 From the Witchwood (1971) [ larger cover art ] |
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I dropped down in the witchwood
To see what I could find
The trees had taken time out
To blow away my mind
All that I could hear there
Was the sound of my own voice
But the music it was making
Was nothing of my choice.
The interwoven branches
Were laden deep with snow
A rainbow shone so softly
To show which way to go
I observed its many colours
Till my eyes were rimmed with frost
I tried hard to trace my footsteps
For I feared I might get lost.
The witchwood started singing
With a strange unearthly sound
My fingers grew like branches
I stood rooted to the ground
And the spell is still unbroken
I am still her bidden slave
Till a casket from the witchwood
Bears my body to the grave
| Zitron | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 15:31 Classic Strawbs - love it! |
| TotalHip | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 15:28 Always a pleasant surprise to hear this (or any Strawbs) on RP. |
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 11:51 Highlowsel wrote: Wow! What a "what am I hearing whip me around in me chair to check is this STRAWBS?" moment. It IS!?! Talk about blowing me back about +30 years....Thanks for the neck twisting memory moment. Needed it as it's a b*tch at the office right now. Heh! Highlow American Net'Zen Exactly... except it's 42 years since this came out - scary!! Who knows where the time goes! First band I ever saw, touring 'From the Witchwood' - Wolverhampton Civic Hall, probably early 1972.. tender age of 16... happy days. And a great RP set... preceeded by Paul Weller 'Wild Wood' (geddit?) and followed by the awesome 'Darkness Darkness' by the Youngbloods.. doesn't get any better.. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Nov 18, 2012 - 16:23 Hannio wrote: This is great. So much better than their blah-blabbity-blah song. Oh yeah, that one.  |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Nov 04, 2012 - 17:35 This is great. So much better than their blah-blabbity-blah song. |
| Highlowsel (New York City) | Posted: Oct 18, 2012 - 07:58 Wow! What a "what am I hearing whip me around in me chair to check is this STRAWBS?" moment. It IS!?! Talk about blowing me back about +30 years....Thanks for the neck twisting memory moment. Needed it as it's a b*tch at the office right now. Heh! Highlow American Net'Zen |
| passsion8 (over the hills and far away) | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 09:22 Dave Cousins just sent shivers through my memory bank and brought back my amorous teenage years! |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 05:26 Can I just drop a 'nonny, nonny, noo' in here? Thank you |
| daedalus (Over your hill) | Posted: May 13, 2012 - 10:32 Unmistakable voice! They were truly unique, and as so many have said already, the sound takes you back to a mood long gone... Well done yet again to our wonderful station! |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 07:43  |
| meinthecorner (Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries) | Posted: Mar 11, 2012 - 01:16 Thanks for this. Totally forgot about the Strawbs. Lovely to hear. More, please! |
| ziakut (Unmoon) | Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 21:47 Absolutely wonderful in every way shape and form! Stellar! Never heard this one before...but I LOVE it!  |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 08:05 I'm an old dog, and I've never heard this before. Thanks for the introduction. Good stuff.  |
| woodchuk (Lunar Lagrange point L1) | Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 05:05 Gorgeous song! Can we here more Strawbs please?!!! |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 05:03 Lovely. |
| Stingray (NWO reloaded) | Posted: Jan 07, 2012 - 13:16 Great choice - Bill! You really know what this is all about! |
| Giselle62 (many bear, big rock, estuary California) | Posted: Dec 24, 2011 - 13:43 This set, starting with the Strawbs made my Christmas Eve. |
| Sandy_Cheeks | Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 17:57 Vocals, instrumentation, and song are all so great. More Strawbs, please! |
| Mita (Santa Fe, NM) | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 17:36 Wow, the Strawbs! Digging deep RP! |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Aug 02, 2011 - 17:33 TotalHip wrote: From a great, but much overlooked Strawbs album. Please play more and not just on 31 Oct. Aren't they all ?  |
| BobbyCat (Beyond) | Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 19:54 Grantus wrote: Perfect for this cold night in Scotland... Also fitting well on a warm mediterranean winter night :) |
| daedalus (Dubai and France) | Posted: Dec 11, 2010 - 05:58 Sitting in Dubai at the moment - what a surprise to hear that distinctive voice from so long ago! A real pleasure. |
| Grantus (A wee village in Fife, Scotland) | Posted: Nov 09, 2010 - 10:44 Perfect for this cold night in Scotland...oh, and as I'm writing this you're playing "Darkness Darkness." Wow. Thank you! |
