Joan Armatrading - Love & Affection - The Old Grey Whistle Test 1976

[@lanamaree7513]

I bought this album when I was 17 yrs old, ordered it from England, which was a big deal back then. I am now 62, this songs stills lifts my heart and brings me to tears every time I hear it. Joan blessed my life, and continues to do so.

[@neildonovan6823]

I think she was on Saturday Night Live - season 2. I posted this song on FB (or another of her songs - doesn;t really matter) I was pointing out - live recording, real talent, and in a denim shirt (after another grammys fiasco). She was a special talent. Good for you getting the album. I used to play her back in the day (frat boy 1980's parties). (Full on 1979.)

[@lanamaree7513]

@@neildonovan6823 thank you for the comment, as it moved me to watch this video a few times this morning, which is a beautiful way to start the day. Perhaps her denim shirt is one of the reasons I have a few of them! Take care.

[@OceanSpaceman]

It makes me cry also, what a person

[@joemuir2575]

❤

[@lewistonsmith6179]

Here in 2024. Love Joan Armatrading!

[@johnmair1697]

So good

[@chrisanderson6204]

In 1979 I was a white boy living in maine working at kmart and a “hippie” co-worker introduced me to Joan and I was blown away. She is the definition of “soul” because her music comes from her soul and touchéd mine. Great memories, thanks, Joan

[@Bnice2mycat]

I , 53 years old just discovered this song on 25th October 2024, yesterday. Obsessed with it and mad that it never played in the radio. I’m in the United States . Drop the Pilot showed up briefly on video shows, and I was mesmerized, would stay up hoping it would get played …

[@ASobande]

Listen to The weakness in me 😊

[@DirkjeA]

@@ASobande Just what I wanted to say before I red your comment, great recommendation . 💕

[@MrMK2001]

This song never ages. Classy and sung beautifully.

[@billybell1656]

She has so many great songs but this one really always be my favorite of hers

[@CymInUA]

My enduring memory of my mother, who died of a heart attack at 60 in 2001, is of her singing this as she pottered about in the kitchen when I was a child some time in the (probably) early 80s. I will always remain indebted Ms Armatrading for that.

[@djclay33]

Beautiful response. ❤❤❤

[@pauledmonds3249]

Bless you and your Mum.

[@johnhealy6676]

The lady’s is class I think she is the best singer/songwriter this country has produced

[@RosePetal17]

I would include Kate Bush in this elite group ;D

[@philipglaister5160]

Do you know what, John. I’m a year behind you: but better late than never. Cheers!

[@mrstambourinegirl397]

oh absolutely. She is the greatest by far :)

[@gildawhitner6962]

Which Country, Jamaica, Affffricaaa or Great Britain? LOL LOL LOL. I love her too, her music is a must. IDKY Her Majestic won't Knight her. She serves the Crown well.

[@markrae1317]

@@gildawhitner6962 Jane isn't from any of those countries. But you actually knew that, right...?

[@KayEl58]

There aren't too many songs that I recall hearing for the very first time but this is one of them. It was a Saturday and I was on a bus on the way home from shopping in the city centre. Tired with sore feet, this came on the radio and I was in another world, it was unlike anything I'd heard before. The moment I got home I told my roommate, "I've just heard this amazing song" before I could say anymore he told me, "It's Joan Armatrading's new one".

[@MJ-tg7wv]

I first heard this song live at Coventry Theatre (UK) just before she released it as a single. She was supporting Supertramp. It was the most amazing evening. As soon as we heard this song, we knew she was something special. I immediately bought her album, the first of many! A true talent - and I can tell you, there is an awful lot of love and affection for J.A. ever since from her many fans.❤

[@storsys]

Saw her live in Dundee in 1977 when she played support for Supertramp, it's still is one of the best concerts I've ever attended. Joan's performance absolutely blew me away and I've been a fan ever since. This track still gets me after all these years!

[@JerseySandy]

Amazing I was there too. Unforgettable

[@brianwhoreadsobjectiveinfo1122]

There are only two separate concerts I missed my ride home from: Supertramp, and Joan Armatrading, both from Montreal to home 60 miles away. I stayed for Joan's THIRD encore because the midnight bus NEVER left on time (until that night, LOL!). I walked & ran 14 miles solo, then hitched a ride the rest of the way home, getting home just as the sun was coming up. Unforgettable performance and adventure! With Supertramp, we tried to take a case of beer into the stadium, couldn't, got separated from our ride & never saw them again. Pre-cell phone era. Supertramp was fun! The 3 of us hitched a ride south, then called a taxi to take us back north to Montreal several hours later when we were not getting any rides, then took the bus back home.

