Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons (Live)

Music video by Tennessee Ernie Ford performing Sixteen Tons (Live).

[@chrisPAT03]

Even at his age then, man, what a voice! He never lost that golden bass voice. Great artist and a great man.

[@MichelleElks]

Yes he certainly did!❤️

[@annecohen8927]

Love his signature song!!! He was just mesmerizing.

[@TheScottGillies]

A little quick, but HE KILLED IT!!! Very good!

[@cmandrell]

play it a .75

[@atomdecay]

Them uppers man

[@noisypr6048]

Put it in .75x playback, you wont regret it

[@donhagerty5669]

THAT SONG IS BEING DONE JUST A LITTLE TOO FAST

[@jbucketz7945]

Yea I like this at .75

[@tonycharlton4296]

A little fast but that may have been because of his age, breath control. A great singer and a classic song.

[@bellsoflagunabend6668]

He held the long notes fine, it might’ve just been a jazzier iteration

[@sra4722]

Or the time constrictions of live commercial TV.

[@jewellm61]

Everytime we had a class meeting in the high school where I used to teach, there was a teacher who played this song on the piano. I think that was the most popular song he could play because he played that song slowly and deliberately. It was our favorite!

[@korihoornstra7364]

He still got it

[@Littledove-mw1ed]

You bet-cha!😂😮😅😊❤

[@MatheusCamposdaSilva]

absolute legend

[@THE1vbLLover69_]

I appreciate this version of the song. I love how much more it enforces jazz rather than blues.

[@FCV0511]

There's something that I love about this song.

[@kale280]

Probably the truth of the lyrics. “I owe my soul to the company store” the reality of the capitalist society

[@StealthKey]

@@kale280capitalist vs corporatist please research before spewing nonsense about what you think is "capitalism"

[@EMScott-le7vu]

Used to have county and western music. The western music portion carried on the oral tradition of folksongs and ballads that told history before radio and television. This genre morfed into the " somebody did somebody wrong " style that morfed into "outlaw" country music which morfed into undistinguished entertainment we have today.

[@kruppratte218]

Great singer.

[@J.DouglasHenderson]

Krupp Ratte u

[@michal.k.sikorski]

Some people say a man is made outta mud A poor man's made outta muscle and blood Muscle and blood and skin and bones A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong You load 16 tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine I loaded 16 tons of number nine coal And the straw boss said, "Well, a-bless my soul" You load 16 tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain Fightin' and trouble are my middle name I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion Can't no high toned woman make me walk the line You load 16 tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store If you see me comin', better step aside A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died One fist of iron, the other of steel If the right one don't get you Then the left one will You load 16 tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store

[@galin2924]

Watch it twice, once in 0.75 speed and once in 1.25 speed, trust me

[@easleyofthesouth]

Crazy its like from 2 different eras of music 😂

[@HashimAziz1]

All I can think about is how much his fingers must hurt by the end of this.

[@marielaurechablais2978]

excellent !!! indémodable ❤❤

[@carriebowlen3785]

Thanks for sharing one of my favorite song!! It is very sad too!

[@Fartychris100]

This is how it feels to go to work

[@summerz8867]

Good times🎶✅🎶✅🎼🎵

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

That voice

[@faitho0]

amazons theme song

[@StarZendonna1687]

Killer Classic

[@jayden2592]

I like this one

[@stevendudley5687]

Does anyone else think Tennesee Ernie favored Walt Disney? I know they're both dead, but they looked alike.

[@KillJoy_Since2017]

Steven Dudley Holy shit your right They do look alike

[@cloakmajorpug]

Omg you are right

[@TJ52359]

I think it might be a 'sub-style' from their 'era'... if you want to be a pedant 'Floyd the Barber ' from Mayberry/Andy Griffith Show has a similar look too...

[@liamnoname6662]

I've always thought this! Glad i'm not the only one.

[@liamg2063]

Yessss

[@atomdecay]

Them uppers keeping him standing made him forget to SLOW DOWN 😂

[@DIANNEELEE]

Only one that can compare with Earnie Ford is Phil Harris. I.loved you both all my life...🎶🎵🎷🎺🎸🎶🎵🎺🎷

[@phylliswood6361]

Tennessee Ernie Ford and Phil Harris were my mother's favorites also. She died a month ago today. I played Ernie's The Old Rugged Cross and Children Go Where I Send Thee and Phil's Deck.of Cards for her in the hospital and when she came home.🙏

[@qwertydog9795]

Great song, great music, great voice! What has happened?

[@9xkysR]

he died

[@DonvyG]

…

[@DonvyG]

Sad..

