Simple Minds - Waterfront (Live)

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    Music video by Simple Minds performing Waterfront (Live). Digital Remaster (P) 2003 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd
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  • @ferdi4202
    @ferdi4202 4 года назад +29

    THE BEST INTRO OF ALMOST 2MIN:! EVER!!!

  • @georgiavuk
    @georgiavuk 10 лет назад +55

    What can I say!? Got to be the best live intro ever! Love it!

    • @benmccann2180
      @benmccann2180 11 месяцев назад

      f$ck these guys blow u2 away live!!

  • @davidpetherick8059
    @davidpetherick8059 3 года назад +33

    I was born in the 40's , but I love Simple Minds and 80's music. I suppose my daughters had something to do with this !

    • @erickovach3062
      @erickovach3062 2 года назад +2

      Born in the 60's I feel you.....

    • @willie_layer2828
      @willie_layer2828 2 года назад +2

      @@erickovach3062 same here. 👍🍻

    • @laurentcreton
      @laurentcreton 2 года назад

      They’re amazing!!!! 🕊🕊🕊💕💕💕

  • @eleroambients5008
    @eleroambients5008 4 года назад +58

    "Simple Minds" one of the best Live Bands ever !!!

    • @MELLYBOY58
      @MELLYBOY58 3 года назад +1

      "THE" ✌✌🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @debbieaustin7072
      @debbieaustin7072 10 месяцев назад

      Yep was lucky to see then in Sheffield 1991

  • @zuneslave
    @zuneslave 9 лет назад +132

    I cannot play this loud enough! Mel Gaynor, one of my favorite drummers.

    • @redjohn201
      @redjohn201 5 лет назад +6

      Its a shame hes out of the band now.

    • @john111257
      @john111257 3 года назад +1

      Drum Art,

    • @fnafassist
      @fnafassist 3 года назад +1

      Diversity in the 80s. He is epic.

  • @frankryan3294
    @frankryan3294 Год назад +8

    Hard to believe Waterfront is 39 years old and Verona was recorded 34 years ago. Still sounds so fresh and powerful- am bouncing around the house listening to it. Saw them last year in Dublin- absolutly brilliant. Hopefully they will announce a tour shortly.

  • @ahawkins628
    @ahawkins628 8 лет назад +71

    absolutely quality version of Waterfront

  • @scrumpsthepirate
    @scrumpsthepirate 8 лет назад +40

    this is still SO Fucking Brilliant, shivers down the spine, EPIC.

  • @rebels42wynn83
    @rebels42wynn83 3 года назад +14

    Ladies and gentlemen, Mel Gaynor's drumming will always be timeless, 😎🥁🔥♥️🥰. Awesome live version🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.

    • @adnanchowdhury614
      @adnanchowdhury614 13 дней назад +1

      Thank you for sharing his name. Yes, he is awesome.

  • @erickovach3062
    @erickovach3062 2 года назад +7

    Oh the intro......... Magnificent...

  • @simonebergamo2698
    @simonebergamo2698 5 лет назад +30

    I was there in Verona one of the two nights. I've seen some of the best live bands of the 80's / 90's in my life. This is the live performance n. 1 to me. It was absolutely fantastic !

    • @gruijtje68
      @gruijtje68 5 лет назад +2

      Lucky you!! It must have been amazing live, such a great concert in such a great setting. Luckely we still have the full video here. I also saw them live a few times. They could perform like no other on stage, so powerful. They are still my no.1 as they were back in '87 when I was 18y old.
      I remember playing their live double-album many times so loud in my room in the dark, it was magic. The day after the neighbors from a few houses down the road were always complaining about the noise..LOL

  • @rogeliogamboa7644
    @rogeliogamboa7644 Год назад +5

    their best song - what an intro - what a throbbing drumbeat - intoxicating - the greatest rock band - EVER -music lover Philippines

  • @alexpiva9672
    @alexpiva9672 3 года назад +117

    One of the most powerful songs ever. Goosebumps..

    • @davidforshaw4810
      @davidforshaw4810 3 года назад +4

      So true Alex! 👍🎶🗝☯️

    • @maricaandersson6455
      @maricaandersson6455 3 года назад +4

      I agree....😎

    • @Bjornontour
      @Bjornontour 2 года назад +1

      Absolutely massive!!!

    • @kevinwharton2341
      @kevinwharton2341 2 года назад +1

      Spellbinding. End of.

