You know it's an older movie starring Cary grant too. I'm having a hard time finding it to watch for free but there are clips on UA-cam and it's shown in full in Spanish..so you could use English Google translate for subtitles...or search on other apps. I'm sure it's somewhere. Lemme know if you watch it. The end scenes made me tear up and I haven't even seen the movie yet! But I think it's as emotional of a movie as the song.
This rendition is so incredible. Those chords are haunting, and Jim's singing is wrought with emotion. It touches me in an emotional place very few songs can reach.
i never had the privilege of seeing, a live performance....i Know He went 🏡 in. "71". i was born in "61". the same year that bob dylan was discovered...i have way too many literal & musical reference's in my head...it makes me dizzy and tired sometimes, you know? i just want to go home. i might as well be in oz....i want to go to new england though...massachewsetts, w.bridgewater...my buddies live there, marci, and robbie, the 3 of us never had children, or grandbabies...marcis mam is still here..Evelyn...calm, cool, and composed...we were making pie's for Thanksgiving...apple of course being 1st...apple's are good for you..Evelyn accidentally knocked them into the dog food and had to leave the room she was somewhat irate...when she returned she tried to resurectt them by rinsing them off but had to throw the whole lot of them in the rubbish..too funny...💜💜💜
i miss marci's nephew Scott, he was somewhat heavy set as a child as was i, long story short, he was a teenager, myself a woman grown,and evidently he thought i was fetching & quite bonnie..🇺🇸💖❤💛💚💙💜💙💚💛❤💖🇺🇸
Hello James Ives It's a pleasure to discover your song. So super and amazing, super like and Sub. I send you my congratulations and compliments. With all my friendship from France. Aimé
Great poem and rendition regardless of your thoughts on the poet the poem tells a clear story which is overall anti racist. The story is being told by the point of view of a British soldier who is racist but learns a lesson at the end about the true worth of a man. Stop trying to be smart and cancel a great piece of work in the comments and just appreciate it
Yes , exactly : Kipling tried to use language that the racist whites of the day would understand in an effort to change their hearts and minds - I'm so glad that you get it
I need to put him in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame they need to do it now they need to make special concessions for him they need to put him in the damn Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
never owned "Facets" but had another "hits" record with this. Kipling and his poem were both racist but this is still a great score by Croce and Maury Muehleisen
"Of all them black-faced crew The finest man I knew Was our regimental bhisti, Gunga Din." You can say that for this too, but to read the whole poem, you get a different story, one of admiration and respect for Gunga Din.
@@bobbyfisher181, it is a criticism of racism **written from the perspective of a racist**. The narrator in Kipling's poem is racist, it is rather explicit that he (and the other Tommies serving with him) are prejudiced against Gunga Din for his race. The poem, however, is a critique of that. Their racism is unjustified. Despite treating him as beneath him for his skin is, in fact, better than them--not because of (or in spite of) his skin, but because of his character. The poem depicts a good man (Gunga Din) being treated reprehensible, without reason besides the color of skin.
I didn't know this existed. This is one of my favorite poems and Croce is on of my favorite singers.
I cried like a girl when Jim died. I've never heard this before. Thanks for posting this
You know it's an older movie starring Cary grant too. I'm having a hard time finding it to watch for free but there are clips on UA-cam and it's shown in full in Spanish..so you could use English Google translate for subtitles...or search on other apps. I'm sure it's somewhere. Lemme know if you watch it. The end scenes made me tear up and I haven't even seen the movie yet! But I think it's as emotional of a movie as the song.
My all time favorite Croce recording.
Just saw the movie Gunga din 1939. Nice 🎉
Listening again on Jim's 80th birthday. One of his best off The Faces I've Been double album. 💔
This rendition is so incredible. Those chords are haunting, and Jim's singing is wrought with emotion. It touches me in an emotional place very few songs can reach.
First heard Jim sing this in 1967 in person, Wiscasset, Maine. Wonderful rendition.
