Chris cutler embodies my joyous life in the 70s - I remember seeing him delivering supplies to the On The 8th Day vegan cafe Manchester, barefooted...it ain't the same no more
Chris Cutler steals the show, as always. He is, without a doubt, one of the most versatile, distinctive, and dynamic drummers to ever get behind the kit.
Lindsay Cooper was stunningly beautiful and incredibly talented. Her sad loss was a tragedy. Henry Cow are undoubtedly one of the most under rated bands of their time. Amazing.
She is the only woman I know of who wrote Prog, she wrote half of the album Western Culture by herself! (one of the songs was co written with Tim Hodgkinson who also written the other half).
@@kevmaher8988 For how eclectic their sound is, they did pretty well in terms of commercial success and especially in critical success, so much so that a 19 year old romanian like myself has heard about them, just by browsing a few wikipedia articles on prog.
there's a 10 disc box set of rare "Cow" live and studio recordings, all previously unreleased..one is the DVD of this concert in it's entirety..Chris Cutler put much time and effort into this magnum release...pricey but priceless..
Timeless albums ! These inspired artists could play all the possible instruments and imaginable so their mastery is intense. The musicians merge an evocative and dreamy poetry and we find ourselves there, facing a masterpiece of world music.
MERCI de poster cette vidéo, ces gens sont géniaux, ils m'ont énormément apporté, j'ai cru en eux de toutes mes forces et c'est grâce à eux - entre autres, avec Magma, King Crimson, Hatfield and the North, Allan Holdsworth, etc -, que j'ai contracté cette maladie qu'on appelle PASSION...
Un album hors du temps ! Ces artistes inspirés pourraient jouer de tous les instruments possibles et imaginables tellement leur maîtrise est intense. Les musiciens fusionnent une poésie évocatrice et rêveuse et nous nous trouvons là, face à un chef-d'œuvre de la musique du monde §
Henry Cow fait partie de mes groupes fétiches, il a fallu que je tombe par hasard en 1977 sur une de leur cassette "Legend" pour bouleverser ma façon de lire la musique.
"One of the most beautiful pieces by Henry Cow, filmed in Switzerland in Veivey in 1976. I added a credits at the beginning to introduce the musicians. The track has been cut into two parts for posting to TH-cam (it is 19 minutes in total). There's some remarkable improvisation in the middle, and Chris Cutler's body language is worth a look."
I keep coming back to this video. What do I have to do to get this line up of Henry Cow and Dagmar to play in my back yard for my birthday?! HAHA! I love this!!!
OMG! Didn't know there was video of this stuff. Great quality. Thanks for posting.. OMFG. Just seen there's Living in the Heart of the Beast here too. I think I'm going to explode with delight,., :)
Questa...LIVING IN THE HEART OF THE BEAST e anche ERK GAH e BEAUTIFIL AS THE MOON.... Sono ASSOLUTAMENTE dei brani composizioni PAZZESCHE!!!!!! GENIALISSIME DAVVERO!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, at one point music was original, daring and beautiful. A friend with otherwise fantastic taste in music handed me his copy of "In Praise Of Learning" when I was 15. He didn't like it. I believe it was too "jazzy" for him. I've since thanked him several times. Fantastic, organic, inventive music.
This has been my introduction to Henry Cow, having foung my way here via Gong. I want to hear more. I was fully on board with this track, but must admit to being slightly frightened from around 6.40 onwards
Avant Prog? Some pretty dissonant stuff. Just checking out this band for the first time. I know a bit of Fred Frith's playing from his electric bass work w/ John Zorn's Naked City. This tune has some beautiful /scary modal mixture harmony. Goes well into Modern Classical type changes that Post Modern Jazz might employ. Then starting around 6:22 a section that is an obvious influence on Zorn's own music...Free sound scape explorations, w/ Concrete/Electronic overtones...
I'd say this video was fantastic but it wouldn't do it justice! I never thought I'd ever see live footage of the Cow. That box set is now on order. Since I'm already nuts there could be a slim hope that it will make me sane :) Dagmar is so wonderful and Chris Cutler is a joy on drums.
