One of my own favorites. A guy I dated learned it over night and played it on my daughter's little blue kid guitar and 1 string was missing. He still broke my heart but what a special gift it was. It's in my special memories. 🦩
Sure, the song is at least partly inspired by English folk singer, Anne Briggs, who led a kind of mythical existence in the 60s, travelling round Britain and Ireland and living wildly. So if you read the rest of the lyrics and a bit about Anne Briggs' story, you understand a bit more about what Richard is saying here - the romanticism of her lifestyle and also, perhaps, the sadness of it? Anyway - check out Anne Briggs and her songs.
"The last I heard she was sleeping rough, back on the Derby beat. White Horse in her hip pocket and a wolfhound at her feet." I don't think there are two lines of lyric in all of music that I love more.
@@BillMurrayismyuncle it’s the last line that gets me .i wouldn’t want her any other way.forgive me if I messed it up a bit,but it does my head in truly.keep on rockin’
Driving down a busy road, I heard this song on the radio. I had to pull over to listen it out. I could vision the girl. the same spirit as my one lost love from 45 years before She was her own thing, wanted to visit Darwin, I was well employed in Perth. She left one night. I never found out where she went. I miss her still.
I was driving (through suburban Melbourne) one night a few decades ago listening to one of the music shows on RN when this came on. I was immediately and completely carried away by it, such an incredible song in every way, lyrically, melodically, the story, the spirit, the performance, everything. Above all else it's a truly COMPLETE song, perfectly realised. Once heard, never forgotten.
back a century or 2, the Beeswing who set England ablaze -- they made a hot movie about her -- was Lady Caroline Lamb. tho married, her big squeeze was Lord Byron ("Mad, bad, and dangerous to know.").
Beeswing, Dimming of the Day, Vincent Black Lightning...these three songs alone place RT in a pantheon of the greatest lyricists ever. The pictures they paint, the sound of his voice, his musicianship, it's just mindboggling talent this man has
Vincent Black Lightening seemed to describe my dad's life pretty well, he was even called Jimmy. Played it at his funeral and to this day i can't get through the whole song. Richard Thompson is a legend.
Many wonderful poets and songwriters capture the mixed blessing of being alive as a human, but nobody has ever captured it better in a single song as RT has here. Utterly, gut wrenchingly beautiful.
The first time I heard this song, I was literally stunned. It's rare to find poetry in music. With Richard Thompson, it's a normal occurrence. Thank you for this video.
I agree though I'm compelled to say perhaps you were not literally 'stunned.' I'm sorry. I'm drunk and tired and my mom was a grammar Nazi. (In defiance of mother, I'm assuming that "Nazi" should be capitalized, and I'm not checking first.)
"You might be lord of half the world, you'll not own me as well." I like to think this is one of my husband's favorites. (I wish he'd play it for me more often.) He met me when I was a laundry girl, and he took me out of there. We're together now more than 30 years.
One of the most beautiful songs in the history of the world, but others r billionaires when all of their songs sound the same. The world is so f’d up. 😢
The first time i heard this song i was on a jobsite with my old man many years ago before my dad passed. I heard it on the site radio. It struck me soo deep i litterally stopped doing my job and stood listening, welled up with emotion. Theres not many songs that have that effect on me. Years later i shared this treasure of a song with my wife. Not a day that goes by that she doesnt ask me to play it. Needless to say this song has a special spot in our hearts
I'm trying to work while I listen to this and it's impossible. The song is too good. A love of Richard Thompson is one of the best gifts my dad ever gave me. We went as a family to see him together so many times when I was a kid. The memory of it brings a tear to my eye, and a big smile. Thank you Richard.
I wouldn't say underrated for those that are aware of his considerable talent, superb musicianship and amazing songwriting ability will always bestow upon him all the accolades he richly deserves.
Saw him last night. So stunned how consistently good his songwriting is thru all the decades. And his performance is top notch as this vid demonstrates. What a freaking gem.
I had the privilege of attending a performance of Richards, January 14 this year, 2023 at Outpost in the Burbs, Montclair New Jersey. Absolutely Awesome. And in all honesty, If I was just listening to this and not seeing his younger appearance, you could not tell a lick of difference in his singing or playing between this and the performance then! He's a force of nature!
