Just heard Paul Brady tonight for the first time ever on Wisconsin Public Radio. What rock have I been living under all these years? Simply one of the finest folk voices ever.
@69tomasitoАй бұрын
great song and artist
@maggiestanfield903912 жыл бұрын
I was there. Paul Brady had and has a truly unique talent and voice. Oddly enough, he felt quite insecure that evening. I was working with the BBC's Tony McAuley and the concert was being recorded live. Paul was quite nervous, which i couldn't understand at all, but hey, even the most gifted have their insecurities.
@mixerD1-4 жыл бұрын
You lucky lucky lady.
@PMoan-tv1jn4 жыл бұрын
Interesting observation. Thanks for passing it on Maggie.
@wotzupdoc14 жыл бұрын
Bad Hair Day.
@janhart15924 жыл бұрын
How wonderful to have been there!!!
@stevenharpold25624 жыл бұрын
Great story Maggie.
@alisonnields62005 ай бұрын
What Paul Brady does with his voice just isn't taught. That's something you're born with and my god Paul was born with the most magical voice 💚☘️
@philomenamuinzer4805Ай бұрын
He's just like a blackbird.
@davidbutler8279Ай бұрын
@@philomenamuinzer4805 Yep - a red-winged black bird.
@slaphappyjap2 жыл бұрын
Im a 43 year old man listening to this for the first time...why am I crying right now?
@cardboardsports9992 жыл бұрын
Its an emotional song to listen too.
@darrenwalsh62427 ай бұрын
Please don't cry, just enjoy the song, but I sincerely hope you're life hasn't got bad enough circumstance's for you to be sad.
@kevlally7 ай бұрын
In the same way as a duck flaps its wings but does not take off, to release trapped energy... It is a very healthy and wise for humans to cry or play sports maybe scream at the top of our lungs in a forest to also release built up trauma. This world is not an easy one. Trapped trauma can manifest as disease in the body later on over time.
@ProfDavo30007 ай бұрын
Because you are a human being.
@Meauss3 ай бұрын
Because Paul Brady's voice speaks for our hearts
@lyndaoshea40595 жыл бұрын
I was married to an irishman who introduced me to irish folk music sadly i have l lost him now but his music will always be with me love you mcflute x
@pablodevesey31433 жыл бұрын
Mc Flute? Muah-ha-ha! Pair of legends.
@rateyesmertz37853 жыл бұрын
I befriended an Irishman that introduced me to drink.
@ewaldseiland85583 жыл бұрын
@@rateyesmertz3785 And he was called McWhiskey?
@paulkielty38003 жыл бұрын
Lynda where ever you are I hope you are safe and you made me laugh.
@thomassmith18233 жыл бұрын
You saw your opportunity and seized it, respect
@willcrawford78963 жыл бұрын
As a native Louisianan, I just adore this song. And it’s nice having an Irish folk tune about this place. Special special
@Vigilante311 Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure it's actually an American song, I'm not 100% on that but it's American according to Wikipedia,
@st3altypandas63 Жыл бұрын
IIRC he found a poem by the same name in an unpublished book in someone's house and reordered it/made some slight changes. I'd pay anything to have gotten to listen to him play
@lynncai587 Жыл бұрын
as someone from New Orleans I never expected a song about Lake Pontchartrain from an Irish singer! It's special indeed.
@Vigilante311 Жыл бұрын
@@musashidanmcgrath that's very interesting thanks man
@andrewcalhoun7214 Жыл бұрын
@@st3altypandas63He lives and gigs to this day.
@greatspottedwoodpeck7 ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant performance by Paul Brady, delivering the definitive version of Lakes of Pontchartrain. And doing it live. Absolutely brilliant. What an amazing talent.
@acadams52 жыл бұрын
This still gives me chills. I think it's the best performance of this song ever, surpassing even Paul Brady's other recorded versions. Something was different that night in 1977. Simply amazing.
