Do you imagine any of those Tea Party retards has a clue who Joe Hill was. Joan keeps the spirit of Woody Guthrie alive, and democracy ticking. And made Dylan's songs listenable, backed by the Nashville cats who loved her.
@iamther Then you do not know your History or you would not be supporting the Corporate agenda. You have nothing in common with Joan if you are a tea bagger
I grew up in the 60's and there were more of us who disagreed with all those hippies than there were people burning buildings and smoking dope. She should just sing and not spout off and show how ignorant she is about politics. She actually thinks Michael Moore has sense and is not an idiot. He cried about capitalism but does he give all that bad money away to charities that he supposedly supports? NO
@KeltHighland What a miserable thing to say. Joan Baez is a great American and she has as much right to "spout off" her views as any other citizen. And Micheal Moore is a real American hero. And hippies smoked a lot of dope in the 60's God Bless 'em, but I don't recall them "burning buildings." You hateful conservatives are all the same. Dead enemies of the working man and woman, enemies of freedom of speech--and in the end--you always have to exaggerate and smear and lie.
@KeltHighland Ahhh... Boomers, so blinkered, and so dim. They all wax nostalgic for the good ol' days when they were either rabble rousing rebels, independent minded and courageous, or staunch protectors of the republic's status quo. While the truth is, a tiny minority actually fought for this country (the spirit of Lexington and Concord), and a slightly larger minority fought the authorities on the streets of America (the spirit of the Boston Massacre).
@KeltHighland The much larger groups were those that remained safely ensconced in their parents basements, wearing the requisite "counter-culture" fashion accessories and doing bong hits, or upstairs cleanc-shaven and crew-cutted, ranting at Walter Cronkite from the safety of their recliners. Of course, the largest boomer demographic of all, were those who made no pretense of civic responsibility at all, as they were too busy being "happy consumers."
Arrest Don Blankenship CEO of Massey Mines! Bernie Madoff, a thief, is in prison for ripping off investors. Don Blankenship is a murderer; he needs to be held accountable for his crimes!
It was a free concert in DC at an anti-war protest, so all the artists were obviously discussing their anti-war views. We went to hear the music and take photos.
If it was a free anti-war concert then the entertainer are expected to give their views. Fighting a War for Peace is like Screwing for Chastity . HAIR.
@AstralPlane1951 Excuse me but wasn't WWII fought so that we could live in peace from Imperialist Japan and Nazi Germany? Or maybe you thing we shouldn't have defended ourselves just sat on our hands while they closed in on us?
Like her music, hate her politics. She is the one that's in denial. Its a fact that every intelligence agency in the world was unanimous that there were WMDs in Iraq and that unriched uranium was found south of bagdad. For her to put Michael Moore on a pedistal with gold star mothers is disgusting. Its the gold star mother's and their sons/daughters that enable her to open that mouth and spew the ingnorant horse crap that comes out of it. The gold star mothers I know would be disgusted with her
You simply cannot separate music or any kind of art from politics. Nobody but an idiot and the corporate media said there were WMDs in Iraq. And half of those did not believe it.
@greeksteel "Every intelligence agency............blah, blah." No - not true. Don't you know that one of our top civil servants killed himself because he knew that was not true - and it was clear that the Americans were bullying the UK into an illegal war....? Just stop it - you are NOT the cops of the world, we are NOT kow-towing to you- and by the way, when you've finished off the language, can we have it back, if you please? 'unriched' indeed...........................
Maybe you need to read up on your facts and i don't mean the crap that is offered in the political media. Try reading: Disinformation : 22 Media Myths That Undermine the War on Terror by Richard Miniter. and then tell me what you think instead of being a neanderthal and empty-headedly blathering the words "not true." The truth is that you don't have a clue. Answer me once you've been informed of the facts.
Yes, I know of Miniter's work - he is prolific. However, much as I admire journalists when they're good, I have to agree with Tony Benn - one journo interviewing another about what a third journo said or wrote is not exactly how the democratic process should work.
Facts - yep, indeed; if you've sat through the Chilcott inquiry and the Hutton inquiry - paying particular attention to the evidence of Carne Ross & other senior diplomats, you'd have plenty of facts - too many, perhaps?
What "War On Terror" ? The former Director of Studies at the U.S. Army War College, Dr, Sabrosky, has publicly stated that the Israeli Mossad and the CIA planned and executed the attacks of 911.
Inside Job, all the way - and a Congress of Fainting Goats to go along with it - not to mention a brain dead and cowardly American public.
because they love and believe in our great nation flaws and all, there is a reason capluapan tlaxcala, mexico has people who want to come here and all of the russian costal town i went to were filled with people wanting to be part of all this, it may not be perfect but it is alot better than most
learn to appreciate a blind love michael moore, one based on the ideals that not one person is perfect and even more so no-one should have any right to point out that someone isn't as good
allow me to add, i love the idea behind a worker nation and am in no way a right wing ass, but i love my america and to listen to someone who disregard the blood lost by people who want for nothing more than to come to this great nation of equals and inequals all here to provide everything we can for our loved ones in peace, whether or not they are an american soldier or an immigrant killed for trying to leave there own country for ours,
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i hope to all ends that i get to meet michael moore so i can slit his throat, that stupid lying fact twisting fuck does not deserve to reap any of the benefits of the country/countrymen who have bled for all of our rights from day one of america when we first rebeled and the culpepper minute men started firing for an ideal, a country like this needs to be loved flaws and all
Joe did not write this - this is a cover and old union standard. It started off as a poem and was turned into a song and popularized by Earl Robinson. Joan is simply keeping the memory of a martyred musician, a kindred spirit to her to be sure, alive.
