@georgemorenstein What was historically inaccurate in the song? I'd like to know, I never learned all the much about La Grande Derangement in school except for the bare basics.
One of the sweetest sounding history lessons known to mankind, J.R. Robertson wrote like no other, and these boys in The Band, as far as musicians go, they were the absolute SHIT! iwait4u thanks for upload, same to You Tube for the light and space Hot Damn this is wonderful!
Hey people I think we all need to slow down and think to ourselves about what we're really doing here. When's the last time any of you felt empty or felt so filled with meaning you just wanted to jump into the air and fly? We spend too damn much of our time doing nothing and sitting watching others create. Its great to see a great movie or show or musical performance. That's what keeps you going, but lets get back to creating. Lets want something and go get it.
Great song and the video is 'creative', but - personally - I find it odd when put together with this song. Perhaps Pink Floyd would be a better choice for your art.
The Band has been one of my favorites, because of Levon Helm, which I love the most of all! So glad they left Bob Dylan when they did, would have never 'discovered' them...& even tho Robbie sings it, it is a most beautiful & meaningful song, also giving me chills all the way!
Sorry, but anyone who doesn't think The Band is unbelievable is an idiot. This song delivers more feelings and emotion than most 2 hour movies. That Robbie could spin a tale. Combined with the music, there is nothing better.
@joelwexler Amen.This epic song tells the story of the diaspora of a great people.It`s unforgettable....unmatched.
The Band?.A highly talented group of guys who couldn`t get along.But for all the jealousies and bitching, The Band left behind a work of art in this song.
As a 17 year old, raised in a family where good music like this can always be heard playing, i cant agree with you more DailyGamingDG, music like this is timeless, it will be listened too over and over again for forever. Music that is played now can't stand even close to it. This is music, real good music.
People, can you inform me on this... what's with their choice of Name... are they of Acadian origin? or are they just inspired/fascinated by this dissapearing group (assimilation is a b*tch) called the Acadians?
In 1754 with the outbreak of tensions with France, the British, no longer accepting the neutrality, demanded that the Acadians take an absolute oath of allegiance to the British monarch, which would require their taking up arms. They refused so Colonel Charles Lawrence ordered the mass deportation of the Acadians (1755-1763)
Supposedly it is written in his journals, that he had planned to deport them anyway, even if they signed the unconditionnal oath... with the true goal being to settle pressent day nova scotia with proper subjects (english protestants, and second in line... german ones)...
@joseph8426 Many of them wound up near the mouth of the Mississippi. Some of the greatest folks I've ever met, are there now facing a man-made disaster that none can overcome. You could say that BP has replaced the British (brutish) Crown, and I wouldn't disagree with you.
Acadians were the first permanent French settlers in North America. In the Treaty of Utrecht 1713, France ceded the portion of Acadia to the British for the last time. In 1730, the Acadians signed an oath swearing allegiance to the B Crown, but stipulating that Acadians would not have to take up arms against the French or Indians
that's where the term "cajun" comes from,obviously....just say "acadian " fast a few times,with a belly full of cheap beer and a healthy fear of the locals....
Although a beautiful song, the history isn't that accurate. The French ceded Arcadia to the British in 1713. After most Arcadian's refused to swear an Oath of allegiance to Britain, a terrible, forced deportation started during 1755. The battle of Quebec, which was fought on the "plains of Abraham", did not occur until 1759. By then, most of the suffering and deaths has already occurred.
An Acadian was a french person who was settled into what is now called New-Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI.
The acadians were deported in 1755 by The British for the land. The men were killed and the woman and children were put on boats without food or water and sent to see.
This song really tells the story of us Acadians. Its main point is about the Deportation of the Acadians. And about how political power and war ruins life for the everyday man. Being an Acadian from Nova Scotia I'm proud to call this our song.
Me too bigjfougere. I'm a halfsie!! I agree that war is bad for everyone; well, the victors do okay by taking the spoils of those they conquer. Their descendants flourish, but those of us who lose suffer long past the time of the flying bullets. Acadians were a peaceful, happy, childlike people before the diaspora. Now we are all searching for our elusive "home." Acadie lives in my heart and now I sing my own songs about the Deportation. Vive L'Acadie!
We have an obligation to carry this music on ,so please play it with the kids and it will seep into their soul. My kids say they hate yet I catch em sing along!! Long live THE BAND.
@DailyGamingDG caught my 16 yr-old singing along with the Band. my daughters are all aware of the struggles and the art that they inspired. They grew up (?) at 11, 16 & 18 (now) listening to classic musical story telling. 2 oldest taking (or took) AP World, AP Euro & AP US. Check out Al Stewrt Rodads to Moscow. History isn't for Geeks. Sunday, Bloody Sunday.
