I absolutely love the album this song is from , This Is The Sea. I've been lucky enough to see The Waterboys and have met Mike Scott. Had a 15min conversation with him about music & songwriting. Really nice & friendly guy. One of my favorite songwriters.
'I saw the rain dirty valley You saw Brigadoon' Brigadoon is a fictional Scottish village that only appears once evry hundred years. What hes saying is basically 'Im a bit rubbish, but youre great arent you?' The bang sound is the comet!
I thought Karl was the catalyst to the beauty of this song…… not taking anything away from the final release…. Simply Sublime and challenging. A Classic ….. were they an Irish Band….?
@@joeclay5511 No, not Irish. Mike Scott is Scottish (Edinburgh) Anthony Thistlethwaite is English (Leicester) Karl Wallinger is Welsh (Rhyll) Chris Witten is English (Blackpool) Roddy Lorrimer is Scottish (Glasgow) Steve Wickham is Irish (Dublin)
This song remains one of my all time favourite songs, however many times I hear it. When it was first released in 1985 I used my tape recorder to record it from radio and I played it again, and again, and again. For me the lyrics have always meant that we all have our own views, lives, experiences, ideas ... that while one sees the crescent of the moon, another sees the whole of the moon and it doesn't make one better that the other.
Thank you for reacting for this band and song . Shame radio plays only two of their songs. They have literally some many masterpieces and Mike Scott is still one of the best lyricists in the business
One of my favorite records since its release. Mike Scott was onto something with the creation of the Big Music - another good song I might add. Lyrics are complicated with this one. His struggle to see clearly, compared to someone he admired who seemingly had it all together. The price paid for experience can often be too much too soon for some who are loaded with talent, but maybe unable to keep their wits about them when their success starts to be realized - like the cautionary tale of certain young athletes, or musicians. And maybe the issue for the song's narrator was seeing the world through a dark lense - "I saw the rain dirty valley" while the other is more optimistic, seeing "Brigadoon" - an idealized realm of beauty and wonder, helping them achieve success more quickly. There are several other great tracks on the album - Don't Bang the Drum, The Pan Within..or even Trumpets. Don't just limit yourself to the popular single.
aparently he was singing about Prince who was at the height of his fame during the mid eightees. Bob Dylan mentioned that the text was the best he had ever heard!
The song is a tribute to a woman who naturally grasps all of the knowledge and insight that the guy has been striving for his whole life, but is still only able to see part of the picture.
No it’s not it’s written to no one. It’s written to highlight how much more there is in the world you don’t understand. The writer considered himself a young unknowing person in a complicated world. It’s only directed at someone to tell the story.
Dunno how you wandered across this song, but it brought back memories! I loved this song! But, it sounded different a bit, I thought maybe it was a live version -- but no. Thanks for checking it out! I also have a couple suggestions from similar genres: Forever Young - by Alphaville Don't Go, or Only You - by Yaz AKA Yazoo Heaven, or Pretty in Pink - by the Psychedelic Furs Bring on the Dancing Horses, Lips Like Sugar, or Killing Moon - by Echo & the Bunnymen
It is quasi-live. The band didn't want to just mime playing their instruments and lip-synching to the studio version, so the vocals and the violin are all live while the primary piano is pre-recorded.
This song make the good example about one thing : There's no way 2000's pop music can beat the 80-90's in composition, mood and soul inside the song. Today musicians were to much depending on computer to make the tunes. They've synthesized almost every sound & tune they made with DAW and other programs. Yes they were fast & easy to composed, yes they were nice to heard......but much of them sounded so robotic and plain. No pop up background melody No sudden improve of vocals or instruments No Soul and Mood in every chain of notes Just sounded like automaton everyday alarm clock... Nice but easy to forget I really miss the old days music, when composers really composed the music from their heart.....not from CPU & Microchips
Great to see someone encountering and enjoying this beautiful song for the first time. Weird though that the 'official' music video is a random live performance, and not the studio recording that was released into the charts that we all grew up listening to! Don't get me wrong, this version is great, but if you're looking for the 'original' recording, it's here: ruclips.net/video/pu7AR0-FRro/видео.html
Why did they replace "scimitars and stars" with "saddlebags and stars"? Was it a p.c. thing that you can't mention a middle eastern weapon? Only guessing
The moon is a metaphor for insanity. As in lunatic. The Dark Side of the Moon. His friend is Icarus. Touched by genius and insanity and it’s hard to tell them apart. He/she saw too much of the moon. I don’t think it’s a romantic song
![The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon [Official HD Remastered Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/sBW8Vnp8BzU/mqdefault.jpg)
I absolutely love the album this song is from , This Is The Sea. I've been lucky enough to see The Waterboys and have met Mike Scott. Had a 15min conversation with him about music & songwriting. Really nice & friendly guy. One of my favorite songwriters.
Snap! 😂
Fan since I was 14 in ‘85
Fisherman’s Blues is a great Waterboys tune too
The whole Fisherman's blues album is brilliant
@@aaronherbison7316 agree
'I saw the rain dirty valley
You saw Brigadoon'
Brigadoon is a fictional Scottish village that only appears once evry hundred years. What hes saying is basically 'Im a bit rubbish, but youre great arent you?' The bang sound is the comet!
The keyboard player, Karl Wallinger eventually left and started his own project called World Party, and it's worth checking out as well.
My 2 fav bands right there
Passed recently. Awful. 😢
I thought Karl was the catalyst to the beauty of this song…… not taking anything away from the final release…. Simply Sublime and challenging.
A Classic ….. were they an Irish Band….?