| Giselle62 (many bear, big rock, estuary California) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 17:58 ddbz wrote: I am never at at a lack of amazement of how non-mainstream has been made since the very beginning? Yes, before there was a big stream; there were a lot of little streams flowing into an ocean. |
| Giselle62 (many bear, big rock, estuary California) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 17:56 Bleyfusz wrote: Always reminds me a bit of the Incredible String Band. Nice! I thought so too; but ISB were more "loosy-goosey" sounding (though I like a few ISB songs). I knew, when I heard it this in the coffeshop that it was a Fairport-related band (I have a Sandy Denny boxed set with some Strawbs on it). |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 23:31 SUBLIME! |
| rtrudeau (Bay Area, California) | Posted: Aug 05, 2010 - 22:43 ddbz wrote: I am never at at a lack of amazement of how non-mainstream has been made since the very beginning? Dude, WHAT?  |
| ddbz (The Midwest) | Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 21:02 I am never at at a lack of amazement of how non-mainstream has been made since the very beginning? |
| FancyFractals (Ketchikan Alaska) | Posted: Feb 28, 2010 - 06:19 New for me. I am so glad I found this station. I am hearing so much more. Things I had forgotten and more I have never heard. Thanks.I really have to add this to my growing list |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Feb 28, 2010 - 06:18 DaveInVA wrote: Haven't heard this in ages - excellent!The same for me!! Thanks RP!! |
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: Oct 25, 2009 - 13:10 Note to self: Get this CD! |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Oct 25, 2009 - 13:04 Always reminds me a bit of the Incredible String Band. Nice! |
| DaveInVA (VA) | Posted: Aug 23, 2009 - 11:17 Haven't heard this in ages - excellent! |
| TotalHip | Posted: Oct 31, 2007 - 11:34 From a great, but much overlooked Strawbs album. Please play more and not just on 31 Oct. |
| silverghost57 (Pennsylvania) | Posted: Oct 31, 2007 - 11:34 Like I haven't heard this in like a 1000 years thanks |
| scozzie (Perth WA, the best place on earth) | Posted: Oct 12, 2006 - 06:40 Yessssssssss - we need a lot more Strawbs on RP. Can I suggest:- Tears & Pavan New World Hero & Heroine Lay Down Benedictus Oh I could go on.... Bill - You are the man to make it happen !!!! |
| meloman (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Aug 29, 2006 - 08:15 What a lovely surprise on a rainy afternoon. This song matches perfectly the atmosphere outside the window, as summer slowly ebbs from this part of the world. Great to hear one of my favorite bands. |
| stevehill (Austin, Texas) | Posted: Aug 29, 2006 - 08:14 this sounds like something from "The Mighty Wind" but worse because it's not ironic! |
| burkefox (Holly Ridge, Foresthill, California) | Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 01:27 wow ... Haven't heard this in years. Have the album. Don't forget "Temperment of Mind" on the Antiques and Curios album |
| radiojunkie (a sleepy bordertown (NY/CT)) | Posted: Apr 03, 2005 - 21:54 Rats! I miss listening for most of Sunday, and look back to see I missed both Tarkus and Strawbs. I must get one of those RP brain implants... |
| Bicky (Brussels, Belgium) | Posted: Sep 24, 2004 - 02:42 Nice tune for a rainy day ... |
| rKokon (Colesville, MD) | Posted: Sep 09, 2004 - 06:32 Love this group so much! Agree with all the fans below! Miss them! More, please!! :D 
Maybe this group does appeal a lot to those of us who are medievalists, Scadians, Marklanders, medieval reenactors, folk fans, mythopoeic types. SO be it!   
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| alicewonderland | Posted: Apr 12, 2004 - 19:12 More Strawbs please! |
| spn (Norway) | Posted: Feb 13, 2004 - 05:12 thanks, it was great to hear the Strawbs again! One of the rather underestimated band from the 70s. Their "Hero and Heroine" is one of my all-time favourites, but I haven't played it in years (the lp player rests in the cellar). Let's hear more of the less known 70s bands - how about some Pavlov's Dog? |
| brighthue (MetroWest, MA) | Posted: Dec 02, 2003 - 21:55 jackmcdaid wrote: ... by the way the keyboardist jon anderson went on from the strawbs to the band YES ....
Just FYI, that was Rick Wakeman on keyboards. |
| brighthue (MetroWest, MA) | Posted: Dec 02, 2003 - 21:55 Lovely acoustic textures and interesting, odd timing that does not call attention to itself. |
| jackmcdaid (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Nov 12, 2003 - 08:21 This is one of my favorite Strawbs songs, but Benedictus is my absolute favorite, then Lay Down.. there are many others ... these guys still tour and woud love to see them if they come to Chicago... great to see Radio Paradise playing the Strawbs... by the way the keyboardist jon anderson went on from the strawbs to the band YES .... |
| paulmall | Posted: Sep 11, 2003 - 20:41 WHOA! I'm having a flashback! |
| jblue (Albuquerque, NM) | Posted: Sep 01, 2003 - 15:48 Where else but RP would I EVER hear the Strawbs, much less this song? Superb. Thanks for bringing back a lot of very lovely memories! |
| wallyfuzz (Oakville (RPT+3), On) | Posted: Apr 28, 2003 - 17:55 Drab, tired and old..... :???: Lets keep up with the 1900's |