Ian and Sylvia - The French Girl.mp4 скачать видео бесплатно

Carolyn Marmont

Haunting indeed. I love this lovely tune, and the lyrics paint a vivid picture of love found and so quickly lost - was ever thus!

CaptainCurmudgeon

Jezz. How many dopes, like me, wandering Canada looking for this woman?

Dennis Rogers

Didn't know these folks did this song! I have it on a old album by Glen Yarborough from the 60's. Reminds me of week end trips to Montreal.

fglantern

Totally getting chills ...memories, so many memories. 

Linda Coolsen

I compare this to Raglan Road sung by Luke Kelly. Both songs are so evocative of the pain of lost love, although Patrick Kavanaugh is the more esteemed poet, Ian Tyson has an economy of expression that paints the melancholy and sadness with a light brush. It's almost a perfect lyric. I first heard it over 40 years ago and it still moves me each and ever time I hear it. 

hydropolite

Like Other best of the folk era This is more of An "art song" – Note the cello– Judy Collins was Good at this – Golden Apples of the sun and I think it's going to rain today Among others

Bob Pelletier

From "waving" to "waiting"? I never really understood that change, "slim hands waving" seems so much more evocative.

davidlenander

I put together a playlist of about 9 versions of this song on YouTube, the earliest of which was probably Glenn Yarbrough's. One lyric change he made seems to be carried through all subsequent covers, from Bob Dylan on through the Daily Flash and Gene Clark to the recent recording by The Snakes.

Joan Hanawalt

Thanks for this, it is my favorite I&S song. I had a mad crush on Ian in the 60's,still remember a wonderful concert with Gordon L.

weckalini

It brings me back to euphoric heady '67-'68 post expo & a 'French Girl' that I found & invited to an Ian & Sylvia concert at Montreal's Place des Arts. A great evening weekend & off she went into history. The song is perfect.

John Stapleton

Amelie, the song you remember is called "Short Grass". These two songs and a couple by Lightfoot define the folk era for me.

Russell Poggensee

I first heard this song in college in the 60's, it still haunts me to this day.

Amélie Renoncule

"But her friends down at the French cafe, had no English words for me." The other one I like: Diesel's silent song of the prairies The strong pull that never lets go Diesels sing of bright spots With colors runnin' wild Follow me where the evenings overflow Follow me where the evenings overflow (LONELY GIRLS) BTW...wasn't it ROCKY J. SQUIRREL, what?

Andy Peace

A very beautiful song, exquisitely sung. The other versions sound terrible in comparison.

Gary Campion

I was so fortunate to meet Huegette while visiting Montreal and I miss her. Long distant relationships are not good. This song reminds me of her heart, personality, love of life and her beauty. wish it had never ended - but she was married.

Bill Graham

I remember this song when I was in HS...40+ years ago...Ian & Sylvia albums were hard do find back then & no one in the lower midwest (US) ever played them on the radio. I was in love with Sylvia though I never got to see her perform live...such is youth. Thanks for posting this.

Nancy Benefiel

The risks of adultery?

davidlenander

I love this recording. I've never quite understood what Richie Untermeyer meant by describing it as failing and not working. The Seattle group, The Daily Flash, had a minor west coast hit with their version, which you can find on YouTube. And their version obviously influenced Gene Clark's cover, and possibly Dylan's (the latter has never been officially released, I don't think, but you can find a couple of different Dylan versions on YT, too).

Frenchblue8

@rockitjsquirrel Your welcome! Thank YOU, lol. Yes, even as a little girl, I recall feeling so sad because the man had truly loved her, and it was just a trifle to he, and then her friends pretending not to understand English. Just amazing, how Ian Tyson took so few - yet perfect - words to convey so much feeling. The "You're bound to lose, she's too much for you", always hit me hard somehow. I got the very clear message then, I know, that love and hurt go both ways.

rockitjsquirrel

Many thanks for all of your kind words. I wondered if this song had the same kind of emotional impact for others as it did (and does) for me. Apparently so. Nice to share that feeling for something so well-crafted.