I saw John Denver in the mid 1980's at the Puyallup Fair. Ge and his other singers did this, and it was unforgettable. Found it again when the original four in this song did it in Gael Force, 1997.
@dectheboner Dolores Keane has gone through an uncomprehendable amount of heartache and trouble in her life. Her voice is a true representation of irishness.
As good as this is with all due respect, it is hardly the definitive version. Please to see either Kate & Anna McGarrigle’s (4:02) version (with friends) or, The McGarrigle Family’s (2:27) version. Just see underneath both for the lineups.
If you look closely at Foster's life, you can see that this song isn't about the African Americans, it's about him. His songs made little money, there was no copyright protection in his day, he became virtually penniless, his once comfortable life was gone, his wife and children estranged, the family plunged into poverty ( reference the line "Pale silent maiden whose better days are o'er. ") . He died tragically at age 37 with 38 cents to his name after an accident in a hotel in NY's Bowery.
What does this have to do with anything? I guess using this line of thought, only Stephen Foster himself should be allowed to sing it. That's absurd of course: It's a song that reverberates and resonates well with many people's experiences. I've yet to encounter anyone -- white, black, straight, gay, rich, poor, innie-belly-button, outtie-belly-button, ... -- who does not recognize themselves in some way in this song. That's why it's been such an enduring song.
Words and music (1854) by Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864) SOME LYRICS ALTERED BY THE SINGERS Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears While we all sup sorrow with the poor There's a song that will linger forever in our ears Oh, hard times, come again no more 'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary Hard times, hard times, come again no more Many a days you have lingered around my cabin door Oh, hard times, come again no more While we seek mirth and beauty and music, light and gay There are frail forms fainting at the door Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say Oh, hard times, come again no more 'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary Hard times, hard times, come again no more Many a days you have lingered all around my cabin door Oh, hard times, come again no more 'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary Hard times, hard times, come again no more Many a days you have lingered all around my cabin door Oh, hard times, come again no more So many a days you have lingered around my cabin door Oh, hard times, come again no more
Dunno what your all ravin about , Not asgood ad tramsatlantic yes agreed but neverless i enjoyed this,theres more ways that one to skin a cat areckin...
Jeez! I'll admit this gets kinda weird later in the piece...but I often question artists about stuff--for example who suggested that Sinatra should record "Mrs. Robinson"? What's THAT ABOUT? But before that terrible arrangement kicks in at the end, there are some gorgeous vocals. I recognize some of them...but I'm not an expert on celtic music. Anybody know the lineup left to right?
I am a jazz guitarist and have been playing this tune for almost two years now. This is not an Irish song. As most of you probably know, this is a tune by Stephen Collins Foster, the Father of American Music. Also, this version is cheesy. Boo. The Yo-Yo Ma/James Taylor version is way hipper.
One of the all time great disasters of performance. This is what happens when you unnecessarily overload the number of vocalists. The De Dannan & Friends version is the definitive where there's 4 vocalists. This is awful.
What on earth? This is murder. Why doesn't Dolores throw in a bit of twerking to show the depths she's sunk to by taking part in this awful MTV style row?
I kind of like this, old De Dannan stuff and we could say experimental version of Hard Times. A rare combination of all the singers: Dolores, Eleaanor etc
+MrDanoconnor Why the worst? I was enjoying it with various voices until they all went fast tempo. Not appropriate unless they were trying to tell us that all was now good and super outside our cabin doors. Yeah I will agree with you, maybe fifty percent.
+John O'Connor I Fully Respect your Opinion... I Personally just hate when anyone tries to "Re-invent" a song by giving it their own Flair and in doing so loose the Total Emotional impact of the Song, as the writer intended .. None of these singers came across to me as ever Truely Knowing what a real "Hard Time" in life feels or looks like like.. They showed me No Emotion or Connection to the song at all.. Totally Out of Touch with Steven Foster's World
Your comments are brutal and unnecessary for the kind words this song is attempting to convey. Is there any attempt that the kind words will sway you to be more kind? Peace.
Thinly veiled racist comment. Has nothing to do with BLM, but written as a parlor song in 1854 by Stephen Foster. Made popular as a a home fires song during the Civil War in mainly the North. Your snide remark has no place here.
@@GarrardA59 I know who wrote it and I have the original score and this is nothing short of the butchery of this song. It is a coward who insinuates another is a racist hiding behind your computer somewhere. If you have the guts to do it to my face just let me know.