@DailyGamingDG I used to hate the Beatles as a kid by I hummed along with my father and now I'm so glad he introduced me to them. Once you catch the rock and roll disease there's no escaping.
agreed, but sometimes bad lyrics can sound good, however i think music only becomes art when its written like this, although goodluck writing a better song!!!! can you say hit a topic really really well! and not just some stupid topic, this is so deep... i appreciate it on many different levels, as an artist and as a writer, art takes thought... with absence of thought its just music just as much as pots and pans banging is music but this is art in every aspect. (lyrics, beat) its got vibe/soul
For Godsake, the other version is NOT CELINE'S, it's on ZACHARY RICHARD album. Most of you bash it only because it's Celine and it's fun to bash Celine (which I agree), but here we talk about a cajun, a descendant of the Acadian. Even if I like the Band's version better, I find it very touching that he sang it. It's not because you like the band better you have to destroy everything else
@Acadianiste Actually, I'm french-canadian but in the end, english, french, first nations or acadian; we all go through the bloody winter and we all know what it's like (maybe except you guys in BC XD). As cheesy as it may sounds, that's one strong bond we have, may we be conscious of it or not :P
Holy mother of god. You actually think the Celine version is better? You only get away with this if you are either Canadian or 13 years old. If you are neither of these then you are sucking perfectly good oxygen I could be breathing.
This is such a great song! Let us remember... "Le Grand Dérangement" like the Acadians call it. What I find really interesting is that when they sing in french, they have almost no accent whatsoever, or the little they have sounds like an Acadian accent :P
Actually, a lot of them ended up in Maryland and Virginia. I just love the song because, of course, it's the Band. And it gives a small tad of history..
It seems like nobody these days remembers the French and Indian war, and how British troops deported the French colonists in Acadia (modern day Maine, New Brunswick, PEI, and Nova Scotia), and burning their homes behind them (for alledged disloyalty and guerilla action) in 1755, the displaced Acadians often chose to settle in Louisiana country after 1764 (later, the Louisiana purchase). "Cajun" refers to the descendents of exiled Acadians in Louisiana. There were over 6,000. Very sad song.
i listened to this song about 10 times with one of best friends before we went to bed around 7am.....the next time i saw him, he was in a coffin...it just so happened that levon was playing the night of his funeral right across the street from where drew lived....we were so tore up but it was the best musical experience i've ever had...he didn't play arcadian driftwood but i felt drew's spirit at the show...he was one of the bigger band fans i've ever met. rest in peace good brother.
As much as ive read i believe they did perform it there but it wasn't included in the finished film. Apparently it is on the soundtrack that was released much later.
Thank you LBjim for correction. I am a European and only know Canadian History from superficial reading. Would love to know more. This beautiful song could be a starting point
This song was used in my history class in high school. I am from the US, but we are taught all about the French and British Wars in North America. George Washington's first big assignment was to tell the French to leave what's now Western Pennsylvania. The exact place is less than ten miles from here.
The band were on top just a few years before splitting up. They had all those years of struggle and to give it up so quickly. Robertson was the big writer and Helm gave them soul. Was there trouble between them?
There are many questions over Roberson's version of the past, not least his "Basement Tapes" choices, now found with modern re-mastering to have some faked inserts. He is one of the few musicians given a negative rep by Dylan in his autobiography. But his songwriting genius cannot be questioned. This lovely song, the history of the Cajun people, on its own proves that.
By the way, he was born in Canada, grew up on Six Nations Reservation, his mother was a Native American Mohawk. Lovely song
I don't why the Band couldn't have written more songs about Canadian history considering 4 out of 5 of them ARE Canadian, instead writing about the stupid American Civil War
Robbie Robertson is credited with writing most of the songs for The Band, and he's a Canadian. mikeymodavis123 is correct, it wasn't Helm, but Robertson.
I guess Celine Dion's version will bring people to know this version which, I suppose, is a good thing. The thought of the ultimate Vegas show diva covering this still makes me cringe though.
This original version is absolutely perfect and captures the whole mood of it's story. It needs to be sung by scruffy guys with voices that wouldn't get them past 1st auditions on American Idol, voices with REAL soul and feeling....and it needs the fiddle! This version is perfection. The Band's masterpiece
There is nothing to fear in anyone of any merit covering a great song such as this - good on Celine Dion for giving this song a new audience. She does a great version, but nothing can top the original. I'm not Canadian and I hate winter, but every time I hear this it makes me long for a Canadian winter, even if it's only for 6 and a half minutes.
Truly one of the greatest, most moving songs I've ever heard. Robbie Roberton's finest.
Celine's cover is the song's blessing . For now its going to become tremendously popular. Already her millions legions of world wide fans are enquiring to the origins of the song.
It is so sad that so many ppl dont have a clue how great the band was... dont even get me started on how many ppl dont have a clue who warren zevon is lol
I remember as a kid, my dad would always play this CD in the car, and I always hated it, but for some reason I remembered this song. It's really beautiful, now that I'm older.
