The Weight | The Band | Lyrics ☾☀

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Released | July 1st, 1968
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@MrLachlan09 3 ай бұрын

This is an archetypal American song. However as with all great music it can transcend time and space. Several years ago I left Scotland to do some travelling in America. Travelling on the train from Louisiana through Texas I ended up in El Paso in a bar called Sassy's on East Missouri St. I met a couple of chaps (one from Houston, and one from New York) and we got chatting, and to cut a long story short we all got very, very drunk on Tequila and beer with me doing impressions of Mr Scott from Star Trek (ah cannae git anymere oot of her Captain). The link to the song was there were some other chaps in the bar who were Vietnam Vets and one of them put this song on and we all sang along, well sort of.😅😅😅 One of those nights that burn themselves into your memory. That was nearly twenty five years ago. But I am happy to say that there survives a memento of that night. To this day in Scotland a very threadbare washed out T shirt from Sassy's bar in El Paso, Texas survives,but seldom gets worn for fear of it falling apart.

@riverraisin1 3 ай бұрын

Excellent story. Thanks for sharing!☺

@susieq8924 2 ай бұрын

We need to hang onto those memories (& T-shirts) 😊

@jimmillington4652 2 ай бұрын

Great story 👍 ‘The Weight’ is definitely an archetypal American song 👍👍👍 … written by a Canadian 🇨🇦 RIP Robbie Robertson.

@MrLachlan09 2 ай бұрын

@@susieq8924 You are so right about the T shirt. Through the drunken haze at the end of that night as we all said our goodbyes somebody said let us exchange addresses and keep in touch. A noble sentiment. I recall, vaguely, saying it would never happen. So I think the chap from New York hit on the idea of us all buying a T shirt as a memento. I am happy to say it worked.

@lowelllarsen5947 2 ай бұрын

Thumbs up 👍

@FeatheredLife 6 ай бұрын

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2023. About time don't you think.

@54WMD 5 ай бұрын

Good Lord yes!

@garyteague9555 3 ай бұрын

Are you kidding ? Wow and such a great song

@JStarStar00 3 ай бұрын

The Band was inducted 30 years ago, in 1994.

@OGBrando80 8 күн бұрын

Too Long 1❤

@grrrlbreaker 2 ай бұрын

The 70's never died.

@jeffharper7579 Ай бұрын

True! I'm glad I have a couple of radio stations that play the 70sand80s.the kids at work can't understand why I don't get out of the front end loader at lunch, I just set in it and eat lunch and listen to the great music. Love my job because I am able to listen to the great music and I'm 57 and still play with Tonka toys, end loader, dozer and 6 wheel trucks even get to run the crusher plant.😊😊

@bigk4755 25 күн бұрын

I fear that the 70’s will probably die with the Boomers and older Gen X. And I hope that I am wrong.

@joseflemire4284 13 күн бұрын

Well I guess you youngin's don't quite got your history right..this song came out in 1968..probably written in '67..The times you are probably referring to was the Explosion of youth and counterculture from 1965 to 1975..Disco came along...Wall street...then Regan and it was killed off from the following generations

@bobboggano9201 3 ай бұрын

My heart glows with the fond memories of my time long ago when these songs were delivered. What a wonderful time it was.

@mickzammit6794 3 ай бұрын

I'm now in my seventies and I'm with you on that. The best time in history.

@zachredner8 3 ай бұрын

I'll be 70 next year (if I live that long), and I totally agree with you!

@robertqueberg4612 2 ай бұрын

Back at a time when the lyrics, were sung in a way that they could be understood.

@Crusader-np2jo 2 ай бұрын

Man does this take me back...on my schwinn with the banana seat riding around my small hometown; this song, summer-those were the days, this was the jam!

@jamesbryson575 10 ай бұрын

100 proof southern poetry, burns on the way down.

@TripReviews 3 ай бұрын

Southern poetry performed by a northerner and also disputably written by Robbie.

@mauricebate5069 3 ай бұрын

It's a pity there not bands around today that write great music like this 👍👍👍👍😎

@arturoalfredocevallos-garc247 Ай бұрын

Well that's great that there aren't bands singing crap like this.

@greggarsenault4457 Ай бұрын

@@arturoalfredocevallos-garc247when you have a head full of shit everything sounds and smells like crap. Try removing your head from your ass...no shit.

@1985cjjeeper Ай бұрын

@@arturoalfredocevallos-garc247 Your mom is crap.

@ChaLeoNelly Ай бұрын

First the great hope was AutoTune. Now, AI.

