i'm thinkin' a tie with Like a Rolling Stone, with a very similar vibe. P P & M were such a massive contribution to the Folk scene, the artistry they showed with Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind made it the most important song of that movement IMHO
I saw them live 4 times in my city and paid a premium to be front row and feel the music as well as see them enjoy what they were doing that was making me so happy.
My Dad loved this song he would play it on his guitar and sing, he had a lovely voice, i lost him 2 years ago i was 34, i miss him so much, this song makes me cry but also makes me smile, i can close my eyes and still see him playing this song to me, love you daddy xxx
I can completely relate to your post. It's good to allow those feelings up and have a good cry, sometimes. I see times like this as a visit from my own (late) Dad. I hope the song can bring some sort of peace to you.
Funny you mentioned that (a year ago). I was just thinking about my own dad who passed in 2018. He was a talented, but humble musician who, when he finished playing a song forward would play it backward. His kid brother (still living) says that it was because as boys, they started a two-man band and only had enough money for sheet music for like 10 songs. They had to improvise.... Thanks, Dad, we miss you.
Had this song stuck in my head all day. Used to listen to this record when my grandma passed. Raised on Peter Paul and Mary and I love them so much. I know this is a cover but I love this version
Yes, Bob Dylan could really turn a phrase. This and 'Blowin' In The Wind' are two of his songs that Peter Paul & Mary made into major hits when I was a boy.
Yes one of the great lines of all time from a song,and to think he was aged only 21 or 22 when he could come up with lyrics like this.Just exemplifies the Genius of the man.
Jeffrey Kaufmann I can't agree. For me, what really sells this version is the, for lack of a better word, acting. The seekers just sing. It's technically proficient, but it lacks the emotion of this version.
Hmmm. Dearly LOVE Judith's voice and singing, and The Seekers. However, if you really want to hear them at their best, check out: ua-cam.com/video/wOKDT0S2O3c/v-deo.html Studio recording tied to live video. Now THIS is great. However, while music, like art, is in the EAR of the beholder; and as a musician and guitarist of 56+ years, with a three-year stint as a studio engineer, producer, musician and writer, I can say that their version does not begin to compare to that of PP&G. The harmony of Peter Paul & Mary is right up front and in your face, with little studio enhancement, with three of the best voices ever recorded. Just two guitars, string bass and three voices ... as raw and pure as it can get, and yet, they pull it off with incredible perfection, warmth and artisanship. But, it's all good. Two incredibly wonderful groups, playing an incredibly wonderful genre of music: FOLK!
Mine too. The first version I heard, and unsurpassed. This song somehow lends itself to a wide variety of musical interpretations. Eric Clapton does a fantastic version, but it is so different from this you can hardly recognize it as the same song. And there is a silly version that was a hit, you needn't Wonder Who I mean. :)
My dad turned me onto Peter, Paul and Mary --- he used to play and sing this song; it is a beautiful tune and is performed so perfectly that it makes me weep with nostalgia!
I'm a thinkin' and a wonderin' all the way down the road I once loved a woman, a child I'm told I gave her my heart but she wanted by soul. What great lyrics.
Fall, 1966, I was a homesick college freshman a long way from home trying to pass engineering courses and having a tough time doing so. Liked to listen to this song in the afternoon when I got back from class, with that long straight blond hair Mary was every college boy's dream girl in the 60s
Reading this makes me wonder what it would be like to live during your era sir! Im always curious about the feeling if i ever existed in the 60s - 70s.
loeyexo, "... makes me wonder what it would be like to live during your era ..." Me, too. And I did. I just can't imagine how to explain what it was like, though. Have you ever seen the old TV show "Wonder Years"? Or the movies " Mississippi Burning", "Forrest Gump", or "Good Morning Vietnam"? They might give you some idea, but, really, you had to be there, as they say. Even all of us who were sometimes don't know what to make of it all, though.
The thing about this performance is that it is completely bare bones. Just absolutely expert finger picking and gorgeous unique harmonies. Even in this recording straight off the old vinyl! No production tweaks necessary. They are unparalleled. Even though this is probably the meanest breakup song in existence.
