PETER, PAUL & MARY ~ The Great Mandella ~

[threeputt1]

Thanks for posting. One of the most powerfull songs ever written...yes...the wheel of life...

[vonfandango]

I just heard this song randomly and I'm so glad I did, the instrumental is fabulous and the song just hits you!! I'm in my 20's and too young to have embraced it in its time but fortunately to me it is timeless and will stick with me forever!!

[MurasalaKid318]

The version on the "Lifelines" albums has an extra verse. I grew up listening to that one and didn't hear the original til a few years ago. I prefer the longer one. Regardless, this is, I believe, one of the most powerful songs ever written.

[wiscgaloot]

Thanks so much for posting this! This song plays a key role in one of Spider Robinson's best short stories, "The Magnificent Conspiracy". I hadn't heard this PP&M song before, so I was glad to be able to find it here. Find the story if you can and read it, it is excellent.

[philillie]

If you are not part of the ruling class of any society during their battle times you become either "cannon fodder" or cowards and that has been going on for ten thousand years

[themadlolscientist]

*speechless*

[dumonceauxable]

This song has reverberated in my heart, soul, and mind ever since I first heard it back in the sixties. Haunting is a good word to describe it. It's hard because I have many courageous friends and relatives who have fought in every war - they were risking everything for their country. The best of the best. Yet, killing is wrong. I want to believe that peace is possible without killing. Yet, this world is so broken.

[UNDERGROUND2000]

My college years just came flooding back....

[weedouthate]

The battles ahead of us are inner ones that involve great scruteny. Weed Out Hate is an inititative that can give peace a chance by asking each of us to take responsibiliity to symbolically remove our inner weeds, so that that humandkind can begin to perceive the possibilities of the future. The moral dilemmas that peace activists of the 60s faced, begin to resolve themselves once you begin to implode the desire to hate others into the noble intention of symbolically rooting out hatred itself.

[worldtalker]

This song will live on for 10,000 years!

[soundsight]

A beautiful, haunting song.  Thank you for posting it.

[NekoHarlequinn]

@volarecantate Oh ok thank you. :)

[NekoHarlequinn]

What is this about?

[DaringK]

This is a haunting song from Album 1700... an album of such depth and beauty and lovely silliness. Such a range from this remarkable trio.

[bostonbill100th]

One of the gut wrenching songs of the Vietnam war era. I believe the power of the song should be considered by our leaders of today.

[SPARKSNEVADA777]

Ecc 3:22 So I perceived that nothing is better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for that is his heritage. For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?

[SPARKSNEVADA777]

Ecc 3:19 For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity.

Ecc 3:20 All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust.

Ecc 3:21 Who knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth?

[SPARKSNEVADA777]

Ecc 3:17 I said in my heart, "God shall judge the righteous and the wicked, For there is a time there for every purpose and for every work."

Ecc 3:18 I said in my heart, "Concerning the condition of the sons of men, God tests them, that they may see that they themselves are like animals."

[SPARKSNEVADA777]

Ecc 3:14 I know that whatever God does, It shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, And nothing taken from it. God does it, that men should fear before Him.

Ecc 3:15 That which is has already been, And what is to be has already been; And God requires an account of what is past.

Ecc 3:16 Moreover I saw under the sun: In the place of judgment, Wickedness was there; And in the place of righteousness, Iniquity was there.

[SPARKSNEVADA777]

Ecc 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.

Ecc 3:12 I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives,

Ecc 3:13 and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God.

[SPARKSNEVADA777]

Ecc 3:6 A time to gain, And a time to lose; A time to keep, And a time to throw away;

Ecc 3:7 A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak;

Ecc 3:8 A time to love, And a time to hate; A time of war, And a time of peace.

Ecc 3:9 What profit has the worker from that in which he labors?

Ecc 3:10 I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied.

[SPARKSNEVADA777]

Ecc 3:1 To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:

Ecc 3:2 A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;

Ecc 3:3 A time to kill, And a time to heal; time to break down, And a time to build up;

Ecc 3:4 A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance;

Ecc 3:5 A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones; A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;

[onebaud]

@SPARKSNEVADA777 And a time to listen to drivel!

[ssur55]

I originally heard this song as the flip side of the vinyl 45 of "I dig Rock and Roll Music". Boy, you couldn't find two more different kinds of songs than these. A very powerful and moving (sad) song.

[thegregface]

peter paul and mary are legendary

[onebaud]

This was one of the most gut ripping songs of the Vietnam era. I was past it and had been discharged in 1962, unlikely to be called back. But I felt this war deeply and had many friends die in it. I still think of this song and I am seventy now. Everyone should listen to this and think. Yes, use your brains and think. THINK

[Scout4Me1]

@onebaud God bless you!