@Whatzzzz999 Жыл бұрын
ditto on the chills. a confluence of two great talents, in the moment, a live, high wire performance with no safety net. it's stunning.
@MarisaDwyer Жыл бұрын
Yes, this is special magic. It's haunting in an indescribable way.
@PercussusResurgo5 ай бұрын
Could not agree more
@sinbadmcbasterpolish13 жыл бұрын
I first heard this song on the radio while in the car. It was so captivating, I had to pull over. I sat in the car, just listening til the song was over. That was three years ago. How wonderful to find it again.
@adoyle74435 жыл бұрын
T'was on one bright March morning I bid New Orleans adieu And I took the rode to Jackson town, me fortune to renew I cursed all foreign money, no credit could I gain Which filled me heart with longin' for the Lakes of Pontchartain. I stepped on board of a railroad car beneath the morning sun And I rode the roads 'til evening and I laid me down again All strangers here, no friends to me 'til a dark girl towards me came And I fell in love with a Creole girl from the Lakes of Pontchartrain. I said my pretty Creole girl, me money here's no good If it weren't for the alligators I'd sleep out in the wood You're welcome here kind stranger, our house it's very plain But we never turn a stranger out at the Lakes of Pontchartrain. She took me to her mummy's house and she treated me quite well The hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets fell To try and paint her beauty I'm sure t'would be in vain So handsome was my Creole girl from the Lakes of Pontchartrain. I asked her if she'd marry me, she'd said it could never be For she had got another and he was far at sea She said that she would wait for him and true she would remain 'Til he returned for his Creole girl from the Lakes of Pontchartrain. So fair thee well me bonny o' girl I never see no more But I'll ne'er forget your kindness and the cottage by the shore And at each social gathering a flowin' glass I'll raise And drink a health to me Creole girl from the Lakes of Pontchartrain.
@waynebutfoy3759 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic lyrics heard it the first time last night in my Bar here in Valencia,Spain ,an Irish boy sung it brilliantly,,,God bless
@hermitagegreen12 жыл бұрын
they could never have known that 35 years later we'd still be sitting here loving this
@wytrabbyt4 жыл бұрын
Its 43 years now
@beastinthesky67744 жыл бұрын
Make that 43 years :)
@garrettcoughlan31864 жыл бұрын
Who indeed ?
@bjornengqvist96293 жыл бұрын
Kept coming back to it for several years now. Irresistible.
@furymittens19103 жыл бұрын
43. Ditto.
@kathyryder9157 Жыл бұрын
That is so stunning, Paul Brady voice is amazing, his guitar playing as well as Andy Irvine's bouzouki playing is exquisite. How lucky we are to be able to enjoy it still.
@RunningRugby4 Жыл бұрын
No shade, but give giorgos zambetas a listen if you wanna hear some otherworldy bouzouki playing
@trainmaster16654 жыл бұрын
I spent my 30th birthday in Doon Ireland last year and I and the bar patrons took turns singing favorite songs. A priest who was home from his work in Argentina played guitar and sang this song which I had never heard before. I was FLOORED! What a song.
@margmckay32572 жыл бұрын
What a singer as powerful in 2022 as it was back in the day. Those were the days for Irish traditional singers . Brilliant🧤👏
@LeeSwim0912 жыл бұрын
im 18 years old and love to listen to drum and bass, dubstep, trance, dance and hip-hop - this is my favourite song of all time.
@lisasture45233 жыл бұрын
Yes, it is so beautiful! It always makes my heart ache - not in a bad way - in a special way
@GavNic713 жыл бұрын
27 now. I wonder what you're listening to now. And are you still loving this song?
@NickleJ5 жыл бұрын
Listening to this at my home on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain :)
@jakmak11994 жыл бұрын
Any nice Creole girls there ? 😊
@1blastman4 жыл бұрын
Listening on the North Shore here.
