SEDAYNE - LONG LANKIN

[milnoid]

Wow, where does the hostility come from? This is lovely, passionate music. Thanks for posting it.

[sopcara]

i'm quite shocked as to the negative comments left on a few of your videos, i can only put it down to the jealousy of narrow minds, in my opinion your music is one of the great undiscovered treasures of the British isle's, and steeleye span's middle of the road shite pales in comparison! also please put that "nut for nose" track up, the world needs to hear it!

[pootsnoot1000]

Utterly wonderful, dark and strange. How we neglect our true cultural heritage in this country. More power to your elbow. I only recently discovered Sedayne & Venereum Arvum on the Cold Spring label with the 'John Barleycorn Reborn' issues..and it has added a glorious new stratum of listening pleasure to my rather solitary life as an artist up in my studio, end of the garden.

I do keep glancing over my shoulder for the Green Man though......

[annlombardi1]

said me lord to me lady, as he went on his way, beware of long lankin, who lives in the hay

[annlombardi1]

u suck-sincerely, dave swarbrick and martin carthy

[sabrinaeden]

How nice of you to drop by & share your thoughts with us.

[nolicnotrut]

This is REAL storytelling/balladeering the way I like it.

Thank you.

[wtimberman]

I heard a Matin Carthy version of Long Lankin. I'd heard the song, years before but never wondered what the strange lyrics were about. The trail stopped by here. Wonderful dark version of the song, like sparklers of sound emerging from the blackest night. This is very good and very original.

[SacredHoopMagazine]

What a great version!

I was researching the song a bit - having just come out of the studio where I have been recording a version of this song using nothing but medieval instruments and a Kemence (which I used on one part - but not played as well as you play it) and then found your video - and saw you used one too.. spooky :)

[annlombardi1]

@SacredHoopMagazine your parents must be SOOOO proud

[bwanna23]

this looks like a pretty good way to spend your time on earth.

[Fabyr]

Great performance! Congratulations to the musician and to the videomaker.

[StatenIslandFolkie]

This kicks Steeleye Span's ass from here to the end of time. Excellent job on this song.

[Seghillian01]

My life ambition is to play my electric organ beside the Seghill burn and perform songs like 'Spanish Eyes'. But I'm ghastly afraid of getting beaten up by other seghillians if I did attempt that bizarre act. Fortunately if I grow my hair long and take drugs, the locals will not bat an eyelid.

[madouc1]

I'm sorry - but even if you had never heard the Steeleye Span version - you would still say that this is pretencious shite.

And it is.

[sabrinaeden]

Thanks, madouc1 - coming from such an obvious Steeleye Span fan we'll take that as a compliment!

Coming soon - Sedayne sings 700 Elves

[madouc1]

Now I feel rude - and rightly so - sorry. I couldn't do any better :)

[sabrinaeden]

Nonsense - all shades of opinion & gut reaction welcome (just see the Chester Cheese Rolling video); that's what we love about YouTube - we get all the sycophancy we can stomach over at myspace...

[JokribPjotr]

I somehow searched for Steeleye Span's "Long Lankin" and ended up with thia one!! And i like it, never heard this kind of music before!

[harlow76]

I don't know how I stumbled on this, or what the f*** I just heard, but I LOVE IT, in a very weird way lololol

[dela5553]

this ensrunman names KEMENÇE

THİS TURKİSH

[sabrinaeden]

Absolutely; but it's the ideal instrument for English Folk Song!

[NeglectedField]

Fascinating, but wonderful to hear.

[trabzonlu8603]

hahahaaha looooool

[DannyDesperate]

Any chance of reprising the epic 'one tree' amongst a belated greatest hits package, Maestro?

[sabrinaeden]

anything to oblige; search for 'Sedayne One Tree' for 29th anniversary reprise...

[DannyDesperate]

Hey, Sedayne, what is the meaning of this so called reprise? You can fool some of the punters some of the time but One Tree would often run to 20 minutes of ear splitting resonant drum driven assault in front of terrified audiences. This 'reprise' amounts to no more than an intro. Where's the real thing, Maestro?

[joebandana]

Woah, I'm pretty sure this dude is speaking English but I'll be damned if I can figure out what he's saying!

[mothberries]

wow, that's amazing!

[wyrewise]

I want my mammy

[culvetlort]

Mesmerising - you're throwing the glamourie over us with a sunlit return to clough valley of mud.