Wishbone Ash - Persephone
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From their 5th studio album "There's The Rub" (1974)
BAND LINEUP
Andy Powell: Guitars, Mandolin and vocals
Laurie Wisefield: Guitars, Banjo and vocals
Martin Turner: Bass and vocals
Steve Upton: Drums
"THERE'S THE RUB" TRACKLIST
1. Silver Shoes
2. Don't Come Back
3. Persephone
4. Hometown
5. Lady Jay
6. F.U.B.B (Fucked Up Beyond Belief)
All songs written by Turner, Upton, Wisefield, Powell - เพลง
I cry every time I hear this song even after nearly 40 years.......My girlfriend was pregnant & we picked Persephone if it was a little girl....but we lost the baby in a car accident August of 1979 & our relationship never recovered....Eileen I'm sorry I blamed you....I hope you have had a full & happy life.....& for Persephone, my unborn daughter, I love & miss you & your memory.....
Louis Ward A very powerful and sad song...music is able to express sadness in our souls like no words can...god bless...
I am sorry for your loss... :( but you'll meet her in heaven one day! :)
I hope you also had a full and happy life as well my friend.
I lost a baby girl as well Louis, no words can ever make up for that or describe it, I just hope you and your girlfriend have managed to find peace.
man that's so sad peace be with you....
One of the most underrated classic rock songs of all time.
Who underrated it?
He's right only Ash fans would know about this lovely song ... sadly.
I gotta concur. I may be clueless but I'm 56 and only had a vague idea of this band until Steven recently started talking them up on BOC sites. I am extremely impressed. First listen to this song today and I love it and just bought it on iTunes. Sorry I missed them for 45 years!
When you have absorbed some Ash here's another to try at your leisure :-
Check out "On a Storyteller's Night", "Les Morts Dansant", "The Spirit", "Soldier of the Line", "Sacred Hour", "The Lights Burned Out" as an introduction to another of England's great rock bands that lived in the shadow of Zep, Sabs, Lizzy etc & that is ....... MAGNUM.
A glorious band (esp from about 77-85) & they actually got their big break supporting BOC in the UK in 1979 on the Mirrors tour.
The whole of the "Chase the Dragon" & "On a Storyteller's Night" albums are fabulous but those songs are good samples ...
Roeserfan - Check out the live Cologne version of Persephone from 4/12/76 on here .. not only is it a great live version but you can see who plays which guitar parts between Powell & Wisefield with the excellent Martin Turner on vocals & bass guitar ... the Live Dates 2 version on here is also a fabulous one ..
This song is simply beautiful as indeed is the whole album. For me, Wishbone Ash are the finest twin lead guitar band to have ever walked the planet.
Also with their special not comparable sound. Beautiful melodicous and joyplayed songs with melodramatical desire.
When Persephone goes back every year to her husband, Hades, winter begins. A deal made by the Greek gods.
Kidnap her, then marry her... that's how gods acted from a civilisation we regard as outstandingly developed 😂
This is one of those songs that if the solo at the end was 20 minutes longer you still wouldn't tire of listening to it. Just a great band ☺️
Well said 👏
I can't say IT better my friend.
The nostalgia is excruciating. I played the live WA tape I dubbed from my friend nonstop as a UniJos medical student in the 80s. It was my favorite leisure. Then I lost it as a young doctor. Now thx to TH-cam, I could play it again. Joyful, tearful nostalgia! Dr Emeka Agbasi, Onitsha, Nigeria, 60+.
Music is the universal language. Thanks for sharing your story.
The entire song is flawless, but the final part is from out of this world!!
👍
annoying that it had to end actually
Andy's finest moment.
@@iandocherty5278 that's the worst part of the song LOL
They don't make them like this anymore.
Timeless masterpiece!
Meiner Meinung nach eines der besten Gitarrensoli aller Zeiten......
The Mandolin before Lauries Solo makes this Song special.
totally
Totally x 2
no it doesn't
Martin Turner's bass part makes this song. For me, one of the most melodic bass players.
Wildly underappreciated. Lots of Jack Bruce in Martin's playing.
Feeling to the max... How about on Sometime World , OMG.
Its almost for me the best part of wishbone ash. (M.T.s bass playing) and im a guitarist as well😁. Definetely criminally underrated
guitar band firstly with a 3rd melodic bass...Andy wrote lots of the bass parts...
Plus Martin sings as well as playing bass, incredible. Martin is second to nobody.
I don't want to die just to listen this song again and again!
