Oh, I miss this fabulous singer/composer. I was 3 when he came to our house and I sat on his knee. Changed the course of my life. I have been singing/teaching traditional folk music since childhood. Now I am 83 & still singing/teaching. I appreciate your posting this great song. Thank you.
Thank you for that! Pete Seeger was my Mom's favourite folk singer, i grew up with his music, and The Weavers, of course. They contributed immeasurably to our culture.
I love this song and it is topical Pete Seeger. A rant against those who ravage the blue collar workers. I play this on my 12 string but with out the capo. It is not hard to play but Pete gives it his all and that is so special. I tried to have Pete give as concert at Lafayette College but could not understand why I kept running into a black hole. Did not realize that he was black balled by the government in the 1960s. It was such a fear of socialism that he and his message were banned by the r😊right wing portion f the US. This was a consequence of the Cold War and fears related to all the countries that fell under the spell of communism. It is hard now to realize the paranoia of the period. Pete was one of the victims and we all suffered from the loss of him in our lives and in our concert venues. I too suffered as I spent a year in he jungles of Vietnam because of the domino theory, that we now know was not proved to be true. Now Pete Seeger is gone but a UA-cam listing allows us to enjoy his spirit and uncompromising dedication to love of mankind. Thank you for listing! Now I will pull out my 12 string and sing this Dylan Thomas Poem about my ancestors who worked in the Welch Coal mines, upon which this song is centered. This opression lead them to immigrate to the US in the late nineteenth century for a better life.
My grandfather was born in the Rhymney Valley in 1862 and went down in the mines when he was 12 years old, leading the pit ponies to the coal face. Bone and blood are the price of coal.
As a Welsh woman living here in Wales this song is awesome, especially when I think it's been heard all over the world and sung by so many. Thanks Mr Seeger. X
This song is a poem titled, XV, written by injured Welsh miner, Idris Davies, and published in a book of poetry in 1938 titled, Gwalia Deserta. Thank you Pete for putting it to music.
He took ownership, copyrighted it, like he did Turn Turn Turn, and like he Guantanamera , and Lion Sleeps.. The communist copyrighted the way to the capitalist bank. $ $ $ $
@@marksisto900 Perhaps ... but reading recently if my memory serves me correctly I believe he did ask Mrs Davies (Idris' widow) for permission to use the poem to write the song. If I'm wrong here, then please correct me.
Just checked in his "Bells of Rhymney" songbook:- Words by Idris Davies, Music by Pete Seeger Copyright 1959 by Ludlow Music Inc. Used by permission Also the authors and composers of Guantanamera are credited together with Used by permission For Turn, Turn, Turn the words are from the Book of Ecclesiastes with music by Pete Seeger Copyright 1962 by Melody Trails Inc. Used by permission. No information on Lion Sleeps (Although of course both 'Inc' companies could have been owned by Pete at the time ...)
@@Potemkin0 Why did the person above want to believe the worst of a left wing person? Is it out of a reflexive hatred of the left? Why assume Seegar would not have used the words with permission without even bothering to check? Marianne from Abergavenny near Merthyr using Roger's computer with permission.
@@rogerdavies8586 For an definitive answer to your question Marianne from Aber, you must ask Mark, but personally, I think he's got an axe to grind. My attempt to vocalize 'Rhymney' derives from listening to the Cardiffians who would put pronounce the 'h' after the 'R' to sound posher than folks from the Valleys!
A REAL HERO, if there is a statue of Pete, great! Let me know where it is, he was a citizen of ALL nations. If there isn't somebody, carve, sculpt, make one, you artists who recycle, make something worthy, proud but not hubristic, transform the mundane and erect a statue to the Great Pete Seeger. Namaste,Z.
Grew up listening to a recording of one of his children’s concerts. He’s such a talent and a wonderful performer. I wish I could’ve seen him live. Music and storytelling is so important to a culture. It keeps history alive.
What would do without people like Pete Seeger and Idris Davies? I l lived in the Rhymney Valley for many years and put my fathers ashes in the river behind Bedwas rugby club near where he was born within sight of Caerphilli Castle.
Without Pete Seeger and his amazing instruction manuals on Guitar , 12-string Guitar , and banjo I would never have made the progress I did years ago,and all my life his shadw is always there! Thanks Pete!!!!
That was beautiful. Id love to see the whole show. He did a fine job on that 12 string. The byrds took this up a couple of notches, but Mr.Seeger was the source of this song and did it just fine. A great man, always cared for other musicians. Had a show on TV in the 60s and had guest musicians. Donovan was one. They did a tune together. He also introduced Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964. RIP Pete Seeger.
