The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood - Sandy Denny

[argi1968argi1968]

Angel ...

[altergarden]

This is in my opinion one of her masterpieces, and of course it was intended to be. I remember hearing this for the first time, i think in 1975. As audio, it absolutely blew my mind. Then I listened to the lyrics, and love it even more. Is that Swarbrick on the violin?

[mikedonn71]

This makes me proud to be from Eire. What a magical voice. 

[MsUkdance]

@mikedonn7 ?

[saoirseterri]

@mikedonn71

I always thought she was from London, Wimbledon or somewhere like that,I do aqgree she had one amazing voice God rest her and yes it does bring life into weary bones

[RipCruncher1]

@mikedonn71 ~ Makes you to be proud to be from 'Eire' does it ?. Well considering she was born and bred in Wimbledon, London, England that's your little Irish theory blown out of the water isn't it.

[iamther]

How can I describe beauty? Sandy Denny's voice. I'm glad to be alive to hear this.

[mlebron20]

I saw her do this at a club in long Island in the spring of 1974 I think.

Will never forget. Awesome piece.

[TheRestlesswind1]

A hymn celebrating Nature and natural beauty at its ultimate best...

[HopeWithPandora]

@TheRestlesswind1 ...indeed dear Eve.

[libertycityeric]

My favorite song... on my favorite album... by my favorite singer. The way the vocals build and the dissonance in the 3rd line of the 3rd verse. Listening to this is as close to a religious experience as I've ever had.

[sammyrocksu]

"the quite joys of brotherhood,and love is lord of all.

[sammyrocksu]

i never thought id fall inlove with this music coming from a hiphop background

BEAUTIFUL

[arosegrowingold]

My Lagan Love!

[Bekki369]

thank you!

[bronyr]

Thank You.



[KickazzRedhead]

WWWWWOOOOWWW!! :O INCREDIBLE!!

[mickplayfile]

This is actually based on an older Irish song My Lagan Love - certainly the tune and some words are. Check out various versions of the original on YouTube

[Klute1977]

There should be a "Love" button for music like this!

[Bekki369]

@Klute1977

I have often thought so...

[johnrobert1950]

Thanks for reminding me of this beautiful song, sung by the divine Sandy, with the words all the more poignant because Richard Farina died so young - a motorcycle accident if my memory serves me well.

[ethelwynkus]

The words are by Richard Farina, Joan Baez' brother-in-law. Sang with/husband of her sister Mimi Farina.

[ginaonthebass]

beautiful...just beautiful:):)

[argi1968argi]

ενας αγγελος τραγουδα.....god bless greece and irish

[Profedrybicki]

I have to say I like this more than the L&L version - genuinely beautiful, calming and soothing. And I kept expecting hobbits or elves to peer out of the woodland in the pictures...great job!

[xxSTTLxx]

honey on my ears

[invisiblegypsy1]

Absolutely amazing. what album is it taken from?

[tomrom7]

@invisiblegypsy1 It's from the album titled Sandy

[colm47]

Fantastic visuals for such a gorgeous song. The version on the deluxe edition of Liege and Lief has to be my favourite version though.

[297Wuvx]

Just gorgeous...thanks for posting

[padraigpurseal]

Sometimes stuff gets posted because it's worth a listen, somtimes because the poster thinks you should hear it wheather you like it or note, but every now and then it gets posted because you MUST hear it.

Thank you for the post fantastic

[ChomFa]

Ethereal, uplifting, timeless.

(Andy, your photos are fabulous)

[327409427]

This message is for StonefieldJim4 -- I could not have said it any better. What has happened to the music we so enjoyed not all that long ago ?

[tyrnoxas]

This is magic

[wornpick1]

Whilst I'm sure we all love Sandy's work with Fairport (those definitive tracks and albumns make me shudder again with the vibe of the time and youthful ambition!) this, and songs ike FHir A Bhata, pre-Fairport, are Sandy's CV experience for some sort of Hall of Fame acknowledgement. Arguably the best female vocal in the history of 'folk', what ever that means to whoever. Met her once - lovely human being.

[sallysblues]

tears dropping from the end of my chin listening to this so many memories

[nirvomind]

the part with the violin its magical !! Really thank you Sandy Denny !! i wish i was born 40yrs before ! the world today is sad

[arhatyellow]

Beauty is as Beauty does. Sandy Denny (and Fairport) did that. Music that lives in our hearts lives forever. This one makes me want to read the poetry of Rupert Brooke while eating scones and sipping a cup of Earl Grey. Oh, and that , after sharpening to a fine edge my dirk and claymore. Screw the tyrants of old and today.

