Focus play Sylvia live at Trading Boundaries in 2018.

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  • Опубликовано: 18 июн 2020
  • This is a clip from a fantastic Focus gig at Sir Thijs Van Leer's self proclaimed favourite UK venue, Trading Boundaries. We are remaining hopeful that they will be back on our stage by the end of the year!
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  • @fernandogarajalde4066
    @fernandogarajalde4066 3 года назад +19

    Live long and prosper 🖖 Mr. Van Leer! Hope to see you in 2021 or 2022.

  • @ChaslyMat
    @ChaslyMat 2 года назад +8

    Amazing band. Just seen this line up live tonight in Dover UK. What a treat!

  • @peterhorah7884
    @peterhorah7884 3 года назад +6

    It was a great gig and venue! And thank you Trading Boundaries for making my American visitors feel special and welcomed!

  • @helannavanbrakel6537
    @helannavanbrakel6537 2 года назад +3

    Love and love and even more love! Thank you for the music.

  • @rikbikker9556
    @rikbikker9556 2 года назад +5

    Keep up the playfulness Thijs, it is very refreshing!

  • @RickTransit
    @RickTransit 2 года назад +4

    I've just come home from seeing them at the Powerhaus in Camden and it was exactly like this! They are phenomenal.

  • @juliansymes1274
    @juliansymes1274 Год назад +3

    Just saw them last night in The Earl Haig Club, Cardiff... ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!

    • @andrewlofthouse7121
      @andrewlofthouse7121 Год назад +1

      I was there that night. Fabulous. Mr Van Leer was a complete gent to talk to.

  • @gfunkmusic6836
    @gfunkmusic6836 2 года назад +3

    Musicianship of the highest order, stunning.

  • @grahamspence-music8777
    @grahamspence-music8777 2 года назад +3

    Evoking great memories.

  • @peterr1001
    @peterr1001 2 года назад +15

    Menno Gootjes is no Jan Akkerman, but then nobody else is. He is still pretty good.

    • @xmandlt
      @xmandlt Год назад +8

      He sounds better than the smooth jazz meanderings Akkerman gravitates toward these days.

  • @bennettskb555
    @bennettskb555 11 месяцев назад +1

    Still great all these years later, excellent performance 👏👍

  • @gbeachy2010
    @gbeachy2010 2 года назад +5

    The intro is longer than we expect in pop times but I like the jazz mode. The melody is like a story you hear as a kid and don't mind hearing every night the same way.

  • @philipfreyaborn8288
    @philipfreyaborn8288 Год назад +3

    Hey genius keyboard player and yodeller - no need to sod about with fancy intros - I bought Sylvia as but a child in the 1970's - NLs should be proud of you - your music from this era early 70's is up there with the best of English music from early 70's --- best music era ever --- don't compromise or dumb-down for anyone

    • @MEDYK1961
      @MEDYK1961 Год назад

      FOCUS | 50th Anniversary Celebration Live in Warsaw Poland Hybrydy Club 2023 4K (Full) ruclips.net/video/iBErk4usE7c/видео.html&t

  • @daveebryan828
    @daveebryan828 4 года назад +9

    LUV This!!!
    Great sounding mix.
    This live mix is nicer than the old 'Live At The Rainbow'...from way back when.
    Well Done, All!

  • @fabriciofelix7908
    @fabriciofelix7908 3 года назад +3

    Wonderfull music of Focus.Congratulations for all

  • @garypowell1540
    @garypowell1540 2 года назад +11

    Reminds me of those days, many years ago when great musicians wrote and played great music, that the public used to buy and listen to.
    Unfortunately, the music died even if all of the musicians have not quite done so.

  • @ospreyhover
    @ospreyhover 2 года назад +1

    Looking forward to seeing them at Trading Boundaries again this Friday

  • @robertorabello486
    @robertorabello486 Год назад

    Qué gran versión GENIOSSSSSS!!!!!!!

  • @wetulow1623
    @wetulow1623 3 года назад +2

    amazing

  • @jeffreyroberts7438
    @jeffreyroberts7438 2 года назад

    Brilliant!!!!!!!

  • @jeffking4176
    @jeffking4176 Год назад

    Fantastic ‼️

  • @alfiefranklin7831
    @alfiefranklin7831 2 года назад +1

    Brilliant.......

  • @evertvanwesterop3536
    @evertvanwesterop3536 Год назад

    nog steeds super!!!!

  • @nigelskinner2733
    @nigelskinner2733 2 года назад

    Looking forward to seeing them there on Jun16th 22 after their last gig there fell foul of Covid!...

  • @paulbuxton1326
    @paulbuxton1326 4 месяца назад

    Awsome live band 🎼👌

  • @AllenKerr
    @AllenKerr 7 месяцев назад

    Wonderful… just wonderful. Incredible musicians at the top of their game. And, no - of COURSE it’s ‘not Jan Akkerman’ …it’s not meant to be Jan Akkerman. It’s Menno Gootjes, and he’s doing what Menno Gootjes does. Brilliantly!

  • @ronaldtroost
    @ronaldtroost 2 года назад

    Very very nice...

  • @harrykee123moore7
    @harrykee123moore7 Год назад

    Congratulations Menno. Superb. Come to Ireland soon. We'll give you a great Cead Mile Failte.

    • @MEDYK1961
      @MEDYK1961 Год назад

      FOCUS | 50th Anniversary Celebration Live in Warsaw Poland Hybrydy Club 2023 4K (Full) ruclips.net/video/iBErk4usE7c/видео.html&t

  • @evertvanwesterop3536
    @evertvanwesterop3536 Год назад +1

    steen goed!!!!!

  • @RTD553
    @RTD553 2 года назад

    Super.