This was always one of my favorite songs that The Alarm sung and had no idea then of its history (I was 18, so there’s that) but I’m so glad I came across this. While The Alarm’s version is moving, Seeger’s version is nothing short of stirring.
I have never seen this video, or heard this live version of this classic song. But glad I have now. It made shivers go down my spine. I lived the song, not just played it. Must have been magical to have been in that venue. 11 out of 10.
I found this song through the Byrds and put a piano/vocal cover on my UA-cam channel. But WOW, to hear this song from the Source - this is a fantastic performance. Pete Seeger plays and sings with undeniable conviction and moves me powerfully. I am also grateful to him for giving us"Turn! Turn! Turn!"
Me too, meaning we heard the Byrds' Mr. Tamborine Man and a few others on the radio and I was intrigued if not entranced and bought the album. This song always got to me. . Now your cover there v=cWzx2AA1ITE is pretty darn good. What I like most in your videos is how you just barge ahead as if "who cares if it sounds perfect, it's love." Lindsey Sterling has a video somewhere about this, involving her very 1st video which she considers to be pretty ridiculous but it show people to go ahead and sing and dance. The problem is not in being vulnerable out there, but in holding back, hanging back too much.
This song was mentioned a couple times in the film "Echo in the Canyon" (about the folk-rock movement in southern California's Laurel Canyon in the mid-60s). It influenced 60s musicians (including The Beatles) on both sides of the Atlantic.
I saw Pete live many times. Nothing can beat that 12-string guitar for generating a full guitar sound. This song is the pinnacle of his genre, I think. Perfect! Coal mining, however, is a planetary disaster. Isn't it awful that such a beautiful song was generated by such a foul substance?
Idris Davies poem/song. If if if if say the Bells of Cardiff 75 years before the Welsh Senate and 500 years from the closure of the Machynlleth Senate.
My most unforgettqble memory of the first Obama inauguration is of Pete Seeger standing tall on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial singing "This Land is Your Land" with all the forbidden verses. To me, that is the high point of American history in the 21st Century.
@@jacobperry3857 Not talking about the Newport Folk Fest., but the Byrds "Turn Turn Turn". Although I always loved Peter's "If I Had A Hammer and a Sickle".
Pete and his famous Baritone 12 string acoustic Guitar. A Baritone Guitar is usually anywhere from 26 to 28 inches scale length from the nut to the bridge of the Guitar. Tuned CFBEGC as opposed to standard EADGBE. Still sound in harmony when played together. Yet the Baritone projects much more sound and power. May need to mic the standard slightly to compensate. Pete loved this Guitar and played it right to the end of life.
I like his Game of thrones folk accent lol :) It's a Welsh poem with a semi Scottish accent. But this would never have been a song without Pete digging it out of an old Welsh poetry book, and I understand that Accents in the old countries can be tricky on the ear for the young country.
His pronunciation of 'Rhymney' (emphasising the first 'y') jars a bit as the Welshies when I lived there said it as "Rumnee" but his overall performance is without doubt a 'tour de force' (as the Frenchies would say)
I had never seen this or heard this from anyone else but The Byrds but now knowing Pete Seeger was the composer then its not hard to see why The Byrds redid it. Whistling at the end must've been very hard doing this Live.
The Byrds came nowhere near it though. They sounded like a bunch of stoned assholes in comparison not that they weren't talented people. It's sad when we hear this though to think his message came out stoned.
I ordinarily like best the original version of most songs, but John covered it and knocked it out of the park compared to Pete’s original. m.ua-cam.com/video/zHZgIlYSgiA/v-deo.html
@@andrewgreene4167 Oh, is there some law against me comparing the two? It so happens that I loved the Byrds version when it came out and used to walk around singing it. It's beautiful, okay? But then I heard Seeger's version and found it more compelling and deeper in emotional content. So yeah, I'm comparing the two, and if you don't like that, too bad.
@tradewins take a chill pill man; one version was folk rock/electric and the other was pure folk; the song was the same but the style was so different, sort of like apples and oranges. To get offended by my comment when so many more important things are happening around us is sad
Oh, I miss this fabulous singer/composer. I was 3 when he came to our house and I sat on his knee. Changed the course of my life. I have been singing/teaching traditional folk music since childhood. Now I am 83 & still singing/teaching. I appreciate your posting this great song. Thank you.
What a day that must have been for you. Thank you for sharing the experience.
Thank you for that! Pete Seeger was my Mom's favourite folk singer, i grew up with his music, and The Weavers, of course. They contributed immeasurably to our culture.
