Steeleye Span - Long Lankin - Live in 1975!
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- A classic Steeleye epic ballad seen here live by the 'Classic' 70's line up for the first time on UA-cam!
Note that this live version has an extended Peter Knight instrumental at the end which is not on the recorded version. The song was arranged and music written by Bob Johnson (Electric Guitar)
Taken From the Rockpalast German TV Concert, see here for full details - • Steeleye Span Live 197...
Maddy Prior
Tim Hart
Bob Johnson
Rick Kemp
Peter Knight
Nigel Pegrum
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If there was ever a more beautiful voice than Maddy Prior's, I missed it.
Sandy Denny could, and Mandy Morton. The English electric- folk female leaders, as Maddy Prior, of course
@@pavelvokhmyanin2288 and Jacqui McShee.
agreed
RIP Bob Johnson. A legend.
A gory violent folk ballad and such a precious treat to be taken back to 1974 and see Tim Hart (Dec. 2009) and Bob Johnson (dec. 2023) in their Steeleye prime and the Lady (Lady 2) - Maddy as Sandy will remain the Lady for life.
Exceptional rare clip. Decades of history in my life. This band kept the soul of medieval English song.
I love this song. I met Peter Knight (the fiddle player here) on a train back in about 1986/7 when I was 15 or 16. He seemed very pleased to be recognised! What a smashing bloke!
His fiddle playing is peerless in my opinion. He makes the instrument sing.
@@adamdabs It was Peter Knight's mandolin that really got me. First time I saw them on telly they played Misty Moisty Morning, and I was instantly hooked on the mandoline (and the band) and took it up. I still play 50 years later.
I so wish the comments weren't turned off on the remastered version on here. I have things to say that need saying, but it shall have to be done here instead. Now, notwithstanding how beautiful is this rendition - which should surprise no-one that is familiar with Steeleye or Maddy - let me say my piece. Across my entire record collection and listening experience, it is very rare indeed for the bass to lift a song from the simply wonderful to the utterly sublime. But that is what happens to this song. Whenever I listen to it (probably a little too often given our respective years) I'm transported by every part of the composition and it's almost sinful to pick out any one instrument.... but the bass.... oh what a melody, what a line.
And on a different note altogether, I often wonder what the band thought of this song. Maddy sings it with such soul and devotion, but the lyrics are so vile, aren't they! I wonder if they just thought it would be quite fun and funny to turn such a horrible story into one of their most beautiful pieces ever. Or did they just get lost in the gorgeous score.
I absolutely agree! As a keeper of the low end myself, albeit of considerably less ability than Mr. Kemp, my ears are inexorably drawn to the wonderful bassline. And it is indeed a song that's rich in the most beautiful of melodies throughout!
Maddy Prior and the band is awesome ! - and she dances around like the olde days
Maddie your voice is amazing
Splendid performance. Blows my mind whenever I listen to this group, since 1968.
Me too . .
Maddie Prior is the sexiest woman ever! And the voice of an angel!
This is the first time I’ve seen this, it’s brilliant, a very good quality picture. Thanks for sharing 👍
On top of their game, fantastic.
RIP Bob Johnston 😞
i was lucky enough to see them twice on this tour
A haunting song. Unforgettable. Many thanks!
Ah, Bernard the false nurse (for the hard-of-thinking "And the false nurse shall be burn-ed on the fire close by"). Strange that Nursie in Blackadder 2 reveals that her real name is Bernard. Wonder if there's a connection. That aside, Long Lankin was my favourite Steeleye song and always fun to perform in folk clubs where they might frown on rocky chords. I always loved Bob Johnson's labour-saving guitar playing. Never seen this Rockpalast gig before; Steeleye Span at the height of their powers.
This is brilliant, first time I’ve seen this !
這首歌值得聽一萬遍
I love and fully agree with your sentiment ❤
One of my favourite songs of theirs. Love the Liz Fraser-esque trill at 2:23. Thank you!
I'm sure she was stiffling a laugh at that point... being such a jolly tale as it is :)
maddy prior an aweoe talent the lark in the morning
That is just incredible no other words - quite Prog-y as well with that guitar riff. Yes and Genesis could have been worried at this point.!
They've always been fantastic musicians
With one of the greatest voices ever fronting them, they are one of the greatest bands of all time!
