@@dorisporis8 I found Rufus`s version drab and lacklustre, it may be down to has style of delivery. This was a good version. Sandy Denny signing it I find very emotional and brings me close to tears. Her voice is so beautiful.
I'm so greatful that Sandy Denny 's song is still being performed by so many other good musicians. Such a great song with to me meaningful lyrics. Warm greetings from The Netherlands 👍💜🍀🤘💪🇳🇱🌷🤗
Why do so many people on TH-cam have to say which version of a song is "best"? There are so many brilliant musicians out there, and each of them are unique. We all have our personal favourites, but why this need for league tables? This is a beautiful version of a great song.
I hear what u r saying,and u r so very right. This is a truely beautiful rendition of a beautiful song. She does Sandys version true justice. The accompanying musicians do great justice to the Brilliant Fairport Convention. Love it
I believe she would be happy. It is the best version I've heard, next to Sandy's. I've listened to a lot of people cover this. No one even comes close to Sandy's version, but this is very good.
She gave it to the world from the start: for Judy Collins, for Nina Simone, for many many others in her too-short life. Not easy to take on, but if you take it on well -- and 10KM take it on so well -- then it lives on, it lives on.
Thank you. You honoured the song. Didn't try to make it different for the sake of being different. After Sandy Denny's Peel session version, that's the best version for me.
You & me both, Rick, but I live (and will presumably die) in Catalonia and nobody in my adopted family will understand it! (And I'd also love one of the Dead's epic Dark Stars...) So I'll have to settle for Mozart, Beethoven, maybe Paco de Lucía, I don't think Sandy will mind...
Paul David Martin, I played Judy Collins version at my mother's funeral. Plan to have Sandy's version with Fairport, and Ripple by the Dead at my funeral. I don't think good music has to be understood...I say go for it!
I am old enough to have seen Fairport Convention in Concert a few times with Sandy Deny singing this song - I have of course got the LPs(and CDs!) and I absolutely LOVE this Song - I play and sing it myself. I must admit that usually I don't like cover versions of any songs - I like to stay faithful too the Original Version BUT - In this particular case I think 10KM have done a Stunning Job - the Vocals are well up there with Sandy and the music is also well up too the mark - Sandy will be looking down approvingly nowing her beautifully craft words and so g are in very capable hands.....
5:12 The drummer, "Something in my eye there- just need to..." Honestly never heard this song before last week when a snippet of it was used in a TV show prompting me to seek it out- somehow though it feels like I've loved it for years.
Look I'm a bit late here but I had to comment, this is a wonderful rendition of this beautiful song.lovely lazy pace and sweet gentle emotionally emphasised vocals from the singer.Thank you 10k maniacs and I'm sure the Lady would be pleased
Yes she sure does,I'm sorry I didn't know of Mary or you're selfs until I came upon your beautiful version of this song but I'm going to make up for that!.All the best to you for the future
Damn it Mary.....First you blew my mind with you're remake of " These are the days "....and now despite my critical eye I have once again been mesmerized by that Siren's voice! I pride myself on critical analysis and you just shut me down every time! Beautiful....wonderful....exquisite! JO
Loose is a good way to put it. We tend to tighten up at times when the red light goes on, but this was for mostly friends and family. Wine might have been involved.
I first played the Sandy Denny/Fairport Convention version on KOME Radio, San Jose, CA when it was a true Progressive Radio Station where DJs played what they chose to play each show, each day. Don't know the exact date. Somewhere between 1971-1974. What Sandy wrote is timeless and truly one of the prettiest songs of all time. Judy Collins done it real right. And so does Mary here... 40 years later! Just terrific. If I was still on the radio, I'd play all three back to back on a regular basis. - Wopaho Joe. See Wikipedia for a summary of KOME's life. It got destroyed by programmers in the mid-70s, of course. God forgive them for they know not what they were doing back then. Just money and ratings that decimated exploration and exposing of great, new talents in favor of DJs who were jokesters instead of music lovers and promoters.
