Pete Seeger - Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream

[DadsBlueAngel]

Soldiers never starve.

It is women and children who starve.

Herbert Hoover

[melaniegraves]

I knew the man that wrote this song. His wife Beryl was a beautiful ballerina...Ed died 3 weeks after my first son was born...he was an amazing man...

[Hister333]

Last night I dreamed a bunch of barely legal women all wanted to have sex with me, and my wife wanted to watch...

[sibeliandrift]

@Hister333 - dream on.

[Loomr]

It's pretty much the dumbest thing to do to put a 1 minute dead and annoying intro to any video, if you want anyone to actually watch it ...

[doctorpsycho1960]

I wrote a story once, in which a time traveller walked the whole length of the front at the end of World War Two, Americans and Britons on one side, Russians on the other, singing this song....

[holyrthanu]

You think your war monger B.S. is so smart. Oh, we would have been ruled by Nazi's? You limp dicks don't get it do you? If it were not for your types there would'nt be war. You dumb bastard types are the same people that put facists in power. Moral imperitive, Ha Ha just keep telling yourself how smart you are. Peace is attainable, but you Capitalist pigs keep the greed and fear going. Your scared little people with even smaller minds.

[darris321]

@holyrthanu capitalism causes peace. you can't really compare mercantilism and colonialism to capitalism.

international capitalism has led to far fewer wars. the amount of conflicts between various countries now are significantly lower than prior thanks to the trade routes created between them,

so how dare you say the phrase "capitalist pig"

fighting to retain resources is not capitalism

governments maintaining income for large corporations is not capitalism

fighting for oil is not capitalism.

[Voctron]

You're to tell me that private ownership of productive capital, with the sole purpose of profit, causes peace? You're to tell me that the incessant accumulation of the means of production, profiting on the back of a mass of interchangeable wage earners has caused peace? That the expansion of monopoly-finance-capital, necessitating the fight for already scarce resources, has, as opposed to causing more conflict, reduced it? Forget facts, you're comforting to read.

[darris321]

@Voctron yes I am telling you that. when your financial well being is linked to another country or countries, you are probably not going to go to war with them because it's basically going to war with yourself.

England and France have been in heavy conflict for almost 1000 years, it was only after the trade agreements that they stopped.

Germany started WWII as a clear retaliation to economic sanctions of the Treaty of Versailles

The economic unity of Europe has caused there to be ZERO conflicts

[Voctron]

You're forgetting the domestic conditions of the working poor in these countries. Their destitution under capitalism is well documented enough, as is their disagreement with it. Furthermore, lets not forget the close tie between capitalism and intervention in the global south. Ask a Chilean or a Guatamalen. Ask a Vietnamese. Conflict shouldn't be limited to mere force of arms, as various branches of intervention exist. Think Daewoo Logistics and Madagascar, or NAFTA and Mexico. Blinkered indeed.

[darris321]

@Voctron that's not capitalism. that's corporatism. Corporations would not exist in all their magnificent size without the government removing personal liability. Corporations obviously can afford to screw people over and they have been doing so since the dutch east indies corporation.

NAFTA is government intervention too.

Intervention in the south was done by idiocy in government, it was called on by the businesses, but the government should not have listened.

[Voctron]

I think I've already establised that capitalism in its current phase is monopoly-finance-capital. Sure it manifests itself through corporate entities, the modus operandi is still capitalism. M-C-M. "People in sweat shops are working there because the alternative is starvation." Mate, to most people that's not called an alternative. That's a threat, and a necessary one to maintain a working population.

[darris321]

@Voctron I don't know what "M-C-M" is, googling it led me to mathematical contest in modeling lol.

if the alternative is threatening, i'm sorry. That's the reality of it.

The reason they choose to (and appreciate) work is because not working leads to worse poverty.

If you don't eat you die, is it a threat that my choice to not eat causes death?

whose fault is it that child prostitution happens in impoverished areas? No one's fault, just a fact of life that needs to change.

