Those lyrics have been haunting my soul for almost 40 years. It is one of the most intelligent and literate songs ever written.
@jerryd54712 жыл бұрын
So true🙏😥❤️
@timsullivan45665 ай бұрын
"Two broken tigers, on fire in the night, flicker their souls to the wind. [...] the flames of the tigers are lighting the road to Berlin""
@timsullivan45665 ай бұрын
"Riding the wind like a bell..."
@emmettmcintyre96075 ай бұрын
Could not agree more. As a student of history, this song is dear to me.
@zendean520710 жыл бұрын
No matter how he plays it, it is one of the most beautiful songs ever written by anyone. If you can listen to this without crying, you have no soul.
@TSPH199210 жыл бұрын
I'm crying right now so my soul is blessed (just kidding) I enjoy this music. Great song btw
@crobarus7 жыл бұрын
I have a soul
@hamasmillitant17 жыл бұрын
the people united will never be defeated. unfortunately people are noobs and insist on segregation and a hierarchical power structure. one day they will learn or die out and humanity will spread its wings and fly across the cosmos and take all the doomed life forms from space ship earth to new fresh worlds, bypassing entropy and short circuiting fate
@crobarus7 жыл бұрын
We are not anywhere close to being united. We're screwed.
@rosesoftime51536 жыл бұрын
This song o9f Al's is SO hauntingly beautiful and evocative...
@bobbyozb12 жыл бұрын
Al Stewart...One of the best songwriters of all time.....He really is the most underrated performer of all time.
@rosesoftime51536 жыл бұрын
I so agree....no one hits the heart and soul like Al Stewart as a songwriter...
@CatBlueBat11 жыл бұрын
Magnificent. One of my favorite Al Stewart songs. Got to see Al and Dave play this live a few years ago - but the choir here just makes it brilliant.
@falcon54675 жыл бұрын
I'll never understand how this song wasn't a bigger deal. Some future generation is going to "discover" Al Stewart's songs and be in disbelief that he wasn't a superstar for the quality of songwriting and music he created.
@timsullivan45665 ай бұрын
"The fire in the air, glowing red, silhouetting the dust on the breeze" The sublime work of a genius.
@rickjohnson95584 жыл бұрын
"They turn and listen closer....." Horrifying. I've known this song for nearly fifty years, never loses its power.
@timsullivan45665 ай бұрын
Exactly how I feel.
@clarksouthoff38403 жыл бұрын
My late mother, told me of my great Uncle Herman. He visited Alberta in the late 1930's. He returned to Germany. Later to die on the Russian front in 1943. This hits home! My grand father, on Hitlers Rise, forbade the speaking of German at the homestead. "We speak English! We are Canadian!" He took Canadian citizenship in 1936.
@richardfeynman88433 жыл бұрын
I remember around the time this song came out I was reading Alexandr Solzhenitsyn’s trilogy, “Gulag Archipelago”. His vivid descriptions of survival an death in the labor camps of the Kolyma and elsewhere haunt me to this day. The last lines of this song allude to the prelude to this story,
@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO12 жыл бұрын
This is a classic folk song, performed by an artist with a great voice and a love of history. Have enjoyed Al's music for over 35 years, it is timeless!!!!
@robertroemhildt86634 жыл бұрын
I have seen Al Stewart live twice. It was my first concert many many years ago, I was warned that it would never be as good as the record I had played into the ground. It was so much better. 45 years later it is still still amazing music.
@LAStreetPreacher6 жыл бұрын
Al Stewart's voice sounds as young and fresh as it did in his youth. Amazing. The Year of the Cat was a favorite of mine in my high school days.
@gwynethjones35032 жыл бұрын
That was the very first record album I ever bought. :)
@elpolarbear8 жыл бұрын
his voice and delivery...are haunting.and the lyrics are powerful
@GildaLee279 жыл бұрын
What a thrill to volunteer as Al Stewart's backup singer at one of his concerts!!! Lucky dogs!