@Johnnyfive554 жыл бұрын
Is there even any alligators in the woods:)
@NickleJ4 жыл бұрын
@@Johnnyfive55 yup. But theyre friendly little creatures :)
@Johnnyfive554 жыл бұрын
@@NickleJ I'll take your word on that. Great cover from Brady?. Check out "Arthur McBride" from the the same concert. Another definitive cover from Brady. All the best, from the banks of the Blackwater, Cork.
@jeffng61724 жыл бұрын
I lived in Ireland from 1996 to 2005. Played music there all those years and thoroughly enjoyed it. I’m now back in Singapore with my family.. our hearts are still there. Left behind many great memories and friends. Up Ireland!
@1blastman4 жыл бұрын
@candom rommenter Amen. They need to be put in their place. Too many "progressives" are owned by Chinese money. But that's a political rant that I'll save for another time. Enjoy this wonderful song again and again........
@tomgreene22824 жыл бұрын
Where did you play and what instrument?
@jeffng61724 жыл бұрын
Hi Tom, I played the guitar. Had an uilleann piper, percussion and flute player in our group. Played around Garykennedy, Co. Tipperary and Co. Clare. Had a blast of a time all those years.
@tomgreene22824 жыл бұрын
@@jeffng6172 thanks for reply...used to play a bit in O'Donoughe's in Dublin around those years.
@Landauh4 жыл бұрын
This song is about the US, nothing to do with Ireland bar Brady being Irish.
@nbenefiel8 жыл бұрын
I lived in Ireland from 71 to 78 a magic time for traditional music
@gipsydavy14906 жыл бұрын
Traditional American .
@LordHalloran6 жыл бұрын
+Happy plucker Traditional Ignorance.
@radwizard6 жыл бұрын
Pretty much one in the same. Irish and Scots-Irish and the Scots brought music to America, and it evolved into Modern Music we hear today.
@porterhall276 жыл бұрын
no such thing..America was populated by immigrants who brought their music with them, Scots, Irish, Welsh, English, African..unless you mean the music of the Native Americans?
@anihtgenga40966 жыл бұрын
Lucky spud!
@patriciathewisher23152 жыл бұрын
A guy called Paul Charles who comes from my neck of the woods once told me that he once met Bob Dylan who barely spoke to him because at the time Paul Brady was teaching Bob how to play The Lakes of Pontchartrain.
@lambhdeargh17 жыл бұрын
I played this song once while on holiday in Italy and I ended up with more people watching than I started with. Even the Germans liked it and they previously complained about me playing the guitar late at night.
@waltertanner7982 Жыл бұрын
yeah, we are a strange pack, but sometimes we can be converted by really high quality!
@galwayvintagecollection34015 ай бұрын
Apart from the love in my dogs eyes when I tell him genuinely he's a good boy I cant compare anything to my hearts joy unless listening to PB. Purebloods listening to PB again and again. ❤ it.
@emanon3214 ай бұрын
Revisiting this wondrous performance and wouldn’t you know my lovely Alsatian bitch is at my side with deep brown liquid eyes watching the tears dripping from mine.
@galwayvintagecollection34014 ай бұрын
Swiss Shepherd and Truth cousins keep it on track.
@clairecadoux471 Жыл бұрын
Watched and heard the Great Paul Brady sing this in Perth Concert Hall 2 weeks ago. Luck got me there. A chance sighting of an article in a paper. 4 x legends doing possibly their last concert. This was their final piece after an awesome evening and unforgiving standing ovation. This was their pin-drop moment. Paul's voice is unchanged imo. We had Donnal Lunny, Andy Irvine, Paul Brady (all had been in Planxty) and Ken Burke (Bothy Band). Thought my heart was going to burst.
@waltertanner7982 Жыл бұрын
My goodness, how lucky you are! Unfortunately, they have not come to Germany…
@jplmedley Жыл бұрын
Wow Claire - thanks for sharing about that. Sounds unbelievably precious.
@deejaykay1975 Жыл бұрын
Love it...
@medb8882 Жыл бұрын
is there any videos of this?