@jamescrawford9643 3 ай бұрын

RIP to Robbie and Levon and deceased BAND members. I get a charge when I've see Levon in the film "SHOOTER" with Mark Walberg. Levon acts his role quite well and fits the bill as southern rural gunsmith! Levon has acted in 20 or more Feature Films! Bravo and I will always love The BAND til' I die and join them at the show in the sky! 😎

@briandonnelly638 3 ай бұрын

Levon in " The right stuff " Classic

@Spiderman-tg9ke 3 ай бұрын

@@briandonnelly638 After he was in the movie he and Richard Manuel played a show at the Essex House in Lancaster California with my band. We played a party for the cast and crew. Levon played harmonica instead of drums and Richard played drums. Both were extremely down to earth. Richard has since passed away also.

@kendallevans4079 2 ай бұрын

Who's still with us? I know Robbie left recently. Levon is gone as is Rick Danko but is Garth Hudson still here?

@Spiderman-tg9ke 2 ай бұрын

@@kendallevans4079 I knew Richard Manuel and was sad when he passed years ago. Garth is the only one left

@kendallevans4079 2 ай бұрын

@@Spiderman-tg9ke Thanks for that. Sad only Garth is left. Saw a doc on Levon that was insightful.....that era is gone I guess

@josephkolozi9364 3 ай бұрын

Levon nails it. As he always does. And then Rick comes in. Doesn’t get better.

@billyduffany3387 9 ай бұрын

I can't believe this video is 8 years old and only 1000 likes. What a great song.

@MikeKelsey-jz5mw 3 ай бұрын

THE BAND. Nuff said.

@failranch9542 2 ай бұрын

The algo is weird like that. It got buried. I made a stupid short where I started a chainsaw and got more likes than that. Strange algorithm.

@billsemonavick3973 Жыл бұрын

GOOD MEMORIES, as I rode my BIKE THROUGHOUT THE EAST COAST IN THE LATE 60'S Damn Good song....

@JD-zm4eh 2 ай бұрын

10 years old when this song came out, wonderful days awesome music. Greatest music ever created in the 60's 70's and 80's.

@vickichristian4474 3 ай бұрын

One of the greatest songs, goes perfectly with Dean,Sam, and Baby!🥰

@walternevis547 3 ай бұрын

Thought that car looked familiar

@nickyclifeishell3661 Ай бұрын

Her name is “Mary”

@clivehorridge 2 ай бұрын

The first time I heard this was in ‘69, watching the movie Easy Rider - I was 16… 55 years ago. What to say… ? Memories ❤️

@drummhed83 2 ай бұрын

Right behind you, great memories man, great times and tunes... 67 now

@danharkins5673 Ай бұрын

I was 16 in 1969 and quit school the next year and joined the marine corps. This is great music

@dixiecyrus8136 Ай бұрын

@danharkins5673 rah❤️🙏

@markfry3986 2 ай бұрын

Different time and Different people I miss them days

@richardchampion4826 18 күн бұрын

How true, I'd hate to be a kid growing up today

@billmadison2032 8 ай бұрын

I used to love this song now it makes me cry because the boys are all gone

@Nightmare-gg8vr 7 ай бұрын

In the same boat at 75 there all gone ………

@billmadison2032 5 ай бұрын

@@Nightmare-gg8vr yes but I'm only 54

@richardreid3268 3 ай бұрын

We still have Garth.

@cheryla7480 3 ай бұрын

Garth Hudson is still alive! But he is the only one

@gregorykiernan7849 7 күн бұрын

I was born in 1966, and I do not remember when this song became a part of my life, but it's been a real long time. I still listen to this song several times a week, and I am grateful to aĺl the musicians who provided me the greatest song track to my life.

@lsseaside7303 11 ай бұрын

Rest in Peace Robbie Robertson love you forever , see you in heaven 🙏🕯️🌺❤️

@kevinstrang11 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful Ole CHEVROLET

@robertcrawford2949 2 ай бұрын

Sam & Dean. Loved that series. I've got a brother. Blood's thicker than mud.

@1amstel1 Ай бұрын

1967 Chevy Impala

@nickyclifeishell3661 Ай бұрын

I saw “Mary” With the owner in Kansas City. I’ve got the photo proof

@russellhollandsworth9799 5 ай бұрын

It would be great to be able to go back in time to see all the friends that have gone, I miss all of them so much, we took it all for granted that we would run with the wind forever, we was so wrong, you look back and it did pass like a wink of the eye, I miss all of you. First battalion first marines semper fi

@rickymeadows5176 4 ай бұрын

It's exactly like the line in the 1996 movie "Gotti" when Neil Delaroche (Anthony Quin) was on his death bed & told John Gotti (Armond Assante ) thinking back on his life "John this whole thing, it only lasted 5-minutes". .... That is so true when you look back & think about it ! God bless !

