I am 83 and I played guitar and read my poetry on the same stage Bobby Zimmerman did. The Scholar Coffee House,. Just off the University of Minnesota Campus. It was our home away from home. A place we used to call "Little Greenwich Village".
I'm almost 69 and I very often play folk songs from the 60's .Singing this kind of song, with friends, in the shadow of a big tree, by a warm afternoon, that's for me a view of what paradise can be. The best from France, friendship for all.
I'm 62 and live in Mexico now, but these songs were the soundtrack of my early childhood. I had a decent run singing my own Ranchera compositions, mostly because these people showed me that anyone can sing any country's music.
My dad was a nightime bartender, and whenever I could I would stay awake until he came home, usually around 2 AM. He would say: " You shouldn't be up this late!!!!". If it wasn't a night before school, he would let me stay, and we'd sit at the kitchen table together. He liked to listen to the radio then, and sometimes read the newspaper, or we'd chat. We both enjoyed those times together, and he even remembered them when he was in his 80s and starting to lose his memory. RiP, Dad.
I have lived this time. Thank god..Play banjo. Always have. 73 yrs old. Very few will understand how socially folk music changed our so called leaders thoughts. .
I’m 86, how’s that possible? Grew up with these songs and artists. Met Joan Baez as my former next door neighbor on Fort Ord was her childhood friend. We all had coffee just before I boarded a plane to start my second Vietnam tour. She, an anti-war crusader just wished me well. She did not espouse her feelings. Just wished me God Speed.
Oh Leonard! You will always make me weep but with tears of joy. You were one of our best. Next time I’m able to go back to Montreal, I’ll be visiting you on top of your beautiful mountain.
I'm so glad I grew up in the 60's, and the music that became the best part of my heart was from folk songs...I am numb now in my 70's and today's music gives no meaning nor refuge from a dying planet..
Grew up with this music.. now 67..all I can say..really..so real..so present..no hype..and from their hearts..it wasn't about the money or fame..it was creative genius..being played out....and they continue to this day.. and they will live on forever for their poetry and truth....amen!!
When we were listening to those songs back in the sixties, we didn't realize how privileged we were. Today's "entertainers" don't come near to those people. Farewell Angelina, ofr example was a masterpiece. All those songs were real classics.Whoever put this on, thanks very much.
+Martin Horan: Yes, the sheer humanity, personalism, and simplicity of folk music of this era provides a clear contrast to the overkill of today's pop or rock.
+TangleF50 There are a few excellent but under-appreciated singers and musicians around still. You have to dig deep and have a fair bit of luck to find them though. Not folk singers but try: *Eleftheria Arvanitaki* - O Ipnos Se Tilikse, Meno Ektos, Erotiko, Parapano H Xenitia, Tzivaeri. (the live versions) *Georgia Dagaki* - Erotokritos, Petroperdika, Sketos Ego. *Jackie Evancho*, practically anything she does really but if they haven't been pulled, live versions (although hardly distinguishable from her recordings) Nessun Dorma, Pie Jesu, Dorme Jesu, My Immortal, Only Time, Dark Waltz, Imaginer (the St. Petersburg concert or the PBS special in Orlando), A Time For Us, and her most recent offering All Of The Stars.
Folk music was my favorite in the 60's, remember hearing the Seekers back then, they sounded heavenly, also enjoyed Gordon's songs. Back then all I had was a radio to listen to, and had very little money to buy records. Thank the lord for RUclips.
Indeed Joan Baez did contribute so much to folk music. The quality of songs, her social engagement and the purity of her voice all make her as we say in french "sans pareil".
She was with Dylan in Toronto during Rolling Thunder Tour. So many special people . She was the only artist there though, who could and did, fill old Maple Leaf Gardens without any need of a microphone or amplifier - really special talent
Odd to see Leonard looking so young. Julie Felix should have been better known in US; would have like to hear more with her and Leonard. GREAT video, so much music by these great artists.
Time it was, and what a time it was. A time of innocence, a time of confidences Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph. Preserve your memories, that is all that left you Simon and Garfunkal
I've listened to these songs in the early 1970s becoming a teen. They are still my favorites .... ❤ They motivated me to learn playing guitar and violin and singing too .... 🎶🎻🎸
Ditto!! I 've been a HUGE fan of this completely delightful - and SOOOO Canadian, lol - song by one of the best singer-songwriters Canada has ever produced.
Wonderful, wonderful ! May the music of the sixties live on forever !! I, too, grew up at that time ! It was an explosion of greatest songwriting and greatest artists of all time ! Cheers to them all !!
-I was fortunate to be a child of the 1950s-'60s, growing up in a very small rail town. I fell in love with Joan Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary at about 12 then later came the folk-rock era with The Byrds, Arlo Guthrie, Simon and Garfunkel, and those that followed. In 1974, while living in Spokane WA, I was again fortunate to volunteer in the Folklife of Expo '74, meeting the likes of Utah Phillips, Rosalie Sorrells, Bodie Wagner, Kenny Hall, Pop Wagner, and so many others. I have since really listened to Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Cisco Huston and those who sang and played when our parents were young. All of these people and events shaped me into the person I am today, so much more aware and a bit cynical of the world. I have been so lucky. Now, pushing 70, I look back and sigh. What is next and what will the future generations be listening to? Will they appreciate what came before them or will our musical history be lost until someone unearths it again? Just like I did yesterday when I stumbled across a little known show, Rainbow Quest hosted by Pete Seeger in the mid-1960s. What a gem!
