Richard & Linda Thompson - Pavanne/Just The Motion

[DavidfromW5]

Pavanne was written by Linda. Wonderful song.

[WilburyVision]

@DavidfromW5 I always thought Richard wrote it. It's an amazingly well crafted song. I cam to it via hearing Graham Nash's version. All credit to Linda!

[MrStarflakes]

@DavidfromW5 i believe Richard did write the music for it tho Linda did the Lyrics.

[Baruchyoseph8]

Thanks for the update. She is a major talent.

[want2knowU2]

One of my favorite songs of ALL time! "Just the Motion".

Richard played this for me in Edinburgh during the Festival back in 1984 and on an Electric guitar... Thank you Nancy Covey for encouraging him to do that for me. It was a memory I will never forget...EVER!

[legrandmaitre]

Just emotion, just the motion.....

[Baruchyoseph8]

Two of the best ..... Richard Thompson still seems to show up everywhere ... what about Linda? The person who calls it twaddle probably thinks Shakespeare is about a guy who is shaking his spear !

[tennis11ish]

@Baruchyoseph8 - Linda put out a very good album called "Fashionalby Late"- maybe around 1999?. She went thru' a very rough time when Richard went whole hog into Sufi-ism, then left for another woman before the birth of their 3rd child - horrible!....but she remarried a man with wealth, and I guess could breathe a little easier after that. Life is good now, and she has to be proud of her musical children too! RT plays on "..Late" so they are at least getting along OK.

[e77toe77]

Was featured on an episode of House - would have to look it up, but its the duet version as well...

[tillywinklerose]

@e77toe77 I was channel surfing over the weekend and caught the last five minutes or so of a House rerun. I was so gratified that they gave the name of the song and the artists at the end of the episode. Not many shows do, and I'm reduced to crawling around in Google with perhaps one line of the song in an attempt to find it. Delighted to find Just the Motion here. Thanks!

[problem49]

Pretentious twaddle, but I like it anyway.

[julietaron]

Thanks for posting this. Linda brought something to irreplaceable to Just the Motion. .

[MehefinHeulog]

Just The Motion (from 5:10) just absolutely beautiful - best version have ever heard

too bad about the synch

but sound quality amazing

and Linda looking great thank you so very very much

[irelephant]

Beautiful song, and nice to see these two long-parted partners on video. The audio is not in sync with the video, perhaps an overdub?

[Aardvarked88]

No, it's just bad audio syncing, a hell of a lot of youtube videos have the same problem.

[peskirabbit]

June Tabor also does a very good version of this

[gsjbaldwin]

Shoot Out The Lights is one of the finest albums you'll ever hear. If you don't have it get it. You'll see just how great Richard and Linda Thompson really were together.

[UncleVinty]

@gsjbaldwin I agree whole heartedly!!

[russeltheviewer]

i've posted this comment elsewhere too, but does anyone know if there's a dvd of the thompsons' notorious last american tour? or at least a dvd of just one of the concerts of that tour?

[davidlenander]

You can hear the song on their 4th album, FIRST LIGHT, and it's long been one of my favorites. Graham Nash covered the song on one of his albums, too.

[dancinginfidel]

simply elegant....too bad they're not more widely known

[irelephant]

People with good taste and a knowledge of the late sixties British folk revival know them as icons. There just aren't that many folks that fall into either category anymore.

[hintjens]

I first heard this when I was 16 in a castle (Crathie? Craigie?) near Aberdeen in the laird's sound studio. Ever since I sang the song, and have never heard it since. I am now 46 and it means a lot for me to hear it again, having sung it all this time. I only reinvented a few bits. Thanks for posting it. Magic. Helenxxx

[qi6588]

Thanks for posting this. This is a great version of Just The Motion. And I had never heard Pavanne before. Very cool! Thanks again.

[ackerlaw2004]

Very, very pretty. My first exposure to this trio / duo. I will certainly watch some more.