@LiamConnell-ks4ce8 ай бұрын
I think you mean KEVIN Burke. I met him last year at a dinner in Scotland without knowing who he was. I was so impressed by his conversation and weird Irish/Cockney accent. When I realized who was (he played and sang for us) I was amazed by his humility and grace.
@clairemi10012 жыл бұрын
This is what you call proper music, im 24 and grew up listening to all these songs, Paul Brady is just amazing, his voice is a gift..
@jameskelly61175 жыл бұрын
I met an Irish girl this year. She took me back to her home in Cork and introduced me to her family and this incredible music. We are no longer together but part of my soul will always stay with her
@wideawakenow0075 жыл бұрын
James Kelly, I am so sad that you are no longer together. What a loss.
@wideawakenow0075 жыл бұрын
James Kelly, you absolutely have to get yourself back to Ireland and meet another Irish lady.
@PaulGoodeK5 жыл бұрын
Lovely story, James. I’ll drink s Guinness to the two of you when I’m there this summer. Best wishes.
@maryoreilly41605 жыл бұрын
James Kelly ❤️❤️
@PaulGoodeK5 жыл бұрын
@jeflynnenut Thanks! We had a wonderful time -- mostly around Westport and North Mayo. We were able to drive through the Burren, and even saw Christy Moore in Athlone. As beautiful as Ireland is -- and it is beautiful -- the Irish people are just as lovely, and half the reason to go!
@SpotlessLeopard2 жыл бұрын
This reintroduced me to emotions I forgot had existed.
@linneasaoirse7 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful voice in folk music. Unbelievable. This version is the best of them all❤
@socratesgoulas90364 жыл бұрын
Simply masterpiece!!! Excellent bouzouki playing! Greetings from Hellas!
@brunocarlos8024 жыл бұрын
I’ve listened to this song for the first time in Grafton Street, Dublin City. Some buskers were playing at night. I could just memorize some verses and then I found the song here. Amazing!
@Paddyy20124 жыл бұрын
I play this song on grafton street. Say hello next time bro!
@Zezezeze694 жыл бұрын
@@Paddyy2012 class
@balsham1373 жыл бұрын
And throw a pound into the hat
@fino26042 жыл бұрын
Had the pleasure to play with and listen to paddy2012 on a session in Dublin last Wednesday. It was sublime.
@gazloader14 жыл бұрын
Was there ever another song that fills your heart with love, heartbreak and desire as much as this? Paul Brady was born to sing this song. A true calling if i ever heard one!
@Stratman3893 жыл бұрын
this song is full of heartbreak and beauty
@berkeleybernie10 ай бұрын
I knew this arrangement as played by the group Trapezoid. Never knew they had picked it up from Brady. I've only discovered Brady recently via his wonderful Arthur McBride.
@elliehjemmetАй бұрын
I spent months looking for the singer of "Arthur McBride" --had been sent on a cassette with no atribution. Now I've worn out Paul Brady's DVD with all of his fine songs,. I'm a fan.
@JeanneDenny11 ай бұрын
I knew these amazing singers and musicians so many years ago and had Planxty at my folk club in Blackpool England. I’m still playing and listening and enjoying the wonderful music they gave us. 🥰
@cworkmon Жыл бұрын
To have missed this song all my life blows me away. Never too old for Revelation!! Beautiful Beautiful ❤
@Whatzzzz999 Жыл бұрын
'Never too old for a revelation'... I love it! I'm gonna get me a tee shirt!! Cheers buddy.
@andaimhineach4131 Жыл бұрын
Cead míle fáilte!
@martifingers7 ай бұрын
I trust you now have caught up with Paul's version of Arthur McBride!
@johnleboeuf40895 жыл бұрын
The setting for this song is the place where I was raised. It has always filled me with sweet sorrows as oil refineries and "development" has destroyed the magic that once was.
@curleyteeth5 жыл бұрын
It sounds such a beautiful place in this song John.Jim.Liverpool.
