
GhettoBlaster100 1 month ago
Shel Silverstein was a genius! Love his poetry, songs, and performances!
fanofjets 1 month ago
search Shel silverstien dad of sue that some funny sheeeet
VideoVerifying 2 months ago
i can't get over this <3<3<3
madbrown 2 months ago
I flipping love this song. We watched this video in my children's lit class at college and I fell in love with it. I read a lot of his stories and poems growing up so he's always had a spot in my heart.
SultanaBranWthBanana 3 months ago
That was great. =)
SoldierSide77 4 months ago
Shel Silverstein died when I was only a few months old. :(
82superawesome 4 months ago
What a wonderful human being! What I'd give for the talent in a single one of his eyelashes.
turnitback 4 months ago
He sounds exactly like Charlie from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
yaultrafat 4 months ago 4
@yaultrafat hahaha you're so right. i knew the voice was familiar but i couldn't make it out.
paulwallbaybay 3 months ago
I was stoned and I missed it!
Rustyshackleford08 5 months ago
The man is pure genius and a god damn saint!
durkleferguson942 5 months ago 4
There was one book I read when I was a kid in school. And that book was "Where the sidewalk ends by Shell Silverstein." Me and a classmate both loved the book, and would memorize alot of poems and say them out loud to the class. That one book really captured my imagination as a kid. I just started searching for him again because I remembered the name, and it was a sad moment to hear he had died.
MetalMan2k 6 months ago
Man, Johnny Cash nearly got upstaged here lol Don't see that often!
FriedEggsandChips 6 months ago 18
@FriedEggsandChips What a great time, when Shel and Johnny were still alive.
abargle 6 months ago 12
@abargle Must have been amazing - I only discovered Cash in a big way a few weeks ago. Great singer and storyteller too. I don't think we'll hear songs of the like again.
FriedEggsandChips 6 months ago
This was back when musicians like Cash had integrity and gave credit where it was due. How many today talk about the REAL artists that write their songs behind the scenes?
gutstotake 7 months ago 4
9 people stopped loving their fathers.
gutstotake 7 months ago
in my class we practiced his poem:SICK and we ended up rapping it
sophialanwes 7 months ago
two of my favorite people that ever lived haha
reeceJyoung 7 months ago
Holy Crap!! I didn't know that shel silverstein was also a musician!! O-o
I loved his poem books back when I was a kid!! xD
NirvashZ 7 months ago
This is probably the only man i wouldve liked to meet even more than frank zappa.
reeding 7 months ago
9 people openly support a newly instated Nazi Regime.
chill5392 7 months ago
Bob Dylan called Shel Silverstein and Randy Newman the greatest songwriters of all time.
John7011 8 months ago
@John7011 And right he was!
4blueelefants 7 months ago
...and the tree was happy, but not really.
hjorgan67 8 months ago
wow i had no idea he wrote a boy named sue!
maquon 8 months ago
I loved him in Iron Man
decenthypocrite 8 months ago
Yep he can't sing, but what a gifted lyricist. Dr Hook have a lot to thank him for. Daddy What if towards the end has some parts of the Wonderful Soup Stone there.
Colingl1 9 months ago
Freckin' Priceless!
Dawnina77 9 months ago
9 ppl are suicidal...somebody get them help now!!!
doughboydru 9 months ago
It seems kinda fitting that Shel Silverstein would be on a show on April 1... :)
EmiLovey10 10 months ago
absolutely priceless!!
ugmodude 10 months ago
how did they get their teeth so white back then?
mattymoesc 10 months ago
@mattymoesc baking soda and you wouldn't believe toothpaste!
hayguylol 10 months ago
Shel is just one of those guys you just can't hate
ugoodHomeBoy 10 months ago
@ugoodHomeBoy It's true. If there's such thing as angels Shel truly was one.
HisEmptyHouse 10 months ago
@ugoodHomeBoy 9 people disagree
Mikster35 9 months ago
why would 8 people dislike this?
psichomiko 11 months ago 19
@psichomiko I have no idea. There's just a lot of unhappy people in the world. But this is still America and people with whom we disagree have a right to voice their opinion. Look at it this way: 8 dislikes out of 150,000+ views is not bad at all! Plus, we know they are sadly mistaken, and that's enough for me. I hope those poor 8 people get the help they need.
abargle 11 months ago 23
@abargle i hope so too
psichomiko 11 months ago
@psichomiko Honestly, their helmet probably fell off and they accidentally clicked the mouse when trying to synchronize the motor skills necessary to pick it up.
greazymcgeezy 8 months ago
@psichomiko Because those 8 men are called Sue, Joan, Betsy, Patsy, Louise, Jenny, Rachel and Daphne.
