Hated her politics but loved her voice and dedication to her beliefs. She can still sing today with the same meaning and intensity. (check some of her videos) Missed Woodstock as I was undergoing advanced training on a CH-46D helicopter before being shipped out to Vietnam. All the same we still listened to Joanie (Surreptitiously, as we didn't want to be labelled commies) in-country. 1 LT, USMC Marble Mountain Air Facility.
i was also at Woodstock... dug in about 40 feet from center stage for the whole time.. it was a total life-changing experience for me which i will never forget. None of any of us there had any clue about the historic landmark in music and culture this would become - nor did we realize the huge and ethereal resonance this would have on our lives.
i feel humbled by the memory so many years ago and honored to have been lucky enough to have been there.
i do like her voice: the version of amazing grace which is only 1.28 min long here on youtube - unfortunately - i like best: in this version she sings brightly and humorousiticly. Most other versions are so heavy and meaningful: We shall overcome, oh Lord! What a message, for us Westerners, hasn't it very little to do with our lifestyle?
@der383 Long live Joe Hill, the wobblies, and all those who would destroy the machines of the masters. Red red red forever. Stupid fool, look at modern Viet Nam. Communist conspiracy? We had as much right to destroy that country as we do to destroy Iraq, namely none. Sadly, it shall be the downfall of our country.
This song. along with her perfect, unique voice is breaking my heart, as we speak. My husband and I have to put our dog of almost 15 yrs down this week, and I am not OK. Listening to Joan helps me cope. Thanks, Joanie. In some weird way, when I hear your voice, I feels someone's arms around my shoulders.
Incredibly beautiful voice and talent, and have you seen her recently in the Bob Dylan documentary? She still looks fabulous!~ I wish I could come back and live her life. :)
@shadowfaxx1 That's exactly what I was pondering. Though we still have Bob Dylan, Bono and their contemporaries, I don't know who among from the younger generation has the IT like them.
first saw joan baez at a carnegie hall concert presented by harold leventhal way back in the 60's -----great to see her on the PBS white house presentation this week--- to a legend
Nuiceltico, maybe he did, but his art is quite precious isn't it? don't know if you can blame him for using anyone, who gets used and who uses anyway? we all do both i think.... he gave great songs, at the rest he was just human like anybody else..
Sure wish I'd been there! This is such a lovely rendition of this song. I first became a fan of folk music in the late 1950's in Chicago....first heard Ms. Baez circa 1960-61 on a Chicago FM station which featured folk music every Saturday night. Music which touched the soul.
WFMT. I listened to that show in my dorm room at college. Did you ever visit the Gate of Horn at its original location in the basement before they turned it into a nightclub on Rush Street. Did you get the WFMT program guide. I'm 72. Ah the memories!
Woodstock was on the wrong continet but I did see her at the Isle of Wight. That night I though Hendrix was boring and fell asleep - and I was near to the stage! It was Joanie's quiet beautiful and beautiful voice that I awoke to. My dream is that youth will again be motivated by songs such as this. from a singer such as this.
great performance, but she seems disillusioned, i feel she doesnt believe that we shall live in peace one day... (whereas in her earlier days you see more hope and persuasion in her eyes)
@Nuiceltico : "Dylan the dilettante" ? Did you miss the last 40 years? This no-good won every award in the book; including the Pulitzer, whose committee said: "The Pulitzer Prize jury in 2008 awarded him a special citation for what they called his profound impact on popular music and American culture, "marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."
I`m sitting here gobsmacked!...so this is Folk Music? This is the Best rendition of this song i have Ever heard...Voice of an Angel, pure soulful passionate, with Beauty to match! BRAVO!..thanX for posting!
En tiempos de Woodstock , yo estaba en mi pais , me hubiera gustado estar ahi , escuchar a esta cantante (su voz , su mensaje ) hubiera ya sido suficiente. Es una cantante increible.
I was at Woodstock and this was te last song sung that Friday evening, the first day of the festival. Friday was the folk-music night. Joan was the last to perform that evening. We slept that night
outside, under the stars, unaware of the history that weekend in August was to make. It changed my life for the rest of my life.
Yep, the end of Friday night. Little did you know what was coming Saturday on into Sunday morning! That whole night must have been KILLER! Canned Heat, Mountain, Janis, The Dead, CCR, Sly, and The Who (anyone I left out?). I talk with another alumni on here named "harsherhappiness." She's actually IN the Santana footage, left screen, AFTER the white chick with the big blue floppy hat that has a red/white scarf attached to it. She said Saturday night/Sunday morning was IT!
How lucky you are to have been at Woodstock! So much has been written about the eventful festival. Did you ever see yourself in any photo footage that showed people in attendance? How close to the stage were you? Was there any negative memories of it, or all good memories? I imagine the wait for the restrooms must have been bad. ;-))
@anterlopic I'm not sure the hippie movement changed anything at all. Perhaps their intentions were good and true early on, but they were corroded by drugs and infighting and cynicism and even greed. Peace and love gave way to money and defeatism.
