Renaissance - Mother Russia

[FrankCastle1958]

Saw them LIVE at the American Theatre in St. Louis... mid 70's... AWESOME.... today's "talent" couldn't draw these guys bathwater!! LOL!!!

[gpollak34]

What a band. Saw them mid-70's. This is among my top 4 Renaissance songs (Prologue, Ocean Gypsy, Ashes are Burning are the others). Everyone should hear Annie Haslam at least once in their lives. Or John Tout for that matter. BTW, Jon Camp's bass solo on Ashes Are Burning may have been the best bass solo I ever saw live (in rock).

[SkrateBeastin]

This is incredible... can we have stuff like THIS playing instead of shit like Ke$ha?

[QueenOfTheForest1]

Ah yes, I was there when this first came out. Stunning, isn't it? :)

[tramanor]

WOW. 15 years since I heard this music and still sends a shiver down my back, up my arms, and back down my soul, an equisite shiver..

[Pinguas192002]

Probably I'm not as healthy as I thought, I saw 3 dislikes!

[legionofyuri]

Found out about this group from clicking the Random Article button on wikipedia and, being curious enough, decided to listen to one of their songs here on youtube... I fell in love almost instantly.

[greenwoodtea]

one of the greatest songs ---and live acts of all time......mother russia was and is a classic!!!!!

[Krauzer1213]

just a heavenly voice...

[Mega1master]

Just beautifull.

[ililyxes]

This song made me cry. I'm 20.

[gnirogniro]

Bellissimo qusto album dal vivo e questo stupendo brano !

[crashbash1000]

Just amazing.. GODly band

[germanysjim]

the snowy frozen air of Russia just drops into your lap while listening to this masterpiece

[cosmicrider287]

straight to my favourite chart.

[loislombardo]

@cosmicrider287 great pice of music

[cosmicrider287]

@loislombardo busted.caught you at the triplettam page.yes?

[housed01]

I saw them live....fitfh row.....it was amazing..... mesmerizing experiance

[OneWayStop]

This song and Al Stewart's "Roads to Moscow" both opened my brain to the history of Russia circa WW II ... the first time I heard each of them, I wept.

[RainerPoppe]

"Die Engelin von dehr Mutter meines Leibes ist im Konzert mit dabei und schreit: "Hei, ich werde abgelehnt..."

"The Angel of the mother of my body is at the conzert and cried: "I will declined, rejected..."

"The white horse, and the word of god, sitting on it..."

Revolution...

[RainerPoppe]

"Die Engelin von dehr Mutter meines Leibes ist im Konzert mit dabei und schreit: "Hei, ich werde abgelehnt..."

"The Angel of the mother of my body is at the conzert and cried: "I will declined, rejected..."

[RainerPoppe]

"Die Engelin von dehr Mutter meines Leibes ist im Konzert mit dabei und schreit: "Hei, ich werde abgelehnt..."

[MrEros1958]

thank's ivan

[Marco33185]

Extrait du fameux LP Live de 76, voici le titre "Mother Russia" ... monstrueux de douceur, de clairvoyance, de larmes et de rire que l'on sent au travers de ces notes. Une belle page d'histoire mise en musique magistralement !

[germanysjim]

I picture myself in the train on Dr. Zhivago when I listen to this one, in the winter of russia

[Vox572X]

Sooo sooo soo!!..

[narrowdeer]

I saw this great group at the end of the 70s, I believe, in Berkeley. They headlined with Al DiMeola, a bad choice, although I like Al a lot. But their music was so different and at least half of the people came for Al. So when Renaissance came on people just walked out. It was embarrassing, but I did get front row seats due to the exodus.

[germanysjim]

@narrowdeer I heard about that one, I was in San Jose at the time, Truly an epic group, nothing has come close to them since.

[thealbionbands]

Al Stewart's Roads to Moscow is available on you tube

[gldngrl80]

One of my absolute favorite songs from them - moves to tears almost every time

[yankeejohn58]

I've loved this Band from the Get-Go........I heard them in 1977 or 1978.......bought their Cassette.....and wore it out listening to it!

Annie Haslam has the Voice that carries the Bands Acoustic Accompaniment...!

[yankeejohn58]

I've loved this Band from the Get-Go........I heard them in 1977 or 1978.......bought their Cassette.....and wore it out listening to it!

[newpapageno]

Oh my God! One of the favorite songs of my youth!

[herbgurl82]

What an amazing song. I like to listen to Al Stewart's Roads to Moscow first, then this one, as they are about the same person, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

[maxmoishe]

KINDNESS , could someone find or post this amazing music ?!

