A collection of Richard Thompson videos for my Music Vault
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Richard Thompson - Persuasion - Scottish TV 99
uploaded by joni36 at youtube.com
Brilliant duet between RT & his son Teddy. Video quality isn't great but the performance sure is!
Richard Thompson - Beeswing
uploaded by Cleapatr at youtube.com
I was nineteen when I came to town, they called it the Summer of Love
They were burning babies, burning flags. The hawks against the doves
I took a job in the steamie down on Cauldrum Street
And I fell in love with a laundry girl who was working next to me
Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
She was a lost child, oh she was running wild
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay.
And you wouldn't want me any other way"
Brown hair zig-zag around her face and a look of half-surprise
Like a fox caught in the headlights, there was animal in her eyes
She said "Young man, oh can't you see I'm not the factory kind
If you don't take me out of here I'll surely lose my mind"
Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine that I might crush her where she lay
She was a lost child, she was running wild
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay.
And you wouldn't want me any other way"
We busked around the market towns and picked fruit down in Kent
And we could tinker lamps and pots and knives wherever we went
And I said that we might settle down, get a few acres dug
Fire burning in the hearth and babies on the rug
She said "Oh man, you foolish man, it surely sounds like hell.
You might be lord of half the world, you'll not own me as well"
Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
She was a lost child, oh she was running wild
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay.
And you wouldn't want me any other way"
We was camping down the Gower one time, the work was pretty good
She thought we shouldn't wait for the frost and I thought maybe we should
We was drinking more in those days and tempers reached a pitch
And like a fool I let her run with the rambling itch
Oh the last I heard she's sleeping rough back on the Derby beat
White Horse in her hip pocket and a wolfhound at her feet
And they say she even married once, a man named Romany Brown
But even a gypsy caravan was too much settling down
And they say her flower is faded now, hard weather and hard booze
But maybe that's just the price you pay for the chains you refuse
Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
And I miss her more than ever words could say
If I could just taste all of her wildness now
If I could hold her in my arms today
Well I wouldn't want her any other way
Richard Thompson - Dimming Of The Day - California 2005
uploaded by joni36 at youtube.com
A stunning performance of 'Dimming Of The Day' by Mr. T in Chico, California in 2005.
Richard Thompson - Dad's Gonna Kill Me (2007)
uploaded by mnemonyxx at youtube.com
bass: Danny Thompson
guitar & harmonies: Pete Zorn
drums: Michael Jerome
Richard Thompson - I Feel So Good - Letterman 91
uploaded by joni36 at youtube.com
Fantastic performance of 'I Feel So Good' on 'Late Night With David Letterman' back in 1991.
Richard & Linda Thompson - A Heart Needs A Home
uploaded by Cleapatr at youtube.com
I know the way
That I feel about you
Im never going to run away
Im never going to run away
Never knew the way
When I lived without you
Im never going to run away
Im never going to run away
I came to you when
No one could hear me
Im sick and weary
Of being alone
Empty streets and
Hungry faces
The worlds no place when
Youre on your own
A heart needs a home
Some people say
That I should forget you
Im never going to be a fool
Im never going to be a fool
A better life, they say
If Id never met you
Im never going to be a fool
Im never going to be a fool
Tongues talk fire and
Eyes cry rivers
Indian givers
Hearts of stone
Paper ships and
Painted faces
The worlds no place when
Youre on your own
A heart needs a home
Richard Thompson - Hots for the Smarts
uploaded by ScrapsG at youtube.com
Richard Thompson on Sierra Center Stage
Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
uploaded by tomhksina at youtube.com
Richard Thompson playing "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" with a capo at the 3rd Fret
Oops!... Idid it again
uploaded by mwmeyer at youtube.com
Performed by someone who can't dance - so they have to sing.
Richard Thompson - She Moves Through The Fair - Seattle 1990
uploaded by joni36 at youtube.com
RT performing a great version of 'She Moves Through The Fair' on the Bumbershoot Arts Festival in Seattle in 1990.