At nearly 70 ,Joan Baez is still at it singing for peace and justice! She marched with Dr.Martin Luther King in Selma ,Alabama when she was little more than a girl back in '63, and when doing so in" Sweet Home Alabama "COULD prove dangerous to your health! She DEFINITELY does not need the money or publicity,Ms. Baez continues to sing for these causes because she is one of the few humans in the music biz who really gives a damn .Que Dios te bendica por siempre,SENORA Baez!
Love this song. Joe Hill was from my home town of Gävle in Sweden. His real name was Joel Hägglund and was killed by the cupper bosses. He will live for ever.
Joan Baez recorded this YEARS ago, and i thought her version was nice. I used to play it on guitar and sing it all the time. I liked young Joan better. She really fit the role - right on the cusp of the protesting of that time. Her and Dylan. And others before. I have two lovely oil paintings of her, taken from album covers, painted by my talented artist brother, so i see her every morning. :) He painted them partly cuz i liked her lots. She was one of my first 'music teachers'. Thanks.
@MarxBakuninMe I'm a Unionist, but not quite an anarchist... yet... When I look at what we're getting from a certain "Democrat"... Ahhh well, He's still better than the last one - Bill Clinto was a real piece of shite...
"Last night, President Roosevelt explained banking so that everyone could understand, even the bankers." -Will Rogers-
"... I welcome their hatred!" -Franklin Delano Roosevelt-
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Joan - I have held a warm spot in my heart for you since 1963. For you to now (or whenever you endorsed Michael Maniac Moore) give this asshole credence - I am sorry darlin' I cannot love you anymore.
You've never really understood her then. Michael Moore may be crazy, but he's a rebel and an independent thinker who doesn't toe the line. That's the connection with Baez.
Moore has never touted any crazy idea- he simply asks questions.
What the fuck do you know about Joe Hill? The man was an innocent martyr who fought for workers's right. If it weren't for men like him we'd still be working 16 hours a day in sweatshops, dickhead.
When the guy's hand goes in the air near the beginning, because of the angle I thought it was a clenched fist salute. Then I realised he was just taking a picture!
Actually there are two songs. This one is really "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Last Night" which Joan Baez recorded in the late 1950's. The other song is called "The Balad of Joe Hill" which was recorded by Phil Ochs in the 1960's but written much earlier.
Actually you are wrong. The first version of this song was done by Earl Robinson in 1936. And the lyrics were first written as a poem by Alfred Hayes in 1930 I think it was.
jamie4252-Thank you for your correction Myria83! Bravi instead! By the way, I would like to hear Joan on YouTube singing, "Don't Think Twice, it's Alright." Would anybody else like that?
roseberry26-I have always been taken with Joan Baez-her beautiful voice, social concerns, and activism. I wish there were more people protesting the current war. So many people are afraid of the government. Protest somehow! Great work and bravo for all those doing SOMETHING.
That "bravo" is everywhere... Have you heard it at the end of an opera? Bravo means "good" in Italian, but it is only male/singular. In this case you should say "bravi" (plural) :-)
I've always liked Joan Baez. I think her voice is still great. As for Bob Dylan....well, IMO he sounds like a bunch of caterwauling cats in a 55 gallon barrel. Great songwriter but can't sing worth a crap.
(As a live long fan), I like her "new" voice much, much better, because it made her sound more real, sadder, not like the "madonna from outer space" as in the 60s.
There's a version of "Carrickfergus" on her last live album (not on Youtube, sorry), I think it's the best song she ever recorded.
She sounds like Dylan Thomas on death row, in the Hudson street, when he lifted his last drink - unbelievable.
yes ofcourse her voice has declined over the yerars, it is natural. You should compare listen to old bob dylan compared to nowadays. Not that he was that great to begin with.
This girl is 67 listen to her speak at the begining she sounds a little croaky if you are comparing to 1969 woodstock 40 years ago.plus live performances should always be different enjoy and appreciate
Joan Baez is great, but IMHO, Janet Bates (who has a voice similar to Joan's) does a much better version of Joe Hill, and Janet's husband, Ken, starts off the song with Joe Hill's Final Will. It is truly impressive.
Stop with your f.. thinking in black&white there's billions of right ways to live and let live. That's one of the things the lady above tries to say us in a lot of her songs.
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Nazi, fascist.........let's see: Shlickelgruger was pro gun control, pro abortion, VEGETARIAN, pro animal rights, anti-hunting, pro-government control of industry, anti-semetic, anti-Christian, loved the occult...NOPE! 'Don't think I qualify, wven though I'm clearheaded enough to see little Joanie as the angel voiced ditz that she is.
Norm
Wake up, folks. Fascism ALWAYS comes from the left. 'Always has, always will.
