Afroamerican Prison song - Alan Lomax presents

[661Sunshine]

sexy legs @ 1:05 ...... sorry i was in prison for 10 years

[THEerizzow]

I think you took my comment in an offensive manner. I didn't say the whites never changed things for the blacks. I'm simply stating it shows the ego of some folks, who put themselves at the center of something like this. it's logical to think people acted how they were raised to act. some are quick to take our social standards and apply them to two hundred years ago when in reality no one knows how they would have acted in that situation.

[THEerizzow]

I see alot of "white ego fluffing" going on here. You would have been doing the same as every other white person back then, living the life you were raised to live. Just like today, people live their lives and the future generations will look back claiming we were doing something wrong and they would have never done anything like that. It's all bullshit, enjoy the pain in the music. look back at that aspect of history with shame, but don't bring yourself into it like you would have changed it.

[datubeda]

@THEerizzow "Every other white person", huh? Drop the racist bullshit dude. A lot of people in every culture find the courage to go against the grain. A lot of blood was shed pal by those who changed things. Don't think for a second that the black people of the south would have been freed if some white people didn't try to change things. Ignorant.

[NotorioussThugg7]

what are the lyrics to this song?

[hebneh]

You see how working in rhythm makes it possible for an entire group to synchronize their movement for maximum efficiency. Really amazing.

Of course, the circumstances of how and why these men are working this way is terrible - but free people do physical, manual labor like this too.

[moonsugar1]

I dont listen to this because its black men or because I'm a white man. I listen to because its a group of human beings expressing themselves through the medium of music, and it doesnt get more raw, or honest, than a bunch of slaves sing whilst being made to work.

Kinda makes everything you hear in the charts seem somewhat futile and besides the point doesnt it.

[MrMoman7]

@moonsugar1 no

they dont did it beacause they had fun on it!

to explain it in my bad english is difficult but i will try it

it was a strategy of the white man!

first the music is for the motivation

second they all had to let their hammers ring in the rhythm

so if one hammer hit the metall not constant,they were able to hear it

you have 3 chances to guess what they did with a black man who was weak....

so there werent any "feelings" they were froced to do that

[moonsugar1]

@MrMoman7 Thats not true. Although maybe in some cases that may have been encouraged to sing to keep working at a steady beat, there are also alot of songs that were sung about thier oppression, their social lives, women, telling stories and folklore, many other things. Its not like they just sang because the white man told them too. You can hear African chants, sounds and percussion in alot of the Lomax recordings... I suggest you open your ears a bit wider buddy!!

[allenshepard]

is this from the alan lomax documentary ive been looking for it everywhere. anyone know where i could watch the whole thing

[zolwikPawel]

Tu Polska! Sądząc po napisach, już dawno przejęliśmy ten filmik!:)

[slye1991]

their percussion is the sound of cutting down trees...brilliant 

[1GlamorousLifestyle]

im so glad we dont have to go through this.. Because i WOULD NEVER be some body slave f*** that... thats why blacks should get an good education stay in school , off drugs, dont have kids at a young age and save money..that way you would never be a slave to the white man......but this song is beautiful...and im happy to say im black and native american....

[akemoguy]

wow

such beautiful music

[MedinazAiR]

@FenrirLupus Wow...that was simple

[Bufislav]

better watch out for that grizzly bear you racist morons ><

[MedinazAiR]

Yeah I wouldn't have been a song but a picture...and white people don't comment just keep your miseducation,misinformative,tr­ying to dissassociate history with today asses up...thats like saying oh it wasn't you just your ancestors...your different.

[twh1114]

@MedinazAiR yea, im sorry you served that jail sentence

[MedinazAiR]

@twh1114 Your right I'm serving a life sentence....this don't got nothing with how white society treats Africans today...ooooh nothing...you guys are in denial

[twh1114]

@MedinazAiR your right I lynch niggers on a regular basis. and black people sit at the back of the bus

[MedinazAiR]

@twh1114 Not physically but mentally I'm sure your wishing...oh yeah the back of the bus...yeah thats when you guys were "liberal".You know lynching niggers and nigger lovers secretly

[senorvann]

Where can I find the whole song?

[meadowmarc89]

You know I ain't scareda noo beahh..

[uprooting]

alan lomax has really nice legs

[Dogsoldier22]

quit crying kids. Its not your pain. The men singing may of been in pain but not you. You girls do know that white folk was in jail too? I dont think singing was popular though. So in short shut the fuck up and enjoy the song. Appreciate it for the sound it makes.

[freeminds10]

Our pain is your entertainment

[meadowmarc89]

Love these songs... sometimes the best music takes only the human voice and hurt as instruments

[drawnbow]

Wow. Half of them are swinging axes left-handed, so they must have switched off RH/LH.

[misspurpleiris1]

@kemetkush this is NOT about listening to and enjoying people's pain, its about appreciating it, hearing the stories they have to tell, and revelling in such a soulful history.

[KingsleyEnnis1]

AHHH the good ole days !!!! Put the lazy bastards BACK TO WORK. Whip them and bring back lynching !!

[TheSanityInspector]

A bittersweet piece of Americana. Hats off to Alan Lomax, for having the vision & determination to record all this stuff before it vanished.

[skoko1945]

@TheSanityInspector

a Bitter piece

[dreadblues88]

Discorsi del cazzo! tutti qui amiamo la musica e odiamo il razzismo. La musica serve a non farci scordare quanto l'uomo può essere infimo e al contempo elevatissimo!