    • @renecross392
      @renecross392 Год назад

      Absolutely
      From its conception til now and to eternity I can do this over n over n over again
      And again
      And again...........
      And all the repeats and etceteras
      And then fvck knows how many encores
      It's that intro...........the whole intro
      The introcontinuo itl the fvckin endo.....
      Press replay 😂😂🎉❤❤😊

  • @HackyMoto
    @HackyMoto 9 месяцев назад +2

    Here I am in my early 50’s walking my dogs in south Texas reminiscing about my first air cadet camp back in Scotland listening to this song and other Simple Minds hits.
    1192 Kdy Squadron

  • @yamax1
    @yamax1 11 лет назад +22

    some magic moments locked inside this song forever.....I would love to grasp these 80's back just for one day -)))) step back in time....

  • @CarlyWaarly
    @CarlyWaarly 9 лет назад +67

    One of the best original, talented and entertaining groups of our time, great memories and fabulous music!

  • @alasdairross4221
    @alasdairross4221 4 года назад +6

    The greatest Scottish band ever and one of the greatest bands of all time. Brilliant live.

  • @SteveCockneyRebel
    @SteveCockneyRebel 10 лет назад +77

    Being brought up in the 80s was a blessing :)

    • @xoxxobob61
      @xoxxobob61 6 лет назад +4

      One of the best decades for music no matter the genre...it was intoxicatingly good!

    • @koend5151
      @koend5151 6 лет назад +2

      Damn right it was !

    • @choumicha37
      @choumicha37 4 года назад +1

      It so was, let us rejoice in this Given🙏❤️

  • @christineandry9863
    @christineandry9863 6 лет назад +27

    I was there that night. It was so awesome and I hold that memory so close to my heart. They totally rocked that that arena. Missed the last train home and had to hitchhike with a friend.

    • @Carndog1971
      @Carndog1971 4 года назад

      Where is it Christine ?

    • @Nudiescorner
      @Nudiescorner 3 года назад

      WONDERFUL memories from a distant time....

    • @aleren555
      @aleren555 3 года назад +2

      @@Carndog1971 VERONA (ITALY)

    • @barrywilliams1722
      @barrywilliams1722 3 года назад

      Verona , or was that a trick question

  • @garyharper4188
    @garyharper4188 4 года назад +6

    They opened with this when I saw them at the NEC in Brum. The whole place vibrated with the bass intro. Wonderful

  • @TheRipples70
    @TheRipples70 5 лет назад +11

    For me at the Arena of Verona in 89 will remain the concert of all time with that of the Zenith of Paris in 1986 ... Thank you guys for it's two mythical concert!

  • @davidsimons5944
    @davidsimons5944 4 года назад +4

    Jimmy's Scotland's answer to Holly Johnson. Brilliant! Wish I had been there.

  • @stephenkearns236
    @stephenkearns236 6 лет назад +15

    one of the greatest rock bands in the world and still rocking

  • @glennrobinson7193
    @glennrobinson7193 5 лет назад +20

    Definitely an awesome band, and I rarely use that over used word awesome, but I have always loved the epic sound of their beautiful full souled music.

  • @jungleperry
    @jungleperry Год назад +3

    Favorite song. They opened live with this song so many times. Like crashing ocean waves, suddenly the atmosphere became magic. This is one heck of a song

  • @mbeenz
    @mbeenz 4 года назад +11

    Saw these boys back in the 80s so underrated big kick our ass thank you for the video it’s brilliant we never get tired of it here in Costa Mesa California thank you so much keep it coming you guys brilliant thank you

  • @CarlyWaarly
    @CarlyWaarly 4 года назад +5

    Had some terrific times with this band being part of our lives.

  • @paulthecityzen5472
    @paulthecityzen5472 4 года назад +8

    What an intro, i am going to Hull and back to see Jim and the boys

  • @fnafassist
    @fnafassist 3 года назад +1

    Saw Simple Minds 1986 Auckland, open with Waterfront. Haunted ever since. Backed up by Dance Exponents..undersunh NZ. Brilliant.

  • @athansky25
    @athansky25 3 года назад +12

    🎤 Love Jim Kerr's powerful voice and the ecstatic energy he shows on this live performance. Awesome !

  • @nenenneetche8047
    @nenenneetche8047 4 года назад +4

    Fan depuis 1985.....Toujours la pêche.... J’espère les voir en concert en 2020 à Bordeaux ❤️❤️❤️

  • @carlseager2154
    @carlseager2154 3 года назад +5

    The greatest rock song ever from the greatest band ever.
    It sounds amazing when you hear it played live it's the best live song ever.

  • @SYNQaudio
    @SYNQaudio 9 лет назад +27

    This is BIG music !!!
    Love it.