This is Anterlopic-I am now Bluecoyete. I said the concert had changed my life. The Hippie Movement, like any event, especially in ones youth would have an impact. WWll had an impact on my parents, as did the Great Depression etc.. However Hippies, not SDS, or politicos, I think changed alot of POVs(points of view).
I don;t think anyone claims that the "Hippie movement" was utopia in action, yes it had plenty of negative or character traits that needed work (Just as all the people that made it did /do, but at least it had the guts and moral courage to admit to the flaws in mankind , and the energy and will to seek better alternatives, Focus on these (as did the nervous idiots in power),then that's what you will see.That part of it still lives on & one day will see the dream fulfillrd.
idiots and crazy people like LBJ and his stupid minnesota sidekick HHH the hellish nixon are elected by the vast majority of incredibly stupid Americans who elect people most like themselves to office
,.but I'm not going to be as brave as you and agree with the summary off US voters,
(they might come looking for me), besides I don't think were That different ourselves. Society seems largely Apathetic or even un aware of just what a fuck up is going on .
@anterlopic you was at woodstock, wow. you was a young child and you has seen all the great acts (jimi hendrix and so on). i was also a young child (born 1959). but i was born in the gdr. you know. i saw the videos later. woodstock was the best festival ever. (my english is not sooo good, sorry)
I have been a hugh, hugh fan of Joan Baez since I was a girl of 16 years old.
(many years ago) & to do this day I still am in awe of her voice. Sometimes I cannot believe that someone can sing like this. Joan Baez has graced our world with her singing. I mean what if she had not chosen to become a folk singer or because of circumstances did not become well known..I am so glad that Joan became successful as a folk singer so that the world knows her voice. She is my favorite singer by far.
Ahh, for the good old 60's when we tried valiently to stand up to what has now became the New World Order.
Sadly we lost and the world is paying for it now with our liberties being invaded every day, cameras in streets, emails and phone calls being tapped, etc., etc.
Sadly, there just weren't enough Dylans and Baezes.
I was singing this song in my head for the past two days (a small part of it) and I didn't know which one it was-- until I realized it was Joan's voice that I was replaying over and over again! Thank goodness I found it!
Thanks for posting! Do you happen to have Baez and Shurtleff singing their version of Drug Store Truck Driving Man at Woodstock? I once found it however now it shows -This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by WMG . It was really good!
è una canzone bellissima e le sue parole sono ancora più belle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! la traduzione è questa : noi trionferemo noi trionferemo noi trionferemo un dì nel profondo del mio cuore lo credo già noi vivrem in pace...un dì nel profondo ... noi cammineremo mano nella mano ... un dì nel profondo... bianchi e neri insieme ... un dì nel profondo ...
I remember the song but not all the words it has been so long since I have heard it. She is one of the best voices of all time. And I don't remember the range like that.
Her 1962 version of this song in the UK was better. This is still great though and she is one of the best, if not the best, vocalist I have ever heard and probably ever will hear.
You know I have been going to folk venues, folk clubs, coffeehouses for over 35 years & I am always, always hoping to hear someone, even just one singer who can sing like this or even similiar but I never come across any female folk singer anywhere, like Joan. Of course there will only be one Baez but of all the singers I hear at folk clubs, there is not even one folk singer who even comes remotely close to a voice like Joan's.
Yes Joan did have an amazing vocal range when she was younger. She still has a stunning voice which is a bit deeper now - she still has one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard and no-one can sing We Shall Overcome like Joan-I've been a fan for well over 40 years and she is still full of surprises -amazing she is 68.
What a magnificent voice! This song is an anthem for anyone fighting for any injustice whether it be political or otherwise. I would like this to become an anthem for cancer survivors and patients or any other debilitating disease we may battle.
i agree, and wish more people had your insight because sadly not many young people today have even heard this song before. i am 23 and my friends either hadnt heard of Joan Baez or didn't know she is still alive and performing until i introduced her music to them. anyway, i searched this song today because CNN showed people singing it today and my boyfriend was wondering what song it was and how i knew the words.
Thank God for UTube! The great music of the past is there for all generations to hear and appreciate. You are a very smart young lady to find this music and to appreciate it as much as my generation did when I was your age.
May you always enjoy and search out all types of music. It will never leave you.
Thank you for your comment and tell your young man that he is very fortunate to have someone as wise as you.
Opera singer ? she never trained at all, until relatively recently. She will be performing at the Peace Ball in Washington during the Inauguration Festivities.
I love so much that she is now a part of the realization of Malcolm's Dream !
she always was revolutionary, but it's always so strange to hear the voice of an opera singer singing protest songs... and the newer recordings that are here on Youtube are even better than when she was young . She has more control, more depth and more pathos and the voice is incredibly clean-- she will sing till she is 90.
Wu shall overcome! c'est gagné! que Dieu aide le nouveau président nous avons vaincu la bêtise, la haine... Dieu protège ( et surtout les Américains) protège les USA!
this is a very powerful song on its own. But even more so with Joan singing it. She could definitely send out a message with her songs. She is a revolutionary.
