I’ve often fantasized about this song being played at my funeral. I can’t think of a better way to go out than to the sound of one of the most beautiful sounds I’ve ever heard.
@carolinewoodward1016 I was much younger when I posted this and much more fanatical. Just watch the post date. I've mellowed down much since then. I adore Pete, he's a genius. As for Bob, he offered something sweet, jazzy, far-out and very "Californian". I sincerely adore the Heroes Are Hard To Find lp and his offerings. I've played this album to death. Fame was harsh on him. But my real love remains this blond child-prodigy, Danny. I see my post now and I feel a little bit 'ashamed'. Because I've also worshipped Green. He was my hero.
@carolinewoodward1016 and this goes to show how much you love Mac. I congratulate you on that. Mac have been one of my greatest musical obsessions for over 30 years.
the enormous gratitude for danny is expressed in tributes and tears . love for him is off the charts. everyone aches for him , everyone cares , may all the love reach him
Almost embarrassed to admit that it was only about 5-6yrs ago when I looked up the writer of “Dragonfly” to see it was Danny’s composition and went on to realise his contribution to early Fleetwood Mac….. Crazy !!
I've been playing his music for several days, running through the 2-year anniversary of his passing on June 8, 2018. Keeping it alive. Danny Kirwan from me to the heavens.
I knew nothing of this song or Danny until 7 months ago, now Dust is so deeply ingrained in my favorite tunes list its as if its been there for 35 yrs. A thoughtful, calming masterpiece, cant live without it now.
i in same exact boat Phil! I can play along to one of these songs I've never heard but know intuitively somehow BB King said Peter Green made him" sweat" but I think Danny did too.
The entire Bare Trees album is simply wonderful. (I still literally remember exactly where I was standing the very first time I heard the record.). Great songs, and over the decades, Danny's guitar playing has come to be among my favorites. Such an unusual mix of bluesy sadness and gentleness. And almost all of his stuff in those days was just a Les Paul plugged into an amp. Supposedly, he only owned one pedal, and didn't use it that much. It's a rare guitarist these day who can sound wonderful doing that.
Spreading love for danny is necessary . Few know of him, he is mistaken for others, even guitarists with a certain age and level of expertise really do not know more than a very small percentage of his work. He is too wonderful to be ignored
The original lineup - Danny, Peter and Jeremy -- was a guitar trio that simply defies comparison. I know some will want to disagree, but if you go back to 1969-71, and compare the sheer volume and quality of the Mac catalogue with that of the far more "famous" Yardbirds trio, it is hard to avoid this conclusion. And consider the implications (when you look at what Beck/Page/Clapton produced in their careers) !!!! If Danny and Jeremy had survived the early years, mentally and emotionally, and if Peter had been a bit easier to get along with as a person/bandmate/friend, imagine what they might have done!
@@buellosaurusrex I walked in Danny's footsteps in Brixton. I asked several guitar shops on Denmark street, London if i could get Danny an acoustic guitar at the men's home where Danny lived. The Wunjos guitar shop guy( he is not there as of October 2019) smiled and showed me the letter of thanks from Danny, in Danny's shaky handwriting , for the guitar just received. I was a few weeks late, but totally happy that someone/anyone felt the same love for Danny. May God bless our beloved superstar
danny likely assumed everyone of that era was familiar with rupert brooke. most americans certainly were, and a british education could hardly gloss over him. danny loved school and passed 6 '0' levels, shyly claiming a devotion to homework. love him and pray for him . his birthday is may 13.
awesome video, danny kirwan just doesn't get nearly enough credit during the fleetwood mac days. kudos to danny! fantastic song off the bare trees album. along with this song, sunny side of heaven & sands of time were masterpieces..
