FOUR STRONG WINDS

[mrsheddweller]

Great song. I like lo fi recordings but this just falls flat do to a lack of naturalism in the performers. It's ridiculously forced.

[peterkastner]

@mrsheddweller Screw you, mrshedweller.

[mrsheddweller]

@peterkastner Sorry, man. I didn't know that you liked it so much. I guess it's not so bad. Who am I to tell you what you like? Who am I to give my opinion? Are opinions unanimous?

[bdnturtle2]

To @Neville6000: This video is just the moment of first playing in public TV from this great song of Ian Tyson performed with Sylvia. It is normal that in those year sunged in direct, with just 2 voices and 1 guitar it can feel 'poor'. But is a litle historic document, and so you must appreciate. Please, look and ear at the video from Ian Tyson -" three horses icon"- a studio recording with a great and simple musical arrangement: It will show you the great artist Ian. Neil Young is great to.

[bdnturtle2]

To @Neville6000: This video is just the moment of first playing in public TV from this great song of Ian Tyson performed with Sylvia. It is normal that in those year and just sunged and played in direct, with just 2 voices and 1 guitar. So is a litle historic document, and so you must appreciate. Please, look at the video from Ian Tyson -"the three horses icon" and this studio recording with a great and simple musical arrangement can say to you how is the singing of Ian. I like Neil Young to.

[rdvqc]

The amazing thing is that this was the first song Ian ever wrote.

He has produced an awsome body of work in the years since but this one still floats to the top.

[duncankingdog]

funny how ian nowadays tries to sell himself as some cowboy dude. get real, you half assed hippy....

[cdhiggins79]

@duncankingdog he is a cowboy, he was already riding the rodeo before he ever became a singer. He learned to play guitar while recovering from a broken leg from a rodeo. He now lives on a working ranch in western Canada. the music does not make you a cowboy, your job and your lifestyle does. get real dude.

[corvus13]

@duncankingdog You mean Ian Tyson, the *rodeo rider*?

[justdeepblue]

real stuff from the olden days.

[morningtonkid]

Holy God, that's really crap!!

[3Pitous]

Fresh and sincere.Thanks

[guinnesstrail]

I always thought the lyric, "come what may" was "come, Wop May." Too Canadian for my own good.

[yabbut51]

Does anyone here know where I can see some video of Razzle Dazzle with Michelle Finney, Howard the Turtle, Percy Q Kidpester , Mr. Sharpy , Terwiliger Topsoil and Bill and Ben The Flowerpot Men? Haven't thought about those characters for a while have you?

[miamiwax]

he looks like george bush.. lol

[kgs42]

just rather sweet ..... lovely Canadian song

[ddaanntt]

This is absolutely awesome - Sylvia's harmony comes through beautifully, somewhat different from their Best Of... version. And I never would have recognized her without her long straight hair. I had no idea this existed - thanks very very much. To those of you knocking them, these people are legends, at least to many of us...

[halongbob]

IANS BROTHER WAS IN OUR AIR POLICE SECURITY SQUADRON IN 1966 IN VIETNAM (BIEN HOA).. IMAGINE THAT.. A CANADIAN IN THE USAF...!! THANKS FOR YOU SERVICE!!!  WE ARE GETTING TOGETHER NEXT YEAR AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM THERE. ANYONE KNOW WHERE HE IS???

[MaryAliceMaryAlice]

They are awesome and I cherish the memory. Thanks.

[rvcrvc2]

Nice to see a post from so far back in time but they were really pretty bad. If you never heard it by Ian & Sylvia, or just Ian, you wouldn't even like the song.

[optimuszgrime]

there is immense sexual tension in this song, between the two hosts. i am sure they have done it in the past. its like they are singing for each other....

[Waldo99]

Looks like Alfred E Newman and his twin sister ;)

[1dream2hearts]

rare video. The oldest four strong winds video in existence.

[eotto2001]

Goodness, they were so young.

[borncountryful]

How very pretty! I have always loved this song!

You have posted a great piece of history.

Thank you much! see ya bye

[beberndtbebetter]

Great!

[ReBel1US]

Ahhh,One of my favorite songs.They were friends with Dylan and Lightfoot. Strong influences in their lives,but different paths traveled. Peace,Rod:)))

[jaybirdful]

Sure sounds different than todays music. Makes me think the media is evolving before our brains have a chance to adapt!

