Kingston Trio - Greenback Dollar

[JNagarya]

For those who are illiterates in economics, and confident in that ignorance:

the purpose of the Fed is to establish and maintain economic stability. If you knew the alternative, you would choose the status quo.

In other words: drop the far-right lunatic fringe paranoia against both Founders and their gov't.

[TVperson1]

I'm am surprised that this song hasn't been sampled by someone. 

[LagunaWSU2]

Isn't it strange how songs from 50 years ago apply so aptly now?

[Cyberella1000]

For my brother Tom who loved this song.

[andrewniles1]

Spend it fast as i can before the GOV gets it!

[andrewniles1]

Spend it fast as I can!

[daughterofRMS]

Is it too late to get a good guitar and take up singing whaling songs? Almost sounds like it might be a good idea. Screw the "rat race"!

[idahosilverspelunker]

Buy Silver! Crash J.P.Morgan!

[Cyberella1000]

For Tom Wallace!  Miss you brother.

[VontiTheGreatest]

I actually give around 1/4, maybe 1/3 of a damn about a greenback dollar, but that's just a sign of the changin' times.

[15yankeeman]

Greenback Dollar is indeed a CLASSIC Kingston Trio song . Love it !! But does somebody have the original recording of another KT song, Desert Pete ? If you do please post it, it's a favorite also

[paivei]

Hahaa, This song makes them the first power trio ever! listem to the power chord and even subversive lyrics!!

[PACIIRRII]

"thank you for smoking", great movie;  "Greenback Dollar" cool song

[Cyberella1000]

For My Brother.

[TzarBomb]

Great song, the movie is good too.

[FranklyImaPerson]

what i find funny is that they are called a trio, but i have seen images of them with 4 people

[duke3632]

i sang this with hoyt axton in billings mt what a night

[ezramead]

What a great transition time between war and peace.

[thyland726]

I don't give a damn about a greenback dollar that loses its purchasing power by the second.

I don't give a damn about a greenback dollar that ain't back by gold.

I don't give a damn about a greenback dollar because I have $100,000 debt in student loans.

I don't give a damn about a greenback dollar because the nation is $14 TRILLION in debt.

I don't give a damn.

END THE FED

[HiIeric117]

@thyland726 Dude, do you even know what the Federal Reserve does? They aren't really to blame for the majority of this mess we call the economy. We have ourselves to blame.

[thyland726]

@HiIeric117

Dude, are you talking about that quasi-federal bank created in 1913 which privatized and centralized America's issuing of currency? That bank that controls the amount of money in circulation and artificially sets interest rates? That bank that causes the boom and bust cycle? That bank that took us off the gold standard? That bank that has enslaved the masses through debt and usury? That bank that Thomas Jefferson warned us about back in the 1700's? Hey dude, read a book.

[ChiefSailor1948]

@HiIeric117 Hey Hileric, wake up and smell the coffee. The fed without a doubt is one of the worst things that has happened to this nation in the last 150 years. Watch your pockets guys cause I will tell you now what I have said for years. The Fed and other central banks are working towards ONE CURRENCY WORLD WIDE. When that happens the bankers will firmly control the world and unless the people complain, register to vote and VOTE it is coming.

[HiIeric117]

@ChiefSailor1948 Um. I'm 16 so voting is going to pose kind of a problem for me. I can't believe I got into this argument from looking up a song from the credits of a movie.

[xoro1017]

@ChiefSailor1948 10/4

[swas299]

@thyland726 Socialist. xDD

[WTFAnyNameWorks]

....The ending of one of my favorite movies...Thank You for Smoking  (Y) Great song !

[rynomaz111]

Media Monarchy podcast played this on their latest show.... awesome!

[wrightchix]

This is after Dave Guard left, isn"t it?

[beagleboy547]

I listened to this song on shrooms. it was awesome

[omsirock]

yesterday i smoked 2 dollars best 2 dollars i have ever waisted

[buzzdaly]

what great music...has their version of 'when the saints go marching in" been posted anywhere?

