Soul Cake - Sting

[iNegati]

bello...



[TheNellamaria]

Soul Cake for everybody...

[dandanjanett1]

GREAT!!!

[evamanumusic]

Someone help me finding what is the piece played a 1:16. I remember hearing it from Loreena Mckennitt too. Can't remember the name though ....

[evamanumusic]

@evamanumusic I found it ! It's God rest ya merry gentlemen ! :)

[ichipow]

@evamanumusic

It's "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"

[evamanumusic]

@ichipow Thanks You !

Hey we are releasing a small EP for Christmas for free download, this song will be on it : evamanumusic {.} bandcamp {.} com

[1hennana777]

@evamanumusic

Hello the song is God rest ye merry, gentlemen, a classic christmas english song. Loreena Mc kennit sing it on her album winter's garde wich is brilliant.

The song is from the 19e centery maybe before.

[evamanumusic]

@1hennana777 Thanks ! I found it while listening to my cds found the Loreena Mckennit ! Sooo Good.

Hey we are releasing a small EP for Christmas for free download, this song will be on it : evamanumusic {.} bandcamp {.} com

[sageofsuccess]

I like Sting a lot. But please don't ever touch a Peter, Paul, and Mary song again.

[Trinder3467]

I usually don't like sweet stuff. But this one is worth it.

[vocaloid9299]

Could someone please make a MIDI of this? I want to have VOCALOID Miriam sing it, but I'm really bad at setting notes!

[hayharut]

love this song

[japjapsancholini]

brilliant as always

[BaronVonKenny]

Mark and Brian brought me here.

[Standoman6546]

totalbiscuit

[kroliczek20]

I always play it for X-mas.

[nunnyadamnbusiness]

@benjithewhatever:

Um..no. thanks for playing, please try again. Sting is talented and does have a lot of good music...this "copy" is not one of them. Almost made my ears bleed with the scratchy off pitch tone...uugg!!!!

[nunnyadamnbusiness]

Good Lord he slaughtered this song...the Original Peter, Paul & Mary blows this away.

[Benjitheterrorist]

@nunnyadamnbusiness sting never slaughters songs... he only improves them. It's sting. now go make me a soul cake.

[Ashari]

I get to dance to this song in December. <3

[dianatism]

He's orgasmic...

[siralucard19]

1:15 what is the name of that song?

[xCre8tivity]

@siralucard19 God rest ye merry gentlemen (tidings of comfort and joy) :-)

[siralucard19]

Soul, Soul, a soul cake!

I pray thee, good missus, a soul cake!

One for Peter, two for Paul,

three for Him what made us all!

Soul Cake, soul cake, please good missus, a soul cake.

An apple, a pear, a plum, or a cherry, any good thing to make us all merry.

One for Peter, two for Paul, & three for Him who made us all.

[johnhorneguitar]

Sting needs to get back to writing great songs.

[left4deadrox]

Siinging this song again 4 chior <3 love singing this as tridition

[nagaempress]

Happy All Souls Day!

[Ashlan1412]

The single worst thing I've ever heard

[Viurlence]

THUMBS UP IF YOU CAME HERE LOOKING FOR TOTALBISCUITS OLD ACCOUNT!

[gheith001]

I know that at some point, some dude is gonna come yelling "THUMBS UP IF YOU CAME HERE LOOKING FOR TOTALBISCUITS OLD ACCOUNT!"

[mouldybear]

Obviously inspired by The Watersons "Souling Song" on their great "Frost And Fire" album still available on Topic CD.

[Crafty411]

All I know is he's my spirit guide

[RonnieRiddik]

amazing. no other words.

[chameleonfrog1]

yeah, I was thinking the same thing...gorgeous eyes.

[FrostfurKat]

beautiful blue eyes!

[Cimot0785]

soul pig,soul pig miscellaneous soul pig

[MaxPayne1983S]

well, human is old when hi hev a 80 years that's how i think.

[DutchEvilEvi]

does any one else think that beard make him look like santaclous?

[ThievesHand]

@DutchEvilEvi yeah, a little bit. But i think it also makes him look very wise.

[DutchEvilEvi]

@ThievesHand yea. old, wise and like a grand dad :P

[ThievesHand]

@DutchEvilEvi Hah, LOL! Well, not my grand dad, I wish he was my grand dad!

[DutchEvilEvi]

@ThievesHand yea me to! but he used to be verry hot so if he was mine, shoulded my grand ma hat use her best moves to get him.

[guccirushgirl]

i simply adore this song ! listened to it over and over and over again ...and i never get bored. A beautiful song. OVE the violin !!!!!

[queenmagic1982]

great song of sting i discover the police group

[Dreva]

it's very good and soulful but it can't beat the feel of the original - A Soalin' by Peter Paul and Mary.