If you analyze this song lyric for lyric its not mean at all- its more disappointment, defeat and understanding of the reality of true love- its the realization that a soulmate never gave them a chance to be real partners to begin with, always playing games of the flesh and mind rather than having a conversation. Hypothetically, if the girl in the song tells him "Ok im rdy to settle down with you , and make a family" , what does the narrator do ? Gives a few hints in the song that he'd go running back ... He is asking "What if" throughout all his negativity, trying to deter himself from thinking(again) that it could happen. "I once loved a woman , a child im told" - The meanest line in the whole song, is probably not even the narrators words, as he is attributing them to someone else (possibly a friend :P). Having been in this exact situation as the narrator, and as the friend of the narrator, this is way way past the "mean" part of the breakup. Its like 2-5-10 years down the line in the timeline :P
That’s a really good way of saying it. Wishing for something while knowing it’s not real or at least not the way you want. I’m still more a fan of Dylan’s version but I’m glad I found this comment.
+Eunice Henriques You should Listen to Winter Song by The Head and the Heart and anything by Jose Gonzales. They're very decent musicians for this decade :)
Every artist gets their influence from somewhere else .. someone previous. This is what I love about passing it down. In my opinion, Peter Paul and Mary do a very fine reverence of old folk music. I have yet to see a better threesome.
I well remember when this song came out.I was was only 8 years old and I purchased this EP.It was one of the first records I purchased[,this and ''puff the magic dragon'' a song which had tremendous appeal to children].,and of course at that age did not understand the meaning of the lryics.I just loved the finger-picking,and the tune of the song.Here in Australia,this song was released on an EP that on the front cover had the three of them linking arms.The EP was called ''in the wind'' and also featured the song ''blowin in the wind'',.another song I loved but once again,did not understand the lryics.I am now agred 67,and it is only when you experience life and get older that you can understand the meaning of the lryics.I belive Dylan wrote ''Dont think twice'' when he was 21 or 22.My god for a man that age to come up with the line''I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul''just exemplifies the genius of Bob Dylan
This is the first version of the song I ever heard when I was growing up, and remains my favorite version. And I'm a huge Dylan fan, but PP&M nailed it.
Hi Felix I just wanted to suggest you to hear this song coverd by a band called Jane boardox, it's one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard..
Hi Felix I just wanted to suggest you to hear this song coverd by a band called Jane boardox, it's one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard..
Hi Felix I just wanted to suggest you to hear this song coverd by a band called Jane boardox, it's one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard..
two instruments, 3 singers, and the finest composer of the Century. masterpiece of talent and recording artistry. yarrow's guitar then stokey's voice in perfect transition, then adding peter's voice 2nd verse and the last verses with mary coming in beautifully. Harmony in perfection melding with Dylan's supreme talent. great story, superb production, nothing the Beatles did could beat this for absolute best recording of the 60s, and i'm a big Beatles fan
I am adopted. I was adopted by two lovely Parents. These parents split up eventually, and it ended up that every other weekend, my mom would drive me up to visit the other parent. In the car, my mom would always play this song, along with a bunch of other old music like Tracy Chapman and The Monkees. Every time I hear this song, I am reminded of how wonderful a mom she was. She was strong, wise, and had great taste in music. I love you Mom. This song is for you
My parents were big fans of them. I have many good warm memories of being a little kid in the mid 60s sitting around at night listening to this and other songs.
This song just touches me, I'm in a moment in my life where this song really just says what I'm going through and it speaks for me. I just feel attached to this song now.
It's easy not to notice the excellent guitar picking in PP&M recordings. Listen to this song again, concentrating on the instrumental rather than vocal aspect.
People back then have really good taste in music. I , as the kid from the millennial age, do really enjoy this kind of music. I couldn't help myself as I keep on listening to this. How precious. And, yes, They have great music all the time. Peter, Paul , and Mary. 💖
Why would anyone thumbs down this? It’s absolutely beautiful. Although 70 million people voted for trump for a 2nd term and I don’t understand that either. Oh well, at least there’s good music out there!
I'm an older guy (man I like saying that lol) but yet the sound of this song remains a mystery which I feel both happy and cheated as I've honestly came to realize I've not heard it in all my years! I must've heard it but I'll tell ya I'm gonna say NO because the flow of the song already has me playing it a few times now and it's gone into my saved playlist so I know I'd have known it all these years. Regardless....what a story and harmony!
