Sandy Denny: Who Knows Where the Time Goes? BBC John Peel Sessions

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  • In this affecting, introspective performance, here young Sandy Denny asks: "Who knows where the time goes?"
    Isn't it true that everyone over 30 years or so starts to wonder where the time goes? By 50, this sentiment becomes even more telling. And by 60, all Hell breaks loose given the nimble, cruel march of time. Time is the enemy of life - especially an unfulfilled one.
    Sandy Denny
    Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny "Sandy Denny" (6 January 1947 - 21 April 1978) was an English singer-songwriter who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer".
    Recording
    "This solo live studio recording of 11 September 1973 for the BBC Radio 1 show “Sounds of the Seventies”, hosted by John Peel, was first broadcast in the UK on FM Stereo on 25 September 1973. It was first published in 1997 on The BBC Sessions 1971-73 and later in 2007 on the 3 CD+DVD set Live at the BBC". (Courtesy: mainlynorfolk.info).
    Lyrics (as sung here)
    Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving
    But how can they know it's time for them to go?
    Before the winter fire, I shall still be dreaming
    I do not count the time
    For who knows where the time goes?
    Who knows where the time goes?
    Sad, deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving
    Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go
    But I shall still be here, I have no thoughts of leaving
    I have no thoughts of time
    For who knows where the time goes?
    Who knows where the time goes?
    And I am not alone while my love is near me
    And I know it shall be so 'til it's time to go
    So come the storms of winter there
    And then the birds in spring again
    I do not fear the time
    For who knows how my love grows?
    And who knows where the time goes?

КОМЕНТАРІ • 971

  • @katemaxwell2804
    @katemaxwell2804 3 роки тому +1163

    I will turn 71 in a week, I first bought "Leige and Leaf" in my twenties. Lost the original record but downloaded it and listen to it regularly. This song has a whole new meaning for me now. Who knows where the time goes, huh???

    • @davidfagan6930
      @davidfagan6930 3 роки тому +21

      PLEASE respond to my message: I live in Newfoundland, an island on the east coast of Canada. I feel the passion in your message. I am very "touched" by this song--and your comment.......................

    • @chris7brook
      @chris7brook 3 роки тому +8

      Hippie Birfday!🤡

    • @normanleach5427
      @normanleach5427 3 роки тому +5

      from one bath
      to another,
      how stupid
      This haiku is at ground zero in this zen-zone world of immediacy.
      Impermanence and constancy, ten thousand archs of reality with their enterances and exits and all the while there is this moment of observation and participation...Such affinities! -- of desire, avoidance and loss -- from before birth and the long after all has passed...how stupid -- that peace is not continually acknowledge as our origin, the progenitor of our destiny and ultimately, our home all along.
      children seek
      to splash and spill
      this puddle as well
      [Night thoughts]

    • @ronaldpetrin5823
      @ronaldpetrin5823 3 роки тому +9

      I grew up with this british wooden music.
      They sure set high standards.

    • @hltvieira6354
      @hltvieira6354 3 роки тому +28

      That was my first Fairport album, too. Got everything they recorded bit by bit & have Sandy's Anthology box set. What a loss her death was to the world.

  • @lindafay6637
    @lindafay6637 3 місяці тому +89

    On one of our first dates, my beloved husband Robert told me this was his favorite song of all time. He passed away in his early 40s in 2005. Im lying in bed listening with my bedroom window open hoping the sound makes its way to him in heaven tonight. I long for him daily. Rest in peace, Bobby. My love for you is eternal.❤😢

    • @AntPDC
      @AntPDC  3 місяці тому +8

      A most moving comment Linda, thank you.

    • @tadthemod
      @tadthemod 3 місяці тому +8

      I am so sorry, A very long time to grieve. Blessings.

    • @1MrMoor
      @1MrMoor 2 місяці тому +4

      My sorrow for him and for you knows no end. I weep….and then I smile as I think of your loving convictions. You truly are an amazing human dear lady.

    • @noverguy
      @noverguy Місяць тому +3

      What a wonderful post. Made my morning.

  • @vickieshelton9242
    @vickieshelton9242 Рік тому +270

    My brother age 62 I held his hand he passed Sept. 1st long battle....these lyrics have a deeper meaning so true. Enjoy life cherish it, every minute

    • @serigrapher2
      @serigrapher2 Рік тому +9

      I lost my brother too. Five years ago now. He was 61.I held his hand...

    • @loboblue5441
      @loboblue5441 Рік тому +6

      My deepest condolences

    • @smeejit
      @smeejit Рік тому +5

      @@serigrapher2 May their memory be a blessing - remember how much joy you gave them.

    • @larciabella
      @larciabella Рік тому +3

      My condolences........God Bless your brother and your family.

    • @larciabella
      @larciabella Рік тому +1

      @@serigrapher2 my condolences.

  • @bluesriot2
    @bluesriot2 3 місяці тому +18

    she was so very young when she wrote this, and just past thirty when she left us much too soon, a remarkable song from a woman who did not achieve nearly the recognition she deserved, she is nothing short of a uk national treasure

  • @jeffblack5024
    @jeffblack5024 3 роки тому +619

    One of the best songs ever written by one of the finest British singers. Nothing more needs to be said.

    • @JamesDavidWalley
      @JamesDavidWalley 3 роки тому

      Apparently, I was only the second song she ever wrote.

