{"id":121060,"date":"2014-09-03T21:31:29","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T21:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=121060"},"modified":"2014-09-03T21:31:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T21:31:29","slug":"16-tons-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=121060","title":{"rendered":"16 Tons"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jIfu2A0ezq0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>\u201cSixteen Tons\u201d is a song about the life of a coal miner, first recorded in 1946 by American country singer Merle Travis and released on his box set album Folk Songs of the Hills the following year. A 1955 version recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford reached number one in the Billboard charts, while another version by Frankie Laine was released only in Western Europe, where it gave Ford\u2019s version competition.<br \/>\nMake sure that you listen the better sound version below<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1K0l-xPhWzs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p class=\"tumblr-crosspostr-linkback\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=53233\" title=\"Go to the original post.\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">16 Tons<\/a> was originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Curious Brain<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSixteen Tons\u201d is a song about the life of a coal miner, first recorded in 1946 by American country singer Merle Travis and released on his box set album Folk Songs of the Hills the following year. A 1955 version recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford reached number one in the Billboard charts, while another version [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-other-stuff"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16-tons.jpg?fit=453%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53233,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=53233","url_meta":{"origin":121060,"position":0},"title":"16 Tons","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"03\/09\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/jIfu2A0ezq0 \"Sixteen Tons\" is a song about the life of a coal miner, first recorded in 1946 by American country singer Merle Travis and released on his box set album Folk Songs of the Hills the following year. A 1955 version recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford reached number one in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;sounds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"sounds","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/jIfu2A0ezq0\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":897,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=897","url_meta":{"origin":121060,"position":1},"title":"Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"30\/05\/2009","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/ovEDhFfgdOo Ever wish songs just sang what was happening in the music video? Well now they do \u00a0thanks to\u00a0Dustin McLean and some other \u00a0youtube fans of the literal video version! \u00a0Apparently there is growing trend of such videos in youtube and they are \u00a0all funny as hell! \u00a0For more literal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;sounds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"sounds","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ovEDhFfgdOo\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":109153,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=109153","url_meta":{"origin":121060,"position":2},"title":"#rewind Let&rsquo;s Live for Today\u2026","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"06\/11\/2015","format":"video","excerpt":"#rewind Let\u2019s Live for Today (Re-Recorded Version) - The Grass Roots(Source: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/)","rel":"","context":"In &quot;all other stuff&quot;","block_context":{"text":"all other stuff","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/109153.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":111606,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=111606","url_meta":{"origin":121060,"position":3},"title":"#rewind Raindrops Keep Falling On\u2026","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"21\/09\/2015","format":"video","excerpt":"#rewind Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (Re-Recorded Version) - Single - B.J. Thomas(Source: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/)","rel":"","context":"In &quot;all other stuff&quot;","block_context":{"text":"all other stuff","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/111606.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/111606.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/111606.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/111606.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/111606.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12689,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=12689","url_meta":{"origin":121060,"position":4},"title":"Creative Process Illustrated: Eric Kallman and Craig Allen of W+K","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"07\/10\/2010","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cw3Jo7Yd3nM The folks behind YouTube Show & Tell (youtube.com\/ytshowandtell) have continually been asking, What makes a great campaign a great campaign? To address that question head-on, we've recently asked creative visionaries to illustrate their process to expose the creative talent and strategy that goes into making a great campaign on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;PPT\/ cool decks&quot;","block_context":{"text":"PPT\/ cool decks","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=221"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/Cw3Jo7Yd3nM\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2614,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=2614","url_meta":{"origin":121060,"position":5},"title":"Numb","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"29\/08\/2009","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6SEzWLZCIP8 A Lego Version of the legendary Numb Video from U2 by freestate99, its way cool although in my humble view needs a better camera! Compare it with the original Numb below :-) http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H2lbiS1fris","rel":"","context":"In &quot;sounds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"sounds","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/6SEzWLZCIP8\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}