I learned to play this in the key of G nearly sixty years ago using what I called the F position in the third fret. I can still sort of do it, but my fingers won't bend any more, so it doesn't have the impact it did. I never learned all the words, and one of my sons had to tell me who wrote it much later. He's a real musician. I was shown how to play four chords when I was nine, and pretty much managed from there. Hearing PP&M brings back a part of the time in my life I miss. Can't say I miss everything about the time, but I was privileged and didn't really understand what others were dealing with.
I just turned 21 and idk why I love old songs so muchh. The orig ver of this song is good but i also love this rendition 🤗 my mom used to play this song a lot when I was a kid, so good to hear this again 🥰
It was from Peter, Paul and Mary that I learned my preference in music lay toward Folk and Folk Rock, not the Andy Williams and Bing Crosby my mother listened to nor the Hank Williams of my father. I grew up to add a lot of one genre and a little of others until my favorites list is pretty eclectic, but I always slide back to the folk and especially these three.
Reminds me of being in the Infantry in 1967 and not know ing ever if I would see home again. I had a LOVE at home at home and I thought I would never see her again.
I wish you could have been alive (as was I) back when this music and the passion that drove it was fresh. Those were heady and awesome days, and my deepest regret is that the visionary wave (that actually had a considerable amount of influence back then) lost it's force. We were all about peace and harmony and sharing and taking care of the earth. I will never understand what happened to all the hippies. They vanished. Anyway, Godspeed to you young folks!!!
It's only because the awesome harmonies are so overwhelming. It's kinda like listening to CSN&Y . . . music before electronica & computers overwhelmed us.
Back in the 60s this was the first song I learned and sang in folk clubs in London. The fingerpicking style used by Peter and Paul is named after Mary's father. The "Travis Pick"
This recording was released within a year or two of my birth so I literally have known & loved it , since I began recognizing radio & music ( sometime in either elementary school or possibly Jr High School ages). Hard for me to conceive, that this means btw 40-50 yrs [ its release was early / mid 1960s, I wasn't especially focused on radio, until approx 10 yrs later], but that's what the arithmetics produce... Anyway, even though I have the melody, the lyrics & PPM's particular recording/ performance entirely memorized... I just listened to it again ( Nov 2022) and it STILL makes tears come to my eyes. Profound effects from Mr Dylan's writing and the utterly exquisite, delicate; yet somehow , also powerful performance by PPM & the bass player, not as known or as often described. I found two different fellows' names as playing bass w their recordings/ performances, in different articles....
This is Dylan's best composition. And this is the best rendition of the song.
Agreed
i'm thinkin' a tie with Like a Rolling Stone, with a very similar vibe. P P & M were such a massive contribution to the Folk scene, the artistry they showed with Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind made it the most important song of that movement IMHO
Real music I will never forget.
I have heard this awesome song countless times during my life. In my 72, still brings tears to my eyes...
77 years old. Me too!
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I saw them live 4 times in my city and paid a premium to be front row and feel the music as well as see them enjoy what they were doing that was making me so happy.
My Dad loved this song he would play it on his guitar and sing, he had a lovely voice, i lost him 2 years ago i was 34, i miss him so much, this song makes me cry but also makes me smile, i can close my eyes and still see him playing this song to me, love you daddy xxx
Sorry for your loss, i hope you're doing better nowadays
My condolences. Keep those good memories alive.
I can completely relate to your post. It's good to allow those feelings up and have a good cry, sometimes. I see times like this as a visit from my own (late) Dad. I hope the song can bring some sort of peace to you.
So sweet, sending love 🙏💚
Funny you mentioned that (a year ago). I was just thinking about my own dad who passed in 2018. He was a talented, but humble musician who, when he finished playing a song forward would play it backward. His kid brother (still living) says that it was because as boys, they started a two-man band and only had enough money for sheet music for like 10 songs. They had to improvise.... Thanks, Dad, we miss you.
I'm 33 now, and this has been my favorite song since I was about 20. Why don't people make music like this anymore?
Because people are just shells of people now?
I was such a PP&M fan in the 60's & 70's. They sang everything so good. This is but one example. Such a great song from Dylan.
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Hey I am still a fan. How are you
It was great music. Thanks to PP&M, Dylan, the Byrds, and all.
One of my favourites. Their covers generally turned out to be the best versions.
