Băneasă's Green Glade - Andy Irvine 1976

[@akselgrailman8748]

I’m not Irish but music like this stops me dead in my tracks. Beautiful, magical, poignant, timeless….don’t have the words!

[@padraichorgan]

I would say that Andy Irvine is one of the most under-rated Human Beings of all time.

[@mmoschiniarchitecte2910]

i've seen him live in Paris a few years ago. A wonderful solo gig. Then I stopped by to get a record signed by him. He was so humble and kind I couldn't believe I was talking to a living legend.

[@darbysfarewell]

Not by any musician, he isn’t.

[@johnnoonan4775]

@@darbysfarewell You said it Marty!!!

[@melissabautz2346]

I agree.

[@padraichorgan]

@@darbysfarewell Glad to hear it Marty ,as one who can only listen...

[@daveharrison8286]

Back in the early eighties I became addicted to Fiona Ritchie's 'Thistle and Shamrock radio production and found these marvelous musicians and many many more. I have become since then a fan of Celtic music and a myriad of various talented folks in that Genre. I am very grateful to all.

[@patricknorton5788]

Me too!

[@simonidastankovic2627]

ANDY IRVINE - ABSOLUTE GENIUS !!!

[@queenbeekeeper]

When I heard this song I was transported back to a little cottage in Dorset that I shared with my good friend, Jenny. Oh such good times way back in 1981 to 1984. The smell of Meadowsweet, climbing the iron age fort Maidens Castle at dawn with our employer's 5 dogs, walking through bluebell woods and our mountain of Planxty records that we bought from Collets in London. Such a long time ago but this song brought it all back!

[@S070-g8q]

Ah, thanks for that lovely image...

[@kitiamuriel]

You've just written a poem: it should become a song and a short story. Thanks for sharing, truly enchanting. Slán and ciao!

[@Theflowoflove]

I grew up around these legends and to this day, i never tire of them. Humility wonderful stories and great joy. Thank you for your craft and pleasure you'll have shared throughout life's journey. I love you Andy.

[@Markiesharkie72]

This video makes me realise what sh*t we are served on daily basis from the music industry today. Lunny, Irvine & Brady are such talented individuals.

[@nakedmolerat437]

we always were though, theres shitloads of great music out there go and find it

[@itcfan]

My all time musical heroes, Andy, Donal and Paul, along with Christy and Liam too of course. Giants of Irish music forever.

[@juergenhoffmann1407]

Oh yes, this is so true!

[@eelsoirdor3573]

This song could go on forever, fantastic ending.

[@HouseInTheWoodProductions]

Such a very beautiful song. It creates a little glade in the mind where we can sit together and just be. It's sometimes good to remember that such places and times do exist!

[@cyndifallon1484]

It just doesn't get any better than this.... I live in the woods and this is just a magic song for me.

[@black-yj5br]

legendary Bulgarian solo at end. they are so comfortable playing together. saw Irvine and lunny playing together in Galway last year. as good as ever

[@zogoigbyweight1404]

The first half is a memory, a clear vision to a different time and place without to question it. A time spent with good weather, rewarding work, spiritual companionship, and missed friends, a beautiful period of time with a balance of nature and civilization, with no chance of lasting forever. The instrumental part feels like raw emotion of memories that need needs to be released. This song created in memory of something beautiful is very powerful, a great example of how art is a key to our experience as human beings.

[@natenisbet]

Well said! Among many remarks to myself while hearing this song for the first time, was just how vapid "popular" music has become.

[@ruairimonophthalmos5458]

I've returned to this clip countless times, but have only just know seen this comment. You managed to 'translate' it very well and eloquently. Thank you!

[@craigmiller786]

Every verse is as you described above. Every word

[@daniegrove5658]

I was introduced to their music in 1975 ...and never stopped enjoying it ...music legends ...my inspiration ...Daniel Pretoria South Africa..

[@franksabatino7576]

Andy's music has a wonderful balance of intensity and exquisite beauty. The album with Paul Brady is near perfect.

