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

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  • čas přidán 23. 09. 2020
  • In this affecting, introspective performance, here young Sandy Denny asks: "Who knows where the time goes?"
    Isn't it true that everyone over 30 years or so starts to wonder where the time goes? By 50, this sentiment becomes even more telling. And by 60, all Hell breaks loose given the nimble, cruel march of time. Time is the enemy of life - especially an unfulfilled one.
    Sandy Denny
    Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny "Sandy Denny" (6 January 1947 - 21 April 1978) was an English singer-songwriter who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer".
    Recording
    "This solo live studio recording of 11 September 1973 for the BBC Radio 1 show “Sounds of the Seventies”, hosted by John Peel, was first broadcast in the UK on FM Stereo on 25 September 1973. It was first published in 1997 on The BBC Sessions 1971-73 and later in 2007 on the 3 CD+DVD set Live at the BBC". (Courtesy: mainlynorfolk.info).
    Lyrics (as sung here)
    Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving
    But how can they know it's time for them to go?
    Before the winter fire, I shall still be dreaming
    I do not count the time
    For who knows where the time goes?
    Who knows where the time goes?
    Sad, deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving
    Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go
    But I shall still be here, I have no thoughts of leaving
    I have no thoughts of time
    For who knows where the time goes?
    Who knows where the time goes?
    And I am not alone while my love is near me
    And I know it shall be so 'til it's time to go
    So come the storms of winter there
    And then the birds in spring again
    I do not fear the time
    For who knows how my love grows?
    And who knows where the time goes?
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Komentáře • 979

  • @katemaxwell2804
    @katemaxwell2804 Před 3 lety +1173

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

    • @davidfagan6930
      @davidfagan6930 Před 3 lety +21

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

    • @chris7brook
      @chris7brook Před 3 lety +8

      Hippie Birfday!🤡

    • @normanleach5427
      @normanleach5427 Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @ronaldpetrin5823
      @ronaldpetrin5823 Před 3 lety +9

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

    • @hltvieira6354
      @hltvieira6354 Před 3 lety +29

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

  • @lindafay6637
    @lindafay6637 Před 4 měsíci +102

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

    • @AntPDC
      @AntPDC  Před 4 měsíci +8

      A most moving comment Linda, thank you.

    • @tadthemod
      @tadthemod Před 3 měsíci +8

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

    • @1MrMoor
      @1MrMoor Před 2 měsíci +4

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

    • @noverguy
      @noverguy Před měsícem +3

      What a wonderful post. Made my morning.

    • @sherryimhof2037
      @sherryimhof2037 Před 12 dny

      Grief never leaves. It is simply buried by the business of survival until there’s a reminder. I say this to you with a heavy heart… remember the love and give thanks that you were lucky enough to share him for any length of time. Say thank you, as you place your right hand on your heart. Some of us never had the experience of true love. Better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. Count your blessings and rise up a new person and step over the pathway of grief onto a new glorious path that awaits you. I have loved and lost many times. What I learned from those wounded experiences is that I never learned to love myself. Now it’s all changing. When you learn to love who you are and honor your life, you open the doors and they all come running. You will find love again. Don’t compare. Just ask for a new and greater experience of love. Know that it is coming once you open the doors again. Be brave. Clear the veils in front of you. Peace and love from my heart to yours.

  • @46metube
    @46metube Před 3 měsíci +23

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

    • @paulasommer2922
      @paulasommer2922 Před 3 měsíci +3

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

  • @vickieshelton9242
    @vickieshelton9242 Před rokem +275

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

    • @serigrapher2
      @serigrapher2 Před rokem +10

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

    • @loboblue5441
      @loboblue5441 Před rokem +7

      My deepest condolences

    • @smeejit
      @smeejit Před rokem +6

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

    • @larciabella
      @larciabella Před rokem +4

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

    • @larciabella
      @larciabella Před rokem +1

      @@serigrapher2 my condolences.

  • @jeffblack5024
    @jeffblack5024 Před 3 lety +624

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

    • @JamesDavidWalley
      @JamesDavidWalley Před 3 lety

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

    • @philiphicks1273
      @philiphicks1273 Před 3 lety +8

      Kinda limits the conversation at parties though....

    • @johnthatcher4534
      @johnthatcher4534 Před 3 lety +15

      @@philiphicks1273 just listen then.