I am a 15 year old girl and this song makes me want to cry, it's just beautiful and sends chills in my body. I hope someday in my lifetime, I will get to see peace. I love all of my brothers and sisters in this world and I hope someday we can all just see the beauty in each other and accept that we're all people and stop the wars and fighting. <3
BAEZ: aS GUERRAS IRÃO CONTINUAR APESAR DA ESPERANÇA DE QUE UM DIA NÃO MAIS OCORRERÃO, E CONTINUAMOS PRECISANDO DE JOANS PARA NOS REPRESENTAR. OBRIGADO POR ESSA VOZ MARAVILHOSA E POR TÊ-LA DISPONIBILIZADO POR CAUSAS TÃO NOBRES. VERA (BRASIL)
What is the meaning of the song? Can you interpret it for me? Her voice is beautiful. It has the tune we use at Catholic Masses in my country, Argentina
swaingles, in the broadest sense, it's a song about people overcoming oppression by inner strength of character, human dignity, non-violent resistance, fighting ignorance, and a refusal to see ourselves the way oppressors see us.
Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." This song is about not giving that consent.
I think Joan Baez greatly influenced Mary Hopkin, then Mary sang "Donna donna", "Field of St. Etienne" and so on. They are available here on YouTube. I hear Mary Hopkin sang "Donna donna" in her live at Osaka Expo 1970 and was very much impressed.
Question: How many times do you think Joan has sung this song so far? I love her and Judy Collins voice so much. Glad I was a kid in the 60's. Heard it all live, or on my Transistor radio.
I'm a soprano with a good range, and I still listen to this and try to figure out"HOW DOES SHE DO IT?"I mean, aside from the natural gifts of a gorgeous voice and beautiful soul, she does some technical stuff in here that is VERY difficult for most sopranos. She moves up and down without fear, shifting registers in a very individualistic way, and it works. I'm not sure about that super high note she does toward the end though-- I would have backed off and made it a bit lighter.
REPLY for:Laxtee, The high note is 'G' & I love it.She is more of a 2nd soprano, like me. The song sung in key of 'C'. I can actually sing high 'G' when in good voice & recently did in performance. Beautiful Performance by Joan.
I love her. She have the more sweat and expressive voice that I know! And this song is full of the great message of Love that never die. My father tears of emotion when he hear her voice!
This is a kick ass song. You can use this song for a lot of inspiring reasons "freedom, womens rights, War in Iraq...even overcoming the President lol". I use this song for inner peace. Anybody who is going through depression, this song should be heard.
This originally had nothing to do with Vietnam or the troops there. It was a not so old "Negro Spiritual" and was penned, I believe, in the 1940s. It was adopted by the anti-war movement as an anti-establishment anthem but it really had to do with "American apartheid."
I believe it was written as a christian gospel song in the early 1900. The song however was used as a key anthem during the American Civil Rights Movement 55-68. It also, like you said, was adopted by the anti-war movement.
Saw a documentary on Pete Seeger a few years ago. He says he gets too much credit for this song, he just added a few verses, but most folk singers add verses. Joan and Pete were central to the folk music scene, both worked very hard for civil rights and against the Vietnam war.
Woodstock Director's Cut and 13 Lost Performances should be released together (maybe this time the songs and artists can be shown in their actual playing order! I've always hated that about Woodstock documentaries).
it is time to start dreaming and fighting again .
times moved on the battle remains the same
diprobocoala 4 months ago
" Rich men start wars, poor men fight and die in them."
MrKatzengreis 5 months ago
She honor a great song with her beautiful voice. i wish we have more Joan Baez in this world. Would be a better place. Thank you for this song.
coyotestory 5 months ago
Hated her politics but loved her voice and dedication to her beliefs. She can still sing today with the same meaning and intensity. (check some of her videos) Missed Woodstock as I was undergoing advanced training on a CH-46D helicopter before being shipped out to Vietnam. All the same we still listened to Joanie (Surreptitiously, as we didn't want to be labelled commies) in-country. 1 LT, USMC Marble Mountain Air Facility.
penquinbum 5 months ago
i was also at Woodstock... dug in about 40 feet from center stage for the whole time.. it was a total life-changing experience for me which i will never forget. None of any of us there had any clue about the historic landmark in music and culture this would become - nor did we realize the huge and ethereal resonance this would have on our lives.
i feel humbled by the memory so many years ago and honored to have been lucky enough to have been there.
russtacean 5 months ago
High tone vice with tension, overflows for energy, being in aura, and very beautiful. Joan Baez is a great singer rare in history.
MinimalistKM 5 months ago
Was moved to tears,Shit what's wrong with me?
infoolflux 7 months ago
Tears in my eyes.
paracetemol68 8 months ago
@paracetemol68 Mine, too.
blackwelderadam 1 week ago
She gives me goosebumps. always a wonderful singer, a wonderful woman of her time. Who can take her place?
MrsGranpaws 10 months ago
Brave girl to sing her heart out like that
snookseaglin 11 months ago
Wonderful song. Beautiful voice.
FENNYMAN 1 year ago
always brings a tear to my eye
breightmet2 1 year ago
if only kate perry would do a cover of this.
