Pentangle - Willy O Winsbury (Set Of Six ITV, 27.06.1972)

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  • Set Of Six was a Granada production that showcased a band ""from the world of modern music"" live in front of a studio audience. Pentangle's performance on the show includes a selection of songs from their 1972 album ""Solomon's Seal"", which was the last release featuring the original line-up.
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  • @davidlee6720
    @davidlee6720 2 роки тому +559

    she looks like a figure staight out of a medieval painting. an unmatchable pure voice as well, best in her genre.

  • @Rog5446
    @Rog5446 Рік тому +260

    When a group of musicians transport you to another place without you moving, you know something special is going on.

    • @john80396
      @john80396 Рік тому +2

      Absolutely,

    • @MrSteve_Luddite.
      @MrSteve_Luddite. 9 місяців тому +1

      And another time..

    • @agentorange153
      @agentorange153 9 місяців тому +2

      @@MrSteve_Luddite. In this case, a darker time when a woman having sex before marriage could lead to her being disgraced or worse, and when they even made them undergo visual examinations for virginity!

  • @nbenefiel
    @nbenefiel 7 місяців тому +70

    I am so glad that I spent my youth listening to this kind of music.

    • @peterfindlay2756
      @peterfindlay2756 7 місяців тому +6

      Me too.

    • @karayuschij
      @karayuschij 27 днів тому +1

      So do I! And I suffer from what young people are listening to today :'(

  • @waterfordviking1
    @waterfordviking1 8 місяців тому +66

    Such purity of voice, sadly lacking in so many female singers today. Such a pity that so many English people are unaware of their beautiful song tradition.

    • @VintageLifeCars
      @VintageLifeCars 3 місяці тому

      I think English Folk Music is now illegal. I jest, as all people are as one, apart from their fake Nation boundaries. Politics is theatre, democracy a sham, folk are real the world over.

    • @RobertLocksley385
      @RobertLocksley385 2 місяці тому

      The Left that wanted us to return to the land now wants us to toil in Stalinist factories and collectives.

    • @IamNotanumber-z3j
      @IamNotanumber-z3j 5 днів тому

      Agreed - I’m first generation and totally admire English folk music

  • @rachelporter267
    @rachelporter267 2 роки тому +652

    This really shows how great Pentangle were. It became a common cliche to ridicule the endless verses in folk music...but instead of crying "will it never end", we want this to go on and on. That's because of Jacqui's magical singing, interwoven with Danny Thompson's bass. Flawless

    • @danielthompson6207
      @danielthompson6207 2 роки тому +32

      I really wish there was sheet music or tablature available for this bass part. It's absolutely amazing, and a testament to Danny's talent.

    • @Casey-hz1sn
      @Casey-hz1sn 2 роки тому +17

      @@danielthompson6207 Same here. Obsessed with this song.

    • @amphitheatre
      @amphitheatre 2 роки тому +21

      glad it found its way to you, all!! i've come back here many a'time.. i call them a reverse super group, everything they ever went on and did after this is also good, worth your time so look it up. they've played for almost 50 years, a thing on this vile earth I call Good.

    • @GuySocket
      @GuySocket 2 роки тому +2

      @Yippee Skippy Yeah, these are some highly intellectual lyrics beyond the comprehension of the common man.
      "Hey Janet, have you been boinking someone." "No, daddy." "Get naked so I can see."... "Who have you been boinking, Janet!?" "It was Willie, daddy." "Men! Retrieve this Willie, I'll have his head!" "Oh, my. You're a nice piece of ass, Willie. If I was a chick I would have boinked you too. You want some land for boinking my daughter?" "Nah dude, we gonna ride like the wind!"

    • @granthurlburt4062
      @granthurlburt4062 2 роки тому +20

      And of course, originally, this was the evening's entertainment. A rare and valued event, back hundreds of years ago.

  • @DanFrechette
    @DanFrechette Рік тому +109

    This is one of the most beautiful songs and it could last all day. The song is now over 250 years old.

    • @DanFrechette
      @DanFrechette Рік тому +8

      Shel Talmy told me she never sang a note out of tune in the studio.

  • @folkmusicgirl
    @folkmusicgirl 6 років тому +1858

    I remember many years ago in about the late 1980's that Pentangle performed at McCabe's Guitar Store in Santa Monica, California. My boyfriend took me to see them as I was a big fan. I had a chance to talk to Jacqui during the break and I asked her if she could sing this song as my request. She was very nice and easy to talk to. She said she would do this request for me. I was so happy when I heard her sing it and made eye contact with me as they began the song. It was a wonderful memory for me.

    • @7norton
      @7norton 5 років тому +64

      just beautiful....I saw her maybe 3 times at that venue and she is such unique and perfect instrument with her singular vocal style there is no one better.....I consider myself lucky to have seen her perform her unique gifts....

    • @abcbcde9985
      @abcbcde9985 5 років тому +38

      Wow, folkmusicgirl, a special memory for you to cherish.

    • @frankpeter6851
      @frankpeter6851 5 років тому +20

      That venue is wonderful

    • @riverrun8535
      @riverrun8535 5 років тому +31

      Thanks for sharing that memory

    • @rphanmurphy8385
      @rphanmurphy8385 5 років тому +38

      You should have hundreds of likes for that in my opinion. I gave you mine. Music is our light. The only Idol we need ever worship.

  • @bassnut57
    @bassnut57 2 роки тому +145

    Danny Thompson's bass adds so much character to the music here. He's one of my favorites.

