I sang this to my son when he was a baby. He died in a car crash aged 18. I still sing it to him..... Great song, great JM.

@twiggy1253

Жыл бұрын

I’m so sorry to hear that, I hope you’re doing okay.

@tarancameron5831

Жыл бұрын

Sending you so much love, so sorry for your loss, so tragic😢

@geoffcartwright4675

Жыл бұрын

@@twiggy1253 Many thanks. Getting on....

@geoffcartwright4675

Жыл бұрын

@@tarancameron5831 Many thanks. Getting on....

@Cisco-dy8dl

Жыл бұрын

Happy Fathers Day to you!! I hope you’re thinking of those times you sang to him.❤

John was my next-door neighbour here in Ireland for over 10 years up to his passing. He lived in the house I grew up in. John was a wonderful talent and a wonderful man. He funeral was the most beautiful one I've ever been to ❤

@FC-di4wz

2 жыл бұрын

God bless this wonderful talented man..r.i.p

@ronkopald

2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful, amazing, deep memory. I somehow ended up here from a Stephen Murphy video.

@claudiateve9559

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your memories 🌹

@melaniesheppard778

2 жыл бұрын

I would have loved to have lived next door to him. Thanks for sharing x

@helenhunter7424

2 жыл бұрын

Love is a lesson to learn in our time Such a true and Holy lyric. Xxx

I am 58 years old and have been listening to music my whole life and I just discovered John Martyn recently. Wow, what an amazing musician!

My Brother died January 2011. I played and sang this to him at his funeral in Exeter. He was always a good strong brother to me and he knows that I loved him so. I chose this song because I learnt and played it for him for his last birthday a few months earlier. John Martyn was a wonderful songwriter. RIP

@sara-yw6ej

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful.. My father met him many moons ago in Cork. He was playing in the Savory and popped into my father's pub for few pints, they later met again.. he was a truly gifted artist. May he rest in peace 🙏

@PianoDanny

2 жыл бұрын

What a moving comment. G-d bless you, your brother and John Martyn.

@lindajohnson-lee5312

2 жыл бұрын

I saw him at UEA circa 1971 - fabulous - so sorry for his loss and for your brother

@ladanddadalasdaircole1492

2 жыл бұрын

My dad funeral song too. Heartbreaking but I can't stop listening to it

@KMAN8599

2 жыл бұрын

Such an amazing lyrical artist!

I was brought up listening to John's music and I turned my husband on to him,when my husband passed away I put solid air with him and rolled a couple of joints and was blessed with decent weather on that day.

@philoza1000

3 ай бұрын

So sad 😢

Still listening in 2023 🙏🏻 RIP, John 🕊️

John Martyn never got the credit he deserved

One of the greatest singer songwriters we have ever produced.

@heatherreader4247

7 ай бұрын

Very underrated singer,/songwriter

John Martyn, eh? Spanned more music in his time than anyone, always ahead, always original, lived in the hills, drank too much, but left us with just extraordinary, extraordinary, moving and leading music.

I sat my 27 year old daughter down and played this to her. When it finished i asked her what she thought. She couldnt speak as she was crying. Nothing more needs to be said. John Martyn,thank you .

Listening in 2024. This stands the test of time.

@helentotallyagreethereanaw4531

5 күн бұрын

Just the best ❤

A glass of warm beer and and half trampled on joint listening to “Solid air “ with a rag tag bunch of you’re best mates……good days past. Bless you John.

One of the most beautiful songs ever written, or performed.

@davidcravena

5 жыл бұрын

Amen. Seen him live a few times, and he was shit hot.

@johnwilson1997

4 жыл бұрын

I just sent this to my daughter earlier Sara saying just what you have said. I'm always greeting ( crying) by half way through.x

@johnshort5003

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnwilson1997 A fantastic largely unrecognised song, unless you were clued up at the right time.

@Billdick360

4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@eisteachbhinn

3 жыл бұрын

You stole my line! Two years after posting it.... 😅❤️

I love this song. It's so comforting to listen to. I love the whole album "Solid Air."

@lopezb

6 ай бұрын

So true.

In my opinion, one of the best songs ever written. Performed exquisitely by John here.

you gotta feel sorry for the people who have hit the dislike button. to live your life without a soul is tragic

@AnnabelleJARankin

8 жыл бұрын

+the mighty joe Totally. They have forgotten that the sun sets on us as well as the land... remember the 70's, so relaxed compared to nowadays.

