Uriah Heep - The Park

Music: The Park - Uriah Heep
Indian-Summer/Fall-Images from the Botanical Gardens and Slottsskogen-Park in Gothenburg, Sweden.
For years I took Uriah Heep's "The Park" as just a beautiful song about a beautiful park. Only while working on this little image-show did I realize that the song is in memory of a young man "who died in a needless war". I came to think of a young man who suffered this fate and had a memorial plaque in this very park I was taking my pictures.
David was a young Swede who went to New York to work for a while at a company located high up in the World Trade Center. He did not survive the terror attacks on September 11th 2001.
I dedicate this little image-show to him - as one of the many youngsters whose dreams do not soar any longer since their lives were cut short by needless war and senseless violence.

[@BATHURST65]

1965 to 1980 will always be the best time of all for music lovers.

[@saeidtamaddon4952]

Especially the lovers of Uriah heep

[@iraklyspiropulos1191]

Maybe 15-20th century was a period for the best time of music and culture

[@Kashtayev]

1963-1988, I think

[@mosesfranco3676]

1963 to 1993 was the best music After 1993 its sucks

[@GreenApple1964]

@@Kashtayev The Beatles

[@mrdemocracy7106]

No group these days are no where near a group as good as uriah heep their music is so original and all are brilliant musicians and a voice like Byron

[@markpalavosvrahotes5575]

Very few bands of any era were as good as Uriah Heep.

[@jeff6899]

What an era for REAL music...lyrics, melody, creativity, song writing...

[@dora6466]

When music was music.........timeless!

[@m1eft]

heep freinds i just lost my second wife ,first to cancer second to kidney failure ...all i got left is memories and music is getting me through .....heep is my lifeline and all my 51 years ...LIFE GOES ON .....KEEP THE FAITH .................XXXX

[@fur-seal]

This is my whole life

[@Nrgheal]

One of my favorite albums from my favorite band in high school, and forever...Ken Hensley written and he played the harpsicord part on an old antique model they found in Germany... haunting and beautiful. No one is making this kind of beauty in modern music these years.

[@jackbarnard1781]

As a young teen w/ little desposible income. To get music. I would scour swapmeet & used record stores. At the swapmeet I found a young hippy couple w/ lots of music for sale. I picked up uriah heeps 1st 3 albums. Uriah heep. Salisbury & look at yourself. I paid a 1.00 each for them what a bargain. Introducing me to the joy of uriah heep music. This was 1973. My major imprint age. When I listen now it reminds me of southern California 1973. A time not to be repeated.

[@user-oc9yr6nd2m]

Это недооцененная композиция.жаль,это шедевр мировой музыки.июоьское утро и парк заставляют сжиматься сердце.....

[@hanspeterraatz4928]

Send this song to Putin, to melt his heart of stone.

[@oskardolch9281]

I know this song for about 40 years and it will never stop amazing me. But the best is the mixed organ-guitar solo. This is something extraordinary in the whole rock music.

[@MrXrayis]

I still have the lp.Had it for 40 years.

[@user-lj8mx7jz8u]

And the vocals? Isn't that nice?

[@oskardolch9281]

Of course :-)

[@nickc6583]

These lyrics as a poem are right up there with the best English poets of all time, so sad, so haunting, the futility of war!!! Beautiful song too

[@selwynr]

Um, no. They aren't too shabby as far as song lyrics go, but a Yeats would reject this even as a first draught. The great poets are on an entirely different level in terms of imagery, prosody and cognitive power.

[@nickc6583]

@@selwynr thanks for your reply, you forgot, “in your opinion”. I think it’s beautiful and poetic, in my opinion, good to chat though.

[@selwynr]

Cheers. My opinion doesn't matter, it's demonstrable. Have you studied poetry and prosody? Read even a minor poem by Yeats and compare. Opinions are fine, but close textual analysis is something else. I recommend Alfred Corn's The Poem's Heartbeat, if you want to understand serious poetry. Give it a try. Your mind will be blown by the complexity of great poetry, a fundamentally different, and vastly more complex, art than song lyric writing, in the modern sense.

[@user-kp7rr3id3t]

Произведения Кена Хенсли (раньше он был основным композитором группы) отличались ярко выраженной тягой к лирике. Аранжировка бесподобна, а голос берёт за душу. Жаль что во второй половине 70-х замечательный певец уходит из группы, чтобы начать сольную карьеру. Дэвид Байрон умер в 1985 году в забвении.Вечная ему память.