1763, the year of one of the Treaties of Paris. The battle of Quebec city. The French booted out of N.America. Bad year for the Indians andthe British, as well as the French.
The Indians didn't really have a bad time because of it, only for a short time afterwards. Then again, nowhere near as bad as the time they had with the US being Independent.
1763 was the real start of the American Revolution. The francais gone; the americans didn't need the Brits any more. The Brits attempted to keep the Americans out of the Ohio Valley, but were ineffectual because the the american population exploded. The indians lost the protection of the Francais, and the Americans no longer needed the protection of the Brits from the external threat of France.
Also read the poem Evangeline, by Longfellow. "in the forest primeval...'
That certainly did play a role in it. It was as much a grievance as the import taxes. Not only that, but the Proclamation of 1763 was later greatly exacerbated when the Quebec Act was passed. Essentially, a huge chunk of land that the colonists in the original British colonies wanted to settle was given to the Province of Quebec. Now, if your people had spent all of those years fighting the French and their Indian allies, you would certainly be aggrieved if the government gave that to them.
I apologise if you are a Native American and take offense from the term "indian" - even if it is historically correct. But the the part of the Seven Years War fought in America is known as the French-Indian wars.
So while you may consider it racist, I consider it historically accurate.
How can "indians" be historicvally correct. I gues it was "historically correct" too that Christopher Columbus "discovered Americas even though there were people living there before he came.
Indians is historically correct because that is what they are known as in History, It was never knowmnn that Chris Columbus discovered The Americas, people just reported it incorrectly.
In Canada, they are called First Nations. However, in the US, the term is still politically correct. People of this ethnic group call themselves "Indians," even though I'd rather not call them "Indians."
Following your conversation, "The French and Indian War" is the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War. I don't know why this war is known by this name, for the earlier Queen Anne's War (the North American theatre of War of Spanish Succession) involved the same parties.
It is named so because it was common to call them Indians, like it is common today to call British people English - which in turn, pisses me right off.
like a canadian version of 'the night they drove old dixie down' - the human/family consequences of war and indifferent historical forces as they play out in the lives of real people
also reminds me of 'roads to moscow' by al stewart in terms of content
how a 'big' war affects a 'little' person - and all put to music!!!
and who can resist the mix of the beautiful/haunting voices of rick danko (a canadian) and levon helm (a sourtherner)
I remember my history teacher started a lesson by playing this song. We never learned so much in 6 minutes.
MrRazorblade999 2 weeks ago
it leaves a whole mess out. Kinda like the night they drove ol debbie down.
georgemorenstein 3 months ago
The Band's vocals, make up for the historical paucity.
georgemorenstein 4 months ago
@georgemorenstein What was historically inaccurate in the song? I'd like to know, I never learned all the much about La Grande Derangement in school except for the bare basics.
Mehtaphorical 3 months ago
lifts my soul
1701what 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Band
Got to make the POINT !
RGMiron 4 months ago
Terrible audio
MrRazorblade999 5 months ago
The audio was recorded too high and is overmodulated. Shame.
xpat73 6 months ago
@gf45100 im from that place
zachfranck06 7 months ago
Robbie Robertson out of Brantford and Scarborough wrote the song and captured the ambivalent essence of Acadia.
Aguathuna1 7 months ago
@gf45100 haha, most definitely a singularly ancient time and place.
iwait4u 8 months ago
One of the sweetest sounding history lessons known to mankind, J.R. Robertson wrote like no other, and these boys in The Band, as far as musicians go, they were the absolute SHIT! iwait4u thanks for upload, same to You Tube for the light and space Hot Damn this is wonderful!
redsfanstu 8 months ago
Damn fine posting. anyone know who wrote the song? thanks
uradragon 11 months ago
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2eys2ears2fingers 11 months ago
@uradragon J R (Robbie) Robertson.
2eys2ears2fingers 11 months ago
i always think of the book evangeline by wordsworth when i hear this song. both give me good nostalgia
cdphatty 11 months ago
Broke down along the coast, but what hurt the most . . .
pkotowski 11 months ago
these guys are amazing. i listen to them all the time. i was sooooo stoned the first time i heared this song.
fusionlegend6 1 year ago
For those who can hear this great song and not tear up, I commend you.You`re stronger than I am.
1994g0 1 year ago
2 people, who don't like this video, are obviously retarded.
Ian74263 1 year ago
"They call my home, the land of snow" - New fan for life here :-)
ministig 1 year ago
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umayanarosy 1 year ago
Who cares how it was spelled? it's about the sentiment of the song. Levon was and is the man.
jbbergan 1 year ago
Thanks Geoff De Meuth. ' What a sweet sincere voice & story.
KathrynKnopf 1 year ago
MY PAST FAMILY! But We DIDn't leave. We went into the unknown (WEST).