[@storsys]

@@brianwhoreadsobjectiveinfo1122 We sat up the back of the hall in the balcony and got stoned! Can't remember how we got home but it was only a couple of miles so it was no big deal. :-)

[@Gattobuono]

My God, is it really 45 years ago that I saw Joan Armatrading and Supertramp live (more than once)!!! Also, The Old Grey Whistle Test was a must watch in the 70's!

[@progrock21]

Yeh saw her support Supertramp at the old Glasgow Apollo in the 70’s , wonderful and thanks for posting.

[@sendaitohoku]

This needs about 100,000,000 more view.

[@charliechod]

was 16 in 1976 when this came out ! . it blew me away ,i still love it now

[@OratioConcisa]

I was 17... pretty much the same reaction though.

[@shuddupeyaface]

One of those tunes I had an out of of body experience when I first heard it. Probably about 1984 ish. Sat in my Dads blue Datsun. Only about 9. Sunny day of clarity and wonder. Then this came on the radio. Heaven!

[@user-dn4rx8ev3j]

Joan Atmatradings fusion of blues, jazz, rock and pop is like no other. - a true gift to music

[@tomsortore8301]

Been listening to this musical goddess since the 1970s. Seen her in concert 5 times. Life changing. Sooomuch soul it just oozes out and into mine. Making me a much better more compassionate man. Thanks joan. Feel sorry for the poor souls stuck with Taylor swift

[@Dc-lb7cl]

I can’t believe it took me 40 years to appreciate this amazing song. What a woman.

[@djclay33]

Lol....took a lot of us 300 years to appreciate Shakespeare and some of the best artist's 😉🎸😎🙏 Enjoy the good stuff🇺🇲

[@alisonhope1]

How did this not get to No 1 in 1976? She was robbed!

[@paulspeakman5061]

It's like magic.

[@billywitwhistle202]

A song for all time. Joan sings with such ease, sweetness, grace, soul and grit. To this very day she remains a treasure.

[@elizabethlinsay9193]

I loved this song from the minute I heard the first notes. I will never stop loving it. Loving it...

[@MrJ2theC]

It's those three notes in the chorus that get me.

[@ERROL007]

Brilliant. 38 dislikes? What sad people. I don’t believe in God but talent like this isn’t from this World.

[@elizaharr]

Ah, I saw her at a folk festival in Cambridge when my daughter was a just a baby in a sling - she joked about having our daughter as she signed her album for us. An absolute legend. Thank you for sharing your fabulous music, thank you.

[@maurab.5899]

I discovered Joan’s music as a teen in the 90s. Since then, I return to it over and over. She is such an incredible songwriter. Her music has lasting power.

[@markvanloon3015]

Magic!! She has not changed at all. Her Groove on the guitar is also a rhythm section on is own. All the best from Holland

[@sebluketravis2438]

Awww man, pure talent. I would have loved to see a duet with her and Tracy Chapman.

[@thecreativeprocess-pureima3389]

Every time is like the first time.

[@RosePetal17]

I was just thinking that there are so many kinds of artists who have had great succes. Those who are always in the news, who create lots of "buzz" and hype, and then there are those artists who write brilliant songs, go out on tour and give all they've got, yet are never in the news for some kind of personal drama. Joan is that kind of artist. It is so refreshing to listen to her music, quietly appreciating her artistry, yet she is so down to earth. :)

[@siriusfeline]

One of the greatest, most powerful and most memorable (love) songs ever, ever written.

[@smylsie]

This actually just made me cry. So good on every level.

[@duncgb]

Track 4, Side 1, Album 3 - Joan Armatrading: Love & Affection... utterly beguiling

[@philcawser]

No matter how much you like this song, it is way better again. It twists up your insides and never lets go throughout the song - no denouement, an almost unique feat in a commercial song. Genius.

[@stevenhoward3358]

One of the all time great songs by one of the most underrated talents of the last century.

