Windborne - The Terror Time (Ewan MacColl) - Mont Saint Michel

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  • čas přidán 24. 05. 2020
  • The video was taken on an iPhone with no effects in the incredible refectory of Mont-Saint-Michel in France. The sound is simply incredible.
    Filmed by Tasha Carter-Gordon
    Instagram & TikTok: @WindborneSingers • / windbornesingers
    / windborne • Sptfy.com/Windborne • WindborneSingers.com
    Windborne@WindborneSingers.com
    The political seeps in around the edges in this Ewan MacColl song about the coming of winter, or the "Terror Time," as it was known by the Scottish Travelers he worked with while writing his 1964 album, The Traveling People. For us, it brings to mind for us all those who go without a permanent home.
    The Terror Time
    By Ewan MacColl
    Arranged by Windborne
    Featured on our album OF HARD TIMES & HARMONY www.windbornesingers.com/prod...
    The heather will fade and the bracken will die
    Streams will run cold and clear.
    And the small birds will be going,
    And it’s then that you will be knowing
    That the Terror Time is near.
    Where will you turn now and where will you bide
    Now that the work’s all done?
    For the farmer doesn’t need you
    And the Council will not heed you,
    And the Terror Time has come.
    The woods give no shelter, and the trees are all bare
    Snow’s falling all around.
    And the children they are crying
    For the bed on which they are lying
    Is frozen to the ground.
    The frost won’t lift and the stove won’t draw,
    There’s ice in the water churn,
    In the mud and snow you’re sloshing
    Trying to do your bit of washing
    And the kindling won’t burn.
    When you need the warmth of your own human kind,
    You pull near a town, but then
    They say, the sight of you’s offending,
    And the police they are sending…
    And you’re on the road again.
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Komentáře • 100

  • @DanFrechette
    @DanFrechette Před rokem +13

    These folks should be headlining every folk music festival.

  • @vaughnmacphail4073
    @vaughnmacphail4073 Před rokem +30

    Please do a full CD of this type of music...haunting, beautiful and somehow bringing peace. The echoes in the church lend such power to your voices.

  • @sandramorey2529
    @sandramorey2529 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Thank you, Ewan MacColl. This is so appropriate for our 2024.

  • @meycoe
    @meycoe Před měsícem

    Can't stop playing this! 😮

  • @jeannewallace7590
    @jeannewallace7590 Před rokem +12

    If I had been lucky enough to listen to you there I would’ve cried. Such a beautiful song so beautifully sung.

  • @TheValkyrie18
    @TheValkyrie18 Před 3 lety +24

    This just gets rid of like 95% of my anxiety. This is amazing.

  • @stephstratos
    @stephstratos Před 3 lety +11

    Found you from tiktok! Beautiful!

  • @jonathanivelaw-chapman5940

    You were so fortunate as singing is not normally permitted. Who in their right mind would have stopped you - thank you for taking the time and love

  • @barbaraberg7406
    @barbaraberg7406 Před 3 lety +9

    My heart is stopped , hurting & joyous @ the same time !

  • @TorchwoodPandP
    @TorchwoodPandP Před 3 lety +21

    Music is the language of the heart... loved your Stabat Mater!

  • @fernandalopes5025
    @fernandalopes5025 Před 3 lety +23

    Dear Lord, you guys are amazing! Never stop singing

  • @sandramorey2529
    @sandramorey2529 Před 3 měsíci

    I am a new fan. I have all the Noelle Sing We Clear albums your dad made, Ms. Breunig. Great big fan of John and Tony. I just finished listening to Recollections/revolutions CD borrowed from a friend who got to go to the Berkeley concert recently. I couldn't go as I no longer can drive at night. I love that you included "Few Days" from the CA gold rush and "Which side are you on?" one of the early union songs and the tune to Johnny O Braideslee with new words. It is originally pretty radical about a poacher in the king's forest. Those songs were highly political in the 18rh century-where poachers were hanged, transported to the colonies or imprisoned. Ewan Mccall recorded some ofthese songs on one of his many ballad albums. I would like the lyrics and liner notes for Recollctions/Revolutions but they are not available on the website yet.

