Tim Hardin - Pleasures of the Harbor (Live at the Phil Ochs Memorial Concert, 1976)

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  • Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
  • This is the video footage of Tim Hardin singing a soulful version of "Pleasures of the Harbor" at the Phil Ochs Memorial Concert at Felt Forum in NYC in 1976, a month after Phil's death.
    The audio of this performance have been available on RUclips for years, but I believe this is the first time that the video was ever uploaded to RUclips.
    RUclips wouldn't allow me to upload very long videos, so I've uploaded the full show to another video website, Bilibili. You can watch it here: www.bilibili.c...

Комментарии • 119

  • @ramonhernandez2008
    @ramonhernandez2008 Месяц назад +1

    An amazing interpretation of this incredible Phil's song. Tim Hardin was incredible. Like always.

  • @bernadette607
    @bernadette607 4 года назад +50

    Tim, Tim,Tim....... I come back to listen to this stunning performance regularly.... it gets deeper into me every time. He could not have given us anymore of his soul in this. It’s a precious gift. God how I wish he was still here 🙏🏼❤️

    • @multicaruana
      @multicaruana 2 года назад +3

      I am totally with you on this. Everything you write is just so true!

    • @patvanful
      @patvanful 2 года назад

      so good!

    • @hunterpublishers4772
      @hunterpublishers4772 Год назад

      me too

    • @makingknowsense8979
      @makingknowsense8979 6 месяцев назад +1

      Me too. Both left us way to early

    • @Lobishomem
      @Lobishomem 4 месяца назад +1

      Tim was a treasure. I saw him open a show for Spirit in Chicago in 68. A very rowdy and rude crowd that only wanted to hear Spirit screamed Boogie! throughout his performance. I’ll never forget Tim , he is timeless.

  • @johnknottenbelt2727
    @johnknottenbelt2727 Месяц назад

    Truly stunning tribute of this marvellous Phil Ochs masterpiece, which in the late 60s was my fortunate introduction to Phil's album of the same title. What wondrous folk music we enjoyed in those years of heady discovery, which almost 60 years later, still resonate with beauty. ❤

  • @kevinludwig2766
    @kevinludwig2766 4 года назад +24

    Tim Hardin was a treasure, sadly gone too soon.

  • @pippi9928
    @pippi9928 11 месяцев назад +3

    Heartbreaking to watch, breathtaking to listen.

  • @AndrogynousMIE
    @AndrogynousMIE 4 года назад +36

    WHO can sing this way these days.......?
    Best singer / songwriter ever.

    • @bernadette607
      @bernadette607 4 года назад +10

      Androgynous Absolutely no one, I agree. I find his performance of the songs completely mesmerizing. He had a gift of drawing listeners into another world with music. He seemed to inhabit each song,. Damn those drugs that took him away.

    • @AndrogynousMIE
      @AndrogynousMIE 4 года назад +7

      @@bernadette607
      " He sung with his heart"
      It is on his grave.
      Most people sing with their purse as the main back vocalist.
      Indeed such a waste of true genius by awful drugs. I hardly ever use the word genius.

    • @bernadette607
      @bernadette607 4 года назад +5

      Androgynous Genius indeed, I agree. I have listened 100s of times and the depth of aching mingled with pure delight that he evokes in me every time never diminishes. Wow! Then I wonder how does it enhance even further, how we embrace these artists we love, when we find others that share our love and enjoyment of them equally.

    • @badgasta5547
      @badgasta5547 3 года назад +4

      yall know this a phil ochs song right?

    • @annanutherthing4373
      @annanutherthing4373 3 года назад +1

      Elvis Costello

  • @VergerJohnny
    @VergerJohnny 3 года назад +21

    probably the most talented songwriter ever, his music still stands after all those years R.I.P Tim Hardin

    • @markdouglas668
      @markdouglas668 2 года назад +6

      So glad someone would say that. I was around him a lot, opening for him, hanging out after the gig. I recognized how important he was, His body of work was so small, compared to longer lived artists, but what we got was choice ( to paraphrase Spencer Tracy.) Re Kate Hepburn he said "There isn't much meat on her, but what there is is cherce!"