RGMiron 1 year ago
the vocals woven with garth's artistry have never been so beautifully persented
gibwi 1 year ago
bless myself
MARKERIC23 1 year ago
Hey people I think we all need to slow down and think to ourselves about what we're really doing here. When's the last time any of you felt empty or felt so filled with meaning you just wanted to jump into the air and fly? We spend too damn much of our time doing nothing and sitting watching others create. Its great to see a great movie or show or musical performance. That's what keeps you going, but lets get back to creating. Lets want something and go get it.
secondfloordalfilms 1 year ago
J'adore cette chanson! Vive l'Acadie et tous ses habitants dans le Canada et les États-Unis!
Ian74263 1 year ago
Like the artwork, but ... the title of the song was misspelled. There is only one "c" in the title.
mohansen11 1 year ago
@mohansen11 i noticed it not to long after i posted it. oops. 2 years later i sort of
did it again at 2:16 into "you won't have to cry" 1969 byrds, when i wrote across the screen "the sky begins at you feet" .
iwait4u 1 year ago
@iwait4u grrr ... isn't it frustrating?!?
mohansen11 1 year ago
@mohansen11 Hey, it could have been worse. The group could have been called Akkadian Driftwood.
quadibloc 1 year ago
Great song and the video is 'creative', but - personally - I find it odd when put together with this song. Perhaps Pink Floyd would be a better choice for your art.
Downtownnomesayn 1 year ago
The Band has been one of my favorites, because of Levon Helm, which I love the most of all! So glad they left Bob Dylan when they did, would have never 'discovered' them...& even tho Robbie sings it, it is a most beautiful & meaningful song, also giving me chills all the way!
Yvonne43ful 1 year ago
the band,,love this song , i have the album this song is on , yes , an album , best song on the album.
eddie14700 1 year ago
long live the Band
1958wvpicker 1 year ago
Sorry, but anyone who doesn't think The Band is unbelievable is an idiot. This song delivers more feelings and emotion than most 2 hour movies. That Robbie could spin a tale. Combined with the music, there is nothing better.
joelwexler 1 year ago 3
@joelwexler Amen.This epic song tells the story of the diaspora of a great people.It`s unforgettable....unmatched.
The Band?.A highly talented group of guys who couldn`t get along.But for all the jealousies and bitching, The Band left behind a work of art in this song.
1994g0 1 year ago
@1994g0 I wish I could thumbs up you a million times
TryptoPhun420 1 year ago
@TryptoPhun420 Thanks Brother.
1994g0 1 year ago
Acadian Driftwood is able to give me shivers even on the hottest days of July.
Elphir 1 year ago
@Elphir
1994g0 1 year ago
The end of this video is wierd....
Novaboing 1 year ago
As a 17 year old, raised in a family where good music like this can always be heard playing, i cant agree with you more DailyGamingDG, music like this is timeless, it will be listened too over and over again for forever. Music that is played now can't stand even close to it. This is music, real good music.
IHATEMUTTS 1 year ago
@IHATEMUTTS ya not "Justin Bieber" ug ppl r just brain dead these days
CGiordano464 1 year ago
@IHATEMUTTS , i partyed with Danko & Helm backstage 1983. ask me for info
k3304 1 year ago
@k3304
joelwexler 1 year ago
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k3304 1 year ago
@k3304 Or we could look at you as an example of someone who's half trash.
manzo7500 1 year ago
People, can you inform me on this... what's with their choice of Name... are they of Acadian origin? or are they just inspired/fascinated by this dissapearing group (assimilation is a b*tch) called the Acadians?
oh, and the song in increadibly good ; )
OBSysteme 1 year ago
they out did themselves here. remarkable
bronsted123 1 year ago 2
the most sublime track they ever recorded.
moneymoreman 1 year ago
In 1754 with the outbreak of tensions with France, the British, no longer accepting the neutrality, demanded that the Acadians take an absolute oath of allegiance to the British monarch, which would require their taking up arms. They refused so Colonel Charles Lawrence ordered the mass deportation of the Acadians (1755-1763)
joseph8426 1 year ago 2
first part is my previous comment!
joseph8426 1 year ago
@joseph8426
Supposedly it is written in his journals, that he had planned to deport them anyway, even if they signed the unconditionnal oath... with the true goal being to settle pressent day nova scotia with proper subjects (english protestants, and second in line... german ones)...
