As a Viet vet turned tree-hugging peace-lover I can't say enough about "Bring 'em Home" except I hope that Pete lives another 90 years so he can keep us folks on the right side (no war, no hate, no hunger, no sadness). Sing it, Pete!
My grandpa told me this story about when he was in a hospital in Vietnam recovering from a bombing injury, this song came on a portable radio that a soldier in the bed next to him had, and everyone in the hospital started to sing along quietly. He said it was the moment he realized that fighting there wasn't going to solve anything, so he came home and became a peace activist. I always think of him when I hear this song. :)
This man has more balls than any self-styled subversive groups singing today. And big ups to Johnny Cash for letting Pete sing this song on his show. Nobody would sing this song on TV today.
I second that. Cash admired Pete although he may not have agreed with all of his opinions. He did admire the courage of his convictions. Also, Pete had Johnny and June on this show, "Rainbow Quest" back in the early 1960s. Definitely three giants of American Music: Johnny, Pete, and June.
Johnny may have been a little more 'left of center'(and definitely 'hip') than the 'Music City Corporatist' right wing bent of the (probable) majority of his fans. Just listen to the lyrics of his narrative story song "Man In Black". MUCH MORE Woody Guthrie than Koby Teith!! ;)
This man has done the exact diametrical OPPOSITE of "selling out" his ENTIRE life!! The only minute critique I've EVER had of him is the apoplectic hissy fit he threw about Bobby Zimmerman going 'electric' during the Newport Folk Fest of 1965, but then again, he might have been worried that one of his proteges (and that festival) was in the process of 'selling out'. ;)
@@walrusi7994 WHY must you bring religion/hatred into the discussion?? NO ONE has brought up Pete's (or any other artist's) 'spiritual' views, IF he even had any at all (??) over his lifetime/career.
@@walrusi7994 Even IF that is the case, what PROOF do you have that Dylan, either then, OR now, or anytime in between was an abject "Zionist" (even IF he claimed so, as anything he says must be taken with the proverbial 'grain of salt')? I am NOT defending him, as I have never really paid close attention to his WILDLY swinging worldviews, or diametrically opposed, various religious choices. ;)
@@LS1conehead Seeger faced criticism early on for not singing popular songs that would reach the workers. Bob goes electric and reached a whole generation.
What a great message. So much more bold than our corporate owned programming today. I salute Seeger and Cash and all those with the will to speak out for justice.
Pete Seeger was one of the finest human beings on this earth and I admire him so much that I have learned the Seeger strum in less that 6 months and am now playing public performances as a Seegerist, bringing this song to thousands more. Pete, our brother, you taught us well. Thank you, thank you, thank you...
Gary Walkins: I could not agree with you more. I discovered Pete when I was a boy in the 60s. My appreciation of him has only grown over the years. I am disappointed that he never got the Nobel Peace Prize.
Could we let everyone know of these remarkable songs which often pertain to today? Put them on Facebook every day as we do now but try to apply them to the horrors of today.
I heard of Pete's death yesterday. It was not a shock,(he was 94, after all) but I grew up on his music in our home and passed that love onto my son. RIP Pete. There must be a huge concert on the Big Stage in the sky right now...
We need s musicians like this man today singing about our corrupt political and religious system. The systems is so broken and rigged it's so obvious. I love this song.
Pete was able to bring everyone together, communist, socialism, capitalist, democratic or republican. As he said, we are all brothers and sisters and cousins!
Being a Vietnamese, representative Vietnamese people, I thank to you - Mr. Pete Seeger from the bottom of our heart... You are so great and you are always in our heart ... Send you the Love from Vietnam to you!
I'm not sure where this was. BUT I helped organize a concert at NYU for the Clearwater project in 1969 where this song was sung in a very similar venue. This could be from that concert. Pete and I have been friends since. 40 years and we are still friends. He is a great guy and American. Unafraid to speak his mind and do the right thing, no matter the cost.
Bob Murphy You sir are one lucky man to have known such a great American I would have loved to get a visit with him before he crossed over. Heaven is a better place now he’s there. I met a guy once that knew him he told me Pete called him once and said he had a new song he was working on and started to sing it to him over the phone. I wish I had been that fortunate. 👍🏼
Absolutely love this song, god bless America, and thank you for bringing them home x Lots of love from England Private Dyer - Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
Great vid nice to see I really like Pete. He was also part of a folk group as well i cant remember the name of it now. He is really good. I really like folk music
He was branded a communist but he was I believe America’s finest citizens. Saw a comment he never sold out , how true he’s a singing legend that will be remembered and sorely missed for many years to come.
