Rest in Peace, Pete...and thanks for the music.

[BoomerD]

http://news.yahoo.com/folk-singer-activist-pete-seeger-dies-ny-065217408.html

Pete Seeger was 94 years old.

 

[BUTCH1]

What an original and one-of-a-kind performer, he will be missed..

 

[stargazr]

RIP

 

[IronWing]

If I should die before I wake,
All my bone and sinew take
Put me in the compost pile
To decompose me for a while.

Worms, water, sun will have their way,
Returning me to common clay
All that I am will feed the trees
And little fishes in the seas.

When radishes and corn you munch,
You may be having me for lunch
And then excrete me with a grin,
Chortling, "There goes Lee again."

'Twill be my happiest destiny
To die and live eternally.

Words by Lee Hays (1979) Music by Pete Seeger (1979)

Goodnight Mr. Seeger

 

[Triumph]

I applaud his refusal to answer questions from the unconstitutional House "Unamerican Activities" Committee, and applaud the impact of his music. But he was an extreme leftie commie pinko. Not a Soviet commie but a real one, so I can't applaud him for that.

 

[TheAdvocate]

Goodnight Mr. Seeger

RIP

 

[sandorski]

I applaud his refusal to answer questions from the unconstitutional House "Unamerican Activities" Committee, and applaud the impact of his music. But he was an extreme leftie commie pinko. Not a Soviet commie but a real one, so I can't applaud him for that.

It's "Unamerican" to have a Political/Economic position?

Anyway, RIP

 

[bradley]

I applaud his refusal to answer questions from the unconstitutional House "Unamerican Activities" Committee, and applaud the impact of his music. But he was an extreme leftie commie pinko. Not a Soviet commie but a real one, so I can't applaud him for that.

Yet he unwaveringly lived by his convictions till death without compromise, unlike most hippies of his generation. I don't have to totally agree with his politics, to give the ultimate respect to a simple modest man. And I loved his music and what it represented to America. RIP

 

[Perknose]

 

[Triumph]

It's "Unamerican" to have a Political/Economic position?

What are you asking me again?

 

[Perknose]

What are you asking me again?

Well, let me ask you this question:

Aside from the general political label you have put on him, exactly WHAT that Pete Seeger ever politically advocated in his entire life was such that you couldn't applaud him for . . . racial equality and justice, opposition to the Vietnam War, what?

Be specific. Use quotes if you can.

 

[datalink7]

Where have all the flowers gone?

 

[Triumph]

Well, let me ask you this question:

Aside from the general political label you have put on him, exactly WHAT that Pete Seeger ever politically advocated in his entire life was such that you couldn't applaud him for . . . racial equality and justice, opposition to the Vietnam War, what?

Be specific. Use quotes if you can.

In a 1995 interview, however, he insisted that "I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it."

So what part of what I said was wrong? The Soviet Union wasn't a pure communist state. Apparently Seeger believed in the pure Marxist definition of communism. I don't believe in that, nor do most Americans. I don't want to see that structure in this country. So what did I say about him that was untrue?

 

[William Gaatjes]

Pete Seeger - Forever young

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezyd40kJFq0

Nice to listen to. Very comforting. :thumbsup:

 

[Thump553]

Back in the late 70's or early 80's he teamed up with Arlo Guthrie for a couple of years. It was a match made in heaven-the irrelevant goofiness of Arlo and the intense folk creed of Pete together. They were really excellent concerts and best of all it exposed a whole new generation to his music firsthand. They put out a live album called Precious Friend if anyone is interested in hearing more.

 

[OCGuy]

I've never heard too much of his music, I will have to check him out.

OP, do you have any other pictures, maybe from when he was alive?

 

[bradly1101]

OP, do you have any other pictures, maybe from when he was alive?

If I had a hammer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl-yszPdRTk

If I had a hammer,
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening,
All over this land.

I'd hammer out danger,
I'd hammer out a warning,
I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

If I had a bell,
I'd ring it in the morning,
I'd ring it in the evening,
All over this land.

