Do you have a favorite peace song?

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Permalink Reply by Neri Bar-On on April 9, 2009 at 9:24am

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Permalink Reply by Paul RETI on April 9, 2009 at 1:04pm

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Permalink Reply by Paul RETI on April 9, 2009 at 1:10pm

Pete Seger with Peter, Paul and Mary;

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Permalink Reply by Paul RETI on April 10, 2009 at 4:35am

This simple and pithy (and thus very real and realistic) song is about life and not mere property. Written by Pete Seger in 1955, it is about the futility of wars. Many versions were recorded.

My favorite recording of it is the first one made by Peter, Paul and Mary, sometime in the 1960's. That recording is my favorite because Mary Travis' haunting voice was at its peak then. I could not find a copy of that recording.

This very special version was recorded in the 1990's at a tribute concert to Harold Leventhal, some 30 years after the original PPM recording. What makes this recording (and embedded commentary) special for me is that Pete Seger joins them and that despite premature maturity (for example, Mary is no longer lithe and trim, taut and terrific, and needs a walking stick), the words and Mary's haunting voice (the package) was then and still is for me timeless and true. It was also so for young and old at that tribute concert to Harold Leventhal in the 1990's, some 40 years after Pete Seger wrote the song.

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Permalink Reply by Paul RETI on April 9, 2009 at 1:16pm

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Permalink Reply by Basil Keilani on April 9, 2009 at 1:25pm

How do you post videos? I am not computer savvy enough to do that:)

Make me savvier:)

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Permalink Reply by Paul RETI on April 10, 2009 at 3:36am

Here is how:

1. Double-click on the song.above once it starts to play.
2. That will take you to its YouTube page.
3. Near the top on the right, you'll see the URL and Embed lines.
4. Copy the contents of the Embed line and then paste it here...

Not rockets science... Once you know... :-)

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Permalink Reply by Paul RETI on April 9, 2009 at 1:36pm

Peter, Paul and Mary sing "Blowing in the Wind" and "Give Peace A Chance". John Denver joins them for the second song..

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Permalink Reply by Paul RETI on April 9, 2009 at 2:54pm

Here is a video version of John Lennon singing Imagine.


Find more videos like this on mepeace.org

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Permalink Reply by Corey Gil-Shuster on April 10, 2009 at 5:37am

It is a little tacky but I like this one:

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Permalink Reply by Corey Gil-Shuster on April 10, 2009 at 5:42am

Also check out http://www.mepeace.org/group/musicgroup
especially http://www.mepeace.org/group/musicgroup/forum/topics/661876:Topic:1...

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Permalink Reply by iskander abd al kerim on April 13, 2009 at 9:23pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zpTQCQEFhg

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