[hypno59]

More 'soul' than all the pop of the last 20 years(..it's all mind control child abuse anyway..so an unfair comparison...)Sting is the Picasso of modern music...a few brushtrokes lead us to where we all began.

[digimagefoto]

E "SORCOVA VESELA" DE LA ROMANI!

Cantati cu mine: Sorcova vesela, sa traiti, sa imbatriniti...

[bmmalec]

i love them



[Hussarer]

1 fuck peter 2 fuck ball

[DATAMES]

Buena musica

[Niltonpinheiro2]

great and wonderfull, Sting is the best, congratulations, thanks for sharing

[ahfint]

nice violins..

[edubble]

sting's voice is that of a god's

[Gollumz]

What a great song.

[watchthis23ny]

I love this song!

[QualityMusicTube]

qualitymusictube at youtube!

[nuancesband]

listen to nuances nothing else matters (metallica cover)

[DutchEvilEvi]

@nuancesband this is sting not something else

[Alfred725]

Nice to hear a full song from "If On A Winter's Night" at YT because from/with my german Account I was not able to Upload one of them... So, thank you for that!

[KaiserFranzM]

On the album it's "Soul Cake" but the real title is "A' soalin'" (search on Tube or in the net...) written by Paul of Peter Paul and Mary. It contains references to different medieval tunes: "hey oh, nobody home" and "god rest ye merry gentlemen" but this doesen't mean that this is a reworking of an ancient tune. It's just a 1968 song based on english folklore, that Sting interpreted here changing the title (the reason is not clear to me but...)

[dialing999cops]

sounds like a western song dun'it

[ConnerRennoc5]

I learned this on guitar

[TheNellamaria]

Soul cakes for everybody....

[MyMoppet52]

Love this song and this is a nice version. I love Mary Black's version though. It is so real, I can just see the poor little hungry kids going from manor house to manor house hoping for some food or money. Thank you for posting. I did enjoy this version.

[cosmoeric]

Love this song! This version plays too slow and cuts off short though.

[forparadise]

this song is sooooo amazing, I'm so glad I discovered it for Christmas this year

[BaronVonKenny]

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[bakayaroonna8]

Great song for Solstice! And love the rustic arrangement.

[bakayaroonna8]

Great song for Solstice!

[chattypatra]

The title of the song is A 'Soalin' , not 'Soul Cake'.

[xxblackmagnoliaxx13]

@chattypatra on the album its Soul Cake

[jannyg47]

@chattypatra - wrong..it is a Soul cake..people went a-souling around All hallows eve quote from the OED ."The old English custom of "soul-caking," or "souling," originated in pre-Reformation days, when singers went about on All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, November 1 and 2, to beg for cakes in remembrance of the dead." This is a lovely version of a very old song.

[chattypatra]

@jannyg47: @jannyg47 - No, he gave it that name on his album because the song is more commonly known by it. If you do a little Internet research, you will learn the truth.

[jannyg47]

@chattypatra Wrong ! It is correctly titled here as A Soul Cake..people went a-souling around All Hallows Eve in pre-reformation England -

[jannyg47]

@chattypatra Wrong ! It is correctly titled here as A Soul Cake..people went a-souling around All Hallows Eve in pre-reformation England , to beg for cakes in remembrance of the dead. This is a lovely version of a very old song.

[jennthinksdustinsux]

Leave up to sting to take a perfectly good song and butcher it all to hell.

IMAO Peter,Paul and Mary are the only ones that have been able to pull this off.

[jenelle72]

My children sing this song at school at christmas time.

[xxblackmagnoliaxx13]

i heard this song on accident, and though i like Metal and Screamo, i LOVE this song

[TheDemonwolf14]

@xxblackmagnoliaxx13 good isn't he??  ^0^

[xxblackmagnoliaxx13]

@TheDemonwolf14 yes! very! ^_^

[TheDemonwolf14]

@xxblackmagnoliaxx13 he's my fav

[xxblackmagnoliaxx13]

@TheDemonwolf14 lol

[MrWalter731]

Musicalmente Sting mi sembra sempre più triste. Ma poi perché abbiamo completamente adottato Halloween qui in Italia? Non è la nostra tradizione, è celtica. Mah...

[Anomki]

Happy Halloween ... Samhain ... All Saints & Souls Day .

Blessed be and namaste :)

[refusetoassimilate]

The song was written by Peter, Paul, and Mary. 

[imworthit200percent]

And notice the God rest ye marry gentlemen tune in the middle....

[imworthit200percent]

Heard it on A. McQueen fashion show, and all my attention was on the song... Heard it for the first time and it blew my mind... amazing

[morefishscale]

got to see him live it was dope

[72aggiequeen]

For the Halloween version of begging for soul cakes... the forerunner of trick-or-treating.... listen to Kristen Lawrence's versions on YouTube

[cheetah063]

@72aggiequeen how odd that it's on a Christmas cd??

