VOCES8, Sibéal - Traditional: Carrickfergus (Arr. Pacey)
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- čas přidán 9. 01. 2019
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Feat. Sibéal
Music video by Voces8, Sibéal performing Traditional: Carrickfergus (Arr. Pacey). © 2019 Decca Music Group Limited - Hudba
Anyone else coming back to listen to this for the 50th time? Or am I the only one? Hands down one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard.
**EDIT:** Make that 100. I cannot help myself. I get goosebumps EVERY TIME. There are no words.
Can't get enough of it!
Me too
100th time!
43rd time for me
yes
Whenever I see one notification from Voces 8 it's an invitation like: "Hey, wanna cry a lil bit?"
Totally agree.
For this song, it's more like, "Hey, wanna cry a whole lot?"
Yesss
Oh yes, I understand.
I know right😂😂😂😂
Is it just me or does the soloist have one of the most unique, distinct voices ever?
Who is she?
@@jordanhoyle577 She’s called Sibéal. She sings traditional Irish folk. Search her her CZcams, there’s lots for her.
As well as being stunningly beautiful.
@@jordanhoyle577 Her name can be thought of as a Celtic version of "Isabelle."
It is Sean-nós, a traditional Irish singing style. Dolores O'Riordan, the singer of The Cranberries, used that as well.
"But the sea is deep love
And I can't swim over"
Crushes me every time.
Beautiful.... If they don't play this at my funeral, I'm not going...
The underlying bass support is amazing ... never intrusive but strong ... contrasted with the women's voices, it just resonates. I must have listened 20 times to this already and it never gets old.
Oh, Yes... and the seemingly altered chord at the end is delicious for we jazz cats....
Celtic language changes the entire emotion of the music. When music finds "home", there is no better sound and your heart knows it has arrived
I am reminded of a saying my father told me when I was a young boy: "For God hath made the Celts mad, for all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad"
That's a quote from GK Chesterton.
your father obviously hadn't heard the seaweed song. czcams.com/video/3iRfI1ezYjA/video.html
To be exact, it's "For the great Gaels of Ireland/are the men that God made mad;/ For all their wars are merry / and all their songs are sad." As D.S. says, it's Chesterton. :)
i´m from argentina but completly love with all celtic irish gaelilge culture,even i went to the beautiful green island and also here at patagonia, the lenguage is very conserved with the comunity. loveeee young people in ireland conserving it ! - ERIN GO BRAGH
@@lordfreerealestate8302 Thanks for the reference :) I was about 10 or so when he told me that, and it always stuck with me for some reason
I have no idea why, but when she sings "I'm seldom drunk, though I'm never sober / A handsome rover from town to town" it feels so mournful it makes my heart clench.
The next few lines are about their death...
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Ah ya. Normal like.
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Rebirth
Well...that's me in a snivelling heap, on the floor. This is beyond beauty.
I really can't stop coming back to this beautiful harmony. Albeit an understatement, what a phenomenal performance.
One VOCES8 video simply leads to another. It's very hard to stop. x
This is beyond beautiful. Voces8 should do an entire album of Irish songs with Sibéal. I would love them to do the bilingual version of ' Mná na hÉireann' together. Kate Bush, an English woman with an Irish mother, sang a much lauded totally Irish version of this song many years ago. I think an even more beautiful version awaits.
I agree. I, too, would like to hear that.
That down-glissando in the end is absolute perfection.
beautiful 😢 one of the best versions . she is also an angel❤
She's such a perfection
Never heard them before but lord the lead singer is not only exquisitely beautiful but she has the voice of a Goddess
I'd marry anyone of them
the "Lead" singer, Sibeal, of whom you speak is not a regular member of Voces8 but a soloist who specializes in this style of music. Voces8 in their own right are so amazing. They don't really have a "lead" singer and they swap out the melody in many of their pieces. Listen to "May It Be" and "Lux Aeterna (Nimrod)" to hear their sound without Sibeal. It's surreal.
How the heck did the soloist mimic the warbling tones of the uillean pipes so beautifully?!?
She has incredible pitch control on every interval and those fast turns she sings are just amazing!
This simply displays my ignorance. Being trained as a barbershopper, it kinda drove me nuts; I was thinking "for the love of all that's good, just hit the note!". Well, this realization just added to the beauty. Thanks!
Pure talent.
She is a Séan Nós singer. That is a special singing technique.
@@anneguntert1566 Never knew this term until just now. Thank you.
I've come to the conclusion that Gaelic is the most beautiful language, especially when sung, Not even Italian can beat it.
O I wish I was back in wonderful Ireland, The land of a thousand smiles and a nature that is so beautiful! To the Irish people: May the road rise to meet you, may the wind always be at your back,may the sun shine warm upon your face, the rain fall soft upon your fields, and until we meet again,may God hold you in the palm of His hand.