    • @TheCaptScarlett
      @TheCaptScarlett 2 роки тому +8

      He's my neighbour

    • @bassnut57
      @bassnut57 2 роки тому +4

      @@TheCaptScarlett Very cool! I loved his work with John Martyn as well. Do you see him leave the house with his bass? He's getting on a bit on in years. I hope he's well. Those things are difficult to cart around even just from the house to the car. I have one too.

    • @TheCaptScarlett
      @TheCaptScarlett 2 роки тому +1

      @@bassnut57 when I say neighbour, he's about 10 doors down, so i can't say I've seen him lugging the double bass about. But we're having a Jubilee street party over the weekend and I'll say hi to him on your behalf.
      Oh and it appears our street has other musical connections. Andrew Ridgley's family home was here and we have a number of opera singers too.

    • @dirkidentification
      @dirkidentification 2 роки тому +5

      many had a problem recording an upright.......... right. All well Danny Thompson's playing and sound are stunning in this recordings.

    • @eileencullen8682
      @eileencullen8682 Рік тому

      I guess I am mistaken. Danny Thompson not John Renbourne on bass? I am curious now.

  • @busgreaser
    @busgreaser 9 місяців тому +27

    Its a priviledge to even comment on this band. English folk at its best. There is something about the English soul that is captured in their music.

    • @SimonTimoney-74
      @SimonTimoney-74 8 місяців тому +3

      Jaqui mcshee is of irish descent

    • @MairyHinge
      @MairyHinge 5 місяців тому +2

      ​@SimonTimoney-74 English folk music.

    • @joansavage7712
      @joansavage7712 3 місяці тому +3

      Actually it's a Scottish song

    • @MairyHinge
      @MairyHinge 3 місяці тому +1

      @@joansavage7712 Winsbury is in England. It's in Shropshire, near me.

    • @MairyHinge
      @MairyHinge 3 місяці тому

      @@sensibility1174 It's English!

  • @sgbh8874
    @sgbh8874 Рік тому +25

    This takes me back… to the 15th century.

  • @Marknorthway
    @Marknorthway Рік тому +73

    The thing that gets me about this - I am not a fan of pure folk. Yet every time I listen to this I get tingles up my spine and just have to listen all the way through. It's like holding the purest silk and letting it run through your fingers. Perfect.

    • @reneharde3459
      @reneharde3459 11 місяців тому +2

      Truly - this is a good as Folk music gets, with incredible musicians

    • @ajp55a
      @ajp55a 10 місяців тому

      they are a pure fan of folk

    • @agentorange153
      @agentorange153 9 місяців тому

      I love this band, and I love this song! (I have the Connie Dover of it in my own personal collection, and I can't really tell which of these versions I like better!)

  • @JT-sr2pl
    @JT-sr2pl 2 роки тому +21

    How about, every person that has watched this video, we all meet up next summer and hang out....

  • @thedolphin5428
    @thedolphin5428 9 місяців тому +50

    Jacqui, Sandy, Maddie -- the indisputable Queens of British folk for 50 years.

    • @garethjohns5545
      @garethjohns5545 7 місяців тому +8

      Don't forget June Tabor😊

    • @sisterpamop
      @sisterpamop 6 місяців тому

      Ahhhh, the memories.

    • @morkyone2154
      @morkyone2154 4 місяці тому +3

      how true, they don't produce them like that anymore

    • @klecoxs2
      @klecoxs2 2 місяці тому +2

      ⁠@@garethjohns5545I remember I was travelling back from London one Sunday night circa 75 and listening to John Peel , he had June Tabor in the studio and she did Scarborough Fair Town , blew me away sad thing is I don’t think she ever put it on any of her albums.

  • @petern3363
    @petern3363 4 роки тому +283

    Both she and Sandy Denny are very evocative of a magical time.

    • @stewartmcmanus3991
      @stewartmcmanus3991 4 роки тому +8

      True.

    • @tysonrahmeier9645
      @tysonrahmeier9645 4 роки тому +41

      And don't forget Maddy Prior from Steeleye Span.

    • @carlosenriquetrejo3599
      @carlosenriquetrejo3599 4 роки тому +16

      I would rather say THREE:
      She
      Sandy Denny
      and
      Judy Dyble of Trader Horne, Fairport Convention & the early King Crimson... magical voices🎶

    • @stubdo16
      @stubdo16 4 роки тому +4

      Well said.

    • @delby66
      @delby66 4 роки тому +13

      I would have to include Annie Haslam as well, even though Renaissance's music was more progressive rock than folk.

  • @anniebananie3421
    @anniebananie3421 4 роки тому +199

    I remember my Mother singing this to me at bedtime when I was a little girl. She had an extensive repertoire of folk songs that she had memorized, and passed down to me. This song is a sweet memory for me.
    I know it has been said before, but Jacqui McShee looks so much like Queen Victoria!

    • @greenetolstoy
      @greenetolstoy 2 роки тому +6

      What a wonderful memory for you!

    • @torvilasulvstle362
      @torvilasulvstle362 2 роки тому +2

      Yes! When you mentioned it, I saw it right away!
      Thanks!

