Richard Thompson - So Ben Mi Ca Bon Tempo - NYC 2003

'Kit Bag' preview show in the 'Fez under Time Cafe' in New York City in 2003.

[@user-zc8cj6yl2y]

Perfecto!!!

[@lexo30]

I've seen a lot of videos of other versions of this song, and it's often sung by school choirs as a sort of academic exercise in part-singing: RT really restores the jeering, popular-music quality. You can imagine the local balladeer singing this down the tavern when some local stud (or local cuckold) walks in, to general hilarity. I love that sardonic guitar run he does at 2:40-2:42 (and the even more florid version at 4:00-4:03) to get back to the tonic.

[@som769]

Hats off to Mr. Richard Thompson, he's a genius!

[@RomyArena]

Wanna dance?

[@mando3b]

Living legends can talk as much as they want--they've earned that much. Besides, RT happens to be both funny and charming.

[@splinterlife1969]

April 14, 2003 Fez Under Time Cafe, New York Set list Gethsemane Outside Of The Inside She Said It Was Destiny A Love You Can't Survive So Ben Mi Ca Bon Tempo Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen Jealous Words I'll Tag Along One Door Opens

[@RosaB61]

Bravo!!!

[@rebeccarail2810]

You should here this on the album. It's sublime. The whole album is awesome. The critics say it's his best one yet & ironically, in doing what he does he probably becomes more inaccessible to the listening public at large. So what. As long as we know about him.... Mistress Bex

[@LeoWillemse1952]

Brilliant of course.Starts playing at 2:20

[@catherineguyonnet8068]

bravo

[@rcm6006]

I got to tell ya Richard , that really sounded great....... but, I could have used a little more Cow Bell.....

[@rebeccarail3637]

For Maxx6792. Is he not divine? Mistress Bex

[@TomRAFC]

@Gitarre888 that guy is known for his onstage humour ;->

[@romantic2]

Anybody know what the tuning is on this?

[@1p1j]

Drop D

[@TomRAFC]

blackleg miner!

[@DeeCee8121]

Elliptically smutty... lol!

[@snicky58]

Shot himself in the foot hit-wise once again ;-)

[@samoaraimondo9288]

Everything is very good except prononciation, but nothing's catastrophic.

[@honeychurchgipsy6]

Samoa Raimondo - do you know how medieval Italian was pronounced?

[@samoaraimondo9288]

Surely not english-like. And btw, it's not medieval.

[@honeychurchgipsy6]

Samoa - you sound defensive - my question was genuine not sarcastic! I was going on RT's own words that the song is in Medieval Italian - colloquial Medieval Italian at that - lol! I thought you might be an historical linguist who knows how languages were spoken (I have an interest in Old and Middle English, and how accents etc. have changed but know nothing of any other languages)

[@dylanevans2498]

Lose the needlessly long pre-amble. FFS.