@TheATeam71.i Жыл бұрын
As an Irish man, you listen to music today, there is no comparison to this music, this is music, as an Irish man I am proud
@gambetti10012 жыл бұрын
I am 54 years old now. Live here in Germany and heard this song for the 1st. time on British Radio 30 years ago. This is the best song i have ever heard in my Life !!!
@tommymorgan733 ай бұрын
What a truly wonderful wonderful artist!! Only just discovering Paul Brady!
@georgethompson9396 Жыл бұрын
There was a period in my youth when this was my favorite song by my favorite singer. Many many years later I met a lifelong friend of his and had the chance to play it for her. Special for me.
@olderbutfitter-dl6hk8 ай бұрын
Still loving this in 2024.❤❤❤
@michaelrickard98905 ай бұрын
Superb string playing from both musician, Andy Irving on bouzouki and paul playing in dropped tuning. Wonderful sound and song.
@gconnolly6489 жыл бұрын
A most beautiful thing. Young master Brady looks like he has just left the harry potter set.
@KenCarpenter-videos6 жыл бұрын
A pure voice
@cazkelly5 жыл бұрын
The original Weasley
@juliosalazar39973 жыл бұрын
Once the expellarmus is learned the alligators in the wood will be no problem
@GravityBoy724 жыл бұрын
I saw Andy and Donal live two years ago. Then Christy a few months later. Never seen Paul (sadly). And Liam is gone but not forgotten. Such amazing musicians... up the with the best.
@petermullen70374 жыл бұрын
Their likes will not be seen again.
@pmathews109 Жыл бұрын
Wow! What a voice and what playing, while accompanied by another of the Kings of Irish music Andy Irvine!
@youtareatube12 жыл бұрын
My Irish niece, now living in the carolinas with an american husband just loves this song, as i love her
@johnruaneanalysis52207 жыл бұрын
Not alone is Ireland the home of country and western music, and Irish traditional music, it's also the real home of Folk music and it should be promoted as such worldwide. I mean what other country has so many brilliant folk singers like Paul Brady and I'm delighted to see the huge folk revival sweeping the country again, and isn't it part of who we are.
@musettediato8 ай бұрын
Yes - perfection. And I have no idea why the beauty of it chokes me up.
@tomsampson80843 жыл бұрын
I never thought I would say this but I actually miss the '70's.
@winterishere98283 жыл бұрын
We'd all like to be over 40 years younger again!
@tomsampson80843 жыл бұрын
@@winterishere9828 I guess that is true to a point.
@jackarcher74957 ай бұрын
The music, yes. Definitely. The rest of it not so much.
@michaelshortall91793 ай бұрын
A beautiful set of lyrics and a humane message of love.
@eamonogrady26068 жыл бұрын
Ah, Friels in Miltown Malbay what days, the pub is still there but the soul is fading! Bring back the 70s they were simpler times with a guitar, large bottle of Guinness and a packet of large size rizzla!
@michaelcushing4308 жыл бұрын
Lucky you're in the company of Guinness, I travel 1000s miles to get a real Guinness!
@wrathofme038 жыл бұрын
what's rizzla?
@airyfairycelt8 жыл бұрын
michael cushing 😊
@alexwilson37397 жыл бұрын
hello the answer to yer question is that Rizzla is a brand of cigarette papers popular in all the Keltic countries. .. including england . from a fella forty years behind the,"roll up" Slante'
@francesoregan3945 жыл бұрын
Up the Banner
@steffigavin91526 ай бұрын
This just grabs my heart. So beautiful.
@johnmccann83192 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful love song ever.💚
@GerryMATW16 жыл бұрын
I'm utterly dismayed! I'm in Glasgow and I didn't know he was playing otherwise I'd have been there. He's one of the best artists I've ever seen - a genius.
@johnaylald99642 жыл бұрын
I absolutely am in love with Paul singing one of my most beloved songs.
@whhswhhs10 жыл бұрын
You wonder...did Paul Brady know when he was singing this particular version how powerful and lovely his interpretation was? Could there be a better way to sing this song than the way he sings it here? Thank you Mick Connell for uploading this gem.