  • @karstengrunberg2477
    @karstengrunberg2477 2 года назад +2

    Jan sein Nachfolger ist gut.Glückwunsch für dieses Erbe

    • @benbos6625
      @benbos6625 2 года назад

      de meester aan het werk: ruclips.net/video/WrxBugNVFFs/видео.html

  • @TheBrightSounds
    @TheBrightSounds 2 года назад

    guitarist is a badass

  • @georgeg4136
    @georgeg4136 6 месяцев назад

    One of ten prog songs. Hocus Pocus included.

  • @harryw9598
    @harryw9598 Год назад +1

    Musicians have a story to tell, would like you to listen, want to take you on their journey.
    there are some when i say no thank you, but with ome thijs i go anywhere, he takes you to places real fine.

    • @MEDYK1961
      @MEDYK1961 Год назад

      FOCUS | 50th Anniversary Celebration Live in Warsaw Poland Hybrydy Club 2023 4K (Full) ruclips.net/video/iBErk4usE7c/видео.html&t

  • @JfK--OBJECTivE
    @JfK--OBJECTivE Год назад +1

    The guitarist is comparable to Mr Akkerman!

  • @emilioTW33
    @emilioTW33 2 года назад +1

    hermoso

  • @michelelucco5118
    @michelelucco5118 2 года назад

    Who's the bass player? Panneket?

  • @johnbailey9314
    @johnbailey9314 Год назад +1

    Only Jan Akkerman and kieth Cosgrove nail this

  • @StraightShooter.
    @StraightShooter. 3 года назад

    Ho hum?

  • @lucianomartucci2520
    @lucianomartucci2520 Год назад

    veramente enorme

    • @MEDYK1961
      @MEDYK1961 Год назад

      FOCUS | 50th Anniversary Celebration Live in Warsaw Poland Hybrydy Club 2023 4K (Full) ruclips.net/video/iBErk4usE7c/видео.html&t

  • @EmpoMedia
    @EmpoMedia 2 года назад

    Was the full concert recorded? Can you upload full concert?

  • @fortuner123
    @fortuner123 10 месяцев назад

    Very underrated. Can't believe how the slim keyboard has got so fat!

  • @Unggoyking
    @Unggoyking 2 года назад +1

    Mark Ruffalo on bass

  • @margaretroberts8222
    @margaretroberts8222 2 года назад

    Oppsy y doooo original plzzzzzz

  • @adambinnie1332
    @adambinnie1332 2 года назад

    Not the original guitarist of the band?

    • @Zerbey
      @Zerbey 2 года назад +6

      Jan Akkerman left the band in the 1970s but occasionally contributed, the last time in the 1990s I believe. The current guitarist is Menno Gootjes.

  • @bestpix100
    @bestpix100 Год назад

    Should have trimmed off the first 2:10

  • @hugodebruin4013
    @hugodebruin4013 2 года назад

    Of zo:
    ruclips.net/video/gPyAfeXnwDo/видео.html

  • @frankboogaard88
    @frankboogaard88 3 года назад +9

    Sadly it is not Jan Akkerman playing the guitar, so NOT Focus, but good job on the guitar.

    • @thatmatt41
      @thatmatt41 3 года назад +6

      @@gabbycattell9030 While the drummer here technically wasn't the original drummer for Focus, Pierre appeared on the early stuff and has been part of the band since Moving Waves.

    • @tedparkinson6892
      @tedparkinson6892 3 года назад +5

      Yeah, like it's not the Rolling Stones 'cause Ronnie Wood is not the 'real' guitarist and the bass player is that other guy.....

    • @frankboogaard88
      @frankboogaard88 3 года назад +7

      @@tedparkinson6892 The thing is that Jan was an essential part of Focus. Might just be my Dutch Pride talking there, but that is how I personally see it ;)
      And I didn't trash talk the guy, even complemented him, he just isn't Jan ;)

    • @tedparkinson6892
      @tedparkinson6892 3 года назад +3

      @@frankboogaard88 I understand. But we all know what happens to 'older groups'. And Van Leer is using the name for marketing purposes and more power to him. So it is, and it isn't "Focus".
      About 4 years ago I saw "War" with most of the original players. But due to legal issues, they were not allowed to use that name, and appeared as "The Low Riders". Ridiculous. They *were* War.

    • @frankboogaard88
      @frankboogaard88 3 года назад +2

      @@tedparkinson6892 I guess we both agree that Thijs is a bit of a genius, as were the other originals in any musical group of the distant past ;)

  • @hubertwillems5096
    @hubertwillems5096 2 года назад

    nee, het origineel liep lekkerder

  • @arneemilbredland2339
    @arneemilbredland2339 2 года назад +2

    Akkermanns touch is nowhere to be found, otherwise it`s OK.

  • @felicionunes4224
    @felicionunes4224 Год назад

    Original é melhor!!!!

  • @stringsman12345
    @stringsman12345 Год назад

    that's not the real one :-)

  • @crypto_dreamer
    @crypto_dreamer Год назад

    Helaas doet Thijs een beetje seniel.....

  • @arroncooper6077
    @arroncooper6077 2 года назад

    Jan Akkerman he aint, very average

  • @dondraper2488
    @dondraper2488 3 года назад +3

    Look at that Old Lesbian playing the organ....

    • @duncancox7341
      @duncancox7341 3 года назад +18

      Dropped on your head as a baby?

  • @thedolphin5428
    @thedolphin5428 Год назад

    How sad, that aging musos feel a need to keep rehashing their immortal hits worse and worse over the years. And equally sad that nostalgic fans can't objectively discern such renditions as crap. If you want to hear great renditions of Sylvia (or anything from the 70s), just stay home and put the old albums on.
    Sorry, but who wants to hear TVL *NOT YODELLING like he used to* and some tense newby *butchering Akkerman's superlative lead riffs* .