Richard & Linda Thompson - A Heart Needs A Home

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  • Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
  • I know the way
    That I feel about you
    Im never going to run away
    Im never going to run away
    Never knew the way
    When I lived without you
    Im never going to run away
    Im never going to run away
    I came to you when
    No one could hear me
    Im sick and weary
    Of being alone
    Empty streets and
    Hungry faces
    The worlds no place when
    Youre on your own
    A heart needs a home
    Some people say
    That I should forget you
    Im never going to be a fool
    Im never going to be a fool
    A better life, they say
    If Id never met you
    Im never going to be a fool
    Im never going to be a fool
    Tongues talk fire and
    Eyes cry rivers
    Indian givers
    Hearts of stone
    Paper ships and
    Painted faces
    The worlds no place when
    Youre on your own
    A heart needs a home

КОМЕНТАРІ • 354

  • @selewachm
    @selewachm 6 місяців тому +39

    It's wonderful to be part of a small community that loves this music. I'm 70 and have love them since day one.

  • @robinzachary9355
    @robinzachary9355 3 роки тому +195

    My husband and I sang this song at our wedding 25 years ago. We were obsessed with Richard and Linda when we first got together and wanted to be just like them. We are still singing together after all these years.

    • @prabinprabin5490
      @prabinprabin5490 3 роки тому +6

      Beautiful story

    • @robinzachary9355
      @robinzachary9355 3 роки тому +4

      @@prabinprabin5490 thank you!

    • @waves_of_fear
      @waves_of_fear 2 роки тому +4

      Wonderful

    • @lbowsk
      @lbowsk 2 роки тому +5

      I hope you're both good vocalists because that could have been an epic train wreck for your guests! ;)

    • @robinzachary9355
      @robinzachary9355 2 роки тому +11

      @@lbowsk thanks for the snarky reply! We are no Richard and Linda, but we're not bad either.

  • @michellenoble6145
    @michellenoble6145 3 роки тому +41

    I always felt Linda didn't really get the recognition she deserved for her voice...

    • @billking8843
      @billking8843 2 місяці тому +1

      She said in a recentish interview that she loved being a darling of the music critics and didn't care about not having hit records.

    • @dhutton77
      @dhutton77 4 дні тому

      I first heard her a long, long time ago, singing along with Sandy Denny on the The Bunch record on the song The Loco-motion, which is a great version of that song.

  • @PaulMcCaffreyfmac
    @PaulMcCaffreyfmac 2 роки тому +33

    I don't know why I listen to this bloody song. I always cry.

    • @billking8843
      @billking8843 3 місяці тому +3

      It takes you deep in. Richard Thompson picks up a guitar but God plays. And Linda's singing is every bit as good as his playing.

  • @chokkan7
    @chokkan7 11 років тому +34

    I'm a hard-hearted old bastard, but this surely brought a tear to my eye...

  • @YupIknowthatfeeling
    @YupIknowthatfeeling Рік тому +25

    I don't even have words for how deeply beautiful her singing is....like something from heaven ❤❤

    • @paulbradshaw303
      @paulbradshaw303 9 місяців тому +2

      Agree, she has a timeless beauty and clarity of phrasing that is truly astonishing

    • @YupIknowthatfeeling
      @YupIknowthatfeeling 9 місяців тому

      @@paulbradshaw303 💕💕

  • @markstanley2539
    @markstanley2539 11 років тому +28

    This is an example of why film and sound recordings were such important inventions. we will always have this moment in time.

  • @raydavison4288
    @raydavison4288 2 роки тому +16

    I am reminded that we were all young & bright shining beings once upon a time. 🌈💖

  • @grnlkr
    @grnlkr 14 років тому +57

    One of the most hauntingly beautiful songs of all time.