Thanks for the nice comment, Joe. We all love Sandy Denny/Fairport and the song is indeed beautiful. We have a studio version of this song on our album "The Earth Pressed Flat." open.spotify.com/track/34aOR4x0XqJN43HdBdv2Fm?si=b139aea4d8e74092. The record companies had the same fate as radio. They were rolling in dough in the 80s and 90s with the advent of the CD but they got caught with their hands in the cookie jar and their pants down. We were fortunate to be on a major label when they invested in new talent. Technology constantly changes how music is made, distributed and profited from. It's a wild world.
I never heard of this fine group until about 1997 when I was on a trip to NY. I love NYC and walked all day in Manhattan as I did on other trips. Part of my walk was going across the Brooklyn Bridge and back to Manhattan. There was major film equipment and a very extensive camera on I think they call them dolly tracks, the works. If I recall there were 4 people that I imagined must be pretty famous. I asked on the side one of the crew people and he said they were of the group, "10,000 Maniacs". I later bought their album, a cassette tape, but don't remember the name of the album. I just remember they didn't sound as much like folk music on that album as they do here. I'm eclectic but like them performing this great folk song here. Nice to years later see them live here. I was walking then back across the bridge and saw some graffiti down low "Yuppicide" and suddenly the World Trade Center beyond and took a picture with the graffiti down low like a caption. So sad only a few years later all that happened that I feel we won't know the truth about for many years, like JFK, Bobby, Martin too, and Malcolm X. I wish I would have taken some pictures of 10,000 Maniacs too with that beautiful blue sky day with the beautiful blue sky people who know how to fly. Thanks 10MKTV for making this video!!
Joe Boyd produced a lot of Fairport Convention and 10KM's The Wishing Chair. IMO this is a great rendition of what may be Sandy Denny's "signature" tune .
Top version of this wonderful song. Mary was the perfect replacement for Natalie. Saw them live with Mary in London in 2000, I was expecting to be slightly disappointed without the original line up, but needn't have been, was totally blown away by this fantastic band.
Whoa I had no idea 10kmaniacs covered one of my favorite songs of all time. Honestly it's a song that needs no cover. It can't be done any better than the original but this pretty good
Wow just wow! I was listening to Fairport Conventions original and wondered which artistes had covered it. Eventually found this masterpiece.
Thanks, Phillip. We're big fans of FC and Sandy Denny.
See Judy Collins, Rufus Wainwright, and others
"Josh Turner Guitar" , Nina Simone
@@dorisporis8 I found Rufus`s version drab and lacklustre, it may be down to has style of delivery. This was a good version. Sandy Denny signing it I find very emotional and brings me close to tears. Her voice is so beautiful.
@@dorisporis8 and see aisling urwin or kari bremnes
I'm so greatful that Sandy Denny 's song is still being performed by so many other good musicians.
Such a great song with to me meaningful lyrics.
Warm greetings from The Netherlands
👍💜🍀🤘💪🇳🇱🌷🤗
Thanks, Chris. We all love Sandy Denny. Her version is still the best.
Me 2 x
Brings a lump to the throat and a tear to an old man's eye...
I always cry to this. One of the saddest songs ever.....
Second best version I've heard, the first of course was performed by Sandy. Great post. This is a beautiful version of the song.
We agree that Sandy's version is the best. It's why we cover the song. 10,000 Thanks!
Thank you for doing this spectacular song and God bless Sandy Denny. May she Rest In Peace.
Why do so many people on TH-cam have to say which version of a song is "best"? There are so many brilliant musicians out there, and each of them are unique. We all have our personal favourites, but why this need for league tables? This is a beautiful version of a great song.
+majordendrocopos Well said.
+majordendrocopos u r so rite!!! i don't see music as a competition
absolutely agree just sit back and enjoy
I agree...why this mania to compare very different artists? One must be better than the others, according to their simple minds.
I hear what u r saying,and u r so very right. This is a truely beautiful rendition of a beautiful song. She does Sandys version true justice. The accompanying musicians do great justice to the Brilliant Fairport Convention. Love it
I think this is a lovely version that does the original justice
It's not easy covering a Sandy Denny song. We love SD.
While nobody can do it like Sandy, MR displays depth as a vocalist that is truly amazing. A beautiful version of a remarkable song.
Agreed
It's s beautiful version. Mary's vocal and the strings are divine
Agreed!
Sandy 🙏🏼🌸 This will be played at my Memorial Service.