    • @davewilson2051
      @davewilson2051 Před 3 lety +13

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

    • @AR-iy1kl
      @AR-iy1kl Před 3 lety +3

      seconded

  • @bluesriot2
    @bluesriot2 Před 4 měsíci +21

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

  • @jenfisher-bradley2623
    @jenfisher-bradley2623 Před 7 měsíci +35

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

  • @miketurek3074
    @miketurek3074 Před 2 lety +242

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

    • @PortsmouthCityWatchorg
      @PortsmouthCityWatchorg Před 2 lety +6

      You have company there.

    • @landesart
      @landesart Před 2 lety +3

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

    • @lindascanlan6317
      @lindascanlan6317 Před rokem +2

      Yes

    • @samandjennysambrook
      @samandjennysambrook Před rokem +3

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

    • @brendadrumm9451
      @brendadrumm9451 Před rokem +2

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

  • @lancerx1759
    @lancerx1759 Před 11 měsíci +38

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

  • @paulwood5803
    @paulwood5803 Před 8 měsíci +52

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

    • @reemclaughlin4260
      @reemclaughlin4260 Před 5 měsíci +2

      This will be played at my service as well. ☮️

    • @proslipbrakelubrication1922
      @proslipbrakelubrication1922 Před 4 měsíci

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

    • @theresamalone3704
      @theresamalone3704 Před 2 měsíci

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

    • @padgedunbar9400
      @padgedunbar9400 Před 27 dny

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

  • @richardsavino3612
    @richardsavino3612 Před 3 lety +360

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

  • @williampaul8556
    @williampaul8556 Před 9 měsíci +18

    76 years old now. This is the question.

  • @richardfearn6638
    @richardfearn6638 Před 3 lety +335

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

    • @AntPDC
      @AntPDC  Před 3 lety +22

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

    • @ArchieFatcackie
      @ArchieFatcackie Před 3 lety +15

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

    • @thrummer1953
      @thrummer1953 Před 3 lety +12

      I'm so sorry for your loss.

    • @andrewevans6309
      @andrewevans6309 Před 3 lety +12

      So sorry for your loss.

    • @richardloring7545
      @richardloring7545 Před 3 lety +14

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

  • @blairbrownie1223
    @blairbrownie1223 Před 2 lety +132

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

    • @kenelkins1841
      @kenelkins1841 Před rokem +8

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

    • @tonirose6776
      @tonirose6776 Před rokem +7

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

    • @foxilaidee
      @foxilaidee Před rokem +6

      @@tonirose6776 and sadly too short

    • @johnhawkins9826
      @johnhawkins9826 Před rokem +5

      superb writer and musician who fronted the original Fairport,

    • @SeekerGoOn2013
      @SeekerGoOn2013 Před rokem +2

      You will not be disappointed - except for her demise.

  • @chriswhitworth7793
    @chriswhitworth7793 Před 2 lety +122

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

    • @peterballan7952
      @peterballan7952 Před 2 lety +19

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

    • @jankelley749
      @jankelley749 Před 2 lety +36

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

    • @TheToolnut
      @TheToolnut Před 2 lety +21

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

    • @sanderslongdrive
      @sanderslongdrive Před 2 lety +6

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

    • @davidneller7681
      @davidneller7681 Před 2 lety +14

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

  • @garryfrost8829
    @garryfrost8829 Před 2 lety +255

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

    • @robertm7071
      @robertm7071 Před 2 lety +15

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

    • @willrichardson519
      @willrichardson519 Před 2 lety +9

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

    • @dana102083
      @dana102083 Před 2 lety +2

      @Stacey Michaels hugs xo

    • @granthurlburt4062
      @granthurlburt4062 Před rokem +7

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

    • @grahamlockley4435
      @grahamlockley4435 Před rokem +11

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

  • @thomasbrady9146
    @thomasbrady9146 Před 3 lety +183

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

    • @icanseeformiles9387
      @icanseeformiles9387 Před 3 lety +9

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

    • @jamesdevine1005
      @jamesdevine1005 Před 3 lety +1

      In heaven.

    • @kierandevenney5616
      @kierandevenney5616 Před 3 lety +1

      May she be resting amongst the angels in heaven

    • @rosslocincam9916
      @rosslocincam9916 Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @davidharris1562
      @davidharris1562 Před 3 lety +8

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

  • @thomasbrady9146
    @thomasbrady9146 Před 3 lety +308

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

    • @gulfgypsy
      @gulfgypsy Před 3 lety +29

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

    • @bjohnston3659
      @bjohnston3659 Před 3 lety +2

      Mr. Brady, how are things?

