It's like he's telling my life story....oh thanks again Guidofski....taking me back to Ilford in '66 in our flat by Valentine's park...with my gorgeous Gill. We're still hand in hand, she's still gorgeous, I still love her like crazy. Thanks Scott you were always the best.
Would add Guido: Its Raining Today, The World's Strongest Man, Montague Terrace In Blue, Plastic Palace People, Rosemary, Copenhagen, The Girls From The Streets & Thanks For Chicago, Mr James are god like also....!
Scott's ease of marrying poetry into musical transparency was and still is one of the wonders of this world . As a young man in the 60,s I was instantly hooked by the quality and sensitivity of his song writing. Such an inspiration and keeps me forever aware that there is so few people that can match his musical genius and imagination. His music will live on forever but what sort of musical world are we living in now?....I have to think really hard about that, and it leaves my mind blanc!.
This causes you pain when you listen to it, but you keep coming back for more. Like a lot of his tracks it's beautiful and full of melancholy. He was a natural successor to Brel. But, he had a far superior voice.
my favourite of all of them. this song is devastating. this is youth, love, dreams, death and the passage of time wrapped in a simple, yet sizeable chunk of melancholy
God only knows the place he was at when this was written. It's an unusual piece with saddened overtones of lonliness and death. He was a master of melancholy. 'I must search your eyes again - just to find that they are dead.' Beautiful in it's interpretation.
It makes me happy when they put Brel and Walker next to each other, Two of my very favourite singer-songwriters. It makes me feel as if there was some sense in my taste for music (:
Such a great observation. I listened to the album "Boy Child" during my college years so much that I wore grooves in it. (I know...such a bad joke that it's good).
@raceching I couldn't put it better myself. It's one of his more obscure songs, and one of his darkest as well. I love his darkness, I've felt like this in part of my life. He expresses it so well lyrically and sonically. Just a genius !!
So influenced by Brel... But I don't ever want to hear it from another singer, not even Brel 🥰 The mood Scott creates here is crushing. The song is too short, though, it's a mere interlude. (to still greater work)
oh dear, presumably my comment about a certain president was not liked or did i not make myself clear, since the age of 11 probably 70% of the music I listen to is by Scott, unbeatable in everything he does.
Does anyone on this forum like his albums after "Till the Band Comes In"? I must say I do not. Wish I could because I am a huge fan of his earlier work.
Take some listening to but it's worth it. He uses his voice more like a musical instrument. Try farmer in the city, his voice soars way past what it did on his earlier albums
@dedeurs Scott 4 contained possibly his greatest composition ever; Boy child. Surely you don't consider that banal or mediocre? Melancholia never sounded more beautiful!
dedeurs: M'sieur, I beg to differ..Scott 4 is not mediocre, but misunderstood. On Yr Own Again, Duchess, and Rhymes of Goodbye are quintessential Engel. His "venture" into country, as you call it, was nothing more than an attempt to return to his roots..see his own comments on Stretch and We Had It All.
Have just been looking through a few of the comments regarding this song and for some reason Scott 4 is mentioned. Did someone really refer to it as mediocre, Scott 4 mediocre? Its like saying George W was an intelligent president
I admit I find Scott's work quite tuneless he has a top orchestra but it meanders a lot rising up and down but never achieving a beginning or a satisfactory end maybe that was the crooners style back then. I never really got it. Sorry!
Thanks for your input and no need to apologize! Musical taste is always highly subjective, so all opinions are valid and accepted when stated in a respectful manner such as yours. I also appreciate the fact that you took the time to offer your reasons. Perhaps his work with the Walker Brothers will be more to your liking!
"The Seventh Seal" is actually the only song on Scott 4 that I feel IS (somewhat) mediocre. When you have epic songs like "The Old Man's Back Again" and "Get Behind Me" and beautiful tracks like "Duchess" and "Rhymes of Goodbye," who needs a five-and-a-half minute song about an art film in which a guy plays chess with Death? Good song, yes, but as opposed to the other tracks, it's skippable. Nothing about the rest of that album is "mediocre." The guy who keeps littering the comments with his shitty opinions needs to get his ears checked. Scott 4 is probably the best of the "Scott" albums, where he let go of his crutches and wrote all original material. Is "the Seventh Seal" the only track this guy actually listened to before dismissing the rest of the album as "mediocre?"
