How great that Ian Tyson has been drawn out from his shyness to sing his declarative song about how true love just doesn’t go away. And isn’t it the truth?
Met ian in Toronto in 1966. Saw he and Sylvia perform at a small Avenue road cafe.They sang Four Strong Winds. I have been a great fan ever since. They are without question the greatest Canadian singing team of all time. And as a male of the species I can say was in love with Sylvia--Who would not be. I have my favoutites but for me Summer Wages is top. I believe Four Strong Winds is rated as the all time greatest song. And well deserved --It is quintesentially Canada.
These 2 were magic when they sang together.This sure brings back memories. Canada's most gifted folk./ country ever ! I never get tired of hearing them and singing along !
Ah, It brings back these great and beautiful singers as they were meant to be, treasured and golden in their years. None of the singers today captures the heart and soul of both Ian and Sylvia. Ian and Sylvia, once the best, always will be the best no matter how many years have gone by. Have I heard about their reunion then, I would have gone to see them in concert! However, thanks to the guys who brought these visionaries back to life again. To me, Ian and Sylvia are so beloved.
Why do some people feel compelled to put down younger talent because it doesn’t measure up to the young talent THEY grew up with? If an artist is great, they need no false comparison with others. It is only those who resent a new generation’s finding its own voice that you hear this nonsense from - over and over. They shame their idols by embodying the small-minded attitude of SOME of their fans.
2024: I remember seeing Ian and Sylvia sitting on gymnasium floor in a Toronto high school in their early days. It made me a fan for life - such an iconic pair.
I have always loved Ian and Sylvia since I heard them on my parents record. It has been an unfortunate missed opportunity to see them since I was in Carbondale Illinois when they had their reunion tour. I am so disappointed not to see them live, but I am very thankful that someone's extremely kind enough to post them on you tube for us to enjoy. I am also sick and tired of reading negative comments directed against Ian and his lovely ex wife Sylvia! Please stop this senseless tirade and ENJOY!
Saw them live twice The guys loved her and the girls loved him. And everybody loved them both. What a unique duo. I've gotten to see Ian 4 more times at the Birchmere and admired his Western lyrics.
Ian and Sylvia my dad and mother had there albums in the early sixties they were played often. Now I play for my grandchildren i am almost 56. I heard them first in 1969 as six year old on record in our living room on sleepy hollow rd, falls church va.🙏😇☘😫🐕🌏🌖🎃🌰🌞🌤
I first heard this song in the mid-60's by We Five.. It was an excellent cover but I didn't hear the original until years later. Just a great song which stands the test of time. It brings back fond memories of a time we'll probably never see again. Love them both.
I saw Ian and Sylvia at a Northern California ranch in 1964 when I paid a few bucks to camp for the weekend with a lot of folk singers. They were the stars and the draw for the weekend, and I loved her song long before it went "pop." Also featured that weekend was a young singer named Dan Hicks, who also went on to bigger things. I also saw We Five perform it a few months later after it became a pop hit brilliantly arranged and produced by Michael Stewart.
I used to copy the way Ian wore his guitar high above his waist. A lot of folkies used to do this as they played in clubs with only one mic to pick up the guitar and the vocals. Later, when Ian went full cowboy, the high slung guitar kept his trophy buckles from scratching his guitar.
re Crispian St Peters version - ditto - really enjoyed that & bought it as one of 3 records for my wife on the occasion of our first Christmas (1965) - really the very happiest of times & days in my life - which C St P's version always reminds me of: for some reason I never came across the Ian & Sylvia version until a couple of days ago when, wow! simply blew me away! what brilliant harmony/melody & rhythm - exquisite adaptation, unexpected key changes and simply beautiful, almost descant-like voice of Sylvia in the melody. Fantastic!
