Robert Wyatt performing "Gharbadzegi"

[mooninjune70]

Fantastic - I've never seen this before - when where who ????

[TallMikeBismuth]

Crazy as always. Love that tenor solo.

[Tontonscalp]

The band is EXTRAORDINARY and Robert looks very happy !

[luke2963]

77,777 views!

[supersteevo1000]

Yes...this is probably my favorite song from Wyatt. I get absolutely lost in the album version. And lyrically...well...it pretty much sums it all up, donnit? God bless ya, Robert.

[Mehefinheulog1]

so so so good

[klippspringer]

maybe the best song ever written

and a great performance here too

[sergiogeorge1]

me gusto demasisado.

[rin26863fur]

Many thanks for the song!

[thoomoo]

Not one of his best

[jackdelawack]

I forgot robert plays trumpet....

[StragonRage]

omg

that was so fucking great D:

[aravento]

Thanks Mr Wyatt for your music

a catalan fan

Alex Raventós

[greentomatoef]

I would marry a man who likes RW's music as much as I do! (too)

[bananartista]

so marry me ahaha

[jimmyneel]

@greentomatoef

Damn, I'm not available!

[Burdell22000]

@greentomatoef I wouldn´t marry anyone, but jumping out of a building in an LSD trip and then writing songs like this justifies someone´s existance from an utilitarian pov. I also like peanuts.

[CircunferenciaPunga]

@greentomatoef Come to me, my madame!!!

[MegaSqrl]

@greentomatoef

well here eyes bee, is it not fantastic that we have actually met ... ??? moon in june I guess!

[LiveinMarbles]

Great song, wonderful musicians (very tasty drumming, anyone knows who he is?)

[clorofilazul]

I would marry a woman who likes Robert Wyatt's music as much as I do!

[actron]

Listening to this whole song and again I'm into music in another new way. The word masterpiece comes to mind.

[spikerooney011]

I keep coming back to this - there must be a reason....

[orrpic]

Thanks for posting this, I never tire of watching it. Now listen to the 8-minute studio version (track 17 on Mid Eighties and the wallow in the acoustic piano fade-out.

[Childofthemoon1969]

Someone else whom is long over due a Brit award for a fantastic contribution to popular modern British music over the last 40/50 years or so !!!

[psirou]

@Childofthemoon1969 The Brit award would not deserve him.

[stolivija]

Гениально

[cjcthatsme]

What are some of his best Originals? Someone told me my songs I wrote sound have a Robert Wyatt vibe, but I am unfamiliar with his work.

CAN SOMEONE HELP?

[corronco]

Try his solo albums "Rock Bottom", "Old Rottenhat", "Shleep" and the "Volume Two" album by his band Soft Machine. After this, I'm sure you'll buy everything he made. Let me know!

[nachtvorst1]

Oh Caroline, Sea Song, Maryan, September the ninth, Solar Flares, The sight of the wind, Catholic Architecture, Worship, Left on man, etc etc

[cjcthatsme]

Hey thanks guys/girls. That's funny, I wrote a song called Caroline too - but lost the live recording :) Thanks for the suggestions.

[studdingsails]

"Words take the place of meaning"...shout it from the rooftops!

[moto17]

ヤバい、これほんと凄い

[kleban10]

is anyone here from the states? do you know if he plays in the new york area?

[himtroy]

I get so depressed every time I think of how bad it must feel to be Wyatt.  A great drummer in the middle of his career getting paralyzed from the waste down...

[MehefinHeulog]

no waste here

ever time I think of Robert, I feel elated

and doubly blessed

[leointrospecto]

the bassline reminds me Coltrane's A Love Supreme

[JaimeSax99]

the same to me...

[egowhore]

u r right

[frederic8008]

yeah i hear it now

[toreaxe]

the final crescendo just blows your mind right out of your skull.... Genius...

[jazzbof]

Its Larry Stabbins on saxophone

[johndeereoli]

so powerful.

sends shivers down my spine.

amazing! it seems like robert wyatt will never stop with music.

[joecrowaz]

It's like a Jazzy version of National Health

[dantean]

Actually, it's more like National Health with the soul re-introduced (i.e., Hatfield & The North).