@sarahdee374 2 ай бұрын

If I had a time machine, I'd go back to the 60's and 70's and go to every concert of all the great bands of the time and then (at the age of 70) have some kick ass memories. Hearing the songs is great, but to have been at the concerts too, nothing would beat that.

@earlymorningtwilight9119 3 ай бұрын

Love The Band and Supernatural❤

@terryfox1575 3 ай бұрын

I love that they're using the show Supernatural in this video it's my all-time favorite television series

@garys6073 3 ай бұрын

I remember being at the swimming pool in Ohio at the apts in 69 all summer long with this and a whole lot of Mowtown that I grew up on.....I was 13 yrs old by then...lol

@claudioarce5407 11 ай бұрын

RIP Robbie Robertson

@fwhunt5021 5 ай бұрын

Thanks, nobody can do this song like the BAND.

@secretagent86 Ай бұрын

Listen to Foxes and Fossils cover,,, it will blow you away

@johnkane5596 3 ай бұрын

One of the best songs to get your compass straight…..was lucky enough to see the Band live a few times back in the good times..of rock and words that matter came together…

@theguyinmaine 3 ай бұрын

"The Last Waltz" buy it, watch it, the best of the best in music.

@frankflstf 3 ай бұрын

You got that right

@patriciakimber4312 2 ай бұрын

It’s the best live show ever

@stewarta5993 2 күн бұрын

it's 2024 and the Band is still my favorite.

@Kaptain.Obvious Ай бұрын

Heard this live; July 1973 Watkins Glen NY. The Band and The Dead and the Allman Brothers. Man they were good times which I could never forget.

@tugginalong 3 ай бұрын

This is one of the best songs in the popular music genre in the 20th century.

@avalanche9026 Жыл бұрын

Not only that I loved those days but I owned a car like that. Listening this tune. Nice memories

@kdcema57 Жыл бұрын

What car is that? My last car was an '86 Pontiac Parisienne named Ruby. I bought her for $700. She was 20yo with 2,700 miles on her from the old lady next door that kept her garaged and maintained. The mfs stole her outta my driveway so I have ridden a bike for 15 years. Thanks Good Luck to Us All Peace

@mikefitzpatrick1213 9 ай бұрын

I had a '66. Nothing stopped the old Chevys.

@frznrrfan.frznrrfan102 7 ай бұрын

@@kdcema57looks like a 67-68 Chevy Impala or Caprice. My dad had a primed one, she was the gray ghost..

@TherealDanielleNelson 4 ай бұрын

@@kdcema57 a 67 Chevy Impala. It's from Supernatural.

@wadentritt 6 ай бұрын

Great Song R.I.P Robbie Robertson thank you for the Music

@lenfuria6319 3 жыл бұрын

Heard this tune the first time inside a miners cabin in the sangre de christo mountains of northeastern new Mexico in 2004.

@rickymeadows5176 2 ай бұрын

One of those catchy tunes with a chorus everybody loves but nobody can tell you WTF the lyrics are about !🤣

@michaelyunkelo1757 3 ай бұрын

Great song by a great band!! What memories this brings me. I was just a pup at 7 years of age but I knew great music when I heard it.

@mariadejesushunter-fl5td 2 ай бұрын

....treasure these tunes....one day...they well only remain in our memory....

@MikeHottVOD 10 ай бұрын

Songs are the ultimate abstract art!! 😀

@markmark2080 2 ай бұрын

A fitting song to be included in one of the greatest movie sound tracks ever...

@davidperry970 4 күн бұрын

I didn't know how good the Band was then but I do now. RIP Robbie & Levon.

@frankszappaschin 5 жыл бұрын

The best version of this song imo reminds me of good times . From the easy rider album .

@kdcema57 Жыл бұрын

The 'Playing for Change' version may be how music should be done.

@davidwhitney1171 2 ай бұрын

Was never quite sure what the lyrics actually meant. No matter. I want to leave this life listening to this absolute timeless masterpiece of a song....

@johndemeen5575 2 ай бұрын

Saw the Band at an all day concert at Midway stadium. Must have been 1972, don’t remember the other bands. But this song was special. Thanks for the memories. St.Paul,Minnesota.