[diurdi]

Greenback dollar soon won't be worth the cotton it's printed on.

[brizzlekizzle]

Spend em quick, they aren't worth a thing.

[sheltv100]

This song has a rock like rhythm to it.

[finnemccool]

They did make a lot of green back dollars for this song, though.

[bigdayowzyou]

What is this the Osmonds meet folk music? Hoyt Axton sang this song like it should be sang.

[hifijohn]

@bigdayowzyou no kidding this is what happens when people just sing the lyrics without understanding the meaning behind them

[snursmumrik]

a movie is a perfect promotion, just as in the same movie told, yeah:)

[jackjak100]

@snursmumrik THANK YOU FOR SMOKING yea im that guy ON CRACK

[sleazo930]

It amazes me how the republicans convinced the poor people that the green back dollar was their friend. Cheers poor idiots

[fanchbrezoneg]

a big mistake, on the picture it's the first trio Of Dave Guard, Bob Shane & Nick Reynolds, the song was recorded by the second trio of John Stewart. -

[DrDuke509]

Hoyt Axton wrote this song and his version puts this to shame.

[3Pitous]

@DrDuke509 It also put it to fame!

[Cyberella1000]

For my brother Tom. Thanks for turning me on to the Trio when I was just a little kid.

I love them still. This beauty was written by the late, great, Hoyt Axton.

[SIGNALSTAT]

Friend of mine seen them live in a gay bar back in 69 they put on a hell of a show.

[rsandoval89]

@SIGNALSTAT hell yah

[SIGNALSTAT]

the queer in the middle dont give a dam about a green back dollar.

[LucasOner]

does anybody knows which hip-hop song sampled this amazing track? I NEED 2 FIND IT...

[Cyberella1000]

Thanks to the late Hoyt Axton for writing this and so many others.

My older brother Tom and his occidental buds would put on the Trio, shine their

rifles, or carve them, while I, the baby sister would hide on the staircase above them listening to the wonderful sounds of the Trio. My brother and his friends talking about their adventures to come, or past adventures glorified! It was so innocent , so memorable!

[deerhunter458]

@Cyberella1000 i got old 33 of kingson trio with tippytoein song on it

[billbobagns]

Also "The Pusher" by steppenwolf.

[diodiamond21]

hey... great track. I collect records and am primarily into 80s wave/synth but the K.Trio stuff is just plain awesome in its own way. :thmbsp:

[amadeusdanger]

the louder this song is, the better it sounds

[velvcurtshow1]

thank you!

[Cyberella1000]

I just loved Hoyt Axton who wrote this beauty.

[Scncgek]

@Cyberella1000 Listen to Snowblind friend by steppenwolf I believe he wrote that too.

[blueticecho]

@Cyberella1000 Three Dog Night Joy to the world too...

[badalice07]

My theme song! Give me a good woman to hand my money too, and I might settle down some day, until then? Fast Friday nights, broke by Monday.

[badalice07]

My theme song! Give me a good woman to hand my money too, and I might settledown some day, untill then?

[winkeubanks]

Hoyt Axton wrote and sang this song the correct way. He put soul into it. The trio's version is too bubble gum.

[mojo882]

@winkeubanks

you're kidding right? just listened to it out of curiousity and it sounds so mechanical :/ much prefer this

[layman2003]

I know I'm old, but I really wish groups like this would reappear now days.I just love being able to understand words.

[florianski46]

To hear this, I know how it is to feel young.

[palmerstonian]

John Stewart's entry is wonderful. Boy, do I miss that guy!

[ahmedtrck]

great song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[caliyeva]

Thanks to grandparents and mom for exposing me to this wonderful music

[ColeDanMovieStudios]

I like Hoyt Axton version more this ones to choppy.

[TheWindjammer2]

Fantastic college summer memories!