    • @simonandrews3694
      @simonandrews3694 Před 2 lety +5

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

    • @petesquire2954
      @petesquire2954 Před 2 lety +3

      The Good go to Heaven early.

    • @andywood9256
      @andywood9256 Před 2 lety

  • @gregdray8199
    @gregdray8199 Před měsícem +4

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

  • @aptbroker1
    @aptbroker1 Před 2 lety +41

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

    • @helenswan705
      @helenswan705 Před 2 lety +5

      but lifetimes we are yet to see, I hope

  • @anfrankogezamartincic1161
    @anfrankogezamartincic1161 Před 9 měsíci +5

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

  • @dandyshiraz
    @dandyshiraz Před 3 lety +363

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

  • @dicktaylor9054
    @dicktaylor9054 Před 2 lety +39

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

  • @greghobbs1728
    @greghobbs1728 Před 3 lety +71

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

    • @nedgentz5740
      @nedgentz5740 Před 3 lety +3

      I'm reading it now

    • @TheToolnut
      @TheToolnut Před 2 lety +3

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

    • @davidkeith9015
      @davidkeith9015 Před 2 lety +8

      I agree a bit like Nick Drake

    • @richardhague4527
      @richardhague4527 Před 2 lety +8

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

    • @niharikasharma678
      @niharikasharma678 Před rokem +2

      She’s my John Keats❤

  • @emmceeee
    @emmceeee Před 9 měsíci +7

    My God, that's beautiful.

  • @ParcelOfRogue
    @ParcelOfRogue Před 3 lety +26

    A contender for the Greatest Song Ever

  • @TenMinuteDrumSolo
    @TenMinuteDrumSolo Před 3 lety +79

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

    • @AntPDC
      @AntPDC  Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @1999zrx1100
      @1999zrx1100 Před 2 lety +4

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

    • @timsusie2
      @timsusie2 Před 2 lety

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

    • @mshumphreys4457
      @mshumphreys4457 Před 2 lety

      can so relate to that !

    • @newtonpo1
      @newtonpo1 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @beniciomoldenado2315
    @beniciomoldenado2315 Před 2 lety +72

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

    • @markhunter8554
      @markhunter8554 Před 2 lety +1

      I'm guessing you like Crimson as well.

    • @granthurlburt4062
      @granthurlburt4062 Před rokem +1

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

    • @pmangum6879
      @pmangum6879 Před rokem

      I hear you.

    • @tullochgorum6323
      @tullochgorum6323 Před rokem +4

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

  • @travelinben1966
    @travelinben1966 Před 3 lety +55

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

  • @stephenhudson7039
    @stephenhudson7039 Před rokem +24

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

    • @joysmith1213
      @joysmith1213 Před rokem +1

      Same here, Stephen ❤

    • @sheilafranks8444
      @sheilafranks8444 Před rokem +2

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

    • @jappychap2003
      @jappychap2003 Před rokem +1

      I'm 75 and still getting tearful.

  • @markmacintyre3422
    @markmacintyre3422 Před 3 lety +109

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

  • @Baat23-o8q
    @Baat23-o8q Před 11 měsíci +6

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

  • @davidfountaine3218
    @davidfountaine3218 Před 3 lety +136

    One of the greatest female voices of all time

    • @markcarson9023
      @markcarson9023 Před 3 lety +3

      Herself and Annie haslam.

    • @davidfountaine3218
      @davidfountaine3218 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @marleyjake
      @marleyjake Před 3 lety +1

      One of the greatest voices.

    • @alfching2499
      @alfching2499 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @marleyjake
      @marleyjake Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @tiaarcher1749
    @tiaarcher1749 Před 3 lety +70

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

    • @tomipresley6246
      @tomipresley6246 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @tiaarcher1749
      @tiaarcher1749 Před 3 lety +8

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

    • @tomipresley6246
      @tomipresley6246 Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @tiaarcher1749
      @tiaarcher1749 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @tomipresley6246
      @tomipresley6246 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @christinehobson4825
    @christinehobson4825 Před 6 dny +1

    Beautiful, timeless, ethereal, eternal love ❤ in this song, wonderfully, perfectly 🥰 sung ❤ 😊 to live ❤ each moment

