Ok men...Christy call to Arm's. ..started this out Lovely...but Liam Òg Flynn finishèd it on pipes .. For he is the master... Whom we lost today.. Ar dheis Dè go raibh a Anam dìlis...
That was as awesome as it gets. I was transported completely to a time when a dear friend (Don Udell) sang this song for the first, and as it happened., the last time in public. The passion was on him and I wept to hear it. Thanks Christy Moore, and the pipes were perfect for doubling my tears.
Yeah, you don't expect an Irish entertainer like Bill Caddick to borrow a melody from Tchaikovsky, but the result is a wonderful song. Thanks Bill ... and Pyotr.
Hadn't heard this recording before. It's just beautiful, with the pipes and fiddle providing a lovely duet. Just listen to how the crowd go wild at the end. Anyone know where it was recorded and who the fiddler was? Liam's music will 'flow on for ever'.
It's an Italian folk tune, developed by Tchaikovsky who was Russian, with words written by Bill Caddick who is an Englishman. Sure isn't the world of music that crosses borders wonderful?
Thank you Mr.@@WaitingforGodot! E is such a nice hormone to be at ease with.... actually the entire folky bit is entirely Caddick, based on Tchaikovsky. Oh pesky English people, they are so clever.... actually the best version is the Welsh band Wild Oats' version!!! So pooh to you!!! I'm Norwegian btw.
Bill Caddick isn't Irish, he comes from the West Midlands of England. Check out the video of him singing John O dreams on U tube. The song isn't just a lullaby it is an allegory ( fast Italian folk song)
In his video Bill Caddick explains that he original pinched the tune from Tchaikovsky only to find out later that Tchaikovsky pinched it from an Italian folk dance. The words are allegorical as the hidden meaning is that he is singing about death, hence my rather pathetique joke about the fast Italian folk song.
Bill Caddick was a regular at the folk club upstairs in the Newhampton pub in Wolverhampton. He was a great entertainer. Downstairs Irish musicians played but they all returned to Ireland when the Celtic Tiger arrived.
It is obviously based upon the last movement of Chaikovski's sixth symphony (perhaps it has been just by chance). Anyway, it is interesting. Thank you for sharing.
Wouldn't be my choice were I creating the visuals. But, here's my conjecture as to my Jesus is depicted twice: Perhaps because the first image of Jesus used shows Jesus with John the Baptist. Perhaps John the Baptist could be identified as being John O' Dreams, bringing visions and dreams to Jesus. The second image of Jesus shows him in a boat on a river. "John O' Dreams lyric: "Sleep is a river. Flow on forever. And for your boatman choose old John O' Dreams".
Not really , I think most people are not shocked or offended by them , Christians probably like them and atheists find them incongruous , no offence intended.
Bill Caddick was a regular at the Newhampton pub‘s folk club in Wolverhampton. A wonderful entertainer and prolific songwriter. His songs were adopted by quite a few famous singers.