Not one of these singers or songs are not incredible and iconic on so many levels. Watching them bursting with the flames of youth and energy and harmony and hunger still reaches into my soul lo' these many decades later and I am alive all over again! Thank you
What is it about Gordon Lightfoot that always bring tears to my eyes? His songs are like vignettes of outdoor exploring and freedom of the open road. And pioneers.♥️
Joan singing "Farewell Angelina" sends the shivers down my spine. As with so many Dylan songs I have no idea what most of the lyrics really mean (I saw Joan say in an interview that Bob didn't either...) but it's sublime. And Judy Collins...wow! Those magnetic eyes to go with that pure voice. Wonderful.
Dylan's lyrics at their best are powerful poetry. I've told my kids that a poet only needs to write one great poem to be remembered; Dylan's written many.
1967 my last year in high school and was listening to sound of silence and i am a rock of simon and garfunkle. i didn't realize i was ono of the lucky ones. until now i have the complete anthology of simon and garfunkle.the best of times and now it is 2020 and I'm still listening.
1967. the same year I graduated. Where have the years gone? At least I can still listen to songs like these which I listened to so often in Greenwich Village. A different time. A different world.
I haven't heard Farewell Angelina fof literally a couple of dog's life-spans. Goodness it was a fantastic song!!!! - and that VOICE: i am in love all over again.
In a snowy night when i was just 5 years old i sat by the door waiting for my father come home from the company he worked for 41 years. It took couple of hours until my father showed up from working all day, six days a week. I saw his massive image behind the door as he put his key in the key hole and open the door. i was so excited to see him, as i was every night. As he open the metal door i could see outside was snowing massively, and since my father had to walk a long way from the bus stop to our little house, so he was covered in snow. His hat had turned into snowy white hat, as was his mustache and bushy eyebrows. I ran to him as he entered. He hugged and kissed me with his usual big smily face. Then he put me down and took off his hat and snowy overcoat, as shaking the snow off if them, and haning them on the green metal coat hanger by the door. He lock the door three times, and took his shoes off and put on his slippers and went to the bedroom to change. Later in the kitchen while he was eating his supper alone with me sitting next to him and while watching him how hungrily he ate his food i asked him why should he go to work? why can't he be home all the time? He chuckled a little behind his thick glasses and put me on his lap and told me something i never forget, "My son, we live among people and do what people do. All fathers have to go to work, and so do i. And since all kids go to school, next year you go to school too." That night I went to bed in the same bedroom as my other 3 brothers were sleeping, and I wished to myself people would stop expecting my father to go to work. But he worked all the way to the last month of his life when he died of a heart attack in sleep. To this day every time it snows hard at night, i still sit in the chair near the entrance door, and i still hope my father would show up covered with snow, the snow of happiness. (To all the working class fathers and families who live by the warmth of hope of a better future for their children.)
And to all those millions of families who's fathers and mothers, through no fault of their own, displaced by technology occupations, who's jobs and companies have moved overseas to chase the cheaper labor market and globalization, I hope they find work in worker owned companies, and that high tariffs are placed on those former American companies' goods.
Sure...some of these old songs still hold up and hold one's attention but a lot of today's music, from Rock to Bluegrass/Americana to hip hop is really good. I love to pump up the tempo or change the meter on the old folk songs and, while playing and singing, have people say, "Hey...I know that song" I'm a huge lover of much of that 80s/90s stuff...David Byrne, DEVO, etc. But then I love to dance at 68 years old I'd hate to be mired in any one era.
Yes we did, from Tom Paxton, to the Beatles, we had a great variety on the top 40, or Top 100 charts then,..every now and again in today's times, you might get a decent young artist, but they are few and far between...if they were raindrops, the expression "you could walk between them" comes to mind.
How about Elvis to the Beatles. Elvis influenced them all: from Leonard Cohen to Joan Baez to Bob Dylan.He was a burst of freedom and he paid the price.Listen to Rex Fowler's "Shine a Little light on Elvis."
I share in the sentiments already posted. I grew up in NYC in the 50s and 60s, learned guitar and sang in high school and ever since. A great thrill remains when, at age 30, I saw Tom Paxton play a small club in Atlanta and, at a break, asked him if I could play one of his songs for him (it was my birthday). In a kind gesture, he invited me to his dressing room and, together, we played Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound. He then returned to play his second set....
What's so amazing about this kind and gentle articulate music is that it was written and performed during a time of sometimes violent social upheaval in America
Yes, that's the important recognition. The artists intentionally felt love while writing about any subject, made sure both poetic skill and love were guiding their creations.