I recommend capitalism

[Voctron]

Hi mate, I agree, fault is only so much of a factor. I do believe there is an alternative, where decisions are made inclusively for better outcomes, but it's 5 in the morning and I haven't slept a wink thanks to constitutional crap. In as much as capitalism is amoral; it still does much avoidable harm, especially in it's current manifestation. I don't care to believe that 'that's how it is and always will be', that hardly seems to make sense. Simply, things can change. For the better. Tschuss.

[darris321]

@Voctron You say their destitution under capitalism is well documented, but if you ask them, they seem to like it.

People in sweat shops are working there because the alternative is starvation, lower pay, or prostitution.

you can't compare our standard of living with theirs.

[darris321]

@Voctron within the Eurozone which, may I remind you, has been one of the most war torn areas in human history.

but sure if you want to speak ideologically and say things that, on the surface, sound like they would cause conflict instead of using actual facts, be my guest.

But your comments are not as comforting to read because they imply death of innocent people.

[Voctron]

"Speaking ideologically". I'm sorry, I don't think it's contested that capitalism in it's current stage is highly multinational and monopolised. What examples I've just cited are real situations that are consequences of the modern capitalist experience. The claim that conflict, globally, has diminished due to capitalism is false. I don't see how you could not mention the role of capitalism and the Wiemarisation of inter-war Germany; WWII is no example of the peace-mongering effect of capitalism

[holyrthanu]

No war? What would the Capitalist-Fascists do then?

Thank you Pete Seeger

Thanks for posting

[TheTollundWoman]

@holyrthanu

No war? Everyone from London to Warsaw would be speaking German, the Confederates would've successfully left the US, perpetuating slavery indefinitely, Seoul would look like Pyongyang, and everything you take for granted- the freedom to comment on this video, for instance- wouldn't exist. There are rare but very real cases when war is a moral imperative. "Peace in our time"= complicity with genocide.

[l8greens]

@TheTollundWoman

The internationalists control the wars from behind the scenes. Hitler's rise to power was financed by Brown Brothers Herriman, which was a company that Bush's grandfather was managing director of. IBM corporation provided the punch cards used to organize the murder of the Jews. Behind even the wars that seem on their face necessary once they get going are the power business and political elites, some of which are heads of American companies, that fund both sides.

[TheTollundWoman]

@holyrthanu

Well, if it weren't for World War II, the *real* Fascists (not the "capitalists", the actual Fascists, the ones Stalin signed a non-aggression pact with...) would've conquered all of Europe. and the only modern-day state that uses Eugenics (fascist racial 'science') is...North Korea. which Jimmy Carter wants to sign a "peace treaty" with.

[TheTollundWoman]

@holyrthanu

Besides the 'anti-capitalist' crowd has never been genuinely anti-war. The Left says one thing when say, the Coalition Forces go to war (end all war!) and quite another when its the KPA in question ("popular resistance to imperialism", right?)

[iuudou2]

The Spadecaller - thanks for uploading this. I'll be singing it in my church (Unitarian Universalist Church of Southeast Arizona) on Sunday August 28, 2011. As a Vietnam veteran, I too pray that one day this song will have proved to be predictive.

[lionellark53]

wonderful song,sadly it will never happen

[hkjazzable]

Sponsored by Saddam Hussien. Can you dream of somewhere more appropriate?

[BGnorman]

R.I.P. Brian Haw!

[rdvqc]

Ed will live on as long as folks keep singing this song and sharing the wish.

[AWTD]

I wanted to thank my music teacher for teching us this song. Until I tried to thank Mr. Bowie publicly, I didn't know how far he was sticking his neck out. May God bless Canada with those oppressed who seek to teach us how to be a better people.

[C6H12B26]

Well go to Youtube Luthval Piece without title Rowallen lute book Scottish lute

The first part of this piece from 1620 looks so much the same as the tune of Last night I had the strangest dream. Mere coincidence I think ! Or ... Ed McCurdy having Scottish roots and having sung Elizabethan XVI th century songs had known the rare Scottish lute Ms and inspired by the lute tablature had composed his beautiful song.

Best wishes !

