Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

[Watersnake777]

I see angels and ariels in leather and chrome

Swoopin' down from Heaven to carry me home.

[econnofoot]

a true master

[DavFin9]

'Red hair and black leather,my favourite colour scheme...' That is a class line, in among many other class lines.

[A1leejack]

Damnnnnnnn- Always blown away to see him play

[XCallXMeXmatt]

Surprisingly, Wadsworth's constant does not apply.

[phicks12]

awesome...I think Vega's sideways look tells it all.

[IExposeMormonism]

best motorcycle song ever. Maybe "I just wanna ride my motorcycle" is as good.

[Jordendog]

A song with soul!

[0MirrorGirl]

Does anyone know what show this is? That's Suzanne Vega and Loudon Wainwright with him on stage.

[jhma4vid]

@0MirrorGirl It looks like BBC Four's "Songwriters' Circle", broadcast in October 2010.

[Atp917k30]

My favorite, song as well as Cafe Racer!

My Buell just don't compare!

[swillkiller]

is that loudon wainwright opposite side!?whutashow!

[MrDeconblue]

boy I would have loved to see this show

[Deepblu71]

Richard was awarded an honourary doctorate at Aberdeen University in July, where I was lucky enough also to be picking up my degree at the same ceremony, and he rewarded us all by playing this live at our ceremony. If Carlsberg did graduation ceremonies...............

[MrRik2]

@Deepblu71 Ooh, ya jammy git...

[waldo2358]

Perhaps the most beautiful bike ever. More so than my '68 R50 even.

[alexsuchapimp]

@waldo2358 BMW's have no soul

[jdbnsy]

A fantastic song - had the pleasure to see him perform this at Cropredy festival in 2009 - a great performance

[drmayne]

Above it says "No description available". It fits perfectly. There is no description.

[SanDiegoHiker]

DAMN!

[iamtomw]

Perfect.

[coombsfh]

I adore this song and watching him play it is fantastic!

[Kilchattan7]

This technique is very straightforward of course; if you have three hands and are a great proficient.. Seen him do this many times and always just magic.

[isoceles1]

@Kilchattan7 I am jealous!!! Very well said too... "G"

[helenmyork]

Nice production values! Who shot/edited this? Where was it recorded? Nice job!

[yaisum]

@helenmyork Take a bow BBC4. It was part of a series called the Songwriter's Circle. It does look great doesn't it?

[helenmyork]

Nice production values! ho shot/edited this? here was it recorded? Nice job!

[departments2006]

Genius.

[ozzy85Mpower]

amazing! id love to sit him down and ask him what it feels like to write songs like this, im sure hes a biker lol stirs the soul

[JazzmanJibilla]

Can't have enough takes of this tune on YouTube.

[mallan824]

Absolutely amazing! I can't count his fingers...