Richard Thompson is treasure and a gift to all who hear his music. He is also one of the nicest person I ever met. Thanks for the video…this RU-vid stuff is quite a gift scare.
I love your home. It's so well decorated and not a thing out of place. I hope that beautiful lady that you gave us a glimpse of is not responsible for it all. Just had one further question. Where does she sleep while your playing the organ in the bedroom at night?
You listen to his solos on this song, and they sound at times atonal, almost Dadaist. Then you realize he's finding sonic equivalents for the confused, self-destructive character who's portrayed in the song... and also pushing the other musicians to be more innovative. Brilliant.
listening to this a year and a day since my mate went by his his own hand , hope your peacefully resting now fella , no one one so that act coming ya lovable git x peace
Always amazed at what seems to be a complete misunderstanding of the lyrics. Speaks to the struggle of trying to fend off the demons of depression and the temptation of "shooting out the lights' not a story about a criminal as so many seem to think.
I had the extraordinary honour of seeing Mr. Thompson live at the Town Pump (a small bar with a minuscule stage) in the mid-80’s and stood directly in front of him mesmerized by his left hand on his guitar. His solos art pure art.
I'm a Yank, and I admit that it took me until my 40's to realize how talented and just plain wonderful that Richard Thompson really is. And I try to catch him live when he comes on tour to my area (SoCal, and before NoCal), and I'm proud to say that I have had the priviledge of seeing him on a number of occassions. And I'm looking forward to seeing him again.
No shame on Depeche Mode, Joy Division, etc… BUT… if I had taken a moment and heard THIS in 1982… It’s 2023 and I’ve had this on repeat for 14 counts… and probably 14 more…
And now Robbie Robertson died too... Sad week, sad days, sad life... We always love you brothers musicians. Coz life is a little bit easy with you areound us....😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This is one of Richard Thompson's best songs, definitely. It's kind of fun to see him playing it with Elvis Costello as a sideman. This isn't quite up to the standard of the recorded version, but it's well-done. I suddenly thought of Tom Verlaine, maybe some overlap or influence between them, or maybe not. But some of the playing puts me in mind of Tom Verlaine as in the live performance of an extended "1880 (or So)" with Richard Lloyd and the Television band as it was off and on. That live performance from the Jools Holland TV program is available on this site.
Ah, this is from back when Elvis had a TV show called Spectacle. The Imposters are a great band. I love Richard's intentional use of dissonances to make the guitar solo reflect how disorganized, errratic, and unhinged the character in the song is. The man is a genius on anything with strings. There is no one like him.
Your the one here who is helping to bring clarity... But it Should be the poster who tells the source of the performance... This common failure is just a comment on a epidemic of the pathetic.
I wonder if Toussaint was channeling Fats Domino when he wrote this? The versions by The Yardbirds and Warren Zevon certainly lack that New Orleans flair, while Ernie K. Doe's certainly is very New Orleans style. As he performs his own composition, Toussaint's New Orleans rhythm and blues/rock and roll style is obvious, and reminds me of Fats Domino.