[C6H12B26]

Yes, wonderful song ! But what is amazing is that it looks so much like the beginning a Lute Scots Tune from 1615 I will send on youtube within a few minutes !

Great thanks !

[rosethorn18]

When my mom sings this to me, instead of singing "the room was filled with men" she sings "filled with women and men."

[caveatemp]

I love and admire Pete Seeger but if I see the UN all agree on a peace treaty I'm running for the hills. "While people are saying, "Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape."

[geoffhutch]

peace on earth. goodwill towards all. love. our truth is all love. we are love.

[primecreator]

99.7% of the people on this planet do not want war, and never really have. Why is it then that humanity has been at war throughout history? Because the 0.2% who control the financial system, the water supply, the food chain and the Governments of the US and other countries want war. It serves their agenda. The Shadow Government manipulates wars, famines, disasters, economic crisis's for their own ends and they don't care who perishes in pursuit of their goals. Wake up people.

[ImTestingSleeping]

@primecreator Where do you get your figures? I think you are far off with 99.7% of people not wanting war. However, it is you who have the burden of proof.

[primecreator]

@ImTestingSleeping Ask your classmates or workmates if they honestly want war? Ask your neighbors? Ask the general population of any country to honestly answer if they want war and you will find very very few who want war. Ask christians, muslims, islamics, and those of any religious faith, most don't want war. Sure mainstream media will have you believe otherwise with all their Shadow Government propaganda, but we know now, mainstream media is just a control tool for the powerful elite.

[ImTestingSleeping]

@primecreator Of course my classmates, workmates, neighbors and my community in general would say they don't want war. You and I and those people have relatively high standards of living. To us, violence solves nothing. We have that luxury.

However, you go to a country where the standard of living is very low. Where freedom isn't a reality. You go where the government is oppressive and you will find people who want war. War is a necessity in those situations.

[ganyawee]

@ImTestingSleeping bullshit, I live in a developing country and even we know violence doesn't solve problems, it's just too easy for the toughest warlord type to get control because people like you make excuses for it.

[ImTestingSleeping]

@ganyawee What? I'm talking about revolution not dictatorship. How am I making excuses for warlords to get control? I'm saying those who are OPPRESSED (such as those in controls run by warlords) will find that war is a necessity. You cannot reason with these men. They do not give up power willingly. Look what has happened just recently in Iraq, Egypt and now Libya. War will never be eliminated from this planet as long as their are places with one man in power who is oppressive to the population.

[machrill666]

Wher is the original ? The best song ever written !!

[rorybowskill]

If it could happen in 1914 it can happen anytime we stop funding it

[indah007]

and we get older , and wonder what all the anger is for ...

and we come from lands where peace is a tradition - where violence is not a religion - nor a political target .......

[mariolopez420]

uh, cool explosions?

[rod1148]

What has become of all the great folk singers? We sure could use them now.  Instead all I see are the war mongers. Where oh where is the glory in war?

[rod1148]

Grateful for this song. And for Pete Seeger. Long live Pete!

[RedZeppelin]

the first 50 seconds of this are a total waste of time

[ttrone]

@RedZeppelin You must be a very busy person to worry about wasting 50 seconds of your time.

[manuel12777]

artistas como estos son los que faltan hoy,PETE SEEGER,JOAN BAEZ,VICTOR JARA,nuestro que tambien lo extrañamos,,,vivan por siempre en el pueblo.

[camacho671]

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.- John F Kennedy

[spof22]

I learned this song from The Weavers (of which Pete Seeger was 1/4th) when I was 7 or 8. I'm a few months away from 65 now, and it's still a dream. Thanks, spadecaller, for reminding us.

[inverkenny]

telling human beings to live in peace is like telling lions not to kill the zebra, but i suppose we must keep trying, i like watchingforchanges idea that peace-wealth, maybe the oil and other commodities should be handed over to amnesty international or greenpeace to distribute rather than big greedy corporations.