Richard Thompson - Woodstock - JM Tribute 2000
uploaded by joni36 at youtube.com
RT performing a stunning live version of Joni's 'Woodstock' on a JM Tribute in 2000.
Richard Thompson - Dad's Gonna Kill Me (2007)
uploaded by mnemonyxx at youtube.com
bass: Danny Thompson
guitar & harmonies: Pete Zorn
drums: Michael Jerome
Richard Thompson Tear Stained Letter
uploaded by jsdiven at youtube.com
RT on Old Grey Whistle Test in 1984
Richard Thompson - When The Spell Is Broken
uploaded by maroonedsorrow at youtube.com
From Across A Crowded Room VHS 1985
Richard Thompson: Guitar/Vocals
Clive Gregson: Guitar/Vocals
Christine Collister: Vocals
Raurie McFarlane: Bass
Gerry Conway: Drums
Lyrics:
When the spell is broken
When the spell is broken
How you ever gonna keep her now
You can't cry if you don't know how
When the spell is broken
When the spell is broken
All the joy is gone from her face
Welcome back to the human race
How long can the flame
Of love remain
When you curse and fight
And never see like
Or hear like spoken
When the spell is broken
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
When the spell is broken
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
Oh when the spell is broken
All your magic and your ways and schemes
All your lies come and tear at your dreams
When the spell is broken
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
When the spell is broken
Now you're handing her that same old line
It's just straws in the wind this time
When love has died,
There's none starry-eyed
No kiss, no tears,
No farewell souvenirs
Not even a token, when the spell is broken
Don't swear your heart
From the very start
Love letters you wrote
Are pushed back down you throat
And leave you choking, when the spell is broken
(When the spell, When the spell, When the spell is broken)
When the spell is broken
When the spell is broken
(When the spell, When the spell, When the spell is broken)
When the spell is broken
When the spell is broken
Richard Thompson - Genesis Hall - Live Session
uploaded by joni36 at youtube.com
RT playing another great version of the Fairport Convention classic 'Genesis Hall' on a radio show..
Richard Thompson & Dave Swarbrick:"Bogey's Bonny Belle"
uploaded by SIMMO7TS at youtube.com
Posted by kind permission of Richard Thompson & Dave Swarbrick And Manager
Richard Thompson:MisunderStood:Time's gonna break you
uploaded by SIMMO7TS at youtube.com
Posted By kind permission of Richard Thompson And Manager.@National Forest 2009
Richard Thompson - Wall of Death
uploaded by Cleapatr at youtube.com
Let me ride on the Wall Of Death one more time
Let me ride on the Wall Of Death one more time
You can waste your time on the other rides
This is the nearest to being alive
Oh let me take my chances on the Wall Of Death
You can go with the crazy people in the Crooked House
You can fly away on the Rocket or spin in the Mouse
The Tunnel Of Love might amuse you
Noah's Ark might confuse you
But let me take my chances on the Wall Of Death
On the Wall Of Death all the world is far from me
On the Wall Of Death it's the nearest to being free
Well you're going nowhere when you ride on the carousel
And maybe you're strong but what's the good of ringing a bell
The switchback will make you crazy. Beware of the bearded lady
Oh let me take my chances on the Wall Of Death
Let me ride on the Wall Of Death one more time
Oh let me ride on the Wall Of Death one more time
You can waste your time on the other rides
This is the nearest to being alive
Oh let me take my chances on the Wall Of Death
Let me take my chances on the Wall Of Death
Oh let me take my chances on the Wall Of Death
Richard Thompson - Coo Coo Bird - Harry Smith Project 2001
uploaded by joni36 at youtube.com
RT performing 'The Coo Coo Bird' together with Eliza Carthy & Garth Hudson on the 'Harry Smith Project' in 2001.
Richard Thompson - Sunset Song
uploaded by seekereye at youtube.com
Richard Thompson live in concert in Northampton, MA, June 2007.