FriedEggsandChips 6 months ago 2
@psichomiko I always ask myself that question when I see someone dislike something I think should be liked by all. And I tell myself it's gotta be because they thought the quality of the video was bad, or something that absolutely COULDN'T have anything to do with the content.
mungbean4u 3 months ago
You know where I can find "I'm so good I don't have to brag"? Been trying to find that song and just can't seem to get it anywhere!
95stangdude 11 months ago
Shel is why I grew up this way...
CheapCoffee 1 year ago 5
Amen brother! Amen!
Siafu66 1 year ago
Shel was a song writing genius
gregcsr 1 year ago 27
@gregcsr Shel was every kind of genius. What a guy.
abargle 1 year ago 36
@abargle im 12. i ADORE THIS GUY! when i was like 5 and 6, i would stay up everynight, reading his books, these books put me to sleep.
hl2izawsum 9 months ago 3
The grand master of metaphor! Giving Tree has made me cry since I was a little kid.
BrownLabRanch 1 year ago 2
I always thought he was black.
youtubbs67 1 year ago
Im just so glad to see one of my favorite artists live to be so happy just hearing sing makes me love my dad 10 times as more than i do. I justvwish everyone in this world could at least experience the bond between father and son. R.I.P. Uncle Shelby!
blastbeation 1 year ago
Sadly the legends like Johnny and Shel have gone - but they left us their stories and music - the memories will never die
pyrofella 1 year ago 2
For some reason, I started getting teary-eyed in the last verse of the song when he sang "Yeah but Daddy, what if I stopped loving you, what would happen then?" and then when he answered the question in the next verse, I started to cry because I remembered the loving relationship with my father, and I wouldn't trade it for the world.
This man is purely wonderful, he's made my life all more beautiful.
halfjaw77 1 year ago
Their will never be another Uncle Shelby...
seqouiaflame 1 year ago
@ mickdukes - I won't give you the heat for your oppinion on "Father of a Boy named Sue", but may I offer my condolences on your loss of humour ....
storeugle 1 year ago
he wrote all of dr hooks stuff almost
tonyteb 1 year ago
I love him but his voice is kinda annoying but its his own so its cool
whitedank11 1 year ago
6 people do not apperciate talent when they see it!
HCShannon 1 year ago
@HCShannon now its 7 :(
toontownmaster08 1 year ago
@toontownmaster08 He doesn't have that great of a singing voice, but he's a good songwriter
HCShannon 1 year ago
@HCShannon yea i guess u could say that
toontownmaster08 1 year ago
I enjoyed a lot of Shel Silverstein's poems and songs when I was a kid but I have to say, and I might catch heat for this (but I don't care), that I've lost respect for him and am frankly, disgusted after hearing "Father of a Boy Named Sue". What a twisted, sick ending that was.
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monster9429 1 year ago
Shel Silverstein's poems and stories repeatedly return to themes of overcoming self doubt. I re-discovered his work as an adult, and he was able to take me back to the important decisions of childhood without panic or "instructions." Just for the record, I think he was an uncommon children's poet and author, and should be remembered and reprinted
monster9429 1 year ago
i dont get why anybody can hate this video
SamuraiPirate88 1 year ago
@SamuraiPirate88 I can't fathom why either, but some miserable people will hate on anything and everything. Their loss - we're the ones havinf fun!!!!
1MlCHAELJACKSON 1 year ago
all i can say is fucking awesome!!!!
downthefaith 1 year ago 4
Shel Silverstein was a visionary, he was on a much higher level than we could ever even think to aspire to.