Isn't it great to hear the words to the song!!
Had this song stuck in my head all day. Used to listen to this record when my grandma passed. Raised on Peter Paul and Mary and I love them so much. I know this is a cover but I love this version
"I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul" POWERFUL LYRICS.
Yes, Bob Dylan could really turn a phrase. This and 'Blowin' In The Wind' are two of his songs that Peter Paul & Mary made into major hits when I was a boy.
Yes one of the great lines of all time from a song,and to think he was aged only 21 or 22 when he could come up with lyrics like this.Just exemplifies the Genius of the man.
You just kinda wasted my precious time.
oh yes. This is the folk-singer Group of my youth. I love them. Mary RiP
I AM 80 HEARD THIS SONG WHEN I WAS 15! IT IS A MASTERPEACE!
How could anyone dis this song? This is probably the greatest harmony song ever recorded. And the best harmony group ever recorded.
Tonetwisters the Seekers version is way better not just because of the voices but the overall sound.
Jeffrey Kaufmann I can't agree. For me, what really sells this version is the, for lack of a better word, acting. The seekers just sing. It's technically proficient, but it lacks the emotion of this version.
I always come back to this recording! It's special!
Hmmm. Dearly LOVE Judith's voice and singing, and The Seekers. However, if you really want to hear them at their best, check out:
ua-cam.com/video/wOKDT0S2O3c/v-deo.html
Studio recording tied to live video. Now THIS is great.
However, while music, like art, is in the EAR of the beholder; and as a musician and guitarist of 56+ years, with a three-year stint as a studio engineer, producer, musician and writer, I can say that their version does not begin to compare to that of PP&G. The harmony of Peter Paul & Mary is right up front and in your face, with little studio enhancement, with three of the best voices ever recorded. Just two guitars, string bass and three voices ... as raw and pure as it can get, and yet, they pull it off with incredible perfection, warmth and artisanship.
But, it's all good. Two incredibly wonderful groups, playing an incredibly wonderful genre of music: FOLK!
I love PPM but the Beach Boys were the greatest harmony rock group and Heroes and Villains contained stupendous harmony. Cheers
Just heard this on Ted Lasso. Fantastic song
Just the finest folk song ever written, and one of the greatest performances ever laid down. That's all.
I think you are correct
I know I’m gonna sound like the typical “old person” but no one can objectively say that music today is better than this. No one.
This is my favorite rendition, all due respect to Dylan.
Mine too. The first version I heard, and unsurpassed. This song somehow lends itself to a wide variety of musical interpretations. Eric Clapton does a fantastic version, but it is so different from this you can hardly recognize it as the same song. And there is a silly version that was a hit, you needn't Wonder Who I mean. :)
Dylan’s poetry and the magical harmony of PPM
Me too. They should've done the last 2 verses
mine too
id say this is a 2nd, jerry reed did it best tbh
A perfect balance between grief, denial and acceptance
MY ROADS ALWAYS BEEN LONESOME!
Amazing talent, harmony and ENUNCIATION. You can understand every word they are singing.
and you can hear this in dylan's vocals. no slurred words just perfect articulation.
Another great final theme for Ted Lasso, season three, episode 4.😀
Hadn't heard this til Ted Lasso season 3. What a beautiful rendition.
My dad turned me onto Peter, Paul and Mary --- he used to play and sing this song; it is a beautiful tune and is performed so perfectly that it makes me weep with nostalgia!
I'm a thinkin' and a wonderin' all the way down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I'm told
I gave her my heart but she wanted by soul.
What great lyrics.
Fall, 1966, I was a homesick college freshman a long way from home trying to pass engineering courses and having a tough time doing so. Liked to listen to this song in the afternoon when I got back from class, with that long straight blond hair Mary was every college boy's dream girl in the 60s
Same here, except closer to 1964, electrical engineering. PP&M visit to campus was a wonderful break.
A few fill in's back then then, non sang
Funny. Me too. I miss the musci if not the math classes.
Reading this makes me wonder what it would be like to live during your era sir! Im always curious about the feeling if i ever existed in the 60s - 70s.
loeyexo,
"... makes me wonder what it would be like to live during your era ..."
Me, too. And I did. I just can't imagine how to explain what it was like, though.