Saw them live with the Great Speckled Bird. A wonderful warm concert. This was at the Lamberville ,NJ Music Circus, a theater in the round. They drank a lot of Pepsi from a tub of ice on stage.. The Music Circus is long gone.
they were great together , and apart . and what happened in there lives don't mean shit . . it was their life . the music is what were supposed to be here for and it is awesome . and we have u tube so they will never really be apart . enjoy what we have .
I love Ian and Sylvia. Like everyone else i grew up on the We Five version of the song. But i am baffled as to how We Five managed to change the mood of what is a sad song and got away with it? I am so glad i am able to enjoy both versions.
What can you say about a couple who write You were on my mind (Sylvia) and Four strong winds (Ian) for their first songwriting attempts? Simply amazing!
So there is an original version of You were on my mind,been trying to find out for 40+ years can you believe it?That's one those things people from another country like Philippines experience,thanks for uploading and thanks too for UA-cam.com
I love this clip. And a little history lesson: It was apparently this reunion performance that inspired "A Mighty Wind," the great Christopher Guest mockumentary with Eugene Levy and Katherine O'Hara playing the characters based on ian & Sylvia.
I prefer Punk Rock. But, I *LOVE* this performance! This entire show was broadcast on CBC back in 1986 when I was 9 years old. Dear ol' Dad recorded it on his ancient Sony 1/4" open-reel tape deck. I still have the tape kicking around somewhere, probably less that a half-dozen feet from where I'm sitting right now in front of this stupid computer :) I gotta dig it up one of these days. This shit's classic---and beyond excellent.
I think McLaughlin sang a solo song. This show first aired in 1986. It was replayed on Labor Day 1991 by CBC in Windsor, Ontatio which we have received in Detroit since 1953. I just happened to have seen an Ian Tyson concert in Texas earlier in 1991, and Ian's name caught my eye and I cranked up the VCR.
Ian Tyson died on December 29th, 2022 at the age of 89. No more reunions are possible. Ian was performing up until about 2019. He had some health issues in his later years, but kept on going.
trackdog90 You are right ! To my great surprise it's the original written by Sylvia Fricker in 1962 (according to Ms. Tyson in "Greenwich Village: Music That Defined A Generation") . It was originally performed by her and Ian Tyson as the duo Ian & Sylvia and they recorded it for their 1964 album, Northern Journey. It was published in sheet form by M. Witmark & Sons of New York City in 1965. Wikipedia.org
Kinda late response here, but maybe it'll be useful to somebody. The guy who posted this clip has some other clips from this show on YT. F'rinstance ua-cam.com/video/LRTYr5M9Sqs/v-deo.html.
I've ONLY just heard about this original version, they say you prefer the 1st version you hear & that is the case for me, here in the U.K Crispin St. Peter released his version in late 65 & it made #2 in 66.
The band plays the intro in the key of A, then modulates to C before Sylvia starts singing... can't imagine why... Then, she sings her first 3 notes 1/2 step sharp, creating a total mind-ğck tonally. ;-) I enjoyed it though...
Because it is in the traditional approach of FOLK MUSIC not pop.Ian & Sylvia Tyson are traditional folk artists.I think you are looking at this example from a pop/rock point of view.
If you can find it, check out Judy Roderick's version of this song. Listen to the lyrics, they are not happy bouncy and upbeat like We Five's version, which was arranged for pop radio to compete with the Beatles.
Sylvia wrote a great song here, but We Five, especially Bev Bivens, really rocked it out. Now remember, We Five's version came out in 1965, whereas Sylvia wrote it in 64. We Fives version was, believe it or not, the first 'electric' sound from the SF Bay area ever. Look up Beverly Bivens on Wikopedia to find out all of the facts. Joseph F PS: This song was a runner-up for a grammy in 1966. Done by the We Five, of course.
i think the original recording / arrangement with the great acoustic sound of ian`s 12 string is a superior sound . still , the singing is as good as it gets anywhere.
People making comments about their cover version of their song.A cover song is by definition,a song redone by someone other than the original artist.Since Sylvia Tyson was the original artist,how can she cover her own music?Makes no sense to me or anyone else either.
