Magna Carta - Lord of the Ages

[Artognou]

WHY would ANYONE red arrow this absolutely, gloriously epic beauty of a tune, something which has the ability to be something that is beyond uplifting. This is by far one of the most epic songs AND it's acoustic. BEAUTIFUL.

[pihoihoi]

PS

The 'spoken words' are also done by Glen Stuart.

[cmikex2]

Classic English Folk music.

[Toady98765]

Awesome song. Why would you bother tracking this song down, listening to all 10 minutes of it and THEN disliking it? ... >.<

[khing1959]

1973,...those were the days!

[joecurry403]

i just seen this album on vinal in some value village today thats how i know of them now

[garnettb]

I had the great fortune of seeing them while they were on Tour here is South Africa. They did a small show at our local Botanical gardens with the local folk club. A rare treat indeed.

[01butcherboy]

geweldig wat mooi

[dososcars]

muy chulo ok

[avidbookreader]

God, what a treasure! My favourite song from Magna Carta! Haven't really search for it here in youtube. Found it by accident. Love love love this masterpiece! Thank you for the uploads, gnrbc. :)

[solensdatter2]

brilliant!!!*****

[dundoze]

Ja bi se sad najradije rockno!

[MrAragorn92]

@dundoze sto?

[dundoze]

@MrAragorn92 Pa dobra pjesma jarane, malo me odnijela!

[MrAragorn92]

@dundoze aa :))...

[eftelyadeniz]

muhteşem

[MrBraesig]

AAHHHHHHHH, eindelijk een stuk Jeugdsentiment....Heerlijk, Danke Schön!!!

[holland883]

@MrBraesig eindelijk noch een nederlander die dit mooi vind

[FacepunchForums]

@holland883 En nog één :)

[01butcherboy]

@holland883 er zijn er nog meer heerlijke briljante muziek

[zivoderac]

Jus great song.

[south32M4E]

anyone know name of female vocal?

[avidbookreader]

@south32M4E If I remember correctly, the female vocalist is Linda Simpson.:)

[south32M4E]

@avidbookreader thank you very much!

[avidbookreader]

@south32M4E You are very welcome.:)

Are you a fan of Magna Carta, too? Or you've never heard of them before this song? To me, it's one of the best bands in 70s & 80s, even though they are not as popular as many rock bands at that time. This Lord of the Ages album is definitely worth listening to. All the song are true gold. Talk about the music of sublime!

[south32M4E]

@avidbookreader ofc i`m a fan, because they are no so popular is hard to find anything about them, it was also hard to find they music,i download 3 albums and could`t find any more.I`m glad that there is more ppl who love "old time bands". best wishes from south32M4E .

P.S my english is not so good.

[pihoihoi]

@south32M4E

There is no female singing in this piece, the voice is from the singer Glen Stuart. He sings in falsetto. He left the band in 1974ish. Linda Simpson joined the band somewhere around 1984.

[M3taCaf3]

Wtf is this? Is this somekind of movie?

If this is, could someone give me name because this looks pretty good one :)

[MrSaturnmoon]

@M3taCaf3 Its from the movie "Lord of the rings" I think Part 2 "the two towers"

Hope that are the real englisch titles, in German its "Herr der Ringe" Teil 2 "Die zwei Türme". But you have to look all three Parts, its one story! Enjoy!

[MrSaturnmoon]

@M3taCaf3 Sorry its from Part three of "Lord of the rings": "Return of the King"!

[beanie1123]

how the FUCK did those soldiers survive? i mean really if this was real then they were the best warrior civilization EVER!!!!!

[Sturmmann]

wow, someone's gonna need an MG42 to kill all those knights

[RybaMala]

for me its 30 years ago, thanks it's great

[MrAugustus88]

The Orks do not differ much from the Huns, Kumans, Gogturk, Seljucks, Avars and other Turkish tribes. Chris Simpson rocks.

[daval57]

Brilliant - was given this album back in about 1977 - haven't listened to it for years.  Forgot how much I loved it.

[ManiacDepressions]

Perfect Song...................

[lonestar9779]

It remindes me on somegood and happy moments...great to hear it

[chevronb191972]

Magna Carta. You love em or you hate em.

I love em. Their music is so evocative of the sixties and early seventies.

This one was their crowning glory.

And the movie supporting this song is spot on. Many thanks!

[donnaana]

i did not hear that song for 20 years ! j ai 2 albums dont celui-ci. j avais

[AnneandEm]

it is awful!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CliffBrton]

si señor!! un GRANDISIMO tema. Más aún si lo sube uno del athletic! jeje. AUPA ATHLETIC!!!!