@Nachtuil3610 жыл бұрын
I completely agree with your comment. I saw and heard him back then at a local festival here in Flanders. Still am thrilled by his version.
@stephenhandy49506 жыл бұрын
Martin Taylor
@smokiethemightydog89026 жыл бұрын
Irish tenor
@danielmclaughlin26956 жыл бұрын
Martin Taylor 100 % right , in my opinion no version of this song comes close to this one .
@davescott53284 жыл бұрын
Strangely, I think there is. RTE (Irish TV) did an anthology of Paul's output in the very early '90's called "Echoes & Abstracts". On that he's on his own, in the corner of a recently built industrial bay, basic rig. And absolutely nails it. Never seen a better version, other than Aoife O'Donovan's which comes close, I'll admit.
@jamesbolger4138 жыл бұрын
Andy Irvine is beautiful player. Don't get much better than this.
@frankbolger39693 жыл бұрын
Greetings, my fellow yellow-belly!
@StephenDouthart3 ай бұрын
I was still at primary school when my brother bought Planxty's Cold Blow and the Rainy Night. It was just sublime. Brady does it well too. I love his song The Island 👌
@grahamadamson59333 жыл бұрын
I first heard Paul Brady singing with the Johnstons at the Aldermaston folk club in the 60's ..... a great voice in a harmony of great voices ...... their music still thrills me .
@garywhitt982 жыл бұрын
Never been to Ireland although my guitar has. I HAVE been to Lake Pontchartrain.
@brentcouncil14894 жыл бұрын
43 years later and we are in lockdown. This song made me cry, it's a timeless song about heartbreak. Please God forgive me but I think that I broke a lot of hearts :(
@hamburgerdan1014 жыл бұрын
“I broke a lot of hearts” ass no you didn’t you stupid and ugly
@Alan-tr4eq4 жыл бұрын
I was born heartbroken
@jmmacb034 жыл бұрын
I don't think it was heartbreak. Truth hurt him. And he respected her enough to raise a glass. And now America is so very, very lost. Cheers, from Toronto.
@geraldneary19484 жыл бұрын
Are you gay or something.
@raygreen59262 жыл бұрын
That audience back in 1977. The year Robert Nairac disappeared in south Armagh. Where are they all now. And the ethereal beauty of Paul Brady's voice...
@conbaz10616 жыл бұрын
Paul's singing and playing had an effortless sweetness and softness back then.
@voxpopuli348 Жыл бұрын
An Irish Band played this at my request, at a pub on St. Patrick's Day, 1997, in Dublin, Ireland. I will never forget it. ❤ Erin Go Bragh!
@paul296719 жыл бұрын
Andy Irvine on bouzouki- another legend.
@nickydelaney66752 жыл бұрын
such a great song always reminds me off a special girl who is always on my mind and she introduced me to this song on a great day out ❤
@davidbrennan361310 ай бұрын
I've seen paul in concert in nyc 6 times,he is a fantastic musican
@philipcleary69512 жыл бұрын
Paul Brady is an absolute genius the best ever folk singer and songwriter or Ireland has ever produced that's a fact not fiction
@rocketpost12 ай бұрын
I've always loved this gorgeous song. I'm more used to Christy Moore singing it but there's something in Paul's voice that is so poignant. It just tugs at the heart-strings.
@johncronin5173 жыл бұрын
I love it! Irvine looks like he's laying back having a cappuccino in his local coffee shop, Brady is on auto pilot with a marvelous rendition of "the Lakes". Fantastic to be able to see live what has been unavailable for years. God Bless KZbin! (and the posters)
@brendavisceglia9034 Жыл бұрын
I'm singing this tomorrow at a session and I'm completely nervous. I don't have all the ornaments but I'll add those in as I go along so that it sounds natural. I think this is his definitive performance regardless of how nervous he was. Simply brilliant. Someone has asked me to revise the song as a non-generic which I won't be singing tomorrow but I'm going to send it to him and run it by him. Very difficult to change millions of songs and take away the "he" and "she" but it is an exercise. I also have been bothered it says "Lakes" when there are none so maybe changing it to "Banks". It is a perfect song but when you sing for a younger crowd...they are very picky about this stuff! Again, this is brilliant beyond belief and with Andy Irvine playing with him just takes it out of the universe.