Possibly still has. Who knows what she still gets up to while washing the dishes or whatever..... She is only 79 and at 75 Richard Thompson still has a solid singing voice.
This song always reminds me of the young people I knew in 1968 - Josh, Toni, Annie, Joe, Gareth, Cindy, Jan. Josh died the following year. I wonder how many of those young people survive.
One of the best songs ever. The lyrics, the guitar playing, the performance, the combination of all its elements communicates something beyond your regular good song.
My all time favourite folk song. A working class hero pining for lost love, a better life. Could their be more beautiful and sad a story? Makes me cry every damn time!. Love you Richard
For everyone who relates to this For everyone who's been there For Christy and for Richard Thank you for this song . Thank s to everyone who said they liked it. Thanks to anyone who ever plays this in a bar if I am not there to buy the round. This song tell me I am not the only one who has these feelings. I needed to know that. Losers die alone. Losing love does not make you a loser just human ! A million have been there before a million more will follow. Thank you Richard !
You're right, John, except we understand it as hindsight...and now there's nobody around for me in my golden years! (I like to promote the point to possible candidates that 'Older man & younger woman is where it's at!' ;-) They know it in their heart...but we're/I'm not 'hot' enough to quench an estrogen fire!
Probably the greatest English artist most of the English have never heard of. Imagine if Radio 2 slotted this in in the middle of the day amongst all the drivel. The nation would come to a standstill.
I remember the first time I heard it! It was listening to some public radio station on the east side of Tennessee. It was pouring rain, and I had another 800 miles left to drive, but I found a pen and scribbled down some lyrics to remember it by. I posted on Usenet asking if anyone could identify the lyrics and that was my introduction to Richard Thompson!
The first time I heard this I was seeing him live and wasn’t very familiar with him. I enjoyed all the show but when he played this toward the end it was all but a holy experience.
I am English and always fascinated by hard it is to create English music which avoids being a pastiche of American music especially in terms of lyrical content. I write poetry myself and struggle to avoid the shackles of people like Dylan. In this song Richard Thompson achieves this to a remarkable extent
this man, is the most underrated artist,he is, simply brilliant,and, he should be, way more known,but, then again, its cool,secret heros, like him, are more my kind of artist...
It doesn't matter who is a better singer. It is how you express the song. Thompson clearly express realness to what he is singing as it is his experiences, he wrote it. It's not about having the strongest voice, it's about passion.
Except strangely his voice has moe and mor powerful as the years have gone by. With Sweet Warrior he hit a peak Guns are the Tongues in particular and Dads going to Kill me as well.
A friend covered this. We were sat on the last train back to London after a funeral. She played this to the few people in the carriage and there was a moment of calm whilst the train carried us homeward bound. I've been in love with this song ever since.
This song is so beautiful. His love for her was gentle, and patient, adoring . . . . and tragic. He couldn't keep her so he let her go. I'd give anything to see a picture of her.
who cares if this is the best or Christy? This, by RT, is pure genius. I have seen him do it twice. If i had a chance i would go tomorrow to see it again.
Richard helped found Fairport Convention, inspired by all the American songwriter singers. In 1967, though, when Dylan delved back into his heritage (See: "The Basement Tapes"), Thompson began making new songs with deep old roots - and he's still England's answer to The Band.
Disagree. She had a very different set of realities of life than the ‘conventional’ ‘choices’- I have a friend in such a relationship now and I cant warn hime and he doesn’t see it but she is clearer than any human I have ever met about what works for her and its nothing conventional although he still thinks or hopes he can bend her a little more to the conventional. She is however absolutely magnetic…. This is both an amazing song and also an amazing performance of it. ‘She never could resist a winding road’ is a great partner song to this and there is a great clip of rt and joan baez doing it live
I've been vaguely aware of Richard Thompson over the years. Had one Fairport Album i liked & was a big fan of Steeleye Span. Heard this song on Sirius XM Deep Tracks on my way to work & almost had to pull over to manage the tears. If you have ever loved a woman like this consider yourself beyond blessed.
