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  • Опубликовано: 13 мар 2009
  • Un des plus beaux morceaux de Henry Cow, filmé en Suisse à Veivey en 1976. J'ai rajouté un générique au début pour présenter les musiciens. Le morceau a été coupé en deux parties pour pouvoir être publié sur RUclips (il dure 19 minutes en tout). Il y a une improvisation remarquable au milieu, et la gestuelle de Chris Cutler mérite le coup d'oeil.
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  • @glynwilliams1786
    @glynwilliams1786 8 лет назад +124

    Saw them supporting Beefheart. My first ever gig. I have never been right since.

  • @jordanowen42
    @jordanowen42 14 лет назад +17

    Chris Cutler steals the show, as always. He is, without a doubt, one of the most versatile, distinctive, and dynamic drummers to ever get behind the kit.

    • @nige3801
      @nige3801 2 года назад +1

      I would say Christian Vander of magma is another but yes I cannot argue with your words!

    • @growskull
      @growskull 4 месяца назад

      they all steal the show as always

  • @nige3801
    @nige3801 2 года назад +4

    Chris cutler embodies my joyous life in the 70s - I remember seeing him delivering supplies to the On The 8th Day vegan cafe Manchester, barefooted...it ain't the same no more

  • @gb5uq
    @gb5uq 8 лет назад +73

    Lindsay Cooper was stunningly beautiful and incredibly talented. Her sad loss was a tragedy. Henry Cow are undoubtedly one of the most under rated bands of their time. Amazing.

    • @richardhewlett5603
      @richardhewlett5603 7 лет назад +10

      She blew a good bassoon!

    • @kevmaher8988
      @kevmaher8988 6 лет назад +9

      Disagree about them being one of the most under-rated bands; I would say probably THE most under-rated band

    • @WalterKlemmerPiano
      @WalterKlemmerPiano 5 лет назад +9

      She is the only woman I know of who wrote Prog, she wrote half of the album Western Culture by herself! (one of the songs was co written with Tim Hodgkinson who also written the other half).

    • @Syfoll
      @Syfoll 4 года назад +7

      @@kevmaher8988 For how eclectic their sound is, they did pretty well in terms of commercial success and especially in critical success, so much so that a 19 year old romanian like myself has heard about them, just by browsing a few wikipedia articles on prog.

    • @bottlesflying
      @bottlesflying 4 года назад +1

      which planet are you on?

  • @bobgreen623
    @bobgreen623 10 лет назад +70

    I could watch Chris play drums all day - the concentration, fluidity, inventiveness and sheer artistry is staggering.

    • @MrMHughes68
      @MrMHughes68 10 лет назад

      I couldn't agree more: he is indeed staggering.

    • @homersimpson8561
      @homersimpson8561 10 лет назад

      Definitely.

    • @omnivorist
      @omnivorist 10 лет назад +1

      Peter O'Donoghue Yup !

    • @AlmostEthical
      @AlmostEthical 7 лет назад +7

      What gets me about CC is how quickly he must think to play the way he does. His flowery movements are fun to watch too :)

    • @Hydrocorax
      @Hydrocorax 5 лет назад +1

      He was as much a dancer as he was a drummer.

  • @drschatz845
    @drschatz845 2 месяца назад

    Beautyful as the moon for sure. I love it

  • @JuliusELS
    @JuliusELS 13 лет назад +10

    What an inmense drummer is Chris, it looks like an elegant Keith Moon.

    • @user-qv3tc8jz8s
      @user-qv3tc8jz8s 9 месяцев назад

      Уважаю этого дебошира,(Moonie) Привет из Сибири!

  • @EndlessNot1
    @EndlessNot1 14 лет назад +10

    there's a 10 disc box set of rare "Cow" live and studio recordings, all previously unreleased..one is the DVD of this concert in it's entirety..Chris Cutler put much time and effort into this magnum release...pricey but priceless..

  • @jackredelfs
    @jackredelfs 6 лет назад +10

    Such a fantastic band. My crush on Lindsay Cooper goes on forever and ever.