    • @City2x
      @City2x Рік тому +2

      I Agreed wholeheartedly

  • @railwaystationmaster
    @railwaystationmaster 9 років тому +117

    The 40 years that have now passed since this recording have done little to diminish its impact, a feat few can achieve , and even fewer seldom get this close to perfection ,

  • @paulbradshaw303
    @paulbradshaw303 3 роки тому +31

    Deep artistry from the two of them . Quicksilver captured on film. Richard wrote such emotive imagery in his songs. Such a shame the songs are not more widely known. Simply beautiful. Linda looking and sounding amazing

    • @terrykilshaw8970
      @terrykilshaw8970 День тому

      Give it more time. Songs as good as this will keep being discovered by new generations.

  • @billcbren
    @billcbren 10 років тому +109

    Linda not only has an incredible voice, but she has those classic English looks. So beautiful.

    • @ardconnel
      @ardconnel 10 років тому +20

      Indeed - but she's Scottish!

    • @billcbren
      @billcbren 10 років тому +5

      She was born in London and spent six years there and then moved to Glasgow. I don't know whether her heritage is Scots.

    • @ardconnel
      @ardconnel 10 років тому +11

      Bill Brennan I do believe her parents were Scottish, and she was certainly brought up in Glasgow. I knew her brother, actor Brian Pettifer, well known for his role in the Rab C Nesbit series. You just can't get any more Scottish than he was!

    • @gaconnochie
      @gaconnochie 9 років тому +5

      Bill Brennan Linda's mother was Scottish and she spent most of her youth in Scotland. Richard's father was Scottish but as far as I know he lived in England all his youth

    • @dianedurand3680
      @dianedurand3680 7 років тому +13

      Well then... classic United Kingdom looks! She is a beauty.

  • @jhankri
    @jhankri 13 років тому +16

    This is a song that really demonstrates what a fantastic songwriter Richard Thompson is. I see him live every chance I get. Unfortunately I've never had the priviledge of seeing Linda live.

  • @derekbiggerstaff
    @derekbiggerstaff 7 років тому +19

    Linda's recorded performances from back then have stood the test of time better than her contemporaries. She sings like the song is more important than the performance, but at the same time she is making it technically spot on.

  • @huwzebediahthomas9193
    @huwzebediahthomas9193 2 роки тому +5

    Still magic. 1975 blimey, how time flies..

  • @williamandrews4251
    @williamandrews4251 Рік тому +6

    Loyalty one of the greatest forgotten principles in the West.This songs expressed the Beauty of Loyalty,hopefully it makes a return.

  • @JohnGauld
    @JohnGauld 6 днів тому

    A wonderful song. It has everything.

  • @deflydoesit7292
    @deflydoesit7292 4 місяці тому +3

    What insight to a beautiful souls song to sign along thank you Richard Thompson

  • @79steelymatt
    @79steelymatt 9 років тому +79

    "Tongues talk fire and eyes cry rivers-" one of my favorite lines ever from a totally magic song

    • @dougmphilly
      @dougmphilly 9 років тому +4

      among richard's best lines ever.

    • @hanssvoboda
      @hanssvoboda 9 років тому

      79steelymatt Unfortunately followed by the ethnic slur "Indian givers"......

    • @123thof
      @123thof 9 років тому

      hanssvoboda I doubt he'd say it now.

    • @tomokra
      @tomokra 8 років тому +6

      +hanssvoboda what a silly a**hole comment to make ... with the benefit of living 30 + years in the future you can snidely comment on what seems dated about the lyrics ... such a clever lad ...

    • @hanssvoboda
      @hanssvoboda 8 років тому

      Really? I'm almost as old as Richard and I knew all about how wrong that phrase was even more than 30 years ago, so right back at you.

  • @Nick051967
    @Nick051967 3 роки тому +15

    It’s close to 40 years since I first heard this song - and it still blows me away

  •  9 років тому +16

    MAGIC!!!
    My favorite song from Richard and Linda Thompson!!!
    HAPPY (68th) BIRTHDAY, LINDA!!!
    (born 23 August 1947)

  • @IvanLendl87
    @IvanLendl87 13 років тому +25

    About as great as music gets.
    One of the all-time greatest guitarists/songwriters with one of the all-time greatest vocalists singing a classic.