    • @philiphicks1273
      @philiphicks1273 3 роки тому +8

      Kinda limits the conversation at parties though....

    • @johnthatcher4534
      @johnthatcher4534 3 роки тому +15

      @@philiphicks1273 just listen then.

    • @davewilson2051
      @davewilson2051 3 роки тому +13

      @@philiphicks1273 stop going to parties .have you lost your tiny mind .

    • @AR-iy1kl
      @AR-iy1kl 3 роки тому +3

      seconded

  • @miketurek3074
    @miketurek3074 2 роки тому +240

    Loved this song back when I was 20 and now at 70 it has even more meaning.

    • @PortsmouthCityWatchorg
      @PortsmouthCityWatchorg 2 роки тому +6

      You have company there.

    • @landesart
      @landesart 2 роки тому +3

      Me too! Though I went just 60 last week :-) The truth, like Joni Mitchell's "Both sides now" - early wisdom that grows better with the times...

    • @lindascanlan6317
      @lindascanlan6317 Рік тому +2

      Yes

    • @samandjennysambrook
      @samandjennysambrook Рік тому +3

      I know you're way of feeling my friend..we grow old too soon and often wise to late...have you listened to a song by Charles Aznavour called YOUNG! Wow it's a killer,but so true.👍

    • @brendadrumm9451
      @brendadrumm9451 Рік тому +2

      Im 73 ive heard dif versions of this all beautiful in deed where does the time go god bless its now going so fast as if its on rollerskates stop the world i want to get off

  • @46metube
    @46metube 3 місяці тому +17

    "when you're young, time lasts forever. when you're older, you realise it never did." Anon.

    • @paulasommer2922
      @paulasommer2922 2 місяці тому +2

      I often say, when we were young, the time passed SO slowly but as we get older it goes SO fast……slips through our fingers if you let it.

  • @paulwood5803
    @paulwood5803 7 місяців тому +50

    I think I just found THE song I want played at my funeral...... yeah I'm old enough to start thinking about these things now and I'm sitting here teary eyed listening to this.

    • @reemclaughlin4260
      @reemclaughlin4260 4 місяці тому +2

      This will be played at my service as well. ☮️

    • @proslipbrakelubrication1922
      @proslipbrakelubrication1922 3 місяці тому

      Played it for Mum when she was ill and she chose it to drift off to….

    • @theresamalone3704
      @theresamalone3704 Місяць тому

      I had the same thought, simply beautiful farewell till we meet again, song 💜🎵☮️

    • @padgedunbar9400
      @padgedunbar9400 13 днів тому

      I'm in my early 50s, but have already mentioned a fair while back to some family members that if they don't go before me, then to play or perform this song in some form or another at my funeral (the Fairport version from Unhalfbricking, with Richard Thompson's sublime guitar, is my own personal fave). "Come the storms of Winter, And then the birds in Spring again, I have no fear of Time" is also what I would like on my headstone, my epitaph. A truly wonderful song, written by a truly wonderful singer.

  • @lancerx1759
    @lancerx1759 11 місяців тому +34

    If there is a more beautiful voice than Sandy Denny i have yet to hear it in the year of 2023

    • @Jason.King.at.your.service
      @Jason.King.at.your.service 2 місяці тому +1

      Eh Alex Harvey?. Lemmy? Brian Johnson?
      I rest my suitcase.

    • @robinholmescnx
      @robinholmescnx Місяць тому

      Not better, but Judith Durham and Maddy Prior are my other favourites.

    • @robmimi6796
      @robmimi6796 10 днів тому

      Yes I agree 👍

  • @richardsavino3612
    @richardsavino3612 3 роки тому +358

    Her voice is autumn...soft reds and browns of a woolen muffler against a North wind...fire crackling, the smell of peat hanging in the air like a harbinger of sadness

  • @richardfearn6638
    @richardfearn6638 3 роки тому +334

    Had this song played at my daughters funeral, she was just 40 years old

    • @AntPDC
      @AntPDC  3 роки тому +22

      Deeply sorry to read that Richard. Regards, and best wishes.

    • @ArchieFatcackie
      @ArchieFatcackie 3 роки тому +15

      Very sorry to hear this Richard.
      I can’t begin to think what you’re going through.

    • @thrummer1953
      @thrummer1953 3 роки тому +12

      I'm so sorry for your loss.

    • @andrewevans6309
      @andrewevans6309 3 роки тому +12

      So sorry for your loss.

    • @richardloring7545
      @richardloring7545 3 роки тому +14

      My Mum died at 40..Tragic...Sorry bout your girl...

  • @williampaul8556
    @williampaul8556 8 місяців тому +16

    76 years old now. This is the question.

  • @jenfisher-bradley2623
    @jenfisher-bradley2623 7 місяців тому +30

    Saw the band at the Roundhouse in 1970. She sang this song. It went deep into our hearts. I feel very blessed to have had the opportunity. Thank you to my dear friends who took me there, such a fond memory.

  • @garryfrost8829
    @garryfrost8829 2 роки тому +253

    This is the definitive version of this song, it has such a reality with Sandy's stripped-down acoustic guitar accompaniment. I have turned 67 and like many others on this list still feel 25, we truly do not know where the time went, let's hope there is much more to come.