@zivkovicable

6 жыл бұрын

I feel sorry for people who post this. There is not a single music video of any style or genre on youtube that doesn't have a comment like yours, usually near the top. Personally I'm not so insecure that i insist of everyone liking the same music as me.

@edmundblackaddercoc8522

6 жыл бұрын

197 downs? Trolls at best die im a car crash at worst..2018

@andygordon5127

6 жыл бұрын

Well said. But I don't feel sorry for their stupidity.

@edmundblackaddercoc8522

5 жыл бұрын

Feckin so ething wrong with em

My dad loved this song....he sadly passed last summer when my brother and I were with him at the time. The last time he lay his head down he had our hands to hold...'May you never lay your head down without a hand to hold' so powerful, I will forever love this song, thanks John...RIP dad💔.

My dad’s name was john and this song was played at his funeral. Everyone said this song reminds them of him as he was great friend to many people. I was only 6 when he died and my memory of his outgoing personality will live through me forever. ❤

Literally the most beautiful song ever created.

My dad died last week, we had the funeral yesterday. This song has been playing in my head ever since. I miss you, Dad.

@theotherther1

9 жыл бұрын

Adolph Oliver Bush My dad died a few years ago. He loved folksy rock like this. At the time, I found it boring, but now I think of him when I listen to James Taylor, Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Simon and all the rest of the greats.

@kevb6597

9 жыл бұрын

I feel your pain keep your head up pal

@adolpholiverbush2

9 жыл бұрын

kev b Much appreciated, Kev. Been pretty tough, but he had an amazing life. Thanks.

@poodumrover1

9 жыл бұрын

Adolph Oliver Bush Sorry to hear AOB John Martin is a great Spirit of expression like you too ..

@adolpholiverbush2

8 жыл бұрын

***** Thank you. Much appreciated. Love them while they are here.

I left home at 17 and moved to Bristol to art school. I took a copy of Solid Air that I played over and over again. I still listen to it regularly today, and it is still as good as the first day I listened to it 25 years ago. R.I.P

This is 40 years old now ! sounds so fresh still.

@sleepingdragonsstir7737

2 жыл бұрын

Just goes to show how the standards have slipped over the years. 😎

Stumbled across this Man whilst youtube surfing about a week ago.Blew me away! Apparently unheralded in the U.S. How many musical geniuses go largely unnoticed because we are bombarded with crap?

@The_Reality_Filter

4 жыл бұрын

It's called the Zeppelin effect.

@johnwilson1997

4 жыл бұрын

He certainly was special.

@DaveSCameron

4 жыл бұрын

Miss him badly, toured endlessly and annually hit Cambridge England .

@oliverbloor1029

4 жыл бұрын

Far too many mate. :(

@DinoDiniProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Almost all of them. Then one day, after they are dead, there's some advert for a car using their music, and boom! That happened to John's friend, Nick Drake.

It's 2020 and this song still hits better than most. Using the guitar as a rhythm instrument like few can, raw soul and a poet

@markeggins890

3 жыл бұрын

A big influence on this guy I would say too! kzread.info/dash/bejne/jKB7k7OiZa7Ffdo.html

@stephenkindred3487

5 ай бұрын

Unique talent . Much missed .

@chriseasdon3536

3 ай бұрын

truth will out

"Love is the lesson to learn in our time" because "I don't want to know about evil I only want to know about love" Let these words be this man;s lasting legacy If he only gave us these two songs, it wold have been more than enough. Let me proclaim that I believe in Angels and Jon Martyn is now one of them.

Saw him 3 or 4 times in the 80s, mostly in Stoke. He was superb every time and now my 23 year old is into him too. You were a genius John, and this song is just beautiful. Thank you for touching our hearts and souls

@stevemarshall6564

Жыл бұрын

Were you Stoked to see him?

@sarahjay600

Жыл бұрын

@@stevemarshall6564 lol!!! That comment is so on Trent!!!!

@stevemarshall6564

Жыл бұрын

@@sarahjay600 hahaha!

I have vivid memories of this being sung to me by my dad as he rocked me in his arms when I was a baby. Such a beautiful song, I cry every time I hear it

@tomohawk5567

6 жыл бұрын

Kirsty MacLeod you will have those memories for ever, real good solid memories.

@shaundonnelly2019

6 жыл бұрын

Kirsty MacLeod I also sing this to my son and I truly hope that someday this tune will play somewhere and he will be filled with memories, happy days 👌🏻

@benturnbull4516

6 жыл бұрын

It has a lullaby quality to it...and the words go with it... I feel sorry for children who were never sung to as they drifted off to sleep...

