"When I'm drinking my Bonaparte Shandy Eating more than enough apple pies Will I glance at my screen And see real human beings Starve to death right in front of my eyes" PURE GENIUS. Thank you for the music you gave to us. Your early work was just so different and fitted the early 70's so well.
Agreed ❤, I,ve made love to hundreds of women in my time, granted most of the time it was inside head and they came in the form of beautiful music like this ,many thanks Mr O ❤❤❤
Personally, I think Gilbert surpassed the works of McCartney but I totally agree with you. Criminally underrated but dearly loved by people who sees the special magic conveyed with his songs!
En España, tuvo muchísima repercusión y todas sus canciones fueron grandes éxitos a finales de los sesenta, y en la actualidad sigue siendo recordado con mucho cariño y admiración, por la gente que ya tenemos una cierta edad. Grandísimo artista y excepcional cantante y compositor. Un saludo a todos, y en especial a Gilbert O'Sullivan desde Madrid.
Amen to that! I'm a Norwegian 41 year old and obviously wasn't born when Gilbert ruled the world in the 70s but I discovered him in 1995, aged 15, thank to my father who DID experience Gilbertmania! Gilbert was especially big in Norway and Matrimony was actually a charttopper here in 1972!
Gilbert O'Sullivan is fantastic. A good gracious man that writes his own songs with his own love and talent and feeling in this world. The world is beautiful because of great human musicians/voices/writers/singers with love like Gilbert O'Sullivan
I absolutely adore this man . . . Introduced to his music from my dear Mam when I was only three years old in 72, her funeral only six weeks ago. I’m 55 now, to be married (2nd time round) in Cyprus this year. Gilbert’s music is firmly on our playlist. Wow - What a gorgeous gorgeous man
This song came out when I was13, in school in England. It is one of the most potent songs of my life and when I hear it, I cry: I am 13 again and FULL of everything that is that age... all the confusion, loneliness, and longing. I thank you for the miracle that IS music. THIS is one of the best pieces/songs... and part of the warp and weft of who I am. And YOU created it. That is some gift! Thank you.
I've just played your version back to back with this. Definitely one of your best (more serious) vocal and visual impressions, Stevie. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YnIwYI3XHJQ.html
The wistful vocal interpretation of the lyrics, that melancholy voice, the subject matter of the song, the ebbing and flowing of the melody and the wonderful string arrangement enveloping the piano makes this a timeless track. It will still be fabulous in another fifty years. Gilbert is quite self deprecating but his super talent is clear to see x
A masterpiece. If it was a painting, it would surely hang in the Louvre. Along with a lot more of his songs in my opinion. I can always relate to his songs and lyrics, as if he wrote them for me personally... Its as if he writes my very thoughts down and puts them to music 🎶. I think he's brilliant and I have every studio album he ever recorded. Seen him in concert 10 times now. I'll never forget the first time in 1994 with my dad, I was awestruck... Brilliant... Best wishes Gilbert 👍👏
“Nothing older than time…” 6 chord sequence tension buildup and resolution is one of the greatest. This was released the year I was born and my parents played this when I was a baby. When I hear it now, again, I feel like I did as a baby/toddler again. Music unlocks memories. That part, meant something in my brain, then and still has the same effect on me. It’s musical perfection
Such a wonderful view back together with Gilbert O'Sullivan on his legeendary NOTHING RHYMED song - congratulations after half a century ... lovely to listen to your comments, Mr O'Sullivan!
🤯🤯🤯,We are so privileged and lucky to be living in the 21st century to actually be able to post uour comments on line,it literally blows my mind to to think that i was in infant school when this record came out,
Always loved this song and 'We Will.' Very fond memories of hearing these songs on the radio and then buying the first US release in 1972...and then Clair...Alone Again... What a run of amazing songs.
'We Will' nearly had me in tears once. My wife had recently died of cancer and I was putting my 7 yr old son to bed when it came on the radio (16yrs after it was in the charts.) I was choking back the tears and had to go back downstairs quickly, before he saw me. Powerful and unusual lyrics, whuch were so meaningful to me at that time.
I was seven years old, living in England in 1972, and I loved this song, as well as Gilbert's others. I also loved this image, and was probably one of the few who was sorry when he dropped this image.
