Renaissance - Mother Russia

[EricDB007]

!!$##$%@#$!@$&!$!@&%!&%^165 ANNIE

[Shepardwong1]

The best female vocalist I have ever heard! Brittany Spears, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, all of them should get on their knees and do the Waynes World "we're not worthy" salute to Annie Haslam!

[MsThebeMoon]

Most under-rated band EVER EVER EVER. And Annie ... what pipes. I made sure my son knew who this band was and he was taken with their creativity and talent from the get go. They perfected the art of merging classical and rock. The perfected art rock.

[12laube12]

Love you Annie and Renaissance!

[12laube12]

Love you Annie.

[pivotcharlez]

I was pleasantly surprised to discover the lack of "in mother Russia" jokes on this page. Keep up the good work!

[progfan10]

Wow, what a performance. Annie looks like she's about to, um, 'fall out' of that dress! But what fantastic singing, as usual. I miss the orchestration a little bit, but it's pretty impractical to bring an orchestra on tour, I guess!

[miketomp]

This brings back some memories. I saw the band on this tour but only have still pictures that I took. I'm so glad to see the video

[Alexei46Rus]

мне нравится ее ужасно высокий голос

[jtspock]

I heard this song the first time on Halloween night while driving past "The Amithville Horror" house in Amityville NY. What a perfect tune, words excluded to listen to something so spooky, while driving past a spooky place.

[scousesusan]

Saw Renaissance four times in the 70's and early 80's I look a bit like Annie and she blinked and smiled when she looked at me. I am sorry I never got to see more of them

[scousesusan]

Saw Renaissance four times in the 70's and early 80's I look a bit like Annie and she blinked and smiled when she looked at me. I am sorry I never got to see more of them

[kainraziel25]

eccezionale

[harleygal24]

I have been a Renaissance fan since the middle 70's. I saw them in 1977 at Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada. Annie's unique style of singing has been nothing but great range & perfect pitch. I saw them again in 2010, at the Mod Club in Toronto, Canada. Her voice is still outstanding. A great performance; I loved it all, especially Mother Russia, Running Hard & Ashes are Burning. Steve Hackett followed her. He & his band were superb; a fantastic night of entertainment.

[hifiguy9]

Annie still looks beautiful after all those years. One hot babe!

[Homer48088]

Powerfully socially relevant

[Adolf020]

Germany will crush you one day you fake vladimirs.

[i002492]

I went to a concert in the mid '70's. It was supposed to be Renaissance, Angel and Camel. Camel wasn't there, but I didn't feel cheated. My cousin came with us and was able to score a cool single seat ticket at the box office. Annie was dressed in a light blue chiffon full length dress. She was also back lit. Over 30 years ago, but I still remember it.

[coltsowl]

Very good !!!

Ladies.....See ROMANTIC movie clip A knight and his lady

[glennss11]

Had a chance to see them in the 70,s at Pitttsburgh civic arena with Al Dimeola. Opted to see Stanley Clarke with his band across town at the Stanlel theater. Didn't Al come across town to jam with his old friend after he was done. Drove Stanleys guitar player off the stage. It was awesome. I'll never forget it.

[glennss11]

Had a chance to see them in Pittsburgh in the70's with al Dimeola at the civic arena or Stanleyy Clarke at the Stanley Theater. Opted for Stanley Clarke. Didn't Al Dimeola come across town after his concert to jam with his old friend. Drove Stanleys guitar player off of the stage. It was awesome. Never forget it.

[IYAMNI]

Great post. There's got to be so much of this stuff out there in cyberland.

Saw them in Phoenix Az with full strings. opening for Yes in 197...? I think it was 76. Going For The One tour. It was awesome. But it was an arena show. It would really have been nice to see them at a small venue.

I love Annie's voice. But she really shone with Ren. Her solo work lacked any good material. No dis. Just IMO.

[bierlvr]

I saw them in Akron, Oh in '77. Mr Big opened (good band but bad placement), then Gentle giant, Renaissance headlining. Their plane was late, but they made up for the wait. My God, did it make up for it..

[MrAlvarosantiagoferr]

vai cantar assim na casa do caralho!

[maxmoishe]

É muita voz.. né não !? Assisti à um show dela em petropolis uns 4 ou 5 anos atras... puts não mudou nada...