So young! We were younger than young! Judy blue eyes were blue even in B&W! Julie was perfect, I didn't realize it back then. Joan has my mother's voice but not her soul, still so attractive in earnestness. All slipping into the past......
The sixties is the best decade ever for music. Some of today's music is also nice, but it can't compare to the music back then. The 60s are gone half a century ago, but it still lives. The 60s are gone, but no way it can be forgotten!
In 1967 I enlisted in the U.S. Navy and learned to play guitar in the Tonkin Gulf. I played some in the coffee houses in San Francisco, and at Montana State after I got out. With our current political situation, it is time to get the guitars out again. We need another movement to protect the progress we have made since "Hey Nellie, Nellie". And we're going to miss Pete and Leonard and Woody, and rest of them. This next battle for civil rights and freedom and the dignity of all people is going to be a much tougher battle. Re-string your guitars and banjos and take to the streets and parks and coffee houses. Dust off the old songs and write some new ones. Bless the United States and its' people.
Jon Erickson Greetings from Dublin Ireland we hear you brother. ..the fascists are on the march. NO PASARAN....this shall not pass.... Natzi scum must be put back in their inbred box where they belong time to stand up people for Freedom.....Woody sang it this land is your land....don't let them take it away...
As a teen in the early 60s, folk music was by far my favorite genre and still is a favorite to this day. I'm a big fan of ballads. Related to Judy Collins Hey Nelly Nelly, I went to war 100 years after the Civil War.
Beautiful. Back in the days when singers didn't feel the need for histrionics and ridiculous levels of volume and theatrics. No, they just sang with their hearts and souls. Yes.
@@elizabethstetler9808 I like 60-70s music more but I wouldn't say ALL of today's music is garbage, there's plenty of good music, it's just that the chartbusters generally tend to be shit which gives an impression that all the music is bad.
@@Dev-ie1ez That is true. I bet there was actually plenty of not-very-good (or even downright awful) music around in the 60s, but it has mostly been forgotten because nobody plays it on the radio anymore. I *know* there was plenty junk in the 70s (born in 64, so missed some of the music that decade, though heard a lot due to older siblings & mum listening to music radio all the time).
Thank you! This brought back great memories of my late 20's when we thought we could bring peace and unity. Instead we've had 2020. Hope this election brings hope to heal the divisions in our beautiful country.
I remember falling in love with Julie Felix when I was a young soldier in the British Army in the early sixties. We were posted in the Persian Gulf and in those days all we wanted was good music and to chase girls around a disco. What a misprint youth I had.
@@frankmorton1920 What a great story Frank. That's how I feel about Janis Joplin. I was crazy about her when I was young and still LOVE her music~! Cheers from BC, Canada.
What a great time it was in the 60’s. the hope of a generation was so high(not weed) for most of us. The the bubble was broken. Vietnam broke our hope and war has almost destroyed us since.
Well, we were going to change the world, but unfortunately the 60's paved the road to where we are today - me-centered, and ignoring facts to follow feelings.
What a wonderful recollection and so exquisitely told. I’m sure you had many of us thinking of our own dear, hardworking Dads, God bless them, every one. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Love the folk music of my youth! We were so loving and carefree back then. We are no longer the "me" generation but we're the."we" generation. We care about life and our fellow man. We didn't have the homeless crisis back then like we do today. We were into bartering and hitch hiking to get around. I'm now living in Hawaii and it's like I stepped out of a time machine. The hippies here never left -- many boomers here who care about each other and still get around by hitch hiking. Most are vegetarians and Mary Jane is everywhere! Peace out.
What made Folk Music so wonderful back in the 50’s & 60’s, other than the artists, were the SONGS. We just don’t have any songwriters today who can write songs as deep and meaningful as what we were experiencing in this marvelous era. Amen!
💙🦋💙Judy Collins’ song “Hey Nellie Nellie” ends in 1962 with people of color walking together with white people - for human rights. Today 8-25-20 people are again marching for human rights - declaring once again Black Lives Matter. A day ago another Black Man was shot in the back by police men who were hired “to serve the people”. Blowin in the Wind are Human Rights for ALL and A Change is A-Coming, With This Generation.💙🙏💙💙🌎💙🌏💙🌍💙ThankYou for This Memory of Our History💙🗽💙😷💙CompassionateCaring=😷🦋Black Lives Matter🦋💙🗽💙😷
I remember singing that song when she first recorded it with bunches of ppl. "Be the change you'd like to see in the world." Yet, there is still lots of work to do. That said, I have an amazing positive feel about today's youth. They really are looking at the world through a different set of glasses. For that I'm grateful.
Oh my Crikey! I remember seeing that Julie Felix show with Leonard Cohen. Gosh, 1968! I had never heard of Cohen at that stage, but have followed him ever since.
Like listening to a time capsule with changes only of mode of expressions, the human story, the longing for love is the same as it ever was - beautiful.