+buellosaurusrex Danny's still among us albeit in a anonymous shadow of his former self. observer.com/2015/11/for-your-reconsideration-danny-kirwan-the-sad-beautiful-ghost-of-fleetwood-mac/
Future Games and Bare Trees - the Mac's greatest musical offerings (among a host of other great albums). Sunny Side of Heaven and Dust are two of Kirwan's masterpieces!
echoing the sentiments of others..essentially from Danny Kirwan's Fleetwood Mac album...Bare Trees was unlike anything else when it first came out...I have always kept the LP and it remains a special favourite. TH-cam performs a fitting service in bringing this wonderful music to a world that might otherwise miss the opportunity..I concur so much that Danny Kirwan was very gifted and deserves our appreciation and affection..
What an awesome f'in song. One of DK's many masterpieces. Man he had talent, gobs and gobs of talent. As long as his music continues to be played, loved, and admired, he will always be alive - if not in body, then in spirit. 😇👼🌌🌠
CoventGardenSinger Danny was an old friend of mine, a beautiful soul. I’m so glad he is being appreciated after being forgotten for so long. Danny had a joyous and fun filled spirit. My image in my minds eye of him is always surrounded with laughter. A funny, witty and kind man. Greatly missed. I listened to your cover of Easy. Beautifully sung and played. God bless.
The w h Davies poem that danny transformed into another beautiful song is "dragonfly". Danny captures the essence of a gorgeous insect flitting about a garden. Kirwan has no rival in 500 years of western music .
When the white flame in us is gone, And we that lost the world's delight Stiffen in darkness, left alone To crumble in our separate night; When your swift hair is quiet in death, And through the lips corruption thrust Has stilled the labour of my breath -- When we are dust, when we are dust! --
I always thought it was Sepulchre at night; not separate night. It is from a poem by Rupert Brooke. Funny how you hear things. www3.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/rupertchawnerbrooke/poems/1908-1911/dust.html
@Karnakdmagnificent Yes,it was Rupert Brooke.I've always loved this song;discovered it when I was,what,12,maybe? My mother and one of my aunts had Bare Trees;I wasn't supposed to listen to it(afraid I'd scratch the vinyl,I suppose) but after hearing it I couldn't leave it alone,and Dust was the song I always listened to.Melancholy,to say the least,but very beautiful.
There are probably 100-150 songs I consider to be my favorites, its a crowded paddock! Whenever I hear Dust, they all move over and let Danny have the spotlight. certainly one of the tunes that will play upon my passing.
"Dust" When the white flame in us is gone And we that lost the world's delight Stiffen in darkness. Left alone To crumble in our separate light When your swift hair is quiet in death And through the lips corruption thrust to still the labor of my breath When we are dust, when we are dust When we are dust, when we are dust When your swift hair is quiet in death And through the lips corruption thrust to still the labor of my breath When we are dust, when we are dust When we are dust, when we are dust When the white flame in us is gone And we that lost the world's delight Stiffen in darkness Left alone To crumble in our separate light When your swift hair is quiet in death And through the lips corruption thrust to still the labor of my breath When we are dust, when we are dust When we are dust, when we are dust
this treatment of a poem is just one brilliant creation of danny kirwan. his own lyrical examples are just as succinct, offering glimpses into everyman, and especially into the heart and soul of the sweetest and most wonderful of all humans. let your loving tears flow for this angel
Whats sad and crazy for this 67 year old is..... I have just heard this song for the first time! how did that happen? Ive been a blues guitarist since age 13 when I started playing blues guitar. Im born 9 16 like BB king so blues is what I play. There is something to birthdays.
Yes, some people have made judgments about Kirwan that you read and think, "what?!?!?" As others have pointed out, the lyrics to Dust are indeed from a poem of the same name by British poet Rupert Brooke. Danny set the first two stanzas to music in a way that is so fitting, so moving, and so unusual, that I doubt any other artist of that or any time since could have done as well. It's awe-inspiring. And keep in mind, it may have been the record company who neglected to credit Brooke.
Ethereal and honest, this song one of Danny's classics. He incorporated the lyrics from a Rupert Brooke poem of the same name. Thanks for posting this.
@mmandmm9 Damn! The Kirwan vibrato cured my rhumatiz!! Among the all time great vibratos.....w/ Hunter, West, Clapton, Green, M.Taylor, A. & B.King, Collins,Rush, Ronson...Bloomfield.......