Interesting how she looks at him when they sing "got some pains and" (the first time through). Was this before they split up? It gives both their names as Tyson on the credits. They were one of my absolute favorites in the '60s and I still listen to them today. I even have their first Vanguard album autographed by them personally.
@ Well, St. Peters version was the only one that was a hit in the UK, so anyone who was around at that time, in that part of the world. Me for instance. Personally, I quite like all the versions, which is down to the fact that it's a great song.
While I do also love the We 5 version (a great song sounds great interpreted in many different ways), I agree with Earl that a songwriter should be cut some slack if she WROTE THE DAMN SONG!
How great that Ian Tyson has been drawn out from his shyness to sing his declarative song about how true love just doesn’t go away. And isn’t it the truth?
Gordie ain't too bad ?
Ian's bad habits? Drink i guess??
RIP Ian 🇬🇧
It was Sylvia’s song I believe
Sylvia wrote it.
Talent and what a beautiful woman.
Met ian in Toronto in 1966. Saw he and Sylvia perform at a small Avenue road cafe.They sang Four Strong Winds. I have been a great fan ever since. They are without question the greatest Canadian singing team of all time. And as a male of the species I can say was in love with Sylvia--Who would not be. I have my favoutites but for me Summer Wages is top. I believe Four Strong Winds is rated as the all time greatest song. And well deserved --It is quintesentially Canada.
Mike Bax My favourite is "Song for Canada" , sadly not on UA-cam
CBC Radio One voted Four Strong Winds the greatest Canadian song of all time.
Gordon Lightfoot is pretty good too !
These 2 were magic when they sang together.This sure brings back memories.
Canada's most gifted folk./ country ever !
I never get tired of hearing them and singing along !
She wrote that song ... AND MAN SHE REALLY CAN SING IT TO💖💖
Wrote it in the bathroom of a cockroach-infested apartment in Greenwich Village! That's paying your dues!
But We Five did it better!
@@westnash No better than Barry McGuire. Utterly raw.
At the top of their game. I had no idea
Sylvia wrote it. Ian was really feeling it.
Ah, It brings back these great and beautiful singers as they were meant to be, treasured and golden in their years. None of the singers today captures the heart and soul of both Ian and Sylvia. Ian and Sylvia, once the best, always will be the best no matter how many years have gone by. Have I heard about their reunion then, I would have gone to see them in concert! However, thanks to the guys who brought these visionaries back to life again. To me, Ian and Sylvia are so beloved.
Why do some people feel compelled to put down younger talent because it doesn’t measure up to the young talent THEY grew up with? If an artist is great, they need no false comparison with others. It is only those who resent a new generation’s finding its own voice that you hear this nonsense from - over and over. They shame their idols by embodying the small-minded attitude of SOME of their fans.
Their harmony is spectacular. Takes me back to some wonderful years,
2024: I remember seeing Ian and Sylvia sitting on gymnasium floor in a Toronto high school in their early days. It made me a fan for life - such an iconic pair.
I'll just listen and remember what a great talented duo they were.
I have always loved Ian and Sylvia since I heard them on my parents record. It has been an unfortunate missed opportunity to see them since I was in Carbondale Illinois when they had their reunion tour. I am so disappointed not to see them live, but I am very thankful that someone's extremely kind enough to post them on you tube for us to enjoy. I am also sick and tired of reading negative comments directed against Ian and his lovely ex wife Sylvia! Please stop this senseless tirade and ENJOY!
anne91276 I saw them live in college in Providence in the late ‘60’s, in a little park. Hardly anyone knew them then. They were wonderful.
Saw them live twice The guys loved her and the girls loved him. And everybody loved them both. What a unique duo. I've gotten to see Ian 4 more times at the Birchmere and admired his Western lyrics.
I always loved this song but never knew they wrote it! Excellent songwriters and what a beautiful team they made!