  • @luciogarofalo64
    @luciogarofalo64 Год назад +2

    Questo brano, lievemente "enfatico", a dire il vero, è un estratto da un album capolavoro realizzato dai Simple Minds, "Sparkle in the Rain", pubblicato nel 1984...

  • @bartvancanegem7668
    @bartvancanegem7668 10 лет назад +3

    Probably the best intro ever......what a bass line, the flowing synths.......can't sit still !!

  • @sttroy
    @sttroy 3 года назад

    jim kerr is just killin it .....he's a very under rated front man ...this band just ROCKS !!!!!

  • @Kernovian1964
    @Kernovian1964 9 лет назад +31

    Still has the power to shiver my spine, dampen my eyes.

    • @gordonbruce5695
      @gordonbruce5695 6 лет назад +1

      Angus Gordon-Farleigh I

    • @leevancleef6000
      @leevancleef6000 6 лет назад

      Angus Gordon-Farleigh gets me every time as well especially when im a long way from home (Glasgow) take care pal .

    • @cindy68955
      @cindy68955 6 лет назад

      Angus Gordon-Farleigh f

  • @udoschmitz7630
    @udoschmitz7630 5 лет назад +18

    Ladies and Gentlemen; THE finest rock group of ll time........

  • @marksainsbury4109
    @marksainsbury4109 9 лет назад +40

    Still brilliant after all this time!!

  • @andeez4663
    @andeez4663 3 года назад +1

    They opened with this in Croke Park Dublin 86. Backed by The Waterboys. Magic day.

  • @kjarvie1
    @kjarvie1 10 месяцев назад +1

    Waterfront was where to go in Glasgow on the river Clyde best night life in the late 70,s hence the song Brilliant ❤

  • @lisadavie5819
    @lisadavie5819 Год назад

    I used to have this concert on VHS tape and I got my ex boyfriend into their music.. He loved Jim Kerrs highkicks and the way he moved his hands etc.. He had a amazing stage presence.. I took the ex to see them live in Glasgow around 2002..I was 22 and it was my first concert and still stands out as one of the best live concerts I've been too.. When we used to have a drink at the weekend's this concert on VHS would get played every other weekend lol.. Jim's energy on stage is awesome. x🎤💙🙏SIMPLE MIND'S are Simply amazing.. x

  • @jorgecarrapico
    @jorgecarrapico 9 лет назад +32

    great big sound, Simple Minds the best band in the world.

    • @henrydownes6301
      @henrydownes6301 7 лет назад +1

      What about Queen live Aid they where the very best

    • @charlesdoeseverything9716
      @charlesdoeseverything9716 3 года назад

      @@henrydownes6301 There is no best band in the world.
      But Queen, Tears for Fears, Simple Minds, and others probably make up some of the best bands in our history.

  • @jamewakk
    @jamewakk 4 года назад +5

    This must be one of the best music to start a concert with...

  • @franklindemann4823
    @franklindemann4823 2 года назад +1

    Hallo, liebe Freunde, eines der besten Gruppe der Welt, der Einsatz der Instrumente bei diesem Titel ist bombastisch, einfach fantastisch, unübertroffen.

  • @HeadacheMachine
    @HeadacheMachine 4 года назад +3

    Tu-Dum Tu-Dum Tu-dum Tu-dum Tu-Dum Tu-Dum Tu-dum Tu-dum Tu-Dum Tu-Dum Tu-dum Tu-dum...Damn great!

  • @ic3po317
    @ic3po317 6 лет назад +2

    This version is from the live in Verona Concert, (recommended watch). Charlie Burchill & Mike McNeil do an excellent acoustic version of the song in the public square in Verona. An awesome song. 😎😎😎

  • @sK3LeTvM1
    @sK3LeTvM1 4 года назад +3

    Can't wait for their upcoming show on their 2019 world tour. They will play greatest hits !!! (never forget their show back in the 80's...)

    • @BIGNOIDS
      @BIGNOIDS 4 года назад

      sK3LeTvM prepare to be disappointed, most things are when revisited.

  • @anonymoushuman8962
    @anonymoushuman8962 2 года назад +1

    Meaningful, purposeful, emotional and passionate.

  • @AnjaJV
    @AnjaJV 4 года назад +17

    The best live band there is always.