  • @johnshitwalker3483
    @johnshitwalker3483 5 лет назад +7

    MERCI de poster cette vidéo, ces gens sont géniaux, ils m'ont énormément apporté, j'ai cru en eux de toutes mes forces et c'est grâce à eux - entre autres, avec Magma, King Crimson, Hatfield and the North, Allan Holdsworth, etc -, que j'ai contracté cette maladie qu'on appelle PASSION...

    • @johnshitwalker3483
      @johnshitwalker3483 5 лет назад +1

      ... ça remue énormément de choses que de retrouver ça, ce soir, par pur hasard. Je suis sonné.

    • @sylviemondion2074
      @sylviemondion2074 8 месяцев назад +1

      J'en ai encore des frissons. Heureusement qu'ils sont apparus un jour dans ma vie comme un appel d'air.

  • @mwright80
    @mwright80 3 года назад +3

    Wow! First Henry Cow performance I've seen. Listened to them a lot in the 80s, but seeing them is something new.

  • @MegaCirse
    @MegaCirse 4 года назад +3

    Timeless albums ! These inspired artists could play all the possible instruments and imaginable so their mastery is intense. The musicians merge an evocative and dreamy poetry and we find ourselves there, facing a masterpiece of world music.

  • @Mehefinheulog1
    @Mehefinheulog1 3 года назад +7

    "One of the most beautiful pieces by Henry Cow, filmed in Switzerland in Veivey in 1976. I added a credits at the beginning to introduce the musicians. The track has been cut into two parts for posting to RUclips (it is 19 minutes in total). There's some remarkable improvisation in the middle, and Chris Cutler's body language is worth a look."

  • @BennyGaberMusic
    @BennyGaberMusic 13 лет назад +2

    Soft Machine Magma and Henry Cow, those are the bands. Europe's finest

  • @Gnomaxx
    @Gnomaxx 8 лет назад +12

    They "incarne" progressive music (with VdGG). Dagmar has such an incredible voice. The alchimy is just perfect. Miss them.

  • @pietrovilla9609
    @pietrovilla9609 Год назад +2

    Great band, cultured and avant-garde music.

  • @MegaCirse
    @MegaCirse 7 лет назад +2

    Un album hors du temps ! Ces artistes inspirés pourraient jouer de tous les instruments possibles et imaginables tellement leur maîtrise est intense. Les musiciens fusionnent une poésie évocatrice et rêveuse et nous nous trouvons là, face à un chef-d'œuvre de la musique du monde §

    • @raphaelleclercq7836
      @raphaelleclercq7836 Год назад +1

      ha! tout à fait d'accord, une musique inspirée dont des musiciens motivés sont au service, et aussi...trouvé ! §

  • @toto17du11
    @toto17du11 14 лет назад +1

    magnifique , les frontières du jazz, du classique, du pop s'estompent au profit d'un pays musical onirique sans limite

  • @gabrielrearte3050
    @gabrielrearte3050 11 лет назад +2

    How much I love this... The time goes by, but this music is still young, wild, unadutered!

  • @zeuhlgirl
    @zeuhlgirl 7 лет назад +3

    i saw Chris Cutler playin in my city on 2007 that change my life and the way i see music :)

    • @enggopah
      @enggopah 6 лет назад

      Lucia Landaverde Same here, in 2002 :-)

  • @GayleMI
    @GayleMI 15 лет назад +2

    Can't believe the quality of this video. Historic!

  • @Gnomaxx
    @Gnomaxx 11 лет назад +2

    Merci pour avoir mis cette vidéo.
    Henri Cow a probablement été le groupe le plus étonnant de la scène progressive des années 70. La voix de Dagmar....

    • @user-qv3tc8jz8s
      @user-qv3tc8jz8s 9 месяцев назад

      Музыка напоминает от части на Magma.

  • @brotzmannsax
    @brotzmannsax 9 лет назад +7

    Pure genius, great to finally "see" them after all this time, worth the wait!