    • @Leylani333
      @Leylani333 2 роки тому +2

      That is so sweet, what other songs did she pass down? I would love to know, I don't know many folk songs and I love this so some similar suggestions would be great

    • @anniebananie3421
      @anniebananie3421 2 роки тому +6

      @@Leylani333 I remember a lot of the Pentangle songs. Cruel Sister was the first one i was able to sing myself from memory as a tot. The same melody for Cruel Sister she used to sing the Riddle Song, which is similar to Cruel Sister in form. If you want to hear the way she sang it, then look up the Jean Redpath version. Mom was a huge Jean Redpath fan, and a lot of her songs were from her. The Grey Selkie by Jean Redpath is a great song. But everything Jean Redpath sings is good.
      "Buttermilk Hill" is an American one based on Siuil a Ruin (Gaelic). She loved that one. Oh there were lots of them, but those are the first that come to mind.

    • @Leylani333
      @Leylani333 2 роки тому +5

      @@anniebananie3421 Thank you so much, your Mum is a legend, I have just checked out the artists you mentioned, they are so great! Added to my new playlist! X

  • @robsawalker
    @robsawalker 2 роки тому +187

    Just a ridiculous level of talent on show here, and utter beauty and joy. Thank you Pentangle!

  • @ebaylistentomusic
    @ebaylistentomusic 3 роки тому +134

    One of the most hauntingly beautiful ballads I've ever heard.

  • @davidbain701
    @davidbain701 5 місяців тому +13

    What a breath of fresh air they were at that time

    • @TimLake-tg7hg
      @TimLake-tg7hg 3 місяці тому +2

      They still are!!! More so now

  • @MrYorickJenkins
    @MrYorickJenkins 2 роки тому +20

    It may sound whimsical but her face and voice evoke the seventies for me. Wow, how blessed we are who grew up in the seventies and not in these days of oppression, fear, restrictions, health fanaticism, overblown technology and disappointed hopes.

  • @AndreaCalligarisMusic
    @AndreaCalligarisMusic 6 місяців тому +16

    Still gives me chills.

  • @IIVVBlues
    @IIVVBlues 5 років тому +1127

    This kind of acoustic folk music used to be common in the 60's. It faded from the main stream by the mid 70s. There's nothing that compares to mellow non electric acoustic sound of strings and the unadorned human voice telling a story in song.
    It's like the wistful memory of a remembered love from long ago.

    • @0Vuuk0
      @0Vuuk0 4 роки тому +32

      John there are not many. But there are some. Johnny Flynn. Laura marling. Sibylle Baier. Jeffrey Lewis. Diane Cluck. To name a few. They are folk, not all sound like this of course. beautiful songs, still.

    • @paulmayle4374
      @paulmayle4374 4 роки тому +17

      theres loads still if you look :)

    • @Uviryth
      @Uviryth 4 роки тому +17

      Still very common in Celtic Europe

    • @blaaaaaTWATaaaaaaab
      @blaaaaaTWATaaaaaaab 4 роки тому +12

      John also try Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Bird, Aldous Harding, Peter Broderick, Ray Lamontagne, Avett Brothers, Nina Nastasia, the list goes on...

    • @fossilmatic
      @fossilmatic 4 роки тому +15

      Try Gillian Welch “The Revelator”, and Beth Orton on her more acoustic stuff on UA-cam with Ted Barnes.

  • @retohofmann5878
    @retohofmann5878 5 років тому +227

    The voice is a class of its own, but that singing bass...wow, just wow!

    • @wobblybobengland
      @wobblybobengland 5 років тому +6

      Phenomenal!

    • @coy0te9
      @coy0te9 4 роки тому +18

      Danny Thompson, who's played with so many artists of note i may as well say everybody.

    • @WgCdrLuddite
      @WgCdrLuddite 3 роки тому +11

      Top class bass playing.

    • @mikeoveli1028
      @mikeoveli1028 3 роки тому +1

      Amen brother!

    • @dirkidentification
      @dirkidentification 3 роки тому +2

      @@coy0te9 listened to ; Danny Thompson - Whatever, many times, in this folk genre is double (bass) unique

  • @christopherorlowsky4082
    @christopherorlowsky4082 2 роки тому +162

    Absolutely sublime. I was 10 when this was broadcast in 1972 and just watching it now, its as fresh as it was when I first heard it all those years ago. I am transported back to a gentler time. At least, in my childhood memories

    • @MrCapri78
      @MrCapri78 2 роки тому +16

      I had much the same experience, I was 12 when this was broadcast and watched it with my late mother. I had forgotten all about it until I came across it here a few months ago.
      When I listened to it I was back in 1972 again , every thing about it , audio and visual, was so clear and familiar to me , even though I had only seen and heard it that one time.
      I played the other five songs performed in the same broadcast and they where instantly so recognisable as if I had been listening to them throughout the intervening 50 years ! Incredible.

    • @JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL
      @JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL Рік тому +2

      Love it

    • @frankpeter6851
      @frankpeter6851 Рік тому +2

      ​@@MrCapri78
      I don't know about all this weird-ass technology, but UA-cam has provided me many of these memory validation moments.

    • @stevezodiacsteve
      @stevezodiacsteve Рік тому

      ah......those were the days.. (my Friend)

    • @AI-Consultant
      @AI-Consultant Рік тому

      you collecting social security yet?

  • @pierregarigue1658
    @pierregarigue1658 2 роки тому +51

    that bass line, all of the 60's melancholy in it

    • @termnlv
      @termnlv Рік тому +5

      Danny Thompson is still active. Check out Dylan's "Ring Them Bells" in the Transatlantic Sessions with Sarah Jarosz, surrounded by Thompson, Jerry Douglas, and several other iconic folkies.
      .

