At the Battle of Maldon - Michael Kelly - (Rosalind Jehanne cover)

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  • @BardMichaelKelly
    @BardMichaelKelly  2 місяці тому +1

    Update for folks interested in the MP3 - Just added it to the Shop page over on my Patreon. Here's the Shop link:
    www.patreon.com/MichaelKelly/shop
    Or for a link that takes you directly to the song so you don't have to search around for it:
    www.patreon.com/MichaelKelly/shop/at-battle-of-maldon-rosalind-jehanne-590869?source=storefront
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    If you're interested in multiple songs and want to save money, I also have MP3's available bundled into 5-song EP's for about 30% off.
    Also, be sure to buy directly through the Patreon store page, rather than through iOS. Apple charges you a markup of up to 50% more for using the app, and NONE of that extra cost goes to support the artist.

  • @philippetersen5687
    @philippetersen5687 4 роки тому +110

    Second only to 'The Song of Roland'!

    • @foxfriends8072
      @foxfriends8072 4 роки тому +8

      Just listened to that one!

    • @rhondareed3002
      @rhondareed3002 3 роки тому +4

      I rank this one ahead of Roland!

    • @snubbles9991
      @snubbles9991 3 роки тому +3

      Yea I know, he does a great job with these songs.

  • @maritesmacapagal101
    @maritesmacapagal101 6 років тому +90

    This is so underrated

  • @oldboy977
    @oldboy977 6 років тому +90

    Such a Noble song that you have imbued with great spirit! Well done!! I hope you continue to make such songs.

    • @BardMichaelKelly
      @BardMichaelKelly  6 років тому +36

      Thanks so much :) The lion's share of the credit must go to Rosalind Jehanne, the talented lady that wrote the song. But I'm pleased to have done it some justice.

    • @oldboy977
      @oldboy977 6 років тому +3

      ua-cam.com/video/RX7OBQbrGdU/v-deo.html
      Have you considered covering this song also? Another Saxon epic from one of the people on the Shavasue channel. I think you could do a great job at it!

  • @imtired9395
    @imtired9395 2 роки тому +36

    Any man who is not moved by the act of charging into certain death in defense of a virtuous ideal you truly love is no true man.

    • @petermcallister107
      @petermcallister107 5 місяців тому +2

      As a military historian I remember a classical hoplite write this "my fine sheild,now some Corinthian owns it,no matter,I'll buy another".
      That's from memory so maybe not exact words.

    • @dennishartmann6838
      @dennishartmann6838 4 місяці тому

      Kind of ironic that this logical fallacy of creating a goal post for "a true man" is called "no true scotsman" given the context of this song ;)

  • @lordofshadows9645
    @lordofshadows9645 Рік тому +8

    The lord of maldon led a charge against the danish forses led by jarl sigurd Ragnarson. However when the lord of maldon an individual named byrhtnoth was struck down by a spear. Hus theghns and raised fyrd rather than flee charged the Danish in an effort to avenge their liege. It was an unfortunate saxon defeat that day.

  • @WildCar13
    @WildCar13 11 місяців тому +3

    Hope this and Song of Roland eventually make it on to an album.

  • @Tom_Quixote
    @Tom_Quixote 5 років тому +52

    Beautiful. I feel there's a lot of the spirit of the British Isles in this song. In addition to the lyrics, I definitely 'sense' this story is not told from the viewpoint of the Vikings. "Ofermode" is readily understood in Danish even today.

    • @lordofshadows9645
      @lordofshadows9645 Рік тому +3

      Aye this is a song of the Saxons of mercia! Fighting the sons of ragnar at maldon.

    • @aaronhanks2547
      @aaronhanks2547 Місяць тому

      He sings about standing steadfast and staunch against the vikings. So yeah probably not.

  • @Skylarynn
    @Skylarynn 3 роки тому +22

    Over the song you can really hear his ardor build as he starts to growl some of the lyrics - this song is so good!

  • @FlagrantJelly
    @FlagrantJelly 2 місяці тому +2

    Very few songs can move me to tears, but this is one of them 😢

  • @wintersking4290
    @wintersking4290 2 місяці тому +2

    This moves my heart, why are the tales of old so powerful?

