Absolutely one of the finest antiwar songs of that or any era. And the two of them... damn... two very different but both very honest voices. Damn, I am crying by the end.
@kayevictor7548Ай бұрын
No kidding...I am weeping too. We desperately need an anthem like this to call forth people of conscience to stand against the current insanity in our national politics. 😥
@babybro703 ай бұрын
Also just got this as the B-side to "I Dig Rock n Roll Music" which i think is the funkiest PP& M song ever! Incredible
@18Windwalker4 ай бұрын
I've heard this song forever it seems... and this rendition specifically. Still it makes my heart hurt and brings tears to my eyes. Thank you Peter Yarrow for writing it, and thank you to both you and Richie for the absolute perfect presentation. <3 I may play it again because those tears hurt so beautifully.
@grannyjudi14 ай бұрын
wow EXCELLENT version.....PEACE......now....ty Richie and Peter...
@ifiddle25 ай бұрын
Wow, the best version I’ve heard.
@penguinmama887 ай бұрын
may there be peace on earth & may it begin w/us RIP Richie, Peter et alia
@Laura-ts4dh7 ай бұрын
Stop sending the bombs.
@Laura-ts4dh7 ай бұрын
Stop the genocide. 🇵🇸
@California_Dreamer8 ай бұрын
RIP Alexei Navalny. Death has gagged his accusations. Although Peter Yarrow wrote this song about the Vietnam war, he's the child of Ukrainian immigrants.
@SherryBoles-q7s10 ай бұрын
Richie, you are missed. What a voice!
@julieannemichelle10 ай бұрын
I have always loved this song! I heard it on my sister’s Peter, Paul, and Album. I think it was Album 1700. I was only 12 and I could hear the sadness and intensity and unfairness of the lyrics. At the time I didn’t know who he was.
@SherryBoles-q7s11 ай бұрын
One of the most powerful songs I've ever heard. I want it to be played at my funeral.
@SherryBoles-q7s2 ай бұрын
Me too
@ninasanderoff45511 ай бұрын
One of the greatest pieces of music ever.
@johnwakefield8570 Жыл бұрын
So here's this Jewish guy .. and here's this black guy .. and .. from way in there where actual emotions seethe and bleed .. they are seething and bleeding in song .. Peter, we exchanged words at Red Rocks .. I trust you are well, buddy .. and Richie, vehement/and calm (ying yang in action) may you rest and rouse .. wherever you are .. This .. this kind of song is not pertinent: it is essential. Notice how no songs these days speak to any of the tragedies that engulf us. It's not a damn shame .. it's a sin .. to be corrected ..
@mikescott5624 Жыл бұрын
Staggering.
@VannerIndustrial Жыл бұрын
This song has haunted me my entire life.
@johnwakefield857011 ай бұрын
.. good .. and good idea .. that it haunt you into action ..
@johnbarber3764 Жыл бұрын
I had forgotten about this one! I believe it is more relevant than ever today
@wesleylemont64242 жыл бұрын
If you know any Russians, please share this song with them, and let them decide for themselves. Before it's too late....
@nadiasimmons54032 жыл бұрын
I love this folk song! The wheel of life.. The Mandala! The spiritual journey! 🙏🏾🌼
@monstersaint2 жыл бұрын
Just heard this song for first time. Damn... what a masterpiece.
@rk41gator2 жыл бұрын
How did I not get to hear this during the Vietnam War? My ears must have been closed then.
@California_Dreamer2 жыл бұрын
It's been a long time since I listened to this song, but I recently found myself thinking about it in the wake of recent events in Eastern Europe. It should be dedicated to Russians who are suffering incarceration or worse because of their vocal opposition to the war in Ukraine. As a teenager I loved the Album 1700 version, but this one's better.
@rodvansanten50372 жыл бұрын
Richie Havens voice is perfect for this song. They sound great together.
@lesliesahlen86162 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite recordings. Such a powerful song and perfect interpretation. Both voices are divine.
@Pkatherstudio2 жыл бұрын
This struck me deeply at the age of 19, just before filing for C O. So nice to know I was not alone.
@mikescott5624 Жыл бұрын
Bless you, pal. You did the right thing. Never, ever let anyone tell you otherwise. That undeclared war was rotten to the core, and one of its chief architects,a father of the Edsel, Robert McNamara, refused to let his own son, then in college, go to Vietnam. McNamara told LBJ in 1965 the war was unwinnable--as Generals de Gaulle, MacArthur, Eisenhour had cautioned long before -- and that we should extricate ourselves. But Johnson didn't want to be the first US president to lose a war, even an undeclared one, and you know the rest, McNamara's flood of tears on Charlie Rose's program a few years before his death notwithstanding: "Charlie, when I think of all those boys....we were wrong, we were wrong." McNamara was nearly disconsolate and I'm surprised they didn't stop taping, but am glad they did not.