  • @robertmcdougall3166
    @robertmcdougall3166 Před 3 lety +86

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

    • @portcullis5622
      @portcullis5622 Před 3 lety +11

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

    • @stevethomas7704
      @stevethomas7704 Před rokem +3

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

    • @DrB81
      @DrB81 Před 5 měsíci +1

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

  • @davidjarvie9546
    @davidjarvie9546 Před 11 měsíci +7

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

  • @petemee2876
    @petemee2876 Před 7 měsíci +10

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

  • @morriganravenchild6613
    @morriganravenchild6613 Před 8 měsíci +7

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

  • @johnbrereton5229
    @johnbrereton5229 Před 3 lety +14

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

  • @wolframbatz7086
    @wolframbatz7086 Před rokem +13

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

    • @carolbailey118
      @carolbailey118 Před 7 měsíci

      You should listen to Carol Kidd another Scottish star 😊

  • @devil_pls
    @devil_pls Před 2 lety +6

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

  • @23theseeker50
    @23theseeker50 Před 2 lety +8

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

  • @mickyfinn1948
    @mickyfinn1948 Před 3 lety +142

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

    • @AntPDC
      @AntPDC  Před 3 lety +9

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

    • @glynnrawle3719
      @glynnrawle3719 Před 3 lety +7

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

    • @johnizard5145
      @johnizard5145 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @efil4zaggin666
      @efil4zaggin666 Před 2 lety +1

      Dont worry it resonates with us young'uns too

  • @grahamhowes6904
    @grahamhowes6904 Před rokem +13

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

    • @AntPDC
      @AntPDC  Před rokem

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

  • @johntucker9438
    @johntucker9438 Před 3 lety +19

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

  • @dutchy777
    @dutchy777 Před 2 lety +2

    The BEST folk singer of all time

  • @skygazer6898
    @skygazer6898 Před 3 lety +16

    Sandy sang like a Nightingale.

  • @mgeeees460
    @mgeeees460 Před 7 měsíci +5

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

  • @simonjames3845
    @simonjames3845 Před 3 lety +15

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

    • @luisreina9943
      @luisreina9943 Před 2 lety +1

      Like me.
      And I'm 66 years old too

    • @richardhague4527
      @richardhague4527 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @lekunberriko1
    @lekunberriko1 Před 3 lety +7

    magical song

  • @snilloc52
    @snilloc52 Před 3 lety +55

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

    • @Teds991
      @Teds991 Před 3 lety +1

      Beautiful words, thank you 👏

  • @rigelmoon9030
    @rigelmoon9030 Před 3 lety +8

    An Earth angel.

  • @stayingsober7802
    @stayingsober7802 Před rokem +5

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

    • @thrownforaloop58
      @thrownforaloop58 Před rokem

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

  • @vinylisland6386
    @vinylisland6386 Před 3 lety +6

    Legend.

  • @hamishmclay3159
    @hamishmclay3159 Před 2 lety +5

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

  • @info781
    @info781 Před 3 lety +42

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

    • @cath1460
      @cath1460 Před 3 lety

      Glad you found the song :) x

    • @joanhenry1866
      @joanhenry1866 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @dunruden9720
      @dunruden9720 Před 3 lety +1

      @@joanhenry1866 She used to BE Fairport Convention.

    • @HoratioFitzbastard
      @HoratioFitzbastard Před 3 lety

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

    • @downhillblur708
      @downhillblur708 Před 3 lety

      @@HoratioFitzbastard
      +1

  • @sarahmagee9008
    @sarahmagee9008 Před 2 lety +24

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

  • @donnamurphy5027
    @donnamurphy5027 Před 3 lety +53

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

    • @melancholiac
      @melancholiac Před 3 lety

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

    • @vincecarnevale4406
      @vincecarnevale4406 Před 3 lety

      Always in our hearts.

    • @pedroorpheus
      @pedroorpheus Před 3 lety

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

    • @kevphillips02
      @kevphillips02 Před 3 lety

      Try telling them that. 😐

  • @annettemarshall4895
    @annettemarshall4895 Před 4 měsíci +1

    this version just vibrates every molecule

  • @billmoss2877
    @billmoss2877 Před 2 lety +6

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

  • @richardhague4527
    @richardhague4527 Před 2 lety +13

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

  • @allenmackenzie9834
    @allenmackenzie9834 Před 2 lety +2

    Sandy - sadly missed.

  • @steveharris5008
    @steveharris5008 Před 3 lety +22

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

  • @richardtychmanowicz1197
    @richardtychmanowicz1197 Před 2 lety +16

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

  • @alberthutchison6469
    @alberthutchison6469 Před 3 lety +31

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

    • @grubbs104
      @grubbs104 Před 2 lety

      Jim Beam always loved The Blue Hills of Kentucky

  • @bikerbid
    @bikerbid Před 2 lety +35

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

  • @vsibirsky
    @vsibirsky Před 8 měsíci +2

    What MAGIC her voice was.