    • @andrewjohnstone963
      @andrewjohnstone963 Рік тому +4

      Yeah the 1560s ❤

  • @ronheath8865
    @ronheath8865 8 місяців тому +30

    How have I not, in my near 65 years on this earth, heard this before? In what time left that God may grant me, I shall treasure this work of beauty. To the poster on a different thread about the Fairport Convention's wonderful "Farewell, farewell" which borrorws the melody, many, many thanks for posting the link to this. I am eternally grateful.

    • @cumomsandcureloms
      @cumomsandcureloms 5 місяців тому

      I'm 65 too, and I've never heard this before either!

    • @suzannelawson9215
      @suzannelawson9215 4 місяці тому

      You may also enjoy listening to the late Irish folk singer called, Anne Byrne cover this incredibly moving song. Anne's version can be found on UA-cam. She has a Joan Baez kind of voice. Sadly, Anne Byrne passed away about 4 years ago in Ireland.

    • @ronheath8865
      @ronheath8865 4 місяці тому

      @@suzannelawson9215 Thanks very much, Suzanne, for the recommendation. I've just had a listen - very beautiful. I've never heard of Anne Byrne and so shall be scouring UA-cam to hear some more - a quick on-line search suggests she may be difficult to track down on CD at least on this side - the Welsh - of the Irish Sea. As well as Joan Baez, I'm getting hints of Mary Black. There's a beautiful version of Farewell, Farewell by her on UA-cam too. Well worth a listen, as is her version of Eric Bogle's My youngest son came home today - now don't get me started on Eric Bogle, I'd be here all day! Apologies if I've strayed into grandmother and egg sucking territory and thanks again for the heads up on Anne Byrne.

    • @TimLake-tg7hg
      @TimLake-tg7hg 3 місяці тому

      Doesn't compare.. And by mentioning it you are attempting to debase this beautiful performance by Pentangle

    • @TimLake-tg7hg
      @TimLake-tg7hg 3 місяці тому

      I also noticed the similarity with 'Farewell Farewell'... I grew up listening to Fairport Convention and Pentangle.. And Traffic.. Jethro Tull, Yes.. List goes on...

  • @carlstrohm6152
    @carlstrohm6152 5 років тому +69

    Several months after discovering this masterpiece by Pentangle I still find myself having to listen at least once a week , its a great audio medicine !

  • @paulguy5368
    @paulguy5368 3 роки тому +134

    The beauty of this song, the spartan (though perfect) musical accompaniment and the absolute purity of Jacqui's voice always brings tears to my eyes. Pentangle were/are one of the most under-rated bands of all time. May this music live forever!

    • @MrBillybooth
      @MrBillybooth Рік тому +2

      Bring's a tear to mine as well. 💖

    • @VilhelmHammershoi1666
      @VilhelmHammershoi1666 9 місяців тому

      I don't think anyone underrated them. They were the best of their genre

    • @paulguy5368
      @paulguy5368 9 місяців тому

      @@VilhelmHammershoi1666 Perhaps I should have clarified by explaining that in Australia, they appeared almost non-existent. Record stores here had albums by Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention etc. but finding Pentangle albums usually proved difficult (unless you went to an import store). We also didn't have video clips of their performances appearing on TV... it was usually just pop stuff (until the later part of the 70s). The only way to find out about them was to read the British music papers (which we got 3 months behind).

  • @EvelynTokamp
    @EvelynTokamp 6 місяців тому +21

    Timelessly brilliant, her voice and the musicians.

  • @thetriggerxp
    @thetriggerxp 2 місяці тому +32

    Like if you are hearing this BANGER in July 2024 !!!

  • @jeffwhitehead7990
    @jeffwhitehead7990 2 роки тому +43

    The collective talent in this band is just colossal.

  • @periodstory1156
    @periodstory1156 Рік тому +28

    As someone born in the mid 80's it amazes me how I continue to discover groups like this.

    • @andrewmurray5542
      @andrewmurray5542 Рік тому

      Long may your musical journey continue. I was born in 1969 and still finding for the first time great music from the 60s and 70s.
      I trust you've discovered Sandy Denny.

  • @dahubbpostal
    @dahubbpostal 6 років тому +151

    I used to watch them at the Troubador nearly every week. Sat on the floor, drank beer and staggered home in bliss .

    • @pascalfroissart3138
      @pascalfroissart3138 5 років тому +10

      Lucky man !

    • @PreyingMantisRanch
      @PreyingMantisRanch 5 років тому +2

      Damn! You old!

    • @speedformercy
      @speedformercy 5 років тому +1

      I envy you

    • @gregdahlen4375
      @gregdahlen4375 5 років тому +7

      At first I thought you might mean the Troubador in Los Angeles, which is quite a famous club here. But then I looked at Wikipedia and saw there is a famous club in London also called the Troubador. I added Pentangle to the list of artists who have played there en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubadour,_London#Artists

    • @thefloorkiller
      @thefloorkiller 5 років тому +5

      There was a lesser known Troubadour club in Bristol

  • @giorgiolamborghini813
    @giorgiolamborghini813 3 роки тому +303

    Jacqui McShee, one of the best British folk voices of all time.💖

    • @cindyj5522
      @cindyj5522 2 роки тому +5

      including a millennium ago

    • @duhusker4383
      @duhusker4383 2 роки тому +8

      I prefer Sandy Denny's voice but Jacqui has a wonderful voice as well.

    • @giorgiolamborghini813
      @giorgiolamborghini813 2 роки тому +17

      @@duhusker4383 Sandy Danny is great too, let's say they have two different voices.