*flame shield up*
bin1127 1 year ago
i do like her voice: the version of amazing grace which is only 1.28 min long here on youtube - unfortunately - i like best: in this version she sings brightly and humorousiticly. Most other versions are so heavy and meaningful: We shall overcome, oh Lord! What a message, for us Westerners, hasn't it very little to do with our lifestyle?
Lachklaus 1 year ago
Always love Joan Baez
bohota 1 year ago
CRASH RED SCUM !!!!!!!!
der383 1 year ago
@der383 Long live Joe Hill, the wobblies, and all those who would destroy the machines of the masters. Red red red forever. Stupid fool, look at modern Viet Nam. Communist conspiracy? We had as much right to destroy that country as we do to destroy Iraq, namely none. Sadly, it shall be the downfall of our country.
hibpsych 1 year ago 2
This song. along with her perfect, unique voice is breaking my heart, as we speak. My husband and I have to put our dog of almost 15 yrs down this week, and I am not OK. Listening to Joan helps me cope. Thanks, Joanie. In some weird way, when I hear your voice, I feels someone's arms around my shoulders.
EJTJ04 1 year ago
Incredibly beautiful voice and talent, and have you seen her recently in the Bob Dylan documentary? She still looks fabulous!~ I wish I could come back and live her life. :)
shadowfaxx1 1 year ago
Where are our talented people that inspire us today?
shadowfaxx1 1 year ago 3
@shadowfaxx1 That's exactly what I was pondering. Though we still have Bob Dylan, Bono and their contemporaries, I don't know who among from the younger generation has the IT like them.
vayz 1 year ago 3
@vayz Bono? Are you serious?
What's the difference between Bono and God?
God doesn't walk down the streets of Dublin thinking he's Bono!
Choose your heroes wisely my friend.
G58 1 year ago
@shadowfaxx1 Isn't that what our elders said in their day? The voices of today are out there. Go out and look.
FENNYMAN 1 year ago
@FENNYMAN Such as? Rage Against the Machine is about the only one I can think of.
shadowfaxx1 1 year ago
@shadowfaxx1 Chumbawumba, Billy Bragg, Levellers, Show of Hands, David Rovics, Ani di Franco .... to name but six....
FENNYMAN 1 year ago
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@shadowfaxx1 Chumbawumba, Billy Bragg, Levellers, Show of Hands, David Rovics, Ani di Franco .... to name but six....
FENNYMAN 1 year ago
s o s,we need her in north africa.
05antifitna 1 year ago
what a soulful song & voice... this performance brings the lyrics alive..
ritesh22del 1 year ago 2
Beautiful!
2attached 1 year ago
Joan Baez - we shall overcome
sempre sempre
eric
nameeric 1 year ago
first saw joan baez at a carnegie hall concert presented by harold leventhal way back in the 60's -----great to see her on the PBS white house presentation this week--- to a legend
levenho1 1 year ago
"Au profond de mon âme, je sais... " qui l'aurait cru alors un président black...
They 'll overcome!
ANTOONMAKA 2 years ago
C'est normal, cette chanson était liée à une militante noire pour l'égalité qui avait été éjecté d'un bus !
Elle reste un rappel discret à une reconnaissance des droits des "colored people".
Et pourtant les américains ont bien mieux réussis que nous l'intégration de ces anciens esclaves.
Ce qu'ils sont en train de nous démontrer...
PS.: Un blanc ayant vécu dans la "bible belt "
culhman 2 years ago
Why the americans hated niggas? oh fuck
winfriedstar 2 years ago
Nuiceltico, maybe he did, but his art is quite precious isn't it? don't know if you can blame him for using anyone, who gets used and who uses anyway? we all do both i think.... he gave great songs, at the rest he was just human like anybody else..
shipcomesin 2 years ago
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shipcomesin 2 years ago
Sure wish I'd been there! This is such a lovely rendition of this song. I first became a fan of folk music in the late 1950's in Chicago....first heard Ms. Baez circa 1960-61 on a Chicago FM station which featured folk music every Saturday night. Music which touched the soul.
Republicrat74 2 years ago
WFMT. I listened to that show in my dorm room at college. Did you ever visit the Gate of Horn at its original location in the basement before they turned it into a nightclub on Rush Street. Did you get the WFMT program guide. I'm 72. Ah the memories!
ZZBob777 1 year ago
Woodstock was on the wrong continet but I did see her at the Isle of Wight. That night I though Hendrix was boring and fell asleep - and I was near to the stage! It was Joanie's quiet beautiful and beautiful voice that I awoke to. My dream is that youth will again be motivated by songs such as this. from a singer such as this.
RatherLargeAllan 2 years ago 6
great performance, but she seems disillusioned, i feel she doesnt believe that we shall live in peace one day... (whereas in her earlier days you see more hope and persuasion in her eyes)
shipcomesin 2 years ago
Well, for someone that doesn't believe, she sure found boundless amounts of energy to fight for it. So, I don't agree with you.
ddviolinist 2 years ago 3
@shipcomesin ...perhap Dylan the dilettante did not help he seemed to use her ,hurt her and the movement for his own art and ego...
