When he walked out in that suit I was prepared to cringe and roll my eyes. But this performance was thoughtful, genuine, and moving. Putting the first verse in the first person perspective was a brilliant choice. The musical arrangement was also fantastic. Bravo, Mr. Ives! You were a legend!
@@johnnnoise Did not know that but Pete Seeger was, in fact, a member of the communist party for a time until he realized that he had been duped as I recall. I don't think anyone truly questioned Seeger's motives as an American. The man simply exuded goodness throughout his life in my humble opinion.
Nice. Burl had the knack for making me cry as a kid. Probably because he narrated a Christmas children's cartoon or two in addition to his singing. He had that grandfather vibe.😊
To explain a point that seems to be confusing some people: This song was the climax of a sketch, with Burl Ives as a man returning to his home town after an absence of thirty years. He expects this small, out-of-the-way place to be just as he left it, but as he observes the inhabitants he sees that the social changes of the 1960s have reached even here. The people who join in the chorus are the characters he had been watching. The complete episode (with this sketch at the end) can be seen here: th-cam.com/video/7YcmVYwcco8/w-d-xo.html
I did just that, on your recommendation, and I must say two things. First, Burl does slightly better with 'I'll be your baby tonight' earlier in the show, but only slightly, Second, the lead up to TTTAAC is pretty weak stuff.
I'm always funny about the slicker commericalized Dylan covers (I'm thinking of the Dylan-based episode of Hullabaloo around this time), but I adore Burl Ives, a man with one of the warmest voices in music. Listening to him is like getting a hug. He makes this a wonderful cover.
Saw Burl Ives once in Manchester in the late 1970's, guesting in a Spinners concert (that's the UK Spinners folk group, not the Detroit ones). He came across as such a lovely man, sincere and a great, warm singer of meaningful songs. He even, as an favour to band and audience alike, reprised his most well-known song in the UK (along with Candy Mountain): Ugly Bug Ball. Apparently hadn't sung it since making the movie, but we all helped him out, to his clear amusement. A great night.
a very nice rendition. many don't know of Ives as a folk singer, and that's a shame.. also, it was cool to see a very young Steve Martin in the chorus, virtually unrecognizable with brown hair.
I was distractedly scrolling through YT and clicked on this video thinking it was a spoof with the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman playing Burl Ives singing Dylan. I kept waiting for a punchline that never came. I was almost all the way through it when I realized it was really Burl Ives. Enjoyed it all the more because the joke was on me.
Dis time it's personal! This is the first time I've seen a singer change to wording to admit that he/she is the one who needs to change. What a delightful surprise. I think His Bobness probably loved it.
i absolutely loved the Smothers Brothers and could feel the changes - all these years later i feel we lost the plot somewhere along the lines. exciting then, scary now
That was a beautiful rendition of that great song with Burl Ives. It very much applies to the terrible state this country will have to endure these next four years. Burl had one of those smooth recognizable voices.👏👏
Good song for right now. And the lyrics "Come Senators and Congressmen please heed the call, don't stand in the doorway, and don't block up the hall. For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled" should be changed to "Come Senators and Congressmen please heed the call, don't stand in Trump's way, and don't block up the hall. For he has to fix what has hurt us all."
Burl is actually somewhat of a contemporary of Dylan, but more of Seeger's, folksingers that just preceded Dylan. Don't like the arrangement but Burl is powerful.
What is going on with that montage 2:05 - 2:15? Priests and scientists and then … a mixed race couple (including Steve Martin?) …? Weird as hell. Now I want to see Burl do “Bury the Bottle With Me.”
@ I’m not wondering “why Steve Martin”. I’m wondering what was the intention of the montage. It’s just … weird! Not obviously funny and, if there’s a social statement being made it is … opaque.
Without the context of the full show I would speculate that the inclusion of the others in the cast was one of two things: either an attempt at depicting a cross-section of society for the song or the other performers were simply still in costume from a previous sketch.
I think the air date for this was February 1969. So this is just a little more than three months after the first interracial kiss on network TV (Star Trek, “Plato’s Stepchildren”, November 22, 68). Two years prior to this it was still illegal for a white person to marry a black person in many Southern states.
Credit where credit is due, I guess. I’m sure the Smothers Brothers were dealing with network censors constantly so if this is what they could “get away with”, then kudos to them for making the effort.
.......yeah, they had to have a version for the "old folks"...aka moms and dads of the time.....don't think they were too much into dylan quite yet.....nice tho!!!!
I'm sure we all think we'd be heroic, and perhaps even embrace martyrdom, when confronted with existential threats. But human solidarity would suggest humility and empathy towards those who we feel have fallen short.
Ives was ostracized by most of the folk song community after he named names in the anti-Commie witch hunts of the 1950s. He was never forgiven for his cowardice.
