The Song You Stole

by @mikedebenham

Liner Notes

Not sure what's going on here, but I expect it'll end well for everybody. 😬

#folk #renaissance

Lyrics

one for the twigs all set in a row two for the bleating lamb three for the field where nothing now grows and all for the song you stole all for the song you stole

four for the man with nothing inside five for the guts and bone six for the child who never returned and all for the song you stole all for the song you stole

Comments

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Intriguing mix of ominous lullaby, medieval hymn and funeral march towards the end. The instrumentation in the last part was unexpected at first, but fits brilliantly. I get a really strong image of a procession of people performing this, with the main bard at the front. Very well made.

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You realise, if you'd been alive during the 60s, you'd have been revered as a god of folk music?

You're a musical bloke, Mike. Here, this tin's on the house.

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Creepy and compelling. A definite Game of Thrones feel. You do these medieval troubadour songs so well.

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I LOVE counting songs, and this has your signature off-kilter insights (followed by an extremely off-kilter instrumental section). I'm going to have ponder this for awhile (and enjoy doing it).

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@datsch

I can just make out the sound of blue suede emanating from the footwear of the Hudry-gurdy player …

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@wynia

Do these kinds of surviving songs from medieval times ever make sense? You’ve got the style on lock, especially the perfect madrigal singing. I do like a lil bit of electronic melodica(?) at the end. I could listen to this for a heck of a lot longer than 1:30!

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Thought provoking song. Renaissance was a weird time to live.

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So incredibly beautiful. An older form. A new song. This is a keeper.

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Wow... a stunner. Yup.... we're being robbed.

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You have such a gift for this type of tune, like your muse came with a gilded lute and tight breeches. The counting song lyric is great scaffolding and the ominous hook line is magic.

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@lcad

Just haunting, like a lullaby for ghosts. Beautiful stuff

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An old song I think they stole, I don’t know why,

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Honestly, this comes across as something you'd hear quite early on in a folk horror movie. And I mean that as a massive compliment. The mediaeval instrumentation is very well done, and really rather sinister. It's awesome.

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