Neil Hannon - Lady of a certain age

[marjan612]

His voice melts my heart .

[WeaverBoquist]

Had never heard of him before today, but so glad I have now! Fantastic melody/ lyrics, a bit of a tragic streak. I dig it!

[androids90]

beautiful.

[yamahonkawazuki]

heard this on another video. i accept music ( listen/purchase) only songs that can capture and hold my attention. this has done that QUITE a bit

[nicolasbouvattier]

DO someone knows what is the tab corresponding to this recording ?

It would be awesome to know.

Thanks

[deusrocks]

beautiful!! wish i could play my guitar like this ;)

[puttyfoot]

Neil played this at the RSC on Sunday, absolutely stunning, he played it with much intimacy and warmth, was stunning

[decupero]

Uma voz melodiosa com canções extremamente atraentes. Os irlandeses tem um carisma especial...

[sandra82390]

sublime!!! tiene una voz exquísita, delicada, sensible..me encanta

[2efnbad]

Effortless style.

[mennovanos]

3224234x quality on bit .ly/ 6mLqk6

[Clareblackwell]

The lyrics are so lovely and sad

[mrhow1]

I still can’t explain why exactly this song touches me so much... .it'sjust so incredible beautiful!!!

[friendlyporpoise]

Songwriting of the highest order.

[LimeeMiniDress]

Everything about him is so beautiful! His wit, his voice, his passion, and who doesn't love that beard?

[jackfillsyouwith]

hahahaha this is amazin dark edgy just fantastic

[cucullian12]

The man's a genious

[bonniekilty]

Superb. 

[cosmicmuse22]

Just beautiful.

[smugalemer]

chart music is music for ''listning to in the car'' or getting drunk to, he doesnt get into the charts because his music is above all that, its ok though because looking at his videos he clearley has recignition for his efforts & natural talent

[dinnadoit]

The man is a musical genius, what a terrific song

[gowfyak]

love the devine comedy, another classic song, kind of cross between "windmills of your mind" and "where do you go to my lovely" but better than both of those! T

[ohthepeppers]

as much as i love the album version of this, there's something superior and even more beautifully sad about this version

[Bluzme]

Beautiful song :) about nobody I know ...or would like (to know) but I wouldn't feel sorry for her either , sounds like she had a good life, nobody can live forever and time changes everything - you might as well call that part of the beauty and charm of life THAT IT'S NOT ENDLESS or too still.



[hectorinh]

ALGUIEN TENDRA LA TABLATURA EN GUITAR PRO! POR FAVOR!! BUENISIMA CANCION, DE LO MEJOR QUE HE ESCUCHADO EN MI CORTA VIDA!!

[1beatles]

this song, sounds like a song, about my mom~ lol serious~ it is beautiful 

[sherwoodfella]

One of my favourite songs by the Divine Comedy, who are my all time favourite band. I wouldnt blame the industry for not giving this much air time. . . it aint what the kids wanna listen too! This song makes me wanna learn to play the guitar!

[granbranfan]

Love Neil's music..absolutely brilliant song! Listen to it most days. When will Neil be knighted?  It's well overdue. Mick Jagger can't compare, nor can all those other "sirs".

[paulwhits]

I always view it as an updated version of Peter Sarstedts Where do you go to my Lovely.

[carpii]

Beautiful song. I do prefer the studio version if I'm honest though.

The lyrics are really sad. I feel sorry for the old lady ;-(

[BurkeHare1]

Dear hairpinpackie. It's a paradox. If everyone liked it, it would be crap.

[rmcc86]

....and he'd say "no, you couldn't be!"

What a great line. It's all in the delivery.

[elethrin]

very good :-) awesome lyrics!

[imhereformoz]

What a beautiful, evocative, and entirely heartbreaking song. Love this stripped-down version. Hannon is a true storyteller.

[riestar22]

he is amazing ! new album out in May !

[angelobgangelo]

I'm a song writer......they don't get better than this

[RippingFadedSmiles]

Wonderful!!!

I remeber watching this, after the White Stripes session down in the basement...

I fell in love with this melody

[mandingo1]

Genius.

[TheDragonrapide]

Touching, Smart, Brilliant and Sad.

[colinjohnrudd]

so beautiful

[Heelay]

I cannot write what I'm feeling listening to this song

amazing

[colmhall]

Gorgeous. Amazing; not just the song, but also, a song without detractors; the lack of vitriol in the comments, or torrents of abuse over people's taste. Lovely; for all these reasons. Lovely, but irreconcilably sad.

[beatlesholic]

For some reason I really love that last minute or so of this version.

(Not to say I don't like the rest of the song, of course, as it's amazing too!)