@kennethknoppik54083 жыл бұрын
And they did pretty good too. I was impressed.
@kennethknoppik54083 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite songs. And those impromptu background singers did pretty well. For being thrown together at last minute they sounded good.
@LarsDcCase Жыл бұрын
They did a great job👍
@Meraloma732 жыл бұрын
I first heard Roads to Moscow on FM radio in the mid 70's. FM radio was quite different back in the day.
@sammtagg110 жыл бұрын
The ability to put you in the shoes of the partisans and the whole mood of what was on it's own, the largest battle of all time, dwarfing the scale of the rest of WW2 combined is amazing. Use of lines like "growing like a promise" the "flames of the tigers are lighting the road" also historical references to Heinz Guderian and the vast emptiness of Russia and price that her people paid, against the Germans but almost even more so and ultimately against her own government when the war was over. Such a unique ability, even the tone of the music puts you in that place.
@paddymayne82797 ай бұрын
Never was there a truer, modern day, and more eloquent Scottish poet and songwriter.
@BarbaraHastingsAsatourian10 жыл бұрын
Means so much more to me now than when I first heard it as a student in the 1970s. Listened to an interview recently where Al described his lack of conventional academic success, and yet "somehow" managed to become an outstanding historian and lyricist. Beautiful, yet sad too.
@rosesoftime51536 жыл бұрын
This song o9f Al's is SO hauntingly beautiful and evocative...
@briandonovan15846 жыл бұрын
Roads to Moscow has always torn at my heart but right now … Now … I'm working my way through Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "Gulag Archipelago." (Its depressing and 2100 pages) Last night I read about this very time in the gulags and the soldiers, heroes to Mother Russia who started pouring in to this frozen hell on Earth. The music is haunting because what happened was beyond cruel. There is no happy ending.
@KennyRademeyer3 ай бұрын
Al Stewart stands alone on his own. Period. I can listen to him all day long!
@mattking1091 Жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to have been the accompanying still photographer during an interview of Al Stewart in 1997 (?) when he was touring Canada in support of "Year of the Cat". He shared a great anecdote about this song. Due to its length, it didn't necessarily receive a lot of airplay - except in certain areas, which tended to have a lot of FM radio listeners. There were a number of those in Canada. Al Stewart and his band hadn't expected to get calls for "Road to Moscow" on that tour. To their great surprise, the first Canadian audience - in Montreal I think - were very disappointed when it wasn't played, and they made their disappointment heard! So the band learned the song as quickly as they could, and it got added to the playlists from then on. This performance is a good one - but I prefer the live one in 1977! I was in the orchestra pit with my camera, and both Mr. Stewart and I were a lot younger!
@mbatl090713 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest ballads ever written. Amazing song.
@redsailsjs5 жыл бұрын
Listen to GREAT music while learning history. How cool is that.
@shirleynarsi7 жыл бұрын
this guys is such a humble genius
@bluehen7384 жыл бұрын
A wonderful description! I saw him at the Ambler Theater near Philadelphia in the 1990s and a few years ago at St. Ann Parish in Wilmington, Del. A total pro. "Two broken Tigers on fire in the night, flicker their souls to the wind..." Among the greatest lyrics ever written.
@richardlindquist59363 жыл бұрын
Man, that 2nd guitar dude is outstanding! Great song. Love Al Stewart - poetry to great music. Inspired by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
@NWLee7 ай бұрын
Amazing performance, great song, live with backup singers, gave me chills.
@jamesg70379 жыл бұрын
That song is so beautiful, lyrically literate, and poetic. Any recorded version of it can't help be good. Bless you Al Stewart, kind and generous soul, and stirrer of many thoughts.... Your work is appreciated, and enjoyed by a next generation of wide-eyed honest enjoyers in this house.
@MikeRobWil5 жыл бұрын
There's nobody like Al Stewart. His songs, albums and concerts have been a big part of my life since the late 1970's. If you haven't seen him "live," do!
@gwynethjones35032 жыл бұрын
Is he still touring? My first album, my first concert, haven’t seen him in about 10 years.
