Pete Seeger: Live in Australia 1963
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Movie Reviews of Pete Seeger: Live in Australia 1963
Movie Review: Was about time!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
It is hard to believe that this is the first (and hopefully not the last) video recording of a live Pete Seeger concert at the height of the 60's folk revival that he was so much responsible for! If for no other reason, this DVD is a MUST for anybody who is even remotely interested in Pete Seeger's live performances. If you have listened to his live records of that period (et Pete Seeger at the Village Gate, Sing Out Hootenanny, We Shall Overcome, etc) you can now finally match images to the sound, as he performs the classical repertoir of the golden years of the folk music boom. To be fair, while Seeger is as good as he ever was, the Australian audience appears to be somewhat wooden, less warm and involved that one would have imagined (or seen in his later live performances in the US). Although Seeger had a large following in Australia at the time, it is possible that the songs were not as familiar to the audience as they were in the States (it is amusing to notice the absolute lack of reaction to Seeger's mention of a "young songwriter called Bob Dylan", who had just released "Blowing in the Wind" and "Hard Rain"). Certainly, when Pete sings songs that were also commercial hits (the Hammer Song, Michael Row the Boat Ashore) people in the audience sing, bob their heads, clap the rhythm just as we are used to seeing during Seeger's live performances.
The bonus material alone is worth the price of the DVD: several Australian TV news interviews, each with one or two songs, a long excerpt from a live performance at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and a half-hour live performance themed on Leadbelly. A short documentary on an Australian traditional folk singer, produced by Pete and Toshi Seeger is also included.
Altogether, with almost three hours of music, this DVD is certainly excellent value for the money! Get it!
Movie Review: An historical perspective.
Summary: 5 Stars
I can recall sitting in concerts like this in the 60's and early 70's when it took a long time for the audience to react, but react they did.
Coming from New Zealand and having spent a number of years in Australia from the late 60's, these were times that were a challenge when "do we don't we" "should we or shouldn't we" for events like the Vietnam war after having had our countries involved in the long running Malaya campaign.
We did not have the same indigenous campaigners such as your Pete seegers and Smoothers Brothers or the Weavers but we still had a strong anti war community.
Amazing what a country will do for protection of trade etc, sometimes selling its soul.
Loved the DVD as it did bring back memories.
Movie Review: Pete Seeger Alive Forever
Summary: 5 Stars
Watching this video brought me back to the 1963 Newport Folk Festival which he co-founded. Pete has always been a master at getting the audience involved which enhances the experience of the concert. He is a great multitasker as well in the way he plays, sings, shouts out the next verse to be sung, changes his tone to better blend in with the audience without missing a lick.
If you know about Pete and his life and are a fan of folk don't miss this video. It will keep the songs, style and spirit of this great man alive long after he gone, which hopefully won't be for several more years. Although his voice now quivers a bit he still puts his heart and soul into his work. I don't say performances because he does so much more.
Movie Review: Seeger's iconic banjo, guitar, and mellifluous voice are a treasure to listen to
Summary: 5 Stars
Pete Seeger: Live in Australia 1963 is a black-and-white DVD capturing the 1963 Melbourne concert of folk musician Pete Seeger, who at the time was blacklisted and barred from American television. In Australia he was widely beloved and gave sold-out performances. Nearly an hour of bonus footage taken from Seeger's other Australian television appearances rounds out this must-have DVD for folk lovers. Additional bonuses include a 16-page booklet with liner notes by Seeger biographer David K. Dunaway, rare photographs, and interviews Seeger gave on Australian news programs. Seeger's iconic banjo, guitar, and mellifluous voice are a treasure to listen to, in this enthusiastically recommended DVD. 105 minutes.Movie Review: Justice is Served
Summary: 5 Stars
Pete Seeger was banned from American Television in 1963. As any great American would, he didn't stand for it. He took his act on the road, to the world. And here the great people of Reelin' In the Years provide us with the proof of his noble efforts, capturing an entire concert given in Australia. If a good man is never honored in his own country, Pete Seeger was honored in every other corner of the globe. The video is first rate, the sound is too. (Much better than on that 'Hootenanny' DVD. You remember Hootenanny, the ABC show that wanted Pete to sign a Loyalty Oath). Get the DVD. You'll see a great artist, a great spirit, and a great American at work.