Careworn and all alone - First days Charon the unborn - Days erased Death: Venus unfurled - The world we lost we found - spoiled No sun, no birds, no stars, no form Evened we are fallen all before time Lief lorn we unlearn all crime Lives - levelled as lies A star mourns souls ungraved - ignored Slow wheels: Mira. Algol. Maia Rose Dawn Daemon Rise Up And seize the morning - your due Love solves worlds - with words Arise Amidnight and heaven Stumbles - as time ends Last days hollow souls view Glass maze a science sees us through History moulds men Selves men made Its tyrannies end when Its ghosts are laid Dark Class marches past to war Class cause carries all before Capital steals Fire Fools no more His factories free dreams His Kings expire Rose Dawn Day Moon Take Care! Banners of Crimson Are raised Time solves words - by deeds Arise work men and seize The future. Let Ends Begin
@philrouge77 yeah, I hear that too, its like they stick in a couple more 7/4 measures at the beginning of that part. After the first few changes I'm pretty sure it falls into that pattern
Absolutley! Chris Cutler - surely the most inefficient drummer of all time! All that energy expended waving his arms around before each perfect light touch on the kit. Fabulous to watch, sublime to hear
Definitely Jaki and Bill, now we need 4 more 4 a top 10. As blokes, we have to make lists, it's what we do. Guy Evans from Van der Graaf springs to mind as does Ian McDonald from the original Crimso and McDonald and Giles. I loved Andrew McCulloch's playing with King Crimson on the Lizard album (bit of a Crimso theme emerging here. And of course the genius that was John 'Drumbo' French with Beefheart, a much dirtier approach but still wonderfully inventive.
Thanks Bernard for posting all this stuff, it's fabulous. I'm going to be very tired tomorrow cos i'm staying up watching stuff when i should ha gone to bed ages ago 8^)
Another band that my brother made my know... i haven't listen to it for a while... i'll try to find the studio version.. but i like to see them live...(ps. funny how the singer looks like me, besides the nose & teeth, same shape of face and cheeks, long neck.. same kind of hair too..)
She also tuned it C G D A - in fifths like a cello, but an octave lower. This being because she had never played bass before she joined Henry Cow, but was a monster cellist. Also, this was her third gig with the band - if you think she looks terrified, and like she's trying to read impossibly difficult music, it's because that's exactly how she felt and what she was doing.
Yes, it's in the Henry Cow anniversary box that you can order to recommended records (google ReR Megacorp). Worth the price given the amount of material there (mainly audio).
Fantastic video. Maybe one with Greaves will turn up int he future? The only video that I've seen with (most of the members of) Henry Cow is the 1973 Tubular Bells video (I don't think that Cooper was with the group yet, but Frith, Greaves, Hodgkinson, and Leigh were in it.)
(part 1 of 2) Careworn and all alone - First days Charon the unborn - Days erased Death: Venus unfurled - The world we lost we found - spoiled No sun No birds No stars No form Evened we are fallen all before time Lief lorn we unlearn all crime Lives - levelled as lies A star mourns souls ungraved - ignored Slow wheels: Mira. Algol. Maia Rose Dawn Daemon Rise Up and seize the morning - your due Love solves worlds - with words Arise Amidnight and heaven stumbles As time ends
If you can, try the Concerts album; those sides to their writing make more sense I think. Welcome to this stuff, I remember hearing it initially and listened constantly after that.
@MrMeddled Actually Lindsay never got fired -- she composed half of the final Cow record, "Western Culture," and was the central member of News from Babel, one of the several groups into which HC fragmented in the late '70s (along with Art Bears, etc.). And yeah, she was massively cute ...
Saw them supporting Beefheart. My first ever gig. I have never been right since.
I'm not surprized!
Now that was a double bill!
That’s amazing !
Colour me extremely jealous
oh no, the tragic band
I could watch Chris play drums all day - the concentration, fluidity, inventiveness and sheer artistry is staggering.
I couldn't agree more: he is indeed staggering.
Definitely.
Peter O'Donoghue Yup !
What gets me about CC is how quickly he must think to play the way he does. His flowery movements are fun to watch too :)
He was as much a dancer as he was a drummer.
Chris cutler embodies my joyous life in the 70s - I remember seeing him delivering supplies to the On The 8th Day vegan cafe Manchester, barefooted...it ain't the same no more
Chris Cutler steals the show, as always. He is, without a doubt, one of the most versatile, distinctive, and dynamic drummers to ever get behind the kit.
I would say Christian Vander of magma is another but yes I cannot argue with your words!
they all steal the show as always
Lindsay Cooper was stunningly beautiful and incredibly talented. Her sad loss was a tragedy. Henry Cow are undoubtedly one of the most under rated bands of their time. Amazing.
She blew a good bassoon!
