Not the Kingston Trio's best recording, I admit (and I'm a fan). But, it was the first recorded version of "Get Together"-- that great '60's anthem. The song sprang not from hippie times but rather from that special egg shell-fragile time period of American music between the death of Buddy Holly and the onslaught of the British: 1960-63.
Chet Powers (Dino Valenti) wrote the song in 1963 but he never got famous for it. The Youngbloods immortalized it for him:
Link in case the video doesn't play
Lyrics after the jump.
Love is but a song we sing
fear's the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
or make the angels cry
Though the bird is on the wing
and you may not know why
Come on people now
smile on your brother
everybody get together
and try to love one another right now
Some may come and some may go
We will surely pass
When the one that left us here
returns for us at last
We are but a moment's sunlight
fading in the grass
Come on people now
smile on your brother
everybody get together
try to love one another right now
Come on people now
smile on your brother
everybody get together
try to love one another right now
Come on people now
smile on your brother
everybody get together
try to love one another right now
If you hear the song I sing
you will understand...listen
You hold the key to love and fear
all in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both
It's there at your command
Come on people now
smile on your brother
Everybody get together
try to love one another right now
Come on people now
smile on your brother
Everybody get together
try to love one another right now
I said.....
Come on people now
smile on your brother
Everybody get together
try to love one another right now
right now
right now
10 comments:
The bass playing on The Youngbloods version is outstanding, IMHO. It's Jesse Colin Young (who also sang lead).
From the Trio's last album for Capitol.
(Capitol was so busy with the Beatles, they forgot to renew the Trio's contract; real dumb)
A lot of good cuts on it, but "Get Together" ain't one of 'em. Not that good a song, period.
Not that good a song, period.
I think it's a great juxtaposition of trust and fear.
I had in mind Black is black by the Bravos but the Charleston shooting put the kibosh on that.
Maybe later, after more, what's her face revelations.
waterboarding edutcher?
OK, I gotta ask, where'd that one come from?
chickelit said...
Not that good a song, period.
I think it's a great juxtaposition of trust and fear.
Of course, YMMV, but I was never into that kind of song.
Didn't like "What The world Needs Now", either.
Too wussy for my taste.
"We are but a moment's sunlight
fading in the grass"
Per Wiki, Valenti sold the rights to the song to pay for his defense in a marijuana bust.
"He will surely pass" should be "We shall surely pass" as in "We're all gonna die!"
Song has an explicitly Christian theme. That was common in popular music up until the eighty's/ninety's. Everyone's loss.
Kingston Trio's version is horrific. I suspect the Devil was involved.
"He will surely pass" should be "We shall surely pass" as in "We're all gonna die!"
Fixed! thanks
A few of the lyrics sites had your original line, but it doesn't really make sense.
"He will surely pass" should be "We shall surely pass" as in "We're all gonna die!"
Changing "he" to "we" should change "will" to "shall" as you correctly note, but I believe the singer clearly sings "we will surely pass."
/grammar nazi
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