Mediæval Bæbes - Adam Lay Ibounden (live)

The Festival Of Immortality,
Vancouver, Canada
November 2002
High quality available here:
• The Immortal Baebes - ...

[@TheOrganiston9th]

In addition to the very beautiful voices, singing the ever-seductive, beautiful Middle English... I love the Baebes' hand motions. The teeth add yet more fascination...!

[@rem2371]

Why didn't I find this music before? It feels so old, magical, rustic, and just gorgeous!

[@actumneagas]

These are still great. I listened baebes about 20 years ago. i had sudden desire to listen them again after years.

[@Guitarsgunsandghosts]

Me too

[@captainhooksnephew]

I've seen a few people ask what this is about. The song is about how Adam ate the apple causing sin to plague humanity. However, in taking that apple we thank God for it caused the Virgin Mary to give birth to Christ, the Incarnate God. It is a Christian text often sung during Advent.

[@wendyromero1423]

Adam lay y-bounden Bounden in a bond Four thousand winter Thought he not too long And all was for an apple An apple that he took As clerkes finden Written in their book Ne had the apple taken been The apple taken been Ne had never our lady A-been heavené queen Blessed be the time That apple taken was Therefore, we moun singen Deo gracias!

[@Micowoco]

Celestial beauty. All hail the Baebes.

[@mangaholik]

Love it!!!! The taiko drum really compliments them perfectely.

[@KyraVarney]

it's a good group. Very calm and beautiful voices. Singers remember me wiccan witches.

[@Paul_W.E_Ingham]

This is in fact Middle English, the language of Chaucer and Wycliffe. Old English is the equivalent of Anglo-Saxon, the language in which Beowulf was written. It originated as a Germanic dialect from the North Sea coast. Its closest relative is modern Freisian from northern Holland.

[@lilithlabrune4916]

Ce groupe est excellent, toute leurs chansons sont magnifique ainsi que leurs costume.

[@RobertClolery]

Take this band on the road!

[@jamiegoddard9913]

Adam lay imbounden on the mediaeval babes CD salva nos love it

[@DaveTheEsthameian]

I am a long time fan as is my daughter - I love the way they bring the ancient into the modern age and make it accessible. Perhaps I've got that the wrong way round and they drag us back into mediæval times!

[@barbiesama]

Como eu amo o som dessa banda, gsuis ^_^

[@cuttlefisch]

I love the Baebes!! I can't wait to see them live again!

[@Scotsgit]

So beautiful, so powerful, we need more music like this!

[@keithyoung810]

Love it

[@mickleem]

The gorgeous brides of Dracula.. love this

[@loganduke]

Medeaval future is the way forward! Run from your lives into the forest of forget, into the land of reverse where yesterday is today and tomorrow is NOW!!

[@17HMR]

fantastic.

[@amychemicalromancabg]

I do really love this one

[@BroMikeey]

This is a good variation of the song- in fact, the best!!

[@prettygunneryuna]

Mediaeval Baebes are sooo cool! This song rocks! The flowers on the microphones are very pretty and add a nice touch.

[@Scotsgit]

Wow. Absolutely amazing. Am utterly gobsmacked at that, it's thrilling to hear a once dead language being used again!

[@AngeliaSparrow]

It's just Middle English. Not dead, just mutated a little

[@prodigalson56]

Great live performance!

[@BackToBlack7]

Incredible! i love it..

[@Micidami]

Yes.

[@MaddiSventevith]

J'ai plein de frissons quand j'écoute cette chanson. C'est divin.

[@PastTimePsychic]

@ChrisMJones74 This one is with electrical instruments. The other one is done with only instruments they would have had at that time. But I do agree with you. I like this one much better.

[@Csacsa1023]

I like it. This is the best. The hungarian peoples are like it. Just feel the music...

[@mamycamion]

Awesome

[@morriganravenchild6613]

Love this.

[@Scotsgit]

And for those trying to work out what it's about.... It's about Adam (as in Adam and Eve) from Genesis, the book not the crappy rock group!

[@TheOrganiston9th]

OH, but I hope most of us realize it!

[@aluaeacoruja]

Lindas!

[@SlightlySusan]

@slarmas . . . Old English, the language of the poem, The Dream of the Rood, was spoken from the arrival of the AngloSaxons (5th C?) until after the Norman Conquest. It is close to its German roots and was originally written in runes until Irish missionary brought the Latin half-uncial script. Middle English developed beginning in the 11th C. It's the language of Chaucer. Much of its vocabulary is Latin-based, through French.

[@LaurentziuRo]

Fabulous sound !

[@godschildyes]

He is risen!

[@alanm5939]

Isn't it about time we could enjoy this in better quality -or even a sell-through as this is a great gig.

