Richard Thompson - Oops I Did It Again

[@briankorbelik2873]

One of the times I saw him he played this song.When he announced what he was going to play there were lusty "BOOS" from the crowd. But he did it so well and at the end when the song goes into a 1600"s Engish folk trip we all loved it and got what he was doing. After the song was finished we gave Mr. Thompson a standing "O He more than deserved it. ". Have seen a lot of artists over the years and Richard Thompson is by far one of the very best.

[@howardemerson457]

A perfect example of an arrangement/interpretation, and NOT a cover. Attitude, feel & emotion. LOVE IT!

[@Stringman1950]

Richard Thompson ... so overlooked even when looked at. Love him.

[@scottwardlaw5504]

If you’re reading the comments, it’s likely because, like the rest of us, you recognize the many talents of the incredible Richard Thompson-but let’s also give credit to the great contributions of percussionist and harmony vocalist Debra Dobkin, who is wonderful here.

[@the_hotchkiss_way]

A good song is a good song.

[@douglascoe1385]

And a great artist is a great artist.

[@stickmanyogi]

You see, the thing about Richard Thompson is... he's brilliant!!

[@richalderson6069]

A good song is a good song, many great musicians couldn't write a simple melodic song if they tried, it's actually a real gift to be able to do so.

[@stephenwalker850]

Is it ?

[@richalderson6069]

@@stephenwalker850 Ever tried it? I have and it's not easy at all. Also many famous singers (like Elvis for eg) never wrote their own stuff cause they just didn't have the gift. Believe me it's a gift.

[@stephenwalker850]

In that case well done u

[@dakotablueskies]

@@stephenwalker850 yes. Britney is very talented and a kind person as well. Maybe not your taste, but that’s what makes a horse race

[@randolfo1265]

True - Try "Cry Me A River" by The Cliks. As far from Justin Timberlake as it can get.

[@thomasnelson5758]

I love Richard Thompson so much haha. Britney too! Classic pop song by one of the 2000s greatest pop stars, covered by one of the greatest folk rock musicians (and one of the greatest guitarists of all time).

[@Bob1Mack]

I love the guitar solo. Walks you through the tune as he he were just showing you around the house...

[@trevorflarty1811]

A master musician, showing us that a good pop song(just because of its particular arrangement, & delivery, doesn't deter from the fact that it's not a badly constructed song). Can be arranged in any style/genre, & sound pretty credible. Nice one, Richard.

[@davidbevan6653]

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[@timpipe]

The first time I heard "Sweet Child of Mine" done Country I loved it (and the singer could sing).

[@signofthebeast666]

He's always been able to see and express the real music in any song. He's an absolute genius.

[@guitarvocs]

Beyond the amazing wit and humor in this performance, there's a valuable lesson that I try never to forget: There's much more fun outside of the box than in it.

[@lesliethomas9540]

My cat wouldn't agree! 🙂

[@KenRubenstein]

Richard can recite from the phone book and morph it into a compositional masterpiece. He has an organic and extremely spiritual relationship with music.

[@Koskicat]

I need to treasure this song.

[@MadknightPash]

He helped found the English Folk rock movement in the 1970s, and has had a distinguished career since then. He is a fantastic guitarist that has been rated as high as 19th on Rolling Stone's top 100 guitarist list.

[@stuartparkin2914]

He was the second wave, behind the truly greats: Carthy, Graham, Jansch , Leitch, Williamson, Heron. He brought the early musical traditions into mainstream, playing flats into harmonic guitar, absolute genius but was actually ancient.

[@TheorizingWithBen]

I love that the only choreography he plays into this was his hand gesture at the end. "That's just so typically me."

[@WinteryRachel]

This is the sign of a true musical genius!

[@cherylbeee]

saw him debut this @ the Getty...??years ago...the shock and surprise that he ended the journey over 1000 years with this song just blew everyone's mind...what a night...he kills Prince, too...get this dvd!

[@marilynisaacs7739]

Gotta say - this is a really great "tongue-in-cheek" version of this song! I do enjoy it!

