In 1960 or 61 a dear friend and I left a party to go to my house and listen to this cut. It changed our lives. We listened for hours. Later we formed a Kingston Trio Cover Band, The Balladeers, striped shirts, chinos and penny loafers. We even had a long-neck Vega banjo....best years of our lives. Great song. Amazing arrangement. Spectacular delivery.
I "understand!" There is nothing that compares to the joy of performing before a live audience, harmonization, and some great-picking guitar players that are friends. Been there, did that with a trio in the early '70s.
@@BocaJoe Howdy... I'm trying to find a song that I heard The Kingston Trio perform on TV. It was a clever song where it rhymed, but made no sense at all. Might you recall that song and its name?
@@zapdunga12 I agree with both statements, but the Kingston Trio's version also has its own charm, it doesn't have the complexity of Brian's arrangement, and not quite Carl Wilson's beautiful tenor/falsetto....but this is a good song, too
@@patricias5122 Carl Wilson is certainly in the harmonies but Brian Wilson (1st and 3rd verse) and Mike Love (2nd Verse) share the lead on the Beach Boys recorded and released version. Carl did have a crack at it during the Pet Sounds Sessions though - ruclips.net/video/ateqWnwzX5s/видео.htmlsi=LQPwuEDEVku-0So2
@@zapdunga12 It is but it was all under Brian Wilson's instruction. This is a cool abridged clip of the sessions for the song here that credits I think all the amazing musicians on it. ruclips.net/video/h9iu65sot1E/видео.htmlsi=4khN-FudmuriqTBQ
Wow! I'm 61 and that's the first time I've heard this. Amazing. I recently re-discovered Pet Sounds Ha Ha and thought it would be interesting to see how close the Beach Boys stuck to this version. Brings tears.
Knew the version by the Weavers when I heard this during Pre-Reg Week at Stanford, 1956. Dave Guard was still a Stanford student and the group was introduced as Dave Guard and Two Friends from Menlo College. They were already SO GOOD!
I like just about every version of this classic song. This particular version though, has so many different elements to appreciate - the complementary Polynesian rhythmic feel, the spare-but-flawless blend of the instruments, the simple harmonies and, not the least, that pinch of melancholy longing. First rate.
@@dspf68 Shane and Guard were raised in Hawaii. They spent their youth absorbing and performing (often together) the music of the islands. Listen to the rhythm of the song. Its lyrics withstanding, the rhythm is decidedly Polynesian.
@@dspf68 she didn't say it "was" Polynesian. If you'd learn to read, she said "Polynesian rhythmic feel", meaning you get the feel for a Polynesian style of music. There's many "styles" of music that aren't where the music originated, or the members even from where the style originated. Who cares where the opening line says they are. That has nothing to do with the feel one person gets from the music.
I've yet to confirm that Al Jardine even sang harmony on the Beach Boy's version of Sloop John B. He did not sing lead, and the videos of the studio sessions do not show Jardine singing harmony. None of the Beach Boys played instruments on the recording; it was all done by studio musicians, and apparently Brian Wilson made the calls as to what he wanted from the various studio musicians. The song was originally written in about 1916, revamped in 1926. It may be the oldest song in Rock and Roll history. In any case, the Beach Boys version tops all previous recordings, and Al Jardine made an excellent pick when he brought the idea to Brian.
My dad was born in 49. I remember once when i was about maybe 10 or 12 (95 or 97) and a commercial for beach boys collections came on and he pointed to them I their striped shirts and high water white pants and said "can you believe that if you looked like that you were considered cool back then?" I laughed, but now I look at them and realize how freaking cool they were and are and wish I could be as cool as them.
I spent my entire life listening to Kingston Trio thanks to my Dad. My daughter was singing Tijuana Jail when she could barely talk....ok, maybe not technically the best moment for a Mom picking her 3 year old from Christian pre school being asked about a Tijuana Jail....but I was pretty proud and happy her and her Papa had something to share just like he and I did.
I didn't think I could like this, being so familiar with the awesome Beach Boys _Pet Sounds_ version, but as it turns out, *this is lovely!* Al Jardine was right to push Brian Wilson into recording this song. I could see some people liking this version better. I bet a lot of good artists/bands could do nice versions of this; it's just a great tune!
