Steeleye Span with - The Dark Morris Song (Live)

[@rogueriderhood1862]

I've just read Terry Pratchett's biography by his personal assistant, Rob Wilkins, in it, Wilkins says that in Sir Terry's last days Maddy visited him and sang 'Thomas the Rhymer' for him. What a wonderful thing to do.

[@suebursztynski2530]

Oh, would that be connected with the Dark Morris dance in one of the Discworld books?

[@edmundmatthews7600]

Oh god ....... weeping now.

[@heatherhoward2513]

Yes.​@@suebursztynski2530

[@heatherhoward2513]

​@suebursztynski2530 yes.

[@foxross]

@@suebursztynski2530the Wintersmith album came about because Terry Pratchett visited Steeleye Span and it turned out that while they were his favourite band, he was also their favourite author. The album was a collaboration and Pratchett’s voice appears in at least one of the tracks.

[@kixigvak]

What a great gift our musicians have given us. I'm 76 and was listening to Steeleye Span 55 years ago. My generation got lucky with all the great music.

[@suebursztynski2530]

@@kixigvak I discovered them when I was at uni, back in the 1970s

[@frankie718]

Maddy still sounds bloody brilliant! English music at it's finest!

[@Citiy3]

Rest in peace Sir Terry Pratchett may you always be remembered with smiles. Crivens!

[@iansadler4309]

Pterry lives on in his works.

[@qwertyTRiG]

@@iansadler4309 A man is not dead while his name is still spoken.

[@adamsinger123]

@@qwertyTRiG 💯😊

[@katherinechampagne9651]

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[@rogueriderhood1862]

Of all the dead writers Sit Terry is the most alive.

[@robertblackburn752]

Our pagan roots go deep into the earth that we came from. Thank the dark lords for Steeleye Span , our magical minstrels.

[@nghariad1]

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[@tricia5792]

Sir Terry Pratchett will be regaling Them with wondrous stories while Steeleye Span play the music. That is one lucky bunch of Dark Gods. 🌹Blessed Be🌹

[@dmartink]

Not an hour ago I finished reading "Wintersmith" for the third or fourth time. Which led me as usual to Morris dancing on KZbin, which led me to this, which I'd never heard before. Synchronicity! Also: wow!!

[@qwertyTRiG]

They have an entire Wintersmith album!

[@adelrizvic8798]

love this, just read Wintersmith 2.. i am in tears, and now this, and also with STP warning not to dance this in school shows... girlis, watch, don't doo this dance,,, leave it tio Summer Lady

[@Bekki369]

@@qwertyTRiGand it is awesome.

[@lauratukey3584]

What a wonderful celebration of Pratchett and discworld

[@redneckrosey8221]

Fantastic band, something the UK should be proud of.

[@LakhnBer]

Ain't it grand that Maddy still sings with all that power?

[@oswaldthree]

@Robert Spector Shades of Frankie Armstrong!! RjB

[@MrHarleyoldfart]

@@oswaldthree Who the fuck is Frankie Armstrong ?

[@rogueriderhood1862]

@@MrHarleyoldfart Do some research. you ignorant sod!

[@MrHarleyoldfart]

@@rogueriderhood1862 Why don't you tell me you clever sod!

[@rogueriderhood1862]

@@MrHarleyoldfart Do you want everything handed to you on a plate? Do a bit of research!

[@tye6752]

Just finished reading wintersmyth and found this, brilliant!! We should all do the dark Morris,black faces and all.

[@adelrizvic8798]

awesome, but scary..i prefer regular Morris... bels an all

[@zarlsalamandersspacemarine302]

Ack I did jus finis it tuu ya ken!

[@laurabooth29]

What a voice she has 💜. I love this song.

[@AlexanderWright1]

She's a lovely person too. Her voice, so rich. And what a song!! I don't know whose idea it was for Steeleye to write an album about Wintersmith, but it was genius.

[@lyria8469]

Rock On Steeleyes! Gods know we could really use some of this in Texas!

[@wodens-hitman1552]

We've got the pc brigade trying to get it banned because somehow the blackened faces are racist

[@ritchiewolveshead.5950]

just shared this down the valley here on our 3000 watt , studio sound system ! it must have frightened the life , out of any poachers , after our beautiful wild deer / boars ! here in France .