Beautifully emotive and deeply profound lyrics. The composition/production is breathtaking. Genuinely nice and decent guy. Truly Memorable and Tear Enducing. Thanks Gilbert for your wonderful music and your super talented self.💜
This is June 2024…Came here via RU-vid algorithm after watching the full song/video of Nothing Rhymed. First time hearing the song. Last night, my wife and I watched Alone Again (Naturally) on YT. I told my wife I remembered exactly where I was when I first heard AAN. I was a sophomore in high school, driving through our small town when the radio station in Nashville (just 20 minutes from that small town, Franklin). After listening, I was convinced it was Paul McCartney. I convinced my friends it was Paul McCartney. After discovering the truth I realized Gilbert clearly had his own style of writing and I guess I unknowingly at the time was paying a compliment as to how skilled his songwriting and performance is. Then Clair was played and I knew without hearing who the performer was…Gilbert. So many years later and access to a plethora of artists musical libraries lends itself to wonderful discoveries for the human soul. Thanks Gilbert, for being a part of our happy teenage memories. All the best.
Actually Gilbert, when this came out I loved the image, and I was at the time heavily into The Beatles, Donovan, Pink Floyd etc., your image then was just so brilliant and as you say totally different from everyone else. Oh, and I heard it in Wales, so your wrong there, I'm sure loads of others loved your image then in Britain. Brilliant song.
Didn't appreciate "Nothing Rhymed" when first released, as much as I should've had. Now one of my favourite songs! Great to see Gilbert's comments, 50 years on! Lyrically a masterpiece, and still sounds great today! The look will always be memorable!
Gilbert has so many songs to be proud of but Nothing Rhymed is probibly his best masterpiece. What a proper little bar in the east end near Tower Bridge.
My father, son of a Dutch farmer, loved this song!! Not any other popsong did at his time. And every year since he past away I play this vinyl single on my pick-up. Love you daddy!!
I've always been fascinated by this song. Here in Spain it never was a Hit, neither FM stuff but since the first time I heard it and got the impression it really was a very special song. After more than 50 years I still think the same. Thanks so much, Gilbert 🌟
Ray, if you’re reading this, my wife and I saw you at the Tyne Theatre as my birthday treat on 8 Oct and you were great! I cried in the theatre when you played Claire and was pretty emotional at this too. You’ve still got it. Thank you Clive
In 1970 I was only a toddler and lived in Wapping near where this film was made. I have lived in a few places as I grew up and I went back to another nearby pub called the Town of Ramsgate way back in 1991 and saw Suzie Quatro in there talking with a friend. We didn't hassle her in any way but she gave us a friendly smile as she walked past on a trip to the toilet.
The Waterford mans young insights are just incredible. Poignant, lyrical but whimsical. Along with Alone again his finest. For some even better. His first hit. Some of those lines in the song are so show stoppingly brilliant. When I was 17 on hearing it for the first time, little did I know that I would come to regard it as a work of genius at the age of 70 as I am now.
What a brilliant wordsmith you are Mr. O’Sullivan. The music and the emphasis on certain words is lovely and your diction very clear. I always admired your work. Thank You x
Thank you for sharing your reactions. There was, and there still is, something truly magical going on here. It's heartening to know that you still feel it too. For me, it only gets deeper as I get older.
Gilbert that was such a incredible song I played and played and played it over and over again I’m 68 now but I remember when it came out, so spontaneous so inspirational I love that look, you are a genius….. born out of season
Remember the sepia tinted album of older bros,sis,and old chap/dear,thought you were from 20's new york Always listen to your stuff as a way of getting back to the heart of it all Lovely
I love hearing all this from the man himself. He has such a unique voice and suchincredible talent also for writing songs. i love to hear about the story behind the music.
Gilbert I hope you read this,The words in this song are so incredibly touching,it seems the words fit a myriad of life’s trials and tribulations……when it first came out it touched me deeply on the lyrical value alone,apart from it being a lovely melodic song,anyway it means as much to me today as it did now over 50yrs ago……THANKYOU.
@@nuboyhere ditto on all counts - same age and favorite song. As an aside, when I heard "Clair" shortly after my niece, Claire, was born, some thirty-plus years ago, I cried.
Ray (Gilbert) You're an absolute Gent ! Always loved your music , As You moved to the UK as a kid, I moved my family ( Wife and 4 little boys)to Ireland and have been here 32 years, My eldest was 8 and the youngest 8 months when we moved, We had Our only Irish baby Girl here , all of our kids grew up listening to your music
To me, that image worked perfectly with the song. And he don't look bad for 74, does he? A really talanted musician and by all acounts a really nice bloke.
In 1970 was 5 And heard the song in Toppop A dutch song program Nowadays the song is played on a channel called 192 on television Suddenly it was stuck in my head for about two weeks This is also like a time machine So clear and everything rhymed Good to see you give a comment about the song Brilliant Gilbert ! Thanks !