  • @martinevans123
    @martinevans123 15 років тому +13

    breath-takingly
    jaw-droppingly
    stunningly
    beautiful

  • @pljms
    @pljms 2 роки тому +23

    I so loved listening to this woman sing I once compiled a cassette of all her solo performances from the albums she recorded with Richard Thompson and used to play it every evening after I got home from work to chill out to.

  • @johnbarry1965
    @johnbarry1965 13 років тому +7

    The World's no place when you're on your own..A heart needs a home.Beautiful sentiment and beautiful performance!

  • @lennono1980
    @lennono1980 13 років тому +5

    the worlds no place when your on your own.................. beautiful. wicked song.

  • @waynepanter5693
    @waynepanter5693 4 місяці тому +3

    Absolutely incredible ❤

  • @rootindogg
    @rootindogg 11 років тому +10

    Love the understated menace of the presenter

    • @boosh90
      @boosh90 4 роки тому +2

      This has made me laugh a startling number of times now. Great work

    • @michellenoble6145
      @michellenoble6145 3 роки тому +3

      Lol, he was always known as Whispering Bob (Bob Harris)

  • @johndaniels1923
    @johndaniels1923 7 років тому +19

    Richard and Linda were just magical together saw them in 1980 at Theatre Royal in Stratford East London they were magical
    Especially on Dimming of the Day

  • @finnio9094
    @finnio9094 4 місяці тому +3

    My god
    Perfection

  • @thundergrace
    @thundergrace Рік тому +4

    this song makes me cry!😥

  • @lyonslaforet
    @lyonslaforet 12 років тому +7

    I'm totally moved by the musical wonders Richard & Linda Thompson did together!

  • @michaelransom
    @michaelransom 14 років тому +6

    I have watched this about 20 times at least this evening and for some reason I cant help clicking the replay button.

    • @effinog
      @effinog 5 місяців тому +1

      Her beauty is captivating.

  • @vampireducks1622
    @vampireducks1622 7 років тому +7

    Her voice is perfection.

  • @grimmmunro2279
    @grimmmunro2279 2 місяці тому +1

    73 and still love thier music,memories of a love that got away!😢😊

  • @annmarielundstrom1346
    @annmarielundstrom1346 13 років тому +14

    I love this song. I keep playing it over and over again.

  • @pihoihoi
    @pihoihoi 9 років тому +9

    A heart needs a home... but it will only find that home in itself...

  • @stevelinley1073
    @stevelinley1073 11 днів тому

    I first met this song about 40 years ago, and it still moves me like a fresh open wound.

  • @manlyduckling
    @manlyduckling 2 роки тому +2

    One of the greatest singers these isles ever produced

  • @paulafay8551
    @paulafay8551 7 років тому +14

    Genius. utterly beautiful.

  • @alexnightingale2040
    @alexnightingale2040 9 років тому +27

    This made me cry

  • @j1948via
    @j1948via 7 років тому +7

    Heart rending...Linda's voice is right in my range and what a delight to sing with her on this song :-)

  • @matthewquinn1964
    @matthewquinn1964 11 років тому +6

    love this,a beautiful song .............lonely people of the world ,wake up before its too late

  • @MrPatbrock
    @MrPatbrock 7 років тому +5

    Tough exposed song, done with beautiful ease

  • @ClaireBoswell
    @ClaireBoswell 14 років тому +7

    My favourite song of theirs along with Dimming of The Day and every other song they ever made!!!! what a beautiful performance!! Lovely 5*****

  • @captbanjo1
    @captbanjo1 11 років тому +4

    What's so right about this is what's so wrong with so much music today: two voices and one guitar and stunning beauty!

  • @talstory
    @talstory 3 роки тому +3

    what a voice

  • @rigelmoon9030
    @rigelmoon9030 6 років тому +4

    Like a refreshing, ice-cold drink from a mountain stream on a hot day. Simple, delicious and very satisfying . This is from "The Old Gray Whistle Test", the greatest music show of all time.

  • @Ghoopty
    @Ghoopty 7 років тому +13

    The beauty of this made me cry.

  • @deanbevis1333
    @deanbevis1333 9 років тому +8

    fantastic beautiful song...

