I long for the days when something as obscure as this could become a chart hit and be played on commercial radio. But then it was the 70s. Music's greatest decade.
@colinslant8 ай бұрын
Mind you, it was 1981 when "O Superman (for Massenet)" by Laurie Anderson got to number 2 in the UK chart. That's pretty obscure!
@nigelbevan84497 ай бұрын
Most "chart" music these days is pretty obscure.
@DerekNevatte-hb1do7 ай бұрын
Reached No.14 on UK charts in 1974.
@SuperCholdiАй бұрын
I wasn't born until '77 but it was definitely the decade where you could pull some seriously mad shit and get away with it.
@walkinghenry79057 ай бұрын
Gone are the days when a band perform a song with their fingers in their ears.
@KeithWright-ug4dy4 ай бұрын
great comment. so true
@billgreen23483 ай бұрын
Simon and Peggy of Fairport Convention sing with their fingers in each others' ears.
@HrLBolle3 ай бұрын
Not quite, they place their hands in such a way as to amplify the external voice in comparison to what is transmitted internally through the bones
@alunepps4272Ай бұрын
@@HrLBolle - what a great explanation.
@frankheilingbrunner785220 күн бұрын
I've never seen performers sing with their hands over their ears before. What baffles me is that only one of them was covering both ears, and the rest made do with covering one ear-the ear pointing away from the center, except in one case. Given the lack of a consistent pattern, my best guess was that each of them had the equivalent of an earbud to provide cues for singing in Latin.
@lordofys2 жыл бұрын
I have heard four different recordings of them doing this song. It never ceases to amaze me how Maddy nails it every time.
@folkme30422 жыл бұрын
I know.I must of seen them about 15 times over the last 46 years and although Maddy's voice has changed and matured she never ceases to impress.
@a.y.t.a.s.494 Жыл бұрын
Can you post links here to their other renditions please?
@dogbandit Жыл бұрын
Maddy is Amazing 🤩
@lordofys Жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3XGY3l6Ytusbq8
@LadySophieofHougunManor7325 Жыл бұрын
Maddy is awesome
@russs7574 Жыл бұрын
Maddy Prior has one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard. I love 1970's British Progressive and Folk, and could listen to Maddy, Annie Haslam, June Tabor, Jacqui McShee and Sandy Denny for hours on end.
@peterrobin18813 ай бұрын
I would add Joan Baez to that list!
@telmas71838 ай бұрын
Like Judith Durham; there is a beautiful crystal clarity in her voice!
@sedwards22078 ай бұрын
Yes, very much like Judith Durham! ❤
@peterclark96538 ай бұрын
50 years on since i first heard this, and to my mind it is still the best Christmas song ever to get into the charts.
@folkme30428 ай бұрын
I absolutely agree! And the least played unfortunately.
@Cronezonetarot2 жыл бұрын
Maddy's voice sends shivers down my spine!
@pleatedskirt182 жыл бұрын
More shivers here...
@hildefischer1169 Жыл бұрын
Every time ❤
@andymatthews7617 Жыл бұрын
BRILLIANT.
@AceinIN5 ай бұрын
I first heard this in the fall of 73. Never forgot it.
@rrbh3 ай бұрын
Listen to this - it'll blow your socks off.
@SuperCholdiАй бұрын
You are so diiirty...
@pearlwhitney45322 жыл бұрын
An underplayed and under-rated Christmas song. They harmonise wonderfully and no-one could give the song more credit than Maddie. Love it!
@TheRadioAteMyTV Жыл бұрын
Probably because most wouldn't dream of singing along with it. But yeah, it's beautiful.
@spackretired Жыл бұрын
@@TheRadioAteMyTVWhy not?
@TheRadioAteMyTV Жыл бұрын
@@spackretired Language barrier.
@dupont135Ай бұрын
Just so beautiful, i want to hear this in my funeral.
@liamemerson72086 ай бұрын
This is the best live version of this tune. It's the right tempo, perfectly in tune, well recorded, just beautiful.
@danceswithchihuahuas Жыл бұрын
Overlooked. Underappreciated. The building blocks of my soul. I was lucky to grow up with Steeleye Span.
@timpiercy97132 жыл бұрын
A haunting tune of Christmas past, we have returned to the medieval. Thank goodness this was saved
@TheRadioAteMyTV Жыл бұрын
Jesus saves. And so it seems appropriate that this song was saved.
