i can remember dancing around to this as a kid all of the time, and watching this now at 20 years old i couldn’t help but bop along to it in bed while my boyfriend thought i was having a seizure
We were at Epcot Center about ten years ago and were going past the Canadian pavilion. Outside there was a stage and a rock band in kilts telling us they were going to play the traditional music of Canada and as GBS fans we wanted to hear them, even with electric instruments. To our surprise, the first song they played was this GBS arrangement of "Run Runaway". Good show.
Just showed this song to my 7-year-old son and he's hooked! He's got Newfie blood, but born in Alberta. This song brings me back to my high school days growing up in central. Man, do I ever miss home. Thanks for the awesome tunes and the great memories, b'ys!
gotta love great big sea! I've seen them live the past 4 summers, it's an awesome tradition and really good exercise cuz you can't help but dance the entire time
Lyrics if someone wants them I like black and white Dream in black in white You like black and white Run runaway See chameleon lying there in the sun All things to everyone Run runaway If your in the swing Money ain't everything If your in the swing Run runaway See chameleon lying there in the sun All things to everyone Run runaway If you got it sussed (to figure out) Don't beat around the bush If you got it sussed Run runaway See chameleon lying there in the sun All things to everyone Run runaway See chameleon lying there in the sun All things to everyone Run runaway Oh now can't she wait? No no come on and wait Oh now can't she wait? Run runaway See chameleon lying there in the sun All things to everyone Run runaway I like black and white Dream in black in white You like black and white Run runaway See chameleon lying there in the sun All things to everyone Run runaway See chameleon lying there in the sun All things to everyone Run runaway
@@jackj6457 A reminder that it was plenty diverse before being flooded by the third world. Newfoundland and British Columbia are very different cultures.
this was the first gbs song I ever saw on muchmusicusa years ago. 20something concerts later, I'm completely hooked. planning a trip to nfld next year :)
1:18-1:42....i'm a newfoundlander and I lived away for a few years...i had this song on my ipod and listening to that particular part of this song really put me back home in my mind and was such a big comfort:)
I am a Newfounderlander via my mom's parents (My Papa & Nana) grandparents & great (great) grandparents but live & was born in BC. Great Big Sea is one hell of a time.
There's something refreshing every time I hear a canadian folk song, I'm not the patriotic type but whether it's GBS or Spirit of the west i feel something stir inside.
@Bladedshrew Yep! Though I checked after and found that the Toronto team was a parent company to the St. John's team... so you were right too ;-) You can see the the St. John's bit at around 0:45, partially obscured by the strap.
Nice that they put their own spin on the song, rather than trying to be Slade. Because they aren't Slade. Two awesome bands, awesome for totally different reasons.
@mach7mach10 There are facts to be faced, one is that there will always be commercial music (GaGa, ke$ha, Biebs etc.) Then there is good music (this and many other underrated band), unfortunately, hidden from a lot of screens and many people will never know their awesomeness
i can remember dancing around to this as a kid all of the time, and watching this now at 20 years old i couldn’t help but bop along to it in bed while my boyfriend thought i was having a seizure
Great taste!
I'm Canadian. The grinning and clapping and singing is just how we do. Cheers and best wishes to all
Loved gbs since I would a wee lad
Wish America was like that b
We were at Epcot Center about ten years ago and were going past the Canadian pavilion. Outside there was a stage and a rock band in kilts telling us they were going to play the traditional music of Canada and as GBS fans we wanted to hear them, even with electric instruments. To our surprise, the first song they played was this GBS arrangement of "Run Runaway". Good show.
Off Kilter
@@michaels.lillard2224 Is that their name? Thanks.
As a kid I'd rock this cd on trips from Ontario to Novia Scotia, then out to Bc.
I love this Country!
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Oh Canada! 😃 😆 🍁
Best fuckin country on earth buddy 😄
I would do the same but from pei to nova Scotia or wear ever i go
🇨🇦♥️
Your health, friend
it's so hard to stay still when listening to this song
I hear you!
that realization that half of your childhood songs were from Great Big Sea. AWESOME!
Just showed this song to my 7-year-old son and he's hooked! He's got Newfie blood, but born in Alberta. This song brings me back to my high school days growing up in central. Man, do I ever miss home. Thanks for the awesome tunes and the great memories, b'ys!
I have no idea how I found this song.
But okay. I'll roll with it.
Try this Great Big Sea: Ordinary Day I stumbled on to it by accident. ruclips.net/video/-wcjBU8zbdY/видео.html
did you hear the original from the band Slade?