I love this song and it is topical Pete Seeger. A rant against those who ravage the blue collar workers. I play this on my 12 string but with out the capo. It is not hard to play but Pete gives it his all and that is so special. I tried to have Pete give as concert at Lafayette College but could not understand why I kept running into a black hole. Did not realize that he was black balled by the government in the 1960s. It was such a fear of socialism that he and his message were banned by the r😊right wing portion f the US. This was a consequence of the Cold War and fears related to all the countries that fell under the spell of communism. It is hard now to realize the paranoia of the period. Pete was one of the victims and we all suffered from the loss of him in our lives and in our concert venues.
I too suffered as I spent a year in he jungles of Vietnam because of the domino theory, that we now know was not proved to be true. Now Pete Seeger is gone but a UA-cam listing allows us to enjoy his spirit and uncompromising dedication to love of mankind. Thank you for listing! Now I will pull out my 12 string and sing this Dylan Thomas Poem about my ancestors who worked in the Welch Coal mines, upon which this song is centered. This opression lead them to immigrate to the US in the late nineteenth century for a better life.
My grandfather was born in the Rhymney Valley in 1862 and went down in the mines when he was 12 years old, leading the pit ponies to the coal face. Bone and blood are the price of coal.
As a Welsh woman living here in Wales this song is awesome, especially when I think it's been heard all over the world and sung by so many. Thanks Mr Seeger. X
it's really special isn't it. Cymru am byth!
I love Wales. Here Pete gives the welsh people a wonderful gift.
My friend Jason does a version of this. Please checkout Faithman meets world
So cool that he lived long enough to play Woody Guthrie's music at the Lincoln Memorial for Obama's inauguration.
Especially since he was blacklisted in the 60's. Time, truth and justice was on his side.
@@MelTuly Truth and justice are relative.
@@CaesarInVa Truth is not.
war criminal Obama
This song is a poem titled, XV, written by injured Welsh miner, Idris Davies, and published in a book of poetry in 1938 titled, Gwalia Deserta. Thank you Pete for putting it to music.
He took ownership, copyrighted it, like he did Turn Turn Turn, and like he Guantanamera , and Lion Sleeps.. The communist copyrighted the way to the capitalist bank. $ $ $ $
@@marksisto900 Perhaps ... but reading recently if my memory serves me correctly I believe he did ask Mrs Davies (Idris' widow) for permission to use the poem to write the song. If I'm wrong here, then please correct me.
Just checked in his "Bells of Rhymney" songbook:- Words by Idris Davies, Music by Pete Seeger Copyright 1959 by Ludlow Music Inc. Used by permission
Also the authors and composers of Guantanamera are credited together with Used by permission
For Turn, Turn, Turn the words are from the Book of Ecclesiastes with music by Pete Seeger Copyright 1962 by Melody Trails Inc. Used by permission.
No information on Lion Sleeps
(Although of course both 'Inc' companies could have been owned by Pete at the time ...)
@@Potemkin0 Why did the person above want to believe the worst of a left wing person? Is it out of a reflexive hatred of the left? Why assume Seegar would not have used the words with permission without even bothering to check?
Marianne from Abergavenny near Merthyr using Roger's computer with permission.
@@rogerdavies8586 For an definitive answer to your question Marianne from Aber, you must ask Mark, but personally, I think he's got an axe to grind. My attempt to vocalize 'Rhymney' derives from listening to the Cardiffians who would put pronounce the 'h' after the 'R' to sound posher than folks from the Valleys!
He was a fine human being. Would that they still made em like him.
A REAL HERO, if there is a statue of Pete, great! Let me know where it is, he was a citizen of ALL nations. If there isn't somebody, carve, sculpt, make one, you artists who recycle, make something worthy, proud but not hubristic, transform the mundane and erect a statue to the Great Pete Seeger. Namaste,Z.
he wouldn't like that though
Gosh, Pete, we need you now.
A folk music god who, until recently, still walked the earth.
I've never heard whistling done so well in a live performance
I feel sorry for the person who gave this a Thumbs Down.
I've always loved this song.....Thanks, Pete...RIP
I saw him in Melbourne in this 1964 as an 18 year old. Just amazing?
A national/world-wide treasure!
Grew up listening to a recording of one of his children’s concerts.
He’s such a talent and a wonderful performer. I wish I could’ve seen him live. Music and storytelling is so important to a culture. It keeps history alive.
Magnificent.
What would do without people like Pete Seeger and Idris Davies? I l lived in the Rhymney Valley for many years and put my fathers ashes in the river behind Bedwas rugby club near where he was born within sight of Caerphilli Castle.
Stunningly beautiful. Without mister Seeger, we should have had but a dry and vapid sixties.
theonlyantony I think Pete Seeger and John Denver's versions are the best of "The Bells of Rhymney."
