This is an archetypal American song. However as with all great music it can transcend time and space. Several years ago I left Scotland to do some travelling in America. Travelling on the train from Louisiana through Texas I ended up in El Paso in a bar called Sassy's on East Missouri St. I met a couple of chaps (one from Houston, and one from New York) and we got chatting, and to cut a long story short we all got very, very drunk on Tequila and beer with me doing impressions of Mr Scott from Star Trek (ah cannae git anymere oot of her Captain). The link to the song was there were some other chaps in the bar who were Vietnam Vets and one of them put this song on and we all sang along, well sort of.😅😅😅 One of those nights that burn themselves into your memory. That was nearly twenty five years ago. But I am happy to say that there survives a memento of that night. To this day in Scotland a very threadbare washed out T shirt from Sassy's bar in El Paso, Texas survives,but seldom gets worn for fear of it falling apart.
@@susieq8924 You are so right about the T shirt. Through the drunken haze at the end of that night as we all said our goodbyes somebody said let us exchange addresses and keep in touch. A noble sentiment. I recall, vaguely, saying it would never happen. So I think the chap from New York hit on the idea of us all buying a T shirt as a memento. I am happy to say it worked.
True! I'm glad I have a couple of radio stations that play the 70sand80s.the kids at work can't understand why I don't get out of the front end loader at lunch, I just set in it and eat lunch and listen to the great music. Love my job because I am able to listen to the great music and I'm 57 and still play with Tonka toys, end loader, dozer and 6 wheel trucks even get to run the crusher plant.😊😊
RIP to Robbie and Levon and deceased BAND members. I get a charge when I've see Levon in the film "SHOOTER" with Mark Walberg. Levon acts his role quite well and fits the bill as southern rural gunsmith! Levon has acted in 20 or more Feature Films! Bravo and I will always love The BAND til' I die and join them at the show in the sky! 😎
@@briandonnelly638 After he was in the movie he and Richard Manuel played a show at the Essex House in Lancaster California with my band. We played a party for the cast and crew. Levon played harmonica instead of drums and Richard played drums. Both were extremely down to earth. Richard has since passed away also.
Man does this take me back...on my schwinn with the banana seat riding around my small hometown; this song, summer-those were the days, this was the jam!
It would be great to be able to go back in time to see all the friends that have gone, I miss all of them so much, we took it all for granted that we would run with the wind forever, we was so wrong, you look back and it did pass like a wink of the eye, I miss all of you. First battalion first marines semper fi
It's exactly like the line in the 1996 movie "Gotti" when Neil Delaroche (Anthony Quin) was on his death bed & told John Gotti (Armond Assante ) thinking back on his life "John this whole thing, it only lasted 5-minutes". .... That is so true when you look back & think about it ! God bless !
If I had a time machine, I'd go back to the 60's and 70's and go to every concert of all the great bands of the time and then (at the age of 70) have some kick ass memories. Hearing the songs is great, but to have been at the concerts too, nothing would beat that.
One of the best songs to get your compass straight…..was lucky enough to see the Band live a few times back in the good times..of rock and words that matter came together…
I remember being at the swimming pool in Ohio at the apts in 69 all summer long with this and a whole lot of Mowtown that I grew up on.....I was 13 yrs old by then...lol
What car is that? My last car was an '86 Pontiac Parisienne named Ruby. I bought her for $700. She was 20yo with 2,700 miles on her from the old lady next door that kept her garaged and maintained. The mfs stole her outta my driveway so I have ridden a bike for 15 years. Thanks Good Luck to Us All Peace
I remember on holiday on the east coast of the UK when one of the pirate radio stations played this song. Loved it ever since 👍😊. Thanks guys, happy fond memories, and much better times for sure...
I remember the first time I heard this song. Must have been about 1977 or so and I was about 16. It was a summer morning and my mom had the radio on and this song came on. I loved it from the first time I heard it. Life was so carefree back then, I wish I could go back for a visit. I’d take my kids with me so they’d understand why their parents always reminisce so dreamily about the 70s.
Saw the Band at an all day concert at Midway stadium. Must have been 1972, don’t remember the other bands. But this song was special. Thanks for the memories. St.Paul,Minnesota.
Heard this song for the first time in 1968 on WBUS an underground radio station in Miami. It got famous in Easy Rider. Played that album for years and lost it in my first divorce. Man I miss that album :).