    • @robertm7071
      @robertm7071 2 роки тому +15

      I am also 67 and feel as I was in my early thirties before long-term illness struck me down. I cannot quite reconcile my mental outlook with the date on my birth certificate. Good luck to you. Have a long happy and healthy life and don't let anything budge you from you 20s.Keep your mind in the era when beautiful music such as this was being made.

    • @willrichardson519
      @willrichardson519 2 роки тому +9

      My mum's 86 and says she feels like she's 17

    • @dana102083
      @dana102083 2 роки тому +2

      @Stacey Michaels hugs xo

    • @granthurlburt4062
      @granthurlburt4062 Рік тому +7

      She was a terrific pianist too. SO MUCH talent and creativity and honesty. So sad how soon her life collapsed. Why couldnt someone save her?

    • @grahamlockley4435
      @grahamlockley4435 Рік тому +11

      @@willrichardson519 Inside every 60 year old is a 16 year old saying 'What just happened?'

  • @blairbrownie1223
    @blairbrownie1223 Рік тому +131

    I truly did not know a thing about her until this morning as I listened to Led Zeppelin’s Battle of Evermore, and saw that she was the female vocalist. Now I’m here and very moved by her. I will keep exploring this woman’s story and voice

    • @kenelkins1841
      @kenelkins1841 Рік тому +8

      Enjoy the journey. Be prepared to get reacquainted with your soul.

    • @tonirose6776
      @tonirose6776 Рік тому +7

      Just discovered her due to a snippet of this song played in Brian and Charles. I realised I had listened a lot to Fairport Convention decades ago and did not 'know' she was the lead singer. Poor thing had a hard life.

    • @foxilaidee
      @foxilaidee Рік тому +6

      @@tonirose6776 and sadly too short

    • @johnhawkins9826
      @johnhawkins9826 Рік тому +5

      superb writer and musician who fronted the original Fairport,

    • @SeekerGoOn2013
      @SeekerGoOn2013 Рік тому +2

      You will not be disappointed - except for her demise.

  • @chriswhitworth7793
    @chriswhitworth7793 2 роки тому +121

    I was honoured to know Sandy, in Kingston and Wimbledon, in the 60s. I will never forget her. A troubled lady but with the soul and voice of an angel.

    • @peterballan7952
      @peterballan7952 2 роки тому +19

      She was indeed, a very troubled lass. I kew her briefly whilst on the folk scene, briefly, and she had many more troubles than I did ! and I thought I was screwed up ! But, she was impossible not to love.

    • @jankelley749
      @jankelley749 2 роки тому +36

      I grew up with Sandy....we lived in the same street in Wimbledon until she was about 15, then they moved to the house that features on the cover of Unhalfbricking. My younger sister was the same age as Sandy and went to the same school. We used to all get together at our house and listen to records when we were adolescent. She was very lively. The last time I saw her she was walking down the road in a blue duffle coat, loads of curly blonde hair, and I remember thinking how cool she looked! So long ago now! Where indeed did the time go? It sadly didn't wait for Sandy - she left us too soon. 😢

    • @TheToolnut
      @TheToolnut 2 роки тому +21

      @@jankelley749 The fact that Sandy Denny isn't a household name is a travesty. There should be a statue of her in London. She was a musical genius, 👍🇮🇪 🇮🇪

    • @sanderslongdrive
      @sanderslongdrive 2 роки тому +6

      If a soul remains untroubled in this world then it will ultimately face much learning.

    • @davidneller7681
      @davidneller7681 2 роки тому +14

      @@jankelley749 Hello Jan. Thank you for such a moving account of Sandy's early life.
      Exact memories fade over the years but I believe I saw her perform (pre-Fairport) at the Fighting Cocks folk club at Kingston and the Albany Folk Club above the pub near Clapham Junction and was 'blown away' by how great she was then - and when I discovered that we were both born in Nelson Hospital at Merton Park in the same year and were residents at Wimbledon a chill went down my spine! I am 75 this year, but sadly Sandy died far too early. I have visited her grave at Putney Vale a couple of times and I'm glad that the 'Lady' is so well remembered even now.

  • @dicktaylor9054
    @dicktaylor9054 2 роки тому +36

    This only becomes more beautiful, more poignant and more precious with each passing year.

  • @aptbroker1
    @aptbroker1 2 роки тому +39

    I'm 72 and I feel this song more and more. We don't have much time left. Sad...

    • @helenswan705
      @helenswan705 2 роки тому +5

      but lifetimes we are yet to see, I hope

  • @thomasbrady9146
    @thomasbrady9146 3 роки тому +182

    This was part of my wife's video after she died this past 2020. We were together for 54 years.

    • @icanseeformiles9387
      @icanseeformiles9387 3 роки тому +9

      So sorry for your loss. Hope you take good care of yourself

    • @jamesdevine1005
      @jamesdevine1005 3 роки тому +1

      In heaven.

    • @kierandevenney5616
      @kierandevenney5616 3 роки тому +1

      May she be resting amongst the angels in heaven

    • @rosslocincam9916
      @rosslocincam9916 3 роки тому +4

      Respect. You are fortunate to have shared your life with a wife of such fine taste.

