Way Out There - Pete Seeger [13]24] [1963]

[Britzilius]

What the hell is wrong with these people? My true white brethren would have launched into a full jig, right there.

[kdjfhkjsdfhiufh]

tough crowd the whole show

[ArkRed1]

Oh yes, the wonderful McCarthy witch hunts of the fifties. Went through that. Also the so-called "Commie" folk scare. What a bunch of crap. Hope nothing like that ever happens again. Hopefully, we've learned from that, but I wonder.

[Nicecatholicgirl]

Theme song from possibly the greatest movie ever made.

[rex666777]

i wake up to this song every day

[TheThunderbyrd]

Pete Seeger is such an enthusiastic performer, always trying to engage the audience and he sings his heart out. He is also a man with principles who tried to mjake a difference in the world. How many you tubers can say that. As far as the audience, It's the early 60's for crying out loud.People weren't out of there minds drunk and on drugs, well maybe there were a few that a few snorts,whiskey that is

[desampafiux]

genial!!!



[ArkRed1]

Oh, God, Pete! You woke 'em up. Can't your agent find you a better gig with a better audience than this? And you ask them to yodel? They still aren't amused. What a bunch of deadheads. We gave the Seekers a hell of a lot better appreciation than the Aussies did you. Stick to the U.S. Pete. We love you.

[allenshepard]

@ArkRed1 at the time Pete was still blacklisted so he took what singing jobs he could.

[allenshepard]

@allenshepard Harold Leventhal was his and the weavers manager and he did a much better job then their old manager . He got them back together in 55' after they blacklist in 52

[MrHEC381991]

god DAYMN he can play a meean banjo :P

[Jexington80]

All the audience looks like convicts!!! What's that abo....oh right..Live in Melbourne, didn't see that...

[allenshepard]

God could the crowd look anymorepissy and bored ... its a pete seeger concert people

[PhiloAmericana]

"The spirit overcame him" LOL

[Kramnosnits]

"Learnt" >? What a phoney. Sorry... I meant what a commie. Banjos suck and so does this pencil neck.

[TheBones1234]

now i know where that 'raising arizona' theme tune came from. thank you Pete !

[TerryToon17]

Filmed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Well 150 years of protestantism will prevent you from loosening up and having a good time, Pete did a damn good jon of working the town hall.

Shame it wasn't now, we have largely shaken off those religous constraints.

[DiabolicDude666]

Thumbs up if you heared in "the Simpsons" ^^

[DiabolicDude666]

Hyyyyoooloodiiihoooooo :D

[PsychofanGal]

Fuck the crowd - I'LL yodel with you, Pete!

[thegodi]

Son, you got a panty on your head.

[thegunclub123]

Pete Seeger is so great.

[StevenBothwell]

Excellent .... A true gem of a clip

[pg13superstar]

anybody notice at 4:04 at the top of the screen a guy is like "oh sh**! and falls out of his chair!

[pg13superstar]

damn he can getta whole place yodelin! and isn't Melbourne in England??

[donbiancardi]

3.38, anyone notice the man who looks like satan with the goatee on the left? Him mixed with the group yodelling is quite unsettling.

[johnnychaos91185]

Where would we be with out this music to look back on a drawl on?

[AYoungWoman]

Is there anywhere you can get yodelling lessons in Southern Ontario? I'd be really interested to know...

[kqpm392]

wonderful

[walteregeaux]

there is something surreal with group yodeling! thanks for posting!

[MattCoughlinGrowlers]

There's something about banjo that resonates in the core of all things human. Yodeling, not so much.

[TripleDes1]

Genius

[sidDkid87]

An American treasure . . . pure and simple . . . Thank you Pete Seeger!

[ooSK858oo]

to hell with the crowd, they need to loosen up, he's killing it, yodel with him for god's sake!

[waxiswelt]

Now at last I know how Carter Burwell created the theme for "Raising Arizona" . THX for this!!!

[ArkRed1]

Pete got the stuffed shirt Aussies to yodel. Now that's a hoot. I swear he could get a grizzly bear to sing harmony with him. What a talent.

[lotr123sw123456]

I hate that all the guys stay quiet in this, i would have the balls to sing, i love the spirit of pete and its infectious as hell, i don't care what anyone else thinks, its marvelous!

[Jujudeze22]

Love this!

[woolyhairs]

Awsome!!!!

[emptyslicepeace]

it´s amazing to see just what one man and a banjo can do

[caholaway]

hilarious!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for posting!

[Nicecatholicgirl]

"Unpainted Arizona!"

[scbonit]

@Nicecatholicgirl Unpainted Huffheins lol

[MidRondalnino]

@ IrishandFoldmusic....Thank you....sometimes, you just wonder.

[408knw]

Pete Seeger. One of the very greatest Americans, ever -- a gentle, yet steely and courageous warrior for peace, decency and the common man, and one of the nation's greatest musicians. God bless you, Pete! May the nation find the renaissance of music and mind that you have preached!

[megmg123]

I don't think music gets any better than this :)

[LOMANDYO]

Here's an old fav of my Dad's from way way back in the day enjoy,bye the way the singer is still living and singing would you beleive it.

[gaycowboy31]

he is very good at this LOL

[dandyboy52]

Hey hey Pete veery very great yodeling !!!! afandan.

[frycookking]

Classic music and a great song. Just makes me feel good inside.

[gaycowboy31]

@frycookking yah me too I have the origional 1939 I believe is version of this on a cd I listen to in my truck alot

[frycookking]

@gaycowboy31 Send me a copy of you can, that would be awesome.

[gaycowboy31]

@frycookking I wish I could it has that deal on it where it cannot be copied but I will try to find the cd and let you know the name of it I am sure it s still avalible for sale somewhere it on a CD for the Sons of the Pioneers I will look for the name of it and try to get back to you on here but for sure it definatlly has a warm and old school sound and feel to it

[Fohodna2008]

Coughsalot:

I know of a very early 60's Columbia LP wherein Pete sings and yodels by himself

(if memory doesn't fail me), called "Story Songs." It's a marvelous performance. Never released on CD, as far as I know.

New York Bob

[discodamon]

hell yes, pete seeger!! thank you for this.

[ArkRed1]

I also have the recording by Pete where he tells about singing the song with Cisco Houston. I've heard it by the Sons of the Pioneers, but the version by Pete on the Columbia recording is my favorite. These Aussies are too afraid to let go. Oh, come on, do it. Don't be such a stuffed shirt. I'll bet if it was Cowboy Slim Dusty there instead of Pete they would yodel in a heartbeat.

[athanasius58]

Thanks to "Irishandfolkmusic" for posting this: my brother was a folkie fan goin' way back, and he had an album of a Seeger concert(1960) at a Greenwich Village coffee house(some kind of benefit for Woody Guthrie whom the liner notes indicated was in the audience). at any rate this tune was on there, and the audience was yodeling a bit better than these dear aussies, and he had a nice monologue about Cisco Houston---I always loved that cut on the album--great to hear it again!

[SirCoughsalot]

Do you remember the name of the album?

[athanasius58]

Unfortunately, I do not, plus my dear brother gave all his vinyl away, but if I find anything out I'll let you know. this record was primo; the rendition of Way Out There(and Weary Hobo) was great on this album whose title is lost to my feeble memory. I even remember from the liner notes that Woody Guthrie and his family(including Arlo) were in the audience. oh well, take care.

[benoni45]

Great entertainment!!

[SirCoughsalot]

So the audience actually can smile! I love this, definitely the best part so far.