Pentangle - Willy O Winsbury (Set Of Six ITV, 27.06.1972)

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Set Of Six was a Granada production that showcased a band ""from the world of modern music"" live in front of a studio audience. Pentangle's performance on the show includes a selection of songs from their 1972 album ""Solomon's Seal"", which was the last release featuring the original line-up.
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@davidlee6720 Жыл бұрын

she looks like a figure staight out of a medieval painting. an unmatchable pure voice as well, best in her genre.

@marklimbo5272 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

@seanbrou-bj9ob Жыл бұрын

Totally agree.the pure voice that has no equal to this day .

@williamcarrington61 Жыл бұрын

A special type of beauty to behold .

@mackritete3386 11 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly 💯

@mackritete3386 11 ай бұрын

Fully agree 👍

@Rog5446 Жыл бұрын

When a group of musicians transport you to another place without you moving, you know something special is going on.

@john80396 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely,

@MrSteve_Luddite. 6 ай бұрын

And another time..

@agentorange153 6 ай бұрын

@@MrSteve_Luddite. In this case, a darker time when a woman having sex before marriage could lead to her being disgraced or worse, and when they even made them undergo visual examinations for virginity!

@waterfordviking1 5 ай бұрын

Such purity of voice, sadly lacking in so many female singers today. Such a pity that so many English people are unaware of their beautiful song tradition.

@sensibility1174 4 күн бұрын

They are making new songs same as always, much more connected with the ballad era (which came from France anyway) than you might think

@MairyHinge 4 күн бұрын

@@sensibility1174 🤪

@VintageLifeCars 2 күн бұрын

I think English Folk Music is now illegal. I jest, as all people are as one, apart from their fake Nation boundaries. Politics is theatre, democracy a sham, folk are real the world over.

@rachelporter267 2 жыл бұрын

This really shows how great Pentangle were. It became a common cliche to ridicule the endless verses in folk music...but instead of crying "will it never end", we want this to go on and on. That's because of Jacqui's magical singing, interwoven with Danny Thompson's bass. Flawless

@danielthompson6207 2 жыл бұрын

I really wish there was sheet music or tablature available for this bass part. It's absolutely amazing, and a testament to Danny's talent.

@Casey-hz1sn 2 жыл бұрын

@@danielthompson6207 Same here. Obsessed with this song.

@amphitheatre 2 жыл бұрын

glad it found its way to you, all!! i've come back here many a'time.. i call them a reverse super group, everything they ever went on and did after this is also good, worth your time so look it up. they've played for almost 50 years, a thing on this vile earth I call Good.

@GuySocket 2 жыл бұрын

@Yippee Skippy Yeah, these are some highly intellectual lyrics beyond the comprehension of the common man. "Hey Janet, have you been boinking someone." "No, daddy." "Get naked so I can see."... "Who have you been boinking, Janet!?" "It was Willie, daddy." "Men! Retrieve this Willie, I'll have his head!" "Oh, my. You're a nice piece of ass, Willie. If I was a chick I would have boinked you too. You want some land for boinking my daughter?" "Nah dude, we gonna ride like the wind!"

@granthurlburt4062 2 жыл бұрын

And of course, originally, this was the evening's entertainment. A rare and valued event, back hundreds of years ago.

@folkmusicgirl 6 жыл бұрын

I remember many years ago in about the late 1980's that Pentangle performed at McCabe's Guitar Store in Santa Monica, California. My boyfriend took me to see them as I was a big fan. I had a chance to talk to Jacqui during the break and I asked her if she could sing this song as my request. She was very nice and easy to talk to. She said she would do this request for me. I was so happy when I heard her sing it and made eye contact with me as they began the song. It was a wonderful memory for me.

@7norton 5 жыл бұрын

just beautiful....I saw her maybe 3 times at that venue and she is such unique and perfect instrument with her singular vocal style there is no one better.....I consider myself lucky to have seen her perform her unique gifts....

@abcbcde9985 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, folkmusicgirl, a special memory for you to cherish.

@frankpeter6851 5 жыл бұрын

That venue is wonderful

@riverrun8535 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing that memory

@rphanmurphy8385 5 жыл бұрын

You should have hundreds of likes for that in my opinion. I gave you mine. Music is our light. The only Idol we need ever worship.

@thedolphin5428 6 ай бұрын

Jacqui, Sandy, Maddie -- the indisputable Queens of British folk for 50 years.

@garethjohns5545 4 ай бұрын

Don't forget June Tabor😊

@sisterpamop 4 ай бұрын

Ahhhh, the memories.

@morkyone2154 Ай бұрын

how true, they don't produce them like that anymore

@sgbh8874 Жыл бұрын

This takes me back… to the 15th century.

@DanFrechette Жыл бұрын

This is one of the most beautiful songs and it could last all day. The song is now over 250 years old.

@DanFrechette Жыл бұрын

Shel Talmy told me she never sang a note out of tune in the studio.

@IIVVBlues 4 жыл бұрын

This kind of acoustic folk music used to be common in the 60's. It faded from the main stream by the mid 70s. There's nothing that compares to mellow non electric acoustic sound of strings and the unadorned human voice telling a story in song. It's like the wistful memory of a remembered love from long ago.

@0Vuuk0 4 жыл бұрын

John there are not many. But there are some. Johnny Flynn. Laura marling. Sibylle Baier. Jeffrey Lewis. Diane Cluck. To name a few. They are folk, not all sound like this of course. beautiful songs, still.