Another Beach Boys fan here but I have to take issue with you. This was always the best version of the song. It was with me long before the Beach Boys and their version is screechy and gimmicky, this was a song of its time, in the vernacular.
Can't help myself; I've known and liked the Beach Boys' version. Until I heard this. Vastly more elemental. "Folksy". Love this and understand better why the Trio has such devout following. Never heard them sing a dud. Never.
This song from their debut album was titled "Wreck of the Sloop John B". Songwriting credits are shown as 'Sandburg-Hayes', Carl Sandburg and Lee Hayes of the Weavers.Another song from this album, "Tom Dooley', managed to hit the top 10 Pop charts and earned them a Grammy in 1958 Best Country and Western Performance.
Lee Hayes, co-composer of "Sloop John B", was one of the members of The Weavers. Carl Sandburg, the other co-composer of the song once said "When you hear the Weavers sing, you hear America sing".
I just got in touch with Dave Guard's son, Tom, looking for a copy of this Colour Guitar book. Nice guy. Anyway, as we know (no slur on Bob or Nick) Dave was the genius who made Sloop John B in this remarkable arrangement, a hit. I learned it from my Blind Blake (Alphonso Higgs) record that my parents brought back from Nassau on their honeymoon, and then it surfaced recently when I learned that Carl Sandburg collected it while visiting John McCutcheon on Salt Cay...
We come on the sloop John B My grandfather and me Around Nassau town we did roam Drinking all night Got into a fight Well I feel so broke up I want to go home So hoist up the John B's sail See how the mainsail sets Call for the Captain ashore Let me go home, let me go home I wanna go home, yeah yeah Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home The first mate he got drunk And broke in the Cap'n's trunk The constable had to come and take him away Sheriff John Stone Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home So hoist up the John B's sail See how the mainsail sets Call for the Captain ashore Let me go home, let me go home I wanna go home, let me go home Why don't you let me go home (Hoist up the John B's sail) Hoist up the John B I feel so broke up I wanna go home Let me go home The poor cook he caught the fits And threw away all my grits And then he took and he ate up all of my corn Let me go home Why don't they let me go home This is the worst trip I've ever been on So hoist up the John B's sail See how the mainsail sets Call for the Captain ashore Let me go home, let me go home I wanna go home, let me go home Why don't you let me go home
I think this is the first time I have ever head this recording. I have two recordings of this song. One is by Jerry Jeff Walker. The other is by Tyrone and the Clouds on a CD I found in the international music section of a music store many years ago.
Met Bob Shane once, back around 1989. Also his late dad Arthur who resided on Maui. Played golf with Arthur and two others twice in 1988. A super nice man. Great group, the Kingston Trio.
I thought this was a Beach Boys song. I was just watching a documentary on Pet Sounds and this song was mentioned and they played a little bit of it. I had to come here and hear the song. now, I'm goingback to the documentary.
All these years I thought the two solo verses were sung by Nick, who generally took the high lines in songs. But I swear now it sounds like Bob. I can only be sure that it is Dave, who had the greatest range, who sings the intermediary lines.
Beach Boys attempt...not equal.. My opinion...their rendition of... REMEMBER THE ALAMO.... BEST...PASSIONATE version...all others are...PALE...VANILLA.....
@@ddebenedictis Actually, being a true folk song, no one knows who wrote it or when. It was part of the "oral tradition," passed around from singer to singer, and (if it was old enough) passed on from generation to generation. It was, however, first published in 1916--but not by the writer, whoever that was.
We come on the sloop John B Grandfather and me Around Nassau Town we did roam Drinking all night Got into a fight Well I feel so broke up, I wanna go home The first mate he got drunk Broke in the captains bunk The constable had to come and take him away Sheriff John Stone Why don't you leave me alone? Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home So hoist up the John B's sail See how the mainsail sets Call for the captain ashore Let me go home, let me go home I wanna go home I feel so broke up, I wanna go home The poor cook he caught the sh*ts And threw away all my grits And then he took and ate up all of my corn Let me go home Why don't they let me go home? This is the worst trip I've ever been on
I think my favorite version of Sloop John B (or as Travis Edmonson called it…”Sleep John Boo”) was done by the great Bud & Travis on their In Concert album. Performed at a fast tempo, with comical asides as Travis starts improvising while Bud wants to stick to the standard version of the song. I do like the Kingston Trio’s version. Very respectful rendition. But for laughs, seek out the Bud & Travis version!
