Was "Don't Pay the Ferryman" About the Grim Reaper? - Chris de Burgh Interview

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  • Опубликовано: 16 дек 2024

Комментарии • 34

  • @elmolewis9123
    @elmolewis9123 3 года назад +5

    I saw Chris and the band in the '70s headlining in a small city in Canada. The crowd was less than large, yet the show they played that night was as if they were playing to a packed stadium. For the lucky ones that were there, I am sure they still remember the amazing performance Chris and the band gave that night. Thank you, Chris. Looking forward to part 2.

  • @Amadeus1066
    @Amadeus1066 3 года назад +4

    I'm a HUGE Chris de Burgh fan. Glad to see this interview.

  • @paulgreenan4395
    @paulgreenan4395 3 года назад +6

    Always a class act,love the late 70’s 80’s albums.Listened to Robin Hood the other day was impressed.

  • @johnpothen7056
    @johnpothen7056 3 года назад +4

    Thank you very much for this interview. We have talked about this before. To hear him speak about this song is very interesting.

  • @troyhenry3267
    @troyhenry3267 3 года назад +3

    Great interview John! I have this song on my playlist!!
    This song was popular in my H.S. days!

  • @S.E.Walker
    @S.E.Walker 2 года назад +14

    I love so much that Chris dispensers with the Grim Reaper nonsense and calls the Ferryman by his proper name: Charon.

    • @theoddcollectivealt
      @theoddcollectivealt Год назад

      hes the deliverer to the reaper

    • @julietfischer5056
      @julietfischer5056 5 месяцев назад

      @@theoddcollectivealt- Charon takes the dead across the Styx. They've already met the Reaper.

  • @hassanshueib2806
    @hassanshueib2806 3 года назад +2

    Chris is the legend of music.

  • @huse3130
    @huse3130 5 месяцев назад

    I love #ChrisDeBurgh music so much! What a storyteller and musicman!

  • @davemis40
    @davemis40 3 года назад +2

    He’s a great songwriter .. loved Spanish Train and The Traveller

  • @margaretcunningham7146
    @margaretcunningham7146 3 года назад +1

    Nice to see this as a fan in his home country of Ireland...was in a play where symbolism was used a lot. My characters was a 'scarlet woman' and wore a red dress...it was threatened that they'd play lady in red at some point to make me blush...last performance, yup, they played it at the end...I went as red as the dress!!

  • @mrnelgin
    @mrnelgin Год назад

    I flew from Texas to Canada to see the show. Chris didn't disappoint. It was my first show of his I saw live and it lived up to expectations. He played most of my favorite songs and there were even a few I hadn't heard before. I must have missed an album somewhere. Chris is like Mark Knopfler in some ways, such a great story teller, it doesn't matter if it's a country churchyard, a ferryman you shouldn't pay, a ballroom of romance, upon a Spanish train...my mind doesn't need a music video to conjure up the scenes in the songs. Thank you for the interview.

  • @JM-ft5ip
    @JM-ft5ip 4 месяца назад

    I admire his love for his children.

  • @tinostabile3256
    @tinostabile3256 3 года назад

    A great interview a great artist keep up the great work for another 61 more years God bless you John keep well and thanks for this video

  • @mariaday712
    @mariaday712 3 года назад

    Great interview. Thanks for doing this John. Stay safe.

  • @1957lindag
    @1957lindag 3 года назад

    Thanks for the interview and reminding me of Chris de Burgh John....

  • @ambikawolf664
    @ambikawolf664 3 года назад +2

    In Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse told the tale of how Siddhartha crossed the river with the help of a ferryman, who refused any money.

  • @satan3959
    @satan3959 2 года назад +2

    Even though I've always been primarily a metalhead (although I also love a lot of early electronic music from the likes of Vangelis and Jean-Michel Jarre), I've always had a soft spot for stuff like Chris de Burgh, Meatloaf, and Queen

  • @chriswong4304
    @chriswong4304 9 месяцев назад

    I saw Chris D B in 1983 at the Q.E theatre , he performed solo , amazing talent .

  • @howardtennenhouse7849
    @howardtennenhouse7849 Год назад

    I was such a fan.He is playing here in Winnipeg tomorrow night.I saw him here and in Tel Aviv.Both crowds went nuts and for the later show there were so many women dressed in red bringing red roses to the stage.He told the press he hated the song.I think I will try the latest album.

  • @TheGamecock366
    @TheGamecock366 2 года назад +3

    I wonder if the Ferryman at the end of the video, is played by actor Tom Baker

  • @AgentPepsi1
    @AgentPepsi1 Год назад

    1984's Man on the Line, is my favorite Chris DeBurgh release 😊

  • @berliner0
    @berliner0 3 года назад +1

    Love Chris de birth Chris rea too. And mike old field and Al Stewart etc

  • @berliner0
    @berliner0 3 года назад

    Have a safe weekend thanks

  • @plantfeeder6677
    @plantfeeder6677 3 года назад

    Honestly John. I've never heard of Chris deBerg. Or any of these hits you are mentioning either. New music to explore. Thank you.

  • @jeffperry7971
    @jeffperry7971 3 года назад

    That’s was a fantastic interview!!! Is there more? Did you ask him things like; what method he uses to write his story and does he change it up and use a different method?

  • @ralphpal
    @ralphpal 7 месяцев назад

    Lady in red i think became famous cause of Days or our Lives. Patch dancing with ( i forget her name )

  • @dazzle1933
    @dazzle1933 2 года назад

    You didn't ask the important question on the video, is is Tom Baker?

  • @CD_42
    @CD_42 Год назад

    The Ferryman wasn't the Grim Reaper it was Tom Baker! lol 😁😉

  • @RichM3000
    @RichM3000 3 года назад +1

    Was "Don't Fear the Reaper" about the ferryman?

    • @widowrumstrypze9705
      @widowrumstrypze9705 2 года назад

      I think that it was about the literal Reaper.

    • @czeslawmeyer7871
      @czeslawmeyer7871 Год назад +1

      The ferryman Charon played the cowbells in don't fear the
      reaper little known fact but
      true .like both those tracks