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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 6 ธ.ค. 2006
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Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
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Richard Thompson playing "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" with a capo at the 3rd Fret
Time magazine voted it in the top 100 songs of all time
He's just so ridiculously good, it ought be a crime! I've seen him play live three times. Stunning guy!
Hi...just seen this today... giving up guitar today too 😅
People will still be singing this song when we have forgotten what a motorcycle was.
What was the "original price" of a 1952 Vincent Black Lightning? 31 were built and what kind of people bought them? Racers? We are only meant to be "impressed" by what the wealthy can buy anymore, but a "rich man" couldn't write a song like this, even with all the world's A.I.s. This song reflects not so much "the machine" but the soul of mans need and ability to dream.
When I experience art in it's most pure form, I cry with joy. I cried all the way through this song.
I’ll tell you about Vincent Lightnings…..years ago, I was getting a lift home in a 3litre Mercedes saloon. Can’t recall the model. I heard/felt a rumbling and a guy in traditional waxed jacket, trundled buy on a Vincent. My driver was not amused by being over taken by a mere bike. So, over 70 mph we went and past the bike. Doing about 90, that rumble, now a roar, the biker went past us again. I could see him grinning. Not good enough for Mr Car driver and we wafted past him…well over 100. Of course, it didn’t stop. This time the rider was flat on the tank and the noise going past us was like a B52! A quick glance at the Mercs Speedo , between 120 and 130. My drivers wife said, “ your licence, John plus your passengers.” I didn’t help by pointing out that we’d been blown away by a pension fund on two wheels more than 50 years old! Richard Thompson is another timeless classic. See him when you can.
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On the top best songs of all time. No debate.
How did u get that voice . Asides that this recording is amazing !
Does anyone know what guitar he plays on the song. Regards from Ody Slim
Probably my favorite rendition of the song. Straightforward, emotional vocal delivery and really joyous picking
Such an incredible writer, guitarist and singer. He's just amazing.
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One man creates a symphony for motorcycling ....
Fantastic
Yes the few of us who remember what real music is. Rs336
So sorry the Lowell Summer Music series was called off. He was on the slate for Sept 4th!
This is just straight witchcraft. I'm speechless
In the top 10 best guitarists ever
Surprised he doesn’t use fingerpicks
For this style of banjo, called clawhammer or frailing, fingerpicks get in the way. They are good for Scruggs styled bluegrass banjo but not for this kinda thing which came out before bluegrass was invented by Monroe, Scruggs et al.
Drop the low E two whole steps to C and the low A string one whole step to G and you have the necessary alternate tuning.
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I love this song A LOT!! However, though I haven't owned a Vincent (always a dream), I've owned, and still do, many FINE British motorcycles....and I must say my '66 Norton N15 and one of my old Beezers had the same heart and soul of the Vincent! My newer Triumphs are nice, and my Rocket III Touring is exceptional(especially whilst overtaking faux bikers on their machines), but I must admit, I'd trade 'em all for a Vincent! HDR forever!!! P.S. pretty good pickin' too...sounds "Martin-ish".
Chet Atkins. Roy Clark. Richard Thompson. Everyone else gets a participation ribbon.
Steve Vai, Yngwie, Joe Satch, et al... Don't give up your paper routes, boys, leave it to the expert...
fear & loathing. ..HST approves
IMO, this is the finest song about LOVE and MOTORCYCLES that has ever been written in the entire history of music as we know it. So there.
What a fabulous song and perrformance. Ace guitar playing. The song makes me cry every time I hear it, but I feel happy as well. How the hell he puts so much drama in one song I dont know, but thanks RT
Glad to see that Americans can relate to something as "Brit" as this. Problem is ... mostly they seem to need remakes ...
hmmm 1952..he has a lot of facial hair for a 3 year old (born in 1949).
think the bike was built in 1952, so if James is 21 then the song is set in 1973 - simples!
Also note that when Thompson decided to emulate the idea of a quintessentially American cultural ideal such as a song about a car or cars, instead of co-opting an American song and changing the lyrics, he wrote one of his own! It has been said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery....and it is also said that bad composers borrow but good ones steal ......but here is how a true artist such as Richard Thompson rolls----if he wants or needs a sing to fit an idea or an occasion, he simply writes one all his own!