@@GarrardA59 Yeah I have the sheet music and can read it and this is pure butchery period. No respect for the composer or anyone else. Everyone knows the history of the song and who wrote it so quit trying to sound smart people can barely tolerate you the way you are.
Love the sudden transition from folk to soul towards the end!
I saw John Denver in the mid 1980's at the Puyallup Fair. Ge and his other singers did this, and it was unforgettable. Found it again when the original four in this song did it in Gael Force, 1997.
God I'd be happy if i could sing like one of 'em... bravo xo
This is exquisite.
Complexly respect this beautiful rendition
What a gathering 😊👍
beautiful!
Love this rendition. Dan Griffin Montreal
Beautiful singer Maura
Hey, this is a jam session. Give all these great artists a break. They most likely just got together. I love it. Cabbie from Boston
It's being described as the 'definitive version' and it most assuredly is not!
@dectheboner Dolores Keane has gone through an uncomprehendable amount of heartache and trouble in her life. Her voice is a true representation of irishness.
instablaster...
Unfair comment about Dolores and the champagne Ruairi.... Pissed as a fart she could still out sing anyone else on that stage... Queen of irish soul
Don't know about definitive, but very lovely and inspiring.
Great!!
What are they doing to my song? At 4:16 I nearly started throwing things.
Wow. Talent @ its most echoed feature. Hello there Hollywood
Haven’t ,we talented Irish been so much further enriched by other talented people who have graced our shores.
Hasn't every country!
As good as this is with all due respect, it is hardly the definitive version. Please to see either Kate & Anna McGarrigle’s (4:02) version (with friends) or, The McGarrigle Family’s (2:27) version. Just see underneath both for the lineups.
Fully agree.
Joan Baez and Emmy Lou Harris also do a great duet of it.
The Transatlantic Session version with Mary Black, Emmylou Harris, McGarrigles, Jay Ungar etc.
It's only Fusion, but I LIKE IT!!!
It's very Brave, Congratulations!
Without Fusion, we wouldn't be here, have u thought about It?
Slàinte!
Q;oD.
❤❤❤
If you look closely at Foster's life, you can see that this song isn't about the African Americans, it's about him. His songs made little money, there was no copyright protection in his day, he became virtually penniless, his once comfortable life was gone, his wife and children estranged, the family plunged into poverty ( reference the line "Pale silent maiden whose better days are o'er. ") . He died tragically at age 37 with 38 cents to his name after an accident in a hotel in NY's Bowery.
What does this have to do with anything? I guess using this line of thought, only Stephen Foster himself should be allowed to sing it. That's absurd of course: It's a song that reverberates and resonates well with many people's experiences. I've yet to encounter anyone -- white, black, straight, gay, rich, poor, innie-belly-button, outtie-belly-button, ... -- who does not recognize themselves in some way in this song. That's why it's been such an enduring song.
I'm not sure they know that it is just about the saddest song ever written.
@auburnacajou Brilliant,totally agree!
Eleanor shanley has some voice as has maura o Connell and my galway favourite Dolores Keane....the whole song so well sung by 7 wonderful singers
Thank God Tommy was there to carry the rest of the gang through this great song.
They sound happy, my favourite version of this Stephen Foster classic would have to be Dylan's
I agree with you.
I hear this song with a diminished harmony on the word "weary". Did Steven Foster compose it that way, or did he not specify a harmony? Thanks.
And if anyone knows the name of that man to the left of Dolores (to her right), I'd appreciate relaying the info.
Andrew Murray...
Words and music (1854) by Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864)
SOME LYRICS ALTERED BY THE SINGERS
Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears
While we all sup sorrow with the poor
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears
Oh, hard times, come again no more
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many a days you have lingered around my cabin door
Oh, hard times, come again no more
While we seek mirth and beauty and music, light and gay
There are frail forms fainting at the door
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
Oh, hard times, come again no more
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many a days you have lingered all around my cabin door
Oh, hard times, come again no more
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many a days you have lingered all around my cabin door
Oh, hard times, come again no more
So many a days you have lingered around my cabin door
Oh, hard times, come again no more
@velvetunderpants44 I couldnt agree with you more!
when was this recorded/videod on the late late show?