    • @davidharris1562
      @davidharris1562 3 роки тому +8

      My best friend of 47 years was a huge fan of Sandy Denny and Fairport Convention, he passed away 6 weeks ago, after an extremely short illness, still can’t get over the fact he’s passed away, more of a brother than a friend, he was always there for me through my troubles and tribulations, we were apprentices together, he had Meet me on the ledge played at his funeral. Still can’t listen to this, Matty Groves and Meet Me On The Ledge without getting emotional

  • @thomasbrady9146
    @thomasbrady9146 3 роки тому +307

    This song meant so much to me at my wife of 54 yrs. this song was part of her video memorial. I will miss my wife always and hope she meets Sandy in heaven and tells her how much this song meant to me

    • @gulfgypsy
      @gulfgypsy 3 роки тому +29

      There's so much I don't know -- But of the very few things I am certain, is not even death can break the bond of two souls woven together. It transcends this world, beyond time and space, it's as eternal and endless as the heavens.
      Your dear wife, your friend, your heart, your laughter and partner, is with you still -- Your heart still holds her just as her heart forever holds you.
      The one who holds my heart is gone from this world but lives on in forever within me.

    • @bjohnston3659
      @bjohnston3659 3 роки тому +2

      Mr. Brady, how are things?

    • @simonandrews3694
      @simonandrews3694 2 роки тому +5

      Exactly the same for me - it was my Wife's favourite song

    • @petesquire2954
      @petesquire2954 2 роки тому +3

      The Good go to Heaven early.

    • @andywood9256
      @andywood9256 2 роки тому

  • @greghobbs1728
    @greghobbs1728 3 роки тому +71

    Richard Thompson has just released his memoir. In it, he states that she was so empathic and sensitive that she was missing a layer of skin. For those who can grasp the full meaning of those characterizations, it shows his well earned wisdom and goes a long way in explaining why she was a great musician and why she left us so early.

    • @nedgentz5740
      @nedgentz5740 2 роки тому +3

      I'm reading it now

    • @TheToolnut
      @TheToolnut 2 роки тому +3

      I believe Sandy had extra ordinary levels of emotional intelligence hence the out of this world song writing abilities.

    • @davidkeith9015
      @davidkeith9015 2 роки тому +8

      I agree a bit like Nick Drake

    • @richardhague4527
      @richardhague4527 2 роки тому +8

      Some people are too sensitive sometimes ,too empathetic feeling others pain etc.maybe sandy was , coupled with her genius, she wasn't destined for long on this earth. But she will never be forgotten ,she's too good for that,

    • @niharikasharma678
      @niharikasharma678 Рік тому +2

      She’s my John Keats❤

  • @travelinben1966
    @travelinben1966 3 роки тому +54

    The voice of an angel who became one far too soon.R.I.P. Sandy.

  • @gregdray8199
    @gregdray8199 20 днів тому +2

    Looove Sandy's voice so sad she's been gone so long but she left so much beauty behind in her songs. I relive every joyful moment listening to her though I know not where her soul rests. A prayer and gratitude for her life.

  • @dandyshiraz
    @dandyshiraz 3 роки тому +363

    Sandy starts singing and my body caves in . My soul turns to marshmallow and my heart folds itself in half .

  • @TenMinuteDrumSolo
    @TenMinuteDrumSolo 3 роки тому +79

    Like the poster pinned above I too am on the verge of turning 71 and bought the "Liege and Leaf" album upon its release in 1969, though I still have my copy. For the next 40+ years I floated along blissfully unconcerned about aging until I hit 60 and realized I'd reached a milestone. When someone dies before turning 60 folks say, "So sad, she/he died so young", but when someone 60 or over dies they say, "Oh well, she/he lived a good life." It wasn't until around age 64 or 65 that I was stunned by the notion of how incredibly FAST all that time had gone by. I felt almost as though I'd been in a coma and didn't sense the passing of time, in my head I'm still 24 years old.
    Though I must say that one of (the few) happy perks of making it this far is that the dust settles and you finally get to see what's really important - as it turns out it's a surprisingly short list. Anyway, my work is done now and so I'm just going to take in the scenery...

    • @AntPDC
      @AntPDC  3 роки тому +2

      I'm pretty sure that snuffing it at 60 - 70 is by no means regarded as a "good innings" these days. 75+ seems to be the new threshold. And isn't it a bummer that, by the time one reaches a certain age, all the trivia which used to occupy our minds falls away - though not entirely. My father used to climb ladders; crawl on his conservatory roof to do repairs at 82 years old because he still thought himself 22 - and paid the price with various accidents. Thank you for your lovely comment TMDS, and best wishes.

    • @1999zrx1100
      @1999zrx1100 2 роки тому +4

      Turning 65 next month, can’t tell my friends enough to retire and smell the roses.
      They are all still running for the money they don’t need. Your words are so true.
      Where did the time go. Be Well. 🙏

    • @timsusie2
      @timsusie2 2 роки тому

      Very true how fast time goes by. Reminds me of lyrics from Pink Floyd's time............And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you, no one told you when to run.....you missed the starting gun!
      Cherish every day we are given.

    • @mshumphreys4457
      @mshumphreys4457 2 роки тому

      can so relate to that !

    • @newtonpo1
      @newtonpo1 2 роки тому +1

      Well stated and true. 70 in April, who knows indeed

  • @ParcelOfRogue
    @ParcelOfRogue 3 роки тому +22

    A contender for the Greatest Song Ever

  • @emmceeee
    @emmceeee 8 місяців тому +6

    My God, that's beautiful.

  • @tiaarcher1749
    @tiaarcher1749 3 роки тому +70

    The tears are falling. I don't even know how l got to this place in my life.