[@BattlestarDamocles]

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[@alanm5939]

Thanks for the heads up @@BattlestarDamocles

[@evans0109]

There Awesome Would Love To See Them Live

[@ivanrusso8835]

Amo questa musica

[@sylikon]

OMG! Awesome!

[@Malavern]

Must find more Mediaeval Baebes!!

[@shoey666]

These are the words as on the manuscript! Adam lay i-bowndyn, bowndyn in a bond, Fowre thowsand wynter thowt he not to long And al was for an appil, an appil that he tok. As clerkes fyndyn wretyn in here book. Ne hadde the appil take ben, the appil taken ben, Ne hadde never our lady a ben hevene quen. Blyssid be the tyme that appil take was! Therfore we mown syngyn Deo gracias!

[@Medieval91]

I'm in love.

[@Truth77772]

Love love love

[@fordrugs]

its amaizing

[@pyromaniacdemon]

I may be listening to this song too much... I'm translating most of it ever to modern English for my friends who don't understand a lick of middle English and singing it at work

[@underserf]

WOW, hair on both arms, back of the neck went straight up, simultaneously!!! Superb video, WHERE'S THE DVD?!? My little 14-month old daughter came toddling out to dance to this Gonna catch that on video someday ;) =US=

[@JGlascock100]

Thanks

[@jignore]

Dear friends, i'm a "fan" of this group too,i see in your mails that is difficult to find good music in your countries like in mine,between top50 and others that is offert by the medias.So the web is a geat tool to find all the music we don't find on the others.

[@dutchAIteam]

saw em live yesterday

[@zitchan]

i like the sound of this.it makes it seem that an era long gone has come alive. i just wish i knew what they were singing about. can anyone recommend any books to familiarise myself with the language used in this song?

[@hilarycoombes9994]

It's part Olde English (late Anglo-Saxon) and partly Latin. You can find word on internet x

[@KoriMasho]

@woolfall170 How is that even possible when there is no copywrite for a lot of what they sing? A large chunk of their singing is songs that were written long before copywrites were even invented. They sing a wide range of things from the middle ages, hence their name.

[@Pysgod13]

@coolaids100 Actually it's a 15th century Middle English Poem..earliest known written version of it was around 1400.....though may have been even earlier and was suspected to be from a wandering minstrel.

[@knotbox]

True, thats what I meant ;P The song is in English, (Old) but has a latin phrase, which was probably not unusal back then. Like now where you might throw a french, german, italian, or japanese word or phrase into your english.

[@JGlascock100]

thanks!

[@shoey666]

@nin456 seeing as it was found on a 15th century manuscipt, and is believed to have been written much earlier, the Ord arrangement is hardly the original. Also, as it is believed to have been the song of a travelling minstrel, enchanting though Ord Choral version is the Mediavel Babes version is likely to be closer to how it originally sounded, especially bearing in mind the other songs that were on the same manuscript!

[@mizkattykitty]

@woolfall170 You are a total prat!!!! What talent do you have...

[@irgy709]

I think the emphasis was on the Blessed Virgin, not on Jesus. their other song "Salva Nos" contains latin lyrics sung to both Mary and Isis. there's a significant amount of overlap between catholicism and paganism. in modern day central and south america most people are adament about being CATHOLIC (they get offended if you say otherwise) but they still practice many very distinctly non-christian traditions.

[@billhaywood3503]

nonsense

[@Vatharian]

I've got my hands on their artbook, which is full of very exciting photos. They have unique image, they also have large sense of art. I loved them since I heard they fir the first time.

[@irgy709]

I should clarity that when I say sung to both mary and Isis, I mean "Salva Nos, Stella Maris et Regina Caelorum" referred to Isis in the mind of pre-christian roman sailors, and to Mary in post-christian roman and european sailors...not that the Baebes necessarily meant it that way, but I'm sure they're aware of that sort of overlap...its probably why they like the period so much.

[@hrminer92]

Unless you know someone that is involved in the SCA or similar organizations then you hear this all the damn time.

[@Paul_W.E_Ingham]

Old -> Middle -> Modern English. Wycliffe's Bible is in Middle English, like Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Old English or Anglo-Saxon finished as a literary language with the Norman conquest in 1066. Middle English developed from a mix of Old English and Medieval French by the end of the 14th century. Modern English dates from Shakespeare and the end of the 16th century.

[@Dgrador]

I'm the bassist in this video! Seriously.

[@TheOrganiston9th]

Very cool! Your efforts definitely shone through...!

[@Dgrador]

@@TheOrganiston9th thanks very much :) Hopefully will have the video upscaled to 4k in the near future.

[@JGlascock100]

thank u 2!

[@linuxwave]

@Asqarath: I must agree that for certain sounds they use you're probably right. However, it should be noted that, although mostly congruent and spelling and pronunciation, Middle English did also have its own oddities deviating from the continental pronunciation of especially vowel diphthongs.