As a life long Fairport Convention fan, it's a definite thumbs up from me. Great rendition of a great song.
We're big FC fans as well.
written by Sandy Denny when she was still a teenager. I believe that she would be very happy with this rendition.
I believe she would be happy. It is the best version I've heard, next to Sandy's. I've listened to a lot of people cover this. No one even comes close to Sandy's version, but this is very good.
@@sandrat6058 We are humbled. Thanks.
@@10KMTV Quite welcome. Thank YOU, for sharing your generous gift.
She gave it to the world from the start: for Judy Collins, for Nina Simone, for many many others in her too-short life. Not easy to take on, but if you take it on well -- and 10KM take it on so well -- then it lives on, it lives on.
On this Day..........polski
Gorgeous song and great rendition. Wow. It always gets to me.
A beautiful version of a beautiful song. I will check more of their music. Thanks
Thank you. You honoured the song. Didn't try to make it different for the sake of being different. After Sandy Denny's Peel session version, that's the best version for me.
I've been saying for years that I want that song played at my funeral.
You & me both, Rick, but I live (and will presumably die) in Catalonia and nobody in my adopted family will understand it! (And I'd also love one of the Dead's epic Dark Stars...) So I'll have to settle for Mozart, Beethoven, maybe Paco de Lucía, I don't think Sandy will mind...
Paul David Martin, I played Judy Collins version at my mother's funeral. Plan to have Sandy's version with Fairport, and Ripple by the Dead at my funeral. I don't think good music has to be understood...I say go for it!
Me to have told my sons for sure
Leave it until the last minute
Check out David Gray's version - best male one IMO
Sandy Denny and Fairport Convention set a mighty high bar, but y'all did a fine job with it. And the viola didn't hurt a bit. :)
What a wonderful version of one of my favourite songs. I hope and think Sandy would approve❤️
Gorgeous rendition of Sandy Denny’s quintessential masterpiece. 10,000 Maniacs honors her memory perfectly.
We love Sandy.
Beautiful song, great vocal, love the lady singer, she is amazing💙💚💜
I was not expecting this... wow what a great performance. That singer is absolutely amazing.
Thanks.
Gu
D backing 3 Fairport chaps 🍷
I am old enough to have seen Fairport Convention in Concert a few times with Sandy Deny singing this song - I have of course got the LPs(and CDs!) and I absolutely LOVE this Song - I play and sing it myself.
I must admit that usually I don't like cover versions of any songs - I like to stay faithful too the Original Version BUT - In this particular case I think 10KM have done a Stunning Job - the Vocals are well up there with Sandy and the music is also well up too the mark - Sandy will be looking down approvingly nowing her beautifully craft words and so g are in very capable hands.....
Beautiful rendition.
Good work, hauntingly beautiful. Lots of depth, texture, great interpretation.
Absolutely beautiful.
Thanks. It had been years since we last played this song.
Exceptionally good! An outstanding voice and each instrument 'blended in' so beautifully.
Thanks, Ivan.
Mary, your voice on this is full of emotion and understanding.
Thank you, Bob. ~ Mary.
A most beautiful song performed to perfection very melancholy and brings tears to your eyes
Thanks, Michael. It is in fact a beautiful song.
5:12 The drummer, "Something in my eye there- just need to..."
Honestly never heard this song before last week when a snippet of it was used in a TV show prompting me to seek it out- somehow though it feels like I've loved it for years.
It's a weeper. Sandy Denny wrote it when she was a teenager. Sandy is fantastic. Look her up.
TimRuffle........yep, me too. "Grace and Frankie" in a hot air balloon had me crying like a baby hearing Eva Cassidy's version.
Beautiful version, a pleasure to listen to....
Look I'm a bit late here but I had to comment, this is a wonderful rendition of this beautiful song.lovely lazy pace and sweet gentle emotionally emphasised vocals from the singer.Thank you 10k maniacs and I'm sure the Lady would be pleased
We're glad you finally made it! We all LOVE Sandy and Fairport. Mary does a great job with it.