  • @garygomesvedicastrology
    @garygomesvedicastrology 15 лет назад +1

    I am thrilled to see this posted. I can remember seeing Chris Cutler in 1974 and never seeing ANYONE ELSE play like that. Great fun to watch him!

  • @tobiass4821
    @tobiass4821 9 лет назад +1

    Henry Cow fait partie de mes groupes fétiches, il a fallu que je tombe par hasard en 1977 sur une de leur cassette "Legend" pour bouleverser ma façon de lire la musique.

  • @Nuxunumo
    @Nuxunumo 9 лет назад +11

    I'm not sure how to feel about this but I like it somehow.

  • @nunoleal9842
    @nunoleal9842 6 лет назад +2

    Cutler's playing is amazing

  • @Mersey59
    @Mersey59 5 лет назад +2

    Loved them, and saw them a couple of times. Saw them in Huddersfield a few years back. Fred Frith, what a gent!

  • @TheTralfaz
    @TheTralfaz 15 лет назад +1

    I've been listening to these guys since 75, I luv em to bits ,

  • @wjstephens4654
    @wjstephens4654 4 месяца назад

    The often over and misused words “epic” and “awesome” are applicable here IMO. Henry Cow is a treasure of 20th century music: a claim I could apply to few “popular” groups. I hope HC compositions will live on as part of our legacy in future repertoires beyond the original recordings. I’m probably in a tiny minority in my assessment. Such is life.

  • @rdevicsaint
    @rdevicsaint 15 лет назад +3

    A fabulous song, one of my favorites by this band.

  • @lazyslip2962
    @lazyslip2962 7 лет назад +3

    that's R.I.O. with a vocal at its finest, great voice Dagma!

  • @janklaus2594
    @janklaus2594 11 лет назад +1

    amazing Cutler......I saw him once on stage....uffff awesome musician

  • @Dermot2927
    @Dermot2927 4 года назад +5

    Never heard them before - came here out of curiosity after reading about them in the amazing Prog history book, A New Day Yesterday.

  • @shartwarrior
    @shartwarrior 3 года назад +1

    There's something about this performace is so surreal yet fascinating

  • @Markus_Breuss
    @Markus_Breuss 7 лет назад +2

    fantastic group !!!

  • @GrayhenTor
    @GrayhenTor 15 лет назад +5

    OMG! Didn't know there was video of this stuff. Great quality. Thanks for posting..
    OMFG. Just seen there's Living in the Heart of the Beast here too. I think I'm going to explode with delight,., :)

    • @bottlesflying
      @bottlesflying 4 года назад

      can't you just explode the regular way?

  • @dubwoofer
    @dubwoofer 15 лет назад +3

    wow. thanks for getting this up. my fave henry cow track. always wanted to see chris culter really go for it like this. great drummer.

  • @agustinbravo8517
    @agustinbravo8517 3 года назад +4

    Siempre va han sido genios en sus respectivos instrumentos , maravilla de música , saludos desde México Querétaro .

    • @pedroi9008
      @pedroi9008 Год назад

      Aqui, desde Tijuana, es un gusto leer a un connacional que no anda envuelto en la corriente de narcocorridos y regaeton. Un saludo.

    • @user-qv3tc8jz8s
      @user-qv3tc8jz8s 9 месяцев назад

      Привет из Сибири! Уважаю такую музыку!

  • @udomatthiasdrums5322
    @udomatthiasdrums5322 3 года назад +1

    still love it!!

  • @brianmikeandchris
    @brianmikeandchris 14 лет назад +1

    man what a cool stage

  • @ramanasa
    @ramanasa 15 лет назад

    che Dio (o chi ne fa le veci) ti benedica.
    Grazie per i video HC !!!

  • @carloshernandezmergold6437
    @carloshernandezmergold6437 11 лет назад +1

    Tanx a lot for the uploud , very enjoyable.