Does it matter who she is ,,the themes of passion ...love .... time ...and loss, are universal. I know this girl... she has broken all our hearts. Class.
Acoustic perfection, a unique artist at one with his instrument, his voice and a beautiful song .. how can 26 musically challenged fools dislike this!!!
Agreed! Richard's a master at this. Tastefully tears away all pretentions of tuff guy machismo. Nothing better that seeing/joining a hall full of tattoo'd leather clad tuffs, ballin' like babies when he sings Vincent Black Lightning...Thanks for the treasure.
RT - a true poet, singer, troubadour of our times and his guitar playing is just astounding. A "rare kind",! Love the post from carollizc, "real stuff, fine as single malt and enduring as stone" ,, just wonderful.....
This is one of the beautiful songs that evokes nostalgia in a way that is hard to explain, I'm sure it's different for every individual life led, one of the great story songs I've ever heard, if not the greatest
What a sad beautiful song.... Pain always brings out something special when creating master pieces such as these lyrics and melody. Delightful RT. :-) What a gem this was my Angel Warrior. Magnificent..... :-))))
I've been a RT fan since the mid -80s . This song is so beautiful. In an interview from Acoustic Guitar magazine in 1995 Richard talks of the people he knew dropping out from accountancy and the like to live on communes etc. The song has that longing and nostalgia. It's so beautifully written , lyric wise and his guitar playing of the highest order. RT is truly one of the greatest. EVER.
What a classic song!!! It is being covered by many and often quite beautifully. That is probably the highest tribute to the song writer. I have played them over an over, like I am addicted to them.
I have fell in love with many a woman, well, until I heard this song. Now I’m not so sure. Maybe I just thought it was love. Maybe I will know some day. Thank you…..
I used to think that the lyrics said "the price you pay for the chances you refuse". The fact that it actually says "the price you pay for the CHAINS you refuse" makes it an even better song.
Beautiful Richard I was fortunate to work one of his shows in san Francisco California @ the Fillmore west when I worked there I've always been a fan wont show thank Richard? 🎸🎤🇬🇧❤👌
One of the most underrated songwriters & guitarists in the world today.
Possibly one of the greatest songs ever written.
One of my own favorites. A guy I dated learned it over night and played it on my daughter's little blue kid guitar and 1 string was missing. He still broke my heart but what a special gift it was. It's in my special memories. 🦩
Pure poetry
"Maybe that's just the price you pay for the chains you refuse".
Stunned by this line. What a piece of genius.
same here. amazing lyrics. genius.
One of the best lines ever.
djdaforce22 love the lyrics wonderful lyrics
Could you explain to me what it means?
Sure, the song is at least partly inspired by English folk singer, Anne Briggs, who led a kind of mythical existence in the 60s, travelling round Britain and Ireland and living wildly. So if you read the rest of the lyrics and a bit about Anne Briggs' story, you understand a bit more about what Richard is saying here - the romanticism of her lifestyle and also, perhaps, the sadness of it? Anyway - check out Anne Briggs and her songs.
"The last I heard she was sleeping rough, back on the Derby beat. White Horse in her hip pocket and a wolfhound at her feet." I don't think there are two lines of lyric in all of music that I love more.
I love this so much ❤
@@BillMurrayismyuncle it’s the last line that gets me .i wouldn’t want her any other way.forgive me if I messed it up a bit,but it does my head in truly.keep on rockin’
I know someone like that. Yes I loved her, still do, but the demons drive her on. Yes, she hurts herself, but she hurts me as well.
@@Tagurrit I understand. 😢
I am in collision with every stone i ever threw “That would have to be my favourite line.David Gray
Driving down a busy road, I heard this song on the radio. I had to pull over to listen it out. I could vision the girl. the same spirit as my one lost love from 45 years before
She was her own thing, wanted to visit Darwin, I was well employed in Perth.
She left one night. I never found out where she went.
I miss her still.
+Philip Price I know how you feel.. I watched her walk away.. not understanding it was for the last time..
