Katie Cruel - Bert Jansch video free download


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Uploaded: 2009/12/12

Katie Cruel by Bert Jansch.

Now I am actually unsure of how I got this rendition of the song, nor if this is the original. But I do know I prefer this version over all the others. If anyone has any information on the background of this version please post in the comments section.

Sorry about the quality, first uploaded video.

Comments

9 years ago

hugh smith

Bert sounds a lot like Jack from Bombay Bicycle Club in this. sounds like it could be a BBC song too..

9 years ago

Crimson Succubus

yes it did and i love it :) i brought my husband who was just my boyfriend at the time i brought it for him and i hated it but now i love it :) its takes me somewhere magical :)

9 years ago

Hadas Hall

Karen Dalton owns this beautiful song...Bert Jansch would agree....

11 years ago

danisantschi

a wunderful version,dear sikmoeandsomenumbers

11 years ago

Nora Graubard

wait I'm confused that you like this one better than Karen Dalton's. Also, this is the most similar to her arrangement of the covers I heard.

11 years ago

Giada Pierallini

Katie Cruel, Beth Orton & Devendra Banhart <3

11 years ago

fleyrBABE

it's Beth Orton

12 years ago

Blair Vail

It's a traditional, probably Scottish in origin, so there is no "original", really. This is a great version though.

13 years ago

cretsina

why bert?

13 years ago

GhostyFilms

@c0ommonsense Stagnation.

13 years ago

GhostyFilms

@DisgustingArsehole Well it does sound a bit better, now that I've listened to it again.

13 years ago

DisgustingArsehole

@GhostyFilms: that isn't Bert singing in the background, it's a second female vocalist. Makes for a very haunting sound if you ask me.

13 years ago

GhostyFilms

I think that if Bert Jansch is going to have other people singing his song, he should not sing while they are singing...

14 years ago

palavan

Glad i could help, sorry for the typo, it's Devendra Banhart.

14 years ago

sikmoe121

Thank you, I just wanted to know who the two are in Bert Jansch's version.

14 years ago

palavan

From wikipedia: "Katie Cruel is a traditional American folksong, likely of Scottish origin. As a traditional song, it has been recorded by many performers, but the best known recording of the song is by Karen Dalton on the album In My Own Time. The American version of the song is said to date to the Revolutionary War period.The American lyrics appear to contain an oblique story of regret." In Bert Jansch's cover the singers are Beth Orton and Devendre Banhart.

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