@stephendanger1419

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@johnwilson1997

4 жыл бұрын

Me too Kirsty.

I'm a kiwi.. I was in England (long time ago) and I heard and saw this man. Ah, jesus. How brilliant is he..

One of the masters of music of the 20th century

i play guitar and this song is just so intricate to play i find and then john is singing as well! its amazing, he truly left his own style behind... only got into him recently and i wish i could have seen his last tour alas..... maybe in the next life.... what a hero.....

JM was the best singer song writer to come out of the UK, saw him many times and always inspired. Miss seeing him live.

wow the perfection..amazing

@jamesmcclusky3120

3 жыл бұрын

he was the man :)

Without doubt the most underrated British singer songwriter of all time - RIP john

@jamescarr4662

3 жыл бұрын

And there we go, didnt take long for that meaningless youtube comments section word 'underrated' to appear . ..

@robst247

3 жыл бұрын

Rated most highly by the enlightened, you mean. Sadly, the vast majority dwell in darkness.

@robst247

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamescarr4662 Here here -- that overused epithet is overrated.

@marioloi337

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated??? By who?

@paulf7567

2 жыл бұрын

@@marioloi337 by whom x

I had the pleasure of seeing John in Liberty Hall Dublin, around 1970 -- solo, a guitar and a 'wah wah' pedal. I swear there was a full band hiding somewhere, except the stage was completely bare except for a chair and mike. Such is the talent of a magical performer, singer and songwriter. Sadly missed, forever remembered and always sung in solo company -- just me and John beside me -- ar dheis de go raibh do anam dilis Iain -- (John Martyn was born as Iain McGeachy) -- sadly gone, but somehow always present -- just another bit of magic --

@oliveraherne5547

4 жыл бұрын

Do you know what he was doing in Kilkenny where he died?

@Scottishyacunt

4 жыл бұрын

He lived in Kilkenny with his partner.

@barirwin8559

3 жыл бұрын

@@oliveraherne5547 drinking mostly

@larharper7087

2 жыл бұрын

We play this tune always when performing. Most underrated singer/song writer/ performer. Gifted!!😢

Had the privilege of seeing this guy 1973 made a missive impression took my breath away

Early '70's, my bf and I were on a train from Manchester ... corridor carriages, anyone remember them? My bf was in a band called Brett Marvin and The Thunderbolts, we were returning from a gig. We heard music coming from the next carriage, we went to investigate, it was John Martyn and a friend, he was just gigging around the folk clubs at that point. We spent the entire journey with them, and got invited back to Johns house in Chelsea ... and left in the early hours !! In the '80's this song became an "our song" ... a different boyfriend though !!!

@frankszappaschin

6 жыл бұрын

great story from good times .

@jonathaneves5847

6 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic story! I loved those trains With desperate compartments, and JM just down the way. Far out!

@jonathaneves5847

6 жыл бұрын

'Desperate' darn autocorrupt! Seperate. Of course with shutters on window and door, wonderful.

@shamrockshore6308

5 жыл бұрын

+coolmum47 Brett Marvin and The Thunderbolts, you say....well Blow Me Down.

@paulroseblade

5 жыл бұрын

coolmum47 GRIEF ! but i did like Brett and the bolts. Always wanted to make a zobstick. I remember a wonderful night at Essex uni. And another one when me an the missus saw Johnny. He cheeky monkey tried to pull me missus . RIP Johnno, RIP Lyndy 😥😥

One of my favourite artists of the 70's! What an artist.

I just can't listen to this song enough. His syncopation coupled with that unforgettable melody and lyrics makes this my favourite of all time.

I just had a shi!!y day. And listening to this just made all the stress run away and hide back in the dark corner where it belongs. John Martyn, you are exceptional even after your gone. And you lighten up my life. Outstanding!

I'm crying cos its perfection! its like it hits all of the right frequencies to stir my bones...genius, 1 of the best songs in the last 150 years

I am completely mesmerized by this beautiful man with the beautiful voice and music. Can't stop watching this vid.

I was privileged to see John Martyn in the 80s on The Grace and Danger tour in The National Stadium in Dublin. I said at the time it was the best concert I had ever been to. 4 decades later and that still stands. R. I . P. John.

Damn, so much empathy and warmth in the chords, melody, voice, words. Just a big warm hug of a song.

I can listen to this song thousands of times (I think I may have) and I never get tired of it. Not many songs do that for me.

I keep coming back to this video. This song is amazing, but this version is just perfect. When he was at the top of his game. The guitar playing is hypnotic, and his voice here is spot on. RIP you absolute LEGEND!!!