Thank you, Lord, for creating such talented sons and daughters.
Amen. We are blessed.
@@macseanchaidhe4263 amen brother
I think you'll find it's a result of her hard work and application.
@@Tinker1950agreed, don't put off hard work for sole talent.
I simply cannot get enough of this. It is stunningly beautiful and I keep coming back to it.
I love when she pronounce the traditional languange, it's chillin' me.
The whole thing was incredible but the liquid gold bass at the end was unreal
Agree! And the talent of the bass (Jonathan Pacey) as an arranger is on display here too.
@@ozzy0616 The arranger is Joshua Pacey, brother of Jonathan Pacey (bass singer of Voces8)
Quite the tone
Said perfectly.. “liquid gold bass” Johnathan Pacey is absolutely amazing
Indeed!
I cry with emotion every time I hear this version, it transports to another world. Thank you Sibeal and Voces8 for being so huge, everyone. Immense greetings from Argentina!!! 🇦🇷🇦🇷
I know no better way of helping me lower high shoulders and stress than listening to this beautiful music performed buy so skilled voices! I keep going back to watch/listen to this often, and it keeps fresh and makes me feel relaxed and hopeful for the world. I mean, a world containing this can´t be going all the way to hell ;-)
Für mich ist diese Gruppe Entschleunigung im Alltag und in unserer Welt voller Probleme und Stress
I'm in love with her voice. Especially at 3:20 they way she sings "from town to town". I wish I knew someone who could sing like that, but the search goes on
Visit one of the Gaeltacht (Irish speaking) districts of Ireland where this style of singing, Sean Nos is practised. I couldn't guarantee you'd find anyone as good as Sibeal but you will find lots of potential candidates.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaeltacht
The bass is incredible. What beautiful harmony to supplement the lovely soloist. Such an amazing group of singers.
It's unbelievably beautiful! ❤ I cannot stop listening to it.....
I feel like I am now a better person because this has touched my ears...
And eyes. (?)
Q-tips touch the ears. This music touches the soul.
I felt I was listening to a choir of angels, so beautiful
In tears! This is what music is supposed to sound like! Stunning!
Jonathan's final note is just stunning!
This is a clear example of PERFECTION.
Superb Siebéal as always. If you haven't already watch her song Mna na hEireann, truly incredible!
A stunning performance from the incredible Sibéal and the sublime Voces8, with an arrangement that does both justice.
This arrangement has passed effortlessly between each beat of my heart and now resides deep within the inner sanctum of my very soul.
She looks and sings like an angel:-)
With her exquisite voice and haunting, lilting style, Sibeal sings absolutely beautifully and VOCES8 fits around her like a gorgeous velvet glove. What a combined sound!
We can never say all.
My God my body in shocks whenever I listen to those brilliant voices...
Sibeal is absolutely stunning, full of grace. Wow.
God bless everyone
1:27 though. God that note punched me in the heart, she sang it beautifully
I find myself returning to this video more and more these days.
Sweet Jesus that’s beautiful.
THAT was heartbreakingly beautiful.
Melancholic and beautiful 🌺
Sean nos at the heart of this sound is a truly Irish ☘️ sound
how lucky am I , that I get to sit at home in my custom built media room and listen to this over and over and over ......it's like being in another dimension
The lyrics:
CHORUS: I wish I was in Carrickfergus
I wish I was in Carrickfergus
Is fada ón áit seo go Baile Uí Chuain
Sailing over the deep blue waters
I ndiaidh mo ghrá geal is í ag ealó uaim.
For the seas are deep, love, and I can’t swim over
And neither have I wings to fly,
I wish I met with a handy boatman,
Who'd ferry over my love and I.
[Chorus]
Tá an fuacht ag teacht is an teas ag tréigint
An tart ní féidir liom féin é do chlaoi,
Is go bhfuil an leabhar orm ó Shamhain go Fébur
Is ní bheidh sí reidh liom go Féil’ Mhichíl;
I’m seldom drunk though I’m never sober!
A handsome rover from town to town.
But now I am dead and my days are over
Come Molly, a stóirín, now lay me down!
[Chorus]
Thanks!
Another version: I wish I was in Carrickfergus Only for nights in Ballygrand I would swim over the deepest ocean The deepest ocean for my love to find But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over Neither have I wings to fly If I could find me a handsome boatsman To ferry me over to my love and die My childhood days bring back sad reflections Of happy times spent so long ago My childhood friends and my own relations Have all passed on now like melting snow But I'll spend my days in endless roaming Soft is the grass, my bed is free Ah, to be back now in Carrickfergus On that long road down to the sea I'll spend my days in endless roaming Soft is the grass, my bed is free But I am sick now, and my days are numbered Come all you young men and lay me down
Thank you!! Was looking for this.