Shadow, It comes in from the left but only folly would deny it comes from the right too. Why should we, put up with the stupidities of the Liberal/Labor, Republican/Democrat, Tory/Socialist dichotomies, whose efforts are to defeat each other, not to assist all people? Vote them all out.
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Look I said I was sorry for my opion. What more can I say But to tell both of you TO FUCK OFF. It's alright for both of you to state your opions. Typical Communist Crap. GOD forbid I dissagree with both of you. So FUCK YOU BOTH.
Joshua, I did,nt post this comment to start an Argument, this is only my Opion. All I said was she had a great voice, and a Comunist. If this ofended you the you must be a Communist Asshold Also. I'm not such an idiot to know when a Person attacks another for his or hers opion then the person who starts the argument is the Idiot. So think about it who really is the Idiot?
Of course you posted it to start an argument, why else would you have been so childish in your mocking assertion? Your original statement is right there... you called her a "commie bitch," and people who are ignorant of the differences between a liberal and a commie are idiots... conservatively, patently and intentionally so. Are you really trying to downplay your immature rhetoric? Won't work.
Baez was a major Commie opponent if you look up your history. Ronnie RayGun even praised Baez's attack of North Viet Nam(and rounded up many powerful liberals to sign her full page add like Chavez, Coretta King, Norman Lear etc) She is credited for aiding in the fall of Commies in Russia, Poland and Czech.
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Hi fives there, Bro! She's a ravishingly gorgeous, angel voiced imbecile! I've been in love with her since 1964, when I was ten and handing out fliers for Goldwater.
As for Michael Moore "cracking the wall", he probably did so by LEANING on it!
trackonly, funny, probably right. Also, she sounds like an "old" woman singing now, she needs to retire her voice. This is from another "old" woman who grew up with her and always loved her voice and most of her songs.
Do you guys arguing even know the definition fo capitalism? Ever heard of free market economy? If you are going to argue about politics get your definitions straight. America is not completely capitolist. If it were we would have equal competetion between businesses, which we do not. Our economy is mostly monopolized by a few big corparations. America is more like an oligarchy, especially if you imply our gov is controlled by big bussiness.
To say there is no alternative to capitalism is kinda bs too. True Capitalism is a constant fight between competing bussinesses and eventually someone wins the game, hence monopolies. Capitalism cannot survive without the gov, but that intervention contridicts the definition of capitalism.
As I see it in a true capitalist society it woulb be too chaotic for the small businesses to start a war. Greedy/crazy charisimatic leaders start war. They use nationalism and religion as their tools to mobilize people. Unification wins war, but people usually have to be either really fucked up in the head and/or brainwashed to condone mass killing.
In my opinion blind religion and nationalism are Americas problems, not capitalism. We are not moving toward being more capitalistic we are moving toward being a theocracy.
Nationalism as the cause of Latin America's problems? thats so stupid, imagine your fucking red necks country without your nationalism first. Looser, white trash people...
I largely agree, but would add that what is commonly confused with capitalism could also be described as "social darwinism" and "laissez faire". Capitalism is a system where you and I compete on an even playing field to see who meets the needs of the customers better. With laissez-faire, the "insiders" manipulate things, BECAUSE THEY CAN, because there are no checks on abuse.
Maybe war is a part of human nature (though I seriously doubt that), but that doesn't mean we shouldn't strive for equality and fairness. Lets have a little freakin consideration.
Russia fell due to internal corruption, yes, but the main reason it declined was due to external pressure- for socialism to succeed we'd need it to be global institution.
Back to the video......thank God for our modern day heroes like Joan Baez, Cindy Sheehan and Michael Moore.This song reminds us to unite and work for a better world and not to give up hope. If we unite and fight the fair fight.........results will eventually come. To not believe that is to give up all hope......and hope is what the world needs most these days. Thanks Joan for the reminder and inspiration and for turning up at every possible demonstration to remind us all over again.
Michael Moore... lolz
sciontist 3 months ago
I was there! It was so great!
Hermionejhful 5 months ago
DON'T MOUM ORGANIZE!! FFS!!
ryskpompa 5 months ago
@iamther ...educate yrself. tea party is abt union busting. ever hear of wisconsin?
suunritadasi 6 months ago 2
go for woodstock version
autechre25 7 months ago
Do you imagine any of those Tea Party retards has a clue who Joe Hill was. Joan keeps the spirit of Woody Guthrie alive, and democracy ticking. And made Dylan's songs listenable, backed by the Nashville cats who loved her.
TheGeofflane 7 months ago 2
@TheGeofflane I am a "tea party retard" . The tea party is about freedom from government, as I believe Joan was. Don't be so hateful.
iamther 6 months ago
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@iamther Then you do not know your History or you would not be supporting the Corporate agenda. You have nothing in common with Joan if you are a tea bagger
mongothesane1 4 months ago
@TheGeofflane Tea party retards? Nice one. Shows your maturity level in an adult world.
swingingdaddy 6 months ago
@KeltHighland I must apologize - these remarks were not meant for you, but somehow, I must have clicked on the wrong name. Again, I apologize...