    • @seamonkey000001
      @seamonkey000001 Год назад +1

      Can I third this. Tim was off the scale with talent and songwriting ability. If this music doesn’t move a person , they are not alive.

    • @TheHeathenSquirrel
      @TheHeathenSquirrel Год назад

      That may be true, but this is a Phil Ochs song.

    • @Lobishomem
      @Lobishomem 4 месяца назад

      Phil Ochs was also great but that takes nothing from this hauntingly beautiful version by Tim. What a voice and talent! I miss them both.

  • @prrr446
    @prrr446 4 года назад +18

    No voice like his. The best.

  • @punagurl8
    @punagurl8 2 года назад +21

    A beautiful tribute. Those who would criticize this performance don’t deserve to listen to it. Tim was a sincere & talented singer/songwriter. I feel grateful that I got to see him perform live at another venue. He was nothing short of perfect. May he Rest In Peace.❤️⭐️

    • @bernadette607
      @bernadette607 2 года назад +5

      His genius was given to us. We will never let him be forgotten. 🙏

    • @seamonkey000001
      @seamonkey000001 Год назад

      I agree. Tim was a beautiful soul. Like tim Buckley But the same enemy took their lives. Unfortunately they were not strong men. They weakened I towards their family. When I listen to both Tim Hardin & Tim Buckley I feel sorrow for respective wives.

  • @bernadette607
    @bernadette607 3 года назад +8

    Tim ........
    I just fall more in love with your beautiful spirit & soul every time I watch you preforming on this tiny screen..
    “the darkness is so kind” poignant considering you are standing in that spotlight in all your beautiful magnificence and frailties (where others feel free to celebrate of ridicule) For me I always, when I watch you preform I get a master class in how to honour another’s goodness, gifts, strengths, frailties and vulnerability . Bless your beautiful soul Tim 🙏🏼❤️ And Thank You 🙏🏼❤️

  • @Cheeseatingjunglista
    @Cheeseatingjunglista 3 года назад +9

    "soon your sailings will be over...." RIP Mr Genius, how right you were/are/always will be - utterly beautiful

  • @macadoo2530
    @macadoo2530 5 лет назад +22

    Tim sounds fantastic here..wow,just wow. I really believe he got better as a singer as time went on despite the problems he had. One of a kind vocalist. His phrasing and time are unlike anyone else. My favorite Album of his is Bird on a Wire'. I know most people prefer his classic 60's output but ' Bird' is on another level.

    • @TheCappedCruiser
      @TheCappedCruiser 5 лет назад +6

      Agree completely about 'Bird'. His songwriting skills had pretty much slipped away, but his interpretations of others' songs was on the rise … his take on Georgia On My Mind is just extraordinary. One of a kind, a tragic figure, but this clip shows him on a good night, for sure!

  • @paulkaplanmusic
    @paulkaplanmusic 5 лет назад +53

    I was there, and this was an amazing performance, the highlight for me. Many thanks for making it available.

    • @richard623
      @richard623 5 лет назад +9

      Wow. Nobody can take that away from you. Congratulations.

    • @R.I.P.AlienJack
      @R.I.P.AlienJack 3 года назад +1

      You were there?

    • @VergerJohnny
      @VergerJohnny 3 года назад +2

      Lucky you, I've never seen him live.

    • @prrr446
      @prrr446 2 года назад +2

      Lucky guy......i envy you ;)

    • @robinzachary9355
      @robinzachary9355 2 года назад +1

      I was there too.

  • @troygaspard6732
    @troygaspard6732 3 месяца назад +2

    An absolutely mesmerizing performance.

  • @kenb735
    @kenb735 2 года назад +6

    From Wkipedia: It has been reported that Bob Dylan said Hardin was "the greatest living songwriter" after hearing his first album. In a 1980 interview when asked about the Dylan quote Hardin recalled: "Yeah, I played him part of the album one night and he started flipping out, you know. Man, he got down on his knees in front of me and said: Don't change your singing style and don't bleep 'a' blop..." The entire Wiki entry is enlightening and heartbreaking. Judy Garland on stage felt dangerous-you never knew if she'd transport you into another dimension, or if she'd stumble into incoherence. Sadly, Tim was the same.