Nuiceltico 2 years ago
@Nuiceltico : "Dylan the dilettante" ? Did you miss the last 40 years? This no-good won every award in the book; including the Pulitzer, whose committee said: "The Pulitzer Prize jury in 2008 awarded him a special citation for what they called his profound impact on popular music and American culture, "marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."
han44eth 1 year ago
Magnifica voce e grande musicalità
giorgiotognini 2 years ago
Seguro que si se investiga, esta trabajaba para el FBI
Router812 2 years ago
god bless
bosox5757 2 years ago 2
This is wonderful! She has such a beautiful voice! Excellent video!
The sound is amazing!
10**************
rosesredvioletsblue 2 years ago 2
I`m sitting here gobsmacked!...so this is Folk Music? This is the Best rendition of this song i have Ever heard...Voice of an Angel, pure soulful passionate, with Beauty to match! BRAVO!..thanX for posting!
FoxApeHumblebeeC02 2 years ago 9
Joan Baez played such an important role in the peace movement in the
60s .........what a beautiful person and artist.
So incredibly beautiful - amazing voice!
thank you. Excellent video.
rosesredvioletsblue 2 years ago 5
Beautiful!!!!
momoshemon 2 years ago
Great voice
Oakles22 2 years ago
Truly an amazing performance.
arnbaltos 2 years ago
Listen what she does to the "We shall live in peace" verse.
She has been my favourite singer ever since I saw here in the Caesarea amphitheatre in Israel in 1978.
drhalsall 2 years ago 4
Merci!
QSPF11 2 years ago 2
En tiempos de Woodstock , yo estaba en mi pais , me hubiera gustado estar ahi , escuchar a esta cantante (su voz , su mensaje ) hubiera ya sido suficiente. Es una cantante increible.
eloriental1946 2 years ago 2
Joan Baez, Iris DeMent, Melanie and Joan Osborne ---- the Best of the Best.
bilkoz01 2 years ago
I was at Woodstock and this was te last song sung that Friday evening, the first day of the festival. Friday was the folk-music night. Joan was the last to perform that evening. We slept that night
outside, under the stars, unaware of the history that weekend in August was to make. It changed my life for the rest of my life.
anterlopic 2 years ago 46
At woodstock!???? how lucky you are!!! If I have been here..but I couldn't because I am only 24.....
ahiriavui 2 years ago 2
Yep, the end of Friday night. Little did you know what was coming Saturday on into Sunday morning! That whole night must have been KILLER! Canned Heat, Mountain, Janis, The Dead, CCR, Sly, and The Who (anyone I left out?). I talk with another alumni on here named "harsherhappiness." She's actually IN the Santana footage, left screen, AFTER the white chick with the big blue floppy hat that has a red/white scarf attached to it. She said Saturday night/Sunday morning was IT!
MattHatter 2 years ago
How beautiful, anterlopic. You lucky duck of a human being. What a special Friday night it was for you!
cutis1000 2 years ago
How lucky you are to have been at Woodstock! So much has been written about the eventful festival. Did you ever see yourself in any photo footage that showed people in attendance? How close to the stage were you? Was there any negative memories of it, or all good memories? I imagine the wait for the restrooms must have been bad. ;-))
folkmusicgirl 2 years ago
@anterlopic I'm not sure the hippie movement changed anything at all. Perhaps their intentions were good and true early on, but they were corroded by drugs and infighting and cynicism and even greed. Peace and love gave way to money and defeatism.
Gatsby999888 1 year ago
@Gatsby999888
This is Anterlopic-I am now Bluecoyete. I said the concert had changed my life. The Hippie Movement, like any event, especially in ones youth would have an impact. WWll had an impact on my parents, as did the Great Depression etc.. However Hippies, not SDS, or politicos, I think changed alot of POVs(points of view).
anterlopic1 1 year ago
@Gatsby999888
I don;t think anyone claims that the "Hippie movement" was utopia in action, yes it had plenty of negative or character traits that needed work (Just as all the people that made it did /do, but at least it had the guts and moral courage to admit to the flaws in mankind , and the energy and will to seek better alternatives, Focus on these (as did the nervous idiots in power),then that's what you will see.That part of it still lives on & one day will see the dream fulfillrd.
Psikonort 1 year ago
@Psikonort
idiots and crazy people like LBJ and his stupid minnesota sidekick HHH the hellish nixon are elected by the vast majority of incredibly stupid Americans who elect people most like themselves to office
atfatw 1 year ago
@atfatw
Found you, Well Yes
,.but I'm not going to be as brave as you and agree with the summary off US voters,
(they might come looking for me), besides I don't think were That different ourselves. Society seems largely Apathetic or even un aware of just what a fuck up is going on .
Psikonort 1 year ago
@anterlopic
born too late... pink floyd would've tell me :"wish you were here"
jesustesnazearrete 1 year ago
@anterlopic you was at woodstock, wow. you was a young child and you has seen all the great acts (jimi hendrix and so on). i was also a young child (born 1959). but i was born in the gdr. you know. i saw the videos later. woodstock was the best festival ever. (my english is not sooo good, sorry)
woddel2001 1 year ago
@anterlopic How goes it all?
anterlopic1 3 weeks ago
She's just as beautiful a person today as she was then, humble and wonderful...making the world a better place by being herself.
neverindoubt 2 years ago 7
I have been a hugh, hugh fan of Joan Baez since I was a girl of 16 years old.