Hi John Benn. My middle initial is "B" (first name ("John")so perhaps our connection to the tune has more meaning to us. Regardless, I never tire of the tune, and I even like the Baeachboys' version.
My uncle named his 39 foot sloop the "John B." after his late Dad around 1967 and he took me out sailing in the summer of 68 when I was 8 years old and he used the Beach Boys version as a signal to hoist up the main sail right when that lyric was sung. We sailed out of Provincetown rounded Cape Cod, spent some time visiting whales then sailed down the coast past the sandy cliffs of national seashore before heading into port in Chatham and that was one of the finest adventures a little boy could have. I cannot listen to this song without flashing back to that day. Nor do I mind. I have loved this song ever since regardless of who sang it.
very insightful ......this song underlines the genius of the Beach Boys, especially Brian Wilson....when Alan Jardine presented the song to him, he heard all these voices....and said..."we can do our own 1965 version of this"...we know how that ended.
Actually, this is the original monaural track from the 1958 album. I edited it to give it a bit more bass and reverb, but it’s still mono. - Jim M., CompVid101
Well I finally heard the Kington Trio’s version of this beautiful song!! But, after hearing The Beach Boys’ version a lot & more recently hearing Dwight Yoakum’s version + the last group (don’t remember their name) but they sounded SO MUCH like the BB version ~ if I had to vote, guess it would be a 3-way tie of the BBs, Dwight & the last group who sounded so much like the BBs!!! The Kingston Trio left lots of parts undone, in my humble opinion!!!! I’m just thankful that over the yrs this song managed to resurface & be good enough for people to want to re-record it even with a different spin!!! Truly a lovely piece of music!! ❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰❣️❣️❣️
Other way around. The KT recorded it in 1958, and BB Al Jardine was a huge fan of the Trio. It was Jardine who brought the song to Brian Wilson, and his BB arrangement came out in 1966.
Of course, having grown up with the brian wilson/ wrecking crew version, i prefer it, but, it is interesting hearing the source material they got it from. - I guess ever since seeing " A mighty wind", these american folkies just make me chuckle. I can only see the heartbroken Eugene Levy sitting alone in his hotel room, while the people next door were screwing loudly and endlessly... 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I agree. I like the quiet mood of the KT version. I just listened to the familiar BB version, and the instrumental noise is distracting from the song, especially the hammering out of the beat. Whose idea was that?
@@GH-oi2jf Brian Wilson's ! Furthermore in a video available on RUclips Brian Wilson said he wasn't a big fan of the Kingston Trio .(Al Jardine was ).What a shame !
Erica Case Ben Culture Yeah, I had to hear it too, being a great Cash fan and loving this song. But, honestly, Johnny Cash is just dialing it in. His version is like a superficial and pat commercial attempt to exploit a true classic. CashFAIL. A rare thing I know, but it has happened.
ClockCutter Thank you for saying that! I think that's the reason I didn't come right back, two months ago, and say how great Cash's version was. But I would be reluctant to criticize Johnny Cash for any reason, right or wrong.
In 1960 or 61 a dear friend and I left a party to go to my house and listen to this cut. It changed our lives. We listened for hours. Later we formed a Kingston Trio Cover Band, The Balladeers, striped shirts, chinos and penny loafers. We even had a long-neck Vega banjo....best years of our lives. Great song. Amazing arrangement. Spectacular delivery.
I "understand!" There is nothing that compares to the joy of performing before a live audience, harmonization, and some great-picking guitar players that are friends. Been there, did that with a trio in the early '70s.
Around that same Time Some kids from Hawthorne Ca Did The Same Thing accept They called themselves The Beach Boys
Thank you for that great story.
@@BocaJoe Howdy... I'm trying to find a song that I heard The Kingston Trio perform on TV. It was a clever song where it rhymed, but made no sense at all. Might you recall that song and its name?
@@thesongbird2383 it wasn't the Kingston trio but it was the serendipity singers and it was called don't let the rain come down. Was that it?
What Brian Wilson and Al Jardine did with this was magical.
What the Wrecking Crew did was magical!