    • @jazzmanchgo
      @jazzmanchgo 6 месяцев назад

      Others have compare Tim's onstage persence to that ofJudy Garland, as well. A very perceptive and apt comparison.

  • @geo3573
    @geo3573 6 месяцев назад +3

    Phil Ochs tribute. Long overdue.d

  • @23igna
    @23igna 5 лет назад +15

    tim hardin is just pure soul what an incredible voice

  • @pentangle4444
    @pentangle4444 5 лет назад +10

    first time seeing this.. had seen Phil Ochs perform a few times in the Village .. never got to see Tim Harden perform live.. sadly he passed away about four years after this tribute for Ochs.. I loved his Lady Came from Baltimore and Reason to Believe even more than If I was a Carpenter.... and his Woodstock performance was incredible..

  • @TimMcMullen4U
    @TimMcMullen4U 6 лет назад +22

    I'm guessing that Phil would have loved this arrangement.

  • @somepig2k
    @somepig2k Год назад +2

    Pure Gentle thundering power sung through a filter of heroin and profound grief....my God this is just lovely and devastatingly so. Thank You for posting this

  • @margaretross9150
    @margaretross9150 5 лет назад +8

    Amazing performance.

  • @ilonarosenason2475
    @ilonarosenason2475 3 года назад +4

    OMG-so incredibly beautiful, i am speechless and crying. Extraordinary man, musician, just extraordinary! I can’t stop listening.

    • @EsteeWalts
      @EsteeWalts 2 года назад +3

      He is always giving. Even now he is already dead for a long time.

    • @bernadette607
      @bernadette607 2 года назад +1

      I am so with you on that. It aches inside me, it reaches so deep into my own vulnerability and wounded parts. What an extraordinary gift Tim had to convey real moments of emotion and sensitivity. I love this man 🙏

  • @macadoo2530
    @macadoo2530 5 лет назад +9

    Tim was the man.

  • @jesusmcphuck6510
    @jesusmcphuck6510 3 года назад +2

    I love the picture of Tim, (pointing at) Phil and Ramblin' Jack. Three folk legends in one shot!

  • @kenb735
    @kenb735 2 года назад +6

    And the ship sets her sail
    They've lived the tales
    Carried to the shore
    Straining at the oars
    Or staring from the rail
    And the sea bids farewell
    She waves in swells
    And sends them all on their way
    Time has been her pay
    And time will have to tell
    Soon your sailing will be over
    Come and take your pleasure by the harbor
    And the anchor hits the sand
    The hungry hands
    Have tied her to the port
    The time it will be short
    For leisure on the shore
    And the girls, they scent the air
    They look so fair
    With paint on their face
    Soft is their embrace
    To lead you up the stairs
    Oh, soon your sailing will be over
    Come take the pleasure by the harbor
    Dark and dim
    The touch of skin
    You ask her of her name
    She answers without shame
    And not a sense of sin
    The cigarette of doubt
    Till candle is blown out
    The darkness is so kind
    …is so kind
    Soon your sailing will be over
    Come and take your pleasures of the harbor
    Soon your sailing will be over
    Come and take your pleasures of the harbor

    • @bernadette607
      @bernadette607 4 месяца назад

      “…..Until the fingers draw the blinds
      Sip of wine”…..

  • @christinefoster2938
    @christinefoster2938 Год назад +2

    Along with Mickey Newbury one of the greatest artist of all time, miss you Tim

    • @Michael_1986
      @Michael_1986 7 месяцев назад

      I just got into Newbury due to this video. Was he connected to Phil at all?

  • @macadoo2530
    @macadoo2530 5 лет назад +11

    What an absolute treasure this is! I never expected to find this here. I had looked years ago but Hardins segment was omitted for whatever reason. Thanks so much for sharing this! Big fan of both Tim & Phil. These guys were the real deal..RIP gentleman.

  • @shos4364
    @shos4364 6 лет назад +8

    just loved this amazing find

  • @bedbug11
    @bedbug11 Год назад +2

    Always stunning.

  • @bernadette607
    @bernadette607 4 года назад +7

    Ohhh that’s sublime

  • @ebaylistentomusic
    @ebaylistentomusic 4 года назад +7

    All heart broken open. Wounded soul.