[whisky2roxy]

You're right, the media has evolved right down the toilet since those days

[happyness1957]

glad you think that too, thought I was only one! See there's nothing wrong with us.. it's the media that is sick!

[vagabondsongs]

Wow! I mean really this is so great.. thank you so much for posting this!!!!

[susantabi]

Fresh and innocent they are. Very fun to watch. Thank you for posting.

[wattever333]

his intro, first 40 seconds, reminds me of Mickey Rooney.

[riccardino82]

Neil Young was listening...

[jparmet001]

There is something haunting and nostalgic about Peter's rendition of Four Strong Winds in this clip, sung with beautiful harmony by Michelle Finney, made ever more poignant by Peter's recent passing. I can't stop playing this clip! In no other version of Ian Tyson's classic, and there have been many who covered it over the years, does the melody and harmony meld so perfectly together. Thank you Peter, and may you rest in peace.

[ChernozymVideo]

there was a great celebration of Peter's life at the Winchevsky Centre "Everybody Waved Goodbye!" Lots of Peter's videos and fond memories.

[kink1man]

That is sad news. But I'm glad I at least got to thank him for "Nobody Waved Goodbye" and for this clip. Peace, Peter.

[tribeca202]

you never know do you? in a political arguement once someone said to me,"You really believe that don't you?,just in the way you believe you'll wake up tomorrow morning"-of the 7,000 views of this video 3500 of them must be mine. i listen to it every morning, underneath whatever i'm doing. thank you peter kastner,Requiescat in Pace

[Sciochick]

Sadly, Peter Kastner passed away from a heart-attack at the age of 64 on September 18th, while driving in downtown Toronto.

[tribeca202]

peter/tho' i may be biased as 4 winds is one of my all time favorites you and this michelle girl have perfect harmony together.3 question:1- what exactlfy was this show, a variety show for teens? do you have the whole show to post?,2-did this young woman ever release an album?,3-are there any more of you and her singing you could post? Thank you kindly

[peterkastner]

Dear tribeca202:

a) many thanks b) a CBC (Canada) young peoples show that ran 62-65, the last 2 years with music/dance/comedy, etc. b) I do have the whole show c) Michelle never released an album d) I'll post another slice or two from this show

[maryquant1967]

This is AWESOME! I was just making a comment elsewhere re: the Spoonful's You're a Big Boy Now and wrote your name. Naturally my next thought was "I wonder whatever happened to him?". I LOVED you in the 60s and am delighted to see you here.

[peterkastner]

Thanks, Mary -- appreciate the posting.

In Toronto, writing/singing songs,

making video. Friendly with Zal

Yanovsky's (Spoonful Zal?) lovely step-mom

Anna. Be well, mq67!

[wilkes85]

Why the hell wasn't i around in the '60s?!?!

[drivenbitch]

wilkes85, Not that you need to hear this, but, as a geezer, I can report many fine (better) things in the Y2K+08. The sixties a complicated time. Vietnam the big issue. Good people getting assassianted. Fight for civil rights in the States. And me? When I was singing this pretty song,I didn't have a %$#@^%& idea of who I was. Now, haapily, I do at last. Hang in, pal. Someday we'll have coffee and compare decades.

[cycimian]

drivenbitch, no truer words were spoken,

they were desperate times with the thought of nuclear winter always in the back of everyones mind, We looked forward to simpler versions of tech, People worked on their own cars back then if you could you did it.

I miss the times with the people in them, But changeing anymoment of those times if i could i would never, Hard to explain its more of a feeling, Anyways Cheers.

[kink1man]

Wow, Peter, I didn't know you could sing too! I don't remember that TV show, but when I attended vocational school in the '70s in Nova Scotia, we were shown "Nobody Waved Goodbye". Personally I was very impressed with it. I thought it was really a very good film (it was actually the first Canadian film I'd seen that I didn't think was terrible)! You were superb in it. I wish I had seen more of your work. Anyway, thank you for that (and for this), and I'm very glad to see you're still around.

[peterkastner]

Many thanks, kink1man --

Yeah, I'm here. Making music and video, my pleasure.

Appreciate the posting.

Best regards,

Peter

[manzanadecoco]

For those of you not previously familiar with Mr. Kastner, he was the star of a classic Canadian film, 1964's "Nobody Waved Good-bye", which unfortunately is about as hard to see as every other classic our country has ever produced. Alas.