Disagree about them being one of the most under-rated bands; I would say probably THE most under-rated band
She is the only woman I know of who wrote Prog, she wrote half of the album Western Culture by herself! (one of the songs was co written with Tim Hodgkinson who also written the other half).
@@kevmaher8988 For how eclectic their sound is, they did pretty well in terms of commercial success and especially in critical success, so much so that a 19 year old romanian like myself has heard about them, just by browsing a few wikipedia articles on prog.
which planet are you on?
....yet I did dare to look into the abyss, and it was full of beautiful music. ❤
What an inmense drummer is Chris, it looks like an elegant Keith Moon.
Уважаю этого дебошира,(Moonie) Привет из Сибири!
Wow! First Henry Cow performance I've seen. Listened to them a lot in the 80s, but seeing them is something new.
there's a 10 disc box set of rare "Cow" live and studio recordings, all previously unreleased..one is the DVD of this concert in it's entirety..Chris Cutler put much time and effort into this magnum release...pricey but priceless..
Timeless albums ! These inspired artists could play all the possible instruments and imaginable so their mastery is intense. The musicians merge an evocative and dreamy poetry and we find ourselves there, facing a masterpiece of world music.
MERCI de poster cette vidéo, ces gens sont géniaux, ils m'ont énormément apporté, j'ai cru en eux de toutes mes forces et c'est grâce à eux - entre autres, avec Magma, King Crimson, Hatfield and the North, Allan Holdsworth, etc -, que j'ai contracté cette maladie qu'on appelle PASSION...
... ça remue énormément de choses que de retrouver ça, ce soir, par pur hasard. Je suis sonné.
J'en ai encore des frissons. Heureusement qu'ils sont apparus un jour dans ma vie comme un appel d'air.
Such a fantastic band. My crush on Lindsay Cooper goes on forever and ever.
Loved them, and saw them a couple of times. Saw them in Huddersfield a few years back. Fred Frith, what a gent!
There's something about this performace is so surreal yet fascinating
Pure genius, great to finally "see" them after all this time, worth the wait!
Un album hors du temps ! Ces artistes inspirés pourraient jouer de tous les instruments possibles et imaginables tellement leur maîtrise est intense. Les musiciens fusionnent une poésie évocatrice et rêveuse et nous nous trouvons là, face à un chef-d'œuvre de la musique du monde §
ha! tout à fait d'accord, une musique inspirée dont des musiciens motivés sont au service, et aussi...trouvé ! §
How much I love this... The time goes by, but this music is still young, wild, unadutered!
Siempre va han sido genios en sus respectivos instrumentos , maravilla de música , saludos desde México Querétaro .
Aqui, desde Tijuana, es un gusto leer a un connacional que no anda envuelto en la corriente de narcocorridos y regaeton. Un saludo.
Привет из Сибири! Уважаю такую музыку!
Soft Machine Magma and Henry Cow, those are the bands. Europe's finest
that's R.I.O. with a vocal at its finest, great voice Dagma!
i saw Chris Cutler playin in my city on 2007 that change my life and the way i see music :)
Lucia Landaverde Same here, in 2002 :-)
magnifique , les frontières du jazz, du classique, du pop s'estompent au profit d'un pays musical onirique sans limite
Henry Cow fait partie de mes groupes fétiches, il a fallu que je tombe par hasard en 1977 sur une de leur cassette "Legend" pour bouleverser ma façon de lire la musique.
amazing Cutler......I saw him once on stage....uffff awesome musician
"One of the most beautiful pieces by Henry Cow, filmed in Switzerland in Veivey in 1976. I added a credits at the beginning to introduce the musicians. The track has been cut into two parts for posting to TH-cam (it is 19 minutes in total). There's some remarkable improvisation in the middle, and Chris Cutler's body language is worth a look."
I'm not sure how to feel about this but I like it somehow.
Can't believe the quality of this video. Historic!
A fabulous song, one of my favorites by this band.
I've been listening to these guys since 75, I luv em to bits ,
They "incarne" progressive music (with VdGG). Dagmar has such an incredible voice. The alchimy is just perfect. Miss them.
Cutler's playing is amazing
I am thrilled to see this posted. I can remember seeing Chris Cutler in 1974 and never seeing ANYONE ELSE play like that. Great fun to watch him!
wow. thanks for getting this up. my fave henry cow track. always wanted to see chris culter really go for it like this. great drummer.
