Bert Jansch / Needle Of Death

[neilmostert]

I can imagine this was inspiration for Neil Young in his younger days.So sad Bert passed away.May he rest in peace!He will be missed.Cees.

[TheEscrit]

First heard this 45 years ago and not a lot since then. Still inspiring - thank you itoshiyuki

[Varathmas]

Thanks for the music. Much love bert. May you rest in peace

[Underaware]

boring. sorry fans.

[Stayhighpizza]

@Underaware Your rhetoric isn't necessary. If you don't like the music, then just move along.

[mg426426426]

Rest in peace.

[tanet]

RIP MEGADUDE

[InquiringDeist]

I only heard this recently and this is mindblowingly good.

[TheSafecore]

Saw Bert when I was about 14 in a little folk club in Birmingham. Simply life-changing. Thanks for everything, Bert... see you up there x

[SongOfFall]

RIP Bert. I have so many moments I can associate with your music. I guess you'll stay a part of me now.

[ZXwarp]

Thumbs up if Bert Jansch sent you here

[kosterfardos]

Thumbs up if Squid and The Whale sent you here!

[kosterfardos]

Thumbs up if Squid and The Whale sent you here!

[mywishLE]

rest in peace... great great Bert <3

[anepifanie]

melancholia and sadness like water running down the river!

bye sweet love

bye

[BluestoneBayVideos]

I heard the name before, and then i saw this man open for Mr. Young's concert. I really wished i would have listened closer.

[chrisdrakekaka]

Sad so many of us only found out about him when he died.

[HappyRick]

Rest in Peace, Bert. (3 November 1943 – 5 October 2011)

[trebell71]

Wonderful song, wonderful muscian. RIP Bert.

[TomasEagleMusic]

gorgeous image for the track, very well chosen

[Downwiththebaby]

R.I.P. Bert Jansch... 3 November 1943 – 5 October 2011...the sadness in his voice is so strong, painful and true... he was definetly a one of a kind musician... so sad that he too had a life wrought with addiction and pain... not reaching his 68 birthday after a long battle with cancer... his legacy lives on...

[lucidwebpress]

well, this must have been embarrassing for N Young

[themremaker]

I remember this song from many years ago, it’s sad that it’s taken these dreadful circumstances for me to re-discover it. His work lives on.

[Crossbow0106]

What an evocative song actually written about a friend (read his biography Dazzling Stranger). Bert's passing saddened me, but his legacy will last forever. What an incredible guitarist/performer. I saw him in 2006 and he was unbelievable. R.I.P. Bert, just like Neil Young said you were the "Aoustic Hendrix".

[gffWillie]

Hi guys. I just heard of his death via Ian Rankin on TV. He certainly wrote the script

[rambadibow]

R.I.P. My lad

[MeNotThePaper]

A lot of people might not be familiar with his work but his influence on american music was immense, from Elton John to Jimmy Page and Nick Drake. R.I.P.

[boxocrono]

@MeNotThePaper All three of those guys are British.

[MeNotThePaper]

@boxocrono So?

[drmirandaxiv]

@MeNotThePaper dont forget to mention davey graham, who was a great influence on bert jansch and the others you mentioned :D

[trebell71]

@drmirandaxiv Indeed. I'm lucky to have one of his signed guitars. Sadly i'll never get close to playing it like Davey did.

[RichardLarge0]

In Memory.

[JollyGraham]

Wonderful.

[ARRISIPPY]

RIP Bert .Gonna miss ya...

[zodiacbluesbaby]

Bert Jansch sent me to Fleet Foxes.

[flyfifer51]

Like all true talent Bert gave so much .

[hillneerg]

Great loss. Superb guitarist writer and singer. I reckon this song stopped a lot of people turning to hard drugs.

[normanbicknell]

Used to see him and Alexis Korner Danny Thompson every Sunday night Horseshoe Hotel Tettenham Court Road 67....R.I.P Bert thanks

[HiImABabe]

Pete Doherty sent me here.

[diskochimp]

@HiImABabe Poor you.

[WeDieYoung1991]

@HiImABabe LMFAO

[MyUtopiaII]

RIP bert Jansch, I don' t believe in heaven but I sure do believe in your music and how it was a peace of heaven ont this earth.

[BlackSabbathory]

@MyUtopiaII great comment.

[nilsmontan60]

Bert died the other day from lung cancer at the age of 67. Thanks Bert for all the wonder.

[fivethumbsfrank]

Thanks for the beauty you brought to the world Bert, you will never be forgotten. R.I.P

[Zelglifc]

R.I.P. !!!