@paulmayle4374 4 жыл бұрын

theres loads still if you look :)

@Uviryth 4 жыл бұрын

Still very common in Celtic Europe

@blaaaaaTWATaaaaaaab 4 жыл бұрын

John also try Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Bird, Aldous Harding, Peter Broderick, Ray Lamontagne, Avett Brothers, Nina Nastasia, the list goes on...

@fossilmatic 4 жыл бұрын

Try Gillian Welch “The Revelator”, and Beth Orton on her more acoustic stuff on KZfaq with Ted Barnes.

@nbenefiel 4 ай бұрын

I am so glad that I spent my youth listening to this kind of music.

@peterfindlay2756 4 ай бұрын

Me too.

@Marknorthway 10 ай бұрын

The thing that gets me about this - I am not a fan of pure folk. Yet every time I listen to this I get tingles up my spine and just have to listen all the way through. It's like holding the purest silk and letting it run through your fingers. Perfect.

@reneharde3459 8 ай бұрын

Truly - this is a good as Folk music gets, with incredible musicians

@ajp55a 7 ай бұрын

they are a pure fan of folk

@agentorange153 6 ай бұрын

I love this band, and I love this song! (I have the Connie Dover of it in my own personal collection, and I can't really tell which of these versions I like better!)

@jonsoulfire6891 Жыл бұрын

Wow her voice is as crisp as a winter's mourning, yet as warm as summers day. Bravo

@hashamulhaq111 9 ай бұрын

Mourning or morning ? Or both ??

@francesmccarthy 2 ай бұрын

Lovely description

@busgreaser 6 ай бұрын

Its a priviledge to even comment on this band. English folk at its best. There is something about the English soul that is captured in their music.

@SimonTimoney-74 5 ай бұрын

Jaqui mcshee is of irish descent

@MairyHinge 2 ай бұрын

@SimonTimoney-74 English folk music.

@joansavage7712 19 күн бұрын

Actually it's a Scottish song

@MairyHinge 19 күн бұрын

@@joansavage7712 Winsbury is in England. It's in Shropshire, near me.

@sensibility1174 4 күн бұрын

Songs don't recognise national boundaries. This is a song with deep roots all over these islands.

@giorgiolamborghini813 2 жыл бұрын

Jacqui McShee, one of the best British folk voices of all time.💖

@cindyj5522 2 жыл бұрын

including a millennium ago

@duhusker4383 Жыл бұрын

I prefer Sandy Denny's voice but Jacqui has a wonderful voice as well.

@giorgiolamborghini813 Жыл бұрын

@@duhusker4383 Sandy Danny is great too, let's say they have two different voices.

@jamesrobert4106 Жыл бұрын

THE best.

@barbararenton8009 Жыл бұрын

Yes! Besides Sandy Denny. It's a great thing of being from the UK and having that great heritage.

@JT-sr2pl 2 жыл бұрын

How about, every person that has watched this video, we all meet up next summer and hang out....

@EvelynTokamp 3 ай бұрын

Timelessly brilliant, her voice and the musicians.

@MrYorickJenkins 2 жыл бұрын

It may sound whimsical but her face and voice evoke the seventies for me. Wow, how blessed we are who grew up in the seventies and not in these days of oppression, fear, restrictions, health fanaticism, overblown technology and disappointed hopes.

@bassnut57 2 жыл бұрын

Danny Thompson's bass adds so much character to the music here. He's one of my favorites.

@TheCaptScarlett 2 жыл бұрын

He's my neighbour

@bassnut57 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCaptScarlett Very cool! I loved his work with John Martyn as well. Do you see him leave the house with his bass? He's getting on a bit on in years. I hope he's well. Those things are difficult to cart around even just from the house to the car. I have one too.

@TheCaptScarlett 2 жыл бұрын

@@bassnut57 when I say neighbour, he's about 10 doors down, so i can't say I've seen him lugging the double bass about. But we're having a Jubilee street party over the weekend and I'll say hi to him on your behalf. Oh and it appears our street has other musical connections. Andrew Ridgley's family home was here and we have a number of opera singers too.

@dirkidentification Жыл бұрын

many had a problem recording an upright.......... right. All well Danny Thompson's playing and sound are stunning in this recordings.

@eileencullen8682 Жыл бұрын

I guess I am mistaken. Danny Thompson not John Renbourne on bass? I am curious now.

@robsawalker 2 жыл бұрын

Just a ridiculous level of talent on show here, and utter beauty and joy. Thank you Pentangle!

@ebaylistentomusic 3 жыл бұрын

One of the most hauntingly beautiful ballads I've ever heard.

@petern3363 4 жыл бұрын

Both she and Sandy Denny are very evocative of a magical time.

@stewartmcmanus3991 3 жыл бұрын

True.

@tysonrahmeier9645 3 жыл бұрын

And don't forget Maddy Prior from Steeleye Span.

@carlosenriquetrejo3599 3 жыл бұрын

I would rather say THREE: She Sandy Denny and Judy Dyble of Trader Horne, Fairport Convention & the early King Crimson... magical voices🎶

@stubdo16 3 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@delby66 3 жыл бұрын

I would have to include Annie Haslam as well, even though Renaissance's music was more progressive rock than folk.