@@jimmorrison3035 Change your remark about him being "branded" to acknowledging that had been earlier in his life a member. Yes, he was a great guy. My gripe is that the left still soft-pedals this, and portrays him as being a picked-on liberal who sings about peace and love. The more I learn about his background, the more I understand the history of protest singing.
I sang this in Crawford, TX 2003 for Veterans Against the War . Bush was in town. I had to go pee after driving a couple of hours, and mistakenly stopped at the regular Press tent - I barely escaped getting arrested just for wanting to use the portapotty. Luckily, the peace rally was just down the road. I changed the words to apply to Iraq, don't remember exactly how now. God bless Pete Seeger.
If you love your Uncle Sam Bring them home, bring them home Support our boys in Vietnam Bring them home, bring them home It'll make our generals sad, I know Bring them home, bring them home They want to tangle with the foe Bring them home, bring them home They want to test their weaponry Bring them home, bring them home But here is their big fallacy Bring them home, bring them home I may be right, I may be wrong Bring them home, bring them home But I got a right to sing this song Bring them home, bring them home There's one thing I must confess Bring them home, bring them home I'm not really a pacifist Bring them home, bring them home If an army invaded this land of mine Bring them home, bring them home You'd find me out on the firing line Bring them home, bring them home Even if they brought their planes to bomb Bring them home, bring them home Even if they brought helicopters and napalm Bring them home, bring them home Show those generals their fallacy Bring them home, bring them home They don't have the right weaponry Bring them home, bring them home For defense, you need common sense Bring them home, bring them home They don't have the right armaments Bring them home, bring them home The world needs teachers, books and schools Bring them home, bring them home And learning a few universal rules Bring them home, bring them home So if you love your Uncle Sam Bring them home, bring them home Support our boys in Vietnam Bring them home, bring them home
@Christian121y I love the way you can magically compare the Northern US Army being fired on with us travelling halfway across the world to complain about being fired on.
@PMishkin Thanks for the reference. I looked it up. It says Hussein already had his own chemical weapons and was using them, but we overlooked it to avoid more trouble in the area than we already had with Iran. He accepted that as a sign of our weakness and invaded Kuwait. So according to your source document we did not provide his chemical weapons. Did you find an answer as to where they went and who has them now?
@shoelover25 Pete was part of TWO folk groups: The weavers, as 2old2Rock mentioned, and before that the Almanac Singers(where he performed with Woody Guthrie).
Help Pete Seeger getting the Nobel peace prize! Join the facebook group "Give Pete Seeger the Nobel Peace Prize". And spread the words LET a man who deserves the price win it!
@iuudou2 The most important thing is that the people in gov't understand that "Support the Troops." is most than a rallying cry. It's helping the disabled veterans, and giving the equipment they need, NOT "You go to war with what you got," which Cheney declared, but never did.
Back in the 50's Pete was in a group called The Weavers. They were on the verge of huge success when McCarthy ruined them during the Commie scare. If you get a chance, try to find a movie about them called "Wasn't That A Time". Very inspirational and entertaining as well.
![Pete Seeger at home (1989) [Part 1]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/yncIV5sot4E/mqdefault.jpg)
As a Viet vet turned tree-hugging peace-lover I can't say enough about "Bring 'em Home" except I hope that Pete lives another 90 years so he can keep us folks on the right side (no war, no hate, no hunger, no sadness). Sing it, Pete!
I hope nothing about this comment has changed. It takes a lot for anyone to change the way you did. Much respect, sir. I hope you are doing okay.
My grandpa told me this story about when he was in a hospital in Vietnam recovering from a bombing injury, this song came on a portable radio that a soldier in the bed next to him had, and everyone in the hospital started to sing along quietly. He said it was the moment he realized that fighting there wasn't going to solve anything, so he came home and became a peace activist. I always think of him when I hear this song. :)
danceoncardboardd be proud of him he’s was a hero for being there and for standing up to the “man” for peace when he got home.
Making the world safe for investment .
sadly relevant again today August 2021
Thats amazing.