(many years ago) & to do this day I still am in awe of her voice. Sometimes I cannot believe that someone can sing like this. Joan Baez has graced our world with her singing. I mean what if she had not chosen to become a folk singer or because of circumstances did not become well known..I am so glad that Joan became successful as a folk singer so that the world knows her voice. She is my favorite singer by far.
folkmusicgirl 2 years ago 12
amazing voice
loombaron 2 years ago 4
Is that not on the Festival of Woodstock?
dominiquedv 2 years ago
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Die commie hippie.... die!!
Snotra 2 years ago
CERDO!!!!!
pacoespinosa90 2 years ago
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bikeme1952 2 years ago
We need her voice again...
Hollyjl 2 years ago 25
Un grand moment qui trouve sa consécration avec Obama... Et on verra!
ANTOONMAKA 2 years ago
And I danced with her in Big Sur in 1967!!!
wow...
She is awesome.
ladykiller864 2 years ago 3
Love her and always have!!!!
ladykiller864 2 years ago 6
Ahh, for the good old 60's when we tried valiently to stand up to what has now became the New World Order.
Sadly we lost and the world is paying for it now with our liberties being invaded every day, cameras in streets, emails and phone calls being tapped, etc., etc.
Sadly, there just weren't enough Dylans and Baezes.
nacho1560 2 years ago 10
Heel mooi hoor!!!!
jecundum 2 years ago
I was singing this song in my head for the past two days (a small part of it) and I didn't know which one it was-- until I realized it was Joan's voice that I was replaying over and over again! Thank goodness I found it!
ABnagelz 2 years ago
Dear Joan,
it´s a great song. I´m teaching your songs the younger generation and the love it!
My name is Michael Engel. I´m also on You Tube.
I live in Bielefeld (germany). You ´ve played a great concert there in 2008.
God bless you
Michael
angel231264 2 years ago
Thanks for posting! Do you happen to have Baez and Shurtleff singing their version of Drug Store Truck Driving Man at Woodstock? I once found it however now it shows -This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by WMG . It was really good!
Krungtheb9 2 years ago
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rodin40 2 years ago
still great after all these years
vilniusvilnius 2 years ago
me and my mates agree we shall comeover joan
tedstin59 2 years ago
Deep in my heart I know that I do believe we shall over come...
kaloghero 2 years ago 2
Truly a song for our times, and no lovelier and more wonderful lady to sing it.
louise6575 2 years ago 2
maravilhosa!
Jolie028 2 years ago
Wsoleeluna 2 years ago
Yes. We shall!
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rodin40 3 years ago
should have dueted with beyonce to close brother barak's inauguration
but eight year still tp pull it off x
AyeWeCan 3 years ago 2
I still love Joan. Met her once on a plane! Live long and prosper, Joan, in Woodside!
knabebug1 3 years ago 3
Quite superb and now very apt.
atmj65 3 years ago 2
I remember the song but not all the words it has been so long since I have heard it. She is one of the best voices of all time. And I don't remember the range like that.
mjfindlay1968 3 years ago 2
Her 1962 version of this song in the UK was better. This is still great though and she is one of the best, if not the best, vocalist I have ever heard and probably ever will hear.
georgehynes 3 years ago
I agree with your comment 100 %.
She is the best vocalist ever!
You know I have been going to folk venues, folk clubs, coffeehouses for over 35 years & I am always, always hoping to hear someone, even just one singer who can sing like this or even similiar but I never come across any female folk singer anywhere, like Joan. Of course there will only be one Baez but of all the singers I hear at folk clubs, there is not even one folk singer who even comes remotely close to a voice like Joan's.
folkmusicgirl 3 years ago 4
Yes Joan did have an amazing vocal range when she was younger. She still has a stunning voice which is a bit deeper now - she still has one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard and no-one can sing We Shall Overcome like Joan-I've been a fan for well over 40 years and she is still full of surprises -amazing she is 68.
Saskia
SaskiaCornell 3 years ago 6
Time to include this beautiful song again in your set-list Joan on your upcoming tour in Feb.
Love you
Saskia
SaskiaCornell 3 years ago
It's a big ask though, the vocal range required in this song is huge.
ekydami 3 years ago
What a magnificent voice! This song is an anthem for anyone fighting for any injustice whether it be political or otherwise. I would like this to become an anthem for cancer survivors and patients or any other debilitating disease we may battle.
inkyej 3 years ago 3
i agree, and wish more people had your insight because sadly not many young people today have even heard this song before. i am 23 and my friends either hadnt heard of Joan Baez or didn't know she is still alive and performing until i introduced her music to them. anyway, i searched this song today because CNN showed people singing it today and my boyfriend was wondering what song it was and how i knew the words.