Said the Lord unto his Lady as he rode over the moss
"Beware of Long Lankin that lives amongst the gorse
Beware the moss, beware the moor, beware of Long Lankin
Be sure the doors are bolted well
Lest Lankin should creep in"
Said the Lord unto his Lady as he rode away
"Beware of Long Lankin that lives amongst the hay
Beware the moss, beware the moor, beware of Long Lankin
Be sure the doors are bolted well
Lest Lankin should creep in"
"Where's the master of the house?", says Long Lankin
"He's 'way to London", says the nurse to him
"Where's the lady of the house?", says Long Lankin
"She's up in her chamber", says the nurse to him
"Where's the baby of the house?", says Long Lankin
"He's asleep in the cradle", says the nurse to him
"We will pinch him, we will prick him
We will stab him with a pin
And the nurse shall hold the basin
For the blood all to run in"
So they pinched him and they pricked him
Then they stabbed him with a pin
And the false nurse held the basin
For the blood all to run in
"Lady, come down the stairs," says Long Lankin
"How can I see in the dark?", she says unto him
"You have silver mantles", says Long Lankin
"Lady, come down the stairs by the light of them"
Down the stairs the lady came, thinking no harm
Lankin, he stood ready to catch her in his arms
There was blood all in the kitchen
There was blood all in the hall
There was blood all in the parlor
Where my lady she did fall
Now Long Lankin shall be hanged
From the gallows, oh, so high
And the false nurse shall be burned
In the fire close by
Said the Lord unto his Lady as he rode over the moss
"Beware of Long Lankin that lives amongst the gorse
Beware the moss, beware the moor, beware of Long Lankin
Make sure the doors are bolted well
Lest Lankin should creep in"
Thanks!
Brilliant - an instant flashback to being a child and being transfixed by her voice.
This is unbelievably good. Early 70s? Are you kidding me?
So wonderful to see this performed live! Had no idea this even existed . Thank you so much for sharing this.
Great instrumental love this. Blood in Da kitchen. There's Blood in the Hall. There's Blood in the parlor. Blood on Da wall. Where my Lady did Fall. Long Lankin was hanged on a Gibbet so High. Left out like Laundry to Dry. So uncompose to identify to the naked under the human eye. With a lifeless Disguise. And the False nurse was burned on Fire close by.
Surprise visit for me, to such a renowned band's mastery of a classical song. Sound is well-preserved and captures each instrument in the composition topped of course by Maddy's beautifully modulated vocal. The intro was perhaps borrowed by The Banshees for "Spellbound"; which seems apt to the theme of Long Lankin and its equally dark tale.
before my time but awesome.
Listened to this back in the day at the bottom of the earth in Hobart. now some (nearly) 50 yrs later I see the artists. It was so different in the day.
Depois de tantos anos, primeira vez q vejo a banda! Muito Obrigada por postar! Gratidão eterna pra ti.
very well........................................
Fantastic!
can't believe that this just showed up on recommendations. a band that i love an in particular this incarnation (plus or minus nigel)
Wonderful. One of the best murder ballad
Rather incredibly good. It's a shame that all their early performances weren't captured in HD by time travellers with good taste.
such Medieval treachery ! "and the false nurse shall be burn-ed...." ........ahhhhh, Maddy.......
The Shivering Truth 🤣
That fiddler 100% sold his soul to the devil. And I'm so glad.
My Turn My Turn. 😂😂😂😂
Is that Bob Johnson singing the male lead vocals (namely the murder part)?
Yes, Bob Johnson was a bit of a fan of murder ballads!
@@rogueriderhood1862 That must explain why he did the lead vocals on the verses for another one titled "Lady Diamond."
@@KBAFourthtime Yes, also 'Edwin' another fine murder ballad.
So very nice to hear a Woman singing in a woman's voice and Not the endless fake little girl's voice of men's fantasies of the current age! We really did have better music back then.
Odd to see Maddy singing from a seat.
Just like Jacqui!
a sprained foot maybe - it is really unusual
It was an hour long set and she danced a lot on other tunes, for this song she needed her full voice!
My girlfriend left me for Long Lankin.
@@slagmilkcard that drummer is awesome!! You kidding me . Love that guy!
@@slagmilkcard Nigel Pegrum. Look up the bbc steel eye span special played at this kinda castle. The guy is awesome
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Ive always thought of this tune as mournful but never understood until quite recently the horror of the subject matter via the lyrics.
False nurse! God damn!
Stoned much? Awesome.