Richard Thompson - Oops I Did It Again

Taken from 1000 Years Of Popular Music

[@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!!!!!!!!!

[@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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[@Тлдв-й9п]

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[@timpipe]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!!

[@TheorizingWithBen]

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

[@howardemerson457]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@rjfivethousand]

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

[@Stringman1950]

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

[@tonyk2614]

One of RT's biggest fans, and this song is a stellar cover of a good pop song. No need for him to be dicky about her, though. Not classy and not cool.

[@michelesmith2620]

Right. Is he a twelve year old?

[@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).

[@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.

[@jwilks1111]

Everyone here is missing the point. Yes, RT say that "some consider (Britney Spears) crass", but he then goes on to explain that the song isn't all that different from the popular music that has gone before it. He's not belittling the song or even BS for that matter. Quite the opposite. All the overly sensitive BS fans are stupid and so are the self-important RT fans.

[@Bob1Mack]

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

[@signofthebeast666]

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

[@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.

[@kevinjoseph517]

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

[@WinteryRachel]

This is the sign of a true musical genius!

[@gabridelux453]

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

[@PunkyOPossum]

Anyone else think he should do a song with Nick Cave?

[@adrianwild8064]

That would be a very interesting collaberation :o)

[@bobwilson360]

Red Right Hand

[@rebeccarail3637]

Yes! Let's fly to Mars, honey bee.......Mistress

[@stephenscholes4758]

Not exactly a study in contrasts you need in a collaboration

[@landyachtfan79]

Don't get me wrong, the song itself STILL SUCKS, but it now sounds like an actual song that sucks instead of merely the auto-tuned cringe worthy disaster that sucks that it was prior to this!!!

[@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.

[@pjdreamerpoland6145]

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

[@sdovas]

Everything a cover should be.

[@kevinjoseph517]

i checked she didnt write it. max martin co wrote it.

[@AnahiltMG]

Sure enough this is funny but the sound of his guitar/pickup is 'dead' with no zing or breadth of tone. I cannot see the make of the guitar but I doubt RT would play a cheapo brand so it could be the pickup or the sound recording? Who knows but I have heard better sound from $100 guitars.

[@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.

[@nskimharris]

This made me think about Gord Downie

[@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!

[@stevecavagan4259]

The beatles were an extremely overrated act. Period!

[@Feedurehed]

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

[@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.

[@svgs650r]

But the video is a few seconds short.... where Richard says "not a bad song, is it!"

[@tomcat3360]

Happy 21st anniversary to Britney’s original, released on this date in 2000.,

[@thedudehisdudeness7022]

I mean this is fine, but the original was truly epic.

[@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.

[@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.

[@cherokeelair9796]

This is absolutely brilliant!

[@pommunist]

Not understanding the haters here, RT is simply demonstrating that this is actually a pretty good pop song, which doesn't need some "sexy chick", studio tricks and a big budget video to do it justice. Britney probably has no idea who Richard Thompson is, but i doubt if RT has ever lost any sleep over it.

[@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 😊

[@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.

[@lilliangraham9850]

i'm amazed ,that was really good

[@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...

[@Vaga365]

Excellent drumming!

[@VerticalSandwich]

When I saw him on this tour, he played Maneater eventually changing the lyrics to latin.

[@kindnessfirst9670]

He doesn't mention who actually wrote the song. It was Rami Yacoub and Max Martin Sandburg. Max Martin Sandberg has written the 3rd most number one songs behind Paul McCartney (#1) and John Lennon (#2).

[@coffeecoffee25]

This shows that RT can make anything sound good.

[@Koskicat]

I need to treasure this song.

[@marilynisaacs7739]

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

[@ElvisLivesUpstairs]

LOL WTF?

[@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.

[@radioban]

Really shows how goddamn awful the lyrics are.

[@peregrinec5477]

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

[@ariharris9221]

Damn so many Brittany haters on this cover when the song is pretty objectively good. What’s all this about pop being bad when the crowd is singing with him?

[@ТатьянаПрекрасная-х7ц]

Отвратительно....

[@colt553]

Who are you responding to? The negative obsession with Britney - her image, her genre, her voice, her songwriting ability, etc. is irrelevant to me. I don't care if Hitler himself wrote and performed the song. I'll evaluate it on its own merits. And yes, it is a good song. Not lyrically of course, but as a whole, the package is wonderful. Saying so isn't a judgement on Thompson or Spears. My comment was on the unwarranted criticism and typical sanctimony from the high horse brigade.