Stellatopia 3 years ago
Thank God for UTube! The great music of the past is there for all generations to hear and appreciate. You are a very smart young lady to find this music and to appreciate it as much as my generation did when I was your age.
May you always enjoy and search out all types of music. It will never leave you.
Thank you for your comment and tell your young man that he is very fortunate to have someone as wise as you.
inkyej 3 years ago
Woah...I just sang this at my chorus concert 2 days ago..
cokeydear 3 years ago
Opera singer ? she never trained at all, until relatively recently. She will be performing at the Peace Ball in Washington during the Inauguration Festivities.
I love so much that she is now a part of the realization of Malcolm's Dream !
bucksfarmboy 3 years ago 2
she always was revolutionary, but it's always so strange to hear the voice of an opera singer singing protest songs... and the newer recordings that are here on Youtube are even better than when she was young . She has more control, more depth and more pathos and the voice is incredibly clean-- she will sing till she is 90.
ardeladimwit 3 years ago
I wish she would sing this song at Obama's inauguration, if her voice is up to it.
advancedatheist 3 years ago 4
You are so right........................
knabebug1 3 years ago
still sick
twttr 3 years ago
awesome
selfesteemer 3 years ago
Enfin nous avons un Président "noir" qurl chemin parcouru depuis the we shall ...????
ANTOONMAKA 3 years ago
We shall love and we shall always
find peaceful solutions.
Justice and peace goes together.
So we shall make peace.
I love you Joan Baez. Thank you for the inspiration you are giving all of us.
TheFugees80 3 years ago 3
Wu shall overcome! c'est gagné! que Dieu aide le nouveau président nous avons vaincu la bêtise, la haine... Dieu protège ( et surtout les Américains) protège les USA!
ANTOONMAKA 3 years ago
eugh
TheBlackPage1 3 years ago
this is a very powerful song on its own. But even more so with Joan singing it. She could definitely send out a message with her songs. She is a revolutionary.
slickchick9500 3 years ago
Grandissima. L'ho sentita due volte dal vivo. Entrambe a genova nel 1986 e nel 2003.
La migliore voce del mondo al servizio della libertà e della giustizia.
Grazia Joan. Grazie.
saimicu 3 years ago 2
Song of my youth. Tribute to all boys of Budapest, Prague, Berlin, Poznan that fighted the communism, overcame and won!
maxdeldollaro 3 years ago
I am a 15 year old girl and this song makes me want to cry, it's just beautiful and sends chills in my body. I hope someday in my lifetime, I will get to see peace. I love all of my brothers and sisters in this world and I hope someday we can all just see the beauty in each other and accept that we're all people and stop the wars and fighting. <3
gabbyx93 3 years ago 2
don't cry gabbx93, it's a song of hope and we all must have hope
group4taker 3 years ago
Aw, I know. I'm not sad. It just makes me emotional, hahah. I'm too emotional. I have hope that someday we'll have love and peace. I know it!
gabbyx93 3 years ago
thats more like it, you'r 15, I'am 55 and still have hope. Live the dream
group4taker 3 years ago
thank you :)
gabbyx93 3 years ago
i love you joan since 40 years
buschiabo 3 years ago
Psh Im 14.. and I sang this..what does age have anything to do with??
cokeydear 3 years ago
Because Joan Baez was most popular in the 60's.
I don't listen to anything from now.
That's all. :)
gabbyx93 3 years ago
BAEZ: aS GUERRAS IRÃO CONTINUAR APESAR DA ESPERANÇA DE QUE UM DIA NÃO MAIS OCORRERÃO, E CONTINUAMOS PRECISANDO DE JOANS PARA NOS REPRESENTAR. OBRIGADO POR ESSA VOZ MARAVILHOSA E POR TÊ-LA DISPONIBILIZADO POR CAUSAS TÃO NOBRES. VERA (BRASIL)
pedromorgadorn 3 years ago
Baez nós envelhecemos mas nossa mensagem não. Suas músicas serão eternas e eternamente comoventes. Produza SEMPRE e cada vez mais. Vera (Brasil)
pedromorgadorn 3 years ago
wow, to just belt it out in front of all those people! so amazing and powerful.
waakkeuppp 3 years ago
Beautiful Voice xx
scarlett72nd 3 years ago
che voce angelica!!!
mammo02 3 years ago 2
This is a song made ina time when we really believed that the world would turn better someday. It could not be done today. Sadly
robertostern1311 3 years ago 5
Yes it CAN.
leslieclark54 3 years ago 2
What is the meaning of the song? Can you interpret it for me? Her voice is beautiful. It has the tune we use at Catholic Masses in my country, Argentina
swaingles 3 years ago
swaingles, in the broadest sense, it's a song about people overcoming oppression by inner strength of character, human dignity, non-violent resistance, fighting ignorance, and a refusal to see ourselves the way oppressors see us.
Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." This song is about not giving that consent.
CtheWH 3 years ago
JOan Baez has a good voice !
good girl !
nightravenonline 3 years ago
very, very bice : we shall overcome... some day!