I don't know what to add about this song. A brilliant adaptation of a poem. I too have imagined this song being played upon my passing. Because of the struggles of my own life I have felt a kindred spirit with Danny. But I could never approach the brilliance of his talents. This is one of Fleetwood Mac's best songs.
You and I seem to have the same sense of the child like innocence, an "angel", you call it, for Danny....I agree....DEEP soul, spiritual seeker....Not appeased by sex,drugs and rock and roll...He has this wistful, spiritual angst in his tunes...This lonely yearning of a soul separated from Reality, lost on earth...Van Goghish...I believe he took too much OR, it appears,from new revelations, the wrong LSD...Sensitive, fragile, childlike egg shell mind snapped...
Congratulations for your opinion on Bare Trees and Future Games-two fantastic,mellow and totally underestimated Mac albums in which Danny's contribution is more than crucial...but no-one can forget it all started during the Then Play On period...in my opinion the definitive Mac album...
This was my favorite album when it came out. I lament the lack of live videos of FM from this period...Kiln House, Future Games, Bare Trees. Hardly anything here on youtube yet they must exist. I hope someone uploads some in the future.
Please realize if I comment on how much I love Christine and Bob Welch and yes, even Lindsey & Stevie, that doesn't take anything away from those that went before. I love Danny and Jeremy and Peter even more.
'je ne sais quoi' according to the spell/search checker above right. sensitive unique people are often labled negatively and become defensive or react, then they find they are prevented from exploring their idea's, i don't know if thats what happened to Danny Kirwan but his work has a rare dream like quality that doesn't age a day, whatever the 'certain something' was its a very beautiful certain something. i really like his Poems to Music idea, gives them colour and dimension from black and white on a page, really nice every time.
Shame looks like Danny steerd Mac to a different sound and towards a Mac that Fleetwood Mac were looking for . So when carrying that band and finally having a mental breakdown he gets shafted blamed and left. And still to this day doesn't get a thanks for the direction he took them . Gets leafy out off all the Fleetwood documentrys 😔😢
@Patfaki - Agreed about the "saddest songs". Danny was unique, in my experience, because his beautiful melodies and guitar work still betrayed such sadness & loneliness. About as wistful as rock music ever got. A bit reminiscent of Nick Drake, but Nick was more overt about it. With Danny it was always hiding just beneath the surface. "Dust" is one of the few times when he simply gave in to it. Dust, Sunny Side of Heaven, Hot Summer Day & Second Chapter make for a pretty amazing sampler.
Yes, as everyone else has said, this song, this album, is pure genius, as is the Bare Trees album. Danny Kirwan's music is beautiful. I'm glad TH-cam hasn't yanked this video, probably because the soundtrack is from vinyl, making it impossible to automatically detect. Danny, where are you?
I’ve often fantasized about this song being played at my funeral. I can’t think of a better way to go out than to the sound of one of the most beautiful sounds I’ve ever heard.
My Dream will be played at my funeral.
Such an elegant voice Danny Kirwan had! His guitar playing was soothing and beautiful!
NOBODY EVER SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT DANNY,,,,,he was the REAL MAC GENIUS....a unique guitar player
I gotta agree with you. His guitar still has that haunting quality, like no one else I can think of.
He's my favorite Mac!
@@Mandrake591 😍🙏👏
@carolinewoodward1016 I was much younger when I posted this and much more fanatical. Just watch the post date. I've mellowed down much since then. I adore Pete, he's a genius. As for Bob, he offered something sweet, jazzy, far-out and very "Californian". I sincerely adore the Heroes Are Hard To Find lp and his offerings. I've played this album to death. Fame was harsh on him. But my real love remains this blond child-prodigy, Danny. I see my post now and I feel a little bit 'ashamed'. Because I've also worshipped Green. He was my hero.
@carolinewoodward1016 and this goes to show how much you love Mac. I congratulate you on that. Mac have been one of my greatest musical obsessions for over 30 years.