  • @GregoriusTheBrown
    @GregoriusTheBrown 3 роки тому +14

    This is fantastic. Just a note on your description, though: The Battle of Maldon, the poem, was originally in Old English, not Middle English. If it were Middle English, that translation I had to do in grad school would not have been anywhere near as grueling. That being said, this interpretation really captures the spirit of Anglo-Saxon culture and the Old English poem. Anyway, awesome song. Subscribed.

  • @LLO227
    @LLO227 3 роки тому +4

    Who else is ready to for the Battlefield after hearing this masterpiece!!!! Courage restored!!!

  • @tomcroteau6034
    @tomcroteau6034 5 років тому +17

    I love this song. Good job. I have been listening to it on repeat the past few days.

  • @athanasiosfoteinos7082
    @athanasiosfoteinos7082 2 роки тому +7

    Epic, Heroic and Inspiring. It touches the heart of people with soul and guts.

  • @dominiquepemberton3935
    @dominiquepemberton3935 3 роки тому +7

    *Buckles swordbelt with Anglo-Saxon intentions*

  • @erikf1255
    @erikf1255 4 роки тому +11

    If I were to fight and die in a battle I'd want you to tell my story.

  • @afc85
    @afc85 4 роки тому +7

    Haha I'm so addicted to this tune. My mates think I'm a bit strange when I'm blasting your epic voice 🤣🤣🤣👌👌👌👌

  • @Flybabyfish
    @Flybabyfish 4 роки тому +3

    Makes me feel like I'm in a tavern sipping on something warm, or around a blazing magnificent fire with a great crowd of people!

  • @FromThePurpleHouse
    @FromThePurpleHouse 4 роки тому +10

    What an exquisite voice!

  • @LLO227
    @LLO227 3 роки тому +3

    OMG!!! I never wanna hear another song ever again!!! This song shall remain on Repeat 🔄🔄🔄🔄 until thine words are embedded to memory 🎶!!!

  • @Asriksrava
    @Asriksrava 6 років тому +10

    Gods this is amazing. Bought your CDs a while ago and as soon as I can afford I'll sign up for your patreon

  • @sergeyandriets2966
    @sergeyandriets2966 5 років тому +14

    Masterpiece

  • @psalm91rdwlkfpgrl
    @psalm91rdwlkfpgrl 4 роки тому +8

    Thank you for including lyrics in the description

  • @ScotchLizardman
    @ScotchLizardman 5 років тому +11

    I thoroughly enjoy songs like this. Well done

  • @saraferreira9607
    @saraferreira9607 6 років тому +10

    Gave me goosebumps! Loved it

  • @Kyo-gca
    @Kyo-gca 6 років тому +9

    Amazing.

  • @CasperTheRamKnight
    @CasperTheRamKnight Рік тому +2

    Amazing

  • @weronikapatena2569
    @weronikapatena2569 Рік тому +1

    Amazing performance, thank you!!

  • @winkleried
    @winkleried 5 років тому +6

    DAYUM !!!!

  • @mmcaog
    @mmcaog 5 років тому +7

    Brilliant :)

  • @LLO227
    @LLO227 3 роки тому +1

    So soothing 😌 😴 ☺ ✨!!! Well done Sir!!! A Trillion Thank yous and all honors 🎖 given.

  • @thegreatselkie6009
    @thegreatselkie6009 Рік тому +2

    ❤❤❤

  • @AmerikancaEnglish
    @AmerikancaEnglish 3 місяці тому +1

    beautiful.

  • @Flybabyfish
    @Flybabyfish 4 роки тому +2

    This is an absolute masterpiece!!!

  • @rhondareed3002
    @rhondareed3002 3 роки тому +1

    This is my favorite song and rendition :)

  • @alizaellner3696
    @alizaellner3696 Рік тому

    I keep expecting the refrain to turn into Queen of Argyle 😆 Rousing song!

  • @MagicalReflectionPondCamera
    @MagicalReflectionPondCamera 9 місяців тому

    Love it!!

  • @angelocraft7241
    @angelocraft7241 4 роки тому +7

    👏👏👏

  • @rhondareed3002
    @rhondareed3002 3 роки тому +5

    Michael, I love that drum. What is it called?

    • @BardMichaelKelly
      @BardMichaelKelly  3 роки тому +4

      It's a bodhran (pronounced 'bow-rawn' - like the bow of a ship), though a bit of an odd design for one. If a bodhran is tunable, usually the screws/pegs are on the inside of the drum rim, rather than on the outside like this one has.