[@MoontownMoss]

good for you

[@starm1950]

bonne année monsieur

[@ritchiewolveshead.5950]

@@starm1950 Thank you so much ! so very kind ! wishing you and yours good / health /happiness and good fortune in 2021 cheers from rural france !

[@dianemartin1877]

Always dancing the dark morris it's much more fun!

[@majkus]

I think Wintersmith was their best album in this century. And I _like_ their other albums!

[@JohnWillmott]

Sounds like a Jefferson Airplane - Black Sabbath mash-up. Stunning! They know how to rock, Maddy singing at her best. Vocal harmonies superb. Playing this over and over. Addictive :-) Come back to Sligo, I missed you, did not know you was on, nor did my friends.

[@carfreeneoliberalgeorgisty5102]

Fantastic folk metal

[@MrHarleyoldfart]

The close up shots are just ridiculous.

[@jaredwblack]

Some parts of this remind me of 1980's Jethro Tull. (Yes, I'm aware of Ian Anderson's work with Steeleye in the 70's)

[@randlebrashear8550]

GNU Sir Terry Pratchett

[@talonsoftheraven6693]

Great stuff what an awesome gitar riff and performance . Steeleye span still rocking hard after all these years!

[@alexcrossland5453]

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[@LakhnBer]

Good for you,. Mr. Crossland. That's one of the most touching comments I've ever seen. (The rest of you, please read -- no, buy and read -- Pratchett's _Going Postal_.

[@shalos]

GNU STP - 'Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?'

[@PhilCulmer]

@@shalos GNU Terry Pratchett

[@dtwdata3408]

GNU Sir Terry #speakhisname

[@tricia5792]

GNU - Speak his name 🌹Sir Terry Pratchett🌹

[@ricknbacker2190]

I was there that night!

[@joannagodfrey5111]

How very pleasant it is that none of the Snowflakes have as yet come across this video so we can enjoy it in the spirit it should be seen and heard, and with the memory of Sir Terry in our minds. I think the dancers are excellent and fully as I imagine them from the book

[@nikolaus2688]

Speaking as one of said snowflakes, you couldn't be more of a strawman-building jackass if you tried. Quite a few "snoflakes" generally like Sir Terry's work, and what he was about as a person.

[@GeaVox]

Love you Steele Eye Span! sound of my youth, love you forever!

[@birchward]

FANTASTIC POWER ENERGY ! wow ! you really blown us away !

[@tonystevens7194]

It's The Detectorists'' crossed with the 'League of Gentlemen'. Come on MacKenzie,Mark,Steve,Jeremy and Reece!Make it happen!!

[@naaraandrade4660]

I´m absolutely in love with that song!

[@MySerpentine]

You can tell they’re having fun :)

[@crwydryn]

Always FABULOUS!

[@dougquaid]

Saw Steeleye span last night, they sang this.

[@76595313PE]

RIP Pete Zorn...

[@divaden47]

Just love this so much.

[@mossak44]

Words cannot describe, how amazing this is... I listen every day. 😎

[@rzed9067]

Prophetic!!!

[@sonjawhite5815]

The most powerful song!!

[@tanyaalvis7080]

wow i love this

[@gillyfraser]

Very nostalgic. Thank you . xx

[@woody-probably8331]

Love this. Heavier than some Iron maiden tracks ✌️

[@76595313PE]

Who are the Morris Dancers in this album?

[@annebowman5954]

Wow!

[@richdyas]

Well You tube keeps sending me back HERE no objection Quality

[@nikolaus2688]

How did they get a wizard for the drums?

[@joannagodfrey5111]

Applied to the Unseen University, where else?

[@keldaogg2157]

@@joannagodfrey5111 My thoughts exactly.

[@tricia5792]

Now we know what Mustrum Ridcully gets up to on his days off 😆!

[@paulpayton8238]

hi there all gd band paul payton England x x

[@joannagodfrey5111]

Is it the Stick and Bucket Dance that they're doing

[@MuttleyMutter]

No, it's the expurgated version of the Dark Morris. Very well done too, with a balanced set of dancers :)

[@joannagodfrey5111]

@@MuttleyMutter I knew perfectly well that it was the Dark Morris, however, the Stick & Bucket dance appears in another of Terry's books about Tiffany Aching, so it seemed entirely appropriate. I am really waiting for some scholar (perhaps from the Unseen University) to come up with the words and tune to the Hedgehog Song

[@wonderwoman3770]

Lol I get it

[@MT-kc6rq]

No, no one's ever to bring up the Stick and Bucket dance again!

