Joan Baez - The Green Green Grass Of Home

[Lazairus]

does anybody have joans guitar chords for this song?

thanks

[b0rnt0b3f4m0u5]

back in the days when music was good..

[FATMONGUS1]

I agree this bitch should be under the green grass. After what she did to those americans in that POW camp. Where one was beat to death and one was almost beat to death. I like the other MARINES and all the other viet vets. will always hate this bitch forever. At her best she is no more than scum..Rot in hell bitch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Semper Fi

[rerok181]

@FATMONGUS1

honey, shut up and take your meds !

[Rustina61]

I am so glad I found this. 

[Oldiesfanman]

Sweet woman. God bless her.

[atfatw]

although never really pretty she could sing a tune quite well....occasionally

[bilbocroft]

@atfatw WTF has her prettiness got to do with anything. I guess you think Baywatch is quality television. . . . .

[atfatw]

@bilbocroft you certainly do. not that you would ever get a date with pamela johnson

[atfatw]

its about his burial after execution in his home town

[826loyd]

Absolutely magnificent performance of a great song.

Nobody will ever surpass Tom but JB's version is

astonishingly beautiful. Thank you for posting this.

[noddy759]

well i think she got an amazing voice only had priveledge to see her 3 times in scotland and still got my dads records of her xx

[1stplacefencer]

Great song.

[Mellymoo1]

Wonderful fun to see her so young again I am a great fan of politics and song.

[MrLinoventura]

le Viet-Nam est la honte des Américains.....PEACE and LOVE ...

[atfatw]

@MrLinoventura why didn't you french help us out in vietnam!

[Daedalus1776]

@atfatw Because we were -their- backup.

[yachtabaco]

So beautiful!!!

[karenscoffeefarm]

Thank you Joanie. God Bless you and your beautiful music then, now and always

[Rustina61]

I wish God had blessed me with such a beautiful voice.

[bgroovy2]

uesd to love the Smothers Brothers show !!

[Vivianjmiller]

The women has a awesome voice.better then the new singers today we have.

[DEBRACRANFORD]

I would sing this song when I was a child. It was one of my mom's favorites. 

[ivherz]

minha ídolo na adolescência. muito bom rever e muito bom saber que segue cantando. VIVA JOAN BAEZ

[Rustina61]

Thank you, Joan, for this song. It has helped to heal my heart. 

[marriedtoapoet]

[The comment below refers, of course, to the Tom Jones version.]

[marriedtoapoet]

There's a faint suggestion, in the military drum-beat of the opening, and in the piano style, that the song may refer to the American Civil War, perhaps relating to the execution of a Confederate deserter or spy. [Mario Petrucci]

[PackingPadre]

Aye, you have a valid point 2old2rock, and am I not in the same position? Keep uploading the tunes though, bro.

[Jowisz2010]

Joan Baez pięknie słucham cię całe życie jesteś códowna i kocham cię za te piękne pieśni bądz pozdrowiona

[NEWTVIC]

we have gone so many places, traveled so many miles, fought many wars- there is nothing like the green green grass of home- even if it;s just a dream

[decline2state]

It would have been interesting if she had spoken the last verse, as others have done, rather than sung it.

[theUroshman]

I really like Tom Jones and his version of this song, but Joan's voice is a real revelation for me. I've never heard her before and am I glad that I came across this video. She definitely sings like an angel. Such a magnificent voice!!! Thanks for uploading!

[stendec73]

Wow that was sweet.

[chinookwoman]

We have critics, political experts and some of the usual unhappy people who for lack of anything else to say, bring up sexual preference. If you do not like her voice, don't listen to her. If you are upset about her music protesting the Vietnam War, get over it and please do not compare her voicing her concience thru music with what Jane Fonda did. There is no comparison. I am a soldier's widow and a soldier's mother. We need protest songs, now, but we need people to sing them and to listen.

[Rustina61]

Perfect !

[ivherz]

que saudades!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheGeofflane]

Kris calls her Kitty Wells. 'Cos she sings country like an angel.

[anmaba3]

ein toller Song - Joan Baez singt ihn sehr gut!

[PackingPadre]

I dislike Joan's politics, but I love to listen to her. She has the voice of an angel. Dylan is a great songwriter, but he can't sing. Joanie's covers are great.

[paulj0557]

@PackingPadre I was listening to a recording of Helen Kane being interviewed where she said that the microphone made it possible for all of the singers who couldn't project their voices to have careers as singers. Helen said she hated the microphones and preferred using the stage acoustics to enhance her voice. Helen Kane was able to be heard in a huge venue singing with that cute little voice of hers. One can have a non traditional voice and still sing by definition. Bob's singing is nice 2me.