  • @cthulhu1797
    @cthulhu1797 4 роки тому +10

    Story time:
    I was playing for honor as a warden, with another random warden by my side. The other team was full of vikings. Our team was breaking and we were the only ones left, and yet we fought their team off twice before we died. Rest in peace, GrImReApEr77. You were the best damn soldier I've had the honor of fighting beside.

    • @TtvGreyDracoKing
      @TtvGreyDracoKing 3 роки тому +1

      You're welcome buddy

    • @cthulhu1797
      @cthulhu1797 3 роки тому +1

      @Jared Larkin The dead don't care, douchebag. Why do you?

    • @cthulhu1797
      @cthulhu1797 3 роки тому

      @Jared Larkin And I'm 16, so you just insulted a kid. Good job, Jackass.

    • @cthulhu1797
      @cthulhu1797 3 роки тому

      @Jared Larkin Really? What the fuck is wrong with you? I give you my age and you continue on with your BS. Are you a troll or are you just that much of an insecure POS that you have to talk shit about a 16 yo online. This is the world we live in, huh? An (I'm assuming) adult insulting a minor. Wow.

    • @cthulhu1797
      @cthulhu1797 3 роки тому

      @Jared Larkin Or do you just have nothing better to do with your time than go into the comment section and type some bullshit to random people? Is that what you find fun?

  • @BoiseG
    @BoiseG 3 роки тому +1

    That was awesome. Loved it!

  • @nykolairifo8612
    @nykolairifo8612 3 роки тому +1

    THIS. this is the voice the Nord hear walking to sovngarde

  • @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy
    @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy 4 роки тому +1

    The Moment is counting.

  • @joaquindominguezarduengo7298
    @joaquindominguezarduengo7298 3 роки тому +1

    Loved it!

  • @nykolairifo8612
    @nykolairifo8612 3 роки тому +1

    briilliant

  • @demonxkiller1
    @demonxkiller1 4 роки тому +3

    Would you sing songs like Jenny of Oldstone or the Rains of Castamere from Game of Thrones?

    • @BardMichaelKelly
      @BardMichaelKelly  4 роки тому +2

      Not familiar with Jenny of Oldstone, but I've already covered the Rains of Castamere. It was one of the earlier ones that I did for the channel, back before I upgraded my equipment.
      ua-cam.com/video/0PGR7b0V8Zg/v-deo.html

    • @centurion7993
      @centurion7993 Рік тому

      @@BardMichaelKellyJenny of oldstones is a song from GoT about the summerhall tragedy if I recall, it is quite good

  • @LLO227
    @LLO227 3 роки тому +1

    One day we'll be able to Tattoo this song on our Celestial mp3s...oh wait ✋ 🎶 💕 done!!! October 1st 2021

  • @PaladinDusty
    @PaladinDusty 9 місяців тому

    I've been practicing this. I wanted to make it my own, but I keep finding myself mimicking your timbre without meaning to.

  • @TheHugSlug
    @TheHugSlug 6 років тому +6

    I wish he’d come to the Ohio Renaissance Festival

  • @positrondecay4784
    @positrondecay4784 4 роки тому +4

    Michael Kelly
    Race: human
    Class: Level 20 Bard

  • @februus6460
    @februus6460 3 роки тому +1

    cool

  • @wor53lg50
    @wor53lg50 6 місяців тому

    Sounds beautiful with the Norfolk sea shanty style...brings this auld Angle in Mercia to reminisce of my Ancestors...

  • @jacquelinecadwgan4633
    @jacquelinecadwgan4633 4 роки тому +1

    Not sure how I got here.... but what Kingdom are you from?

    • @BardMichaelKelly
      @BardMichaelKelly  4 роки тому +1

      Kingdom of An Tir, specifically in the principality of Tir Righ (An Tir is a pretty big place).

    • @jacquelinecadwgan4633
      @jacquelinecadwgan4633 4 роки тому +1

      @@BardMichaelKelly Thanks - I was looking at your workmens songs and then others , after this I found more easily identified SCA stuff you have released. I am in Lochac. If you ever make it down this way, let me know :-), I am loving your opus

  • @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy
    @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy 4 роки тому +1

    Fight, a Price is there.
    Friends, Comrades, People, Brothers and Sisters. ☝️☺

  • @jawersneiderrojasalvarez2692
    @jawersneiderrojasalvarez2692 2 роки тому

    Hi, could someone share with me this the song lyrics
    ?