I am feeling so sad now... I love this song, rest in peace dearest Danny wherever you are, your music and art is forever loved
the enormous gratitude for danny is expressed in tributes and tears . love for him is off the charts. everyone aches for him , everyone cares , may all the love reach him
The only period of Fleetwood Mac I really consider amazing is the Kirwan period. Future Games and Bare Trees - unbelievable albums.
some of the best of all time
Yeah would stack both albums on the turntable, lay on the shag rug in front of the fireplace late at night with my future wife.
YES!
Almost embarrassed to admit that it was only about 5-6yrs ago when I looked up the writer of “Dragonfly” to see it was Danny’s composition and went on to realise his contribution to early Fleetwood Mac….. Crazy !!
Totally agree - Kirwan's picking and bending is amazing - great music is often not a commercial success - sad
Rest in Peace Danny~ Thank you for your beautiful music*
I've been playing his music for several days, running through the 2-year anniversary of his passing on June 8, 2018. Keeping it alive. Danny Kirwan from me to the heavens.
best part of Bare Trees are the Kirwin songs
Danny is now gone. Listening to Dust and Sunny Side of Heaven
Yeah my favourites also
Marveless
RIP Danny. When we are dust...
Discovered this haunting tune when I purchased LP Bare Trees in the early 1970's - brilliant track
I knew nothing of this song or Danny until 7 months ago, now Dust is so deeply ingrained in my favorite tunes list its as if its been there for 35 yrs.
A thoughtful, calming masterpiece, cant live without it now.
i in same exact boat Phil! I can play along to one of these songs I've never heard but know intuitively somehow BB King said
Peter Green made him" sweat" but I think Danny did too.
The entire Bare Trees album is simply wonderful. (I still literally remember exactly where I was standing the very first time I heard the record.). Great songs, and over the decades, Danny's guitar playing has come to be among my favorites. Such an unusual mix of bluesy sadness and gentleness. And almost all of his stuff in those days was just a Les Paul plugged into an amp. Supposedly, he only owned one pedal, and didn't use it that much. It's a rare guitarist these day who can sound wonderful doing that.
Spreading love for danny is necessary . Few know of him, he is mistaken for others, even guitarists with a certain age and level of expertise really do not know more than a very small percentage of his work. He is too wonderful to be ignored
James, how are you? How did the pilgrimage to find Danny go?
Couldnt agreee more.
The original lineup - Danny, Peter and Jeremy -- was a guitar trio that simply defies comparison. I know some will want to disagree, but if you go back to 1969-71, and compare the sheer volume and quality of the Mac catalogue with that of the far more "famous" Yardbirds trio, it is hard to avoid this conclusion. And consider the implications (when you look at what Beck/Page/Clapton produced in their careers) !!!! If Danny and Jeremy had survived the early years, mentally and emotionally, and if Peter had been a bit easier to get along with as a person/bandmate/friend, imagine what they might have done!
@@buellosaurusrex
I walked in Danny's footsteps in Brixton. I asked several guitar shops on Denmark street, London if i could get Danny an acoustic guitar at the men's home where Danny lived. The Wunjos guitar shop guy( he is not there as of October 2019) smiled and showed me the letter of thanks from Danny, in Danny's shaky handwriting , for the guitar just received. I was a few weeks late, but totally happy that someone/anyone felt the same love for Danny. May God bless our beloved superstar
@@texas4christ I'm sure Danny is jammin' with the angels. Gone but never forgotten! So glad you got to make your pilgrimage!
He put out some wonderful solo albums as well.
I think its a sad thing that so few people know about such a wonderful talent as Danny. But maybe thats how he wants it. God Bless Danny.
God Bless Danny. God Bless Danny.
Danny's spirit feels a lot like Sandy Denny's spirit...love for them to have sung together.
He was a phenomenal talent, and beautiful.
danny likely assumed everyone of that era was familiar with rupert brooke. most americans certainly were, and a british education could hardly gloss over him. danny loved school and passed 6 '0' levels, shyly claiming a devotion to homework. love him and pray for him . his birthday is may 13.