As a teenager I couldn't stop listening to this band they were playing in my head constantly, I find it hard to listen to them now it is so emotional nobody does it like this anymore 😢❤❤❤❤
Jeden z niewielu, Wielkich Klasyków Muzyki !!! Coś Pięknego!!!!
I love the way the rhythm guitar plays a triplet at the end of each bar, echoing the rhythm of the name Persephone. This is something a musician hears and just does naturally, probably without thinking about it.
Persephone is pronounced Per-sef-o-ne, not Persefone. I make that four syllables so how does a triplet fit that?
@@catherinewilson3880
Exactly!
*lyrics*
There's a light that shines on Persephone,
Always a fire in her eyes,
And the last time that I went to her
I could tell things weren't right.
I just don't care to see your years go wasting,
There's no longer magic in your eyes.
In your time, you could outshine everybody else around,
But your off-stage ways might be a bore -
You take a bow, you take a fall.
I just don't care to see your years go wasting,
There's no longer magic in your eyes.
I came to be here in the footlights,
To live with you through every song,
And your face displays a peaceful field.
I can't believe the curtain has to fall.
Now I know your years were never wasted,
Tonight I saw the magic in your eyes.
Andy is one of the best English gentlemen you will ever meet! One of the top 10 guitarists of all time, not by my vote, but by his peers, Page, Townsend, Edge, Beck, Blackmore, etc
He is a true gentleman
Fortunate to meet him once at a local tivoli theatre, very humble and easy too talk to. Massive talent and little ego.
Δεν υπάρχουν λόγια για να περιγράψουν αυτό το γκρουπ.. μακράν το συγκρότημα με το καλύτερο κιθαριστικό δίδυμο..τους είδα στην "δύση" τους σε μία πανελλήνια συγκέντρωση μοτοσυκλετιστων στα Καμμένα Βούρλα πριν από χρόνια και οι τύποι παίξανε μέχρι κ το phoenix..θα έχουν να λένε για έναν τύπο (δεν είχε κ πολλούς άλλωστε) που χτυπιοταν σε κάθε τους τραγούδι.. γκρουπαρα με παπάρια
Αγαπάνε την Ελλάδα και τα Βαλκάνια απ'όσα εχω καταλαβει. Μη σου πω δηλαδή οτι το Μπλου Οράιζον (το ονομα τού αλμπουμ που έβγαλαν το δυο χιλιαδες δεκατέσσερα) είναι πλοίο που πάει στην Κρήτη, διοτι ίσως είναι απλή σύμπτωση... Είναι φοβεροί μουσικοί και πολύ αφιερωμένοι πραγματικά.
Καλά, αυτό εδώ το κομμάτι ιδίως είναι διαστημικό, απ'το μέλλον! Απο τον 22ο αιωνα (που γραφει κι ένας αλλος στα σχολια). Στο σημείο 5' + έντεκα δευτερολεπτα "παίρνει μπρος" η διαστημική δινομηχανή κι απογειωνεται το κομμάτι και γενικώς η μουσική (σαν τέχνη).
Κάπου εκεί γύρω στο '74 - '75 γράφτηκαν 2-3 κομμάτια που εξάντλησαν την γένεση μουσικής.. Το "τερματισαν" το θέμα, που λέμε. Κάποιοι Kansas (εννοώ το κομματι Journey from Mariabronn), κάποιοι Wishbone Ash (με το Persephone δηλαδή αυτό εδώ), κι οι Genesis με το Firth of Fifth ... Τέλος φίλε, μετά μοιάζει να έπεσε η μουσική σε τέλμα... Πιο μετά ούτε καν οι Πινκ Φλόιντ με το Σαιν ον γιου κρειζι ντάιαμοντ δεν ανέβασαν το επίπεδο (εντάξει, είχαν ένα αριστούργημα ήδη σαν αυτό, το Echoes από τις αρχές τής δεκαετίας τού '70 αλλά σε είδος συμφωνικής ροκ χωρίς βιολί). Από άλλες μπάντες, ο Al Stewart πήγε καλά με "συμβατικά μέσα" μετά το '75... αντε και οι Supertramp κι οι Rainbow (με το γνωστό πρώτο άλμπουμ). Θα με κράξουν διαφοροι που δεν αναφέρω τους Λέντ Ζεπελιν αλλά... όχι, δεν θα ενδώσω!