How he sings the word "...dead"; no vibrato, no extension, no passion. Perfection.
若い時にこの曲をよく聞きました。切ない曲です。今、聞いても切ない❗スコットが大好きでした。それは間違っていなかったと確信しました。こんな天才はもう出てこないでしょう。素晴らしい‼️スコットよありがとう‼️素晴らしい青春を。
Magnificent .... a song - and a singer I have loved for over 50 years ❤
Magnificent.
'All I Do is Dream of You' then this one ...then I think I need to listen to Scott (1) again for the 500th time.
❤truly amazing Scott what amazing talent you had, your voice is like no other
best male vocalist ever. so clear and expressive.
It's like he's telling my life story....oh thanks again Guidofski....taking me back to Ilford in '66 in our flat by Valentine's park...with my gorgeous Gill. We're still hand in hand, she's still gorgeous, I still love her like crazy. Thanks Scott you were always the best.
God like vocal, god like arrangement, just genius...!
Would add Guido: Its Raining Today, The World's Strongest Man, Montague Terrace In Blue, Plastic Palace People, Rosemary, Copenhagen, The Girls From The Streets & Thanks For Chicago, Mr James are god like also....!
Many of his songs màke me think and some I feel his pain. Añd even make me very sad a true great siñger😊😮😢😢😊
You have a deep understanding of so muçh like he had maybe we have/had to deal with some things similàr take care.... 😶
Scott's ease of marrying poetry into musical transparency was and still is one of the wonders of this world . As a young man in the 60,s I was instantly hooked by the quality and sensitivity of his song writing. Such an inspiration and keeps me forever aware that there is so few people that can match his musical genius and imagination. His music will live on forever but what sort of musical world are we living in now?....I have to think really hard about that, and it leaves my mind blanc!.
Always coming back to your music, Scott.
Rest In Peace.
Beautiful man beautiful voice ❤️ RIP Scott 💔 Always coming back to you and your outstanding creations of sound😢👏
This causes you pain when you listen to it, but you keep coming back for more. Like a lot of his tracks it's beautiful and full of melancholy. He was a natural successor to Brel. But, he had a far superior voice.
My all time favorite singer is no more. RIP Scott Walker.
my favourite of all of them. this song is devastating. this is youth, love, dreams, death and the passage of time wrapped in a simple, yet sizeable chunk of melancholy
God only knows the place he was at when this was written. It's an unusual piece with saddened overtones of lonliness and death. He was a master of melancholy. 'I must search your eyes again - just to find that they are dead.' Beautiful in it's interpretation.
A great songwriter....from the heart.....Rest in Peace....thank you Scott Walker 🌹🌹🌹🌹🎵🎶🎵🎶🎶🎵
i recognize this from person pitch! this is great
Magnificent song sung by one of the greatest troubadours ever. Beautiful, soulful, and heartbreaking.
rest in peace scott......incomparable genius...force of nature
Genius. RIP Scott
This brought me to tears.
The middle of this song floors me every time...
It makes me happy when they put Brel and Walker next to each other, Two of my very favourite singer-songwriters. It makes me feel as if there was some sense in my taste for music (:
This was my favourite song for years! Hearing it again, I'm struck by how some of my recent work echoes it.
oh this sooo reminds me of my first wife, we were just kids when we met....
Spot on!
Rest in peace, Scott.
One of my favourite ever. ever sond's totally black and inpenitrable !!
This is the GENIUS that is Scott Engel ! ! !
Scott 4 is superb. Thank you Scott
I agree Scott 4 is amazing! But this is from a different album haha
Good bye my friend Scott
"we hold hands and watch the rain..."
Such a wonderful voice and a great songwriter too.