Thank you Pete
Without Pete Seeger and his amazing instruction manuals on Guitar , 12-string Guitar , and banjo I would never have made the progress I did years ago,and all my life his shadw is always there! Thanks Pete!!!!
I have the LP and booklet for Playing the 5 String Banjo. Lucky guy. They are priceless.
Props to anyone that plays a 12 string without a pick...Thank Pete Cheers.
He did in fact use fingerpicks, which are essential for good tone, if you don't have super strong nails!
That was beautiful. Id love to see the whole show. He did a fine job on that 12 string. The byrds took this up a couple of notches, but Mr.Seeger was the source of this song and did it just fine. A great man, always cared for other musicians. Had a show on TV in the 60s and had guest musicians. Donovan was one. They did a tune together. He also introduced Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964. RIP Pete Seeger.
Donovan introduced the sitar on that show
how rude to mention Seeger and bub dylan in the same paragraph
This was always one of my favorite songs that The Alarm sung and had no idea then of its history (I was 18, so there’s that) but I’m so glad I came across this. While The Alarm’s version is moving, Seeger’s version is nothing short of stirring.
A master storyteller and guitarist. The best version yet!
My absolute favorite live version of this song. I keep coming back to it. Thanks Pete and Toshi!
I have never seen this video, or heard this live version of this classic song. But glad I have now. It made shivers go down my spine. I lived the song, not just played it. Must have been magical to have been in that venue. 11 out of 10.
Fantastic
. Another era... That we won't see again... Loved it! thanks!!!
Brilliant
Absolutely superb and a captivating performance. I have heard this but never seen it. Thank you, from Australia, for posting!
Every body watching ,listening, not a bloody cell phone insight
John McNatty, sure as hell hope to God you know the reason why, old son!
Seriously, many of the audience look quite bored, actually.
Probably because they didn't exist. If you hate technology, why are you on UA-cam?
@@DavidVT23 They're listening. Strange concept, I know.
@@murielareno9369 They look a bit solemn, actually. Kind of hard not to be if you're actually paying attention to the lyrics. :'(
Breathtaking
The sound quality is amazing ❤️
I found this song through the Byrds and put a piano/vocal cover on my UA-cam channel. But WOW, to hear this song from the Source - this is a fantastic performance. Pete Seeger plays and sings with undeniable conviction and moves me powerfully. I am also grateful to him for giving us"Turn! Turn! Turn!"
Me too, meaning we heard the Byrds' Mr. Tamborine Man and a few others on the radio and I was intrigued if not entranced and bought the album. This song always got to me.
. Now your cover there v=cWzx2AA1ITE is pretty darn good. What I like most in your videos is how you just barge ahead as if "who cares if it sounds perfect, it's love." Lindsey Sterling has a video somewhere about this, involving her very 1st video which she considers to be pretty ridiculous but it show people to go ahead and sing and dance. The problem is not in being vulnerable out there, but in holding back, hanging back too much.
This song was mentioned a couple times in the film "Echo in the Canyon" (about the folk-rock movement in southern California's Laurel Canyon in the mid-60s). It influenced 60s musicians (including The Beatles) on both sides of the Atlantic.
It's also performed on the soundtrack of that film by Jacob Dylan and Beck. That's how I got here. To hear Pete Seeger's version. Beautiful song.
@@alau2058 Have a listen to John Denvers version. Live in USSR, 1985. ua-cam.com/video/VqFIYwYhf0Y/v-deo.html
One of the first tunes The Byrds recorded.
I saw Pete live many times. Nothing can beat that 12-string guitar for generating a full guitar sound. This song is the pinnacle of his genre, I think. Perfect! Coal mining, however, is a planetary disaster. Isn't it awful that such a beautiful song was generated by such a foul substance?
in the valleys the bells still toll
Finally a live version! Excellent - thank you!
Idris Davies poem/song. If if if if say the Bells of Cardiff 75 years before the Welsh Senate and 500 years from the closure of the Machynlleth Senate.
you won't hear works of genius like this today
Mike Peters does a fabulous cover of this song
Loved Pete Seegers music pity we don,t get this style anymore protesting through music instead of the vandalisim we see in the streets today
Ok, you cheap white supramacist. Seeger didn't write for your kind.
Thanks👍👌💐
Check out John Denver's version. It's really good.
masterfull.
My most unforgettqble memory of the first Obama inauguration is of Pete Seeger standing tall on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial singing "This Land is Your Land" with all the forbidden verses. To me, that is the high point of American history in the 21st Century.
He sure knew how to finger pick!