[Ninosestelares]

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.

[didoma73]

witty, whimsical, and forever a lady's man

(isn't there anything better than 3:47?)

[jeffmunger]

11-7-70 Happy Birthday!

[PeterRoeder31]

What a wonderful song.

[yaronam]

loved the lyrics and music.

it's funny, and clever.

the style reminded me a bit of "windmills of your mind"

[captainfabulus]

@yaronam Never noticed the similarities before, good spot!

[robmedwell]

i really like this ,where have i heard it before.if the music or tab are available,would you let me know .

[darthzydar]

It's not so hard to figure out the chord changes from this video. Time and perseverance. Capo on 3rd fret, thumb shuttles between first and third frets (relative to the capo, of course) of the E string. Chords are mostly C, Am, G7,C/G, F and minor variations of these. Watch the vid for approximate position and let your ear and fingers do the rest :)

[TheSchulz21]

Completely magical. I love it!

[hairpinpackie]

another career fucked over by the music industry

i heard his beautiful song during that competition and it got a little airplay afterwards but the bastard industry kept paying radio stations to play n.express not enough people have heard this beautiful master piece

[shunka9]

@hairpinpackie

Don`t worry,Neils music isn`t really meant for the consumption of the masses .They`d much rather suckle at the manboobs of Cowell ,ingesting the bland milk of mediocrity or ,even better, wait until it forms into processed "cheese" that the entire country can get mentally fat and indolent on!

[newpixeldude]

@hairpinpackie Fortunately, Neil has lots of fans all over the world and all of us who love his music think of him as a genius and nothing less. Not even the so called music industry can take down a genius´s art.

[5olar1s]

@hairpinpackie there are about 20 brilliant songs of him from a total of 150 originals...

[5olar1s]

There's no one in the world that makes music just the way I need it to be, except for him. Thank god, he's there.

[assiral83]

what an amazing song, there are no words! It is al in his voice, the music, the voice, what a combination!

[TheIrvo55]

Effortless melody!

[1philallan]

Absolutely brilliant !

[strangeloved]

magical.

[eoghain1978]

Amazing song. Where can I get the chords for it?

[morgaxe]

Thank you so much for this,The first time i saw this I was real high on acid & could'nt remember much & now 2 year's later ive foundt it!

[NoAngryYoungMan]

Neil's the best, love your music and it always has been an inspiration for our own.

Good luck,

Pieter Hulst

No Angry Young Man

[TheHeroHartmut]

Such a sad tale, and yet such a beautiful tune...

[bio2811]

Ireland has certainly made a huge contribution to music!!! Damien Rice and Neil Hannon are the first that come in my mind.....so authentic, emotional, humane and pure...luv their work..! <3

[Donjeur]

u2 fucked it tho...

[theneonstars]

Fionn Regan ..

[errikos20]

What a voice...so unique..

[markkosak]

Please does anyone know where i can get the chords for this song, kinda desperate here, it truely is an amazing piece of music.

Thanks Mark

[momonel75]

Beautiful song

[92RedRevolver]

I really found Hannon through Tiersen...and due to this, I've always assumed that his accent was French. Just read he's Northern Irish, yet, still sounds a bit French to me...I'm just an arsehole, I guess.

[LimeeMiniDress]

@92RedRevolver He has a few French covers (which are divineee <3) but he is Irish

[92RedRevolver]

@LimeeMiniDress Yeah, haha. I have since acquainted myself much more with him and the Divine Comedy (I'd definitely heard "National Express" a long time before discovering Tiersen) and he doesn't sound remotely French anymore, just a unique style of voice (which is no bad thing either!)

[SirHatchporch]

Where on earth did you find this???

[suz1900]

stunning.

[eveylattin]

amazing what a talent.....honestly the most captivating piece of music i have heard in a while

[jiakabai]

best storyteller. also love his "our mutual friend"

[rifrafrulez]

Beautiful.

[andyrooireland]

shows real quality that this man can write this beutiful landscape of a chronicle of a life, and the classic that is my lovely horse ( if anyone reading this doesn't know my lovely horse, check it out)

[evavigo]

Completely agree! But that's what happens when you're a genious!

[deusrocks]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....love his voice. :-)

[gilopetre]

est-il divin? ou s'appelle t'il Divine comedy?

[revolutiondave]

"and when the time came they were sent away, that was simply what you did in those days"- its so evocative of a time and class I know nothing of.

[thomas1graham]

I loved that!

[stupidblanket]

what a man!

[saoirseyy]

anyone know the chords..apart from neil of course!!

[merciceline]

Ohhh...you're so beautiful Neil!