[RURALWARROOM]

Uhh...I believe that it is "mandala" like the Indian art form not "mandella" like Nelson Mandella.

[Scout4Me1]

@RURALWARROOM I just spell it the way the it`s spelled on the album, but I can correct it.

[Antithropocentric]

@Scout4Me1, on the original "Album 1700" it was indeed spelled that way, but on their official site now it's spelled both ways, depending on the link depth. Maybe the site creator got confused, also. "Mandala" seems to be most consistent with the "wheel of life" concept.

[PSSDDIGITALIS]

@RURALWARROOM Nelson Mandela (one L). The Mandala is indeed the original translated word from sanscrit. Mandella is Native American associated with dream-catchers. The original album did use the incorrect spelling of Mandala, although it was common to use the mis-spelled version at the time, and was perpetuated by the confused association with Nelson Mandela and his cause.

[donjames150]

@RURALWARROOM you say mandala, they say mandella. I think what's happening is they weren't really into eastern religion

[fergusof]

Big PP&M fan and this is the first time I've had the pleasure of listening to this. Thanks for posting it.

[onebaud]

This may be the most beautiful anti war song ever. So many lives wasted and some are still dying of agent orange. What horrible leaders we have sometimes. I hope there is a god so they will burn forever. Johnson and Bush, one Rep. and one Dem.

[midorihafu]

I heard this song in concert around 1972 and was just blown away by the concert version compared to the record. 

[fama89]

" He's a martyr ; He thinks he's a prophet..."

[GloriDays]

Scout .. i was just reading thru the comments here and saw your note that you had to fight to be able to keep this song here ... good for you!!!! I'm so glad you were successful!!!! Thank you.

[GloriDays]

thanks for posting ... this one still gives me goosebumps.

[browneyes04047]

My mom has been bugging me to check this song out for the longest time....im glad I finally did, its such a sweet melody but the lyrics are so stricking, why we don't have mainstream artists like this from my generation I don't know, but it's too bad

[SammDickens]

This is a song that has always filled me with tears of rage and despair for humanity. How noble those are who sacrifice themselves to our ignorance, but how damned little we seem to deserve them. Samm

[nromk]

this song and scary and reminds me off all the stories in mythology all the kings trying to outsmart some god and that god turns the people on the king and starts a new age love it so classic

[gurusoft1]

magnificent



[rfranklinw1]

thank you so much. i have always loved this this song. i am 60 and was of draft age during vietnam. that madness continues today. the only reason the youth of today are relatively silent is that there is no draft. if you are interested in a beautiful, powerful song that brings together the vietnam/iraq "experience" look up "deja vu all over again" by legendary vietnam era songwriter john fogerty!! very powerful song.

[onebaud]

The best song the group recorded and one that will live with me all my life.

[kick1950]

My absolute favourite Peter Paul and Mary.... thank you

[garysam49]

thanks for posting, saw them sing this at the milwaukee arena back in 1968, had all of their albums. there was always something so powerful about this song.

[Scout4Me1]

Yes, I think this is one of their better songs also.

[halfmonk]

i remember the first time i heard this song and how moving it was for me. it was during the vietnam war and i was called to go for my physical for the army. this song was very powerful in capturing the struggle that almost tore this country apart. it remains a great piece of music. big ups to those who resisted the war and folks like PP&M, joan baez and many others for speaking out.

[Scout4Me1]

Thank you for your comments and take care! I wish you a good new year!

[gtredshoes]

@halfmonk Namaste

[halfmonk]

@gtredshoes peace to you.

[deathgodofnightmares]

Amazing. It almost puts me in tears and makes me think of the stories I've heard about Vietnam. But it's just a never ending cycle. A cycle of war. But people like this, they want it to end and they reflect on it in one of the most meaningful ways, Through music. And coming from a 13 year old, I seriously think so many others would like it all to stop too. Thanks so much for posting and let the music stay in our hearts ♥

[Scout4Me1]

You are very thoughtful for a someone so young. Yes, music is universal and can be appreciated without having to understand each other`s language. Unfortunetly there is more hate in the world than ever before and we are helpless to stop it.  Take care and have a nice Christmas!

[msilverberg1]

We should send this to Obama. Will they ever listen. If we do not learn to live in peace these are lessons that are never going to be heard and we are all doomed as well as our children and grandchildren.

MS

[lastdaysguitar]

This is awesome - as was the version Peter did with Ritchie Havens, such a powerful song... especially meaningful now Mary's gone on to glory.

Thank you very much for posting this wonderful song.

[Scout4Me1]

Thank you for your comment. Yes, I do love this song. It was written by Peter for all pacifists. Take care!