I was driving (through suburban Melbourne) one night a few decades ago listening to one of the music shows on RN when this came on. I was immediately and completely carried away by it, such an incredible song in every way, lyrically, melodically, the story, the spirit, the performance, everything. Above all else it's a truly COMPLETE song, perfectly realised. Once heard, never forgotten.
back a century or 2, the Beeswing who set England ablaze -- they made a hot movie about her -- was Lady Caroline Lamb. tho married, her big squeeze was Lord Byron ("Mad, bad, and dangerous to know.").
I know the feeling me too
Good man.
Beeswing, Dimming of the Day, Vincent Black Lightning...these three songs alone place RT in a pantheon of the greatest lyricists ever. The pictures they paint, the sound of his voice, his musicianship, it's just mindboggling talent this man has
Well said! 3 of my favorite songs!! I substitute with Harley Davidson...💞
"Dad's gonna kill me" ... lyrics like the best novelists, inhabiting a character. Lou Reed's ambition fulfilled.
Vincent Black Lightening seemed to describe my dad's life pretty well, he was even called Jimmy. Played it at his funeral and to this day i can't get through the whole song. Richard Thompson is a legend.
Try The Woods of Darney
Throw in Persuasion, Wall of Death, Galway to Graceland and you’re still barely scratching the surface.
Many wonderful poets and songwriters capture the mixed blessing of being alive as a human, but nobody has ever captured it better in a single song as RT has here. Utterly, gut wrenchingly beautiful.
all about the emotion and what Sir Thompson puts into it. Van Halen could never pull this off.
The first time I heard this song, I was literally stunned. It's rare to find poetry in music. With Richard Thompson, it's a normal occurrence. Thank you for this video.
I agree though I'm compelled to say perhaps you were not literally 'stunned.' I'm sorry. I'm drunk and tired and my mom was a grammar Nazi. (In defiance of mother, I'm assuming that "Nazi" should be capitalized, and I'm not checking first.)
You should check out the futureheads a Capella cover
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I saw him in a small venue in Miami in 1992...he played for the first time...I was staggered by the poetry
@@nicholasj.evancik7878 Lucky you! I was only like 9 years old in 1992 haha
So glad I've finally caught up with this song and I'm not ashamed to admit I've shed tears listening to it's beauty.
Terry Eggett I shed tears everytime I hear this song. I can go years without hearing it but the effect is the same.
Hi Paula, thought I'd get back. A very beautiful song..take care.
Me too. It’s beautiful
Same here @@paulahunt5621
Terry Eggett Hi Terry, checking on you a year later as I listen to this song and shed a few tears.
"You might be lord of half the world, you'll not own me as well." I like to think this is one of my husband's favorites. (I wish he'd play it for me more often.) He met me when I was a laundry girl, and he took me out of there. We're together now more than 30 years.
One of the most beautiful songs in the history of the world, but others r billionaires when all of their songs sound the same. The world is so f’d up. 😢
This was my mum. Her nickname was bee and she used to say to the children “see a bee, think of me”. I’m always reminded of her when I hear this song
Yeah.
Beautiful memory
Richard Thompson is a gift of sublime genius for us. We are infinitely fortunate to live while he gives us finest art. Thank you, Sir.
Richard is one of those rare things himself.
A genius with a huge sense of understanding and a soft heart.
There are few songs that come close to this for observation, poignancy and depths of meaning.
I’ve heard countless attempts at covering this song and nothing comes even close to this performance. Richard Thompson is a stone cold genius.
Listen to Christy Moores version its very good also
The first time i heard this song i was on a jobsite with my old man many years ago before my dad passed. I heard it on the site radio. It struck me soo deep i litterally stopped doing my job and stood listening, welled up with emotion. Theres not many songs that have that effect on me. Years later i shared this treasure of a song with my wife. Not a day that goes by that she doesnt ask me to play it.
Needless to say this song has a special spot in our hearts
I'm trying to work while I listen to this and it's impossible. The song is too good. A love of Richard Thompson is one of the best gifts my dad ever gave me. We went as a family to see him together so many times when I was a kid. The memory of it brings a tear to my eye, and a big smile. Thank you Richard.
My favorite Richard Thompson song.
So beautiful it makes one ache...
Makes me think of my late ex.
