Kevin Ayers 'Isn't called anything' ILEA TV 1972

[@soulnik]

Kevin Ayers had one the best (very British of course) voices ever.

[@ВалерийДобрынин-к1э]

Тоже Айерса уважаю! Привет из Сибири!

[@Ola_na_Tungee]

I love Kevin Ayers. The word genius is very apt indeedy 😊

[@fuccasound3897]

yes Kevin is very lovely. Is that Hecklefish i see?

[@Fexobs]

I woke up to these ILEA posts and can scarcely believe my eyes and ears. Wow. Roy Harper, Kevin Ayers, Wyatt and the Mole...what an amazing treasure trove. Thank you Nuthatch.

[@immaterialimmaterial5195]

Yes - it's brilliant!!!

[@Jlipnicki]

Superb rendition of a unique song that could only be one of Kevin Ayers.

[@Coneman3]

This ended up on Banamour. Very pure and innocent vibe.

[@pepebotella971]

Well, this is very rare, his golden years, and this song specially, everything is gold in this video

[@robertoinveninato2974]

Kevin es muy musical...es dios. Por millas muy superior a tantos interpretes. Gracias por hacer de tu música el soundtrack de mi vida.

[@Elvin_Pelvin]

Robert Wyatt sang back up vocal on the studio version of Hymn for the Banamour LP. He is here in the studio for this session too along with Lol Coxhill and David Bedford for the rather less catchy piece ‘improvisation’. Some people have commented that Kevin Ayers didn't really like improvisation stuff and even didn't want to be in Soft Machine however, I have read interviews where he clearly looked back at the Soft Machine era with fondness. He remained close friends with Robert Wyatt and Mike Ratledge who guested on many of his LPs as well as with Daevid Allen with whom he teamed up with briefly in Gong. He was essentially a solo artist and preferred song structures, but he had other aspects and he craved being in a band situation. This would explain why he formed 'The Whole World' which was clearly far more than just a vehicle for performing his solo material live.

[@Elvin_Pelvin]

@Syd McCreath I don't think that is correct - Kevin's second 'solo' LP was 'Shooting At The Moon' credited to 'Kevin Ayers and The Whole World'

[@twistedspanner]

God he's singing about me. 😁 We are rotting here in our own heads trying to escape from ourselves. Wishing to disappear off the grid Like Bob Marley sang. You can't run away from yourself. No wonder Kevin preferenced to sit under a coconut tree drinking sky wine 😎 This has to be the best two chord song ever written. They can play this at my funeral.

[@lucianovargas6677]

The good old Kevin at his best!! 👍

[@etiennegodefroy6462]

Merveilleux !

[@MsMiika13]

Well, it's Kevin. Found this again and so grounding, oddly perhaps.

[@judypokras3048]

Kevin was my favorite. So sad that he’s gone. At least we have his songs. ❤️

[@andrenieuwlaat9097]

Absolutely amazing !

[@europeanson2775]

thank you Kevin.

[@lisabayliss3394]

Very much xxxx

[@damiensuil2183]

wonderful song-one of his best

[@mikelee6854]

Wonderful!

[@nuthatch5320]

Mike, that's my first KZbin comment - I'm thrilled!

[@henkdrie]

Wow. What a nice surprise here.

[@AfroZen]

Very nice find, all of this trove...

[@MrDanielphenix]

WOW this is amazing !

[@SakariLehtonengopromo]

Wonderful post, Nuthatch ! Kevin sounds a bit barrettesque here.

[@andrewburgess6417]

yeah he's got some Barrett and some Nick Drake too- great voice

[@salspitz177]

#ThankYouVeryMuch

[@matthewcoombs3282]

A Stellar talent was Ayers, I think non-musical distractions and a casual approach to a music career meant he was never going to be a Brian Ferry or Rod Stewart type of rock star.

[@michaeldherbage9948]

I saw him in London some years ago, 15+ I'd say, and when he came on he was so drunk he could barely function. The band struggled on bravely but about 20 minutes in they literally had to carry him off stage! They got him back on half an hour later, having filled him with coffee, or something stronger and he managed to get through it bless him. A very odd night indeed.

[@Coneman3]

@@michaeldherbage9948I saw him in Liverpool similar time ago. I hour late on stage, didn’t seem drunk. But not a great vibe. Jaded and burnt out sadly.

[@Coneman3]

Although his best songs had great melodies, I could never see him being big in the charts. Always on the fringes I feel.

[@davidainslie5502]

Wonderful

[@will2741]

blimey!

[@ggrape0]

This one is included in bananamour. It seems an early version of it.

[@ggrape0]

I think it appears as hymn in bananamour

[@croiners4166]

Wow!

[@DianeH2038]

lovely!

[@erikschimmel6223]

Sounds like ‘May I’. My KA favorite

[@Hal9000ize]

It's actually called Hymm

[@are.friends.eclectic8611]

Yes "Hymn"... and appeared on his album "Bananamour"... Great Lyric.

[@山田聡-z6q]

背中の龍、カッコイイ！

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

Great composer, performer. He Can turn anyone into a MoonJunista as long as they lie perfectly still --

[@gregordiezemann-io6zd]

Ollie plays the better guitar,but there isnt any substitute for this voice😊❤

[@johnned4848]

Great stuff! So this channel was an educational one? When was this on air?

[@lisabayliss3394]

What is it you want to be FReE from ?

[@henkdebusschere]

... "With a hey and a ho!" ...

[@evelynap9728]

I wonder if he knew Nick Drake. Maybe they would have liked each other

[@mathieuheemelaar7106]

mooiste ooit. Kevin. Paradiso Amsterdam> May I?

[@tomleader7054]

Schools telly. I wonder what department commisioned this.

[@Adidazzler120]

Does anybody know the classical song that this sounds like? Specifically the start of the verses

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

I don't know. Satie's "Gymnopédie No. 1"?

[@souljabean777]

Flower Duet from Lakmé?