Vocally and delivered just in time for me……🎉
@@joeclay5511 No, not Irish.
Mike Scott is Scottish (Edinburgh)
Anthony Thistlethwaite is English (Leicester)
Karl Wallinger is Welsh (Rhyll)
Chris Witten is English (Blackpool)
Roddy Lorrimer is Scottish (Glasgow)
Steve Wickham is Irish (Dublin)
Masterpiece
This song remains one of my all time favourite songs, however many times I hear it. When it was first released in 1985 I used my tape recorder to record it from radio and I played it again, and again, and again. For me the lyrics have always meant that we all have our own views, lives, experiences, ideas ... that while one sees the crescent of the moon, another sees the whole of the moon and it doesn't make one better that the other.
A truly brilliant song, A LOT to like about it. Decades ahead of its time, but otherwise timeless and amazing each time that I listen to it..
Oh no way! 🎉 this is my all time favourite song ❤
Dito
That same group The Waterboys but with a different lineup is still around, still touring and still making new albums.
Thanks to whoever mentioned this song I'd forgotten it. Great song 😍
Thank you for reacting for this band and song . Shame radio plays only two of their songs. They have literally some many masterpieces and Mike Scott is still one of the best lyricists in the business
Great song!! Amazing lyrics
One of my favorite records since its release. Mike Scott was onto something with the creation of the Big Music - another good song I might add. Lyrics are complicated with this one. His struggle to see clearly, compared to someone he admired who seemingly had it all together. The price paid for experience can often be too much too soon for some who are loaded with talent, but maybe unable to keep their wits about them when their success starts to be realized - like the cautionary tale of certain young athletes, or musicians. And maybe the issue for the song's narrator was seeing the world through a dark lense - "I saw the rain dirty valley" while the other is more optimistic, seeing "Brigadoon" - an idealized realm of beauty and wonder, helping them achieve success more quickly. There are several other great tracks on the album - Don't Bang the Drum, The Pan Within..or even Trumpets. Don't just limit yourself to the popular single.
Agree. This is a song about a talented artist praising a genius who is in another level.
aparently he was singing about Prince who was at the height of his fame during the mid eightees. Bob Dylan mentioned that the text was the best he had ever heard!
@@cdwoodward1975 Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
Great British band from the 80s
The sound that you couldn't identify was the Comit !
Beautiful, just beautiful 😊
genious!!!!!!!!
The only concert I was thrown out of before I got in.
Brings back memories
Such a great song!
Always loved this, even own the cd
That drummer played with Paul McCartney.
Rest in power, Karl Wallinger
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The song is a tribute to a woman who naturally grasps all of the knowledge and insight that the guy has been striving for his whole life, but is still only able to see part of the picture.
No it’s not it’s written to no one. It’s written to highlight how much more there is in the world you don’t understand. The writer considered himself a young unknowing person in a complicated world. It’s only directed at someone to tell the story.
Man, this takes me back. At college when I was 16-18, this was on the jukebox in the 6th Form common room and someone put it on *a lot*.
Dunno how you wandered across this song, but it brought back memories! I loved this song! But, it sounded different a bit, I thought maybe it was a live version -- but no. Thanks for checking it out! I also have a couple suggestions from similar genres:
Forever Young - by Alphaville
Don't Go, or Only You - by Yaz AKA Yazoo
Heaven, or Pretty in Pink - by the Psychedelic Furs
Bring on the Dancing Horses, Lips Like Sugar, or Killing Moon - by Echo & the Bunnymen
It is quasi-live. The band didn't want to just mime playing their instruments and lip-synching to the studio version, so the vocals and the violin are all live while the primary piano is pre-recorded.
Fellow Scot Mike Scott
I saw the Crescent …
Amazing
Linda música. Infelizmente não tão conhecida.
Dead Or Alive - My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor) [Live In Japan]🎧🎶
Saw live in 1989
This song make the good example about one thing : There's no way 2000's pop music can beat the 80-90's in composition, mood and soul inside the song.
Today musicians were to much depending on computer to make the tunes. They've synthesized almost every sound & tune they made with DAW and other programs.
Yes they were fast & easy to composed, yes they were nice to heard......but much of them sounded so robotic and plain.
No pop up background melody
No sudden improve of vocals or instruments
No Soul and Mood in every chain of notes
Just sounded like automaton everyday alarm clock... Nice but easy to forget
I really miss the old days music, when composers really composed the music from their heart.....not from CPU & Microchips
@@leons1434 Hear, Hear !!!
ha ha very cool are you serious lol
Great to see someone encountering and enjoying this beautiful song for the first time. Weird though that the 'official' music video is a random live performance, and not the studio recording that was released into the charts that we all grew up listening to! Don't get me wrong, this version is great, but if you're looking for the 'original' recording, it's here: ruclips.net/video/pu7AR0-FRro/видео.html
Ciao Inna Buona serata
Have a listen to The Big Music, an early song.
Why did they replace "scimitars and stars" with "saddlebags and stars"? Was it a p.c. thing that you can't mention a middle eastern weapon? Only guessing
The moon is a metaphor for insanity. As in lunatic. The Dark Side of the Moon. His friend is Icarus. Touched by genius and insanity and it’s hard to tell them apart. He/she saw too much of the moon. I don’t think it’s a romantic song
No it’s not. Sorry. 😂
A girlfriend asked him how hard it was to write a song, he looked around and saw the moon. It started from there.
So did you google ‘Brigadoon’? 😊
Why did you pick this song to review its rubbish
Omg you got the parallel lyrics immediately
This is not the best version of the song. By far the vocals are better in the other