This man has more balls than any self-styled subversive groups singing today. And big ups to Johnny Cash for letting Pete sing this song on his show. Nobody would sing this song on TV today.
I second that. Cash admired Pete although he may not have agreed with all of his opinions. He did admire the courage of his convictions. Also, Pete had Johnny and June on this show, "Rainbow Quest" back in the early 1960s. Definitely three giants of American Music: Johnny, Pete, and June.
Johnny may have been a little more 'left of center'(and definitely 'hip') than the 'Music City Corporatist' right wing bent of the (probable) majority of his fans.
Just listen to the lyrics of his narrative story song "Man In Black".
MUCH MORE Woody Guthrie than Koby Teith!! ;)
Pete is a GREAT American hero.
We always knew which side he was on.
Rest in peace brother Pete.
Pete Seeger is/was a national treasure.
Blessed are the peacemakers .
This is an iconic moment in television history. Simply perfect in every way.
Pete left The Weavers because they decided to do a cigarette ad in 1958. This is one of a few artists who never sold out. RIP
This man has done the exact diametrical OPPOSITE of "selling out" his ENTIRE life!!
The only minute critique I've EVER had of him is the apoplectic hissy fit he threw about Bobby Zimmerman going 'electric' during the Newport Folk Fest of 1965, but then again, he might have been worried that one of his proteges (and that festival) was in the process of 'selling out'. ;)
@@walrusi7994 WHY must you bring religion/hatred into the discussion??
NO ONE has brought up Pete's (or any other artist's) 'spiritual' views, IF he even had any at all (??) over his lifetime/career.
@@walrusi7994 Even IF that is the case, what PROOF do you have that Dylan, either then, OR now, or anytime in between was an abject "Zionist" (even IF he claimed so, as anything he says must be taken with the proverbial 'grain of salt')?
I am NOT defending him, as I have never really paid close attention to his WILDLY swinging worldviews, or diametrically opposed, various religious choices. ;)
@@LS1conehead Seeger faced criticism early on for not singing popular songs that would reach the workers. Bob goes electric and reached a whole generation.
I found about this song for a history project about the Vietnam war, but now it's one of my favorite songs.
What a great message. So much more bold than our corporate owned programming today. I salute Seeger and Cash and all those with the will to speak out for justice.
Pete's 100th birthday is coming up in a few weeks, sure do miss him :(
I love the way he gets everyone singing even when he tells em they don't have to...
The sign of a good artist?
+Rich Millin or a good song!
RIP Mr. Seeger. There are few as awesome as you.
BOOOO-YEAAAAH!!!! I Love this comment because it is the truth!
Pete Seeger was one of the finest human beings on this earth and I admire him so much that I have learned the Seeger strum in less that 6 months and am now playing public performances as a Seegerist, bringing this song to thousands more. Pete, our brother, you taught us well. Thank you, thank you, thank you...
Gary Walkins: I could not agree with you more. I discovered Pete when I was a boy in the 60s. My appreciation of him has only grown over the years. I am disappointed that he never got the Nobel Peace Prize.
My brother in law died at 19 yrs old . In vietnam worse thing i witnessed when the soldier's came to my place of work to tell his mom.
This man is a true legend, speaks from the heart and mind. Thank you for sharing your gift Mr. Seager
One of Pete's best songs! Happy Birthday, Pete...keep on singing!
Mr Courage is what Mr Seeger personified and he never took one step back for his convictions ...where are the Pete Seeger and Phil ochs of today??
you'll be missed. your music will never die.
What an amazing song. I wish there was a studio version of this somewhere.
Nah!!! This one only.
Thank you, Pete - I feel like it is the end of an era with your passing - it's astonishing how much good one man can do in this world -
Such an amazing captivating performance... just him and a guitar... simply amazing.
1970. I was home by then. RIP Pete.
This song does fit for these times we're living. Pete Seeger the godfather of folk music.
Could we let everyone know of these remarkable songs which often pertain to today? Put them on Facebook every day as we do now but try to apply them to the horrors of today.
Pete Seeger is one of Americas most passionate and patriotic citizens ever. Everyone should watch the recent documentary about him The Power of Music
I heard of Pete's death yesterday. It was not a shock,(he was 94, after all) but I grew up on his music in our home and passed that love onto my son. RIP Pete. There must be a huge concert on the Big Stage in the sky right now...