(See more under "Green Green")

[epcode]

Greeeeeaaaaattttt!!!!!!!

[funkydanieluk]

Thumbs up for me and i'm under forty! love these guys!

[OriginalOrphan]

thumbs up if you knew about the Kingston trio before a movie's credits. XD

[poebelchen1]

Thank You for Smoking <3

Kingston Trio - Greenback Dollar <3

[dlsofsetx]

I sang this song in front of my grandmother when it popular.I was about four or five.She slapped me acroos the room for saying "damn".

[mesamarshall]

@dlsofsetx lolololololol

[DeathRockHippie]

This song kicks ass. I remember my dad had the album with the fake dollar on the cover. Wonder where the hell that went. Thanks.

[Nikilwig]

Catchy as all hell.

[kf001u1894]

Another brilliant version by the K T.

[emgenglish]

Just watched Thank you for Smoking and I was amazed with this song. Great!

[Nicolay1985]

Just do what you love and spend as fast as you can!

[nicabob9]

spend it fast as i can!!!!!! lol

[fanchbrezoneg]

Great mistakes, on the pictures it's the Trio of Dave Guard's years, this song had recorded by John Stewart, Bob Sbane & Nick Reynolds on the lp NEW FRONTIER 1963

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@fanchbrezoneg john stewart had such a haunting voice, reminded me a bit of johnny cash, the harmonies of the Kingston Trio really weren'y challenged until Crosby, Stills and Nash came along years later

[JPandCo]

I love Jocelyne Jocya's version "Sacré dollar"... but this one is great!

[sheltv100]

This song sounds more like a cross between folk and rock.

[motowngirl65]

"thank you for smoking" reminded me of this great song. I had to hear it again. Thanks for posting.

[theallseeingoracle]

I remember when they used to silence out the "Damn" part of the song. Ita made it rather funny.

[Frankieireland]

as the credits roll up on "thank you for smoking."

[Peterditaa]

that was the same way i got here^^

the song is just cool

[Cyberella1000]

Dedicated to my brother Tom.

[Cyberella1000]

"Greenback Dollar" was written by the late,

great Hoyt Axton.

I'll dedicate this to my brother Tom who turned me on to the Trio when I was 7.

[jth626]

@Cyberella1000 Hoyt wrote some amazing songs

[AccordionLadyMi]

Loved this group. Good song. Fran

[egrogshub]

Great song.

I love all the energy.

Great group.....they were very talented....I think that their toothpaste-clean image hurt them with the 'arty people". Still, this tune attests to their formidable talent.

[fanchbrezoneg]

BIG MISTAKE, this song was recorded by the Trio during the John Stewart's years, on the pictures it's the KT Dave Guard's years !!!!!!!

[djl1098]

You must be a fan. Casual observers don't know the difference.

[fanchbrezoneg]

Yes, I have all the cd et since 1958 "The Kingston Trio" to 1969 "Once upon a time" all the LP and many singles (singles released in Europe).

For many many informations about the Trio you must read "The Kingston Trio on Record" by Ben Blake, you can buy it on ebay or amazon, but it"s a collector expensive now.

Bye

[womeneyzer]

i do give a damn about the greenback of dollar, and i wuld fuckin luv to spent it as fast as i can, bt its barely impossible without having it!

DAMN!

[mousinho777alves777]

Toca Raul !

[neilprocter]

Your montage includes no John Stewart pictures, yet this was a John Stewart era recording - he sings the When I Was A Little Baby verse.

[jonwints]

One of the all timed super groups!!!

[WolfSongStudio]

This song warped my fragile little mind as I listened on a crystal rocket radio my Grandfather gave me at the tender age of 8. By that time the "damns" had been re-inserted (or maybe replaced with "dangs"), so I was hooked. BAD ATTITUDE!!! (hehehe!)