[thepixieful]

peacock feathers and incense for everyone. was nice meeting you Bert, in the old days. you lived it, you played it....God rest your gypsy soul. 

[Th0masBivens]

Rest in Peace Bert

[wankityspank]

really glad I got to see him open for Neil last year

[AdamC147]

Why do i always find the best artists after they have passed away?

[thepixieful]

@AdamC147 wow, yes kid, he was great, they liined up down the block in georgetown to see him, a folk artist, they lined up......the music is out there, and a lot of it. learn the songs, in folk music we pass on the songs......he was a nice guy too. take care.

[Nellynoodlebums]

@AdamC147 He died just a few days ago :(

[pamxtom]

R.I.P. Bert. You made my life better.

[frogswallop]

Rest In Peace, mate.

[bnkush]

the beautiful thing is, with this song, he has already started living in many people's favourite playlist...his music continues to inspire...

so whether fleet foxes brought me here or not doesn't really matter..

rip.

[HasBeenProductions01]

Rest in Peace.

[PAULisDEADMANnumber9]

RIP Bert.

[JazSmithPresentation]

The Saddest Thing is...It took hearing he had died for me to hear this...it's beautiful shame...

[Booklvr777]

@JazSmithPresentation but you're here and listening to this real music, instead of that other shit "Rap" and "pop" (mainstream) music. so thank you and continue your journey of listening to this beautiful and real music. you have given me hope today for today's people tastes in music. <3. again, thank you. <3.

[RcEdits]

RIP Bert

[sormu16]

Real sad to hear about Bert's death. He left us, this song will never leave.

[clucaspik]

So sorry - a severe loss

[lighteningboy]

Rest peacefully Bert. I saw you live, and that is a priveledge I will never forget.

[mart1nden]

Great song! And how cool: the houses in the picture are nearby my house: Houten, the Netherlands :)

[1960Pagefan]

Rest In Peace - Thanks for the music

[BecksySmexy1993]

Even in death, Bert is soothing my weary soul at an extremely difficult time in my life, thankyou RIP

[MediumReadings]

rest in peace...

[mallastate]

Foster the people sent me here. Rest assured that you'll live on forever in memories.

[iago68]

thumbs up if the fleet foxes sent you here AND have sent your heart to all kinds of places

[angelindespair]

Rip :/

[antifolkhero]

RIP Bert.

[thefoolFo20]

R.i.P.

[bannerpromo]

Rest in peace :(

[Apoc897]

I feel like a faggot listening to this tbh.

[testclipper]

@Apoc897 you feel like a faggot because of the cocks in your mouth and ass. music can thread itself around your memories that way.

[Apoc897]

@testclipper

Fuckin lol'd. +1 to you.

[Apoc897]

I feel like a faggot listening to this tbh.

[IngDiddy]

I was born in the nineties and sadly never knew about him until the day of his death. Rest in peace Bert, this song is amazing and I'll explore your whole catalog!

[kevinrvs1]

So wish I'd discovered him earlier, I might have had the privilege of seeing him live. We have lost a stunning guitarist. :(

[SOEmark]

Haunting. 

[bittelit11]

RIP ;-(

[lsauclair]

How sad. I remember how excited I was when I discovered Pentangle when I was in high school. "Basket of Light" was vintage vinyl by that time, but i loved it to bits. Part of my affection for Fleet Foxes is rooted in his music as well as other of his folk contemporaries.

[macs1515]

one of the greatest composers of folk music. RIP, old friend

[TheFlashbacksOfficia]

Rest in Peace old Bert :'( <3



[Pingas010]

Grew up listening to him. RIP.

[mamakunem]

I'll love you for the rest of my life.... RIP my sweet friend.

[mamakunem]

I'll love you for the rest of my life.... RIP my sweet friend.

[SBeezy2012]

Rest in Peace Bert :'( <3

[TheMemphisKol]

Thumbs up if fleet foxes sent you here

[FolkSound252]

@TheMemphisKol indeed



[bobek3x]

@TheMemphisKol who gives a fuck?

[MrCooolbreeze]

@TheMemphisKol Thumbs up if the Fleet Foxes DIDNT send you here!

[nicocoz]

@MrCooolbreeze THUMBS UP FOR THAT SON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

aaaaaa this song makes me feel life so much, it reminds me how nothing's real at all, it makes me believe we're all dead and we were never born; pure in spirits, blank in thoughts.

[ekaminar]

@MrCooolbreeze You almost make it sound as if it's a bad thing if they expose Bert/Pentangle to people.