[MehefinHeulog]

agree

[kocisko]

great song and FANTASTIC credo!!!

Many thanks for posting!

[smtxtv]

I have this album, but have never seen Robert Wyatt perform. I like this song,...what a treat to see it played!! I love this aspect of You Tube!!!! It is a great time to be alive. Instant knowledge,..Instant gratification. Like a dream come true. Matching Mole and Soft Machine rule,...Robert Wyatt,...a distinctive artist.

[martinevans123]

Gharbzadegi

not

Gharbadzegi

check out wiki for meaning...

[tourbatos]

can somebody post the lyrics?

[martinevans123]

It's so easy to decide on a name it's a name caller's game It's so easy to look down from above Helicopter vision Get the picture when you're outside the frame Retrospective my eye Call it art and you can say what you like it's a name caller's game Your perspective describes where I stand Out of line, out of mind Calling myopia 'focus', of course, makes it easier still Gharbzadegi means nothing to me Westernitis to you

[martinevans123]

...We get so out of touch

Words take the place of meaning ....

(...general harmonic musical anarchy ensues..)

[tourbatos]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[extremetotehmax]

isnt gharbzadegi a persian word for "west-sickness" or something like that? wat does this song hav to do witht hat?

[martinevans123]

"Occidentosis (Gharbzadegi) is Jalal Ali Ahmad's tryst with the infinite world of ideas, for which the scene is set in twentieth-century Iran and the background is provided by the vast panorama of the East faced with the onslaughts of the Western civilization."

[martinevans123]

stunning

just stunning

[stevenkarmi]

"It's so easy to decide on a name (It's a name giver's game)/It's so easy to look down from above (Helicopter vision)/Get the picture when you're outside the frame ('Retrospective,' my eye)...We get so out of touch (Words take the place of meaning)..."

Great song from a great album. Now wake up and support Israel you Maoist idiot!!

[shakuhachi]

robert Wyatt has blown my mind since my music teacher turned me on to him when i was 16. He is still making music and i am still loving what i am hearing.

[SteveCaftdunt]

One of THE greats of British music, just hope one day he will be recognized for his outstanding contribution to British popular music, the man in my eyes & ears is "our" modern day John Coltrane such is my regard for his musical offerings.

[corradiello]

Credo che "Old rottenhat" sia l'album più bello di Robert Wyatt (e qualcuno protesterà, ma tant'è), non mi stancherò mai di ascoltarlo. Grazie ai postatori.

[giusf61]

Sono parzialmente d'accordo con te (ricorda Rock Bottom, un vero capolavoro); nel suo complesso, old rottenhat è sicuramente un'ottima produzione e a mio parere questo pezzo è tra i migliori mai ideati e scritti da Wyatt; questa session poi è fantastica!!! By

[rozkun]

So glad someone's put this up,

I remember catching a bit of this on late night telly after pub and ever since wishing i'd recorded it.

good going!

[prolepsis888]

He's great!

**

[goranjagodnik]

trully amazing

[kimicontrapia]

gorgeous!Fantastic live!

[stoker10]

a love supreme a love supreme

:)

[hippisteve]

so Hot!

[jn678]

Wonderful to see Robert performing again with a great band! The tenor solo at the end is incredible! Thank you for uploading this!

[lair2ri1]

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this, great song!

[abdultom]

it's all UK jazz musicians, none of them big names outside that world but all great players. the drummer is Liam Genockey who i think played with Fairport Convention or something

[martinevans123]

Steeley Span in fact...but also Elton Dean, Annie Whitehead, Jerry Rafferty etc etc.....

[Beadbud5000]

Who is the other guy singing wqith Robert? HOT BAND!

[spikerooney011]

The guy singing on guitar is jennifer maidman, formerly ian maidman, now happy as a woman.

[MehefinHeulog]

and still just as happy as a musician

[alvarovitali87]

Bob sei il mio dio!!

