Walt Whitman: Song of Myself. An American Experience.

[kennykiller911]

PLEASE TELL ME U HAVE THE REST OF THIS. ITS NO LONGER AVAILABLE ON PBS WEBSITE. IF U DO PLEASE UPLOAD THE REST

[itsamemyleo]

Found this through Paper Towns. Fantastic poetry.

[QMPhilosophe]

I want the America of Emerson, Whitman, Ives...

[dizziedanni123]

1:08....walt whitman?! i think yes!!!!

[bucktkd]

@jzapert so where did u get it? from the DVD? becouse im trying to find and so far nothing

[jzapert]

@bucktkd if you google "Walt Whitman American Experience", the first result should be the PBS site where you can "Watch the Program" (link on top left). the 4th and 5th results for me are the DVD on sale at ShopPBS.org and Amazon.com. Hope that helps!

[bucktkd]

how did u download it from pbs? any software?

[jzapert]

@bucktkd : I didn't download it from PBS (this vid is a lot higher quality than that.) But when I do need to grab video from the web I use Grab Pro (Google it.)

[MrYakrider]

this is most awesome! thanks...

Mtn Jim

[tarynjean]

beautiful

[evilmick66]

1:08 He still lives!! =O

lol

[yeahsee33]

@evilmick66 You like Walt Whitman Mick? Cool.

[evilmick66]

@yeahsee33 Yeah, he's cool :)

lol Fancy meeting you here :P

[wizzlewiz]

What's the song?

[jzapert]

"Lovely Allen" by the band Holy Fuck. Yes, seriously.

[1nsp1r0n]

I like that last part, the fact about the printed copies of Leaves of Grass, it makes you think that though you may not see the results, you can and do make a difference.

[switchsearch]

one of " Leaves Of Grass" first reviews in what was thought of as a forerunner to the New York Times, advised my beloved Walt to commit suicide . . . .

[kennykiller911]

Need more of this for more of his work. this was amazing.

[sealedpandora16]

I have just finished a report on this poem, but I don't think I truly understood it until now... weird how it just clicks?

[Ashiman12]

Leaves of Grass - American's national epic.

[littlefun22]

Thanks for posting. This is a beautiful clip from an amazing documentary.

[sxswsxsw]

What is the song playing in this video?

The voice sounds like it belongs to Chris Cooper.?

[jzapert]

That is indeed Chris Cooper narrating. I don't know the name of the song; it might have been original to the production.

[completereverse]

The song is Lovely Allen by Holy Fuck

Good video. Where's it from?

[jzapert]

Hmmm... I wonder how these guys were credited in the credit roll... I'll have to look . heh.

[ixwobble]

@jzapert "Holy F."

[BjornTheYawper]

This video is a recently aired "American Experience" on the life and work of Walt Whitman. It is definitely worth watching in its entirety as is reading his "Leaves of Grass".

[jzapert]

It's from WGBH Boston's excellent series: American Experience. Google it, and you can see the entire Walt Whitman: An American Experience documentary on PBS's website.

[AmericanExperience]

Thanks jzapert!

[FreemusicLive]

Nice, You got some pretty sweet videos, Looks like ill be subscribing to you!