Yes she sure does,I'm sorry I didn't know of Mary or you're selfs until I came upon your beautiful version of this song but I'm going to make up for that!.All the best to you for the future
Damn it Mary.....First you blew my mind with you're remake of " These are the days "....and now despite my critical eye I have once again been mesmerized by that Siren's voice! I pride myself on critical analysis and you just shut me down every time!
Beautiful....wonderful....exquisite!
JO
Absolute beauty!
Absolute perfection
Thank you.
this is magick..
Beautiful. 😌
Thanks, Jeff.
Mary's viola sounds just as pristine as her voice.
Wonderful performance from all. Truly amazing. Mary rules! Such a beautiful voice!
Breathtaking. I'm seeing them live tonight!
Yes , better than the intended war with the Euro s 🌮 x
Great and classy rendition of a classic.....
What a gorgeous voice! I would love to hear her duet with Rufus Wainwright on this song...heaven!
Absolutely beautiful,OMG!
Thank You
I love this version. Thankyou. RIP Sandy.
Thank you very much. We love her music.
That was just beautiful,I needed that.Thank you.
Glad we could help.
Nice! I also love Eva Cassidy’s cover very much.....
No one could eclipse Sandy Denny , but congratulations on a wonderful cover , voice and musicianship so perfect , She would be proud Im sure.
We could only hope so.
Loose is a good way to put it. We tend to tighten up at times when the red light goes on, but this was for mostly friends and family. Wine might have been involved.
Beautiful. Tender and a delight to an old man. At some point i have to accept i am not young, maybe at 80?
Thanks. When people ask me how old I feel I say, "All of them." ~ Steven (64)
No,not young....but at 80 we are still a little younger than some.....yes,amazing rendition....goes right to the soul.
I first played the Sandy Denny/Fairport Convention version on KOME Radio, San Jose, CA when it was a true Progressive Radio Station where DJs played what they chose to play each show, each day. Don't know the exact date. Somewhere between 1971-1974. What Sandy wrote is timeless and truly one of the prettiest songs of all time. Judy Collins done it real right. And so does Mary here... 40 years later! Just terrific. If I was still on the radio, I'd play all three back to back on a regular basis. - Wopaho Joe. See Wikipedia for a summary of KOME's life. It got destroyed by programmers in the mid-70s, of course. God forgive them for they know not what they were doing back then. Just money and ratings that decimated exploration and exposing of great, new talents in favor of DJs who were jokesters instead of music lovers and promoters.
Thanks for the nice comment, Joe. We all love Sandy Denny/Fairport and the song is indeed beautiful. We have a studio version of this song on our album "The Earth Pressed Flat." open.spotify.com/track/34aOR4x0XqJN43HdBdv2Fm?si=b139aea4d8e74092. The record companies had the same fate as radio. They were rolling in dough in the 80s and 90s with the advent of the CD but they got caught with their hands in the cookie jar and their pants down. We were fortunate to be on a major label when they invested in new talent. Technology constantly changes how music is made, distributed and profited from. It's a wild world.
Well done I see that this is still a good live band.
Still. 40 year later.
Wow. Gorgeous rendition!
Really super great version!
Thanks, Victor!
Very very beautiful anyone who can sing this song without crying is A plus in my book.
Spendid rendition! Faithful and personal at the same time. Gave me chicken skin more than a few times.
Thank you.
I never heard of this fine group until about 1997 when I was on a trip to NY. I love NYC and walked all day in Manhattan as I did on other trips. Part of my walk was going across the Brooklyn Bridge and back to Manhattan. There was major film equipment and a very extensive camera on I think they call them dolly tracks, the works. If I recall there were 4 people that I imagined must be pretty famous. I asked on the side one of the crew people and he said they were of the group, "10,000 Maniacs". I later bought their album, a cassette tape, but don't remember the name of the album. I just remember they didn't sound as much like folk music on that album as they do here. I'm eclectic but like them performing this great folk song here. Nice to years later see them live here. I was walking then back across the bridge and saw some graffiti down low "Yuppicide" and suddenly the World Trade Center beyond and took a picture with the graffiti down low like a caption. So sad only a few years later all that happened that I feel we won't know the truth about for many years, like JFK, Bobby, Martin too, and Malcolm X. I wish I would have taken some pictures of 10,000 Maniacs too with that beautiful blue sky day with the beautiful blue sky people who know how to fly. Thanks 10MKTV for making this video!!