@anniebananie3421 4 жыл бұрын

I remember my Mother singing this to me at bedtime when I was a little girl. She had an extensive repertoire of folk songs that she had memorized, and passed down to me. This song is a sweet memory for me. I know it has been said before, but Jacqui McShee looks so much like Queen Victoria!

@greenetolstoy 2 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful memory for you!

@torvilasulvstle362 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! When you mentioned it, I saw it right away! Thanks!

@Leylani333 2 жыл бұрын

That is so sweet, what other songs did she pass down? I would love to know, I don't know many folk songs and I love this so some similar suggestions would be great

@anniebananie3421 2 жыл бұрын

@@Leylani333 I remember a lot of the Pentangle songs. Cruel Sister was the first one i was able to sing myself from memory as a tot. The same melody for Cruel Sister she used to sing the Riddle Song, which is similar to Cruel Sister in form. If you want to hear the way she sang it, then look up the Jean Redpath version. Mom was a huge Jean Redpath fan, and a lot of her songs were from her. The Grey Selkie by Jean Redpath is a great song. But everything Jean Redpath sings is good. "Buttermilk Hill" is an American one based on Siuil a Ruin (Gaelic). She loved that one. Oh there were lots of them, but those are the first that come to mind.

@Leylani333 2 жыл бұрын

@@anniebananie3421 Thank you so much, your Mum is a legend, I have just checked out the artists you mentioned, they are so great! Added to my new playlist! X

@davidbain701 2 ай бұрын

What a breath of fresh air they were at that time

@TimLake-tg7hg 26 күн бұрын

They still are!!! More so now

@AndreaCalligarisMusic 3 ай бұрын

Still gives me chills.

@pierregarigue1658 Жыл бұрын

that bass line, all of the 60's melancholy in it

@termnlv Жыл бұрын

Danny Thompson is still active. Check out Dylan's "Ring Them Bells" in the Transatlantic Sessions with Sarah Jarosz, surrounded by Thompson, Jerry Douglas, and several other iconic folkies. .

@andrewjohnstone963 10 ай бұрын

Yeah the 1560s ❤

@retohofmann5878 5 жыл бұрын

The voice is a class of its own, but that singing bass...wow, just wow!

@wobblybobengland 4 жыл бұрын

Phenomenal!

@coy0te9 3 жыл бұрын

Danny Thompson, who's played with so many artists of note i may as well say everybody.

@WgCdrLuddite 3 жыл бұрын

Top class bass playing.

@mikeoveli1028 3 жыл бұрын

Amen brother!

@dirkidentification 3 жыл бұрын

@@coy0te9 listened to ; Danny Thompson - Whatever, many times, in this folk genre is double (bass) unique

@virginaray6675 2 жыл бұрын

The king had been a prisoner At a prison long in Spain And Willie of the Winsbury Has lain long with his daughter at home "What ails you, what ails you, my daughter Janet Why you look so pale and wan Have you had any sore sickness Or yet been sleeping with a man?" "I have not had any sore sickness Nor yet been sleeping with a man It is for you, my father dear, For biding so long in Spain" "Cast off, cast off your berry-brown gown You stand naked upon the stone That I may know you by your shape If you be a maiden or none" And she's cast off her berry-brown gown She stood naked upon the stone Her apron was low and her haunches were round Her face was pale and wan "Was it with a lord or a duke or a knight Or a man of birth and fame Or was it with one of my serving men That's lately come out of Spain?" "No it wasn't with a lord nor a duke or a knight Nor a man of birth and fame But it was with Willie of Winsbury I could bide no longer alone" The king has called on his merry men all By thirty and by three Saying "Fetch me this Willie of Winsbury For hanged he shall be" But when he came the king before He was clad all in the red silk His hair was like the strands of gold His skin was as white as the milk "And it is no wonder, " said the king "That my daughter's love you did win For if I was a woman, as I am a man My bedfellow you would have been" "Now will you marry my daughter Janet By the truth of your right hand? Oh will you marry my daughter Janet I'll make you lord of my land" "Well yes, I'll marry your daughter Janet By the truth of my right hand Well yes I'll marry your daughter Janet But I'll not be the lord of your land" He's mounted her on a milk-white steed Himself on a dapple grey He has made her the lady of as much land As she shall ride in a long summer's day Source: Musixmatch

@ronheath8865 5 ай бұрын

How have I not, in my near 65 years on this earth, heard this before? In what time left that God may grant me, I shall treasure this work of beauty. To the poster on a different thread about the Fairport Convention's wonderful "Farewell, farewell" which borrorws the melody, many, many thanks for posting the link to this. I am eternally grateful.

@cumomsandcureloms 2 ай бұрын

I'm 65 too, and I've never heard this before either!

@suzannelawson9215 Ай бұрын

You may also enjoy listening to the late Irish folk singer called, Anne Byrne cover this incredibly moving song. Anne's version can be found on KZfaq. She has a Joan Baez kind of voice. Sadly, Anne Byrne passed away about 4 years ago in Ireland.

@ronheath8865 Ай бұрын

@@suzannelawson9215 Thanks very much, Suzanne, for the recommendation. I've just had a listen - very beautiful. I've never heard of Anne Byrne and so shall be scouring KZfaq to hear some more - a quick on-line search suggests she may be difficult to track down on CD at least on this side - the Welsh - of the Irish Sea. As well as Joan Baez, I'm getting hints of Mary Black. There's a beautiful version of Farewell, Farewell by her on KZfaq too. Well worth a listen, as is her version of Eric Bogle's My youngest son came home today - now don't get me started on Eric Bogle, I'd be here all day! Apologies if I've strayed into grandmother and egg sucking territory and thanks again for the heads up on Anne Byrne.

