I am slowly working through my old albums as I load them onto my PC, and so there are inevitably many memories being “revisited”. The album that sticks out this past week was “Pete Seeger Live”. There were no real surprises in the content given it was a mid 1960’s recording, so I happily enjoyed Pete Seeger’s take on the racial discrimination and other cultural issues of those times with “We Shall Overcome”, “If You Miss Me At The Back Of The Bus.”, “That’s What I Learned In School”, “I Ain’t Scared Of Your Jail” … and “Little Boxes”!
I remember being quite absorbed with “Little Boxes” ( I was in my late teens then), and so thought that I would find a video of Pete Seeger singing it. As is often the case, I was rather sidetracked by an unknown (to me) band singing “Little Boxes” … and showing over 14M plays, which far exceeded the Pete Seeger videos. My curiosity got the better of me and, while I was skeptical during the first few moments, I was quite impressed with how Walk Off The Earth presented the song.
I checked into the band yesterday, and was rather embarrassed to read they were from Burlington, Ont … about a 20 min drive from where we live! They’re certainly creative. What do you think?
If you liked their creativity, then here is a bonus:
A New Direction Perhaps? 
I loved how well the video was made. The talent to put together the sounds from the instrument, with the hinged back, was amazing.
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Hi Ron – Yes that was the first thing that I was drawn to. Not only a cool “rhythm machine” but was played so well! 🙂
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Little Boxes is completely new to me but yes, that band is very creative in the way they created the video. The other song is very cool!
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Hi Erika – Much as I enjoyed their version, it did destroy the meaning to me in that one is confronted with a lot of cardboard boxes, and cardboard boxes where not a factor in the Pete Seeger song. His song was stressing “the system” which basically dictated lives to the point were originality was a rarity and conformity was expected. Try this version (curious to get your response):
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I get your point, Colin! The scenery in the new video is not conveying the actual meaning of the song at all! The message lacks.
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Still very entertaining though! 🙂
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🙂
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They’re a fun band. I like their sound.
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They’re certainly imaginative! 🙂
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