Richard Thompson - When The Spell Is Broken

[campdog1]

Saw Richard Thompson at JazzFest a few years after Katrina, he really impressed me. Great songwriter. P.S. any music lover who has never been to JazzFest: put it on your Bucket List!!

[FUNNYiAM15]

When you listen to this after a break-up, hide the razorblades!

[djangolad]

Was doing it before Mark Knophler

[oleole52]

Greatest break-up song ever.

[mrgb46]

One dislike? What is there to dislike? Nothing.Some people have no taste in good music..

[FLORABUNDA42]

All your lies are gonna tear at your dreams... never a truer word.

[quasardog]

How can there be a "dislike" ??????

[thebackendofabus]

ONE OF THE GREATEST COMPOSERS OF POPULAR MUSIC, EVER!

IT IS CRIME THIS MAN IS NOT BETTER KNOWN!

[madlaughstudios]

@thebackendofabus ironic that you chose the word "popular"

[wadesterz48]

This is on the top 10 of my favorite songs, and I like a LOT of stuff. Its sad and dead-on with life's circumstances.

[unclebobunclebob]

and so incisive

[joescout]

to me it is like getting released from prison no tears

[maidoodesu]

nice ! です.

[joynthis]

One of very few truly original players. He's getting whang-bar effects without touching it. It's got nothing to do with his tone -- he'd sound like this on Byrdland or a PS3 controller.

[theproffet]

"Can't cry if you don't know how, can't cry if you don't know how . . ."

[Urmmeyeswideopen]

Poet

[b3n2p1]

Across a crowded room is raw,honest,and devastating.Didn't think guys were allowed to say what he said,song after song.Still not sure I'd have the guts to do it.

[lilithwest]

WOW , I been looking for this song for years ~so sad

[salinagrrrl69]

@lilithwest It is from an albumn called "From Across a Crowded Room." I actually heard this song for the first time coming from an outside beer garden bandstand.

I looked it up at a record store later - no net in those days. The albumn is great. I actually think now it was him I heard preforming at Lil 5 Points in Atlanta.

[TheRealMusicMachine]

Oh yeah!

[kiwiduncan]

Thanks Octahaberee. Why did I say Mississippi? Blind Boys of Alabama. Their new album is terrific, but this song of Richard's is the stand out track.

[Lige]

Love letters you wrote

Are pushed back down you throat

And leave you choking, when the spell is broken. Ouch, that is so painful.

[kiwiduncan]

Awesome song, fanstatic performance - and so it Bonnie Raitt's - with the Blind Boys of Mississippi - also sublime. Love that like about words you wrote...pushed back down your throat. Staggering lyrics.

[octarhaberee]

Blind Boys of Alabama

[kiwiduncan]

What was I thinking!!! You're right of course.

[mrgb46]

Please,will someone put this out on DVD or Blu-ray???? I have this on VHS..Would like to see an uncut version of this concert on either dvd or blu-ray...Great song..

[ak47doubletap]

Yes, sad; all too true in life. Brilliant Writing as only RT can expose his heart, humanity,

End of love  yet Lovely Song. Thnx 4 lyrics.

Have CD , yet watch this song over and over.

[JackStraw65]

One of the saddest, most heartbreaking songs ever written.

[TavernacleRecords]

@JackStraw65 Have you heard "Just the Motion" which he recorded with his ex-wife Linda? It gives me chills every time I hear it.

[Bronzecaster67]

Brilliant ! This song has been one of my "cornerstones " for so long now.

Richard Thompson is a real artist , songwriter-/ guitarhero sadly underrated.

This song has it all ! Thanks R.T. for sharing this with us !