  • @keithklein315
    @keithklein315 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Vibration and sound lifted up as above so below .....whenever two or more are gathered in my name....their is love , God is love

  • @TWardMedia
    @TWardMedia Před 3 lety +14

    The husband and wife in the background had me 🥺

  • @chriswilliams6944
    @chriswilliams6944 Před 3 měsíci

    Stunning.

  • @josephwhittaker6441
    @josephwhittaker6441 Před 3 lety +20

    Hello, I found your beautiful voices on the first nearly-warm day after 3 weeks of deadly Terror Time cold. We were the coldest place on earth, but today I saw robins again, and tonight, I found you. Tomorrow promises to be as warm as +2c, and I'm not ungrateful for it either.
    Some things, like the Terror Time, are just meant to be. For Recusants, for Travelers, for me, and also thee. I'm so very grateful for the video you shared, and I'm glad at heart to have found you at the right time.

  • @franklueking808
    @franklueking808 Před 3 lety +3

    Nice to kneel down! Beautiful!

  • @harperm4092
    @harperm4092 Před 3 lety +10

    Wow a timely time for me to find this...as Texas freezes over

  • @benjaminknuf6258
    @benjaminknuf6258 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Those Over-fucking-Tones are... Out of this world!

  • @robbystrong-yh1ys
    @robbystrong-yh1ys Před rokem +1

    This is the most beautiful song with terror in the title that Ive ever heard.

  • @jonathanbonvegna8752
    @jonathanbonvegna8752 Před 3 lety +3

    Merci 🥰

  • @badkitty22
    @badkitty22 Před 2 lety +6

    My goodness this is beautiful.

  • @codykimmel
    @codykimmel Před 3 lety +5

    Numinous. Would give anything to hear Windborne sing some Morten Lauridsen.

  • @bernardcollins8731
    @bernardcollins8731 Před 2 lety +7

    breathtaking rendition of a serious wonderful song. Ewan would have approved..

  • @TheFirstDidjeridude
    @TheFirstDidjeridude Před 3 lety +11

    the only version i’ve known of for nearly 40
    years is the one by the tannahill weavers. i somehow came across this version and i can’t stop listening to it. the vocal slides by lynn at 2:47 and 2:51 are absolutely gorgeous

  • @tonychalupnik
    @tonychalupnik Před rokem +1

    Enya, Pentatonix and ABBA look out. Haunting and spine chilling harmonies. Excellent work!

  • @airportbum661
    @airportbum661 Před rokem +2

    The tenor at 4:00!!! 🤌🏻 so good!!

  • @ridgelydavis2149
    @ridgelydavis2149 Před 2 lety +1

    Wow.

  • @Starwindfey
    @Starwindfey Před 3 lety +2

    Blessed Divine In Sound!!!💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

  • @mewlipaws8947
    @mewlipaws8947 Před 11 měsíci

    I, too, would absolutely buy a “record” in any format of this type of music. For now I save these in a folder and listen when I need a calm down time.

  • @ameliacrowther2743
    @ameliacrowther2743 Před 4 měsíci

    The Terror Time is my favourite Ewan Maccoll song. This is a beautiful rendition. Thankyou.

  • @fabioebasta3201
    @fabioebasta3201 Před 3 lety +2

    meraviglioso

  • @nunyabeeswax7937
    @nunyabeeswax7937 Před rokem +1

    Wish I could have heard this in person. Beautiful!

  • @archivist17
    @archivist17 Před 4 lety +8

    A beautiful sound!

    • @WindborneSingers
      @WindborneSingers  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks so much! Sorry we missed it when you originally commented, but we're glad to see it now!

  • @carlnicholson5008
    @carlnicholson5008 Před 5 měsíci

    Every time I listen to this it brings tears to my eyes. It's so beautiful I'm almost speechless. Thank you!

  • @StephenFearing63
    @StephenFearing63 Před 2 lety +3

    love this song... What a beautiful rendition.

  • @kellybryson7754
    @kellybryson7754 Před rokem +1

    Beautiful.

  • @earthmotherwithin
    @earthmotherwithin Před 9 měsíci

    Those lyrics! O my heart, and the music too.