Back in the late 70s get off work at midnight go up into the hills with the crew cooler full of beer some fat ones rolled listening to this on the cassette player and watch the sun come up. That was livin Jack!!🎶🍻 🌄
I used to do the same thing in the same era. People weren't so diverse and difficult then. You had straight people and you had freaks. US. Best time to be alive
Small town I lived in the Colorado rockies many years ago , a local bar , Friday night free keg night , this song and many others the genre played all night . Little Feat , Van Morrison , Dylan , blackfoot , Allman brothers , great music lots of friends shots of Jack !
Chevy Impala! 70’ was my first car I ever owned in 1986….. family car handed down….. my dad and I restored it. Fast as f@&k! for a big bodied car, painted Emron Black. We named it the Bat Mobile…… thanks for the flashback ♥️
Yours beat it an enjoyable rock hard hitting an end put load right on him song said .. Her only way put load on her Kinard girl told me Pearl Jam Necklace Anderson Silva L
This song always makes me think of one of my favorite old '80s movies, The Big Chill. A decent enough movie made amazing with a great soundtrack and excellent cast. ❤
Was never quite sure what the lyrics actually meant. No matter. I want to leave this life listening to this absolute timeless masterpiece of a song....
This song is about what The Band said it is about but it means different things to different people I would like to go back to 1968 for 24 hours to hug everyone 🌹🌹🌹🌹Life goes by fast so smell the flowers while you can 🌹🌹🌹🌹
I love this song. Nazareth is referring to Nazareth Pennsylvania where Martin Guitar is made. I live nearby. I’m so proud to have that small town where I went to school mentioned in this beautiful song 🎶. Heard this song before, but never knew the lyrics until recently. Rest in peace Robbie and the rest of the band that have died.
Well it's now officially a piece of Americana about a small southern town.It's kinda weird it was written by a Canadian perhaps, but otherwise, I and a lot of others keep listening to it as though it's still a top 40 or whatever.
Actually I believe it was Nazareth Pa. Way up above the Macy Dixie line. One of the band members had relatives there. Levon Helm was the only southerner.
I've two things to day about The Weight. I've performed this song quite a few time, always outside the USofA and it resonates with every audience. Deeply. Second, I've never, in my mind, envisioned pulling into Nazareth in an Oldsmobile. Or any automobile. More like pulling in on foot, or getting off a wagon. Not to criticize. I'm now reconsidering how I interpret the song. So maybe I do pull in to Nazareth in my old Chevy II.
Good on ya Megan! Old timey guitar player says, " you're my go-to gal for lyrics now! Algorithm brought up your site for viewage, the band, perused your play list, Subscribed! Better late than never, thnx
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This is an archetypal American song. However as with all great music it can transcend time and space. Several years ago I left Scotland to do some travelling in America. Travelling on the train from Louisiana through Texas I ended up in El Paso in a bar called Sassy's on East Missouri St. I met a couple of chaps (one from Houston, and one from New York) and we got chatting, and to cut a long story short we all got very, very drunk on Tequila and beer with me doing impressions of Mr Scott from Star Trek (ah cannae git anymere oot of her Captain). The link to the song was there were some other chaps in the bar who were Vietnam Vets and one of them put this song on and we all sang along, well sort of.😅😅😅 One of those nights that burn themselves into your memory. That was nearly twenty five years ago. But I am happy to say that there survives a memento of that night. To this day in Scotland a very threadbare washed out T shirt from Sassy's bar in El Paso, Texas survives,but seldom gets worn for fear of it falling apart.
Excellent story. Thanks for sharing!☺
We need to hang onto those memories (& T-shirts) 😊
Great story 👍 ‘The Weight’ is definitely an archetypal American song 👍👍👍 … written by a Canadian 🇨🇦 RIP Robbie Robertson.
@@susieq8924 You are so right about the T shirt. Through the drunken haze at the end of that night as we all said our goodbyes somebody said let us exchange addresses and keep in touch. A noble sentiment. I recall, vaguely, saying it would never happen. So I think the chap from New York hit on the idea of us all buying a T shirt as a memento. I am happy to say it worked.
Thumbs up 👍
The 70's never died.
True! I'm glad I have a couple of radio stations that play the 70sand80s.the kids at work can't understand why I don't get out of the front end loader at lunch, I just set in it and eat lunch and listen to the great music. Love my job because I am able to listen to the great music and I'm 57 and still play with Tonka toys, end loader, dozer and 6 wheel trucks even get to run the crusher plant.😊😊
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2023. About time don't you think.