[@simonidastankovic2627]

Not near perfect, but Perfect.

[@drunkenviking]

@@simonidastankovic2627 not perfect, perfectly perfect! ❤

[@mikedeman5351]

Something beyond JUST music ....maybe .. MAGIC ....

[@paddycourage]

Yes Sorcery springs to mind

[@8lacksmithereens]

A truly overlooked, genius piece of music.

[@danielretta296]

This is what I call music and these guys are what I call musicians.

[@alenlepirica7304]

Volim vas Irci moji zlatni. Our emotions comin from my Bosnia mountains and canyons to Irish soul and Andy Irvine musician, Paul Breddy and other musician from Doneghal roots.Alen Lepirica Bosnian Irish man.

[@socratesgoulas9036]

Heaven voice!! Well done Andy!!! Greetings from Hellas!

[@kirstenweidinger3416]

what virtous skills paired with deep authentic, thank you Andy Irvine

[@jamesmaddock259]

Absolutely brilliant

[@irishfield1]

Irish Treasure ever Andy so beautiful with Paul and friends thank you all

[@moochcassidy202]

The genius of Andy Irvine... still finding stunning songs from the man.

[@YossarianTheMeerkat]

the bulgarian jam is amazing. How did they capture the spirit of the music so perfecly?

[@normanmacfarlane6724]

Beautiful music Beautiful playing A great way to start the day Thank you

[@celticsalmon]

One of the greatest voices ever put to tape!

[@michaelray9576]

Andy Irvine is simply SUPERB

[@marcusg1968]

Andy ist einer der Besten of All time.😊

[@mariemcmanus4369]

Andy is a legend, I love all the songs that he wrote but this one is my favourite ❤ I was so lucky to have seen him perform many times over the years. His voice brings me to a different place ❤❤❤

[@christaylor2070]

I just went to visit my son who's working in Bucuresti, his flat is in Baneasa - no Green Glade now, no woodpeckers or deer but apartment blocks and a Lidl superstore! Apparently there are a few bits of forest left but such is progress................🙄

[@irishfield1]

THis so unique and beautiful Andy Irish Treasure ever thank you

[@badabing9143]

He definitely is! 🍀💚☘️ Spread his sunshine from FB, Tnstagram, Twitter or whichever way you can get him o u t t h e r e !

[@irishfield1]

Amazing will stand time ever Irish Treasure thank you Planxty

[@irishlike1]

Definitely one of the best pieces of live music I have ever listened to!!!

[@NormoChannel1]

Totally brilliant and timeless!

[@SimonOak]

Perfection in rhytm, sound and atmosphere. Heaven must sound like this!

[@rickydrinnan-zl8ec]

Beautiful song which fits my chilhood perfectly.love this

[@mickey2mccool]

Who are the 28 lunatics that unliked this masterpiece?

[@marcuslloyd9149]

I still have this track on a cassette.. I haven't had a player for ages. Brilliant gob iron from Mr powers

[@karenvarian1174]

Beautiful, beautiful!! First time I've heard this song. I love his voice.

[@jefrossman1877]

Hello Karen.

[@jefrossman1877]

How are you?

[@badabing9143]

same here! I just heard 1 today thru a friend that had moved to Ireland, it was a different song about lover's leap then found this song I love love love it let's spread him around by way of FB Twitter Instagram whichever way we're able to do it 🍃☘️💚🍀💚☘️💚🍀🍃

[@silvialogan9226]

That was very nice playing.

[@patricknorton5788]

Beautiful recording. I am very, very familiar with this tune, but it is amazing to see the people in the audience, and how they were dressed. I would have been nine years old at the time of this performance. I did see him and Paul Brady at the Birchmere (I think?) in Alexandria, Virginia in about 1992, and Andy as a solo performer at the East Ave Tavern in Portland, Oregon in about 1996. He wasn't having a great night, but it was still good. Wonderful music.

[@sourneylinnane4221]

Andy Irvine A GIFT 🎁 TO THIS PLANET

[@irishfield1]

Exquisite ever Andy this will Stand time ever thank you

[@The64200]

One of my alltime favourite tunes. And, T Alex, yes its pure genius! 1976 and today!!