[@peregrinec5477]

I saw this live at Bumbershoot like 20 years ago in Seattle. It was awesome!

[@theolamp5312]

The percussionist laughs, even knowing what's coming. I always laugh & love this. Richard Thompson can be a piece of work. But, no one can ever deny his talent.

[@bfltoons]

Speaking of the percussionist, who is she?

[@andylacaperf]

@@bfltoons Looks like Ruth Underwood...? (From FZ and the Mothers)

[@Steve-zn2zn]

The percussionist is Debra Dobkin 😊

[@gabridelux453]

Richard, you are fantastic and really crazy! ;-)

[@juicymomentum]

This is part of his album that highlighted like 800 years of music history. Love this man.

[@bacfrere]

even if he sleeps with that dirty beret?

[@tynebar]

Er... 1000 years actually... hence the title of the show.

[@nicktighe3093]

he is one of my favorites. there are so many great musicians and he is definitely on the top

[@paullavan1272]

It just shows your immortal talent Richard, you will always be the Boy Wonder to me, maybe we'll meet on the ledge some day.

[@pretorious700]

How can you not love this?

[@cherokeelair9796]

This is absolutely brilliant!

[@MrEiman1207]

a classic pop song already? i feel old. this song used to shine

[@joselozada132]

Its britney bitch

[@malmnn]

I never really liked this song, then I heard this cover. Now even when I hear the original by Britney I enjoy it.

[@williamknell864]

Replace the robot vocal stylings and it's a very different thing.

[@miaschu8175]

Now, that's going a step too far! I would love to hear Ms Spears recreate some of her songs, with better arrangements and sensitivity. It would be good for her to show what she's really capable of, rather than just being a canvas for other people's fantasies to be drawn onto.

[@kevinjoseph517]

im reading a book 'the song machine' and thats how I got here. a book about 1990s-2015 pop hip hop britany spears.

[@BabbaZee1111]

Richard Thompson is a national treasure

[@leebarbier5257]

International treasure!!!

[@pjdreamerpoland6145]

Suprising, amazing, shows what is the difference between great musicians and average ones ;)

[@rjfivethousand]

This is why I love KZbin. Who'd a thunk it?

[@Staylogical]

He should have put one of his own songs on that album.When The Spell Is Broken is maybe the best break-up song ever written.

[@gwendolync5794]

Brilliant!!!

[@adrenalinejunkie4788]

Just wonderful.

[@Feedurehed]

This is fun, just sit back and enjoy the magic of the man!!

[@Vaga365]

Excellent drumming!

[@philips170t]

Watched this many times. Awesome!!

[@BardaNikto]

Улыбнулась :-) Хорошо спето, такое свежее прочтение песни! :-)

[@TomBedlammusic]

cos he's one of the best songwriters of the last 50 years and has written for hundreds of huge artists along with having massive success as a folk singer. He's also one of the most versatile and amazing guitar players in the world. still, he no britney

[@miaschu8175]

Thank goodness!

[@coffeecoffee25]

This shows that RT can make anything sound good.

[@Pstephen]

You're right, it's a great song and this is a great version of it.

[@scwottful]

Of course no one knows that Britney secretly writes and produces all of Richard's songs. She just does the pop thing for a laugh, wake up people!

[@xsquall19x]

LOL TROLLS WILL BE TROLLS

[@christopher1800]

In fact, this is her own voice, and the ‘original’ is Richard’s!!

[@bianchikat]

of course! Obvious.

[@russellharvey6652]

Everybody knows that. Sheesh!

[@thevoid99]

I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!

[@MerkinMuffly]

People once said of Jimi Hendrix that he could sit through hours of listening to bad live bands and pick out one good thing they did their whole set and incorporate it into his music, I think that's kind of what Thompson has done here.

[@kentmoyer3453]

MerkinMuffly

[@theboyjames3065]

Beautifully put!

[@TobiaTesan]

Look up Marillion's take on Toxic. But honestly, anything that makes it to top 40 is usually a piece of very good songwriting, even if the production is way too often beyond cheesy.