[maxmoishe]

realmente... ela canta muito ! valeu...

[scrubschick87]

Oh my goodness!!! Renaissance was in NY?!?!? I HAD NO CLUE!!!

[LEHIGHDRIVE]

In Philadelphia [ spectrum (soon to be demolished) and The Tower Theater] numerous times. Absolutely fantastic, Every time

[technocrash09]

@LEHIGHDRIVE Oh WOW! The Tower! Haven't heard mention of it in such a long time. I lived in Delaware 28 years (Indianapolis now). I saw Renaissance and Procol Harum the same night back in the early 90's at.......yup..........The Tower! I saw soooooooo many good shows in Philly from 1970 to the mid 90's (when I moved away)...The Tower, the Spectrum....f_ _ _ing awesome times!!!!!

[LEHIGHDRIVE]

@technocrash09 Yep, The Good Old days...Saw many a band there. First being GENESIS w/ Peter gabriel in 1974. Later GENESIS w/o Peter. Peter doing Solo tours 3 or 4 times. shook his hand. kept all my ticket stubs. They are on Face book albums...Good Times...good Times

[50sVintage]

Renaissance last night in NYC at Concert Hall - magnificent. It simply isn't possible for Annie to deliver anything less than a virtuoso performance. Her range, her effortless delivery, her haunting voice - I never tire of hearing her.

[yesrushdt]

Wish I could've been there. Hopefully the band will come closer to the midwest in the not too distant future.

[12laube12]

@yesrushdt I agree. There's nothing to compare with Annie's voice. She's a pretty lady as well!!

[2old2Rock]

I was there too (2nd row in front of Annie!). Could you believe they way she held that final note of this song? I really believe Annie sounds better now than on this clip. An incredible performance and a dream come true to see them again.

[CrimsonKing589051]

Glad to hear about that...I hope they will make a DVD out of it. In the meantime, anybody from the audience managed to get any video clips? Please do share. I will never be able to make the journey from thousands of miles away to see her! :(

[grotti]

Mudou RENAISSANCE COM MEU CONCEITO A MÚSICA. EELS Realmente Fazem Diferença NA MINHA VIDA! ANNIE EM INGLATERRA, ELIS REGINA NO BRASIL

[imamric]

@50sVintage come to seattle!!

[suebrit]

Saw them many times at college in Manchester and Lancaster in the 70's. Brilliant, Brilliant. Where is Jon Camp? Brilliant and totally original front base lines .

SueE.

[constp1]

genius! no words

[mccormickbom]

Lost the last connection. Sorry.

Annie, You inspire me. Have followed Renaissance, and your solo projects for years. Alright...decades.

Take Good care...Robert.

Expect roses @ The Keswick. From me, with love and admiration!

Robert ( and "max", my beloved Golden Retriever)...lol

[varsityredheads]

For a few years in the mid-70s, the owned the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania. And if you've been there, you'd understand the incongruity of that. Nevertheless, wonderful stuff.

[PON14GO]

Loved then for years. Saw her solo shows and met her several times. Very classy woman! SHe autographed my Studio Master copy of Sheherazade!!

[RenaissancePrologue]

Hi. Do you know the order of play in this show?

[dayrider100]

Another good tune i have on reel to reel

[drwu58]

Got to see them at the Meriwether Post Pavillion in Columbia, MD, 1979. Fell in love w/Annie, such a voice!

Hey wintermoon 1939, where the hell was Ripley's? WIOQ was one of my favorite stations back then. Loved Ed Sciaky's Sunday night program .... Sunday night progressive show, mid eighties. RIP Ed Sciaky.

[jimbovolleyball]

The Ripley Music Hall was at 6th and South which later became Tower Records.

[QvJLP90]

Annie now lives in an area not far from my home and I had the pleasure of seeing her and a few of her former Renaissance band-mates perform in a local high school auditorium (a nice one, with good acoustics) - it was incredible to see them in this small venue - almost like a private concert. An unforgettable experience!

[PoconoMtnMan]

One of those bands I could never figure out Why they didn't make it bigger,anyway I always loved them...Having Annie out front with that dreamy voice didn't hurt...

