Pete Seeger - We Shall Overcome: Complete Carnegie Hall Concert
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Artist: Pete SeegerBrand: Sony
Edition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 1989-10-10
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Audience
- Banjo Medley: Cripple Creek/Old Joe Clark/Leather Britches
- Lady Margaret
- Mrs. McGrath
- Mail Myself to You
- My Rambling Boy
- Little Brand New Baby
- What Did You Learn in School Today?
- Little Boxes
- Mrs. Clara Sullivan's Letter
- Who Killed Norma Jean?
- Who Killed Davey Moore?
- Farewell (Fare Thee Well)
- Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
- Didn't He Ramble [Fragment]
- Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
- If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus
- I Ain't Scared of Your Jail
- Oh, Freedom
- Audience
- Skip to My Lou
- Sweet Potatoes
- Deep Blue Sea
- Sea of Misery [Fragment]
- Oh Louisiana
- Johnny Give Me
- Oh, What a Beautiful City!
- Lua de Sertao (Moon of the Backland)
- Misirlou
- Polyushke Polye (Meadowlands)
- Genbaku O Yurusumagi (Never Again the a Bomb)
- Schtille Di Nacht (Quiet Is the Night)
- Viva la Quince Brigada (Long Live the Fifteenth Brigade)
- Tshotsholosa (Road Song)
- This Land Is Your Land
- From Way up Here
- We Shall Overcome
- Mister Tom Hughes' Town
- Bring Me Li'l Water, Silvy
- Guantanamera
Free Music Notes for We Shall Overcome: Complete Carnegie Hall Concert
Free Music Review: The Father Of The Folk Revival
Hit: 4 Stars
This concert album was recorded at the height of the civil rights movement and Seeger manages to capture the passionate embrace of de-segregation for African Americans on songs like "We Shall Overcome" and "Oh Freedom". Other musical highlights include "Guatanamera" and "Little Boxes". But not every song is a winner. For example, Dylan's justifiably forgotten anti-boxing screed "Who Killed Davey Moore?"
The biggest knock against Seeger style folk music is how corny and naive it is. It's true that Seeger lacked Dylan's sense of irony and sardonic wit. Seeger's repertoire also included many children's songs. So the people that laugh at the idea of singing "Kumbaya" around the campfire are not likely to appreciate Seeger. But in this cynical and jaded era perhaps a bit of romantic idealism is just what the doctor ordered.
Seeger was primarily a cover singer and I consider his artistic achievements to be a notch or two below Dylan's. But he did have an encyclopedic knowledge of folk music and an excellent, often inspiring, voice. This is worth owning both as a historic document from the early 60's and for it's many terrific songs.
We Shall Overcome: Complete Carnegie Hall Concert Poster
Pete Seeger, who began recording in the early 1940s, is perhaps the most influential figure in the American folk revival, a walking repository of song who's had an immense influence in popularizing folk music with mainstream audiences. The 2 CD We Shall Overcome is an expanded version of a classic 1963 live album that offers an excellent example of Seeger's activist passion and good-humored humanity. This expanded edition contains the entire 40-song concert, making it almost three times longer than the original vinyl incarnation. The typically eclectic and heartfelt program, encompassing civil-rights anthems and anti-war pleas, along with tunes from England, Russia, Brazil, and the Caribbean, provides an excellent introduction to the artist. --Scott SchinderChildren's Music Music CDs
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