@MikeRobWil2 жыл бұрын
@@gwynethjones3503, yes he's still touring with many shows a year.
@TheSongbird33647 жыл бұрын
I've always loved this song.
@MikeRobWil5 жыл бұрын
How can there be 10 people giving this song a thumbs down? What, oh what, could they not like about this performance?
@Agent-kb3zb5 жыл бұрын
What a classic song, performed beautifully by the master.
@avigoldstein58363 ай бұрын
One of my favorite songs of all time!
@LarsDcCase Жыл бұрын
Super job by the back up singers on this song. 🤩 Good camera work showing every body on stage ans the sound obviously was perfect on this set. 👍
@johnteixeira89744 жыл бұрын
I saw him in concert in the late 70s in Boston. This song was the highlight of the show as it had a gigantic slide show to go with it. Absolutely amazing.
@duanewilliams1763 жыл бұрын
Saw the slide show with this in St Paul. Probably the greatest performance of any song I've ever seen.
@kevinbishop65823 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! Saw the show and the slideshow and itt was amazing and left a lasting impression.
@ron883036 жыл бұрын
This has always been one of my favorite Al Stewart songs.
@Egyptsteve6 жыл бұрын
I used to hear this from time to time on KLOL in Houston, back in the 1970s -- a damn good hippie FM radio station like you just can't find anymore.
@lesliewilburn68515 жыл бұрын
I miss KLOL!
@rzu71205 жыл бұрын
Not a "hippie" station, but try KXT out of DFW. They stream on line, it 91.7 in DFW area.
@manuelmendez.9954 жыл бұрын
KLOL interviewed some greats , including George Harrison . MOTHERTRUCKING RADIO.
@davejw628 Жыл бұрын
Just found this jewel. I have owned the cd for 40 years and I still listen to it regularly. It's technically one of the best I own.
@misterstudebaker8 жыл бұрын
I was there. Grace Cathedral, SF CA 2001. Awesome Awesome show.
@anitashelton-fz4ji4 ай бұрын
Always love your music
@duanevp Жыл бұрын
When I sing along with this song I still ALWAYS choke up at the end. That's powerful lyrics to do that.
@Gwyhir11 жыл бұрын
Makes the spine tingle 35 tears on
@potenza21312 жыл бұрын
This was a great version of what is basically a simple folk song of an epic battle that took the lives of millions of civilians & soldiers on both sides. And a song that to me also sounds nostalgically romantic. Always one of my 20 favorite songs. And I had several relatives lose their lives in the war fighting with Italian regiments alongside the Germans. They never made it back to Lucania in Southern Italy.
@drhicks7610 жыл бұрын
Absolutely magnificent. I have just heard this song for the very first time today and I know it will stand among my favourites for the rest of my days. Lyrically and musically exceptional piece. The choir gives me chills. Truly well done.
@mjpanicali9 жыл бұрын
Oh...you must seek out Al Stewart music. I had most of his studio albums now replaced with CDs. Seems a bit lost in digitization, but perhaps it is the nostalgic memory of a teenager.
@nunca7899 жыл бұрын
Dallas Hicks See my note just posted above. Your experience is precisely the same as mine, albeit 39 years later. Amazing really.
@ericlackford67182 жыл бұрын
Surely one of Al's best? I really enjoy playing this live.
@jiva19559 жыл бұрын
Al seems to have a soul connection with history? It's as if he were there a gnosis of moments in time. This particular song takes me there too and haunts me emotionally yet is sublime to the point of the shedding of tears. The Road to Moscow continues still as war never ends!
@GildaLee279 жыл бұрын
jiva1955 Well articulated about a soul connection with history. With this song, Nostradamus, and many others Stewart has written, I get the impression of a bard spinning out a full history in rhyme and rhythm so compelling as to be literally unforgettable.
