Paul Robeson - Summertime

[yassy588]

雪の降る夜に、私は一人。

この歌。Summertimeを聞く、そのＴＩＭＥが、とても良­い。

理由は、わからない。

[whenmyguitar]

Thank you very much for all those wonderful videos with Paul Robeson !

Nothing compare ! Have joy !

[AulicExclusiva]

One of the really great voices. Besides everything else.

[SpinDoctor91]

Yeah waaay before "Chocolate Rain" Paul always had that voice!

[PKSAgrl621]

oh damn, that's smooth

[laramis70]

Paul Robeson, as a great American, lead others in aspiring to make America a fairer, better place, and his input into the civil rights movement, a collective movement, has helped America improve.

[90freire]

"A nation is not what is was, but what it aspires to be. Wake up." Where did you find such stupid quote?" get a life and learn to read not to commit thus :) A nation is not a person, so it as a collective will it could not "aspire" anything but common and non distinctive dreamns.

[mlcoo17]

Wow, I thought Robert Johnson had a haunted voice. This is DARK.

[Vic2Guem4]

I like this voice ! There is so much sadness in it !

[grandslam1998]

Bravo. Bravo. He inspires all who are in need! RIP

[manticon13]

Amazing voice.



[OkieDokie306]

See the film, Porgy and Bess,it's rich with wonderful music, makes you appreciate the story and the way this song was worked into it.

[felixrex20021]

I am a choir singer since the early days of my school career. From a boys soprano i went all the way down to second bass. I always was unhappy about that, but since i discovered Paul Robeson i am in love with my voice. He is my big inspiration and singing idol. Thanks Paul, thanks you all for apreciating that beautiful voice.

[jxcordell]

What a find, thanks to You Tube I have discovered Paul Robeson.

[ArthaxtaDaVince777]

PAUL ROBESON AND IVAN REBROFF

[chaylon]

sounds like Chocolate Rain

[BondStock]

Paul Robeson!

[rdvqc]

Paul Robeson and a George Gershwin composition - some combination.

[mkworkman]

2:38 video: Summertime sung by Paul Robeson.

Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an African-American concert singer (bass-baritone), recording artist, athlete and actor who became noted for his political radicalism and activism in the civil rights movement.

[aubreyaub]

@mkworkman 'n bugger.....could he sing.

A great MAN....!

[gasmeter1947]

YES YES YES

[edge1518]

always summertime when paul robeson a singing,

[ThePharaoho]

Hypnotic

[TheDranny50ish]

how smooth this voice nothing can compare to this



[rampagexxx]

I apologize for stupid Americans. I'm an American and they don't educate themselves. Youtube is not the place to find the good Americans.

[ecuador0001]

@rampagexxxVery True. YouTube is not the place to find good people. Many cowards post dirt they would never say to a person's face.

[Elibobbob]

Youtube has provided me with an insight into how stupid Americans are. Where do they get their information? Time and again they show up condeming athiest, condemning communism believing they are right. They've not only been conditioned to be stupid & reject any ideas that condract what they've been taught, but they turn up all over the place preaching what they clearly don't understand in their ignorant predudice. Why are you currently in Afganistan. Look on your own doorstep first.

[goatninja44]

this is a great song to listen to repeatedly.  just too short though

[JessAss7]

nothing compares to the past...

[Tillhammer]

This song should never be sung in anything other than bass.

[fredddy07]

Was this man a communist?

[amore2010ad1]

@fredddy07 He was anti-war, pro0freedom, equal rights for all. and supported the progressive party in USA. He believed in the 'Oneness of mankind often using the slogan;'ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS' He also attended church. sang in the church choir and believed in God. many of his songs are spirituals with spiritually uplifting messages. If that is what communism is, then I say there isn't a problem with it.

[SAOS451316]

@amore2010ad1

Aye, that is Communism. It is not what Stalin, Mao, or Kim Jong Il turned it into.

[ThePharaoho]

@SAOS451316 Yeah, they totally jacked up Marx's theoretical approach, which I feel was flawless, but unrealistic. What do you think?

[SAOS451316]

@ThePharaoho

I think that the goal of Communism can be reached, but the Marxist method of going through the Statist Socialist phase fails because the State won't simply surrender its power. The last line (before the final chorus, anyway) of Bragg's version of the Internationale is 'change will not come from above'. I believe this to be very true. Pure Communism as described by Marx and Engels is anarchic, and I think that Anarchist Communism is the best, if not only, way Communism can work.