@TimLake-tg7hg 26 күн бұрын

Doesn't compare.. And by mentioning it you are attempting to debase this beautiful performance by Pentangle

@TimLake-tg7hg 26 күн бұрын

I also noticed the similarity with 'Farewell Farewell'... I grew up listening to Fairport Convention and Pentangle.. And Traffic.. Jethro Tull, Yes.. List goes on...

@urgulp1554 6 жыл бұрын

This band was packed to the gills with talent.

@pale_saint 5 жыл бұрын

loopy Ruane you’re a loony

@krautsky 5 жыл бұрын

@@pale_saint the name loopy should be a hint...

@porterhall27 5 жыл бұрын

@loopy Ruane wtf are you on about?

@mickigoe 5 жыл бұрын

The only supergroup that really worked. None was a primadonna. They each was a master and loved music.

@CosmicHippopotamus 4 жыл бұрын

@@mickigoe Pentangle had a ton of drama. By Reflection, every band member threatened to leave and Jansch and Renbourn had huge issues staying sober to the extent that they often didn't show up to record. The reason we don't hear about their drama as much is because their audience was niche during their active years. I don't know what counts as "worked" but three of the supergroups that Eric Clapton was in produced some of the greatest albums of all time. Led Zeppelin and ABBA are technically supergroups and they both dominated their respective music scenes for a decade.

@christopherorlowsky4082 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely sublime. I was 10 when this was broadcast in 1972 and just watching it now, its as fresh as it was when I first heard it all those years ago. I am transported back to a gentler time. At least, in my childhood memories

@MrCapri78 Жыл бұрын

I had much the same experience, I was 12 when this was broadcast and watched it with my late mother. I had forgotten all about it until I came across it here a few months ago. When I listened to it I was back in 1972 again , every thing about it , audio and visual, was so clear and familiar to me , even though I had only seen and heard it that one time. I played the other five songs performed in the same broadcast and they where instantly so recognisable as if I had been listening to them throughout the intervening 50 years ! Incredible.

@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL Жыл бұрын

Love it

@frankpeter6851 Жыл бұрын

@@MrCapri78 I don't know about all this weird-ass technology, but KZfaq has provided me many of these memory validation moments.

@stevezodiacsteve Жыл бұрын

ah......those were the days.. (my Friend)

@DeepThinkingGPU Жыл бұрын

you collecting social security yet?

@jeffwhitehead7990 2 жыл бұрын

The collective talent in this band is just colossal.

@colinpumpernickel2605 Жыл бұрын

This saddens me. We used to celebrate our Englishness. 😢

@sensibility1174 4 күн бұрын

No one's stopping you

@DaisySage 5 жыл бұрын

Jacqui McShee helped me to be proud to be a folk singer when I was a young girl and gave me hope that the trad music I was raised on and loved to sing and was starting to compose in Nova Scotia might actually be pretty cool.

@jasonedmonds4514 5 жыл бұрын

Robyn Carrigan feel the same

@PrimeDirective101 5 жыл бұрын

Your music, then, is a blessing in world where that kind of culture is being swept away with "diversity"

@DaisySage 5 жыл бұрын

Hmm7& that is so very kind and encouraging.

@frankpeter6851 5 жыл бұрын

@@PrimeDirective101 It's not 'diversity'... It's anarcho-capitalism... An emphasis on looks and record sales. Look at odetta and miriam maceba and mercedes sosa! These musicians would represent diversity... And despite its white-washed presentation, this music by pentangle, as obscure as it is, would be considered quite diverse. It is free-market commercialism that has destroyed musical tastes.

@user-un5iz6th1n 5 жыл бұрын

@@frankpeter6851 easy there. Russian Chinese, Afghani etc musicians suffer horribly for their various repressive 'governments of the people', their musical output often altered from intention and it's production drastically limited as a result. The increasing mediocrity of western taste has more to do with what people will do when not forced or challenged sufficiently to do better. It's a mark of western ease and success, sadly. But the failure here isn't the success that engendered it, just the frailty of a typical human adjustment to it over time. And regretable through it may be, it's far preferable to the more heinous symbols of our frailty, like gulags and torture for those who stand out for their exceptional talent. This music wouldn't likely exist if not for the very system you disparage, and frankly your tendency to disparage it amidst it's benefits is similarly a frailty- born and enabled as it is by the very success and humanity of the system that gives you the time, license and freedom to mock it for its trouble. Try being grateful, it will do you a lot of good.

@jacksongilder 4 жыл бұрын

This is hands down the best recording of this song... I even prefer it to the recording on the album. I also favor it above all other versions and recordings. I'm so glad this happened.

@Wotsitorlabart 4 жыл бұрын

@hoibsh 'Farewell Farewell' uses this tune with lyrics by Richard Thompson. I seem to recall him saying "Great tune, crap lyrics".

@amphitheatre 2 жыл бұрын

you are right. i have the lp and find it kind of bland. this video recording is sublime.