    • @tomipresley6246
      @tomipresley6246 3 роки тому +2

      hope you not crying tia,dont cry hun things will get better

    • @tiaarcher1749
      @tiaarcher1749 3 роки тому +8

      @@tomipresley6246 thank you. Going through a divorce...26 years. Didn't mean much in the end. You can't compete with youth!

    • @tomipresley6246
      @tomipresley6246 3 роки тому +5

      @@tiaarcher1749 hi tia, honey have saw so many times guys leaving something special for something younger and you know what tia have saw these guys months later hunched shoulders , long faces and i would say 9 out of 10 of those relationships did not work out and you may not realise it now but you did not lose anything, what a cheating partner, he lost you a person who knows what love and feelings are, really hold your head up , say your prayers things will improve

    • @tiaarcher1749
      @tiaarcher1749 3 роки тому +2

      @@tomipresley6246 god bless you Tomi , you've done me good x

    • @tomipresley6246
      @tomipresley6246 3 роки тому +2

      @@tiaarcher1749 thank you that very kind , just telling you the truth hun, god bless you too tia x

  • @markmacintyre3422
    @markmacintyre3422 3 роки тому +109

    Why when Sandy starts to sing, I’m flooded with memories and begin to cry uncontrollably???

  • @beniciomoldenado2315
    @beniciomoldenado2315 2 роки тому +72

    For years I listened to the Judy Collins version of this song and loved it. Today I learned about this one. Wow! I am 76 now and I still love learning to appreciate music and musicians with whom I am not familiar. Life is short, listen to music, play music.

    • @markhunter8554
      @markhunter8554 2 роки тому +1

      I'm guessing you like Crimson as well.

    • @granthurlburt4062
      @granthurlburt4062 Рік тому +1

      They are both great. It is one of Judy's best songs IMHO.

    • @pmangum6879
      @pmangum6879 Рік тому

      I hear you.

    • @tullochgorum6323
      @tullochgorum6323 Рік тому +4

      This isn't "a" version - it's "the" version! Sandy wrote it, by the way, in case you didn't realise. Particularly poignant in the light of her untimely passing.

  • @stephenhudson7039
    @stephenhudson7039 Рік тому +23

    A song for growing older. I’m 68 & love Sandy ❤️

    • @joysmith1213
      @joysmith1213 Рік тому +1

      Same here, Stephen ❤

    • @sheilafranks8444
      @sheilafranks8444 Рік тому +2

      And me now 68 used to lay in bed listening to sandy denny, nick drake , ground hogs , curved air it touched me then and touches me more .not a crier but nearly moved to tears

    • @jappychap2003
      @jappychap2003 Рік тому +1

      I'm 75 and still getting tearful.

  • @johntucker9438
    @johntucker9438 3 роки тому +19

    I was in love with sandy when I was 16 I'm 65 now and love her just as much.

  • @robertmcdougall3166
    @robertmcdougall3166 3 роки тому +86

    I am not a lover of Folk music, yet I know of no other singer / songwriter who could capture the passing of the seasons so poetically as Sandy did. Her skills as both a singer and songwriter were so vastly underrated. Her grandparents were from Dundee, I recall, and I had the pleasure of seeing her in concert in Scotland. When it comes to my own passing, what a perfect song to depart to.

    • @portcullis5622
      @portcullis5622 2 роки тому +11

      Sandy Denny and Nick Drake. The music of both is tied to the British landscape and seasons for me. The same with some of Ian Anderson's (Jethro Tull) finest songs.

    • @stevethomas7704
      @stevethomas7704 Рік тому +3

      "She sang about serfs and noblemen with the naturalism of a woman describing everyday life, and she sang about everyday life as if from the perspective of a woman a thousand years ago"
      - Greil Marcus.

    • @DrB81
      @DrB81 5 місяців тому +1

      I’m from Dundee and I did not know that about her grandparents. Cheers.

  • @davidfountaine3218
    @davidfountaine3218 3 роки тому +136

    One of the greatest female voices of all time

    • @markcarson9023
      @markcarson9023 3 роки тому +3

      Herself and Annie haslam.

    • @davidfountaine3218
      @davidfountaine3218 3 роки тому +1

      @@markcarson9023 Agree on that one Mark. Also an incredible voice, only player her the other day.

    • @marleyjake
      @marleyjake 3 роки тому +1

      One of the greatest voices.

    • @alfching2499
      @alfching2499 3 роки тому +3

      She never had any confidence in herself.She Was a Capricorn like myself.

    • @marleyjake
      @marleyjake 3 роки тому +2

      @@alfching2499 On the other hand, you might say, as someone else wrote and sang, "I ain't dead yet, my bell still rings."
      Mick Houghton's fine biography of Sandy, 'I've Always Kept a Unicorn" provides plenty of evidence that although she had doubts, she also had plenty of confidence too.
      Besides, some say that the last critter standing always was, always is, and always will be a Capricorn . . . never underestimate the ol' goat.

  • @morriganravenchild6613
    @morriganravenchild6613 8 місяців тому +7

    A timeless classic.......still as powerful as it was way back then......perfection.....

  • @grahamhowes6904
    @grahamhowes6904 Рік тому +13

    We booked Sandy for Norwich City College - it was a magical concert and alas turned out to be one of her last. We were worried as her representative said that if the piano wasn’t properly tuned she would walk off … obviously we got it right as she couldn’t have been more charming. I surreptitiously hung two mikes from the lighting gallery and alas there was more piano than voice and worse the reel disappeared in one of many moves. Class act!

