Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet by Gavin Bryars
“Undoubtably the best song ever performed that's based around a sample of a tramp singing. All 25 minutes of it.”
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Undoubtably the best song ever performed that's based around a sample of a tramp singing. All 25 minutes of it.
A very strange Christmas record, totally compelling though. If you like it, google it, the back story is worth a look...
Can't believe I've never heard this before today. Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet is a 1971 arrangement by Gavin Bryars of a composition by an unknown composer. It is formed on a loop of an unknown homeless man singing a brief stanza. Rich harmonies, comprising string and brass, are gradually overlaid over the stanza. The piece was first recorded for use in a documentary which chronicles street life in and around Elephant and Castle and Waterloo, in London. When later listening to the recordings, Bryars noticed the clip was in tune with his piano and that it conveniently looped into 13 bars.
This beautiful track features an unknown tramp singing to himself, accompanied years later by Tom Waits
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Bear with this, it's worth it! :)
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Beautiful, haunting, and sad if listened the whole way through. The build up is wonderful, Merry Christmas .