[@user-rz3mo8nx7e]

Если бы он знал,что в2020 его считают одним из лучших вокалистов.

[@user-kp7rr3id3t]

@@user-rz3mo8nx7e Дорогая Елена спасибо Вам, я этого не знал! 🌹🌷⚘🥀🏵🌹🌷

[@user-zq1qp6hi2q]

Перевод песни. Дайте пройти мне скорей Средь скал священных и полей. Чтобы увидеть как лучист И прекрасен каждый лист. ~ В яркой зелени аллей Деревьев кроны дарят тень И рождают нежный звук Природы, созданной вокруг. ~ А вот, лошадку оседлав, Что так крепка как стали сплав, - Дети скачут день деньской, Зарывшись в гриве расписной. ~ И небо, что над головой Не скроет саван грозовой. Здесь радость жизни, вечный кров, Любовь и золото лугов. ~ "Так почему на сердце грусть ?"- Ты спросишь, я от слёз очнусь : - Здесь брата воспарили сны, Пока не пал он от бессмысленной войны. 😓

[@user-kp7rr3id3t]

@@user-zq1qp6hi2q 0громное Вам спасибо за перевод! 🎸🎹🎵🎸

[@user-zq1qp6hi2q]

@@user-kp7rr3id3t 🤝❤️

[@GQElvie]

so beautiful. Heep most underrated band ever. Byron most underrated vocalist ever. May he rest in peace

[@bernhardherrmann6430]

Y E A H !!!

[@user-ey6jp3mh8t]

yes

[@GQElvie]

@JeduNiso how do you know this? I cannot find anything on the net except that it is written by kensley? perhaps it is SIMILAR to an old song (like so many songs)?

[@pascaltorvic6246]

Right, Byron was great, Hensley is a great songwriter and Gary Thain an incredible bass player (he's not playing here tho)

[@Sam-qc6sz]

@JeduNiso Are the lyrics also from the original song?

[@commanderdawson3773]

Wünderschöne Ballade. Habe dieses Album seit den 70 ern in meiner Sammlung. Und für mich sind die ersten acht Alben von Heep die Besten.

[@margocommand8346]

I cant believe how much I love their music

[@user-mn8et2oe7g]

одна з кращих речей байрона просто геніальна

[@user-oj1xl6tr3y]

Рокеры 50 60 70 80 супер музыканты память на века всем ушедшим рокерам рок 🎸 рольщикам рокершам

[@hanspeterraatz4928]

This is the most beautiful antiwar song, without talking much about war, only the last view words. Brilliant.

[@jersen5085]

And we are now on a verge of ww3😢

[@CarlaHeckmanMichalek]

It was about his brother

[@henrywolcke5658]

The better Child in time, RIP David

[@hanspeterraatz4928]

The best antiwar song ever.

[@philhable]

This song makes me shiver with nostalgia, the greatest band from a golden era of music.

[@rkenny8399]

What a brilliant harmony and song absolute legends these guys were true musicians

[@Proculled]

Takes me back to early 70s and youth.Beautiful and kind girls I knew and terrible mistakes I did.

[@denisehedden5108]

🥀Amazing Song!🥀👍

[@lb1203]

I listened to this song seven times in a row. It's like a drug, I can't get enough of it.

[@joeproderick7778]

Laurelle Burton love it

[@hanspeterraatz4928]

Since I rediscovered it here on you tube, I listened to it at least a hundred times in a week.

[@or2korn]

i known this song from my brother, he is 53 years old if he´s still alive....i miss him always when i listen this song......rest in peace brother......

[@sergiocepeda6216]

👍👍👍

[@shymermaid1]

This song is very unique. It makes me imagine a garden and somehow thinking of a lost memory, a sad but beautiful memory, and at the same time it makes me think of humanity as a whole, I don't know why.

[@user-ci2kw1zm5q]

Одна из самых любимых песен Хипов.. Байрон - вечная память!

[@user-fl4jk8uw6f]

Впервые услышал в 1978, с тех пор ничто не превзошло из рок-баллад эту песню!

[@user-bo7if1hh6m]

Да, Брат, абсолютно РАЗДЕЛЯЮ! 💎 Тогда, кто то из наших ВИА, под шумок "Чернобровая девчина" сочинили, ведь сняли с Хипов мелодию. 💚✌

[@reflectingsoul]

Постоянно натыкаюсь на подобные комментарии: кто-то пишет, что ничто не превзошло Child In Time, другие пишут про Ticket To The Moon. Это всего лишь ностальгия. На самом деле после 70-х было много великолепных баллад.