Good Lord yes!
Are you kidding ? Wow and such a great song
The Band was inducted 30 years ago, in 1994.
My heart glows with the fond memories of my time long ago when these songs were delivered. What a wonderful time it was.
I'm now in my seventies and I'm with you on that. The best time in history.
I'll be 70 next year (if I live that long), and I totally agree with you!
Back at a time when the lyrics, were sung in a way that they could be understood.
It's a pity there not bands around today that write great music like this 👍👍👍👍😎
Well that's great that there aren't bands singing crap like this.
100 proof southern poetry, burns on the way down.
Southern poetry performed by a northerner and also disputably written by Robbie.
A Canadian FN@@TripReviews
RIP to Robbie and Levon and deceased BAND members. I get a charge when I've see Levon in the film "SHOOTER" with Mark Walberg. Levon acts his role quite well and fits the bill as southern rural gunsmith! Levon has acted in 20 or more Feature Films! Bravo and I will always love The BAND til' I die and join them at the show in the sky! 😎
Levon in " The right stuff " Classic
@@briandonnelly638 After he was in the movie he and Richard Manuel played a show at the Essex House in Lancaster California with my band. We played a party for the cast and crew. Levon played harmonica instead of drums and Richard played drums. Both were extremely down to earth. Richard has since passed away also.
Who's still with us? I know Robbie left recently. Levon is gone as is Rick Danko but is Garth Hudson still here?
@@kendallevans4079 I knew Richard Manuel and was sad when he passed years ago. Garth is the only one left
@@Spiderman-tg9ke Thanks for that. Sad only Garth is left. Saw a doc on Levon that was insightful.....that era is gone I guess
Levon nails it. As he always does. And then Rick comes in. Doesn’t get better.
One of the greatest songs, goes perfectly with Dean,Sam, and Baby!🥰
Thought that car looked familiar
The first time I heard this was in ‘69, watching the movie Easy Rider - I was 16… 55 years ago.
What to say… ?
Memories ❤️
Right behind you, great memories man, great times and tunes... 67 now
I was 16 in 1969 and quit school the next year and joined the marine corps. This is great music
I can't believe this video is 8 years old and only 1000 likes. What a great song.
THE BAND. Nuff said.
The algo is weird like that. It got buried. I made a stupid short where I started a chainsaw and got more likes than that. Strange algorithm.
10 years old when this song came out, wonderful days awesome music. Greatest music ever created in the 60's 70's and 80's.
Man does this take me back...on my schwinn with the banana seat riding around my small hometown; this song, summer-those were the days, this was the jam!
I used to love this song now it makes me cry because the boys are all gone
In the same boat at 75 there all gone ………
@@Nightmare-gg8vr yes but I'm only 54
We still have Garth.
Garth Hudson is still alive! But he is the only one
Beautiful Ole CHEVROLET
Sam & Dean. Loved that series. I've got a brother. Blood's thicker than mud.
1967 Chevy Impala
It would be great to be able to go back in time to see all the friends that have gone, I miss all of them so much, we took it all for granted that we would run with the wind forever, we was so wrong, you look back and it did pass like a wink of the eye, I miss all of you. First battalion first marines semper fi
It's exactly like the line in the 1996 movie "Gotti" when Neil Delaroche (Anthony Quin) was on his death bed & told John Gotti (Armond Assante ) thinking back on his life "John this whole thing, it only lasted 5-minutes". ....
That is so true when you look back & think about it ! God bless !
If I had a time machine, I'd go back to the 60's and 70's and go to every concert of all the great bands of the time and then (at the age of 70) have some kick ass memories. Hearing the songs is great, but to have been at the concerts too, nothing would beat that.
Thanks, nobody can do this song like the BAND.
GOOD MEMORIES, as I rode my BIKE THROUGHOUT THE EAST COAST IN THE LATE 60'S Damn Good song....
Rest in Peace Robbie Robertson love you forever , see you in heaven 🙏🕯️🌺❤️
One of the best songs to get your compass straight…..was lucky enough to see the Band live a few times back in the good times..of rock and words that matter came together…
I remember being at the swimming pool in Ohio at the apts in 69 all summer long with this and a whole lot of Mowtown that I grew up on.....I was 13 yrs old by then...lol
Not only that I loved those days but I owned a car like that. Listening this tune. Nice memories
What car is that?