    • @jamesrobert4106
      @jamesrobert4106 2 роки тому +5

      THE best.

    • @barbararenton8009
      @barbararenton8009 Рік тому +3

      Yes! Besides Sandy Denny. It's a great thing of being from the UK and having that great heritage.

  • @charlestwombly3241
    @charlestwombly3241 7 місяців тому +8

    What a lovely voice. What an enchanting song.

  • @ronaldseal5637
    @ronaldseal5637 Рік тому +5

    Saw Jaqui perform locally a week ago. The magic is still there.

    • @CaptainDarrick
      @CaptainDarrick Рік тому +1

      How is she looking ?

    • @ronaldseal5637
      @ronaldseal5637 11 місяців тому +1

      @@CaptainDarrick Not bad for her years. And sounds good too.

    • @CaptainDarrick
      @CaptainDarrick 11 місяців тому +1

      @@ronaldseal5637 Good to know

  • @Vasilivic69
    @Vasilivic69 Рік тому +7

    Just for this to have been recorded for posterity is a gift.

  • @urgulp1554
    @urgulp1554 6 років тому +377

    This band was packed to the gills with talent.

    • @pale_saint
      @pale_saint 5 років тому +5

      loopy Ruane you’re a loony

    • @krautsky
      @krautsky 5 років тому +5

      @@pale_saint the name loopy should be a hint...

    • @porterhall27
      @porterhall27 5 років тому +1

      @loopy Ruane wtf are you on about?

    • @mickigoe
      @mickigoe 5 років тому +11

      The only supergroup that really worked. None was a primadonna. They each was a master and loved music.

    • @CosmicHippopotamus
      @CosmicHippopotamus 5 років тому +14

      @@mickigoe Pentangle had a ton of drama. By Reflection, every band member threatened to leave and Jansch and Renbourn had huge issues staying sober to the extent that they often didn't show up to record. The reason we don't hear about their drama as much is because their audience was niche during their active years.
      I don't know what counts as "worked" but three of the supergroups that Eric Clapton was in produced some of the greatest albums of all time. Led Zeppelin and ABBA are technically supergroups and they both dominated their respective music scenes for a decade.

  • @mlester3001
    @mlester3001 27 днів тому +2

    This song is exquisitely beautiful.

  • @kentholmberg1818
    @kentholmberg1818 9 місяців тому +5

    This is the best performance that Jacqui ever has done in my opinion. Her singing is so beautiful and Danny's bass playing is so special. ❤

  • @allancopland1768
    @allancopland1768 Рік тому +4

    Just sublime. I watched Pentangle play this live and it was every bit as delightful. Bert and his Appalachian Dulcimer was what got me into building them.

  • @Brett.Crealy-kh1sk
    @Brett.Crealy-kh1sk 3 роки тому +4

    My lover (deceased 26yrs) used to sing this to me, it always enchanted & transported me! Such a magical song, bringing back magical memories.. 🏆

  • @virginaray6675
    @virginaray6675 2 роки тому +34

    The king had been a prisoner
    At a prison long in Spain
    And Willie of the Winsbury
    Has lain long with his daughter at home
    "What ails you, what ails you, my daughter Janet
    Why you look so pale and wan
    Have you had any sore sickness
    Or yet been sleeping with a man?"
    "I have not had any sore sickness
    Nor yet been sleeping with a man
    It is for you, my father dear,
    For biding so long in Spain"
    "Cast off, cast off your berry-brown gown
    You stand naked upon the stone
    That I may know you by your shape
    If you be a maiden or none"
    And she's cast off her berry-brown gown
    She stood naked upon the stone
    Her apron was low and her haunches were round
    Her face was pale and wan
    "Was it with a lord or a duke or a knight
    Or a man of birth and fame
    Or was it with one of my serving men
    That's lately come out of Spain?"
    "No it wasn't with a lord nor a duke or a knight
    Nor a man of birth and fame
    But it was with Willie of Winsbury
    I could bide no longer alone"
    The king has called on his merry men all
    By thirty and by three
    Saying "Fetch me this Willie of Winsbury
    For hanged he shall be"
    But when he came the king before
    He was clad all in the red silk
    His hair was like the strands of gold
    His skin was as white as the milk
    "And it is no wonder, " said the king
    "That my daughter's love you did win
    For if I was a woman, as I am a man
    My bedfellow you would have been"
    "Now will you marry my daughter Janet
    By the truth of your right hand?
    Oh will you marry my daughter Janet
    I'll make you lord of my land"
    "Well yes, I'll marry your daughter Janet
    By the truth of my right hand
    Well yes I'll marry your daughter Janet
    But I'll not be the lord of your land"
    He's mounted her on a milk-white steed
    Himself on a dapple grey
    He has made her the lady of as much land
    As she shall ride in a long summer's day
    Source: Musixmatch

  • @scottburghart9278
    @scottburghart9278 Рік тому +21

    The voice of an angel.

  • @k9sandcats268
    @k9sandcats268 Рік тому +14

    What a lovely, sweet voice, and totally unique.

  • @benrutherford4487
    @benrutherford4487 5 років тому +56

    When you start getting visual images of some place you've never been -down to the kind of trees and the feel of the wind blowing through those trees - you know you've heard something special

    • @Oceanmachine27
      @Oceanmachine27 5 років тому +6

      I completely agree. Music is magic. The right song can make you feel like you're travelling through time and space.