@CliffJekel Жыл бұрын
Maddy Prior must have one of the top 10 folk voices of all time. Wow.
@paulgardner6239 Жыл бұрын
I would have her in my top 5 I remember hearing them on a 45rpm that my Mum had it may have been this line up ( Or another ) and I was captivated I don't think I'd reached 6yrs old.
@russs7574 Жыл бұрын
@@paulgardner6239 Top 5 definitely. Maddy Prior, Annie Haslam and Karen Carpenter have 3 of the most awesome voices I've ever heard.
@tudormiller887 Жыл бұрын
100% Her Jacqui McShee, Sandy Denny, Shirley Collins & Judy Collins are my favorite women Folk artists. Any fans of Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling, The Lumineers or any of those Modern Folk artists & bands should really listen to bands like Steeleye Span, Pentangle to appreciate Folk music.
@kraftwerkdj91909 ай бұрын
Maddy Prior and Grace Slick.
@paulabraham25507 ай бұрын
@@tudormiller887 I'd add Judith Durham to that list. There are probably dozens in the top ten, actually. ;-)
@davidperry8132 жыл бұрын
The drummer. Brilliant
@roop3662 жыл бұрын
I love his outfit!
@bobeades42482 жыл бұрын
Rupert Bear was right on trend in 1974!
@jetbike812 жыл бұрын
Dead right,perfect.
@MsMiika132 жыл бұрын
Always the drummer.
@folkme30428 ай бұрын
Nigel Pegrum was a great drummer although I don't think this song showcases his talents as well as others I could mention.
@petrolhead19602 жыл бұрын
I just love Maddy’s voice. And this being one of my favourite songs of the season is just the icing on the cake.
@paulpayton823815 күн бұрын
Always loved this band ❤️ and she's got a really lovely voice 😊God bless you always from me in Birmingham England xx 😊
@asboukcomfortable1670 Жыл бұрын
I sang this in the street. Even the rich and homeless struggling daily peoples recognised Gaudete. Brilliant 🎵. E5. Uk 🇬🇧 💷 🇬🇧
@j32g6811 ай бұрын
Spine tingling ⚡️
@davidrogers97492 жыл бұрын
Maddy has one of the finest female voices on the plant, it has remained consistent over the years and is as pleasing to the ears now as it was when she first started
@petermay54882 жыл бұрын
Can't thank you enough for the video. It brought tears to my eyes. I saw them live in October 1973 as the warm up band for Procol Harum. I was completely blown away. I fell in love with Maddy and her almost impossibly great voice, bought the album in the theater foyer and have owned several copies since. It is an experience I have never forgotten and never will.
@marie-ctunnicliff5138 ай бұрын
Joyeux Noel - I just love Gaudete sung by Maddy - she still has such an amazing an voice. I saw Steeleye Span in Frome Somerset a couple of weeks ago, what a fantastic evening!
@eh17028 ай бұрын
Doesn’t her voice just give you goosebumps? There is another live one uploaded 14 years ago on Parkrecords channel, with better sound balance - and Maddy’s more mature voice purer than ever.
@asboukcomfortable16702 жыл бұрын
Hardcore rap fiend forever but this gorgeous song is my guilty 70s treat. Stunning anytime!
@avocados4all Жыл бұрын
Long overdue a Dj Premier remix
@paulgardner6239 Жыл бұрын
Maddie Prior has an incredible voice that has lasted for years. I want this played at my funeral.
@stevenbeale43172 жыл бұрын
Maddy prior how she never mentioned in great singers catalogues,what a voice she has
@rogueriderhood18627 күн бұрын
First heard this round about 1973/4 on the BBC. At that time the station BBC1 or 2 used to close down with a piece of music or a poem, with the title and artist's name displayed. One night they closed with this and it blew me away. Couldn't wait to find out more about Steeleye Span, and been a fan ever since. Last saw them in November 2024, only Maddy there from the classic line up, but still a great band.
@HrLBolle Жыл бұрын
this is truly a fine example for the art of song and singing as it should be done
@michaelgibson47052 жыл бұрын
Possibly my favourite pop song in Latin
@amandashare1281 Жыл бұрын
Maddy's pure vocals on this song really hit home xx
@ThomasJJacksonVA Жыл бұрын
Saw Steeleye Span open for the Peter Gabriel Genesis at Winterland in SFO back in the mid-1970s. They opened their set with this hymn. Have been a fan of the band and Maddy's ever since.