@jhardy1971 Жыл бұрын

@@Wotsitorlabart just enjoy the wonderful vocal performance. A lot of folk isn’t great lyrically 50 years later. Consider the times, it then becomes great, and it’s lyrically aremoniscent of the time and should be treated as historic records. Please just enjoy!

@Wotsitorlabart Жыл бұрын

@@jhardy1971 Jason, if you mean 'Farewell, Farewell' then I like both the tune and Richard Thompson's lyrics. I think RT was being overly self critical as artistes are wont to do.

@melindalemmon2149 Жыл бұрын

I pick Dick Gaughan's version.

@jacksprat1124 17 сағат бұрын

These recordings are a rare thing that if i close my eyes, I can be connected to the space where these tunes were first created. Magic...

@paulguy5368 3 жыл бұрын

The beauty of this song, the spartan (though perfect) musical accompaniment and the absolute purity of Jacqui's voice always brings tears to my eyes. Pentangle were/are one of the most under-rated bands of all time. May this music live forever!

@MrBillybooth Жыл бұрын

Bring's a tear to mine as well. 💖

@VilhelmHammershoi1666 6 ай бұрын

I don't think anyone underrated them. They were the best of their genre

@paulguy5368 6 ай бұрын

@@VilhelmHammershoi1666 Perhaps I should have clarified by explaining that in Australia, they appeared almost non-existent. Record stores here had albums by Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention etc. but finding Pentangle albums usually proved difficult (unless you went to an import store). We also didn't have video clips of their performances appearing on TV... it was usually just pop stuff (until the later part of the 70s). The only way to find out about them was to read the British music papers (which we got 3 months behind).

@adriennekraft2381 5 жыл бұрын

Her voice is magical, so sweet and clear.All of these people are fine musicians. I am so grateful for this posting. Thanks !!

@ismadvm 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I think. I don't understand sufficient English but her voice is so beautiful. I agree with You.

@ismadvm 4 жыл бұрын

@Fred Smith t hank You very much. Effectively the female voice is too very beautiful.

@Trollificusv2 3 жыл бұрын

You are definitely correct about the musicians, as Bert Jansch, John Renbourne and Danny Thomas are the guitar and bass equivalents of Jacqui's voice. True legends all.

@annieduchesne2680 3 жыл бұрын

Truth .

@annieduchesne2680 2 жыл бұрын

This is pure charm of British culture. The authentic folk

@carlstrohm6152 4 жыл бұрын

Several months after discovering this masterpiece by Pentangle I still find myself having to listen at least once a week , its a great audio medicine !

@TaichiStraightlife 4 жыл бұрын

English folk music; just magic, nothing like it. I loved this group in the 60s & still do. Thank you.

@central_scrutinizer Жыл бұрын

Scottish tune

@kentholmberg1818 6 ай бұрын

This is the best performance that Jacqui ever has done in my opinion. Her singing is so beautiful and Danny's bass playing is so special. ❤

@dahubbpostal 5 жыл бұрын

I used to watch them at the Troubador nearly every week. Sat on the floor, drank beer and staggered home in bliss .

@pascalfroissart3138 5 жыл бұрын

Lucky man !

@PreyingMantisRanch 5 жыл бұрын

Damn! You old!

@speedformercy 5 жыл бұрын

I envy you

@gregdahlen4375 5 жыл бұрын

At first I thought you might mean the Troubador in Los Angeles, which is quite a famous club here. But then I looked at Wikipedia and saw there is a famous club in London also called the Troubador. I added Pentangle to the list of artists who have played there en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubadour,_London#Artists

@thefloorkiller 5 жыл бұрын

There was a lesser known Troubadour club in Bristol

@nalublackwater9729 3 жыл бұрын

No autotune, no weird effects, just talent from real musicians.

@Brucev7 3 жыл бұрын

Dressed properly as well

@nalublackwater9729 3 жыл бұрын

@@Brucev7 Yeah, forgot to point out too that they didn't need to show skin to sell their music.

@jacobgeorge7475 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah only people born with naturally pitch perfect voices should make music

@nalublackwater9729 3 жыл бұрын

@@jacobgeorge7475 Not everyone has a gift for every skill. Just accept it.

@jacobgeorge7475 3 жыл бұрын

@@nalublackwater9729 just the notion that autotune or fake musicians makes music worse is so wildly absurd and misinformed

@TheDavidfallon Жыл бұрын

Danny Thompson's bass is uncannily like a human voice resonating and weaving below Jacqui McShee's ethereal head voice. It's sublime...

@scottburghart9278 Жыл бұрын

The voice of an angel.

@RedRobin13 2 жыл бұрын

My God, this is folk music at its best.

@MairyHinge 2 ай бұрын

Music this good, comes only from beautiful souls.

@periodstory1156 Жыл бұрын

As someone born in the mid 80's it amazes me how I continue to discover groups like this.

@andrewmurray5542 Жыл бұрын

Long may your musical journey continue. I was born in 1969 and still finding for the first time great music from the 60s and 70s. I trust you've discovered Sandy Denny.

@allancopland1768 9 ай бұрын

Just sublime. I watched Pentangle play this live and it was every bit as delightful. Bert and his Appalachian Dulcimer was what got me into building them.

@charlestwombly3241 4 ай бұрын

What a lovely voice. What an enchanting song.