@@zapdunga12 I agree with both statements, but the Kingston Trio's version also has its own charm, it doesn't have the complexity of Brian's arrangement, and not quite Carl Wilson's beautiful tenor/falsetto....but this is a good song, too
@@patricias5122 Carl Wilson is certainly in the harmonies but Brian Wilson (1st and 3rd verse) and Mike Love (2nd Verse) share the lead on the Beach Boys recorded and released version. Carl did have a crack at it during the Pet Sounds Sessions though - ruclips.net/video/ateqWnwzX5s/видео.htmlsi=LQPwuEDEVku-0So2
@@zapdunga12 It is but it was all under Brian Wilson's instruction. This is a cool abridged clip of the sessions for the song here that credits I think all the amazing musicians on it. ruclips.net/video/h9iu65sot1E/видео.htmlsi=4khN-FudmuriqTBQ
@@zapdunga12 so it was never Brian's arrangements? It was the wrecking crew?
My mother turned me onto the Kingston Trio when I was a child in the 60’s Real talent still touches me to this day. Awesome
Nick Reynolds’s is my grandpa lol
Great!! Listening in 2021 after watching The Beach Boys performance in Florida for Fourth of July with my 87 year old mom. Life is good.
The really good music never goes away.
Yes the Best!
I listened to my parent's records of the Kingston Trio when I was so young. Wonderful memories. Thank you for posting
Wow! I'm 61 and that's the first time I've heard this. Amazing. I recently re-discovered Pet Sounds Ha Ha and thought it would be interesting to see how close the Beach Boys stuck to this version. Brings tears.
+Mike Raffone THE REST OF FOLK MUSIC IS JUST AS INTERESTING.
Knew the version by the Weavers when I heard this during Pre-Reg Week at Stanford, 1956. Dave Guard was still a Stanford student and the group was introduced as Dave Guard and Two Friends from Menlo College. They were already SO GOOD!
Oh, ok right, THIS is where i first heard this song before the BBs
I like just about every version of this classic song. This particular version though, has so many different elements to appreciate - the complementary Polynesian rhythmic feel, the spare-but-flawless blend of the instruments, the simple harmonies and, not the least, that pinch of melancholy longing. First rate.
Says it in the opening verse. Nassau, The Bahamas. Polynesian?
@@dspf68 Shane and Guard were raised in Hawaii. They spent their youth absorbing and performing (often together) the music of the islands. Listen to the rhythm of the song. Its lyrics withstanding, the rhythm is decidedly Polynesian.
@@dspf68 she didn't say it "was" Polynesian. If you'd learn to read, she said "Polynesian rhythmic feel", meaning you get the feel for a Polynesian style of music. There's many "styles" of music that aren't where the music originated, or the members even from where the style originated. Who cares where the opening line says they are. That has nothing to do with the feel one person gets from the music.
Indeed, I feel I'm at a beachside bar somewhere in a South Pacific or Caribbean island.
Absolutely pure and beautiful.
When I think about it, Al Jardine brought me here.
I've yet to confirm that Al Jardine even sang harmony on the Beach Boy's version of Sloop John B. He did not sing lead, and the videos of the studio sessions do not show Jardine singing harmony. None of the Beach Boys played instruments on the recording; it was all done by studio musicians, and apparently Brian Wilson made the calls as to what he wanted from the various studio musicians. The song was originally written in about 1916, revamped in 1926. It may be the oldest song in Rock and Roll history. In any case, the Beach Boys version tops all previous recordings, and Al Jardine made an excellent pick when he brought the idea to Brian.
I have heard The Beach Boys version 800 times. This is the first time hearing this. I like this.
i'm seventy and this was part of my youth and memories of my brother. those stripe shirts were all the rage. lol
I still remember those stripped shirts
26 yesterday and this is real music! Respect to you and your brother big fella !
My dad was born in 49. I remember once when i was about maybe 10 or 12 (95 or 97) and a commercial for beach boys collections came on and he pointed to them I their striped shirts and high water white pants and said "can you believe that if you looked like that you were considered cool back then?" I laughed, but now I look at them and realize how freaking cool they were and are and wish I could be as cool as them.
I spent my entire life listening to Kingston Trio thanks to my Dad. My daughter was singing Tijuana Jail when she could barely talk....ok, maybe not technically the best moment for a Mom picking her 3 year old from Christian pre school being asked about a Tijuana Jail....but I was pretty proud and happy her and her Papa had something to share just like he and I did.