83169 8 months ago
Screw you brainwashed
idiots that add to the decline of America! long live compassion!!!!!!!
sinshiro 8 months ago
I dreamed I saw Joe Biden last night....OMG! It was a nightmare!! LOL
motelcalifornia 9 months ago in playlist JAM FILE
Micheal Moore? What an asshole!
Puseye2 10 months ago
Joan,you have a great voice, SHUT UP AND SING!
bonesdoc11 10 months ago
Michael Moore makes people think. No different than other prominent rebel rousers on both sides of the situation. We need him.
mallducklard 11 months ago 5
I grew up in the 60's and there were more of us who disagreed with all those hippies than there were people burning buildings and smoking dope. She should just sing and not spout off and show how ignorant she is about politics. She actually thinks Michael Moore has sense and is not an idiot. He cried about capitalism but does he give all that bad money away to charities that he supposedly supports? NO
KeltHighland 11 months ago
@KeltHighland What a miserable thing to say. Joan Baez is a great American and she has as much right to "spout off" her views as any other citizen. And Micheal Moore is a real American hero. And hippies smoked a lot of dope in the 60's God Bless 'em, but I don't recall them "burning buildings." You hateful conservatives are all the same. Dead enemies of the working man and woman, enemies of freedom of speech--and in the end--you always have to exaggerate and smear and lie.
mightymissk 11 months ago 4
@KeltHighland Ahhh... Boomers, so blinkered, and so dim. They all wax nostalgic for the good ol' days when they were either rabble rousing rebels, independent minded and courageous, or staunch protectors of the republic's status quo. While the truth is, a tiny minority actually fought for this country (the spirit of Lexington and Concord), and a slightly larger minority fought the authorities on the streets of America (the spirit of the Boston Massacre).
83169 8 months ago
@KeltHighland And that's where they remain to this day - like a plague of locusts sent to devour the republic, and the rest of the planet as well...
83169 8 months ago
@KeltHighland The much larger groups were those that remained safely ensconced in their parents basements, wearing the requisite "counter-culture" fashion accessories and doing bong hits, or upstairs cleanc-shaven and crew-cutted, ranting at Walter Cronkite from the safety of their recliners. Of course, the largest boomer demographic of all, were those who made no pretense of civic responsibility at all, as they were too busy being "happy consumers."
83169 8 months ago
Joe Hill is in Wisconsin tonight.
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thenthelightningwill 1 year ago 6
She left out some of the lirycs
Listen to Paul Robeson he has all the lyrics. I do not know why she always left some out
julietennyson 1 year ago
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She left out some of the lirycs
julietennyson 1 year ago
Joan Baez ia a GODDESS, if only we will all take her lifes work as more of our own.
Thanks for uploading.
artistdancing 1 year ago 2
Horrible, like in Woodstock !!!!!
fanchbrezoneg 1 year ago
She´s a milf! Even by Swedish standards!!
karlvonl1 1 year ago 2
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comradewho 1 year ago
Arrest Don Blankenship CEO of Massey Mines! Bernie Madoff, a thief, is in prison for ripping off investors. Don Blankenship is a murderer; he needs to be held accountable for his crimes!
Smoofmom 1 year ago
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Its not fair to the audience that paid good money to hear her sing and then have to set through her pontificating about her political views.
AstralPlane1951 2 years ago
It was a free concert in DC at an anti-war protest, so all the artists were obviously discussing their anti-war views. We went to hear the music and take photos.
jackynjimy 2 years ago 8
If it was a free anti-war concert then the entertainer are expected to give their views. Fighting a War for Peace is like Screwing for Chastity . HAIR.
AstralPlane1951 2 years ago
@AstralPlane1951 Excuse me but wasn't WWII fought so that we could live in peace from Imperialist Japan and Nazi Germany? Or maybe you thing we shouldn't have defended ourselves just sat on our hands while they closed in on us?
greeksteel 1 year ago
@AstralPlane1951 You mean if she had sung "Horst Wessel" you would have listened and enjoyed the words. How sad..... and frightening!
FENNYMAN 1 year ago
Like her music, hate her politics. She is the one that's in denial. Its a fact that every intelligence agency in the world was unanimous that there were WMDs in Iraq and that unriched uranium was found south of bagdad. For her to put Michael Moore on a pedistal with gold star mothers is disgusting. Its the gold star mother's and their sons/daughters that enable her to open that mouth and spew the ingnorant horse crap that comes out of it. The gold star mothers I know would be disgusted with her
greeksteel 2 years ago
you're in denial.
das81 1 year ago
You simply cannot separate music or any kind of art from politics. Nobody but an idiot and the corporate media said there were WMDs in Iraq. And half of those did not believe it.
jwstone01 1 year ago
@greeksteel "Every intelligence agency............blah, blah." No - not true. Don't you know that one of our top civil servants killed himself because he knew that was not true - and it was clear that the Americans were bullying the UK into an illegal war....? Just stop it - you are NOT the cops of the world, we are NOT kow-towing to you- and by the way, when you've finished off the language, can we have it back, if you please? 'unriched' indeed...........................