Thank you for this. Where do you live?
@@10KMTV Hi! I live just south of downtown St. Paul, MN, about a 30 minute bike ride for me.
Sandy's legacy lives on. A beautiful rendition ...
We LOVE Sandy.
Thanks Steve for another 'gem' - best wishes for the January recordings. Look forward to hearing the new material and seeing 10KM in 2011.
Fairport
10KMTV Typo....Fairport
Lovely lovely lovely version
The greatest cover out there, after Nina Simone's. KUDOS to all of the 10.000 Maniacs!
Have a great year guys!
Thanks.
I have to disagree, I think Kate Wolfs version is superb they are all good but just for me hers is the best. If you haven’t heard it check it out.
beautiful !!
Holding true to 10KM sound doing one of the greatest lyrical songs of all time.
She's definitely got the feeling of the song.
Beautiful voice!
Thank you so much!!
This was wonderful. Thanks for sharing...
Awesome ❤
WOW WOW WOW!
From a mad ken 76yo Aussie fan.
Thanks, Thanks, Thanks!
What Steve said, said, said.
Can some one tell me were the time goes , maybe a greater power , have a brilliant life !,
Joe Boyd produced a lot of Fairport Convention and 10KM's The Wishing Chair. IMO this is a great rendition of what may be Sandy Denny's "signature" tune .
I absolutely love this version of the classic original, well done .
We're all big fans of Sandy Denny. Thanks.
Up there with the best,beautiful voice
Thanks, we'll be sure to let Mary know you said so.
how good is this ... wow ...
Gee, thanks. Hard to imagine it was recorded 10 years ago
very nice version
Superb. You can be very proud of this. You do the song untold justice.👍👍👍
Thank you. We're actually even better these days.
I love Mary and the rest of the 10k Maniacs.
Wow!
Good! Beautiful voice! See you too: Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Eva Cassidy Live at Pearl's
I have yet to hear a unacceptable version of this song. Mary is quite good, I've never seen her before this. And the production is outstanding.
Thanks. It's a great song.
Voce bellissima,quanta nostalgia...grazie.
Thank you SG!
It would have been nice to hear Natalie and Sandy Denny sing this together, RIP Sandy
We never performed this song with Natalie, but she would probably do a good job.
awesome--you did Sandy proud
Thanks.
If I had been in the audience, I would not have been affected by gravity during this song.
Thanks.
Great job
Thank you.
From the Album - An old fashioned Walz. Some fabulous tracks by A.E.McC. Denny.
Great rendition!
Thanks, Christopher.
Beautiful
10,000 Thanks.
magnificent!
10,000 Thanks!
Mooi ..................
It's a great version; I also like the bass lines here, very reminiscent of Ashley Hutchings original basslines
Thanks. Steven will be honored you said that.
Top version of this wonderful song. Mary was the perfect replacement for Natalie. Saw them live with Mary in London in 2000, I was expecting to be slightly disappointed without the original line up, but needn't have been, was totally blown away by this fantastic band.
Thanks for that.
Whoa I had no idea 10kmaniacs covered one of my favorite songs of all time. Honestly it's a song that needs no cover. It can't be done any better than the original but this pretty good
We agree. Nothing beats Sandy. We just love the song.
Very nice
Love 10000 maniacs.
Thanks, Dee Dee!
I confess, I have never liked The Maniacs, but this is really, really well done.
We won't tell anyone. Thanks for watching.
REALLY nice cover! BRAVO!!!
Thanks. It's not easy covering Sandy Denny.
@@10KMTV True. I'd like to hear you do "it's Been a Long Time".
@@deanallen927 Do you mean It'll Take a Long Time? A beautiful song. Also big fans of Listen Listen.
@@10KMTV Yeah that's it.
We hope you say for another year.
Awesome!
Great Version. I believe Joe Boyd produced Fairport's legendary Liege and Lief album.
You could not have picked a better band to cover. Excellent job!
This cover is as good as the original, thank you Mary.
Don't know about that, but thanks. Sandy's version was near perfection.
excellent and very true to Fairport Convention's original
Thanks. We're big fans of FC and Sandy Denny