Looking back is always 20/20. What was is still now to us folkies from the 60's completely relevant . That does not demean the poetic minstrels out there trying to write the next ' Blowin in the Wind ' or ' Like a Rolling Stone .' My hope is that those who want to be like Bob have the courage and conviction to believe in themselves , to tell the times like they really are . My era of Bob and all the others who have spoken to my heart and soul are just about ready to pass on the mantle of saying something important and relevant to next generation of folk singers. I hope before I pass across the great divide to hear that music still has great relevancy to the Modern Times and that there are many more like Bob and Joan out there . Peter behind my Judy
Thank you very much for posting this! I was born in August of 1959, so still young throughout the 60's... Even still, I was of an age then that this music touched my spirit, & influenced me to help make me the person I am today! I very much appreciated being able to watch these video clips here at this time! You've helped to give my day a wonderful start, & I wish you a wonderful day!
C Dream. That is one of the sweetest stories I’ve heard. Can only imagine what it must like to have a father that a child would anxiously wait for his father to arrive home from a long day. Especially while listening to Tom Paxton at the same time. 😢
Dang! That Judy Collins can blow! Awesome. Loved it. This was before she was Suite: Judy Blue Eyes with Stills. Joan Baez was a hot one, but nobody looked like the adorable Joni Mitchell, nor sounded as good. Poor Garfunkel looked like he was eating a big bag of Cheetos and it exploded in his face. Oh well.
It was great to see Tom Paxton 3 years ago at Nettlebed Folk Club near Oxford. And Julie Felix sang at my brother's folk club in Birmingham in the 70s.
I was 84 last week, fell in love with folk music in the 50's, never fell out....
I am 83 and I played guitar and read my poetry on the same stage Bobby Zimmerman did. The Scholar Coffee House,. Just off the University of Minnesota Campus. It was our home away from home. A place we used to call "Little Greenwich Village".
I'm almost 69 and I very often play folk songs from the 60's .Singing this kind of song, with friends, in the shadow of a big tree, by a warm afternoon, that's for me a view of what paradise can be. The best from France, friendship for all.
I'm 62 and live in Mexico now, but these songs were the soundtrack of my early childhood. I had a decent run singing my own Ranchera compositions, mostly because these people showed me that anyone can sing any country's music.
from san francisco have a peaceful year
Born 1957 on Nuxalk Nation Territory awesome memories remembering tunes and singers.
@@bobdonovan4505Dear Bob, This is a long shot, but do you know any of the Donovan family from Banbury? If you do please send them my very best. Reid X
At 79 this is the music of my coming of age, sweet times, sweet memories, we have lost so much…
I am weeping uncontrollably; listening to these great tunes of yore, knowing full well we will not pass this way again....
My dad was a nightime bartender, and whenever I could I would stay awake until he came home, usually around 2 AM. He would say: " You shouldn't be up this late!!!!". If it wasn't a night before school, he would let me stay, and we'd sit at the kitchen table together. He liked to listen to the radio then, and sometimes read the newspaper, or we'd chat. We both enjoyed those times together, and he even remembered them when he was in his 80s and starting to lose his memory. RiP, Dad.
that brought tears to my eyes!
Graduated HS in 1968... it was a wonderful, horrible, painful, magical time.
I have lived this time. Thank god..Play banjo. Always have. 73 yrs old. Very few will understand how socially folk music changed our so called leaders thoughts. .
Wonderful folk music which defines the early sixties. No flashing lights and fireworks, just good music with a meaning.
I’m 86, how’s that possible? Grew up with these songs and artists. Met Joan Baez as my former next door neighbor on Fort Ord was her childhood friend. We all had coffee just before I boarded a plane to start my second Vietnam tour. She, an anti-war crusader just wished me well. She did not espouse her feelings. Just wished me God Speed.
Oh Leonard! You will always make me weep but with tears of joy. You were one of our best. Next time I’m able to go back to Montreal, I’ll be visiting you on top of your beautiful mountain.
I'm so glad I grew up in the 60's, and the music that became the best part of my heart was from folk songs...I am numb now in my 70's and today's music gives no meaning nor refuge from a dying planet..
Grew up with this music.. now 67..all I can say..really..so real..so present..no hype..and from their hearts..it wasn't about the money or fame..it was creative genius..being played out....and they continue to this day.. and they will live on forever for their poetry and truth....amen!!
When we were listening to those songs back in the sixties, we didn't realize how privileged we were. Today's "entertainers" don't come near to those people. Farewell Angelina, ofr example was a masterpiece. All those songs were real classics.Whoever put this on, thanks very much.
+Martin Horan: Yes, the sheer humanity, personalism, and simplicity of folk music of this era provides a clear contrast to the overkill of today's pop or rock.
+TangleF50
There are a few excellent but under-appreciated singers and musicians around still.
You have to dig deep and have a fair bit of luck to find them though.
Not folk singers but try:
*Eleftheria Arvanitaki* - O Ipnos Se Tilikse, Meno Ektos, Erotiko, Parapano H Xenitia, Tzivaeri. (the live versions)
*Georgia Dagaki* - Erotokritos, Petroperdika, Sketos Ego.