It was actually written by Sylvia Fricker. Ian Tyson wrote some other really great songs of course, but THIS one was all Sylvia’s! 😌
@@margaretanscombe730 First song she wrote, I believe.
Correction - SHE wrote it !
So glad to see these videos! I've been a fan of Ian and Sylvia's for 55 years now and watching them together brings tears to my eyes.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. Ian and Sylvia, Gordon Lightfoot, Judy Collins and Anne Murray, forever in my heart, and always together, on my mind.
Love this song!!🎶❤️
Dam shame they split up. Fantastic beautiful music makers!!
Ian and Sylvia my dad and mother had there albums in the early sixties they were played often. Now I play for my grandchildren i am almost 56. I heard them first in 1969 as six year old on record in our living room on sleepy hollow rd, falls church va.🙏😇☘😫🐕🌏🌖🎃🌰🌞🌤
Their voices are so beautiful
I first heard this song in the mid-60's by We Five.. It was an excellent cover but I didn't hear the original until years later. Just a great song which stands the test of time. It brings back fond memories of a time we'll probably never see again. Love them both.
The WeFive version lacked the gravitas and sorrow this song speaks of.
Ian and Sylvia hated the We Five version until the royalties started coming in. Ian said the same about Neil Young's version of Four Strong Winds.
Fantastic sound from this couple! They can sing this one anytime!!
Thank you Joan, for putting this whole thing together!
I saw Ian and Sylvia at a Northern California ranch in 1964 when I paid a few bucks to camp for the weekend with a lot of folk singers. They were the stars and the draw for the weekend, and I loved her song long before it went "pop." Also featured that weekend was a young singer named Dan Hicks, who also went on to bigger things.
I also saw We Five perform it a few months later after it became a pop hit brilliantly arranged and produced by Michael Stewart.
forever loving the song: THE LOVIN SOUND - could listen a thousand times - wish they still performed together
Breathtaking ! What a fine talented musical couple !
I used to copy the way Ian wore his guitar high above his waist. A lot of folkies used to do this as they played in clubs with only one mic to pick up the guitar and the vocals. Later, when Ian went full cowboy, the high slung guitar kept his trophy buckles from scratching his guitar.
Jack Elliott claims he started the holding the guitar high thing.
Have only ever heard the Crispian St Peters version before, but this is great. Only just discovered Ian and Sylvia - like opening a box of delights!
Carolyn Marmont j
Carolyn Marmont the We Five made this popular in the 1960s. I will listen to the one you mention.
Look up "Wee Five" on You Tube for a treat.
Sylvia wrote it.
re Crispian St Peters version - ditto - really enjoyed that & bought it as one of 3 records for my wife on the occasion of our first Christmas (1965) - really the very happiest of times & days in my life - which C St P's version always reminds me of: for some reason I never came across the Ian & Sylvia version until a couple of days ago when, wow! simply blew me away! what brilliant harmony/melody & rhythm - exquisite adaptation, unexpected key changes and simply beautiful, almost descant-like voice of Sylvia in the melody. Fantastic!
Music like this, it’s heartfelt feature...medicine.
Sylvia is fantastic.
Saw them live with the Great Speckled Bird. A wonderful warm concert. This was at the Lamberville ,NJ Music Circus, a theater in the round. They drank a lot of Pepsi from a tub of ice on stage.. The Music Circus is long gone.
That looks like a huge audience. Would love to see the whole show
So sweet accompanied with beautiful memories of their show.
Loved them then...love them now.
Loved their numbers, beautiful couple and a distinctive sound all their own.
I only ever heard the Crispian St. Peter’s version on this side of the pond, but this is brilliant, and I now look for there performances.
one of the all time greats.
Always gives me shivers whenever I play them…. RIP Ian. Rod in London
Thoygh Ian is no longer with us . We will always have the songs he wrote thank goodness.
so beautiful, great song!
they were great together , and apart . and what happened in there lives don't mean shit . . it was their life . the music is what were supposed to be here for and it is awesome . and we have u tube so they will never really be apart . enjoy what we have .