[MrCooolbreeze]

@ekaminar Not exactly a bad thing, just not a big fan of the new "Emo-Folk" genre and how they claim their inspirations are people like Bert Jansch & Bob Dylan who took on real feelings and issues with their music, then these bands just work on "The LOOK" (beard and some high priced "folky clothes") then put out something catchy so they can make a buck, but hey thats the music business right? Check out Nick Drake before the next band claims him as inspiration! haha My P.O.V. Not tryin to argue

[ekaminar]

@MrCooolbreeze I wholeheartedly know what you mean, but you've got to be able to separate the good from the bad, Robin, the lead singer of Fleet Foxes was listening to artists like Roy Harper, Richard Thompson, Fairport Convention, Bert, John Renbourn, etc when he was just into his teens. That's not music the average kid has as inspiration. I'm sure most of these other bands (Mumford & Sons, The Head and the Heart, etc) wouldn't even be able to name a couple songs from these artists.

[ekaminar]

@ekaminar ...continuation of my last message (character limit.) I know you can't say your influences make you any better, but I do think they make you more genuine. And I genuinely like FF's music. There ARE great new folk artists out there, Iron & Wine, Joanna Newsom, FF, etc. You can't just lump them ALL together because of their beards and flannel shirts. And yes, we've all heard of Nick Drake, thanks ;)

[MrCooolbreeze]

@ekaminar I can dig what your sayin and agree their are alot of good folk bands out there, like The Devil Makes Three, jus a matter of preference of what your ears like, the problem is finding them, cause unless you have that american idol sound you'll never be played on the radio. But I happen to like a singer that focuses more on what their sayin then how their sayin it, meaning just cuz u cant sing good doesnt mean you arent a good singer. 

[MrCooolbreeze]

@ekaminar Which comes to what you said about being genuine, takin myself as an example I get the whole Dylan comparison mainly cause Im tone deaf, but it doesnt bother some people cuz they like what im sayin, but illl never be played on the radio, cuz i aint got that sound, but I dig Dylan, Guthrie, LeadBelly, even if prevents me from becoming famous Ill still worry more about my message then voice. A line in one of my songs goes, "My voice may not be great but its the only one I got"

[charleneswarovsky]

@MrCooolbreeze do you know Leonard Cohen "the singer must die?" ? Or even Chelsea Hotel: we are ugly but we have the music? He says that deeply moving

[MrCooolbreeze]

@charleneswarovsky Yea dig Cohen, Very Moving!!

[ranelopp]

@MrCooolbreeze Tsuneo Imahori did lol

[roejogan8]

@TheMemphisKol they didn't, but i love fleet foxes. what's the connection?

[Restlessjohn]

Rest in Peace, old friends, Buck Polly and Bert Jansch.

[ShineOnCrazyDiamond1]

Rest in peace <3

[jimincairns]

Rest in peace, old friend. You can play 'The blues run the game' now with Jackson.

[awesom2000]

have a nice time bert

[Catrionararara]

RIP, Bert.

[cymbula]

Rest in peace.

[PissteethJenkins]

Gut-wrenching & heartbreaking - the true soundtrack to Trainspotting

[cp1492]

Reminds me of a friend

[Gwyn277]

if im honest a billy connolly joke brought me here

[thumbpickr1812]

One of the great songs of 'that' era - poignant, melancholy, sad ...

[paddie3535]

94, hmm...

[D4VERD4NN]

Disarmingly beautiful, subtly shocking, one of the first songs explicity documenting the death of a smack overdose ! (1965)

[2SMGanG]

Makes me cry.

[21645powellm]

Just thanks for this wonderful song from '69. A great favourite.

[NiklasProcess]

Also listen to the version of Alex Campbell

[chodiestchode]

Is this song about heroin? It's usually pretty safe to assume that any song that mentions a needle is about heroin.

[andrandisaid]

4 people need to turn to the needle of death.

[stramurto]

I almost cried.

[TheNayeliii]

das foto genau so toll wie das lied selber ;)))

[Quentin217]

Sylvia Tyson did this one very well too.

[ManEaterFromReading]

"Your father stands in silence, caressing every young dream of the past"

It makes me cry

I wish songs like this didnt have to exist, but with them there comes a sort of healing when you consider what better things could come about after withstanding the suffering.

[NedsMissingTeeth]

Magic.

[biggerthanacadillac]

Bert Jansch = Genius of the folk/blues genre....every bit as GREAT as ANY of USA's greatest i.e. the 'Blind'~~~brigade, Johnson, Broonzy, Josh W., Seeger Estes, McGhee, Ramblin' Jack, Woody G., Cisco H. etc. etc. ad inf..........

IF it's to be Sir Martin Carthy then Bert should get a gong too!! (Though he'd probably decline it coz he's that sort of geezer I'm told!)