I saw them live, they were magical. Tanks
fantastic group !!!
Beautyful as the moon for sure. I love it
I keep coming back to this video. What do I have to do to get this line up of Henry Cow and Dagmar to play in my back yard for my birthday?! HAHA! I love this!!!
+cemegonuts Well, among other things, you'll have to bring Lindsay Cooper back from the dead. :(
Tanx a lot for the uploud , very enjoyable.
man what a cool stage
Never heard them before - came here out of curiosity after reading about them in the amazing Prog history book, A New Day Yesterday.
Wonderful, inoxidable and out of time.... THNX
Merci pour avoir mis cette vidéo.
Henri Cow a probablement été le groupe le plus étonnant de la scène progressive des années 70. La voix de Dagmar....
Музыка напоминает от части на Magma.
still love it!!
--- And beautifully edited! Thanks for sharing.
merveille des merveilles. merci.
Thank you this is an insanely fantastic treat!
you're insane allright.
OMG! Didn't know there was video of this stuff. Great quality. Thanks for posting..
OMFG. Just seen there's Living in the Heart of the Beast here too. I think I'm going to explode with delight,., :)
can't you just explode the regular way?
Splendide, merci !
che Dio (o chi ne fa le veci) ti benedica.
Grazie per i video HC !!!
Too fabulous, too fantastic.!
Heaven stumbles, indeed!
Thanks SO much for this!!!!
Questa...LIVING IN THE HEART OF THE BEAST e anche ERK GAH e BEAUTIFIL AS THE MOON.... Sono ASSOLUTAMENTE dei brani composizioni PAZZESCHE!!!!!! GENIALISSIME DAVVERO!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, at one point music was original, daring and beautiful. A friend with otherwise fantastic taste in music handed me his copy of "In Praise Of Learning" when I was 15. He didn't like it. I believe it was too "jazzy" for him. I've since thanked him several times. Fantastic, organic, inventive music.
Switches between 7/4 and 13/8.
comforting to know.
it's such a sexy groove!!!!
génial!!!!!
What a gorgeous upload - fantastic treat - thxs so much!
Henry Cow it is a legend of R.I.O, great band
Thank you so very much for uploading. Simply wonderful.
This has been my introduction to Henry Cow, having foung my way here via Gong. I want to hear more. I was fully on board with this track, but must admit to being slightly frightened from around 6.40 onwards
I know what you mean! Henry Cow could sound quite dangerous at times.
its called free jazz. fully delve into jazz first, then return
Amazing!!!
Great band, cultured and avant-garde music.
Superb !!!!!!!!
Masterpiece !!!
Some people say WTF but I dig the Cow
Avant Prog? Some pretty dissonant stuff. Just checking out this band for the first time. I know a bit of Fred Frith's playing from his electric bass work w/ John Zorn's Naked City. This tune has some beautiful /scary modal mixture harmony. Goes well into Modern Classical type changes that Post Modern Jazz might employ. Then starting around 6:22 a section that is an obvious influence on Zorn's own music...Free sound scape explorations, w/ Concrete/Electronic overtones...
I'd say this video was fantastic but it wouldn't do it justice! I never thought I'd ever see live footage of the Cow. That box set is now on order. Since I'm already nuts there could be a slim hope that it will make me sane :) Dagmar is so wonderful and Chris Cutler is a joy on drums.
stunning
mesmerising
La meilleure compo de Henry Cow, presque zeuhl.
Pinnacle of music
Just beautiful. The first HC song I ever heard (the "Concerts" version), and in crystal-clear video. Dagmar looks sooooo ill and unhappy, lol.
shes just german haha
Careworn and all alone - First days
Charon the unborn - Days erased
Death: Venus unfurled -
The world we lost we found - spoiled
No sun, no birds, no stars, no form
Evened we are fallen all before time
Lief lorn we unlearn all crime
Lives - levelled as lies
A star mourns souls ungraved - ignored
Slow wheels: Mira. Algol. Maia
Rose Dawn Daemon Rise Up
And seize the morning - your due
Love solves worlds - with words
Arise Amidnight and heaven
Stumbles - as time ends
Last days hollow souls view
Glass maze a science sees us through
History moulds men
Selves men made
Its tyrannies end when
Its ghosts are laid
Dark Class marches past to war
Class cause carries all before
Capital steals Fire
Fools no more
His factories free dreams
His Kings expire
Rose Dawn Day Moon
Take Care! Banners of Crimson
Are raised
Time solves words - by deeds
Arise work men and seize
The future. Let Ends Begin
One measure of 7/4, one measure of 13/8
repeat
Cutler's a beast! =D
@philrouge77 yeah, I hear that too, its like they stick in a couple more 7/4 measures at the beginning of that part. After the first few changes I'm pretty sure it falls into that pattern
Super 👍... Very good progressive
Absolutley! Chris Cutler - surely the most inefficient drummer of all time! All that energy expended waving his arms around before each perfect light touch on the kit. Fabulous to watch, sublime to hear
una delle migliori band di sempre
Amo esto!!
cose pazzesche e incredibilmente magnifiche!!!