I love Ian and Sylvia. Like everyone else i grew up on the We Five version of the song. But i am baffled as to how We Five managed to change the mood of what is a sad song and got away with it? I am so glad i am able to enjoy both versions.
The We Five version is lightweight in comparison and doesn't do justice to what is a sad and serious song ?
What can you say about a couple who write You were on my mind (Sylvia) and Four strong winds (Ian) for their first songwriting attempts? Simply amazing!
Two of the best folk rock songs ever ?
Both incredibly good songs !
Rest in peace Ian Tyson.
Saw Ian perform at the Twin Cities bar in Longview Alberta not far from where I live.
Ooh my!
Canada's quintessential couple of the time.
Sylvia.What a beauty, young and older. What a singer.
This is spectacular. Thank you Dear. I love you so much.
what a couple
they are wonderful
AN OLD FAV SONG…VERY COOL!!
So sweet accompanied with beautiful memories of their show.
I loved this song made famous by We Five for forty-seven years, but just learned that Sylvia wrote it.
Gerald Spezio m
I miss Ian's twelve string guitar from the original version, but this is great too.
Sylvia Tyson is angelic.
So there is an original version of You were on my mind,been trying to find out for 40+ years can you believe it?That's one those things people from another country like Philippines experience,thanks for uploading and thanks too for UA-cam.com
YOUR TALKING GREATNESS HERE !!
Beautiful song, Beautiful Lady, Beautiful voice!
Thankyou for downloading.
Wouldn't it be great to see this lineup again today?
Well, Ian's 84 now ...
I love this clip. And a little history lesson: It was apparently this reunion performance that inspired "A Mighty Wind," the great Christopher Guest mockumentary with Eugene Levy and Katherine O'Hara playing the characters based on ian & Sylvia.
I prefer Punk Rock.
But, I *LOVE* this performance!
This entire show was broadcast on CBC back in 1986 when I was 9 years old. Dear ol' Dad recorded it on his ancient Sony 1/4" open-reel tape deck. I still have the tape kicking around somewhere, probably less that a half-dozen feet from where I'm sitting right now in front of this stupid computer :)
I gotta dig it up one of these days. This shit's classic---and beyond excellent.
utterly lovely!
I think McLaughlin sang a solo song. This show first aired in 1986. It was replayed on Labor Day 1991 by CBC in Windsor, Ontatio which we have received in Detroit since 1953. I just happened to have seen an Ian Tyson concert in Texas earlier in 1991, and Ian's name caught my eye and I cranked up the VCR.
If they did another reunion your they'd be plenty of interest I might even fly from the UK to see them !
Ian Tyson died on December 29th, 2022 at the age of 89. No more reunions are possible. Ian was performing up until about 2019. He had some health issues in his later years, but kept on going.
Fantastic!
martin D45 and pedal steel...they were fabulous...
Great singers ! Lovely cover !
Not a cover, this is the original
trackdog90 You are right ! To my great surprise it's the original written by Sylvia Fricker in 1962 (according to Ms. Tyson in "Greenwich Village: Music That Defined A Generation") . It was originally performed by her and Ian Tyson as the duo Ian & Sylvia and they recorded it for their 1964 album, Northern Journey. It was published in sheet form by M. Witmark & Sons of New York City in 1965. Wikipedia.org
Jean-Louis Laenen
What a great tream they were.
I wish I could see some of the guest spots on this show. A lot of greats.
Kinda late response here, but maybe it'll be useful to somebody. The guy who posted this clip has some other clips from this show on YT. F'rinstance ua-cam.com/video/LRTYr5M9Sqs/v-deo.html.
Just found a YT vid of the entire show: ua-cam.com/video/hWNA8gD0jUY/v-deo.html
@@keithmills778 Thank you.
@@keithmills778 Thank you!
Thank you for posting this video which I enjoyed so very much.
apparently 1986. love their sexy harmonies. ignoring their offstage life!