    • @JIMIIXTLAN
      @JIMIIXTLAN 4 роки тому +2

      I have been transported to other worlds through the magic of music

    • @heishephaestion4178
      @heishephaestion4178 4 роки тому +3

      Well said, this is the song that connected me with a genre I longed for, but never knew existed..(being a massive fan of ancient britain and a devout user of my imagination)

  • @adriennekraft2381
    @adriennekraft2381 6 років тому +492

    Her voice is magical, so sweet and clear.All of these people are fine musicians. I am so grateful for this posting. Thanks !!

    • @ismadvm
      @ismadvm 4 роки тому +5

      Exactly what I think. I don't understand sufficient English but her voice is so beautiful. I agree with You.

    • @ismadvm
      @ismadvm 4 роки тому +3

      @Fred Smith t hank You very much. Effectively the female voice is too very beautiful.

    • @Trollificusv2
      @Trollificusv2 3 роки тому +6

      You are definitely correct about the musicians, as Bert Jansch, John Renbourne and Danny Thomas are the guitar and bass equivalents of Jacqui's voice. True legends all.

    • @annieduchesne2680
      @annieduchesne2680 3 роки тому +1

      Truth .

    • @annieduchesne2680
      @annieduchesne2680 3 роки тому +1

      This is pure charm of British culture. The authentic folk

  • @omnipotent3443
    @omnipotent3443 4 роки тому +117

    When something sounds so beautiful, and at the same time seems to be preformed so effortless, with so few gizmos - then you start wondering where things went wrong.
    And, this was just one of Oh-so-many great band that existed during this era.
    So much talent, such tremendous skills, so much creativity.
    Glad to have experienced it, and still hoping for a much needed revival of multidimensional music.

    • @nalublackwater9729
      @nalublackwater9729 4 роки тому +5

      Things began to go south when the music industry sells you, not music, but "artists" that the public can lust after.

    • @djtrendsetta5766
      @djtrendsetta5766 3 роки тому +5

      "...then you start wondering where things went wrong."
      Remind me, what year was it that rap started?

  • @THX11382
    @THX11382 3 роки тому +35

    Absolutely enchanting, can't stop playing it! Whoever screamed at 2:15 you are immortalized in a wonderful performance.

    • @davidbeddoe6670
      @davidbeddoe6670 2 роки тому +2

      wolf-whistled*

    • @misteryA555
      @misteryA555 Рік тому +2

      That's funny, I always thought it was a bow sliding too far on the string, but it does sound like a whistle now that you mention it

    • @nk1506
      @nk1506 Рік тому +1

      Jacqui looked none too pleased.

    • @SarahFimm
      @SarahFimm 2 місяці тому

      Sounded a bit like a baby.

  • @TheDavidfallon
    @TheDavidfallon Рік тому +11

    Danny Thompson's bass is uncannily like a human voice resonating and weaving below Jacqui McShee's ethereal head voice. It's sublime...

  • @heishephaestion4178
    @heishephaestion4178 5 років тому +11

    the song that shot me down the unending rabbit hole of British folk at light speed

  • @DaisySage
    @DaisySage 5 років тому +261

    Jacqui McShee helped me to be proud to be a folk singer when I was a young girl and gave me hope that the trad music I was raised on and loved to sing and was starting to compose in Nova Scotia might actually be pretty cool.

    • @jasonedmonds4514
      @jasonedmonds4514 5 років тому +2

      Robyn Carrigan feel the same

    • @PrimeDirective101
      @PrimeDirective101 5 років тому +8

      Your music, then, is a blessing in world where that kind of culture is being swept away with "diversity"

    • @DaisySage
      @DaisySage 5 років тому

      Hmm7& that is so very kind and encouraging.

    • @frankpeter6851
      @frankpeter6851 5 років тому +14

      @@PrimeDirective101
      It's not 'diversity'... It's anarcho-capitalism... An emphasis on looks and record sales. Look at odetta and miriam maceba and mercedes sosa! These musicians would represent diversity... And despite its white-washed presentation, this music by pentangle, as obscure as it is, would be considered quite diverse. It is free-market commercialism that has destroyed musical tastes.

    • @h20-p6g
      @h20-p6g 5 років тому +3

      @@frankpeter6851 easy there.
      Russian Chinese, Afghani etc musicians suffer horribly for their various repressive 'governments of the people', their musical output often altered from intention and it's production drastically limited as a result.
      The increasing mediocrity of western taste has more to do with what people will do when not forced or challenged sufficiently to do better. It's a mark of western ease and success, sadly.
      But the failure here isn't the success that engendered it, just the frailty of a typical human adjustment to it over time.
      And regretable through it may be, it's far preferable to the more heinous symbols of our frailty, like gulags and torture for those who stand out for their exceptional talent.
      This music wouldn't likely exist if not for the very system you disparage, and frankly your tendency to disparage it amidst it's benefits is similarly a frailty- born and enabled as it is by the very success and humanity of the system that gives you the time, license and freedom to mock it for its trouble.
      Try being grateful, it will do you a lot of good.

  • @martinpugh1008
    @martinpugh1008 Рік тому +17

    This song is like the rest of pentangles songs absolutely bloody brilliant and jacqui,s singing is amazing and very beautiful i could listen to her for hours I love it ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @rhysmeyrick615
    @rhysmeyrick615 9 місяців тому +2

    She and they were more than the sum of that band.. a direct line through the 70s and then to a dark time that Shakespeare had imagined.

  • @elrossothematch
    @elrossothematch 3 роки тому +8

    I heard this song years and years ago but only discovered the Pentagle version last night. I'm infatuated.