[@mickflynn9130]

29 people have no ears....timeless classic performed as it should be live, no autotune, no gimmicks, just quality and class.

[@francisbeard6523]

such a beautiful classic

[@nancyl2]

What a wonderful video in her younger years....to hear her growth in another shared video amazing ........My heart is singing from her melodious lyrical voice. The Sax and guitar sounds tickling my spirit...deeply. : -) Thanks Joan A. for sharing your gifts with us and those Angel Warriors that share them with people like me not so great on the PC. Happy!!!!! : -)

[@MegaPeterod]

This song just sounds better and better every time i hear it. Love it.

[@kevinforrestal5407]

This song makes me believe in heaven. Where else could something so beautiful come from?

[@SJ-zy1jf]

Joan this song is a classic and treasure, you was born to do this! And no lipstick!

[@phillace]

I could never tire of listening to this beautiful song .

[@sianhusk3620]

How could anyone dislike this sheer brilliance

[@jaybenjamin8471]

Love what Joan can do with her voice. Simply Ace. 🧡

[@seanpoet0]

7 dislikes?? Why even come here . Beautiful talent

[@jamesgrady5576]

they are stupid

[@jamuga60]

And yet Joan would forgive them...………………………….as they are lost.

[@Nickthegreek123]

How can 20 people dislike this!? They’re probably ed Sheeran fans and jealous

[@paulmartin3682]

That is the most stupidest comment I have ever heard in my entire life.

[@brettcode764]

Impossible not to love this song.

[@gregsmith1070]

She is 100x better than Ed

[@gregsmith1070]

Omg Ed Sheeran...soooo boring

[@buyerseller]

@@paulmartin3682 Well you dragged it to a new level. idiot.

[@joannegreen9579]

I’m watching a series on Netflix called Eric. Suddenly, this song came on. It blew me away!!! It brought back so many memories. I hadn’t heard this song for years! My friend Sharon (RIP) introduced me to Joan Armitrading’s music in the 1980s. She played her album over and and over again. I instantly fell in love with her music and I started playing her albums endlessly. My favourite Armitrading song is “Mix Some Water with the Wine, but I love all of her music. I will be listening to Joan Armitrading’s music non stop! Once you hear her beautiful, unique, spiritual voice and style you’re hooked! You want to hear it again and again.

[@mh-zc3bw]

Just LOVE this version. Wish end of vid not so abrupt but still - wow - so young, beautiful, enchanting, real - no autotune in miles. Sent this to others to spread the joy.

[@stephenconlon653]

She touches my heart

[@markthomas1225]

Saw Joan Armatrading at the Colston Hall in Bristol in 1977. She was excellent.

[@francesstlawrence8820]

Dropping through folk, down into soul, deep into jazz, and back up through classic pop. Brilliant timeless song.

[@udeychowdhury2529]

Yes!!!

[@mikes3313]

Memories of this on the car tape player, late evening, English country lane sat waiting at a rural level crossing not caring if the train never came! 1976 was another good year made better by Joan.

[@OratioConcisa]

Heard it on the radio as a first year student and saved up for her first LP.

[@mirandamaninjwa8484]

Oh! Thank u beautiful soul for great music. Am loving 💕 u Joan, my legend xoxo

[@andrewkeen7828]

So beautiful. I remember I was an apprentice electrician sitting in my friends dad's car, waiting for him to finish and take me home. It was v sunny in Inverness and Peter Powell played this. It's been a favourite since. I was a punk then btw

[@burniemaurins2382]

Saw Joan live a few years ago in our local theatre, still amazing.

[@boratplease]

Completely timeless! Beautiful more so in this day and age...

[@-sabelmousse-2246]

:) and love the back ground singers, and their clothes.

[@HollyCowan-fm6vg]

Beautiful music thank you Joan 😂

[@Robert-catesby]

This song stopped my two granddaughters in their tracks 4 -9 years old they sat down in amazement listening to joan, everytime they come to my house put the song on granda

[@skudlugs]

Talent, such a groove to this song, a nice slow dance as we grow old and smile remembering our 1st love.....

[@jamesfitzpatrick8300]

Just sublime. Like a warm blanket.

[@maggie3242]

Absolutely beautiful...!

[@hamptonwickster]

Rare quality of having catchy soulful melody and beautifully penned heartfelt lyrics.