[jakejeffsmom]

I love her voice...so amazing!

[mudman510]

yeah this is obviously about being in prison duh that why johhny cash performed it at folsom prison, its DEFINTLEY not an anti-war song

[chinookwoman]

@mudman510 Johnny Cash did a lot of songs at Folsum; He went there, I believe because he saw the men incarcerated there not as just inmates, convicts or criminals, but as human beings. I do not think that feeling that way, he would only sing songs about being in prison. It was written as the dream of a condemned man, but because of the war in Vietnan it became for many families what they hoped their son's knew, that they were home.It was never an anti-war song.

[elgafu]

lo maximo que recuerdos vienen a mi memoria la verde grama de mi hogar

[edejan]

Beautiful old song, enhanced by her wonderful voice!

[7NTM61Ic]

Don't agree with her politics, but this is a great version and she has a beautiful voice. Love the song also. It is about a man who is to be hanged, which is obvious if you look at the lyrics. The melody of course is classic, and words and music fit like a glove.

[shudderbug]

@7NTM61Ic If you like her voice, may I suggest you go to my channel and listen to any of five songs I posted by Janet Bates. Janet's voice is similar to Joan Baez, but Janet has a greater range. You might especially like the "Joe Hill" classic, performed by Janet and her husband Ken. If you watch it, please let me know what you think of it. Thank you, shudderbug

[aalltteerraaiikkoo]

@shudderbug , is Joan Baez still alive today? tnx

[shudderbug]

@aalltteerraaiikkoo Yes, she is 70.

[PaulaVMJT]

41 PEOPLE thought it said "DIS-I-LIKE!" Ha Ha Ha!!! JOAN BAEZ Rules!! ::)

[Launeschaf]

super, die Joan und so hübsch!!!!!



[Launeschaf]

super, die Joan

[nanjm1]

40 dislikes? whoa must have brain damage

[hering65]

may be miss clickings....

[mccurryburg]

damn that gal sure could sing! matchless

[TheMakemFolksinger]

brillant , cheers The Makem Folk Singer, drop in and have a listen to my folk songs

[quackingduck2007]

なつかしいなぁ～。It reminds me of my young days. Thank you for sharing.

[PAULA70395]

gracinha...............

[alexaadap]

she's good , but it should be sung by a man . unless she is a dike

[FungusMossGnosis]

@alexaadap

If she were a levee or drainage trench, how would that make the song more acceptable from her?

[bruiseraa]

WOW! Love her voice!

[jankocz18]

Thanks Joan.Dziękuję.Polska Maj 25 2011

[SusieQ11757]

Love, love her voice.....not one singer out there today can ever compare to Joan's voice

[dreamersan1]

восхитительно!!!

)))

[garebear1015]

With such a lovely voice,she is just annother Jane Fonda.What a disapointment.I saw her live at Northrop Auditorium,Mpls.,and loved her singing,but she is out of touch with reality,as with most of popular people.

[K4TExo]

aaaaaaahhh <3

[skogspinglan]

amazing! thank you!

[Atomicflash500]

she needs a spanking

[hobodreamer]

So in love with her and her voice !...The is my favorite and arguably the best version of this song. I saw this show, makes me feel old lol

[manygor]

THE SONGS i remerber from school song contest beautiful voice

[Rustina61]

Why is the video all scrambled up and the colors running together ? Is this something YouTube is doing ??? Thank God the audio is allright.

[uncatila]

her lips were made for kissing

all the babes that she was missing

while she sang to those forever needing one

a master of her house but there was non

[BRAVO1916]

its no tom jones

[CandyHaleLinton]

This is lovely singing

[ystme]

今日はジョーンズ・バエズを聴き続けたい気分。そんな時あります­か？

(Posted by Youtube Stream for iPhone (yst.me) on behalf of pastor_stephan at twitter)

[Himurakagura]

I love you Joan-sama, 37 people don't know what is real music, they listen to Justin Bieber

[slangestorm]

Most beautiful voice iv'e ever heard

[hiraiwakoji]

Joan Baez はいつ聞いてもすばらしい！　若き青春を思い出す！

[edzepellin]

One of the best renditions of this song...ever.

[MrLaure35]

Une mélodie, une voix, superbe rencontre rien que pour le plaisir!

Merci pour le partage

[PlainzRyder]

God that's a great voice!