[potek2603]

got this song from "thank you for smoking" love the movie & the song

[TheWitcherFanboy]

Thank God i stuck through to the credits :D

[ecwyankee54]

@potek2603 same here but ive heard it before and i looked all over the internet to find the name and eventuially just went to imdb to find the name

[MeoCaroline]

I got into this band from John Stewart writing 'Daydream Believer' for The Monkees. Gosh, great classics. Too bad they're not really known much nowadays.

[y00sta]

della and the dealer

[KingBlingBling305]

i first heard this song on Malcolm and the Middle. both versions are good.

[chevyjeffgordon]

i just saw that episode

[Seattlecarnut]

I've always loved this song. For some reason, when I first heard the song, it must've been edited because the word "damn" wasn't included in the song. I was left to use my imagination as to what they were singing.

[MacaulayConnor]

Thank you for smoking

Thank you for Kingston Trio

Thank you for posting

check out the awsome version of --> Fretkillr!!!

[jmarcham]

ty 4 not smokin'

[womeneyzer]

dude, the movie where this song is played in the end is called: thank you for smoking"

[jmarcham]

i know - i meant 2 say 'not smoking' like an ironic twist or something, sorry

ps. I LUV THAT MOVIE!!!!!!

[XxXJessicaJaneXxX]

If you like this version, check out the original by the writer Hoyt Axton and his other tunes. He was gifted.

[KaptKan1]

Hoyt's mama co-wrote "Heartbreak Hotel" for Elvis.  Talent runs in the family.

[seifercifersifer]

when i wuz little and i listend 2 this i'd ask my dad "dad whats a damna?" it wuz funneh

[random72guy]

Heard this at the end of Thank You for Smoking and loved it!

[Alosram]

ha same here!

[motokultivator7]

ditto

[wolloolloo]

Haha so did I, I stumbled upon that movie randomly and loved it :D

[RonnocRetep]

@random72guy Same here great movie and great song

[MrWarthog24]

@random72guy

Me, too

[elliebelly333]

Someone may have already commented on this...but it would have been more appropriate to include photos fo the KT line up of 1961-1967 which featured John Stewart in place of Dave Guard. John voice carries the solo in the second verse...and the original trio with Dave never performed this song.

[jockojonson17]

HELL of a song! classic.

[MattSilver711]

Awesomely used in the credits of 'Thank You For Smoking'.

[82abnoff]

Where is the MTA?

[paloulou1]

sweet- my dad bought an album of these back from the states many moons ago but i like them - yeah a good punk version would be cool

[Autismmom]

What a song! Excellent!

Spend those dollars, they gonna be worthless soon.

[gorby1952]

I agree, a beautiful complaint against present capitalism, but moreover materialism that's in all of us....

Get yourself free: spend, spend and spend that holy dollar or euro till you are lost from that green back burden....!

[JrFLYnnIV]

I wonder if there's a good punk cover of this?

[metrodash]

I think there was a band called the Washington Squares around '89 who did a faster (if not 'punk') version

[dkfelix]

Yes, the Vomitting Guitars made it on the Puke label in 1977. There's also a remix called Diarea.

[Thynbelle]

there ought to be! That would be awesome...

[livndream4u2]

I always thought the name generated they thought of  themselves as "kings" to the rest of the folksingers of that time. These guys were farrrrr apart of the rest of this song proves it!

[Cyberella1000]

Great song written by the late, great Hoyt Axton.

[GanjaBaas]

alot of people dont even know what the greenback is

[14LOiola88]

Excellent!

[franklindavid]

Great trio, they gave us some great Ballards that we love today.

[antman32p]

discovered this amazing song from the movie

THANK YOU FOR SMOKING

XD..... can listen to this all day

[Jorachard]

came across it the same way! great song, but why did they call them selves the Kingston Trio? They don't look like Jamaicans to me, neither are they black or smokin da herb. Why? Why?

[skinxhead]

lol

[wdunderwood]

because they originally considered themselves a calypso group. This led them to name themselves after the capitol of Jamaica.