My last car was an '86 Pontiac Parisienne named Ruby. I bought her for $700. She was 20yo with 2,700 miles on her from the old lady next door that kept her garaged and maintained. The mfs stole her outta my driveway so I have ridden a bike for 15 years. Thanks
Good Luck to Us All
Peace
I had a '66. Nothing stopped the old Chevys.
@@kdcema57looks like a 67-68 Chevy Impala or Caprice. My dad had a primed one, she was the gray ghost..
@@kdcema57 a 67 Chevy Impala. It's from Supernatural.
Great song by a great band!! What memories this brings me. I was just a pup at 7 years of age but I knew great music when I heard it.
I remember on holiday on the east coast of the UK when one of the pirate radio stations played this song. Loved it ever since 👍😊. Thanks guys, happy fond memories, and much better times for sure...
RIP Robbie Robertson
Great Song R.I.P Robbie Robertson thank you for the Music
This is one of the best songs in the popular music genre in the 20th century.
Love The Band and Supernatural❤
"The Last Waltz" buy it, watch it, the best of the best in music.
You got that right
It’s the best live show ever
Who is the monster that disliked this video? Do you drown kittens too?
No shit! lol
Obviously not someone who lived through this music era...like I was fortunate to do.
😂😂😂
@@dannyb9140Ain't matter what era you from, this is timeless... I grew up in the 90s and I don't know anyone who dislikes this solid gold.... ✌️
@@bobfranklin5410 agreed..this classic must be shared and enjoyed by everyone.
I love that they're using the show Supernatural in this video it's my all-time favorite television series
I remember the first time I heard this song. Must have been about 1977 or so and I was about 16. It was a summer morning and my mom had the radio on and this song came on. I loved it from the first time I heard it. Life was so carefree back then, I wish I could go back for a visit. I’d take my kids with me so they’d understand why their parents always reminisce so dreamily about the 70s.
Different time and Different people I miss them days
Heard this tune the first time inside a miners cabin in the sangre de christo mountains of northeastern new Mexico in 2004.
Saw the Band at an all day concert at Midway stadium. Must have been 1972, don’t remember the other bands. But this song was special. Thanks for the memories. St.Paul,Minnesota.
The best version of this song imo reminds me of good times . From the easy rider album .
The 'Playing for Change' version may be how music should be done.
Songs are the ultimate abstract art!! 😀
Heard this song for the first time in 1968 on WBUS an underground radio station in Miami. It got famous in Easy Rider. Played that album for years and lost it in my first divorce. Man I miss that album :).
Beautiful! That’s all you can use to describe this song! Just beautiful
Back in the late 70s get off work at midnight go up into the hills with the crew cooler full of beer some fat ones rolled listening to this on the cassette player and watch the sun come up. That was livin Jack!!🎶🍻 🌄
I used to do the same thing in the same era. People weren't so diverse and difficult then. You had straight people and you had freaks. US. Best time to be alive
....treasure these tunes....one day...they well only remain in our memory....
Small town I lived in the Colorado rockies many years ago , a local bar , Friday night free keg night , this song and many others the genre played all night . Little Feat , Van Morrison , Dylan , blackfoot , Allman brothers , great music lots of friends shots of Jack !
Chevy Impala! 70’ was my first car I ever owned in 1986….. family car handed down….. my dad and I restored it. Fast as f@&k! for a big bodied car, painted Emron Black. We named it the Bat Mobile…… thanks for the flashback ♥️
Great song! Absolutely great song!
I love the song, but didn't hear all the lyrics - thanks for posting. 🇨🇦
The pic of the car is perfect 💕
It totally describes the eandomness, the optimism and tge sheer chaos of the 60's
Easy listening! Easy rock n' roll! Can't beat it! 🎼🥁🎸🎶
Yours beat it an enjoyable rock hard hitting an end put load right on him song said .. Her only way put load on her Kinard girl told me Pearl Jam Necklace Anderson Silva L
I love The Band! They are the greatest band of all time!
And this is why Bob Dylan called them simply “The Band.”
Perfect sing a long song.
One of the greatest songs ever written.
Beautiful song, beautiful lyrics to listen too, turn it up LOUD when cruising 😂😅
It’s a masterpiece for sure 💪🔥🐐
Bio pick once were brothers is phenomenal
A fitting song to be included in one of the greatest movie sound tracks ever...