[shedbedder]

My favorite Renaissance song. Wish they were still performing

[jimbovolleyball]

Annie and Mike Dunford are doing 2 shows so far for the 40th Anniversary.  Check out the Kewsick Theater website for Oct. 11th

[mrbill6666]

I remember seeing them at Philadelphia Academy of Music. I think the show was temporarily stopped due to Annie getting a splinter in her foot...the risk when not wearing shoes. LOL

[News4usall]

I absolutely LOVED this band!

Thanks for posting this...

[gennx30]

they still dont get any real airlplay-even on the supposedly non conformist KEXP in seattle

(they stick to an 'alt college formula')

smoking seems to be a national pastime in the UK-I wonder if she let any of the other guys near her if they did

[KyrionMyrthar]

Caught them tons back in the day...man, they always delivered, even when the band members became a revolving door.

[wintermoon1939]

geez, where'd this video come from??

I was there that night in the first couple rows, Thanksgiving night I believe. Ripley's was a small place, just a a bar really, couldn't have held more than a hundred or so people.

I got to go backstage after and meet them, tried to get a kiss from Annie, I remember she only let me kiss her cheek

She's about 5 foot tall, had to bend way down. Jon Camp's a short guy too.

This show was broadcast live on WIOQ radio during the Ed Sciaky days...

[axzck]

guy, you're so lucky!!! You kissed Annie Haslam!

[nightowlhunter]

They sound like the Pretenders? I don't get it, but you do. Anyhow,,,,, "THEY" don't sound like the Pretenders, you should have said the Pretenders sounds like Renaissance and not the other way around. After all, Renaissance was playing decades before Pretenders were even a band

[schermolollo]

Eccezionaleeeeee..............­.........

[VoxBox2000]

They sound alot like The Pretenders

[louswire]

Is that really Annie? Where's the floor - length flowing gown? I didn't know she actually had legs.

Anyway... thanks for throwing this on the tube... been a long time since I've heard this... and the tempo on this sounds about the same as it does on the albums I still have.

[actor1960]

I saw Renaissance in the mid 70's at The Place in Dover New Jersey and got to meet Annie after the show. They were awesome and thank God for youtube. They are just as awesome without being stoned. I spent many years wondering what happened to them and why they never hit it real big. They were the best. Seeing them was an incredible event that you had to be there for. I will always love their music.

[gerrick456]

Always love this band saw them live in Bloomsburg Pa in 74,Didn't see her feet though,it's still amaseing how much a studio can do for a band,the bridge in this song where they build and the piano works give me chills,all in all the studio version has more impact than this tour they did,thanks ICEMan

[gennx30]

Tout was mourning the death of his sister-he lost it onstage and walked off-was fired-Sullivan quit  in protest Each was an absolute master of thier respective instruments.

Normally they sped up songs for the ADD -here they sound like theyre on valium

On THINGS I DONT UNDERSTAND they left off one complete verse, probably thinking it was too new age-y You can download a Hi Q track of this rarity at Amazon-or iTunes

The song is a showpiece, giving the band a real workout-esp Annies vocals.

[kellingc]

It's funny - of those poeple who have heard Renaissance, they either love them or hate them. I've yet to meet anyone who does hate them. This music is complex, and not for the ADD crowd.

This song in particular strikes an emotional chord with me. Powerful.

[metalheadnick555]

I don't love them or hate them. That being said, I think it is only a matter of time before I do LOVE them lol

[kellingc]

[a slow rythmic monotone voice] "You will LOVE Renaissance. You will LOVE Renaissance" - lol

[ssstumpf]

I saw Renaissance in the old calderon hall in Hempstead NY in the late 70's. Annie was great,I love the dress she is wearing in this video, nice and short, great legs. Annie always goes barefoot.

[ecrocker1]

Yeah but Camp always played a Rickenbaker (SP) but in the video it was a Fender

[ecrocker1]

This had to be post Tout and Sullivan era. The voice is there but the rest of the band isn't looks like Post Camp as well

[yesrushdt]

Nope. Camp is there (sans his moustache from the 70's :P) as well as Michael Dunford.

[wilsparky]

God Bless Mother Russia. They saved us all from the filty nazis and their islamofascist friends.

[zappasaurus]

They also executed millions of their own people. And still further millions of "liberated" peoples. This song is inspired by Solzhenitzyn and is bit of a biting criticsm.

[drew21154]

Well said.

[CZERCHIE46]

WOW..Serena !!! So glad your dream came true !! She is a really cool person !!!