@alanmorris3601 7 ай бұрын

It totally describes the eandomness, the optimism and tge sheer chaos of the 60's

@bigorange000 3 ай бұрын

Perfect sing a long song.

@leswatson8563 2 ай бұрын

I remember on holiday on the east coast of the UK when one of the pirate radio stations played this song. Loved it ever since 👍😊. Thanks guys, happy fond memories, and much better times for sure...

@sharonh2991 2 ай бұрын

I remember the first time I heard this song. Must have been about 1977 or so and I was about 16. It was a summer morning and my mom had the radio on and this song came on. I loved it from the first time I heard it. Life was so carefree back then, I wish I could go back for a visit. I’d take my kids with me so they’d understand why their parents always reminisce so dreamily about the 70s.

@TheDaftric Күн бұрын

And it'll still be listened to in another 50 years

@suewarner1781 3 ай бұрын

I love The Band! They are the greatest band of all time!

@TripReviews 3 ай бұрын

And this is why Bob Dylan called them simply “The Band.”

@crowmedicine4520 28 күн бұрын

Listen to planet waves.

@rickmoro705 3 ай бұрын

Back in the late 70s get off work at midnight go up into the hills with the crew cooler full of beer some fat ones rolled listening to this on the cassette player and watch the sun come up. That was livin Jack!!🎶🍻 🌄

@mickzammit6794 2 ай бұрын

I used to do the same thing in the same era. People weren't so diverse and difficult then. You had straight people and you had freaks. US. Best time to be alive

@joshkarena3058 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful song, beautiful lyrics to listen too, turn it up LOUD when cruising 😂😅

@billytyson5458 2 ай бұрын

Heard this song for the first time in 1968 on WBUS an underground radio station in Miami. It got famous in Easy Rider. Played that album for years and lost it in my first divorce. Man I miss that album :).

@bigmac9940 3 ай бұрын

One of the greatest songs ever written.

@rl8258 2 ай бұрын

Chevy Impala! 70’ was my first car I ever owned in 1986….. family car handed down….. my dad and I restored it. Fast as f@&k! for a big bodied car, painted Emron Black. We named it the Bat Mobile…… thanks for the flashback ♥️

@jsii4086 9 ай бұрын

Easy listening! Easy rock n' roll! Can't beat it! 🎼🥁🎸🎶

@christopheryoungs1037 2 ай бұрын

Yours beat it an enjoyable rock hard hitting an end put load right on him song said .. Her only way put load on her Kinard girl told me Pearl Jam Necklace Anderson Silva L

@topcat8562 Жыл бұрын

This song is about what The Band said it is about but it means different things to different people I would like to go back to 1968 for 24 hours to hug everyone 🌹🌹🌹🌹Life goes by fast so smell the flowers while you can 🌹🌹🌹🌹

@anthonydavella8350 11 ай бұрын

RIP Robbie. Sucks watching everybody die off

@MikeHottVOD 10 ай бұрын

Been smelling the flowers for 77 years!! 😀🌻🌼🌷

@Mike44460 6 ай бұрын

But we were in such a hurry to "grow up."

@kerriwilson7732 3 ай бұрын

I love the song, but didn't hear all the lyrics - thanks for posting. 🇨🇦 The pic of the car is perfect 💕

@ImaOkie 2 ай бұрын

Small town I lived in the Colorado rockies many years ago , a local bar , Friday night free keg night , this song and many others the genre played all night . Little Feat , Van Morrison , Dylan , blackfoot , Allman brothers , great music lots of friends shots of Jack !

@threeg6966 2 ай бұрын

Great song! Absolutely great song!

@VanessaMallia Жыл бұрын

Sam and Dean 😢

@chadbailey7769 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful! That’s all you can use to describe this song! Just beautiful

@JoshuaMiller-rw3sj 5 ай бұрын

Love , laughter and forgiveness. Wish i was at hime in your arms Jennifer Christine lamprecht.

@rolandmiller8036 2 жыл бұрын

Ooo Meg. You indeed are a awesome artist 🌹🌹🌹🌹

@davidriley2828 3 ай бұрын

This song has always reminded me of that car driving down that road.

@cherylbenton7107 3 ай бұрын

This song always makes me think of one of my favorite old '80s movies, The Big Chill. A decent enough movie made amazing with a great soundtrack and excellent cast. ❤

@kendallevans4079 2 ай бұрын

Wasn't it also used on the "Easy Rider" movie soundtrack?

@irgski 2 ай бұрын

Robbie made a “universal” version of this song with musicians from around the world…including Ringo Starr!