[@user-bo7if1hh6m]

@@reflectingsoul Ни кто и не спорит)). Уж позволь понастольгировать. Соглашусь с Тобой, много ЧЕГО ЕСТЬ в музыкальном царстве, достойного для поклонения, во всех жанрах)). 💚✌

[@user-oc9yr6nd2m]

@@user-bo7if1hh6m много хитов,но есть единичные,от которых слезы и мурашки. Вот зе парк и июльское утро именно они!

[@user-yq5vx6cv5k]

Шедевр

[@davidshort8604]

Absolutely beautiful and will always love this song

[@user-un3fd4he4f]

Потрясающе!Группа на века.Моим внукам буду преподносить музыку этой группы как мастер класс.

[@user-pg6ft4xj9k]

Романтика ХХ века - Uriah Heep.♥️

[@goodtasteification]

I agree this stands the test of time, and I am sure our Grandchildren can also enjoy this!

[@user-en8zn7cj1r]

ThNk yoy

[@commanderdawson3773]

Ein wunderschönes Stück vom besten Heep-Album. David Byron, einfach bezaubernd...

[@evgenkorotin9850]

Обожаю ПАРК !!! Это уже классика от Хипов !

[@8lenorman]

Soulful and beautiful vocal harmonies in this classic song from this great band.

[@user-he9ll7ie7t]

Какой же шикарный у Байрона голос: чистый, проникновенный, за душу берущий... А ведь и половины в песне нет того, что он мог своим голосом... талантище!

[@user-rz3mo8nx7e]

В этой балладе у Байрона "хрустальный " голос. "

[@elianesasso923]

Vraiment magnifique

[@hollies56789]

I LOVE THIS SONG --REMIND ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG GREAT

[@alangardner6660]

Saw Uriah Heep my first band live in 1973 Newcastle City hall, have got tickets for Gateshead in Nov 2020 lets hope al lis well, long live the heep

[@deandidriksen7456]

I have listened to Uriah Heep since 1974 when Ken Hensley live 3 miles away from me in St Louis off Olive boulevard.

[@NatriumSulfuricum]

david byron ..... best voice ever heard

[@reinerdiehl7740]

Ber Tii Berti 89 he was One of the greatest

[@tomcremeens7852]

Ber Tii Berti 89 I totally agree

[@duurnamets9678]

Absoluut!

[@hanspeterraatz4928]

I always thought that Deep Purple's Ian Gillen had the best voice, but Byron's is angel like.

[@Argus625]

beautiful ballad uriah heep

[@user-fw5jw7eo3l]

Очень сильная, впечатляющая вещь! Услышал в начале 70-х. До сих пор наслаждаюсь.

[@MrGoldangel777]

Моя молодость!Когда слушаю - мир замирает.Вечная память!

[@user-yq5vx6cv5k]

Как же мне нравится эта песня просто шедевр,нежный голос Дэвида

[@Sil-fo8zs]

Dulzura y sensibilidad en este Que recuerdos. Son fenomenales

[@sehaalturk]

If Ken Hensley can do falsetto like that he should be one of the most underrated musicians of all time.

[@Nrgheal]

He is.

[@user-zq1qp6hi2q]

Перевод песни Дайте пройти мне скорей Средь скал священных и полей. Чтобы увидеть как лучист И прекрасен каждый лист. ~ В яркой зелени аллей Деревьев кроны дарят тень И рождают нежный звук Природы, созданной вокруг. ~ А вот, лошадку оседлав, Что так крепка как стали сплав, - Дети скачут день деньской, Зарывшись в гриве расписной. ~ И небо, что над головой Не скроет саван грозовой. Здесь радость жизни, вечный кров, Любовь и золото лугов. ~ "Так почему на сердце грусть ?"- Ты спросишь, я от слёз очнусь : - Здесь брата воспарили сны, Пока не пал он от бессмысленной войны. 😓

[@falutify]

Perfect images! Reminds me of my world of 13 or 14 yrs old sneaking out to parks, cemeteries, smoking weed but taking in nature without even knowing I was feeding my soul! The solemnity of some of Uriah Heep and a few other bands maybe Deep Purple... Takes me back... Thanks for the post!