[Asqarath]

I love this song from 4:00, but it takes pretty long to get there. The "intro" doesn't do much for me.

[billiebigalo]

Excellent song and group I have 2 albums but this one the best

[patafil55]

Enorme émotion en retrouvant cette chanson qui ne figure pas sur mes anciens vinyles de MC mais que je connaissait tout de même. Images instantanées de ma jeunesse. Que du bonheur.

[JACKMOENLOKI]

Epic

[drsingBRAM]

As a 45 years old boy, yesterday my mother was cleaning z houds. Do you want your albums back Bram.

I was forgotten MC. Now I know again.

Great!

[Lujacos]

Das Lied hab ich im Plattenlädle gehört, das war so um 1980 rum, fands unglaublich gut, und habe die Platte, die hatten sie grade reinbekommen, gleich gekauft.

Gefällt mir immer noch!

[BunduBasher58]

WhooHoo! rockin' Dudes!

never mist a beat !

[2tuque2]

Classic song from a great band, (could care less for the stupid video) but thanks for posting the song as I have not heard it in over twenty five years.

[lerix7]

Well done. Thanks for the effort.

[VorlaxTemok]

What film is the video from??

[cefis]

The video is from Lord of the ring trylogi

[VorlaxTemok]

oohh?? think I've heard of them, looks good :/

Think I'll have to see them

[raven08roth]

O_O i can't believe there is people on earth with tv and access to internet or a dvd store that HAVENT WATCH THE LORD OF THE RINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AlphaDevilbuster]

why is that a shock im quite sure theres lots of people that havnt seen the movie

[GeeZeRWoD]

I am )) really. I hate hollywood

[ochremoon]

Wow....awesome, thank you! As at January 2009, the current line up of Magna Carta, which includes Simpson's estranged wife Linda, are to perform a farewell concert in Holland in May 2009.

[munks68]

have loved this song for a long time.

[dmfpro]

Last heard this 20 years ago, brilliant to find it again- many thanks ans great choice of video.

[CREMULADOR]

ADELANTE EORLINGAS!

[oNeHiTwOnDeRoO]

Nice song!!

[richardhaxell]

Chris Simpson..what a great writer..and that Glen Stuart commentary just amazing..saw 'em live as well in the good old days..Time for the Leaving check it out...I love it and my little brother!!

[mickMooW]

it's a GREAT song!

[RedArmyMostar]

One of my favorite songs...thumbs up

[boteci2001]

I saw them way back in 1979.... almost 30 years ago;-)

[shanifel]

I saw them, too at Birmingham University all those years ago. Were you there? Best wishes, Shanifel

[boteci2001]

No, I saw them in Almelo (the Netherlands, and they were in my village last april but I missed them:-( Next year MC is celebrating their 40th 'birthday' in Amsterdam (NL)

[boteci2001]

it's their fare well concert on may 11 next year

[shanifel]

Me again. Maybe I've missed about 30 years of information, but does anyone know what happened to Magna Crta. Where are they now?

I landed up here in Germany!

[boteci2001]

check their website: magnac. com

[kalirand]

hi i´m from spain and i´m 16, i have 3 albums of magna carta and i love it is amacing

[virgintrainssuck]

awesome

[Mirkoje]

Ovo me je vratilo mnogo godina unazad. Hvala!

[billiebigalo]

I was there in 1968 and I have 3 albums from magna carta, some of the best music around search for "two old firiends of mine" another great song

[dirtyflute]

Whither they go? Only the band that Spinal Tap could have been.

[happyhead64]

I was just thinking "this sounds just like Spinal Tap". not to be insulting of MC, this sounds like "we are, the children who grew too fast....." by Spinal Tap (not sure what the song is called).

[bassplayer137]

i think this is one of the best bands ever, how he can play guitar like that and talk, not sing, talk! really superb of him. The rest of the band is really amazing too, and this is a world-class-song

[worldspacechina]

The Season is of course the greatest of them all. Lord of the Ages and Songs from Wasties Orchard are great too! The original trio: Chris Simpson, Glen Stuart(he could sing like a girl) and Leo Trenter(great guitarist) was one of a kind.....and with Rick Wakeman on the keyboard and produced by Gus Gudgeon.... what a super group!! As someone mentioned: the best of the genre. A reunion tour would surely hit the world with such quality of composition, arrangement and performance....

[Witol]

Absolutamente maravilloso.

Wonderful. Thanks

[richardhaxell]

totally agree..