[onebaud]

@Scout4Me1 I don't think he wrote this for pacifists. I think he wrote this for humans and any human should listen to it and learn from it. War is Hell, and wars built on lies are the worst form of Hell. Johnson lied about the Gulf of Tonkin and George Bush lied about weapons of mass distraction. One a demoncrat and one a repugnican, but kids and youngsters died. So many, so sad.

[girardey1]

I cannot believe you tube would try to censor this song! What was there excuse for trying to keep this song out? This song is as relevant today as it was when it was recorded.....probably even more so since the war mongers still haven't learned anything new except to build bigger bombs....Thanks for putting this up and for fighting the good fight.

[Scout4Me1]

No censor from YouTube. They just told me I violated copyrights and they muted my video. I filled out the dispute form and they had to let it in under the "Fair Use" law.

[intomybrain12345]

@girardey1 This song is a part of history!! Whatever someone's opinion...songs like this HAVE to be allowed for every reason that America is America!!!

[brand3bkc]

The voices are simply perfect. The subject is timeless. The arrangement brilliant. Probably their masterpiece! I loved it almost 40 years ago, and hearing it again is a reaffirmation of its greatness. Thanks for posting it.

[Scout4Me1]

Yes, I agree. I had to fight YouTube to get this song in. Take care!

[drednm]

One of the greats.... a superb song by one of the great singing groups. BRAVO!

[cardmankev]

I'll miss you Mary...Godspeed.

[Shadepuppy]

Always one of my favorite songs by Peter Paul & Mary - thanks for posting it.

Mary, your time on the Great Mandela was well spent - Rest in Peace. I will always listen and love your singing.

[forestghost7]

RIP Mary you were a true angel of music (cries)

[editorgay]

Thanks for posting this -- Peter Paul and Mary were beacons of hope and commitment for the past 45 years of my life. i owe them much. There is a large and permanent hole now that Mary has gone.

[MrBillgreaves]

My political and musical inspiration has left the planet . .Love and best wishes to you Mary T. ,whatever your doing next . . .xo

[jonno52]

Thank you very much for posting this. I believe it's in fact "The Great Mandala" (mandala = wheel of life). Never heard it before, very powerful & beautifully performed. So sad that Mary has gone.

[paulvaultguy]

This song and 'Blowing in the Wind are so powerful and Beautifully presented . They are a gift to all who listen It's very sad news about Mary as she was inspirational to so many of my generation.

[Zedwoman]

One evening in the 1970s a group of us who were singers performed this song a capella at a party. It stunned everyone there. It was an unforgettable experience. I thank Peter, Paul and Mary for this song.

[thpaine1950]

One of the most powerful songs of its era!

[pompanojosh]

the time is arriving when all the heros of my youth and the beginning of my consciousness are beginning to pass.

R.I.P. Mary and thanks for being part of my enlightment.

[sparky47a]

Farewell, Mary. You will be sadly missed. Thanks for posting this, Scout4Me1.

[BenjaminFranklin99]

Mary, thank you for caring.

[PsychoJack2u2]

Sadly one of the greatest folk voices has been silenced.

[Scout4Me1]

I can hardly see through my tears.

[brusktwilight]

I hope Hanalee is as beautiful as you sang it. Your voice will continue to ring as you take your place on the great Mandela.  RIP Mary.

[Scout4Me1]

This is a very, very sad day for me.

[placidair]

One of their better songs.... her voice and spirit will be sorely missed..... RIP Mary.

[Scout4Me1]

a very sad day for me.

[breedmitch]

Gone to heaven now.  RIP Mary.

[Scout4Me1]

she has always been a beautiful person inside and out.

[whiteice100]

I truly love this song.

[Scout4Me1]

I had to fight the record companies to post this song.

[12reflect]

I will always love what you stood for.

I am very sad. I am truly sad.

[Scout4Me1]

my heart is heavy.

[dustyluvselton]

God Bless your soul Mary. You will be missed. RIP

[Scout4Me1]

Yes, my heart is heavy.

[Rraderr]

We loved you and will never forget you, sweet Mary.

[Scout4Me1]

I will miss her always. My eyes fill with tears.

[AlpineJoy]

I loved you, Mary. I'll sure miss you. Thank you so much!

[Scout4Me1]

my eyes are filled with tears.

[ComaVaTito]

Let our tears be of rejoice in knowing that Mary Travers was and will ever be a part of our universe in song that will never leave my heart .... although the dear lady is moving on to her next journey.... Thank You, Scout4Me 1 for posting such an important song....  Peace ... T.

[boomerlesterok]

we love you mary, rip

[Scout4Me1]

This is a very sad day for me. Mary was beautiful inside and out. I will miss her always. My eyes fill with tears.

[apter57427]

Rest in peace, gentle Mary