ODETTA -"Paths of Victory" (1965)

Bob Dylan's classic song sung by his hero, Odetta!

"Trails of troubles,
Roads of battles,
Paths of victory,
We shall walk."

There is no trouble we can't face, no hardship we can't endure, no evil we can't defeat. We always have.

This is about people who transcended by their own force of will. The Anti-Slavery Movement, with John Brown, Harriett Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Abraham Lincoln; the Chinese imigrants who built America's transcontinetnal Railroad; the waves of world citizens who came through Ellis Island for a new life; the liberation of India by Mohandas Gandhi; the Japanese Americans who were interned in prison camps during WWII; the victims of the wretched Nazi regime; the Civil Rights Movement with Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King & Malcom X, and their daughters Attallah and Yolanda; Cesar Chavez and the migrant farm workers and immigation struggles; the heavyweight champion of them all, Muhammad Ali; the killing of the Native Americans and rebirth as the 70's American Indian Movement; women's equality with Alice Paul, the Equal Rights Amendment, Secretary of State Clinton, and First Lady Michelle Obama; the fall of Communism in Russia; the struggle for democracy in China; the fall of the Berlin Wall; the end of Apartheid from Stephen Biko to Nelson Mandela; equal rights for sexual preference with Harvey Milk; and the new President of the United States, Barack Obama.

ODETTA was a pwerful folk singer who inspired Bob Dylan and Joan Baez to take up protest. Bob was ecstatic when his hero recorded an album of his songs, including this one. Listnhe to anything she made and be moved.


See also:
THE STAPLE SINGERS -"Freedom Highway" (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7_b_jyRVRc

GLORIA JONES- "TAINTED LOVE" (1964)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSehta...

JENNY & THE RASCALS- "YOU TOLD ME A LIE" (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDK3Qy...

MARGO GURYAN- "LOVE" (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAkY-1...

NINA SIMONE -"REVOLUTION" (1969)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqfWM6...

THE SHE TRINITY -"CLIMB THAT TREE" (1970)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phEkHH...

ROTARY CONNECTION-"I AM THE BLACK GOLD OF THE SUN" (1971)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DR_NM...

SWEET LINDA DIVINE -"I'LL SAY IT AGAIN" (1970)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FPaFr...

BIRTHA -"FREE SPIRIT" (1972)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SonFKw...


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tym stevens

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[VoteNixon2008]

who are the women at 1:00?

[funknroll]

Atallah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, and Yolanda King, daughter of Martin Luther King. They became friends.

[NoPawn]

Why is it that no one can understand that him merely winning is accomplishment enough? He may not be the best president we ever had, but he is going to be president. How many people of color can you say that about?

[hugojrneves]

What a beautiful voice...rest in peace sweet Odetta!

[WebXPhilly]

Very well done. 5/5

[JJKaeshagen]

really like this, got something special.

[megchristianfan]

12-29-10 WONDERFUL VIDEO! Remembering Odetta. Born Dec. 31, 1930 and passed Dec. 2, 2008.

[samtotheg]

this song is the shiiit ,i been tryin to get into more black folk music or gosel,

[Litarider]

I heard this a week ago on American Routes. It's the best song ever. I can't wait to learn more about Odetta. Cool video too.

[haakon4]

sorry im bad.. yes ofcause bob Dylan'

[haakon4]

which band is this? love south music