    • @AntPDC
      @AntPDC  Рік тому

      A lovely recollection, thank you Graham. I spent many happy years living in Norwich, and latterly the North Norfolk coast. Magical.

  • @petemee2876
    @petemee2876 7 місяців тому +10

    What a beautiful voice, beautiful song, the lyrics are so powerful. This will be played at my funeral

  • @wolframbatz7086
    @wolframbatz7086 Рік тому +13

    Maybe there are 5 greatest female singers of the hole world … ever. Sandy is one of them.
    Her voice accompanies me, my whole life. *And* I am german, living in Hamburg.

    • @carolbailey118
      @carolbailey118 7 місяців тому

      You should listen to Carol Kidd another Scottish star 😊

  • @davidjarvie9546
    @davidjarvie9546 11 місяців тому +6

    One of the greatest songbirds of British music, miss you very much Sandy,🎵🎶🎵🇬🇧👍🙏

  • @snilloc52
    @snilloc52 3 роки тому +55

    If I want to have a good cry and remember those who have left and gone on all I have to do is listen to this beautiful emotional song sung by this beautiful voice and the tears will flow but my heart will sing with sweat sadness.

    • @Teds991
      @Teds991 3 роки тому +1

      Beautiful words, thank you 👏

  • @user-pn7lq6bh7r
    @user-pn7lq6bh7r 10 місяців тому +5

    Lets never forget Sandy, a true understanding of the soul. She will live forever. Happy days Sandy.😄

  • @devil_pls
    @devil_pls 2 роки тому +6

    One of the best random recommandations I ever clicked on here on UA-cam. Glad I found this Gem.

  • @info781
    @info781 3 роки тому +42

    Never heard of her until today. I do not know how any man could not respond to a voice like that , warm and embracing like a crackling fire in a cozy room on a cold day.

    • @cath1460
      @cath1460 3 роки тому

      Glad you found the song :) x

    • @joanhenry1866
      @joanhenry1866 3 роки тому +1

      She used to be in Fairport Convention. Check it out,

    • @dunruden9720
      @dunruden9720 3 роки тому +1

      @@joanhenry1866 She used to BE Fairport Convention.

    • @HoratioFitzbastard
      @HoratioFitzbastard 3 роки тому

      @@dunruden9720 You're doing Richard Thompson a disservice there.

    • @downhillblur708
      @downhillblur708 3 роки тому

      @@HoratioFitzbastard
      +1

  • @steveharris5008
    @steveharris5008 3 роки тому +22

    never heard this version before; right from the start brings tears to my eyes...

  • @richardhague4527
    @richardhague4527 2 роки тому +13

    Never been a big folk fan, but sandy is on a higher level than any female singer lve ever heard , heartbreaking quality ,superb.tragic loss when sandy went😪

  • @23theseeker50
    @23theseeker50 2 роки тому +8

    This is a beautiful song from the lovely, lovely Sandy Denny I always feel so sad hearing this song but I love the great, wonderful Sandy Denny she left us early and we miss her so, so much R.I.P MY BEAUTIFUL SANDY DENNY AND THANKS FOR EVERYTHING MY SWEET ONE. MISS YOU SO MUCH.

  • @simonjames3845
    @simonjames3845 3 роки тому +15

    I am 66 now and Sandy's voice has been with me for much of that time.

    • @luisreina9943
      @luisreina9943 2 роки тому +1

      Like me.
      And I'm 66 years old too

    • @richardhague4527
      @richardhague4527 2 роки тому +1

      I'm in the 66 club too, but lm a late comer to sandys voice . Now lm under her spell and nothing l can do

  • @mickyfinn1948
    @mickyfinn1948 3 роки тому +142

    Just a young woman of 20 when she wrote this sung yet it resonates with a much older generation now. Thanks for the upload Anthony - the pictures are just right for this music from all those years ago.

    • @AntPDC
      @AntPDC  3 роки тому +9

      Agreed Michael. Lost to the world at such a young age.

    • @glynnrawle3719
      @glynnrawle3719 3 роки тому +7

      I read somewhere that she was 16 or 17 when she wrote this. Don’t know how true that is but I’ve always loved it.

    • @johnizard5145
      @johnizard5145 3 роки тому +3

      @@glynnrawle3719 Extraordinary that this lyric was written by a 20 year old. None of us should fear the time .

    • @efil4zaggin666
      @efil4zaggin666 2 роки тому +1

      Dont worry it resonates with us young'uns too

  • @sarahmagee9008
    @sarahmagee9008 2 роки тому +24

    It might be 50 years since I last heard Sandy Denny's name. Richard Thompson is performing in Hollywood in a couple of weeks & I was refreshing my memory like the name of that group whose first album I listened to 100 times when I was a junior-senior in college was "Fairport Convention." Somebody said he feels 25. I'm 74 and sometimes I'm emotionally 18--before I accrued baggage. It feels awfully good!

  • @richardtychmanowicz1197
    @richardtychmanowicz1197 2 роки тому +16

    The very best Female vocalists of her generation .Met her in Cheltenham Town Hall after the gig when she was presented with flowers for being voted Female vocalist of the year in 1978. Still playing her music in 2021.