TheCochyn 1 year ago
Maybe you need to read up on your facts and i don't mean the crap that is offered in the political media. Try reading: Disinformation : 22 Media Myths That Undermine the War on Terror by Richard Miniter. and then tell me what you think instead of being a neanderthal and empty-headedly blathering the words "not true." The truth is that you don't have a clue. Answer me once you've been informed of the facts.
greeksteel 1 year ago
@greeksteel
Yes, I know of Miniter's work - he is prolific. However, much as I admire journalists when they're good, I have to agree with Tony Benn - one journo interviewing another about what a third journo said or wrote is not exactly how the democratic process should work.
Facts - yep, indeed; if you've sat through the Chilcott inquiry and the Hutton inquiry - paying particular attention to the evidence of Carne Ross & other senior diplomats, you'd have plenty of facts - too many, perhaps?
TheCochyn 1 year ago
@greeksteel
What "War On Terror" ? The former Director of Studies at the U.S. Army War College, Dr, Sabrosky, has publicly stated that the Israeli Mossad and the CIA planned and executed the attacks of 911.
Inside Job, all the way - and a Congress of Fainting Goats to go along with it - not to mention a brain dead and cowardly American public.
circle43cm 1 year ago 2
i was there
jonneyd 2 years ago
Ahh, Swedish Joe
Vrakplundraren 2 years ago 3
our freedoms to be ourselves
serialcasey 2 years ago
because they love and believe in our great nation flaws and all, there is a reason capluapan tlaxcala, mexico has people who want to come here and all of the russian costal town i went to were filled with people wanting to be part of all this, it may not be perfect but it is alot better than most
serialcasey 2 years ago 2
learn to appreciate a blind love michael moore, one based on the ideals that not one person is perfect and even more so no-one should have any right to point out that someone isn't as good
serialcasey 2 years ago
allow me to add, i love the idea behind a worker nation and am in no way a right wing ass, but i love my america and to listen to someone who disregard the blood lost by people who want for nothing more than to come to this great nation of equals and inequals all here to provide everything we can for our loved ones in peace, whether or not they are an american soldier or an immigrant killed for trying to leave there own country for ours,
serialcasey 2 years ago
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i hope to all ends that i get to meet michael moore so i can slit his throat, that stupid lying fact twisting fuck does not deserve to reap any of the benefits of the country/countrymen who have bled for all of our rights from day one of america when we first rebeled and the culpepper minute men started firing for an ideal, a country like this needs to be loved flaws and all
serialcasey 2 years ago
baez is amazing
she is not a communist. THats a political ideology
She is a socialist which is a economic policy
cechansler 2 years ago 5
What a sweet voice of Miss Joan Baez. We can consider ourselves privileged to hear her songs.
Patel10314 2 years ago 4
Joe did not write this - this is a cover and old union standard. It started off as a poem and was turned into a song and popularized by Earl Robinson. Joan is simply keeping the memory of a martyred musician, a kindred spirit to her to be sure, alive.
comradewho 2 years ago 7
@comradewho I think you mean Paul Robeson
Falstaff85 1 year ago
Who wrote these lyrics - Baez?
Dunkleosteus9 2 years ago
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No she did not
Horwitz86 2 years ago
yea
tempester86 2 years ago
At nearly 70 ,Joan Baez is still at it singing for peace and justice! She marched with Dr.Martin Luther King in Selma ,Alabama when she was little more than a girl back in '63, and when doing so in" Sweet Home Alabama "COULD prove dangerous to your health! She DEFINITELY does not need the money or publicity,Ms. Baez continues to sing for these causes because she is one of the few humans in the music biz who really gives a damn .Que Dios te bendica por siempre,SENORA Baez!
vastedda99 2 years ago 50
AMEN!
neverforeverkate 2 years ago 3
vastedda99,
a brave thing if she did it march against those evil racists
atfatw 2 years ago
ive loved joan since 1962 she's still the best female singer x
jonnardo 2 years ago 3
Love this song. Joe Hill was from my home town of Gävle in Sweden. His real name was Joel Hägglund and was killed by the cupper bosses. He will live for ever.
frankalba 2 years ago 10
i love this lady xxx
evon58 2 years ago 6
Joan Baez recorded this YEARS ago, and i thought her version was nice. I used to play it on guitar and sing it all the time. I liked young Joan better. She really fit the role - right on the cusp of the protesting of that time. Her and Dylan. And others before. I have two lovely oil paintings of her, taken from album covers, painted by my talented artist brother, so i see her every morning. :) He painted them partly cuz i liked her lots. She was one of my first 'music teachers'. Thanks.
ZANTEDESH 2 years ago 5
Nice update of "The Ballad of Joe Hill" -- bless her heart!
analogyman 2 years ago
goood :D
ryskpompa 2 years ago
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this is total crap there is nothing to beat luke kellys version of this ballad!
donkey3214 2 years ago
long live IWW.
MarxBakuninMe 2 years ago 3
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iww= idiot workers of the world. go live in cuba you commie.
y4m5m5 2 years ago
I'm not a commie, I'm an anarchist and a unionist. Like Joe Hill.
MarxBakuninMe 2 years ago 31
I'm with you bro. UNION YES
kpofinn 2 years ago 6
@MarxBakuninMe Sweet. Same here!
juliaisafilmbuff123 1 year ago
@MarxBakuninMe because communists are stupid, right ? :D
20sept2008 11 months ago
@MarxBakuninMe At least you're nor a communist... God forbid...