  • @silviazac9698
    @silviazac9698 4 года назад +7

    This is Italy, Arena of Verona 💓

  • @songsoffaithanddevotionliv9546
    @songsoffaithanddevotionliv9546 4 года назад +2

    Omg ! I watched this vhs so many times when i was a little girl. I had good taste 😊 and now i'm a adult and i go to see lives 😊😊 simple minds are so good since ever

  • @massimilianogerussi998
    @massimilianogerussi998 10 лет назад +9

    Best live version!!!!!!!!

  • @alantaylor5869
    @alantaylor5869 10 лет назад +1

    Simple Minds at Glasgow Barrowlands, 1984.....simply mind blowing!

  • @m4giken
    @m4giken 10 лет назад +2

    We'll I was born in 83 so I have vague memories of their 80s stuff, went to see them twice in the last 5 years. Still and always will be awesome. Hail hail

    • @mikekaraoke
      @mikekaraoke 9 лет назад

      I was born in 81 and remember the 80's well, was a kid in 80's and teenager in the 90's :-]

  • @difantluca
    @difantluca Год назад +1

    Musica sempre attuale mi apre le vene mi riempie l.anima con voi dall 82

  • @fabiospataro5900
    @fabiospataro5900 5 лет назад +23

    still listening in 2019!

  • @daynewightman2172
    @daynewightman2172 9 лет назад +3

    Gunna be top seeing them live in manchester, I'm 17 and love simple minds, by far my favorite band, just wish I was this age when they were at there peak

  • @filipfontaine1291
    @filipfontaine1291 4 года назад +1

    One of my fav bands in one of my fav (lived in) cities; Verona & Simple Minds. Missing both!

  • @hrjvandersteen
    @hrjvandersteen 6 лет назад +1

    Ive seen them many, many years ago as 'support act' for Peter Gabriel in Utrecht, Vredenburg... They were very young like boys but they were very, very GOOD....

  • @Jellybeantiger
    @Jellybeantiger 6 лет назад +2

    This song just gets the adrenaline flowing and the fingers racing straight to the volume knob.

  • @majudaem
    @majudaem 4 года назад +3

    Classic..my theme tune to the 80,s

  • @dunsmuir2112
    @dunsmuir2112 11 лет назад +4

    This is still such an amazing track, still get goose-bumps when it starts, my way of knowing a song is a classic.

  • @DPcar-mania-65
    @DPcar-mania-65 2 года назад +3

    Awesome band, fantastic songs, timeless music !!!!

  • @annaemerson3610
    @annaemerson3610 2 года назад +1

    Best version of Waterfront!!!

  • @patou274
    @patou274 6 лет назад +1

    these at that time that I'm in a good mood when I get up in the morning with a good cup of coffee is the rest that goes with no comment .. I love the intro ... It takes me to the guts .... especially that i am not live .... these my morning wake up ...

  • @ferencbognar6188
    @ferencbognar6188 2 года назад +1

    Wooow fantastic performance,i wish i was there! Goospimps from begining to the end!

  • @kristianharten1107
    @kristianharten1107 2 года назад +1

    I Love Them since the late 70's and NOTHING gonna change my mind. 👍

  • @theblade66
    @theblade66 4 года назад +6

    2020 still a great song. Still love there music

  • @AndroidGamesPlay
    @AndroidGamesPlay 6 лет назад +1

    Brilliant live , still remember seeing them at Meadowbank Stadium in 1989 - backed by Texas and The Silencers, What a show

  • @paoloberti8741
    @paoloberti8741 4 года назад

    1986 Palasport di Piazza Azzarita a Bologna - i Simple Minds che ipnotizzavano il loro popolo, tra cui il sottoscritto, con la loro meravigliosa musica - migliaia a ballare sugli spalti, avresti voluto che il concerto non finisse mai ed era impossibile stancarsi perchè i SM ci trasmettevano energia. Che nostalgia !!!

  • @ottaviozero585
    @ottaviozero585 4 года назад +1

    Semplicemente....di un altro pianeta,simple minds la storia della musica🇮🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😍😍😍😍

  • @TheAudiience
    @TheAudiience 10 лет назад +2

    Im glad i grew up in the 90`s so i could experience this amazing music when i grow older, dosnt matter if you grew up at a certain time.

  • @bogi561
    @bogi561 5 лет назад +1

    i saw them in 2015 in Wiesbaden, Germany. they are allways a great live band.

  • @TomTom-fg2sw
    @TomTom-fg2sw 6 лет назад

    Been listening to this for years and bought the album in the early 80s, never fails to make me smile. Superb live performance and they’re just so top notch and brilliant.

  • @stefaniapartini5825
    @stefaniapartini5825 Год назад +1

    Mr.Kerr, I love you so much!