These comments are useless shit. we all love music and hate racism. We need music to remember that men can be infimum and high at the same time!

[jeneverbes]

It gives me hope that unless how bad the conditions for these men were, just the spirit of these gentlemen created something this beautiful

[MrPryceTagg1]

@jeneverbes Just to hear music like this in the raw by Black men should let future musicians know that real music comes from the heart.And it aint where you from it's where you at.

[Spookaduke100]

I actually had tears

[Rico2106]

fuck the race row... feel the spirit in these men!

[BamaBoy205SR]

@Rico2106 yeah just enjoy the music not mention the bias court system that place their grandchildren in these same fucking chain gangs and target them in their communities charging them with Bogus charges like "refusing to obey"

what the hell do you Know

[seerskater]

@BamaBoy205SR fuck you man this is beautiful.  sad... but beautiful

[MrMoman7]

@seerskater no

they dont did it beacause they had fun on it!

to explain it in my bad english is difficult but i will try it

it was a strategy of the white man!

first the music is for the motivation

second they all had to let their hammers ring in the rhythm

so if one hammer hit the metall not constant,they were able to hear it

you have 3 chances to guess what they did with a black man who was weak....

so its sad sad

[MrMikenotts01]

@Rico2106 exactly - the Lomaxes weren't perfect, they were products of their time; but if they hadn't recorded this wonderful stuff, if would have been lost forever. Everyone then is now dead, we will all shortly be dead, this music will live on. thanks to the Lomaxes, Pa and son. Wonderful music, thank God the Lomaxes recorded it or it would have been lost forever (do you think this stuff records itself?)

[vitaminB17]

@ applebaum anyway, i was responding to kemetkush's racist view of a person must be white if they appreciate black pain. sounds like B.S. to me.

it makes me wonder what kemetkush was doing viewing the video if only racists listen to it.

[vitaminB17]

@applbaum. is it about race that black people sold black people off as slaves?

[Applebaum]

i wish they took the time out to record the singers names

[Atlantis2184]

Let's not forget how they are in prison....I'd feel pretty bad about going to prison for shanking somebody too.....haha idiots.

[jlovless1]

Pain is kinda part of all genres of music. So, should I not like any song that involves someone, regardless of their race or circumstances, who is experiencing pain?

[Atlantis2184]

@mrdalewilsondw

haha and not teaching the red man grammar

[kemetkush]

you people are crazy; how can you enjoy people pain, american give black people the blues and still do.

[nachoisq]

YOU are crazy; how can´t you enjoy that sound

[kemetkush]

white-people love to hear black-people pain.

[nachoisq]

I know. its very sad. But that sound it´s amazing, you can feel the pain, and that makes you think about how mad was and is the world. I just admire how those guys could do a thing so good in so bad circunstances. Anyway I am from Spain. I don´t know about racism or slavery, fortunately. Excuse my english

[kstarBAM]

@kemetkush Na.. they love to hear the amazing songs they can create from the pain nd tiredness, cuz that's where most true soul filled songs come from, bein tired, havin alotta pain, a broken heart, or jus a story. Like this song, singing about a grizzily bear. Talkin about a father goin huntin and gettin killed by a bear.

[kemetkush]

@kstarBAM like i said, white-people love to hear black-people pain.

[kstarBAM]

@kemetkush I AM black, It's ashame you think that way.

[kemetkush]

@kstarBAM you not black, you are a uncle tom.

[kemetkush]

@kstarBAM if you are black, you should be ashame of yourself, for being a house negro, your people are in pain, and you enjoy the sound?

[MrFermium100]

@kstarBAM do you have the lyrics???



[GaertnerJan]

@kemetkush

well you must be a retarded racist to think this way.

yet, it makes me wonder, if you do not understand the beauty that lies within the music, WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU ACTUALLY COMMENTING ON IT.

come on. annoy someone else could ya.



[kemetkush]

@GaertnerJan no one but a racists, or a fool, want to hear black-people in pain////

[ZACHDISASTER]

@kemetkush Actually, it wakes up your mind and shows you the realities of slavery. These are cries, I listen to these men sing rather than shove them in a dark corner. They want to be heard, and I will hear them.

[kemetkush]

@ZACHDISASTER you white-people are sick//// enjoying the pain of black-people////

[ZACHDISASTER]

@kemetkush Think what you would like to thing, I don't enjoy people in pain; just soul.

[kemetkush]

@ZACHDISASTER this is not soul////this is pain////

[jlovless1]

@kemetkush There is nothing painful or shameful in the MUSIC presented here. Protest the actions that lead us to and away from this, but never forget it, or the soul and beauty that these men display.

[kemetkush]

@jlovless1 this is shameful and painful to black-people, you must be white to enjoy black-people pain.

[vitaminB17]

@kemetkush this isn't about race you racist it's about music, song and soul.

[Applebaum]

@vitaminB17 ITS ALL about Race & Racism &pain &soul, music &song &Survival &Waste of life & talent: Alot of those people singing r in prison due to racism &White privilege to be able to swan in capture someones pain then make money frm it its about all of that talking about race expressing how u feel about it isnt wrong white people have treated Black people horrifically so horrifically that we still feel the effects now many people/media still perpetuate negative imagery of Black people now

[bruin03]

@jlovless1 Are you kidding? This "music" is an expression of their pain!

[awol2602]

Named after a BBC series of the same name (Songhunter) in which a young David Attenborough was involved.

[bigreid66]

this is crack

[ElisabethTrux]

*Wiec panie miej litość! Niedźwiedź grizzly..*

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