UCDEamon 10 months ago
@MarxBakuninMe I'm a Unionist, but not quite an anarchist... yet... When I look at what we're getting from a certain "Democrat"... Ahhh well, He's still better than the last one - Bill Clinto was a real piece of shite...
"Last night, President Roosevelt explained banking so that everyone could understand, even the bankers." -Will Rogers-
"... I welcome their hatred!" -Franklin Delano Roosevelt-
83169 8 months ago
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u shit up and fck
juliyjacke 2 years ago
Have to agree "hill16 commando" even though as a royal (Cmon MEATH) it kills me, Joan cant touch the legend that is LUKE
perthgringo98 2 years ago
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Look at the Woodstock version.
Joan can't even come close to singing this song any longer.
A sell-out version.
Give it up.
This is trash.
Heartlander2 2 years ago
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Joan - I have held a warm spot in my heart for you since 1963. For you to now (or whenever you endorsed Michael Maniac Moore) give this asshole credence - I am sorry darlin' I cannot love you anymore.
biggusdickus9 2 years ago
You've never really understood her then. Michael Moore may be crazy, but he's a rebel and an independent thinker who doesn't toe the line. That's the connection with Baez.
Moore has never touted any crazy idea- he simply asks questions.
rumbygum 2 years ago 5
What the fuck do you know about Joe Hill? The man was an innocent martyr who fought for workers's right. If it weren't for men like him we'd still be working 16 hours a day in sweatshops, dickhead.
MarxBakuninMe 2 years ago 6
Haha:) Svensk eller hur?
MrAnders75 2 years ago
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the guy holding the camera is gay
jthread 3 years ago
Dear Joan,
you have a great voice. Your music inspired me for many many years.
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 3 years ago
Forget this ...check out the Luke Kelly version....... much better
hill16commando 3 years ago
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hill16commando 3 years ago
Joan Baez strikes again! jumping on the Unions bandwagon after 40 years.
crocrock1 3 years ago
music is to be listend to not argued about!
oxley102 3 years ago
As Phil Ochs, Miss Joan Baez speak a lot during its fantastics concerts, ah if only Mister Dylan do the same ...
matchou75 3 years ago
When the guy's hand goes in the air near the beginning, because of the angle I thought it was a clenched fist salute. Then I realised he was just taking a picture!
ukeuwatcher 3 years ago
Actually there are two songs. This one is really "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Last Night" which Joan Baez recorded in the late 1950's. The other song is called "The Balad of Joe Hill" which was recorded by Phil Ochs in the 1960's but written much earlier.
WilliamCerf 3 years ago
I never heard this version before, she does very well, can tell she has lots of feeling on the subject.
joeygsmom 3 years ago
Merveilleuse chanteuse mais le son est mauvais. Dommage !
danythefrench 3 years ago
Phils version is not only older, but better.
EvilEwok 3 years ago
actually, you are wrong. Joan Baez did her first version of this song before phil ochs
zrbek 3 years ago
Actually you are wrong. The first version of this song was done by Earl Robinson in 1936. And the lyrics were first written as a poem by Alfred Hayes in 1930 I think it was.
Amazing piece of work - Joanie does it proud.
Agnu1 3 years ago
Ahh sorry, I misread, you said she did her first version etc.
Anyways, just incase you didn't know the history of this song, you do now : ).
Agnu1 3 years ago
Love Baez, still. Some things never change. Thank God for people like her!
catherinetodd 3 years ago
AH! QUE SAUDADe!!!!!!
KK
carloshferreira 3 years ago
Joe Hill, (Joel Emmanuel Hägglund), born 7 oktober 1879 in Gävle, Sweden.
The house where he lived as a child in the old part of Gävle is now museum. I live just a few blocks from there.
goran586 3 years ago 4
sadly, what people like joe fought for, i.e workers rights, will also be consigned to museums, relics of the past
mtsongs 3 years ago
we meet again here, LOL
I hope there will always be someone to stand up for workers rights!
joeygsmom 3 years ago 2
Heja Brynäs!
karlkalkon 3 years ago
jamie4252-Thank you for your correction Myria83! Bravi instead! By the way, I would like to hear Joan on YouTube singing, "Don't Think Twice, it's Alright." Would anybody else like that?
jamie2628 3 years ago
Great version. 2nd only to Luke Kelly singing this song.
colmc21 3 years ago
like the dubiners better
LewNDC 3 years ago
roseberry26-I have always been taken with Joan Baez-her beautiful voice, social concerns, and activism. I wish there were more people protesting the current war. So many people are afraid of the government. Protest somehow! Great work and bravo for all those doing SOMETHING.
roseberry26 3 years ago
That "bravo" is everywhere... Have you heard it at the end of an opera? Bravo means "good" in Italian, but it is only male/singular. In this case you should say "bravi" (plural) :-)
Myria83 3 years ago
roseberry26
Myria83 3 years ago
wigan salutes you joan and joe xxx
bynot1 3 years ago
I've always liked Joan Baez. I think her voice is still great. As for Bob Dylan....well, IMO he sounds like a bunch of caterwauling cats in a 55 gallon barrel. Great songwriter but can't sing worth a crap.
stratman2617 3 years ago
Go IWW! Thanks Joan Baez, your voice has always been beautiful.
kittiest34 3 years ago
Could anyone tell me where I can find the video clip from the song Joe Hill?