  • @jsfury
    @jsfury Před 3 lety +4

    Beautifully haunting, like voices that reach out from the past. Performing there in the Cathedral of Mont Saint Michael your voices have such depth and soul. I am humble to tiers. I hope that I may acquire your CD's some day, and listen to the beauty of your harmonics. A gift from God. Thank you Windborne.

    • @WindborneSingers
      @WindborneSingers  Před 3 lety

      Thank you so much!! We are honored that our music moved you. If you would like our CDs, they are available at our website www.windbornesingers.com and click on “Store” 🙏🏻

  • @jonathanbonvegna8752
    @jonathanbonvegna8752 Před 3 lety +2

    C'est très beau

  • @marquessman
    @marquessman Před rokem +1

    Excellent!!!

  • @scot4917
    @scot4917 Před 3 lety +1

    i'm in tears

  • @mikeshannon284
    @mikeshannon284 Před rokem

    simply beautiful

  • @wdekeizer
    @wdekeizer Před rokem +1

    Beautiful. Would love a sportify album.

  • @AZFREEFLY1969
    @AZFREEFLY1969 Před 4 měsíci

    Beautiful …uplifting and emotional

  • @ioiamob1904
    @ioiamob1904 Před rokem +1

    genius 🙏

  • @marybethclark3281
    @marybethclark3281 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you, Lauri B. for letting me know about this recording! 🥰

  • @stevederebey
    @stevederebey Před 4 lety +8

    Beautiful! Been there and it is a spectacular place to sing! I just wish I had had three other willing partners when I was there a few years ago!

    • @WindborneSingers
      @WindborneSingers  Před 3 lety +2

      Thanks so much! We're so glad you're enjoying the song, and sorry we missed your comment when you made it! Glad to be seeing it now.

  • @hannemllerkristensen8100
    @hannemllerkristensen8100 Před 6 měsíci

    So beautiful, yet so sad 🥺

  • @peggyseeger7363
    @peggyseeger7363 Před 4 lety +4

    Goose-pimple, the coineagh. Thank you

    • @WindborneSingers
      @WindborneSingers  Před 3 lety

      Wow, we're so honored that you watched our video of Ewan's song! Sorry we are so late in replying--somehow we missed your comment when you first made it. Thank you for listening, and for all that you do! We are big fans!!

  • @jmer9126
    @jmer9126 Před 7 měsíci

    Breathtaking ❤

  • @arienne112
    @arienne112 Před 2 lety +1

    Feels so peaceful so beautiful❤

  • @judyanderson914
    @judyanderson914 Před rokem

    Absolutely sublime!

  • @laia6548
    @laia6548 Před 3 lety +3

    Beautiful!

  • @margaretheftler9444
    @margaretheftler9444 Před 3 lety +7

    Feels like Texas in 2021, beautiful and heartrending

  • @danchapmanpiano
    @danchapmanpiano Před 2 lety +1

    Incredible! Love this 😍

  • @martynthorn850
    @martynthorn850 Před 11 hodinami

    Wow, so beautifully sung 🥰
    Is the score available to buy anywhere? Would love to perform this!

  • @vibrantensemble19
    @vibrantensemble19 Před 3 lety +3

    I'd love to do a gonging there. Maybe after Covid leaves us. Stephan

  • @stephenwadecapps1983
    @stephenwadecapps1983 Před rokem

    Beautifully done.

  • @Belleville197
    @Belleville197 Před 3 lety +5

    Any Hildegard of Bingen?

  • @pareidolights
    @pareidolights Před 3 lety +1

    Tjank you

  • @mariahelenabastos4877

    Perfection exist!

  • @chazkon10390
    @chazkon10390 Před 2 lety +1

    i swear i hear this song in one movie lot of years ago but i dont know what movie was

  • @kirstyg4055
    @kirstyg4055 Před 3 lety +10

    How did the other tourists react when you had finished singing? (I see that two ladies stuck around for the second song)

    • @WindborneSingers
      @WindborneSingers  Před 3 lety +9

      They were appreciative for the song... it was a pretty magical moment for all of us :)

  • @nigeldoe9238
    @nigeldoe9238 Před rokem +1

    That is amazing, but what happened to The Grey Funnel line you recorded in the church as well, I just can't find it now.