  • @billmoss2877
    @billmoss2877 2 роки тому +6

    I will always love Sandy. That's just the way it is.

  • @anfrankogezamartincic1161
    @anfrankogezamartincic1161 8 місяців тому +2

    Sandy is my favorite singer from that era. This song makes me cry

  • @stayingsober7802
    @stayingsober7802 Рік тому +5

    I don't think it goes anywhere. I might be living in a dream where everything that's ever been & ever will be is right here in this moment.
    The only place I've ever been able to experience the Divine is in the present moment.
    Listening to Sandy sing this gorgeous song is reminding me to slow down, breathe, & be.
    Good morning, Sandy, & thank you.

    • @thrownforaloop58
      @thrownforaloop58 Рік тому

      Your insights are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing that.😎

  • @sandro22273
    @sandro22273 3 роки тому +11

    Sandy mi commuove,sono passati molti anni ma è come fosse adesso,grazie!

    • @AntPDC
      @AntPDC  3 роки тому

      Grazie Alessandro!

  • @mgeeees460
    @mgeeees460 7 місяців тому +5

    Just incredible. She was also amazing on Zeppelins battle of evermore. R.I.P Beautiful

  • @johnbrereton5229
    @johnbrereton5229 3 роки тому +14

    I saw her, at I believe her last performance, somewhere in London she was pregnant but performed beautifully.
    A few weeks after, a friend who had been with me, stopped me in the street and told me she was dead. Who knows where the time goes, indeed!

  • @Stationario
    @Stationario 2 роки тому +8

    Beautiful song, beautiful voice, beautiful everything

  • @skygazer6898
    @skygazer6898 3 роки тому +16

    Sandy sang like a Nightingale.

  • @alberthutchison6469
    @alberthutchison6469 3 роки тому +31

    Johnnie Walker said this is the best British rock folk song of all time and I agree a sadly missed unique voice

    • @grubbs104
      @grubbs104 2 роки тому

      Jim Beam always loved The Blue Hills of Kentucky

  • @janwarren100
    @janwarren100 2 роки тому +17

    One of the most beautiful songs ever, sung so beautifully by the amazing Sandy Denny!!

  • @juliesanger4245
    @juliesanger4245 3 роки тому +15

    THIS YOUNG LADY 'S VOICE AND MUSIC ALLOW ME TO FEEL , FEEL SOME OF THE FEELINGS THAT ARE SO PAINFUL TO FEEL ! I LOVE HER AND THE WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT HER

  • @patricklevinerose1359
    @patricklevinerose1359 3 роки тому +10

    I hear this song and it seems to be 1977 again. We lost Sandy Denny the year after I lost Mom.
    Sandy’s precious tender voice in this song, brings me back to Sunday nights. Mom played it then. It brings me back to those nights.

  • @ShapGranite
    @ShapGranite 2 роки тому +5

    I'm 38, first heard this at 14, and have been enchanted ever since, through the hardest and sweetest of times - completely bewitching.

  • @utube4619
    @utube4619 3 роки тому +10

    She sings it beautifully very expressive, it makes one count the seasons.....

  • @bikerbid
    @bikerbid 2 роки тому +35

    This is one of the most moving versions of this superb track. It takes me to a time, a place, a person I loved dearly and a life of challenging time.

  • @johnhutsler8122
    @johnhutsler8122 Рік тому +5

    I just discovered Sandy Denny right now. I'm 1:50 into the first song I've ever heard by her and I'm sad that I've never heard of her before now, but also happy that she's now in my catelogue of great music. Wow. This is wonderful

  • @user-pn7lq6bh7r
    @user-pn7lq6bh7r 3 місяці тому +1

    What an amazing find for me. Sandy Denney, the greatest voice of her generation, but probably the greatest voice in history.

  • @XANDER1944
    @XANDER1944 2 роки тому +4

    at 77 y.o. this song still reduces me to tears !

  • @lekunberriko1
    @lekunberriko1 3 роки тому +7

    magical song

  • @hamishmclay3159
    @hamishmclay3159 2 роки тому +5

    at 73 myself, I won a signed copy of Liege & Lief, sadly some years after Sandy had left us - it is certainly a prize possession of mine and was presented at one of the Fairport Cropredy Conventions in the mid eighties: oh what a lucky man I am

  • @ikramreffas4308
    @ikramreffas4308 3 роки тому +10

    a timeless singer with a magnificent voice dead so soon ... definitively made history with her mythic contribution in the legendary led zep lV . R.l.P Sandy so pure and so lovely woman .

  • @roberthayes9842
    @roberthayes9842 2 роки тому +5

    Her voice still sends shivers down my back 50 year's later, timeless

  • @efil4zaggin666
    @efil4zaggin666 2 роки тому +5

    From tears of sadness and despair at life and the world, to tears of joy from all the wonderful things life offers - this song conjures up so much emotion in me that I almost don't want to listen to it... I'd never heard this song until recently, how it's not one of the most famous songs to ever come out of Britain is beyond me

  • @johnj.watson6094
    @johnj.watson6094 10 місяців тому +4

    What an incredible voice this woman had. I could listen, listen and listen again, yet never hear enough. A rare talent. Eager to learn more about her.