Have you ever seen the old TV show "Wonder Years"? Or the movies " Mississippi Burning", "Forrest Gump", or "Good Morning Vietnam"? They might give you some idea, but, really, you had to be there, as they say. Even all of us who were sometimes don't know what to make of it all, though.
The world is fortunate that their music could be recorded for future generations to enjoy. :)
Harmony, melody, and vocals rolled into one great song.
The thing about this performance is that it is completely bare bones. Just absolutely expert finger picking and gorgeous unique harmonies. Even in this recording straight off the old vinyl! No production tweaks necessary. They are unparalleled. Even though this is probably the meanest breakup song in existence.
One of the most perfectly performed songs in existence.
I can't hear you anymore. Wicked!
If you analyze this song lyric for lyric its not mean at all- its more disappointment, defeat and understanding of the reality of true love- its the realization that a soulmate never gave them a chance to be real partners to begin with, always playing games of the flesh and mind rather than having a conversation. Hypothetically, if the girl in the song tells him "Ok im rdy to settle down with you , and make a family" , what does the narrator do ? Gives a few hints in the song that he'd go running back ... He is asking "What if" throughout all his negativity, trying to deter himself from thinking(again) that it could happen. "I once loved a woman , a child im told" - The meanest line in the whole song, is probably not even the narrators words, as he is attributing them to someone else (possibly a friend :P). Having been in this exact situation as the narrator, and as the friend of the narrator, this is way way past the "mean" part of the breakup. Its like 2-5-10 years down the line in the timeline :P
@@shye672 Why would u ever want to hear the sweet sound of the sirens call, willingly ? Thats not THAT wicked is it ?:P Just self preservation
My favorite Bob Dylan song. Giving up on a love that was never there.
idan willenchik or on a love that asked too much of you- I gave her me heart, but she wanted my soul. Siuch an American song
That’s a really good way of saying it. Wishing for something while knowing it’s not real or at least not the way you want. I’m still more a fan of Dylan’s version but I’m glad I found this comment.
The 21st century needs this kind of song, so tender, so beautiful. Miss them.
+Eunice Henriques You should Listen to Winter Song by The Head and the Heart and anything by Jose Gonzales. They're very decent musicians for this decade :)
Could not agree more
Amen.
those days and music are long gone.
Someone strummed this on a guitar and sang to me sending it on 21 st century WhatsApp on Jan 1, 2020. Don't think twice, it's alright!
Rest in Peace, Peter Yarrow, knowing that you changed the heart of a generation.
This has always been favorite version of this song. How 52 people can down vote this is beyond me.
agreed, my favorite version too
I'm 55 years late my new favorite group.
You had to see them live in their prime
Great group
Welcome aboard 😀
Just heard this for the first time today. I'm 60, How could that happen?? Great tune!
Love hearing Paul sing in his natural range!
Every artist gets their influence from somewhere else .. someone previous. This is what I love about passing it down. In my opinion, Peter Paul and Mary do a very fine reverence of old folk music. I have yet to see a better threesome.
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@Marianne
The original Kingston’s Trio was pretty good, but I would admit they were rivaled by Peter, Paul, and Mary.
Just listening to this makes me tear up. What a great rendition.
You're not alone, my friend. Music has a habit of doing that to me too.
absolutely. it's the finest truth telling of this song i've heard. grew up with it.
This song reminds me of my first ex wife.
Amazingly good folk song, and this is best version.
No the original is the best
I well remember when this song came out.I was was only 8 years old and I purchased this EP.It was one of the first records I purchased[,this and ''puff the magic dragon'' a song which had tremendous appeal to children].,and of course at that age did not understand the meaning of the lryics.I just loved the finger-picking,and the tune of the song.Here in Australia,this song was released on an EP that on the front cover had the three of them linking arms.The EP was called ''in the wind'' and also featured the song ''blowin in the wind'',.another song I loved but once again,did not understand the lryics.I am now agred 67,and it is only when you experience life and get older that you can understand the meaning of the lryics.I belive Dylan wrote ''Dont think twice'' when he was 21 or 22.My god for a man that age to come up with the line''I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul''just exemplifies the genius of Bob Dylan
This is the first version of the song I ever heard when I was growing up, and remains my favorite version. And I'm a huge Dylan fan, but PP&M nailed it.