Speculantscooter 1 year ago 3
this man was a huge part of my childhood...
dfuzz1114 1 year ago 2
I just listened to a remembering Johnny Cash program on NPR, they mentioned "Sue" was written by Shel. I didn't know that, and was great to see this video out here, thanks for posting it!
maxinbo 1 year ago
I miss uncle Shelby!!
meoddball 1 year ago 3
What a marvelous Man
mattya1227 1 year ago 3
Shel was simply majical
pizza1960man 1 year ago
Shel's been one of my heroes for years. This is the first time I've gotten to see him perform. Thank-you!! I'M SO GOOD THAT I DON"T HAVE TO BRAG is a favorite among many of Shel's great performances.
Zonarama 1 year ago
AHHH!!!!! HE HAD A TV SHOW?!?!?!?!?!?!
tabitwin 1 year ago
Shel had so much talent it wasn't even fair to the rest of the world!!
rockinredneck57 1 year ago
Troll.
Siafu66 1 year ago
make sure you check out the "father of a boy named sue". It's a hilarious follow-up to this song
skilesbs 1 year ago
shelby never was an amazing singer but his lyrics are very very beautiful
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@Beatles1abe Beatles suck, Cash is a trash, but Shel is okay.
SweetJaneofGoth 1 year ago
I never knew Shel Silverstein wrote A Boy Named Sue! OMG! No wonder I love that one!
toshirodragon 1 year ago
@toshirodragon He wrote the second song too, Daddy What if....it was a big hit for Bobby Bare with Bobby Jr some 25 years or so ago.
rockinredneck57 1 year ago
@rockinredneck57 Oh yeah, I knew he wrote that one. I was 7 maybe 8 when a boy named Sue came out, so I never paid attention to writing credits.
toshirodragon 1 year ago
@toshirodragon I knew back then that Shel wrote "Sue" and later that he drew for Playboy. Later when I married a schoolteacher, I found he did poetry and childrens books too. A very multi talented guy. She has a book of his poetry called "Where the Sidewalk Ends". Very cool poems and illustrations too.
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@toshirodragon Shel Silverstein wrote A Boys Named Sue about his born again bisexual love interest Charles Nelson Riley,who Silverstein used to call "Sue" whenever he would go over his house for a buttphuck.
BlankfrackCripledFUK 9 months ago
@BlankfrackCripledFUK
The title might also have been inspired by the male attorney Sue K. Hicks of Madisonville, Tennessee, a friend of John Scopes who agreed to be a prosecutor in what was to become known as the Scopes Trial. Sue was named after his mother who died after giving birth to him google it
jpavlekovich 8 months ago
I miss 'em both... Two great men... Geniuses, if a bit 'off the beaten path'!
RIP, Johnny & Shel!
screwyootube1 1 year ago
am i the only one to notice johnny cash has a lazy eye at 0:11
xanatos1231 1 year ago
Han er fantastisk, - shel Silverstein synge "Daddy, What If." - jeg så en tv udsendelse engang i halvfjerdserne, med den mand. Filmet i hans husbåd i NYC, jeg blev bjergtaget af ham og hans personlighed. Han har forøvrigt skrevet tekster til mange berømtheder..
chilvet 1 year ago
the giving tree makes me wanna cut down trees
markthurst100 1 year ago
@markthurst100 Let them give you apples first.
Trey2148 1 year ago
My first poetry book as a child was where the sidewalk ends..."there was an old man with a very long beard who never wore no clothes...so he wraps his hair around his bare and down the road he goes" :)
JennelleBelle 1 year ago 2
You told me I would weep. You were right. Ohhh, daddy.
bringtheladder 1 year ago
Well abargle: Man i am very chuffed that you posted this, as i am a Johnny Cash Tribute Artist and i don't do things by halves. As you know that if you're gonna' pay Tribute. It's gotta' be dead on, otherwise, don't even think about doing it. We do John proud. Godbless you my friend for Shell and JR
Tonycrashed 1 year ago
God rest the GREATEST American poet.
mcdrunkin 1 year ago 4
Hi I'm sue, PREPARE TO DIE!!!!!
PatrickEatZombie 1 year ago 2
this is pure talent , only he cud muster up
amazing guy
a x
nita270640 1 year ago
THIS IS AWSOME!
lejawinc 1 year ago
Thanks for this video. Awesome talent Uncle Shelby was. I have a couple of his childrens books from the late 70's and I love them. They have a little bit of a twisted element to them. But great reads none the less.
bridgette2421 1 year ago
Hmm I want a peanut butter sandwitch
VileOgre 1 year ago
I miss Uncle Shelby.