The world needs housing, food and schools...and learning a few universal rules...
King of the folk singers love you Pete love you forever
RIP Pete Seeger, thank you for your courage and spirit. Bring 'Em Home!
A little bit of my youth died with him....
We need s musicians like this man today singing about our corrupt political and religious system. The systems is so broken and rigged it's so obvious. I love this song.
Dano Pierce we do but it's all hard rock or heavy metal
George Michael was the only one in modern times to do an anti-war song 'Shoot the dog'
Pete was able to bring everyone together, communist, socialism, capitalist, democratic or republican. As he said, we are all brothers and sisters and cousins!
What a great song. Why are the young today so complacent about war that never seems to end?
+Bobby You Tube This country has been at war for all but 22 years of our existence.
+Bobby You Tube Because there is no draft....they could give a shit less, since no one will take them.....
War is hell. Peace always.
~Love, Light And Peace To All~ Raise Your Voices~ Peace ~~~
Being a Vietnamese, representative Vietnamese people, I thank to you - Mr. Pete Seeger from the bottom of our heart... You are so great and you are always in our heart ... Send you the Love from Vietnam to you!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOICE,,,
Remenber Arlo and Wood Guthrie...legendas of a folk music.Muito bom.Musicas que da alma
Gone are the days when people would stand up for what they believed in.... when people said what they meant and meant what they said.
I'm not sure where this was. BUT I helped organize a concert at NYU for the Clearwater project in 1969 where this song was sung in a very similar venue. This could be from that concert. Pete and I have been friends since. 40 years and we are still friends. He is a great guy and American. Unafraid to speak his mind and do the right thing, no matter the cost.
Bob Murphy You sir are one lucky man to have known such a great American I would have loved to get a visit with him before he crossed over. Heaven is a better place now he’s there. I met a guy once that knew him he told me Pete called him once and said he had a new song he was working on and started to sing it to him over the phone. I wish I had been that fortunate. 👍🏼
~Bring Em Home World Wide~Screw The Governments~~~Peace Love And Light To All~~~
missed already people of peace are becoming rarer as the years go on. GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN
thank you Pete
Absolutely love this song, god bless America, and thank you for bringing them home x
Lots of love from England
Private Dyer - Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
Great vid nice to see I really like Pete. He was also part of a folk group as well i cant remember the name of it now. He is really good. I really like folk music
keep passing this story along, please.
Great video - shared btw ;-)
Pete Seeger is a legend
Great musician .words are tounching!
beautiful song!
Excellent.
Bring em home
PEACE!!
Interesting guy and a great musician. RIP Mr. Seeger.
Bring em home forever
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
"Support the troops, bring 'em home, bring 'em home"
Pete Seeger's one of those type of people who should live forever.
Pete was one of the biggest rock and roll bad-asses of all times.
Pete is one of the best political singers, and best singers in general, and I will love him as long as I still have a mind.
Such a great song even now though this was for Viet Nam I say bring our troops home
an amazing and courageous man
He was branded a communist but he was I believe America’s finest citizens. Saw a comment he never sold out , how true he’s a singing legend that will be remembered and sorely missed for many years to come.
He was a member of the Communist Party. I don't hold that against, but I think every should be aware of that. That is part of our heritage.
@@SandfordSmythe big deal . He was a great man , was he not?
@@jimmorrison3035 It's the political side to his social activism.
Was he not a great guy?
@@jimmorrison3035 Change your remark about him being "branded" to acknowledging that had been earlier in his life a member. Yes, he was a great guy. My gripe is that the left still soft-pedals this, and portrays him as being a picked-on liberal who sings about peace and love. The more I learn about his background, the more I understand the history of protest singing.
Questa canzone e bellissima!!riposa in pace grande Pete!!!😇😇😇😇🎸🎶🎶🎶💓💓♥️
Happy Birthday Pete!
I love America. God Bless Pete Seeger for keeping it in check...
great.
Like for everyone who lisen on this 2013 and still love the song
"If an army invaded this land of mine, bring 'em home, bring 'em home, you'd find me right on the firing line, bring 'em home, bring 'em home."
I sang this in Crawford, TX 2003 for Veterans Against the War . Bush was in town. I had to go pee after driving a couple of hours, and mistakenly stopped at the regular Press tent - I barely escaped getting arrested just for wanting to use the portapotty. Luckily, the peace rally was just down the road. I changed the words to apply to Iraq, don't remember exactly how now. God bless Pete Seeger.