Jansch STILL rules! Like ALL the super greats his voice is quite unmistakeable & unaffected.

[Boingusboingus]

A cheery little number, I must say.

[xXGreyWolf]

NEEDLE OF DEATH!!!!

[bigderekkeene]

@xXGreyWolf NEEEEEEEDLE OF DEEEEEEAAATH!!!!

[Milanous199]

@bigderekkeene I do NOT know the song! Do not ask me again it won't be a good idea.

NEEDLE OF DEATH

Wait there *wack*

He was the fucking treasure i got no money at all

[FleetingWispsOfGlory]

So fucking haunting.



[abeyxx]

Saw him open for Neil Young he is one of the best acoustic guitar players I have ever seen new found respect for this man!

[Itsbeavis]

i love calm music, listen to kings of convenience

[indieRPF]

never had words been spoken so true than in this song.

[baremetal]

i love this song

[KimJongSick]

/wrists

[leldoryn]

How could any one dislike this?

[ADumbUsername]

"...through ages man's desires

to free his mind, to release his very soul,

has proved to all who every live,

that death itself is freedom for evermore.

And your troubled young life will make you turn,

to the needle of death."

[TheDalaiLuke]

simply put......genius

[adamspun]

yawn

[DannyWhitten]

It's easy to get buried in the past

[Schebby]

He's touring with Neil Young this summer.

[minotipo16]

@Schebby Bert and Neil are good friends !

[Schkeetur]

@Schebby saw him with neil the 17th in richmond, great show

[leetaylorchristian]

this song inspired Ambulance Blues..

[cocacolaveins]

i get chills everytime i listen to this

[cjwaywell]

I first saw this in the faith folk and clarity music book and went out and bought Berts album and was blown away by it. It really does take you off to another place and that's without the need for any mind enhancement. This song should have been played in trainspotting.

[AMICHIO]

@cjwaywell yea man I agree, I dunno why someone put a thumbs down for your comment,, this song captures my current state

[heartbrokenbeyond1]

i love that song thanx for puting it up

i have listen to it probably hundreds of times i really love this vid

[capricious71]

I can't say I like folk music much but Bert Jansch I really enjoy listening to.

[cosmicarbiteroftaste]

No contradiction there.

[adamisbetterthanluke]

@cosmicarbiteroftaste

Congratulations, keep your opinions to yourself.

[cosmicarbiteroftaste]

No.

[charlesw321]

Agreed.  But were you in Edinburgh or Glasgow in the 1960s? I was.

[cosmicarbiteroftaste]

I can't remember the sixties.

[koalaslikebamboo]

pretty thoughtful interpretation of the tone of the song. I like it.

[BMXER1987]

shut up... Bert jansch has never been "half baked would be folk"! Incase you didnt notice his music has been influenical on the folk scene and other genres... so fuck off he rules and this song is amazing one of my favourite Janschs!!!

[cosmicarbiteroftaste]

@BMXER1987 influenical? Half baked spelling old chap.

[MetallicaMelinda]

ITS sooooooooo amazing....

[MongeyMongey]

Through ages, man's desires

To free his mind, to release his very soul

Has proved to all who live

That death itself is freedom for evermore

[freedomlistener]

purely exquisite yet somewhat depressing

the lyrics are so well written and put together!

[MarxBakuninMe]

This reminds me of an online acquaintance of mine who was a junkie. Haven't heard from him in a while . . . It makes me sad.

[Moller2008]

....

[SiameseChemise]

@MarxBakuninMe dead

[chitlika]

what a pity you cant get Berts seminal LA turnaround album the version on there is much better . why the hell was that never re released on cd ?????????????

[StevieFantastic]

i think was rerealsed recently. i saw a review in the last issue of mojo

[g33k4]

i love this song so much it really makes emotions fly the views that bert has on heroin are quite strange ususally when i hear about heroin its a very bad drug an if u go near it ur crazy but this song is saying that it isnt all down to wanting a hit its about trying to find happiness in a life full of sorrow

or thats my feelings on the song anyway

[st0ne2thedge]

Err... the guy totally dies in the end :s

[g33k4]

yeh im wasnt saying that it was something he was trying to promote and get people to take more just giving some sympathy for the people that take heroin

[lesterluigi]

You are right, g33k. You are right. Its not about sympathy though...but..in your original comment...its not about wanting a hit, its about trying to find that warmth..that happiness...that comfort...

[bigderekkeene]

@g33k4 i dont see it as being trying to fing happiness as such, more just trying to escape all thats bad in life by , in this case , turning to smack. I dont get the impression the user is happy at any time but finds at least when hes high he has no thoughts for lifes shit. Just my opinion on it. :-)