The best version of Sloop John B. 👍👍
I'm thinking so too. First time hearing this version.
I really like it 💙
Privileged to see them in person at University of Toledo. Loved them & Jazz. Stan Kenton, Pete Rugelo & others
love the Kingston Trio.
Wow, I was unsure but what a beautiful shanty.
I didn't think I could like this, being so familiar with the awesome Beach Boys _Pet Sounds_ version, but as it turns out, *this is lovely!* Al Jardine was right to push Brian Wilson into recording this song. I could see some people liking this version better. I bet a lot of good artists/bands could do nice versions of this; it's just a great tune!
Huge Brian Wilson fan here...but yeah, this is beautiful!
I meant .......but WOW, this is beautiful!
My Dad always sang this version . I loved it
Another Beach Boys fan here but I have to take issue with you. This was always the best version of the song. It was with me long before the Beach Boys and their version is screechy and gimmicky, this was a song of its time, in the vernacular.
Beach Boys version is much better!
Can't help myself; I've known and liked the Beach Boys' version. Until I heard this. Vastly more elemental. "Folksy". Love this and understand better why the Trio has such devout following. Never heard them sing a dud. Never.
This song from their debut album was titled "Wreck of the Sloop John B". Songwriting credits are shown as 'Sandburg-Hayes', Carl Sandburg and Lee Hayes of the Weavers.Another song from this album, "Tom Dooley', managed to hit the top 10 Pop charts and earned them a Grammy in 1958 Best Country and Western Performance.
Crazy (and terrible, really) that they credited the Weavers as being the authors, when it's a traditional folk song from the Bahamas.
This was the only version of Sloop John B I was familiar with until I heard the Beech Boy's version many years later.
Bill Mumy did a good job recreating this version the best he could as a kid on Lost In Space.
Almost forgot about that.
@@Wellch
Dangerous sloop Will Robinson!
There was a bar by that name in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
So Brian Wilson heard this and created one of the most complex and intricate tracks in the history of recorded sound. Genius.
What a *wonderful* arrangement by Lee Hays.
CAUGHT THEM "LIVE" AT THE EL CORTEZ HOTEL IN SAN DIEGO 1958. BEEN A FAN SINCE . . . . . .
sweet. only knew of the beach boys version, until now
Johnny Cash covers it too.
I was just saying the same thing. 🙂☺️
I found a reel to reel tape player and a box of tapes in the dumpster. This is the best tape I've found yet.
First time I heard this version and seriously impressed, I am familiar with the song from Beach Boys version I first heard early 70s
WOW I used to sing this in music at school with Miss Cologne
Wow, really different. Now I want to hear a very carribean recording. They hint at it hear. I like it.
Lee Hayes, co-composer of "Sloop John B", was one of the members of The Weavers. Carl Sandburg, the other co-composer of the song once said "When you hear the Weavers sing, you hear America sing".
beautiful melodies
love it
I just got in touch with Dave Guard's son, Tom, looking for a copy of this Colour Guitar book. Nice guy. Anyway, as we know (no slur on Bob or Nick) Dave was the genius who made Sloop John B in this remarkable arrangement, a hit. I learned it from my Blind Blake (Alphonso Higgs) record that my parents brought back from Nassau on their honeymoon, and then it surfaced recently when I learned that Carl Sandburg collected it while visiting John McCutcheon on Salt Cay...
My all time favorite Trio song...so classic, so tasteful, so nostaligic.
Brian Wilson, could you create a new arrangement? He said sure
First version that I heard was the Weavers
We come on the sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we did roam
Drinking all night
Got into a fight
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home
So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I wanna go home
The first mate he got drunk
And broke in the Cap'n's trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home
So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home
(Hoist up the John B's sail)
Hoist up the John B
I feel so broke up I wanna go home
Let me go home
The poor cook he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
Let me go home
Why don't they let me go home
This is the worst trip I've ever been on
So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home
I think this is the first time I have ever head this recording. I have two recordings of this song. One is by Jerry Jeff Walker. The other is by Tyrone and the Clouds on a CD I found in the international music section of a music store many years ago.
Met Bob Shane once, back around 1989. Also his late dad Arthur who resided on Maui. Played golf with Arthur and two others twice in 1988. A super nice man. Great group, the Kingston Trio.
From the first album of the original Kingston Trio : Dave Guard, Bob Shane & Nick Reynolds.