OBSysteme 1 year ago
@joseph8426 Many of them wound up near the mouth of the Mississippi. Some of the greatest folks I've ever met, are there now facing a man-made disaster that none can overcome. You could say that BP has replaced the British (brutish) Crown, and I wouldn't disagree with you.
asbestosicould 1 year ago
Acadians were the first permanent French settlers in North America. In the Treaty of Utrecht 1713, France ceded the portion of Acadia to the British for the last time. In 1730, the Acadians signed an oath swearing allegiance to the B Crown, but stipulating that Acadians would not have to take up arms against the French or Indians
joseph8426 1 year ago
The fact that the last verse is sung in ...french, I presume, is a testament to The Band being beyond anything we ever deserve to hear as mortals.
james06241974 1 year ago
This song is just perfect.
wherareI 1 year ago
Plus, didn't the Acadians go to America before going to Nova Scotia...? o.o;
Petalsayer 1 year ago
nop they didn't they were brought there after.
joseph8426 1 year ago
that's where the term "cajun" comes from,obviously....just say "acadian " fast a few times,with a belly full of cheap beer and a healthy fear of the locals....
drsquane 1 year ago
Although a beautiful song, the history isn't that accurate. The French ceded Arcadia to the British in 1713. After most Arcadian's refused to swear an Oath of allegiance to Britain, a terrible, forced deportation started during 1755. The battle of Quebec, which was fought on the "plains of Abraham", did not occur until 1759. By then, most of the suffering and deaths has already occurred.
jaybirdzz 1 year ago
meh.. f*ck it. I was listening to the fiddle anyways lol
EricDymond 1 year ago
Acadian = Cajun
briarboy11 1 year ago 2
Even tho only my father's side of my family is Canadian this song gives me a strange feeling of patriotism for the land north of here(u.s.)
jdh1954 1 year ago
What is an Acadian?
bendustries 1 year ago
i believe they were the french settlers who were displaced from Canada by the British after the French were kicked out of Canada
LachoDroogie 1 year ago
An Acadian was a french person who was settled into what is now called New-Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI.
The acadians were deported in 1755 by The British for the land. The men were killed and the woman and children were put on boats without food or water and sent to see.
LeCrazyFrenchman 1 year ago
@bendustries Acadia was a french colony but after the french and indian war the french got kicked out. Acadians are ppl from acadia i believe
xSodiumx 1 year ago
"J'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooh "
A Masterpiece.
wcc128 1 year ago
This song really tells the story of us Acadians. Its main point is about the Deportation of the Acadians. And about how political power and war ruins life for the everyday man. Being an Acadian from Nova Scotia I'm proud to call this our song.
bigjfougere 2 years ago
Me too bigjfougere. I'm a halfsie!! I agree that war is bad for everyone; well, the victors do okay by taking the spoils of those they conquer. Their descendants flourish, but those of us who lose suffer long past the time of the flying bullets. Acadians were a peaceful, happy, childlike people before the diaspora. Now we are all searching for our elusive "home." Acadie lives in my heart and now I sing my own songs about the Deportation. Vive L'Acadie!
talktofiddlestix 11 months ago
im from Arkansas i love this song i am a huge fan on this song but whats it about
bigcountrypicker 2 years ago
Vermont here...read about the french & Indian war
story about north america before the USA....great story about being driven out of your home!!!!
so much history north of our borders, and so many Americans unaware!!!!
wecpico 2 years ago
We have an obligation to carry this music on ,so please play it with the kids and it will seep into their soul. My kids say they hate yet I catch em sing along!! Long live THE BAND.
DailyGamingDG 2 years ago 28
@DailyGamingDG caught my 16 yr-old singing along with the Band. my daughters are all aware of the struggles and the art that they inspired. They grew up (?) at 11, 16 & 18 (now) listening to classic musical story telling. 2 oldest taking (or took) AP World, AP Euro & AP US. Check out Al Stewrt Rodads to Moscow. History isn't for Geeks. Sunday, Bloody Sunday.
shawnee007 2 years ago
@DailyGamingDG I used to hate the Beatles as a kid by I hummed along with my father and now I'm so glad he introduced me to them. Once you catch the rock and roll disease there's no escaping.
MrRyguy69 1 year ago
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IHATEMUTTS 1 year ago
@DailyGamingDG Dont worry - I said the same thing as a child but now, at age 24 I have carried on my parents good taste in music.
desolationrow 1 year ago
Northern Ontario here..........yep, I've got winter in my blood. Some of the best lyrics written. What a great story.
junglejim007 2 years ago 5
@junglejim007 Which part of northern Ontario? I'm from Abitibi on the Quebec side; are you around the mining region?
acidcandycherry 2 years ago
What a tune, makes me proud to be Canadian.
jmmoncion 2 years ago 3
Those who can listen to this and still not acknowledge that popular music can be high art ought to see a shrink!
kariaudar 2 years ago 3
agreed, but sometimes bad lyrics can sound good, however i think music only becomes art when its written like this, although goodluck writing a better song!!!! can you say hit a topic really really well! and not just some stupid topic, this is so deep... i appreciate it on many different levels, as an artist and as a writer, art takes thought... with absence of thought its just music just as much as pots and pans banging is music but this is art in every aspect. (lyrics, beat) its got vibe/soul
3dwardXP 2 years ago
We listened to this song in my history class while learning about the French and Indian War, one of many reasons that class is amazing.