  • @EdLuhrs
    @EdLuhrs 11 років тому +2

    Yes, but sometimes it is possible to get carried away with better and best, especially watching this. She is one among the greats. The ways Linda does "Withered and Died" is another really beautiful thing.

  • @gwynnielsen5081
    @gwynnielsen5081 Рік тому +1

    This is a beautiful song. It is nice to see a husband/wife duo. I collaborate with my very young cousin, but it is definitely not the same.

  • @stephenhudson7039
    @stephenhudson7039 4 роки тому +2

    For June my love of 41 years & wife of 40 years. ❤️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @Anzevuil
    @Anzevuil 5 років тому +3

    This song sung and played by R&L will always make me cry and break my heart. This is from someone who will likely (like millions on this planet) be alone... no one who will love, the inability to love back...
    If a heart is broken, then where would the home be? That will always be a personal question.

  • @misstreebird
    @misstreebird 9 років тому +10

    What a truly beautiful song, wonderfully sung.

  • @woody317900
    @woody317900 12 років тому +1

    i saw them in concert in 1975 or 1997 a long time ago so not sure somewhere in the midlands and they were wonderful. Richard has always been a hero of mine.

  • @PatMo1888
    @PatMo1888 12 років тому +1

    My goodness - I'd forgotten about this song. Laden with irony given how they ended up - beautiful none the less.

  • @FredGumbo1
    @FredGumbo1 15 років тому +5

    a staggering work - truely great music

  • @StormyTunes
    @StormyTunes Рік тому +1

    So glad to have finally found this song. So good.

  • @thewatcher7239
    @thewatcher7239 12 років тому +3

    Wow - I know Richard's an outstanding guitarist - but this number with his wife is a real gem.

  • @samuelsimmons8078
    @samuelsimmons8078 8 років тому +6

    I had a double DVD of the "best" of Whistle Test. Why this wasn't on there I'll never know. Only just discovered this song today. Truely beautiful.

    • @heavybreizhad
      @heavybreizhad 8 років тому +1

      I have the four-disc boxset and it is included. A very haunting performance

    • @Trencomtrink
      @Trencomtrink 7 років тому

      Samuel Simmons it's on a follow up cd check it out

  • @CartoonEtc
    @CartoonEtc 15 років тому +2

    Nothing wrong with coming to appreciate a great artist late in the day. Great art is always gaining new fans. Glad to have your fresh perspective.

  • @OWR0406
    @OWR0406 2 місяці тому

    Linda Thompson, beautiful woman, beautiful voice ❤

  • @StormyDay
    @StormyDay 4 роки тому +2

    This is so incredibly beautiful and painful.

  • @user-ow2qr5st1f
    @user-ow2qr5st1f 3 місяці тому +1

    Simply wonderful

  • @1Long2Short
    @1Long2Short 4 роки тому +7

    This is their definitive version of this song, in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, I like the versions on Hokey Pokey and Watching the Dark, but this one really nails it. The fact we also get video with the performance doesn't hurt either.

  • @whatnots
    @whatnots 4 роки тому +1

    This is the best video in the internets.

  • @markgardner1020
    @markgardner1020 4 роки тому +2

    Beautiful song beautifully performed. Witn the bonus that, 15 seconds in, you've completely forgotten about Whisperin' Bob

  • @kinnonkerr6532
    @kinnonkerr6532 Рік тому +1

    what a beautiful sound they are both amazing lots of love Kinnon.

  • @daf827
    @daf827 14 років тому +9

    This song slays me every time I hear it. Beautiful and heart-wrenching.

  • @luciabernreiter8483
    @luciabernreiter8483 2 роки тому +1

    Beautiful song

  • @ettajames2luv
    @ettajames2luv 13 років тому +1

    It's been so long since I've heard this song. Like seeing an old friend. I forgot I much I loved it, until I heard it again.

  • @mirrorblue100
    @mirrorblue100 4 роки тому +4

    They nailed it every time.

  • @Spamcan81
    @Spamcan81 7 років тому +2

    Quite beautiful.

  • @rich836
    @rich836 9 років тому +9

    absolutely stunning, thanks for sharing!