[@Neearm]

I'd love to hear Britney's version of 'Who knows where the time goes'.

[@thomasnelson5758]

@@TobiaTesan The production is one of the best elements of the song. Classic beat, featuring a recontextualized Bollywood string sample chopped up, played backwards, and with a synth bass and tremolo surf guitar, you have a great production.

[@Mooro09]

He is brilliant! One of the few artist both me and my dad really like!

[@burnindownthehouse]

It's a very well written pop song in its own. I think this song was written by Max Martin. He always writes good songs. It doesn't really need to be fixed in any type of way, but Thompson's cover of the song does sound very good. I enjoyed this.

[@robertmann4588]

It's easily the best song Britney did

[@kemigeorge6294]

@@robertmann4588 I think you're thinking of "Toxic," sir. But this one is really good too.

[@anthonyskellern5970]

Just brilliant!

[@Scottwhittysydney]

That was hilariously awesome, so well done!

[@shaboythetom]

Damn, this is friggin great!

[@danauthor]

I remember singing this with a dixie/blues band a few years ago, bartenders used to crack up in recognition when we went into the first chorus because we started it with just a bass line I kind of whisper-rapped the first verse and they didn't recognize it was the oft-vilified (at that time) Ms. Spears' tune until the chorus...

[@MadknightPash]

That's rich. Richard Thompson was one of the founders of folk rock (or electric folk as it was referred to so as to differentiated it from the American folk rock movement). He had a huge impact on the way music evolved by developing a genre before Brittney Spears was even born. Brittney had some hits but i know which artists I will be listening to in 30 years.

[@KarlDebbaut]

Wonderfull tribute

[@PamelaFlitton]

Brilliant, love Richard Thompson. There's section just after 3minswhere with his beret and the 'oop's he looked like Frank Spencer !!! :)

[@lilliangraham9850]

i'm amazed ,that was really good

[@SWizz871]

People be hating on Max Martin. The guy's a songwriting genius. Master of his craft

[@coljohnson432]

Thank you Mark.

[@DavidMyers2006]

Absolutely fantastic! Well played and so funny!

[@YearOfCam]

Best cover ever!

[@jasonjohnson-vv9mr]

TO have them singing along in that type of place too was awesome

[@whoopieman]

Magical and Madrigal! RT is the master of creative genius...

[@jerievans100]

I love this! Richard has made such wonderful music through the years. I grew up on a steady diet of the Beatles and Fairport Convention, thanks to my dad. Dad told me (can't believe I'm relating this) that he once stood next to Richard Thompson in a rest room while at the urinals.. Some small club in Columbus, Ohio. :) Nicely done, and thanks for posting this!

[@glycoproteins]

I love this! Listening to it over and over

[@treehouse722]

Absolutely fucking extraordinary. Not sure I've ever heard a better cover.

[@joemarr1106]

Only my opinion, but the best cover I have ever heard (so far) is Van Halen's version of The Kink's You Really Got Me, including the Eruption intro. Heard it first 40 years ago and it still puts a tingle in my spine. Worn out 2 vinyls just on that song alone! (NOT the same on CD) Enjoy

[@geoffreyharold]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD THOMPSON!

[@eullermartins6032]

Thank you very much, Britney is love 💜

[@TheSection59]

i'm not that innocent :-) thanks for great upload Laurie Girling

[@MsMcmoe]

Great rendition, glad my local independent radio station played this the other day for our listening enjoyment~

[@LNdolls]

Oh, how cool is this? I have a huge happy smile on my face. Bravo!

[@Sherpaful]

this guy's amazing

[@robburbella5124]

Talk about making lemonade out of lemons... fantanstic

[@yagor2675]

This interpretation is really trash He killed everything catchy about the song and replaced it with a heavy melody that doesn't work unless you thoroughly force it on the ear Since when does a piece have to literally sound worse to become more "intelligent"? Even the way he pronounces the oops, how can you confuse all of this with good music

[@screwyootube1]

Oh you ARE precious! Don't EVER grow up!