Love , laughter and forgiveness.
Wish i was at hime in your arms Jennifer Christine lamprecht.
Big Chill, first time I heard this and many other Great Songs.
This song always makes me think of one of my favorite old '80s movies, The Big Chill. A decent enough movie made amazing with a great soundtrack and excellent cast. ❤
Wasn't it also used on the "Easy Rider" movie soundtrack?
Was never quite sure what the lyrics actually meant. No matter. I want to leave this life listening to this absolute timeless masterpiece of a song....
This song has always reminded me of that car driving down that road.
Great song.
This song is about what The Band said it is about but it means different things to different people
I would like to go back to 1968 for 24 hours to hug everyone
🌹🌹🌹🌹Life goes by fast so smell the flowers while you can 🌹🌹🌹🌹
RIP Robbie. Sucks watching everybody die off
Been smelling the flowers for 77 years!! 😀🌻🌼🌷
But we were in such a hurry to "grow up."
God Bless
I always remember going to the drive in to see Easy Rider when I hear this song
I love this song. Nazareth is referring to Nazareth Pennsylvania where Martin Guitar is made. I live nearby. I’m so proud to have that small town where I went to school mentioned in this beautiful song 🎶. Heard this song before, but never knew the lyrics until recently. Rest in peace Robbie and the rest of the band that have died.
Classic honest rock n roll they knew how to arrange and write music too...
Love this song and his out standing work
Reminds me of when I listened to this song at age 18 and was traveling through the South late one night and trying to find a place to sleep
One of those catchy tunes with a chorus everybody loves but nobody can tell you WTF the lyrics are about !🤣
Cool song, and very strange lyrics, about a visit to a Southern town and the people there, but still weird.
Well it's now officially a piece of Americana about a small southern town.It's kinda weird it was written by a Canadian perhaps, but otherwise, I and a lot of others keep listening to it as though it's still a top 40 or whatever.
Actually I believe it was Nazareth Pa. Way up above the Macy Dixie line. One of the band members had relatives there. Levon Helm was the only southerner.
Ooo Meg. You indeed are a awesome artist 🌹🌹🌹🌹
Amen...your friend can hit the bricks homefry.
Sam and Dean 😢
Any time I listen to this I m crying.
That looks like Dean Winchesters 67 Impala.
If you look real close you see it is Sam and Dean
Check the number plate.
One of my biggest regrets was passing on the opportunity to attend The Last Dance concert. WTF was I thinking? 🤯🤦♂️😡
music perfection
Good music and cool car from Supernatural.
The 60's also never died.
In ten thousand years when extra-terrestrials find this song, I hope they will think We were not so bad.
I've two things to day about The Weight. I've performed this song quite a few time, always outside the USofA and it resonates with every audience. Deeply. Second, I've never, in my mind, envisioned pulling into Nazareth in an Oldsmobile. Or any automobile. More like pulling in on foot, or getting off a wagon. Not to criticize. I'm now reconsidering how I interpret the song. So maybe I do pull in to Nazareth in my old Chevy II.
...close your eyes...go back in time..what does this song remind you of????
This is great, but when the Staples joined in it took it entirely to another level.
Always loved this
The song is good and the show the car is from is good as well
No one sings like Levon Helms and nobody plays guitar like Robbie Robertson.
Robbie made a “universal” version of this song with musicians from around the world…including Ringo Starr!
.... check out Playing For Music... there's more!!!
The BEST BAND EVER ❤️❤️❤️
Great tune Megan.
Just named my new used Ford Transit van Big Fanny.
Where I'm from, a Fanny is a vagina.
Big Fani will take all your money. 😉
Good on ya Megan! Old timey guitar player says, " you're my go-to gal for lyrics now! Algorithm brought up your site for viewage, the band, perused your play list, Subscribed! Better late than never, thnx
Sam and Dean Winchester approved
ISN'T THAT PHOTO FROM THE AWESOME SHOW SUPERNATURAL? I LOVE THE BAND. 😊 🩷 🤘 ✌️
Pure poetry.
Pure genious.
Thanks Megan Smith. Great song.
The Aretha Franklin version with Duane on his anthology album is a great tribute to this song.
I love this song more with every passing year, not sure why.
I Heard this track a thousands of times but never knew who wrote it or The name of the Band 😂but now I know !
Supernatural
Good ole tune
Don’t regret anything from my past just don’t want to do it again love the memories thanks