A lot of people seem to like this, and it's all a matter of taste, I suppose. To my ear it is without a doubt the worst version of this song I have ever heard in terms of both vocals and musical arrangements. He should have stuck the 'The Ugly Bug Ball' and similar ditties. Actually, I think this may be the wors rendition of any Bob Dylan song I have ever heard, and there have been some beauts. Have a look at Lester Flatt's job on Rainy Day Women #12 and 35 for comparison. Not Lester's finest hour, but it's streets ahead of this turkey.
When he walked out in that suit I was prepared to cringe and roll my eyes. But this performance was thoughtful, genuine, and moving. Putting the first verse in the first person perspective was a brilliant choice. The musical arrangement was also fantastic.
Bravo, Mr. Ives! You were a legend!
you realize burl ives testified against pete seeger in the mccarthy hearings. just saying.
@@johnnnoise Did not know that but Pete Seeger was, in fact, a member of the communist party for a time until he realized that he had been duped as I recall. I don't think anyone truly questioned Seeger's motives as an American. The man simply exuded goodness throughout his life in my humble opinion.
Nice. Burl had the knack for making me cry as a kid. Probably because he narrated a Christmas children's cartoon or two in addition to his singing. He had that grandfather vibe.😊
That voice sparks so many childhood memories ❤️
To explain a point that seems to be confusing some people: This song was the climax of a sketch, with Burl Ives as a man returning to his home town after an absence of thirty years. He expects this small, out-of-the-way place to be just as he left it, but as he observes the inhabitants he sees that the social changes of the 1960s have reached even here. The people who join in the chorus are the characters he had been watching.
The complete episode (with this sketch at the end) can be seen here:
th-cam.com/video/7YcmVYwcco8/w-d-xo.html
I did just that, on your recommendation, and I must say two things. First, Burl does slightly better with 'I'll be your baby tonight' earlier in the show, but only slightly, Second, the lead up to TTTAAC is pretty weak stuff.
Thanks!
Thank you. It was very thoughtful of you to provide the link.
Very helpful
I love how he turned the opening verses on himself, and his generation. I wish my generation now had the same insight
Check out Jesse Wells. He's today's answers to protest music. So good.
@ Thanks! I’ve subscribed to his channel. I’d seen a video or two from him, but didn’t remember the name.
Suitably sober and sincere for these times. As always, ty for the memories
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm always funny about the slicker commericalized Dylan covers (I'm thinking of the Dylan-based episode of Hullabaloo around this time), but I adore Burl Ives, a man with one of the warmest voices in music. Listening to him is like getting a hug. He makes this a wonderful cover.
Thanks for tuning in!
Plus Steve Martin!!!
Good catch! I mightn't have recognized him.
With dark hair! 😮 A REALLY long time ago! 😂
Saw Burl Ives once in Manchester in the late 1970's, guesting in a Spinners concert (that's the UK Spinners folk group, not the Detroit ones). He came across as such a lovely man, sincere and a great, warm singer of meaningful songs. He even, as an favour to band and audience alike, reprised his most well-known song in the UK (along with Candy Mountain): Ugly Bug Ball. Apparently hadn't sung it since making the movie, but we all helped him out, to his clear amusement. A great night.
Making the first verse first person is an unexpectedly impactful approach.
This song will never be dated. (:
Honestly the change never happens.
Burl Ives was truly undervalued as a actor and performer
Such a complex talent.... THANKS!!!!
Having a Healthy Flashback 😎🥰
No mistaking that beautiful voice😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Surprisingly amazing.
a very nice rendition. many don't know of Ives as a folk singer, and that's a shame.. also, it was cool to see a very young Steve Martin in the chorus, virtually unrecognizable with brown hair.
I was distractedly scrolling through YT and clicked on this video thinking it was a spoof with the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman playing Burl Ives singing Dylan. I kept waiting for a punchline that never came. I was almost all the way through it when I realized it was really Burl Ives. Enjoyed it all the more because the joke was on me.
We also thought from the thumbnail it could look like an SNL spoof with the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman!
Many talented Burl Ives was great in everything he did, movies songs and I even loved his Tetley Tea commercials.
Dis time it's personal! This is the first time I've seen a singer change to wording to admit that he/she is the one who needs to change. What a delightful surprise. I think His Bobness probably loved it.
You guys made a difference. Thank you for being out front on the important issues.
i absolutely loved the Smothers Brothers and could feel the changes - all these years later i feel we lost the plot somewhere along the lines. exciting then, scary now
My first introduction to Burl Ives was his performance as Big Daddy in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. It was a master's class in acting.
This was amazing for those times. Incredible 😮
That was a beautiful rendition of that great song with Burl Ives. It very much applies to the terrible state this country will have to endure these next four years. Burl had one of those smooth recognizable voices.👏👏
The great Burl Ives, I've always associated him with Christmas songs. I really liked his version of Dylan's Tune!
Don Blake
You really get a full meaning of the words hearing it like this
That snowman sure can sing!
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Can’t believe it, but I remember watching this when I was a kid.
Has an Abraham Martin and John feel to it. I love it
"Big Daddy" covers Dylan wearing a tie no less....YIKES ! 😵
Perfect.
Days of the past were so much softer.