  • @latent-broadcasting
    @latent-broadcasting 5 років тому +20

    Oh man, this song makes me weep for some reason. It is so beautiful. It gives me nostalgia for a time I've never lived yet I wish it to remain in my memory and never leave it. Why don't we have music like this nowadays? It is so sad indeed

  • @clicheguevara5282
    @clicheguevara5282 Рік тому +5

    After listening to this 1,000 times I've decided that besides the OBVIOUS beauty of the melody, it's the bass that keeps me coming back. As great as the melody is, it would still get old relatively quickly after being repeated so many times. ...but the bass really keeps you interested.

  • @johnsullivan5154
    @johnsullivan5154 7 місяців тому +7

    WONDERFUL!!!!!

  • @AnEnemy100
    @AnEnemy100 2 роки тому +3

    This evokes particular memories of English summer fairs of the 1970s. Playing amongst hay bales, drunk on cider and high on life.

  • @watzinaname7325
    @watzinaname7325 9 місяців тому +3

    I come back to this video like a junkie... it fixes me up...

  • @joannebeauchamp1169
    @joannebeauchamp1169 4 роки тому +9

    Pentangle’s music is absolutely SUBLIME...There is no other word to describe it, especially on a damp and chilly rainy day.
    It’s just so soothing and warming...like a nice, hot cup of coffee or tea. Perfect!

  • @mogret7451
    @mogret7451 Рік тому +5

    what a voice, so beautiful😭

  • @pierregarigue1658
    @pierregarigue1658 Рік тому +14

    In British folk-rock, the Bass hold it all together. This is a pinnacle

  • @terrariorecords
    @terrariorecords 9 місяців тому +2

    this is sublime, i never heard bass like this. No wonder he recorded the colour of spring and other amazing albums!

  • @jays2877
    @jays2877 2 роки тому +9

    Love how the other instruments come in as the song progresses and the life that they add without ever impacting Jacqui's voice.

  • @williamyoung3070
    @williamyoung3070 3 роки тому +11

    Stunningly recorded bass for the time period. And impossible to imagine anyone else playing those notes or playing anything else but upright.

  • @patriciaanndemello4652
    @patriciaanndemello4652 2 роки тому +26

    It's so nice to see someone singing without all the electronic instruments and auto tunes. Pure music.

  • @MelliaBoomBot
    @MelliaBoomBot 5 років тому +24

    29years ago I would listen to Pentangle on vinyl in a caravan in the mountains of north wales..I had mice that would come in and nibble at my pictures, one got killed by a visiting dog called Tree that had been found at Stonhenge. The mouse was climbing up the curtains of my french windows and all of a sudden this fluffy ginger dog just launched herself at this mouse..I've never forgotten that...crazy days.

    • @bobyorke
      @bobyorke 4 роки тому +1

      Mellia Boom Bot only 29 years ago? Have you made an easy mistake for time flying so fast.. .?

    • @baldrbraa
      @baldrbraa 4 роки тому +1

      Sounds about right 😀

    • @RighteousBrother
      @RighteousBrother 3 роки тому +1

      I'm not from Wales, I'm from the south of England, but my heart belongs to North Wales forever.

    • @stuartyd77
      @stuartyd77 5 місяців тому

      😆

  • @ashstubbings2603
    @ashstubbings2603 3 роки тому +1

    Very interesting and quite surreal watching a video from just 2 months before I was born!

  • @pdxman01
    @pdxman01 Місяць тому +1

    A great folk group...Jacqui, Bert Jansch, and John Renbourn Listened to them a ton in the 70's...Amazing!
    Thanks for this!

    • @jane---489
      @jane---489 24 дні тому

      *_Don't forget the beautifully gifted Danny Thompson on double bass ..._*

  • @WNieswandt
    @WNieswandt Рік тому +14

    A tremendous performance! I've been familiar with their sound for over 50 years now, and it's still thrilling to see and hear this fantastic band.

  • @531c
    @531c Рік тому +9

    Just happened upon this. Sweet sweet English music. Played it a dozen times, so harmonious. Beautifully sung and wonderful instrumentsl accompaniment. Made my day.

  • @mikedeman5351
    @mikedeman5351 6 років тому +261

    One of (if not THE) best folk singer that England ever produced. What a pleasure to hear!

    • @moonchildtheking5008
      @moonchildtheking5008 6 років тому +10

      The best along with Fairport and Incredible String Band

    • @freebornjohn6876
      @freebornjohn6876 5 років тому +10

      Certainly the finest voice ever to come out of Catford, I'd wager !

    • @Paulthepsych
      @Paulthepsych 5 років тому

      Wonderful to see live.

    • @TheDevildoc50
      @TheDevildoc50 5 років тому +15

      She's good but she's no Sandy Denney

    • @d.dedrick7991
      @d.dedrick7991 5 років тому

      @@freebornjohn6876 Catford⁉️ Cool, that's where Robin Trower is from, too...🎵🎶🎸

  • @MrSteve_Luddite.
    @MrSteve_Luddite. 9 місяців тому +4

    I'm now obsessed with this song. ❤️

  • @LornaBuchanan-d9y
    @LornaBuchanan-d9y 8 днів тому

    Such a captivating beautiful voice. A sad loss her life ended so young. RIP Judee, your voice lives on in your music.

  • @Scaleyback317
    @Scaleyback317 3 місяці тому +2

    Sat with a little too much mead inside me and looking back over the decades of music I've enjoyed and rediscovered this. Unashamedly dabbing the tears. Need to do the mead and music thing more often I reckon. A happy old man to have been able to stumble upon a gem like this I had long forgotten.

