Brothers Four - Four Strong Winds
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@cf1934 i agree
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Amazing what a voice in such
a harmony!! Love brothers Four!
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@rb62470 I think it's much better than Bobby Bare's!
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It is amazing to witness how the audience genuinely blended into the hypnotic harmony so well at the end of the moving show.
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I love this performance, but every time I watch it I have to fight back tears. I was about 10 at this time, and I was so looking forward to being like those wonderful young people in the audience. The future seemed so bright and limitless. America was truly enjoying a golden age. But then, just a year or two later came the JFK assassination, the Beatles and drugs, Vietnam, and feminism - and it's been all downhill ever since.
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As much as i like THE KINGSTON TRIO, at times i think these guys are even better: what a great harmony!
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@rb62470 Wow! An intelligent, measured, and reasonable reply. What a rarity on Youtube!
I think if U had heard the Bare version first, I would have preferred it, too. His versions of Detroit City and Streets of Baltimore are my favorites
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@TGS556 Thank you. I always like to find the original artist and original version of a song. I had heard some things about Bare's version making such an impression on Neil Young, and I just figured that was the original. It's good to know the truth. Maybe this version and the Ian and Sylvia version (which I gave a listen) would have had a chance with me if I'd heard them first. But how it stands now, I much prefer the changes that Bare made to the melody.
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Before you call anyone "uninformed", you may want to check your facts. This was written by Ian Tyson, and originally recoreded in 1964 by Ian with his then-wife Sylvia as "Ian and Sylvia". This version is much closer to their version. I'm a Bobby Bare fan, too, but his 1965 version is badly over-produced.
You can hear the original here on youtube.
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I just wonder if there those who were in this concert who come and see this video again what feeling about it ...the one who sat beside you...where is he now is there tears in your eye....??? Four strong winds that blow away our youth ...did it blow away thier friendship..?? Can any one who is still there ?? please write to me ...!
After all these years I still love them ...The brothers Four ... ! I love you !!
This is, by far, the best version and performance of a great song! Thanks, for putting it back on YouTube!
MrOkieGrasshopper 2 years ago 17
Audience faces says it all...
pentlandite 2 years ago 11