[GuyInk0gnit0]

same here XD

[MrPompidu]

mee too !

[wavridnrednek]

hey are they saying "Waylon song" as in Jennings or "wailing" as in moaning.

[medwin9]

Neither. It's "a whaling song" - as in lots of folk music songs over the years.

[TVJUKEBOX]

French version : Les Missiles - Sacré dollar

[Cyberella1000]

Written by the late, great Hoyt Axton.

Like most of his songs,...brillient.

Love the Trio. Older brother turned me on to them at the ripe old age of seven.

[limegreenicebox]

The pictures of the Kingston Trio are fabulous.

[Dephek]

i FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG, SO MUCH.

[superyouper]

Not too many know how to sing like this anymore. You can hear the lyrics over the instraments instaed of the other way around.

[StealthFish56]

They don't make great music like this anymore

[HolyMotherofGrid]

Actually, the do!! It just doesn't get much play on the radio and stuff. There are still lots of singer-songwriters around with great creativity and talent, but it's just not as popular as it once was.

[fanchbrezoneg]

ANACHRONISM

All the photos of this clip show The Dave Guard's Kinston Trio, but Greenback Dollar had sung by the Stewart's Trio.

Big mistake of course !!!!!!!

[crosbystillsnash68]

was it acceptable to say "DAMN" in the 60's?

[Viewer1901]

I got my mouth washed with soap for saying, "damn," in the late '50s. The 45 rpm record they played on the radio had a guitar play a chord in place of the word, "damn. The LP had the word "damn."

[MrStarfisho]

On one their live albums they said the radios wouldn't play this song because they said "damn"

[Rodrigoandnietzsche]

nick naylor, biatch!!

[captainbalu88]

funny movie

nick naylor

[bmwfan111]

the song text is very cool, i love this song.

[Cyberella1000]

Written by the great Hoyt Axton.

[6motion6]

The Kingston Trio's version of Greenback Dollar came out when I was 10. I loved it then as did many of my friends.

We were all a bunch of children trying to be hip. We derided the Kingston Trio's frat boy folk status. However, years later I don't care-even if they were frat boys they had a way with the traditional and contemporary folk songs.

In a way, they were performing a sort of punk (for lack of a better term) version of GB. The guitars' tempo evokes this, and lyrics of an outsider

[psycho4thall]

agreed..even didn't shared moments with u or friends!

[6motion6]

could you clarify? I don't quite get what you said after "agreed"

[psycho4thall]

Sure i can here we go : " We derided the Kingston Trio's frat boy folk status. However, years later I don't care-even if they were frat boys they had a way with the traditional and contemporary folk songs.

In a way, they were performing a sort of punk (for lack of a better term) version of GB. The guitars' tempo evokes this, and lyrics of an outsider "

then i agree with your coment ,without live the childhood with u guys.

[6motion6]

well, sorry you weren't hanging out with us at that time!

[ziguardo]

The movie gave me the first hearing of this song. I like it. The only other song I knew from this band was Tom Dooley.

[H4M15H]

me too^^

watched the end like ten times xD

[lillyf]

me too,lol ;)

movie is awseome aswell as the song!

[jockojonson17]

Classic tune! I love when movies like Thank You For Smoking feature classic tunes like this. I would have never heard this since I wasn't even alive when it was released.

[itsmarcuslark]

lol i just finished watchin da movie n came on here to hear da song again

[TBird0420]

I came here for the exact same reason!

Thank You For Smoking is an awesome movie and they chose an awesome song!

[GSAXL]

i m of the same category guys.the movie was good and really clever,not awesome though

[derpoetischedichter]

pretty weird, finding about 10 people, fascinated of a classic song like that, after watching a movie. pretty funny also, that the movie tells about the publicity for products in movies...hum, such a small world

[ojvyll]

talking about "thank you for smoking"?

[derpoetischedichter]

indeed, yes.