😞😞😎😎🙏🙏
Richard is, quite simply, a supreme master of guitar and songwriting. I've had the pleasure of seeing him live and he's nothing short of stunning.
I wouldn't say underrated for those that are aware of his considerable talent, superb musicianship and amazing songwriting ability will always bestow upon him all the accolades he richly deserves.
Top çlass
Saw him last night. So stunned how consistently good his songwriting is thru all the decades. And his performance is top notch as this vid demonstrates. What a freaking gem.
@@benvonwildenhaus2277 & where did you see him?
This song is on another level. It's got everything a song could ask for
I had the privilege of attending a performance of Richards, January 14 this year, 2023 at Outpost in the Burbs, Montclair New Jersey. Absolutely Awesome. And in all honesty, If I was just listening to this and not seeing his younger appearance, you could not tell a lick of difference in his singing or playing between this and the performance then! He's a force of nature!
met one like her still think about her 40 yrs later
stargate669 i'm sad for you if you haven't met such a woman yet, they are special.
stargate669 i got it.
***** yup, precisely !
***** and to you.Still hoping for something !
Most of you don't understand us when we show up anyway. Takes just as rare a man to appreciate us.
The only thing he does as well as play guitar is write and perform amazing songs. A true gift to humanity
20+ years of listening to Beeswing and only just discovered the person who inspired it - Annie Briggs. What a voice she had.
Same here. Only you had a month more than me. Thanks for the info.
Possibly still has. Who knows what she still gets up to while washing the dishes or whatever..... She is only 79 and at 75 Richard Thompson still has a solid singing voice.
Some feel it was also inspired by Sandy Denny
One of those very rare songs that have you crying with every single listen. Genius.
This song always reminds me of the young people I knew in 1968 - Josh, Toni, Annie, Joe, Gareth, Cindy, Jan. Josh died the following year. I wonder how many of those young people survive.
One of the best songs ever. The lyrics, the guitar playing, the performance, the combination of all its elements communicates something beyond your regular good song.
I wonder how many times he had to play it before he could perform it without crying , excellent song !
Good question, even your thought provoking comment elicits tears.
I once loved (and still love) a similar type of girl..I still think of her a hundred times a day.. 💔
I loved a woman like this once. God keep her in peace and bring her joy, wherever she is now.
My all time favourite folk song.
A working class hero pining for lost love, a better life.
Could their be more beautiful and sad a story?
Makes me cry every damn time!.
Love you Richard
This is the most beautiful song of love lost I have ever heard. He is so freakin' talented!!!
totally!!! Brilliant poet on top of his beautiful guitar work.
Not a single word is wasted. There is no limit to the amount of times you can listen to this back to back.
What a pro. A live performance which you couldn't better in a studio. Massively under rated talent.
SirPeter6464 totally, the studio version is not as fine as this.
Saw him last night, and several of the versions live were way better than the studio recordings. Including this one, and Vincent black lightning.
Not under rated, just undiscovered by too many. Rated highly by those who have discovered
Naw just someone who loves his trade a craftsman 👌
@@francisoboyle sure that's the truth.
For everyone who relates to this
For everyone who's been there
For Christy and for Richard
Thank you for this song . Thank s to everyone who said they liked it.
Thanks to anyone who ever plays this in a bar if I am not there to buy the round.
This song tell me I am not the only one who has these feelings.
I needed to know that.
Losers die alone. Losing love does not make you a loser just human !
A million have been there before a million more will follow.
Thank you Richard !
Every man has loved a free spirit like her at some time. Keep them safe, enjoy them, and then move on.
You're right, John, except we understand it as hindsight...and now there's nobody around for me in my golden years! (I like to promote the point to possible candidates that 'Older man & younger woman is where it's at!' ;-) They know it in their heart...but we're/I'm not 'hot' enough to quench an estrogen fire!
Sensitivity & sensibility have gone out of style in America. I am glad Richard Thompson is still around.