[emoisgay789]

@SAOS451316 I agree comrade (A)

[freirant]

Here lies the problem with this country. We have been bombarded by Hollywood and the media about the Holocaust and the Nazi crimes which were really horrendous. But at the same time we have not been properly educated on what the history of Communism really is and who was Stalin. Paul Robeson who many consider a heroe was a fake. He proclaimed freedom and jistice for his people however admired Stalin, the man responsible for more crimes in history.

[90freire]

@freirant Well, many admire the church, and it burns so called witchess, as you did in Salem too, you are supposed to be the land of freedom, except for bruning black and promoting things like the K.K.K, what about destroying Laos, aiming to win the Vienam war? Granada? supporting any right wing dictatorship in south america? So in that approach, what about telling your sons how criminal your nation was and is?

[laramis70]

@90freire - Nice, keep the cheap shots coming. While you are at it, why not attack pretty much all of wesern Europe for colonialism, the Russians for Stalinist oppression, the Japanese for WWII treatment of Chineese, the Chinese for the excesses of the 'cultural revolution', Rwanda for the genocide...etc. Please find me a country which does not have a variety of ugly episodes in its past. That's right, you can't. A nation is not what is was, but what it aspires to be. Wake up.

[freirant]

Freddy, has you lived under Communism ever?

[fredddy07]

@freirant I have not lived under communism

[sonyahannah]

@amore2010ad1 --excellent debunking of the ignorant paranoids

who yell "Communist!" without having the smallest inkling of what the term means.

[VolkColopatrion]

@fredddy07 he sang the anthem of the USSR

[Mr13964]

i once saw a play about him, he was like a big athelte in college and became very important in the civil rights movement refusing to perform to all white audiences.....

[ANE32]

operafan28,I know most of Paul's songs,have been a fan since I was a kid. I love his deep meaning songs but my two favourites are "Shortnin bread" and "Lazy bones" these songs always bring a smile to my face and cheer me up.

[operafan28]

I'm always listening to Paul Robeson when I'm feeling blue. He has so much power in his singing, he makes one calm down,and be strong, too.

[Garcia42]

What a smooth deep real sound he projects.

Like you can feel the land and the deepness and

lving the blues in harmony with his being.

Robeson is the treasure we have forever.

[tkguy30]

great voice

[Jushin0000]

今日、彼のことを大学の授業で知った。

とても素晴らしい歌声に感動しました。

I love him,thank you!!

[jecnunez]

Male voices > female voices

Robeson's voice = Leonid Kharitonov's voice > Everyone else.

[summc65]

a king!

[gluups]

Oh, je suis encore sous le choc : cet homme est unique.

[lobozombie]

A real American hero. so often forgotten. I wish we had more Paul Robeson's today. He was pro working class, pro equal rights, pro-logic.

[stephencassista]

He held the last note for sixteen seconds. Sixteen. Seconds.

[paulostroff99]

Awesome! TY.

[reic0002]

the most fantastic bass singer ever

[dabeatdurand]

fuuuck! This IS a male voice

[LaaChlofacee]

It's voices like this that make me wish I was a man.

[grandslam1998]

Bravo. Bravo. Paul is an all time great not as just as a singer but as a man. RIP

[meltzerboy]

I never heard Paul Robeson sing this before; in fact, I never heard any male perform Summertime. But he does a great job! Other favorite versions are those of Leontyne Price and Lily Pons. Thanks for posting.

[meltzerboy]

@meltzerboy Another beautiful performance is that of Anna Moffo.

[CurzonRoad]

@meltzerboy

And my first time to hear this by Robeson. Really great... superb!  Thanks to StalinLeninMao for posting, and to metlzerboy for sharing!

[sano0011]

what a voice

[vicpur]

One of the greatest people of the 20th Century.

[yourcamden]

History will show that Paul Robeson was so often right about the world and had a greater understanding than his powerful critics. To this day Hollywood has never had the guts to do a biopic about Paul Robesons life, possibly the greatest all round American that has been censored out of most US citizens life.

As an actor, singer, sports star, polyglot, equality champion and master chess player and a campaigner for Peace and justice.

