The saddest song I know. Rickie is just amazing. I wrote my thesis in musicology about her works. But still I have no clue what makes her, her voice and music so special...
Like most all RLJ tunes, this touches me so deeply. It reminds me of dreams I had about my baby that died over 20 years ago. I feel fortunate to allow artists, so rare is RLJ, to touch me and grieve from the longing of a loved one. I love you RLJ to share this with the world.
A great song by Marty Balin, RIP, and a great cover by Rickie Lee. Pop Pop, the album it was on might be my favorite by her. Mostly jazz standards with this and a Hendrix song thrown in, all acoustic.
Gorgeous song...have always loved it. Ever since I had the song on Jefferson Airplane's "Surrealist Pillow' LP. Loved Marty Balin singing it. Same feel, different interpretations. Both wonderful, but Rickie Lee's is so haunting and pain-wracked. Hard to top.
'Never heard this before! Turned onto this beautiful piece in the Rickie Lee Jones Facebook fan group. 'Love her! 'Saw her perform in Phoenix a few years back. Beautiful!
Yes, RLJ is my number one female vocalist in the whole world! I feel like she speaks for my heart. I can't wait to see her in June in Park City, Utah! I indulge in her sounds on a regular basis. Thank you Rickie Lee.
I have been fortunate enough to see RLJ live quite a few times.... her voice is better live than it is recorded... can't explain it, but she is better live.... crazy, talented woman.... love her music so much.
never heard her doing this song before and it reminded me that the Jefferson Airplane version mesmerized me back in college. The lyrics are so poetic, and the melody so mournful, and the music so perfectly sympathetic. Glad I found this.
This song came to mind, who knows why . I remember @ age 15, Marty Balin singing in my basement room (vinyl) and for odd reasons, it meaning something to me, less then than now . Then I remembered RLJ did a version of this on "Pop Pop" . I cried through both of them . . . one of the most beautiful 60's era songs ever . . . and RLJ kills it .
I first heard this song when I was ten yrs. old on the Woodstock two albums. By The Jeff. Airplane and was also riveted. This is a very sensual cover . Thanks
Rickie has such an amazing voice. This piece tears at my heart. Puts tears in my eyes. Thank you for sharing it with the world. Wish Rickie's life had been filled with more joy. Wish all her days were happy joyful days.
@@artsanchez9122 if you check out the modern BBC performance of Chuck E's in Love which is just wonderful ... As well as the few comments, someone told the history of why such a comment is fitting. I highly recommend it. ✌❤
This is SO beautiful! I've always loved this piece, as well, yet, interpreted the longing through heat. As in an unbearably hot day and the vapors of heat, rising in the distance, conjuring illusions. This is cold... and desolate. There is almost nothing so emotionally torturous as unrequited love. It IS cold and desolate. Good job!
Sorry it took me so long to reply... I was feeling very cold and desolate on the cold winter night I made this, with my limited ability for making videos. It was a very cathartic experience for me. It took several hours. I'm glad people are enjoying it.
When this came out, I went down to see Marty at the Sweetwater in Mill Valley. Caught him backstage before he went on and asked if he'd heard this. He wasn't aware that it existed.
Wow. I was checking out an updated BBC performance of Chuck E's in Love and someone mentioned this song. You've created a fantastic backdrop with perfect imagery. I didn't expect to cry today. It's so beautiful and sadness is okay because by now I know the deeper the sadness, soon to follow is great joy. To feel is to be alive. I finally get that... ✌❤
I have been captivated by the original on Surrealistic Pillow for almost fifty years now. As a rule covers that hew this closely to the original don't do much for me. But Rickie Lee does a fine, fine job with this one.
Thank you for this. Rickie Lee Jones is sublime, as is the video. Just read her book titled Last Chance Texaco. Her voice and songs and writing are a timeless treasure. Was moved by her voice all those years ago and now again.
Thank you for your beautiful work. This is one of the songs I keep very deep in my heart. So many memories, both this and Jefferson's original. Waiting for Rickie's new album (coming soon I think)
I don't know because I believe I imagined an entire couple of decades relationship because I was the one so in love. In hindsight, I know I didn't make it up for fun by any means but as time goes on I'm beginning to understand that I probably did make up the feelings of both of us. Sad but true. ✌❤
I didn’t think it was possible to come close to the original. Yet her version may be as good or better. Restores you faith in the human mind and heart.