  • @AnthonyWroe-ph8lt
    @AnthonyWroe-ph8lt 7 месяцев назад +1

    One of their best remixes definitely!

  • @FamilyGuyFan07
    @FamilyGuyFan07 5 лет назад

    I worked as a concierge 4 years ago and met Charlie Burchill almost every week when he stayed. I can’t believe it’s only now I’m loving this band

  • @kiwimale1
    @kiwimale1 9 лет назад +48

    What a great fuckin band ...period !!

    • @pineapplepopup
      @pineapplepopup 8 лет назад +3

      Seen these at Glastonbury

    • @ShahPhilLeotardo
      @ShahPhilLeotardo 7 лет назад +1

      Andy Hart Me too Glastonbury 1995 by any chance ?

    • @CANDYPINK60
      @CANDYPINK60 6 лет назад

      seen them about 6 times and loved every minute of it

  • @aarondavies5363
    @aarondavies5363 Год назад

    ❤❤❤❤This is 1986 again for me on Chesil beach fishing all night with my 2 older brother's with a crate of beer with this album playing all night then sum years later I moved to portland Dorset best place to live 👆👍

  • @p1nm0re
    @p1nm0re 8 лет назад +29

    great intro

  • @mereditharbon9918
    @mereditharbon9918 7 лет назад +1

    THIS was the first song I ever heard from Simple Minds. From memory, I believe it was on one of the "cheapie" CD's you get from petrol servos. NO MATTER. LOVED THIS SONG from the moment I heard it! AND, have love SIMPLE MINDS from that very first day!

  • @dominicwood3451
    @dominicwood3451 4 года назад

    Watched this numerous times, fabulous, what a band, what a career, music catalogue is superb. Thank you for posting this video, nearly wrecked my speakers playing Simple Minds but worth it!! Absolutely top drawer! Only got into these by sheer chance and thank god I did, just wish I had sooner.

  • @jerrylott4465
    @jerrylott4465 4 года назад +6

    Saw them at Wembley stadium.......the impact this had was epic....we jumped around like loonies

  • @az717able
    @az717able 6 лет назад +2

    One of my favorite songs from simple minds top 3 for sure

  • @wilmamcglinchey6061
    @wilmamcglinchey6061 Месяц назад

    2024, Leo n Lenny, love the rain, Craigtara, song for guid caravans on a Scottish coast xx

  • @kevinodonohue6782
    @kevinodonohue6782 4 года назад +3

    One off the best bands back in the day

    • @adammark5660
      @adammark5660 4 года назад

      Mike macniel is God of the Sntysizer. No 1 can play like him ...pure keoboridist...where is it??.

  • @ChrisBrownEyecueDesign
    @ChrisBrownEyecueDesign 4 года назад +1

    A truly great version of this track, a joy to watch and hear...

  • @gianfrancograssetto9888
    @gianfrancograssetto9888 6 лет назад

    One finest and expressive soul rock and freedom music .... long live to this music ... hurray.

  • @MollemStudios
    @MollemStudios 4 года назад +1

    Love love Love! Greetings from Rock Werchter Land! Greetings from Belgium

  • @luismanuelramoshernandez2123
    @luismanuelramoshernandez2123 5 лет назад +6

    April 21, 2019, still listening... a classic.

  • @MrLFlores1978
    @MrLFlores1978 3 года назад +1

    Love this song! So powerful! "Simple" the best!

  • @stahlplast
    @stahlplast 6 лет назад +2

    A wee bit of MAGIC ......nothing else.

  • @LadyViolatorUK1
    @LadyViolatorUK1 7 лет назад +3

    Love them.. been lucky to see them several times..joy...x

  • @bryantotten2757
    @bryantotten2757 Год назад

    Had a lot of fun with these guys.Fond memories and still good to enjoy these days

  • @an8856
    @an8856 Год назад +1

    ❤️ i LOVE simple minds ❤️

  • @Silvia-rm4uy
    @Silvia-rm4uy 4 года назад

    I can't wait in August in Verona, I would like to see again McNeil and Mel. It a dream but it would be wonderful, for this date concert ❤️🙌🙌

  • @paulthecityzen5472
    @paulthecityzen5472 4 года назад +1

    How cool is Jim Kerr ? Seen em 4 times absolutely brilliant.

  • @carltonclay4618
    @carltonclay4618 3 года назад +1

    One of my favorite Minds songs.

  • @cgreenfield62
    @cgreenfield62 10 лет назад

    Second best best music Video vevo have of Simple Minds, Brilliant , fantastic .