Danny you've been missed for so long. Gonna be a bit longer now. You were incredible when you were with us. Vaya con Dios friend.
RIP Danny May 13, 1950 - June 8, 2018
Simply beautiful.
awesome video, danny kirwan just doesn't get nearly enough credit during the fleetwood mac days. kudos to danny! fantastic song off the bare trees album. along with this song, sunny side of heaven & sands of time were masterpieces..
Brilliant. The parting shot is so sad, so tragic. The look in his eyes says it all. We miss you, Danny.
+buellosaurusrex
Danny's still among us albeit in a anonymous shadow of his former self.
observer.com/2015/11/for-your-reconsideration-danny-kirwan-the-sad-beautiful-ghost-of-fleetwood-mac/
Fabulous. Danny Kirwin is surely the most underrated member in Fleetwood Mac's long history. His time with them was way too short. RIP, Danny.
God..I'm simply floored at the sheer simple beauty of this song again....for what must be the thousandth time in the last 37 years.
Future Games and Bare Trees - the Mac's greatest musical offerings (among a host of other great albums). Sunny Side of Heaven and Dust are two of Kirwan's masterpieces!
danny david kirwan,what a songwriter and sensitive guitarist
This is just a beautiful song.
WHAT A GROUP....WHAT A MAN....WHAT A SENSITIVE GUITARIST....THE BEST SOUND I'VE EVER HEARD FROM A ROCK GUITARIST....I LOVE DANNY
echoing the sentiments of others..essentially from Danny Kirwan's Fleetwood Mac album...Bare Trees was unlike anything else when it first came out...I have always kept the LP and it remains a special favourite. TH-cam performs a fitting service in bringing this wonderful music to a world that might otherwise miss the opportunity..I concur so much that Danny Kirwan was very gifted and deserves our appreciation and affection..
A treasure too among my collection; Danny's time with Fleetwood Mac , golden !
Now Peter and Danny are both gone. Some of the finest Music ever.
Beautiful soul in this man Danny. Beautiful souls produce beautiful music. Thank you Danny, wherever you are.
paul nafstad Danny passed away last June. Rest in peace Danny
What an awesome f'in song. One of DK's many masterpieces. Man he had talent, gobs and gobs of talent. As long as his music continues to be played, loved, and admired, he will always be alive - if not in body, then in spirit. 😇👼🌌🌠
Just gettng Danny kirwan. The guy was so talented. Amazing voice and great songwrting. RIP Danny
CoventGardenSinger Danny was an old friend of mine, a beautiful soul. I’m so glad he is being appreciated after being forgotten for so long. Danny had a joyous and fun filled spirit. My image in my minds eye of him is always surrounded with laughter. A funny, witty and kind man. Greatly missed. I listened to your cover of Easy. Beautifully sung and played. God bless.
Thanks! It's always great to hear Danny playing and singing!
Danny you are missed. Hope your soul is free. You were a major influence of my playing.
Nothing but luv & admiration for this one !! A true genius musician. ♥
RIP Danny your music is wonderful!
My favorite Mac period with Danny and Bob Welch
Me too.
The w h Davies poem that danny transformed into another beautiful song is "dragonfly". Danny captures the essence of a gorgeous insect flitting about a garden. Kirwan has no rival in 500 years of western music .
+James Prichard You are so correct. The embers still glow from the passion fire that burned him out.
Thank You Danny!! Thank you for your beautiful music. You’re a real genuine blues man. Great lead guitarist with talent and real passion. RIP Danny. 😢
Sad, bittersweet, beautiful, melancholy: these are just some of the words which come into my mind when listening to this lovely song.
Great video. Miss you, Danny. Your extraordinary music lives on.
I never heard those songs! I know Peter Green and FM, FM with Lindsey and Stevie but not this...And I love it!!!!
Kirwan was THE MUSICIAN of The Mac...no doubt about it.
Danny was special
In my opinion the best track the Mac ever recorded....sobbing to it every time I listen to it...magical
This one song of Danny's is as brilliant as anything in music. Danny has many more fabulous songs .
