Kate Bush - Lord Of The Reedy River
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- A beautiful song that Kate recorded and released in 1981 as the b-side of the single "Sat In Your Lap".
The song is written by Donovan and featured on his album "HMS Donovan" from 1970.
Lyrics:
I fell in love with a swan.
My eyes were filled with feathers,
He filled me with song,
In the reedy river,
In the reedy river.
I in my boat long hours,
He in his royal plumage--
I threw him some flowers,
In the reedy river,
In the reedy river.
Black was the night and starry.
I loosened off my garments
And let forth my hair,
In the reedy river,
In the reedy river.
Sadly we mourned and sighed,
Whilst in evening twilight
Two swans glide and fly
In the reedy river,
In the reedy river,
("Two swans glide and fly")
In the reedy river.
("Two swans glide and fly")
I fell in love with a swan...
She needs to get these on streaming services. I want to listen to them easily because they’re so incredible
I love when Kate goes gloom and eerie. No one does it like her
Are you sure?
@@hide_and_go_sikh dead sure! there's no one like Kate!
@@eloisagarcia3300 Mary Hopkin has the best version.
@@kazrej I'd argue with you about not to impose your truth on me, but you just introduced me to a great artist.
I still like Kate's version better, tho, but I'm gratefull to you nonetheless.
I had this single and played the b-side over and over again - thought it was the most beautiful and spooky thing I ever heard.
In high school ( 1970) I painted a Lord of the Reedy Rivet picture for art class. If I didnt know it was a Donovan song, I'd have thought this a Kate original. She really takes ownership of it!
For me, Kate's version is the best! Kate recorded her vocals for this beautiful song in a nearly empty pool in the studio basement.
This is how you produce a song.
true !
Donovan's version is like Pleasure Dome version, whilst Kate's is Dark Dimension version. I love them both!!!
The last few seconds remind me of another Kate classic- All The Love.
My favourite Kate Bush song that.
I had only ever heard Mary Hopkins version of this one... it also makes classic Kate!
I put both Donovan's original and Kate's cover in my Bush playlist. Thanks for the upload!
Mary Hopkin actually recorded it first. I highly recommend.
but Donovan wrote it.
The original is actually from Esther & Abi Ofarim, from 1968, a year before Mary Hopkin. Donovan wrote it of course, and sang it in a film in '69, but didn't put his own version out until '71. My guess is that Kate was aware of Esther Ofarim's version, definitely worth a listen: ruclips.net/video/x7c_3p_mcTQ/видео.html
@@MooseCall The composer, Donovan went to the studio and appeared on Kate's version.
Fantastically beautiful...
and that's how bjork and arca got inspired and wrote The gate
I love the backing vocals from 0.59. The A side "Sat In Your Lap," I remember miming to this furiously- hitting out with my feet and fists, getting rid of all my pent up anger and frustration.
WeTheStrange when I discovered sat in your lap (early 90’s) I did exactly the same for ages. I think I was probably 13 at the time. I ended up getting quite fit, which, looking back, is quite hilarious. LOTRR has always haunted me. I am having it played as I walk down the isle next year. I’d never have imagined that could happen.
Omg you chose this song to walk down the aisle?! …interesting choice
They sound like they are sampled from Donovan himself
@@deyanawoolley8993 Kate said it was actually Donovan. He came to the studio.
Not sure if there are any Warriors fans here, but if there are then this song really reminds me of Bluestar falling in love with Oakheart, Oakheart being the "swan", and the reedy river being the river that separates the two clans
There's an alternate version of this song that was unreleased. The sole studio copy of it is on eBay for almost $10,000 lmao
razrv3lc really? That sounds fascinating. I’d LOVE to hear it. I wonder what happened?
No way
sort of analogous to This Mortal Coil's version of Tim Buckley's Song of the Siren
The sound's like Strawberry Fields Fovever.
Should read /wiki about The Children of Lir
This song is so amazing and spooky... x
Can someone please tell me what this song is about?? The lyrics don't make sense.
It's a song version of the myth of Leda and the Swan; a girl who falls in love with a swan and is changed into one.
I own the single of Sat In Your Lap. This song is the B-side. Kate writes on the sleeve notes: "Special thanks to Donovan for writing such a beautiful song" and the vinyl is inscribed "Thank You Donovan".
Never heard this before, it's damn good, wow.
The best singer for that kind of song... Kate BUSH for EVER ! 🌹😍💐
Really suited to Kate's talent and soul ,if I hadn't been aware that it was a Donovan cover, I would have credited as one of Kate's mystical opus .
Brilliant best song ever. My favourite!
Why didn't Kate Bush and Siouxsie Sioux make a record together!