[@iansadler4309]

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[@chrisreeve2253]

I'm trying to identify the band. I've got Peter Knight, Rick Kemp, Pete Zorn and Maddy P. Who are the others?

[@susiefairfield7218]

💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓

[@ritotakumaou6572]

i'm just happy that no one is screaming: "blackface" for no fucking reason, for once. Nice song by the way, i find old people stylish and the rythm is pretty good.

[@BiffChunksteak]

You do realise that the only ones screaming this are you and the 2 other people trying to shoehorn their political views into this? Blackface is about white people using make up in an effort to imitate Africans' racial stereotypes. Where in this video do you see that happening? I don't see it either because as you can deduce from the song's lyrics and explanation, aka 'context', that is not why anyone in this video is using make up. At all. So why bring it up?

[@zarlsalamandersspacemarine302]

Anyone foolish enough to cry blackface when witnessing the dark Morris is probably going to get a very personal visit from the Wintersmith

[@FelixstoweFoamForge]

Och, some skunnner needs a slechpin...Crivens!

[@tricia5792]

Aye, ye cannae trust the scunners as far as ye could skelp 'em! Ach Crivens! Nac Mac Feegle Wha'hae! 🥀GNU Sir Terry Pratchett🥀

[@FelixstoweFoamForge]

@@tricia5792 Aye big man, and I can skelp a skunner a fair ways, ye ken? Crivens.

[@michaeligoe3935]

Love dem "black" boys. Well done, Steeleye, for kicking stupid PC right up the arse.

[@katelennon6869]

Michael Igoe I completely agree!

[@t1281]

Pretty sure thats not why they're doing it

[@MegaMama61]

Strange that they had to write about a dance that is performed in silence.

[@peterschorn1]

"Can't ya see? You're not makin' morris dancin' better, you're just makin' folk-rock worse!" -- Hank O' the Hill

[@iainmacmillan2548]

Political correctness be buggered..that lady Morris Dancer is just very attractive...

[@Qkano]

"lady" morris dancer is certainly not traditional ... Political Correctness has already changed that former exclusion :)

[@YorkyOne]

​​@@Qkano Actually, historically there have been female morris dancers - especially in the NW. But some of the morris revival organisations either didn't know this or chose to ignore it and until recently had a men only policy. And, as of 2024 there are more 'morris women' than 'morris men' (a modern term by the way).

[@Qkano]

@@YorkyOne 400y ago? Really? OK ... if you say so ... just not mentioned in anything I've read back to early 19th century.

[@YorkyOne]

@@Qkano Of course it is rare prior to the 19th century but Will Kemp whilst morris dancing from London to Norwich in 1600 was asked by a young maid if she could dance with him - wanting to 'have the olde fashion, with napkins on her arms' (rather than new fangled handkerchiefs). And there are possible sightings in the 1600's.

[@Qkano]

Where did they get the Justin Trudeau tribute dance troupe from ?

[@westernfreedom5031]

Fuckin heavy!!! To bad ya can’t do black face anymore lol

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

Jesus God are you changing camera angles quick enough? This isn't a slipknot video let's see the freaking show

[@dnr2089]

I’m only surprised someone hasn’t started moaning about “black face” 🙄

[@julieobrien8252]

I don't think they are allowed to black up anymore. Sure it's banned. Another chipping away at our culture

[@SteveW139]

@@julieobrien8252The Dark Morris is alive and well and still in blackface for the original reason.

[@julieobrien8252]

@@SteveW139 good to know. Thank you and long may it continue

[@YorkyOne]

​@@julieobrien8252 Blacking up isn't banned as such. But organisations such as the Morris Ring have deemed it a sensitive matter and if you want to be a member you must desist from engaging in the practice. But any other colour combination is fine.

[@julieobrien8252]

@@YorkyOne thank you for clarification

[@jeromelubabalojacobs8872]

Black face?

[@1984potionlover]

Black makeup. There' a difference. Lancashire mining reference, not a race parody. Coal miners have black faces when they come up out of the mines. History.

[@sonjawhite5815]

Morris men should be men

[@YorkyOne]

'Morris men' is a modern term - but historically there have been 'morris women'.

[@1973Washu]

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