John Cale performs "I Keep A Close Watch"

[aquamoon22]

The Best of the Best. Sublime, just sublime...

[suckzinclee]

& Fragments Of A Rainy Season is to these ears one of the great live recordings. I thank you!

[wombatmobile]

He is a treasure



[aquamoon22]

MAGNIFICENT!!!!

[mapple432]

John Cale is to be treasured. He has a new EP in Sept 2011. The man is a class act. Genius!

[bluecloud358]

This is not a song but poetry it is sharing mankind with yor inner quest which is real spiritualty it is just an image and a voice of aman the content is all divune

[jbearden]

@bluecloud358 Your fine description cannot be improved.

[barakobama]

Just great lyrics...Just a great song...

[swanny08jack]

always makes me cry...should have been much more widely acclaimed

[maryhadahlittlelamb]

never win and never lose.

[MisAnnThorpe]

I think his initials, JC, tell us everything we need to know!

[TheNorseLegend]

Yes you have it correct. They work with HIM. Thanks for the correction!

[Searchandpreserve]

Listen to "Music for a new society" from 82! I still remember this song and "Broken bird" and that wonderful concert he did in Hamburg back then.

[MyLatestEscape]

This song kills me. It's every heartbreak I ever had, in one simple song. Cale is a genious.

[francineaddie]

Asian bridals here **busizz4me.info**

[candyflossruby]

utterly moving

[celadon411]

wow, anything else from this concert? This is Cale at his finest....in my very small opinion and EXTREMELY high regard.

[mielemmens]

One of the greatest song ever written!

[aquamoon22]

In a time when the term genius is overused and trite, in this case it certainly applies.

Looking to the proceeding comments, I find I am not alone in expressing these sentiments.

[Timmybear]

Helen Terry also covers this, in not a horribly overblown way.

[punkrocker1974]

John Cale, such a great soul !!!

[dirtypearl]

Human Drama is a shit band, I'm scared to think of what they're version would sound like...

[crankthemid]

What a beautiful Welshman

[harrisroyal]

Who the heck is human drama?

[nasmformyzombie]

Hey lansdaddy9, Cale WROTE the friggin song. The best Human Drama or anyone else can do is a COVER of the song.

[Iansdaddy9]

Human Drama's version of this blows this version out of the water. Sorry.

[HamburgerMartyr]

I just learned how to play this. Always loved this song.

[punkrocker1974]

John Cale is a Genius !

[spurtfather]

Great footage, I'm being slowly dazzled as I type.

[aye399]

blackeyed susans - do a much better cover of this

[SparrowSaltskin]

This is not the best version there is. There are audio live tracks of this song which NOBODY can top. Sorry Blackeyed Susans...

[propaganda68]

Get a life! JC is IT!!!!!!

[AsphaltedLife]

hard to put words to, 'great' can't live up to it

[jbearden]

Is there another John Cale in this world? Is there another sun? No, not for this world.

[SadLisa777]

Must agree! He is wonderful!

[darkolove]

this song gets me everytime. beautiful.

[brasspocket]

a pure masterpiece. a work of art.

[Len37]

KILLER>>>>> SUPERB!!!!!!!

[janjune286]

It just becomes my favourite...love it D!

[zoarces]

this is incredibly beautiful. What a stunner... Immaculate.

[lesassassins]

this is one of the most beautiful songs ever.

[malcolmeferguson]

John Cale's lack of popular fame and regard is a modern travesty... The man is a genius...

[TheNorseLegend]

@malcolmeferguson in the right circles he enjoys the amount of fame he's destined to have. after all,who has he not worked with?

[robleeatheart]

@TheNorseLegend Or actually ... who has worked with HIM? ...

[michaelvoland54]

@malcolmeferguson

Think, he can stand the fate.

[Melismama]

John Cale is beyond words.

[SFJonesy]

This incredible song becomes even more so when you also view the one from 1991 and 2002 - amazing! Like watching a song "grow up". Not that "growing up" is something to do....

Thanks so much!

[cigabite]

Really a great performance. Nothing more nothing less

[PhilbertDx]

...I still can hear the bagpiper...ha...

[hardtimesincountry]

I've always loved the pipes at the end of the Music For a New Society version. One of the only sane sounds on that dark and desperate album.

[ralfrecords]

he is so great

[MarvelZombie88]

Go, Johnny, Go!

[19nywf39]

Textbook example of a perfect song.

[lunacyhere]

Are their textbooks on perfect songs?

[welshdevondragon]

Is that supposed to be a compliment or an insult?

[19nywf39]

--Compliment-- I love this song.

[vicphine]

John Cale is one of the most outstanding, underated and infulential people in contempary music. What a voice! What a musician! I'd say this is a classic, but how many of his songs aren't?

[husseochdoggen]

Strong feelings, love, desire, and very close to insanity. It sure gives me the creeps, and it´s rock history for sure!

[stoker10]

I love it!

perfect song

[nutyamelie]

fabulous song!

[wolfies51]

i love u ...........john...............­.....

i love your songs so much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[arjaneds]

if only he had found a better chorus and this would have been an absolute classic...

The verse melody is extra terrestrial, but the chorus is fairly mediocre

Petty

[nemetem7]

bollocks

perfect song.

[RandomKoolzip]

Wow. I think it's exactly the opposite. The chorus gives me chills every time I hear it - and the verses serve as placeholders for that chorus.

JMO, of course.