James I appreciate your efforts. IMHO her very best singing and interpetation. Her Alto singing and low pitch is an unbelievable contrapunto to her plaintive, heartbreakingly sweet falsetto. Her and Marty tapped into something very potent indeed. I'll try to return the favor. There is a book-end to this song. Go and search "The Cheating Game, Kristin Mooney" on YT. Don't know how I know it, I just do.... PbS
+peterbstrong Very well put; Marty definitely tapped into something. It resonated with Rickie, her unusual sensitivity. She saw through the open window with Marty. One of Jeff's best, and Rickie's. I feel so sorry for today's youth, who have nothing in the way of music but absolute crap.
THIS A.M. JUST " PENNED" A SONG ABOUT " COMING BACK TO ME",THOUGH THE CONCEPT DIFFERS, THE ANGST & MESSAGE RING TRUE. I BELIEVE THE "LATE MARTY BALIN" WOULD APPROVE.
One of the timeless jewels from Surrealistic Pillow by the Jefferson Airplane - 1967
Thank you for reminding us of the original🙏 I bought the album in '68 - definitely a timeless jewel🔷
I never heard Rickie sing this song before today. Beautiful.
A billion songs later, there is nothing so heartfelt as this beautiful poetry xx
The original is still incredible
The saddest song I know. Rickie is just amazing. I wrote my thesis in musicology about her works. But still I have no clue what makes her, her voice and music so special...
Cool she is most beautiful soulful artist & lucky to have been Tom Waites girl Beautiful Absolutely
Soul just Soul
Sweet soul pain
She's Welsh and Irish (???) Idk, guessing, if that's something.
Hey, is thesis published? How can I read it? Sounds like a good read.
Like most all RLJ tunes, this touches me so deeply. It reminds me of dreams I had about my baby that died over 20 years ago. I feel fortunate to allow artists, so rare is RLJ, to touch me and grieve from the longing of a loved one. I love you RLJ to share this with the world.
Brilliant. What a stellar interpretation of this classic. I can never hear anyone else sing it again.
She has always been able to ride the razors edge between genius and insanity.
very emotional sound by Marty Balin ! So descriptive ! Rickie does it justice
Like every song she has ever sung, Rickie Lee has created a masterpiece.
jefferson airplane song
before star ship at filmore west living at haight
A great song by Marty Balin, RIP, and a great cover by Rickie Lee. Pop Pop, the album it was on might be my favorite by her. Mostly jazz standards with this and a Hendrix song thrown in, all acoustic.
This song hurts REALLY bad. And I love it. Good to reach this part of me. Thank you!!!
Hurts sooo good
This tune is the heart of longing for connections lost - great job.
"The heart of longing for connections lost"....Perfect.
Wish she and Marty B could've done this together. Now that would be awesome. RIP Marty Balin 😪
Just listen closely. You'll hear Marty.
Gorgeous song...have always loved it. Ever since I had the song on Jefferson Airplane's "Surrealist Pillow' LP. Loved Marty Balin singing it. Same feel, different interpretations. Both wonderful, but Rickie Lee's is so haunting and pain-wracked. Hard to top.
RIP Marty Balin, sad that he passed.
Marty's never felt so to me.
Yeah, never cried when Marty sang it, it's hard not to when Rickie Lee sings it ~ like Sacrifice with Elton John & Sinead O'Connor
To be clear, Marty didn't just sing it - he wrote it, too.
Stunning and beautiful. Rickie Lee is one of our most perfect musicians and poets. Thanks so much James Connor!
'Never heard this before! Turned onto this beautiful piece in the Rickie Lee Jones Facebook fan group. 'Love her! 'Saw her perform in Phoenix a few years back. Beautiful!
Wow- she sang that last verse so plaintive and high that I got tears in my eyes.
With her versions and her photos the song is like someone pleading, praying with a childhood innocence.The singer's love is that pure.
I can't believe I did not know that Rickie Lee covered this song. All these years. I owe you my life.
This is the 1st time I heard this song.later found it to be from Marty Balin who I loved from the 1st STARSHIP lp.great song.still makes me cry
@@timothykerr3450 it's from the Jefferson Airplane album 'Surrealistic Pillow'.
A beautiful interpretation of a beautiful song , perfect!