[franjelley]

the point of art is that it speaks for itself...but, hey, can anyone just let the man sing? i think anyone who is looking for the song knows what a war looks and sounds like..but thanks for the pasting anyway

[edgeyp12]

Nice video

[unstopedpiano]

Ed had the idea!! We just need to start being what we believe. Time for peace period.

[leeward46]

We MUST keep on dreaming

[WatchingForChange]

no. we've got to quit dreaming and start doing.

All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible. - T. E. Lawrence, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom

[Leutchik]

How wonderful it will be if America can someday evolve to where we stand by singing Kum-Ba-Ya and waving flowers while the bullies and thugs of the world victimize other people and countries. If the Iranians want a nuke, that's fine.

If they then give it to Hezbollah, who uses it on Israel; eh,...not our concern. If they use it on the French or Brits, well, we saved their bacon twice, no? Enough violence already.

And if Al Qaeda sets off a nuke in Manhattan, well, we must have provoked them.

[grumpyoldbug]

Well you are a disgusting excuse for a human are you not? Just why do you believe that the USA is so better than anywhere else given its record for genocide? You really need to go and see a phrenologist!

[WatchingForChange]

patriotism: a conviction that the piece of dirt you're born on is better than the piece of dirt everyone else was born on. also, because it is. on a serious note, that Jeffersonian ideal that "all human beings, irrespective of the accidents of their births, are entitled to enjoy the aspirations of being fully complete and free human beings." & because, despite the money, the politics, the stupidity and etc, democracy does work. so far. But to be honest, Canada's a better a version of the USA

[popeyeus]

LOL. I second that opinion

[TheEarlBounty]

Well my friend, what you have to realise is that the victims of war are never the evil people who would do these things, the victims are always the innocent. The result of war is always a further greivance and more suffering. Thank you Pete Seegar, you have brought hope, there is a better way.

[LightWhiteNoise]

There won't be peace if there is money in the world.

[WatchingForChange]

not . . . completely true. there won't be peace if WAR is "dollar-able." so what we've got to do is make PEACE dollar-able, more dollar-able than War can ever be. "law of association," yeah? instead of touting PEACE=Shangri-la-la-land; make PEACE=Wealth. Just make sure not to tell them it's Common-Wealth, instead of Personal Wealth. not because they're evil, selfish reptiles, but because they've been ingrained with a Pavlovian response to see anything that benefits their neighbors as "Socialism"

[lloydhofer]

MLKs dream of being judged by the quality of character instead of color of skin is closer to reality these days than I could have ever imagined when I was a young man and heard of his death. I say, "Why not dream of an end to war as well?" It's been my experience that when enough people adopt an idea it inevitably over time becomes a reality. Maybe my grandson will have a chance to see the beginings of this dream start to become a reality. I have hope.

[WatchingForChange]

to paraphrase (misquote) einstein: the solution lies in the heart of humankind.

[fromthispoint]

Pete Segar is the coolest he rocks.

[irmaladouce56]

My dogs started barking..... I suppose they agreed.

[TheDesertRat08]

its still just a dream and will always be a dream, sadly

[SirCoughsalot]

It will with that attitude. The dreams you believe in will one day become a reality. But only if you believe.

[joeygsmom]

thats right, I believe people can one day evolve into something more noble than what we are now.

[SirCoughsalot]

Someday this will be more than a song.

[Smorgasbordbeauty]

Wow, great rendition. I like John Denver's too.

[merv12]

you've picked another of my all time faves and added a new dimension, brill. I sometimes sing this down at our local pub, can't get close to doing it justice unfortunately, but you have, thanks.

[tnb35]

from what album dd you get the song?

[1021CDA43]

I always have a wish and a prayer that one day the world will find a way to live peacefully and there would be no war.  What a concept that would be. Thanks SC.

[karaeinstein]

@1021CDA43

Its ignorant to pray for peace, because its not going to happen. not in this world. but i agree, that it would be very nice.

[vicandmaes]

Thanks SC.. N2N

[gordonbjoy]

Top notch SC !! Keep them coming, please....

[Zachin6]

Terrific! Loved your intro before the song. Keep up the great work. I always look forward to your videos, spadecaller. Thank you.