@joelewing4498 5 ай бұрын

Never in a million years would I have liked this in '72....my senior year of hi-school in southern Arizona. Then it was all Deep Purple, Alice Cooper and 9 yrs. removed....still into The British Invasion. Nothing wrong with those, still dig 'em big time.....but my soul has slowed down (thank you Lord) to where this music just makes me melt. Always wanting to visit the U.K....it probably will never happen. But this somehow seems to transport me to that part of the world and what I imagine it might have been like way back when. Maybe because my deep roots are Ireland / Scotland that this speaks to me like it does. God Bless us all. jbeinarizona

@marysweeney7370 2 ай бұрын

Another very good version of this song is performed by Sweeney;s Men, While they are more of a traditional Irish music group, rather than folk rock/pop group of the era, I do think it is worth a listen. I had never heard of them until the last few years when I read an article on Oasis who commented that Sweeney's Men were one of their influences. I was mostly into rock in my day, but always enjoyed the folk side of things in rock/pop. It was Traffic's Jonh Barleycorn Must Die that showed me that there was something outside of traditional folk (Irish music which I grew up on).

@eddycamp2492 2 ай бұрын

Hello....in France during seventies WE have the group '' Malicorne '' who singing the medleage ....it's was thé french folk , magique , a Time without violence , a Time of freedom ......now it's jungle.......sorry of my english....good day....

@marysweeney7370 2 ай бұрын

@@eddycamp2492 I will check Malicorne out, I have not heard much French folk music, only Alan Stivell, but he is really Breton/Celtic. You have a good day too.

@patricioferreira5495 Ай бұрын

Visit Britain before Britain visits you.

@mierardi88 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you algorithm... This is delightful

@heishephaestion4178 5 жыл бұрын

the song that shot me down the unending rabbit hole of British folk at light speed

@johnsullivan5154 4 ай бұрын

WONDERFUL!!!!!

@patriciaanndemello4652 2 жыл бұрын

It's so nice to see someone singing without all the electronic instruments and auto tunes. Pure music.

@k9sandcats268 11 ай бұрын

What a lovely, sweet voice, and totally unique.

@pierregarigue1658 Жыл бұрын

In British folk-rock, the Bass hold it all together. This is a pinnacle

@KorAnos1 Жыл бұрын

*Pentangle

@Vasilivic69 Жыл бұрын

Just for this to have been recorded for posterity is a gift.

@joyb5525 9 ай бұрын

Gives Sinead O'Connor a run for her money. Adored these guys in the 70's. Crystal clear, sane and pure. What a culture is herein needed in this dark world.

@martinpugh1008 Жыл бұрын

This song is like the rest of pentangles songs absolutely bloody brilliant and jacqui,s singing is amazing and very beautiful i could listen to her for hours I love it ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@user-pj2dm4xz7z 9 ай бұрын

What a wonderful woman!

@DjNikGnashers 6 жыл бұрын

I saw Jacqui McShee's Pentangle last month, she still sounds incredible aged 74. Also, such a humble friendly lady, signed a CD and had a picture taken with me.

@richardfaucheraux4873 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing !!!

@bootsypoots 5 жыл бұрын

Sweeet!

@jmashe9949 5 жыл бұрын

Loved them since the early recordings...Bert played with Hope Sandaval before his death..Check it out..cheers from minneapolis...brrrrrr..Jon

@descartesdonkey4291 5 жыл бұрын

she'll treasure

@jeanpatrickcheniere7248 5 жыл бұрын

Wizardess of singing skill... Very beautiful song and words. A mystery.

@ronaldseal5637 10 ай бұрын

Saw Jaqui perform locally a week ago. The magic is still there.

@CaptainDarrick 9 ай бұрын

How is she looking ?

@ronaldseal5637 8 ай бұрын

@@CaptainDarrick Not bad for her years. And sounds good too.

@CaptainDarrick 8 ай бұрын

@@ronaldseal5637 Good to know

@THX11382 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely enchanting, can't stop playing it! Whoever screamed at 2:15 you are immortalized in a wonderful performance.

@davidbeddoe6670 2 жыл бұрын

wolf-whistled*

@misteryA555 Жыл бұрын

That's funny, I always thought it was a bow sliding too far on the string, but it does sound like a whistle now that you mention it

@nk1506 Жыл бұрын

Jacqui looked none too pleased.

@benrutherford4487 5 жыл бұрын

When you start getting visual images of some place you've never been -down to the kind of trees and the feel of the wind blowing through those trees - you know you've heard something special

@Oceanmachine27 4 жыл бұрын

I completely agree. Music is magic. The right song can make you feel like you're travelling through time and space.

@JIMIIXTLAN 4 жыл бұрын

I have been transported to other worlds through the magic of music

@heishephaestion4178 4 жыл бұрын

Well said, this is the song that connected me with a genre I longed for, but never knew existed..(being a massive fan of ancient britain and a devout user of my imagination)

@mikedeman5351 6 жыл бұрын

One of (if not THE) best folk singer that England ever produced. What a pleasure to hear!

@moonchildtheking5008 6 жыл бұрын

The best along with Fairport and Incredible String Band

@freebornjohn6876 5 жыл бұрын

Certainly the finest voice ever to come out of Catford, I'd wager !

@Paulthepsych 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful to see live.