Όποιος δεν έχει ακούσει Kansas, έχασε την δεκαετία τού '70... Όποιος δεν ξέρει τους Wishbone Ash, έχει χάσει πολλή μουσική. Τα είχαν καταφέρει εξίσου καλά και στο άλμπουμ τους No smoke without fire στο τέλος τής δεκαετίας '70. Μεγάλα γατόνια! Εδώ έχουν παίξει και μαντολίνο που ακούγεται σαν σαντούρι και "έχουν καταλαβει" τα μεσογειακά μας αυτιά. Όποιος ελληνικής καταγωγής δεν έχει ακούσει το Persephone, έχει χάσει επεισόδιο... 45 χρονών αριστούργημα και θα μείνει στην ιστορία τής μουσικής!
Of course I bought this album in 1976. One of the best ever!
One of tehe best ever
One of the great songs of the 70s.
There's a light that shines on Persephone,
Always a fire in her eyes,
And the last time that I went to her
I could tell things weren't right.
I just don't care to see your years go wasting,
There's no longer magic in your eyes.
In your time, you could outshine everybody else around,
But your off-stage ways might be a bore -
You take a bow, you take a fall.
I came to be here in the footlights,
To live…
I wish my bones and ashes will keep listening to this on the (Perse)phone.
In my opinion the best guitar band ever.😂🤩
Allman Brothers Band is awesome too....
Yes beat guitar band ever.
Originator of the Twin ( Lead) Guitar Sound!
I agree....
Still loving this 2022!
2023 and still here - will be here for ever
2024
Listening to this now, even though it is still in my vinyl collection, reminds me of those smokey nights in my dorm room in those too long gone nights in the late '70's.
The bass man, the bass.......
do u have the tabs by any chance? wanna learn this on the bass (:
@@steveeve No I dont...search around you may find them. Or just listen and learn bar by bar.
Martin Turner is the most talented bass player I've ever listened to and the fact that he sings as well as playing is unbelievable.
One of those rare songs that flows smoothly from beginning to end. A very smooth song.
this song chills me from beginning to end
The last-two minutes is a musical dessert. 🍰♥️
A true classic rock song, it captures the myth of Persephone in the most beautiful way
Came here by Spotify recommendation. I stopped what i was doing because i noticed a good song was being played. Turned to be a really good song.
1974, Kiel auditorium in St Louis...Climax Blues Band, REO Speedwagon and Ash. Doing WA Four,Argues,etc but introed Peresephone,FUBB and others that night. One of top 5 concerts ever alto the mushrooms did make a difference. Saw them in Jazzbones in Tacoma on March 11, 2020 and still sublime with Andy and Mark along with the anchor of Bob and Joe...happy trails
Immer noch gut! Ich liebe dieses Album!!! Super!
I agree with you! Ich stimme mit Ihnen ein!
Love the soulful guitar at the end.
I love listening to this beautiful song,a classic in rock songs, in my back garden on a hot summer' day and mellowing out.I can listen to the soulful guitar solo at the end of the song forever.I tend to play this track on repeat for 4 / 5 times.Love this song !!!😎🎸👍🏴🏴🏴🏴
I’m literally 14 and I came across this song for a music project. Love it 😊
Hope the project went well, you picked a great song there 👌
Now listen to their song Sometime World
one of wishbone ash's finest songs.
it will probably be a 100 years before 'persephone' is really fully appreciated.
just like young people today discover classical music, so they too will discover the majesty of this truly under rated song and band.
it would be interesting to hear a full orchestra and choir attempt to equal the magnificence of this fantastic piece of work.
Right
it's funny to see these comments from young people today. This song came out in the 70s and was a huge hit. It was very appreciated in it's time.
@@TheOneanjel Glad to see them, still.
@@TheOneanjel Define 'huge'.
@@TheOneanjel yeah they think ash was some unknown band
Masterpiece never gets old.
They say there is great modern music around if you look for it. Show me ANYTHING in recent years that compares with this. Persephone has always been a favourite of mine.
True, but its so timeless and well produced...If I didn't know this band I'd probably think its a recent song
Beautiful song from Devon's finest.
What can I say, my favorite group for over 50 years
Mine too
I'll gladly take the torch from you gentlemen, when the time comes calling, be safe in the knowledge this masterpiece will still be held in esteem for many years yet
a magnificent piece of music with one of the finest outros you could ever hope to hear
if they can send a chuck berry track to outer space then there is no reason why this wishbone ash masterpiece couldn't be either.
it is the 1970's equivalent to mozart, beethoven & strauss.
it's one of the most requested tracks played in heaven, see you there.
i remember hearing 'phoenix' in 1971 after someone recommended the track to me which started my love of rock and metal music
it was the most sensational piece of music i had ever heard and it prompted me to also buy 'argus' and 'there's the rub'.
wishbone ash were/are a totally under rated band who may find that it will take a 100 years before they are properly appreciated for the magnificent musicians they are.