[kyxyzy]

it isn't about Vietnam. It could be the Green Mile too.Its about everyone who will be executed for any reasons. At the end everybody realized.............

[chinookwoman]

@kyxyzy This song is about Vietnam; it has become about all those who die, much too soon, in war. Joan Baez is remembered mostly for protests of the Vietnam War, which she had every right to do. She does a beautiful job with this song, but for those of us who cannot listen to it without remembering someone we cared about, it is hard to listen to her sing it.

[Boreas1960]

@chinookwoman Not intending offence ma'am, but this song is not about Vietnam. It was written by Claude "Curly" Putman, Jr & predated the US deployment of combat troops to Vietnam in 1965. If this was a Vietnam protest song, which it's not, the writer would have had to be prescient, as the majority of the US supported involvement in Vietnam in 1965. The song is actually about a guy on Death Row, you can pick this up by listening to the lyrics - or reading them.

[chinookwoman]

@Boreas1960 No offence taken; I am always glad to learn something. The first time I heard this song, it was by a country singer, do not remember who, but it was in 1965. My husband was flying huey's with the 1st CAV DIV in the ia Drang valley. . I can see where it would have been written for someone about to die, but I can also see it as about someone who has died and is coming home.I never thought of it as a Vietnam Protest song. I stood at too many graves for that. Thank you for your responce

[ltwes329]

@chinookwoman

This is not an antiwar song. It's about a convict dreaming about his home and family before his execution. Unfortunately, it says nothing about his victim(s) who are not around to dream.

Read the following lyrics.

"Then I awake and look around me, at the four grey walls that surround me

and I realize that I was only dreaming.

For there's a guard and there's a sad old padre -

arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak".

Apparently to the execution chamber.

[chinookwoman]

@ltwes329 Hi - I have never seen it as an anti-war song; It has always brought incredible sadness to me. It happened to be played during the Vietnam Years and to many of us it spoke of boys we knew who came home escorted by a brother and ;often a Chaplain; The part of the country I call home is very isolated , rural, poor. It described us.. I think I and many others hoped that somehow the boy we were buyaring would know he was finally home, with the people and things he had loved. .

[roman14032]

she sings really great,super dykey though.

[strawberryseason]

@roman14032 She was married when she appeared on this show. Don't judge by appearences.

[jeanpi314159]

quelle voix ! difficile d'y résister ! elle métamorphose ce qu'elle chante par son timbre et son expressivité : émotion et conviction . Ici elle a est à son meilleur . De plus elle se débrouille aussi à la guitare.

[jeanpi314159]

quelle voix ! difficile d'y résister ! elle métamorphose ce qu'elle chante par son timbre et son expressivité émotion et conviction . Ici elle a est à son meilleur . De plus elle se débrouille aussi à la guitare.

[equallyeasilyfuqyou]

i just fell in love :D

[yo6ial]

For crying out loud, guys and gals. Quit arguing for nothing. Enjoy this.

Enjoy this as we'll all hear this songs only from the old records.

[salinagrrrl69]

@yo6ial Only from old records we old foggiz cannot love the hip current claptraprapcrap n other assorted box of chocolet covered shit like LAdy GagGag - JustaBeaver - Owl City aka Owww SHITTY etc.

[yo6ial]

@salinagrrrl69 Jiz, man. This is Joan Baez. Not Lady Gugu or BustMyRhimes ;)) LMAO!

[santisimaoisto]

swabeng swabe.. really great

[taariqtaariq]

Joan Baez is the worst: earnest , unoriginal , very honky sounding,and operatic.

Give me Gram Parsons, Lucinda Williams, Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell anyday.

[jonchic2002]

@taariqtaariq¿ are you deaf? she is the best cover you could find

[razalady]

@taariqtaariq What is your problem? Perhaps you are deaf as jonchic2002 states. Joan sings this song better than anyone else!!

[taariqtaariq]

@razalady

Listen to Frank Zappa and then tell me what good music is.This kind of earnest folky music makes me puke and her voice is bereft of any irony , humour or eccentricities. It is like hearing Kiri Te Kanawa sing John Fogerty , Dame Joan Sutherland sing Captain Beefheart ....... or Joan Baez sing Bob Dylan or gram Parsons.

Joan Baez became irrelevant once Dylan stopped dicking her.

[jserra17]

@taariqtaariq So, then, how does it feel to know that you will never be relevant? Are you really too dumb to understand Joan Baez's musical and cultural relevance?

[taariqtaariq]

@jserra17 I can't stand Joan Baez. I am allowed to be critical of her.