[Lunatic10qt]

Wonderful

[JRQ9]

Surely hear a love supreme in there Returnsanecho in many ways

[returnsanecho]

ah,you were listening more than just hearing.isn't robert wyatt a hero?... "at last i am free i can hardly see in front of me"...

[returnsanecho]

i didn't know rob didn't write those lyrics. i am finding out more info on this great man as i go

[davidrudyardkipling]

What a powerful insightful musical song. I play this SO LOUDLY at home,and play ridiculous "air sax" and "air trumpet" all acroos my front room. No other voice can do it. And what an amamzing, loyal, loving, powerful bunch of musicians seem to congragate around Robert! I love them all.

[StarsOnESP]

Wow. My favorite Robert Wyatt song. And I had no idea about Jennifer (Ian) Maidman ...

[returnsanecho]

now i hear this tune in my head as travel through town. note: buy old rottenhat, and soupsongs cds.

[returnsanecho]

forgot 'i',- as i travel through town.- gotta lay off the mead.

[returnsanecho]

all i wanna know is whats he drinkin?(iced tea)first few bars remind me of "a love supreme" anyone else hear it?

i think jennifer is great!

[spikerooney011]

Effortless and totally worthwhile. Should be compulsory viewing for all!

[borrheid]

Wonderful..makes life worth living!

[Astrogalum]

I love the music of Robert, he was one of my livelihood axis in the 70´s, so the gratitude is still now infinity...

I´m composer too, and created two years ago a theme dedicated to Robert; I hope he could listen it some day, but it isn´t still edited , and I couldn´t find the postal address to send him . If anybody knows this of Robert or can tell him this to give me it ... it will be fantastic .

[Astrogalum]

Wonderful... , I ask me why can´t see the spaniards more documents like this from the far 70´s... may be because we are in Spain? Anyway, sweet Robert Wyatt singing this song here,... and the musicians and vocalist Jennifer Maidman, who I had the oportunity to see live in my city with Annie Whitehead band, very good performance, and very good musician J. Maidman, very subtle...

[talitathefrenchy]

Hi everybody I have the chance a couple of years ago to work in studio with Robert for my first solo album(crap)

I haven't seen, since ages, a video like this one that's just AMAZING! I love you Robert.Serge Faubert

[firefliesinthedark]

Et on peut le trouver où ce disque ?

[kocisko]

Slightly different than studio version-partly improvised group section.Fantastic.Does anyone has P.L.A.Still love Rock Bottom,too.

[redfeathers]

jennifer was born ian maidman, but is finally happy as jennifer. i have known her for 30 years. she is a spectacular musician and human being. her long-time partner is trombonist annie whitehead, seen in the video.

[splayjanx]

Oy. We get so out of touch, words take the place of meaning. Fantastic!!

The guitarist is credited as: Jennifer Maidman

Hmmm...h/sh/it is extraordinary!

[redfeathers]

jennifer was born ian maidman, but is finally happy as jennifer. i have known her for 30 years....spectacular musician and human being. annie whitehead has been her partner for years.

[borrheid]

Who is the guitarist?

[dseale]

The guitarist in the purple dungarees is called Jennifer Maidman.

[zapperl]

robert is a genius

[spikerooney011]

Brilliant and I don´t care how it´s spelled! I missed most of this programme on BBC Four recently - do you have any more?

[VERNIXX]

WYATT is GOD! Okay...........maybe the sea.

OR at least a genius. Thanks for posting thins.

[kofferfisch]

thanks, as time goes by.........

[briggflatts]

I wish I had bigger speakers hooked up to my computer!  This song is marvellous, though I enjoy it at home on a bigger system. Brilliant. Turn up da volume. Is that Annie Whitehead glimpsed so briefly at the trombone? Go out and buy the SOUPSONGS album, where the title is spelled as Robert pronounces it, and Julie Tippets breaks fine glass with her beautiful shrieking!

[tomskwomble]

Is Annie Whitehead, Also loving the Ian Dury Sex'n Drugs 'n Rock 'n Roll motif

[edotbulgarov]

the piece is called "Gharbzadegi", not "Gharbadzegi".

[mwalick]

Correct!

[VERNIXX]

Brilliant performance!

Thanks for sharing this...