I'd ring out danger,
I'd ring out a warning
I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

If I had a song,
I'd sing it in the morning,
I'd sing it in the evening,
All over this land.

I'd sing out danger,
I'd sing out a warning
I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

Well I got a hammer,
And I got a bell,
And I got a song to sing, all over this land.

It's the hammer of Justice,
It's the bell of Freedom,
It's the song about Love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

It's the hammer of Justice,
It's the bell of Freedom,
It's the song about Love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

 

[dennilfloss]

A true legend and inspiration left us. RIP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXKJ1jPuaoI

Edit: Arlo Guthrie's tribute on his Facebook page:

I usually do a little meditation and prayer every night before I go to sleep - Just part of the routine. Last night, I decided to go visit Pete Seeger for a while, just to spend a little time together, it was around 9 PM. So I was sitting in my home in Florida, having a lovely chat with Pete, who was in a hospital in New York City. That's the great thing about thoughts and prayers- You can go or be anywhere.

I simply wanted him to know that I loved him dearly, like a father in some ways, a mentor in others and just as a dear friend a lot of the time. I'd grown up that way - loving the Seegers - Pete & Toshi and all their family.

I let him know I was having trouble writing his obituary (as I'd been asked) but it seemed just so silly and I couldn't think of anything that didn't sound trite or plain stupid. "They'll say something appropriate in the news," we agreed. We laughed, we talked, and I took my leave about 9:30 last night.

"Arlo" he said, sounding just like the man I've known all of my life, "I guess I'll see ya later." I've always loved the rising and falling inflections in his voice. "Pete," I said. "I guess we will."

I turned off the light and closed my eyes and fell asleep until very early this morning, about 3 AM when the texts and phone calls started coming in from friends telling me Pete had passed away.

"Well, of course he passed away!" I'm telling everyone this morning. "But that doesn't mean he's gone."

 

[Perknose]

In a 1995 interview, however, he insisted that "I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it."

So what part of what I said was wrong?

Other than your pettiness and ideological blindness and complete lack of context for the true meaning of that quote, nothing.

From the MilitaryTimes web site: Army vet, folk singer Pete Seeger dies in N.Y.

His musical career was always braided tightly with his political activism, in which he advocated for causes ranging from civil rights to the cleanup of his beloved Hudson River. Seeger said he left the Communist Party around 1950 and later renounced it. But the association dogged him for years.

He was kept off commercial television for more than a decade after tangling with the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1955. Repeatedly pressed by the committee to reveal whether he had sung for Communists, Seeger responded sharply: “I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent this implication that some of the places that I have sung and some of the people that I have known, and some of my opinions, whether they are religious or philosophical, or I might be a vegetarian, make me any less of an American.”

By the 1990s, no longer a party member but still styling himself a communist with a small C, Seeger was heaped with national honors.

Pete Seeger was an American, with a capital A.

A couple of pinkos sing some sort of suspect, rabble rousing propaganda.

 

[rudder]

He will be missed. Saw him in '72 at the Fillmore. I got my I <3 Stalin t-shirt signed by him.

 

[OCGuy]

I prefer his brother, really.

Here I am
On the road again
Here I am
up on the stage
there I go
playing the star again

 

[JManInPhoenix]

RIP

 

[sandorski]

What are you asking me again?

Apparently he wasn't cavorting with the Enemy. As an American, does he or does he not have the Right to Speech or Thought?

 

[Miramonti]

Performing September 13, 2013

We lost a great contributor.

 

[Triumph]

Other than your pettiness and ideological blindness and complete lack of context for the true meaning of that quote, nothing.

From the MilitaryTimes web site: Army vet, folk singer Pete Seeger dies in N.Y.

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Pete Seeger was an American, with a capital A.

A couple of pinkos sing some sort of suspect, rabble rousing propaganda.

Well, you lack comprehension as well because the word "communist" doesn't mean card carrying member of the Politburo, as I explained, and as I understand Pete Seeger to have explained as well, in his quote.