God Bless Danny Kirwan
When the white flame in us is gone,
And we that lost the world's delight
Stiffen in darkness, left alone
To crumble in our separate night;
When your swift hair is quiet in death,
And through the lips corruption thrust
Has stilled the labour of my breath --
When we are dust, when we are dust! --
heart breaking when you consider how Danny's life has spiraled down.
I always thought it was Sepulchre at night; not separate night. It is from a poem by Rupert Brooke. Funny how you hear things. www3.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/rupertchawnerbrooke/poems/1908-1911/dust.html
Thank for the link. Though I've read the poem before it was great to refresh my memory.
@Karnakdmagnificent Yes,it was Rupert Brooke.I've always loved this song;discovered it when I was,what,12,maybe? My mother and one of my aunts had Bare Trees;I wasn't supposed to listen to it(afraid I'd scratch the vinyl,I suppose) but after hearing it I couldn't leave it alone,and Dust was the song I always listened to.Melancholy,to say the least,but very beautiful.
There are probably 100-150 songs I consider to be my favorites, its a crowded paddock! Whenever I hear Dust, they all move over and let Danny have the spotlight. certainly one of the tunes that will play upon my passing.
Mesmerizing and so beautiful it deserves a special place
The great unsung member of the Mac. Wrote some of the best stuff they ever did.
Hope he's well.
Danny has beautiful tunes in his head.
I like Danny a lot....
fantastic song from a great band ,a great musician like danny kirwan ,think blues rock guitarist from brixton london
Genius..nothing less...R.I.P. Danny....my favorite for many many years
What was the diagnosis with him. His music is beautiful. He has left an awazing legacy.
"Dust"
When the white flame in us is gone
And we that lost the world's delight
Stiffen in darkness.
Left alone
To crumble in our separate light
When your swift hair is quiet in death
And through the lips corruption thrust to still the labor of my breath
When we are dust, when we are dust
When we are dust, when we are dust
When your swift hair is quiet in death
And through the lips corruption thrust to still the labor of my breath
When we are dust, when we are dust
When we are dust, when we are dust
When the white flame in us is gone
And we that lost the world's delight
Stiffen in darkness
Left alone
To crumble in our separate light
When your swift hair is quiet in death
And through the lips corruption thrust to still the labor of my breath
When we are dust, when we are dust
When we are dust, when we are dust
Thank you.
A sad poem that danny put bautifuly to music. "When we are dust" . R.I.P
Great melody. Thanks for posting this classic.
Mad genius, indeed. Miss you. Whatta player!
This....Is killing me. Killing me softly :)
this treatment of a poem is just one brilliant creation of danny kirwan. his own lyrical examples are just as succinct, offering glimpses into everyman, and especially into the heart and soul of the sweetest and most wonderful of all humans. let your loving tears flow for this angel
One of my favorites.Loved it since I first heard it as a kid at my auntie's house.She had good taste in music
Danny was so under rated
Danny - Danke!
Danny's vocals and phrasing often kinda remind me of David Crosby style! Love it!!
yes totally
And for another thousand times the next 37 years it seems.....probably most melodic song ever.
One of my all- time favorite LP's
Whats sad and crazy for this 67 year old is.....
I have just heard this song for the first time! how did that happen? Ive been a blues guitarist since age 13 when I started playing blues guitar. Im born 9 16 like BB king so blues is what I play.
There is something to birthdays.
His tone in the first 23 seconds is heavenly! I love the dropping and the scratches on the LP this came from.
Lovely song !
awesome.. such an underrated talent.. beautiful..
I just love this song !!!
Yes, some people have made judgments about Kirwan that you read and think, "what?!?!?"
As others have pointed out, the lyrics to Dust are indeed from a poem of the same name by British poet Rupert Brooke. Danny set the first two stanzas to music in a way that is so fitting, so moving, and so unusual, that I doubt any other artist of that or any time since could have done as well. It's awe-inspiring. And keep in mind, it may have been the record company who neglected to credit Brooke.