[jserra17]

@taariqtaariq You are entitled to your opinion, but should not be suprised that people are critical of you when you express that opinion so crudely.

[Ettoredipugnar]

@jserra17 cultural relevence ? LOL . Shes a daft lefty singer. Thats all nothing more nothing less. Wake up "our generation" is slowly dying. Do you think it will be criticized by future generatuions ? What about David ? remember all the publicity her Husband got David this David that when he got out of jail they were divorvced. It was all for naught.

[equallyeasilyfuqyou]

i want her, i want her, i want her so bad

dodododododo

[DobbieJoseph]

Angel's voice!!!!!

[DobbieJoseph]

Angel's voice!!!!!

[DobbieJoseph]

Angel's voice!!!!!

[Gasoline85]

Such a beautiful song... :'(

[pokeimu70]

heartbreaking



[MARIAN01051953]

PIĘKNY UTWÓR,MĄDRA ARTYSTKA!czego chcieć więcej?

[herociouz]

I like classic songs

[vegetariersindcool]

joan´s voice is really wonderfull... and this song suit perfect to her. Yesterday I heard it the first time and now I can´t listen to it. It`s soooooooo amazing!

[CuddlyGayBear]

@Thepast2012 This is not about Vietnam. It's about a prisoner who is about to be executed (hanged) and he dreams about his home on his last night in his cell. "Then I wake and look around me, at the 4 clay walls that surround me, and I realise I was only dreaming. There's the guard and the sad old padre. Arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak" (to the gallows) "Again I'll touch the green grass of home." The best version, I think, is by Tom Jones. But Joan is great too.

[1785edouard]

@CuddlyGayBear

Thank you. I hear this song since end of sixties and like it very much but was not aware about the underlying meaning. I'll listening to it differently from now on. And yes Joan is great too.

[hiraiwakoji]

Joan　私はいつまでもあなたを忘れません！

[evakikara]

Very touching song!!It nearly made me cry....I believe Joan has her own way of giving life into songs....

[61TUNER]

@evakikara YES. SHE DOES.

[razalady]

Canta como una gitana espanola y tiene duende!!

[didsles]

@Thepast2012 This was nothing to do with Vietnam, it is a song about a man awaiting execution hence the guard and the sad old Padre

[Ariennezita]

Joan tesoro de Estados Unidos y del mundo.

[91kivi]

such a beautiful voice...like an angel

[hansmischler]

@91kivi heute können keine mer a capella singen wie joan

[snookermark]

@91kivi absolutely.....she is magnificent

[evenith666]

@ xKmurfHD, yeah apparently its about someone on Death Row, not actually looked it up though but thats my understanding

[michaelreisener]

What a great and emotional song! Joan Baez is one of the best and the most authentic singer/songwriters with such a great voice. Every song she performs touches me deeply.

[Rustina61]

This is a heart-wrenching song. Perhaps the gift of time has helped, for last October there was a loss of a friend by suicide, earlier this month my brother-in-law died due to cancer and today we received word that an Aunt died. By some miracle, I am not crying, perhaps I am stronger than I think ! Rest In Peace, all of you.

[indolaplucky]

what happened to this kind of music i miss it

[RobinandPhyllis]

Yeah!! Forever classic! I love Joan Baez!

[05junius]

she likes marijuana theres no doubt.. marihuana if your in the tommy chong days!

[61TUNER]

@05junius WHO TOLD YOU THAT?THE MAJORITY OF AMERICA HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT SMOKING HERB/I,D KNOW .I WAS.IT,S ANOTHER STEREOTYPICAL MISCONCEPTION,OF THE HIPPIE GENERATION.THE SAME THING WITH THE STONER GENERATION. EVEN IF YOU YOURSELF SMOKE IT,PLEASE DO,NT LUMP EVERYONE INTO THAT STEREOTYPE/NO,IF I WERE ARGUING,I,D NOT SAY PLEASE

[05junius]

@61TUNER Yeah cause they started really fuckin crackin down in the late 60s, blah bal blah only about 10 million users. If your still smokin you probably dont even remember.  I cant tell you dont remember how to turn off caps or use correct punctuation.

[61TUNER]

@61TUNER HANDS ARE TOO FUCKED UP TO SHIFT. IT DOES,NT DO ALL THAT TO YOU,UNLESS YOU USE IT HEAVY. BEEN OVER 14yrs FOR ME / STEREOTYPING IS THE MANS WORK. WE DO,NT HAVE TO BE LIKE THEM WHEN WE GROW UP / THEY NEVER WILL. PUNCTUATION? THATS THE MANS RULES. I 'TURNED ON, TUNED IN / DROPPED OUT"! LETTIN THE TROLLS DROWN IN THEIR OWN SHIT. NEED A BUMP,DAWG? BUSH HAS SOME GOOD SHIT!!! ASK CLINTON.