Nice to see Pete standing tall and so young. Music was only a year from turning into a monster, this tune included.
Was it you with the axe? 🪓
@@jacobperry3857 Not talking about the Newport Folk Fest., but the Byrds "Turn Turn Turn". Although I always loved Peter's "If I Had A Hammer and a Sickle".
Bravo!!!!!
Pete and his famous Baritone 12 string acoustic Guitar. A Baritone Guitar is usually anywhere from 26 to 28 inches scale length from the nut to the bridge of the Guitar. Tuned CFBEGC as opposed to standard EADGBE. Still sound in harmony when played together. Yet the Baritone projects much more sound and power. May need to mic the standard slightly to compensate. Pete loved this Guitar and played it right to the end of life.
❤
great
I like his Game of thrones folk accent lol :) It's a Welsh poem with a semi Scottish accent.
But this would never have been a song without Pete digging it out of an old Welsh poetry book, and I understand that Accents in the old countries can be tricky on the ear for the young country.
His pronunciation of 'Rhymney' (emphasising the first 'y') jars a bit as the Welshies when I lived there said it as "Rumnee" but his overall performance is without doubt a 'tour de force' (as the Frenchies would say)
@@Potemkin0 It is rumnee but I don't mind.
Marianne from Abergavenny
i recently heard an Irishman compare attempting to speak the Welch language to speaking Klingon with a mouth full of popcorn
I had never seen this or heard this from anyone else but The Byrds but now knowing Pete Seeger was the composer then its not hard to see why The Byrds redid it. Whistling at the end must've been very hard doing this Live.
The Byrds came nowhere near it though. They sounded like a bunch of stoned assholes in comparison not that they weren't talented people. It's sad when we hear this though to think his message came out stoned.
I think he wrote the music, but the word are by Idris Davies, a UK poet.
harmoniabalanza The music is actually a nursery rhyme. An old english one called 'lemons and oranges'. I think Seeger only put the poem to a tune.
John Denver,s version is outstanding as well, check it out
Agreed,
Yes we that stood up to fascism were ground into the dust and ridiculed
Wow!
Great Scotts
American hero!
The Bells of Newport
ROGER MCGUINNS VERSION IS A COVER...BUT THE "B-E-S-T"...BAR-NONE...PERIOD! :)
This version is so much darker though; I like the Byrds music best, but I like these words better.
@crosseyedone I already have...but naaaah to that! To each, their own...
Please check john Denver,s rendition, it,s out of this World
governments really hate us listening to this
I ordinarily like best the original version of most songs, but John covered it and knocked it out of the park compared to Pete’s original. m.ua-cam.com/video/zHZgIlYSgiA/v-deo.html
very strange time sig's in this version,but still amazing and seemingly heartfelt
Who is Pete Seeger? This song has been covered so many times! Who is your favorite?
those were the days John McNatty, not a bloody Cell like you said in sight and when true musicians were heard.
Why are there people sitting behind him and a different place for the other audience
Joan Baez Rhymney
Bob Zimmerman, meet your daddy.
That was Woody Guthrie though Seeger and Van Ronk mentored him, he was always a theif
I heard a a Taylor Swift song the other day that reminded me of this song! Or was it Justin Bieber?
Probably neither.
I think, it´s an English Folksong.
Welsh folksong
It was a poem written by a Welsh coal miner that Pete set to music.
@@thomasl.koehnline5775 Hey! Thanks for the Information.
Lively crowd.
@J. Dallison I imagine that you don't understand sarcasm.
the workers utopia really worked out well. good job.
Spellbinding
Just great...and superior to the Byrds' version (which I like) and far superior to John Denver's version.
Byrds version is great
You can’t compare Seeger’s version to that of The Byrds. Both are great. It was one of the greatest of the Byrd’s covers.
@@andrewgreene4167 Oh, is there some law against me comparing the two? It so happens that I loved the Byrds version when it came out and used to walk around singing it. It's beautiful, okay? But then I heard Seeger's version and found it more compelling and deeper in emotional content. So yeah, I'm comparing the two, and if you don't like that, too bad.
@tradewins take a chill pill man; one version was folk rock/electric and the other was pure folk; the song was the same but the style was so different, sort of like apples and oranges. To get offended by my comment when so many more important things are happening around us is sad
@@andrewgreene4167 I'm not offended. I just think your comment was off base.
The rhythm's all wrong. It's not very folk rock.
Da iawn Pete, da iawn yn wir !!
These people in attendance have no idea what they are witnessing...
great audio quality. Nice performance !
Interesting contrast to the Byrds version. Seeger was such a force.
Check out the version by The Alarm C1984.