... very much part of that subgenre identified by Billy Connolly of songs about being far away from Scotland being sung by people who are still in Scotland.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Sunday, 25 June 2017 13:36 (six years ago) link
I.bumped the hiberno thread only this week. Must be the weather
― quet inn tarnation (darraghmac), Monday, 26 June 2017 14:47 (six years ago) link
This is the song I was looking for, but it's not remotely the performance I am looking for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjAB1bUMV4I
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 24 December 2017 20:49 (six years ago) link
was it the shirley collins version? it's on anthems in eden, which is perfection from start to finish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGabYHdNvnM
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 24 December 2017 20:52 (six years ago) link
https://g.co/kgs/Y77dkBMellow Candle to thread
― calstars, Sunday, 24 December 2017 20:53 (six years ago) link
The performance I've been trying to locate all these years has a distinct bitter-sweet tone to it, which I find lacking here.
x-post No, not that one. That's a different song I think.
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 24 December 2017 20:56 (six years ago) link
The one I'm looking for is beautiful, absurd, mysterious, and sad. Maybe some day I will rip it from cassette and post it online somewhere. I'm pretty inept at that sort of thing.
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 24 December 2017 21:00 (six years ago) link
"The Broom A' The Cowdenknowes" is great. I've heard it (possibly in other versions) but did not know its title.
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 24 December 2017 21:05 (six years ago) link
Oh, this is good too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Paq4pLs9L4M
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 24 December 2017 21:09 (six years ago) link
This song reminds me of my childhood *sniff*
(Not trad. arr. but written by Roy Williamson, what a talent)
So many of these posts have disappeared, YouTube has no heart! I assume I originally posted this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AaizmzAE4E
― Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Friday, 12 January 2018 16:16 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ7oYCx6tBw
― khat person (jim in vancouver), Friday, 12 January 2018 17:25 (six years ago) link
https://youtu.be/i-u7yPTDOQ4
― laurel or hardyhearin (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 June 2018 06:21 (five years ago) link
stupendous to me
― laurel or hardyhearin (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 June 2018 06:22 (five years ago) link
Christ, that damn near broke me.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Sunday, 10 June 2018 09:01 (five years ago) link
That setting is exactly what I imagine for the song. It's just a little too intricate, I prefer more straightforward versions, my favorite is still The Clancy Brothers, slightly ahead Dubliners and Pogues. I just realized Ed Sheeran has sung a version... I'll let others listen to it.
A favorite of mine has been the recent version of O Love is Teasing by Rhiannon Giddens. It speaks deeply to me (as a man).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgrkEIldnV4Jean Ritchie had a splendid near a-cappella version too.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrM5iXZQb5A
― Nabozo, Sunday, 10 June 2018 11:51 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDlMpIkApc4
― Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 00:38 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN9Y3ChP1go
― mick signals, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 04:32 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOMC4lqh1aI
― britain's secret sauce (seandalai), Sunday, 15 December 2019 21:03 (four years ago) link
"Now fare-ye-weel, my ain John,This warld's cares are vain, John,We'll meet, and we'll be fain,In the land o' the leal."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F0QoeGvSTQ
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Thursday, 31 December 2020 15:24 (three years ago) link
You can't beat the old favourites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=482C-WQsk4o
― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Sunday, 15 October 2023 18:17 (seven months ago) link