  • @heytheregeorgeygirl
    @heytheregeorgeygirl 4 роки тому +1

    How I love Whispering Bob!

  • @maltesetony9030
    @maltesetony9030 2 роки тому +2

    In addition to having a great voice, Linda Thompson had great cheekbones & a lovely dimple in her chin!
    Oh, and Richard was (& still is) a fabulous guitar virtuoso.

  • @tonifrancis2189
    @tonifrancis2189 10 років тому +14

    melts me.

  • @frederickj.7702
    @frederickj.7702 7 років тому +4

    Sheer perfection.

  • @pablosoliz465
    @pablosoliz465 Рік тому +3

    Hermosa cancion❤❤❤

  • @krdiehl
    @krdiehl 3 роки тому +1

    still love her she has the passion

  • @ParcelOfRogue
    @ParcelOfRogue 5 років тому +1

    Utter simplicity, perfection and sheer class

  • @chrismoore1214
    @chrismoore1214 9 років тому +15

    Beautiful, I always think she's thinking about Nick Drake when singing this as he died only a,month before the recording of this Ogwt she was very close to him:)

    • @josephspagna2829
      @josephspagna2829 8 років тому +1

      +Chris Moore It's about God (Allah, I suppose). It's about she and Richard converting to Sufism, a mystical form of Islam.

  • @maurrod
    @maurrod 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for sharing this precious moment ❤️❤️

  • @Boviss1Bovis
    @Boviss1Bovis 15 років тому +1

    It is wonderful that artists evolve and develop over time - you couldnt ever quarrel with a song of RT's he is such a craftsman songwriter and his playing is so fine - Must confess that my favourite era for him is from Liege and Lief up to First Light.
    The furious collaborations with Swarbrick and then the spiritual desolation/searching and then the reigious-tune-as-lovesong (which is an old tradition in Sufi Islam)
    Planet Waves to Street Legal is a similar peak IMO - the raw true stuff.

  • @mrsterripurcell
    @mrsterripurcell 10 років тому +5

    Memories great memories still sounds great

  • @TheNigelr
    @TheNigelr 14 років тому +2

    This is totally, absolutely AWESOME!

  • @kevinsullivan7713
    @kevinsullivan7713 8 років тому +2

    beautiful song.. thanks for posting!

  • @domhuckle
    @domhuckle 5 років тому

    What great delivery. Everyone on TV should aspire to the hosts level

  • @Kate1Chopin
    @Kate1Chopin 7 місяців тому +1

    What became of Linda? So talented. Xx

  • @sallymajer1854
    @sallymajer1854 11 років тому

    This song makes me cry. Sheer brilliance

  • @chinho2239
    @chinho2239 11 років тому +2

    Bloody great.

  • @Mehefinheulog1
    @Mehefinheulog1 13 років тому +4

    indescribably lovely
    still

  • @barrywilson5563
    @barrywilson5563 6 років тому +1

    Just wonderful

  • @lexo30
    @lexo30 13 років тому +14

    Linda Thompson has one of the bleakest voices I've ever heard. It made her so perfect for the stuff he was writing back then.

    • @paulmartin3725
      @paulmartin3725 2 роки тому

      True enough, but she could also do a "clear, happy" voice - Bright Lights, Beggar Girl, Hokey, her first solo album... Not a "great" singer maybe, but tremendously, subtly emotive.

  • @richard623
    @richard623 3 роки тому

    Wonderful music from a beautiful couple ❤️

  • @williammorris1
    @williammorris1 13 років тому

    arghh! i cry every time i listen to it...so so so so beautiful!

  • @City2x
    @City2x Рік тому

    Absolute perfection.

  • @josephvengen9989
    @josephvengen9989 5 років тому +1

    My favorite all time song.

  • @dlphcoracl9645
    @dlphcoracl9645 Рік тому

    This is from a performance on the British (BBC) telly program The Old Grey Whistle Test (TOGWT) which ran from 1971-1988. It had an uncanny knack of finding and featuring superb artists before they became better known or artists who SHOULD have been better known. For a treat, look on UA-cam for the TOGWT performances from Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music in their earlier days with Brian Eno.