    • @bernadette607
      @bernadette607 4 года назад +2

      ebaylistentomusic you put that so perfect and beautifully. Have you ever felt pure heart, soul and love so tangible. I want to wrap my arms around him and keep him safe..... but then he would be a caged bird, not a free spirit 😢

    • @ebaylistentomusic
      @ebaylistentomusic 4 года назад +4

      @@bernadette607 Also put well. We do love those great artists who can transform our pain through the expression of their own.

  • @Prousto
    @Prousto 4 года назад +8

    Thank you for posting this. A mesmerizing performance; so sad that Hardin wasn’t going to stick around much longer after this tribute, either.

  • @dacethejackofhearts7209
    @dacethejackofhearts7209 5 лет назад +17

    Thanks so much for uploading this. This is a treasure , Tim and Richard Manuel are for me the best white singers ever.

    • @macadoo2530
      @macadoo2530 5 лет назад +4

      You have great taste my friend.

    • @davidspears4550
      @davidspears4550 5 лет назад

      I really genuinely loved this performance,but,if you want to listen to white male singers with soul,try Jerry Lee Lewis for a start,then move on to the unclassifiable master Charlie Rich.

    • @joejohnson6321
      @joejohnson6321 4 года назад +3

      Music is color blind my friend. I am a black man, 54, and have been listening to this music since I was 10 yrs-old, when first heard the JHU college student next door playing it every night.

    • @AndrogynousMIE
      @AndrogynousMIE 4 года назад +6

      @@joejohnson6321 ++++ You are so right. All this color nonsense. A HUMAN BEING can sing or he/ she can' t. ;) Tim Hardin for me the best male singer / songwriter ever. Nina Simone the best female singer songwriter !

    • @asawhite2220
      @asawhite2220 3 года назад

      Amen, my friend

  • @mtunpleasant
    @mtunpleasant 5 лет назад +5

    Heartbreaking.

  • @bluewave7120
    @bluewave7120 2 года назад +1

    Tim was just so...good live! ❤

  • @richardmindemann6935
    @richardmindemann6935 Год назад

    What a great talent. His songs are simply first rate. my current fave is Part of the Wind. This shows his stunning vocal skills. I bought his first two albums when they came out. He's a big reason I took up guitar in '68, and writing songs in '69.

  • @Lobishomem
    @Lobishomem 6 месяцев назад

    Thanks for posting! I had the good fortune of hearing Tim in Chicago. What an artist he was! ❤

  • @bevrek
    @bevrek 3 года назад +3

    Fantastic.

  • @williamedwards7010
    @williamedwards7010 2 года назад

    im so proud to have recently painted this gentleman

  • @wilrockq1065
    @wilrockq1065 2 года назад +4

    He had perfect pitch - you can tell when he sings because it’s as if he uses auto tune. And he uses his voice like an instrument just like Marvin Gaye did. This person is truly talented.

    • @michaelmiller7160
      @michaelmiller7160 9 месяцев назад

      Tim is not singing this well. Phils sang it 100 times better. Phil wrote 30 great songs, Tim wrote a couple of great ones and others but I tried to find many and stalled out.

  • @daisyhulme85
    @daisyhulme85 3 года назад +3

    thank you

  • @jazzmanchgo
    @jazzmanchgo 6 месяцев назад

    Tim was stereotyped as a "folkie," but he was so much more than that. At his best (and yes, we all know that he wasn't at his best all the time) he was a distinctive and subtle stylist. Tragic, of course, that his demons never allowed him to truly break free and become the artist he had it in him to be.

  • @GreenManalishiUSA
    @GreenManalishiUSA 3 года назад +11

    There is such a dearth of live footage of Tim Hardin that every clip is a treasure. Who are the backing musicians on this performance? The arrangements are stunning.

    • @bernadette607
      @bernadette607 2 года назад +4

      Ben, this performance stops me in my tracks every time I return to it... it’s beyond memorizing. I have the same question as you - who arranged it, and who were the band. Tim was And is one of the masters of reaching the heart and soul of his listeners directly and hauntingly living there forever. He was a genius.

  • @RobHollanderMusic
    @RobHollanderMusic 2 года назад

    Beautiful.