Hi Felix I just wanted to suggest you to hear this song coverd by a band called Jane boardox, it's one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard..
Hi Felix I just wanted to suggest you to hear this song coverd by a band called Jane boardox, it's one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard..
Hi Felix I just wanted to suggest you to hear this song coverd by a band called Jane boardox, it's one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard..
When I listen to this song with my beat headphones..bro the harmony and how they do it..best song ever.
I need beats headphones now haha
PPM was true America in music.
two instruments, 3 singers, and the finest composer of the Century. masterpiece of talent and recording artistry. yarrow's guitar then stokey's voice in perfect transition, then adding peter's voice 2nd verse and the last verses with mary coming in beautifully. Harmony in perfection melding with Dylan's supreme talent. great story, superb production, nothing the Beatles did could beat this for absolute best recording of the 60s, and i'm a big Beatles fan
I am adopted. I was adopted by two lovely Parents. These parents split up eventually, and it ended up that every other weekend, my mom would drive me up to visit the other parent. In the car, my mom would always play this song, along with a bunch of other old music like Tracy Chapman and The Monkees. Every time I hear this song, I am reminded of how wonderful a mom she was. She was strong, wise, and had great taste in music. I love you Mom. This song is for you
Simple and perfect. Dylan & Peter, Paul & Mary were the perfect combination
+flyingmerkel6 Paul usually sang backup, but here, Love his voice but PPM blend etherally perfect!
Beautiful song. I saw them live at Massey Hall, Toronto in September 1966. I loved them then, I love them now!
My parents were big fans of them. I have many good warm memories of being a little kid in the mid 60s sitting around at night listening to this and other songs.
I was also a huge fan of PP&M in the '60s and '70s. Everything they sang was special.
One of the best 10 songs ever. PPM harmony gives it a special beauty. Music at its best. Thanks for the post
My Mom went to high school with Paul Stookey and said everyone knew he was destined for greatness. Boy was she right!
This song just touches me, I'm in a moment in my life where this song really just says what I'm going through and it speaks for me. I just feel attached to this song now.
I love this cover. Peter, Paul and Mary are truly great.
It's easy not to notice the excellent guitar picking in PP&M recordings.
Listen to this song again, concentrating on the instrumental rather than vocal aspect.
Very true! I'm currently working on learning it. Not easy.
I'm moved every time I listen to it. So gentle, yet so powerful. Simply beautiful!
A raw mixture of three voices and a guitar. Beautiful.
People back then have really good taste in music. I , as the kid from the millennial age, do really enjoy this kind of music. I couldn't help myself as I keep on listening to this. How precious. And, yes, They have great music all the time. Peter, Paul , and Mary. 💖
The way the guitar blends with the Harmony,you just don’t see in most music today
Mary Travers, like Judy Collins, has the voice of an angel - beautiful
Why would anyone thumbs down this? It’s absolutely beautiful. Although 70 million people voted for trump for a 2nd term and I don’t understand that either. Oh well, at least there’s good music out there!
Hi would love to know what you think of my 17 year old grandsons cover of this ua-cam.com/video/Ds4h0Q6GQHg/v-deo.html
This song feels sooo good 🙏🏼🌹🌿
A first class rendition of this song. Dylan is one of the few artists where I actually prefer the cover versions of a lot of his songs!
RIP Mary and Peter. ❤
I was more into the Kingston Trio while in college in the 60s. But I saw PP&M live in Raleigh and came to really love them too.
These folks and this song were tremendous. Thank you.
their harmony is so wonderful...
I'm an older guy (man I like saying that lol) but yet the sound of this song remains a mystery which I feel both happy and cheated as I've honestly came to realize I've not heard it in all my years! I must've heard it but I'll tell ya I'm gonna say NO because the flow of the song already has me playing it a few times now and it's gone into my saved playlist so I know I'd have known it all these years. Regardless....what a story and harmony!
One word suffices to describe this: perfection.
I learned to play this in the key of G nearly sixty years ago using what I called the F position in the third fret. I can still sort of do it, but my fingers won't bend any more, so it doesn't have the impact it did. I never learned all the words, and one of my sons had to tell me who wrote it much later. He's a real musician. I was shown how to play four chords when I was nine, and pretty much managed from there.