Amen!
" If you love your Uncle Sam,
SUPPORT our boys in Vietnam.
Bring 'em home"
The Movement may have picked on the grunts later, but Pete did not...
l miss him😘😘😘
thank fucking christ this is back on here id found it and thought i had dreamt it
Hey Pete I am still wearing my POW bracelet. My guy was captured in 1968 and I still wear it in memory of him. What the HELL
@superhoga God bless you, Lt. Calley.
He's one of those people who will. This song will, too.
I said, "Keep the union together." That was basically what I meant. Thank you.
Damn right.
Who's watching in 2021?
If you love your Uncle Sam
Bring them home, bring them home
Support our boys in Vietnam
Bring them home, bring them home
It'll make our generals sad, I know
Bring them home, bring them home
They want to tangle with the foe
Bring them home, bring them home
They want to test their weaponry
Bring them home, bring them home
But here is their big fallacy
Bring them home, bring them home
I may be right, I may be wrong
Bring them home, bring them home
But I got a right to sing this song
Bring them home, bring them home
There's one thing I must confess
Bring them home, bring them home
I'm not really a pacifist
Bring them home, bring them home
If an army invaded this land of mine
Bring them home, bring them home
You'd find me out on the firing line
Bring them home, bring them home
Even if they brought their planes to bomb
Bring them home, bring them home
Even if they brought helicopters and napalm
Bring them home, bring them home
Show those generals their fallacy
Bring them home, bring them home
They don't have the right weaponry
Bring them home, bring them home
For defense, you need common sense
Bring them home, bring them home
They don't have the right armaments
Bring them home, bring them home
The world needs teachers, books and schools
Bring them home, bring them home
And learning a few universal rules
Bring them home, bring them home
So if you love your Uncle Sam
Bring them home, bring them home
Support our boys in Vietnam
Bring them home, bring them home
Wish more millennials listened to this type of music like I do
@Christian121y I love the way you can magically compare the Northern US Army being fired on with us travelling halfway across the world to complain about being fired on.
Important to remember the final resolution.
Eerie that this s just as applicable today in 2014.
R.I.P big pete
un grand pionnier de la musique folk militant grand des droits civiques paix à son âme
@PMishkin
Thanks for the reference. I looked it up.
It says Hussein already had his own chemical weapons and was using them, but we overlooked it to avoid more trouble in the area than we already had with Iran. He accepted that as a sign of our weakness and invaded Kuwait.
So according to your source document we did not provide his chemical weapons. Did you find an answer as to where they went and who has them now?
All gotta do is change "Viet Nam" to "Afghanistan" and it just right now as was then when I watch this in 1970.
Pete Seeger: Killing you with a smile
@shoelover25 Pete was part of TWO folk groups: The weavers, as 2old2Rock mentioned, and before that the Almanac Singers(where he performed with Woody Guthrie).
You're NEVER 2 old 2 Rock!!!!!!!!!!
I love Pete seger to death and beyond feel lionley now. Miss your strength.
Bring em home, bring em home!
It's from Johnny Cash's TV series in 1970
Help Pete Seeger getting the Nobel peace prize! Join the facebook group "Give Pete Seeger the Nobel Peace Prize".
And spread the words LET a man who deserves the price win it!
Like Novalis says: Wo gehen wer hin? Immer nach Hause. R.I.P. Pete. I diden't realize who you are, until I heard you together with The Boss…
@Hister333 Well God bless your brother.And be sure to tell him that the good he did will live far beyond the lifetimes of his harshest critics.
I wish the punks of my Generation took note of this and understood how to properly protest
You really don't come over as a 60's type guy.
@iuudou2 The most important thing is that the people in gov't understand that "Support the Troops." is most than a rallying cry. It's helping the disabled veterans, and giving the equipment they need, NOT "You go to war with what you got," which Cheney declared, but never did.
Sometimes you have to fight! The thing that loses wars is people having no stomach for the fight freddom aint free!
Back in the 50's Pete was in a group called The Weavers. They were on the verge of huge success when McCarthy ruined them during the Commie scare. If you get a chance, try to find a movie about them called "Wasn't That A Time". Very inspirational and entertaining as well.
He was blacklisted, but he was also a Communist.
RIP