[72aggiequeen]

@cheetah063 Historically, there is a tie-in with Halloween and Christmas traditions in Ireland and the British Isles as the line became blurred over the past few centuries. A Peter, Paul, and Mary YouTube video talks about it was originally a Halloween song. Go to Kristen Lawrence's web site and look up her Bibliography sources to learn more.

[KiseJesenje]

sting is very passionate and into music and i respect him for that, he aint a sell out like most singers/musicians these days with their commercial shit!

[lulu8629]

very special song...talking about the origins of our halloween custom of begging for soulcakes... 

[VALlewellyn]

I really liked the video and the song!

[samuelgiannini]

cavolo che spettacolo, manca poco al concerto di sting, menomale che avevo gia preso i biglietti su listicket, non vedo l'ora di ascoltare la sua voce da brivido

[digimagefoto]

Sorcova, Vesela Sa traiti, Sa-mbatriniti: Ca un mar, Ca un par, Ca un fir de trandafir. Tare ca piatra, Iute ca sageata; Tare ca fierul, Iute ca otelul. La Anul si La multi Ani!...

[JackylJack2]

great song. congratulations.

[rahulgabrielle]

the tuba part reminds me of the Christmas episode of Mr.Bean!

[warmbeer05]

i think someone was eating the "hash cake"when they wrote this"

[winterbourne7]

@warmbeer05 Uuum ...me thinks you were eating the hash cake when you listened to this.

[vampireofstyx]

I don't listen to sting, i don't know who he is, but this song reminds me of the song Alive by Omnia.

[TheBeccamom]

@vampireofstyx What rock do you live under? Sting used to be the lead singer for The Police, but has been doing a lot of brilliant solo work. Look it up!

[vampireofstyx]

@TheBeccamom What are you talking about man? What is all this gibberish you say to me. And when did the police start a band? Surely, it is not the speech of the 21st century.

[SpaceyCowgirl911]

I have this on a Vinyl record!! I fell in luv with this song...sounds soo great on a record too... *)

[mauro9601]

Molto bella....

[samuelgiannini]

grandissimo sting fa un concerto a roma lo andrò a sentire finalemente dal vivo per la prima volta

[Szarlej08]

Po prostu zajebiste

[herrbataa]

@Szarlej08  hehe, masz rację ;)

[michalkooz33]

@herrbataa no tutaj jakieś wielkie słowa nie są potrzebne po prostu ;)

[chad362wiley]

They should call this song "soul cock" hahaha

[herrbataa]

@chad362wiley ;>

[paraperopa]

:-)

[helian1000]

realmente, nunca dejara de sorprenderme este hombre,

[barbyman2010]

non vale più un cazzo

[rsbennett87]

soul cake!

[STECIRI]

SEMPLICEMENTE FANTASTICO!!!

[martoontoon]

very talented man. in all fairness i know xfactors all fair with the talent tht goes on but he can slag em. he can coz he pisses on every artist ive seen on there.. and hes from NEWCASTLE!

[Loupvalley1]

Superbe chanson !

[timothyj1966]

I don't think people get this song... it is a great song... it is like an old English folk song...talking about the origins of our halloween custom of begging for soulcakes... it is what country people did in the winter... from door to door... I love how smart Sting is...and his songs are brilliant he is such an old soul

[72aggiequeen]

@timothyj1966 You are right about the Halloween tie-in from this English folk song. Organist Kristen Lawrence has made two Halloween versions of the Souling Song tune. Her Souling Song is on YouTube. It is interesting to compare Sting's Christmas and Kristen's Halloween arrangements.

[TheBeccamom]

@timothyj1966 Actually, it IS an old English folk song. I found a recipe for soul cakes; very tasty!

[timothyj1966]

@TheBeccamom thanks for clarifying... was cool of him to reintroduce this folk song from times past, he always tells a good story with his songs... I will have to look up the recipe for a soulcake... is it like a hot cross bun, think I read that somwhere... thats the religious tie-in to souls day... ?

[rangermatthias]

@timothyj1966 - I agree. A beautiful song very well done.

[HallJJ08]

@timothyj1966 i think its about xmas pudding i think i remember him saying on radio 3 or something, and it was a northern thing at xmas that they begged for anything to mash up hence the random and fluctuating ingredients of xmas pudding, i may be wrong

[MyMoppet52]

@timothyj1966 this was done in a round. it is a Christmas song, not for Halloween. they were allowed to go a-begging during the Christmas season. Sting even incorporated some of the holiday music into this version. The children were hoping for food or perhaps a penny. If they land owners didn't have a penny, then a half penny would do. If they didn't have a half penny, the God bless you. The 'rich landowners' were in worse shape than the poor children that were begging.

[brNNNbrNNN]

@timothyj1966 What does "soulcake" mean?