SmexiSinger4 2 years ago 2
lol same. thats why i'm watching it right now :P
dotvillerox 2 years ago
I'm acadian. Zachary has done great stuff, but his version with Céline isn,T one of them. The Band's version is still the best by far.
laucom 2 years ago
I have never heard another version and, frankly, I don't ever want to. This is fantastic.
mottledbrain 2 years ago 2
Fantastic. The only version that comes close is The Roches. Celine - no...hell no.
kungpowgorilla 2 years ago
For Godsake, the other version is NOT CELINE'S, it's on ZACHARY RICHARD album. Most of you bash it only because it's Celine and it's fun to bash Celine (which I agree), but here we talk about a cajun, a descendant of the Acadian. Even if I like the Band's version better, I find it very touching that he sang it. It's not because you like the band better you have to destroy everything else
acidcandycherry 2 years ago
liberal bitch
nigel1866 2 years ago
Holy cow! the english brothers and sisters passionately fighting over a song about acadians.
I don't know what to make of this! lol!
Acadianiste 2 years ago
@Acadianiste Actually, I'm french-canadian but in the end, english, french, first nations or acadian; we all go through the bloody winter and we all know what it's like (maybe except you guys in BC XD). As cheesy as it may sounds, that's one strong bond we have, may we be conscious of it or not :P
acidcandycherry 2 years ago 2
Holy mother of god. You actually think the Celine version is better? You only get away with this if you are either Canadian or 13 years old. If you are neither of these then you are sucking perfectly good oxygen I could be breathing.
otem311 2 years ago 2
I don't like this version... It almost seem an oldfashioned song... I prefer Celine and Zachary
pinkflowery 2 years ago
yup... celine dion only made it because of her husband... he made her to what she is today.
BigKHawksFan 2 years ago
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celinethequeen5 2 years ago
celine dions version of this sucks huge monkey dick.
The Band is the best. they make me proud as a musician.
pjwinterstealth 2 years ago 3
This is such a great song! Let us remember... "Le Grand Dérangement" like the Acadians call it. What I find really interesting is that when they sing in french, they have almost no accent whatsoever, or the little they have sounds like an Acadian accent :P
acidcandycherry 2 years ago
Fuck Celine Dion man! The Band is where its at brother!
ossie29 2 years ago 4
Celine Dion and Zachary Richard do a great version of this song! Very different but worth it -- check it out!
declanstark 2 years ago
Actually, a lot of them ended up in Maryland and Virginia. I just love the song because, of course, it's the Band. And it gives a small tad of history..
QuentinCollinsFan7 2 years ago 2
How they ended the song, I believe, makes the song.
james06241974 2 years ago 3
It seems like nobody these days remembers the French and Indian war, and how British troops deported the French colonists in Acadia (modern day Maine, New Brunswick, PEI, and Nova Scotia), and burning their homes behind them (for alledged disloyalty and guerilla action) in 1755, the displaced Acadians often chose to settle in Louisiana country after 1764 (later, the Louisiana purchase). "Cajun" refers to the descendents of exiled Acadians in Louisiana. There were over 6,000. Very sad song.
svbowditch76 2 years ago 3
this song makes me relax. gotta love that canadian cold front!
ALLYDAYSskatepossie 2 years ago 3
i listened to this song about 10 times with one of best friends before we went to bed around 7am.....the next time i saw him, he was in a coffin...it just so happened that levon was playing the night of his funeral right across the street from where drew lived....we were so tore up but it was the best musical experience i've ever had...he didn't play arcadian driftwood but i felt drew's spirit at the show...he was one of the bigger band fans i've ever met. rest in peace good brother.
tennesseevol 2 years ago 34
wow man. what a beautiful story. god bless your buddy and what an amazing experiance
CGiordano464 2 years ago
They did play this at The Last Waltz concert, it just wasn't included in the film. You can listen to it on The Last Waltz cd box set though.
mintiejellie 2 years ago
never listened to the whole thing. its good but i just love the brown album.
CGiordano464 2 years ago
This song is perfect.
darkmarzok 2 years ago 2
IT would have beeen so mint if they played this at the last waltz
apc467 2 years ago
As much as ive read i believe they did perform it there but it wasn't included in the finished film. Apparently it is on the soundtrack that was released much later.
13thfloor18 2 years ago
Thank you LBjim for correction. I am a European and only know Canadian History from superficial reading. Would love to know more. This beautiful song could be a starting point
zzheavensdoor 2 years ago
One of the most beautiful songs EVER written. The Cdn equivalent to The Night They Drove ....
Funny how 4 canuks (and the best singer-songwriter-drummer of ALL time) could so easily encapsulate the American experience and life.
It's a shame more history teachers in Canada don't use the Band as a learning tool. Man you could cover eng lit .history geography the list goes on.