Such a great observation. I listened to the album "Boy Child" during my college years so much that I wore grooves in it. (I know...such a bad joke that it's good).
@raceching I couldn't put it better myself. It's one of his more obscure songs, and one of his darkest as well. I love his darkness, I've felt like this in part of my life. He expresses it so well lyrically and sonically. Just a genius !!
Panda bear-take pills sample fo sho!
Nothing wrong with Melancholy
cooooool
Genius
Wow. I wish I had said that. Perfect description. Thanks so much.
Oh yes, a true Poet of Melancholy - a modern, musical version of Keats or Byron. :)
Love this 💜
this is beautifull allways cud listen 4 ever and ever .
So influenced by Brel... But I don't ever want to hear it from another singer, not even Brel 🥰
The mood Scott creates here is crushing. The song is too short, though, it's a mere interlude. (to still greater work)
oh dear, presumably my comment about a certain president was not liked or did i not make myself clear, since the age of 11 probably 70% of the music I listen to is by Scott, unbeatable in everything he does.
a dream lo ve always hopes love will b e … the dream we ha d as a child … thinking lo ve would b e … the dream we dreamt lo ve would b e … for us ...
Feel i know how you feel we saw Walkers X 3 at various venues in NW England early 60s
Amen to that! :)
Rip
Let's drink to that in the passing time!
Does anyone on this forum like his albums after "Till the Band Comes In"? I must say I do not. Wish I could because I am a huge fan of his earlier work.
There are a few gems in there, but yeah - they're in among the rough
Try "Someone Who Cared" from Stretch
Take some listening to but it's worth it. He uses his voice more like a musical instrument. Try farmer in the city, his voice soars way past what it did on his earlier albums
Time operator is genius.
@dedeurs Scott 4 contained possibly his greatest composition ever; Boy child. Surely you don't consider that banal or mediocre? Melancholia never sounded more beautiful!
lol, it's ok odoanna, trolls come with the territory...
dedeurs: M'sieur, I beg to differ..Scott 4 is not mediocre, but misunderstood. On Yr Own Again, Duchess, and Rhymes of Goodbye are quintessential Engel. His "venture" into country, as you call it, was nothing more than an attempt to return to his roots..see his own comments on Stretch and We Had It All.
Thank you for this intelligent comment.
Have just been looking through a few of the comments regarding this song and for some reason Scott 4 is mentioned. Did someone really refer to it as mediocre, Scott 4 mediocre? Its like saying George W was an intelligent president
Whether George W Bush was an intelligent President is a matter of opinion.
@guidofski Well said.
surely there's no substitute for company.... my mother's ripping off her hands one flake at a time.
Take Pills!
Go overdose!
Panda Bear brought me here...
holy shit you're right
Panda bear has taken you away again
i'm not
I admit I find Scott's work quite tuneless he has a top orchestra but it meanders a lot rising up and down but never achieving a beginning or a satisfactory end maybe that was the crooners style back then. I never really got it. Sorry!
Thanks for your input and no need to apologize! Musical taste is always highly subjective, so all opinions are valid and accepted when stated in a respectful manner such as yours. I also appreciate the fact that you took the time to offer your reasons. Perhaps his work with the Walker Brothers will be more to your liking!
"The Seventh Seal" is actually the only song on Scott 4 that I feel IS (somewhat) mediocre. When you have epic songs like "The Old Man's Back Again" and "Get Behind Me" and beautiful tracks like "Duchess" and "Rhymes of Goodbye," who needs a five-and-a-half minute song about an art film in which a guy plays chess with Death? Good song, yes, but as opposed to the other tracks, it's skippable. Nothing about the rest of that album is "mediocre." The guy who keeps littering the comments with his shitty opinions needs to get his ears checked. Scott 4 is probably the best of the "Scott" albums, where he let go of his crutches and wrote all original material. Is "the Seventh Seal" the only track this guy actually listened to before dismissing the rest of the album as "mediocre?"
there's always one who's gotta be more hipster than the rest..
@@JohnnyGraves_ 😂😂😂
I am skipping this comment.