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Artist:Richard Thompson [ more ]
Song:Walking The Long Miles Home
Album:Mock Tudor [ info ]
Released:1999
Last Played:May 17, 2013 - 23:07
Avg. Rating:6.6  (Total Ratings: 600)
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1 votes: 18 (3%)2 votes: 11 (1.8%)3 votes: 41 (6.8%)4 votes: 34 (5.7%)5 votes: 50 (8.3%)6 votes: 57 (9.5%)7 votes: 150 (25%)8 votes: 151 (25%)9 votes: 66 (11%)10 votes: 22 (3.7%)
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113 comments for this song:spacerLog in above to post your comment

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Feb 12, 2013 - 19:40 

He's better up close and personal.
I really wanted to say 'as the clergyman said' but that's wrong on many levels, so I won't.
hopper99
(Germany)
Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 08:11 

His voice went well with Linda but solo... so,so... When was it, 30 years ago?
fatcatjb
(Sunny Sacramento)
Posted: May 05, 2012 - 09:32 

We all have our favorites and no, it doesn't always make sense. Bob Dylan sounds like a squeaky, rusted door hinge to me, but I can't get enough of Neil Young. Turn up the ones you like, and turn down the ones you don't. Who needs rules? 

grungepuppy wrote:
I can't get into his stuff. His voice just grates on me, the way Dave Matthews', Geddy Lee's, and Eddie Vedder's grate on others.
 


TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 19:46 

Was this before he met Red Molly?
Seahunt
(Parent's Basement)
Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 05:35 

 calypsus_1 wrote:

Suzanne Vega - Gypsy, Live:
http://youtu.be/XKTzUBvPV3w

Songwriter's Circle, with Richard Thompson on Guitar.


 

Wow.  Thanks for that.  Awesome.  I just saw RT, and as expected, can't get enough of him.  Been listening to him for many years and finally got off my fat a$$ and went and saw him.  Thank god!
MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 05:25 

 redmachine wrote:
A brilliant artist who actually uses humour and irony in his lyrics. He's funny and meaningful, another man that fake tools like Bono should take note of.

 

what's hilarious to me is the tools that LOVE RT and HATE DB...
silly, non?
Randomax
(Wimberley, TX)
Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 12:47 

Just about my fave RT song on just about my fave RT album!!!  Thanks Bill!!!
redmachine
Posted: Aug 26, 2011 - 03:49 

Another musically challenged comment.
congratulations.
RT formed Fairport Convention in 1967 and has been writing brilliant music ever since.
I think you'll find that David Byrne heard him.
Why dont you people do any research before you make stupid comments?
 
superfido wrote:
Think he ever heard David Byrne {#Think}
 


redmachine
Posted: Aug 26, 2011 - 03:45 

A brilliant artist who actually uses humour and irony in his lyrics. He's funny and meaningful, another man that fake tools like Bono should take note of.

calypsus_1
Posted: Jul 29, 2011 - 22:26 


Suzanne Vega - Gypsy, Live
Songwriter's Circle, with Richard Thompson on Guitar.


On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 14:34 

 grungepuppy wrote:
I can't get into his stuff. His voice just grates on me, the way Dave Matthews', Geddy Lee's, and Eddie Vedder's grate on others.
 
Agree totally. His voice along with the others you mention above. Geddy Lee definitely wins the prize for worst voice ever.

grungepuppy
(Flagstaff, AZ)
Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 12:33 

I can't get into his stuff. His voice just grates on me, the way Dave Matthews', Geddy Lee's, and Eddie Vedder's grate on others.
Dave_Mack
(5.7 miles from a better place)
Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 12:32 

Love RT.  I've seen him many times in a small venue, doing requests in a semi-organized way.  So good, and funny too.
calypsus_1
Posted: Oct 23, 2010 - 14:40 

ellet
(Stockholm, Sweden)
Posted: Sep 13, 2010 - 07:55 

Oh dear. Didn't like this one at all.


CamLwalk
(Albany NY)
Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 13:22 

Proud to be a big RT fan.  He's got a new album of electric songs and a tour coming in the fall.
akousa
(Cleveland, OH)
Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 13:19 

For the record, Byrne and RT have performed together on several occasions. Most notably was a show in New Brunswick, NJ. It's out there on the bittorrent sites. Byrne also cut a solid version of "Just the Motion" for the RT tribute record Beat the Retreat.
ziakut
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 13:17 

Nice segway from Pogues to Richard Thompson!
macadavy
(Cascadia's attic, eh?)
Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 23:44 

 xkolibuul wrote:


DB couldn't even mow RT's lawn.
 
Touche!


gumbo73039
(Devon, England)
Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 04:26 

Have to agree, go see him live, he is such an accomplished guitarist, saw him with Danny Thompson in Bristol. They were phenominal. All of his fingers were playing at the same time, bogglin.
bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: Jun 27, 2009 - 09:54 

Don't ever pass up a chance to see RT live - I'm wasn't even a fan, and was blown away.
bam23
(Berkeley)
Posted: May 26, 2009 - 14:33 

 superfido wrote:
Think he ever heard David Byrne {#Think}
 
Richard Thompson was an established brilliant musician before David Byrne enrolled in RISD. I appreciate both musicians, but one is a phenomenal guitarist; the other not. You determine which.
xkolibuul
(Chuckanut sandstone)
Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 09:49 

 superfido wrote:
Think he ever heard David Byrne {#Think}
 

DB couldn't even mow RT's lawn.
Verpeiler
(Düsseldorf, Germany)
Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 09:49 

 FlatCat wrote:
  I never ever use these things, but I noticed that this one goes EXACTLY at the beat of this song, at least on my computer. 

Wait! It's the same for the next song (Cath - Death Cab for Cutie). Is this Bill's set of "songs that have a beat of exactly 80 bpm"?
 
hah

that´s funny. Now I can´t stop looking
superfido
(Sweden)
Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 09:48 

Think he ever heard David Byrne {#Think}
EthanAK1
(San Diego)
Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 21:12 

I log on like once a year, but I gotta say this song f**kin ROCKS.  I've walked that walk home and man this song just hits the button.  RP is hittin on all cylinders right now.  Great job, solid-stand-up-tube ride-like.
FlatCat
(Chicago)
Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 20:39 

  I never ever use these things, but I noticed that this one goes EXACTLY at the beat of this song, at least on my computer. 

Wait! It's the same for the next song (Cath - Death Cab for Cutie). Is this Bill's set of "songs that have a beat of exactly 80 bpm"?

CamLwalk
(Albany NY)
Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 20:37 

Wow...Los Lobos, The Cure, The Pogues, now Richard!  Should I be scared RP has somehow plugged into my psyche?

lily34
Posted: Aug 15, 2008 - 05:30 

Odyzzeuz wrote:
Like knives being driven into my brain through the ear canal. Pure agony.

{#Lol}

this comment stands out to a lot of us, doesn't it?

i can't quite agree, but i normally would. honestly, i really want to like RT better than i do, and this song i don't hate so much...kinda actually like it.

Ulises
(Fairbanks, Alaska)
Posted: Jul 14, 2008 - 14:18 

Odyzzeuz wrote:
Like knives being driven into my brain through the ear canal. Pure agony.


That was a rather satisfying image, for me, of you in agony.

You take this shite too seriously! ROTFLMAO
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