    • @WindborneSingers
      @WindborneSingers  Před rokem +2

      It’s on Patreon, and so you can find it through there!

  • @7an7ara
    @7an7ara Před rokem +5

    If he could see the world 60 years after he wrote this song, rather than travelers fearing for winter we have hundreds of millions in India, Iran, Pakistan, the Pacific Islands, Africa...all fearing for unrelenting heat of summer thanks to the climate-breakdown. Maybe he wouldn't be surprised, it's the rich and their puppets driving this crisis now as it was then.

  • @kieran7237
    @kieran7237 Před rokem

    Will there be these songs on Spotify with the acoustic of buildings such as this

  • @masonlyon
    @masonlyon Před 3 lety +4

    i really want to learn this piece. is there anywhere you found the sheet music or did you learn it by ear

    • @WindborneSingers
      @WindborneSingers  Před 3 lety +5

      This is the arrangement that we wrote! (Melody by Ewan MacColl) we don’t have sheet music published yet but when we do it’ll be on our website www.windbornesingers.com in our online store. Thanks so much for your support!

    • @masonlyon
      @masonlyon Před 3 lety +2

      @@WindborneSingers thank you! please let me know when it’s available! you guys are so amazingly talented

  • @Harukarc
    @Harukarc Před 3 lety +2

    Someone might have already asked but what is that sound at 2:16 and 2:46?

  • @zuzannakowalska6500
    @zuzannakowalska6500 Před 2 lety +1

    Śpiewając pieśni kościelne w świątyni trzeba ręce wyjąć z kieszeni.Okazujemy w ten sposób szacunek należny Bogu i świętemu miejscu.Śpiew przepiękny ☀️

  • @maicimyoshiki9715
    @maicimyoshiki9715 Před 3 lety +2

    You have registered your channel. I support you.🔔🤝

  • @majorfifth3708
    @majorfifth3708 Před 4 lety +26

    This has been haunting me all day. Such a heartfelt rendition, perfectly expressive of the poetry in my opinion. And your choice of performance venue reminds me that this incredible lack of humanity take place in the sight of a seemingly uncaring God, by self-professed Christians. And has been going on for centuries.

    • @WindborneSingers
      @WindborneSingers  Před 3 lety +4

      Thank you for your beautiful words. Somehow we missed your comment when you made it, but we are so glad to see it now!

    • @stevenmoss4034
      @stevenmoss4034 Před 2 lety +5

      Sadly, any lack of ‘humanity’, is just that: a deficiency in humans. Which, even more sadly, afflicts a great many (but fortunately not all) humans; Both those of the self-professing Christian variety and all other varieties. Why are the choices we make the responsibility of God? Our actions are the product of our free will and choice. When we see good ones made, we say well done to our humanity. When we see bad ones made, we say where is God to intervene (and suddenly, even those who don’t profess to believe in Him tend to demand His intervention).

    • @peacenow42
      @peacenow42 Před rokem

      @@stevenmoss4034 here here. and attack other's faith which I will never understand. Neither world war was about religion.

    • @jeannewallace7590
      @jeannewallace7590 Před rokem

      👏👏👏👏

  • @slavic771
    @slavic771 Před 3 lety +1

    imagine the halo theme song in there

  • @peacenow42
    @peacenow42 Před rokem +1

    For Europe right now. AND Russia. And anyone lonely and cold and or ill.

  • @DjgillyVW
    @DjgillyVW Před rokem +1

    wow. .. my face is leaking.

  • @Belleville197
    @Belleville197 Před 3 lety +2

    Have you guys ever heard or performed any Orthodox Christian hymns?
    The Orthodox church made extensive use of polyphonic singing.

  • @thepoeet
    @thepoeet Před 3 lety +1

    do over with a legit microphone please lol

  • @jonathanivelaw-chapman5940

    You were so fortunate as singing is not normally permitted. Who in their right mind would have stopped you - thank you for taking the time and love