  • @user-xv4fk5ok5b
    @user-xv4fk5ok5b 4 місяці тому +1

    Up there with the best, so uplifting and yet so sad. I've listened to this song, sung by the angelic voice of Sandy Denny, for over 50 years. I will never tire of hearing it. The lyrics have more meaning you are 70+, but it had me hooked when I was a teenager. It is a song for all ages....timeless!

  • @nsam58
    @nsam58 2 роки тому +2

    Grace & Frankie bought me here.

  • @rigelmoon9030
    @rigelmoon9030 3 роки тому +8

    An Earth angel.

  • @Packyboy
    @Packyboy 7 місяців тому +4

    The song and the singer never fails.🎼🎼🎼 I’ve come to understand and I do not fear the time ,thank you for the work Sandy.💐

  • @jeltinagerritsen8048
    @jeltinagerritsen8048 3 роки тому +12

    Lovely to hear her voice again.

  • @charliestehlin506
    @charliestehlin506 11 місяців тому +4

    blairbrownie1223 said: "I listened to Led Zeppelin’s Battle of Evermore, and saw that she was the female vocalist." I never knew Sandy sang in this Zeppelin song until this note! So I went to the song and I'll be darned....that's Sandy's voice. Geez! There's always something new to learn no matter how old one becomes! Just amazing!

  • @lancerx1759
    @lancerx1759 2 роки тому +5

    Absolutely Beautiful !!

  • @jeffreylemal7432
    @jeffreylemal7432 3 роки тому +9

    Truly one of the greatest singers

  • @robertbinkley7299
    @robertbinkley7299 3 роки тому +18

    She had a beautiful voice. Sad that her life was cut short.

  • @buzzpedrotti5401
    @buzzpedrotti5401 3 роки тому +16

    The most beautiful version I have heard. The voice of an angel.

    • @markstudden9090
      @markstudden9090 3 роки тому

      I agree - this is the most delicate, graceful, intricate, perfectly judged performance of the song that I know of, and so well recorded.

  • @davidmadison2491
    @davidmadison2491 3 роки тому +11

    One if my all time favorite singers, a good friend turned me onto her in the early 80s, he passed away recently, he was a fanatical fan of hers. So sad that she died so young.

    • @markcarson9023
      @markcarson9023 3 роки тому +2

      Her haunting duo with plant was esqusite battle evermore.

  • @annettemarshall4895
    @annettemarshall4895 4 місяці тому +1

    this version just vibrates every molecule

  • @donnamurphy5027
    @donnamurphy5027 3 роки тому +53

    As long as we remember a person, they're not really gone

    • @melancholiac
      @melancholiac 3 роки тому

      But after about 80 years, there's no-one left alive who remembers you.

    • @vincecarnevale4406
      @vincecarnevale4406 3 роки тому

      Always in our hearts.

    • @pedroorpheus
      @pedroorpheus 3 роки тому

      @@melancholiac unless you've achieved something of lasting value, which is rare

    • @kevphillips02
      @kevphillips02 2 роки тому

      Try telling them that. 😐

  • @richarddean4763
    @richarddean4763 2 роки тому +4

    This lady has written several of the very very best and they enchant ever more

  • @zanegrey4720
    @zanegrey4720 3 роки тому +7

    Beautiful song who nows were the time goes it sure goes fast.

  • @rationalsceptic7634
    @rationalsceptic7634 3 роки тому +5

    One of the Greats..desperately sad,she left us too soon,so unfair..RIP 🙏 x

  • @jsommer2611
    @jsommer2611 3 роки тому +8

    We saw F. C. in Berkeley in 75 or 76. I wished I had seen her earlier in her short career. Truly one of the greatest voices ever placed on this earth. AntPDC, thanks for your fine work on this. I am swooning.

    • @danunger9712
      @danunger9712 2 роки тому

      It was 1975 & I was at that concert. Superb

  • @poolieDW
    @poolieDW 2 роки тому +4

    Sandy voice gets right to my heart, floods.

  • @bobski7032
    @bobski7032 3 роки тому +9

    I used to listen to WIOQ Phila mid 1970s , they would play this song on Sunday mornings, after breakfast with the Beatles ,hi Helen

  • @cliffraleighnc2997
    @cliffraleighnc2997 7 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for sharing these rare precious memories and moments that give us older folks a quick trip back to the joy and passion of youth.
    I wonder what the sacred, serene moments of today’s youth will be in their later years.

  • @michaelawford7325
    @michaelawford7325 6 місяців тому +1

    Been a Sandy Denny fan for 56 years, no one has been better.

  • @antainemacconmidhe7306
    @antainemacconmidhe7306 3 роки тому +6

    First time I’ve heard this. My god what a voice.

  • @vinylisland6386
    @vinylisland6386 3 роки тому +6

    Legend.

  • @alexandercameron1977
    @alexandercameron1977 8 місяців тому +1

    Sandy Denny I only knew from Fairport Convention, this song was new to me and I liken her to Eva Cassidy, Amy Winehouse and Janis Joplin … NOT for the genres they sang BUT the manner in which they all captivated me with angelic, mesmerising voices that soared through the heavens… and made me cry with joy.

  • @anankekashada1991
    @anankekashada1991 Рік тому +1

    Met a great Englishman who taught me chess, sailing, and Fairport Convention. Thank you, Mick Love these guys forever.

  • @johnnybsteelriff
    @johnnybsteelriff 3 роки тому +4

    The song plus voice equals great beauty, God bless you Sandy!!!