@defender10062 жыл бұрын
A wonderful antidote to todays over produced and autotuned tracks that clutter the airways today. Just get every band singer to try and carry this off without any 'enhancement' and see what we're left with? Maddy/Steeleye Span rules!'
@miles-thesleeper-monroe8466 Жыл бұрын
Any version of theirs is the best. Hard to find anything close. The modern King's Singers do a great job. Maddy is iconic but those deep male folk harmonies are incredible
@janemata640710 ай бұрын
You’re right, I think the in-between parts are harder than the top line to maintain
@finncullen2 жыл бұрын
"It'll knock your socks off" - Alan Partridge
@karenphyland56922 жыл бұрын
Maddy Prior has the voice of an Angel, I think God created her to sing this 16th century hymn!✝️❤️😁🤠
@tudormiller887 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful music, amazing vocals. I could listen to this for hours. ❤
@marcmacario7611 Жыл бұрын
Voice from heaven...🙏
@andymatthews7617 Жыл бұрын
SUPERB.
@asboukcomfortable16705 ай бұрын
What a range, play this every Christmas. Bit of mulled wine, family 👪 and keeping warm. Tittie! Beautiful 😍 with the ones you love xx. An a bit of Chas n Dave. E8. UK 🇬🇧
@philjohnson436712 күн бұрын
Very well done. Congratulations.
@andymatthews7617 Жыл бұрын
Nobody's clever enough to produce something this good today.
@HrLBolle8 ай бұрын
or skilled at least in "Mainstream"
@andymatthews76178 ай бұрын
@@HrLBolle ABSOLUTELY.
@sumerandaccad9 ай бұрын
Always nice to hear around Xmas
@donnyrover19 ай бұрын
As much as i love metal, punk ,ska and indie , this would be pretty close to the top of my list , written circa 1580 i think , for all the tech available at present , its a great tune and simple vocal harmony what really count
@BC01018 ай бұрын
Exactly the same as me I'm more punk,metal,grunge ect but i never tire of this
@MakerfieldConsort8 ай бұрын
Good call on the date - it was first published in 1582, but its origins most likely go back at least a century further.
@bootsiedidread26122 жыл бұрын
First heard this in the early 70s didn't know what they was saying and still don't but I absolutely love this song👊🏾
@EdwardBast Жыл бұрын
The chorus is: "Rejoice, Christ is born of the virgin Mary, Rejoice." It's a Christmas hymn from the Renaissance.
@deborahherridge72016 күн бұрын
Beautiful and spiritual - although as this popped up for me in September I'm not sure I want to be thinking about Christmas yet! I do love it though.
@skylarkman20002 жыл бұрын
Amazing band , amazing song .
@staceymango68042 жыл бұрын
What an amazing voice!!!!! And great backing singing too. Love it!
@andymatthews7617 Жыл бұрын
SUPERB.
@seanycage26102 жыл бұрын
Maddy is a Goddess
@Traumm9 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely awesome! Love this version the best of all those i've heard
@kangaroogroundboy Жыл бұрын
saw them in Melbourne Town hall in the seventies, best concert before or since...and the harmonies are sheet bliss, thanks to all of them
@Claymore57 ай бұрын
I just love this track - I always have....it soothes the soul.
@trevissproson31669 ай бұрын
Happy Xmas y'all. Bring it! Uk ❤❤
@jozefmolnar15802 жыл бұрын
Simply wonderful. I love it.
@marinapeache70278 ай бұрын
I love this song it very spiritual❤️
@PLuMUK548 ай бұрын
When I hear other versions of this song, they sound like an interpretation of what it possibly sounded like. This, however, always sounds so "genuine". They obviously would have spent hours rehearsing this, but it has a spontaneity and unpolished quality that takes me back to a Medieval church where a far from professional group of parishioners have been taught the Latin and sing it with meaning. Takes me back to my younger years...
@BillSingleton-bx5jd3 ай бұрын
First concert I believe was at Salford University. They had trouble setting up so left it to the backroom team, went to the mikes and sang Gaudete, a sensation still remembered over 50 years later!
@YuiKitaro Жыл бұрын
A rather muted response to such an outstanding performance.
@SIRRUBADUBDUB2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful 😍
@CoherentChimp Жыл бұрын
The SAS of folk bands.
@stconstable8 ай бұрын
Timeless!!