  • @cesarmalopoet3169
    @cesarmalopoet3169 14 лет назад +1

    Henry Cow it is a legend of R.I.O, great band

  • @angeloraim
    @angeloraim 12 лет назад

    Wonderful, inoxidable and out of time.... THNX

  • @JulienRibotStudio
    @JulienRibotStudio 4 года назад

    merveille des merveilles. merci.

  • @lucabottazzi8146
    @lucabottazzi8146 3 года назад

    I saw them live, they were magical. Tanks

  • @guyfawkes9951
    @guyfawkes9951 6 лет назад +1

    Yes, at one point music was original, daring and beautiful. A friend with otherwise fantastic taste in music handed me his copy of "In Praise Of Learning" when I was 15. He didn't like it. I believe it was too "jazzy" for him. I've since thanked him several times. Fantastic, organic, inventive music.

  • @GPAS38
    @GPAS38 13 лет назад +1

    La meilleure compo de Henry Cow, presque zeuhl.

  • @narablog
    @narablog 15 лет назад

    Too fabulous, too fantastic.!
    Heaven stumbles, indeed!
    Thanks SO much for this!!!!

  • @strav12
    @strav12 11 лет назад

    What a gorgeous upload - fantastic treat - thxs so much!

  • @gb5uq
    @gb5uq 11 лет назад

    Thank you so very much for uploading. Simply wonderful.

  • @cemegonuts
    @cemegonuts 9 лет назад +1

    I keep coming back to this video. What do I have to do to get this line up of Henry Cow and Dagmar to play in my back yard for my birthday?! HAHA! I love this!!!

    • @tubatalabal
      @tubatalabal 8 лет назад +1

      +cemegonuts Well, among other things, you'll have to bring Lindsay Cooper back from the dead. :(

  • @TheEccentricHippie
    @TheEccentricHippie 11 лет назад +20

    Switches between 7/4 and 13/8.

  • @pantsmatants
    @pantsmatants 15 лет назад +2

    Thank you this is an insanely fantastic treat!

  • @gabrielrearte3050
    @gabrielrearte3050 11 лет назад +1

    --- And beautifully edited! Thanks for sharing.

  • @Yanggroup
    @Yanggroup 8 месяцев назад

    Splendide, merci !

  • @danielclergeau5504
    @danielclergeau5504 5 лет назад +1

    génial!!!!!

  • @MarcioIsaelLarsen
    @MarcioIsaelLarsen 9 лет назад +1

    Amazing!!!

  • @salvatorefeola2026
    @salvatorefeola2026 8 лет назад +2

    Masterpiece !!!

  • @Mehefinheulog1
    @Mehefinheulog1 13 лет назад

    stunning
    mesmerising

  • @Nic33rd
    @Nic33rd 15 лет назад +1

    Cutler's a beast! =D

  • @MarcelDnilovo
    @MarcelDnilovo 10 лет назад +1

    Superb !!!!!!!!

  • @revzob
    @revzob 12 лет назад +1

    una delle migliori band di sempre

  • @dennisfeinauer4472
    @dennisfeinauer4472 Месяц назад +1

    Some people say WTF but I dig the Cow

  • @karnubawax
    @karnubawax 12 лет назад +5

    One measure of 7/4, one measure of 13/8
    repeat

  • @AlmostEthical
    @AlmostEthical 14 лет назад

    I'd say this video was fantastic but it wouldn't do it justice! I never thought I'd ever see live footage of the Cow. That box set is now on order. Since I'm already nuts there could be a slim hope that it will make me sane :) Dagmar is so wonderful and Chris Cutler is a joy on drums.

  • @taynuilt1
    @taynuilt1 12 лет назад +7

    This has been my introduction to Henry Cow, having foung my way here via Gong. I want to hear more. I was fully on board with this track, but must admit to being slightly frightened from around 6.40 onwards

    • @mysterirhys
      @mysterirhys 4 года назад +2

      I know what you mean! Henry Cow could sound quite dangerous at times.