[xKmurfHD]

いつまでも大好きな曲であり懐かしさを感じる...

できれば、時代を遡りたい。

[BBnose]

the lyrics is not about a soldier,

i do believe it's about a prisoner who was facing the day of his execution.

we may check out the song meaning on the web.

[mervh58]

@BBnose think you are right , it is about a prisoner, dont know about facing execution but its a dream while he is in prison

[SuperArji]

 太经典了

[ruxtondrive]

Sad song, solder comes home to be buried.

[5lkk]

@ruxtondrive I thought the song was about the last dream of a man about to be executed.

[Rustina61]

@5lkk I personally think you are right, though different people interpret this song in different ways.

[61TUNER]

@5lkk YOU THOUGHT CORRECTLY.

[2009poorman]

いつまでも大好きな曲であり懐かしさを感じる...

できれば、時代を遡りたい。

[emspfaery]

@2009poorman wat?

[Rustina61]

Notice how still the audience is - nobody's talking or moving. Her voice echos through out the stage, it is so quiet. They love her.

[IGOROZKARSKY]

I LOVE JOAN BAEZ,

THANKS JOAN.

[Rustina61]

Joan should have received a standing ovation for this song.

[emmsterville]

she's fantastic!

[TheKamikazeMAR]

is this the original song?

[George6360]

@TheKamikazeMAR This song was written by Claude "curly" Putman Jr. First made popular by Porter Wagoner in 1965. Since then it has been a popular cover song my many artists.

[bearpoo8791]

happy 70th joan

[djschmolli]

happy 70th birthday joan!

[Rustina61]

What a strong, sweet voice. This is a comfort to listen to.

[DontSayShutup]

I love this song and Joan's version of it. And I like her smile and I'm glad she never changed her teeth :)

[garebear1015]

i am the most conservitive person you would ever meet.i saw joan at northrup auditorium-mainly solo-i will love her voice forever

[kyxyzy]

Look to that guy wiht glasses on the back. who is this guy?

[JohnStecchino]

@kyxyzy CIA agent

[fernhollow1928]

A "Ballad Voice" if I ever heard one. Creates a feeling of being here.

[Maglioso]

What a lovely voice!! Very nice song and commentary about the humanity of condemned prisoners. Makes me an even stronger advocate for the death penalty. Kill 'em all, let got sort 'em out. 

[61TUNER]

@Maglioso You,ve been convicted/condemned in you own mid,of criminal stupidity.Should we start,with you,?

[JENNYMACSF]

I was 15 when I saw and heard Joan for the first time . I was ment to meet her but as it happened it did not !!! ........ murphy's law . However I did get to meet her almost 20 years later. She spoke I spoke. I walked away with a warm hug from her and a Huge feeling that this woman is very much real in so many ways. When I sing in front of an audience , and get shy .I always think of this amazing woman with the dark smiley eyes. Thank you Lady Baez.

[George6360]

Back to give Joan a BUMP!..Country and Folk music Queen for all time..

[Rustina61]

Just about everybody loves this version by Joan Baez...and so they should, it's just wonderful.

[George6360]

I listen to this version over and over...she is so good. I love her voice

[VashtiInez]

Beautiful! Just beautiful.



[Rustina61]

The gift of time has helped - a few weeks ago I could not listen to this song without crying, thinking of a certain loss.

[SunshineTheKid]

Many have sung this song before and after. So have I. Many times but her interpretation is incomparrable.

[SunshineTheKid]

The Sunshine Kid. She always had a fantatic voice and very good stage presence.

I always liked every single song she sang. I´d have loved to sing his song with her. Along with many others.

[George6360]

Tough song even for a pro and she nailed it!..Perfect and beautiful

[delian92]

I love her!!!

She is and was a straight and fair person

Siempre mantuvo sus ideales de lucha.

[jimbowie09]

Una mujer Mexicana guapa con voz de Angeles .

[rcgaz]

Beautiful woman

Beautiful voice

I've been in love with her most of my life.

Watched her singing at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix back in 84. Lovely.

It sounds like it's easy to sing and then I noticed at karaoke people often mess it up. But Joan Baez and Tom Jones sing it effortlessly.