Fun Music Information -> Pete Seeger
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Music Quotes:
Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time passing. Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time ago. Where have all the soldiers gone? They've gone to graveyards every one. Oh, when will they ever learn? Oh, when will they ever learn? - Pete Seeger - Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Submitted by: LucidLupin
| Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't. - Pete Seeger |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "Dear Mr. President" | "The Fool on the Hill," The Beatles | Martha Hankins |
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Drift Dodger Rag" originally "Draft Dodger Rag"
Mabye like someone who never gets your drift?
Gretchen Wieners
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" | "Waist Deep in the Fun-Damentals Fray" | Ian Sherman |
| "Waist Deep In the Big Muddy" | "Fraught With Heat in the Big Desert" | wildwest |
| "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" | "Where Have All The Writers Gone?" | Tommy Turtle |
| "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" | "Why Have Our Towers Gone?" | Michael Pacholek |
| "The Farmer is the Man (Who Feeds Us All)" | "Corn Farmer is the Man (for Ethanol)" | Barry J. Mitchel |
| "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" | "Where Have All The Hummers Gone?" | Larry Skidmore |
| "Guantanamera" | "Guano: Mierda" | John A. Barry |
| "We Shall Not Be Moved" | "I Cannot Connect" | MasonR |
| "Turn, Turn, Turn" | "Disco Inferno vs. Turn, Turn, Turn (Round 1)" | MasonR |
| "Keep Your Eyes On The Prize" | "Keep Your Heads In The Sand" | Sarcastic Paranoid |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| You Had Me Joss Stone | All Mixed Up Pete Seeger | You Had Me All Mixed Up | Raphael |
Misheard Lyrics:
"Old Dan Tucker"
Misheard Lyrics: Died with a toothpick in his heel
Original Lyrics: Died with a toothache in his heel
| "Guantanamera"
Misheard Lyrics: One tiny mirror
or One ton tomato Original Lyrics: Guantanamera
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"Guantanamera"
Misheard Lyrics: Won ton O'Meara
For he's a won ton O'Meara. Original Lyrics: Guantanamera
Guajira Guantanamera | "Guantanamera"
Misheard Lyrics: One tiny mirror
Original Lyrics: Guantanamera
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Where Have All The Flowers Gone?"
Opening Lines: Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Comments: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" was written by folk singer and writer, Pete Seeger early in the Vietnam War era, before many protests even started. It started to become a protest song when Peter, Paul & Mary recorded it in 1962 for their first lp, and then sang it at several protests that associated the Vietnam War uneven drafting system (of aiming at poor and usually more black young men) with the Civil Rights movement. In the fall 1965, Johnny Rivers would record a more uptempo version of "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" (I have it on CD and also as an old 45 rpm and I think it's wonderful, although Rivers says he wasn't fond of his version) that fit into much of the angst that was just beginning to become even more outspoken protests about the Vietnam War in the last half of the 1960's, into the early 1970's. Other artists have also covered "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" (Judy Collins' version is probably one of the most poignant versions) and it still serves as a template for anti-War protests songs.
Submitted by: Peter
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Songs That Are Banned:
"Waist Deep In The Big Muddy"
After being invited by the Smother Brothers to perform this anti-Vietnam War anthem on their television show, in 1968, Pete Seeger is edited out of the program by the censors at CBS television.
Submitted by: Peter
Crime Records:
"Contempt of Congress"
Mr. Seeger was charged with contempt of congress in the mid-'50s due to his artful dodging of questions during a hearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee, which was investigating Seeger's suspected ties to Communist and Communism-sympathetic organizations. Charges were dropped before any sentence was handed down.
Submitted by: Raphael
What A Band is Best Known For (aside from their music):
"Having once supported Communism"
Seeger's first band, The Almanac Singers had not-so-subtle pro-Communist sympathies with their repertoire of labor anthems. Seeger's political views would come back to haunt him when his next band, the much more innocuous Weavers, were blacklisted for a brief period during the McCarthy era. Seeger only recently apologized for having made statements in support of former Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, claiming that they were hypocritical and born of ignorance.
Submitted by: Raphael