[@lexo30]

A big difference. Middle English is a lot more comprehensible to modern readers than Old English.

[@JGlascock100]

ok, will do!

[@Viiryen]

@MindOfVacuity It is. If you look some of them have fake fangs on. Not something I'd want to sing with, but it's still awesome IMO. =D

[@Scotsgit]

Althought it's nice the way it drowns out the conversations of the guys who, no matter how many times you tell them to shut up and try to be authentic, persist in talking about what they were playing on the computer...

[@lexo30]

'Gaelic' is the name for the Celtic language spoken by some people in Scotland, which in turn is derived from Irish. Nobody is 'Gaelic': Gaelic is the name of a language.

[@hardyfh1]

@MaddiSventevith Moi aussi. Cette musique est une melange unique, divin et naturel, the divin comme naturel.

[@RobotBadger]

@antonthegreatone It took me 48 hours to understand your comment. Nice one.

[@Rissamlu]

It is, but someone might've just recognized the "Deo Gracias" which -is- Latin.

[@JGlascock100]

you're right!, very germanic sounding, it probably is a dialect of some Welsch, old norse, different dialects used by the vikings, Celts, Gaelic, it,s unique!

[@nicholastopliffe]

It's the language officially called Middle English which developed from Old English after the Norman Conquest of 1066, Geoffrey Chaucer wrote in Middle English which is largely comprehensible to speakers of Modern English.

[@hardyfh1]

@CATT7681 Yes, when I asked what music this was, I was really after what musical elements other than the medieval have gone into the mix. This music is Medieval Plus, surely, because I can hear other things going on. It all makes for a very distinctive and quite fetching sound. I just wouldn't trust these girls in the dark, not with those teeth (then again).

[@Capercaillie100]

I believe that it is mostly Middle English, which is somewhat like modern English, but is pronounced very differently. The grammar is also somewhat different. Old English is earlier.

[@Scotsgit]

How did you hear the 'original'? Were you born over 1000 years ago?

[@underserf]

yeah, like 5 minutes after I posted that ;) The last time I visited their site tho, ages ago, there were no videos for sale. Been awhile but they're still the greatest! =US=

[@JGlascock100]

Thats where certain words ended with e, and words we now use an I in were sometimes spelled with a Y, like Smith/ Smythe etc, right?, of course I can see where the Scandinavian would come from, the vikings brought it with them when they settled in York.

[@Scotsgit]

What are the languages they're singing in?

[@Scotsgit]

Probably! But there seems to be a dearth of evidence for them in pre-17th century Egnland and Scotland

[@doesyomamaknowtho1468]

The woman on the drums looks like one of the hero'son Fable 2

[@agniloha]

И от Руссичей хочу сказать нам тоже не чуждо искуство. А тем более такое удевительное и прекрасное

[@fuzzy10337]

I've loved this song since I first heard it several years ago, and I've sung about three of the dozens of other versions of it, but this video makes them look more Wiccan than Christian for a Christmas song. Still sounds great though.

[@nicholastopliffe]

It's the language officially called Middle English which developed from Old English after the Norman Conquest of 1066, Geoffrey Chaucer wrote in Middle English which is largely comprehensible to speakers of Modern English.

[@ImperialGuard9001]

Only possible in UK!XD

[@thefamilycat]

What's wrong with being an idiot?IAnyone calls me an idiot I regard it as a complement.After all there's enough of us about

[@R3nO0]

Very nice. Beautiful music, very different and lovely. But what's with the fangs though? Anybody know?

[@moominpic]

@hardyfh1 try reading about them on wiki. Mediaeval music. been around over 12 years. I saw them live in Glasgow years ago. Sunning stuff. As to why they're not played... cos they weren't on X-Factor, probably ;-)

[@RobotBadger]

Damn, I'm going to come...

[@moominpic]

@KoriMasho It's possible for an arrangement of a traditional tune to be copywritten. A lot of recent arrangements of traditional tunes/folk songs with are the property of the arranger (not the lyrics or tune).

[@northernplains]

Yeah, this is very powerful interesting music and i would like to know which languages they are singing.

[@DrKuryakin]

How the hell do they articulate so well with those vampire teeth in ?

[@blacknarak42000]

right

[@Scotsgit]

Have you tried looking on their website for tour dates?

[@0SgtRoadkill0]

what language is mos tof this in? Cause there is bits of English, is it Old English. I first thoguh Gaelic but it doesn't fit that so welll

[@catraoul]

Wonderful version... Anybody knows if there is a DVD or CD of this festival ?

[@Scotsgit]

It's middle (mediaeval) english.

[@Karen21242]

@LadyoftheRedDeath Ok, cuz at the beginning of the video it says "Immortal Baebes" so I was all... yeah.

[@blessedalcuin]

@hardyfh1 It's "Mediaeval" music. Hence their name.