[andythestoryteller]

I saw "2112" in three parts. Can't someone, err, do the same with "Seasons"...

[Nipeb]

I do like the atmosphere conveyed in their songs which are modern tales. Thanks a lot for the video!

[SangriaMoetica]

why don't we have more of them rockaires?...koz they're so good and need no propaganda like for example rolling stones... or shit like them...J.Tull Yes King Crimson Genesis Magna Carta Fairport Pentangle Steeleye...simply they are other dimension...

[rockaires]

Why don't we find more videos of Magna Carta on youtube? I don't understand how a class band like this one hasn't more visibility nowadays!

[cgaw14]

Saw these guys in 1973 at Fairfield HAll in Croydon when the performed the whole album. Lord of the Ages sounds fantastic live. Two old friend of Mine is also a beautiful songs. Where have all those lovely years gone ?

[blueycarlton]

My uncle somehow had The Seasons album.

He would have been 60yo then!

Anyway, when I was in the UK I saw Magna Carta at the Royal Albert Hall London circa 1973/74. I have a few of their LPs,

Lord of the Ages, Songs From Wasties Orchard, Seasons, and Live at the Concertbergouw(?) Holland.

Rarely see anything of Magna Carta on CD in Australia.

[chevronb191972]

Magna Carta- superb. Hard to beat this band of this genre.

[DJtosser]

Chris isn't only a Genious, he is also very funny!

[Jimmyceltic91]

Creepy but awesome...

Chris Simpson shows the Kind of genious he is...

Just Great...

[repevicent]

este tema es de los mas bellos de su epoca, y evoca de forma maravillosa el ambiente medieval.

Realmente una obra de arte que no pasará nunca de moda.

Os aconsejo vivamente tener presente este gran grupo

[lynyrd55]

thank you YX32 wherever you come from:=)) If you ever come to Croatia I'll buy you a drink:=))...now I don't need to buy a songbook from Mr. and Mrs. Simpson:=))...

[YX32]

vazi :)

[GrgoCroatia]

znaci ti si iz Croatia?:=)) hehehe...svaka cast:=))

[chlini9391]

this song is beautiful!!i love this song!!

[CREMULADOR]

EORLINGAS!!!

[lynyrd55]

sjajno je da...ali tako malo ima o magna carti na webu:=((..there's so little about magna carta in web...is there anyone who has all the words of this brillant song?

[YX32]

yes, here are the lyrics. enjoy :) The Lord of the Ages rode one night out through the gateways of time astride a great charger in a cloak of white samite he flew on the air like a storm. Dark was the night for he'd gathered the stars in his hand to light a path through the sky while the hooves of his charger made comets of fire bewitching all eyes that beheld them. Lord of the ages nobody knows whither he goes nobody knows

[YX32]

Below a dark forest in caves of black granite

the children of darkness dwelled in oblivion

betraying one another in endless confusion

for the lord of the dark had bewitched them.

From time's first creation the wise men and prophets

and all workers of magic had warned of the reckoning

of the wind and the fire and the plaque of destruction

that follows the path of evil.

Lord of the ages nobody knows

whither he goes nobody knows.

[YX32]

Far above the wide ocean and thundering rivers

and through the sun and the rain

and the turn of the seasons

rode the god of all knowing.

While all around him celestial companions

friends from the void before time was woven

honour his crown with words of white fire

and carry his robes of light.

Whither he goes nobody knows.

[YX32]

But in the peace of the valley a young child was born

filling the night with his crying

and an old man gave thanks to the lord of the ages

whose battle is not with innocence.

But the birds of the air were silent

knowing the time had come when time was forgotten

the waters were stilled, the mountains stood empty

and the cities were deaf long, long ago.

[YX32]

Enough! cried the voice and the earth was awakened

the poor and the rich felt the plaque and the fire

death and destruction rode out together

turning the world to a funeral pyre.

It was the Lord of the Ages

gathering in the harvest.

Gathering in the harvest...

[YX32]

And from the blood

and the thunder of men and their dying

his eyes dark with sorrow

the Lord of the ages gathered in his harvest.

Gathering in the harvest...

But to the old and helpless

to the weak and the humble

to the children of light

his words of compassion breathed on them gently

dissolving the darkness across the great valley that rumbled with fire.

[YX32]

And from the death and destruction

The Lord of the ages carried the fruits of the harvest

To freedom.

Lord of the ages nobody knows

whither he goes nobody knows

[neno08]

Briljantno, briljantno jednostavno briljantno ! I like the video, it suits this song well. Lord of the ages †