Arlo Guthrie/Victor Jara

[zarateando]

La armonía y la poesía entrañablemente hermanadas. Abrazos para todxs.

[acuiferoz]

Un gringo menos despistado que el promedio

[retryterry]

Pinochet's evil did visit our shores. His assasins murdered an exiled diplomat and former ambassador, Orlando Letelier and his American co-worker Ronni Moffit with a car bomb in Washington D.C. on Sept. 21, 1976. Jara had been killed three years earlier...Sept. 15, 1973. This was the first act of terrorism on U.S. soil but because of the U.S.' attachment to the Chilean government it was downplayed and isn't a history lesson today. It should be!

[Percy1916]

Adrian Mitchell's was a great voice for freedom and justice. Thank ye Mr Guthrie for putting his words to music in memory of another champion of decency.

[orangeline23]

Arlo has been one of my all-time favourites for about 30 years. Glad I saw him live in Germany some time in the late 80s.

[orangeline23]

It wasn't nice of the US government to support Pinochet's military coup in Chile in 1973

[1001abcdable]

break his hands, put 44 bullets in his body...

and he`ll play forever because they made him inmortal...

[JayPhilosopher]

Beautiful. When I hear songs like this, I remember why we have to keep fighting for a socialist world that belongs to all the workers, where there are no more capitalists or bosses.

[Dorski1]

Yeah, sounds like Joe Hill sung by Dylan clone. Only commenting on song; not yet familiar with the issue.

[MrRangerfan66]

arlo is no dylan clone....just cuz he fights for a cause....your life should mean so much

[TurboTurtleXII1954]

30 april 2009 apeldoorn netherlands

maybe this was a set-up who knows

[MrRangerfan66]

set up? how

[stevedeasy]

Anyone who ever questions the power of song, should ask themselves why it was not sufficient just to kill Victor Jara to attempt to silence his voice. Was it necessary to break both his hands? However, music and spirit lives on.

[Communitis]

"'The copper bosses killed you Joe. They shot you Joe,' says I. Says Joe, 'What they forgot to kill went on to organize.'"

— Alfred Hayes

"As long as we sing his songs, as long as his courage can inspire us to greater courage, Victor Jara will never die."

— Pete Seeger

[Wraith23]

"I like the proletarian cock"

Salvador Allende

"Not in the ass!"

Victor Jara

[MrRangerfan66]

yer a genuine idiot

[Wraith23]

Maybe because socialists sheeps like you cling to that pathetic icon like zombies?

[MrRangerfan66]

or silver spooned people like you don't care unless your riches get taken away....and these "sheep" are what get real things done you self entitled probably never worked a hard day in your life trust fund bitches like YOU

[jbigblue]

The sentiment in this beautiful, classic piece also expresses the life and spirit of the Seeger and Guthrie families as well as people like Harry Chapin and Joan Baez! May this spirit never die, and let us pray that nothing akin to the song's ending ever happens on or near our shores. We must all remain vigilant.

[RedZeppelin]

lol

too late

[xaytovmxx]

Nano Stern and Gary Og, Illawara Festival, Australia, check it out- lovely cover of this great song

[Cantonuevo9]

un abrazo a victor jara.. el reinventor del folclor chileno... un monstruo.. grande el hobre...

Levantate y mira a la montaña de donde viene el viento el sol y elagua tu que manejas el curso de los rios tu que semraste el vuelos de tu alma... ubrazo grande desde la tierra al cielo a victor jara....

[FightingPoodles]

I just found this...I have tears in my eyes. Thank you so much. Everyone should own Amigo.

[henrikisghod]

Check out a version sung by Christy Moore, an Irish singer. Very different, but equally brilliant. Can be found on youtube.

[jbigblue]

Indeed, a very fine version with great guitar work, but Arlo's rendition is still my favorite.

[Hippoddog]

Thank you so much for this! Victor Jara is one of my favorites.

[HermesTM]

Thanks Jackie for all of this great stuff! This brings back some fond memories. I saw Arlo for the first of many times back in '77 or '78 with Shenandoah. It was a truly memorable show.

[hairyhandedgent]

Thank you so much for this and all your generous postings