[mbera11]

@yourcamden paul robeson going unrecognized as one of america's finest artists and writers doesn't say shit about people's "guts" to me. It doesn't take guts to stop being a racist pig, it takes brains. 

[Daniele5755]

la plus belle version de Summertimes, il est fantastique !!

[Seieukos]

Chocolate Raiin~

[foreverashcroft]

just to listen to this lifts my spirits, a wonderful song, sung by a wonderful man.. so much quality..

[72Yonatan]

His voice is the song of the human soul; it is powerful and spellbinding.

[ThePharaoho]

Whoo! Even the first couple of notes knocked my heart. I have just discovered him browsing through old Josephine Baker vids. This man's voice is spell bounding, sadening, but hopeful at the same time. Such power, such vulnerability. God blessed him, pure genius!

[99Collie88]

One of my most favorite songs.  When I hear this remarkable sing any song, my heart hurts for the pain that he suffered in the country in which he was born. I wish he were here today to see the changes.

[blackrocknutt]

@99Collie88 Not to be a party pooper but I wonder if Robeson would feel much had changed for someone like himself--a man who was hounded to death for being an unapologetic Black Socialist--a word that can still drive Obama's foes into hysterics. Robeson also stood up for all folk whom Wall Street malfeasance put into poverty. Robesom would've risked all for the same battles today.

As he said, An artist must choose slavery or freedom--I've made my choice.I had no alternative.''

[malibu64]

Truly a national treasure, God Bless you Paul Robeson!

[eagleswing44]

What a gift from God this man's voice was. Thank you Paul for leaving it for us to forever cherish and enjoy.

[honeybeeisme]

GOOSEBUMPS!!!!!!

[Jesus4youNme]

Liquid Gold this mans voice 0_0

[francesca7564]

Monsieur Robeson

Vous êtes chez les anges, çà on le sait .

Que votre merveilleuse voix nous parvienne toujours ! Et surtout votre message ....

Amour et paix pour vous ... Et nous .

[edursj]

Viva Paul Robeson.

Ele viverá para sempre!

Mais do que os algozes dos povos.

Eduardo Rocha

Brasil

[nifur1]

NIESAMOWITY GŁOS

[captkev55]

all yous comments make my heart soar

[dmanelllo]

WOW..I thought Sam Cooke's cover of this was great, but this is pretty good as well!

[milliemugle]

The Greatest Human Being That Ever Lived...There Wont Be Another Like Him Ever...What A Man.....A Giant ....

[184lisa]

This voice is absolutely mazing. It take my breath away! I love it.

[cillian2411]

just beautiful!

[Kenneko]

Where can I get an mp3 of this song? I am so enchanted with this version and I can't seem to find it anywhere!

[marjon888]

get youtube downloader and download the video and convert it to mp3 using the same program. Its free and excellent

[Bikerdudeblr]

Thank you SO much for posting this piece. I've heard this version once somewhere many years ago and haven't been able to get it out of my mind ever since. Really happy to have found it here!!

[escobarsfriend]

think u r right idraote

[ZephyrZboy1]

sublime's doing time. is like the same thing -_-

haha, if you notice that

[idraote]

I would have preferred him to sing it a little higher, "summertime, jumping, high, cry, mornings, sky" should sound like medium-high notes, let's say a high D for him as a bass.

In any case a lovely performance.

[antigonavelez]

Amazing bass voice! I love Paul Robeson, it is a pity he lived in hard times for black people. Today he would be a hero.

[AlexandreSchwarz]

He's still a hero in my opinion. A hero for all opressed peoples all across the world.

[ecrowders]

He is a hero!

[ecrowders]

He is a hero! "Hero for opressed" is only a small part of his greatness: he is a hero for all.

[Babs22h]

he was so handsome!!! go robeson!

[ANE32]

Paul Robeson was one of the greatest singers that ever lived! Have most of his recordings and I never tire of listening to his voice. Read his biography "Here I Stand" and it makes me so sad that such a great man was persecuted simply for what he believed in.

[PtolemyJones]

@ANE32 What did he believe in?

[operafan28]

@ANE32 I love "My Curly Headed Baby" and "Encantadora Maria" most ...or at least very much among others. Do you know the "Blind Ploughman"?