Hearing PP&M brings back a part of the time in my life I miss. Can't say I miss everything about the time, but I was privileged and didn't really understand what others were dealing with.
This beautiful rendition is worthy of 10/10...PPM we’re the perfect vehicle for it. Magic.
Such beautiful harmonies, this melts my heart all over again just like the first time I listened to them, first LP I ever bought.
I just turned 21 and idk why I love old songs so muchh. The orig ver of this song is good but i also love this rendition 🤗 my mom used to play this song a lot when I was a kid, so good to hear this again 🥰
It was from Peter, Paul and Mary that I learned my preference in music lay toward Folk and Folk Rock, not the Andy Williams and Bing Crosby my mother listened to nor the Hank Williams of my father. I grew up to add a lot of one genre and a little of others until my favorites list is pretty eclectic, but I always slide back to the folk and especially these three.
This is a work of art!
A very simple but fantastic song. Love the lyrics. Well done Bob Dylan, and well done Peter, Paul & Mary.
This song is not that simple. The guitar music is complicated, and the way the lyrics fit is not intuitive.
Sweet memories of my childhood - My Grandfather and mother playing and singing together. How I miss you, PawPaw Joe.
Reminds me of being in the Infantry in 1967 and not know ing ever if I would see home again. I had a LOVE at home at home and I thought I would never see her again.
First song I learned to play guitar on, 1965. Helped me through EVERY breakup.
Great song, brings me back to my youth.
In college I had all of the Peter, Paul and Mary records. They were one of the greatest groups of all time.
My favorite all time song! Never get tired of hearing it.
I heard this version, bein driven home from the airport when i went away and was completely crushed..
I cried all the way home, but
What a song!!
The unmistakable trio at it again with this perfect craftsmanship for those who appreciate good music.
I miss the "tenderness" of the songs of my youth.
my dad liked this one... now I understand
I wish you could have been alive (as was I) back when this music and the passion that drove it was fresh. Those were heady and awesome days, and my deepest regret is that the visionary wave (that actually had a considerable amount of influence back then) lost it's force. We were all about peace and harmony and sharing and taking care of the earth. I will never understand what happened to all the hippies. They vanished.
Anyway, Godspeed to you young folks!!!
Brings a tear to my eye.
good music is everlasting, it speaks to us all. Especially if it's the last song I'll ever hear in this cold world.
It's only because the awesome harmonies are so overwhelming. It's kinda like listening to CSN&Y . . . music before electronica & computers overwhelmed us.
Back in the 60s this was the first song I learned and sang in folk clubs in London. The fingerpicking style used by Peter and Paul is named after Mary's father. The "Travis Pick"
Mary 'Travers'. She and Merle were not related at all.
I hear this for the first time now in 2019. Very good version indeed.
Never ending voices. The type you hear when you go to the golden gates👼
"Never ending voices." - that's a good one. The vibrations linger in the air long after the song is over.
This recording was released within a year or two of my birth so I literally have known & loved it , since I began recognizing radio & music ( sometime in either elementary school or possibly Jr High School ages).
Hard for me to conceive, that this means btw 40-50 yrs [ its release was early / mid 1960s, I wasn't especially focused on radio, until approx 10 yrs later], but that's what the arithmetics produce...
Anyway, even though I have the melody, the lyrics & PPM's particular recording/ performance entirely memorized...
I just listened to it again
( Nov 2022) and it STILL makes tears come to my eyes. Profound effects from Mr Dylan's writing and the utterly exquisite, delicate; yet somehow , also powerful performance by PPM & the bass player, not as known or as often described. I found two different fellows' names as playing bass w their recordings/ performances, in different articles....
Music at it's best and those harmonies coupled with the interplay of the guitars.
I was 18 at that time. Love Mary Travers. Sweet voice.
Ted Lasso bought me here 👌👌
I loved hearing you play this.... I miss u
Even in 2022 this is still absolutely brilliant music.
great song and terrific singers !
I had this on Vynle in 1966 I lost it and I'm grateful to have it back on You Tube.
My Dad's favourite I miss you always
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This is
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL
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Thank you for posting this wonderful music. It soothes the soul in a troubled time.
Thank you Constant Zehnder. They are excellent singers and the songs are so beautiful! Down in the Valley, loved it.
Beautiful song..... how did these guys know exactly who I would feel two decades before I was born?