*Jackie Evancho*, practically anything she does really but if they haven't been pulled, live versions (although hardly distinguishable from her recordings) Nessun Dorma, Pie Jesu, Dorme Jesu, My Immortal, Only Time, Dark Waltz, Imaginer (the St. Petersburg concert or the PBS special in Orlando), A Time For Us, and her most recent offering All Of The Stars.
So true!
+Martin Horan Well said. A great era for music.
Oh yes, I love First Aid Kit!
Folk music was my favorite in the 60's, remember hearing the Seekers back then, they sounded heavenly, also enjoyed Gordon's songs. Back then all I had was a radio to listen to, and had very little money to buy records. Thank the lord for RUclips.
The BBC were really awesome at this time. High quality recording and filming. Thanks to them for this wonderful time capsule.
I still love folk music. Peter Paul and Mary were my favorite group before rock and roll became popular...
Indeed Joan Baez did contribute so much to folk music. The quality of songs, her social engagement and the purity of her voice all make her as we say in french "sans pareil".
Marielle Crao bbe
She was with Dylan in Toronto during Rolling Thunder Tour. So many special people . She was the only artist there though, who could and did, fill old Maple Leaf Gardens without any need of a microphone or amplifier - really special talent
Odd to see Leonard looking so young. Julie Felix should have been better known in US; would have like to hear more with her and Leonard. GREAT video, so much music by these great artists.
Time it was, and what a time it was.
A time of innocence, a time of confidences
Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph.
Preserve your memories, that is all that left you
Simon and Garfunkal
Tom Paxton was one of the many heroes of the 60's , what a poet, singer, individual. Thanks for posting.
And he's still writing topical songs and singing! ruclips.net/video/3UqjWLlyvGE/видео.html
Beautiful......no other words are needed.
We were the luckiest generation to have this as the background to our youth. Paxton was an annual pilgrimage at the Dome in Brighton.
just perfect...thank you roger b from Greece
I've listened to these songs in the early 1970s becoming a teen. They are still my favorites .... ❤
They motivated me to learn playing guitar and violin and singing too .... 🎶🎻🎸
Hey, Nellie, Nellie. So powerful. I was 18 in '65 but I hadn't heard that song until today. Thanks for posting this.
I can remember when @ 18 I saw PPM live and loved it...
Gordon at his best!❤️ When he sings “ Song for a Winter’s Night”, I’m back in 1967 and back in love with our Canadian troubadour!❤️
"Song for a Winter's Night" is my favorite Gordon Lightfoot song, hands down. His vocal on that just gives me chills!
Ditto!! I 've been a HUGE fan of this completely delightful - and SOOOO Canadian, lol - song by one of the best singer-songwriters Canada has ever produced.
I'd almost forgotten what a glorious sound Julie Felix had.
Wonderful, wonderful ! May the music of the sixties live on forever !! I, too, grew up at that time ! It was an explosion of greatest songwriting and greatest artists of all time ! Cheers to them all !!
-I was fortunate to be a child of the 1950s-'60s, growing up in a very small rail town. I fell in love with Joan Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary at about 12 then later came the folk-rock era with The Byrds, Arlo Guthrie, Simon and Garfunkel, and those that followed. In 1974, while living in Spokane WA, I was again fortunate to volunteer in the Folklife of Expo '74, meeting the likes of Utah Phillips, Rosalie Sorrells, Bodie Wagner, Kenny Hall, Pop Wagner, and so many others. I have since really listened to Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Cisco Huston and those who sang and played when our parents were young. All of these people and events shaped me into the person I am today, so much more aware and a bit cynical of the world. I have been so lucky. Now, pushing 70, I look back and sigh. What is next and what will the future generations be listening to? Will they appreciate what came before them or will our musical history be lost until someone unearths it again? Just like I did yesterday when I stumbled across a little known show, Rainbow Quest hosted by Pete Seeger in the mid-1960s. What a gem!
Music that just brings you back to a time that will never be duplicated. I'm so grateful to be part of this life with these musicians.
Not one of these singers or songs are not incredible and iconic on so many levels. Watching them bursting with the flames of youth and energy and harmony and hunger still reaches into my soul lo' these many decades later and I am alive all over again! Thank you
What is it about Gordon Lightfoot that always bring tears to my eyes? His songs are like vignettes of outdoor exploring and freedom of the open road. And pioneers.♥️
I was born in 1961, but through my late materna uncle l was privilege to hear these songs from an early age. God bless them and my uncle.
Joan singing "Farewell Angelina" sends the shivers down my spine. As with so many Dylan songs I have no idea what most of the lyrics really mean (I saw Joan say in an interview that Bob didn't either...) but it's sublime. And Judy Collins...wow! Those magnetic eyes to go with that pure voice. Wonderful.
Lot of his songs are like that. It's the tune, pattern and rhythm of the words. If you knew no English, the music is still effective.
Dylan's lyrics at their best are powerful poetry. I've told my kids that a poet only needs to write one great poem to be remembered; Dylan's written many.
This 20 minutes is as good an explanation of where my music comes from as ever I could have put into words
Exactly!