They were really a talented and beautiful cover
fantastic
I've ONLY just heard about this original version, they say you prefer the 1st version you hear & that is the case for me, here in the U.K Crispin St. Peter released his version in late 65 & it made #2 in 66.
I like your taste in music.
They sang well togheter and she has got a powerful but at the same time angeliche singing voice
Wo sind die Jahre geblieben ❤😢
Lovely..
Well well. :)
Almost reminds me of church!
great writers alan4 sure capped it. four strong sings a tale, I love them with the rest of ya. gonna sing them 2.
Barb
Hats off to the writers, but I like what We Five did with the song.
"We Five" gave it a more up-beat tempo...; faster pace...
The song was meant for Wee Five ... that’s why they had the hit with it ... destiny
@@StevenTorrey Gave it some freakin' ENERGY! This is boring as....
I doth agree with you my man..... I & S are the best
Sylva Tyson...then Sylvia Fricker wrote it. From Chatham Ontario Canada. I'm from London Ontario Canada. 🇨🇦🦋🌈🌹🇨🇦
Oh Dear !
ian tyson rip :(
The best song (allegedly written by Sylvia in her bathtub in 1961) of 1964 by a country mile !
Rip 😢😢
The band plays the intro in the key of A, then modulates to C before Sylvia starts singing... can't imagine why... Then, she sings her first 3 notes 1/2 step sharp, creating a total mind-ğck tonally. ;-) I enjoyed it though...
Because it is in the traditional approach of FOLK MUSIC not pop.Ian & Sylvia Tyson are traditional folk artists.I think you are looking at this example from a pop/rock point of view.
If you can find it, check out Judy Roderick's version of this song. Listen to the lyrics, they are not happy bouncy and upbeat like We Five's version, which was arranged for pop radio to compete with the Beatles.
Lucky you (the autographed Vanguard record).
Can anyone post their record on Columbia from 1972, called You Were On My Mind?
Sylvia wrote a great song here, but We Five, especially Bev Bivens, really rocked it out. Now remember, We Five's version came out in 1965, whereas Sylvia wrote it in 64.
We Fives version was, believe it or not, the first 'electric' sound from the SF Bay area ever.
Look up Beverly Bivens on Wikopedia to find out all of the facts.
Joseph F
PS: This song was a runner-up for a grammy in 1966. Done by the We Five, of course.
For me the We Five version doesn't do justice to the inherent pain and sadness of the song.
RIP Mr. Tyson...29-12-2022
there is a beatiful italian cover of this great hit. It's called "io ho in mente te".
great
So happy they sang the un-sanitized version. The We Five screwed this song up so it wasn't even recognizable!
i think the original recording / arrangement with the great acoustic sound of ian`s 12 string is a superior sound . still , the singing is as good as it gets anywhere.
People making comments about their cover version of their song.A cover song is by definition,a song redone by someone other than the original artist.Since Sylvia Tyson was the original artist,how can she cover her own music?Makes no sense to me or anyone else either.
I prefer the original lyric too, but I think it would be great to match that lyric with the energy of the We Five version.
pretty good lineup on cbc
Interesting how she looks at him when they sing "got some pains and" (the first time through). Was this before they split up? It gives both their names as Tyson on the credits. They were one of my absolute favorites in the '60s and I still listen to them today. I even have their first Vanguard album autographed by them personally.
Nuff said.
Crispian St Peters version was the best I reckon, but it wouldn't have ever happened had it not been for Sylvia, so thanks to her!
@ Well, St. Peters version was the only one that was a hit in the UK, so anyone who was around at that time, in that part of the world. Me for instance. Personally, I quite like all the versions, which is down to the fact that it's a great song.
While I do also love the We 5 version (a great song sounds great interpreted in many different ways), I agree with Earl that a songwriter should be cut some slack if she WROTE THE DAMN SONG!
Sylvia what a wonderful song you wrote, it will still be great in a million years !