Beautiful vid. Thanks for posting it.
This is beautiful, just as everything Kate sings.
This is so beautiful and eerie. I love the sound of the water in the background...
Donovan's original is superior, to me, but Kate's version is a fascinating reworking from a first person-perspective.
I love it, but I always think it sounds like theres a triffid in the chorus. :)
this and the a side - wow
I fell in love with a swan In the Reedy River
Side B ? It's an ignominy !
What website did you get this song from please
I didn't get it from a website. I got it from the box set "This Woman's Work". It's out of print, but you can find it on the album "The Other Sides" by Kate Bush.
@clairgibson5671 The composer (Donovan) actually appears on the KB version.
If you haven't heard it, listen to Esther & Abi Ofarim's original version of this from '68 (so before Mary Hopkin, or Donovan, who of course wrote the song). My guess is Kate had at least heard it... ruclips.net/video/x7c_3p_mcTQ/видео.html
Esther & Abi Ofarim performed it on the first episode of their TV mini-series (May 18, 1968), but of all the versions I've heard I think I like Donovan's performance best from the 1969 movie "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium".
You might care to look for the eerie song 'All Day' by Jan Steele (with vocalist Janet Sherbourne) from 1976.
@@SugarcaneBand 'The Swan (Lord Of The Reedy River)' was also included on the 2013 compilation "Breezes of Patchouli" (which I don't have). Oddly, the bonus song listing on this compilation implies that it is a '"Hurdy Gurdy Man" Associated Recording' and presumably recorded during the 'Hurdy Gurdy Man' sessions (November 1967 - April 1968), instead of the 'Barabajagal' sessions (May & November 1968). While looking for more details, Donovan noted the song was inspired by a dream he had while he was in India in February, 1968 with the Beatles. Also, Mary Hopkin's cover version (which Paul McCartney produced) had Donovan and Paul McCartney duetting on guitars. BTW, regarding the Esther & Abi Ofarim TV show, the first episode (May 18, 1968) featured Donovan and 'Lord of the Reedy River' was performed, but it's not clear who performed it -- or if it was a duet with Donovan, since Esther & Abi Ofarim released the first recording of the song at some point in 1968. One news article noted '[Donovan] whispered a couple of his ballads and the segue from his recital of his poem "Lord of the Reedy River" to Esther's moving vocal interpretation provided the program's high-spot.' It's too bad this performance seems lost.
@borbetomagus - I got mixed up between my various RUclips accounts the other day and replied to you from the wrong one. So I've deleted that message and I'm pasting it here from the correct account, so that it doesn't look as though you're replying to nobody...
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My favourite is a version by Donovan that was unreleased at the time, but was included as a bonus track on the CD reissue of his 'Barabajagal' album. Gorgeous reedy river reeds from Harold McNair... ruclips.net/video/P-fvJ6a1cY0/видео.html ...much better than most of what he did include on 'Barabajagal', and then when he finally released 'Lord of the Reedy River' (on HMS Donovan) he went for a simple acoustic version, which is ok, but not anywhere as good, for me, as either this outtake or the 'Belgium' version... I always thought that was odd..
Thanks for the Jan Steele tip, good stuff!
@@borbetomagus Yes, it would be very interesting to see that episode. What a shame it seems to be lost.
It seems odd, if 'The Swan' were a Hurdy Gurdy Man outtake that they would put it on the Barabajagal CD set, and not the Hurdy Gurdy Man set, since there's space on that one for it, and fewer bonus tracks than on Barabajagal. But stranger things have happened. In any case it was evidently a song he was searching for a suitable home for for a few years... Odd where it did end up (in terms of official releases at the time) on HMS Donovan, not only because it isn't as good a version as those that didn't make the cut on other albums, but also because it seems out of place on that sort-of 'children's album'...even though it isn't the only track that does...
What? “Their original version, before Donovan - who of course wrote the song” ??
Nobody beats Mary Hopkin.
Lmao Who? Believe me you give each of Kate's album a listen and Mary Hopkins will sound like a mediocre singer. I mean come on Mary is not even a songwriter and you're comparing her to one of the best songwriters in britain with the most unique and beautiful voice ever, only topped by John Lennon according to the telegraph.
Mary's version is nice, but I reckon Donovan, Kate & Esther Ofarim (who released it first - ruclips.net/video/x7c_3p_mcTQ/видео.html) all have an edge on her in their different ways...
Mary Hopkin's version is nicer of course
This the only song of KB Ii REALLY dislike
Kikkerlikker69 well, everyone has their taste! I’d expect you’re not too keen on The Dreaming. Which is a shame.