RIP Pete Seeger

[Superbowltrashcan]

Folk Music Icon- Inspiration for so many musicians.....:(

[Baby Lee]

The ol' Commie kicked it.

He lived a long fruitful life.

Never not in the mood to put on of his discs on.

My Woodie Guthrie Tribute Concert disc he was instrumental [no pun intended] in is one of my all time faves.

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[Superbowltrashcan]

That's "Mr. Commie" to you! LOL Sat there thinking of all that guy saw and did in 90 plus years. Boggles the mind....

[BlackHelicopters]

RIP

[cosmo20002]

Call me a relic call me what'cha will
Say I'm old fashioned say I'm over the hill
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock and roll

[houstonwhodat]

One less Obama voter.

[Baby Lee]

Call me a relic call me what'cha will
Say I'm old fashioned say I'm over the hill
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock and roll

Eff that Rock and Roll shit

Woody

[gblowfish]

One less Obama voter.

Ignorant post of the week.
Bravo.

Pete Seeger was a cultural icon, historic figure in both American music and politics. He sang with Woody Guthrie, was blacklisted by McCarthy, promoted recycling and ecology before just about anybody else, was a musical ambassador all over the world for America, and was a damn fine musician. He was intelligent, kind, caring, humorous and gifted. We should all have such a full and meaningful life.

Here's Pete playing with Johnny Cash:

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[fan4ever]

He came to NAU and gave a performance to our folklore class; played the autoharp among other instruments...awesome. I'm not and wasn't into that kind of music at all, but this guy so impressed me I got some of my friends to attend a performance he was giving while there...friends made fun of me...until they heard him. RIP. Got to do what he loved for most of his life; we should all be so lucky.

[TEX]

Ignorant post of the week.
Bravo.

Pete Seeger was a cultural icon, historic figure in both American music and politics. He sang with Woody Guthrie, was blacklisted by McCarthy, promoted recycling and ecology before just about anybody else, was a musical ambassador all over the world for America, and was a damn fine musician. He was intelligent, kind, caring, humorous and gifted. We should all have such a full and meaningful life.

Here's Pete playing with Johnny Cash:

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I guess this is #2 then because what he said is also correct...:shrug:

[Baby Lee]

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Ironic because Colbert beat Seeger for best spoken word Grammy over Seeger for that very book on the day of his death.

[Demonpenz]

guess now we can all "Turn the page"

[HonestChieffan]

guess now we can all "Turn the page"


That was Bob Segar



Pete was an old granola eating tree hugger who hung around the backlots of the music scene back after the beatniks and before the hippies. A Hero in the coffee house culture of the campus riot days of the 70s. Bad Voice. not much with a guitar but his kooky fans wanted a message man

[Demonpenz]

You know how fast he is going to fall into the ground? "Like a Rock"

[HonestChieffan]

You know how fast he is going to fall into the ground? "Like a Rock"


Wrong guy.

[KCUnited]

Apparently his blood Type was O Negative.

[MahiMike]

Bob's middle name was Pete?

[HonestChieffan]

Bob's middle name was Pete?


No Pete is Bobs Uncles Brother. Remember in the movie? They turned Pete into a Toad

[Superbowltrashcan]

Pete was an old granola eating tree hugger who hung around the backlots of the music scene back after the beatniks and before the hippies. A Hero in the coffee house culture of the campus riot days of the 70s. Bad Voice. not much with a guitar but his kooky fans wanted a message man

You may know a great deal about many things, but Seeger isn't one of them.

[cosmo20002]

guess now we can all "Turn the page"

Q

Call me a relic call me what'cha will
Say I'm old fashioned say I'm over the hill
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock and roll

[ChiefGator]

Always loved the message on his banjo: This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.

Kind of telling the difference between that and Woody's 'This machine kills fascists'.

Gonna miss him, but his message resonates on.

And may I live as long and as full a life as him..

[Aries Walker]

94 years and inspiring millions is a pretty good run.

[HonestChieffan]

You may know a great deal about many things, but Seeger isn't one of them.

Old tree hugger pre hippie love it all dude is dead as hell. Tits up. Mommas and the Papas. Go Pete.

[ClevelandBronco]

I never caught onto his music, but he was loved by some of the artists that I love. Well done, Mr. Seeger.

[Road Hog]

"[I]t’s important to remember that [Pete] Seeger, once an avowed Stalinist, was a political singer devoted to a sinister political system--a position he held long after the Soviet experiment drenched itself in blood and collapsed in ignomin"[I]t’s important to remember that [Pete] Seeger, once an avowed Stalinist, was a political singer devoted to a sinister political system--a position he held long after the Soviet experiment drenched itself in blood and collapsed in ignominy

[Baby Lee]

"[I]t’s important to remember that [Pete] Seeger, once an avowed Stalinist, was a political singer devoted to a sinister political system--a position he held long after the Soviet experiment drenched itself in blood and collapsed in ignomin"[I]t’s important to remember that [Pete] Seeger, once an avowed Stalinist, was a political singer devoted to a sinister political system--a position he held long after the Soviet experiment drenched itself in blood and collapsed in ignominy

That can sound a little simplistic or jingoistic, but it's true he crafted sing-along songs that could easily turn into mantras toward virulent Communist/Stalinist movements.

I've loved the music, and took the message with a grain of salt. I thought it important to remember, as Johnny Cash intoned in gblow's post above 'nobody's perfect.' Occasionally worried that the grain of salt was a salt lick for many.

OMFG, my baby learned in a government school that because WWII was an important undertaking he's excited to go off an die some day!!!

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