  • @naturalartfilms
    @naturalartfilms Рік тому +8

    Love when the bass kicks in ! Brilliant!

  • @mjanovec
    @mjanovec 3 роки тому +9

    When I first heard this performance, it felt so familiar even though I felt certain I hadn't heard it before. Then it occurred to me that it had the same melody as Fairport Convention's "Farewell Farewell." After doing some further reading, I realized that Fairport's song is based on Willy O Winsbury. I'm so happy to have found this performance. I definitely need to dig deeper into Pentangle's catalog!

    • @richardeblack
      @richardeblack 3 роки тому +3

      Thank you. I was racking my brains trying to remember where I'd heard this melody. I will listen to Sandy's version now with a different appreciation. A beautiful song perfectly performed.

  • @gisborne1847
    @gisborne1847 Рік тому +3

    Astonishingly beautiful.

  • @SlowlySailing-lc1cs
    @SlowlySailing-lc1cs 2 місяці тому +2

    Shure SM57... not exactly sensitive, but so very honest. Perfect for a vocal masterpiece such as this.

  • @invisiblesun9750
    @invisiblesun9750 Рік тому +5

    This vocal is of unmatched beauty

  • @glenndavid8725
    @glenndavid8725 Рік тому +7

    Beautiful voice, beautiful eyes. Amazing performance. 🙏

  • @MairyHinge
    @MairyHinge 5 місяців тому +4

    Music this good, comes only from beautiful souls.

  • @colinfrantz5453
    @colinfrantz5453 Рік тому +5

    The bass is so mesmerizing

  • @thecandidcounterbalance1492
    @thecandidcounterbalance1492 4 роки тому +33

    Everything was creative about the 70s, right down to the camerawork. This was filmed almost 50 years ago, and yet it is rare today to find cinematography that matches the types of extreme close-ups found in shots like at 4:32

  • @2visiondigital
    @2visiondigital 3 роки тому +19

    I keep coming back to this. It may be just about my favorite thing on UA-cam. It is so pure to my ears it must cast a spell. Talent like this is so fine and rare and this performance crosses time. Her performance humbles me to the core, spellbound.

  • @scottfishkind5335
    @scottfishkind5335 5 років тому +19

    I can't even count how many times I've listened to this, it is so incredibly beautiful!!

  • @shuvanidev
    @shuvanidev 5 років тому +26

    This tune and her voice - so clear and beautiful. Mesmerizing.....

  • @brianskinner5711
    @brianskinner5711 5 років тому +53

    The clearest sweetest voice and such fine music with her. I was entranced 40 plus years ago and still get goosebumps when hearing Pentangle.

  • @pinball1970
    @pinball1970 8 місяців тому +1

    This is amazing. Never been a genre i looked into enough, never too late.

  • @EdExploresScotland
    @EdExploresScotland 3 роки тому +10

    Nice to hear some bass buzz. The double bass is an amazing instrument. And the vocals are beautiful. And the guitar player is good too.

    • @Caroline-uz7yq
      @Caroline-uz7yq 3 роки тому +1

      We are talking about Danny Thompson!

  • @huskylovemusic5055
    @huskylovemusic5055 3 роки тому +6

    I love this so much it makes me cry. So beautiful . . . My love pentangle.

  • @pauleaton2018
    @pauleaton2018 5 років тому +5

    I graduated from West Point when this wonderful music was recorded. The kind of music that drives evil away. Lovely.

  • @alfrede.neumann5513
    @alfrede.neumann5513 4 роки тому +5

    How can you not be at peace listening to Pentangle?

  • @ichaffee1
    @ichaffee1 3 роки тому +1

    Although two of the musicians from Pentagle are gone now..their beautiful music will live on

  • @russellharvey6652
    @russellharvey6652 3 роки тому +6

    Love the music, love the band, and I could watch Jaqui`s face for hours.

  • @DjNikGnashers
    @DjNikGnashers 6 років тому +311

    I saw Jacqui McShee's Pentangle last month, she still sounds incredible aged 74. Also, such a humble friendly lady, signed a CD and had a picture taken with me.

    • @richardfaucheraux4873
      @richardfaucheraux4873 5 років тому +7

      Amazing !!!

    • @bootsypoots
      @bootsypoots 5 років тому +8

      Sweeet!

    • @jmashe9949
      @jmashe9949 5 років тому +7

      Loved them since the early recordings...Bert played with Hope Sandaval before his death..Check it out..cheers from minneapolis...brrrrrr..Jon

    • @descartesdonkey4291
      @descartesdonkey4291 5 років тому +4

      she'll treasure

    • @jeanpatrickcheniere7248
      @jeanpatrickcheniere7248 5 років тому +5

      Wizardess of singing skill...
      Very beautiful song and words. A mystery.

  • @trevorohara4070
    @trevorohara4070 Рік тому +3

    Beautiful

  • @joyb5525
    @joyb5525 Рік тому +5

    Gives Sinead O'Connor a run for her money. Adored these guys in the 70's. Crystal clear, sane and pure. What a culture is herein needed in this dark world.

  • @jmrivera5390
    @jmrivera5390 3 роки тому +2

    Stunning. Heaven--set. What an anguished tale.

  • @33Donner77
    @33Donner77 9 місяців тому +2

    Had records of that music genre by various groups, including Pentangle. Beautiful, sometimes haunting music.