[@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....

[@leaguesmanoframsgate]

I personally cannot wait to hear her version of Vincent Black Lightning 1952... largely to see if she can spell it.

[@SuperAllanjames]

and I think that in this instance "crass" is aimed at those who believe that she wrote the song.

[@dalmationham]

its a great song. no matter who plays it, fah real. he's awesome, and she's awesome. but if she had never sang it, then he wouldn't have done the cover most likely. even if the cover's better. ....if

[@garyes]

Is it a cover if the writer(s) never sang it?

[@stevearle]

The ironic reason why R.T.'s version of B.S.'s tune sounds like a R.T. tune is because he has limited himself to the well established verse, chorus, verse, (bridge )etc. song form for most of his solo career.

[@jimthemackjohnson1488]

Britney Spears is his Spirit Animal

[@Scottwhittysydney]

That was hilariously awesome, so well done!

[@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.

[@shaboythetom]

Damn, this is friggin great!

[@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! 🙂

[@BabbaZee1111]

Richard Thompson is a national treasure

[@leebarbier5257]

International treasure!!!

[@SuperAllanjames]

It's not even her song! It was written by Max Martin and Rami Yacoub who YOU have probably never heard of. I've just asked a couple of 13 year olds what they think of the song - just asked, didn't play it or anything - and they'd never heard of it! It actually is a damned good 'pop' song, RT puts an interesting slant on it and this is HIS version, nobody is telling him how to sing it or fiddling with the tape to make him sound better than he is. Her's is a "do as your told" version.

[@pretorious700]

How can you not love this?

[@grbrst]

The audience might be all condescending, but they still know the chorus, so it's quite hypocritical of them.

[@tomdewilde1]

dude, even I know the lyrics ... & i'm the biggest idiot you'll ever find on the internet

[@tomeisenmenger7048]

They'd probably know the chorus of Achy Breaky Heart too - doesn't make it a song to praise and certainly doesn't make them hypocrites. Sometimes it's just too damned hard to escape the banality of most popular music.

[@SuperAllanjames]

It's not a Britney song, Crediting the performer and not the writer is silly - like crediting Stephen Fry with the Harry Potter books he read on the Radio.

[@trickarrow69]

Dionne Warwick didn't write "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" either. But she made it great.

[@miaschu8175]

Did she sing that? I thought it was a Hal David song.

[@snoolee7950]

Nope.

[@mabooification]

WTF

[@RobertE63]

Very cool.

[@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!

[@RandomNonsense1985]

He rescued the song from Max Martin’s abysmal production.

[@gwendolync5794]

Brilliant!!!

[@karleyyork9001]

Ha! Love.

[@PaulineHargrove-i7l]

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[@jeffkaufman9875]

Spinning gold from a lump of calcified, commercial dung; what a guy!..

[@TheSection59]

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

[@MrEiman1207]

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

[@joselozada132]

Its britney bitch

[@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

[@CadmusCurtis]

I wasn't a fan of his untill I heard this, as weird as that may seem.. He can really sing especially at 1:30

[@Mooro09]

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

[@IvethFonsecaop]

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[@Dosidis]

I should have voted dislike just because he made me hear Britney's trush to compare.... And after that "experience" i can thumb up @jpgr6270

[@BardaNikto]

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

[@Nummymuffincocobutter]

and the cd at richard thompson music dot com

[@ChesterShoemake-u8j]

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[@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.

[@shou440]

Lol u think Britney would sing that poor thing??? She's Britney Spears hun , not an invisible Mr Anonymous :-)))

[@robinspat]

Great Lowden guitar but is that a Sunrise pickup across the sound hole?

[@Steve564ify]

Yes he uses a sunrise and a microphone inside the guitar. The sunrise goes through effects like the vibrato here and the mic goes straight to the pre amp he uses unaffected.

[@johngarbarzyk5549]

He also uses the Sunrise tube preamp which is made especially for the Sunrise pickup. 1 second ago

[@alexfletcher5192]

Constantly flattening the opposition, if only on guitar. But here he proves that hype is still hype.

[@rm68862]

like it but when girl sings it like britney spears better just my opinoin it sounds like a girl song