@BassLudeman Hey thanks mate! I've been trying to figure that one out for ages.
Definitely Jaki and Bill, now we need 4 more 4 a top 10. As blokes, we have to make lists, it's what we do. Guy Evans from Van der Graaf springs to mind as does Ian McDonald from the original Crimso and McDonald and Giles. I loved Andrew McCulloch's playing with King Crimson on the Lizard album (bit of a Crimso theme emerging here. And of course the genius that was John 'Drumbo' French with Beefheart, a much dirtier approach but still wonderfully inventive.
Thanks Bernard for posting all this stuff, it's fabulous. I'm going to be very tired tomorrow cos i'm staying up watching stuff when i should ha gone to bed ages ago 8^)
get a life.
i've never seen a video of them...THANK YOU SO MUCH!
alas, no John Greaves on this video!
hello to all who have posted here. nice to read such considered views.
Thank you :) (and thank iMovie)
I would now be immediately inclined to search ebay for a valuable cd of this
Henry Cow - CONCERTS ... 2 CD and awesome as hell!!
Interesting sound
Another band that my brother made my know... i haven't listen to it for a while... i'll try to find the studio version.. but i like to see them live...(ps. funny how the singer looks like me, besides the nose & teeth, same shape of face and cheeks, long neck.. same kind of hair too..)
благодарю вас
Part of a full concert. Go to your local Recommended Records website (ReRUSA, or whatever) and BUY the HC Anniversary Box Set.
Reassuring to see Georgie Born playing the bass guitar as if it were a classical guitar. I thought I was the only one who did that!
Poseur!
Richard Hewlett Not really, Richard. It just feels comfortable to me. I'm not laying down the law for anyone else.
She also tuned it C G D A - in fifths like a cello, but an octave lower.
This being because she had never played bass before she joined Henry Cow, but was a monster cellist. Also, this was her third gig with the band - if you think she looks terrified, and like she's trying to read impossibly difficult music, it's because that's exactly how she felt and what she was doing.
i never understood why they didn't just give her a cello lol
@@growskull That wasn't the register they needed. A lot of jazz bass players, myself included, have a cello tuned E A D G, an octave above the bass.
4:38 that build.. spine tingling
Yes, it's in the Henry Cow anniversary box that you can order to recommended records (google ReR Megacorp). Worth the price given the amount of material there (mainly audio).
Che bellezza. Grandi.
Starts in 7/8. Fluctuates a little as it goes on.
Magnificent. Please tell me who's doing anything like this now - apart from ex-henrys and their obvious peers. Please...
try Hamster Theater out of Boulder
Fantastic video. Maybe one with Greaves will turn up int he future? The only video that I've seen with (most of the members of) Henry Cow is the 1973 Tubular Bells video (I don't think that Cooper was with the group yet, but Frith, Greaves, Hodgkinson, and Leigh were in it.)
(part 1 of 2)
Careworn and all alone - First days
Charon the unborn - Days erased
Death: Venus unfurled -
The world we lost we found - spoiled
No sun No birds No stars No form
Evened we are fallen all before time
Lief lorn we unlearn all crime
Lives - levelled as lies
A star mourns souls ungraved - ignored
Slow wheels: Mira. Algol. Maia
Rose Dawn Daemon Rise Up
and seize the morning - your due
Love solves worlds - with words
Arise Amidnight and heaven
stumbles
As time ends
If you can, try the Concerts album; those sides to their writing make more sense I think. Welcome to this stuff, I remember hearing it initially and listened constantly after that.
Chris Cutler.
@MrMeddled Actually Lindsay never got fired -- she composed half of the final Cow record, "Western Culture," and was the central member of News from Babel, one of the several groups into which HC fragmented in the late '70s (along with Art Bears, etc.). And yeah, she was massively cute ...