[@ottomarcos]

Love this clip! Saw Joan perform several times in the Seventies & Eighties. Such an outstandingly talented singer/songwriter...

[@4magicboxes]

My dad had this on vinyl when I was a kid in the 80s, amazing to learn more about her and see this spectacular performance decades later.

[@miaschu8175]

How beautiful. So much talent concentrated in one wonderful woman.

[@brez9091]

I saw her on this tour, at the Berklee Performance Center, in Boston. She was spellbinding.

[@garyboyer5048]

You are amazing Joan. I could and do listen to you most days. X

[@WildlifeUKNatureByGlenO]

This still rocks in 2021...👍

[@mrstambourinegirl397]

and now in 2022 :)

[@markdavies5594]

Now 2023😊

[@markwest7420]

lead backing vocalist is, I believe, Clarke Peters, 'Lester' from 'The Wire". Great baritone.

[@wakeoftheflood2]

you just blew my mind with this comment...best character on The Wire

[@trisharmitage7128]

I was wondering if it was him. I know he was on the record, great voice.

[@groverjuicy]

I looooove her so much. I cannot listen to this or "Flight of the Wild Geese" without tears.

[@SophieM-it1zn]

This is so beautiful it makes my eyes water!

[@lanamaree7513]

me too every single time I hear it

[@madeleinehague648]

Just gorgeous. Special gal - unique.

[@TheSpeakenglish]

Thank you, Joan.

[@VivienneHope]

Gorgeous and love the bass playing too.

[@BigBenn2014]

This song has given me goosebumps for decades.

[@franjofrntic8694]

Beautiful, timeless....

[@enriqueleon5917]

Such a beautiful song from an amazing artist. She sings with such honest emotion.

[@richjl73]

Just amazingly beautiful!

[@adambruns7262]

This beauty takes me back and still propels me forward.

[@ZachariaTsebe]

used to listen to this song on radio 5 in the early 70sl❤❤❤

[@MoiraRussell]

Great quality of a beautiful song!

[@brodieboy3]

Wow .. what a voice .. what a great song & artist .. just a classic

[@geofflazar5419]

Love this song.. Reminds me of a girl i used to love.. ❤

[@sleepingbear1889]

Joan Is one of the best singer performance of all time Convince me I’m wrong

[@brianreilly8661]

seen her 3times her talent is awesome great feeling in her voice top class Joan

[@roberttaylor90y76]

Great track from 76 love the sax solo.

[@iancunningham5576]

Joan was and continues to be a completely original artist. No one else writes, sings or sounds like her. She is a treasure. Sang it sang it!

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

Tracy Chapman is another singer songwriter in a similar spirit .... Just happy to hear both of them..

[@paully1969]

An immaculate performance... thank you so much for posting. Paully xxx

[@gillianbrown3488]

Timeless

[@patriciathewisher2315]

Took me til 2010 to get to see her Ulster hall. This charming life tour

[@tinamarief64]

I could hear this song in my head but couldn't remember who sang it I fell asleep and woke up and said Joan! So glad I remembered 😎😁🔥♥️🎶

[@drewid78]

great upload, great voice, great song. Cheers

[@randywild6900]

Awesome song. The whole Love & Affection CD released in 1976 contains all hits.

[@jameslawson6245]

Had a Roommate in College that played this Album on a loop...Totally got it!

[@painterdubs]

Just heard this song on 'Eric', the Netflix series and had to listen to it. Watched it in comparison to the more recent live version. Wonderful song either way and you can see her strengthening in talent as time passed.

[@tullsongs]

How has this not got a BILLION views ?!!

[@dianeshaw1908]

76 in whistle, my favorite love

[@geraldtanderson9044]

One of my highly cherished albums from the 70's...."Save Me".

[@petemcdonald8894]

That voice ~~~~ sigh ~ cheers Joan

[@DaveDerrick_UK]

Amazing acoustics.

[@gianpaolobanelli9309]

Pat Donaldson, Jerry Donahue, Dave Mattacks... stellar band!

[@Maltloaflegrande]

And Jimmy Jewel also. Not forgetting the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of course.

[@stephencampbell2115]

Clarke Peter's as well

[@nickgodfrey1148]

@@stephencampbell2115the pimp from Mona Lisa. Very talented bloke.