1967 my last year in high school and was listening to sound of silence and i am a rock of simon and garfunkle. i didn't realize i was ono of the lucky ones. until now i have the complete anthology of simon and garfunkle.the best of times and now it is 2020 and I'm still listening.
1967. the same year I graduated. Where have the years gone? At least I can still listen to songs like these which I listened to so often in Greenwich Village. A different time. A different world.
Some great uploads here.. thanks...memories of bedsit Dublin of the 1960s. Early mornin' rain and no car! All changed and some gone now.
This was a wonderful era of American music. Beautiful songs, great singers and song writers. And great interpretations of traditional songs too.
Was with Julie Felix yesterday at private event in Lincolnshire... awesome she was/still is and perfect guitar playing singer
I always have had a thing for folk music. It's emotional depth and sweet sounding mellow soothing tones tug at my heartstrings.
Folk a song of love for life.
Mine too
I haven't heard Farewell Angelina fof literally a couple of dog's life-spans. Goodness it was a fantastic song!!!! - and that VOICE: i am in love all over again.
In a snowy night when i was just 5 years old i sat by the door waiting for my father come home from the company he worked for 41 years. It took couple of hours until my father showed up from working all day, six days a week. I saw his massive image behind the door as he put his key in the key hole and open the door. i was so excited to see him, as i was every night. As he open the metal door i could see outside was snowing massively, and since my father had to walk a long way from the bus stop to our little house, so he was covered in snow. His hat had turned into snowy white hat, as was his mustache and bushy eyebrows. I ran to him as he entered. He hugged and kissed me with his usual big smily face. Then he put me down and took off his hat and snowy overcoat, as shaking the snow off if them, and haning them on the green metal coat hanger by the door. He lock the door three times, and took his shoes off and put on his slippers and went to the bedroom to change. Later in the kitchen while he was eating his supper alone with me sitting next to him and while watching him how hungrily he ate his food i asked him why should he go to work? why can't he be home all the time? He chuckled a little behind his thick glasses and put me on his lap and told me something i never forget, "My son, we live among people and do what people do. All fathers have to go to work, and so do i. And since all kids go to school, next year you go to school too." That night I went to bed in the same bedroom as my other 3 brothers were sleeping, and I wished to myself people would stop expecting my father to go to work. But he worked all the way to the last month of his life when he died of a heart attack in sleep. To this day every time it snows hard at night, i still sit in the chair near the entrance door, and i still hope my father would show up covered with snow, the snow of happiness.
(To all the working class fathers and families who live by the warmth of hope of a better future for their children.)
And to all those millions of families who's fathers and mothers, through no fault of their own, displaced by technology occupations, who's jobs and companies have moved overseas to chase the cheaper labor market and globalization, I hope they find work in worker owned companies, and that high tariffs are placed on those former American companies' goods.
♥ Thank you
Bless you'' and make your father proud
you made me cry....
What a beautiful story. I miss my father too. He was a Pipefitter/Plumber in a Mill town.
I never get tired of listening to these beautiful songs.
We had a treasure trove of amazing musical artists to listen to while growing up, not like today's sad wasteland...
Sure...some of these old songs still hold up and hold one's attention but a lot of today's music, from Rock to Bluegrass/Americana to hip hop is really good. I love to pump up the tempo or change the meter on the old folk songs and, while playing and singing, have people say, "Hey...I know that song"
I'm a huge lover of much of that 80s/90s stuff...David Byrne, DEVO, etc. But then I love to dance at 68 years old
I'd hate to be mired in any one era.
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Yes we did, from Tom Paxton, to the Beatles, we had a great variety on the top 40, or Top 100 charts then,..every now and again in today's times, you might get a decent young artist, but they are few and far between...if they were raindrops, the expression "you could walk between them" comes to mind.
How about Elvis to the Beatles. Elvis influenced them all: from Leonard Cohen to Joan Baez to Bob Dylan.He was a burst of freedom and he paid the price.Listen to Rex Fowler's "Shine a Little light on Elvis."
I share in the sentiments already posted. I grew up in NYC in the 50s and 60s, learned guitar and sang in high school and ever since. A great thrill remains when, at age 30, I saw Tom Paxton play a small club in Atlanta and, at a break, asked him if I could play one of his songs
for him (it was my birthday). In a kind gesture, he invited me to his dressing room and, together, we played Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound. He then returned to play his second set....
I love this story Ed! What a great memory!
@@jazzyg5831 Thanks Joanne. As S and G said,
"preserve your memories, they're all that's left you."
What a hauntingly unforgettable song. I grew up with it, sang it and it never loses its power.
What's so amazing about this kind and gentle articulate music is that it was written and performed during a time of sometimes violent social upheaval in America
Yes, that's the important recognition. The artists intentionally felt love while writing about any subject, made sure both poetic skill and love were guiding their creations.
So young! We were younger than young! Judy blue eyes were blue even in B&W! Julie was perfect, I didn't realize it back then. Joan has my mother's voice but not her soul, still so attractive in earnestness. All slipping into the past......
OMG! God this bring backs memories. This is what shaped my consciousnesses.