[CZERCHIE46]

I had the wonderful experience of meeting Annie Haslam last year. I worked a veterinarian's office in Lansdale, PA, and she brought her puppy "Daisy" in. SHe was super nice, and personable, too She even returned on a day her puppy did not have an appointment to bring me an autographed photo.. What a super nice LADY !!!!

[yesrushdt]

That was a really nice gesture on her part. :)

[SerenaBlackCat]

I met her too when I was 14. I used to actually pray that I would meet her. And then I did. And she complimented my singing at this fan club party when I was 18.

[wilsparky]

Stalin was Georgian. Interesting irony.

[anonyMoses]

With the recent death of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and the even more recent troubles in Georgia with Russia, this song could not keep itself out of my head. So glad they have this live version of Renaissance's great song on the tubes.

[BigMountainLLC]

God rest Alexander! Thank you for such a beautiful song and a great way to remember a great man.

[breakfastisready]

amen to that! great tribute song.

[musicrainbow]

Had the pleasure of seeing Reainassance at Red Rocks many years ago. It was a magical experiance. I also saw them as they went through line up changes in the 80's when Annie went from the long dress to the short fairy dress. Excellent then also but the Red Rocks experience was the best. Love you Annie!

[stiegy97291]

saw them at red rocks also..outside of Denver! think 1977? then followed them to california north and south. truly awesome band!

[rdt10458]

I saw them in the late 70's in Asbury Park , new jersey,, they were great. One concert I wont forget.

[IanMills]

Annie wearing a Mini-Dress! Didnt see that at any of the concerts i was at back in the 70`s! Great band , great people. I met them quite a few times back then and was lucky enough to be invited to Abbey Road studios to see them recording "Ocean Gypsy". Great experience, terrific times!

[dowejustexist]

They got exposure, but were not appreciated by the mainstream crowd. I think Midas Man made it to mainstream. I missed them so much when they disbanded. They are classical rock but no other progressive band compared to them. They were creative/unique, extraordinary... their music is emotional, intimate. They had disbanded only because they had reached an end to what they could do musically ~ to continue would have been repetition.

[BunnyBunsKiss]

beautiful!!!

[NoxLuna]

Thank you... i grew up listening to this music, nice to hear it again

[anonyMoses]

Great old song about Alexander Solzenitzen.

I had all their albums, and loved them all.

I once saw them in Charlotte, following, stupidly, I might add, Al diMeola. Not the best twofer, although separately they would have been great.

[booradleyalabam]

Goodness, loved "Turn of the Cards", , "Mother Russia", after 30 years , sooooo refreshing....thanks...

[curly437]

Where is Jon Camp now? What has he been doing?

I have a great picture of him on a doubleneck Rickenbacker bass from the 70's.

[godbluffvdgg]

thanks for posting i have been hoping for this since last year,when i saw carpet of the sun,we love you annie here in philly i feel comforted that you live so near

[Orangelazaruspete]

WOW haven't seen this for decades . Thanks !

Annie was always the best singer. Too bad they didn't get more exposure. Turn of the Cards was one of the best albums in the 70's.

[Yogizuna]

Back then, I did my best to get them more exposure, calling up DJ's all over NY & NJ to make requests, giving radio stations free tickets for callers to win on the air, even giving a radio station a collection of Renaissance albums to play. Because of the length of their songs, plus the fact they were not appreciated by some, it was rough sailing. To meet the members of the band, and their appreciation of my efforts was a great reward, especially when my wife freaked out over the phone bills! :)

[daysailor4055]

wow....I cant beleive i found this....I love this group...ANNE RULES!!!!

[Digges63]

So cold,so true.Since more than 30 years I adore this song and this group.Incredible music.many memories.

[crocodilewerewolf]

bout time somebody posted mother russia! thanks!!!

[guadelupe]

I never thought I'd get to see or hear this again! Thanks so much!

[trwx]

I can't get enough of them, even more than 30 years after seeing them. Does anyone have a video of Trip to the Fair?

[Sanvean0]

a *big* Thank U !,its one of my favorites.

[PaulHartXYZ]

THANK YOU.

I've NEVER seen a video of Mother Russia live.

NICE FIND.

[yesrushdt]

No problem man, I'm happy to share.:)

[2old2Rock]

God bless you for posting this!!!