I thought this was a Beach Boys song. I was just watching a documentary on Pet Sounds and this song was mentioned and they played a little bit of it. I had to come here and hear the song. now, I'm goingback to the documentary.
All these years I thought the two solo verses were sung by Nick, who generally took the high lines in songs. But I swear now it sounds like Bob. I can only be sure that it is Dave, who had the greatest range, who sings the intermediary lines.
Once you have heard this rendition, all other versions pale off into nothing! But then, of course, I am a hard-core Trio fan!
CK Sharma I'm a huge Beach Boys fan!!! This is fantastic!!! But I wouldn't say The Beach Boys version pales off..? They are both great!!!
Brian Wilson's arrangement of this song is far superior to this version
Beach Boys attempt...not equal..
My opinion...their rendition of...
REMEMBER THE ALAMO....
BEST...PASSIONATE version...all others are...PALE...VANILLA.....
This is not the original version from the album displayed. Not as good as the original take from this album.
Gotta go with the Beach Boys
It should be mentioned that The Kingston Trio did not name this song "Sloop John B"...It was "The John B Sails"
Actually, it was titled "Sloop John B" on the LP cover, and "Wreck of the John B" on the record label.
Thank you for that insight.. I had no idea... I feel like this beauty is as old as "House of the Rising Sun"
@@DummyYEEEAAHHHHH Older in fact. This song was written in 1916 and first recorded in 1927.
@@ddebenedictis Actually, being a true folk song, no one knows who wrote it or when. It was part of the "oral tradition," passed around from singer to singer, and (if it was old enough) passed on from generation to generation. It was, however, first published in 1916--but not by the writer, whoever that was.
We come on the sloop John B
Grandfather and me
Around Nassau Town we did roam
Drinking all night
Got into a fight
Well I feel so broke up, I wanna go home
The first mate he got drunk
Broke in the captains bunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone?
Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home
So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home
I feel so broke up, I wanna go home
The poor cook he caught the sh*ts
And threw away all my grits
And then he took and ate up all of my corn
Let me go home
Why don't they let me go home?
This is the worst trip I've ever been on
Thanks from Russia.
The best singers
always reminds me of being in the Carribean
Im still looking for a different version i heard on the radio. It was played with a banjo and a single singer who had a country twang.
Caleb Cain maybe Dwight Yoakum or Waylon Jennings?
Super interprétation.
I think my favorite version of Sloop John B (or as Travis Edmonson called it…”Sleep John Boo”) was done by the great Bud & Travis on their In Concert album. Performed at a fast tempo, with comical asides as Travis starts improvising while Bud wants to stick to the standard version of the song. I do like the Kingston Trio’s version. Very respectful rendition. But for laughs, seek out the Bud & Travis version!
Hi John Coleman.Have you heard Van Morrison/ Lonnie Donegan version--It's great.
Tame, flat, predictable, unimaginative. If anyone ever doubted the genius of Brian Wilson, listen to this
Hi John Benn. My middle initial is "B" (first name ("John")so perhaps our connection to the tune has more meaning to us. Regardless, I never tire of the tune, and I even like the Baeachboys' version.
My uncle named his 39 foot sloop the "John B." after his late Dad around 1967 and he took me out sailing in the summer of 68 when I was 8 years old and he used the Beach Boys version as a signal to hoist up the main sail right when that lyric was sung. We sailed out of Provincetown rounded Cape Cod, spent some time visiting whales then sailed down the coast past the sandy cliffs of national seashore before heading into port in Chatham and that was one of the finest adventures a little boy could have. I cannot listen to this song without flashing back to that day. Nor do I mind. I have loved this song ever since regardless of who sang it.
I feel so break up (not broke up) l want to go home......someone please explain this to me...please
BaBahamian lilt.
@@marksheiman1538 really? White guy's way back in the 50s???
Very interesting !
I just want to know why they wouldn't let him go home??
Arrested and thrown in the hoosegow for being drunken and disorderly, if I'm not mistaken.
Couldn't make bail
Mislabeled on the Lp as "The Wreck Of the 'John B.'",the original title.
How do we know this was a mislabeling?
This was the version for us, not the one by those Beach Kids (who were good but this is the right tempo, it is not a happy upbeat song).
The melody to the song "Rhinestone Cowboy" takes after this. I wonder who else has noticed this.