@@natanmonsores My childhood days also bring back sad reflections. I feel you
Thanks for writing the lyrics out! I suspect that the Scottish and Irish traditional musicians were taking inspiration from each other. The song The water is wide (The Seekers did a great version) has some lyrics in the beginning that are quite similar.
Brings tears to my eyes every time i watch this. and ive watched it about 50 times, such a beautiful voice.❤
Same here, bro!
je. n ai jamais. entendu. de. telles. voix. la. justesse ; l intonation. est. tellement. impressionnante c est. magnifique. !!!!!!!! i. need KLEENEX. so. nice. music. .....
I think this is the most beautiful thing I've heard this year.
Saw this on a TV channel and found this!!! I'm glad I could watch this on CZcams ❤❤❤
This song beautifully resonates with my soul. I am touched and amazed.
This is one of the most balanced singing groups I have ever heard. Each individual singer could probably do a solo album (SATB... doesn't matter) and be a hit. They blend superbly and if you hear something stand out, it's because they intended it to do so. I don't know who the music director is, but he or she is a master.
I am captured by this stunningly beautiful music. It is like stepping into heaven, if just for a short while. 3:56
The Musical Director is Barnaby Smith (Countertenor) standing 3rd from the right in the group.
i´m from argentina but completly love with all celtic irish gaelilge culture,even i went to the beautiful green island and also here at patagonia, the lenguage is very conserved with the comunity. loveeee young people in ireland conserving it ! - ERIN GO BRAGH
Music for the world indeed!
I cried. Such unbelievably beautiful music. Powerful.
I wish I was in Carrickfergus too.
Ba mhaith liom trasna na n-aigéan chun Sibéal Ní Chaside a fheiceáil agus a chloisteáil. Tá sí álainn agus angelic!
Thnx to youtube i came to this beautifull song today.. pushed the replay button 10 times allready now.
I just went through a few other versions of this, including Joan Baez. All heartfelt and wonderful. But this arrangement…and the voices…so pure.
she looks and sings like an angel
WE get to hear them live in 3 weeks, and I can't wait!! Their Ave Maria just made me cry. But happy tears at such beautiful music.
where are you?
I don't know how I've been listening to choir music for years but am just finding you guys...truly sublime...thank you for the soothing!!
What a great way to wake up in the morning and find this masterpiece to listen to...
I come back to this time after time to relish in its beauty. Thank you!
I'm always amazed, they open their mouths and this just comes out.
So relaxed when I hear their voices
2:18 twisting her foot is so adorable
This is truly breathtaking from start to finish. Brought me to tears and the last few chords gave my physical chills. Stunning!
This is about as close to Angels as we can get
difficult not to just conclude "perfection"
The Basses are the stars here... beautiful as it all is..
Without a doubt, one of the most breathtaking songs I’ve heard in years. I love how simply it was presented and sung, and how richly the arrangement treated the chords. Soloist style is not like anything I’ve heard and perfect for this arrangement. That final bass note in the final chord melts me to the floor. I’ll listen to this again and again. Thank you!
Síbeal is a fluent Irish speaker and she sings Sean Nós style arrangements....You should check out her rendition of Mise Eire it's brilliant.
I totally agree. I love the way the soloist sings, and that bass note at the end is just so incredible it's difficult to describe.
God reminds us that angels can still be angelic.
Nothing like a song and performance like this to restore faith in mankind, or otherwise feel it was all worth it.
Hay voces que todavía nos permiten confiar en el ser humano.
I feel my soul relaxing to the sound of their music.
What a charming voices......
I keep coming back to this. What magic.
This hits home
Gorgeous. But I've come to expect nothing less from Voces8.
How can any sane human being dislike this?
Not possible. Just shows the level of insanity or nastiness of some..
@@whatsina1 Either that, or the frequency to which this kind listens to hip-hop
How can any sane human expect there to be more than 10% sane people around? (anywhere) #deepLove
This unusual singing technique comes naturally to the Irish people.....We take it for granted.....it evolved over many, many centuries...
You'll be telling me I can sing next mick
@@Minime163hahaha ur so funny from a mick in Dublin 32🇮🇪🇪🇺
Absolutely perfect. Thank you so much.
Absolutely beautiful!
This is the most beautiful song ever sung.
Wonderful, magical voices; thank you so much Voces 8!
Adore this.
Exquisitely beautiful and a stunning performance. Ethereal.
Oh my word! Beautiful.
Absolutely wonderful
Utterly beautiful
When I bought CD "Enchanted Isle", this piece has been very impressive.
It resonates to my heart!
Angelic. Thank you. Beautiful.
stunning!!
That's incredible! I Love the VOCES8
Simply stunning.
It was total enjoyment to listen! Thanks,many thanks!
what wonderful voices just beautiful!