Probably the greatest English artist most of the English have never heard of. Imagine if Radio 2 slotted this in in the middle of the day amongst all the drivel. The nation would come to a standstill.
im 19 ive been to 4 of his concerts he never disapoints i can gladly say, he's one of the best simply put
She wouldn't wait for the harvest and I thought we should 🙏
Holy shit, 1st time hearing this. Wow. Absolutely wow
I remember the first time I heard it! It was listening to some public radio station on the east side of Tennessee. It was pouring rain, and I had another 800 miles left to drive, but I found a pen and scribbled down some lyrics to remember it by. I posted on Usenet asking if anyone could identify the lyrics and that was my introduction to Richard Thompson!
The first time I heard this I was seeing him live and wasn’t very familiar with him. I enjoyed all the show but when he played this toward the end it was all but a holy experience.
@@adafrogg7646nice❤
We've (many of us I guess) known some of these girls. They're the one's we remember when we're old(many of us,).
This is pure genius. One of the best songs ever written
Richard Thompson YOU are a rare thing. Genius.
Thanks for uploading Cleapatr. Great song, great performance, and a genius artist. Top drawer.
This is just magic, my father played me this song thinking I would like it. I have to say Dad "You were spot on."
There's an handful of songs i go back to plenty, this is one of 'em.
I had forgotten how much I loved this music. It still moves me
Still in fine form, see him on tour right now if you can, well worth it.
I am English and always fascinated by hard it is to create English music which avoids being a pastiche of American music especially in terms of lyrical content. I write poetry myself and struggle to avoid the shackles of people like Dylan. In this song Richard Thompson achieves this to a remarkable extent
this man, is the most underrated artist,he is, simply brilliant,and, he should be, way more known,but, then again, its cool,secret heros, like him, are more my kind of artist...
It doesn't matter who is a better singer. It is how you express the song. Thompson clearly express realness to what he is singing as it is his experiences, he wrote it. It's not about having the strongest voice, it's about passion.
I so agree with you Stewart. What a delightful song it is....
Except strangely his voice has moe and mor powerful as the years have gone by. With Sweet Warrior he hit a peak Guns are the Tongues in particular and Dads going to Kill me as well.
That short guitar lick after 'rambling itch' expresses regret as perfectly as anything I've ever heard...
A friend covered this. We were sat on the last train back to London after a funeral. She played this to the few people in the carriage and there was a moment of calm whilst the train carried us homeward bound. I've been in love with this song ever since.
This song is so beautiful. His love for her was gentle, and patient, adoring . . . . and tragic. He couldn't keep her so he let her go. I'd give anything to see a picture of her.
I have one. Unfortunately I can’t post it here though. But I would if I could.
Look up folksinger Anne Briggs. That's her.
Yep. Anne Briggs. Look up Black Waterside her version.
just fallen in love with him all over again.
Once had my heart broken by a similar kind of girl..years later, she's in my mind at least once a day
lovely song
who cares if this is the best or Christy? This, by RT, is pure genius. I have seen him do it twice. If i had a chance i would go tomorrow to see it again.
Richard helped found Fairport Convention, inspired by all the American songwriter singers. In 1967, though, when Dylan delved back into his heritage (See: "The Basement Tapes"), Thompson began making new songs with deep old roots - and he's still England's answer to The Band.
One of the best songs ever written, by one of the best songwriters.
I love Richard Thompson. This is my favorite song he does.
His voice reminds me of Alan Rickman...lol
The voice! Yes!
I can't get through it without crying. Beautiful.
Possibly my favorite song ever
Probably Thompson's finest song, so wonderfully sad but true, about a person who can't adjust to the realities of life (like so many of us!)
Disagree. She had a very different set of realities of life than the ‘conventional’ ‘choices’- I have a friend in such a relationship now and I cant warn hime and he doesn’t see it but she is clearer than any human I have ever met about what works for her and its nothing conventional although he still thinks or hopes he can bend her a little more to the conventional. She is however absolutely magnetic…. This is both an amazing song and also an amazing performance of it. ‘She never could resist a winding road’ is a great partner song to this and there is a great clip of rt and joan baez doing it live
I believe it’s about Anne Briggs the singer
I've been vaguely aware of Richard Thompson over the years. Had one Fairport Album i liked & was a big fan of Steeleye Span. Heard this song on Sirius XM Deep Tracks on my way to work & almost had to pull over to manage the tears. If you have ever loved a woman like this consider yourself beyond blessed.