CapeBretonerinOttawa 2 years ago 2
This song was used in my history class in high school. I am from the US, but we are taught all about the French and British Wars in North America. George Washington's first big assignment was to tell the French to leave what's now Western Pennsylvania. The exact place is less than ten miles from here.
Retrieverman1 2 years ago
Very cool -- thanks for sharing!
I had the pleasure of visiting Elizabeth Town, PA for business last year. Nice people.
CapeBretonerinOttawa 2 years ago
This is such a great song .For this song alone The Band should be remembered with respect and fondness
Veedon7 2 years ago 3
The band were on top just a few years before splitting up. They had all those years of struggle and to give it up so quickly. Robertson was the big writer and Helm gave them soul. Was there trouble between them?
lukespack 2 years ago
There are many questions over Roberson's version of the past, not least his "Basement Tapes" choices, now found with modern re-mastering to have some faked inserts. He is one of the few musicians given a negative rep by Dylan in his autobiography. But his songwriting genius cannot be questioned. This lovely song, the history of the Cajun people, on its own proves that.
By the way, he was born in Canada, grew up on Six Nations Reservation, his mother was a Native American Mohawk. Lovely song
zzheavensdoor 2 years ago
Robbie was raised in Toronto and use to go to Six Nations during the summer with his mother to see her family..
LBjim 2 years ago
this is one of my favorite songs, thanks for posting.
okhan001 2 years ago
a pity helm and robertson did not patch up their freindship.this is inspired . what a wealth of talent.
ma675 2 years ago
that or manual or bob dylan! helm didnt do a lot of writing at all but constructed alot of the music.
LEVONS THE MAN!
mikeymodavis123 2 years ago
Vive l'Acadie .
Jstkillntime 2 years ago
Vive l'Acadie - Halifax
Novaboing 2 years ago
I don't why the Band couldn't have written more songs about Canadian history considering 4 out of 5 of them ARE Canadian, instead writing about the stupid American Civil War
hschan4 2 years ago
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Yeah, but Levon Helm, the American, wrote most of their brilliant songs. Thats why.
dubmixxx 2 years ago
Yeah and he isn't even a southerner but an upstate New Yorker!
hschan4 2 years ago
He lives in upstate New York now, but he was born and grew up in Arkansas.
RTFan52 2 years ago
BAM! pwnage.
dubmixxx 2 years ago
you are wrong on that one, Robbie Robertson wrote the majority of the bands song, a Canadian Six Nations boy!
mikeymodavis123 2 years ago
Robbie Robertson is credited with writing most of the songs for The Band, and he's a Canadian. mikeymodavis123 is correct, it wasn't Helm, but Robertson.
DDBreloaded 2 years ago
That's not even remotely true
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Brunkie 2 years ago
I guess Celine Dion's version will bring people to know this version which, I suppose, is a good thing. The thought of the ultimate Vegas show diva covering this still makes me cringe though.
This original version is absolutely perfect and captures the whole mood of it's story. It needs to be sung by scruffy guys with voices that wouldn't get them past 1st auditions on American Idol, voices with REAL soul and feeling....and it needs the fiddle! This version is perfection. The Band's masterpiece
rocket91957 2 years ago 5
thats what just happened to me ...
docandthedoctor 2 years ago
Truly one of The Bands' and Robbie Robertsons very very best!!
sjw999sjw 2 years ago
There is nothing to fear in anyone of any merit covering a great song such as this - good on Celine Dion for giving this song a new audience. She does a great version, but nothing can top the original. I'm not Canadian and I hate winter, but every time I hear this it makes me long for a Canadian winter, even if it's only for 6 and a half minutes.
Truly one of the greatest, most moving songs I've ever heard. Robbie Roberton's finest.
JalanRumpai 2 years ago 5
Also, on a lighter note - Death to Celine Dion for covering this song so awfully.
insainiac33 2 years ago
Celine's cover is the song's blessing . For now its going to become tremendously popular. Already her millions legions of world wide fans are enquiring to the origins of the song.
muskiskoka 2 years ago 3
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lcd2201 2 years ago
Man, listen to the song. Beautiful. I can believe hardly anyone i know even knows who the Band where. One of the best bands ever such amazing music.
baddaboomb 2 years ago 3
It is so sad that so many ppl dont have a clue how great the band was... dont even get me started on how many ppl dont have a clue who warren zevon is lol
shumirules1 2 years ago
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Celine Dion re-made this song a month ago. She did a real good cover. added lots of high notes at the end and gave it some sparkle.
muskiskoka 2 years ago
Celine Dion re-made this song a month ago. She did a real good cover. added lots of high notes at the end and gave it some sparkle.
muskiskoka 2 years ago
The history is a little off, but it's quite a song. It's very rare to hear a song or verse in the French perspective.
wvprogressive1933 2 years ago
Yeah the history is a little off, but that doesnt matter because A lot of people wouldnt know. It's such a great song.
insainiac33 2 years ago
jesuis d u lacadie
:)
cbfiddler1975 2 years ago
aww man sooooooooooo good!
oldsoul247 2 years ago
Tell us more about the art please!!!
frederickus 2 years ago
Man I remember my dad getting me hooked on this song when I was about five.
eragonfan4life 2 years ago
riiiiiiiight on
Karmakanuck 2 years ago
yeah those brits sure were some jerks in that era,odd that anti french sentiment exists today in the us.
hiwudublomi 2 years ago
It's part of the whole Xenophobia in general.
insainiac33 2 years ago
A Great story and song! All about the war that decided the fate of Canada! Thank you Wolfe!