[timothyj1966]

@brNNNbrNNN in the middle ages in Britain around all Souls day ( Nov 1st ) poor children would go door to door begging for a "soul cake" which was like a small cake - biscuit  - in return for the cake the children promised to pray for the souls - the dead of the house that gave them the cake - hence - this is where trick-or-treating stemmed out of..... hope that helps you

[brNNNbrNNN]

@timothyj1966 Thank you. :)

[elenore88]

@timothyj1966 wise soul

[TreezHuggz]

...ummm

[baronvanhaughten]

catchy little song

[giak2016]

BELLA!!!

[DiBenevento]

@giak2016

ma vatt a piccià na cann XD

[giak2016]

@DiBenevento ribadisco e BELLA

[Freezifee]

Beautiful <3

[xPalle69x]

This is the worst. I mean THE WORST song ever. I hate this. This is so bad song that I mentally die everytime I hear this. I can't even imagine how someone can make bad song as this. Not even when tried represent us bad songs, no one haven't managed to come at this level. Sting please. Don't ever again do shit like this again. Thank you.

[CarylCake]

@xPalle69x "Everytime I hear this"

Where have you been to hear this more than once against your will? Why bother coming here just to say that? Yeah, you're definitely mentally dead.

[Kosackk]

@CarylCake That you even notice that, you're such a douche bag, you seem to be quite socially handicaped man, get some friends and start training your social skills ;) cunt

[CarylCake]

@Kosackk So, calling someone a cunt online is an example of excellent social skills, eh? Or shouldn't I have noticed that either?

Get some perception skills.

[timothyj1966]

@xPalle69x this is an old english song like hundreds of years old... about going a souling like trick or treating..... its origins..... Sting is smart to resurrect important history like this and revamp it... he is brilliant....

[thabrickster]

Does anybody know any other Irish folk songs similar to this to listen to?

[EwokOMGWTFBBQ]

I hated this song SO MUCH at work. It played constantly until the lyrics were burned into my brain. It's even an inside joke at the work place. But now that the xmas rush is over, it kind of has grown on me.

[togos]

this is the worst is the worst song ever

[timothyj1966]

@togos yeah... the Lady gagaa shmagaa stuff is so more educating huh? at least this song is a few hundreds years old, still around, and tell the history of where trick or treating originated... don't quite think you get other music....

[togos]

@timothyj1966

lady who?

i dont mind the history of the song, its the man that i loathe. he is god awful

[truelittlepoet]

No just let me get drunk with this ...

[SuperNanou14]

Je ne me lasse pas de cet album, de belles mélodies, une belle voix, un belle album quoi.............Forever Sting

[MrJasperZ]

The Song Soulcake was covered for the Fashionshow of Alexander McQueen, his last men fashionshow.

Rest in Peace Lee.

[scantpiper]

...and it continues with a reel ^_^

Awesome album by Sting, I must have it. It's inspiring to me!

[alfredbezowy]

ye it is :) but i know this song from cover too... however, there is some other song in background... i can`t remember it now...

[EdenandDeon]

'God Rest ye merry gentlemen' is the song. It's good huh?

[djole02]

isn't this a cover of the song A 'Soalin' from Peter, Paul and Mary?

[thundereye92]

I'm not sure but I think this song is a traditional irish folk song which was written many decades ago.

[djole02]

ohh...! well it could be... it does sound really old :)

[jhupalo70]

Have a look at Wikipedia - some cool info there.

[Ammeba01]

I really love this song..its fantastic and so magical!

[rosolek94]

Oh... This song is mmmm... so beutiful..

[03maser]

Great song. Great! :)

[orelshimano]

excellent la musique

[diannecastbotti]

loved it !!!

[timothyj1966]

an amazing artist....so talented in everyway...this song explains...actually the meaning behind trick or treating...way back in ancient Britain....he is so smart... people would go around begging for soulcakes and pray for the dead of the neighbours who would give the people knocking at the door for soulcake

[s0ng0kuh1]

youtube to mp3 converter...google it!

[27kingfox]

bella!! come vorrei visitare posti come l'iralnda e and via da questo posto di merda anke se tutto il mondo fa schifo però

[mauro9601]

@27kingfox

Sono d'accordo con te....

[BergamoStreetArmy]

Una musica che mette in moto la mente, una voce che porta a riflettere la gente...

[Vikilein10]

das schönste is der Instrumentalteil... super :)

[EmptyGirl5]

das lied ist einfach nur super toll

[pinkpopcornx]

How come I have not heard this on the radio?

Thank goodness for YOUTUBE & the people

Such a WARM EARTHY song ...COZY

[RQBBAN]

heheh, thought the same, only place I've heard sting before is on tv commercials xD

[zslm84]

nananimegirl, lui è di origine irlandese.

[99noraa]

wunderschönes lied!!-muss es mir immer wieder anhören- :-))