[@melissabautz2346]

Mick. This mix is something I would have assembled. Thank you for reading the minds of us like minded folks!

[@TrueBlueEG8]

Absolutely beautiful

[@beorn9188]

This song reminds me so much of my time in the woods with my dog. So beautiful!

[@PhalainaBelgium]

Brilliant singing and playing !! TOP !! Phalaïna

[@paulagilligan2111]

Wonderful to hear this again last night at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre last night, in Dublin...

[@diannesherryromano4629]

Wasn't it great?! My daughter and I flew from the US to Dublin specifically for this concert. Still can't believe I was there and had the opportunity to hear live the four amazing musicians who created my favorite album. I'd say it was a dream come true, but it hadn't even been a dream because I'd never thought it could happen. The next day we had stew for lunch at O'Donoghue's. What an incredible time. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to reminisce about it!

[@tonymurray814]

@@diannesherryromano4629 I flew with some friends from Boston and seen them in Corks Opera theatre on the same tour!! Absolutely worth every penny. Fantastic experience!!!

[@diannesherryromano4629]

@@tonymurray814 Thank you for the response! I think they were headed to Cork right after the Dublin concert! A big storm was coming in, as I recall. I can't wait to get back over!

[@mehr1326]

Andy is really genius...I love this song

[@Glyn21943]

Thanx that he was bred in Eire

[@freddypiopa9011]

What a TREAT it is to hear Andy again. THANKS for posting this :)))

[@deyaeblvcky4345]

Respect from Morocco 🇲🇦

[@kristianstipe]

Magic! Andy's solo version of this is much better than Planxty's (and I love Planxty). Andy is GOD!

[@williefinn4932]

just shows what a great album was cold blow and the rainy night by planxty. so many classic recordings on it and very few of the old planxty popular tunes.....here you have lakes of ponchartrain, cold blow and the rainy night, johnny cope, p stands for paddy i suppose, green fields of canada, little drummer boy, baneasa`s green glade and wonderful instrumentals... and great to have players like andy irvine, paul brady, donal lunney here, in top form.

[@denisgriffin3303]

Great song - not sure how many of us from the west of Europe have lived in a Romanian forest.

[@ordinarydude222]

Thanks bilko ! A wonderful composition, and a performance out of this world.

[@paradise8876]

Mesmerising ....

[@Timothydlol]

i love how brady bops while he plays guitar

[@seamusnolan4083]

Loosing the run of himself 👏

[@realitysosubtle2746]

Fuck! Never heard Andy before..was looking for Brady and came across this peach.

[@HEADSUPBERKELEY]

So lovely Thanks for the post gorgeous

[@beorn9188]

The Bulgarian at tune at the end awesome as well.

[@sbreheny]

Well, the mandolin and bouzouki are relatively recently "borrowed" instruments by Irish music - borrowed from Eastern and Southern Europe. Andy Irvine was one of those who drove this borrowing and he studied the original types of music they were designed to play.

[@jungleninja8415]

@@sbreheny yeah and guess where Europe borrowed then from ? Africa

[@DaWizard11]

Jungle Ninja Ah, i see you’re one of those we wuz kangz types. Most of these instruments come from Mesopotamia, the birthplace of civilization. Nice try rewriting history to fit your afro-centrist narrative, though

[@WoutVHMusic]

living the life of a rover! great music

[@brunop541]

Magic, I thought it was a Celtic traditionnal song, as i Herad their third album. Some of their own compositions will be "Classics" of Irisch music someday.

[@irateofwatford]

With words like "zoo" in the text?

[@ruairimonophthalmos5458]

@@irateofwatford meaning what?