@nunca7899 жыл бұрын
jiva1955 You stated my feelings precisely -- which is amazing in itself. Is there a link among us similar souls? I heard this song exactly once while driving in L.A. in 1976 and was instantly and permanently changed. So many of the lyrics have never left my memory since that day. The intersection of historical tragedy and haunting music -- and as you say, the war never ends. (Patty Griffin: "Cold As It Gets")
@MrJAG11568 жыл бұрын
To all...well stated. As if the song bridges a moment in the time of my life when all this was real for the first time. Incarnate?
@rickskehan41467 жыл бұрын
Wonderful song! Great choir! Thx Al Stewert!
@timmckeown104510 жыл бұрын
Saw Al the other night. He didn't do RTM, but he still puts on a great show. What a great choir on this clip!
@maruska6710 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad there are more of Al Stewart's songs. It brings back a time when I was grounded and couldn't play with my friends, so I would turn the radio and watch my friends play all day long. Those good all days. lol Thanks for sharing one of the many beautiful songs of Mr Stewart. Can't help liking that Spanish guitarist.
@Audiogeek-kf2ez Жыл бұрын
I still believe he is one of Englands best balladier. America had quit a few , but Al Stwert was one of a jind
@bigal8386 жыл бұрын
Such an amazing song.
@randallbarnes2074 жыл бұрын
This just reminds me how I miss the brilliant singer/songwriters of the 70's. Great work by the background singers also!
@rzu71205 жыл бұрын
Not many songs give me goosebumps, but this one does.
@Stogie21124 жыл бұрын
Outstanding guitar work!
@stephenzinser99514 жыл бұрын
Yes, THIS is a great song! Such a beautiful tune, and has such a great story and melody! Wow!! To be part of this chorus would be simply fabulous! They crossed over the border, the hour before dawn!! Simply precious! Steve. Ah, ahh, ahhhhhhh!!!
@kennethmcgurn383011 күн бұрын
Always appreciated this song and somewhere along my aging process linked it to Cat Stevens. Glad I stumbled across this. Now, at 82, I could use the lyrics scrolling below.
@notnew2dis4 жыл бұрын
I saw him in NYC at the Bottom line in 1976. Tiny club where the musicians would bump your table. Al is a God!
@Circumpunk11 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. You just can't beat live.
@robertcarlson99319 жыл бұрын
Wow - this brings back some memories. Listening in Victoria to good old KZOK 102.5 Seattle coming across the water. Past, Present and Future was my introduction to FM album rock ... and I can still remember finding my way to Bellingham's Western Washington University gym to hear Maria Muldaur open for Al Stewart there. Intelligent insightful lyrics performed acoustically by a great balladeer - this really was from the best music era. I don't mind Year of the Cat and Time Passages, but neither comes close to PP&F for through and through brilliance. Thanks for sharing.
@Dolphyn54 жыл бұрын
Great classic song, and I love the background vocals in this version!
@naomiogle79565 жыл бұрын
What a lovely human being he is. You don't have to worry about your audience attacking you, because we love you.
@TheLooville5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@aliballyb19 жыл бұрын
cant wait to see him in glasgow next year,great memories o this song
@papajohnloki10 жыл бұрын
One of Al's best,I think informed by his reading of the Gulag Archipelago. Wonderful performance and thanks foe uploading.
@smartalek113 жыл бұрын
Those are some impressive backing vocals! I'm not sure I agree w/ hippiemotel that this is *the* very best rendition here, but it is definitely a keeper. Decades later, and I still can't have this on as background muzak -- it commands full attention, and full immersion, or nothing. I'd heard rumors, noises to the effect that Mr Stewart doesn't like doing this live, but if that's true, he's sure doing a darn good job of faking it here. Thanks so much for sharing it.
@alexodonnell61915 жыл бұрын
Superlative!! Further comment superfluous.....with HEARTFELT gratitude to the uploader..!
@naomiogle79565 жыл бұрын
"I do not think you know what that word means." The Princess Bride
@santamariadenigris59895 жыл бұрын
Al Stewart FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!
@tim66uk4 жыл бұрын
'Then they ask about the time we were caught behind their lines and taken prisoner. They only held me for a day; a lucky break I say'. Heart-braking!