@mikescott5624 Жыл бұрын
Meant only to separate the Generals' clause with hyphens, not strike it.
@catherineparrau29853 жыл бұрын
🤩😍
@tomfuller55853 жыл бұрын
Yet the liberals gave us convenience abortion, a torturous death for the late-term child. And most are gotten to escape the Natural consequences of their irresponsible behavior. Ironic.
@robertp4113 жыл бұрын
Richie was always a soothing voice. I remember in the late 60s even my mom, a European emigrant, appreciated when my brother or I would put on Mixed Bag. Years later I had the pleasure of having a business meeting w Richie. Mandela is a great 👍🏻 song and it reflects the voice of millions and the pain we felt is present here.
@ayobamidele4 жыл бұрын
Wow the first time I've seen Richie sing without his guitar. Love this song from the Nobody Left to Crown album. It's great to get the background and to hear what it meant to him. Thanks for posting. I just subscribed.
@littledevil82754 жыл бұрын
I agree with most everyone about an original song being better than a cover. Though, I will admit when an artist with a special gift comes along and and gives their special touch to one of our beloved classics, the goose bumps, chills, and hair raising on the backs of necks tell us a practically perfect union has been achieved. I got that feeling from Disturbed cover of Sound Of Silence, and even Pink's White Rabbit, and even Heart's Tribute to Led Zeppelin's Stairway. As sacred as this song is, I hope someone, some day, an artist, be they either male or female cover this as these 2 masters have given this original!
@paulag.panzermd82394 жыл бұрын
Sadly, this doesn’t get old. Still needed - and still MAJESTICALLY sung. Dearly and deeply miss Richie.
@andrewp56424 жыл бұрын
S. Brian Willson Gerry Condon Veterans for Peace.
@rheafoster73464 жыл бұрын
This remains the same today, a powerful, wonderful, message
@heatherhansen37814 жыл бұрын
This still brings tears to my eyes.
@trackie19574 жыл бұрын
Fabulous. I’ve only known the version on the album - when it was a new song. Still powerful and relevant, probably will be for 10,000 years more.
@mikescott5624 Жыл бұрын
And there, Trackie, is the supreme heartbreak. While this song, this version is musically arresting, its message, lyrics may still not have been taken to heart ten millenia hence. Not if national and global situations circa 2023 any indication.
@frederickhill71814 жыл бұрын
Somehow in the 55 years since this song was released I had never heard it until now. As one who has been spared the draft - I was in the UK during Vietnam - on ANZAC day I recall those who died under fire without the option of killing - the journalists, photographers, doctors, nurses, stretcher bearers, railway personnel, merchant sailors - on all sides, in all wars.
@lilaccottage58854 жыл бұрын
I’ve listened to this version of this song 1000 times. I still hear a new message in different lyrics here and there. It’s amazing.
@gregnixon14354 жыл бұрын
Wow, just wow. Great song, great singers mix!
@janemillerick96144 жыл бұрын
just phenomenal.. I bought the original PP&M album when it came out. thanks so much for this! I remember Ritchie well too; had his lps as well..
@johnshockley18284 жыл бұрын
...and yet, the killin's not over. The Great Mandella moves on over a field of tears and broken hearts and bodies.
@BeachBadger784 жыл бұрын
John Shockley And, it shall never stop... simply a matter of who kills & who is killed.
@keitharnett32324 жыл бұрын
what a treat this is!
@Bramicus4 жыл бұрын
Nice song, and right up there with Jon Lennon's "Imagine" in the running for "most fat-headed lyrics ever."
@goodgollymisspolly51635 жыл бұрын
This is what I was doing at 14 years of age. Even then, socially aware. Thank you.
@goodgollymisspolly51635 жыл бұрын
I was 14 when this song hit me like a Profound Pie in the Face.
@jebstuart14755 жыл бұрын
Hope richie got over his Heroin thing. What a talent.
@eidolon18096 жыл бұрын
Wow.
@bossfan496 жыл бұрын
Why does Richie do everything weird? The way he holds his mic....and plays the guitar..... It looks completely awkward and uncomfortable. Unnatural.
@kkoo32476 жыл бұрын
Richie Havens had such an open personality, you felt you knew him
@blindnarcissus6 жыл бұрын
Richie = perfection
@descartesdonkey42917 жыл бұрын
where have all the anti-war children gone? I am ashamed of the warmongering scum calling themselves patriots and "veterans" PTSD ? Yeah well you have thought of what it would do to you before you volunteered to slaughter the innocents - you are the angel of death...live in your hell on earth and weep for your soul.