[@dannymoulton4829]

You missed thew point, L7. The song is not a lemon

[@lyudmilastoimenova8378]

And the audience knew every lyric by heart. So how is the original a lemon? 🙄

[@miaschu8175]

The original was really bad, but appealed to its audience. Unfortunately, it was played to death, so the rest of us couldn't avoid it. However, RT has proved that the song is good, it was just the original arrangement that was bad. I have a lot of sympathy for B Spears - she was treated badly by the industry and her parents - but most of her music cynically exploited her youth, appearance and sex appeal. It was all attitude - style over substance. Music should be more than that. Ms. Spears could have been more than that.

[@richardlake6719]

I really love this guys music .

[@Bohdisattva]

Brilliant!

[@RobertE63]

Very cool.

[@josefinamartinez2251]

Beautiful song

[@dixonshaun]

The writers of this song deserve the artistic credit they never received from the Bpop version...this is it.

[@TSPhotoAtlanta]

Almost an autistic credit, really - somewhere on the range. The original always made me think of Tom Hanks for no good reason tho....

[@mickyandguitar]

Marvelous!!!

[@TSPhotoAtlanta]

Woof! Great stuff!

[@jpgr6270]

He made this song listenable!

[@christopherhubbard256]

A great cover! A very nice take!☺

[@Bob1Mack]

3:30. I love the way he thinks!

[@arifputra7424]

i love it when audience sang along!

[@3finggaz]

great version

[@sdovas]

Everything a cover should be.

[@theglobaltiger]

The sexiest voice in folk music. Or rock music for that matter.

[@harrisonwintergreen1147]

This was one of the first videos I saw on KZbin

[@ThefightingCelt]

Take a song, take the right performer, give it the right arrangement, and any song can sound good.

[@777MORTIZ]

You said it all !

[@EddyMorino]

He made this song into music. Damn.

[@dmlevitt]

fantastic

[@Samubv]

Genio, genio le queda corto. Espectacular!

[@kindnessfirst9670]

The audience laughs but still knows the words.

[@NJA1039]

we all do

[@michelesmith2620]

Because they are hypocritical posures. Sad.

[@TerriblePerfection]

If you had the radio on in the car back then you would hear it every 20 minutes.

[@minhang5041992]

I love good covers :x

[@milkcow]

love this guy

[@MrBooklearn]

I love good renditions of pop songs. See "Working Class Hero.....A Tribute to John Lennon....Trying to find out what song Thomson's band did on "Letterman" tonight.

[@xarglethegreat]

because it demonstrates how her songs can actually be made to sound good if played by somebody with actual musical talent

[@Raelspark]

If he can use the sheet music stand when playing live, then so can I.

[@UncomfortableSilence]

Personally, he should have done the whole song with the 16th century twist. It made it 10 times more interesting.

[@WinslowLeach1974]

Good version, but let's be real, the original is a good pop song and recording no matter what one thinks of the original artist. It looks even better when compared to what's on the top-ten usually these days. And the crowd sure knows the words.

[@thegreenman4898]

+Steven Fallon he recognizes its a good pop song which is why he covers it, you dont seriously think spears wrote it herself do you?

[@arifputra7424]

Couldnt agree anymore👍

[@hibernatus]

+the green man Ok, Britney Spears isn't John Lennon or Carole King... But I see no interest to make her an object of scorn... I don't like this kind of shows but Spears is a good performer... This song is fine and Richard is very fine... Take it easy ! ;-)

[@Nummymuffincocobutter]

all she is a good lip syncer and her performance is nothing more than a pole dancer...

[@louisehawes4317]

I don't think anyone is making Spears "an object of scorn." Thompson is funny and makes it clear he enjoys the song, so does the audience.

[@colt553]

I described it as an obsession because you keep responding with points that I never questioned. In fact, I made it clear in my original and subsequent comments that I don't consider Spear's singing talents or the song's production to be relevant to my point. My point was that the final product is a good song, but many commenters here can't/won't see it because their resentments about image, popularity or "credibility" override their objectivity and ability to enjoy music.