2009
Shane Dooley
that's tommy Fleming in the middle
Not at all, S C Foster wrote this song just after the 1854's great economic and social depression; nothing to do with an ethnic problem
This is not De Dannan and they can be thankful they were not part of this debacle.
There was not nearly enough Dolores Keane in that performance. Why showcase champagne if you're going to serve wine?
Anyone know who the black female singer is?
ancestry2009
Dunno what your all ravin about ,
Not asgood ad tramsatlantic yes agreed but neverless i enjoyed this,theres more ways that one to skin a cat areckin...
Jeez! I'll admit this gets kinda weird later in the piece...but I often question artists about stuff--for example who suggested that Sinatra should record "Mrs. Robinson"? What's THAT ABOUT? But before that terrible arrangement kicks in at the end, there are some gorgeous vocals. I recognize some of them...but I'm not an expert on celtic music. Anybody know the lineup left to right?
Interesting gospel bit at the end.
This is pure pop compared to the McGarrigles' version. Check it.
If you want to hear this song as it should be sung, listen to the Dylan version
dylan cannot sing
all i hear is dolores carrying the rest
Listen to Hamsons version . B
I beg to differ, this is horrible. The original De Dannan version was the definitive one. I've still got the cassette.
That is NOT De Danann ..
Lucky for them, Tommy Fleming does a great rendition of this solo, and also with Mary Black and others and De Danann but this is a mess.
I am a jazz guitarist and have been playing this tune for almost two years now. This is not an Irish song. As most of you probably know, this is a tune by Stephen Collins Foster, the Father of American Music. Also, this version is cheesy. Boo. The Yo-Yo Ma/James Taylor version is way hipper.
One of the all time great disasters of performance. This is what happens when you unnecessarily overload the number of vocalists. The De Dannan & Friends version is the definitive where there's 4 vocalists. This is awful.
NOooooooo........
Strange version
Cat . B
What on earth? This is murder. Why doesn't Dolores throw in a bit of twerking to show the depths she's sunk to by taking part in this awful MTV style row?
I kind of like this, old De Dannan stuff and we could say experimental version of Hard Times. A rare combination of all the singers: Dolores, Eleaanor etc
Stephen Foster would have liked this rendition.
The song is Irish, but it is also Universal.
American song . B
Written by American composer, Stephen Foster.
Forced and unnatural, too much shouting and not enough singing.
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I like Emmy Lou Harris's version better
This is Unboubtedly the WORST take on this GREAT Stephen Foster Son EVER
MrDanoconnor I emphatly second you
+MrDanoconnor Why the worst? I was enjoying it with various voices until they all went fast tempo. Not appropriate unless they were trying to tell us that all was now good and super outside our cabin doors. Yeah I will agree with you, maybe fifty percent.
+John O'Connor I Fully Respect your Opinion... I Personally just hate when anyone tries to "Re-invent" a song by giving it their own Flair and in doing so loose the Total Emotional impact of the Song, as the writer intended .. None of these singers came across to me as ever Truely Knowing what a real "Hard Time" in life feels or looks like like.. They showed me No Emotion or Connection to the song at all.. Totally Out of Touch with Steven Foster's World
Dolores should been lead singer in this she way ahead of any of these
Your comments are brutal and unnecessary for the kind words this song is attempting to convey. Is there any attempt that the kind words will sway you to be more kind? Peace.
Nope
Pure pish !
Screamin' ain't singin'
AWFUL.......ESPECIALLY THE AMERICAN VOICES!
In 1854 all this is false and I know very well S.C. Foster's live, but i agree it's not a song about the afro american people.
19pointer19 a
shite
Ordinary . I have heard far better in kitchens in Nova Scotia.
With the rise of the BLM movement, I suppose we'll have to listen to more butchery of traditional songs like this.
Thinly veiled racist comment. Has nothing to do with BLM, but written as a parlor song in 1854 by Stephen Foster. Made popular as a a home fires song during the Civil War in mainly the North.
Your snide remark has no place here.
@@GarrardA59 I know who wrote it and I have the original score and this is nothing short of the butchery of this song. It is a coward who insinuates another is a racist hiding behind your computer somewhere. If you have the guts to do it to my face just let me know.
@@GarrardA59 Yeah I have the sheet music and can read it and this is pure butchery period. No respect for the composer or anyone else. Everyone knows the history of the song and who wrote it so quit trying to sound smart people can barely tolerate you the way you are.