Nohname1 1 year ago 6
He did May 1999, a great songwriter will be sadly missed.
saabman93aero 1 year ago
Where the sidewalk ends dudes........
deftones916 2 years ago
I didn't know Shel Silverstien was dead.
cubre99 2 years ago
That song is great dont you think?
michaelcurry2000 2 years ago 2
Lucky him them Mr encyclopedia haha
michaelcurry2000 2 years ago
A truly unique talent, r.i.p. Shel!
SFFOOL76 2 years ago 3
Wow, didn't know Johnny Cash had his own talk show.
bjr43 2 years ago
He doesn't have a beautiful voice, that's for sure, but he has so much character! Regardless of his vocal talents, he was a good song writer and a hilarious man. I could listen to his rendition of Daddy, What If a hundred times, just because it has so much personality. (and Johnny Cash is amazing as always :P)
ToriTheGurl3 2 years ago 3
You're right about his voice. I've always felt that as long as a singer's voice conveys some kind of emotion well, they don't have to be technically "good".
contrabndsuprman 1 year ago
Johnny sang it better
EminemFan202 2 years ago
I think I like Johnny Cash's version best.
MOLLYryaiMOON 2 years ago
For like TEN YEARS now! I know! I just found that out myself this morning! WTF?
niceguy9418 2 years ago
is shel silverstein dead?
alldud13 2 years ago
yes he died in 1999
bamerongirl4ever 2 years ago
Well aren't you a walking encyclopedia.
MOLLYryaiMOON 2 years ago
Shel is so awesome! such a talented guy!
scotchbabii 2 years ago 5
Is nobody watching this? Televised insanity! Really!
drunkenmedic71 2 years ago
i love both these guys
paisleyrory 2 years ago
Shel was the first "author" or poet I ever red.
Ma' great aunt Bea(beatriz) introduced me to him, I thank her so much :)
AfroMan1171 2 years ago
@AfroMan1171 your g-aunt did you a BIG favor. I used to think shel was s"ongs performed by dr. hook" and didn't know about his children's stuff until the dawn of the internet! I was 16 when i first heard shel's work by dr.hook and have loved him ever since!
storeugle 2 years ago
amazing! hes so great! how sweet!
toiletwaterisgood 2 years ago
i never put a post..thank you for putting this..Silverstein inspired me ...inspires me still> his books changed my life
mariadps 2 years ago 3
jeez.....what an incredibly sweet, smart, talented guy. i really admire him.
thanks for posting!
mcul2112 2 years ago 4
The first time I see a video of Uncle Shelby! So many memories...
nodeterin 2 years ago
I seriously appreciate your posting of this video.
I had always known of Shel Silverstein since I was little, but I had never seen a video of him.
bmwm5er 2 years ago
All my heroes are dead. wtf
Neweddy24 2 years ago 80
@Neweddy24 be your own hero
Superchickenman159 1 year ago
@Superchickenman159 lol. K dude.
Neweddy24 1 year ago
Too much. I used to run into Shel in Key West in the old days. What a great guy...
philgexile 2 years ago
ive been watching some shel silversteins videos a bit today and it seems like alot of people used to run into him all the time and all said how great of a guy he was
brokeass89 2 years ago
Wow. This is the first time I've ever seen a video of Shel Silverstein. I've been looking for a performance of his poems, because I heard he actually sang (?) a few of them. Anyone know where I can find them?
Thanks for posting this, abargle!
luvondarox 2 years ago 2
"The Giving Tree" makes me cry every time I read it to my students.
Siafu66 2 years ago 44
@Siafu66 Then you are a retart.
SweetJaneofGoth 1 year ago
@Siafu66 Awww, I have it autographed, he was my dad's army buddy too.
You have a heart of gold.
ox
JBirdy
Thejbirdy 1 year ago
@Siafu66 same here.
2AProductions 1 year ago
@Siafu66 Me too. I 'll share with you why I weep (admittedly, sometimes sob) whilst reading this or listening to Shel narrate his story. It's because I morph this beautiful story of love to the love of us parents for our kids, & God's Love for all of us. The SELFISH boy (all of us) & the SELFLESS tree (God) We reach out as best we can for our kids, & God reaches out the best he can without tainting our gift of free will. The Happy Prince & The Selfish Giant (Oscar Wilde) also gets my soul full.