THANKS
juliyjacke 3 years ago
wow
miscuits 3 years ago
(As a live long fan), I like her "new" voice much, much better, because it made her sound more real, sadder, not like the "madonna from outer space" as in the 60s.
There's a version of "Carrickfergus" on her last live album (not on Youtube, sorry), I think it's the best song she ever recorded.
She sounds like Dylan Thomas on death row, in the Hudson street, when he lifted his last drink - unbelievable.
SparrowSaltskin 3 years ago 2
yes ofcourse her voice has declined over the yerars, it is natural. You should compare listen to old bob dylan compared to nowadays. Not that he was that great to begin with.
chipskungen 3 years ago
true joan's voice has changed over the years
the best version of this song by luke kelly-check it out on YouTube and see if you agree
alanfaehamilton 3 years ago
mike gravel fundraising week april 15th to 22nd, tax day to earth day. it culminates on a mass donation day on april 22nd
inkabinkaboo182 3 years ago
She's older?!!! She's a Guthrie from Edinburgh?!!! Some girl tho..
jazz185 4 years ago
I remember the singing as much much better. Don't know whats happened, her voice is shaking and off-tune? Anybody, please comment?
tasneemyes 4 years ago
This girl is 67 listen to her speak at the begining she sounds a little croaky if you are comparing to 1969 woodstock 40 years ago.plus live performances should always be different enjoy and appreciate
creasybearman 3 years ago
Joan Baez is great, but IMHO, Janet Bates (who has a voice similar to Joan's) does a much better version of Joe Hill, and Janet's husband, Ken, starts off the song with Joe Hill's Final Will. It is truly impressive.
shudderbug 3 years ago
Stop with your f.. thinking in black&white there's billions of right ways to live and let live. That's one of the things the lady above tries to say us in a lot of her songs.
Mangalitza72 4 years ago 2
she's amazing i love her
ShinsKrasins 4 years ago 2
Simple truth... anyone who has issue with Joan is a fascist nazi scumbag... period!!!
JoshuaSkye 4 years ago
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Nazi, fascist.........let's see: Shlickelgruger was pro gun control, pro abortion, VEGETARIAN, pro animal rights, anti-hunting, pro-government control of industry, anti-semetic, anti-Christian, loved the occult...NOPE! 'Don't think I qualify, wven though I'm clearheaded enough to see little Joanie as the angel voiced ditz that she is.
Norm
Wake up, folks. Fascism ALWAYS comes from the left. 'Always has, always will.
theshadow1932 4 years ago
Shadow, It comes in from the left but only folly would deny it comes from the right too. Why should we, put up with the stupidities of the Liberal/Labor, Republican/Democrat, Tory/Socialist dichotomies, whose efforts are to defeat each other, not to assist all people? Vote them all out.
Ninyae1 4 years ago 2
Excuse my ignorance, but who is Shlickelgruger?
addemuden 4 years ago
Shlickelgruber was the noisy little paper hanger, in the brown shirt, Adolf Hitler.
theshadow1932 4 years ago
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Anyone who wastes time on this or talking about this is a jerk. Except me, of course.
rayunseitig 4 years ago
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Look I said I was sorry for my opion. What more can I say But to tell both of you TO FUCK OFF. It's alright for both of you to state your opions. Typical Communist Crap. GOD forbid I dissagree with both of you. So FUCK YOU BOTH.
xxmass222 4 years ago
Read some books and understand what "communism" might be. Open your eyes and your mind.
bbFUK 4 years ago
Look again this was only my opion. If I ofended you, or anyone else out the then I'm truly sorry. Larry.
xxmass222 4 years ago
Even though she's a Commie Bitch I do love her music
xxmass222 4 years ago
Commie? You are an IDIOT!!!
JoshuaSkye 4 years ago
Joshua, I did,nt post this comment to start an Argument, this is only my Opion. All I said was she had a great voice, and a Comunist. If this ofended you the you must be a Communist Asshold Also. I'm not such an idiot to know when a Person attacks another for his or hers opion then the person who starts the argument is the Idiot. So think about it who really is the Idiot?
xxmass222 4 years ago
Of course you posted it to start an argument, why else would you have been so childish in your mocking assertion? Your original statement is right there... you called her a "commie bitch," and people who are ignorant of the differences between a liberal and a commie are idiots... conservatively, patently and intentionally so. Are you really trying to downplay your immature rhetoric? Won't work.
JoshuaSkye 4 years ago
Baez was a major Commie opponent if you look up your history. Ronnie RayGun even praised Baez's attack of North Viet Nam(and rounded up many powerful liberals to sign her full page add like Chavez, Coretta King, Norman Lear etc) She is credited for aiding in the fall of Commies in Russia, Poland and Czech.
taddyd1 4 years ago
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Hi fives there, Bro! She's a ravishingly gorgeous, angel voiced imbecile! I've been in love with her since 1964, when I was ten and handing out fliers for Goldwater.