Yes, RLJ is my number one female vocalist in the whole world! I feel like she speaks for my heart. I can't wait to see her in June in Park City, Utah! I indulge in her sounds on a regular basis. Thank you Rickie Lee.
I have been fortunate enough to see RLJ live quite a few times.... her voice is better live than it is recorded... can't explain it, but she is better live.... crazy, talented woman.... love her music so much.
cool
Amazing video - the photographs fit the song perfectly.
thanks for the photos--such a beautiful song---your images enhance
never heard her doing this song before and it reminded me that the Jefferson Airplane version mesmerized me back in college. The lyrics are so poetic, and the melody so mournful, and the music so perfectly sympathetic. Glad I found this.
No words, just tears. Thank you for sharing. Thank you Rickie for saying all the things I wish I could.
It's already a great song she makes her own like she did with walk away renee
Thank you Marty Balin and the joint you smoked when you wrote this song
Rickie Lee really is a genius songwriter/singer. Her music is so precious to me for so many reasons.
This song came to mind, who knows why . I remember @ age 15, Marty Balin singing in my basement room (vinyl) and for odd reasons, it meaning something to me, less then than now . Then I remembered RLJ did a version of this on "Pop Pop" . I cried through both of them . . . one of the most beautiful 60's era songs ever . . . and RLJ kills it .
I first heard this song when I was ten yrs. old on the Woodstock two albums. By The Jeff. Airplane and was also riveted. This is a very sensual cover . Thanks
All time favorite cover...it's amazing and soulful
Rickie has such an amazing voice. This piece tears at my heart. Puts tears in my eyes. Thank you for sharing it with the world. Wish Rickie's life had been filled with more joy. Wish all her days were happy joyful days.
U make it sound like she dead...
@@artsanchez9122 if you check out the modern BBC performance of Chuck E's in Love which is just wonderful ... As well as the few comments, someone told the history of why such a comment is fitting. I highly recommend it. ✌❤
ur welcome i dug up some of her tracks
My daughter died during childbirth…coming back to me..❤️ I saw you….thank you
Haunting and beautiful. A meditation on loss and grief. Perhaps a lingering dream.
Beautifully worded.
Theresa Amick thanks, Theresa.
I`ve been listening to her music for decades and she moves my soul like few artists do. Thanks.
Sweet Ricky you can bring in the soulful clarity.
Alone in
Still chills to my soul...she creates a 'movie' w/her words and phrasing, for me at least.
New life in an old song. Rickie Lee sings the heart of the music with a naked soul. Stunning and heartbreaking.
very cool pictures on your post..especially the winter snow ones. Very cool.
I remember a Rickie Lee Jones concert in Denver and she was smokin' hot -- jazzy bluesy, sexy and achingly beautiful.
I heard this 13 years ago...and took leave to Spain in search of Spanish boots of Spanish leather....such an awesome song writer
Really challenging covering this song as Marty's original was damned near perfect... but this helps keep it alive and for that I'm grateful
This is SO beautiful! I've always loved this piece, as well, yet, interpreted the longing through heat. As in an unbearably hot day and the vapors of heat, rising in the distance, conjuring illusions. This is cold... and desolate.
There is almost nothing so emotionally torturous as unrequited love. It IS cold and desolate. Good job!
and foggy...heavy mist.
Great backdrop for this cut...
Sorry it took me so long to reply... I was feeling very cold and desolate on the cold winter night I made this, with my limited ability for making videos. It was a very cathartic experience for me. It took several hours. I'm glad people are enjoying it.
heart piercing perfect interpretation
Stunnin, the images with this one of a kind song
Love her & her songs so much. This touches my soul to the very core. Divine Feminine.
Great version of a lovely song. Video is brilliant
just... beautiful
So sweet and moving.
Just got here but yeah, stunned. So good!
When this came out, I went down to see Marty at the Sweetwater in Mill Valley. Caught him backstage before he went on and asked if he'd heard this. He wasn't aware that it existed.
I love this song...never cried when Marty sang it, and it's hard not to when Rickie Lee sings it ~ shout out to COMPANY
Wow. I was checking out an updated BBC performance of Chuck E's in Love and someone mentioned this song. You've created a fantastic backdrop with perfect imagery. I didn't expect to cry today. It's so beautiful and sadness is okay because by now I know the deeper the sadness, soon to follow is great joy. To feel is to be alive. I finally get that... ✌❤
Link to the modern BBC performance and story about Chuck E's in Love.
ruclips.net/video/EVw6jaf5O-Q/видео.html
Beautiful and heart wrenching at the same time. RLJ equally owned this song.