How to be a Canadian 101: Roll with it
Lmao mum showed me these songs.. probably before i was born
Pandora
I can barely tell, honestly. They age REALLY well--must be all the good times and good vibes.
Oh man, I love this song, and I love Great Big Sea. This is the best thing in the world to stumble across!
Great version of the song. It doesn't replace the Slade original but stands well alongside it. Great Big Sea!
True
Indeed!
Agreed
Great song from my childhood that always made me want to dance! Awesome!
gotta love great big sea! I've seen them live the past 4 summers, it's an awesome tradition and really good exercise cuz you can't help but dance the entire time
My favorite cover of one of my favorite 80's songs. Keep your hands off my power supply!!!
Or The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome in the uk
And Allan Doyle is cutest than Noddy Holder, of course!!!🤣🤣🤣
Great cover of the song...doesn't replace the original, just earns applause alongside it.
I think Slade would approve :)
I saw GBS in concert a couple years ago. Best concert I've been to. EVER. GBS ALL THE WAY!
Lyrics if someone wants them
I like black and white
Dream in black in white
You like black and white
Run runaway
See chameleon lying there in the sun
All things to everyone
Run runaway
If your in the swing
Money ain't everything
If your in the swing
Run runaway
See chameleon lying there in the sun
All things to everyone
Run runaway
If you got it sussed (to figure out)
Don't beat around the bush
If you got it sussed
Run runaway
See chameleon lying there in the sun
All things to everyone
Run runaway
See chameleon lying there in the sun
All things to everyone
Run runaway
Oh now can't she wait?
No no come on and wait
Oh now can't she wait?
Run runaway
See chameleon lying there in the sun
All things to everyone
Run runaway
I like black and white
Dream in black in white
You like black and white
Run runaway
See chameleon lying there in the sun
All things to everyone
Run runaway
See chameleon lying there in the sun
All things to everyone
Run runaway
Thank you!
This is my infant daughters favourite song, when she is really fussy and crying this will always calm her down!
I loved when I found this band and song 8 years ago. And I just found it again and I still totally dig this song!!! 🍻🍻🍻🤘🏼🤘🏼
It's an interesting version that makes it sound like a traditional tune, but it's not: ruclips.net/video/VTj3dh78Zlo/видео.html
Great Big Sea broke up in 2013, which is unfortunate considering how I missed a chance to see them live in 2011.
This is my top pick for "Happiest song of all time". This makes me smile the whole way through. :)
If you like this, you should listen to the original Slade version
Great big sea is a wonderful band that shows its roots, glad to be from this amazing diverse country
@@mintwestwood7827 ruclips.net/video/VTj3dh78Zlo/видео.html
@@jackj6457
A reminder that it was plenty diverse before being flooded by the third world. Newfoundland and British Columbia are very different cultures.
I Remember Being 6 & Singing This With my Grandpa Now I'm 17
Ive been to every show they've had in Vancouver :) i love them
this was the first gbs song I ever saw on muchmusicusa years ago. 20something concerts later, I'm completely hooked. planning a trip to nfld next year :)
First song I ever heard form them..was on much music usa late 90s..have since seen them more than a dozen times.
Who knew Folk Music could sound so awesome??!
This is such a heart warming video. Seeing them free all the handmaids almost made me cry🤣😂🤣
Damn does this bring me back to my childhood just warms my heart and almost brings me anxiety because wish I could go back to those times
I had heard of this band (from the CBC), but had never actually heard any of the music.
So far, I like it.
This song is so great
when you realize half of the kids today grew up with this awesomness
its been a long time but still the best song out there
Well it's great, but the best song out there? What do you think of the Slade original version?
one of my favorite songs, good times
I remember the original 40 years ago or so and was trying to find it and this popped up
1:18-1:42....i'm a newfoundlander and I lived away for a few years...i had this song on my ipod and listening to that particular part of this song really put me back home in my mind and was such a big comfort:)
I am a Newfounderlander via my mom's parents (My Papa & Nana) grandparents & great (great) grandparents but live & was born in BC. Great Big Sea is one hell of a time.
Anything Great Big Sea does is awesome.
GBS went across genres. They made folk songs sound almost punk rock. Proud to be a Newfoundlander
Brilliant version!
Oh my god, this song takes me back.
omg I miss Great Big Sea! I remember when this came out - I love nuns in drop top punch buggies lol.. only on the East Coast ;)
HOLY SHIT. THIS WAS MY FAVORITE SONG YEARS AGO. I ONLY NOW KNOW THE NAME.
same
I was today years old when I realised this song perfectly describes being in/getting out of a relationship with a narcissist.
i love how all there songs were posted on my bday sweet
I love that the whole song makes no sense if you listen to it but it does at the same time...