I love that no live performance of this song was ever the same, John always switched up the notes or words and gave a really unique experience to the audience at every show. Just wish I was born earlier so I could’ve been one of those lucky people.

Bumped in to John one night in Newry, he was travelling from Belfast to Dublin, he played a few songs for us in mc logans old bar,,,what a night,, a real gentleman.

@johnshort5003

4 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic experience and memory.

Effortless perfection! One of my favourite songs of all time! There is no cover that does this justice. JM was a genius, sadly underrated in his time.

@alanperlman6617

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Robert, I agree! Michael Hedges did a surprisingly beautiful rendition though. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZWmb1ceOhdzJZco.html

I love his voice, his music ... RIP dear John!

Pure genius. RIP

John also lived in the Biggar (South Lanarkshire) area in the 80s. He was well respected but enjoyed the anonymity the place provided. Every October as part of the Biggar Little Festival there is a tribute night where his songs are played by a local musician. Met him a few times in the pub and one night we had the same type of shoes on.

Unbelievable. 40 years I have loved this.

Never fails to put a smile on my face. Happy Birthday big man !!

My son is being born in the morning and I'm gonna sing him this. Especially the last bit ;) x

@markpower3282

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent choice of first song

@Hazelnut-qn2iy

4 жыл бұрын

Hope it goes well

@jacquelinecrichton7397

4 жыл бұрын

Sweetness you have the made the right choice. Please have a box of hankies handy. Most of all keep playing it until he understands the sentiments of this beautiful song.

@hjhstaff

3 жыл бұрын

This was the lullaby I sang to both my kids when they were little!

@TeslaDanser

3 жыл бұрын

@@hjhstaff great minds or fools seldom differ haha

John Martyn, enduring admitement from my teens. May you never is my designated funeral song. He quietly supported local amateur musicians where I came from in Scotland. Such a sad loss for us all.

Just Pure. This Genius touches souls. Delightful performance. JM nailed that, in my humble opinion . Never forgotten.

how can 172 people not like this song

I was lucky to see John and Danny Thompson in Inverness a few years before he passed away. An amazing night. True respect was shown by the theatre audience. The minute a note was plucked the applause stopped, and no one clapped until the last note was played on every song or tune. The whole audience wanted to savour every minute. Most knew they would never get to see him perform again. It was almost reverence.

I saw him in Sheffield in 1982, 22 years old. Too young to realise his genius, alas.

Heard John Martyn play years ago, he was at the Milton Keynes bowl with Genesis. Loved him, rushed out and bought his then current album (Glorious Fool) but I didn't like it, it was produced by Phil Collins and it showed, nothing like the great stuff he was playing onstage that day (remember the rain, anyone?). Confused, I let him go. Then, yesterday, I came across a John Martyn compilation in Tesco for three quid and I thought, why not? This is the first track on the album and it's easily worth the money on its own. Always liked this song - knew the Eric Clapton version - but his own performance of it blows Clapton out of the water. Was sad to discover he is no longer with us. What a great musician.

I can`t believe John Martyn never managed to get a hit? This is a fantastic song and worthy of being a hit.

@hywel4605

6 жыл бұрын

who gives a shit about this?

@anthonygrillo6109

6 жыл бұрын

G DeLo A man of this talent needs no hits.

@greenmanalishi6963

Жыл бұрын

Well he isn’t poppin his pootang, so unfortunately MSM doesn’t care

Precious! Love this song!!! One of the underrated singer songwriters! RIP!

A great song about true friendship, the rarest of things

Ole John giving us his best with his instruments...head, heart, guitar and voice!

One of the most beautiful songs ever written. R.I.P john.

I have a good friend called Robert. I was the singer in a band where he was the lead guitarist for a couple years before covid ruined everything. I've always been happy to think that his dad drunkenly rampaged around my local town of lochgilphead with this great man on a night out many years ago. I'm privileged to live in this area of Scotland.

So so good, so moving-

John, gone 10 years but your memory and music still lives on.

All time favourite n dedicating it too my wee dog who had to be put to sleep tonight. 15years n almost 2 days young! Fiesty to the end n I loved the very bones of her xx

@bobdylanger3022

7 жыл бұрын

Carol Reddington.. rip wee dug 💙

@JB-ki9ql

4 жыл бұрын

Cop on to your self woman, your obviously childless, fucking stupid dog.

@davidadams2395

4 жыл бұрын

@@JB-ki9ql I don't know what's more pitiful than a troll with a tenuous grasp on the English language.