@trevdowson58102 жыл бұрын
WONDERFUL! More please and thank you for this.
@TheMjakub2 жыл бұрын
I love this song 💕 Love Maddy 😘
@sirpancho2 жыл бұрын
Amazing live version!
@asboukcomfortable1670 Жыл бұрын
Someone sing it yo me! Sang this for a busker on a mike in THE STREET. People came running with smiles, very loved song! Uk 🇬🇧
@JMxx6204 Жыл бұрын
Beauty.
@robertwilkinson2232 Жыл бұрын
She has the voice of an angel
@raymondbonington93553 күн бұрын
A hit in late 73 in the uk ,
@brendaleake Жыл бұрын
Happy belated holidays everyone! I never heard this carol before, it's so beautiful!
@General.Longstreet2 жыл бұрын
Voice of an Angel!💖
@kitkatmeowville56012 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for posting this, I've been looking for it for a long time!
@neilsharman4704 Жыл бұрын
My first reaction was to think it is way too slow. The word Gaudete means rejoice, and it sounded gloomy. Then I realised that you can hear the harmonies really clearly and the clarity in Maddie's voice. It also sounds more sort of bleak and wintry like this. A lovely interpretation.
@knowhere6010 ай бұрын
Things were slower back then, in the 1500s...😊
@janemata640710 ай бұрын
It was probably a dance tune, but flexible!
@grahamboffey4577 ай бұрын
Extraordinary. And sublime.
@pinball1970 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@miles-thesleeper-monroe8466 Жыл бұрын
👍
@TimothyJarrett-uq9np8 ай бұрын
So taken by this chant was I that I went to launde abbey and asked a good father to translate it...he did..except for one or two words that he told me where medieval Latin and he wasn't sure...and signed the translation.."made this poor effort"...such humility is unknown to most of us...I've been a steelye span fan ever since and cannot thank the good father enough.❤
@a.y.t.a.s.494 Жыл бұрын
This is Christmas for me. Let it snow 😇🙏
@raybede8 ай бұрын
We saw the band as it is here several times and they were wild and wonderful. Thank you for uploading this I am now in tears with the memories.
@chrisbarnes3512 күн бұрын
Can’t believe there all on there phones while there singing this.
@brianmorrison75429 ай бұрын
Brilliance
@davidtyler6329Ай бұрын
No idea what it means but it's so uplifting.
@frankheilingbrunner785220 күн бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaudete
@starshine64728 ай бұрын
Wow, I've never heard Latin pronounced with such a distinctive English accent!
@asboukcomfortable16704 ай бұрын
Prithee , obsessed! UK 🇬🇧
@L-AstridsArt8 ай бұрын
have still an old recording from a French Radio (Radio Luxembourg the French one) . Now I thought I will look if I find this on YT and ... voilà! Thanks for sharing!
@glensalt74602 жыл бұрын
BRILLIANT TALLENT
@OBLONGATA618 ай бұрын
Pure.
@MikeNitro-og2xb8 ай бұрын
Maddy's voice makes me so nostalgic...if I could I would visit her before I die
@a.y.t.a.s.494 Жыл бұрын
Perfect performance from Maddy. The drummer had too much 😂
@lindapadley58064 ай бұрын
Have the single. But to see a performance without any extras must be brilliant! To see Maddy using her hsnds instead of ear pieces shows how good an artist she is
@paulcollis76519 ай бұрын
Best Christmas song ever. Never get it sung at mass nowadays. Maddies role would've been sung by pre pubescent boy originally .....or eunuch 😂
@hooper1605 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@deansinger8285 Жыл бұрын
Maddy is harmonious
@huw38518 ай бұрын
I'd not heard this for a long time - apart from when I occasionally find myself whistling it.
@ZiggySearchfieldCactus6 ай бұрын
Most excellent 😎😎
@dankdoctor65729 ай бұрын
Incredible.
@skyboswell9 ай бұрын
Maddy: pitch perfect every time.
@тоткоторый-д6ц2 жыл бұрын
That is great!
@johnllewlyndavies2228 ай бұрын
This is SO good🎉
@walkinghenry79053 ай бұрын
Someone once told me the Eagles hated Steely Dan and the line in 'Hotel California' "They can cut it with their steely knives but they still can't kill the beast" was a dig at them. I got confused and thought it was Steeleye Span they hated and had this mental image of the Eagles swearing at the radio whenever 'All around my hat' was played.