Kazyman 1 year ago
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emidore 2 years ago
brilliant man!!!
r.i.p.
werexninja 2 years ago 3
Thanks for posting this!!
glennorange 2 years ago
Shel Silerstein was the ultimate entertainer! From Playboy, kids poems, his FUN music - 'Uncle Shelby' will live on in our family!!!
caswell2629 2 years ago
Shel is SO talented! I love "The Unicorn" which he wrote. He wrote all the songs on "OLD DOGS" (Waylon, Jerry Reed, Mel Tillis & Bobby Bare) Hilarious songs. best line..."When you're young, your nose smells and your feet run, when you get old, your nose runs and your feet smell!"
RIP Shel, you were one of a kind!
faronfan 2 years ago
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he cant sing he is scaring all go on google and put in shel silverstine
Lego2310 2 years ago
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who's she silverstine?
luthierjustin1 2 years ago
shel looks more like a pirate or a burglar then someone who writes books for kids i don't know why.
angelbasset 2 years ago
Dr. Hook writer/band member as well, love him!!!!
livenlern63 2 years ago
He wasn't in Dr. Hook, He just wrote a bunch of their songs
luthierjustin1 2 years ago
what does a pirate or a burglar look like exactly? To me a burglar wears a thousand dollar suit and wears a contrived smile. Not Shel.
godsaway0 2 years ago 2
I never knew shel silverstien wrote " A Boy Named Sue". I know him for his children's stories and poems. That is cool!!
padmae1971 2 years ago
Shel was a man for all seasons - The Giving Tree was one of his most successful children books.
Mopoo100 2 years ago
Shel was one of my favorites back in the 70's, few knew he wrote for Dr. and The Medicine Show. He also wrote and illustrated some of the best children's books I've ever seen. He'll be missed for a long time coming, thanks for posting.
buzhitchcock 2 years ago
shel was a beautiful human being miss him a lot
williehackitt 2 years ago 7
What a fantastic song - great posting buddy..
wycliffe35 2 years ago 4
I had no idea Shel Silverstein wrote that song! I love it and him even more now! Thank you for posting this, you rock!
Bunny0Ann 2 years ago
Shel died 10 years ago today.... RIP
davidbletch 2 years ago
Honestly, he kinda looks like someone you would want to keep your kids AWAY from. It just goes to show how decieving apperances can be. Shel was an incredibly insightful man,
Although I just now remembered that he wrote "The Smoke Off", featured on Dr. Demento. So an incredibly insightful, AND with a very bizzare side, and he will always be missed.
linlorienelen1 2 years ago
Honestly, he kinda looks like someone you would want to keep your kids AWAY from.
LOL!!!
kingRames11 2 years ago
GREAT SONGWRITER
girlgeorgeberk 2 years ago 2
love cash
love uncle shelby.
this is the greatest thing ive ever seen
hurricanehghighway 2 years ago 2
I've only ever heard Bobby Bare's version with his son (on the "Lullabies, Legends, and Lies" album), thank you so much for posting this Shel treasure!
TinyDancer500 2 years ago
blow wind blow!
Chickenhawk9932 2 years ago
shel silverstein is an awesome poet
airgod82 2 years ago 2
My older sister used to read "Listen to the musnt's" to me every night at bedtime. I now read that same poem to my kids every night at bedtime. They adore Shel as much as I did and still do. RIP, Shel.
dalibread 2 years ago 4
holy crap, I had no idea he wrote "a boy named sue"! it totally sounds like something shel would write too! R.I.P., one of my greatest inspirations. :)
TubeZoogy 2 years ago 3
shel looks like a pirate or a burgular of something
purestr14 2 years ago
Another gent sadly missed r.i.p shel
8claret8 3 years ago 3
THIS IS GREAT!
SUPERassholeBASTARD 3 years ago 4
That's so touching! Det där är så jävvla rörande så man sitter som gammal farsa, och Silversteinälskare, och bara böööölar i sin enslighet. Tack! Thank you! Kiitos! Merci! Ei saa peitä!
billeyswede 3 years ago 2
Many thanks for the Vid.
I love Shel and Johnny
ib6andub9ok 3 years ago 2
beautiful, touching
jammiebeez 3 years ago 3