U lucky
i never had the privilege of seeing, a live performance....i Know He went 🏡 in. "71". i was born in "61". the same year that bob dylan was discovered...i have way too many literal & musical reference's in my head...it makes me dizzy and tired sometimes, you know? i just want to go home. i might as well be in oz....i want to go to new england though...massachewsetts, w.bridgewater...my buddies live there, marci, and robbie, the 3 of us never had children, or grandbabies...marcis mam is still here..Evelyn...calm, cool, and composed...we were making pie's for Thanksgiving...apple of course being 1st...apple's are good for you..Evelyn accidentally knocked them into the dog food and had to leave the room she was somewhat irate...when she returned she tried to resurectt them by rinsing them off but had to throw the whole lot of them in the rubbish..too funny...💜💜💜
i miss marci's nephew Scott, he was somewhat heavy set as a child as was i, long story short, he was a teenager, myself a woman grown,and evidently he thought i was fetching & quite bonnie..🇺🇸💖❤💛💚💙💜💙💚💛❤💖🇺🇸
I'm jealous.
I remember the first time I heard this...I cried...still do.
Jim Croce still one of the greats
Jim was a great artist. to lose him in a plane crash is a tragedy.
Hello James Ives
It's a pleasure to discover your song.
So super and amazing, super like and Sub.
I send you my congratulations and compliments.
With all my friendship from France. Aimé
My father showed me the song great song
It's a poem about the horrors of war!
Everytime I listen to this Song sung by the late Jim Croco,its fills my with Good Feelings.R.I.P. Jim Croco.
Great poem and rendition regardless of your thoughts on the poet the poem tells a clear story which is overall anti racist. The story is being told by the point of view of a British soldier who is racist but learns a lesson at the end about the true worth of a man. Stop trying to be smart and cancel a great piece of work in the comments and just appreciate it
Yes , exactly : Kipling tried to use language that the racist whites of the day would understand in an effort to change their hearts and minds - I'm so glad that you get it
@@mikeyates7931 i hear nothing racist
@@banjobones8075 Neither do I.
If someone doesn’t like it,
they should show us what they’ve written that they think will stand the test of time…
I need to put him in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame they need to do it now they need to make special concessions for him they need to put him in the damn Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
jim croce is such jewel no needs hall fames
Croce was so far ahead of his time!
The greatest troubadour to grace this old earth.
WONDERFUL SONG
100% disabled US Army veteran...PTSD.....23 of my brothers did not get that far...
Strength, brother.
Love this song as Mr Croce performed. Not easy to find on streaming services. Never found it on Spotify.
It is on Spotify now.
A Better man than I.
Didn’t hear this very early recording until a couple years after his unfortunate accident. On “The Faces I’ve Been “.
In my day, where ammo ran out, the order, was,, Fix Bayonets!
Dedicated to Rudyard Kipling......
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Was this an original by Jim or a cover of an older traditional folk song?
The lyrics are from Rudyard Kipling's poem of the same name, the music is Croce's.
@@uncletedscabin4625: Ah, he of Jungle Book fame!
@@shruggzdastr8-facedclown The very same.
@@shruggzdastr8-facedclown The very same.
that pic at 3:14 ... what concert is that?? I've never seen his hair like that before
That’s not Jim that was a tribute concert that his friend dressed up like him and basically copy his look for that concert
Somehow, Hawkeye brought me here.
This is not Jim Croce singing
never owned "Facets" but had another "hits" record with this. Kipling and his poem were both racist but this is still a great score by Croce and Maury Muehleisen
Oh...boo hoo... everything is racist...good grief
It's a message of anti-racism. Don't be dumb.
@@brianderx you talking to me?
@@banjobones8075 no.... Talking to OP Cameron...
For all his dirty hide He was white clear white inside😂😂😂 Rudyard Kipling needs canceling:)
"Of all them black-faced crew
The finest man I knew
Was our regimental bhisti, Gunga Din." You can say that for this too, but to read the whole poem, you get a different story, one of admiration and respect for Gunga Din.
@@halnoyes4371 in spite of his dirty hide. This is clearly extreme racism. If I say I respect Obama in spite of him being black then what am I?
@@bobbyfisher181 Paraphrasing Joe Biden here?
@@bobbyfisher181, it is a criticism of racism **written from the perspective of a racist**. The narrator in Kipling's poem is racist, it is rather explicit that he (and the other Tommies serving with him) are prejudiced against Gunga Din for his race. The poem, however, is a critique of that. Their racism is unjustified. Despite treating him as beneath him for his skin is, in fact, better than them--not because of (or in spite of) his skin, but because of his character. The poem depicts a good man (Gunga Din) being treated reprehensible, without reason besides the color of skin.
@@bobbyfisher181 Shit was written in the 1800s, bud. Was a different time. Gotta learn to distance yourself from it, get some perspective.
"God! Shave the Queen!"