As for Michael Moore "cracking the wall", he probably did so by LEANING on it!
God Bless our troops and Merry Christmas!
Norm
theshadow1932 4 years ago
trackonly, funny, probably right. Also, she sounds like an "old" woman singing now, she needs to retire her voice. This is from another "old" woman who grew up with her and always loved her voice and most of her songs.
Perfidiame 4 years ago
Joe Hill will be remember this November 19, 2007 as the Port of Aztlan (Los Angeles/Long Beach) will be shut down by Joe Hill's union, the IWW.
W13lly 4 years ago
Joel Hägglund, han var från Gävle han då..
ramsenacka 4 years ago
A classic! Joe Hill was a Swede =)
smichael90 4 years ago
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joan baez wouldn't know joe hill if she ran over him in her mercedes...which I believe is how he actually died.
trackonly 4 years ago
amen!
jackwhiskey 4 years ago
You might be confusing Joan Baez with your hero, Joan Rivers.
bckm54 4 years ago
Joe Hill was murdered by the State of Utah for organizing working folk.
lunjunjoe 4 years ago 2
So What's your Point?
xxmass222 4 years ago
He was wrongfully accused for a murder that he did not commit! not organizing workers!
Ryohazukisama 4 years ago
That's right. And he was wrongfully accused of murder because he was organizing workers. That's my point.
lunjunjoe 4 years ago
Joan Baez is phenomenal. Joe Hill was a rarity- a real hero. For a recent and fierce tribute to Hill and unions check out Tom Morello's Union Song.
dizzymasekela 4 years ago
go brooklynblowback 4 paul robeson
bunnylodge 4 years ago
Is there a monument somewhere ?
Last time I heard this I was a wet floor-rag thinking about the miners that the english police killed under thatcher
CCBBW 4 years ago
this takes me back to 1989, such a special time thankyou
boredwithtrying 4 years ago
I really love this song.. Shes the best.. I used to sing it...
mariulee 4 years ago
check out luke kelly's version of this.
colmkilomurchu 4 years ago
I heard it, I really liked it too! Thanks!
mariulee 4 years ago
in memory of John 'Hill' :
Joel Emmanuel Hägglund,
born October 7, 1879, Sweden;
died a martyr on November 19, 1915.
Joe 'Hill'
the union organizer...
he was killed
fighting for workers rights most of them immigrants from all over,
many Irish and Italian.
Died a martyr.
suiru 4 years ago
I love Joan Baez!! Keep on!
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franj1 4 years ago
Do you guys arguing even know the definition fo capitalism? Ever heard of free market economy? If you are going to argue about politics get your definitions straight. America is not completely capitolist. If it were we would have equal competetion between businesses, which we do not. Our economy is mostly monopolized by a few big corparations. America is more like an oligarchy, especially if you imply our gov is controlled by big bussiness.
sidewaysinfinity8 4 years ago
To say there is no alternative to capitalism is kinda bs too. True Capitalism is a constant fight between competing bussinesses and eventually someone wins the game, hence monopolies. Capitalism cannot survive without the gov, but that intervention contridicts the definition of capitalism.
sidewaysinfinity8 4 years ago
As I see it in a true capitalist society it woulb be too chaotic for the small businesses to start a war. Greedy/crazy charisimatic leaders start war. They use nationalism and religion as their tools to mobilize people. Unification wins war, but people usually have to be either really fucked up in the head and/or brainwashed to condone mass killing.
sidewaysinfinity8 4 years ago
In my opinion blind religion and nationalism are Americas problems, not capitalism. We are not moving toward being more capitalistic we are moving toward being a theocracy.
sidewaysinfinity8 4 years ago
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Nationalism as the cause of Latin America's problems? thats so stupid, imagine your fucking red necks country without your nationalism first. Looser, white trash people...
cse77 4 years ago
Wow, you have no clue what was going on in the US at the time!!
kloran 4 years ago
I largely agree, but would add that what is commonly confused with capitalism could also be described as "social darwinism" and "laissez faire". Capitalism is a system where you and I compete on an even playing field to see who meets the needs of the customers better. With laissez-faire, the "insiders" manipulate things, BECAUSE THEY CAN, because there are no checks on abuse.
bckm54 4 years ago
Quite right mate - director of chrysler won the best 'manager' prize one year mainly thru' getting subsidies from the state
CCBBW 4 years ago
Maybe war is a part of human nature (though I seriously doubt that), but that doesn't mean we shouldn't strive for equality and fairness. Lets have a little freakin consideration.
Russia fell due to internal corruption, yes, but the main reason it declined was due to external pressure- for socialism to succeed we'd need it to be global institution.
ycrnb56 4 years ago
Back to the video......thank God for our modern day heroes like Joan Baez, Cindy Sheehan and Michael Moore.This song reminds us to unite and work for a better world and not to give up hope. If we unite and fight the fair fight.........results will eventually come. To not believe that is to give up all hope......and hope is what the world needs most these days. Thanks Joan for the reminder and inspiration and for turning up at every possible demonstration to remind us all over again.
gjpdj 4 years ago
hehe... thanks gjpdj... "back to the video"... Much needed... :)
bckm54 4 years ago
I love this song!
SLCPunker101 4 years ago