[@troubic]

Hearing the song again and again, I am still amazed how the song is composed. Choir vocals, folk lyrics, jazz or even bebop intersection... and all matching together seamlessly. W-o-w. True masterpiece.

[@JanaKralova-dd8vq]

Jo narodil se mi prvni syn.pri tehle písni vzniknul mam tri deti.dekuji nashledanou.

[@carolinadnm17]

An absolutely wonderful song...First heard it in 1972 at age 18 & although I haven't heard it in years it still rings so powerfully. Thank you GothiaRegio for posting this beautiful gem!

[@bobwaters8377]

I haven't listen to this band in years and had forgotten this song. Shame on me. Great song...great band.

[@synthlab]

One of the most beautiful songs EVER! I heard it for the first time as a teenager, did not know the names of the song or the artist and have been searching for it for many years ... thank you for uploading this. This is really GOOD music!

[@hanspeterraatz4928]

No wonder, this is a Bolivian Christmas song, called "Birth"", the opposite, what UH is singing.

[@user-wk3vp6vk5v]

Просто шикарно!!! Люблю осенние парки Ленинграда.

[@ModelManiacThailand]

Let me walk a while alone Among the sacred rocks and stones Let me look in vain belief Upon the beauty of each leaf There is green in every blade The tree tops lean providing shade Maypoles spin in happy sound All nature's strength around And there's a horse that feels no pain Its iron strength to take the strain Children rock it to and fro And gaily drink its color glow Above, the sky, devoid of cloud Thinks not to cast a thunder shroud Upon this place so full of joy A field of gold of loves employ So, why my heavy heart, you say? When tears would stain, the sights so gay My brother's dreams, once here did soar Until he died at the hand of needless war

[@dorotheafischer953]

Thank you for writing the lyrics 🙏

[@ModelManiacThailand]

@@dorotheafischer953 My pleasure! Please try my song playlists: kzbin.infoplaylists

[@janiecadenalandazuri4660]

Gracias por traducir es un tema bello que lo conocí hace 40 años, saludos desde Quito Ecuador

[@hanspeterraatz4928]

The best antiwar song ever.

[@Nrgheal]

Thank you ofr the lyrics. One of my all-time favorite songs from my favorite band in high school (saw the original line-up several times). I never was sure of a few of the words.

[@sherena1948]

still one of the best rock band s where there music still stands way above most music made today

[@christian-albrechtgroddeck3320]

Never know this before, amazing lyrics music and pics. Fill Of harmonie...., thankyou so much for this incredible imoressions.

[@0mik3mik3]

Such a beautiful song with brilliant, magical lyrics that transpose you to mythical realms.. and yet it is almost forgotten. This is beyond me.

[@axxellein]

Awesome Ballad

[@vivaspetrov8908]

Юрай Хип самая любимая группа, особенно с Байроном

[@user-wd1xw7mx1v]

И с Лоутоном. Период 70-78 годов. ЭТО БЫЛ КЛАССИЧЕСКИЙ РОК.

[@notfound4174]

It's the true spirit of an English park. The PARK.

[@bleurami]

We all die from needless wars

[@gurunek]

..miluju tuto píseň..

[@czkatcha]

+gurunek ja taky

[@oskardolch9281]

+Katka Olaitan me too

[@milanplevko5661]

gurunek a ja cely Uriah Heep.

[@PieWie123456]

Absolutely unique and stunning song!

[@dominiqueguarin2363]

Simply great. From another time...

[@danielmachado8382]

Que banda maravilhosa

[@Hyperakusis1973]

Uriah Heep is awesome!! Great song!!

[@sureeratakarakulphitak2856]

Nice​ song

[@nikecoburg5711]

Great great song and vocals history in the making forever thanks guys.love ya.

[@squal9000]

Is my best song J'écouterai toute ma vie cette chanson Questa cansone e incredibilé Thanks for your download

[@williamonderlinde5068]

To OD. This may not compare: But in LADY in BLACK by Uriah Heep, it sounds like a guitar and organ are having a conversation. And the bass guitar & drum play a dual heartbeat. I'd never heard that song in all the years I've listened to music; esp., from UH. I used to think that if I were a pro baseball player I'd use "Easy Livin'" as my intro music. I am in a "Heep listening mood" this morning for sure. But for what reason? That song by Heep, "RAIN" is a real stab in the heart. Never knew Heep did music like this!