@darkbluemullet Жыл бұрын
How did it go? :)
@brendavisceglia9034 Жыл бұрын
@@darkbluemullet trying again tonight. Nobody knew how to play it at the session!!!!!!!! they do now!
@pmathews109 Жыл бұрын
There are no “Lakes” of Ponchartrain.
@billneylon594 Жыл бұрын
@@pmathews109 well, there is Lake Ponchartrain, which is the main body of water in a connected basin (also called Ponchartrain) that also includes two other lakes, Maurepas and Borgne. Since we're not in the habit of naming things next to each other the same thing, I'd say that's about as close to there being "Lakes" of Ponchartrain as can be reasonably expected from a folk song. If you must be pedantic about something, Lake Ponchartrain is technically an estuary, go with that.
@MultiGeraghty8 жыл бұрын
I have long admired Paul's use of "open tuning" and his perfection of same! And how qabout that great accoustic sound using only a microphone and no built in graphic equalizer etc!
@Geedo7778 жыл бұрын
+KyranI an Geraghty those mics pick up a much warmer sound eh? Plus those Yam FG 180's kick out a beautiful bassy tone which helps ;)
@Scotsgrey137 жыл бұрын
There are many several good covers of this song, but Brady's is the ultimate. And, just a great song to begin with.
@wingandaprayer16 жыл бұрын
Saw him and Andy Irvine play this and many others at recreation of their 1976 album...Celtic Connections in Glasgow last week.. It was even better!!
@johnmcgrath61922 жыл бұрын
I love this song. Beautiful heartfelt young love. i always think of my Irish grandfather and his 2 brothers seeking their fortunes in the 1800s US mid-west. My grandfather had to return to Ireland but as a US citizen not obliged to take loyalty oath to the British crown. The brothers who stayed became wealthy through forestry and real estate,, When I wandered the US west there were many kind women ready to take in a good man. I think it must have been the same for my great uncles. P.S..Back in Ireland/England marrying people from Africa met at uni is a normal thing among my relatives.
@blackmonarch17 жыл бұрын
Wish I could shake this mans hand before our time on earth ends... Beautifully sung ✌
@ajlambe1340 Жыл бұрын
There are only so many performances that reach a star level of beauty and feeling and this is one of them. Neil Young’s Old Man and Bruce Springsteen’s The River, etc. This one is special.
@galwayvintagecollection34014 ай бұрын
Isn't that ironic. Young and the boss advocated the medical intervention. PB didn't. Paul Brady for Purebloods. Thanks Paul and let's not 4get Van. ❤
@twl1072 жыл бұрын
I’m a 24 yr old that isn’t in touch with today’s music. This is real music. Every one my age is missing out !
@samuellong8952 жыл бұрын
YES
@martinhanley95242 жыл бұрын
Sure is - this is poetry that moves the soul
@sarahcohen38442 жыл бұрын
Every generation feels out of touch with the next generation's music. But there doesn't seem to be music in today's music. It's empty of everything but electronics.
@kathleenferguson3296 Жыл бұрын
I'm 70, and hosted a 15 year old Paul Brady in NYC for Schanchie Records. I was 25 then. Kept him from the lads and thebdrink, made sue he called home. He was very sweet.
@damianboyle2376 Жыл бұрын
It's true I have a son 25 and he sing this song he loves it
@ArjunLSen10 жыл бұрын
there is no better interpretation possible.
@patrickryan18219 жыл бұрын
Wow, what sound of nostalgia and longing, this song gets me every time.