I have been captivated by the original on Surrealistic Pillow for almost fifty years now. As a rule covers that hew this closely to the original don't do much for me. But Rickie Lee does a fine, fine job with this one.
Beautiful video
And you did it justice. Oh yeah, this is a heart-melting tune alright. Hauntingly beautiful.
The video was quite well done. Really adds the mood to a great song combining for a real strong emotional feeling all around. Thanks for posting.
Thank you for this. Rickie Lee Jones is sublime, as is the video. Just read her book titled Last Chance Texaco. Her voice and songs and writing are a timeless treasure. Was moved by her voice all those years ago and now again.
It's just magnificent x
God how she inhabits my soul.
Thank you for your beautiful work. This is one of the songs I keep very deep in my heart. So many memories, both this and Jefferson's original. Waiting for Rickie's new album (coming soon I think)
the mood is perfect. Love this cover.
Thanks for bringing this gem back to us. I heard it first live in Colorado over 25 years ago. Whew, breathtaking beauty all around.
J.C. thank you. Love Rickie since I saw her on SNL in 79.
Beautiful song 💖 voice unique from Rickie Lee Jones 💖👍😉
This is so beautiful I saw her in concert
Stunning
Beautiful.
Beautiful! Breaks my heart everytime
Mine too, I pray for your heart healing, I know how the agony is.
It's perfect...
I just saw you in Park City and I am going to your June 18 concert. I never wear tired of your talent.
Beautiful video, perfect for Rickie Lee singing the saddest song in the world
素晴らしい写真と音楽…！リッキー・リーの歌声ととても合っていて見入ってしまいます。ありがとう！
Wonderful work. I keep listening for Grace's recorder and sometimes I think it's there.
RIP Marty Balin.
Cool cover by RLJ....Shine on Paul and Marty, shine on.aloha
hauntingly beautiful
Marty Balin composition off Surrealistic Pillow. Haunting and wonderful.
This song use to always make me bawl my eyes out but now it's the new Sinead O'Connor song 'Back where you belong'. Omg
gorgeous thanx
The incompatibility among the loves of one's life - celebrate them, or leave them to be gone. Marty Balin !
beautiful! Thanks,....
I don't know how to put f****** comments on here this is a beautiful song for her come back I hate comments this is beautiful
RLJ sings Jefferson Airplane! Respectful and beautiful cover version.
absolutely love this
RIP Marty Balin
gorgeous............
But I was wrong...You did a great job in this video, RLJ has a way of touching your soul in a way not many can.
Was it just something that I made up for fun? No. You can't ever hold on to anything that don't want to stay. You just love it while you have it.
I don't know because I believe I imagined an entire couple of decades relationship because I was the one so in love. In hindsight, I know I didn't make it up for fun by any means but as time goes on I'm beginning to understand that I probably did make up the feelings of both of us. Sad but true. ✌❤
Wonderful
sublime
I didn’t think it was possible to come close to the original. Yet her version may be as good or better. Restores you faith in the human mind and heart.
Rickie Lee Love
GOOSE BUMPS - MY TOP SONG
Heartbreaking
James
I appreciate your efforts. IMHO her very best singing and interpetation. Her Alto singing and low pitch is an unbelievable contrapunto to her plaintive, heartbreakingly sweet falsetto.
Her and Marty tapped into something very potent indeed. I'll try to return the favor. There is a book-end to this song. Go and search "The Cheating Game, Kristin Mooney" on YT.
Don't know how I know it, I just do....
PbS
+peterbstrong Very well put; Marty definitely tapped into something. It resonated with Rickie, her unusual sensitivity. She saw through the open window with Marty. One of Jeff's best, and Rickie's. I feel so sorry for today's youth, who have nothing in the way of music but absolute crap.
So intense!!
THIS A.M. JUST " PENNED" A SONG ABOUT " COMING BACK TO ME",THOUGH THE CONCEPT DIFFERS, THE ANGST & MESSAGE RING TRUE. I BELIEVE THE "LATE MARTY BALIN" WOULD APPROVE.
Jefferson airplane ,marty balin, wrote some good good songs for the aero plane , at the intro i could hear the flute 😊