The lyrics are so quintessentially British that it seems silly to try and Americanize this song: that's a fine motorbike....on any such like....red hair and black leather my favourite colour scheme....and he pulled her on behind...... here's a ring for your right hand but I'll tell you in earnest.....i dont mind dyin' but for the love if you....if fate should break my stride....I mean, get real, really, what american songwriter writes like that? As an American myself i have to ask, why do we feel the need to Americanize everything? We should be able to appreciate a damn good song, period, regardless of where it came from and without having to mess with it.
What are you talking about? Who's trying to Americanize it? When I sing it, I change "Grieves" to "Harleys" but that's about it! :-)
Another poster farther below mentions that he prefers Del McCrourys' version (really?), with Box Hill having been changed to Knoxville, the bike being changed to a Harley etc, so i stand by my statement ! It's a terrific song, by a criminally under-rated singwriter and guitarist who deserves wider recognition and who happens to be British by birth, and as such if an American musician is going to perform such an iconic song then the honest thing, the respectfull thing to do is to sing it the way it was written! Otherwise you risk changing the nature of the performer-audience exchange from Art to mere commerce, not to mention that you are also talking down to your audience, as if they are too simple to understand something vaguely "foreign". But in America, of course, EVERYTHING is about commerce, including such things as singing a heavily edited and sanitized version of the StarSpangled Banner at foorball games, and using other peoples songs at political events without permission and without paying for them. Anyway, as an American, I have to right to voice my opinion on such things, but you will notice I wasn't rude or nasty as some other you tubers are, and I am not trying to flame on anyone !
I hadn't heard the McCroury version until now - and while it might appeal to folks who would consider British Folk "unsuitable", this is the version I prefer. Maybe because I heard it first - I prefer Tom Rush to Luca Bloom (Urge for Going), but I prefer Sandy to Judy - even though I heard Time by Judy in the 60's, and didn't hear Sandy at all until I heard a radio station play Tam Lin.
British or American it's an amazing song. The story/lyric is brilliant, beautiful.
Try Jeff Lang's version, either his fingers or the guitar had to be retired, afterward!
best motorcycle song ever
saw this live ...bow to me :) so good!
Trying to learn to play this but my thumb wants to go as fast as the fingers on the intro. Need some serious practice for about 10 years!!
Try easier travis picking sort of songs first. I tried to play this without any previous songs in this style and it was difficult... Came back to it a year later and my hands did most of the work anyway!
Genius!
Just a genius, perfect song like Blue Red and Grey by Pete Townsend.
Even with the dampening effect of a cappo it still sounds like 20 guitars,.
Agree with snafujag.....best motorcycle song ever. But for an American, Del McCoury's bluegrass version is the BEST. Props to Richard, but McCoury adds a soul to the song.
+Doug Pettit Yeah, well, that just, like, your opinion man.
+Nick Simpson Not disputing that.....it is an opinion. Still think it's the best motorcycle song, regardless of version.
+Doug Pettit I'm an American who lives (and rides) in Britain, so I guess I'm mid-Atlantic on this one. I prefer Richard Thompson's version, but they're both good. Apart from which version of the music one likes, there's also the Americanization of the lyrics. A song about a Vincent is about as British as a song about a Harley or an Indian would be American, so it sounds a bit odd in my ear to hear "down to Knoxville" instead of "down to Box Hill" and the substitution of some brands that are more familiar to Americans for the litany of British mid-century titans in the original. But I agree with you: my favorite motorcycle song in any case.
Thompsin said that he wrote "MGB-GT" so that Brits could have a homegrown car song like Little Deuce Coupe it some such.
Jeebus.
The best motorcycle used to be "I don't want a pickle I just want to ride my motorcycle". But now it's second best.
Genius. Enough said!!
when singers shut there eyes when singing , the audience show get up and leave them alone
that is speechless. Hard to type too - that's how much RT affects me!
speecless
Does he use a thumb pick?
Sedge Hare yes
British engineering...nuff said
73Mackem everyone knows the German have the best engineers. the B in BMW stands for Bavaria. in case u didn't know.
RT is the master! Always loved this song...excellent songwriter and playing!