@nellfleming1732 2 ай бұрын

.... check out Playing For Music... there's more!!!

@frankflstf 3 ай бұрын

It’s a masterpiece for sure 💪🔥🐐

@badeborde 7 ай бұрын

That looks like Dean Winchesters 67 Impala.

@Gene1954 3 ай бұрын

If you look real close you see it is Sam and Dean

@raindancer6111 3 ай бұрын

Check the number plate.

@kellahella5286 8 ай бұрын

One of my biggest regrets was passing on the opportunity to attend The Last Dance concert. WTF was I thinking? 🤯🤦‍♂️😡

@cfapps7865 8 жыл бұрын

Great tune Megan.

@magazine6293 2 ай бұрын

Big Chill, first time I heard this and many other Great Songs.

@Not_So_Weird_in_Austin 3 ай бұрын

Classic honest rock n roll they knew how to arrange and write music too...

@jaimatony 7 ай бұрын

music perfection

@sherrisiegel5787 6 ай бұрын

I love this song. Nazareth is referring to Nazareth Pennsylvania where Martin Guitar is made. I live nearby. I’m so proud to have that small town where I went to school mentioned in this beautiful song 🎶. Heard this song before, but never knew the lyrics until recently. Rest in peace Robbie and the rest of the band that have died.

@debrakraft4818 3 ай бұрын

Love this song and his out standing work

@ElizabethBowden-hr3nq 2 ай бұрын

Bio pick once were brothers is phenomenal

@user-yo6ud2nm1y 3 ай бұрын

Reminds me of when I listened to this song at age 18 and was traveling through the South late one night and trying to find a place to sleep

@sentientsolutions7011 3 ай бұрын

Amen...your friend can hit the bricks homefry.

@OJB42 11 ай бұрын

Cool song, and very strange lyrics, about a visit to a Southern town and the people there, but still weird.

@Alwayswilling 6 ай бұрын

Well it's now officially a piece of Americana about a small southern town.It's kinda weird it was written by a Canadian perhaps, but otherwise, I and a lot of others keep listening to it as though it's still a top 40 or whatever.

@bradorndorff-tn5zx 3 ай бұрын

Actually I believe it was Nazareth Pa. Way up above the Macy Dixie line. One of the band members had relatives there. Levon Helm was the only southerner.

@idcraw 2 ай бұрын

I always remember going to the drive in to see Easy Rider when I hear this song

@chrystodouloschrystodoulak7067 3 ай бұрын

Any time I listen to this I m crying.

@markbennett9604 Ай бұрын

God Bless

@Music-lx1tf 2 ай бұрын

Great song.

@mojo3008 3 жыл бұрын

Who is the monster that disliked this video? Do you drown kittens too?

@denniscoppage859 3 жыл бұрын

No shit! lol

@dannyb9140 2 жыл бұрын

Obviously not someone who lived through this music era...like I was fortunate to do.

@bobfranklin5410 10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@bobfranklin5410 10 ай бұрын

@@dannyb9140Ain't matter what era you from, this is timeless... I grew up in the 90s and I don't know anyone who dislikes this solid gold.... ✌️

@dannyb9140 10 ай бұрын

@@bobfranklin5410 agreed..this classic must be shared and enjoyed by everyone.

@blueticecho5690 28 күн бұрын

RIP Ms Kathy Smith..

@davidaaaa4611 2 ай бұрын

The 60's also never died.

@kls2020 5 ай бұрын

Sam and Dean Winchester approved

@mitchmcshane9589 3 ай бұрын

The song is good and the show the car is from is good as well

@tomosbon7347 2 ай бұрын

This is great, but when the Staples joined in it took it entirely to another level.

@chrisstewart8259 3 ай бұрын

The Staples Singers do a good version too. I always enjoy that one too.

@mechanic6682 Ай бұрын

I have The Last Waltz on my phone and watch it at least once a month. That is a great version.

@Dixie.1818 6 күн бұрын

I played the life outta that 8 track.!

@davidlewis2055 3 ай бұрын

Always loved this

@andyquinn1125 2 ай бұрын

I've two things to day about The Weight. I've performed this song quite a few time, always outside the USofA and it resonates with every audience. Deeply. Second, I've never, in my mind, envisioned pulling into Nazareth in an Oldsmobile. Or any automobile. More like pulling in on foot, or getting off a wagon. Not to criticize. I'm now reconsidering how I interpret the song. So maybe I do pull in to Nazareth in my old Chevy II.