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
We have lyrics for these tracks by Vashti Bunyan:
03 diamond day Just another diamond day Just a blade of grass Just another …
05-where i like to stand The hound bays the sheep graze I'm counting the boats…
08-rose hip november Rose hip November, autumn I'll remember Gold landing at our …
12- Where I Like to Stand The hound bays the sheep graze I'm counting the boats…
17 Pink Sugar Elephants I saw seventeen pink sugar elephants Sitting under a chestn…
7. If I Were If I were to go away Would you follow me /to…
8. Rose Hip November Rose hip November, autumn I'll remember Gold landing at our …
9. Come Wind Come Rain Come wind, come rain, we're off again Our muddy boots plod…
Across the Water Fall into sleep as the sun comes up And wake at…
Autumn Leaves In the morning when I walk along And it's been raining…
Brother Isn't it strange Back here again The red brick house and a…
Coldest Night of the Year Baby baby it’s late and you’d better go, It’s after three Ho…
Come Wind Come Rain Come wind, come rain, we're off again Our muddy boots plod…
Diamond Day Just another diamond day Just a blade of grass Just another …
Don't Believe You say that you'll always love me That you'll never leave…
Don't Believe What They Say You say that you′ll always love me That you'll never leave…
Feet of Clay Don’t waste this dance on me my love Step and glide…
Find My Heart Again Ever since you said goodbye I haven't known what to do 'Caus…
Girl's Song in Winter There was a man when I was young He lived a…
Glow Worms Glow worms show the path we have to tread Dreamers, we…
Heartleap Heart leap, headlong, heartache Heartbreak, head down, heart…
Hebridean Sun Traveling towards a Hebridean sun To build a white tower in…
Here Once I had a child, He was wilder than moonlight. He could…
Hidden Hidden in your every move All the words that you Will never…
How Do I Know How do I know that those mountains aren't cardboard? How do…
I If I were to go away Would you follow me /to…
I Don't Know What Love Is I don't know what love is, I can't say What it…
I Know I wanna know how it feels to be kissed Cold chills…
I Want To Be Alone You know there are times when I don't need you But…
I Won't Say I won′t say come with me everywhere I go I won't…
I'd Like to Walk Around in Your Mind I'd like to walk around in your mind someday I'd like…
If I Were If I were to go away Would you follow me /to…
If In Winter If in winter, he should change and leave me I′d let…
Iris's Song for Us I climbed the peaks of glass with you And walked a…
I’D LIKE TO WALK AROUND IN YOUR MIND I′d like to walk around in your mind someday I'd like…
Jog Along Bess Jog along Bess hop along May Squeak along Blue it's a…
Lately Never was much given to prayer But lately I'm pleading with…
Leave Me When you said you would leave I thought that I would…
Lily Pond In a lily pond I lay All upon a summer's day Then…
Love Song I love your eyes when you look away Thinking somewhere else…
Love You Know I don't say I'll love you forever, baby I don't say…
Rainbow River The rainbow river is a laughing stream Down in a valley…
Rose Hip November Rose hip November, autumn I'll remember Gold landing at our …
Same But Different I'm in a boat On the sea And I see You on the…
Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind Why does the sky turn grey every night Sun rise again…
Someday I love you, you love me But somehow we're not happy So…
Swallow Song And there's a sunset brimming over the sky And there's a…
Timothy Grub Maurice Snail and Timothy Grub, Swanney and Blue and Emily G…
Train Song Traveling north, traveling north to find you Train wheels be…
Trawlerman I love coming home from far across the sea I pick…
Trawlerman's Song I love coming home from far across the sea I pick…
Turning Back Indifference is the hardest blow It is the wind and icy…
Turning Backs Indifference is the hardest blow It is the wind and icy…
Wayward Didn't want to be the one The one who's left behind While…
Where I Like to Stand The hound bays the sheep graze I'm counting the boats…
Window Over the Bay I wish I had a window over the bay And a…
window over the bay + I wish I had a window over the bay And a…
Winter Is Blue Winter is blue, Living is gone Some are just sleeping, In…
Wishwanderer You ask me where I live Don't you know I live…
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Emily DiGiuseppe
lyrics! from musixmatch!
My mother would dance sometimes
Believing herself alone
But through a slightly open door
I would watch her as she turned
Turned round, round
Briefly unbound
My mother played and sang
Sometimes
Believing herself alone
But through a slightly open door
I could see her face upturned
Songs long learned
So long untuned
I was her only audience
She believes herself alone
My applause should have been
Rapturous
But I close the door
And turned, turned away
CredibleCat
The very concept that a person can express such timeless beauty, be rejected and wait 30 years to be rediscovered, and be just as if not a more beautiful soul, is not only a inspirational tale to be cherished beyond words but a treasure that I hope blesses all those who can share in its positivity.
meow meadow
Absolutely! I cried when I thought about this for the first time, she is a work of art in her entirety and is so very inspiring
Emily DiGiuseppe
lyrics! from musixmatch!
My mother would dance sometimes
Believing herself alone
But through a slightly open door
I would watch her as she turned
Turned round, round
Briefly unbound
My mother played and sang
Sometimes
Believing herself alone
But through a slightly open door
I could see her face upturned
Songs long learned
So long untuned
I was her only audience
She believes herself alone
My applause should have been
Rapturous
But I close the door
And turned, turned away
momofnine
Why do we not applaud those we love dearly so much more than we do? We hold back our praise and adoration from those we love the most, but we should lavish those we love with all the good words and praise we can. While we still have them with us. My mother is dear to my soul, and I’m so very glad to still have her with me. She’s 99 and I’m 58. What a blessing from God ♥️
bread
Amazing track, probably my favorite thing Vashti has done. This track isn't by itself sad, yet it's so melancholic that I can't help but tear up everytime I play it.
Rach
This song is so incredibly underrated
It's so bittersweet and beautiful
Kim Atkinson
Beautiful moments come to mind with every note of melody. These lyrics are beautiful ❤️
Michael Z-C
Song of the day : 03-08-2016: is it like this in life's other kingdom, waking alone in the hour when we are trembling with tenderness, a face that could hold the intensity of light, yet, turns turns and turns away...
sloppyjoe155
I adore this song
Françoise Terrone
Sublime song and voice