  • @marcusviniciusdasilva1140
    @marcusviniciusdasilva1140 2 года назад

    Fantástico, tinha que ter vivido mais.

  • @williamedwards7010
    @williamedwards7010 2 года назад

    thanks what a song

  • @theresaanderson5605
    @theresaanderson5605 3 года назад +2

    He should have just played the guitar himself. That way no one could deny the grace he gives this song

  • @hunterpublishers4772
    @hunterpublishers4772 Год назад

    Thank you!

  • @DanielPerez-ey9ij
    @DanielPerez-ey9ij 2 года назад +1

    my god this is king crimson!!!

  • @johnnygeejr500
    @johnnygeejr500 5 месяцев назад +1

    well done the snazz

  • @williamedwards7010
    @williamedwards7010 2 года назад

    i love u man

  • @TheGrecia03
    @TheGrecia03 8 месяцев назад

    tim

  • @peterwiessenthaner5107
    @peterwiessenthaner5107 2 года назад

    Hello, is there everyone who knows the members of this song? it's so fantastic

  • @seamonkey000001
    @seamonkey000001 Месяц назад

    Horrific the physical condition he was in there. Unable to even remember the lyrics with the sheets. Keep off the drugs folks is all I can say here…. I’m a huge Hardin fan but his addiction and selfishness casts a shadow over his otherwise genius existence. RIP TIM. You’ve left a footprint that can will live on for decades.

  • @derekmtheriault
    @derekmtheriault 3 года назад +2

    #ugottalisten2b4udie #TimHardin #PhilOchs
    Until the fingers draw the blinds

    Sip of wine
    The cigarette of doubt
    The candle is blown out
    The darkness is so kind

  • @jameskennedy721
    @jameskennedy721 2 года назад

    A huge loss to folk music .

  • @maxroyle6750
    @maxroyle6750 2 года назад +2

    Wonder what drugs the individual with the acoustic guitar took-writhing around spasmodically....

  • @lisamoroney3036
    @lisamoroney3036 2 года назад

    He reminds me of Harry Chapin

  • @hondosmith9791
    @hondosmith9791 2 года назад

    oof

  • @fredpalmer3990
    @fredpalmer3990 4 года назад +2

    This is not a performance that he should be proud of. Reading the lyrics, slurring his words and barely able to stand. He is one of the best song writers ever but as a performer his inner devils seem to have limited him. I asked a guy who knew him and he told me what the problem was.

    • @prrr446
      @prrr446 4 года назад +15

      I don't agree at all. This is so well timed...well sung. Just only 100 % integrity. No fake show whatsoever.
      " He sung with his heart " . It is on his grave.

    • @dennisrowan9700
      @dennisrowan9700 4 года назад +11

      I don't agree with your assesment either!! Hardin was in very good voice here. This was his methadone phase and yeah, he looked like he was jonesing but he channeled that craving beautifully!!

    • @bernadette607
      @bernadette607 3 года назад +6

      @@prrr446 Ahhh you are so right.. this special beyond words.. I am rendered speechless as to how to express my deep soul feeling to this piece of pure art and I come back again and again to allow myself to be swallowed up by his incredible humble ability to soften my heart and soul.. the gentleness and vulnerability is stunning. God I love this man & his gift
      ❤️ Tim🙏🏼

    • @prrr446
      @prrr446 3 года назад +6

      @@bernadette607 It is heavenly. When a heaven should be soothing like his singing i think i will be a believer ;) It is possible he already was saying goodbye to this harsh world.......understanding it all.......having experienced it all......and maybe he already was in an other dimension. He also was outstanding intelligent. I never heard this intelligence and integrity in a voice before and probably will never hear it again. Because this kind of singers is utterly rare. I am almost 69 and a huge fan from my twenties ;)

    • @bernadette607
      @bernadette607 3 года назад +5

      @@prrr446 You put it brilliantly. I am so delighted to know someone else is here with me finding themselves held with Tim in the same ‘Heavenly’ place. I just hope wherever he is now, he’s not struggling with any harshness. He has given us such a precious gift. Happy 2021 🥂prrr ( and happiness to Tim wherever you are ❤️)