    • @blindmansarrow
      @blindmansarrow 3 года назад +1

      its called free jazz. fully delve into jazz first, then return

  • @gsamsa
    @gsamsa 6 лет назад

    Pinnacle of music

  • @lexo30
    @lexo30 15 лет назад +1

    Just beautiful. The first HC song I ever heard (the "Concerts" version), and in crystal-clear video. Dagmar looks sooooo ill and unhappy, lol.

    • @growskull
      @growskull 4 месяца назад

      shes just german haha

  • @Mehefinheulog1
    @Mehefinheulog1 3 года назад +3

    Careworn and all alone - First days
    Charon the unborn - Days erased
    Death: Venus unfurled -
    The world we lost we found - spoiled
    No sun, no birds, no stars, no form
    Evened we are fallen all before time
    Lief lorn we unlearn all crime
    Lives - levelled as lies
    A star mourns souls ungraved - ignored
    Slow wheels: Mira. Algol. Maia
    Rose Dawn Daemon Rise Up
    And seize the morning - your due
    Love solves worlds - with words
    Arise Amidnight and heaven
    Stumbles - as time ends
    Last days hollow souls view
    Glass maze a science sees us through
    History moulds men
    Selves men made
    Its tyrannies end when
    Its ghosts are laid
    Dark Class marches past to war
    Class cause carries all before
    Capital steals Fire
    Fools no more
    His factories free dreams
    His Kings expire
    Rose Dawn Day Moon
    Take Care! Banners of Crimson
    Are raised
    Time solves words - by deeds
    Arise work men and seize
    The future. Let Ends Begin

  • @earinsound
    @earinsound 14 лет назад

    i've never seen a video of them...THANK YOU SO MUCH!
    alas, no John Greaves on this video!

  • @manricofiorentini5157
    @manricofiorentini5157 7 лет назад

    cose pazzesche e incredibilmente magnifiche!!!

  • @BernardMontmartre
    @BernardMontmartre  11 лет назад

    Thank you :) (and thank iMovie)

  • @bobgreen623
    @bobgreen623 11 лет назад

    Definitely Jaki and Bill, now we need 4 more 4 a top 10. As blokes, we have to make lists, it's what we do. Guy Evans from Van der Graaf springs to mind as does Ian McDonald from the original Crimso and McDonald and Giles. I loved Andrew McCulloch's playing with King Crimson on the Lizard album (bit of a Crimso theme emerging here. And of course the genius that was John 'Drumbo' French with Beefheart, a much dirtier approach but still wonderfully inventive.

  • @taynuilt1
    @taynuilt1 12 лет назад +1

    Absolutley! Chris Cutler - surely the most inefficient drummer of all time! All that energy expended waving his arms around before each perfect light touch on the kit. Fabulous to watch, sublime to hear

  • @user-yj5ob6pr3v
    @user-yj5ob6pr3v 3 года назад

    Super 👍... Very good progressive

  • @user-so1vz3pz7y
    @user-so1vz3pz7y 4 года назад

    благодарю вас

  • @diminishedthicc
    @diminishedthicc 5 лет назад +5

    would pay for the sheet music of this

  • @alessandroorlando4346
    @alessandroorlando4346 3 года назад

    Che bellezza. Grandi.

  • @Khayyam-vg9fw
    @Khayyam-vg9fw 9 лет назад +3

    Reassuring to see Georgie Born playing the bass guitar as if it were a classical guitar. I thought I was the only one who did that!

    • @richardhewlett5603
      @richardhewlett5603 7 лет назад

      Poseur!

    • @Khayyam-vg9fw
      @Khayyam-vg9fw 7 лет назад

      Richard Hewlett Not really, Richard. It just feels comfortable to me. I'm not laying down the law for anyone else.

    • @Baribrotzer
      @Baribrotzer 6 лет назад +3

      She also tuned it C G D A - in fifths like a cello, but an octave lower.
      This being because she had never played bass before she joined Henry Cow, but was a monster cellist. Also, this was her third gig with the band - if you think she looks terrified, and like she's trying to read impossibly difficult music, it's because that's exactly how she felt and what she was doing.