@voidforpurpose10 жыл бұрын
The audience must be in a coma from their tepid applause. The lead guitarist is great and Stewart renders a very fine version of his classic song.
@jsmill9287 жыл бұрын
The recording is from the Nov 2001 Grace Catherdral Al Festival in Novemeber 2001. It was a weekend of activities and two concerts. As a member of the that audience, many of which were members of the Al Stewart Mailing List from all over the place, I can say we were where just amazed! There were 250 of us that night. The sound of the audience may also have been muted because we were sitting in the nave of the cathedral with the pipe organ pipes around us.
@yoikes467 жыл бұрын
My wife and daughter and I were there, too...on an evening when the cathedral organist joined in "Roads to Moscow"...the performance was mesmerizing...
@mikehurley79456 жыл бұрын
The album version is one of my top shelf songs, but this acoustic version was great, as was the lead guitar. I also was amazed by the audience silence at the end of that powerful song, but I took it differently. I, like the rest of the audience I believe, was hanging on for the end of that final note. (He really needed a violin player!) I took it as a great compliment to Al Stewart for the audience not to prematurally 'step on' that haunting ending note.
@oobrocks Жыл бұрын
I hate how even Sirius Xm only plays one of Al’s song and not this masterpiece
@diezdemayo065 жыл бұрын
Me alegra saber que todavía uno de mis cantantes favorito en décadas anteriores es capaz de hacer grandes versiones en directo de sus mejores temas. Al menos en esta ocasión.
@danielmesery29045 жыл бұрын
Never heard a bad song from Al . Im glad i have all. From the apple to the orange
@bigal8388 жыл бұрын
That was awesome!!
@katalinjones5 жыл бұрын
Simply magnificent. Incomparable Al Stewart!
@AlStewart-110 ай бұрын
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️
@williamhiggins8423 жыл бұрын
I will never forget the first time that I heard this song, it was on the Year of the Cat tour.Al and his whip crack band played Woolsey Hall here in New Haven,Connecticut on the Yale campus.Back in those days it was highly unusual that they allowed any rock shows at Woolsey Hall,I was in awe of his talent and gift for storytelling along with an incredibly tight band.I seem to remember that there was a video screen behind the band with historical views of Moscow and the war during the winter.At the time I was just a teenager and I was mesmerized by this song and the performance of it.
@gwynethjones35032 жыл бұрын
Oh my word, that was my very first concert! My boyfriend and I were 15, so my dad drove us. He enjoyed the concert as much as we did, too. :)
@claudegagnon99910 ай бұрын
So Good!...
@pbcoop6211 жыл бұрын
The ending of the song seems to be inspired by "One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich." If you read the book, you know that his "crime" was to be captured by the Germans, then escaping.
@workingtheworld684 жыл бұрын
Thanks, will be adding to my reading list.
@stevegadz13 жыл бұрын
This is AWESOME!!!!
@stephenslater4124 жыл бұрын
2 broken tigers on fire in the night flicker their souls to the wind ....
@boycs19716 жыл бұрын
'Riding the wind like a bell'. Magnificent.
@Elidoransgar11 жыл бұрын
Stupendous.
@stephenzinser99514 жыл бұрын
This is a Great Song! Beautiful Harmonies and wow, what a thrill to sing on stage together with Al Stewart!! I would LOVE to see this Live!! Simply Wonderful! Peace and Love!! Steve
@impudentdomain Жыл бұрын
Not to take anything away from Al, but I would love to hear this sung by someone with a deep, powerful voice, and maybe a Russian accent.
@rednhrailroad9 жыл бұрын
I heard that song once a million years ago; once, but I got it or most of it. I've been looking for it ever since and found it tonight. I'll play it over and over. My father was in the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) ground crew during WWII in the Soviet invasion and surrendered to the US Army. My grandfather was a civilian German scientist and forced to labor in the Soviet Union for five years after the war. I was born there and we went to Canada. I was a Cold War American Soldier in Germany along the Fulda Gap in 1976-'78 and served 37 years in a couple of wars, now 62 y.o. and a cop, barber etc. War is cruel, an evil waste of resources and lives.