Hahaha
look up 'Reve' by Les Shleu Sleu from Haiti
There has NEVER been a better sound.. Feel sorry for those under 50.
Yeah there has!
They don't mak'em like The Kingstons anymore... :( Perfect harmony! **********!
very insightful ......this song underlines the genius of the Beach Boys, especially Brian Wilson....when Alan Jardine presented the song to him, he heard all these voices....and said..."we can do our own 1965 version of this"...we know how that ended.
Diggen" the bongos! I like playin em' whilst I'm stoned and naked!!! Yea!
This song features a conga drum. Not bongos.
It's a shame that the Kingston Trio don't get more recognition for their much earlier release of this song than the Beach Boys...8 years later.
This is not the original take from this album. If this is from this album CD the original version has been substituted.
Actually, this is the original monaural track from the 1958 album. I edited it to give it a bit more bass and reverb, but it’s still mono. - Jim M., CompVid101
One indication is the distinctive syncopated bass line from Buzz Wheeler, who worked with the KT only on the first album pictured here.
Well I finally heard the Kington Trio’s
version of this beautiful song!! But, after hearing The Beach Boys’ version a lot & more recently hearing Dwight Yoakum’s version + the last group (don’t remember their name) but they sounded SO MUCH like the BB version ~ if I had to vote, guess it would be a 3-way tie of the BBs, Dwight & the last group who sounded so much like the BBs!!!
The Kingston Trio left lots of parts undone, in my humble opinion!!!!
I’m just thankful that over the yrs this song managed to resurface & be good enough for people to want to re-record it even with a different spin!!! Truly a lovely piece of music!!
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Great cover of The Beach Boys classic.
Other way around. The KT recorded it in 1958, and BB Al Jardine was a huge fan of the Trio. It was Jardine who brought the song to Brian Wilson, and his BB arrangement came out in 1966.
@@CompVid101 it's an old folk Song tbh
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Of course, having grown up with the brian wilson/ wrecking crew version, i prefer it, but, it is interesting hearing the source material they got it from.
- I guess ever since seeing " A mighty wind", these american folkies just make me chuckle. I can only see the heartbroken Eugene Levy sitting alone in his hotel room, while the people next door were screwing loudly and endlessly... 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
K. Trio's version is great but I still think the B. Boys version is best.
What the hell does feel so break up even mean. 😂
Brian Wilson y Al Jardine la hicieron suya
This is so much better than the beach boys. I just listened to both. No comparison.
I agree. I like the quiet mood of the KT version. I just listened to the familiar BB version, and the instrumental noise is distracting from the song, especially the hammering out of the beat. Whose idea was that?
@@GH-oi2jf Brian Wilson's ! Furthermore in a video available on RUclips Brian Wilson said he wasn't a big fan of the Kingston Trio .(Al Jardine was ).What a shame !
I agree 100&
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I didn’t realize the Beach Boys stole this song.
How do you steal a public domain song?
They didn't you clown, and this is not a kingston og, just a trad song.
Public Domain . Even you can record the song
Strike
MY DAD AND GRANDDAD WERE IN U.S. NAVY. I CAN SING THIS SONG WITH REAL FEELING. VERY HEALING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE ME.
Hey UncleDon8! What are you doin' now? Musically, I mean?
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I prefer the Johnny Cash over them all.
Ooh, I have to hear the Man in Black do this song!
Erica Case Ben Culture Yeah, I had to hear it too, being a great Cash fan and loving this song. But, honestly, Johnny Cash is just dialing it in. His version is like a superficial and pat commercial attempt to exploit a true classic. CashFAIL. A rare thing I know, but it has happened.
ClockCutter Thank you for saying that! I think that's the reason I didn't come right back, two months ago, and say how great Cash's version was. But I would be reluctant to criticize Johnny Cash for any reason, right or wrong.
Erica Case I found the Waylon Jennings version was quite good. The guitar arrangement sounds very nice and traditional.
+Erica Case i gave a listen to johnny cash cover of this song.. sorry to say but this song not for him. waylon does it well.
Hoist
Beach Boys version is the best ! Caribian folksong.
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Hmmm so The Beach Boys weren’t as original as I thought ...they were more adapters than originators
For one song, sure...
This was the only cover song on Pet Sounds.
Beach Boys did it better