    • @BardMichaelKelly
      @BardMichaelKelly  2 роки тому +1

      The lyrics are in the video info. Click on 'SHOW MORE', and scroll down. :)

  • @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy
    @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy 4 роки тому +1

    Die(se) (that) Musik ist wunderschön. ☺

  • @ricobaganz4285
    @ricobaganz4285 2 роки тому

    Could you do a Version of this for the brave defenders of Ukrain?

    • @centurion7993
      @centurion7993 Рік тому +1

      This is a song of the Anglo-saxons which he is covering, rather than original, though I reckon that sounds like a great song idea
      P.S. this song was originally written in old English and then translated, so it is quite old

    • @ricobaganz4285
      @ricobaganz4285 Рік тому

      @@centurion7993 i know but i am a bad writer - otherwise i would do it on my own

  • @tomcroteau6034
    @tomcroteau6034 5 років тому +8

    Also, have you ever tried standing up when you sing? I think it might open up your diaphragm a little bit and encourage a little more liveliness in your performance. I hope that doesn't sound like I'm nagging. I've just noticed that a bit of an "active body" can tend to lead to a more active performance.
    Again, sorry if that is an unwanted criticism. It's just something that I was thinking about as I listened to your song.

  • @jazminhanes6547
    @jazminhanes6547 2 роки тому +1

    It's soo disappointing to know that the Saxons lost

    • @foundationofBritain
      @foundationofBritain Рік тому +1

      'English' not 'Saxon', the Battle of Maldon was, what?, six decades and four years or there abouts, after the unification of England in 927... So they were English, not 'Saxon', also modern spoken English is from the old Mercian dialect, not west Saxon... so, if any thing, 'Anglian' would be more better name to call the English than 'Saxon'.

    • @centurion7993
      @centurion7993 Рік тому

      @@foundationofBritainthe men at the battle were Anglo-Saxons of Mercia, both Anglo-Saxon and English apply to this period as it is pre 1066

  • @huejjasol8080
    @huejjasol8080 2 роки тому +1

    I've heard the original this version was better

  • @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy
    @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy 4 роки тому +1

    Bin jetzt auch auf Twitter.
    Morgen kommt da ein mega guter Tweet. ☝🙂
    Könnt also gespannt sein. Hehe, super.

  • @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy
    @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy 4 роки тому +1

    🇩🇪 Sehr gut, 👍

  • @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy
    @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy 4 роки тому +1

    This is yet. Still underrated. Yeah.

  • @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy
    @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy 4 роки тому +1

    1000 Years Friends, and Comrades. Original all

  • @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy
    @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy 4 роки тому

    Sing with You

  • @MagicalReflectionPondCamera
    @MagicalReflectionPondCamera 9 місяців тому

    Bardcore!

  • @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy
    @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy 4 роки тому +2

    Saxon, Saxon, Saxon ! ! !

  • @YeomanLocksly
    @YeomanLocksly 3 роки тому

    Most of the Saxons fled, can you blame them? Only that dolt's personal retinue faught to the death.

    • @centurion7993
      @centurion7993 Рік тому

      They still charged in an attempt to avenge their lord, they only broke and routed after giving the Vikings a good thrashing

  • @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy
    @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy 3 роки тому +1

    Am also "the king of kings", Mohammed, the messanger of God.
    Am, were als Merlin, many ather livetimes, in eternity.
    The last war comes.

  • @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy
    @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy 4 роки тому

    🇩🇪 The traitors of Europe managed to get all of you, to leave us. But I will never give up and fight for Europe to be the country of Europeans and for you to be there again.
    🇪🇺

    • @alexmag342
      @alexmag342 4 роки тому +2

      Silence indoctrinate, europe is not a country, and Britain and all European nations are sovereign and owe no loyalty to the parasitic Judas controled EU bureucrats.
      Death to the globalist EU

  • @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy
    @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy 4 роки тому

    Versuche die Kontrolle, über dich selbst zu behalten.

  • @pastnastification69
    @pastnastification69 4 роки тому +2

    Damn that opening drum I just can't fuckin get it DAMNIT I SHALL INVADE ALL OF EUROPE!