What do you mean it's not good enough for you?
May 31, 2017 5:54 AM Subscribe
You know that Old Time Religion?You know the extra verses in Pete Seeger's version? Do you know all the extra verses? I mean really all the extra verses?
Needs more Tuvan throat singing.
posted by unknowncommand at 6:19 AM on May 31, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by unknowncommand at 6:19 AM on May 31, 2017 [2 favorites]
I saw "Bob" at the radar station.
Slacking off was his occupation.
He sold me Eternal Salvation.
It's good enough for me!
posted by Homemade Interossiter at 6:20 AM on May 31, 2017 [4 favorites]
Slacking off was his occupation.
He sold me Eternal Salvation.
It's good enough for me!
posted by Homemade Interossiter at 6:20 AM on May 31, 2017 [4 favorites]
My parents are big fans of folk music, and we had a record with this song on it when I was a kid. A live double-album with Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger, if I recall. My mom would always make us skip this song. Everything else on the album was fine, but this song was blasphemous, and shouldn't be listened to. One day when they were gone and I was maybe 9 or 10, I put it on just to see what all the fuss was about. I didn't understand any of it, and was sorely disappointed.
posted by KGMoney at 6:31 AM on May 31, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by KGMoney at 6:31 AM on May 31, 2017 [4 favorites]
We've got bunnies wearing pancakes.
Yes our brooms do really vibrate.
Although bean plates give me headaches,
It's good enough for me!
posted by muddgirl at 6:42 AM on May 31, 2017 [6 favorites]
Yes our brooms do really vibrate.
Although bean plates give me headaches,
It's good enough for me!
posted by muddgirl at 6:42 AM on May 31, 2017 [6 favorites]
This is quite interesting to me, where I live in Cornwall there is a lot of local cultural identity tied up on folk singing, especially in groups singing in pubs but also at other public events. Many of the songs are very easily identified as being relevant to Cornish history and identity but this song is very firmly in the standard songbook despite being much more widely known. Wikipedia says it dates from the late 19th Century and may have roots in English folk, it would be interesting to hear if there is a more developed history of the song.
posted by biffa at 6:47 AM on May 31, 2017
posted by biffa at 6:47 AM on May 31, 2017
KGMoney: A live double-album with Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger
I grew up with this too! I still call it the "Pete Way" when someone sings lyrics ahead of a line. Such a great album that didn't survive my transition to digital.
posted by dbx at 6:59 AM on May 31, 2017 [2 favorites]
I grew up with this too! I still call it the "Pete Way" when someone sings lyrics ahead of a line. Such a great album that didn't survive my transition to digital.
posted by dbx at 6:59 AM on May 31, 2017 [2 favorites]
I heard this once and was totally charmed. Thanks for finding all the verses!
posted by angiep at 7:04 AM on May 31, 2017
posted by angiep at 7:04 AM on May 31, 2017
Oh, what a flashback! This is part of what I think of as 'old web' content, inextricably linked to back when I, too, hung out with the SubGs and IRC'd it up.
posted by cobaltnine at 7:16 AM on May 31, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by cobaltnine at 7:16 AM on May 31, 2017 [2 favorites]
Folkways doesn't list that record but they have a large catalog of Pete Seeger albums, reasonably priced for CD's or
downloads.
posted by Botanizer at 8:01 AM on May 31, 2017
downloads.
posted by Botanizer at 8:01 AM on May 31, 2017
I love Pete Seeger but the crowd clapping on the 1 and the 3 was grating.
posted by rocket88 at 8:07 AM on May 31, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by rocket88 at 8:07 AM on May 31, 2017 [2 favorites]
Precious Friend.
(Amazon.)
(You purchased this item on October 1, 2001.)
posted by elsietheeel at 8:40 AM on May 31, 2017 [3 favorites]
(Amazon.)
(You purchased this item on October 1, 2001.)
posted by elsietheeel at 8:40 AM on May 31, 2017 [3 favorites]
Hey cool, that ancient purchase (my 8th of over 700 to this date), which was a replacement for my mom's original cassettes--long worn out over 20 years of summer car trips--means I can stream the album from Amazon now. I always forget that.
posted by elsietheeel at 8:50 AM on May 31, 2017
posted by elsietheeel at 8:50 AM on May 31, 2017
That's the exact album! Looking through the track listing, I can still recite the Neutron Bomb Story by heart. Real strange what my parents did and didn't have a problem with, in retrospect.
posted by KGMoney at 9:02 AM on May 31, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by KGMoney at 9:02 AM on May 31, 2017 [2 favorites]
Oh my goodness, thank you so much elseietheeel! This will be a treat for my whole family. It also seems to be on Spotify, but I have no idea how to link it.
posted by dbx at 9:16 AM on May 31, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by dbx at 9:16 AM on May 31, 2017 [1 favorite]
so very excellent, listening now on itunes. now if only i can find the tape that came with my dad's oldsmobile in 1987.
posted by joecacti at 11:30 AM on May 31, 2017
posted by joecacti at 11:30 AM on May 31, 2017
We will pray to those old Norse gods.
Valkyries on their horse gods.
After all, there are far vorse gods
And it's good enough for me!
posted by dannyboybell at 7:09 PM on May 31, 2017 [1 favorite]
Valkyries on their horse gods.
After all, there are far vorse gods
And it's good enough for me!
posted by dannyboybell at 7:09 PM on May 31, 2017 [1 favorite]
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