[ludvalley109]

tears of joy I shed

[PHAEDRIDER]

her voice will always sound green and orange to me .

[armik2]

Amazing so beautiful !

[nancywebbcorbett1]

Haunting...

[buchananstreet]

nothing like this anywhere else today. but try bill monroe or STACY GRUBB if yopu love this sort of music..........

[BigCookinCajun]

@buchananstreet I am also a fan of Stacy Grubb.

[DerekBayRoberts1]

Led Zeppelin brought me here.

[ThefightingCelt]

Utterly sublime. Sandy Denny sends chills to the parts of my body other singers simply cannot reach.

[quaich14]

not much to add really - hauntingly beautiful - ?Dave Swarbrick on violon at the end?

for music nerds this song was written by Richard Farina who died at a young age (29) like Sandy (but this time in a motercycle accident) - he was married to Mimi Baez ,Joan's sister.

[saucyviolet]

@quaich14

Yes, it's Swarb playing out on the end. Blessed music. Sandy overdubbed her own voice to give the harmonies. This is what I would call "proper"!

[tomrom7]

@quaich14 Correct. The music is actually a traditional folk song called My Lagan Love with the words changed

[simonluckin8]

I am completely speechless.......

[AlanSturgess]

It takes a lot to bring me to the edge of tears - but this does.

[Tullibardine]

It's hard to believe it's over thirty years since she tragically died. Her music is timeless, and as fresh today as it was in the early seventies.

[younr004]

it is sad to say i was not born in this era, so most of these songs were forgotten by my generation. this i find incredibly sad, as this is a timeless song, and defines the very essense of beauty. Sandy, may your songs last forever.

[westpalmscott]

I used to play this album back to back with Neil Young's Harvest.. 2 incredible folk rock albums from the same year

[catweasel28]

How would you define beauty to an alien visitor? Play them this.

[musigny59]

@catweasel28 N How!

[ClivedCaptn]

Oh Sandy ! This takes me back to college (before they all became Uni's). Studying art and graphics in the late sixties was quite radical as it had no value LOL. Fairport and Fotheringay seemed to consume my life at the time and still remain a significant part of my life... x

[StonefieldJim4]

I envy you. As Oscar Wilde said, it's the very 'uselessness' of art that IS its value. Art for art's sake! Learning for learning's sake! How such slogans make today's instrumentalists and social engineers shudder. (I was born in '69, by the way.) :-) And this song? Gorgeous, just gorgeous. There are very few singers who can sound delicate and emotionally defiant at one and the same time. Gawd bless Sandy.

[dpoland]

This I think, must be my all time favorite Sandy Song! After all these years it haunts my soul with timeless glory, what grace, she was the best at this piece......I miss her!

[clarebannerman]

This song is the same air as "My Lagan Love" ---old,old Irish Folk Song ♪♫. Sinéad O'Connor does a lovely version.

[Villagejonesy]

Van Morrison and the Chieftains did as well, and Kate Bush did a simply beautiful version of it in the 80s.

[krysant50]

trees are a part of nature's strong healing force

a habitat of all beings as shelter

let us join as one to preserve what has been left to us so next one who come will have equal opportunity to unite with nature

this song has incredibly strong influence on us all

txs so much Friends who shared theis video with me, txs Elfman 101for bringing it to us

namaste,

krysana from Poland

[terigower]

thank u for sending me this and i have shared with friends.....this is so beautiful thanks so much...

[redbearbartlett]

We had this played at our wedding, it was so earthy and beautiful and made everyone cry(-: Thank you for posting it(-: XX

[ruth7784]

I had never heard of her till someone sent me a link for this video. As soon as she started singing I got goosebumps, amazing! Will be off to listen to her other songs now! lol.X

[redbearbartlett]

Thank you Burdy0 (-: X

[Gooseberry51]

I was there at Paradiso as well, was so wonderful.. had to leave straight after the concert to catch the last train..

[redbearbartlett]

Beautiful(-: What album is this on please? Have heard the version on Fairport's Liege and Lief but not this one before and would like to get it!