The sixties is the best decade ever for music. Some of today's music is also nice, but it can't compare to the music back then. The 60s are gone half a century ago, but it still lives. The 60s are gone, but no way it can be forgotten!
Wonderful collection of the music and artists of an era, sadly probably never to happen again.
In 1967 I enlisted in the U.S. Navy and learned to play guitar in the Tonkin Gulf. I played some in the coffee houses in San Francisco, and at Montana State after I got out. With our current political situation, it is time to get the guitars out again. We need another movement to protect the progress we have made since "Hey Nellie, Nellie". And we're going to miss Pete and Leonard and Woody, and rest of them. This next battle for civil rights and freedom and the dignity of all people is going to be a much tougher battle. Re-string your guitars and banjos and take to the streets and parks and coffee houses. Dust off the old songs and write some new ones. Bless the United States and its' people.
Totally agree. I'm with you. My kids don't get the idea of singing what's on your mind and your friends' minds.
Jon Erickson
Greetings from Dublin Ireland
we hear you brother. ..the fascists are on the march.
NO PASARAN....this shall not pass....
Natzi scum must be put back in their inbred box where they belong
time to stand up people for Freedom.....Woody sang it
this land is your land....don't let them take it away...
No thanks. you are blinded from the media! Everyone is treated the someway my friend. :)
same way*
Unless you are Jewish today.
Makes me feel very old as I remember going to see both Tom Paxton & Julie Felix at the Fairfield Hall in Croydon & many years later Joan Baez.
The sixties, what a wonderful time! Special thanks to Simon & Garfunkel to take part of my best and sweet memories.
Depends where you were.
I thank God I am of that genetation
I love Leonard Cohen’s songs and he’s just amazing / I was very sad when he died - The late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks was a fan of his works
As a teen in the early 60s, folk music was by far my favorite genre and still is a favorite to this day. I'm a big fan of ballads. Related to Judy Collins Hey Nelly Nelly, I went to war 100 years after the Civil War.
Gordon Lightfoot one of the great talents who continues to perform his fantastic songs. One of the minstrels of the ages.
Beautiful. Back in the days when singers didn't feel the need for histrionics and ridiculous levels of volume and theatrics. No, they just sang with their hearts and souls. Yes.
Oh, Some of what I listened to was plenty loud!!!!
I agree, they sang with their hearts and soul- what we hear now is all garbage
@@elizabethstetler9808 I like 60-70s music more but I wouldn't say ALL of today's music is garbage, there's plenty of good music, it's just that the chartbusters generally tend to be shit which gives an impression that all the music is bad.
@@Dev-ie1ez That is true. I bet there was actually plenty of not-very-good (or even downright awful) music around in the 60s, but it has mostly been forgotten because nobody plays it on the radio anymore.
I *know* there was plenty junk in the 70s (born in 64, so missed some of the music that decade, though heard a lot due to older siblings & mum listening to music radio all the time).
@@seegee9927 I hope you didn’t miss Simon & Garfunkel and Leonard Cohen from that decade. They are my absolute favourite.
Thank you! This brought back great memories of my late 20's when we thought we could bring peace and unity. Instead we've had 2020. Hope this election brings hope to heal the divisions in our beautiful country.
What a wonderful treat. Beautiful music and wonderful songs with heartfelt singing and beautiful voices and harmonies.
Am I glad that I had these to listen to expanded my consciousness in my formative years, only wish I could have stayed there forever
Wonderful collection of true gems. Thank you!
I had never heard of Julie Felix until now. Will have to check out her music. She has a very good voice. Thanks.
I remember falling in love with Julie Felix when I was a young soldier in the British Army in the early sixties. We were posted in the Persian Gulf and in those days all we wanted was good music and to chase girls around a disco. What a misprint youth I had.
@@frankmorton1920 What a great story Frank. That's how I feel about Janis Joplin. I was crazy about her when I was young and still LOVE her music~! Cheers from BC, Canada.
Compelling songs not only performed but also mostly written by these great artists and performed by several other. That's the mark of a great song.
What a great time it was in the 60’s. the hope of a generation was so high(not weed) for most of us. The the bubble was broken. Vietnam broke our hope and war has almost destroyed us since.
Well the Age of Aquarius is now upon us!
Well, we were going to change the world, but unfortunately the 60's paved the road to where we are today - me-centered, and ignoring facts to follow feelings.
Not just Viet Nam, Nixon destroyed our faith in our so-called leaders.
At76 I would give anything to go back to this happier time with its great music
A 72 ans moi aussi!
Very nice live folk selection.
What a wonderful recollection and so exquisitely told. I’m sure you had many of us thinking of our own dear, hardworking Dads, God bless them, every one. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Love the folk music of my youth! We were so loving and carefree back then. We are no longer the "me" generation but we're the."we" generation. We care about life and our fellow man. We didn't have the homeless crisis back then like we do today. We were into bartering and hitch hiking to get around. I'm now living in Hawaii and it's like I stepped out of a time machine. The hippies here never left -- many boomers here who care about each other and still get around by hitch hiking. Most are vegetarians and Mary Jane is everywhere! Peace out.
