Richard & Linda with band performing 'Strange Affair' in Hamburg, Germany in 1980 (Rockpalast broadcast). Richard at the beginning of the gig: "We don't speak much German, so we won't say very much.." ..Entschuldigung!
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@matchlessg80997 жыл бұрын
rescued by these two when my 70 years old motorbike broke down in Wales.was given roughcut with this on it.often played twenty five years later.thanks folks from an old man
@muslimtraditionalist2 жыл бұрын
This is a strange affair The time has come to travel But the road is filled with fear This is a strange affair My youth has all been wasted And I'm bent and grey with years And all my companions are taken away And who will provide for me Against my dying day I took my own provision, But it fooled me and wasted away Oh where are my companions? My mother, father, lover, friend, and enemy Where are my companions? They're prisoners of death now, And taken far from me And where are the dreams I dreamed In the days of my youth They took me to illusion when they Promised me the truth And what do sleepers need to make them listen, Why do they need more proof? This is a strange, this is a strange affair Won't you give me an answer? Why is your heart so hard Towards the one who loves you best? When the man with the answer Has wakened you, and warned you, And called you to the test Wake up from your sleep that builds Like clouds upon your eyes And win back the life you had That's now a dream of lies Turn your back on yourself and if you follow, You'll win the lover's prize This is a strange, this is a strange affair
@NorthCrayMalcolm6 жыл бұрын
Blimey. A guitar solo for Simon. A very rare occurrence as a member of Richard Thompson Band. And a good job he makes of it too.
@NewWaver8001414 жыл бұрын
This is incredibly beautiful - June Tabor's is magnificent too. Just my 0.02, but listing these under Richard's name alone does Linda an incredible dis-service.
@ronwurzer5138 Жыл бұрын
Very true.
@troygaspard6732 Жыл бұрын
Hauntingly good. Both of them in prime and at their best.
@PeteD188411 жыл бұрын
I heard and felt this song at a Richard Thompson solo concert in 2011. So, 30-some years later this song is still moving.
@michaelbrownstein87104 жыл бұрын
Why isn't Linda's name mentioned up top? She is fabulous here, full of feeling. She makes the song.
@fscofi15 жыл бұрын
It is exquisitely beautiful work of art.
@Eyesayah15 жыл бұрын
According to Allmusic, 'possibly the saddest and most beautiful of all the sad and beautiful songs written by Linda's ex-husband Richard'. Good to find it here. Thanks you, Joni.
@timpipe15 жыл бұрын
Check out June Tabor's take on this song. It is wondrous as well.
@fscofi14 жыл бұрын
This is and has been on my playlist for my celebration of my living and passage to whatever shall be. Take care of yourselves .
@alexithymia93374 ай бұрын
Great!
@ChrisSmith-xh9wb4 жыл бұрын
This is so much better than the studio version. Better arrangement, inspired guitar licks, an impassioned vocal by Linda and also the missing third verse. I hope that one day this version will be added to a remixed version of First Light or otherwise included in a retrospective set.
@pdadamo12 жыл бұрын
Love the missing verse
@sittingbulldk6 жыл бұрын
Lovely song - great musicality - super RT and backing band performance.
@58landman Жыл бұрын
What a cheerful tune!
@hni7458 Жыл бұрын
Linda has one of the best voices I've ever heard - they were a VERY strong team, one of the best here as well. And to be honest - while RT has been my primary god since the early 70s - Linda's last few decades have been at the very least equal to RT's.
@TomRAFC15 жыл бұрын
mattacks, nicol and pegg formed the backing band for richard and lindas tour, richard and linda were at the begging of the deterioration of their marriage which finally ended in late '81
@ChrisSmith-xh9wb5 жыл бұрын
It makes me think what a fantastic band Fairport convention would have been if Linda had joined to replace Sandy. Once Richard left, the band began a slow decline, but with this line up things could have been so different.
@thealexandersir7 жыл бұрын
I just read the crime novel book "Strange Affair" written by Peter Robinson. The character, Police Officer Inspecter Banks, refers to this song throughout the novel. Quite unique. Awesome song Richard! I'm impressed!
@flexnetuser22685 жыл бұрын
Scottie Alexander Darbishire Ha, same here! And Linda looks like the Penny he describes in the book.
@DavidTxxxx2 жыл бұрын
I have loved this song for ages … and, having seen your comment above, I have now read Peter Robinson's "Strange Affair". Thank you.
@yaseenarchuletta12 жыл бұрын
This is actually written By a great Sufi Saint from Morocco. Sidi Fudul Rahim Allah
@cormacmacassery47027 жыл бұрын
Damn, Linda is awesome! For some reason, I thought Martin Carthy was also in the back-up... maybe its the following year?
@j.j.staples46879 жыл бұрын
Superb! Thank you for posting this. It's closer to the version on Doom and Gloom From the Tomb (Flypaper cassette) that I first heard than the one on the First Light album. It's really great to hear the third verse again.
@danielboy36357 жыл бұрын
J.J. Staples 0
@drhintjens49156 жыл бұрын
Richard and Linda Thompson were Sufi at this time. Very. Lovely stuff.
@jj9homer4 жыл бұрын
Linda left with some understandable bitterness but RT is still a Sufi Muslim
@shahfuhaid Жыл бұрын
This poem is originally written in Arabic by Muslim mystic Si Fudul al-hawari(May God give him peace) from Fez, Morocco.
@robertm7071Ай бұрын
God give him peace, indeed……and you,too.
@bggrice13 жыл бұрын
Very powerful.
@mysterysurf15 жыл бұрын
Lovely -- thanks very much for posting this one.
@niallcarr92533 жыл бұрын
Ageless beauty
@Eyesayah12 жыл бұрын
@adjrean57 I took our exchange as play. 'Turning your back on yourself' brought to mind for me the notion of putting others first.
@latenightpilgrim14 жыл бұрын
@fscofi too right what a fab song !
@TomRAFC15 жыл бұрын
sublimely accompanied by martin simpson might i add!
@mistermousterian14 жыл бұрын
ever see that footage of a Paris 1970 gig by F.C. sans Denny? Swarbs, amazing.
@paulknight60892 ай бұрын
1980
@mistermousterian14 жыл бұрын
add Swarb to this lineup, love to see that
@Eyesayah12 жыл бұрын
@adjrean57 Those exclamation points, like daggers in my heart. Well, time wounds all heels. You are right of course, famous in his own right and very deserving too, in my opinion. Here he does not appear to be turning his back upon himself as the song lyrics suggest.
@latenightpilgrim14 жыл бұрын
@fscofi too right!!
@TomRAFC14 жыл бұрын
what lineup isn't improved by swarbs?
@TomRAFC14 жыл бұрын
i was reffering to the june tabor version not this one
@ricardoluisbritto7 жыл бұрын
Holy sheet! And it is told the lyrics was based on a Sufi poem. I guess by the 70ies and 80ies Islam didn't have the tints of blood it has nowadays.
@chrisbasile7 жыл бұрын
The Sufi wisdom and poetry remains untainted to this day, in my view, just as the wisdom and poetry of Jesus remains untainted.