[@gearoidmoore7472]

Ruairí Monophthalmos meaning that visiting a zoo wouldn’t typically be an activity in a traditional (as in, pre existing historical) song

[@superflobo1]

Great music and even better playing. Look, the instrument Andy is playing is a german waldzither or the so called german bouzuki. You can see that there are nine tuning screws on the machine head, but only eigth strings. So the c-string, it´s always a solo string ist missing. Niece to see this great musician playing a waldzither. cheers🤘

[@backstreetmovies]

great music great music

[@bornagainhippy1]

sounds of serenity

[@tetedenoeud85]

Ensorcelant. Quel talent ! Je suis admiratif

[@MicMonEli]

Music is healing

[@Kampfwageneer]

total spiritual gold

[@pepepepe7039]

Magia

[@pepepepe7039]

Magic

[@alexdesslin]

la grande classe, et c'est le passé qui renait sur la toile...

[@Calisafoo]

the pinnacle of what three men can achieve with stringed instruments

[@BarryKerrofficial]

bilko you have done it again, amazing recording....thanks a million......i was reared on these recordings- they take me to another world

[@pictopoezia]

another reason to love Irvine! though I believe in his youth Băneasa forest might have looked a little nicer.

[@newazagod]

Wow, the trifecta of fuckin awesome Irish accompaniment. Donal, Andy, and Paul. Sickening.

[@zelentsova]

gyönyörű!

[@StevenParrisWard]

Andy and Arthur at their peak as both performers and song writers / arrangers, ably assisted by Donal Lunny. Astonishing beautiful, exotic music. Even today Andy has lost none of his technical ability and voice. A credit to his art.

[@lkbwheewhee53]

Gorgeous

[@jefrossman1877]

Hello Lizabeth.

[@jefrossman1877]

How are you?

[@ecopeiproject]

amazing!

[@robzamites3441]

Three people is absolutely idiotic. This is masterful playing and soulful singing. That waldzither is an incredible instrument.

[@warlocksarewatching]

A fine companion to the studio version. I was impressed by this version. Things sound far more full-bodied, although I noticed he says 'We drank money free' when it should've been 'We spent money free'.

[@unclestubie]

Since Andy wrote the song, I think he is free to take liberty with his lyrics.

[@fdboucher]

OMG, this music is SO fantastic! You need that in the morning to start you up! The people attending this concert are SO paralyzed! 😅

[@fdboucher]

@@johnnoonan4775 No: they're British… 😀 As for myself, first time I heard that song in the seventies made me jump from my seat and SCREAM! I used to listen to this every morning to jump-start me! 😀 …I guess I'm excitable… For many years I believed this song was trad. Then I realized, only a few years ago, that it is contemporary and based on Andy's busking days in Romania! Pure genius…

[@Sixpasher]

Pure Magic.

[@eugecolcu]

Qué maravilla !!!!!!!!!!!

[@walshjoseph7991]

THE ALL TIME GREAT

[@mickigoe]

They scoured the set of "Night of the Living Dead" for that audience :)

[@stewrobinson7122]

Awesome!!! love this ;-]

[@Kampfwageneer]

1000th 100th comment, and a divinely inspirational tune

[@emmettdoylemusic]

Is that a portuguese guitar Andy is playing?

[@ronjohnson1658]

I read that it happened in Romania - look at the sleeve notes

[@buttonpuncher]

@joeygsmom Absolutely wonderful ! Great musicianship, good voice, and a haunting tune. I loved it ! Sorry I called you by the wrong name... again, on my last reply.

[@eileennestor9274]

Fabelous

[@jefrossman1877]

Hello Eileen.

[@jefrossman1877]

How are you?

[@horsemouth53]

paul brady is a bad ass guitar player.

[@kenclarke5966]

Absolutely, I love watching his fingers dyring these videos, it looks like he's bending and pulling off super thick strings with perfect control and ease here

[@jhb01]

4:23. magic

[@michaeligoe3935]

Absolutely. If your blood doesn't race here, you're a corpse.

[@waltwitman45]

Makes me feel like Dionysus.

[@jack317]

Germán Villarroel Segundo , Dennis?

[@ruairimonophthalmos5458]

@@jack317 read a book ffs.

[@robint7750]

music hath charms to wake the dead!

[@jack317]

Unreal.