[peterkastner]

Many thanks for your posting,manzanadecoco --

re NWG, you can get it at a lot of libraries,

it's real cheap to buy directly from The Film Board's website,

and, if you live in Toronto -- you can view it

for free (for pennies?) at the Film Board's cinematheque

on John Street in Toronto.

I feel it was the best work I ever did as an actor.

Yours in showbusiness,

Peter

[manzanadecoco]

Well, thank you for working with John Vernon. You're right of course, but it's probably only the obsessive cinema buff who has any inkling of what's lurking in the vaults of the NFB. As usual, we are doing a lousy job of letting our own people know what exists. Sure, anyone who is aware of NWG can maybe track it down, but what about people in Flin Flon and those who've never heard of it. I worked with a guy who boasted he'd seen EVERY movie at Blockbuster. I said, Including foreign? Documentary?

[manzanadecoco]

... He then looked sheepish, and hung his head. But the point is that he was using a foreign-owned, self-censoring video chain as his reference point.

[peterkastner]

I take your point, m de c.

It's clearly still a struggle to get Canadian films out there.

In Jan 64, when NWG was released in Toronto, the Toronto film

critics HATED it. Panned it mercilessly.

That fall it went to the New York Film Festival. The New York critics LOVED it. Raves. A US distributor picked it up.

Unheard of. We demonstrated that Canadians could make movies Americans liked/and bought. Goin Down the Road came next.

But, 45 years later, the battle goes on, unfortunately.

up

[avrosparrow]

NWG is an incredibly beautiful (and deeply sad) film. I find that the film has a special resonance for people from Toronto - it speaks to something enduring about growing up in this city. Owen's work has been unfairly neglected: his short docs are fantastic, and his later features quite interesting in the way they carry forward some of themes of youthful frustration from NWG. NWG's influence resonates in the sad Cdn films that followed it (I am thinking of Secter's, Shebib's, Fruet's films)

[avrosparrow]

BTW, lovely performance of the great Ian and Sylvia song. From shortly after NWG I imagine?

[Neville6000]

You can see it at the NFB, FOR FREE! Just ask for a number at the desk, which you can use to watch movies at the machines.

[peterkastner]

Neville, I don't think you can

see Time of Your Life (from which show,

the above clip) at The Film Board on

John Street in Toronto. It was a CBC show.

[Neville6000]

Sorry Peter, I meant that you could see Nobody Waved Goodbye at the NFB, not Time Of Your Life. I hope that that mistake was cleared up. Great video of you on this show, BTW-you were at the height of your powers, and it shows. Why did you come back home, BTW?

[peterkastner]

Thanks, Neville, and for the compliments.

We left the States after Dubya stole the election in 2004.

A relief to be back in Toronto.

[royser1]

@Neville6000 This makes you realise how good Neil Young is !

[7generations]

encore - encore - encore

[peterkastner]

Thank you, kind 7generations!

My next step is to do your Youtube site the honour of viewing.

Loved the photo in your last email. Best to all!

[SweetHaley]

That's my mom who is singing,no joke.

[drivenbitch]

My dear sweethaley -- how lovely to see your posting! I

have a copy of that whole show I'd love to give you in which your sweet mama Michelle performs and sings another

song or two. It was a pleasure working with her, a young kid still, having done such good work on Razzle. Give her my very best regards and can we get in touch?

Uncle Peter

[peterkastner]

Haley --

Bill Davidson reminds me that you were at the Free Times with Michelle, could that have been? No contact with her.

I've been putting some "edgy" video out into the world, and that may have given her pause. Give her my very best, would you.

Peter

[Piebranche]

Michelle's your mom? I went to grade school with Michelle (was even on Razzle Dazzle once). We hung out a bit as young adults, but were on different life paths - haven't seen her in many years now. Please give her my best wishes. Zachary Pierce.

[davidlenander]

thanks for posting. I never heard of either of these performers, or the shows you mention. Pleasant cover of I & S.

[peterkastner]

This was early sixties Canadian TV -- I'm Peter, and had a brief acting career then.

At the time, every kid in Canada knew who Michelle was.

Last year, I had the the pleasure/honour of singing an original song at The Hugh's Room (Toronto) event at which I & S were inducted into the Mariposa Festival Hall of Fame.

Thanks for commenting.