@listsforthecurious4 жыл бұрын
This video is so old, the bazouki actually looks like it was made in Greece! :)
@KevinDardis5 жыл бұрын
It still amazes me after all these years how easy he makes singing and playing these songs look. Second nature to him. Wonderful.
@greatspottedwoodpeck7 ай бұрын
Brilliant performance. Paul Brady is such a brilliant folk singer. A pity he left that genre to pursue rock, but he could always go back again. He can be both a rockstar and a trad legend. He is, actually.
@martinplaysmartin11 жыл бұрын
I am so fascinated, this is probably the best version I ever heard!
@airyfairycelt8 жыл бұрын
Still just as heart catching as many yesterdays
@smiffy83642 жыл бұрын
Breathtaking perfection from the pair of them. Paul has a hauntingly beautiful voice and is a superb guitar player.
@sittinginthebasement3 жыл бұрын
When my daughters were small I sang them to sleep with this lovely song.
@brookebowers35295 жыл бұрын
My song! I was engaged to and called to sing in my locals.....tis my love song....
@drjobm3 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to be at the launch of the LP and still have the complimentary single 'A Merry Christmas from Andy and Paul' :) Timeless.
@gabridelux4537 жыл бұрын
that is my life forever and ever, thank you god and thank you paul, Irvine and craig
@pauloconnor27023 жыл бұрын
Crazy life. This gives me a moment to relax and reflect! Love it
@ThePhiloaussie085 жыл бұрын
I just love to listen to Paul from when I was a young girl living in Ireland many years ago......Thanks for sharing
@Whatzzzz999 Жыл бұрын
what a voice. the subtlety of a piper or a flautist/whistle player. Incredible. I've listened to this song via various recordings since the late 70s. This is the one without a doubt. And just the best bouzouki playing, never intrusive, always completely beautiful. Thanks!
@stevesteve5516 жыл бұрын
u could try and record this 100 times in a studio and you would not get even close to this. perfect performance!
@Susq1515 жыл бұрын
I just never get tired of this...nor of Arthur MacBride. True classics.
@00100000station6 жыл бұрын
Does it, Can it get any better than this? I would love it to bear witness to whatever that thing is because THIS is astounding.
@torvilasulvstle3624 жыл бұрын
Actually, I think Dylan makes it better!
@martyoaks66183 жыл бұрын
Dang I wasn't planning on crying, but something about his voice just wrecked me.
@zangdopalri12 жыл бұрын
it's a joy to hear this song again with Brady and Irvine. It always was a stand-out track for me, since first hearing it in the 1970's. The yearning expressed in both the melody and Brady's singing of it is both heart-tugging and 'haunting.' What I notice on rehearing is the courage of both players to take it slowly and reflectively. Incomparable, imo. Thank you for sharing it.
@enilegnave2116 жыл бұрын
1,000,000 yrs ago, in L.A., my boyfriend & Michelle Shocked & her husband, Bart's were bestfriends. Went to their wedding, hung out on their houseboats, took care of their sweet old cat when they were on the road. One night, 12+ years ago, after Michelle's birthday dinner, we went w/ the Hothouse Flowers & jammed to the wee hours. They played this... plaintively & mournfully: sweet voices, guitar & pennywhistle. My heart has longed, since then, to hear them play this again. This will do ;-)
@lambhdeargh17 жыл бұрын
I suppose it does not matter who's version is better, it is one of the finest folk songs ever written. Haunting and beautiful and guaranteed to make anyone sit in contemplation long after the song has finished.
@markwilmot60852 жыл бұрын
I feel sorry so few people have seen this. This moves my heart.
@marykyle807210 жыл бұрын
A long day of work ahead, and this marvelous artist is helping me. Beautifully done. Such ease. Such skill. Thank god for this medium. Now if all that happens on the internet were at this level, what a world we would have.
@philliphutson72505 жыл бұрын
That's why I stopped Facebook and now only listen to music on KZbin. Songs like this make me know I made the correct choice.
@patriciagrace67292 жыл бұрын
such a Pleasure to hear this wonderful mans voice.