Incredible bass lines and the strat vs. Flying v interchange is epic. Loved this band since their 1st album.
The bowler rubs one side of the cricket ball to try to create movement in the air and deceive the batsman. My first WA album in 74 and still love it at 66.
Yes. One side of the leather ball become lighter and smoother than the other, and the "Bernoulli effect" causes the fast-moving ball to swing...
Haunting, best guitar playing I ever heard.
The last two minutes are the finest guitar working ever. Resonating
This is rock at it's glorious. Drums guitars and emotions.
For me the last guitar solo, just sounds like the light at the end of the tunnel
@stone8man yeah, and the last solo in Lady Jay makes the same impact, even more
I'm a total newbie to this band, I grew up in the 80s listening to Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Motorhead, Saxon, Judas Priest etc. as well as of course the Stones and the Beatles. My best mate's older brother had an insane record collection and this was one of the albums he leant me but I just never got around to it. Now listening to it all these years later and man I missed something good.
Glorious soulful guitars that weep with emotion. An old work colleague got me into Wishbone Ash back in 1979. Sadly he's no longer with us. Thanks Al. Miss you mate.
Just same here
steve harris is a huge fan.
Just going by the instrumental parts, this is one of the finest rock songs ever 🥇 I like how it feels like a smooth blend of hardrock and progressive rock
The most beautiful thing about Persephone is Laurie Wisefields sublime solo. One of the most melodic I've ever heard.
Yes was going to say the exact thing. It always brings tears to my eyes😢
Absolutely✨✨
5.09 onwards is Andy i think
@@66marlinmike I'm specifically talking about 2:52 to 3:36. I know the rest is Andy.
High grade rifts and rolling drums. ROCK the 70s which is the best decade for music!!
Hahaha, the rift is where Persephone was missed! Riff is what you mean.
Love the mandolin.
I love this song
Best bass guitar playing.....carries the song
It is just perfect! The melody, bass, lyrics and voice of the singer.
music like this makes me feel blessed to have grown up in the era i did and feel sorry for todays kids.
So true, sigh, today , it's 99 % AI or software made "instant hits"; and NOONE even knows how to play an instrument anymore, sigh. Instant "youtube hits"; fuckmi....
Masterpiece!
They dont make like this anymore. TRUE CLASSIC ON ALL COUNTS.
Simply majestic guitar playing and song writing.
Imho one of the most beautiful classic rock songs, technically good and full of love
I came to be here in the footlights, to live with your songs, Andy.
Simply beautiful and timeless !!
Beautiful melodic song..
Always thought this song was, back in the day, about Judy Garland. I was shocked to the core when Martin explained back in the late Seventies that it was about Ted. A glorious piece of music. Laurie was enormously underappreciated. But he wasn't Ted.
Pure magic. Love this song!
Simply beautiful.
Końcowe solo jedno z najlepszych w historii R'n'Ra.
One of the first LP's bought in the 70's and this song, as with good wine, gets better with age. Saw them live in QUB and to date no band has come near to their record sound except Horslips. The golden oldies are still selling well!
There is nobody in the world who can make this kind of fantastic music, especially the last-two minutes. Thank you, TH-cam!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏♥️♥️🙏♥️♥️
Maybe the best song!
I was lucky enough to see the concert in November 1976, and they played this song. never I saw so great a concert!
Saw them in June 1976 and they played this tune. I became a WA fan that day.
I been waisting space on this Earth for nearly 67 years. Heard of wishbone Ash in my early adult years but their music was rarely played on the radio. You could get them after 9pm on kaay Little Rock Arkansas beaker street. That was bad ass in late 60s early 70s. They were one of those obscure bands that if you didnt have an intimate knowledge of you would never have heard of them. Thank you beaker street for introducing this incredible band to me!!!
being from central arkansas myself i remember those days
I used to listen to KAAY as a kid in grade school in Central Wisconsin. Every night I would fall asleep, listening to my dad‘s Zenith, portable console a.m. radio. It made me who I am today after following my dreams, and 30 years being involved in the music biz.
@Tom-qx3oq Awesome. Didn't know their signal got that far north. After 9 pm their was Beaker Street that played " underground ' music. After midnight it was Beaker theater . The old radio movies before there was tv
i was there in 74 thank you wishbone...