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Just watched Alan and his new band in concert last night, so GREAT, this is the only song I would add to the concert
He led with this song when we saw him five years ago.
great cover of the Slade classic
Not often that a remake can outdo a classic, but these guys did it.
@@AllRequired i wouldn't really say they are comparable its just two different styles that both work very well.
@@thefirely1439 agreed
remind me when i was a young soul and knew nothing the good times
Canada is an amazing diverse country full of great amazing peoples
The hockey is also fantastic
Go leafs go!
Love it!We are doing you in music class for leader of music.
XD lol the newfie's know how to party! XD
I like how they use traditional instruments such as the tin whistle and that funny drum thing that seems like a shield to make modern music
It's called a "bodhran," maverick--- a skin stretched over a frame. Kind of a prereq for those of us who play Celtic-style music lol!
It is similar to the drums that the First Nations (Native Canadian) people use
Being from newfoundland were the lead singer allan doyle is from there has not been a day when this song was not played
my Grade 4 teacher taught the whole class this song 13 years ago
Justin Kaomi-Mamakwa
Then you had a cool teacher!
Michael Coulter yup I did his name was Mr Hayashi
Anybody remember the original version of this song by SLADE?
Makes me wanna hop on a train and be a kid again, live a little.
Loves this song 😘😍😗🇨🇦
love great big sea!
This music makes me wish I was down home :(
I love your music!!! :)
Lot of fun. Thanks guys!
Slade brought me here. Fun version.
I actually prefer the Slade version but saw GBS live and they played this... Had to listen to both!!!
@@darrentylor5473 I prefer this version over Slade's. At least this version doesn't have Noddy Holder shoving his tongue against his cheeks.
There's something refreshing every time I hear a canadian folk song, I'm not the patriotic type but whether it's GBS or Spirit of the west i feel something stir inside.
Man, I miss you guys...
Great band from the Maritimes.
Atlantic provinces.
@Bladedshrew That's actually a St. John Maple Leafs jersey, in case you were referring to the Toronto team ;-)
It’s been 12 years, let’s have some more…
Beer and board games when Matt and Aaron sang this
You guys have to come to Denver!
I am 11 I Are used to watch it all the time and know every word when I was five or six
Really great. Don't know which part I liked best the Group or the car.
this makes me so happy
Wooooooooooo rock onnnnnn
a good song for remember, I liked it
I just wanna get on er and listen to this by a lake for the rest of my life.
grant robinson how about by the ocean
Can't help but love that Maple Leafs jersey! Best team ever! ;D
Oh lord, that fella' with the long hair...
This song always reminds me of An American tale: Fifal goes west
@Bladedshrew Yep! Though I checked after and found that the Toronto team was a parent company to the St. John's team... so you were right too ;-) You can see the the St. John's bit at around 0:45, partially obscured by the strap.
The official song of the NL Budget 2016
LOL!
Kyle Anstey Lol!
god thats funny.
It's 2018 now but this comment is still true and funny
fantastic music
The St. John’s Maple Leafs are now the Toronto Marlies. Holy crap this is old. But a great tune all the same.
YES! I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE!!!
Nice that they put their own spin on the song, rather than trying to be Slade. Because they aren't Slade. Two awesome bands, awesome for totally different reasons.
*Is Canadian. Loves Great Big Sea. Only found out they were Canadian too because of comments on RUclips videos.* God I'm lame...
Loveismydeath666 you're Canadian and didn't know they were Canadian!?!Did you watch much music at all in the 90s?
@MrBeta7x Woot For the east coast, and for a kick-ass song!
Damn right we do!
Great version of the Slade track
Outdoes the original by lightyears.
@@AllRequired 🤔
There's a good Canadian band I hope to meet one day
baaah i remember this!
love gbs
How can this song only have 6k views, yet people like Justin Bieber have billions of views... I worry about our future as a species.
the St John's Maple Leafs jersey is so tough
❤
42 year old Nova Scotian just today discovering this was a Slade cover.
Actually it was the TML's AHL team before, that's like saying that the St. Johns ice caps are the same as the Winnipeg Jets -.-
@mach7mach10 There are facts to be faced, one is that there will always be commercial music (GaGa, ke$ha, Biebs etc.) Then there is good music (this and many other underrated band), unfortunately, hidden from a lot of screens and many people will never know their awesomeness
Ciaaooo
Yeah! Whenever I heard Slade do this I always thought it was destined to be a folk song!
But then the Newfies latched onto it, and... you've got this.
LET'S GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!