@smartalek1807 жыл бұрын
Thank you for saying that, and for having served, both. The myths of glory and valor are necessary to instill the willingness of the young to do what their country may need to call them to do. It's a tragic manipulation and exploitation, and a total travesty when we abuse their trust to send them to war for anything short of absolute necessity. We need voices like yours to tell the truth that so many prefer not to hear. Glad you survived; far too many did not. We are all in debt to all of you, and will be forever.
@tonyworld53886 жыл бұрын
he helped bomb my family he missed
@tonyworld53886 жыл бұрын
kent bomb alley
@johnleidle99105 жыл бұрын
Fred , my father was an American Medic in WW2 North Africa , Italy , France. He told me the same ,,, what useless thing war is.
@abatista181 Жыл бұрын
Fred, Thank you for your service. Bless you!
@Kennymurraycampbell12 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@Quareat12 жыл бұрын
fantastic song, Al Stewart played this as a request for me in a gig in Stoke on Trent back in about 1998.
@paulevans4669 жыл бұрын
Surely the greatest historical song of all time. Al's work includes dozens of songs as good as this, yet all you ever hear of him on UK radio are the 'big three' - Year of the Cat, On the Border and Time Passages. BBC - you are pathetic.
@GildaLee279 жыл бұрын
***** I second your nomination. Roads to Moscow, and Al's work in general, is aging quite well. At least the BBC plays those 3. In California, classic rock radio plays only YOTC. (Although out here, listening to music via radio is utterly passe. Pandora, baby.) In December, we saw him perform in Berkeley. He's touring with Dave Nachmanoff, an incredible guitarist. For one number, Al brought out one of his daughters (!) to play along as well. After the concert, he schmoozed with admirers out in the lobby, posing for group photos, etc. Nice guy!
@easywindalan8938 жыл бұрын
+Paul Evans bbc needs to keep Russians soulless so when we start a war with them they will be the bad guys.
@smartalek1807 жыл бұрын
Please. Their interference in our last election is, by any rational definition, an act of war -- and one utterly unprovoked by us. Putin and his kleptocratic oligarchs may well have succeeded at what decades of communist regimes could not: destroying the USofA. You are beyond deluded if you think this lot are not "bad guys."
@richardfeynman88433 жыл бұрын
I have not heard this song in decades. No radio station around me ever plays it, including satellite radio. Stuart’s finest. Glad to know there are still some people around besides me who appreciate this.
@salsa_danza10 жыл бұрын
He's always been great. An amazing song. Thanks for posting this video.
@jeephiker29958 жыл бұрын
man!... that is so great.....treasures on youtube.
@gerrykelly70774 жыл бұрын
My favorite Al song. Have to blast it real loud! !!!
@katherinefraley-karsten6054 Жыл бұрын
Love Al Stewart - Been to his shows in Phoenix
@AlStewart-110 ай бұрын
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️
@AbsitInvidea11 жыл бұрын
Goosebumps; I clapped at my computer; I had hair back then.
@drhoneytongue11 жыл бұрын
His hair may be shorter now, but he still has that magic voice and phrasing....
@sodimite12 жыл бұрын
Outstanding!
@angelamonteleone5105 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song.
@AlStewart-110 ай бұрын
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️
@johnhardwick28275 жыл бұрын
Brilliant and then some. Al, he's the man.
@fls36013 жыл бұрын
Even the 2 broken tigers or their souls have got to give thumbs up! Excellent performance!
@azimmey7 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna have to download this guy, wow.
@08elk195411 жыл бұрын
Saw Al in Fairhope, Alabama about 20 years ago. This is awesome.
@AlStewart-110 ай бұрын
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️
@markhersch68462 жыл бұрын
I'm coming home, I'm coming home, now you can feel it in the wind, the war is over. Oh how I wish that were true.