What made Folk Music so wonderful back in the 50’s & 60’s, other than the artists, were the SONGS. We just don’t have any songwriters today who can write songs as deep and meaningful as what we were experiencing in this marvelous era. Amen!
Beautiful selection of folk songs. Thank you for sharing. Nadine
💙🦋💙Judy Collins’ song “Hey Nellie Nellie” ends in 1962 with people of color walking together with white people - for human rights. Today 8-25-20 people are again marching for human rights - declaring once again Black Lives Matter. A day ago another Black Man was shot in the back by police men who were hired “to serve the people”. Blowin in the Wind are Human Rights for ALL and A Change is A-Coming, With This Generation.💙🙏💙💙🌎💙🌏💙🌍💙ThankYou for This Memory of Our History💙🗽💙😷💙CompassionateCaring=😷🦋Black Lives Matter🦋💙🗽💙😷
Maybe "Hey, Nellie, Nellie" needs another verse?
I discovered Judy Collins a few days back. Wonderful! Hey Nelly Nelly a real find. Modern america should listen. #BLM
I remember singing that song when she first recorded it with bunches of ppl. "Be the change you'd like to see in the world." Yet, there is still lots of work to do. That said, I have an amazing positive feel about today's youth. They really are looking at the world through a different set of glasses. For that I'm grateful.
That is my least favourite song of hers. There are plenty of songs that are way better.
Gordon Lightfoot never fails to impress me. Joan Baez sings like an angel.
Oh my Crikey! I remember seeing that Julie Felix show with Leonard Cohen. Gosh, 1968! I had never heard of Cohen at that stage, but have followed him ever since.
this remindes me of the folk era it brings back fond memories keep up legond.
Several mega-talented Canadians in this mix!
As a Canadian, Leonard and Gordon are my favourites by far, but Julie, Joan, Judy, Simon and Garfunkel, and Tom aren’t bad either!
These wonderful songs and artists transcend time!❤
Like listening to a time capsule with changes only of mode of expressions, the human story, the longing for love is the same as it ever was - beautiful.
Songs i used to sing in my younger years, nice compilation of folk songs.
"The Last Thing On My Mind". First song I learned to play on the guitar. Paxton...so sweet and young here! A great songwriter, too.
First song I learned l on guitar was " Are you washed in the blood of the lamb "
Looking back is always 20/20. What was is still now to us folkies from the 60's completely relevant . That does not demean the poetic minstrels out there trying to write the next ' Blowin in the Wind ' or ' Like a Rolling Stone .' My hope is that those who want to be like Bob have the courage and conviction
to believe in themselves , to tell the times like they really are . My era of Bob and all the others who have spoken to my heart and soul are just about ready to pass on the mantle of saying something important and relevant to next generation of folk singers. I hope before I pass across the great divide to hear that music still has great relevancy to the Modern Times and that there are many more like Bob and Joan out there . Peter behind my Judy
Amazing bunch of artist with a great talent. Thank you Roger! I feel like a 15yo teen.
Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful memories! Time for us to do them honor and help our nation grow God bless from Patrick
Joan is amazing as always!!!
Thanks for sharing this with special talent with the world
Stephen O'Connor.
Thank you very much for posting this! I was born in August of 1959, so still young throughout the 60's... Even still, I was of an age then that this music touched my spirit, & influenced me to help make me the person I am today! I very much appreciated being able to watch these video clips here at this time! You've helped to give my day a wonderful start, & I wish you a wonderful day!
C Dream. That is one of the sweetest stories I’ve heard. Can only imagine what it must like to have a father that a child would anxiously wait for his father to arrive home from a long day. Especially while listening to Tom Paxton at the same time. 😢
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What wonderful lyrics, a gentle voice and incredible memories.Thank you...
Beautiful music, voices and messages. Save me a seat on that time machine !
How I which I could reverse time and live the sixties again! ;-)
You're not alone in that! Great time to be young.
Dave Cole Indeed it was! ;-)
yea if you were not in vietnam
+Brandulph Christophersen You and me both. The sooner, the better. Musically, I honestly don't think anything will ever surpass the 60s.
Sorry, but thanks!
AWESOME FLASHBACK .. THANKS
Paxton is amazing. Total mastery. And nicely turned out, too.
julie felix was lovely still have her album from the 70's
Fantastic!! They all remind to me big moments of my youth.
PettyYou007 me too
This era stimulates and deserves - a Deep Breath!
Dang! That Judy Collins can blow! Awesome. Loved it.
This was before she was Suite: Judy Blue Eyes with Stills.
Joan Baez was a hot one, but nobody looked like the adorable
Joni Mitchell, nor sounded as good. Poor Garfunkel looked like
he was eating a big bag of Cheetos and it exploded in his face.
Oh well.
It was great to see Tom Paxton 3 years ago at Nettlebed Folk Club near Oxford. And Julie Felix sang at my brother's folk club in Birmingham in the 70s.
That was great. A very eclectic yet kindred selection of folk singers. Thank you.