Companyman55 2 years ago
This is my favorite Band song ; Thanks for posting
johnlen3 2 years ago
I remember as a kid, my dad would always play this CD in the car, and I always hated it, but for some reason I remembered this song. It's really beautiful, now that I'm older.
ohmyhowloverly 2 years ago
One of the most beautiful songs created with the best harmonies ever.
DeuceTupelo 2 years ago 3
Long live the acadians!
zachfranck06 2 years ago
I hope u mean these guys :D
Companyman55 2 years ago
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this song is about the cajuns and how they wound up in louisanna...ethnic cleansing by todays terms...
ffej980 3 years ago
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AldinTheMad 2 years ago
Pretty much... those that stayed had to either live in the wilderness or successfully pretend to be English
AldinTheMad 2 years ago
1763, the year of one of the Treaties of Paris. The battle of Quebec city. The French booted out of N.America. Bad year for the Indians andthe British, as well as the French.
vquackx3 3 years ago
The Indians didn't really have a bad time because of it, only for a short time afterwards. Then again, nowhere near as bad as the time they had with the US being Independent.
insainiac33 2 years ago
1763 was the real start of the American Revolution. The francais gone; the americans didn't need the Brits any more. The Brits attempted to keep the Americans out of the Ohio Valley, but were ineffectual because the the american population exploded. The indians lost the protection of the Francais, and the Americans no longer needed the protection of the Brits from the external threat of France.
Also read the poem Evangeline, by Longfellow. "in the forest primeval...'
vquackx3 2 years ago
That certainly did play a role in it. It was as much a grievance as the import taxes. Not only that, but the Proclamation of 1763 was later greatly exacerbated when the Quebec Act was passed. Essentially, a huge chunk of land that the colonists in the original British colonies wanted to settle was given to the Province of Quebec. Now, if your people had spent all of those years fighting the French and their Indian allies, you would certainly be aggrieved if the government gave that to them.
wvprogressive1933 2 years ago
indians is a racist word. its natives.
muskiskoka 2 years ago
I apologise if you are a Native American and take offense from the term "indian" - even if it is historically correct. But the the part of the Seven Years War fought in America is known as the French-Indian wars.
So while you may consider it racist, I consider it historically accurate.
insainiac33 2 years ago
How can "indians" be historicvally correct. I gues it was "historically correct" too that Christopher Columbus "discovered Americas even though there were people living there before he came.
muskiskoka 2 years ago
Indians is historically correct because that is what they are known as in History, It was never knowmnn that Chris Columbus discovered The Americas, people just reported it incorrectly.
insainiac33 2 years ago
i dont care what was "written" in history. Doesnt mean it's correct. Get A Clue.
muskiskoka 2 years ago
Well you should care. If you don't care what was written in history, things get repeated. Terrible things.
The day we start to repeat ourselves is the day we forget the past.
The Holocaust for example.
So while you may consider it racist, it IS Historically correct.
Oh and by the way, Columbus didn't discover the Americas for the Old World, that was the Vikings.
insainiac33 2 years ago 2
Actually Insainiac, there is evidence that the Chinease MAY have discovered North America (Or atleast Canada)
ComradeHood 2 years ago
Yeah I know, but the evidence for that is really shakey and not solid, whereas the Viking evidence is clear and common knowledge among Historians.
insainiac33 2 years ago
In Canada, they are called First Nations. However, in the US, the term is still politically correct. People of this ethnic group call themselves "Indians," even though I'd rather not call them "Indians."
Following your conversation, "The French and Indian War" is the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War. I don't know why this war is known by this name, for the earlier Queen Anne's War (the North American theatre of War of Spanish Succession) involved the same parties.
Retrieverman1 2 years ago
It is named so because it was common to call them Indians, like it is common today to call British people English - which in turn, pisses me right off.
insainiac33 2 years ago
like a canadian version of 'the night they drove old dixie down' - the human/family consequences of war and indifferent historical forces as they play out in the lives of real people
also reminds me of 'roads to moscow' by al stewart in terms of content
how a 'big' war affects a 'little' person - and all put to music!!!
and who can resist the mix of the beautiful/haunting voices of rick danko (a canadian) and levon helm (a sourtherner)
wonderful - you cannot ask for much more
SteveonLI