[@user-dv9rl5cn9p]

Зачётная вещь-из юности 👍

[@oldheep05]

Спасибо чуваки. давно не слушал

[@FlyingJunk]

This song alone assures Heep's place at the top of the Rock Pantheon.

[@whereisedgar5931]

Makes me think of sitting in the garden shed with my dad looking at pop up books and painting I was only about five

[@user-xc5qb9rg6n]

Нет слов ,моя молодость в Ленинграде на улице Марата, смешно.Слушал радио как всеверной корее

[@nikiberd1750]

На толпу лень было сходить? Или просто мозгов не хватало?)

[@luckyforsome56]

I had not heard this song for years...Thank you

[@vivaspetrov8908]

Девид Байрон! Невероятно крут! Он просто пел...

[@lewismiller8849]

What a fantastic group unknown to all to many music lovers

[@Sam-qc6sz]

Now that Christmas is here, I feel that this song is very appropriate for the season

[@hanspeterraatz4928]

But this version doesn't talk about birth, but death.

[@zecman1]

68 years old now. Feels like I'm 20... memories... Great band and great music.

[@rosaniarose8571]

who,s listening this beautiful song in 2020 ?

[@vivaspetrov8908]

I´m ! From Russia!. Devid Byron.. omg.

[@user-rz3mo8nx7e]

19.12.2020; 01.00

[@user-yq5vx6cv5k]

Шедевр✌✌✌✌

[@andik1862]

Beautiful pics for a beautiful song (that almost always makes me cry)

[@yekdeli]

Oh...I so LOVE this song...I listened to it endlessly...and all the other Salisbury classics...on the first record player I ever owned. Uriah Heep is such a part of my teen years...sooooo gorgeous.

[@cindydufala7646]

Beautiful trees. To a beautiful masterpiece. Bravo⚘

[@tedluna5386]

Farewell Ken Hensley! Your music lives on...

[@rmick5173]

I'm now 50. Got into them arounfd 16. Definitely up there with all other 70s hard rock bands. The guitar, drums, keyboards, and vocals. Lyrics as well. Byron had such a range. I like the early albums, very emotional songs.

[@tomdubasov7609]

Better , beyond the best , the men are in the stars 🌟 keep going mick box

[@janaevabinova4144]

Song for the troubled times we have...

[@lennoxkiel]

I walked a while with you through the park Best song of Uriah Heep. In memory of two Davids R.I.P.

[@rolffriedrichwitte7547]

I,m craying at this Song!

[@darkside9236]

so great.

[@sehaalturk7598]

I don't know of any rock singer who would do falsettos like he does.

[@Wes99999]

seha alturk Ian Gillan

[@wickedmountain]

He was amazing I think possibly Glenn Hughes could match him bout it IMO although the other one mentioned here King diamond is pretty amazing at singing that's a different level though. But worth a mention.

[@user-uq3jd2gi8y]

Andy Gibb. The Bee Gees of coarse

[@janmartinek6647]

@@condor2529 Byron was definitely the biggest inspiration for King

[@elzofranco7594]

Nothing compare to David Byron

[@celiofilhocapistana6160]

great music

[@DJ_Sclerosis]

i guess if the melody repeats forever i wont be bored of listening it

[@pocklehanson]

Such a strange song, beautiful but weird, possible to record only in the 70s.

[@tomcremeens7852]

Magnus Dahl I still record songs like this my friend

[@19MEJIA93]

Tom Cremeens would you share your work?

[@user-lj8mx7jz8u]

A very beautiful song.

[@yekdeli]

Oh...I so LOVE this song...I listened to it endlessly...and all the other Salisbury classics...on the first record player I ever owned. Uriah Heep is such a part of my teen years...sooooo gorgeous. Lovely video, well done!

[@gevelogevelo5281]

Divine music. David

[@user-en8zn7cj1r]

Of course david byron

[@user-en8zn7cj1r]

Yes me too

[@jubaldroad]

Cry tears when I listen. Since the 70's.

[@l1e2d3z4]

Lovely video, amazing song - I never realised what it was about. Very touching tribute video. The 'Salisbury' album was a favourite of mine when I was younger - I must revisit it soon!!

[@donniedorre8072]

"To me " , this is when Uriah Heep we're at their best !!! Miss the original band members .🤘🎸🤠

[@TheLenafelly]

UH - most underrated band ever ...iMts