[@JuanTrump69]

Late stage capitalism

[@qwertydog9795]

@@JuanTrump69 art becoming nothing more than a product is tragic. no passion, no soul, no joy. funny enough, when I typed that comment originally 6 yr ago, I wouldn't have understood that because I was raised to think capitalism is always good

[@80ssmith48]

Love the classics And the jazz bands tempo was a little fast for the song but still great.

[@dylangeorgeson6580]

do what Ernie wanted, unionize

[@ann-catherinemorner7499]

Well, what do you know! Kisses and roses!

[@SantillanaDeAsturias]

I owe my soul to the Convenience Storeeeee !!!!

[@TheScottGillies]

I bet you love the film Clerks !!!!

[@SantillanaDeAsturias]

@@TheScottGillies What is that film about?

[@modernmidwestentertainment7542]

Wow! It DOES sound more like it at .75 speed.

[@kg4boj]

Thank you for this suggestion!

[@JoeUglyFatMama]

Adjust it to every speed and crack up LOL

[@teresajarman2236]

No hightoned woman gunna make me walk the line😄😅🤣🥰 that always makes me get a tear in my eye

[@aitf99]

love this song but its a brutal version of it. Was he under a time limit?

[@Charlesb88]

I’ll bet that given this was for TV that the producers likely had him do at a higher temp then normal to get it to fit within a tight time space on the show. I’ve see this sort of thing done before for TV performances of nor Malloy slower songs where the singer was doing the song at faster tempo the normal leaving me to believe it was compressed for time. Unfortunately, it kind of ruined the song in all the cases I saw it happen and this is version of 16 Tons is no exception.

[@SciTrekMan]

Funny, I was just thinking the same thing. This is definitely his worst performance of this song I’ve seen. He did seem like he was rushing it and put none of his usual “oomph” into it. He seems to be just reading off the words instead of “performing” it.

[@mudkipmadness7072]

America in a few years be like

[@flimmyflams1019]

Oh god put it at 2x

[@GrieviousGeorge]

Amazon

[@mazafuzle]

lol vevo for ernie

[@countryboystretch]

♥️

[@redstep-child3096]

Don't owe your soul to anyone but yourself.

[@Danimal1577]

Bill Maher just referenced this in his monologue against Bezos and Amazon

[@damienrowe381]

Why was this version so fast?

[@berrychy2990]

is this live version from the 70s?

[@Batnano]

too fast

[@pootwiggs]

musician detected...probably a drummer or Bass player

[@MarsLonsen]

@Victor Torres Jr. nah, sounds choppy

[@davidpfeifer9489]

pootwiggs it was the horns first the drummer followed him

[@jeromem.evardome10_kr15]

that's how he sang it because it's live btw so it's fine and it's a bit more challenging since it's lowered in 1 key and faster than the original

[@Batnano]

@@pootwiggs guitar actually lol

[@AlvarezD853]

South park😊

[@videogeekin]

What year this performance?

[@andreecalhoun9436]

Try slow down little bit 75 slow

[@justina249]

Why do they rush it? Are they like man i dont wanna do it. Just get it over with

[@Quint1836]

It’s called television time frame

[@MrRdrcr]

Anyone know what year this was?

[@RodolphosTechchannel]

80s probs

[@Quint1836]

1982

[@investingcoffee]

Does any one realize that the original one he made he seemed like he like the devil but now he wants forgiveness he looked evil now he looks sad or disappointed. It’s like he does own his soul or he sold his soul.

[@MrFIZZYMann]

🎵 The Tempo's Too Quick 🎵

[@SongFalcon467]

Song

[@maverickMD]

x 0.75 speed is a little better.

[@JhpNetwork]

South Park

[@MrCeegee90]

Anyone else here because of geoff castellucci 😁

[@eddy-fw7hv]

South Park brought me here

[@KillJoy_Since2017]

eddy 121 121 Same

[@njtProductions]

My grandpa that toured with ernie brought me here.

[@muslumgoksu8377]

ernei spartacus

[@Jciprian]

Only original

[@boring247boring5]

Les united states are sinking

[@DeMonSpencer]

Anyone here because of South Park?

[@garrudamaster2025]

Me, bro! =)

[@allglad]

Everything has been south parkified.

[@frostysaturn4955]

No I’m here from fallout

[@TheDixieBassMan]

Nope,I grew up listening to the old pea picker.Ernie Ford, Warren Holmes,London Parris and J.D. Sumner were the reasons I wanted to be a bass singer growing up.

[@keelokeylo]

Fallout 76 brought me here

[@bleeuk]

See he Seeing Sixteen Tons not Sixteen Ton, that strange most recording of his, hasn't got a S in it.

[@Jciprian]

Too old and fast