ANTOONMAKA 3 years ago
me llega hasta lo mas profundo que bueno encontrar esta cancion aca! Increible Joan Baez
yamelcitaaa 3 years ago
Only one word:
"WONDERFUL".
Thank you for posting this!
Kuramochi0214 3 years ago 2
You're welcome.
vayz 3 years ago
Thanks for your reply.
I think Joan Baez greatly influenced Mary Hopkin, then Mary sang "Donna donna", "Field of St. Etienne" and so on. They are available here on YouTube. I hear Mary Hopkin sang "Donna donna" in her live at Osaka Expo 1970 and was very much impressed.
Tommy
Kuramochi0214 3 years ago
beautiful.
just beautiful.
HeyManItsAlexandra 3 years ago
Amazing brings back lovely memories we love Joan .
irislynch12345 3 years ago
Joan, we still love you, even in italy!!!!!!
we shall overcome!!!!
suzukibandit650 3 years ago
she is fantastic!
LaRock90 3 years ago
Question: How many times do you think Joan has sung this song so far? I love her and Judy Collins voice so much. Glad I was a kid in the 60's. Heard it all live, or on my Transistor radio.
pompom11 3 years ago
She's probably sung it hundreds of times! But I'll never get tired of hearing her sing it!!
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turk2980 3 years ago
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koonemhayksSiKEN 3 years ago
Where is this taken from, out of interest? Was there some video release which compiled all the Woodstock outtakes?
SolidSnail 3 years ago
Yes this song is from a compilation of outtakes released in 2003. All the songs in the video are not included in the original documentary film.
vayz 3 years ago
This is fantastic!!!
mordentimes54 3 years ago
It's so religious. It's so brilliant
tylersmyler 3 years ago
vayz, Thank You so much for posting this! We
need this song TODAY! & I wish Joan would
sing it again with active Peaceful Protest. - Penny
pennymusicMAma 3 years ago
beautiful song...
beautiful voice...
beautiful ideal...
KatiBerlinben 3 years ago 4
I'm a soprano with a good range, and I still listen to this and try to figure out"HOW DOES SHE DO IT?"I mean, aside from the natural gifts of a gorgeous voice and beautiful soul, she does some technical stuff in here that is VERY difficult for most sopranos. She moves up and down without fear, shifting registers in a very individualistic way, and it works. I'm not sure about that super high note she does toward the end though-- I would have backed off and made it a bit lighter.
Lavxtee 3 years ago 4
REPLY for:Laxtee, The high note is 'G' & I love it.She is more of a 2nd soprano, like me. The song sung in key of 'C'. I can actually sing high 'G' when in good voice & recently did in performance. Beautiful Performance by Joan.
pennymusicMAma 3 years ago
her voice ... so beautiful
kooksmiss 3 years ago 3
I love her. She have the more sweat and expressive voice that I know! And this song is full of the great message of Love that never die. My father tears of emotion when he hear her voice!
Joan is Great!!!
Corilo91 3 years ago
This is a kick ass song. You can use this song for a lot of inspiring reasons "freedom, womens rights, War in Iraq...even overcoming the President lol". I use this song for inner peace. Anybody who is going through depression, this song should be heard.
dinafay30 3 years ago 3
the best song ever man!the most liberal ideas come from this song..
LIBIOS 3 years ago 2
this song was, by exemple, singing by the irish on the bloody sunday...
kooksmiss 3 years ago
so are the americans : vietnan and baez
henrybrasil 3 years ago
This originally had nothing to do with Vietnam or the troops there. It was a not so old "Negro Spiritual" and was penned, I believe, in the 1940s. It was adopted by the anti-war movement as an anti-establishment anthem but it really had to do with "American apartheid."
WFSSV 3 years ago 2
I believe it was written as a christian gospel song in the early 1900. The song however was used as a key anthem during the American Civil Rights Movement 55-68. It also, like you said, was adopted by the anti-war movement.
JonathanLundell 3 years ago
Thanks for the correction. I didn't realize the song went back that far. I still get goose-bumps when I hear Joan sing it. I'm from that era.
WFSSV 3 years ago
That's the beauty about these old songs. Different times, different meanings.
I'm not from that era, and I had only heard Joan by name until today. still, i get goose-bumps too when I hear her sing this song! xD
JonathanLundell 3 years ago
Saw a documentary on Pete Seeger a few years ago. He says he gets too much credit for this song, he just added a few verses, but most folk singers add verses. Joan and Pete were central to the folk music scene, both worked very hard for civil rights and against the Vietnam war.
rca88 2 years ago 3
Yes she was pregnant and her husband was arrested and taken away for protesting against the war
squaw0 3 years ago
Woodstock Director's Cut and 13 Lost Performances should be released together (maybe this time the songs and artists can be shown in their actual playing order! I've always hated that about Woodstock documentaries).
CoryStuteville 3 years ago
she was 6 months pregenant at woodstock
arentarent 3 years ago 2
Joan offering assurance and inspiration to the troops. I had never seen this before. Lovely! Thanks for posting.
kholleysf 4 years ago
Stunning huh!
taddyd1 3 years ago
You're welcome. I so love this very expressive
song.
vayz 3 years ago