@philhayhoe1

4 жыл бұрын

Don't pay attention to that sad excuse for a human being. Links lizard you are a soulless shit.

@cazbah2002

4 жыл бұрын

the links lizard Bless you for this. I feel for you & wish you well. Ps try using spell check when commenting. It’s you’re. Not your. You’re welcome 🙏

The 60s and 70s were a golden age, and produced so many great British and Irish guitarists.

Still gutted he is gone. Fantastic player. Love listening to The Small Hours in the dark. Sadly missed

John bless him. He lived a hard life that his own peers were amazed by...weapon of mass destruction is what Thompson and McTell called him...quite a tortured soul. Loved him since i could be one too

Bring back the OGWT

Had a bar room fight with John Martyn in '92. Told me he was a Freemason. I called it the mafia of the mediocre . (He lost his temper) Didn't stop me from loving his music and talent. Heavily influenced my songwriting and playing. Have a listen.

This reminds me of being a little kid, half asleep as my Mom and her friends jammed on their guitars. One of her friends was really great at playing and singing this one.

this reminds me of ma stepdad, he used to come home pissed and would play john Martin and it would do ma nut in.. he would say john martyn is a genius but a just couldny hear it, now I've grown up a can see where he was coming from!

No matter how much pain I've felt in my heart. John Martyn can always heal and give me hope that there's humanity out there.

Back in 1986 about 50 of us crammed into a little pub in Dunblane Scotland to hear him. It was a magical night.

Just revisited this after many years of not listening to it. Blew me away all over again.

All guitarists everywhere: "stop focusing on his face!!!"

@irtanderson

4 жыл бұрын

Lol, so true.

@debishaw9355

3 жыл бұрын

Mr Cakey , he’s adorable.

@chroniclesofbap6170

3 жыл бұрын

LOL start the piece letting us know which open tuning he's using, where his capo is, and show his bloody hands!

@73North265

3 жыл бұрын

Chronicles of Bap its just dropped D

@olivierpataut7015

3 жыл бұрын

I swear...

Listen to the rhythm. Amazing. Hope this guy makes it to heaven. Marc Mcdonald introduced me this guy. A good friend and amazing guitarist in himself. Thanks my friend

Chills, goosebumps, beautiful, soulful, true, just can't describe how this makes me feel. Thanks John. May you never make your bed out in the cold.

Just brilliant. This song has brought me comfort in some difficult times.

only discovered this man's music recently, what a joy!

Beautiful song and he made it all look so simple. He played fro his heart and soul.. That's a rare thing.. Back then and now. Thanks for giving us some classic music big man

World's a lesser place without you in it mate. Your music thru my life has been both a pleasure and a privilege, thanks John. RIP mate.

Just brilliant. Saw him live a couple of times. Unique.

Always gives me goosebumps ❤️ when I hear this

John Martyn grew up in Hastings old town, & did many charity gigs there for the Nelsons Tigers club. Well known around the pubs n streets, lovely sensative fella really deep. Fell for his music & him after seeing him live at Elephant fare 1983/ 4 .

Guy was a genius and even Eric Clapton said he was the best guitarist he ever knew . And this so g has so much affinity to me x

Ten years ago today. RIP. Thank you for the music.

Probably my most favourite song ever. Incredible performance. Miss him man.

Just watched this 3x - sigh - at his most gorgeous. He always seemed to be at The Dome in Brighton & saw & enjoyed him so much.

Thank God for the OGWT. Many an artist came to prominence through their appearance on the programme. Guys ( and girls!) who would have possibly trawled the clubs and pubs scraping a living.

@LifesignsmusicLtd

2 жыл бұрын

if we only had it now, so many brilliant artists with no radio, press or tv ... so many struggling to survive right now :-(

Whenever I'm having a bad time I listen to John Martyn and it always helps me resolve things. He's up there with Bach as one of the greatest composers ever

Every once in a while this video returns to my KZread suggestions, and I go hit PLAY, while reading the comments, and have to wipe the damn tears away once again. Who's cutting onions in here ???

Saw him on his own at Madison Square Garden. He had the capacity crowd in awe of his talent . We all were transfixed . Traffic followed , they were great as always !!!! This was around 1973 . MSG is in N.Y. City . Thanks BB

It hits directly your heart deep inside, such an immense artist

Such an iconic track...totally fabulous in every respect. Bless the weather that brought us JM!

I called around to a mates house after school during the early eightie's and his older brother had this playing on video, never heard the like of it before, it still makes the hairs stand on the back of my neck !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that older brother pointed me in the only direction !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!