Not if you had initials like JFK, MLK or RFK
Praise God, now at His command hopefully the times are a-changin' back ! 🙌
Still so appropriate in 2025
Wow, Steve Martin with dark hair.
yup, he used to be young once. As did we all.
Yep. Although Steve actually started graying pretty young. He said he started graying in his late 20s and had fully white hair by his mid-40s.
The greatest balladeer sings a song by the second greatest.
What was the date of this performance?!
February 2, 1969 - th-cam.com/video/7YcmVYwcco8/w-d-xo.html
and he hates mendacity !
I would love to hear Bob Dylan sing "Have a holly, jolly Christmas."
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Or Silver And Gold!
I thought I couldn't love Burl Ives more. But I was wrong.
The Smothers Brothers were anti-establishment, they introduced some great musicians.
Good song for right now. And the lyrics "Come Senators and Congressmen please heed the call, don't stand in the doorway, and don't block up the hall. For he that gets hurt
will be he who has stalled" should be changed to "Come Senators and Congressmen please heed the call, don't stand in Trump's way, and don't block up the hall. For he has to fix what has hurt us all."
You made a 67-year-old boomer cry. .. I thought these times were over.
When did this first air???
Burl like to sing on the witness stand too.
Was Burl Ives ever young?
He was born in 1909.
@@60Cascade Bob Hope's generation
He looks much younger than I remember
in 1969 that was big deal for steve martin to have his arm around a black lady thanks god the times have changed
I really need to know how this came about……cause that’s just nuts…..
Burl is actually somewhat of a contemporary of Dylan, but more of Seeger's, folksingers that just preceded Dylan. Don't like the arrangement but Burl is powerful.
Seeger and many other 'Folkies' fell out with him after he sided with the House of UnAmerican Activities.
Just recall that he had been blacklisted years earlier and his career suffered for it.
Just his appearance on TV was daring.
It was a very complicated time. He actually gave names to HUAC to save himself.
1969
What is going on with that montage 2:05 - 2:15? Priests and scientists and then … a mixed race couple (including Steve Martin?) …? Weird as hell. Now I want to see Burl do “Bury the Bottle With Me.”
Steve Martin was the Head Writer. The Rob Petrie, if you will.
@ I’m not wondering “why Steve Martin”. I’m wondering what was the intention of the montage. It’s just … weird! Not obviously funny and, if there’s a social statement being made it is … opaque.
Without the context of the full show I would speculate that the inclusion of the others in the cast was one of two things: either an attempt at depicting a cross-section of society for the song or the other performers were simply still in costume from a previous sketch.
I think the air date for this was February 1969. So this is just a little more than three months after the first interracial kiss on network TV (Star Trek, “Plato’s Stepchildren”, November 22, 68). Two years prior to this it was still illegal for a white person to marry a black person in many Southern states.
Credit where credit is due, I guess. I’m sure the Smothers Brothers were dealing with network censors constantly so if this is what they could “get away with”, then kudos to them for making the effort.
Golden Throats special
.......yeah, they had to have a version for the "old folks"...aka moms and dads of the time.....don't think they were too much into dylan quite yet.....nice tho!!!!
The background music just doesn't cut it! Sounds like elevator music
Guessing you were not around during that time frame.
@@mikegore6339 no but love Bob Dylan!
Damn near forgotten now. I thank the lord I was living at the same time he did.
I don’t like to slowed down pace of the song, and the background accompaniment.
It's part of a sketch... Notice Tom Smothers is in clerical garb
Ives was a coward who "named names" (including Pete Seeger) when summoned by HUAC in 1952...
I'm sure we all think we'd be heroic, and perhaps even embrace martyrdom, when confronted with existential threats. But human solidarity would suggest humility and empathy towards those who we feel have fallen short.
The Smothers had no problem having both Peete Seeger and Burl Ives on their show
How many did you report to the gov for not complying in 2020?
@@jishcatg At least 75, but that was different...😆
the smothers brothers show was taken off the air for trying to change things with there show
Thank you Boomers for a great pro-youth anthem. If only they realized it applied to them when they turned 70+…
Unfortunately the times are about to suck as a lowlife sociopathic traitor is about to drive the country into the ground.
America RIP
Get medicine
This is just a bit weird.
Ives was ostracized by most of the folk song community after he named names in the anti-Commie witch hunts of the 1950s. He was never forgiven for his cowardice.
Another witch hunt is overdue.
Whitewashing a great song.
Silver and Gold, silver and gold 🥇
This is soo bad that it’s almost good
A lot of people seem to like this, and it's all a matter of taste, I suppose. To my ear it is without a doubt the worst version of this song I have ever heard in terms of both vocals and musical arrangements. He should have stuck the 'The Ugly Bug Ball' and similar ditties. Actually, I think this may be the wors rendition of any Bob Dylan song I have ever heard, and there have been some beauts. Have a look at Lester Flatt's job on Rainy Day Women #12 and 35 for comparison. Not Lester's finest hour, but it's streets ahead of this turkey.
Good. Ye right
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