@TheDevildoc50 5 жыл бұрын

She's good but she's no Sandy Denney

@d.dedrick7991 5 жыл бұрын

@@freebornjohn6876 Catford⁉️ Cool, that's where Robin Trower is from, too...🎵🎶🎸

@AnEnemy100 2 жыл бұрын

This evokes particular memories of English summer fairs of the 1970s. Playing amongst hay bales, drunk on cider and high on life.

@omnipotent3443 4 жыл бұрын

When something sounds so beautiful, and at the same time seems to be preformed so effortless, with so few gizmos - then you start wondering where things went wrong. And, this was just one of Oh-so-many great band that existed during this era. So much talent, such tremendous skills, so much creativity. Glad to have experienced it, and still hoping for a much needed revival of multidimensional music.

@nalublackwater9729 3 жыл бұрын

Things began to go south when the music industry sells you, not music, but "artists" that the public can lust after.

@djtrendsetta5766 3 жыл бұрын

"...then you start wondering where things went wrong." Remind me, what year was it that rap started?

@wendyjeanlogan8906 4 жыл бұрын

Her clothes are absolutely 1970's. I both wore and made clothes very similar in Home Economics - the music is, of course, wonderful and the vocals fabulous! Thanks!

@6Haunted-Days 2 жыл бұрын

Wait …..are you trying yo Imply you think this IS NOT the 1970s?!? This IS PENTANGLE!! 1 if the BIGGEST FOLK BANDS FROM THE DAMN 70s!!! 🙄😂🤣😂🤣🤤 Christ….get real how could you think that video quality was modern …..?!? The fact you never heard of them, did you listen to ANY MUSIC in the 70s?

@watzinaname7325 6 ай бұрын

I come back to this video like a junkie... it fixes me up...

@hdgboy 4 жыл бұрын

In 1978 I was 21 years old. My buddy and I were into alternative music like The Pentangle while many of the folks we went to school with were listening to the mainstream stuff of the time. I remember one time we went to our local state park with our portable cassette player and a six pack of Old Porter beer and a little bit of Columbian weed. We found a nice spot in the meadow, drank a couple of Old Porters and smoked some pot. We then popped a tape of the Pentangles Basket of Light. The warm fresh spring day and Jacqui Mcshee’s voice along with the bands wonderful playing was one of the enduring memories of my young life that I’ll never forget. If it’s possible to make love to the human voice Jacqui’s voice and I would have a passionate love affair.

@johnneville403 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds brilliant, Bruce.

@thecandidcounterbalance1492 4 жыл бұрын

Everything was creative about the 70s, right down to the camerawork. This was filmed almost 50 years ago, and yet it is rare today to find cinematography that matches the types of extreme close-ups found in shots like at 4:32

@clicheguevara5282 Жыл бұрын

After listening to this 1,000 times I've decided that besides the OBVIOUS beauty of the melody, it's the bass that keeps me coming back. As great as the melody is, it would still get old relatively quickly after being repeated so many times. ...but the bass really keeps you interested.

@latent-broadcasting 5 жыл бұрын

Oh man, this song makes me weep for some reason. It is so beautiful. It gives me nostalgia for a time I've never lived yet I wish it to remain in my memory and never leave it. Why don't we have music like this nowadays? It is so sad indeed

@MooseWolfBear 5 ай бұрын

Larger than life...😌

@joannebeauchamp1169 3 жыл бұрын

Pentangle’s music is absolutely SUBLIME...There is no other word to describe it, especially on a damp and chilly rainy day. It’s just so soothing and warming...like a nice, hot cup of coffee or tea. Perfect!

@takfam07 6 жыл бұрын

Might be my favorite vocal performance of Jacqui's. Barely 20,000 views. Yet far, far better than anything I'm hearing from any artist today.

@SusanGaglianoPisa 5 жыл бұрын

So true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@SusanGaglianoPisa 5 жыл бұрын

joanna newsome

@ste123456754 5 жыл бұрын

todays singers are just rubbish no feeling in songs of today whatsoever

@dogstar75 5 жыл бұрын

Kate Rusby is worth a listen

@apollomemories7399 5 жыл бұрын

@@SusanGaglianoPisa horrible singer

@mattychapati 5 жыл бұрын

The best folk group to have come out of the British Isles in the 1960's along with The Incredible String Band. Jimmy Page's Black Mountain Side from Zep 1 is obviously a nod and a wink to Bert Jansch's Black Water Side. These early folk musicians were a massive influence to so many other musicians. Whilst walking through a Watford shopping centre in 1994 I held the doors behind me open and there was Danny Thompson. I said 'Oh hello Mr Thompson.' He was really polite and we had a chat for a few minutes. I turned to my wife and said, 'This is Danny Thompson. He used to play double bass for Pentangle.' To which he replied, 'Well actually that's a bit prehistoric.' RIP John and Bert.

@mlebron20 5 жыл бұрын

Well, there was a third...

@angelicabattaglia8512 10 ай бұрын

Voce meravigliosa

@Bluesmeanie 3 жыл бұрын

John Renbourne and Bert Jansch - certainly one of the best, if not THE best guitar/6-string duos in any band, ever. The overall talent in this band was astonishing.

@peterulrich497 3 жыл бұрын

I've played acoustic guitar for over 50 years. Any serious guitar players worships these guys. Renbourne was nicknamed Mr. 3T's (Tone, Taste and Talent).

@samuel_vodopia1522 6 жыл бұрын

A band of minstrels, truly.

