Vashti Bunyan (born 1945 in Newcastle Upon Tyne) is an English singer who, … Read Full Bio ↴Vashti Bunyan (born 1945 in Newcastle Upon Tyne) is an English singer who, in the mid-60s, was publicized to be the next Marianne Faithfull and the female version of Bob Dylan. In June 1965, under the direction of Rolling Stones' manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, Bunyan released her first single, the Jagger and Richards penned "Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind". Several more singles were released in the 1960s to some mild success. She left the music business in 1970, returning to recording and touring in 2002.
With some mild success with singles during the mid-late 1960s, Bunyan released the LP, Just Another Diamond Day, in 1970. This consisted of songs written while traveling in a horse drawn gypsy cart. Critics panned the album and a discouraged Vashti soon disappeared from the music scene. However, by the 2000s her work had finally been finding an audience among contemporary artists and fans of folk music.
In 2002, she was invited by Piano Magic musician Glen Johnson to sing guest vocals on his song "Crown of the Lost", her first recording in over 30 years. After guesting on Piano Magic's album 'Writers Without Homes', she released her critically-acclaimed second album, Lookaftering, 35 years after its predecessor.
In 2006 she collaborated with Adem and began to tour for the first time, accompanied by various musicians including Jo Mango and Gareth Dickson. She collaborated with Animal Collective on the Prospect Hummer EP. Vashti also sang with Devendra Banhart on his album Rejoicing in the Hands.
Bunyan's cover of the late John Martyn's "Head and Heart" appeared on the 2011 tribute album, Johnny Boy Would Love This...A Tribute to John Martyn.
With some mild success with singles during the mid-late 1960s, Bunyan released the LP, Just Another Diamond Day, in 1970. This consisted of songs written while traveling in a horse drawn gypsy cart. Critics panned the album and a discouraged Vashti soon disappeared from the music scene. However, by the 2000s her work had finally been finding an audience among contemporary artists and fans of folk music.
In 2002, she was invited by Piano Magic musician Glen Johnson to sing guest vocals on his song "Crown of the Lost", her first recording in over 30 years. After guesting on Piano Magic's album 'Writers Without Homes', she released her critically-acclaimed second album, Lookaftering, 35 years after its predecessor.
In 2006 she collaborated with Adem and began to tour for the first time, accompanied by various musicians including Jo Mango and Gareth Dickson. She collaborated with Animal Collective on the Prospect Hummer EP. Vashti also sang with Devendra Banhart on his album Rejoicing in the Hands.
Bunyan's cover of the late John Martyn's "Head and Heart" appeared on the 2011 tribute album, Johnny Boy Would Love This...A Tribute to John Martyn.
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Vashti Bunyan Lyrics
Once I had a child,
He was wilder than moonlight.
He could do it all,
Like he'd been here before.
Once I had a child,
She was smiling like sunshine.
She could see it all,
Like she'd been here before.
Then I had a child.
Took his while like northern summer
And he knows it all
Like he's been here before.
He was wilder than moonlight.
He could do it all,
Like he'd been here before.
Once I had a child,
She was smiling like sunshine.
She could see it all,
Like she'd been here before.
Took his while like northern summer
And he knows it all
Like he's been here before.
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@user-io4ps9bi9y
Once I had a child
He was wilder than moonlight
He could do it all
Like he'd been here before
Once I had a child
She was smiling like sunshine
She could see it all
Like she'd been here before
Then I had a child
Took his while like northern summer
And he knows it all
Like he's been here before
@savs1728
Once I had a child,
he was wilder than moonlight.
He could do it all,
like he'd been here before.
Once I had a child,
she was smiling like sunshine.
She could see it all,
like she'd been here before.
Then I had a child.
Took his while like northern summer
and he knows it all
like he's been here before.
@p0mp0mpurin
this song haunts me, but comforts me simultaneously.
everytime i look in the mirror, i see someone who has been on this earth years in the past, in my eyes i see memories and stories that i’ll remember, but never consciously. i have memories and fears that i seem to have for no reason, i have a odd fascination with specific parts of history, when i look in a mirror, i see someone from so many years ago.
that’ll haunt me forever.
but the song also gives me hope, and it soothes me so wonderfully.
what a lovely song.
@mh295zerbernak
wow, she was 60 when she recorded this!! beautiful
@blondie2998
Wow, I never knew. She sounds so youthful
@jbf2516
It still does not mean you are dead, only because you are 60. ☺️
@lindenlynx
Wow! That's amazing!
@twenteetoo
😲 wtf
@inprogress93
Common misconception of younger people. Old doesn't mean being being backwards, disillusioned nor losing all creativity. I often found older artist to be much more creative, more interesting and very independet in their art than a lot of today's artist at younger age.
@deltadog2388
She has the voice of an angel; I'm completely hypnotized by it.
@flarestorm3860
A Klootzak lol your name😂😂
@HumptyKing
You misanderstood, this is not about children in school.This beautiful song and poem describes the myth of how being a child (as an absolute concept) equals being pure, innocent, a child is a pure soul who already contains all the truth within, like she/he has been here before, they know all as if they still bring with them the memory of past lives, not spoiled by adult experiences or a child as a bringer of all knowledge in his/her own genes. It is a mystic dimension of life.
@user-jf5ye3oq3d
It reminds me of reincarnation