I saw them open once for Foghat, both in their prime. A concert I can still remember 40 years later.
I was there in West Palm Beach Auditorium,Florida. Like it was yesterday. Will never forget the magic of the show. 1974
One of the most underrated poetic songs😍the music is out of this world...
Thanks to my father he acquainted me with Wishbone Ash. Thanks man.
Superb, extraordinary!
Saw them in Germany in '70 and Philly '76. So glad to see they're touring again! This time I'll see them w/o acid and hash! Hey I'm 66. Can't party like I used to.
Hi Don. I saw them in 1978 (Hammersmith Odeon) and then again last year when they toured some small venues in the USA. I got a quick snapshot with the band while they signed autographs after the concert in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Nicest folks you could ever meet! Great concert too. if you click on my picture you will see the band and me with Andy!!
Was tripping in '80 when I saw them at Chicaofest. I ....."think" I remember it. :-D
Don Roussey on ya mate
Lucky you, friend!
Wishbone Ash is the best of best.
I was about 18 when some old guy at a job I worked at asked me if I was wearing a Hendrix shirt .. finally some real music he said... he told me some stories about how he was a session guitarist and played on a Hendrix album and we spoke about how someone done the Jimmy page bow string before him, his last words to me (I never ever seen him again) ..some of the best gigs I ever went to though; check out wishbone ash young'en.
What a legend he was
The outro guitar solo is just amazing.
Many classic rock songs needed and could have greatly benefitted from a strong bass track like this one. But that's me. Love the bass.
Love this track, one of the best songs they've ever done!
Wspaniały kawałek !Pamietam w !978 roku jak słuchalem Wishbone Ash.Miałem wtedy 14 lat.Pięknie gitary "chodzą" !!!!!
I totally agree. This is Magnificent. Should be better known!!!!!!!!!!
Super Brilliant !!!
This goes way back to a different world , Wishbone Ash was another Band that was highly underrated, never plaed on AM ,played rarely on FM .it was a culture thing , stilled played at my house on a regular rotation .
Superb! I first heard this song as a teenager. Always reminded me of a close friend. Soon after, we parted ways forever. She moved to Western Australia, I moved to Eastern USA. Whenever I heard this song, I thought of her. We’re in our 60’s now, and we recently began communicating electronically, thanks to social media. We’re worlds apart now, but this song still makes me think of her.
Outstanding song.
I feel my heart beat so deep and so fast like i am so in love every time i hear this song................no words
I know. I find myself playing it over and over again.... What shall i put on next? doesn't seem to happen
高校生の頃、あこがれていました。
いい曲ですよね！
They played it at their last gig in Richmond, Va and the crowd went nuts. I still wonder if this song is about Andy and Martin. This is my all time favorite song. There are a lot of great songs from that album including what I believe is the best rock song ending of all time... Don't look back
It was about Ted, AFAIK.
What a beautiful beauty.
Unexplained underrated fantastic voyageable song!
I absolutely LOVE this song!
beautiful!!Classic!!!
Back again! When I was 15 I got into see Wishbone Ash on an old Status Quo ticket with my mate! Oh wow! What a night! We waited outside and the Colston Hall in Bristol and I didn't have any paper, so I had their autographs on my hands in biro, I didn't wash my hands for weeks!
very very good , band............................
The perfect marriage of a strat and les paul. Still get chill bumps.
Actually it's a Flying V.
Wayne Whitehorne
Right you are W.W. I had forgotten Andy Powell's Albert King influence.
Saw them live in 75' do this at the West Palm Beach auditorium. It was magic.
It was a song I often listened to when I was in middle school. I was at an age when he was attracted to the heavy sound of British rock. I feel like those days are fond memories.
Προπαντός όταν οι μέρες φαίνονται ατέλειωτες, είναι που αρχίζουν τα χρόνια να περνάνε γρήγορα.
Lyrics for this wonderful song:
There's a light that shines on Persephone
Always a fire in her eyes
And the last time that I went to her
I could tell things weren't right
I just don't care to see your years go wasting
There's no longer magic in your eyes
In your time, you could outshine
everybody else around
But your off-stage ways might be a bore
You take a bow, you take a fall
I just don't care to see your years go wasting
There's no longer magic in your eye
I came to be here in the footlights
To live with you through every song
And your face displays a peaceful field
I can't believe the curtain has to fall
Now I know your years were never wasted
Tonight I saw the magic in your eyes