@joe6419 5 жыл бұрын

Samuel Vodopia what a lovely thing to say

@jays2877 Жыл бұрын

Love how the other instruments come in as the song progresses and the life that they add without ever impacting Jacqui's voice.

@wyrdscynce 6 ай бұрын

that bass palyer

@mogret7451 Жыл бұрын

what a voice, so beautiful😭

@MelliaBoomBot 5 жыл бұрын

29years ago I would listen to Pentangle on vinyl in a caravan in the mountains of north wales..I had mice that would come in and nibble at my pictures, one got killed by a visiting dog called Tree that had been found at Stonhenge. The mouse was climbing up the curtains of my french windows and all of a sudden this fluffy ginger dog just launched herself at this mouse..I've never forgotten that...crazy days.

@bobyorke 4 жыл бұрын

Mellia Boom Bot only 29 years ago? Have you made an easy mistake for time flying so fast.. .?

@baldrbraa 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds about right 😀

@RighteousBrother 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not from Wales, I'm from the south of England, but my heart belongs to North Wales forever.

@stuartyd77 3 ай бұрын

😆

@shuvanidev 5 жыл бұрын

This tune and her voice - so clear and beautiful. Mesmerizing.....

@kaguth Жыл бұрын

The entire band is amazing but that bassist just adds so much depth to the song

@elrossothematch 3 жыл бұрын

I heard this song years and years ago but only discovered the Pentagle version last night. I'm infatuated.

@kevinmuzerMetalMind64 7 ай бұрын

Pentangle....One of my favorite folk groups!

@colinfrantz5453 Жыл бұрын

The bass is so mesmerizing

@invisiblesun9750 Жыл бұрын

This vocal is of unmatched beauty

@johnwoods7650 8 ай бұрын

I saw Pentangle live in the 70s, but seem to remember a fantastic female violinist. Have I lost my marbles?

@welderman444 5 жыл бұрын

The best instrument in this band is her voice, and considering the talent behind her, that`s some statement,

@markkubiak8296 5 жыл бұрын

Jacqui and the bass player shine brightly!!

@adolforodolfo6929 5 жыл бұрын

I have to agree. If this was a capella, it would still be beautiful.

@1chriscarlone 5 жыл бұрын

@@markkubiak8296 The great Danny Thompson on bass who played with other incredible musicians like Nick Drake and Tim Buckley. He's one of the best!

@Mathuradasji 5 жыл бұрын

@@1chriscarlone, and of course as well on John Martyn's Solid Air

@giovannipeirone3915 5 жыл бұрын

but john renbourn was able to record masterpieces alone with his guitar it was a band in which every instrument did what was useful for their sound and she had a wonderful voice...

@maxzoka9122 2 жыл бұрын

Aside from the unabating chord progression, masterful vocal and accompaniment; I adore the story laid out in this song. When the King lays eyes on Willy he no longer wants to hang him but lay him. Willy O Winsbury must have been a stunner

@RenneAtha Жыл бұрын

My thoughts listening to this song: Well that escalated quickly

@timward276 Жыл бұрын

"I was going to kill him for knocking you up but now that I've seen how fine he is, I'd totally tap that my own self."

@robwilde855 Жыл бұрын

That's a typical modern person's misunderstanding. He actually says, "If I was [as much of] a woman as I am a man," in other words 'if I were fully female, as much as I am now actually fully male...' In the sixteenth century when it was written the word 'as' was commonly used to mean 'in fully the same way as', 'to the same extent as'. A man doesn't have to be homosexual in order to recognize beauty in another man.

@orientalrose4388 2 ай бұрын

I have also heard a Sandy Denny recording of this tune 🎵

@therealKINDLE 3 жыл бұрын

Damn. Music was so much better back then. The artistic credibility we've lost since then.

@marysweeney7370 Ай бұрын

The ugliness that is being forced on us is unbearable. That's probably why I am only on youtube now. Looking to the past.

@skycatlive1576 5 ай бұрын

My favorite singer of all time Meg Baird sung this song on her closing track on her solo album, dear companion. It's my favorite song of all time. I never understood why until i came here today. I think im kind of starting to try to BE Willie o' Winsbury, never had such idol worship as this. Never had a folk hero before besides Meg, now I have 3 after Pentangle and Willie. TO FOLK HEROES

@Hartlor_Tayley 2 жыл бұрын

The lyrics are so compelling, I was inside that song.

@brianskinner5711 5 жыл бұрын

The clearest sweetest voice and such fine music with her. I was entranced 40 plus years ago and still get goosebumps when hearing Pentangle.

@annemosley5585 Жыл бұрын

This music hits deeply and fills you with longing. Maybe it's in our British DNA or maybe its just incredibly beautiful music.

@TheSeeking2know Жыл бұрын

I am African and I felt the nostalgia and story and of course her sublime voice.

@seanbrou-bj9ob Жыл бұрын

This is a Celtic ☘️

@tomdent7706 10 ай бұрын

@seanbrou-bj9ob and who were the Britons if not Celts?

@seanbrou-bj9ob 10 ай бұрын

Celts were here way before the anglo Saxons

@tomdent7706 10 ай бұрын

@@seanbrou-bj9ob indeed yes. and the britons were celts. the modern people of britain have a good portion of celtic blood mixed in with their anglo saxon, norman, and nordic blood, and it is unfortunate that people would seek to bar their right to this heritage, instead of focusing on common bonds.