[pentangle4444]

I will never forget seeing Sandy singing Quiet Joys of Brotherhood in 1973 at Cornell Folk Music Festival and saying she was nervous doing the song with Mimi Farina in the audience. Sandy will always be the "The Lady".

[Hallucigenius]

Yes, its one of my favourite Denny songs as well. Many of her songs are this beautiful, but I find the lyrics particularly elegant.

[remeclerk]

many many tks..may she RIP (but also tk God for Maddy Prior)..keeping her alive

[fwhamill]

Great photos with a truly beautiful song. I have loved Dennys' music for years. While my music library has many artists I am continually drawn back to her.

F.W.H

[thewordofgord]

this is just lovely! thank you so much! a perfect alchemical wedding between sound and image!

and love is lord of all!

thewordofgord

[pendrell8249]

I'd forgotten just how beautiful Sandy's voice was. Takes us to another dimension, and yes Elfman101 thank you for this Nugget of gold with exquisite photographs.

[Gingerhoneycat]

This is just just beautiful, thanks for posting it xx

[richardeblack]

My favourite singer, what fabulous photos.

Thank you so much.

Richard.

[Riptor717]

Great job Elfman, beautiful song and images. Sandy is a legend RIP

Thanks for sharing.

Rip

[aspire62]

great video/song great pics Great Job! 5 Big Stars for you thank you to my friend amccann7 for sharing

[jimsim3]

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss sang a tribute to sandy at the Apollo Manchester the other nigth, plant spoke of how much he missed her and it,s was 30th anniversary. they sang battle for ever more. there was,nt a dry eye! Never forgotten.. /|\

[jimsim3]

Sorry! The battle AT evermore!

This is a great reconding of Sandy...

[eileenrose629]

OHHHHHH BABYYYYY Who is Andy???? I love this song but the pictures are....oh my what can I say????

[stevedonyoung]

This track from the Sandy album was recorded shortly after she sang two interesting tracks for the Pass of Arms film soundtrack, Here in silence and Man of Iron. Sadly tneither of these seem to be on this website !

[pattver369]

Hauntingly beautiful..

[nirvomind]

sandy its aa legend of that's sad life !!!!!

[everhale2]

heloiseh2004,

Linda Peters on harmony.You probably still won't believe me so check, very carefully, the sleeve notes and credits on the album "Sandy". Note: Sandy did another version of this as a Fairport song and may well have double-tracked the harmony line on that. It's not so beautifully plain and lacks the spine tingling tone clusters that this version contains. It was produced by Joe Boyd in 1969 and is on the triple CD box set titled "Sandy Denny, 'Who knows where the time goes'"

[drofro77]

Check even more carefully....The credit on the Sandy LP refers to another track " For Nobody to Hear." At least it does on my copy! Anyway it doesn't actually sound like Linda Thompson...

[WeeWyllie]

I am a normal-sized Sandy Denny fan, and I have been since the early 70's. Indeed, I saw Fairport Convention and Sandy Denny when they performed in 1975 at University of Toronto's Convocation Hall. Because most people I knew had never heard of either Sandy or Fairport, I was astonished to see that the performance was sold out!

This girl had a very pronounced gift for song, and I have ever rued her untimely and sordid death...

[manlyduckling]

Particularly sensitive to the spirit of the song. Thanks for posting.

[coramunroe]

So beautiful! I'm a huge Sandy Denny fan but had never heard of this song, so I was excited to find this! Listen to those harmonies...The photos are so beautiful as well.

[scragger07]

You obviously haven't heard the album "Sandy". It's now out on CD, I bought mine only last year. The other tracks are all killers but Bushes & Briars and Sweet Rosmary and of course this one are the very best. Let me know how you get on...Cheers

[everhale2]

Thank you for posting this beautiful song. I did a search for it, and wow! here it is. The song was written by Richard Fariña before he was killed in a motor bike accident. He was married to Joan Baez' sister, Mimi. The tune is an adaptation of a traditional Irish air called 'My Lagan Love'. The harmony vocal is by Linda Peters, who later married Richard Thompson (Fairport) and the fiddle at the end is played by Dave Swarbrick.

[Lavxtee]

On you tube there is a gorgeous live version of Baez singing her song (Sweet Sir Galahad) about Mimi Farina and her second husband (after Richard Farina). Check it out. Baez and Denny are the two greats...the absolutes. Richard Farina wrote some great songs too.

[dullsville]

That was a groovy movie.

[Ilska]

Gorgeous video, beautiful song.