Does it matter who she is ,,the themes of passion ...love .... time ...and loss, are universal. I know this girl... she has broken all our hearts. Class.
Acoustic perfection, a unique artist at one with his instrument, his voice and a beautiful song .. how can 26 musically challenged fools dislike this!!!
Chris Wilson I think it's called freedon
I didn't finish that slagging I was about to write ,freedom of choice you half wit.
This song is as fine as a beeswing.... fragile and delicate beyond words.
One of the greatest songwriter storytellers of all time!
Agreed! Richard's a master at this. Tastefully tears away all pretentions of tuff guy machismo. Nothing better that seeing/joining a hall full of tattoo'd leather clad tuffs, ballin' like babies when he sings Vincent Black Lightning...Thanks for the treasure.
how on earth he plays the guitar like that will always be beyond me
Honestly this deserves to stand up as some of the greatest English art to have ever been produced
Just coming back to hear this performance. 2023
This made me feel like I was someone else. Here is a man who knows what he sings and sings what he knows. @Cleapatr, thanks for the upload.
Could this possibly be one of the top ten best songs ever written, maybe
Love this man with all of my heart and I believe it’s the 1st time I think I’ve seen him without wearing his beret! One of my favorites of his.
You can see why he wears the beret.
RT - a true poet, singer, troubadour of our times and his guitar playing is just astounding. A "rare kind",! Love the post from carollizc, "real stuff, fine as single malt and enduring as stone" ,, just wonderful.....
richard thompson makes us all feel humble and rightly so
The best ballad ever. How it's played with one pair of hands...
Absolute genius. This song reminds me of my dear friend who passed away this year. Rest in light, Kathryn.
Richard is a national treasure for certain.A musical gymnast and one of the best song writers and musicians on planet earth.I love this story.genius 💖
All time favourite track. Simply stunning.
This guy is just first class, pure quality. It's a privilege just to listen to him sing his songs.
This is one of the beautiful songs that evokes nostalgia in a way that is hard to explain, I'm sure it's different for every individual life led, one of the great story songs I've ever heard, if not the greatest
Always a treat when mr.Thompson stops by . IT appears as if he isn't doing much as he plays but it works.
Easily one of the greatest songs ever written.
Hard to believe how anyone could thumbs down this song. Then I look at the world around me ---- Ah yes!
What can you say about this song that hasn't already been said...
"As long as there's no price on love ill stay..."
Magic
Love that line .
This song never fails to bring tears to my eyes. It is so beautiful.
Ah, me too friend, me too.
No one does Beeswing as well as Richard Thompson, without a doubt.
What a sad beautiful song.... Pain always brings out something special when creating master pieces such as these lyrics and melody. Delightful RT. :-) What a gem this was my Angel Warrior. Magnificent..... :-))))
I've been a RT fan since the mid -80s . This song is so beautiful. In an interview from Acoustic Guitar magazine in 1995 Richard talks of the people he knew dropping out from accountancy and the like to live on communes etc. The song has that longing and nostalgia. It's so beautifully written , lyric wise and his guitar playing of the highest order. RT is truly one of the greatest. EVER.
Thanks for a that bit of insight.
What a classic song!!! It is being covered by many and often quite beautifully. That is probably the highest tribute to the song writer. I have played them over an over, like I am addicted to them.
Nobody else's version can compare - this is just the best - from when I first heard it on the radio - was so stricken!
Julia x
What a very great singer-songwriter Richard Thompson is!
I have fell in love with many a woman, well, until I heard this song. Now I’m not so sure. Maybe I just thought it was love. Maybe I will know some day. Thank you…..
I used to think that the lyrics said "the price you pay for the chances you refuse". The fact that it actually says "the price you pay for the CHAINS you refuse" makes it an even better song.
Beautiful - love both Richard and Christy singing this - respect to both.
Cheers RT I absolutely love this tune, every drunken night ends here and an odd sober one too.
great comment. half drunk myself and back here again
Beautiful Richard I was fortunate to work one of his shows in san Francisco California @ the Fillmore west when I worked there I've always been a fan wont show thank Richard? 🎸🎤🇬🇧❤👌