Richard Thompson - I'll Never Give It Up - Jools 2007
uploaded by joni36 at youtube.com
RT & band performing a powerful version of 'I'll Never Give It Up' on 'Later With Jools Holland' in 2007.
Richard Thompson -- Valerie Live
uploaded by dhuinn at youtube.com
More worryingly brilliant guitar playing action from RT at Wickham Folk Festival, from the brilliant opening song, Valerie.
Richard Thompson- Cry me a river (live)
uploaded by giovinctu at youtube.com
Live at UCLA Royce Hall on Sep 28, 2007
Richard Thompson - Needle And Thread Acoustic - Jools 2007
uploaded by joni36 at youtube.com
An acoustic performance of 'Needle And Thread' backstage on 'Later With Jools' in 2007.
Richard Thompson - One Door Opens - California 2005
uploaded by joni36 at youtube.com
RT performing 'One Door Opens' in Chico, California in 2005.
Richard Thompson - Cooksferry Queen
uploaded by Cleapatr at youtube.com
Well there's a house in an alley
In the squats and low-rise
Of a town with no future
But that's where my future lies
It's a secret, but no secret
It's a rule, but no rule
Where you find the darkest avenue
There you'll find the brightest jewel
Now my name it is Mulvaney
And I'm known quite famously
People speak my name in whispers
What higher praise can there be
But I'd trade my fine mohair
For tied-dyes and faded jeans
If she wanted me some other way
She's my Cooksferry Queen
She gave me one pill to get bigger
She gave me one pill to get small
I saw snakes dancing all around her feet
And dead men coming throught the wall
Well I'm the prince of this parish
I've been ruthless and I've been mean
But she blew my mind as she opened my eyes
She's my Cooksferry Queen
Yeaaaaah
Well she's got every rare perfection
All her looks beyond compare
She's got dresses that seem to float in the wind
Pre-Raphaelite curls in her hair
She could get the lame to walking
She could get the blind to see
She could make wine out of Thames river water
She could make a believer out of me
Yes I'd trade it all tomorrow
All the wicked things I've been
She's my bright jewel of the alley
She's my Cooksferry Queen
Yes I'd trade it all tomorrow
All the wicked things I've been
She's my bright jewel of the alley
She's my Cooksferry Queen
Oooooh
Richard Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights
uploaded by maroonedsorrow at youtube.com
From Across A Crowded Room VHS 1985
First released on Shoot Out The Lights 1982
Richard Thompson: Guitar/Vocals
Clive Gregson: Guitar/Vocals
Christine Collister: Vocals
Raurie McFarlane: Bass
Gerry Conway: Drums
Lyrics:
In the dark, who can see his face?
In the dark, who can reach him?
He hides like a child, he hides like a child
Keeps his finger on the trigger
You know he can't stand the day
Shoot out the lights, shoot out the lights
Keep the blind down on the window
Ah, keep the pain on the inside
Just watching the dark, just watching the dark
He might laugh but you won't see him
As he thunders through the night
Shoot out the lights, shoot out the lights
In the darkness the shadows move
In the darkness the game is real
Real as a gun, real as a gun
As he watches the lights of the city
And he moves through the night
Shoot out the lights, shoot out the lights
Shoot out the lights, shoot out the lights
Richard Thompson - Crying In The Rain - Germany 1980
uploaded by joni36 at youtube.com
Richard & Linda with band performing 'Crying In The Rain' in Hamburg, Germany in 1980 (Rockpalast broadcast). Linda is wrong because the song is written by Howard Greenfield and Carole King. In 1990, the Norwegian pop band a-ha covered the song. Following its success, a-ha became closer to the Everly Brothers, who had originally recorded the song. They were each presented with a set of guitars by the Everly Brothers that a-ha continue to use (Hmm..?).
Heartbreak Hotel: John Cale, Shawn Colvin & Richard Thompson
uploaded by scmm42 at youtube.com
John Cale, Shawn Colvin & Richard Thompson perform a haunting version of Heartbreak Hotel on Night Music.
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