This song is so touching. God bless you Danny. Always remembered.
With respect to Billy, Rick, Stevie, and Lindsey, this was FM at its best
Ethereal and honest, this song one of Danny's classics. He incorporated the lyrics from a Rupert Brooke poem of the same name. Thanks for posting this.
@mmandmm9
Damn! The Kirwan vibrato cured my rhumatiz!! Among the all time great vibratos.....w/ Hunter, West, Clapton, Green, M.Taylor, A. & B.King, Collins,Rush, Ronson...Bloomfield.......
I don't know what to add about this song. A brilliant adaptation of a poem. I too have imagined this song being played upon my passing. Because of the struggles of my own life I have felt a kindred spirit with Danny. But I could never approach the brilliance of his talents. This is one of Fleetwood Mac's best songs.
Best song ever I presume.....slightly exaggerating....ALWAYS brings tears to my eyes
My favourite song by Fleetwood Mac. Absolute magic. Minha preferida de Fleetwood Mac.
Beautiful!
A real artist and an angel...
You and I seem to have the same sense of the child like innocence, an "angel", you call it, for Danny....I agree....DEEP soul, spiritual seeker....Not appeased by sex,drugs and rock and roll...He has this wistful, spiritual angst in his tunes...This lonely yearning of a soul separated from Reality, lost on earth...Van Goghish...I believe he took too much OR, it appears,from new revelations, the wrong LSD...Sensitive, fragile, childlike egg shell mind snapped...
Goodbye my dear friend always in my thoughts
Congratulations for your opinion on Bare Trees and Future Games-two fantastic,mellow and totally underestimated Mac albums in which Danny's contribution is more than crucial...but no-one can forget it all started during the Then Play On period...in my opinion the definitive Mac album...
This song just crushes me.
When your swift hair is quiet in death
And through the lips corruption thrust to still the labor of my breath
When we are dust
This was my favorite album when it came out. I lament the lack of live videos of FM from this period...Kiln House, Future Games, Bare Trees. Hardly anything here on youtube yet they must exist. I hope someone uploads some in the future.
Yes it i me Danny, I am Still missing YOU!
pięknie zagrane i zaśpiewane
Please realize if I comment on how much I love Christine and Bob Welch and yes, even Lindsey & Stevie, that doesn't take anything away from those that went before. I love Danny and Jeremy and Peter even more.
We miss you Danny
'je ne sais quoi' according to the spell/search checker above right.
sensitive unique people are often labled negatively and become defensive or react, then they find they are prevented from exploring their idea's, i don't know if thats what happened to Danny Kirwan but his work has a rare dream like quality that doesn't age a day, whatever the 'certain something' was its a very beautiful certain something. i really like his Poems to Music idea, gives them colour and dimension from black and white on a page, really nice every time.
An informative blog that may help us understand the gaslighting thefirstdannykirwanbloginhistory.blogspot.com/
Shame looks like Danny steerd Mac to a different sound and towards a Mac that Fleetwood Mac were looking for . So when carrying that band and finally having a mental breakdown he gets shafted blamed and left. And still to this day doesn't get a thanks for the direction he took them . Gets leafy out off all the Fleetwood documentrys 😔😢
Mick fleetwood, John mcvie, Christine mcvie, Danny kirwan and bob welch are FLEETWOOD MAC
@Patfaki - Agreed about the "saddest songs". Danny was unique, in my experience, because his beautiful melodies and guitar work still betrayed such sadness & loneliness. About as wistful as rock music ever got. A bit reminiscent of Nick Drake, but Nick was more overt about it. With Danny it was always hiding just beneath the surface. "Dust" is one of the few times when he simply gave in to it. Dust, Sunny Side of Heaven, Hot Summer Day & Second Chapter make for a pretty amazing sampler.
Yes, as everyone else has said, this song, this album, is pure genius, as is the Bare Trees album. Danny Kirwan's music is beautiful. I'm glad TH-cam hasn't yanked this video, probably because the soundtrack is from vinyl, making it impossible to automatically detect. Danny, where are you?