[swimmersgirl]

Quiero escucharlo para siempre.

[MapleNyaa]

i love this song ♥

[maxmoishe]

Please could someone bring to us... kindness ! It´s an amazing song ! Please !

[Kremlin59]

I have been in love w Annie for 30+ years.  This song has very intense association. I moved to Russia.

[Cleoleo1960]

Meine Jugendzeit! Ganz nah!

[basmikiemike]

breathtaking...........still play it on my thorens i love the vinyl....

[nymph40]

loved it then love it know

[nymph40]

what a classic loved it then love it know

[khiltscher]

I saw them in Heidelberg in 1976 - fantastic - opener for them was the amazing Moog wizzard TOMITA. If somebody is interested to see the concert fotos - see Flickr - Affendaddy - Albums - Renaissance.

[marsvege]

J'ai vue Renaissance dernièrement et un mot suffit pour dire comment ils sont en concert,formidable !!!

[pelikaaann]

Annie is the best .....

[StraightShooter357]

Incredible song. One of my all-time favorites!

[halph639]

bellissima

[DickAllen4HOF]

I too love Annie Haslam.

[pencilpauli]

Man this brings back memories!

one of the best things to come out of the bleak teenage '70s for me!

had this album and wore it out playing it over and over lol

thanks for putting it on the web.

[gaspode18]

I saw them in the 80s supporting Steeleye Span at the Royal Festival Hall.

GOD, I was BORED. The endless piano noodling! The needless cruelty to acoustic guitars! That bloody mellatron! AARRGGHH!

[sousane]

Great video and music, thanks for sharing

[pelikaaann]

I think this is the  best live version ....-Thank you

[Freenetnow]

It's impossible to imagine a band like this coming together and making it now.

The seventies had their embarassments - but Renaissance was a miracle.

Give me the music from 68-76 anytime.

[SeattleLA]

@Freenetnow very well-stated

[KyrionMyrthar]

@Freenetnow check out Mostly Autumn from the UK. Great stuff. They have a new singer in the past year, but she's up to the task.

[jasonptify]

@Freenetnow - the 70s - best decade for music without a doubt

[mccormickbom]

JANIE...FORGIVE ME FOR BEING REDUNDANT.

I am this Passionate, ABOUT THIS PARTICLAR tune.

Besides, it takes ne back to an ara when I regularly "sucked-down" Bolshoi coccktails, Renaissance performing next door @ Carnegie Hall.

It truly...was "A Trip"...

[forvlaka]

I had to edit that for(ridiculus word count).

This was an overlooked gem. what an incredible voice! Touches me to my very pained soul!

[forvlaka]

R- 74 album TOC I would of been 14;grad-@18 in79.

I would here this 'POWERFULL' haunting song on KSHE-95, - Saint Louis, M.O..

Parkway Central people! Give your feelings to this! It reminds in my gut, the bitersweet happiness of that time, with its internacine sadnes of great athletics gone wrong;anerexia(sp),bulimia and injurie. You people never new what happend!  Agregious digression(I never could spell).

What you up to Maria(f)(n)?-TCM

[KyrionMyrthar]

Perfection.

[anubis281]

i like the oboe bit

[greenwoodtea]

This is one of the great songs of th 1970s/

AWESOME!!!! I was in college when they were big!!! Great great voice.

[123vanish]

i saw them live recently:) theyre great!

[odinspromise]

I love Renaissance and Annies voice could soothe even the most troubled of souls and Mother Russia is hands down my favorite tune of all time.

[pelikaaann]

Annie  is the best....

[veniska1]

thanks for the post

[progressiverocklover]

This is my favorite song of all time. Sheer beauty.

[stiegy97291]

my fathers also, and he was at the final show that Sunday in June 1975

[drwu58]

Best version. Period.

[vintagezigg]

A MASTERPIECE !

[pelikaaann]

Das ist Musik von einem der besten Live-Alben überhaupt...

[stiegy97291]

to be fair this was only uploaded a couple of months ago...people will find it, hopefully!

[twainname]

only 384 views? People are nuts!

Annie's voice and Terry Sulivan's drums are particularly breathtaking in this rendition. Its the middle of summer and I feel a cold wind while listening to this!

[KingProgdor]

I literally get chills up and down my spine whenever I hear this song. Absolutely brilliant.

[benspears88]

I'm in complete agreement there.

This is Drizzt btw. :)

[EvilghostNinja]

im in ur youtubezzzzzzzz, leaving comments on ur commentzzzzz!