    • @growskull
      @growskull 4 месяца назад

      i never understood why they didn't just give her a cello lol

    • @Khayyam-vg9fw
      @Khayyam-vg9fw 4 месяца назад +1

      @@growskull That wasn't the register they needed. A lot of jazz bass players, myself included, have a cello tuned E A D G, an octave above the bass.

  • @bobgreen623
    @bobgreen623 15 лет назад

    Thanks Bernard for posting all this stuff, it's fabulous. I'm going to be very tired tomorrow cos i'm staying up watching stuff when i should ha gone to bed ages ago 8^)

  • @peculiarnoise6870
    @peculiarnoise6870 5 лет назад

    Interesting sound

  • @BassLudeman
    @BassLudeman 13 лет назад +1

    @philrouge77 yeah, I hear that too, its like they stick in a couple more 7/4 measures at the beginning of that part. After the first few changes I'm pretty sure it falls into that pattern

  • @IdeasFecales
    @IdeasFecales 10 лет назад

    Chris Cutler.

  • @Flatscores
    @Flatscores 13 лет назад +1

    @BassLudeman Hey thanks mate! I've been trying to figure that one out for ages.

  • @kevinsnodgrass6222
    @kevinsnodgrass6222 3 года назад +2

    I would now be immediately inclined to search ebay for a valuable cd of this

  • @croiners4166
    @croiners4166 Год назад

  • @BernardMontmartre
    @BernardMontmartre  15 лет назад

    Yes, it's in the Henry Cow anniversary box that you can order to recommended records (google ReR Megacorp). Worth the price given the amount of material there (mainly audio).

  • @teelurizzo8542
    @teelurizzo8542 Год назад +1

    Avant Prog? Some pretty dissonant stuff. Just checking out this band for the first time. I know a bit of Fred Frith's playing from his electric bass work w/ John Zorn's Naked City. This tune has some beautiful /scary modal mixture harmony. Goes well into Modern Classical type changes that Post Modern Jazz might employ. Then starting around 6:22 a section that is an obvious influence on Zorn's own music...Free sound scape explorations, w/ Concrete/Electronic overtones...

  • @FiddlerNick
    @FiddlerNick 6 лет назад

    4:38 that build.. spine tingling

  • @evelyneverettgreen
    @evelyneverettgreen 14 лет назад

    hello to all who have posted here. nice to read such considered views.

  • @2001mimil
    @2001mimil 2 года назад

    Another band that my brother made my know... i haven't listen to it for a while... i'll try to find the studio version.. but i like to see them live...(ps. funny how the singer looks like me, besides the nose & teeth, same shape of face and cheeks, long neck.. same kind of hair too..)

  • @robertlawson682
    @robertlawson682 15 лет назад

    viva henry cow!

  • @andaloudog
    @andaloudog 12 лет назад

    If you can, try the Concerts album; those sides to their writing make more sense I think. Welcome to this stuff, I remember hearing it initially and listened constantly after that.

  • @MarsNova
    @MarsNova 15 лет назад +1

    I was beginning to believe that NO footage of the Cow in action existed. Thank goodness for this.
    Question for the crowd: Can I get this on DVD somewhere?

    • @ISuckOffCops
      @ISuckOffCops 2 года назад +1

      Saw a CD being sold of their live recordings on discogs a while ago. Also there’s a slapp happy peel session on streaming service if you’d like that

  • @VitalyArtemov
    @VitalyArtemov 10 лет назад

    Здорово Е!

  • @lexo30
    @lexo30 15 лет назад +1

    Great stuff. Thanks for posting it. (It's from the 10-disc box, right? I have to own it...)

  • @jazzman642
    @jazzman642 6 месяцев назад

    Reminds me of Carla Bley’s escalator over the hill

  • @PubliusDiamond
    @PubliusDiamond 11 лет назад

    Starts in 7/8. Fluctuates a little as it goes on.