  • @XANDER1944
    @XANDER1944 Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @patricklevinerose1359
    @patricklevinerose1359 Před 3 lety +10

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

  • @Yanto-Bardic
    @Yanto-Bardic Před 8 měsíci +2

    A Timeless Song, A Timeless Voice.

  • @user-xv4fk5ok5b
    @user-xv4fk5ok5b Před 5 měsíci +1

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

  • @Stationario
    @Stationario Před 2 lety +8

    Beautiful song, beautiful voice, beautiful everything

  • @zanegrey4720
    @zanegrey4720 Před 3 lety +7

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

  • @bentaylor216
    @bentaylor216 Před 8 měsíci +2

    How beautiful is this?

  • @Baat23-o8q
    @Baat23-o8q Před 3 měsíci +1

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

  • @ShapGranite
    @ShapGranite Před 2 lety +5

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

  • @robertbinkley7299
    @robertbinkley7299 Před 3 lety +18

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

  • @michaelawford7325
    @michaelawford7325 Před 6 měsíci +1

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

  • @kevingiblin4122
    @kevingiblin4122 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Amazing thanks ❤😂😮😅😊

  • @lancerx1759
    @lancerx1759 Před 2 lety +5

    Absolutely Beautiful !!

  • @efil4zaggin666
    @efil4zaggin666 Před 2 lety +5

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

  • @nbenefiel
    @nbenefiel Před měsícem +1

    I lived in Dublin during the seventies. I lived in a house with a tight group of friends. The woman who owned the house was a friend of Sandy’s. She visited a few times. We would all sit by the fire, drink tea, and sing and play until dawn. When news of her death hit us, we were all in tears. She was not only a great singer songwriter, she was a Hell of a lot of fun. Aoife, the owner’s child must be in her 50’s now. She was a toddler then. I used to read to her and chase her around the garden. Who knows where the time goes?

  • @kathyfolkerts4433
    @kathyfolkerts4433 Před 3 lety +6

    She wins the emotion and depth contest without trying.

  • @rationalsceptic7634
    @rationalsceptic7634 Před 3 lety +5

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

  • @roberthayes9842
    @roberthayes9842 Před 2 lety +5

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

  • @stephenwicks8378
    @stephenwicks8378 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Absolute gold!

  • @paulhibbert2441
    @paulhibbert2441 Před 3 lety +2

    time flies fly with your time!!

  • @janwarren100
    @janwarren100 Před 2 lety +17

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

  • @charliestehlin506
    @charliestehlin506 Před 11 měsíci +4

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

  • @utube4619
    @utube4619 Před 3 lety +10

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

  • @johnj.watson6094
    @johnj.watson6094 Před 11 měsíci +4

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

  • @Packyboy
    @Packyboy Před 8 měsíci +4

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

  • @billyseago9686
    @billyseago9686 Před 2 lety +2

    A definition of beauty.

  • @ronaldcarfoot4429
    @ronaldcarfoot4429 Před 3 lety +3

    Pure singing voice. Singers of this day should listen

  • @brianbanks703
    @brianbanks703 Před 3 lety +4

    She with the divine voice was born in the Nelson hospital in Merton, where I worked 20 years later. The same locale as Mumford and only a couple miles up the road from John Martyn of all people. What a loss to music

  • @juliesanger4245
    @juliesanger4245 Před 3 lety +15

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

  • @eniobatista1420
    @eniobatista1420 Před 3 lety +4

    Alguém do Brasil ouvindo esse clássico deixa o like Rip Sandy

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      @taolhandooque9984 Před 2 lety

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  • @caroljloomis
    @caroljloomis Před 6 měsíci +1

    Amazing vocal talent.

  • @marks.6480
    @marks.6480 Před 3 lety +8

    In 1978 my history teacher, a young man with wild beard and long hair, urged me to listen to Sandy Denny who had just passed away. But i was a teenager and heavily into punk and new wave and just didnt want to hear.

    • @gijsschubert7901
      @gijsschubert7901 Před 3 lety +2

      And now you understand why your teacher urged you, right? I hope you see what he meant. What a wonderful wonderful song. I'm crying

    • @anibalcesarnishizk2205
      @anibalcesarnishizk2205 Před 3 lety +2

      There is a time for everything.Perhaps, you were not ready for such a song.

    • @portcullis5622
      @portcullis5622 Před 3 lety +1

      Better late than never.